"I'm sorry, not for sale. I've grown attached to him."

Li Xiang finished the last bite of his noodles, took a napkin to wipe his mouth, and prepared to leave.

The middle-aged man who had just made an offer, perhaps fond of Coalball, immediately stood up as well, extending a hand: "Fifty thousand? Will you sell?"

"Fifty thousand?"

Li Xiang looked at Coalball, somewhat surprised: "I didn't expect you to be so valuable."

Coalball seemed to sense what was about to happen, lowered his head, and whimpered twice, as if to say: Don't sell me.

"Alright, eighty thousand, fixed price."

The man saw that fifty thousand didn't persuade Li Xiang, and after looking at Coalball's human-like whimper, he gritted his teeth and increased the offer to eighty thousand.

"Thank you for liking Coalball, but I'm truly sorry. He's been with me since birth, and I've grown attached to him."

Li Xiang still refused. At this point, Coalball was fully capable of working as a police dog, just without the official title. But in terms of ability, he was not inferior to any dog.

Especially after enhancements from the pet system, Li Xiang discovered that Coalball's genes had been strengthened. The reasons ordinary mongrels couldn't serve as police dogs had been optimized in him.

So a mere eighty thousand wasn't tempting enough for Li Xiang to sell him.

Even for eight hundred thousand... well, that could be considered!

With a look of regret and reluctance, the man watched as Li Xiang led Coalball out of the shop.

It was still early, and seeing that Coalball's energy wasn't fully released, Li Xiang decided to take him for another walk.

They walked along the greenery belt.

Coalball sniffed here and there, then lifted a leg, sprayed a couple of drops, marking his territory.

A little token of Coalball's presence.

Suddenly, as Li Xiang wasn't paying attention, the leash in his hand went slack, and Coalball ran off as if he had found something interesting.

Li Xiang immediately chased after him, and saw Coalball stop in front of a bush, laying on the ground, barking twice.

This series of actions was a signature move indicating an anomaly during police dog training.

Seeing this, Li Xiang quickly realized that Coalball might have found something, so he ran over immediately.

"What's up, Coalball?"

Coalball lowered his head, pointed with his nose at something in front, the sky was dim, and there were no streetlights along the path, making it hard to see.

So he took out his phone, turned on the flashlight, and focused his eyes, only to find a severed human finger on the ground, slightly decayed, surrounded by ants and other insects feeding on it.

"Holy crap, a finger?"

Li Xiang was startled: "Why is there a finger here?"

He picked up a tree branch from the roadside, gently moved the bugs away from the finger, then looked closely. His forensic medicine background told him this was a middle finger from an adult male, the cut was clean; it seemed to have been sliced off by a sharp weapon.

Li Xiang immediately thought of several possibilities, including accidental work injury, a dispute leading to finger severing, murder, and dismemberment. The more he thought about it, the less simple it seemed.

"Coalball, check again, is there anything else nearby?"

As he said this, Li Xiang already felt something was off, so he took out his phone, opened the game, and found the system had issued a task:

[Ding, trigger random task!]

[Task Name: Investigate the Severed Finger Case]

[Task Description: While walking the dog home, pet Coalball discovered a human finger. Initial inspection suggests it may have been cut by a sharp tool, possibly remains after dismemberment and disposal. What is the true story?]

[Task Requirement: Proactively investigate the cause, uncover the truth of the case]

[Task Reward: Experience +500, Diamonds +2500]

Since the system issued a random task, it was likely a criminal case. Li Xiang didn't dare delay and immediately dialed Captain Cao's number:

"Captain Cao, this is Li Xiang. There's a suspicious situation I need to report to you."

Li Xiang then reported how, during his walk today, Coalball unexpectedly found a severed finger.

Upon hearing this, Captain Cao quickly asked for the location and rushed over.

After ending the call, Li Xiang took Coalball and searched around, quickly finding another piece of flesh nearby. After careful identification, he confirmed it was human flesh, not pork.

They walked quite a distance without finding any more body parts, and then returned to the original spot to wait for Cao Gang and his team, to ensure they found the location.

This was definitely a case of murder and dismemberment, followed by the disposal of a body.

Shortly after, Cao Gang arrived with the crime scene investigation team and forensic experts. They cordoned off the area, while Li Xiang pointed out the spots where Coalball found the body parts.

"All these were found by Coalball?"

Li Xiang had a dog, something discussed casually among friends, but Cao Gang never expected Coalball could be used like a police dog.

"Li Xiang, I didn't expect your dog Coalball to be so amazing."

Mao Ji and others who learned of the situation were also immensely impressed by Coalball, finding this black dog more endearing by the minute.

But Coalball, sitting by Li Xiang's feet, was quite smug with his tongue out in the face of everyone's praise.

"Coalball is so obedient! Feels even more trainable than the police dogs in our Fourth Squad."

Su Jiayi's remark led everyone to realize that Coalball indeed resembled a police dog.

How could this be possible?

Coalball was clearly just a mongrel, how could he give off the impression of a police dog?

After hearing this, Cao Gang also agreed. Before setting off, he worried Li Xiang's discovery might be incomplete, so he brought three police dogs from the Fourth Squad's canine unit to assist.

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