Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 57 Wolf

Rusty steel pipes fell rapidly from the third or fourth floor.

In the blink of an eye, Qian Wei didn't have the energy to count the floors; he only saw the iron thing falling straight towards his head. If that thing hit him squarely, and he was unlucky... it might just pierce his brain!

"Heh... assaulting a police officer or murder? What audacity!"

With a cold laugh, Qian Wei swiftly and expertly dodged backward. How could a dignified police officer like him be fooled by something so childish…

‘Pah! ’

Qian Wei's right foot twisted abruptly upon landing, and he stepped into a clump of mud he couldn't identify. His expression immediately changed.

His backward movement and balance were disrupted when his right foot sank into the mud, which was over his ankle. His body lurched and twisted, and he didn't have time to readjust and back down!

All of this happened in less than a second.

At that moment, the steel pipe came crashing down without mercy.

As the dark figure drew closer, Qian Wei's heart skipped a beat.

"It's over!"

'Boom! '

A dark shadow appeared from a second-floor window, blocking out the sunlight, and slapped the steel pipe away.

But just as Qian Wei was facing his greatest crisis, Lin Ge appeared in time. Hearing the strange noise as well, he didn't hesitate to jump out of the window and, with a powerful slap, rescued Qian Wei with lightning speed.

Under Qian Wei's dazed gaze, Lin Ge flipped in mid-air and landed steadily on the garbage mountain. A height of three or four meters was nothing to a cat, and Lin Ge even had the leisure to give Qian Wei a mocking smile.

"mum……"

Cold sweat belatedly poured from Qian Wei's forehead, and he felt his heart pounding as fiercely as a drum.

Looking at Lin Ge and then at the steel pipe half-embedded in the trash not far away, Qian Wei felt nothing but relief at escaping death. At this moment, he no longer remembered any of his annoyance towards Lin Ge; his mind was filled with gratitude for the cat's dashing and handsome pounce that saved his life.

Seriously, he's so handsome!

"Whoosh... Mimi, you're fucking amazing!"

Taking a deep breath, Qian Wei forcefully pulled his right foot out of the mud.

Ignoring the lime water covering his shoes and the slight burning sensation, Qian Wei sneered, "We'll talk about the life-saving grace later. Now, let me find that bastard and kill him! Heh... Damn it! Damn it! You're asking for it, damn it!"

The relief of escaping death and the rage of narrowly avoiding murder pushed Qian Wei's emotions to their breaking point. He didn't know why there was a pit of quicklime in this wretched place, its surface solidified but its interior watery, nor did he care why anyone would dare to murder a policeman. He only knew that if it weren't for Mimi, he would have died at the hands of criminals like his beloved wife, leaving his son a pitiful orphan whose parents had both been killed by criminals.

This is something I absolutely cannot forgive!

Qian Wei, who already harbored intense hatred for criminals, was now filled with nothing but murderous intent. His eyes were bloodshot and his breathing was heavy. Without hesitation, Qian Wei chased after them down the stairs.

"Tsk!"

Lin Ge understood Qian Wei's feelings perfectly, and he himself was incredibly relieved. If he had arrived even half a second later, Qian Wei might have...

Compared to this guy's life, the mutual annoyance between the human and the cat is nothing.

Even if there are conflicts between cats and their owners, they should still stand together against external threats, right?

Dare to touch my men?

That's suicidal!

Lin Ge's ears perked up, and he clearly heard the footsteps upstairs rapidly moving away into the distance. Although he didn't know exactly how many stairwells the building had, Lin Ge quickly changed direction and ran towards the staircase that was a little further away.

Both the person and the cat moved incredibly fast, and in the blink of an eye, they had reached the fourth floor.

However, the opponent seemed to be very familiar with the abandoned building, and took the opportunity to run up to the fifth floor and distance himself from the other end of the building.

The footsteps sounded a bit strange, but Lin Ge didn't have time to think about it. Seeing Qian Wei rushing towards the fifth floor, Lin Ge chose to run from the fourth floor towards the direction of the footsteps. Taking advantage of his cat-like agility, he took an unconventional route, leaping through windows and charging forward like a pig.

Not long after, Lin Ge overtook the footsteps overhead.

Upon seeing the staircase ahead without railings, Lin Ge quickly sprinted up, determined to corner that bastard right there.

"Huff, huff, huff..." The rapid breathing and running sounds grew closer, and Lin Ge secretly revealed his claws as he ran. Based on his judgment, he would run into the other party at the top of the stairs on the fifth floor, and then he would give Qian Wei a good thrashing with a single claw strike.

but……

As the heavy breathing and frantic running sounds grew clearer, Lin Ge once again noticed the abnormality in the sounds. The footsteps... were too light! The breathing... was also very soft!
The person above seems to be...

With a strange thought in mind, Lin Ge quietly stopped at the corner of the stairs.

Two seconds later, a filthy, emaciated figure, resembling a wild man, emerged from the passageway above. Hearing the urgent sounds of pursuit behind him, the figure did not hesitate to flee downstairs.

Then he saw the cat sitting below.

"Hey?"

The unexpected appearance of this person left him stunned.

Looking up, Lin Ge finally saw the man's appearance and age clearly.

No older than fifteen!

This was Lin Ge's immediate assessment.

Although his hair was messy and long, even covering his eyes, and he wore tattered clothes that looked like they came from some garbage dump and didn't fit him at all, his thin, emaciated frame, which couldn't even fill out the clothes, still proved that he was just a child. He was even in the early stages of puberty, and the acne on his dirty face and his not-yet-fully-developed features clearly showed this unfortunate fact.

But this child had eyes as sharp as a wolf's.

Upon spotting Ling Ge, he showed only a moment of surprise before continuing downstairs without hesitation. Ling Ge remained motionless as the foul-smelling child drew closer, then suddenly kicked him as he approached.

"Oh shit!"

Lin Ge, in a bad mood, jumped back to dodge.

The boy missed his kick, but without hesitation, he kicked out with his other leg, clearly determined to kill the cat in front of him.

Lin Ge simply dodged without retaliating; he was in a terrible mood.

Soon, Qian Wei's footsteps, one deep and one shallow, came from behind. The boy paused for a moment, glared at Lin Ge fiercely, and then continued running downhill without hesitation.

Lin Ge continued to stare at his back.

"Whew! You run so fast! Mimi?"

Qian Wei, who was about to overshoot the target, slammed on the brakes and saw Lin Ge crouching at the corner and a beggar dressed as he ran downhill with his head down.

Not knowing why Lin Ge was standing still, and without having time to analyze what had happened, Qian Wei went downstairs without hesitation and continued chasing after him. His right ankle seemed to be badly sprained, and his posture as he went downstairs was very awkward.

Even so, Qian Wei gritted his teeth and sprinted forward, and the distance between the two men quickly closed with each bend in the road.

"What... what kind of situation is this?"

Lin Ge lightly jumped onto the window, looking utterly disgruntled.

He never imagined that the scent he had been following all along would belong to a teenager.

The stench of garbage emanating from him masked his underage nature, something Lin Ge hadn't noticed beforehand. The boy's wolfish eyes and his vicious attack on the police shocked and angered Lin Ge. Yet… the boy's beggar-like appearance and his destitute state in this place left Lin Ge conflicted. He was just a minor; how had he fallen into such a terrible situation?

"Phew... Although I don't know what happened to this kid, at least one thing is certain: he has a connection with the theft gang. This kid... might be the key to taking down the entire theft gang in one fell swoop."

As Qian Wei chased the boy out of the building, Lin Ge jumped out of a fourth-floor window.

Like a falling meteor, he landed precisely behind the boy to Qian Wei's astonishment. Then, in mid-air, Lin Ge delivered a rabbit kick, instantly sending the boy sprawling to the ground, plunging headfirst into the garbage heap.

"I'm a police cat from Zhanghe Police Station, how could I let a little bastard who assaulted a police officer get away with it? Even if... he's just a kid!"

With that thought in mind, Lin Ge firmly stepped on the boy's head.

As the boy struggled silently to get up, Lingo extended his right claw with sharp nails and slashed fiercely at the boy's face. With a piercing metallic scraping sound, several deep scratches were left on the rusty sheet of iron.

The boy froze, too afraid to move.

(End of this chapter)