Ah Lu was a very intelligent Great Camphor Tree, and a very rule-abiding one at that.
Shen Le had no idea how it managed it, but in all the time it had stayed in the mansion, its leaves had flown about like darts without ever breaking a single windowpane.
Its roots had spread throughout the entire underground area beneath the mansion—Shen Le suspected they had filled it all—and yet they had never cracked a floor tile, punctured a water pipe, or damaged a sewer line.
And now that it could monitor the entire town, it even knew to avoid the water, electricity, gas, and communications lines, as well as the national defense fiber-optic cables!
Well, for a Tree Demon over five hundred years old, the fact that it could understand the significance of those lines and cables, know the consequences of damaging them, and actively avoid them was already extremely impressive!
But when it came to requests such as "provide underground blueprints of the surrounding area," the director's entire face wrinkled with difficulty before he still shook his head.
"It's not that I don't want to give them to you. It's that I really can't. Ordinary utility lines are one thing—the power bureau and the like all have blueprints—but national defense fiber-optic cables, along with certain classified lines..."
Well, they were the Special Affairs Bureau, not some department with higher clearance. They truly could not get their hands on that stuff. Even when they needed it during operations, they had to temporarily request assistance from their fellow agencies!
Ah Lu shook its branches in displeasure, sending leaves whistling through the air. Shen Le sighed, got up, and went outside.
He headed into the neighboring courtyard to placate it.
"Ah Lu, we don't need to rush to cover such a huge