Animal Detective

Chapter 273 - 237: Dishonorable, and Bringing Backup

It still bit down hard, not letting go until Li Mo begged for mercy and Chen Guo came over to give the command.

Shen Xin curiously asked Li Mo what he was doing.

’Does he have a masochistic streak?’

Chen Guo said, "He’s afraid of dogs, right? So he asked us for ideas on how to get over his fear. We figured we’d let him experience it firsthand. Once he gets used to it, he won’t be scared anymore."

Shen Xin was left speechless.

But he did discover one of Li Mo’s strengths: when faced with a problem, he genuinely tried to find a way to solve it.

It’s just that he’d been duped.

’A police dog’s attack is so ferocious. Aren’t they worried about leaving him with some psychological trauma?’

Sure enough, after taking off the bite-proof suit, Li Mo’s face was noticeably pale.

He awkwardly said he was fine, then told Shen Xin that he had already come up with names for the three dogs they brought back.

"I’ll call them Tian Kui, Celestial Spirits, and Celestial Secret. What do you think? Pretty cool, right?" he said, his face full of pride.

Shen Xin understood immediately.

’This guy must be a fan of *Water Margin*. These are clearly from the 36 Celestial Spirits.’

"Cool."

Shen Xin gave him a thumbs-up. The names didn’t really matter.

"By the way, save the name Tian Kui for me. I have a use for it."

Shen Xin was planning to recruit that Wolf Green.

The dog had the potential to become a Dog King. If he trained it well, the rest of the pack would be easier to manage.

Before clocking out that day, Shen Xin stayed at the base to help the four dogs get familiar with the environment and assign them to kennels.

The food at the base was no ordinary fare.

The city bureau had approved a budget of one million yuan, earmarked for this purpose. So they would follow the base’s standard for police dog meals, which was 45 yuan a day.

That was enough to buy several pounds of chicken legs, so they could eat until they were stuffed.

The four dogs ate with sheer delight.

Shen Xin also took the opportunity to test them for food aggression.

That was a bad habit that couldn’t be tolerated.

As police dogs, it was even more important that they didn’t eat things they weren’t supposed to.

Two of them showed food aggression. Shen Xin made a mental note to correct it later.

He clocked out on time that day.

Back at the precinct, there was nothing for him to do.

Sun Zhao and Chen Chao had discussed it. For the time being, they were letting him take charge of the city bureau’s police dog project.

After all, it was a city bureau matter, so it had to be taken seriously.

The next day, Shen Xin did the same as usual, driving to the police dog base.

This time, however, Shen Xin brought Black Panther, Tiger Stripes, Loki, and Loki’s parents.

He was going to pick a fight today, so he brought Black Panther and Tiger Stripes as backup.

Loki and his parents were brought along to be trained at the police dog base.

Although Bloodhounds are hunting dogs, they’re working dogs for tracking prey and aren’t very aggressive, so he wouldn’t be taking Loki’s father along for the fight.

His colleagues at the police dog base were particularly fascinated by Black Panther and Tiger Stripes, these two unconventionally trained "police dogs."

And when they heard Shen Xin was taking the two dogs to go pick a fight, Chen Guo couldn’t help but sigh. "Shen Xin, seriously, it’s a good thing you’re not part of the police dog base."

Who at the police dog base would dare to take dogs out to fight like Shen Xin?

If a police dog got injured, you’d be disciplined.

Li Jiahui wanted to go with him, but Shen Xin turned her down.

"Li Mo, you’re with me."

’At least he’s a proper police academy graduate.’

Li Mo let out a startled "Ah!" but still gritted his teeth and got in the car.

In the car, Tiger Stripes mischievously tried to snuggle into Li Mo’s lap.

Li Mo’s whole body tensed up.

The more he tensed up, the more Tiger Stripes teased him.

Seeing him getting more and more out of line, Shen Xin raised a hand.

Tiger Stripes instantly recoiled and lay down obediently on the back seat.

Beside him, Black Panther shot him a disdainful look, as if to say, ’Serves you right for being a little brat.’

Soon, the two of them arrived at Baili Village.

They headed for the same vegetable patch from yesterday.

It hadn’t rained yesterday, so there would be a lingering scent, enough for Tiger Stripes to track his target.

Shen Xin led the two dogs to the vegetable patch.

"Tiger Stripes, take a sniff. Find this dog."

Shen Xin pointed to the spot where the Wolf Green had been standing the day before.

Tiger Stripes understood. He leaned in, sniffed, and then let out a bark.

’I smell it.’

But he didn’t rush off to chase it. Instead, he turned his head and looked toward Chen Fang’s rescue shelter.

He barked twice at Shen Xin.

Shen Xin could read his eyes and hear his thoughts. ’Over there.’

’He must have smelled that the place is full of other dogs.’

"That’s none of your business. Find this dog first," Shen Xin said, patting him on the head.

He stared in the direction of the rescue shelter for a moment before finally taking off, darting into the vegetable patch.

"You go too."

Shen Xin directly unclipped Black Panther’s leash, signaling for him to follow.

This way, when they found the Wolf Green, the two dogs would be enough to overpower it.

Tiger Stripes might look like a mischievous goofball, but his combat ability was actually very strong.

Back in the day at the Hongtu Road Market near the precinct, he had been the undefeated champion of the area, a true local terror.

Shen Xin, meanwhile, took out his phone to check their location.

Both dogs were wearing GPS collars.

He watched as the two dogs, one after the other, quickly crossed the vegetable patch and arrived at the northeast side of the village.

It looked like a peach orchard over there.

Then, very quickly, the two dots on the map converged and stopped moving.

"Found him."

Shen Xin called for Li Mo to set off.

Li Mo couldn’t help but exclaim, "Shen Xin, your two dogs are too smart! They do whatever you tell them. They’re practically the PAW Patrol."

Shen Xin chuckled and said that the precinct’s short-video account was, in fact, called the PAW Patrol.

As they hurried along the small path and got close to the peach orchard, they could hear barking from a long way off.

They quickened their pace and saw them near a grassy area at the edge of the orchard.

The scene was a bit of a mess. They had clearly already fought.

Tiger Stripes and Black Panther had the Wolf Green cornered between them, one in front and one behind.

All three dogs were bleeding.

But none of them seemed to care.

Black Panther was a Cassaro, a large and powerful breed. He was more than a full size bigger than the Wolf Green, so a few minor injuries were nothing to him.

It was the same for Tiger Stripes.

Not only did he not care, but his eyes were gleaming, eager for more.

As for the Wolf Green, it had been taught a lesson, but it was still defiant.

Upon seeing Shen Xin, it immediately understood that Black Panther and Tiger Stripes were with him.

It stared intently at Shen Xin, letting out a ferocious whimper, its eyes seeming to say: ’You don’t play fair! You brought backup!’

Shen Xin understood.

He waved his hand, signaling for Tiger Stripes and Black Panther to spread out a bit and keep the situation under control.

Then he pulled out his police-issue retractable baton, flicking it open with a SNAP.

"Li Mo, stand back."

Shen Xin stepped forward and gestured to the Wolf Green.

’Today, I’m going to beat you into submission, one way or another.’

If he couldn’t beat it into submission, he couldn’t train it to be a police dog.