There's a chat group for pets in my neighborhood.

As night deepened, hurried footsteps echoed outside the abandoned red brick factory.

Carrying a medical kit, Lu Fang ran breathlessly to the edge of the overgrown factory and opened a group chat on his phone.

Tanuki is providing real-time updates on Charlie's status and has taken photos in advance to ensure the mainland authorities can locate him.

"I've already brought him there. He's a kind-hearted person who will help treat any injured animals he sees, so don't worry about that. All you need to do now is guide him to where Charlie is."

Lu Fang responded in the group chat that instead of going to Charlie's place himself, it would be better to have Brother Li find a way to send Charlie over, which would reduce his chances of making a mistake.

"Alright, I'll take care of it." Brother Li patted his chest with a heart full of righteous indignation.

As the local bully in Tiancheng Community, it and the police chief have had the most encounters with humans and know that some humans are indeed very kind-hearted and friendly to them.

After closing the group chat, Tanuki's ears twitched slightly as he caught the sounds around him. The sheriff then gracefully leaped in from outside: "They're here, right by the door."

"That guy in the group said to just lure that person over, and I'll go out and howl a couple of times." Tanuki looked around, then nimbly jumped out through the gap next to it. It went to the highest point of the cement pipe in the red brick factory, cleared its throat in a pretentious manner, then took a deep breath and meowed loudly.

"Meow! Meow!"

Like fingernails rubbing against glass, or like a baby giggling, a thought flashed through Lu Fang's mind when he heard the cat's meow.

"The harsh, discordant sounds are unpleasant to hear."

This is fucking awful! Who would have thought that Brother Tanuki's voice would sound like this?

If a normal person came to the brick factory in the middle of the night and heard this cat meowing, they would probably be so frightened that they would run away. Even if Lu Fang knew the whole story, he would still have the urge to back down after hearing this meow.

But what can you do when he's a veterinarian?

Lu Fang encouraged himself as he groped his way toward the direction from which the cat's meow was coming.

"Mission accomplished. I think someone's coming. Hey, Sheriff, why are you covering your ears?"

When Tanuki turned around after completing his mission, he saw that the sheriff had expressionlessly lowered his paws from covering Charlie's ears, while the orange cat next to him had pressed its paws on Charlie's ears, its own face contorted as if it were enduring some kind of pain.

"Just come over. Let's find a place to hide and see what's going on with that guy." The sheriff pretended not to hear what Tanuki said, and with a few nimble leaps, he found a spot on a roof beam and lay down quietly, waiting for Lu Fang to arrive.

Tanuki nodded and followed closely behind, then gestured for the orange cat to come along.

Unexpectedly, the orange cat didn't come up; it just lay down next to Charlie and shook its head.

"Come on up first. I know you're worried, but this person should be fine," Tanuki advised.

The sheriff sighed and rolled his eyes. If Tanuki hadn't been so rough, the orange cat would have climbed up by now.

"Stop trying to persuade them, they're almost here."

First, a beam of flashlight approached, followed by a series of hurried footsteps.

Following the sound of Brother Li, Lu Fang finally reached the deepest part of the cement pipe. As soon as he walked over, he spotted Charlie lying on the withered grass.

"So badly injured..." Even though he was mentally prepared, Lu Fang still couldn't help but gasp.

He quickly knelt on the damp, withered grass, opened his medical kit, and began preparing what he would need.

"Holy crap, it's that kid!"

Under the roof, bathed in the afterglow of the moonlight, Tanuki carefully examined Lu Fang's profile, awakening long-dormant memories within him.

"You know him?" the sheriff asked, somewhat surprised.

"I'd recognize him even if he were ashes!" Tanuki clenched his paws tightly. "This guy's a veterinarian at Meiji Pet Hospital, he's a complete demon! An executioner!"

Hearing Tanuki's curses, the sheriff's face immediately turned serious: "Tanuki, explain yourself clearly."

"Is this guy one of those unscrupulous veterinarians? We need to get rid of him. Charlie has to live to find the black-skinned PE student!"

"No, that's not it." Tanuki shook his head, his anger undiminished.

"This guy has some medical ethics. Before, when the brothers got injured, they liked to hang around outside Meiji Hospital. If he saw them, he would help treat them and sometimes they could even get some free food."

"According to you, he's a good person." The sheriff glanced at Lu Fang, who was busy below, and was a little confused as to why Brother Li was reacting so strongly.

"But that's the problem," Tanuki said indignantly, "If he only saved people, that would be one thing, but he also neutered cats!"

"Every time he treated my brothers, he would use anesthesia to knock them unconscious, then push them onto the slaughtering table, and with a lewd grin, use his gleaming long knife to rip out the things my brothers depended on for their livelihood!"

"That's not all, this demon even put my brothers' testicles next to them to humiliate them!"

"I've seen it through the window more than once: my fierce general, the Dragon Crossing the River, lying on the slaughtering table with his eyes rolled back, his tongue lolling out, and his two testicles right next to his head. That devil even took pictures as souvenirs!"

"Do you know that my brothers used to be incredibly powerful, invincible in the surrounding neighborhoods? But after they had their balls cut off, they all lost their will to fight and just want to lie around sunbathing!"

"If it weren't for me holding things together, the reputation of our Tiancheng community would have been gone long ago."

"More importantly, this egg-disassembling maniac even tried to reach for my hand. If I hadn't been quick-witted and agile, otherwise..."

(This is Tanuki's subjective account. The mainland side might chuckle during the bomb disposal surgery, but they would definitely not lewdly laugh. This is hereby declared.)

Mentioning this incident, Brother Li felt a chill of fear.

"The guy in the group who's so close to this bomb disposal maniac must have already been poisoned."

"What a pity, such a good brother, he became a eunuch so quickly, sigh."

At this moment, Lu Fang had no idea that Brother Li up high was making fun of him, and even thought that he had become a eunuch.

What a joke, how could he possibly perform bomb removal surgery on himself?

But at this moment, his attention was completely focused on Charlie.

Lu Fang first gently comforted the somewhat nervous orange cat, and then began to carefully examine Charlie's wounds.

His movements were extremely swift, and he put on the brand-new sterile rubber gloves with effortless grace.

Without the slightest hesitation, he first gently pressed the bone around Charlie's hind leg wound with his fingers.

Charlie let out a painful convulsion, but Lu Fang's hand was extremely steady, and he made a precise judgment within seconds.