"Should they continue committing crimes, or chase after the cat to silence it?"

"Hire a lookout to commit the crime? Who can guarantee that the lookout won't be seen?"

Officer Xie put down his teacup, his voice calm and steady:

"Who knows if small animals don't communicate? If one animal goes missing, won't the others notice?"

"Criminals always have to walk and leave the scene, right?"

"And who can guarantee that the entire crime wasn't witnessed by any animal's eyes?"

"When killing people or small animals, how can you guarantee that no one will escape? Birds can fly much faster than people."

...

"To achieve perfection, one would have to be a god."

Officer Xie shook his head. "Just figuring out these details already raises the cost of committing a crime infinitely."

"It's impossible to guard against, and the more I think about it, the more of a headache I get."

Nearly 90% of potential criminals give up at this stage.

They would be terrified by the "omnipresent eyes" represented by Xia Zhining and the animals.

At this moment, the police have achieved their fundamental goal of deterring crime through the use of animal language detectives.

The remaining 10% who go to great lengths to commit crimes are the police's real adversaries.

Xia Zhining and the police's job is to deter 90% of potential crimes out of 100%.

Then, with 100% professionalism and determination, we will dig out and eliminate the remaining, most difficult 10%.

The snow was still falling outside the window, but the room was filled with a quiet warmth.

Ji Shuyun searched for several documents on his phone and handed them directly to Xia Zhining:

"Look at this, Ningning. Since you started assisting in solving the case, the crime rate in the entire Southeast Province has dropped significantly in the past six months."

"The command analysis suggests that the psychological deterrent effect you bring as an expert in animal language is one of the important factors."

He scrolled to the next page, which was a screenshot of a draft document with an official police seal, titled directly: "Opinions on Strengthening the Protection and Cooperation of Working Animals."

"The police had anticipated that someone would target animal witnesses."

"Therefore, the Supreme Police Department has now decided to give animals proper legal protection."

"The military is also pushing for it. With both the military and police working together, the process won't be slow."

He looked into his sister's eyes and said gently and patiently:

"Moreover, many people used to think that animal protection was none of their business, too troublesome, and too lazy to care."

“Things are different now. Because of you, the animal communicator, people know that if the cats and dogs on the street and the birds on the windowsill are alive and well, able to run and chirp, they might one day scare away sneaky bad guys or alert the police.”

"The latest opinion poll shows that more than 80% of the public supports animal protection legislation."

As Xia Zhining listened to her brother's words and looked at the real data and documents he showed her, her thoughts were pulled back to reality.

"Everyone understands that protecting the animals around us is like having extra surveillance cameras at our doorstep. Who wouldn't be happy about that?"

Ji Shuyun closed the file and, seeing her sister's expression soften, smiled gently, "At this rate, more detailed animal protection-related laws will be introduced sooner than we expect, and certainly not later."

Xia Zhining raised her head, the light in her almond-shaped eyes shining again: "Brother, I understand!"

Snowball nuzzled her face with its cool little nose: [Don't worry, Ningning!]

The more humans know that we animal police officers are watching, the less likely the bad guys will dare to do anything wrong!

It puffed out its little chest, hands on its hips with an air of authority: [If they dare come, we have the entire animal kingdom, the police force, and the military behind us!]

Boss Crow added slowly and deliberately: [This is called, good triumphs over evil!]

Xia Zhining smiled and hugged the two little ones into her arms, gently rubbing their little heads.

“Mmm,” she said, cupping his fluffy head in her hand, “we’re the best combination together.”

The anxiety that made Xia Zhining uneasy was now melting away like frost on a window, as it met the warmth of the room, revealing a clear and warm underlying color.

Just then, two crisp knocks came from outside the door.