Black Silk Female Police Detective Exorcist

"That's it..."

Qin Huanyu frowned slightly.

This was similar to what she had heard from Bai Ling before. Bai Ling had also said that the tiger demon clan had long been turned into a useless cat clan by humans. Apart from a few elite warriors in the clan, many tigers now couldn't even hunt, and wouldn't eat live sheep and cows that were fed to them.

Now that Tiger Girl is saying the same thing, Qin Huanyu is slightly disappointed.

But...

Qin Huanyu looked Hu Niu up and down carefully again.

Just like how adults don't let children know too much, could it be that Tiger Girl doesn't know much because she's too young?

Thinking this through, Qin Huanyu had a new idea:

"Little tiger, do you know any elders of your kind? Someone you have a good relationship with, preferably someone older. I'd like to visit them and ask them some questions."

“An elder of the same clan… that would be Elder Huang.”

Tiger Girl tilted her head and thought for a moment, then quickly gave her answer:

"Elder Huang is over 500 years old this year. He used to work for you humans until he was injured by a sword in the knee and retired. After retiring, Elder Huang did not like to live in the reserve. He liked to use his original form to play with little human girls. He is currently living in the zoo in Youzhou Prefecture."

'An old guy who likes to tease little human girls? Probably a pervert!'

Qin Huanyu inwardly cursed, but on the surface, she smiled kindly:

"Little tiger, could you introduce me to Elder Huang? Does it have any favorite things? What kind of gift should I bring when I visit it?"

"We tigers mostly love to eat meat, especially beef."

Tiger Girl answered without hesitation, then thought for a moment and added:

"However, Elder Huang is a traditionalist. He doesn't like cooked beef; he prefers frozen raw beef, especially the kind where the beef blood is frozen solid. Also, Elder Huang is generally very kind to little human girls. Sister Yu, could you try dressing up a bit younger?"

"Dress a little younger? Hmm..."

Blood-stained frozen raw beef is easy to handle, but making it look cute is a bit difficult.

Qin Huanyu looked at her large breasts, pert buttocks, and long legs, and really didn't know how to dress herself to make herself look younger.

However, I'll still give it a try. Pretending to be an elementary or middle school student is out of the question, but pretending to be a well-developed high school girl might work.

With that in mind, Qin Huanyu went to a large shopping mall in Youzhou Prefecture and bought a set of female high school uniforms that fit her perfectly in a COS clothing store.

A white top, blue pleated skirt, black stockings, and small leather shoes did give Qin Huanyu the feel of a high school student, but the kind of high school student from a special action movie... Her figure was still too hot, and her temperament leaned towards mature and seductive; she couldn't pretend to be young.

However, the high school girl uniform was quite nice, so with the mindset that something was better than nothing, Qin Huanyu dressed up as a high school girl and went to visit Elder Huang with Hu Niu.

When we arrived at the Youzhou Prefecture Zoo, Elder Huang was still working. Several little girls, around six or seven years old, were riding on its back, laughing and having a great time. It didn't seem annoyed at all; instead, it looked quite content.

'He really is a pervert!'

Qin Huanyu thought to herself, "What do you mean?" but at the same time, she was also secretly surprised.

This is a high-risk period for tiger attacks. Shouldn't people be avoiding tigers? Why are people still coming to the zoo specifically to see tigers? And even trusting their children to play with tigers?

I asked a few parents of tourists nearby and found out that they were all locals and were very familiar with this big tiger called Lao Huang. They knew that it was very gentle, loved to play with little girls, never hurt anyone, and were very at ease with it.

Regarding the currently widespread tiger attack incident, these parents said that the more this happens, the more they want to bring their children to the zoo so that their children will know that tigers are not actually scary.

Qin Huanyu didn't know how to comment on this, so she just smiled and didn't say much, patiently waiting for Elder Huang to get off work near the tiger park.

Several hours passed, and the zoo finally closed. All the visitors left, leaving only Qin Huanyu, Hu Niu, and the zookeeper.

The zookeeper clearly knew about Elder Huang's situation and was also familiar with Tiger Girl. After exchanging greetings, he let Tiger Girl take Qin Huanyu to find Elder Huang herself.

Elder Huang was currently licking a lollipop that a little girl had given him in the tiger's den under the artificial hill in the tiger enclosure. When he saw Tiger Girl and Qin Huanyu, he paused for a moment, then grinned widely.

"Hahahaha... You're such a funny woman. How old are you? Why are you dressed like this to act young? Aren't you ashamed?"

"!"

Qin Huanyu's fist hardened immediately, and it took a lot of effort to restrain herself from rushing up and punching and kicking this freakish tiger.

"Blood-stained frozen beef! Beef!"

Seeing that the atmosphere between the two was not very friendly at the first meeting, Tiger Girl quickly whispered a reminder.

"……snort."

Qin Huanyu pursed her lips, took out the blood-stained frozen beef from her backpack, placed it on the ground, and kicked it hard with her foot, which was clad in black silk boots, right next to Elder Huang, her face full of disgust.

"hey-hey……"

Elder Huang didn't mind at all; his tiger-like face was still grinning lewdly as he grabbed the bloody frozen beef that Qin Huanyu had kicked at him and started licking it, becoming more and more satisfied with each lick.

"Ah~~~~ This tastes so much better! Those tourists always feed me bread, chicken legs, sausages, egg yolk pies and stuff like that, but there's no bloody taste at all, it's not flavorful enough."

After that, Elder Huang began to eat heartily, and Qin Huanyu did not urge him, but waited patiently.

Before long, Elder Huang had devoured a large chunk of bloody frozen beef. The old tiger demon still showed no intention of transforming into human form, remaining in its tiger posture. After letting out a satisfied burp, it comfortably shrank into a corner of its den.

"I can guess why you're here... You must be from the Investigation Bureau, right? You've come to ask me about those recent high-profile tiger attack cases? Hehe... Well, you've come to the right person. I, Old Huang, do know some inside information, and I can even guess who did it."

Chapter 130 You should whisper sweet nothings in Ayu's ear.

In the tiger enclosure of Youzhou Prefecture Zoo, a large tiger lazily lay in the corner of its cave. On a large rock opposite it sat a hot woman dressed as a high school girl and a cute girl in tiger-striped pajamas, both of them listening attentively.

Although Elder Huang, a man with a penchant for young girls who is hundreds of years old, is a bit perverted, he still keeps his word.

After finishing the blood-soaked frozen beef, it spoke up before Qin Huanyu could even ask:

"I used to be a demon-slaying guard at a photo studio, so I know a bit about these things and have some guesses... But guesses are just guesses. Can you tell me what you found? The young female investigator who likes to act young?"

"!"

A tic-tac-toe sign appeared above Qin Huanyu's head, and she once again realized that her deliberate attempt to disguise herself as a high school girl to win over the big tiger was a huge blunder.

However, since she needed Tiger's help, Qin Huanyu could only take a deep breath and recount her investigation results of the three crime scenes in Yizhou County.

"The paper showed signs of burning, and there were also traces of spiritual energy and demonic energy... It must be what I thought."

After listening attentively to Qin Huanyu's words, the big tiger immediately nodded its massive head and then opened its blood-red maw to yawn.

"This must have been done by the remnants of the Fuhu Sect."

"Fuhu Gate?"

Qin Huanyu frowned:

"Does such a sect exist? I've never heard of it before... And the name 'Tiger Subduing Sect' sounds like it has a grudge against your tiger demon clan. You're not planning to use someone else to settle a personal score, are you?"

"Of course not! Who do you think you are? Awooo!"

The tiger roared as if provoked, then grunted and whimpered:

"I admit that my preference for young human women doesn't conform to mainstream aesthetics, and I'll definitely be called a perverted tiger... But I am, after all, a retired demon slayer! I still have professional ethics, and I would never do something like settling personal scores! You can call me a pervert with your disgusted look, but you are not allowed to question my professional ethics as a demon slayer!"

"Okay, okay... It was my fault. I shouldn't have questioned my senior's professional ethics."

Qin Huanyu gave a perfunctory apology and then asked:

"So what exactly is the Fuhu Sect? I've only been an investigator for a short time and don't know much about some ancient secrets. I hope you can enlighten me, senior."

"...That's a long story, but I'll try to keep it short."

The big tiger lazily lay back down again:

"Actually, the reason why our tiger demon clan would submit to your human court was, in a sense, because we were forced by this Fuhu Sect... Anyway, it's all old grudges, so I'll just be frank."

“Long ago, in ancient times before the Holy Zhou Kingdom even existed, our Tiger Clan actually looked down on humans quite a bit, regarding them as weak prey. Tiger Clan descendants were everywhere, wantonly hunting and killing you humans.”

"Yes, I've seen these in history books too."

Qin Huanyu wasn't annoyed; she simply nodded gently.

"When ancient humans didn't have any powerful weapons, many villages far from cities were plagued by tigers, and many people would die in the tiger's belly every year... Could it be that the Tiger-Taming Sect came into being under such circumstances?"

"……Roughly the same."

The big tiger sighed and continued:

“In ancient times, you humans were plagued by tigers, so people naturally feared our tiger clan and longed for the appearance of a so-called tiger-fighting hero.”

"Just like the principle behind the formation of modern grotesques, people's deepest thoughts and prayers can truly be transformed into a kind of power."

"You humans have produced a genius cultivator who has mastered the use of this power. He went into the mountains to hunt tigers, carrying the eager expectations of countless people, and was able to unleash his strength beyond his normal level, like a game character receiving a powerful buff."

"And every time he successfully hunts down a vicious tiger, he can permanently retain a portion of the people's prayers within his body, transforming them into his own cultivation, making him stronger and stronger."

"After that, he married and had children, and took on disciples. He gradually developed this skill and made it famous, which later became the once-popular Fuhu Sect. His skill was also called 'Fuhu Divine Skill'."

"The biggest difference between this Tiger Subduing Divine Skill and other cultivation techniques is that it doesn't place much emphasis on the cultivator's talent. Anyone who has the courage to fight the tiger clan head-on and successfully hunt them down can gain cultivation through the Tiger Subduing Divine Skill, and they can become stronger by continuing to kill tigers, with almost no bottlenecks."

"As more and more of you humans practice the Tiger Subduing Divine Skill, our tiger clan suffers. A large number of our offspring are hunted down for cultivation, and tiger skins, tiger bones, and tiger meat are taken away to sell for money... The tiger skin clothes and tiger bone wine that you human nobles like so much all originated at that time."

"Of course, our Tiger Clan will not sit idly by and wait to die. We also want to launch a war to exact our revenge."

"But that was the glorious period of your Holy Zhou Kingdom. Even if all the strong members of our clan joined forces, they still couldn't defeat the Shadow Tower Demon Slayers. In the end, some were killed and some were captured."

"In desperation, our chieftain at the time made a shameful but effective decision: the entire tribe surrendered to you humans... After that, all tiger demons who could transform would work in photo studios in exchange for the ordinary tiger descendants being able to live peacefully in the protected area."

“Logically speaking, the photo studio could have refused our surrender at the time, but there were more than just the Tiger Clan among the larger demon clans, and the photo studio was trying to subdue those large demon clans. The surrender of our entire Tiger Clan would set a good example, so the photo studio ultimately accepted our surrender.”

"Going from the majestic king of beasts to your human pet cat is indeed a bit humiliating, but life has become much easier... The tiger clan no longer needs to worry about being hunted by the Fuhu Sect while sleeping in their caves, and even the other demon clans that didn't get along with us before don't dare to compete with us for prey anymore. Actually, I think it's pretty good."

"But the people of the Tiger Subduing Sect don't think that way. After your human court declared our tiger clan a protected animal and banned its hunting, they lost their path to continue cultivating and becoming stronger."

“Some people with a better mindset don’t care, or they try to switch to other cultivation methods, or they simply give up cultivation and go back to farming.”

"But there are still some stubborn and deluded members of the Fuhu Sect who have gone astray."

"They learned a spell from Sakura Prefecture that uses origami to create inferior spirit beasts... I think it's called something like Shikigami Technique? Anyway, they use this spell to create origami tigers to attack remote villages, instill fear in the villagers, and then appear as saviors to kill the 'evil tigers,' absorbing the villagers' gratitude and prayers to improve their own cultivation."

"It's ridiculous, really... According to the photo studio's statistics, the number of innocent villagers killed by you humans in this way in just over 10 years is almost the same as the number of humans that our tiger clan has preyed on over hundreds of years... When you humans get evil, you are much worse than us simple tigers."

"Uh... I've digressed. Anyway, these disciples of the Fuhu Sect who went astray, although they were quite secretive and only targeted remote villages, were eventually discovered by the Shadow Pavilion's Demon-Slaying Guards."

"What happened next was simple. For these people who had clearly gone astray, there was no need to talk about chivalry. Everyone just ganged up on them and beat them up... In addition to the Demon-Slaying Guards from the Photography Studio, many other figures from the martial arts world also participated in the siege of the Fuhu Sect. In the end, this once-prosperous cultivation sect was completely wiped out and its lineage was cut off."

"Logically speaking, after the destruction of the Tiger-Taming Clan, our Tiger Clan no longer needed to rely on the human court. Unfortunately, you humans have too many tricks up your sleeve... In just a few decades, you have spoiled many of our brave Tiger Clan warriors, turning them into big cats who can only act cute and charming. They can never go back to how they were."

"It has been like this ever since. There are still some brave and elite warriors in our tiger clan who work for you humans, while the rest are mostly pet big cats in various zoos, and some work in circuses... Those who are truly willing to hunt in the wild are very few."

"As for the recent tiger attacks... it's quite obvious. Someone must have obtained a copy of the Tiger Subduing Sect's inheritance by chance, or perhaps it was an inheritance after falling into evil ways. He wanted to use this method to become stronger, so he committed those crimes."

After telling the story of the Tiger Subduing Sect in one breath, Elder Huang lay down completely again, transforming into a lazy big cat once more.

"……I see."

Qin Huanyu nodded gently after digesting and absorbing the story Elder Huang told her.

Based on the current situation of the case, the Fuhu Sect's martial arts technique is indeed highly suspicious, as both the motive and the method match perfectly.

"Does Elder Huang have a way to find the person practicing the Subduing Tiger Sect's techniques?"

Qin Huanyu asked again.

"It's actually quite simple to explain."

Elder Huang yawned again:

“Those who practice the Tiger Subduing Divine Skill will have a killing aura that is particularly effective against our tiger clan, making us feel fear involuntarily… So when you encounter a suspicious person, you can let Tiger Girl take a look at that person. If Tiger Girl is terrified of him, it is most likely him.”

"I can do a preliminary screening of the suspects first, and then have Tiger Girl help with the identification... that's not impossible."

Qin Huanyu thought about it for a while and also agreed with the method.

So she stood up from the big rock, smoothed out the hem of her skirt, tidied her slightly wrinkled black stockings, thanked Elder Huang and said goodbye, then turned around in her little leather shoes and left with Tiger Girl.

Throughout the ordeal, the tiger kept its eyes closed, feigning sleep. Only after Qin Huanyu and Hu Niu had gone far away did it stealthily open its eyes, a very human-like sigh appearing on its face:

"She truly deserves to be called the most beautiful human woman. Her charm is amazing, especially her deliberately youthful appearance and the way she looked at me with disgust while secretly calling me a pervert... Tsk tsk, she almost ruined my reputation, but luckily I have the willpower... Indeed, in the face of true sexiness, cuteness is so vulnerable."

"But..."

The tiger seemed to have thought of something again, and quickly shrank its head:

"That beautiful woman's destiny is terrifyingly strong... teasing her a little is fine, but if I really anger her, I'll most likely become the meat in her pot and the coat she's wearing..."

. . . . .

the other side.

Yi Youyou came to Baiguang City under the pretense of vacationing and visiting Qin Huanyu. Now that Qin Huanyu has started investigating the tiger case, Yi Youyou naturally can't stay any longer. She left Baiguang City with Qin Huanyu and returned to Shendu.

Linglan, who also left her residence under the pretext of recuperating for Qin Huanyu, was picked up by the Investigation Bureau that same day, and Bai Ling had already returned to Nanhu City.