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

To Aoi Jinguji, this scene was far more incredible than witnessing Xia Fan subduing the wild god.

You know, God is a being worshipped by all living beings...

Looking through the classics of Area 11, there are countless legends of powerful psychics fighting and destroying the gods of the wild, but those who can make the gods bow down to them are rare.

"Could it be... Mr. Xia Fan, you have the blood of the ancient gods..."

"With such a seductive appearance, could he be the son of a white fox like Abe Haruaki?"

Gazing at Xia Fan's beautiful profile, Jinguji Aoi was stunned for a moment.

"Oh, right, Cat Jizo..."

"What on earth are the 'children' you were thinking about saving tonight?"

"Why not tell us? Maybe we can help."

Suddenly remembering something, Xia Fan's face became serious and he asked Cat Dizang.

"Regarding this matter...it's almost time. If you two want to know, why don't you come with me."

Cat Jizang looked up at the direction of the sun, then turned and ran out of the house.

……

One hour later, Shinjuku Ward, Stray Animal Management Center.

"Hello, we are from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and we are here to investigate a secret case."

The middle-aged detective in a black police uniform showed his police badge to the staff behind the counter.

Following behind him were Xia Fan and Aoi Jinguji, who were also wearing police uniforms.

On Xia Fan's back, half hanging like a schoolbag, was a heavy, round orange cat wearing a cassock.

The two were too young and inexperienced. It just so happened that the agent from Section 9 who was serving as the driver today was a middle-aged man with a face full of stubble, so he was asked to be in charge of the negotiations.

"Police? Are they here to investigate that 'pet theft gang'?"

"No comment. You just need to cooperate with the investigation and let us go into the area where the animals are kept and take a look."

"Okay, okay..."

Faced with the staff's questions, the middle-aged agent responded flawlessly.

"It's so mysterious. It must be because of that case. So many cats and dogs have been lost. It must be a gang crime..."

Under the intimidation of his senior policeman, the staff member muttered, took out the key, and walked towards the old iron gate at the back.

The iron door creaked open and a strong stench hit them in the face, making several people frown.

"The children they caught outside, as well as those human lickers, were all locked up inside..."

The cat Jizang climbed onto Xia Fan's shoulder, and the voice rang clearly in his mind through "spiritual communication".

"I don't know what you're investigating, but there are only some stray cats and dogs that have been taken in."

"Dogs don't like to run around as much, and their reproduction capacity is not as strong, so stray cats make up the majority of the population."

The staff member led the way down the narrow corridor. The areas on both sides were separated by barbed wire and cages, where dirty and sick stray cats and dogs were scattered around.

"Meow……"

"Wang Wang Wang!"

Perhaps they sensed the arrival of Cat Jizo, the cats and dogs in the cages, dragging their sick bodies, began to wag their tails restlessly.

"Excuse me, are all the stray animals we took in here?"

Frowning and looking around at the terrible environment, Aoi Jinguji asked the staff member.

"Well, there haven't been many because of the 'burglaries' that happen from time to time."

"As for the thefts, we watched the surveillance video many times with the local police station, but we didn't see the thieves. It was as if the animals inside opened the door and left on their own. It's even more bizarre than a haunted place..."

After answering honestly, the staff member started complaining about the "serial pet theft case".

Every once in a while, animals would escape from this stray animal shelter due to accidents like "forgetting to lock the door", "forgetting to close the window", or "cages not being locked".

Therefore, the staff who were held accountable were naturally unwilling to bear the "injustice" and believed that a gang was committing the theft...

But even after calling the police, the local police station did not find any signs of "human crime" through surveillance and on-site investigation, and the case ended up being left unresolved.

Chapter 314: Whitewashed Killing

2024-07-13

“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 Jizang lingered in his mind. Xia Fan's face was as gloomy as water, and he spoke to the staff member bluntly.

"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."

Chapter 315 Qiu Shan's Last Words

2024-07-13

According to the information, Kumamoto City started the precedent of "adoption instead of killing" for stray animal management ten years ago, deactivated all DREAM BOXes in the jurisdiction, and successfully achieved "zero killing" of stray animals.

"I see. I'm not the only one who doesn't want to kill animals. There are already people pushing for change!"

"But, these animals that need care right now probably won't be able to wait until Tokyo reforms. Will they all be sent to Kumamoto in the future?"

Upon learning of such a precedent, Xia Fan was excited at first, but then he sighed.