Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 301 Joint
Zhao Zhigao didn't recognize Lin Ge because, after losing his most distinctive feature, Lin Ge looked not much different from an ordinary silver shaded dog.

Moreover, Zhao Zhigao didn't immediately associate Lin Ge with the police station's cat. Given his current situation, he was too busy avoiding the police to associate the cat in front of him with a special agent cat from the police.
With a chuckle, Zhao Zhigao reached out and touched Lin Ge's head.

"Hey! Where did this little guy come from? I didn't bring any food with me."

"Stupid!"

Lin Ge rolled his eyes to avoid Zhao Zhigao's touch, but didn't reveal anything to him. Because not far away, a man with a cigarette was intently watching Zhao Zhigao. Whether it was concern or surveillance, that was the gist of it.

"Hehe... You can't have come here specifically to care about me, can you? I never thought that I, Zhao Gao, would have a day when I would be pitied by a cat."

Zhao Zhigao smiled; his slump had been interrupted by the cat, and he finally perked up a bit. He stretched, stood up, and walked over to the man smoking.

Lin Ge followed behind without saying a word.

"Tsk! Tag-tagalong."

Zhao Zhigao didn't chase him away, it was hard to say what he was thinking. He just came up to the man and said, "Brother Yang, I'm sorry to have worried you. I'm fine, and it felt pretty good after I recovered. You can leave it to me next time."

"Have you thought this through? You can quit once you touch this stuff, but if you smoke it too much, you'll be addicted for life."

Whether it was a deliberate threat or malicious sarcasm, the man surnamed Yang calmly stared at Zhao Zhigao and said, "Ah Gao, to be honest, it's not necessary to go to such lengths for money. Just helping to transport goods would be enough for you to make a fortune."

"Hehe... I'm not after a little bit of money. If I, Zhao Gao, only cared about that hard-earned money, I wouldn't be in this line of work, right?"

Zhao Zhigao revealed a longing expression, turning to look at the distant skyscrapers: "Why can those rich people live so carefree, getting whatever they want? It's just money, right? When I'm rich, won't I be just as awesome? To be honest, that's how the world is; people laugh at poverty but not prostitution. It doesn't matter what we do, as long as we can make big money! Then we'll be partying every night, drinking foreign liquor, living in mansions, who cares about the lives of those idiots outside?"

"Damn it, A Gao, isn't that what I was going to say to comfort you?"

Brother Yang couldn't help but laugh, and patted Zhao Zhigao on the shoulder: "Agao, it's good that you have this awareness. We're all just small people, there's no need to care about society or right and wrong. Other people's lives and deaths have nothing to do with us, only the money in our hands is our own. You've passed the test, and you've done a good job this time, Brother Yang is very satisfied. To be honest, it's not easy to find a capable person in the local area, Brother Yang values ​​you highly, so you need to work even harder from now on."

"Ok!"

Zhao Zhigao nodded emphatically, his expression becoming increasingly excited.

Earning 20,000 yuan from a single drug trial was certainly enough to make him ecstatic. Even if these new types of drugs are more dangerous and riskier than the old ones, what does it matter to drug dealers as long as no one dies on the spot?

Zhao Zhigao immersed himself in this gang, striving to solidify his persona.

What's wrong with this cat?

Seeing that the dirty stray cat was still stubbornly following them, Brother Yang, who had his arm around Zhao Zhigao's shoulder, looked at Zhao Zhigao curiously.

"How would I know!"

Zhao Zhigao genuinely didn't know why this cat seemed to be sticking to him.

A fool is a fool. Following me into a den of dragons and tigers is just courting death.
Seeing that Zhao Zhigao's expression didn't seem fake, and that it was just a cat and nothing serious, Brother Yang turned back and didn't bother with it anymore. For a gang of their size, as long as they didn't run into the cops, nothing else mattered.

As for cats... besides that woman, Da Yang also kept a leopard cat. It's not surprising that a group of people who don't work usually just chat, drink, and gamble, keeping a cool pet.

"roll!"

Zhao Zhigao kicked the cat from a distance, trying to shoo it away.

The cat nimbly dodged him, but didn't leave. It seemed to be sticking to him, its eyes filled with mockery and disdain, completely ignoring his performance.

This scene amused Brother Yang; he never expected his new recruit to have such a silly side.

"Keep it; maybe it will make Da Yang notice you more often."

Brother Yang laughed, clearly enjoying the drama.

"Bullshit! I can't even take care of myself right now. Besides, with all the money I have, it's not even enough to treat my brothers to drinks, let alone keep a cat."

Zhao Zhigao was implying something.

“It’s alright, the money comes in fast. Da Yang said that starting today you’ll also receive dividends, and you’ll get quite a bit every month. Don’t even mention raising cats, you could even support two or three college students without any problem. Besides, there’s another batch of goods in a few days that will require your work.”

Brother Yang patted Zhao Zhigao on the shoulder, quite satisfied that his brothers no longer needed to take risks.

As for this guy... a few kind words and a little money can be enough to get rid of him. What's the point of something so cheap and easy? Once we don't really need him anymore, we can just deal with him and make a quick getaway. Who would know that another person has died in the dark without anyone knowing?

The two soon arrived at a car repair shop, passing through the dirty repair bays and entering the inner courtyard.

Seeing Zhao Zhigao's tired expression, Brother Yang knew it was a side effect of the work he had done earlier. He patted him on the shoulder and said, "A few brothers are singing and drinking over there. If you're in the mood, go and have some fun. If you want a woman, just say so. We're all family, no need to be polite."

"I won't be formal, take care, Brother Yang."

Zhao Zhigao bowed slightly as he watched Brother Yang enter a three-story building in the courtyard. The moment the guy opened the door, a noisy commotion and strange shouts erupted from inside. But as soon as the door closed, not a sound could be heard at all.

Looking around, Zhao Zhigao noticed that many cars were parked in the yard.

There were inexpensive domestic cars costing tens of thousands of yuan, as well as Japanese and American cars costing hundreds of thousands, and even two Mercedes-Benz G-Class and several Panda vans with police license plates. Most of these cars were parked there under the guise of being for customer repairs, but even cars belonging to repair customers could be used for drug trafficking, which wouldn't be surprising at all. Even the two police cars, based on Zhao Zhigao's experience, were obviously towed away for scrapping after reaching their service life. Although the procedures were all legal, who could have imagined that the other party's motives were impure?

Repair shops are incredibly convenient in this regard. Almost everyone who leaves their car there leaves the keys. And if a few liters of gas are missing, or if someone discovers the car has been driven, a simple excuse like a test drive is all it takes to cover it up.

Even if there are some nitpickers, discounting the repair cost will usually make everyone happy.

Even if these scrapped police cars are driving on the road, how many people would question their identity?
In addition, it is common for repair shops to frequently purchase parts, so who would have thought that several kilograms of powder could be stuck inside the front of a car?

Intra-provincial transportation is leniently regulated in this regard, and the gang also has other preparations. If they find a toll booth on the highway with a dog or something, the driver in front can just make a phone call and immediately push the parts under the highway guardrail, and nothing will happen.

Zhao Zhigao understood the difficulties of drug enforcement in China, especially with this kind of small-scale, scattered drug trafficking, making it extremely difficult to arrest everyone without missing a single person.

If they miss one or two high-level executives, all they need to do is move to a different location, recruit a few henchmen, lure them in with drugs, and easily rebuild their sales network by finding a few drug addicts as clients.

Poison is just that difficult to eradicate completely.

It was precisely for this reason that Zhao Zhigao chose to go undercover, taking this risky approach to uncover the true nature of the entire criminal gang. Once everyone's identities were confirmed, arresting them would become an easy task.

"whispering sound!"

With a slight pout, Zhao Zhigao rubbed his slightly uncomfortable chest and turned to walk towards the room the gang had arranged for him.

"Ok?"

He hadn't walked two steps when he saw a familiar cat, casually perched on the roof of a Chevrolet Camaro. It was still staring at him with that eerie look, making Zhao Zhigao's heart skip a beat.

The cat actually followed him to the backyard? Zhao Zhigao was stunned for a moment, looking around but unable to figure out how the cat had appeared. But then he thought that for a cat, scaling walls and climbing trees was an easy task, so he stopped wondering.

Moreover, the cat's persistence piqued Zhao Zhigao's interest. After thinking for a moment, Zhao Zhigao squatted down and beckoned to the cat, saying, "Mimi, Mimi, come here. Why are you following me? Do you have nowhere else to go? Come on, I have some good food here."

"What good food do you have on you! Besides the smell of poison and the rancid stench of not having showered for days, what could possibly lure a stray cat? And what are you even talking about?!"

Lin Ge scoffed, but at least he remembered his mission. Finding a drug cartel's hideout wasn't enough to complete the mission; the undercover operation wouldn't end until the gang's higher-ups showed up. So, Lin Ge lazily jumped out of the car and slowly walked towards Zhao Zhigao.

"Holy crap, they actually made it?"

Zhao Zhigao was stunned for a moment. The pocket, which was even cleaner than his face, left him at a loss. How was he supposed to deal with this cat?

"What's delicious?"

Lin Ge stared disdainfully at this bewildered fool.

"Haha~ Little dog, take some of my money tree's cat food and take it down to Ah Gao. Ah Gao, when it comes to raising cats, you have to be honest and generous, otherwise the cat will be loyal to you."

A burst of laughter suddenly came from the balcony on the third floor of the small building. A middle-aged man, slightly burly and dressed very formally, who looked like a boss, stood there. He seemed to have been staring at Zhao Zhigao below, and only now could he finally help but laugh.

Although there was a hidden meaning in his words, Zhao Zhigao still breathed a sigh of relief when a young man with tattooed arms came out carrying a bag of cat food with only English words printed on it and a big cat head drawn on it.

He took the cat food, nodded to the tattooed young man nicknamed "Little Dog," then looked up at the middle-aged man on the third floor and smiled, "Thank you, Brother Yang, you really have experience. By the way, this cat food must be expensive, I'll bring you the money later."

"Tch! A bag of cat food is nothing. Ah Gao, are you really planning to keep this stray cat? To be honest, you won't be short of money later on. I think it'll be more impressive to keep a cool cat to take out. Like my Bengal cat, it looks ordinary, right? But its spots are all 100% copper coin rings, making it a unique and high-quality breed. A kitten like that is impressive to take out. Keeping a stray cat, isn't that a bit beneath you?"

Brother Yang didn't go inside the third floor; he just looked down at Zhao Zhigao and offered his advice very sincerely.

"Hehe... I just feel like this guy and I are quite destined to meet."

Zhao Zhigao chuckled.

"what ever."

It was clear that Brother Yang's patience with his subordinates wouldn't last more than three minutes. Adding just one new recruit wasn't worth his enthusiasm or lowering his status, so he waved and went back inside.

Zhao Zhigao wasn't embarrassed and didn't care about the disdainful look from the tattooed puppy. After he entered the house, he waved to Lin Ge while carrying cat food and said, "Mimi, come with me. Look at your pitiful appearance, you'd better behave yourself if you really want to live with me."

"Ha ha……"

With a self-deprecating laugh, Zhao Zhigao went up the iron staircase to the second floor. He pushed open the door of an apartment further inside and walked straight in.

Lin Ge followed him in and discovered that it was actually two prefabricated houses combined into one bedroom and one living room. The prefabricated house was equipped with air conditioning and had everything one could need, including a bed, wardrobe, TV, and sofa. There were also a few exercise machines and a Switch game console in the corner, indicating that the group had taken good care of their subordinates' entertainment and living arrangements. There was even a washbasin installed near the window, making it much more upscale than the other prefabricated houses on the construction site.

In this respect, the gang treated its members quite well. If it weren't for their criminal activities, it might have been a good place for young car mechanic apprentices to work.

"Hmm... there's no bowl."

Zhao Zhigao searched the room but couldn't find anything to hold cat food. He thought for a moment, then took apart a plastic dumbbell in the corner, flipped the lid over to use as a bowl, and pushed it in front of Lin Ge, who was squatting by the door.

"..."

Lin Ge stared speechlessly at Zhao Zhigao. How could anyone possibly eat from such a sweaty, stinky dumbbell bowl?

"Aren't you going to eat it? I think Brother Yang's leopard cat really likes it."

Zhao Zhigao was somewhat puzzled. This stray cat seemed more difficult to care for than he had anticipated. And looking at its chubby appearance, was it really a stray cat? Or had living conditions in Zhangzhou improved to such an extent that even stray cats had become overweight?

Lin Ge was too lazy to pay attention to Zhao Zhigao, and besides, there was an unsettling atmosphere in the room, so he didn't directly tell Zhao Zhigao his identity.

He looked around lazily, walked to a corner of the sofa, put down the coat that Zhao Zhigao had casually tossed on it, lay down, closed his eyes, curled up his tail, and began to doze off.

"..."

Zhao Zhigao sensed a problem; this cat seemed even more difficult to deal with than the criminal gang he had infiltrated. The criminal gang could be appeased and forced to work, but who knew how to handle a disobedient cat?

"Ok?"

Upon closer inspection of Lin Ge, especially noticing the indentation around his neck that was likely caused by wearing a collar for an extended period, a look of surprise flashed across Zhao Zhigao's eyes.

The dust on Lin Ge, though making him look dirty, seemed like it could be easily cleaned off. So, is this guy really a popular cat, or a silly pet that ran away from home and can't find its owner?
Zhao Zhigao was completely baffled.

But it was just a cat after all. Seeing that the cat had come in but ignored him, Zhao Zhigao had no interest in comforting it. The discomfort in his body persisted, and the lingering aftertaste annoyed him, so he simply went to bed and lay down fully clothed.

The red light from the camera flashed by, but it didn't escape Lin Ge's eyes. Lin Ge pretended not to see it and continued to doze off with his eyes closed. But all his attention was already focused on the tip of his nose, slowly constructing the various details and environment of the courtyard.

"It's not a fixed location, and the smell isn't consistent enough, so it's probably just one of the dens. But that Brother Yang seems to be the boss, so maybe we can find some clues through his companies."

With a flick of his tail, Lin Ge rolled over, facing the sofa. "However... we didn't detect much of the drugs, which we considered evidence. The smell was mostly concentrated on people, indicating this wasn't a drug storage point, but rather a transfer point. Hmm... we could investigate that house sometime, but isn't that exaggerated airtightness a bit dangerous? Besides, Zhao Zhigao seems to be on drugs; whether we can still trust him completely is also a question..."

"I've done drugs... Will the organization still trust me? Or what will I face in the future?"

With his hands behind his head, Zhao Zhigao was equally bewildered.

Even though he had made up his mind to make the choice, the unexpected drug use still left him feeling apprehensive. Many things seem simple when you talk about them, but you only know the truth after you've actually tried them. No wonder some drug addicts choose to relapse after rehabilitation.

"Pah! What am I thinking! I'm a police officer!"

Zhao Zhigao rolled over and saw the cat with its rear end facing him. The cat's tail was swishing back and forth, as if it too was troubled. Sigh! What's a cat worried about? Unlike himself, who's practically dying of anxiety right now.

Zhao Zhigao sighed.

There were security cameras in the room; Zhao Zhigao knew this all along. Or rather, it would have been strange if there weren't any—how could a group of drug dealers not be careful in this regard?
However, on the other hand, this auto repair shop's disguise as a drug trafficking location was indeed quite elaborate. The sheer number of cameras and absurdly strict regulations made it appear more professional and technically advanced than most 4S dealerships. Despite its unassuming exterior, the shop has a very good reputation among some drivers. Offering good quality, reasonable prices, and sincere customer service, it's many drivers' first choice for maintenance after their initial warranty expires.

This shop even partners with several insurance companies, serving as a repair shop for several insurance companies besides 4S dealerships. If you disregard the criminal gang behind it, this is undoubtedly a very successful and legitimate business.

"Did they know that their cars, which they left at the repair shop, were being used to smuggle drugs?"

The more Zhao Zhigao interacted with this gang, the more he realized how difficult they were to deal with.

Even this factory is just the tip of the iceberg for this gang. I heard that their real boss used to be very powerful in the south. Even after being caught by the police and fleeing, he used his experience to come to Zhangzhou and rebuild his business.

Without finding the person behind it, it's absolutely impossible to destroy this gang.

(End of this chapter)