Spirit Beast Pet Shop

Chapter 48 Exploring the Forest
Honghua quietly followed behind the group of people.The sound of Fengzu's wings beating is very soft, allowing her to hide her existence.

As she followed, she looked at the group of people.

To say that the most conspicuous thing in this team is not the people, but the black mastiff sniffing and searching for the target at the head of the team.

Honghua felt strange, if it was a search, even if he didn't bring a special sniffer dog, why would he bring a mastiff?

With this doubt in mind, she carefully sensed the black mastiff, and found that although the dog was not a monster and had no traces of cultivation, there was some faint aura in its body.

She had never seen this kind of situation before, and she didn't have time to look through her memory.But from this point of view, there should be something special about this black mastiff?
A group of people followed the mastiff into the woods, and after walking for a while, a person was suddenly caught by something on the corner of his clothes, and he screamed, causing the whole team to pause and look back at him.

The one who called out was a young boy. He was obviously a little embarrassed, and quickly explained in a low voice: "No, I'm sorry, something caught me..."

The man who looked like the captain didn't scold him, but nodded, took out a weak flashlight, and shone it on his side.

"Well!"

This startled the man again, but he covered his mouth in advance and didn't shout out.

Under the faint light of the flashlight, a claw of a wild bird that was entangled in net ropes and hung in mid-air was hooking on the corner of the man's clothes.

The bird was only the size of a sparrow and had been dead for a long time.The whole body was strangled by the rope net, dripping with blood, but the blood had already dried out, and mixed with the skin and flesh to form a puddle of viscous matter mixed with particles, which made the feathers even more messy.

Against the backdrop of the blood, its rolled-up eyes look even more pervasive. Coupled with the flashlight that just shone on its head, it would be really shocking to see it suddenly at night.

The captain frowned, walked up, gently picked off the dead bird, patted the scared team member on the shoulder, turned around and asked, "What's going on? Didn't the bird net be cleaned?"

A team member shrugged: "No way, this forest is so big, the two guys who got off the net were beaten and hospitalized again, it's normal if they can't find them all."

"Okay, be careful next, maybe there will be nets on the ground to catch your feet, don't be careless."

Out of caution, the team leader used a flashlight to take photos online.With the help of the dim light of the flashlight, you can clearly see the dead bodies of many birds hanging on the Internet.Some birds even have some mutilated limbs, which is very scary in this scene.

A young girl in the team looked at this scene and frowned: "It's terrible..."

Although she said such words, what Honghua read from her tone was the accusation of the mastermind, not the fear of this scene.

But the boy with the dog obviously didn't understand the air, and he showed off and said with a hint of ridicule that he might not have noticed: "Are you afraid? I have dealt with this kind of thing too much. I will find those monster birds later, you You can hide behind my back."

The girl glared at him, didn't answer, but complained in a low voice: "It's illegal for those two people to pull bird nets, so they deserve it right for being pecked by birds. Why should we work for them?"

While exploring the way, the captain replied, "We're not avenging them, it's just that monsters have appeared, and we have to find out."

After some discussion, the people in the team stopped talking and continued to search for their target in silence.

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After hearing these words, Honghua also had an idea of ​​the whole thing.

Judging from this conversation, the two injured people were the masterminds of pulling nets to catch birds in the mountains. They were injured by the harpy in the process, and the matter finally fell into the hands of this team.

As for how they judged that those birds were monsters, it is not known. It must have sensed the monster's aura through the wound, right?This is not the point, the point is the purpose of this team.

Judging from their dialogue, they are not so much acting for their own purposes, but more like... business?
What special department?Honghua became interested.Just knowing the news, this trip is not a loss.

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The team walked for another half an hour, and the leading mastiff stopped suddenly, and the posture of sniffing left and right changed to sniffing the air.After a while, it stared at a tree and stopped moving.

Honghua wondered at first, if they were chasing a bird, how could they catch up with the target with dogs.Now, if you feel it carefully, the aura in this dog's body is faintly flowing, and it is afraid that what it is chasing is not the smell, but the evil spirit.

Seeing this change, the people in the team exchanged glances for a while, and then looked at the captain in unison.

"You guys step back first, just stand aside as trainees." The captain gave the order in a very soft voice, and waved for them to back off.

Following this order, several people retreated to the side of the trees in unison, leaving only the captain and the boy with the dog in front.

Honghua looked a little confused, why did you bring so many people here if you didn't go up?
The boy asked the question for her: "Captain Zhang, isn't your team going up?"

"No need. It was because the opportunity was rare, and I brought them out to gain experience. Now it's night, the target is small, and the environment is unfavorable. It would be dangerous to let them play."

Listening to this statement, this boy is obviously not on the same team as them.

This explanation may not satisfy the boy, but he just nodded and didn't ask this again, but asked: "What should I do next?"

"Let me come. Just pay attention to the situation."

After saying this, Captain Zhang walked out of the team and quietly approached the tree.

His footsteps made no sound, but this action was not as simple as it seemed.

The moment he took a step, Honghua felt that his sense of existence also became thinner at that moment.This is a very mysterious feeling, but it can effectively reduce the practitioner's perception of him.

He deftly touched under the tree, looked up and looked around, and quickly locked on to his target.

The next moment, I saw him jumping up the tree like a dexterous ape.

Accompanied by his movements, there was a fierce commotion in the canopy immediately.It was the sound of birds flapping their wings, scattering branches and leaves to the surroundings.But soon, the voice quieted down.Not long after, Captain Zhang jumped down from the tree with something in his hand.

"Caught it." He explained to his teammates succinctly, and showed them the object in his hand.

It was a small bird, no more the size of a quail, and it was struggling hard at the moment.But the captain held its head with one hand and its claws with the other, making it unable to attack at all.

This method of catching birds is very skilled.Honghua owns a pet shop. Although he doesn't need it, he has learned how to catch birds so that he can guide customers when they need them.These techniques are exquisite, and the right grasp can prevent being caught and bitten very well.

Captain Zhang walked a few steps towards his teammates, let the light of the flashlight shine on the bird, and asked the girl, "Xiao Fang, come and identify the species of this bird."

(End of this chapter)