Confiscating Liu Zheng's Tool of the Trade

"Brother, that was a bit hurtful."

Liu Zheng gave a wry smile.

"Little brother, I figured you don't really count as human anymore, do you?"

Sheng Lao'er burst out laughing.

His face reddened as he argued, "A half-human can't be counted as not human... Half-human!... How can mixed blood only count for one side?"

Then Liu Zheng and Sheng Lao'er both laughed, and the guard booth filled with cheerful air.

"So, according to you, Brother, Professor Niu wants me to walk his dog again?"

He returned to the point.

"Doesn't seem likely. I've never seen him walk his dog at night."

Sheng Lao'er shook his head.

"Then he doesn't want me to become dog food, does he?"

Liu Zheng narrowed his eyes.

"Probably not. With Professor Niu's status, buying dog food would be easy. Besides, you managed to walk the dog safely last time. If he didn't want to find someone new, he definitely wouldn't feed you to it."

Sheng Lao'er thought for a moment before answering.

"That makes sense. Then what do you think he wants?"

He asked for advice.

"I think he might want to take back that Chew Toy of yours."

Sheng Lao'er said.

"Huh? Why?"

"Isn't it obvious? He's the only one in the entire Metropolis who keeps a Tindalos Hound. You wave that Chew Toy around every day. If you ever actually use it and cause trouble, it'll definitely be traced back to him."

Sheng Lao'er said.

"That makes sense."

Liu Zheng nodded and began calculating in his heart.

That Chew Toy was arguably the greatest strategic deterrent weapon in his possession, and it was the mutually assured destruction kind.

Although Liu Zheng had two teleportation items, the delivery slip and elevator button, given the other party's ability to travel through time and space, he