My wife is the stand-in.

Chapter 151: A Call from the Film Company (End of Volume 2)

"Huh? What did you say?!"

Amanosaki was so engrossed in reading the script that he didn't hear what Lin Shuyu was saying.

Amanosaki's hearing became exceptionally sharp after being blessed with a medicinal bath specially provided by the temple deity, but this also meant that the impact of external sounds on him increased exponentially.

To an ordinary person, the sound of thousands of fish struggling on the river surface sounds like ocean waves, but to him it sounds like the explosive roar of Huangguoshu Waterfall.

The plasma, surging like a thousand horses under Kanna's command, sounded to him like being on a battlefield; the crackling lightning was like machine gun fire, and the booming thunder was like artillery fire.

Lin Shuyu's sudden words were already soft, and were easily drowned out by the noisy background noise. It was only because they were close that Amanosaki could not have noticed that Lin Shuyu had spoken.

Even so, he couldn't hear clearly, only catching the words "...I really...you".

Lin Shuyu saw that Amanosaki had stopped explaining the science, and his handsome face, illuminated by the light and shadow of lightning, came closer and magnified in her eyes.

The girl suddenly convulsed as if she had been electrocuted, her face turning from pink to red and then from red to white in an instant.

Amanosaki thought he was sick and wanted to help Lin Shuyu into the cabin for a checkup.

"I don't need your help!"

For the first time, Lin Shuyu used a very harsh tone and yelled at Amanozaki.

Amanosaki quickly released his hands and raised them to show that he had no intention of offending anyone. Lin Shuyu gave Amanosaki a deep look, then ran quickly into the cabin, her long hair tied in a ponytail swaying gracefully in the air.

Then the cabin door slammed shut with a loud bang.

Amanosaki was left alone, bewildered in the wind.

He scratched the back of his head, thought for a long time, and finally pieced together a sentence:

"Don't you hate me? I really hate you?... Hate me for what? Is it because I hugged her?"

Amanosaki thought about it more and more and it seemed possible.

Unlike yesterday's playful behavior in the bath, today his action of embracing Lin Shuyu was done in public, with other heroes on the boat behind them. Although Kasumigaoka Utaha had said some sour things out of jealousy, those were limited to words. Today's physical action may have really touched a nerve with the eldest daughter of the Lin family.

"That's true. She's still a young woman, and the education she received from childhood is quite different from that of ordinary people. I can't impose my feelings on others."

As Amanosaki summarized his experiences, he went further and further down the path of drawing erroneous conclusions.

As he spoke, he ran his fingers through his hair: "Sigh, it's rare to find a gentleman like me who genuinely cares about women. If I didn't have a girlfriend, I don't know how many innocent girls I would have disappointed!"

With a muffled thud and a sickening creaking sound of metal deforming, the entire Suobianyu tilted slightly forward.

The white dragon spread its wings, and storms and lightning churned beneath them. Half of the dragon's body pressed against the foredeck, nearly causing the computer to fall off the table.

Kanna let out a long burp, and a few fish scales flew out from between her teeth, shook like feathers, and left a layer of water.

Its feathers instantly became fluffy, and then it began to shrink.

[So cute, just like a puppy!]

[If only she were a little younger.]

As if to respond to the comments, Kanna's figure began to shrink, and soon she became a fluffy ball of feathers about the size of a person, clinging to the collapsed railing.

Then Kanna, with her chubby little face, peeked out from under the fur ball, her expression one of satisfaction and contentment after a good meal.

"You're full!"

As Kanna spoke, she reached out with both hands from the ball of fur and raised them above her head.

Amanosaki walked over, picked up the fluffy ball, and the dragon's fur, which was even fluffier than bird feathers, instantly made him feel what top-notch warmth and comfort meant.

He couldn't help but bury his face in the fluffy ball and shake his head.

It's incredibly addictive.

After several seconds, Amanosaki finally raised his head, his face showing a blissful expression.

[Kanna, in her spherical shape, is also very cute!]

[This furry texture is so smooth! What graphics card was used for rendering it?]

[Upstairs, you don't know this? This graphics card is called Reality.]

[Is this the streamer? Look at his face, it looks like he rolled out of a hundred cats.]

[Aaaaaah! I couldn't resist, I grabbed my cat and gave him a good rub!]

Is it normal to not have a dragon at twenty years old?

[This is abnormal. In the Chinese tradition, when a citizen turns eighteen, they choose a dragon egg from the Dragon Transformation Pool to hatch as a symbol of their bloodline. Brother, are you perhaps a foreign spy?]

[Damn it, no dragon, no cat, I don't want to stay in this bastard life for another day!]

The screen was flooded with comments again.

Kanna also transformed back into a little girl from a dragon. The tiny girl was being held by Amanosaki, her hands gripping Amanosaki's collar, and she even asked him for a tissue to wipe her mouth.

The two, one tall and handsome, the other cute and obedient, looked like father and daughter.

[I hereby declare that these are my husband and daughter, and there are no arguments!]

[Sister, you're quite the daydreamer, aren't you? You're claiming my husband's and children's things as yours.]

[I checked the profiles of the two comments above; one of them was from a man, but I won't say who it is.]

[Friend, don't be so rigid about gender. If I had a man and a daughter like that, I'd be willing to undergo sex reassignment surgery.]

[Wow, the competition isn't just female anymore? I'm starting to feel the pressure.]

Amanosaki wanted to say a few more words, but his phone suddenly rang. He glanced at the text message and saw it was from Hu Zhun, the head of the intelligence section of the Yushan branch.

Amanosaki found the image of that middle-aged office worker—somewhat balding and with heavy dark circles under his eyes like a panda—quite unforgettable.

While wiping Kanna's mouth, Amanosaki asked, "Are there still fish in the river?"

Kanna shook her head blankly, patted her round belly, and said with a thud, "They're all here."

"There must be thousands of them, right? Won't they get sick?"

"It's alright," Kanna replied.

"Now that you're full, Kanna, are you sleepy?"

"Yes!" Kanna raised her hand again.

Children are full of energy when they are awake, but they can also get sleepy very quickly.

Viewers also noticed that Kanna rarely showed facial expressions. Instead of smiling, she would raise her hands in a gesture of surrender, indicating that she was happy or interested.

"Okay, let's stop shooting the outdoor scenes here."

As Amanosaki spoke, he pressed a few keys on the computer with one hand, ordering all the drones to retreat.

Lin Shuyu is angry; other heroes will take over the recycling work.

It's a paid apprenticeship system; the feudal apprenticeship system that exploits seniority to make newcomers help their seniors for free is something Amanosaki would never do.

Amanosaki originally planned to end the live stream here today, since for Kanna, who only has 24 hours, the two tables of food plus the Oe buffet would take almost an hour.

It's worth mentioning that the table where Kanna did her previous mukbang was the one used for group meals on the ship, and the food on the table was enough for six or seven people.

However, the viewers in the live stream didn't buy it and started sending gifts, including martial arts manuals and divine weapons worth tens or hundreds of yuan, and even flying swords.

It seems that after Kanna revealed her true form, the branch's online army and viewers also sent a lot of gifts, but Amanosaki didn't care because he wasn't short of money.

Now that they've discovered that everyone's affection for Kanna is extraordinary, even wanting to see her sleeping, Amanosaki thought this might be a way to increase Kanna's popularity, so he abandoned the idea.

Kanna was put on the bed, and the little girl crawled under the covers, curling up like a little cat-like bug with her face sticking out. In just a few seconds, she fell into a deep sleep.

What incredible water quality this is!

There's a reason why I have thin hair.

[Kanna-chan, hehe, Kanna-chan]

Another barrage of comments flashed by, but Amanosaki was already outside the door answering a phone call.

"Hello, is this Section Chief Hu?...Yes, I'm free right now...A foreign film company wants to book a role? How come the domestic companies haven't even spoken yet, but the foreign ones are already getting restless?"

On the other end of the phone, Hu Zhun pressed his temples, looked at the report in his hand, and gave a wry smile.

Don't you know the mess you've made?

After hanging up the phone, Hu Zhun waved the documents in his hand and said helplessly to his colleagues in the office:

"Friends, we have work. This up-and-coming talent is starting to plan to make a movie, so... vacation canceled."

The office was suddenly filled with wailing and howling.

Chapter 152: Production Assistant Karenina

Amanosaki wasn't quite sure why the foreign company had come.

However, during the phone call, Deputy Section Chief Hu Zhun revealed some information: the film company's visit seemed to be related to William's death.

During the phone call, Hu Zhun specifically mentioned the name of the Loyal and Valiant Knights.

He pulled up a stool from the ground and sat down, with flames swaying on the river in front of him.

As Kanna dispelled her true form, the lightning lost its energy and disappeared. Without the hydrogen provided by the electrolysis of water, the fire floating on the river also rapidly diminished.

At this moment, the Suobianyu started slowly and sailed into the warming river water.

Amanosaki keenly noticed the difference.

Previously, when Yubaba summoned lightning, the river water for hundreds of meters boiled, clearly indicating that she had confined the enormous energy of the lightning to a certain section of the river, thus cooking the Queen Fish alive.

Kanna's operation today involved wide-area hunting using an electric current powerful enough to kill her prey over an extremely wide range.

The difference between the two is roughly similar to that between an induction cooker and an electric fish. An induction cooker heats the water, while an electric fish aims to kill its prey.

"The differentiated application of the same power... I should also explore my [Devour] property more deeply."

Amanosaki muttered to himself as the fleet sailed downstream.

About ten minutes later, a huge buzzing sound came from the sky.

It looked as if tens of thousands of wasps were flapping their wings, and the calm river surface was rippled noticeably.

A massive armed helicopter roared toward them as it sped closer.