Animal Detective

Chapter 336: Chapter 274: Small Body, Great Power

The target struck Tian Kui with a rubber baton, but Tian Kui showed no intention of letting go.

A few seconds later, the whistle blew.

"Come back!"

Shen Xin immediately gave the command.

Only then did Tian Kui release his bite and quickly return to Shen Xin’s side.

He even held his head high with a proud, smug look.

Tang Changhong immediately started clapping, and soon everyone present joined in.

The target, also clapping, said, "Shen Xin, this Tian Kui is pretty strong."

That frenzied, head-shaking biting was full of power.

"Shen Xin, you’re awesome."

Li Yinjiang gave Shen Xin a thumbs-up.

He suddenly understood why Shen Xin had only asked for a single wild card spot.

If they had done as Tang Changhong originally planned and made Tian Kui’s group compete with the base’s police dogs for slots, the base’s dogs would probably have been completely wiped out.

Shen Xin tossed Tian Kui a meat stick and laughed. "If I were to be humble right now, it’d feel a little like I’m just showing off, wouldn’t it?"

Everyone burst out laughing and nodded in agreement.

Tian Kui also perfectly completed the advanced exercises that followed.

Smoke, fire, and even low-frequency sound cannons—as long as he was willing, none of it had any effect on him.

"Incredible," Tang Changhong couldn’t help but say to Li Yinjiang.

Back when Shen Xin planned to train this batch of police dogs in just one month, he had believed in Shen Xin’s ability, but still thought it was too much of an exaggeration.

Now, seeing this, what could he say? Only that Shen Xin’s talent was just too immense.

Li Yinjiang nodded in agreement. After all, Tian Kui and the others were multiskilled, training in several disciplines at once.

The assessments continued in order, following the sequence of the 36 Celestial Spirits.

The results varied.

Some performed well, while others performed poorly.

After all, Shen Xin’s plan had always included an elimination rate for this batch of dogs.

Without a doubt, the one with the best results was Tian Kui.

Finally, it was Celestial Skill’s turn.

Her favorability was still the highest among all the police dogs: stage two, eight bars of favorability.

"Don’t be nervous. Just do your best."

Before the assessment, Shen Xin crouched down to encourage her. Celestial Skill was a bit introverted and not particularly brave.

[I know.]

Celestial Skill gave a bark and followed Shen Xin.

She passed the basic exercises in one go.

When it came to the intermediate exercises, the whistle blew. Shen Xin led her in a turn, and she quickly scanned the chaotic crowd before immediately letting out a bark.

Li Yinjiang’s eyes widened. He looked at the stopwatch in disbelief.

"4.2 seconds!"

Shen Xin was just as surprised. He never expected Celestial Skill to perform so well.

For this particular test, there were over a dozen "civilians" running around chaotically in place. It was so disorderly that even a person would have a hard time spotting the target holding a dagger at a glance.

Therefore, it was a huge test of a police dog’s concentration.

Shen Xin couldn’t help but wonder if Celestial Skill had a special talent for this.

’She’s always staring at me so intently, so focused.’

"Go!"

Shen Xin gave the command a beat too late.

Celestial Skill shot forward instantly.

She was very agile, quickly weaving through the crowd before leaping up and clamping down hard on the target’s wrist.

Celestial Skill was just a common native breed dog, and a female at that, so her build wasn’t large.

Why were Ronaldos and Dobermans chosen as riot control dogs? Because they were all large, aggressive breeds.

In this respect, Celestial Skill was at a slight disadvantage.

But in that moment, Celestial Skill was like a dog possessed, savagely tearing at the target, refusing to let go no matter how she was struck.

The whistle blew.

At Shen Xin’s command, Celestial Skill finally released her bite and ran back quickly.

She was panting heavily.

Clearly, that bout of biting had taken a lot out of her.

"Good girl."

Shen Xin quickly crouched down to soothe her.

She let out a bark.

[Was that okay?]

"Of course. You’re the best," Shen Xin said with a grin, giving her a thumbs-up.

He could clearly see the happiness in Celestial Skill’s eyes and on her face as she wagged her tail nonstop.

The crowd also gathered around.

"Incredible."

"Yeah, I really didn’t expect Celestial Skill to be this amazing."

"Just over four seconds, that’s insane."

"And she’s a mother, too! She only gave birth a month ago. That’s really something."

Everyone showered her with praise.

Tian Kui, looking a little indignant, squeezed his way in and started tugging at the corner of Shen Xin’s clothes.

[Again!]

The guy was still unconvinced and wanted another go.

"Alright, alright, you were amazing too."

Shen Xin placated him, and only then did Tian Kui give up.

In the following tests, Celestial Skill’s performance continued to be eye-catching. freёwebnoѵel.com

For example, precisely biting a suspect in the driver’s seat of a moving car.

These were all difficult tasks, yet not only did she pass them on the first try, her performance was exceptionally outstanding.

It was only at this moment that Shen Xin truly began to pay attention to Celestial Skill.

Of course, he had let her train with the others before, but considering she had just given birth, he had let her set her own pace and hadn’t placed any strict demands on her.

He never thought she would perform so well in a practical scenario.

The first event concluded.

If Xiaoba was the benchmark, then 14 of the dogs in Shen Xin’s batch met the requirements.

Shen Xin was very satisfied with this number, as his initial goal had been ten dogs.

The remaining dogs that weren’t selected could continue their training and be sent out in the second batch.

On the base’s side, Xiaoba naturally stood out and secured a slot.

Chen Guo smiled wryly. "Shen Xin, I thought we agreed you’d go easy on us."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Seeing how well Tian Kui and the others performed was truly demoralizing.

The second event was drug detection.

This was an area where Tian Kui and his group had an even bigger advantage.

Shen Xin had always believed that no matter how "bad" a dog’s sense of smell was, it couldn’t be that bad.

The key was their comprehension—their ability to remember the scents of the drugs, understand what they needed to do, and then quickly find them.

For example, finding hidden drugs in a car.

On the base’s side, the best performer was still Qiuqiu.

It wasn’t without reason that the Springer Spaniel was gradually becoming the top choice for drug detection dogs; their sense of smell was incredibly sensitive.

He took only 51 seconds to locate the drugs hidden under the car’s floor mats.

There was a set search procedure, from outside the car to inside. The car was even running, with interference from the exhaust, gasoline, engine noise, and even perfume and smelly shoes placed inside as distractors.

So, under these circumstances, finding the drugs in under a minute was extremely fast.

But the performance of Tian Kui’s group left everyone stunned once again.

Tian Kui found the target in just 31 seconds.

The rest of the dogs generally finished in thirty to fifty seconds.

This meant that the worst performer from Shen Xin’s group was still better than the best performer from the base.

This result left all the handlers feeling a bit depressed.

And in the end, Celestial Skill’s 28 seconds broke Tian Kui’s record, drawing gasps of amazement from everyone.

Circling the car once, then searching the cockpit and back seat in order—30 seconds was truly pushing the limit.

But that wasn’t all.

Then Odin and Frigga, the two bloodhounds, took the stage.

When they were tracking Fan Lei’s escape route previously, Odin’s performance had even surpassed Dou Dou’s.

He made a stunning debut, moving quickly right from the start and finding the target in just 24 seconds.

Frigga took 27 seconds, an equally astonishing performance.

Wang Zhuo muttered, "There’s just no comparison."

Qiuqiu’s handler, Yuan Mingtao, hugged Qiuqiu and comforted him. "Good boy, Qiuqiu. We don’t need to compare ourselves to them. We’re already amazing."

Tang Changhong was speechless for a moment, then furrowed his brow and said, "Tell me, what exactly is different about him? Can the gap between people really be this huge?"

He truly couldn’t figure it out.

They were all training police dogs, so how was Shen Xin so unbelievably good at it?

Li Yinjiang gave a wry smile. ’I’d like to know that too,’ he thought.

For this event, using Qiuqiu as the standard, all of Shen Xin’s dogs passed.

The following bomb detection event was the same: a complete victory over the base’s police dogs.

After all, with high favorability came strong comprehension.

The act of searching itself wasn’t difficult; the hard part was remembering the specific scents and then distinguishing them.

The base had to use long-term training to form fixed memories.

Shen Xin, on the other hand, could approach it more from the angle of comprehension, making them truly understand what they were looking for.

The entire assessment lasted for nearly a full day.

Tang Changhong didn’t even bring up the final overall scores, so as to not crush the handlers’ morale.

After the assessment was over, Tang Changhong specifically sought out Shen Xin to ask if he had decided who would participate in the competition.

Shen Xin had actually been thinking about this question for a few days.

The original plan was to take Tian Kui.

Comparing them overall, Tian Kui was still the more well-rounded candidate.

Plus, he had the advantage of size. For subjects like riot control, he was a Wolf Green, a large dog breed, and had a bigger frame than a common native breed dog.

But after today’s assessment, Shen Xin was wavering.

Especially because of Celestial Skill.

Shen Xin truly hadn’t expected Celestial Skill’s performance to be this good.

In six events, her scores were all near the top.

In some specific exercises, her performance even surpassed Tian Kui’s.

Most importantly, her obedience was extremely high, which was a definite bonus. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

"I’ll think about it some more," Shen Xin said.

They weren’t leaving until the day after tomorrow anyway, so he still had two days.

Tang Changhong seemed to guess what Shen Xin was struggling with. He thought for a moment and said, "How about this? Don’t stress over it. Just bring Celestial Skill along too. Look how well she performed! She really gave us all a shock."

It was like a small body with a huge amount of energy.

As for the matter of a slot... was one more slot really that big of a deal?