The comments said I was deeply affectionate, I just added points by using an alternate account.

After saying that, Chen Guan squatted down, looked directly into the leopard's accusing purple eyes, and took out a low-level demon core.

He held the demon core to the leopard's mouth, and the leopard's howl was instantly cut off. It looked at the food so close at hand and opened its mouth in humiliation.

"Meow……"

After a weak whimper, it swallowed the demon core whole.

Really fragrant.

"Look, it likes it very much."

Chen Guan stood up, clapped his hands, and looked satisfied. He knew that the name he had chosen was a good one.

Big White immediately rolled his eyes.

Traitor! Spy! Mole! Lackey!

I really misjudged the leopard!

If it stands up for that stupid leopard again, it's a sick cat!

"Alright, alright, I'm leaving now."

Baihu looked at Chen Guan and said, "I have something to attend to. Do you need me to take you to see your friend?"

"Can I ask what happened?" Chen Guan asked curiously, perking up his ears.

The White Tiger said solemnly, "To prevent the world from being destroyed, to protect the peace of the universe..."

Chen Guan: "..."

"Are you Musashi or Kojiro?"

"Huh? You've actually seen this?"

Baihu immediately regained his composure: "Alright, stop fooling around. I really have something important to do. I'll take you back to Baiying first."

"You should pay close attention to teaching this leopard to talk. I'll make arrangements for the disappearance of the coffin so you can return to your normal life without any worries."

Chen Guan immediately stood at attention and said, "Thank you, Brother Hu."

After hesitating for a moment, Baihu said again, "Actually, the person you should really thank is the boss, not me."

"A large part of my help to you comes from the boss's orders."

"Boss, you are truly a great person."

"Although the boss has never met you, you must trust him. He has always been watching over you silently."

"If one day... never mind, anyway, you can trust the boss as much as you trust me."

Boss... is it a zero-sum game?

To be honest, Chen Guan knew nothing about Zero and Zero. He only knew that it was the highest leader of the Guiyuan Group, a mysterious figure who only existed in code names.

The playful expression on Baihu's face faded, and he patted Chen Guan's shoulder with a force as heavy as a mountain.

"Remember, all the decisions the boss makes are for a grander goal."

Baihu glanced at Chen Guan with a complicated expression, paused, and finally let out a soft sigh, saying nothing more.

He snapped his fingers, and the cynical smile returned to his face.

"I'll drop you off near the camp; the rest of the way, you'll have to walk yourself."

……

Camp.

As Chen Guan's feet touched the solid snow, the off-road vehicle behind him sped away, the cold wind whipping up snowflakes that smeared his face.

The lights of the campsite in the distance flickered in the wind and snow.

He glanced back; the auras of the white tiger and the big white tiger had completely vanished.

"Awoo."

The leopard stuck out its tongue and licked its nose, its purple eyes full of protest.

Chen Guan didn't speak, but took out a high-level demon core from his pocket and waved it in front of it. This was the relief food he had taken from the white tiger.

The protests instantly turned into fawning purrs, and its tail wagged like a rattle.

Chen Guan squatted down and held the demon core to its mouth.

The leopard swallowed the demon core in one gulp, making a muffled gurgling sound in its throat.

Chen Guan stood up, brushed the snow off his hands, and walked towards the camp.

The leopard rubbed against his trouser leg contentedly, as obedient as a house cat.

In the camp, the flames of the campfire cast flickering light and shadow on Yin Chen's focused profile as he carefully wiped a kitchen knife with a piece of deerskin. The blade reflected the firelight and his exceptionally focused, handsome face.

Hongyuan sat by the fire, hugging her knees, idly drawing circles on the snow with a twig.

Today they're on guard duty, but actually they're having a barbecue here.

"What a coincidence, you two."

Chen Guan's voice pierced through the wind and snow, echoing throughout the camp.

"Chen's coffin!"

Hongyuan looked up in surprise, and the branch in her hand fell into the fire with a snap.

Yin Chen paused in wiping his knife, looked up at the approaching Chen Guan, and exclaimed in surprise, "You're back?"

"What's that? Wow, what a beautiful leopard!"

Red Kite had already rushed over, curiously examining Leopard, her eyes shining.

"Chen Guan, where did you get this from? Does it bite?"

Surrounded by onlookers, Leopard cautiously shrank behind Chen Guan, letting out a low warning.

"What you saw was the original Lightning Cheetah, which underwent a super evolution after being struck by lightning."

Chen Guan was talking nonsense, but fortunately Hong Yuan didn't think too much about it. She squatted down and tentatively reached out her hand to Leopard, with a friendly smile on her face.

"Hey Leopard, hello there, wanna be friends?"

Leopard looked at her, then back at Chen Guan. Chen Guan didn't say anything, just watched quietly.

After hesitating for a moment, Leopard finally stuck out his tongue and gently licked Red Kite's fingertip.

"Wow, it licked me!"

Hong Yuan laughed happily, acting as a happier servant to Leopard. Seeing this, Chen Guan remembered Bai Hu's words.

Perhaps, letting it come into contact with more people is not a bad thing.

"Speaking of which, Chen Guan..."

Yin Chen's voice rang out again as he looked at Chen Guan: "You didn't run into any trouble this time, did you?"

"No, I was just conscripted."

Chen Guan shrugged indifferently: "Do I need to register to go in?"

"No need for that."

Yin Chen stepped aside and gestured for him to proceed: "I'll report it later. I just got back, you should go and rest."

He turned to look at Hong Yuan, who was having a great time, and immediately couldn't bear to watch: "Hong Yuan, stop playing. Chen Guan should go back to the dormitory to rest."

"Oh, oh." Hongyuan reluctantly released Leopard, feeling a pang of sadness as she thought of her beloved turtle.

How can a turtle feel as good as a leopard?

Why don't turtles grow hair?!

After bidding farewell to the two, Chen Guan headed towards the dormitory. He didn't encounter any familiar faces along the way. His trip with Bai Hu was only a day long, so the camp was still peaceful.

Back in the dormitory, everything was exactly the same as before he left.

Chen Guan said impatiently, "Leopard, let my coffin out."

Leopard obediently opened its mouth, and a violent retching sound came from deep in its throat.

Its entire back instantly tensed into a hard bow, its purple fur fluttered without wind, and in front of its small body, the air was torn apart by an invisible force, creating an unstable vortex.

The next second, a deafening roar like muffled thunder exploded.

The ancient black coffin, half-buried in the frozen soil, suddenly appeared out of nowhere and crashed onto the hardwood floor of the dormitory, kicking up a choking cloud of dust, as if it had been spat out by a leopard.

"Aww."

Having completed its mission, Leopard rushed to Chen Guan's feet as if to claim credit, rubbing its head against his trouser leg, its tail wagging and leaving afterimages.

...Isn't there a more respectable way?