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The herders of Deji Village all covered their mouths, trying to stifle their laughter.
After counting on his fingers again, Zaxi looked a little embarrassed as he turned to Li Bai and asked in a low voice, "Doctor Li, are there twenty-four of them?"
The County Public Security Bureau officers looked rather awkward. Some were fighting back laughter, but they didn't dare laugh aloud. At high altitude, holding in laughter could be deadly.
But there was no other choice. They could only tough it out. Ethnic unity was important.
"Yes!"
Li Bai nodded without the slightest hesitation.
Although he had personally killed almost half of them, if anyone had to take responsibility, it would definitely fall on Zaxi.
So the number didn't matter. Whether they'd killed four wolves, twenty-four, or even thirty-four, none of it had anything to do with him.
Our Party's policy had always been to hold the ringleaders responsible, not their accomplices. Otherwise, anyone could be a tribal leader. Nothing in the world was that easy.
Rida Mu, the County Public Security Bureau's deputy director, felt his scalp prickle. He scratched his head in distress and said, "How come there are so many? This is going to be a headache."
If the wolves had only eaten cattle, the County Town would naturally provide compensation. But they had besieged a village, putting human lives at risk. The wolves were Grade II protected animals, but they were clearly in the wrong. No one could blame the villagers for killing one or two of them. They had it coming.
But now more than twenty wild wolves had been killed at once, and he had no idea how he was supposed to explain it to his superiors.
The Public Security System wasn't responsible only for maintaining social order; it also