Police Comrade, I Want to Surrender!

Giant Panda Breeding Base.

Inside an office.

A zookeeper was being interrogated and lectured.

"What happened? A perfectly fine giant panda, how could it just disappear into thin air?"

The leader didn't believe it.

The zookeeper spread his hands in grievance: "Xiao Xiao has always been like this. She's had no sense of presence since birth. Even her parents often forget her in a corner. She's a twin, but usually, we only seem to remember her brother."

"Similar things have happened a few times before. Sometimes I'd suddenly think, where's Xiao Xiao?"

"And then I'd find her in some strange places. But today is different. We just watched the video. She ran by herself to a corner the surveillance couldn't see, and then suddenly disappeared!"

The leader rubbed his head and pondered for a moment: "This matter must be properly resolved."

"I need to notify... Oh, right, what was the name of that missing giant panda you just mentioned?"

The zookeeper looked confused: "I forgot..."

"Giant panda? Huh? Did a giant panda disappear? I'll go count again."

Ten minutes later.

"Leader, all the giant pandas seem to be here." The zookeeper excitedly checked the roster against the pandas.

The leader breathed a sigh of relief: "Good, good that they're here."

"Young people doing things are unreliable, always making a fuss. Really."

"How could a giant panda possibly disappear!"

In the garage.

Xu Nan was truly shocked.

He had only seen this large carnivorous animal in zoos. This was a powerful creature with a bite force comparable to a grizzly bear, a running speed at an altitude of two thousand meters no less than Liu Xiang, capable of climbing trees twenty to thirty meters high, swimming easily in water, and able to sit on three or four wolves for fun. Its overall combat power was off the charts!

However, compared to its adorable appearance, its powerful combat strength had always been overlooked.

In ancient times, pandas were called Iron-Eating Beasts, with quite strong offensive capabilities. Ordinary humans were definitely not their match.

That such an animal actually made a living by being cute shows how real this face-value world is.

When that giant panda pounced just now, Xu Nan was very nervous. He immediately used the Instant Spell technique to quickly cast a thick Mage Armor on himself, preparing to take it head-on.

Who knew that the giant panda was just feinting? It stumbled when it reached Xu Nan, rolled on the ground a couple of times, acted cute, and then trotted back to gnaw on bamboo.

Xu Nan felt he must have been mistaken, so he closed the garage door, took a deep breath for ten seconds, and opened it again.

The giant panda, who was gnawing on bamboo, glanced at him disdainfully and slowly spoke:

"You, are you my familiar?"

Xu Nan: "Huh?"

"Too weak. You are far from qualified to be my familiar at the moment." The giant panda said while gnawing on bamboo: "Let's start with the most basic servant for now. This is the Master-Servant Contract, take a look."

With that, a magic contract was handed over. Xu Nan actually read it carefully, feeling somewhat disbelieving.

With his super high charm value, the other party didn't bow down, hug his thigh, and cry out wanting to be his subordinate. This was simply unscientific!

But thinking about it carefully, the giant panda's charm value might not be below his, and might even be superior in some aspects. It was really hard to say who was higher or lower when comparing charm!

Xu Nan thought for a moment and directly activated his hidden specialties [Universal Gravitation] and [Radiant].

Who knew the giant panda would throw away the bamboo and sneer: "Why are you being so flashy? Do you think you're a peacock displaying its feathers? What I hate most are beings with higher charm than me. As a familiar, you don't understand the principle of complementing the master's demeanor, instead trying to steal the show."

"You can leave. You'll never be officially recognized in this lifetime."

A vein twitched on Xu Nan's forehead: "This is my home, this is my garage!"

The giant panda rolled on the ground: "I don't care. From now on, this is my home. You are responsible for my food, drink, and daily life. Oh, and the temperature in this garage isn't pleasant enough. You should quickly install an air conditioner for me..."

Xu Nan took a deep breath.

This giant panda was clearly problematic, and there was something wrong with it. Could it be that the arrival of the Pro World had also started causing mutations in other creatures?

Or perhaps, this giant panda was simply from another world?

The problem was, he hadn't seen the existence of a creature like a giant panda in the Ron Sorcerer bloodline? Things like Panda Monks were completely settings from another fantasy world, alright!

"Let's both first figure out the situation."

Xu Nan calmed down and looked at the creature that seemed adorable but was actually terrifyingly lethal: "How did you get to my house?"

The giant panda said disdainfully: "I heard someone summoning a familiar and came over. Of course, I have to take advantage of a free familiar, but I'm not very satisfied with you as a familiar. I want a refund."

Xu Nan's head was as big as a bucket: "Do you have some misunderstanding about the Summon Familiar ritual!"

He said in the gentlest words possible: "Theoretically speaking, you should be my familiar."

The giant panda said angrily: "Can you beat me?"

Xu Nan thought for a moment: "Not necessarily."

Giant pandas are usually agile, and even with all the spells he currently possessed, unless he fought with his life on the line, he really didn't know who would win or lose. Moreover, the giant panda in front of him was clearly not a pushover; it should have become a spirit.

Although spirits weren't allowed after the founding of the nation, perhaps giant pandas could be an exception?

The giant panda sneered, "Isn't that obvious? And you still want me to be your familiar! With your strength, go practice first. Until I find a new familiar, you'll be responsible for my food, drink, and daily life. Understand?"

Xu Nan always felt something was off.

This giant panda clearly knew a lot about contract rules and such; it was pretending to be crazy and foolish to get him to pay for it!

Although Xu Nan was quite wealthy now, he was still unwilling to suffer a loss for no reason.

"You, you, you, I don't care where you came from, get back immediately! Don't interfere with me summoning a familiar!"

Xu Nan's attitude also hardened. "I want a crow or a black cat!"

The giant panda was enraged. "Crow, black cat? Can those ignorant things compare to me? Are those two idiots as cute as me? If you disrespect your master again, be careful, I'll report you for stealing a national treasure."

"Do you know the crime of stealing a national treasure?"

Xu Nan chuckled, and with a bang, he closed the garage door.

His hands trembled slightly as he started sending a WeChat message, the target of course being Xin'er—

"Order takeout for lunch today."

Xin'er: No!

"Stop messing around, order takeout yourself. Have the delivery guy leave it on the steps, and you can go get it after he leaves. Winter is coming soon, take good care of yourself. I might... not be back for a while."

Xin'er: ???

"I... went to turn myself in."

After saying that, Xu Nan directly made a phone call, waiting with a heavy heart. After a while:

"Hello, Police Comrade, I want to turn myself in!"

"You mean, you stole a giant panda, and this giant panda is behind you, and he can talk?"

The one responsible for receiving Xu Nan's surrender was a very gentle police officer sister. She looked quite young, perhaps not long after becoming a regular officer.

Xu Nan nodded nervously and whispered, "How long will I be sentenced? Actually, I didn't steal this giant panda; he ran into my yard himself."

The police officer sister's expression was strange. She coughed. "But we didn't see any giant panda?"

Xu Nan was startled. He looked back and saw the giant panda lying in the corner of the interrogation room eating bamboo. It even gave Xu Nan an evil, charming smile, which made goosebumps rise all over Xu Nan's body.

Only then did Xu Nan notice that he had led a giant panda out, and along the way, no one had been surprised!

Could it be that this guy could turn invisible? And that bamboo by his hand, why did it seem like he could never finish eating it?

"But there really is a giant panda..." Xu Nan didn't know how to describe this situation.

The police officer sister nodded gently, poured Xu Nan a glass of water, patted his shoulder comfortingly, and then walked out of the interrogation room. Her face immediately changed, and she reprimanded a few subordinates:

"Tell my dad, I'm not doing this job anymore! What's so dangerous about the serious crime unit chasing criminals? You want me, your old lady, to do this kind of job receiving crazy people?"

"That guy just now kept saying he stole a giant panda!"

"Did any of you see a giant panda?"

Everyone shook their heads in unison.

The police officer sister sighed. "Prepare a car for him to go to Da Qingshan Mental Hospital. I think he's quite handsome. He lost his mind at a young age. If we send him now, maybe he can still be saved."

One of the subordinates weakly said, "Sister Ajiao, you didn't close the interrogation room door."

She turned back awkwardly, only to see Xu Nan looking at her with a somber face.

"Call the Giant Panda Breeding Base."

Xu Nan remained calm. "Ask them if they've lost any national treasures recently."

The police officer sister thought for a moment and, being responsible, made a call. The office leader on the other end said that the base was operating perfectly fine. What? A giant panda stolen? Impossible!

Because the call was on speakerphone, Xu Nan also heard the whole story.

He fell silent, then dragged the giant panda out of the police station without a word. The sister wanted to say something, but didn't have time.

One person and one panda arrived at the doorstep.

Xu Nan stared at him. "Alright, what kind of demon are you?"

The giant panda, holding a piece of bamboo in its mouth, said indistinctly, "I'm Xiao Xiao."

"What kind of demon is Xiao Xiao?" Xu Nan asked.

"Xiao Xiao is Xiao Xiao." The giant panda leisurely pushed the door open for Xu Nan, and while pushing the door, it said proudly, "You can't get rid of me! Unless I abandon you..."

However, at this moment, its voice suddenly stopped.

Xu Nan was somewhat surprised to find a small figure sitting on the living room floor, hugging her knees, staring intently at the door.

Her eyes were filled with tears, possessing a breathtaking beauty.

The moment she saw Xu Nan, Xin'er became completely agitated.

"You... you're back?"

This was the first time Xin'er had spoken to him face-to-face in so many years, and also the first time she had stepped out of that room.

Xu Nan was stunned. He immediately took out his phone, only to find countless missed calls and confused WeChat messages from Xin'er!

Just as he was about to explain something, a jarring sound suddenly rang out:

"Ow!"

"My master!"

"I am willing to become your familiar and serve you for life!"

Just then, the giant panda Xiao Xiao, with lightning speed, produced a contract and handed it over.

Xin'er was so frightened her face turned pale.

...!