Transmigrating from a zombie world to become the mecha kings wife

Chapter 155 My Dog, The Detective

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Severus barked three times and Scarlet walked in that direction, whatever he had found was the answer to her biggest questions. 

"Follow her, the dog has found something." Esong told the RGB officers, and even though captain Zorl did not like it, he went along with it anyway. 

Still he could not help asking, "What do you mean by the dog has found something?" 

Adler, Beord and Elroy had arrived around five minutes back with their father. Despite people being pushed back, they had been allowed through. 

"My sister's dog is an expert at tracking things using scent, it's sense of smell is far better than anything I have ever known." Adler explained to the captain. "I don't think this is a simple case." 

Captain Zorl sneered because he could not believe these words. Did the Su's think that a dog was better than trained RGB officers in investigation? They had been trained in the best academies, they excelled in physical fitness and their mental strength did not go beyond 'A' level. This was a snub to their faces. "So a dog is leading the investigation now," he sarcastically. 

"Yes," Dorian glared at captain Zorl, "Don't always assume that you know everything about everything. Did you know about edible foods before my daughter came along?" 

"I apologize." Zorl said, albeit hesitantly. He still didn't buy the idea that the dog was better at investigating than he was but he swallowed his pride. When it came to investigations, you learned something new each day after all. 

Ahead of them all, Scarlet finally found Severus, he was sitting on the ground, looking extremely bored. She squatted down and and patted his head. "What did you find buddy?"

"This half burnt log, it's what started the fire. Someone spent a lot of time here, I can smell them on the log, the ground and the behind those thorn trees. Do you want me to find him?"

"Of course, whoever this is, it's probably the person we have been looking for all this time, the one is that supposed to harm me. If the goal is to stop the food boom in the empire then burning the fields will be simpler." Scarlet said this, stood up and the officers, "Someone collect this half burnt log, it's evidence of arson." 

Captain Zorl was among those that came forward first, looking at the log, he gave Scarlet a doubtful look. "No offense governor but aren't you jumping to conclusions quickly. What evidence do you have that proves this log was used to commit a crime?"

She asked him in turn, "When did bon fire logs start walking into the fields? It had to have been carried here by someone. Maybe it's part of crime or maybe not but it should be dusted for finger prints or DNA residues. More importantly, my dog has caught a smell, you can continue searching the fields if you wish captain Zorl or trust me and follow us to apprehend the criminal."

Rather than hearing an answer from captain Zorl, she heard one from her brother Adler and Esong.

The former asked, "Where are we going, should I hold the dog?" and the latter asked "What do you need me to do?" After asking their questions both men gave each other a look that Scarlet could only define as unimpressive. She often thought that lately there was an underlying little bit of hostility between her oldest brother and her husband. Whether it was a result of Adler's protectiveness or Esong's petty jealousy she did not know.

Scarlet looked at them both and then she looked at captain Zorl.

"Are you on board?"

"Lead the way." Captain Zorl nodded.

 Severus led the way away from the field, acting perfectly like a good actor as he would stop occasionally and bark.

"That individual was here." Scarlet would say after the barking.

Above in the sky, the BSTV drone was following all this with an excited Rodney close to hyperventilating over the excitement of a detective dog. This was nothing like anyone had ever seen on the Sunstar, he could come up with five ideas for shows on short notice with the dog sniffing and finding things as a challenge or for sport.

Severus was running and then he suddenly stopped and turned back, he approached one woman that was walking with a shopping bag in her hands.

"The smell is not strong on her, but it's not hers." He told Scarlet.

Scarlet could now take it from there because Severus could not very well question the woman too. As for the woman, she was scared when the governor, RGB officers and mecha warriors surrounded her. Two officers grabbed her hands ensuring that she could not run, in the process her shopping bag fell to the ground.

"What's your name?" Scarlet asked her.

"Mi....Muriel governor." She replied nervously. She looked to be quite frightened by this sudden turn of events. The way she was being held certainly pointed to her being arrested for something.

"Who do you live with?" Scarlet asked her. To ease the woman's nervousness, Scarlet placed her hand on her shoulder and looked her in the eyes. She topped it off with a soft reassuring smile.

Muriel felt calmer, if the governor was smiling then maybe there was no trouble. "I live with my fiancé Ed."

"Ah, congratulations I guess, I would love to hear more about Ed, like where he is right now?" Scarlet asked

"W..Why?" Muriel looked perplexed and nervous now, her eyes strayed away from Scarlet's gaze and moved to the officers behind her. "Is he in some sort of trouble?"

"Look at me, not them." Scarlet held Muriel by the chin, "Ed might be in trouble and we need to find him as soon as possible. We all want to help him."

Muriel looked worried, she nodded and responded, "He works the night shift lately, so he stays home to sleep during the day."

Go with these officers Muriel, they might have some questions for you, please remember that we are protecting you so answer their questions truthfully." Scarlet patted Muriel's shoulder in what was meant to an encouraging move.

Then she nodded her head and two officers went away with Muriel.

"We can take it from here governor, locating and apprehending this suspect is our job." Captain Zorl said, not arrogantly but calmly. "Someone that is capable of a crime like this might be afflicted by the darkness. That fire was set with people in the field which makes it attempted murder and not simple attempted murder but mass murder because the number of casualties would have been high if this nefarious plan succeeded. We RGB officers are trained to apprehend such individuals and even if he is just a suspect right now, we have to be cautious."

"He is right." Adler said, "I will take you home or your office, whichever you prefer." He held Scarlet's hand before she could say more. "Mother is worried about you too, she has not stopped calling."

Scarlet agreed, choosing not to be argumentative because there was much else to do, the fire had exposed a few weak points that she had not covered. It was urgent to set up a fire station and train fire fighters.

"Take Severus, he will be helpful." She told captain Zorl.