Chapter 2619: Fantastic Beasts in the Park 26

The night was deep and quiet, the moon bright, the stars sparse.

On the spacious pigeon square of the park, the animals approved to participate in the operation gathered under the moonlight.

Xiao Bai the Lion sat crouched on the low stone platform in the center of the square; a figure darted down—the purple marten in charge of scouting ahead had returned.

He perched on the big brother gray wolf's head, chirping urgently a few times.

"Boss, bad news: Xiao Zhang of the guard team is patrolling with the patrol team."

The purple marten stretched out its tiny paws and counted, swaying slightly: "There are five guards, walking back and forth, keeping a tight watch."

The animals grew solemn.

Although each of them possessed secret skills, after all this was a covert operation—if humans discovered them, it would be too troublesome.

Xiao Bai the Lion twitched its fluffy ears, its golden pupils contracting slightly in the moonlight, thinking calmly.

If he went alone, he could completely teleport to avoid detection, but bringing along this big bunch of little brothers… would be difficult.

It seems we still have to go through the door, and we must find a way to lure away or 'deal with' the patrolling guards.

Xiao Bai the Lion raised its front paw, pressed it to the ground, and drew everyone's attention.

Several fluffy heads immediately huddled close, forming a circle, to listen to the little boss—who had many ideas—assign tasks.

"Action!" The lion's paw slammed onto the ground.

The clever animals quickly split up to act.

First was Xiao Zhang the guard.

He held a strong-beam flashlight, patrolling leisurely along the park's main thoroughfare; his other hand gripped a phone, head down, tapping the screen rapidly as he chatted heatedly with his lover, the key chain at his waist jingling with each step.

Suddenly!

Xiao Zhang felt a blast of hot wind sweep past his side.

"What was that?"

Xiao Zhang jumped in fright, snapped his head up, shone the flashlight toward the woods on the left slope, and caught a glimpse of a blurry black shadow flashing by.

His heart tightened—could an animal have broken out?

The next second—whoosh!

A large, heavy rain tarp fell from the sky, covering him from head to toe completely.

"Ouch!" Xiao Zhang's vision went black; he panicked instantly, fumbling to tear open the tarp.

"Who?! Who is it?!"

The purple marten's agile little paw snatched at his waist like lightning—got the keys!

Having secured the keys, the purple marten, still tangled in the tarp, yelped and bounced a few times on Xiao Zhang's head, celebrating with a tap dance.

Tap-tap, tap-tap.

"Whoa!!"

The purple marten dashed into the greenery belt with the key chain in its mouth, vanishing instantly.

Xiao Zhang cried out a few times, thinking he'd been targeted by some pervert killer; but the blows through the tarp felt as light as a massage, and it took him a while to struggle and pull the annoying thing off, his hair disheveled, breathing hard.

He looked around, still shaken; the shadow was gone, but on the ground…

a tuft of brownish animal fur.

Xiao Zhang picked up the tuft of fur and fell into thought: '……'

How could there be animals breaking out in the middle of the night!

Report to the zoo director—must tell the zoo director!

Xiao Zhang went to look for his phone, only to discover his phone was gone too!

Xiao Zhang: '……'

You might not believe me if I say it, but I was robbed of my keys and phone by an animal.

Elsewhere.

The guard responsible for patrolling the plaza area, Xiao Huang, walked along yawning, eyes half‑asleep.

Suddenly!

He felt a coolness on his face as a few drops of water landed.

"Huh? Is it raining?"

Xiao Huang blinked and looked up at the sky; the moon was still up there—where could the rain come from?

Another drop fell on his face; this time he sensed it—this water didn't seem to be falling from the sky, but from the side……

Xiao Huang turned his head doubtfully and saw, behind the big tree, a lurking mass revealing two beady black eyes and bizarre buckteeth, persistently puffing out saliva.

Xiao Huang: '……Tu Bao?'

"Tu Bao! What are you doing here? Why are you wrapped in a flag?"

Cloaked in a flag, thinking itself flawless, Tu Bao:!!!

Exposed! Damn it!

How are human eyes even made!

It was so startled it jerked, didn't even bother aiming, and spat again.

This time the spit was a different color; Xiao Huang couldn't dodge in time and got hit squarely on the forehead.

The next second, his body swayed twice and he collapsed into the nearby bushes, snoring.

Tu Bao carefully approached, extended its hoof, and kindly propped up Xiao Huang's fallen head.

It used its protruding buckteeth to snatch the phone from Xiao Huang's uniform pocket, then turned and ran.

The little boss had once said, Tu Bao's saliva is a good thing for humans.

Thinking that, it ran even faster, its hooves clack‑clack‑clacking on the ground.

And another side.

Hu Gu carried the little white lion and ran toward the zoo's main gate.

It completely didn't avoid the high-level concept of surveillance cameras; all it thought about was obeying the boss—just charge forward!

And all surveillance problems have been perfectly solved by Ling Gun Gun.

【Host, charge ahead with confidence! All surveillance has been replaced with looping static images—guaranteed no one will notice!】

The little white lion stood steadily on Hu Gu's broad back, like a confident commander, occasionally raising its paw to point the direction.

The agile red fox followed beside the tiger, responsible for scouting and guarding.

Jin Chen's order to all animals participating in the operation was: absolutely must not be discovered by humans.

But he didn't know how his smart and capable little brothers would carry out the mission...

Full of loopholes.

In short, under the chaotic, self-assertive operations where everyone showed off their abilities, the five patrolling security guards were temporarily 'resolved' in various unexpected ways.

The animals regrouped behind the holly bushes at the side gate.

The golden parrot flapped its wings and landed on a low branch, shouting: "Dao Ge knows! In the guard room, the duty old master! That old guy is fierce! Dao Ge stole some melon seeds, got chased away with a broom!"

Jin Chen: "..." Serves him right.

In the troop, there was also a forced member—a musk deer extremely familiar with the mountain environment—that Bai Rendong named Xiang Zai.

The mighty, strangely shaped animal troop squeezed out from the side gate.

Not long after the slow-moving alpaca at the rear of the troop strained to squeeze through the gate gap, three nearly identical white rabbits hopped out from the grass beside the side gate.

They stood upright side by side, their short forepaws scraping the cold iron gate, three pairs of red eyes gazing in unison at the dark mountain forest where the animals had disappeared, watching silently.

After a few seconds, the three rabbits simultaneously turned in unison, each hopping off in a different direction, disappearing into the park.

Row house area, Bai Rendong's bedroom.

The window was gently pushed open a crack by a fluffy white paw.

A little white rabbit silently jumped onto the windowsill, placed its forepaws on the glass, and its red eyes gazed at the sleeping person on the bed inside.

It opened its three-part mouth and gently exhaled a breath toward Bai Rendong.

In his sleep, Bai Rendong's eyelids twitched a few times, his brow furrowed, and he was forcibly pulled from deep sleep.

He instinctively reached out, feeling around beside him, wanting to embrace the warm presence that always curled up next to him each night.

However, after feeling around several times, all he touched was a cool sheet and an empty pillow.

Bai Rendong was instantly startled awake, his heart skipping a beat for no reason.

He reached over to turn on the bedside lamp, sat up quickly, and looked beside him—empty.

He then turned his head to look at the lion's den in the corner—also empty!

"Jin Chen?" Bai Rendong felt a little panicked.