Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 314: Whitewashed Killing

“What will happen to these stray cats and dogs in the end?”

Xia Fan, who was following at the back, asked suddenly.

"What else can we do... Those with good bloodlines and breeds may be found by their owners, or adopted by others..."

"Those 'inferior goods' were left there for a week and no one wanted them, so they had to be put into the 'Dream Box' according to regulations..."

The staff member scratched his ear and pointed to a closed room at the end of the corridor...

The translucent glass door is clearly labeled with words such as "DREAM BOX", "Euthanasia Implementation Procedure", and "Carbon Dioxide Danger".

"If no one wants it for a week, will it be euthanized?"

This answer made Xia Fan clench his fist silently, veins bulging.

"DREAM BOX, euthanasia... they are all lies used by humans to cover up killing..."

"When I was saving those children, the memories I experienced were not happy at all..."

The angry voice of Cat Dizang sounded in Xia Fan's mind, and fragmented images emerged...

"Woooo..."

"Meow!!!"

Dozens of sick cats and dogs, whining weakly, were roughly stuffed into the translucent "DREAM BOX" by the staff like garbage.

The door slammed shut, and the gas carrying the "smell of death" began to silently fill the room...

At first, the cats and dogs would shiver restlessly, then become breathless as the oxygen in the room decreased.

They start to have difficulty breathing, howl, cry, feel pain, struggle, scratch and bang on the glass door with their claws, trying to leave...

After struggling fiercely for more than ten minutes, they could only endure the pain of suffocation, fell down in despair and exhaustion, and completely lost the breath of life...

Those pairs of eyes that never closed, stared at the world outside the glass door with despair, reluctance, and confusion...

In their last moments of life, they may be wondering why humans want to kill them, or they may be missing their former human masters.

"B-bastard!"

"This is a selfish and brutal way of dealing with things. Those lost pets don't even have time to wait for their owners to find them..."

After coming back to his senses from those "death scenes", Xia Fan roared loudly and punched the iron cage beside him...

"Brother policeman, what's wrong with you all of a sudden? Well, if you have something to say, please say it nicely..."

Faced with his behavior of "damaging public property", the staff member frowned in anger at first, but when he noticed the huge dented fist mark on the iron cage, he immediately put on a smile.

"The seven-day processing process is stipulated by the higher authorities, and we have no other choice. There are so many stray animals that need food and water, and many of them are infected with infectious diseases. We simply don't have the funds or manpower to keep them alive..."

"The police officers probably don't know that most stray animals that are dealt with are still wearing collars until they die."

"If you want to blame someone, blame those who get pets on a whim and don't take good care of them, or those who abandon their pets irresponsibly when they lose interest."

The staff member was obviously numb to the situation and explained it without any mercy.

Since the post-war period of the last century, influenced by TV dramas, advertisements, etc., a craze for keeping pets has swept District 11.

But when the trend receded, many owners found that their pets were not as cute as they had imagined, and even brought them a lot of trouble and burden, so they decisively chose to abandon them.

In order to protect the ecology and the city's appearance, the 11th District Government's philosophy on dealing with stray animals is simple: since there is not enough capacity to take care of them, then please euthanize them all.

In the city image project called "No Stray Cats and Dogs on the Streets", stray animals that are "captured" and taken to shelters will be sent to "dream boxes" or even mobile "DREAM TRUCKs" to be killed after seven days without being claimed, and then thrown into incinerators to turn into ashes.

"Are all the stray cats and dogs here? I want to take them all away..."

The painful memories of Mao Dizang lingered in his mind. Xia Fan's face was as gloomy as water, and he said to the staff member unceremoniously, "Take them all away? Take them back to record their statements?"

"Even for the police, this is not in line with procedure."

The staff member sneered at this request.

"The Metropolitan Police Department will issue you a collection order, and you have no right to refuse."

Although she didn't know what had happened, Jinguji Aoi remained firm and unconditionally supported Xia Fan's request.

"Then wait a moment, I'll call and ask for instructions..."

The staff member could only return to the office to make a call.

At the same time, a medium-sized truck stopped in front of the shelter.

"Hey, where are the people? Come and help unload the goods..."

Two men in work clothes got off the car, yelled into the house, and opened the back door of the car...

"these are?"

Inside the carriage, stray cats and dogs imprisoned in iron cages appeared in front of Xia Fan and the other two.

"Here they are... Every seven days, they send a group of children from somewhere else to be killed here. These are the children I want to save tonight..."

The cat Dizang on his shoulder pulled Xia Fan's clothes tightly with its claws.

"These... Because Shinjuku's "DREAM BOX" is the largest in Tokyo, stray cats and dogs that have been left elsewhere for seven days and no one wants them will be sent here for centralized processing..."

The counter clerk had just finished a phone call with his superior for instructions and looked up to explain.

"No need to unload. I want to take these cats and dogs with me too."

Xia Fan said firmly.

Now he understood that the reason Cat Ksitigarbha concentrated his activities in this area was not only because he was reluctant to leave the Buddhist temple, but also to save stray cats and dogs that were about to be poisoned.

"Are you sure you want all of these? With so many, the Metropolitan Police Department will become a zoo..."

The staff who were preparing to "unload" were stunned.

……

Half an hour later, at the Cat Jizo Hall in Zixingyuan.

In the large courtyard where the remains of the Buddhist temple were piled up, stray cats were surrounding it respectfully, and in the middle lay stray dogs that had just been rescued.

"Amitabha, saving a cat or dog's life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. On behalf of these children, I would like to thank you two."

The cat Jizo, wearing a black cassock, bowed solemnly to Xia Fan and Jinguji Aoi.

"Well, don't thank me yet... Although I have rescued these stray cats and dogs, this is not a long-term solution..."

"The current living environment is a problem. How can we save the stray cats and dogs that will follow?"

Looking at the cats and dogs running and playing among the ruins, Xia Fan scratched his head in distress.

"Mr. Xia Fan, don't worry. I have asked Lesson 9 to study this issue in the car just now."

"According to our investigation, there is already a precedent in Kumamoto City that we can refer to..."

Jinguji Aoi smiled confidently and sent a piece of information to Xia Fan.

The title of this document is "I Want Them to Live: A Record of the Ten-Year Struggle to Achieve Zero Killing of Stray Animals in Kumamoto City."

(End of this chapter)