Owl Detective
"Mr. Detective...I really don't eat rats...really."
"Mm?"
How strange.
Seeing that humans once again helplessly but firmly avoided its feeding, the eagle owl tilted its head in confusion, flew to the cabinet, raised its claws to grab the prey, and used its empty mouth to call out in an attempt to communicate with humans:
"Goooooo!"
Why not eat?
This is a gift from the owl!
The lucky person who had been blessed was now vigorously wiping the skin around his mouth with a handkerchief, trying to get rid of the terrifying feeling of having his cheek rubbed by the thin rat's tail.
William had mixed feelings.
Ah, although his mind told him that this was a gesture of goodwill from the detective, he could not accept it emotionally no matter what.
Seriously, he'd rather eat a whole block of expired cheese than swallow a limp mouse!
"Gu! Gu!"
But when William saw the big hairy detective getting angry, he quickly comforted him: "Oh, Mr. Detective, don't be angry. It's not that I despise you, but my ability is not good enough to accept your feeding. Um... I mean, I need to keep improving to be worthy of you!"
The owl on the cabinet tilted its head and folded its inflated wings slightly.
Witnessing this, the young detective walked in tentatively, raised his hand, and gently stroked the furry and soft chest feathers of the great detective with the back of his hand. He looked sincerely into the pair of big eyes that were blinking, and said in a gentle tone: "So, just enjoy this feast by yourself."
“…Gu.”
Squinting its eyes, the owl felt the human's sincerity, and mercifully forgave its younger brother's ungratefulness. It took the prey in its claws back into its mouth and swallowed it bit by bit.
Okay, then it eats it itself.
William breathed a sigh of relief, showing a smile of having survived a disaster, and more boldly stroked the detective's hair: "Well, that's it, you are really amazing."
Owl: "Coo, coo, coo."
The man and the bird were so tender in this way for a short while. The eagle owl half-closed his eyes, intoxicated in the gentleness for a while, and suddenly remembered something.
I ate too much furry prey today, and I will probably vomit the food again in a few days.
...Guu, not happy.
Thinking of the uncomfortable feeling of the food ball squeezing his throat, the moody detective started to get angry again, and without any warning, he had another attack. Not only did he avoid the human's touch, he also lifted his wings and flew to the ceiling light and closed his eyes.
"Eh? Aren't you going on patrol together tonight?"
William was completely confused, not understanding how he had offended the other party. After asking to no avail, he could only smile helplessly: "Okay, then I'll go by myself tonight, you have a good rest here."
The young detective closed the door and left alone.
The narrator commented:
"Although we have been a regular partner for many cases, his temper as a detective is still unpredictable."
"Not only does he have quirks that are hard for ordinary people to accept, but he also often gets angry and skips work for no reason."
"If the detective hadn't been so good-tempered, this pair might have fallen out many times already."
The audience showed extraordinary tolerance.
It's strange for a genius detective to have a personality like that of an ordinary person, and they are very accepting of this.
As for that quirk, it's harmless...well, it's not like stuffing rats into their mouths anyway.
So the barrage is all speaking for the detective.
[Owls are birds of prey! They are so cute and well behaved just because they are throwing a tantrum and don't let you touch them. They are just being spoiled! ]
[Shocked, I didn't expect an owl would bring a mouse back as a reward... Oh, this is really not the detective's fault, who can accept it with a smile! ]
[I am dying of laughter. In the original work, it would be a very scary pica, right?! He is also keen on sharing food, tsk tsk…]
[It's acceptable. After all, I've seen detectives who like to touch skulls. And here, what's wrong with owls liking to eat mice? This is the food chain! ]
[By the way, the owl has started hunting on its own since returning from the villa. It must have been starving at that time. What a bad person! ]
The audience stood in line without any psychological burden, joked around, and waited for the next plot.
To their surprise, after William left the room, the camera remained fixed on the owl.
Oh! After two cases that portrayed the detective’s image, there’s finally a case from a detective’s perspective!
The audience expressed their anticipation.
"Coo."
The eagle owl in the camera looks a bit bored.
I didn't work the night shift with others because I was angry, but owls are nocturnal birds after all. They are full of energy at night and it is impossible for them to stay in the room and do nothing.
The owl flew down from the ceiling light, peeked out from the window for a while, then spread its wings and flew into the darkness outside.
So, it's going to be a lone ranger tonight.
Narrator:
"He always does what he wants."
"After stubbornly rejecting his partner's invitation, he suddenly decided to act alone."
The huge bird flew across the street almost silently in the darkness.
It was not hungry because it had just finished its meal, and even if it heard prey on the street, it had no intention of stopping for it.
This time I went out purely to vent the excess energy from the night and keep exercising.
“Gu, gu—”
In the darkness, its eyes, like searchlights, quickly scan the houses, and its keen hearing allows the eagle owl to hear extremely similar noises inside the buildings.
The sound of rats gnawing at the door panels, the sound of humans breathing gently, turning over, snoring and coughing, and occasionally the crying of cubs...it's just normal.
Before it knew it, the owl had passed several streets near its starting point and arrived at an industrial area.
Logically, it should be quiet and dark here, but in a remote factory somewhere, a faint light can be seen through the crack of the door.
“…Gu?”
The eagle owl that had originally passed by this place calmly made a turn in the air and flew back, approached, and landed on the beam at the door. It stretched its neck and looked at the situation inside the factory through the gap in the door.
The scene inside the factory looks a bit weird——
Several people in pure white robes were sitting around a round table, with their hands flat on the table, closing their eyes and mumbling to themselves.
In the center of the round table, a polygonal star pattern was painted with strange paint, and a white lamp was lit in the center. The faint white light shone from bottom to top on people's faces, which looked a bit scary, as if some strange ritual was being performed.
The audience was shocked and the radar was beeping wildly.
[Hiss… What’s this? Something seems wrong! ]
[It's like a cult. How can a proper religion do this secretly in the middle of the night? How scary!]
[The lighting here makes it look like a villain party, and with the veiled robes... well, this is not good. ]
[Oh oh, come on! Great Owl Detective, destroy this group of people's evil ritual! ]
Coo coo.
The great detective on the rafters blinked and retracted his head.
It did not display its power as the audience expected. On the contrary, the eagle owl seemed to have no interest in the scene. It just took a few glances and then turned around and flew away.
Audience:?!
What, you don’t care?
Is this the Chaos Detective? !
This scene clearly shows a big conspiracy!
[No, no, think positively. What if it's just a niche hobby? ]
As soon as this comforting comment passed by, the murmurs of the people around the round table were carried into the camera by the wind.
"...Need, a pure soul."
The key words were noticed and the audience's hearts were filled with alarm.
[Not good, this statement clearly shows that he is a villain! ]
[I'm scared. It feels like some kind of horrible sacrificial ritual... Are you really not going to care?]
[Perhaps, perhaps, someone has to die to trigger the Owl Detective's reflex arc...? ]
[Hiss, I feel like I have touched upon the truth! ]
That's true.
From the perspective of the Owl Detective, it really didn't think there was anything strange about the scene just now.
It doesn't understand any of human's mysterious metaphysics, and certainly isn't as alert and sensitive as the audience.
After all, no one died.
The owl didn't take the factory building seriously and just flew around outside for a while. It only flew back to William's house after it had fully exhausted its energy.
When William came back from his night shift, he saw only the big bird resting with its eyes closed on the shelf.
He was relieved to find that the furniture in the room was not damaged, and was completely unaware that the eagle owl had been playing outside all night.
Owl: "Coo?"
Hearing the noise, it opened one eye and looked at William.
"Sorry, was I too loud?"
William felt embarrassed to be watched, so he washed himself as quietly as possible, went to bed under the detective's watchful eyes, and closed his eyes.
"Sweet dreams, Detective."
"Goo-goo."
As mentioned before, William's current schedule is exactly the same as his roommate's.
I hide during the day and come out at night. Once I get used to it, I feel that the world is quite peaceful.
...However, he is still a human being after all. Although he can patrol at night at work, he still needs to buy necessary supplies during the day.
So, today William got up in the afternoon and prepared to go out to buy supplies for the week.
The great detective seemed particularly sleepy today. He was still sleeping on the cabinet when William went out. Even when he heard the noise, he just moved his paws and changed his position to continue lying down. This made the young man a little worried.
He would rather the owl was still angry with him than that it was physically tired for some inexplicable reason.
Um……
So let’s buy some more raw meat today to make up for it?
William thought about it and picked some more meat.
After finishing his food shopping, he ran into a familiar girl in the next store.
"Good afternoon! Officer William!"
Lucy was standing in the store, feeling distressed. When she caught a glimpse of William out of the corner of her eye, she turned around excitedly and took the initiative to greet him.
Apart from the factory workers, William was the only adult she knew.
For various reasons, Lucy was willing to establish a good relationship with the other party.
"Oh, hello, Lucy."
William also greeted her very friendly, remembering the girl's experience of working in a laundry shop and washing until her hands were red, and was curious about why she came out to buy things.
"Oh, because I have to go to school..." Lucy's voice sounded a little shy, "so I need to buy some school supplies and stuff."
Child laborers as young as Lucy were not uncommon in the city.
A few months ago, a special factory bill specifically mentioned this point, which not only restricted the age and working hours of child workers, but also ordered factories to ensure the education of child workers.
Therefore, factories gradually began to set up schools inside their factories.
There is a newly built school in the factory where Lucy works.
"I don't really want to go..." The girl complained softly for some reason, "It's always my mom who pushes me, telling me I must study. She said it's annoying to read the newspaper to me every day and told me to learn to read by myself. Humph, what's the point of going to school?"
William replied gently: "School is good, Lucy, education will open the door to a new world for you."
"The door to the new world, um, that's what the adults all call it. Have you all been trained uniformly?"
There was doubt in Lucy's eyes, but she was more eager to try: "Let me be clear, can going to school make me earn a million pounds? Can it let me own a beautiful house?"
Thinking about the possible teaching quality of the factory school, William answered very honestly: "Not necessarily, but it will give you the possibility."
"Oh... is that it?"
The girl rubbed her toes on the ground, seeming to be struggling with something. After a moment, she suddenly looked up with a strange excitement in her eyes, and asked William a question mysteriously: "If you have the opportunity to become rich overnight, officer, will you still choose to go to school?"
Hmm? What's the problem?
William was stunned, but after thinking about it, he answered rationally: "Objectively speaking, I think it is almost impossible to become rich overnight, so I prefer to receive education."
"How can it be impossible... There must be magic or something like that..."
Lucy muttered a little softly, and William didn’t hear it clearly: “Sorry?”
"Ah! Nothing!"
Suddenly remembering the instructions not to leak the secret, Lucy quickly shut up and waved her hand: "Anyway, thank you for your answer, Officer. I have no questions."
William: ...
He looked at Lucy deeply, and in the girl's gradually flickering eyes, he picked up some stationery for her to pack, then nodded at her politely and said, "I'll take you back."
Lucy: “Huh?”
While escorting the girl home, William noticed several children passing by trying to say hello to Lucy, but when they saw him behind Lucy, they panicked and covered up, pretending not to know her.
Um……
Maybe it’s a secret between children.
William thought.
When he escorted Lucy home, he unexpectedly saw a special guest there.
Just a few days ago, they met in the villa where the case happened and left a good impression on each other.
So, William took the initiative to step forward and say hello——
"Jon? Why are you here?"
New case, Owl Detective will attack in a new form (?)
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