Chapter 509 Tucson Brotherhood (1/2)

Chapter 509: Tucson Brotherhood

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

After Li Du took a look, he immediately called Hans and the others over. Hans bent over to look at the hole and wasted no time in calling the police.

Inside the pit contained pieces of bones. Deeper into the pit, yellow and brown radius and ulna bones of the forearm could be seen. It was evident that these were bones from a human hand.

Ah Ow struggled vigorously; her little paws stretched out as she attempted to get a bone from the pit.

Li Du smacked the puppy's butt and the little wolf cub stopped her struggles. She looked pitiful but at the same time greedily stared at the bones.

Earlier on Li had not known what she was busy digging for. Now he had come to the conclusion that Ah Ow must have smelled the rotten odor that the bones gave out, and hence, the cub had gone ahead to dig them up.

This matter had alerted the hotel management as well. Security guards and managers rushed over to the garden rather swiftly. The security guards sealed off the garden while the hotel manager talked to Li Du to find out more about what had happened.

What could Li Du say about this? He could only tell the truth: his pet loved to sniff around and dig for stuff. He noticed there were bones inside the pit after the pet had dug it up.

As for the bracelet that was there earlier, he had to keep quiet about it. Although he had no idea how long the owner of the bones had been dead, there was no way the bracelet had been old enough to break into powder the moment someone touched it.

About ten minutes later, the city's police officers arrived and immediately sealed the whole place off.

A forensic pathologist also arrived; they began excavating in the area and dug up every bone.

”Who discovered the skeleton?” asked a slim Mexican police chief with a hooked nose.

Li Du pointed to Ah Ow in his arms. ”My dog.”

The police chief glanced at Ah Ow then at Li Du. ”For your information, this is not a dog, this is a Mexican wolf. Mexican wolves are now protected animals—can you keep it?”

Li Du was irritated. Ah Ow had stayed in Flagstaff for almost two months but hardly anyone knew about her real identity as a wolf. But the moment they set foot in Tucson, her real identity was exposed at just one glance.

Hans looked shocked. ”What? A wolf? How can it be? Isn't this a Czech Wolfdog?”

”If you've been told that this is a Czech wolfdog,” said the police chief, ”then you've been scammed. But nevertheless, you're still in luck. You've been given a more precious animal: the Mexican wolf. But they are not suitable pets. Once they grow up, they could eat someone alive.”

”Actually, we didn't buy the cub; a friend of ours found it. Look, she is so tiny. When she was brought to me, she was even tinier than this—”

The police chief waved to stop Li from talking further. ”This is not my area of concern. You don't have to explain it to me. I'm here to investigate the case. Let me ask in another way. Who was the first witness?”

Li Du answered, ”Me.”

”Alright,” the police chief said. ”I need your help. Tell me what you know. I'm the Sheriff of the historic district's police department, Blake Michaelson. You can call me Sheriff Blake or Sheriff Michaelson.”

Li Du shook hands with him. ”Nice to meet you, Sheriff.”

Blake Michaelson was a gentleman. As he talked to Li Du about the case, he even brought him over a cup of coffee.

There was nothing else Li Du knew. Besides the bracelet that he needed to keep a secret, Li did not know, nor had he touched, anything else.