Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 61 Fish Pond
The road ahead gradually became rugged and steep.

But this is not a natural hill. It was formed by dumping soil excavated from the glass factory located one kilometer to the right into this area.

In other words, this earthen slope is actually the site of the glass factory, but since the factory has not yet expanded to this area, it has been occupied by nearby residents, who have divided it into vegetable plots of various sizes and shapes.

Walking along the mounds between the vegetable plots, the earthen slope reaches its peak and slides down to reveal a depression of about three or four hundred square meters.

Someone dug a ditch from a riverbed a little further away, and the river water slowly flowed in, forming a murky pond.

At first glance, it looks like the kind of thing you'd find in front of a rural house.

This kind of thing is almost impossible to see in a city, because urban development would never approve it. But since the land was owned and the owner didn't need it for the time being, and because no one from the urban village with connections reported it, no one actually bothered with it for a while.

Even Qian Wei hadn't expected to see such a primitive mud pool after climbing up the earthen slope.

It was built without any cement for protection, nor with any dikes or measures to prevent soil erosion. The river water in the distance only flows in and doesn't flow out, forming a stagnant fishpond with its surface covered with dense moss.

Yes! Fishpond.

Beside the puddle was a small boat hastily pieced together from three large inner tubes, and next to it was a small platform. If you looked closely, you could even see fish swimming under the moss, as well as some dead fish that had been pushed to the shore by the waves.

"Tsk tsk... That's really clever! Make a pond, raise some fish fry, and then just wait for the harvest. If the pond doesn't require rent, it's practically a cost-free business, a must-have for lazy people."

Qian Wei instantly understood the significance of this fishpond.

But what he didn't understand was why Mimi had brought him to this place?
Want to eat fish?

But are the fish in these stagnant, smelly fishponds really safe to eat?
Lin Ge had no idea what Qian Wei was thinking; he only sensed that someone's presence was becoming increasingly clear. On the surface, the area was completely open except for the vegetable garden, offering no place to hide. However, in Lin Ge's olfactory world, the target's scent was inextricably linked to this space. Although his own scent was masked by a foul stench, Lin Ge was certain he hadn't come to the wrong place.

Lin Ge glanced at a swarm of large flies that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, and continued walking along the edge of the fishpond. His figure was almost invisible, hidden by the vegetable patch next to him, with only Qian Wei following behind him being a real eyesore.

Walking a few hundred meters further, you reach the other side of the stinking fishpond, where the road ahead is blocked by a red brick wall of a glass factory. But suddenly, a wooden shed hidden by a mound of earth appears before Qian Wei's eyes.

"Huh? A shed?"

Qian Wei was stunned for a moment.

The shed wasn't big, only about half a person's height, no wonder it could be hidden behind a mound of earth.

However, the shed is quite large, about twenty or thirty square meters long. It's big enough to store things, and even three to five people could live there without a problem! It's just that the stench is even worse here due to the wind direction, so even vegetable growers have given up on this place.

In other words, it's a corner that people avoid and that nobody usually comes to.

But there's a shed here!
As a police officer, Qian Wei's keen senses caused him to narrow his eyes slightly.

He reached into his pocket with his right hand to take out his phone, while his eyes quickly scanned his surroundings.

Because he was a police cat keeper, Qian Wei was not carrying any weapons. Logically, he should have been working alongside the other officers, but who would have thought he would be brought to such a place by Lin Ge and discover this anomaly?

"Mimi, wait a minute!"

Seeing Lin Ge staring at the shed and continuing to walk forward, Qian Wei quickly called out to him.

"Ok?"

Lin Ge turned around in confusion.

What's this guy afraid of? We're the police, and there are a dozen or twenty big men standing guard behind us. Who would dare to resist?

"Forget it, there's no point in talking to you. Anyway, get behind me, I'll contact them to come over."

Qian Wei shook his head and started making phone calls.

"Hey! Captain Lü, I found a place. Hmm, Mimi found it, something definitely isn't right. Hmm... I'll keep an eye on it from here, don't worry... Yes! It's in the dark, right here in the vegetable garden. Hmm! Not yet..."

Lin Ge yawned.

Just as he was about to take another look inside, he suddenly stopped.

Staring in astonishment at what lay behind Qian Wei, Lin Ge felt a chill run down his spine.

Right in his line of sight, a figure in a dark raincoat had somehow gotten quite close. The strong fishy smell emanating from him mingled with the stench of the surrounding environment, obscuring Lin Ge's senses.

The soft soil made no sound, and Qian Wei didn't notice any ambush on the path he had already walked. He kept his eyes fixed on the thatched hut, describing the situation in detail to the person on the other end of the phone.

At the same time, a slender fish-killing knife emerged from the raincoat! "Ouch!"

There was no time to do anything else, so Lin Ge roared out without hesitation.

Qian Wei and the figure were both stunned for a moment, and Lin Ge took advantage of this instant to pounce on the figure.

'Boom! '

The sturdy raincoat blocked Lingo's claws, but they still made a dull sound.

Qian Wei's expression changed drastically, and he lunged forward without hesitation.

He rolled over in the mud, and almost at the same time, the sharp blade that Lin Ge had stopped a second earlier swiftly slashed across the spot where Qian Wei had just been standing.

This time, however, it was all for naught.

"Oh shit!"

The ambush had failed, and the figure cursed in a low voice before turning and running without hesitation. This decisiveness was chilling.

"stop!"

Qian Wei quickly got up and chased after him.

But after only a couple of steps, a look of pain appeared on his face. His already injured right leg was quickly aggravated again as he ran on the muddy ridges, making even walking difficult.

"Damn it!"

Despite the pain, Qian Wei limped forward, but he kept getting further and further away from the figures.

"Hello! Hello! Qian Wei?"

The person on the other end of the phone was still shouting urgently.

"Captain Lü, I was attacked from behind. Hmm, I'm alright, but the attacker ran away! He was wearing a raincoat, so I didn't see his face... Hmm! He headed southwest towards the glass factory; he might have run into the factory! Mimi? Huh? Where's Mimi?"

Startled, Qian Wei stopped in his tracks and looked around, only to find that his cat had disappeared without him noticing.

"No way?"

He looked incredulous.

On the other side, the guy in the raincoat ran quickly, always holding onto the brim of the raincoat with his right hand, and never showing his face.

He knew the area very well; he knew exactly which field ridges were easy to walk on and which were easy to hide in. In particular, there was a long strip of late-season cornfield not far ahead; once he went in, he couldn't be seen at all.

But none of this escaped Lingo's notice.

This was the only guy who had successfully fooled his sense of smell and humiliated him, and Lingo was determined to get revenge. Besides, even when beating a dog, you have to consider its owner; how dare you touch my human?
Not to mention, this person was precisely the target of Lin Ge's visit here!
Therefore, there was no way he could let this guy escape successfully.

The man and the cat ran one after the other, and Lin Ge didn't make a sound from beginning to end. Lin Ge wasn't sure if the man in the raincoat had noticed him. But seeing his path leading straight to the red brick wall, Lin Ge knew he couldn't slack off today.

Because what happened today shows that this is a guy with a lot of experience confronting the police.

Once he escapes the encirclement, finding him will be even more difficult.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

Long Xiaojun's face was covered in foul-smelling mud, but his eyes were filled with murderous intent. He quickly went to the wall, deftly parted the thatch at the corner, revealing the sewage pipe inside.

The sewage pipe was very dry, indicating it hadn't been used for a long time. Long Xiaojun quickly crawled inside and reached the other side of the wall in a few moments. Then, taking off his raincoat as he walked, he quickly entered an empty workshop not far away.

Two or three minutes later, Long Xiaojun came out again, this time wearing work clothes. His raincoat was nowhere to be seen, and he had even changed his shoes.

Even his movements became leisurely. He stretched lazily, then went to the tap in the corner to wash his face with the old soap next to him, humming a tune as he dried his hair.

If it weren't for Lin Ge hiding in the tree and keeping an eye on him, who would have been able to connect this lazy man who looked like a factory worker with the murderer who dared to kill the policeman just now?
In fact... there were no scars on his face at all, unlike what the deliveryman had described.

This guy is no ordinary criminal.

(End of this chapter)