Monster Hunter: Wild Pointer

Now that the report is almost finished, he wants to enter the jungle to participate in the investigation. Well, he wants to investigate the abnormal increase in the number of ferocious monsters.

Aolan's brow furrowed again. "Did he come with an old scholar from the Dragon Clan?"

"No, he came alone."

"Then don't let him go. He's not a quiet guy."

Noah spread his hands. "That's what the person who signed the document said. He even wrote on the back of it that he's strictly forbidden from leaving the city unless you and Muti take him out."

Aolan: “.”

Needless to say, the person who signed the document must be that professor. You said you were fine, so why did you have to add that last half sentence?

With that guy's enthusiasm for research, he will definitely pester me and beg me to take him out.

It would be easier if Muti was here, but Muti is on vacation in Dondoruma now, and I can't be sure to keep an eye on that guy by myself.

It seems I have to avoid that guy. The longer I can hide, the better. It would be best if I could hide until the professor comes and takes him back.

Having made up his mind, Orlan said hello to Noah and told her not to tell Eric that he had returned. Then he planned to go back to his hunting lodge to put down his equipment and luggage.

As a result, when he turned around, he saw Seabuckthorn leading Eric towards him.

"Boss meow! Look who we brought to you meow!"

The young scholar's eyes lit up and he hugged him, "I finally have you back! My best friend!"

Chapter 238 The Cat's Trick

Orlan put his hands on Eric's shoulders and was about to push away this disgusting guy who would hug his same sex for the sake of ecological research.

Suddenly, there was a flash of light behind him, and then a crisp "crack" sound was heard.

It might have been a rare thing twenty years ago, but now that portable cameras are popular, anyone who is not too behind the times knows that this is the sound of a camera shutter.

"Aye meow! I got something good, meow!"

Silver-haired Elu, still wearing sunglasses, held up a portable camera in his hand, "What a touching moment, meow! It looks like the two of them are hugging each other passionately, meow!"

So you must be Orlan, meow? You don't want this photo to get to Muti... no, to Muti's parents, right? "

"Who are you?" Orlan pushed Eric aside and looked at the strange Elu with some confusion.

Isn’t this the showy guy who was basking in the sun at the entrance of the meeting place just now?

As for what the other party said about "showing the photos to Muti's parents", he didn't hear it clearly. Even if he heard it clearly, he wouldn't take it to heart. He would just think that the other party was talking nonsense and didn't think there was any problem at all.

However, Seabuckthorn's face changed drastically. While Elu was laughing strangely at Orlan, he suddenly jumped up, snatched the portable camera from the other's hand, opened the back cover, pulled out the film, exposed it to the light, and shook it hard.

"Huh - safe meow." After doing all this, Seabuckthorn breathed a sigh of relief.

The silver-haired Elu, who was still laughing strangely a second ago, fell into a daze. After a long while, he finally uttered, "You meow?!"

"Who is this guy?" Seeing that the other party did not answer his question, Orlan simply asked Eric.

That Elu appeared after Eric, and since both guys had silver hair, he subconsciously thought that the two must be related.

"I don't know him. I think his name is Fengjia or something. He's a nervous guy." Eric replied casually.

He has a good memory, but it is limited to ecological and biological research. As for those things he doesn't care about, he forgets them in a blink of an eye.

"My meow is Xianglan meow! Are you a pig meow? How could you get both of these words wrong?" The silver-haired Elu jumped up in anger, baring his fangs.

Aolan thought about it and confirmed that he had never heard of this name. No, it’s not that he had never heard of it at all. From what the chairman of the poster girl said before, it seemed that putting ice cubes in the meeting hall was the idea of ​​a certain "Miss Xianglan".

I thought it was a guild staff member, but it turned out to be this Elu?

Thinking back to the other party's behavior of setting up a lounge chair in front of the meeting place to bask in the sun, Olang labeled him as "pleasure-seeking" and "neurotic" in his heart.

Not interested in further communication, he just said "hello" as a polite gesture and prepared to leave with the sea buckthorn.

"Don't go yet! I've been waiting for you for several days. Take me into the jungle! We can negotiate the reward!" Eric grabbed his arm.

Xianglan also opened her arms and blocked his way. "I'm Muti's mother's hunting partner, meow! I have something to ask you, meow!"

Looking at the silver-haired boy and silver-haired Elu who were blocking him from the front and back, Orlan had a headache.

He felt like he was starting to hate silver.

"You also know the danger of a ferocious monster. It's not safe for me to take you into the jungle alone. Let's talk about it after Muti comes back.

It's no use begging for mercy. If you act recklessly, I will write a letter to the professor and have you taken back to Dondoruma."

After saying that, Aolan pulled his arm out of Eric's hand and looked at Xianglan again, "Are you Muti's elder?"

He would not doubt the other party's identity too much, after all, these things were easy to verify.

"That's right, meow! I watched little Muti and Fufu grow up!" Xianglan puffed out her chest and put her hands on her hips, speaking with confidence.

Not only Muti, but also Francesca-senpai's affairs? It seems that he is indeed an elder.

"Well, so what do you want to ask?"

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Faced with Aolan's direct gaze, Xianglan didn't know where to start.

Seeing that the Ailu named Xianglan didn't speak for a long time, Aolan patiently asked again, "Or do you need my help with something?"

What are you doing, meow? I'm here to tease you, meow, but can you really say that?

Moreover, this polite yet distant way of communicating made it somewhat difficult to deal with.

"Nothing for now, meow."

"Okay, then we'll leave first."

Aolan nodded at it again and walked away. Seabuckthorn, who was following him, turned around and made a face at Xianglan.

Xianglan stood there in a daze.

Should I call him back and bring up the camera issue? But the problem was that I had secretly taken the photo first, and that furry Elu had seized the opportunity to destroy the film. It seemed that I would not be right to bring this up anywhere, and I might even be laughed at.

There was nothing wrong with his manners, and even if he went back to complain to little Muti, he wouldn't be able to find anything to complain about.

Did I feel defeated? It seems not, but why do I feel so depressed?

Eric standing aside also had a melancholy look on his face.

He knew Orlan's character well. He was a man of his word. Begging might work for Muti, but it was useless on Orlan.

If you annoy him, he might really tie you up and send you back to Dondoruma.

Watching the disappearing backs of Aolan and the others, the man and the cat were silent for a while.

Xianglan suddenly spoke up, "Silver-haired boy, we need to cooperate, meow."

"How would you like to cooperate, Miss Mandarin?"

"Its meow is called Xianglan meow!" Xianglan scratched Eric angrily.

"Okay, I'll try to remember. It's from the Magnoliales, Asparagusales, and the Orchidaceae family, genus Pandan, right?"

"Right, meow." Xianglan pressed her paw against her face, thinking hard before asking, "If we want to assign a hunter to participate in the investigation mission, at which level of your organization do we need to issue the order, meow?"

Eric shook his head, "Whether it's the Academy, the Scribe Corps, or the Observation Bureau's requirements, they have no force on hunters.

Only in some particularly urgent cases, such as investigating a certain ancient dragon, can the guild headquarters designate a senior hunter to participate.

During this process, the guild will refer to the opinions of scholars and decide on the candidates, but that is limited to high-level hunters.

Lower-ranked hunters are basically completely free and can choose not to participate if they want."

"I can't force it on meow." Xianglan fell into deep thought again, but soon a smile of success appeared on its face.

"I have a solution, meow!"

"What method?" Eric asked anxiously.

"Do you know what star level I am, meow?"

"I think I heard you say that, but I forgot."

Xianglan scratched Eric again, put her hands on her hips and puffed out her chest, "I am the legendary nine-star hunting cat, meow! I reign at the pinnacle of the hunting cat pyramid, meow!

In terms of influence within the guild, I may not be as powerful as an 8 or 9 star hunter, but I'm not far behind. My letters can even be delivered directly to the Great Elder's desk!"

"Oh, that's impressive." Eric clapped his hands twice. "So? Requesting the Great Elder to forcibly assign Aolan to work with the two of us? The Great Elder wouldn't do such a thing, would he?"

"Of course not, meow. But I can write to the Guild Headquarters and tell them that I happened to be passing through the Metabe Forest and felt something was amiss, so I decided to investigate. The Guild will definitely approve it, meow."

"That's right. A hunter cat of your rank has volunteered to participate in the investigation. There's no reason for the guild to refuse."

"But I don't have a deep understanding of ecology, biology, and other specialized knowledge, so it's reasonable to ask a scholar for assistance, right?"

After hearing Xianglan's words, Eric's eyes lit up, and he continued,

"It just so happened that Mr. Eric, the young scholar who had completed his duties at the Academy, was also in Metabetat, so the Nine-Star Hunting Cat Xianglan decided to bring his academic pendant and join the action!

This way, I can enter the jungle and participate in the investigation!"

"Then meow! Lady Xianglan is worried that while she is concentrating on the investigation, she won't have the energy to take care of the safety of the weak nerd.

So the kind-hearted Lord Xianglan decided to recruit another hunter to serve as the nerd's bodyguard. This also makes sense, meow!

This way I can torture that guy all day long, meow hehehe!"

"That makes sense, but the guild's official document only supports recruiting a hunter as a guard. It won't specifically mention Aolan, right?"

"That depends on how deep Aolan's love for you is, meow." Xianglan put her hands on her hips, "He knows you're a nerd who disregards any danger once you enter the wild, meow. Ordinary people can't control you, meow.

If he doesn't go with you, you might die in the wild, meow. How can he let you die?"

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Only then did Eric fully understand Xianglan's plan.

The investigation team established with Xianglan as the core was the key to his permission to enter the jungle, and he was the bait used by Xianglan to lure Ao Lang to go with him.

A strangely mutually beneficial relationship was established.

But he was puzzled. "I want to go into the jungle to investigate, so why are you so persistent in taking Aolang into the wild?

It can't be that this is just to tease him, right?

If you don't explain clearly, I won't be your bait. Although I really want to enter the jungle, Orlan is also my friend."

The smirk on Xianglan's face gradually faded, and her eyes twinkled, "Only in nature can one see a person's true nature most clearly, meow.

Although Sophia and Amos both said that he was a good kid, I still wanted to see it with my own eyes.

Chapter 239: The hole you dug yourself must be filled even with your head

With a plan, Xianglan showed great initiative.

It borrowed a peregrine falcon from Noya and sent an urgent letter directly to the guild headquarters, stating that it wanted to join the investigation and requesting a scholar and a hunter as its bodyguard to accompany it to form an investigation team.

Metabetat and East Dorma are separated by the inland sea, and the straight-line distance is not far. Just two days later, it received a reply from the guild headquarters.

As it had expected, the guild approved it readily, and along with the reply came a document authorizing the investigation mission.

With this document, it can issue tasks to recruit hunters as guards.

Of course, Xianglan, who had other purposes, would not announce the task publicly. Instead, she took the documents, took Eric with her, and knocked directly on the door of Orlan's room.

Seeing these two silver-shining guys coming to the door together, Orlan's head started to hurt.

I haven't seen them these past two days and thought they were behaving themselves. Now it seems they might have made a big move.

"Please come in."

Out of courtesy, Ao Lang did not stop the two men outside the door. Instead, he opened the door, invited them into the house to sit down, and then made tea for them.

Xianglan walked around with his paws on his back, looking around, "For a single male hunter, your room is surprisingly tidy, meow?

Huh? Why is it only that corner that's so noisy?

"That's our studio, meow!" Seabuckthorn stared at Xianglan vigilantly, afraid that this guy would suddenly take out a portable camera or something.

Eric had no interest in other people's private lives. He just found a chair and sat down, reading the book in his hand.

Xianglan took this opportunity to walk around the living room until Aolan came over with a cup of tea, then she jumped onto the sofa and sat down.

Ao Lang put down the tea tray and sat down opposite Xianglan. He looked at her and asked, "Miss Xianglan, what brings you here this time?"