Chapter 1398 For Justice (1/2)

After listening to Brother Wolf's words, a poacher cried up with an expression of injured innocence, ”This has nothing to do with us! We didn't steal this bird. It was pushed out from the nest by its brothers, and we saved it!”

Li Du said, ”Save your words for the police and the judge, maybe they will believe it.”

Brother Wolf said in a low voice, ”It's possible. The Andean condor lays one or two eggs in a clutch, but the raptors are voracious eaters, and sometimes the parents can only feed one chick. In this case, if there are two young birds in the nest, they have to fight for food.”

During the fight for food, the stronger bird bullies its weaker sibling, snatching the food and getting stronger and stronger, while the other bird gets weaker and weaker.

Eventually, when a chick is strong enough, it pushes weaker siblings out of the nest as the parents leave.

The frightened condor did look like someone who was bullied all its life.

Li Du tried to free it from the cage, but the baby seemed to feel safer inside and refused to come out.

Lu Guan said, ”Boss, if it doesn't want to come out, just let it stay inside.”

Li Du said, ”No, we need more cages.”

”What for?” wondered Lu Guan.

The answer was soon revealed. Li Du, Brother Wolf, Firecracker and Godzilla opened all the iron cages and locked two poachers in each cage.

The poachers were furious. One shouted, ”You are abusing us. You are depriving us of our human rights!'

Li Du said in ease, ”Then go and sue me in court or report me to the police.”

Under the strong mountain wind, the smoke in the cave was soon blown away. At that time, the rain became heavier. Li Du took his group into the cave to take shelter from the rain.

His satellite phone was still in the signal area. He dialed the Pittsburgh police department and reported that he had caught a group of poachers, including a pair of brothers named Markelov who were murderers, who had unfortunately escaped.

”The Markelov brothers? I'm sorry, but we don't have a police file on either of them. Please give me their names,” answered the policeman.

Naturally, murderers were more important to catch than poachers.

Li Du asked the names of the two brothers and told the police that they were Ukrainian and had killed people in their native country.

After a while, the officer said, ”We contacted our San Francisco police colleagues and there are no such murderers. However, if they are Ukrainians, that's the surname of two Ukrainian deserters wanted by the embassy. Wait a minute, I'll identify them for you.”

The officer then located Li Du's mobile phone number and said they would arrange the police to go up the mountain to meet them overnight. He also asked them to be extra careful.

”These two brothers have been trained in the Ukrainian Special Forces and are very effective and capable. If possible, please try to find a safe place to hide and do not engage with them,” the officer told him. ”We will arrange for the police to go up the mountain as soon as possible, but now it's raining hard and they may not be able to do the search so quickly.”

Li Du agreed. He was not afraid of these two criminals. He was more concerned that they might escape.

Brother Wolf took Ah Meow while Firecracker took Ah Ow. They divided into two groups of watchers, hiding in the rain under outcroppings of rock outside the forest. If the Markelov brothers would come back, they would notice them in advance.

It rained cats and dogs all night. The rain became very heavy by midnight, and the temperature dropped.

Li Du lit a pile of dry wood in the cave, cooked some coffee and roasted meat.

Shrinking in a corner of the cage, the baby bird's eyes lit up when it saw the dried meat. It flapped its wings and stepped out little by little.

Li Du noticed, and said with a low laugh, ”Another foodie.”