My wife is the stand-in.

The sounds in the room kept coming back to daytime.

Lin Shuyu reluctantly ended the photo shoot only after the hotel receptionist called to inform her that the Wudang branch had selected a winner who had gathered overnight by the river and was ready to depart.

She held the sleeping Kanna in her arms, bought a baby stroller from a mother at the hotel at a high price, and Kanna lay in the stroller while Lin Shuyu pushed her around.

Behind them followed Amanosaki, carrying large and small bags, his face etched with exhaustion.

As we all know, creating is a mentally and physically demanding task.

Amanosaki, who completed various storyboards and creations in one night, now sees the sun as green.

But he couldn't rest, because this was a rare opportunity to resolve the conflict between his "ideal type" and Lin Shuyu. Amanosaki didn't want to experience a second such chaotic situation.

Moreover, Lin Shuyu is the person in charge appointed by the Yushan branch and is also the actual person in charge of the five ships. Amanosaki's "grand plan" of secretly carrying out the extermination order while using his own contract to rush to shoot the movie last night requires Lin Shuyu to coordinate.

Apart from Lin Shuyu, who possesses the "Celestial Human Appearance" and is comparable to a humanoid computer, no one around Amanosaki can handle these tedious tasks with ease.

"Everything for the world of anime!"

Amanosaki secretly cheered himself on.

Then he was stopped by the hotel staff.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Amanosaki."

The waiter, with a pained expression and a look of having just gone through a difficult struggle, said, "Please sign this form."

Amanosaki stared at the list filled with zeros and exclaimed, "What did we do last night? How come there's so much money... Also, didn't the Wudang branch say they'd reimburse us? Some of the equipment shouldn't be this expensive, right? I even paid for the photography equipment!"

“The Wudang branch promised to reimburse, but…” The waiter awkwardly pointed to the word “electricity” on the bill, “The main problem is that the electricity usage in the suite under Ms. Lin’s name last night was too alarming. The Wudang Mountain Police Station in Dongting Province suspects that someone in our hotel is using hospitality as a pretext to mine privately… We need your signature to prove that these expenses are indeed hospitality expenses.”

Amanosaki glanced at the electricity bill for the suite, which was nearly 100,000 yen per night, and heard the cleaning lady whispering in his ear from afar:

"You were off duty last night, so you didn't see it. There was an electricity meter in the power distribution room that kept spinning like a ghost, and the plastic gears even melted!"

"Really?"

"That's right! If you don't believe me, go over there. That corridor still smells of burning plastic. Old Wang, the electrician, said he's been repairing meters for thirty years and this is the first time he's seen gears worn smooth."

These words reached Amanosaki's ears, and he couldn't help but shout at the stroller:

"Kanna! How many kilowatt-hours of electricity did you consume?!"

His response was Lin Shuyu's slender fingers pinching his arm.

Amanosaki was being pulled by the arm, and Lin Shuyu whispered in her ear, "Keep your voice down! Kanna's asleep!"

Fans outside the door saw this scene, and some even doubted whether they were seeing things:

"Wait, wasn't Amanosaki's girlfriend in the stroller? How come she's all lovey-dovey with this pretty young lady all night?"

"Don't expose them, stop talking about it, it's their family matter." Someone pulled the gossipy fans away, "If we don't leave now, the bus will be heading down the mountain!"

Amanosaki, having succumbed to Lin Shuyu's tyranny, could only sign the papers, then, carrying his bags, stumbled away under the watchful eyes of the hotel staff, who seemed to be sending him away as if he were a plague.

A reporter hiding by the gate vividly recorded this scene in his notebook, while a photographer faithfully documented everything, licking his lips in amazement:

"Your back is still so good after all that work. If it were me, I couldn't even lift a camera."

The reporter adjusted his glasses. "That's why a true hero is a true hero."

Chapter 146: Offering Loyalty to the Great Kanna (Part 1)

The way they boarded the ship was not the same as the way the fans traveled; the two groups each took different vehicles.

Before parting, Amanosaki gave the bespectacled male fan from yesterday a letter and told him to open one for each of them after getting on the bus.

So even though the two cars had already driven to different places, Amanosaki still heard a frenzied scream and intoxicated "Oh oh!" sounds.

Those were photos of Kanna's cosplay that he developed overnight.

On the back is handwritten "[Kanna Kamui]", all of which are Kanna's own signatures... To be precise, it is a "signature" that Kanna wrote once with a magic pen containing gem fragments, and then the magic pen "copied" it.

Lin Shuyu couldn't bear to let Kangna repeat these tasks.

However, it's clear that after a day and a night of immersion, Amanosaki's 'anime evangelism' event was quite successful. Those fans who originally came for Amanosaki have now been deeply moved by the beautiful anime girl and become a new batch of anime fans.

As soon as dawn broke, Li Junzi couldn't wait to tear off the bandages on his body, transform into a strange bird, and fly away.

This guy has always been proactive and impulsive; he's probably already on board.

Amanosaki didn't experience the same pure joy as him; perhaps this is the kind of happiness that comes from someone who's all brawn and no brains.

The car bumped along the mountain road and stopped at a small dock by the river.

The once bustling river has returned to tranquility today, yet the river surface remains lively.

In addition to the original five patrol boats, two more transport ships were added, both loaded with various living supplies and training materials.

It's worth mentioning that one transport ship could actually hold more than 70 people from the Wudang branch, but they still allocated two ships.

The reason is not the availability of supplies. The entire Yangtze River basin is located in China, so even if a ship wrecks, there will be no situation where people have to survive in the wilderness without food. Rescue teams can arrive in just a few hours.

The reason for separating boats was to distinguish between men and women.

The Wudang branch and the Dongting Province government did not mind the heroes falling in love, but because they entered the scene later, the Yushan branch, represented by Amanosaki, had already won first place. In order to maintain the energy of the heroes, Dongting Province hoped that its heroes could devote themselves wholeheartedly to the great cause of eliminating demons and protecting the righteous, and even implemented military-style management.

So when Nozaki and Lin Shuyu appeared on the riverbank that day, the heroes on all five boats cheered—a cheer to welcome heroes. Meanwhile, on the other two unremarkable civilian transport boats, only a few patrolling heroes watched from afar, without making a sound.

"I feel like this makes us look unprofessional. Look at them, and then look at us. We look like a tour group."

Amanosaki carried several bags, large and small.

Lin Shuyu glanced at the group who had just returned from their sightseeing trip, then at Amanosaki, who was planning to film a short movie on the ship. Even the Spear of Longchinus, which had killed a branch-level master, had been replaced by a carrying pole, laden with cameras, microphones, editing computers, and various props. She shrugged.

"I think you really seem like you're here as tourists."

After saying that, he reached into the stroller and pinched the face of the sleeping Kanna.

"Hey, look at this! In just one day, Amanosaki-sama and Miss Lin have a baby!"

Some clueless swordsman started shouting like a troublemaker. Amanosaki felt Lin Shuyu's cold gaze, and he put down his backpack and the Spear of Longchinus:

"Wait a mininute."

As he spoke, he picked out a rock by the dock that wouldn't kill anyone, and a large number of magic lines appeared on his right arm.

Enhancement Magic: Limb Enhancement.

The stone shot out like a cannonball, hitting the talkative swordsman and sending him flying against the outer wall of the cabin. The man's body was covered in fish-like scales, and the scales on his head were shattered by Amanosaki, seeping out traces of blood. He immediately lost consciousness.

"You can't even keep your mouth shut after playing all day, Liu Dahai, watch out or I'll peel off your fish scales!"

After saying that, he smiled ingratiatingly at Lin Shuyu: "Miss Lin, let's get on the boat. Time waits for no one, and Kanna's video still needs a set."

They arrived amidst great fanfare, but left with a calm and serene demeanor.

Without any members of the Wudang branch to see them off, the five ships weighed anchor and set sail amidst the regular sounding of their horns.

On Mount Wudang, a group of elderly people, led by Wang Duo, the duty officer of the Wudang branch, held up binoculars and watched the fleet set sail. They all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Finally, we've gotten rid of this jinx," Wang Duo sighed with a complicated expression.

“Yes.” Another old man’s hand trembled, his voice full of bitterness. “We thought that inviting him to the stage to watch the play and sending out all the heroes to wipe out the evil spirits would keep us safe, but who would have thought… sigh!”

"You should say less," another person in a wheelchair advised.

"Stop talking nonsense!" The old man's hands trembled even more violently. "This jinx, he made enemies with foreigners in the Fengdu branch, so he should settle the score there!"

"How come you're causing trouble for us even in Wudang? Tell me, just because you were investigating an animal rights protest, you not only caused a dispute with an international supernatural organization, but you also embarrassed the Fengdu branch, and you even had someone drug and knock out the entire police station in Yueyang City!"

"Oh, they're eating and sleeping well, but my men haven't slept a wink for 24 hours!"

"We've written hundreds of reports, and we also need to review all the police agencies in the province, strengthen training, and prevent the problem from recurring. More importantly, that damned Xie Bi'an is still in our hands. We can't keep him, and we can't kill him either."

Wang Duo coughed and began to offer suggestions: "There's another one named Fan Wujiu, who seems to be a young girl. She's an accomplice. Could we return her to the Fengdu branch first?"

The old man shook his head: "That Fan Wujiu is even more outrageous. He keeps saying that he'll go back, he'll kill her, but he has to let the girl next to Amanosaki stay with him for another night. Otherwise, he won't leave no matter what."

"Lin Shuyu?"

"No way! It's called Kasumigaoka, the name sounds like it belongs to someone from Japan."

Wang Duo's expression immediately turned strange.

Because he knew that the only connection between Kasumigaoka Utaha and Fan Wujiu was that he had publicly "violated" her. Under these circumstances, to still expect Kasumigaoka to spend the night with him... ugh!

"These young people nowadays, they're really playing fancy games!" Wang Duo said angrily, flicking his robe. "Put some drugs in the water, knock her out, and send her back!"

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Meanwhile, Amanosaki was sitting in front of his computer, uploading photos edited by Lin Shuyu to his own posts one by one.

He named the new first floor "When Dreams Meet Reality: Conna".

This series of photos begins with a toy dragon. The first photo shows the toy dragon perched on a window frame, bathed in moonlight. In the second photo, the toy dragon disappears, and a cute little girl with white hair and purple highlights looks at the camera with adorable, innocent eyes.

In the third picture, she looked at the blurry figure covered by a blanket on the bed.

The fourth picture shows her taking off her shoes, her small feet encased in white stockings, running into the kitchen.

The fifth person pushed over a stool, stood on it, and the sixth person started cooking.

The seventh to tenth pictures show people chopping vegetables, cutting meat, sneaking a bite, and furtively glancing outside the door.

The twelfth image shows the action of using a stick to operate a spatula.

The thirteenth picture is making me drool.

The fourteenth picture shows a pot of good food left behind.

The fifteenth photo shows the homeowner getting up, and the sixteenth photo shows him walking into the kitchen and discovering a perfect tomato and beef hot pot.

In the seventeenth picture, the toy dragon's eyes are fixed on the hot pot, with glistening drool at the corner of its mouth, which has dripped all over the stove.

In less than five minutes, dozens of replies and hundreds of likes appeared on this floor.

Amanosaki watched the data soar with satisfaction and leaned back in his chair.

"Come, friends, offer your loyalty to the great dragon Kanna!"

Chapter 147: Offering Loyalty to the Great Kanna (Part Two)

"How's the progress?"