Chen Xiao's expression immediately changed slightly.
That whistle was indeed no ordinary whistle, but rather a special whistle that seemed to emit an audio frequency that could only be detected by the ears of animals.
That kind of audio is very difficult for the human ear to hear.
“You’d better close the window.” White Gloves chuckled softly. “It’s not that I’m worried about danger, but… the scene in a little while might be rather bloody. I don’t really like the smell of blood.”
Although Chen Xiao didn't understand, she did as instructed.
soon……
Suddenly, a commotion arose in the woods on the left.
The low bushes and grass were gently parted, and a brown beastly shadow slowly emerged step by step. The brown shadow was quite large, its paws crushing the low grass on the ground as it cautiously poked out half of its body, the magnificent brown fur on its head revealing its features!
This is a lion! A young and strong male lion!
The lion seemed somewhat agitated, probably startled by the whistle. It immediately spotted the driver in white gloves standing there. The lion appeared puzzled, but even more wary, staring at the human in the distance—the human who had trespassed into its territory.
Although this is a zoo, the free-range environment allows the lions to retain some of their wildness.
The lion cautiously approached, then skillfully circled around.
Chen Xiao had watched the National Geographic program and could see the lion's hostility, and he also heard the lion's threatening growls.
The lion had already lowered its front body to the ground, its hind legs brimming with elastic power, as if it were ready to pounce and leap at any moment...
The driver in white gloves stood there with a serene expression.
Just as Chen Xiao watched the lion approach step by step and prepared to pounce, suddenly, the driver waved in the direction of the lion and let out a low whimper...
The sound seemed to imitate the roar of some wild beast, or perhaps it was the sound of weeping; it sounded extremely strange.
Then, the driver's voice produced a series of strangely pronounced notes, with a peculiar vibrato and nasal resonance, as well as some very difficult trills.
He seemed to be chanting some kind of incantation.
Even more strangely, after hearing these sounds, the lion's tense body suddenly relaxed, and it raised its head. Its eyes stared at the driver for a long while, seemingly hesitating, before it lowered its head and slowly walked over step by step.
When the lion was just a step away from the driver, it stopped and then did something that surprised Chen Xiao.
It actually stuck out its head and nuzzled the driver affectionately from the side of its head—just like a big pet dog!
"My driver is not some kind of animal trainer." White Glove smiled slightly.
The driver gently knelt down, put one arm around the lion's neck, and gently stroked the lion's mane.
Chen Xiao suddenly had a thought: "What kind of superpower is this?"
"An ancient superpower, with a history many times older than the combined history of any service agency or club!" White Glove smiled slightly. "Remember, superpowered individuals have existed in this world for a very, very long time. Much earlier and more ancient than we imagine. As for my driver, his superpower in ancient Europe has a special name in legend, a name passed down from ancient Celtic..."
He paused, then smiled and uttered a word that many people were familiar with.
Anyone who's read fantasy novels or played online games will recognize this term. Chen Xiao had heard it before, but... he never imagined that such a thing actually existed in reality! And that it was even categorized as a superpower!
The white gloves refer to:
Druid!
Druids who manipulate nature?
"Druid is actually just a pronunciation in an ancient Celtic language. Specifically, this kind of ability is generally divided into two categories. One is the manipulation of plants, and the other is the manipulation of animals. My driver happens to belong to the latter. Well, if I were to use a more formal term, I would prefer to call this kind of ability the ability to manipulate natural organisms."
Then, the lion became extremely docile, even sticking out its tongue to lick the driver's leg twice, and then lying down on the ground.
At that moment, the driver pulled a metal bottle from his pocket—a sealed bottle. As soon as he slowly unscrewed the cap, the lion on the ground immediately sprang to its feet, shook its mane, and showed a hint of alertness!
The bottle contained a sealed liquid. The driver carefully poured the liquid onto the ground around him. The liquid flowed out, turning golden yellow and emitting a peculiar smell, as if it were some kind of strong, irritating medicine.
The smell seemed to make the lion nervous. Its usual docile demeanor vanished, and it looked around anxiously, letting out low growls.
"What is that?" Chen Xiao frowned as he sat in the car.
“We’ve lost several precious bio-beasts,” White Glove explained calmly. “One of them was very valuable. Those two brothers you met smuggled it away from the club. Unfortunately, they didn’t train it properly and lost it. So, they’re searching for it, and we’re searching for it too. Luckily, we have druids in our organization. And the liquid in this bottle is a sample of the bio-beast’s bodily fluids and urine. I came to K City and saw the news. What happened here confirmed that the bio-beast escaped and is hiding here… In the city, is there a better place for such a bio-beast to live than a wildlife park? There’s enough space here. And enough…” He paused, glancing at the lion, “Enough food!”
The man in white gloves looked slightly excited. He smiled and said, "This kind of bio-beast is a very cunning and intelligent creature, extremely cunning! Finding it won't be easy; we can only try to lure it out on its own. Fortunately, in nature, most wild animals have the habit of marking their territory with their urine and scent. So, we can sprinkle this sample of urine from another bio-beast here. Perhaps it will think that another of its kind has invaded its territory, and force it out."
"What kind of bio-beast is it?" Chen Xiao asked, suddenly recalling the Owl Bear he had encountered.
“Oh, I almost forgot to tell you… that owl bear you encountered also went missing from our organization! And that Monica was one of the traitors.” White Glove chuckled leisurely. “We ran into some trouble recently. A group of people in the organization suddenly defected, causing some chaos. A batch of precious bio-beasts were stolen, some of which were unique samples cultivated over many years! If it weren’t for this chaos, I wouldn’t have made the trip to K City.”
Chen Xiao was about to ask something when the white-gloved man's eyes suddenly lit up because the driver, Druid, suddenly made a strange gesture towards the inside of the car.
"Here you are!" The man in white gloves tossed aside his handkerchief and cane, glanced at Chen Xiao, and said with a hint of deeper meaning, "I knew you would carry a detector with you at all times, so... why don't you put it on!"
Without hesitation, Chen Xiao took out the detector—the glasses given to him by Phoenix—and put them on.
Soon, the detector's ground-based radar showed some fluctuations.
"on the right?"
Chen Xiao frowned.
Suddenly, the water rippled on the right side of the pond, and slowly, a black shadow emerged from the water.
The black shadow looked like a stone or a lump of mud.
After emerging from the water, it slowly crawled to the shore. It dragged across the green grass, leaving a trail of black mud.