523 Tracking (1/2)

Chapter 523: Tracking

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

While walking, Zhang Zian briefly explained the incident that had just happened to Famous and then made it smell the ball of soft and fragrant bait.

Famous couldn't tell the ingredients of the bait, but it confirmed Zhang Zian's speculation that this thing had a strange aroma that was very appealing to dogs.

When they walked out of the alley, Zhan Tian lowered its head and sniffed around on the ground. There was no wind today, but the air quality was poor with light pollution. The disgusting odor of automobile exhaust could be vaguely smelled in the air, which was the main reason Zhang Zian did not want to take the elves outside to play . However, the weather today had created a good atmosphere for Zhan Tian's tracking.

At almost the same time as when Zhang Zian arrived at the junction of Zhonghua Road, Ning Lan and a group of young men and women arrived there in three taxis.

Ning Lan jumped out of the car, and anxiously asked, ”Manager Zhang, you saw the car in the video, right? Which way did it drive to?”

Zhang Zian pointed to Zhan Tian. ”I was in the alley when I saw the car, and then it drove away. My dog ​​is tracking the smell of those people.”

Ning Lan and her classmates were surprised and focused their eyes on Zhan Tian.

”Is this dog reliable?” More than one person whispered their doubts.

Ning Lan had told her classmates about the identity of Zhang Zian in the taxi. Someone replied, ”I don't think so. This is not a movie. How can a random dog from a pet shop be used as a police dog?”

Someone even jokingly sneered. ”Will it just lead us to the Qing-Feng Steamed Dumpling Shop? We might as well eat lunch there! I did not eat breakfast...I'm really a bit hungry now.”

This joke was a bit frivolous, however, this was not the time for making jokes. Ning Lan glared unhappily at the guy.

Their reactions were just as Zhang Zian had expected. It was not their dogs that were missing so why would they be so anxious? In other words, most of Ning Lan's classmates, whether out of sentiment toward a schoolfellow, friendship, or affection; they were here only because they cared about Ning Lan instead of Ning Lan's dog.

Zhang Zian did not refute these doubts because he was also uncertain if Zhan Tian would be able to track down the gang of the dog-trappers. Most importantly, he was not doing this for Ning Lan. Instead, he thought it might be a good opportunity to rebuild Zhan Tian's confidence.

Famous also bowed and sniffed. However, it had never received the professional training of odor identification and tracking. The odor environment in the city was too complicated. After trying several times, it gave up and shook its head gently.

Odor recognition was a skill that required natural talent. Even when two dogs of the same breed received the same odor identification training, their grades could be completely different. In this regard, Zhan Tian was undoubtedly an outstanding police dog, as evidenced by the fact that it was once selected into the SWAT team.

Zhang Zian held the leash behind Zhan Tian while it led the way and focused on sniffing the smell. Zhan Tian walked faster in the straight streets, but when it came to such traffic arteries as crossroads, it would take Zhan Tian more than ten minutes to sniff the roads in all directions before it finally chose to pursue one of the directions.

Ning Lan was extremely anxious but did not dare to urge Zhan Tian. After all, she had been very grateful to Zhang Zian who was willing to help her.

Walking in large groups with two dogs, Zhang Zian, Ning Lan, and her classmates were quite eye-catching.

Near a crossroads, they encountered an unexpected episode.

”Comrade, please wait a moment.”

At first, Zhang Zian ignored the voice, because he didn't think the person was talking to him. He didn't stop until the person repeated the sentence. He looked up and saw a traffic police officer wearing a winter uniform with a fur collar on a parked police motorcycle on the roadside. The police officer took off his sunglasses, walked to Zhang Zian quickly and said politely, ”Comrade, please show me your dog-raising license.”