Chapter 94: Chapter 94: Finding Ducks
"Everyone, please calm down first. We are Public Security officers. What happened here?" After seeing that someone had started a dispute, Zhu Yuan and Qingyi immediately went forward to prevent the conflict from escalating further.
And the man who had been speaking loudly, upon seeing this, not only did not show any signs of backing down, but instead seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. "Thank heavens, you're finally here. Here's what happened..."
Afterward, under his explanation, everyone also learned that his name was Gael, a truck driver for Pegasus Express, who had just come to this vicinity to deliver goods today. But just after making a phone call, he suddenly heard a loud 'bang', followed by the sound of the truck door being opened, and then the ducks that were loaded in the truck all ran away.
Gael failed to stop the rare ducks from escaping. He only saw a panicked Bangboo standing next to the truck, which was Change from the 141 General Store.
"Mmm... mmm-hmm... mmm-hmm mmm-hmm." (N-not me... Change didn't do anything bad.)
Hearing Gael's fierce accusation, Change seemed to be scared, but still timidly said that she was innocent. Gael firmly believed that Change had let the ducks run away, while Master Tin Man and others believed that she would not do such a thing. The two sides held their own opinions and argued endlessly.
This situation, even for Wise who was an onlooker, gave him a headache, let alone Zhu Yuan who had to deal with this matter. "We will handle this matter properly, so everyone please calm down a little."
Continuing to argue like this was not a solution. So under Zhu Yuan's persuasion, Gael also decided to make a concession. He said that as long as they could find all the escaped ducks within today, he could accept a settlement. And after hearing his words, the onlookers, including Master Tin Man, all scattered to help find the ducks. It could be seen that the residents of Sixth Street were really very helpful. After the residents left, only Wise and Belle, as well as the two victims and the Public Security officers, were left at the scene.
Because there was no surveillance at the scene, if they wanted to get any valid evidence, the only way was to investigate the Bangboo's visual records. But that would probably have to wait until two or three days later. Zhu Yuan didn't want to leave the residents with the impression that the Public Security officers were shirking their duties, so she decided to continue investigating with Qingyi. At the same time, they would help the residents find the ducks. And Wise and Belle, seeing this, naturally also offered to help. After all, they had Fairy. Although they couldn't expose the latter's existence, having her analyze the places in the street where the ducks might be hiding was still no problem.
After forming groups, it was finally decided that Zhu Yuan and Wise would be in one group, and Qingyi would be with Belle. They then set off in different directions to find the ducks.
"Zhu Yuan, let's go this way." Wise walked in front to lead the way. As a resident here, it was most appropriate for him, who was familiar with the vicinity, to lead the way.
"Mmm, okay. I'm sorry to trouble you again."
"Don't say that. We're friends. A small matter like this is nothing. Besides, this is also to help Change."
As Wise said this, a powerful field of charisma seemed to form around him. Th-this, could this be the legendary 'helpful good person' persona?! That powerful influence made Zhu Yuan stunned for a moment, and then she nodded. "You're right. It was my words that seemed too distant."
[Ding! Zhu Yuan's favorability has increased by 3 points. Current favorability: 68. 200 Emotion Value obtained. Current Emotion Value: 14000.]
Being able to increase favorability was a pleasant surprise. And Wise then also took Zhu Yuan to the nearest location marked by Fairy. Unexpectedly, it was the modification shop. Zhu Yuan originally had some doubts that a duck could get into a place like this, but she could vaguely hear the quacking of a duck coming from inside the door.
However, the shop owner, Uncle Enzo, was not at home. After looking around the vicinity, the two of them found him on a street at the side. But it wasn't just Uncle Enzo; there was also a small car that had been in an accident next to him. The driver was an old woman, but the victim was not Uncle Enzo, but another black Bangboo that was lying on the ground, unable to get up.
Seeing this, Wise also went forward to help Uncle Enzo fix the Bangboo. Zhu Yuan couldn't help but be amazed by this, not expecting him to have this kind of skill. And after this little episode, the two also successfully got into the shop with Uncle Enzo's help and caught the duck.
Afterward, the two of them found another duck in a stack of cola boxes on the side of the street. However, after going to the next location, they ran into Qingyi and Belle, who had separated from them earlier. The two of them were looking at a truck with troubled expressions. After some inquiry, Wise and Zhu Yuan also learned that there was a duck hiding under the truck. The position was so far in that it was completely out of reach. This was one of the reasons why Qingyi and her team had not acted yet. Besides that, it was because Qingyi was afraid that her method would damage the truck.
"Eh! I've got it!" Just then, Belle suddenly raised her index finger and showed a smile. It seemed she had thought of a good idea. But Wise, who knew her, had a bad feeling.
She was seen suddenly pinching her throat and making a few strange calls. The sound resembled that of an eagle, which directly scared the duck under the car into shrinking even tighter. Qingyi, seeing this, also looked at Belle with a strange expression. "Listening to this sound, are you trying to imitate the duck's natural enemy? To scare it out? But I'm afraid it won't work. After all, when an animal encounters its natural enemy, its instinctive thought is to hide or run away."
"Uh, actually, I was trying to imitate a duck's call to lure it out." Belle explained with some embarrassment. Afterward, the few of them discussed and called over the Bangboos from the general store, wanting them to start the truck and scare the duck out.
But as luck would have it, the truck broke down at this very moment. Qingyi expressed that it was better to rely on oneself than on others. Then, in front of everyone, she used her fair and slender arms to directly push the truck away. Then, while the duck was still in a daze, she caught it.
Afterward, after a search by everyone, not long after, the last duck was also caught in the parking lot behind the video store.
And so, the duck-finding segment came to an end. And at this time, Zhu Yuan and Qingyi also expressed their thanks to them. But the latter was a bit confused. Why did Wise and Belle always know the specific location of the ducks? If they hadn't been together the whole time, Qingyi would have suspected that the two of them had deliberately hidden the ducks. But fortunately, in the end, they managed to fool her, and Qingyi did not delve too deeply into this matter.
"Mmm, strange. Why are the car lights flashing?" Wise at this time also noticed that his own car not far away had some problems. While the car lights were flashing, the windshield wipers were also swinging left and right.
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