Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 55 Training the Pet Owner

"Old Nie, Mimi won't leave. Qian Wei is trying to coax her."

"what happened?"

“At the entrance of the classroom where my daughter learns piano, Mimi was squatting next to a row of shared electric bikes and wouldn’t move, refusing to listen to me.”

"Then why do you think that is?"

"It probably... smelled the scent of the thief we caught."

"You called me even though you knew?"

“But those are shared bikes, who knows who rode them here from where. I still want to check the security camera footage here, maybe we can see something. But this area happens to be under the jurisdiction of Baimiao Police Station, so I'll need your help to communicate with them.”

"The Baimiao area? Okay, have Qian Wei stay here with Mimi. You go check the urban village. I'll have Chu Ting and Li Yiduo keep an eye on the surveillance footage for you, but it will take time."

"I understand the logic, I just wanted to let you know."

Hu Lijun put down his phone and looked helplessly at the cat squatting motionless on the flower bed.

He didn't know if the cat had actually found a clue, but he hoped it would be as helpful as the rumors at the station suggested. Otherwise, if catching the thief turned into searching for a needle in a haystack, it would be a agonizing disaster for the entire police station.

I thought I could skip going to that community center...

He gestured for the people in the car to wait a moment, then walked over to Qian Wei: "Old Qian, Director Nie wants you to..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Ge suddenly looked up.

Lin Ge's silence during this period was not out of stubbornness, but because he was pondering the purity of the smell on the shared bicycles.

In his perception, the thief's scent lingering on the vehicle was odd. It's common knowledge that shared electric bikes are for single riders, meaning only one person can ride and drive them. However, the thief's scent was emanating from the back of the seat, even against the rear rail. Unless the thief was exceptionally tall (two meters), requiring him to sit as far back as possible to stretch his legs, there was only one other explanation.

There was another person in front of him when he was in this car!

When two people are sitting on a single-person shared electric scooter, the person sitting in the back is forced to sit as far back as possible, leaving odor traces in an odd location.

So... who is the person sitting in front?

Two people riding a shared electric scooter must be very familiar with each other. Therefore, even if this person isn't part of a theft gang, they must be very familiar with the thief who refused to confess at the police station! Perhaps clues can be found from this person.

If you're even luckier, this person might actually be Brother Long himself, who calls himself Nine-Dragon.

Well, that's unlikely.

After all, judging from the deliveryman's physique and his identity, it's quite inspiring that a ruthless theft ring's Zhangzhou branch agent could only afford to ride a shared bicycle with his accomplices.

Lin Ge shook his head.

In any case, he needs to analyze the exact scent of the front half of the seat on this shared bicycle that has been ridden by countless people.

Very troublesome!
The success rate of accurately determining the flavor is not high.

But Ringo has no intention of giving up.

Compared to searching for a needle in a haystack in an urban village, Lin Ge hoped that this electric vehicle could take him straight to the enemy's lair.

This will lighten the burden on the police station.

Lin Ge stared intently, sniffing and slowly analyzing. Time passed slowly, and just as Hu Lijun finally couldn't resist calling Nie Guoqiang, he finally identified three scents that belonged only to the front half of the car.

No matter how many possibilities we try to eliminate, there are still three sources of odor that we cannot be certain of.

Oh shit!

The traffic police are too lax in their enforcement. Also, why do so many people like to crowd into one car? Isn't it crowded?
With a curse, Lin Ge memorized all three smells, then selected the one with the most obvious traces on the car exterior and began searching for it one by one using the process of elimination.

Choosing one of the three options is much simpler than searching for someone in a community of thousands.

"Hey! You cat!"

After Qian Weigang heard Hu Lijun relay Nie Guoqiang's demands, he saw Lin Ge take off running.

"Hehe... I'll leave this to you."

Hu Lijun laughed gleefully, waved to Qian Wei, and turned to leave: "I'm going to look for Scarface in that community. Old Qian, keep up the good work here! Remember, this cat is Director Nie's darling, don't lose it."

After instructing Hu Miao and Zhang Yining to listen to their teacher, Hu Lijun drove away.

Lin Ge ignored these people.

The first scent he was looking for, the trace or lingering aroma, was very clear. Although this brand-new scent was unlikely to match, just in case, Lin Ge decided to make the trip to confirm the other party's identity.

After getting off the bus, I walked into a nearby alley, then turned a corner and went around to another street.

In Lin Ge's olfactory world, this person stopped at a roadside milk tea shop and a spicy hot pot restaurant. He bought some food, then walked slowly forward, eating as he went, before turning into a residential area not far ahead. "Hey! Mimi, slow down!"

Qian Wei was panting heavily as he chased after him.

He didn't know why Ringo ran so fast, nor how easy it was for a cat to track scents.

Lingo didn't need to linger much; he could simply follow the sensation in his nose and find the end of the thread as precisely as winding yarn.

Adding to today's objective, which could potentially be a third person if luck isn't on your side, Lin Ge had no choice but to hurry and move forward. As for whether Qian Wei could catch up, that was his own problem to consider; the cat master didn't need to worry about his human's predicament.

Not long after, Lin Ge suddenly slammed on the brakes.

"whispering sound!"

He stopped outside a convenience store in the neighborhood.

There were no customers in the convenience store, except for a boy who looked like a high school student, who was doing his homework while minding the store and secretly playing on his phone under the counter.

Unfortunately, his scent was exactly what Lin Ge targeted first.

It's quite obvious that this child is probably not a thief.

The fact that his parents let him run the shop alone suggests that he probably doesn't lack pocket money and has no reason to risk stealing. Even if he were truly short of money, getting a beating from his parents would be easier than risking stealing, wouldn't it?

Without hesitation, Lin Ge turned and left.

Qian Wei rushed over, and before he could catch his breath, he saw Lin Ge run past him without looking back, heading back the way he came.

"What...what are you trying to do?"

Holding his knees and panting heavily, Qian Wei could only follow along, completely bewildered.

This run brought him back to the entrance of the piano classroom.

Seeing Lin Ge standing next to the row of shared bicycles like a statue again, Qian Wei suppressed his rapidly beating heart while wishing he could give the stupid cat a good beating.

Before he could make a move, Lingo, having memorized the scent of his second target, ran off in the opposite direction once more.

"What...what is this? Has this cat really discovered some clue? It's completely different from the police dog's behavior! It's not making a sound, is it playing me for a fool? What on earth is going on?!"

While lost in his own thoughts, Qian Wei gritted his teeth and kept up.

He had no idea just how terrifying a police cat with self-analysis capabilities could be.

Twenty minutes later, Lingo turned back again.

This time, the target was wrong as well. Even if the precise analysis of the smell confirmed that it belonged to an adult male, they could only rule him out after seeing that he was a construction worker.

Construction workers who are exhausted from working all day long have neither the time nor the energy to join a gang of thieves.

Even if someone doing this kind of work is really short of money and wants to steal, they will only target people on construction sites.

"Mimi, what are you doing?"

Qian Wei, who had been following Lin Ge on a shared electric scooter, once again raised a question.

Lin Ge ignored him and jumped onto the basket in front of the electric scooter.

"Huh? Where to go?"

Qian Wei was somewhat bewildered.

But Lin Ge only glanced back at him once, and he suddenly realized with a helpless expression, "Go back to that shop again, and make another round trip, right? My ancestor, I get what you mean. Can I go with you for the whole day?"

Lin Ge ignored him.

Under the blazing sun, the person and the cat returned to the piano classroom door for the third time.

This time, even the people in the classroom noticed this strange pair. Zhang Yining stopped watching Hu Miao play the piano and walked out curiously, asking, "Uncle Qian, what are you and Mimi doing? Aren't you supposed to be working on a case? Why are you taking Mimi shopping?"

"how could I know?"

Qian Wei groaned inwardly.

He still lacked trust in Ringo and disliked this incomprehensible partner. Yet he understood that if he didn't appease this cat, he would likely never have the chance to continue investigating cases.

After all... his conduct and habits had already earned him a notorious reputation throughout the Zhangzhou City Public Security System.

After spending a few more minutes confirming the scent of the last person, Lingo jumped onto the electric scooter without hesitation and extended his right paw to point the way.

"This way, go!"

(End of this chapter)