Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 268 The mantis stalks the cicada (5K big chapter)

Is the suspect inside?

Shao Yongkang followed Quan Chenghai to the abandoned factory, with a timid old man following behind him.

The old man was one of the few remaining workers at the factory, responsible for guarding the gate and patrolling the premises to prevent the theft of the remaining valuable steel. The chemical plant was actually lagging behind the times and undergoing bankruptcy reorganization, but no one wanted to take over the mess, so it was left unattended. The land value wasn't enough to repay the government loans, so the government hired a few retired old men to look after it. Several years passed, and still no buyer could be found, leaving it to slowly decay.

The arrival of a large group of police officers terrified the old man. Hearing that two criminals had broken in, he could only meekly call his superiors, completely clueless about how to cooperate with the police.

"Send men to block several entrances and exits!"

Shao Yongkang had no doubt that Lin Ge and the police dogs might lead the wrong way, and without hesitation ordered the entire chemical plant to be sealed off. Fearing the suspect might escape by climbing over the wall, he also ordered the Yangdian New District Police Station to bring reinforcements.

Unexpectedly, Wang Jin complained on the walkie-talkie that the police station already had only a handful of officers helping to watch the police car, and they simply couldn't send anyone over.

Shao Yongkang was so angry he wanted to smash the walkie-talkie.

"Boss, the police station can't handle the situation with just the police cars; we can't possibly bring all our personnel over."

Quan Chenghai was somewhat frustrated. When had the First Squadron ever handled a case like this? They'd arrested more than a dozen suspects before, let alone more. But now it was a complete mess, with people already arrested at the chemical plant and in the police cars, and he was worried about problems on both sides.

"The second squadron will be here in twenty minutes."

Shao Yongkang's expression was equally unpleasant, and he glared at Quan Chenghai with a displeased look.

Although the main cause of this incident lies with the Yangdian New District Police Station, the First Squadron will inevitably be criticized as well. When the old codgers from the Second Squadron arrive, you can imagine what nasty things they'll say.

"Mimi, why don't you take the dogs on patrol outside? You've worked hard this time, I'll give you a treat when we get back!"

Shao Yongkang had no choice but to target Lin Ge and his cronies.

"you sure?"

Lin Ge glanced at Shao Yongkang sideways. Without the help of police dogs, do you really think your men, who are all muscle and no brains, can find out where those two are?

"Hurry up!"

Shao Yongkang was quite impatient.

He certainly knew that police dogs were excellent at finding people, but what problems could arise from catching someone like a turtle in a jar? On the contrary, if someone managed to escape in the chaos, then all his efforts would be in vain.

Seeing that Shao Yongkang insisted on the order, Lin Ge didn't care anymore. Actually, patrolling was completely unimportant; those two guys couldn't escape his ears. But since Shao Yongkang thought he was in the way, he'd just have to wait and see!

Without arguing with him, Lin Ge led his six henchmen and turned to leave.

Upon arriving outside the chemical plant, Lin Ge did not follow Shao Yongkang's patrol route. Instead, he lazily found a clean spot to lie down and rest. The dogs followed suit, lying down around Lin Ge one by one.

"Mimi...get up and get to work."

Yuan Qu was a little worried and leaned over to whisper a reminder to Lin Ge about what he needed to do.

No matter how he called out to Lin Ge, Lin Ge ignored him. Helpless, Yuan Qu sighed and went to call Yu Rong. The two discussed it and decided to wander around the courtyard wall by themselves, tripping over weeds and uneven broken bricks and stones, making themselves look disheveled.

"hey-hey……"

Zhou Bo, who rejected Yuan Qu's suggestion, stood behind Lin Ge and chuckled. He was gloating over his companion's hard-working appearance; refusing to follow the boss but obeying orders from other departments, no wonder Mimi ignored him.

Lin Ge glanced at this lazy bastard and thought that this team was much harder to manage than the one in Zhuzhou.

Ah! Status!
Inside the courtyard, Shao Yongkang, along with more than a dozen criminal police officers, were shouting in the open space downstairs, demanding that the two suspects, Zhou Guangjun and Cai Yuan, surrender immediately in exchange for leniency.

He wasn't very eloquent, only saying things like the two men's crimes weren't serious and that they should surrender to gain merit. Unfortunately, his efforts went unanswered; after all, the two men were prepared to resist and had traveled so far, they weren't going to surrender easily.

Ten minutes later, Shao Yongkang received a call from Zhai Xiaojun, the captain of the second squadron, who said he would arrive in ten minutes at most and asked Shao Yongkang to wait patiently.

"Boss, are we really waiting for those old turtles?"

Quan Chenghai approached Shao Yongkang, his mood somewhat unpleasant. In his eyes, they were nothing but two good-for-nothings; with the strength of the First Squadron, crushing them would be a piece of cake.

"Shut up!"

Shao Yongkang glared at Quan Chenghai.

Normally, ten minutes would pass in the blink of an eye. But when waiting for someone, every second seemed to stretch on endlessly. Shao Yongkang impatiently told them to keep calling out, while he suppressed his anger and paced back and forth.

When I was completely impatient, I looked at my watch and realized that only seven minutes had passed!
"Old Zhai, why aren't you here yet? Hurry up! Doesn't your Second Company pride itself on being more capable than us?"

He called again, impatiently urging him on.

"Don't rush!"

Zhai Xiaojun was also impatient and said angrily, "There's a traffic jam! There was a car accident ahead. A ride-hailing car hit an old man's car, and the two are arguing! It's a single lane, and the cars behind are blocking both sides of the road. I'm getting people to clear it as soon as possible."

"Misfortune never comes singly!"

Shao Yongkang cursed, finally losing his patience. He hadn't heard a sound for so long; it seemed those two idiots were playing hide-and-seek! Stirring them up was a good idea; anyway, the First Company was sure to win the race!

After careful consideration, and deciding that the two suspects couldn't cause any real trouble, Shao Yongkang directly ordered, "Everyone except the gatekeepers, follow me! Tighten the encirclement and kick every corner inside!"

"Yo!"

"I couldn't hold back any longer!"

A group of burly men shouted excitedly, and thankfully they didn't forget to coordinate, quickly rushing into the steel factory in pairs.

The clatter of footsteps and the clanging of hard-soled shoes on the metal plate startled Lin Ge, who was dozing outside. Completely unprepared for Shao Yongkang's unconventional actions, Lin Ge jumped up in shock and watched as a group of police officers, armed with riot shields, batons, and stun guns, stormed into the six-story factory. Judging from their menacing demeanor, they seemed determined to vent all their anger on those two unfortunate men.

As long as... they can find it.

"Ow!"

Lin Ge raised his head and barked, and the six rested police dogs immediately stood up, wagging their tails and staring at Lin Ge, ready to go.

"gone!"

Lin Ge ignored Zhou Bo, who was completely bewildered, and walked towards the two-story building in the factory.

"Hey! Mimi, Captain Shao has already searched the area over there!"

Zhou Bo quickly followed, but unexpectedly, Lin Ge's target was not the six-story factory building where the suspect was hiding, but rather an empty two-story building that seemed to be a packaging workshop or warehouse.

"Fool, don't you understand the concept of waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree stump?"

Lin Ge knew, of course, that this place was deserted, but things might change later. Seeing the footsteps of Shao Yongkang and his group approaching from the third floor, Lin Ge knew the suspects wouldn't be able to hold out much longer and would soon walk right into his trap.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

The criminal police officers from the first squadron who were guarding downstairs watched in astonishment as a cat led six dogs and a fool straight toward the empty house.

"Ha ha……"

Zhou Bo pointed to the cat leading the way, unsure how to explain himself.

"What did the captain say?"

A criminal investigator named Wang Liqun looked at his colleague next to him, who was communicating with Shao Yongkang on a walkie-talkie, while also criticizing the police dog squad for disobeying orders.

"The boss said that there's no time to worry about others, just do your own job well."

Chen Liang put away the walkie-talkie, feeling both impatient and eager to try it out.

Wang Liqun shrugged at Zhou Bo, and seeing that Lin Ge had already led the police dogs into the house in silence, he sighed and said to Chen Liang, "Forget it, I'll go and keep an eye on things! We're all in the same boat, and it was our boss who asked the police dog squadron for help."

So Wang Liqun nodded to Zhou Bo and quickly ran to catch up with Lin Ge and his group.

Seeing Lin Ge watching as the six dogs actually climbed up the fire escape to the second floor of the building and then inexplicably squatted behind the door at the roof exit, Wang Liqun was stunned. Remembering how the police dogs had helped catch someone earlier, he decided to give these silly animals a good talking-to. "Holy crap!"

Suddenly, Chen Liang's exclamation came from outside, followed by the roars of the captain and his men in the distance.

The outside seemed to have become chaotic for no apparent reason. Wang Liqun was startled and quickly turned around to go out and provide support.

"Ow!"

But then, Lin Ge suddenly roared and moved. He abruptly ducked and smashed open the half-closed iron gate in front of him, rushing onto the roof first. Six police dogs followed closely behind, barking as they chased after him.

"That bastard flew by!"

Shao Yongkang's roar came through the walkie-talkie.

"fly?"

Wang Liqun was taken aback again.

At that moment, the thumping sound of dogs running around could be heard from the iron shed overhead, along with a continuous barking. Faintly, one could also hear a person screaming in pain, and Shao Yongkang's excited shout of "Don't let him get away!"

"Wang Liqun, the suspect has run this way along the iron pipe!"

Chen Liang burst in, panting heavily, and pointed to the main door on the roof, urging Wang Liqun to hurry up and go up.

He didn't follow, because there were two other escape routes outside the house, one on the south side and one on the north side, both zigzagging iron staircases along the outer wall. The suspect must have been prepared to choose this escape route; surely one of the three routes would have fewer police officers.

That's exactly what Zhou Guangjun thought, and he had even been prepared for what happened today.

The Yangdian New District Police Station thought it was a coincidence that the logistics company spotted the police, but they had no idea that a self-service adult product store just over 500 meters away from the logistics park was actually Zhou Guangjun's lookout post. The self-service nature of the store, requiring no human intervention, would have lowered the police's guard. It would have been quite normal for the store to have several security cameras; no one would have suspected that one of them was directly facing the store entrance and could even see the road leading into the park, meaning someone was constantly watching!
Therefore, as soon as he saw the police approaching, Zhou Guangjun ran. The distance of more than a kilometer might only take the police two minutes, but for Zhou Guangjun, it was the most critical time to escape.

While the Yangdian police were caught off guard by the fleeing thugs, Zhou Guangjun and Cai Yuan had already hidden in the abandoned factory. If Lin Ge and his police dogs hadn't discovered them there, they wouldn't have hidden at all; they would have continued their escape in the chaos.

Zhou Guangjun was furious with the police dog that had ruined his plans. However, when he saw the police searching upstairs without the dog, he thought his luck had turned around; God had closed one door but opened another.

Until... he gripped the iron chain tightly and quickly descended down the iron pipe. The whooshing sound of the wind made it impossible for Zhou Guangjun to open his eyes, but through his squinting eyes he saw several terrifying-looking large dogs guarding the end of the iron pipe.

Zhou Guangjun knew that God had not only closed the door, but also opened a window to the entrance to hell...

"Wang!"

"Wang Wang!"

The dogs had never seen a target fall from the sky like this before. Watching the suspect approach rapidly, they were all terrified and nervous, barking incessantly with their mouths wide open.

As Zhou Guangjun landed headfirst on the pre-laid insulating mat, six dogs quickly surrounded him. Dizzy and disoriented from the fall, Zhou Guangjun tried to stand, only to discover that Jackie Chan's stunts were far beyond the capabilities of ordinary people. Even though he successfully slid from the fifth floor to the first floor, the feeling of weightlessness and loss of balance still left him disoriented and his legs weak.

Then, he was easily tackled to the ground by Yingying and Xiongxiong. The two Labradors, weighing over 100 pounds combined, pinned him down, rendering him completely unable to struggle.

"what!"

Having missed the first opportunity, the dog quietly set its sights on his legs, biting each of his calves, causing Zhou Guangjun to scream in pain.

'puff! '

Qi Qi plopped down on Zhou Guangjun's head, feeling a bit uncomfortable underneath, rubbed against it, and then stood up cursing.

"..."

Lin Ge stared in disbelief at the scene.

Before he even made a move, the suspect was already completely finished. The imagined scene of him fiercely fighting Jackie Chan with six dogs, even avoiding his parkour escape to the first floor, didn't materialize at all.

"It's useless!"

Lin Ge sighed, finally realizing that the police dogs in Zhangzhou were slightly better than their buddies in Zhuzhou. These dogs rarely used their mouths, and even when they did, they would only bite once and then let go, unlike the Zhuzhou buddies who preferred to kill.

Lin Ge still remembers Jiang, the murderer and dismemberer at the pig farm. Jiang almost killed Chen Song and Sun Chang single-handedly. If it weren't for the ruthlessness and audacity of the henchmen in Zhuzhou, no one could have predicted how horrific things would have turned out.

Meanwhile, Zhou Guangjun only took two bites, both on his calves that affected his mobility. It seems this is Li Mei's training method for the police dogs, quite different from the police dogs trained by male officers in Zhuzhou.

But...it's pretty good.

The four dogs, weighing over 200 pounds, were all pressing down on the suspect. Adding to the problem, the pesky Qiqi kept rubbing its rear end against his head, and Lin Ge even saw the suspect start to roll his eyes.

"Phew...where is everyone?"

When Wang Liqun rushed up, the arrest operation was already complete. Afterwards, Shao Yongkang ordered the others to continue monitoring the factory's surroundings, while he only brought Huang Yizhong and Quan Chenghai to the rooftop. Seeing this scene, they didn't know what to say.

Seeing Wang Liqun handcuff the suspect, Shao Yongkang patted him on the shoulder without saying anything more.

With him there, the First Squadron at least didn't completely lose face.

"Well done! Well done!"

Huang Yizhong was ordered to take the suspect away, while Shao Yongkang proceeded to take turns slapping the suspect's head against the dogs. He was still somewhat apprehensive; previously, only Chen Liang and Wang Liqun were downstairs, and without these police dogs, what if they hadn't managed to corner the suspect…

Shao Yongkang was so desperate he wanted to kill himself. Who would have thought that Jackie Chan, who was not afraid of death, would be among the suspects?
Seriously, it's just a smuggling case, is it really necessary to go to such lengths?

Shao Yongkang immediately had doubts.

As he slapped the dogs in turn, when it was Lin Ge's turn, Lin Ge bared his fangs without hesitation, as if about to pounce, which made Shao Yongkang immediately back down. With a sneer, he ultimately didn't bring himself to deliver the slap that had left the dogs dizzy and disoriented.

"here you go!"

With a heavy nod, Shao Yongkang wiped his face and turned to leave.

Lin Ge stared at the guy's back with disdain, finally understanding why the First Company was in such a state.

"woo woo woo woo……"

The urgent sound of sirens rang out in the distance; the second squadron of reinforcements had finally arrived.

In less than ten minutes, Shao Yongkang was filled with regret. He thought to himself that if he had waited a little longer, this embarrassing incident that the old turtles of the Second Squadron might have laughed at for the rest of their lives would not have happened.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Before the Second Squadron even arrived, Squadron Leader Zhai Xiaojun's laughter preceded them. A group of criminal police officers quickly surrounded the factory, freeing Yuan Quyurong from her disheveled weeding.

The two disheveled men looked at Zhou Bo, who was following behind Lin Ge, grinning as he escorted the suspect; their faces were as black as ink.

Even if the credit went to the police cats and dogs, as their handlers, this fatso would undoubtedly reap the rewards. As for the two of them... Yuan Qu and Yu Rong exchanged a glance, their feelings mirroring Shao Yongkang's—they just wanted to die.

"Haha! Old Shao, I heard you almost crashed and burned? If it weren't for Mimi and the police dog squad, wouldn't you have lost face big time? Tsk tsk... I told you to wait for me, but you wouldn't listen, and you still called me an old turtle behind my back! Haha... This gorilla has no brains, how would he know what 'safety' means?"

Zhai Xiaojun walked towards Shao Yongkang, but before he even arrived, he launched into a barrage of hurtful remarks.

"Shut up! There's still one suspect we haven't found! Our men have practically turned the entire factory upside down, but we haven't found a trace of the person hiding there!"

Shao Yongkang grunted and decided to use trouble to shut Zhai Xiaojun up.

"This guy won't confess? This is interesting..."

Zhai Xiaojun's expression finally turned serious.

He and Shao Yongkang guessed the same reason: these two guys might be involved in some even bigger cases. Exposing their accomplices would mean the cases behind them would be exposed, which would be more costly than stubbornly resisting.

"Leave the rest to us!"

Zhai Xiaojun grinned and patted Shao Yongkang on the shoulder, saying, "There's still one on the run, right? Don't worry, I'll dig three feet into the ground to find him and see what kind of big case these two are hiding."

(End of this chapter)