Big White Wolf walked through the lengthy tunnel, still unclear on how he had ended up in his current predicament.
He had clearly come to devour a human child!
Yet, how had he become a "puppy" tasked with finding food for a human cub?
Wanting to roar out in anger to vent his frustration, he opened his mouth, but then his jaws ached, reminding him that his mouth had been tied shut.
He didn’t know where she had gotten her strength, utterly unlike those other human cubs that only cried and wailed!
Big White Wolf had already developed his intelligence, and sometimes he would even take pride in his own wisdom. At that moment, he thought of an excellent plan!
He would bring this little human Demon King to meet that old guy and let them humans fight among themselves!
Using their human phrase, this was a case of "dog eat dog"!
"Puppy, are you laughing? Your eyes are curving up, looking... quite cunning!"
Big White Wolf turned his head, his wolf eyes immediately appearing innocent, as he shook his big head.
Little Taotie wondered, "Can you understand what I’m saying?"
Big White Wolf continued to shake his big head vigorously, indicating he didn’t know, didn’t know anything.
Little Taotie looked at him suspiciously: "You clearly can understand!"
Big White Wolf kept up his innocent act, his big head still shaking.
"Gurgle!" Little Taotie’s stomach rumbled.
Out of his control, Big White Wolf’s stomach also groaned, "Gurgle!"
A wolf and a child exchanged glances.
In order to get Big White Wolf to eat the child, they had starved him for two days and nights.
Little Taotie spoke in a babyish tone, "Hurry, hurry, charge!"
Indeed, Big White Wolf started to sprint, even worried if the little cub could keep up, but upon looking back, he saw the little cub was keeping close behind, running quickly.
Elsewhere, Xiangxiang inhaled deeply, having finally found the little wooden house, but without any discovery.
Mo Haihao squatted down, picked up some strands of hair from the ground, and found some animal fur. He handed them over: "Identify this."
Xiangxiang sniffed closely and soon had an answer, "It’s Little Taotie’s hair, she was indeed here recently! The other, it’s a wolf!"
"Continue the search! There’s no blood here, they must have just left not long ago!"
Xiangxiang nodded and, following the scent, searched in the direction Little Taotie had left.
Meanwhile, within the ancient castle, an alarm sounded from the attic.
Every Special Department personnel’s mobile phone was fitted with a chip which, if blocked by a signal jammer, would automatically power off within three minutes, triggering an alarm in the attic.
After manipulating the computer, the head of the Special Department locked onto two personnel, one was Mo Haihao, the other was Xiangxiang.
"Has the captain of Team Three run into trouble?" asked the Second Team Captain, "What was his task today?"
The captain of Team One responded, "The case of the missing child in the Haunted House was originally my case, since it had a low danger level, he swapped with me, saying he wanted to take the two little ones, so he chose a simpler task."
The captain of Team Four remarked, "It seems this case has exceeded our expectations, very tricky indeed."
The head of the Special Department immediately ordered, "Teams One and Four, assemble your personnel and head to the rescue."
"Team Two check the surveillance."
Soon after, the captain of Team Two reported, "An hour ago, Xiangxiang posted on Weibo. Boss, take a look."
The head of the Special Department took over the laptop and, seeing the image on the screen, his expression instantly soured.
"Ghost Face Mask! Reminds me of a case from ten years ago! Zoom in a thousand times, see if there’s an SV mark on the bottom right of the mask."
The Second Team Captain immediately zoomed in on the two masks, stating solemnly, "There it is! Boss, take a look!"