While Captain Zhao and his team were still stunned.
The Xiong Da, Xiong Er, and Guang Tou Qiang duo weren't idle. Upon seeing their calls go unanswered by the red-clothed vengeful spirit, Guang Tou Qiang grew angry and hurled the chainsaw he held.
The next moment.
A piercing scream erupted.
"Ah!!!!"
The red-clothed vengeful spirit, running ahead, was impaled in the back by the flying chainsaw. The immense impact force caused its knees to buckle, sliding it forward onto the ground on all fours.
Feeling the pain in its back.
The red-clothed vengeful spirit, lying on the ground, reached out to pull the chainsaw from its back. But before its hand could move, it sensed something and looked back, its face instantly contorted in terror:
"No, don't come here!"
[Ding! Red-clothed vengeful spirit is extremely terrified]
[Host gains System Points +70]
At this moment.
Xiong Da, Xiong Er, and Guang Tou Qiang, whom it perceived as 'great terrors,' had already reached its rear. Xiong Da and Xiong Er were pressing their paws together, their knuckles cracking.
"I'll see where else you can run."
"Guang Tou Qiang, you did well this time, I must praise you."
"You smelly bears, don't try to get close to me. The credit for catching the ghost is mine. It was my thrown chainsaw that stopped the ghost."
"Oh, Guang Tou Qiang, don't be so distant. Good things should be shared."
As Xiong Da spoke, he ignored the red-clothed vengeful spirit's pleas and reached out with his paw towards its head.
"Ah!! No!!! Save me!! Wei Dao Si, save me quickly!!"
The red-clothed vengeful spirit cried out.
At its cry.
Captain Zhao and his team snapped back to reality, only to see Xiong Da, Xiong Er, and Guang Tou Qiang had already captured the red-clothed vengeful spirit while they were distracted. Xiong Da grabbed its hair, and with hair and spirit, dragged it away into the distance.
It could be seen.
The red-clothed vengeful spirit, being dragged backward on the ground, held onto Xiong Da's paw gripping its hair with one hand, and reached out towards Captain Zhao and his team with the other. Its ghostly eyes were filled with terror, helplessness, and pleading:
"Save me, save me! Wei Dao Si, save me!!"
As it shouted, it was dragged by Xiong Da holding its hair, moving further and further away. Eventually, it was dragged by Xiong Da, Xiong Er, and Guang Tou Qiang, disappearing into the dark mountain forest.
The mountain forest once again fell silent.
As if nothing had ever happened.
However.
The long drag marks on the ground told everyone that a terrifying event had occurred here... a vicious red-clothed vengeful spirit was chased and dragged away by Xiong Da, Xiong Er, and Guang Tou Qiang from the cartoon "Boonie Bears."
Captain Zhao and his team were dumbfounded, staring blankly at Xiong Da and the others who had disappeared into the distant dark forest.
"What on earth were those things? Xiong demons? Xiong Da?"
"I think I've been staying up late catching ghosts these past two days and hallucinating. I saw my daughter often dragging me to watch cartoons, and the characters came out to kill ghosts..."
"That's not a hallucination, I saw it too."
"This... Captain Zhao, should we chase after them?"
They looked at each other in bewilderment. Although they had recovered and personally witnessed the red-clothed vengeful spirit begging for help, they did not choose to help. They watched the red-clothed vengeful spirit being taken away, not because they didn't dare to save it, but because they felt it was unnecessary to save it at that moment.
Because.
Just as the red-clothed vengeful spirit was captured and dragged away, the 'bear' that looked exactly like Xiong Er seemed to sense Captain Zhao and his team, grinned at them with a Xiong Er-like smile, and waved friendly greetings.
Not only Xiong Er, but Xiong Da also waved at them. Even Guang Tou Qiang took off his hard hat and politely saluted Captain Zhao and his team, even saying, "We're on the same side."
Their actions and words clearly conveyed a polite greeting and a signal that they were taking the ghost and hoped they wouldn't mind.
Thinking of this.
One of them couldn't help but say:
"Captain Zhao, does Wei Dao Si have... Guang Tou Qiang?"
Everyone looked at Captain Zhao, their gazes filled with curiosity.
Captain Zhao's mouth twitched:
"There are indeed many bald people in Wei Dao Si, and there are also those with very strong bald heads, but... I haven't heard of a Guang Tou Qiang."
The teammate who spoke earlier couldn't help but ask again:
"Then do we have Xiong Da and Xiong Er? Captain Zhao, isn't it possible that 'Boonie Bears' was actually funded and produced by our Wei Dao Si, with the prototypes being from our Wei Dao Si?"
Captain Zhao looked over and said leisurely:
"Uh... I don't know. I'm just a small captain, but... it's probably impossible."
"Then should we chase them? They are heading towards Chuncheng."
"Yes, let's chase after them and see. Don't worry too much. Captain He Qiao is in Chuncheng, so it should be fine. Speaking of which, where are Captain He Qiao and his team?"
As Captain Zhao spoke, he also looked around, somewhat puzzled.
He initially thought Captain He Qiao and his team were chasing the red-clothed vengeful spirit, but it turned out not to be the case. Logically, they should have arrived to provide support by now since they were already in Chuncheng territory, but why couldn't he see anyone? Wait... Captain He Qiao did mention that he brought a powerful reinforcement to help, could it be...
Powerful reinforcement? Guang Tou Qiang? Xiong Da? Xiong Er?
Just as Captain Zhao was lost in thought.
Jingle jingle.
The phone rang. Looking closely, the caller ID showed Captain He Qiao.
Captain Zhao answered the phone, and before the person on the other end could say anything, he spoke first:
"Captain He Qiao, how are things on your end? Are you in the mountains now? If so, be careful. We just encountered something strange. We met a ghost exorcist who was suspected to be a chainsaw-wielding maniac, and also bear demons."
"And."
"Their appearances are very peculiar. You might not believe it, but they somewhat resemble Guang Tou Qiang and Xiong Da and Xiong Er from 'Boonie Bears'."
He spoke at a machine-gun pace, as if he wanted to convey all the information he knew in one second. However, before he could finish, Captain He Qiao's voice came from the phone.
And then...
Captain Zhao: "????"
He was stunned, thinking he had misheard:
"Captain He Qiao, what did you say? Say it again."
The teammates beside Captain Zhao noticed the change in his expression and looked over with confusion.
After hanging up the phone.
His teammates curiously asked what was wrong.
In response.
Captain Zhao looked leisurely at the teammates present, opened his mouth, and finally said:
"We don't need to chase them anymore. That Guang Tou Qiang... is the powerful reinforcement Captain He Qiao invited..."
He didn't hide anything, recounting how he had called He Qiao earlier for ghost-catching support, that the latter said he would come immediately, and that he had invited a powerful reinforcement to help.
Everyone fell silent.
The teammate from before stared blankly at Captain Zhao, and after a long while, managed to utter:
"Where did Captain He invite him from, the second dimension?"
At his words.
Everyone standing in the mountain forest inexplicably conjured an image: Captain He Qiao went to the second dimension in the middle of the night, opened Guang Tou Qiang's door, and asked Guang Tou Qiang for help exorcising ghosts. Guang Tou Qiang, without a second thought, got up, put on his hard hat, grabbed his chainsaw, and followed, saying, "It is my duty."
...