Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 228 Humans are inferior to cats
Just a few minutes after Qian Wei left, Xie Changjun rushed over.

Seeing the cat squatting by the roadside, and Zhang Ke squatting down to feed the cat water, he showed an excited yet somewhat inexplicable strange expression.

He had heard all about the cat's abilities over the past few days. But seeing that his hard work over several days was no match for a cat's casual stroll, he realized that in the end, talent and luck mattered, and relying solely on hard work only made his defeat understandable.

"Mimi, Zhang Ke! Is this the courier station over there?"

After getting out of the police car, Xie Changjun hurriedly went to Lin Ge and Zhang Ke's side, urging them to hurry up and get to work.

"Don't worry."

Zhang Ke didn't even look up or stand up. He just squatted down and poured water into the bottle cap while saying, "Mimi said someone is watching this courier station. Those guys are more cautious than we thought. Going over there now will only alert them. Don't look over there either, or you might give us away."

"The cat said that? It can talk?"

A police auxiliary officer behind him spoke up in confusion. He had not participated in the investigation of the two murder and dismemberment cases, so he only knew the name of the cat in front of him and did not know how capable it was.

"Mimi naturally has her own methods."

Zhang Ke looked up at him, his eyes filled with anger.

The auxiliary police officer immediately realized that what he had said was inappropriate, but when he saw the same auxiliary police badge number on Zhang Ke's chest, he snorted disdainfully in his heart.

The other auxiliary police officer next to him remained silent and simply did his job.

Xie Changjun had no intention of acting recklessly, and once Zhang Ke spoke to him, he obediently stopped turning his head. After patiently waiting for Zhang Ke to finish feeding Lin Ge water, the four policemen got into their police car and sped away, quickly disappearing from sight.

Lin Ge stretched on the spot, then lowered his head and blended into the crowd, disappearing from the sight of the watchers.

"Yes, the police are gone. It was a false alarm."

In a supermarket across from the courier station, a long-haired woman wearing a hat peeked out from between the shelves. Casually fiddling with the beverage bottles on the shelves, she spoke into the phone: "These cops are all so bored, playing with a cat during work hours. It's nothing, just an unreliable auxiliary police officer. I saw his badge number when I arrived. Ugh, what real skills can an auxiliary police officer have? Don't overthink it, he's already been taken away in a police car. A cat? How would I know!"

The young woman impatiently hung up the phone, picked out an expensive drink, and paid at the counter. She didn't leave; instead, she sat down on a bench outside the store and leisurely started drinking while playing on her phone.

Lingo, perched in the tree, watched this scene quietly.

If it weren't for the fact that he smelled the man's scent on the woman just as she happened to be passing by, who would believe that a group of telecom fraudsters would be so cautious as to switch people and launch a surprise attack?

But that’s right!

Criminals are naturally easily frightened and suspicious when they see the police.

Unfortunately, they never imagined that for a cat, changing people makes absolutely no difference. People who spend a lot of time together will inevitably develop a similar scent, something that cosmetics can't easily mask.

After about ten minutes, the woman grew impatient.

Even with a hat on, the sun wasn't very comfortable. She threw the empty bottle into the trash can, muttered something, and turned to leave.

"Men are such a pain, always causing all this trouble. If it weren't for your money, I'd dump you right now! Humph, this isn't something that can be solved with Pilates... Hey? Girl, come out and have some fun! Why are you sleeping on such a beautiful day?"

The woman hailed a taxi on the roadside and quickly drove away.

"Why no news yet?"

In a secluded parking lot in the next alley, three policemen waited quietly. The usually taciturn auxiliary policeman had changed into his regular uniform; to anyone else, he looked like an honest, unassuming young man fresh out of school, and no one would guess his identity as a policeman.

Xie Changjun sat in the passenger seat with his eyes closed, ignoring the flirtatious auxiliary police officer's questioning. If he didn't even have this much patience, this guy was destined to be a menial laborer for life.

After quickly changing his clothes, Zhang Ke opened the passenger door. The others glanced at him and were all taken aback.

Is this guy definitely a policeman, or some rich young master?

That demeanor, that level of clothing, that way of wearing designer brands like they're designer brands, without the slightest sense of restraint... Why did you have to become an auxiliary police officer?
"Is this guy sick?"

The flippant auxiliary police officer muttered to himself, thinking that it was immoral for such a wealthy person to come and compete with someone like him for an auxiliary police job.

Zhang Ke didn't come in, but just poked his head in through the car door and said, "Mimi gave us a signal; the people keeping watch have left. As we agreed, we'll split into two groups now. You go to the courier station to check on the person with a mole on his face; be careful, he might know someone at the courier station. I'll take Mimi to that residential area. Officer Xie, I think we can request backup from the Zhuzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau now. It's impossible for just the few of us to catch them all."

Xie Changjun shook his head and said in a deep voice, "I've made the call, but we don't have enough manpower today. So don't act rashly. Gather good evidence, and we'll take our men and wipe them out tomorrow."

"That's it!"

Zhang Ke expressed his regret.

However, this is not without reason. After all, which police officer isn't busy? Which police officer doesn't have their own work to do? Which police officer isn't working overtime every day with countless case files to write?

It seems unlikely that you would ask someone busy with their work to put down their tasks and help a stranger like yourself.

Zhang Ke understood the predicament of the Zhuzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau, but what if they let such a good opportunity slip by, and the other party remained suspicious and moved on? If they really got away, it would be much more difficult to find the target again next time. After a moment's thought, Zhang Ke suddenly said, "How about we ask Mimi for help? She has a pretty capable team under her command, and since those two cases probably don't require police dogs right now, they might have some time."

"Ok?"

The flippant auxiliary police officer was stunned for a moment. What? That cat actually has subordinates? And they're not just cats and dogs, they sound like a police squad?

He was unaware that Lin Ge's subordinates were actually the police dog unit under the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Zhuzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau, not a small team. In terms of professional titles, number of personnel, case-handling level, and autonomy, the two were worlds apart.

"Well……"

Xie Changjun pondered for a moment.

He knew Zhang Ke meant well, but he also knew that doing so was somewhat of a provocation against the Zhuzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau. Using someone else's personnel to handle a case without giving them a heads-up seemed inappropriate.

However, to Xie Changjun's surprise, when he called the city bureau leaders and then transferred the call to Deputy Director Yang, Deputy Director Yang only hesitated for a few seconds before approving Xie Changjun's request.

The only condition is that Mimi must lead the team herself, rather than having the police dog unit incorporated into Xie Changjun's team.

Xie Changjun understood the intricacies of the situation and agreed without hesitation.

So when Lin Ge received Zhang Ke's call, he was completely dumbfounded. What was this bastard thinking, actually going to waste his dignity as a cat and shamelessly cause trouble for the hardworking police dog squad brothers?
This guy……

However, when Zhang Ke kindly persuaded him, even saying that if he could close the case sooner and return to Zhangzhou City, Sun Chang would be able to be discharged from the hospital soon, Lin Ge was still tempted.

Honestly, I'm getting a little tired of living in Zhuzhou.

The climate here is particularly cold, which isn't ideal for a cat without clothes. Add to that the dry air and the lot of dust and sand, and Lin Ge still feels more comfortable in Zhangzhou.

However, he was still unwilling to make a decision for the police dog team and only asked Xie Changjun to speak with the training captain in person.

Then, to Lin Ge's surprise, the training captain agreed without hesitation. He was even more enthusiastic than Lin Ge had imagined, showing great excitement that the police dog unit would no longer be an appendage of the criminal investigation team and could handle cases independently.

In the past, the police dog unit was often said to be inferior to dogs, as it was generally only used to search for evidence against criminals and did not have independent case-handling authority.

But since Ringo arrived, the police dog unit has repeatedly stolen the spotlight. They were instrumental in solving two murder cases. Especially after Mimi's incredible performance left her colleagues in awe, who would dare look down on the police dogs? What the police cats can do, the police dogs can definitely do too! The training captain, to prove this point, didn't hesitate to lead his team to become a cat's henchmen.

This time, Xie Changjun's request was less about helping and more about the police dog unit having another chance to prove itself.

Why is he inexplicably ranked lower than other brigades when they are both battalion commanders?
If we give them two or three more chances like this, the police dog unit can apply to handle cases independently, right? It can't remain an important department of the criminal investigation branch, but be treated like temporary logistics staff, summoned and dismissed at will.

To Xie Changjun's utter surprise, the police dog trainers, along with a group of police dogs, gathered in front of Lin Ge once again.

"Ow!"

Lin Ge roared triumphantly, "Look at these are all my underlings!"
"Mimi, what should we do this time?"

The training captain was determined to learn all of the cat's skills, so he simply ignored the fact that his own pet was wagging its tail at the sight of the cat.

"Ha! A bunch of scammers, what means could they possibly have to fight us? Find them, arrest them all, and that'll be the end of it. Then we can follow the trail to uncover the whole organization, and the rest of the arrests will be easy!"

Lin Ge was somewhat dismissive of this mission. Apart from the possibility that there might be a lot of suspects, how much of a threat could these fraudsters pose?
To be honest, in cases like the two murder and dismemberment cases we handled before, such brutal criminals are always a minority. The vast majority of criminals are unlikely to resist the police; they are just rats in the sewers, destined to die if exposed to the sun.

Soon, six police cars and four police pickup trucks arrived at the building in that residential area.

Amidst the blaring sirens, the property management staff dared not give them a perfunctory response. Unlike their previous attempts to evade and deceive Xie Changjun, this time the staff obediently produced the entire list of residents, as well as the license plates and vehicle models in the parking lot, leaving nothing out.

Meanwhile, Lin Ge had already led eleven police dogs into the community to search for people and cordon off the area.

This time, the police dog unit brought fewer police dogs.

After all, the dog had been busy for many days and needed rest. However, to avoid Mimi not being able to command properly, the police dog unit did not send out any new dogs. The police dogs that went into action were still its old partners, all loyal little brothers who had made meritorious contributions together.

Beibei hadn't seen Lingo for several days, and now it was barking excitedly. Little Xiao beside it was much calmer, though its tail was still wagging like a windmill.

The other police dogs continued to be affectionate with Lingo, following him into the residential area. Their arrogant demeanor left their handlers feeling particularly helpless.

However, when they looked at the other colleagues that Deputy Director Yang had hesitated to send out, the instructors revealed an extremely arrogant expression.

This time, we are the main force!

Thinking of the trainers acting like lackeys, I quickly took a few steps to get a little closer to Mimi.

Thank you to Dark Night Chant for the 500 Qidian Coins reward. As usual, I'm asking for your monthly votes.

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