1336 The Poisoner (1/2)
Illnesses struck hard and fast but took a longer time to heal. The stray dogs that just woke up from their poisoning were extremely weak. They couldn't even stand up. The white dog ordered the other dogs to take care of them. With a heavy heart, he turned around and headed back to the Wuling Hong Guang MPV. Although he could communicate directly with Zhang Zian via the drone, he did not want the other dogs to hear the tone of his panicked voice.
Zhang Zian was still in the same position waiting for him to arrive.
After the long run, the white dog took a few deep breathes and said, ”...Thank you. Although I don't know why you would help us, I should thank you. Thank you for saving my companions.”
Besides a sense of sympathy towards them, Zhang Zian helped these stray dogs hoping that doing so would help with the peaceful resolution of the conflict between stray cats and stray dogs. To achieve this goal, he had at least get rid of the hostility that the white dog may have held towards him.
Now, the white dog was close to the car. If Zhang Zian wanted to capture him, he could've just simply raised his phone and started the game.
However, Zhang Zian chose not to do so for two reasons.
Firstly, regardless of which elf he met for the first time, if the elf had obvious unfinished business, he allowed them to do so. For example, Old Time Tea wanted to finish tasting all the fine teas, π wants to find the Untitled Book in the Binhai Library, Famous wanted to find his lost memory in the Hollywood Wax Museum, Shihua wanted to go to South Korea to see the Korean stars she adored, and Vladimir wanted to go to Binhai and eliminate all the creatures that threatened his kind... He preferred to patiently wait for them to finish their tasks or even assist them in accomplishing the things. This was to prevent them from having any regrets. Besides, a forceful capture wasn't the right thing to do. Thus, he waited for them to willingly return to him. When that happened, he would press the 'capture' button.
This still held true this time around.
Secondly, Vladimir was able to establish his squadrons after he came to the pet store. However, this white dog was already able to make the other stray dogs abide by his commands. If he forcefully captures him, the remaining stray dogs would remain leaderless. The group would be bound to fall apart into disorder and chaos.
Based on his observation, the white dog should have given his companions several rules on how to behave. Even when tasked to steal sausages, the dogs did not hurt people. He also displayed a warm friendly attitude to the female dogs after they gave birth. These were not the natural qualities of stray dogs.
Without these rules laid down by the white dog, these hundreds of stray dogs were bound to have a bad influence on the lives of the people staying in the surrounding areas.
In the words of a game: there must always be a king that will use underhand methods to succeed.
Throughout history, the worst centralized governments were nevertheless still superior to a group of disorganized warlords.
Therefore, he couldn't capture the white dog until everything was properly arranged.
Zhang Zian said, ”It was nothing, they were just a few bottles of Vitamin B6. They are not worth a lot of money. However, you deliberately avoided bringing the other dogs to come to me. Do you have more to say than just a thank you?”
He was spot on. The white dog replied, ”Yes.”
”Are you here to surrender? I highly welcome this. Our military's policy toward captives has always been very good; we promise not to kill you!” cried Vladimir.
The white dog was angered. ”Who would surrender to you? If you can, get off that car and come fight me!”
”If it is a fight you want, then it is a fight you get! Do you think I'm afraid of you?”
Vladimir had a short fuse. He was about to get off and challenge the white dog to a one-on-one fight.