Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 246 Zhao Zhigang's First Time

Not long after, Lin Ge received some bad news.

The content creator refused to delete the video.

"why?"

Nie Guoqiang, who rushed back, had his brows furrowed so deeply they could almost trap a fly.
"They asked for 300,000 yuan upfront, and he agreed to delete the video, but there's no guarantee that it won't continue to circulate outside."

Zheng Mingxing smiled helplessly.

Although it wasn't the first time he'd encountered such a difficult person, this was indeed the first time he'd met someone who dared to extort money from the police.

This guy who dares to extort even the police needs to be taught a lesson. It's not just about the amount of money; it's about the reality that the police absolutely cannot allow this. If the police were to buy peace with money, then the authority of the national legal system would be completely undermined.

Nie Guoqiang took out a cigarette, held it in his hand but didn't smoke it.

The new phenomenon of online videos was somewhat unfamiliar to Nie Guoqiang, who could only wonder, "Doesn't he know that he's slandering and framing someone? If we take this seriously, we could bring him to the station and detain him for a couple of days?"

Zheng Mingxing shook his head and said, "But his video didn't contain any accusatory or critical text. He just posted a video, and all the comments were spontaneous thoughts from the audience, which can be easily dismissed."

"But this is already suspected of being misleading."

Nie Guoqiang lit a cigarette, exhaled, and said, "Should we contact the video platform company first and ask them to delete the video? No way! They can just delete it and repost it, or even on other platforms. Besides, doing this would just give him free publicity and attention. So what kind of mess is this? Are we really going to do nothing about this guy who framed Police Cat? If every video blogger is this arrogant, how can the police do their job?"

"This is the new trouble of the new era, and we can only slowly find new ways to break the deadlock." Zheng Mingxing smiled bitterly, waving his hand to blow away the smoke in front of him: "Actually, if Mimi were a person, things would be much simpler..."

Nie Guoqiang nodded, clearly understanding what Zheng Mingxing meant.

If the person being defamed were a police officer, the internet monitoring authorities would undoubtedly have taken stronger and faster action, and would absolutely not have allowed any false information damaging the image of the police to circulate online. However, firstly, Mimi is just a police cat; secondly, it wasn't wearing a police uniform or vest at the time; thirdly, it wasn't within the jurisdiction; and fourthly, the video didn't actually involve any major issues related to the image of the police. Therefore, it's unlikely that the internet monitoring authorities would take any significant action.

After all, internet monitoring... is regulated, and not everything can be done arbitrarily.

On the other hand, the reason why Nie Guoqiang and Zheng Mingxing were worried at this moment was not because the video affected the image of the police or the Zhanghe Police Station.

Their enthusiasm stemmed solely from the fact that this matter affected their own feline overlords! If it were one of their own police officers who was in such a predicament, they would simply laugh it off and let it go; who would take it seriously?

This shows just how much these two people cared for Lingo.

Lin Ge watched the two men fretting quietly, feeling touched but also thinking that these two idiots were just making trouble for themselves.

He himself didn't care anymore, so what were these two still busy with? Lin Ge even knew that every phone call Zheng Mingxing made was draining his personal connections. For the sake of a cat's reputation, he had gone to great lengths.

"But... does that bastard really think I'm easy to bully?"

Lin Ge's gaze darkened. He hadn't expected anyone to be so fixated on a cat. What was clearly a simple act of kindness had been edited and sliced ​​into negative news about a cat causing trouble, and now this person even dared to extort money from the police station?

Three hundred thousand?
How about I lock you up for thirty years?

However, no one expected that the subsequent developments and the growing popularity of the topic would eventually reach a point where it could no longer be ignored.

Under someone's manipulation, the number of negative comments online has been increasing.

When Zheng Mingxing discovered that some people in the comments were linking Lin Ge to the heroic police cat who had previously arrested criminals, and some were even idly comparing the blurry videos, he had no choice but to send someone to contact the company where the content creator worked again.

The company's address is in Longquan Street, which is not within the jurisdiction of Zhanghe Police Station. Zheng Mingxing didn't want to make a big fuss, so he asked Zhao Zhigang, who had just become a full-time employee, to take a newly recruited auxiliary police officer to make the trip.

Soon, Zhao Zhigang returned with a newcomer.

Lin Ge looked at Zhao Zhigang with some difficulty. This guy was wearing a brand new police uniform, and the "FJ" had been removed from his police number on his chest. The epaulets on his shoulders had been changed to the rank of superintendent with one bar and one flower. Standing in front of Lin Ge, he was smiling like a dog's tail flower.

"Mimi!"

Zhao Zhigang looked at Lin Ge as if he were seeing a god of wealth. He also knew very well that he was able to become a formal police officer so quickly, apart from a few minor connections, and it was all thanks to this police cat.

The new auxiliary police officer following Zhao Zhigang was named Feng Yi, who had just been recruited from the community. He had heard of the police station's famous police cat but didn't know much about it. He was somewhat surprised to see Zhao Zhigang so humbly greeting a cat.

Zhao Zhigang chuckled, unconcerned that Lin Ge was ignoring him.

He had been living quite carefree these past few days, and seemed eager to try handling cases on his own. Seeing Lin Ge following, he didn't object, and had the junior auxiliary police officer Feng Yi drive them, quickly arriving at the office building where the company was located.

The company was on the fourteenth floor of an office building, and it was clearly not a large company. They only rented three rooms: a reception area, an office, and a video shooting area. When the two police officers arrived, there were only four people in the company: a clerk, a photographer, a creative person, and the content creator himself.

Upon seeing Zhao Zhigang in his police uniform, the other three looked tense. Only the content creator named Shi Louyu said disdainfully, "What exactly do you police want? Was the video I posted illegal? Or did it infringe on the cat's portrait rights? By the way, I just reposted a video that someone else posted online. I didn't make any modifications or interpretations to it. Why are you all so fixated on me?"

Although Zhao Zhigang had only recently been formally employed, he had been a police auxiliary officer for several years. Seeing this, he said with a serious expression, "But you should know very well that what you sent out is not true. Brother, isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

"Whether it's true or not, what does it have to do with me?"

To Zhao Zhigang's surprise, Shi Louyu, without any fear, said, "I didn't fabricate the video. What's the importance of the truth? Or is it that the law prohibits us from editing videos, or prohibits us media people from saying even a single bad word about cats?"

Suddenly noticing Lin Ge behind Zhao Zhigang, Shi Louyu's eyes lit up: "Oh! Is this the cat in the video? Officer, so it's yours! I was wondering why the Zhangzhou police were so eager to bother me for a cat. Turns out the cat owner is a policeman! Officer, isn't this abusing your power? I only posted a video related to your cat, and you've sent police to harass me repeatedly?" Shi Louyu's body trembled with excitement, as if he had thought of something else to grab attention.

Zhao Zhigang, on the other hand, was somewhat flustered and unsettled. After all, this was his first time speaking independently, and he was now at a loss for words when confronted with such a sharp rebuttal.

He began to grapple with his first solo mission.

Lin Ge didn't care how Zhao Zhigang was going to gradually change his carefree attitude from when he was an auxiliary police officer, or how he was going to communicate with the other party in a police manner. He just looked around aimlessly and found that the company was quite simple. There were only five people in the company group photo, and another young guy was not present.

"There aren't even any security cameras in the company. If I beat this guy up here..."

Lin Ge felt uncomfortable with Shi Louyu's arrogant attitude and couldn't help but stare at him while secretly sharpening his claws.

Shi Louyu wasn't afraid of being stared at by a cat; he just wanted to take the opportunity to enjoy the thrill of confronting the police. Just as he was waving his hand casually, a flash of red passed before Lin Ge's eyes.

Lin Ge was taken aback and stared intently at Shi Louyu. Soon, Lin Ge noticed a very small hole in the pocket of his vest. The hole reflected light, and occasionally a very dim red light would flash inside the pocket, hidden by the fabric.

"Is this... a hidden camera?"

Lin Ge was startled.

Goodness, this guy was prepared all along! Does he carry this kind of thing with him all the time, always looking for material?
"Officer, this abuse of power is going too far! Your cat did something bad outside, and instead of apologizing publicly, you're cutting off the source by making me delete the video to destroy evidence, right? Judging from your expression and demeanor, are you planning to keep bothering me if I refuse? What, are you going to have the fire department inspect my little company? Or find a reason to lock me up for a couple of days? Hey, Xiaojuan, our company hasn't evaded taxes, has it?"

Shi Louyu became increasingly excited as he spoke, and even though Zhao Zhigang hadn't even entered the room and was just standing at the door, he began frantically smearing Zhao Zhigang. This guy knew very well that if he could portray this as police abuse of power, the video's popularity would…

"Ugh! You idiot, if you keep being talked at like this, you won't be able to explain yourself!"

Just as Zhao Zhigang was struggling to refute him, Lin Ge made a move.

Under Zhao Zhigang's astonished gaze and Feng Yi's unprepared reaction behind him, Lin Ge pounced fiercely on Shi Louyu. He swiftly climbed onto Shi Louyu's shoulder like lightning, grabbing his clothes with his claws while forcefully reaching into his pocket with his other claw.

"Hey! What's going on?!"

Shi Louyu was startled and didn't react immediately until he saw Lin Ge start rummaging through his pockets. He then realized what was happening. He shook his arm violently, backing away while clutching his chest, afraid that his hidden belongings would be discovered in front of the police.

"Ok?"

Zhao Zhigang didn't care why his police cat was behaving so strangely. Since someone had made the first move, he followed suit and grabbed at Shi Louyu.

"Help! The police are beating people!"

Shi Louyu yelled wildly, waving his hands to drive Lin Ge away. His vest had a zipper, and since Lin Ge hadn't managed to pull out the hidden camera during his earlier attack, he turned around on the ground, annoyed, and prepared to pounce again.

"what's the situation!"

"Brother Yan!"

The three people hiding in the back room rushed out and swarmed around Shi Louyu, protecting her behind them. Seeing a white mark on Shi Louyu's face, they even pulled out their phones and started taking pictures, shouting, "The police are beating people! Quickly take pictures of the evidence!"

"Ow!"

Lin Ge's face grew even uglier, and he was determined to beat up all of these bastards.

"Mimi, don't be impulsive."

Zhao Zhigang was quite frightened, and his heart was pounding. It was the first time he had realized that handling an independent case involved dealing with so many messy situations. In a panic, he quickly squatted down to stop Lin Ge: "Let's go first, we can talk about the rest when we get back. Hmm... tomorrow, have the boss issue the official documents, and we'll thoroughly investigate this company."

"I'm easily scared! I'm afraid of you!"

Shi Louyu's face was grim, but he remained hidden behind his companion, arrogantly glaring at the policeman and the police cat, saying, "Go ahead and shut down my company! You lousy cop, what do you think you are! I'm warning you, this isn't over! You're trying to injure people with your cat, huh? I suspect I've been infected with rabies! Very well, the police use this method to kill someone and cover it up, impressive! Impressive! You, and this cat! I'm telling you, you'll see what happened to you in my company—your disturbances, injuries, and even attempted murder—online tomorrow! Just wait, I, Shi Louyu, have two million followers online, get ready to be cyberbullied, you bastards! And this matter, get ready for the lawyer's letter, you damn cops!"

"Damn, you've got guts, kid."

Zhao Zhigang swore and stared at Shi Louyu, trying to memorize the appearances of the four people in front of him.

He knew his status was different now, so he didn't say anything extra. He just said, "Excuse me!" and then turned and went downstairs with Lin Ge in his arms.

"Run my ass! Didn't you realize that you've been misled into filming this video?"

After going downstairs, Lin Ge twisted his body and jumped off Zhao Zhigang's arms, then glared angrily at the idiot, wondering why he had done such a thing.

“Mimi, stop messing around. Do you think I don’t want to kill him? But I’m a police officer from Zhanghe Police Station, and I don’t have law enforcement authority in the jurisdiction of Longquan Police Station. I even came here as someone involved in the video. I just didn’t expect to be so careless. I shouldn’t have worn a police uniform.”

Surprisingly, Zhao Zhigang remained quite calm. He suddenly laughed as he spoke, "But it makes no difference. For this guy, whether he wears a police uniform or not is just another excuse if he wants to cause trouble. Heh... People these days are really something, able to manipulate public opinion to this extent. At first, I didn't realize what was going on, but after he finished his second sentence, I already knew what he was planning. Mimi, don't underestimate me."

Seeing Lin Ge's disbelieving look, Zhao Zhigang shook his head and said, "Okay, I really didn't find that camera. To be prepared for a sudden visit is just too outrageous. What kind of mentality do these people who wear cameras on their bodies all the time have? Damn it, this is really embarrassing."

(End of this chapter)