Yuan Tong
Chapter 153 The Real Paparazzi
Several hundred dogs of all shapes and sizes gathered together in such a short time. If people saw this, it would probably be circulated and reposted on major social media platforms the next day. So, Lily immediately called these fellows to the back of Hao Ren's big house.
As mentioned before, Hao Ren's house was actually the last private residence on the outermost edge of the southern suburbs, located at the end of Baishi Road. Behind the house was wasteland, and on both sides were walls or vacant and uninhabited houses. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that this was the boundary of human civilization in the southern suburbs. Although gathering hundreds of dogs behind the house wouldn't go completely unnoticed, at least it wouldn't attract too much attention in a short period.
Hao Ren and Vivian followed and watched the spectacular scene in amazement.
Several hundred dogs, only half of which were domesticated pets, and the rest were the characteristic residents of the southern suburbs – stray dogs. This large force was diverse in breed and size, ranging from Tibetan mastiffs that could stand as tall as a person to Chihuahuas that were barely bigger than a rabbit when straightened. It was like a multinational coalition force. "G滚" heard the noise, curiously came to take a look, and was so scared that it yelped and scurried onto the roof, a two-story roof! It scurried up the wall. The poor thing probably thought it was finally being punished for its tyranny in the neighborhood and that the southern suburb dog kingdom had mobilized all its forces to讨伐 it...
Lily haughtily inspected the group of dogs, and all the dogs bowed their heads, presenting a waiting-for-orders posture. Vivian couldn't help but turn her face away: "She's getting addicted... Even if she's a husky spirit, isn't this too embarrassing for妖精精?"
At this moment, Lily finally finished her inspection and showed off enough prestige, raised her hand, and gave an order: "Woof!"
All the dogs immediately placed the rune cards they were carrying in their mouths on the ground and also shouted: "Woof!"
"Stop, stop, stop," Hao Ren quickly pulled Lily over, "Keep it down, this formation of yours is too big."
Lily quickly nodded: "Woof... uh, got it. By the way, Landlord, what do you think of my army size?"
"The combat effectiveness is quite strong, sweeping the stray cats in the southern suburbs should be no problem," Hao Ren said from the bottom of his heart, then bent down and picked up a rune card from in front of a nearby Chihuahua. The Leta rune drawn on it with red paint had been blurred by the dog's saliva, and it was clear that it couldn't be used anymore. "...Your brain works pretty well, you actually thought of using the dog pack."
"Dogs have sensitive noses," Lily happily pointed to her nose. "At the very beginning, I smelled the strange smell and found those符卡 from the cracks in the bricks. But if I had to find all the pieces of paper on these nearby streets by myself, that would be impossible, so I could only organize these subordinates. They're not good at anything else, but they're good at finding things. I gave them a death order, don't come to see me if you can't find the 符卡..."
Vivian sighed again beside her. She really didn't know what was so proud about this authority, but she had to admit that this time Lily's husky talent finally played a big role – if you replaced her with a genuine werewolf, she might not be able to bring herself to squat on the ground and "woof" with the dogs.
"So the符卡 on the nearby streets should all be collected," Vivian frowned as she looked at the large pile of rune paper on the ground. The quantity made her heart feel heavier. The Demon Hunters might be appearing as a group again, otherwise it would take a person a week to make so many符卡. "I just don't know if there's anything else besides the 符卡... Those guys are best at setting traps, as cunning as hunters."
"I'll ask," Lily said as she squatted down and patted the head of a yellowish-brown dog (it looked like a small leader). She looked very serious, "Woof, woof? Woof woof..."
Hao Ren wanted to record this scene. He felt that if he was bored in the future, he could watch Lily "woofing" here on a loop for half a day!
The big yellow dog tilted its head and thought for a while when it heard Lily's question, and replied, "Woof woof—"
Hao Ren and Vivian muttered beside them: "Can you understand?" "No." "Then why are you nodding?" "To maintain dignity, haven't you noticed that the way this group of dogs look at us is like they're looking at sidekicks number two and three? In their minds, Lily is the supreme king – I have to prove that I have a higher status than that big dog." "As an old vampire, is it really interesting for you to argue with a group of dogs about this?" "That's true..."
Leaving aside how strange Hao Ren and Vivian's topic was, there seemed to be a problem with the communication between Lily and the big yellow dog. They "woofed" back and forth for a long time without discussing a result. Lily had no choice but to reach out and pull a mixed-breed dog that looked like a tiger to her side: "Woof?" "Woof!" "Woof..."
One person and two dogs began to talk like this. Lily "woofed" once, then the mixed-breed dog "woofed," then the big yellow dog "woofed." Hao Ren looked a little strange: "Why do you have a secretary?"
"This guy is from Russia, his accent is too heavy for me to understand," Lily pointed to the big yellow dog, then pointed to the mixed-breed dog next to her. "It's from the Northeast, a cross between a Chow Chow and a Caucasian Shepherd, so it can translate a little..."
Hao Ren: "..."
This was the first time in his life that he had heard that even dogs were divided into language families! Are all the animals in the world divided like this?
"Anyway, I divide them like this here," Lily explained casually when she heard Hao Ren's question, then talked to the two dogs for a few more sentences and stood up. "They didn't find anything more, and there's no human scent around the符卡 either. Logically speaking, setting up so many符卡 would definitely leave a scent everywhere..."
Vivian was not surprised by this: "For Demon Hunters, hiding themselves is very simple. I know the most powerful demon hunter even swaggered into Balder's palace and killed a拟态怪, and Balder himself didn't even notice. But there shouldn't be such guys anymore these days, they've been declining all these years... But hiding their scent is still a necessary lesson for every Demon Hunter."
As Vivian spoke, she pinched the rune paper in her hand: "But they can't hide things drawn with Leta runes, which is the only good news. Big dog, have your paparazzi盯盯盯 every corner. Demon Hunters will definitely try to investigate the situation when they find that their runes have been destroyed... Maybe they'll try to reset the runes. It would be great if we could catch a lone one."
"You're letting these dogs deal with Demon Hunters?" Lily immediately exploded (in every sense of the word, she really "exploded"), "I can't even beat those perverts, do you think these guys have any combat effectiveness..."
"Who's letting these dogs go up in person? Let them watch the场子!" Vivian was simply despairing at Lily's comprehension ability, "A Demon Hunter with normal intelligence would never think that a werewolf would bribe a group of dogs to be spies—you're the first werewolf in thousands of years to organize a paparazzi队 as subordinates. Your unexpected brainstorming is your greatest use now!"
Lily finally understood what was going on and nodded proudly: "Don't worry! My legion is invincible!"
I don't know why she has such a great sense of accomplishment from being a dog king—"G滚" in the family unified the stray cat world in the southern suburbs last year, so Lily's achievement today is at best on par with G滚...
After assigning the next task, Lily "嗷呜" gave an order, and the dogs were excited. Hundreds of dogs dispersed and ran away in a few seconds. Hao Ren could imagine how great a role these four-legged scouts would play in the future: they are familiar with the environment, have a sensitive sense of smell, can go anywhere, are natural hunters and scouts, and have years of life experience and ethnic foundations here. Even if you find two连 of the FBI, they probably wouldn't be as efficient as these real • dog paparazzi. And more importantly, no matter how vigilant Demon Hunters are, they won't be suspicious of the stray dogs that are everywhere on these streets. By the time they find out that their 符卡 are being systematically cleared by a group of dogs, it will be too late.
But that's just theoretically the case, Hao Ren was still a little worried: "Will this work? Can a group of dogs find Demon Hunters? If it's really that simple, then Fenrir died too unjustly."
"As long as they can find the surrounding符卡, that's not difficult," Vivian's mouth curled up slightly, "Even the smallest advantage is an advantage, and Demon Hunters have been developing smoothly for so many years, they'll be careless."
At this moment, a loud voice suddenly came from the direction of the door: "I'm back—where is everyone?"
It was Izhaks' voice.