Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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This fish had a strong body. The back of the fish was like a black spot that changed violently like dark clouds. There were two symmetrical lightning patterns near the top of its fin. The fish’s head and its small fins on both sides were golden. The still photo actually highlighted the calmness and elegance of this fish, but the restless markings made it seem like it had the momentum of a “dragon soaring” for no reason.
Xu Maomao blurted out: “What a handsome fish.”
Even Shen Yu couldn’t take his eyes off it and sighed: “I didn’t expect that the lotus pond would support such a beautiful creature.”
Lu Bao was inevitably a little proud of himself, but then he worriedly said: “What will happen if Brother Yu is caught by humans? I heard that you humans spit out sand for how many days before killing the fish. How many days exactly is it!”
“It is impossible for such a beautiful fish to be eaten, right?” Maomao said, “It seems very expensive. Even if a passerby catches it, he would probably want to resell it.”
“It’s hard to say. For people with financial means, apart from protecting the fish from being eaten, the price is not something they consider – There are also many people who like to eat rare animals,” Shen Yu said in a very knowledgeable tone, “You know nothing about the height and breadth of wealthy people’s consumption levels, so don’t underestimate their standards.”
With just a few sentences, the other two non-humans in the field were so frightened that chills ran down their backs.
Xu Maomao was speechless, but Lu Bao directly burst into tears.
But after calculation, Brother Yu had been missing for less than a week. Even if it was regarded as a carnivorous fish, it was very likely that it would be warmed up and resold at a high price as Xu Maomao said, so Shen Yu said this to let Lu Bao be mentally prepared, but physically he actively started investigating.
The Lotus Pond was a large scenic spot, and there were a large number of surveillance cameras nearby. Shen Yu being a second generation showed its advantage again. He called up the video of the day when the fish disappeared after walking around a few times.
But they were so unlucky. The day it disappeared happened to be when the weather was at its worst. The dense lightning balls attacked everything they encountered indiscriminately, and accidentally knocked out the power supply.
A large area near the lotus pond experienced power outages several times. Although the maintenance team in City B was very capable and repaired all the cameras within three hours after the first short circuit, they didn’t know whether it was due to the magnetic field or other reasons, but there were frequent monitoring failures throughout the day, except for the pouring water, heavy rain and boiling lake water, nothing else was photographed.
Shen Yu looked at the surveillance on the second and third days and found that many passers-by secretly went fishing, but in the afternoon and evening, people from the Forestry Bureau and Environmental Protection Bureau were alerted. Shen Yu zoomed in on the picture and carefully compared the large fish jumping out of the water in the video. Because Brother Yu was so big and had obvious features, he would definitely be able to see it if he was caught on the shore.
Unfortunately, all the monitoring showed that this beautiful fish was not there, and only most of the ordinary red carps were taken away.
If it was not caught, there was another possibility that it swam along the current to the inlet and outlet and slipped away, or that it was kidnapped there.
It was too time-consuming to investigate, and monitor the inlet and outlet of the water. So, Shen Yu hired a team of people to handle it while he visited the high-end seafood market.
The seafood bosses from all walks of life who saw Brother Yu’s photo were all stunned: “Nine-patterned dragon koi!”
Shen Yu knew it was koi, but he didn’t expect the name of its species to be so domineering. He said casually: “I would like to know if any koi of similar appearance have come in in the past few days.”
“Boss, ours is a seafood market. You can buy king crabs, arctic scallops and sea urchins. Even if there are carps, they are edible red carp. Nine-Patterned Dragon Koi is very expensive and highly ornamental, you should go to the flower and bird market and ask.” The boss rolled his eyes and handed Shen Yu a business card, “My brother has a big store in the flower and bird market, go and have a look there.”
“Thank you.” Shen Yu drove to a large flower and bird market based on the address he was given.
Unexpectedly, this photo caused an uproar in the flower and bird market, and bosses who knew the goods gathered around.
“The mutated Nine-Patterned Dragon Koi! This one is very rare! How big is it? How old is it?”
Shen Yu didn’t know how old the fish was when it became a demon. After thinking about it, he said: “It’s about three years old. This is a friend’s fish, it got lost, and I wanted to see if you have any clues here. He is willing to rebuy it at a high price.”
The bosses were already talking about the enlarged photo.
“It’s still covered in white with ink and gold flowers. It’s in very good condition.”
“The ink spots are so symmetrical. It’s still a three-year-old fish. It’s in very stable condition.”
“If it was taken to participate in the competition, it will definitely win a prize!”
….
After walking around the flower and bird market, there was still no trace. Instead, a lot of knowledge about Nine-Patterned Dragon Koi was popularized to him. He had never expected that this Brother Fish in Lu Bao’s mouth could be estimated to be sold for 10,000 yuan. If the movement was beautiful, even more than 20,000 yuan was possible, and if it worked well, its price could even break market records.
Shen Yu was contributing here, and Xu Maomao was not idle either. He repeated his old tricks and asked questions in his live broadcast room.
It was a pity that his main audience sucked cats and was not interested in fish. In addition to praising its beauty, the rest just hahaha.
However, after investigation, they began to believe that Brother Yu had wandered away on his own, and his life was less likely to be in danger. It was an expensive nine-patterned dragon Koi. Humans would collect it if they found it. If it encountered monsters, there was the Suan Ni in charge in City B. Those who were more powerful than it would not dare to commit crimes at this time and eat such a fish that had become a demon.
“Yes!” Xu Maomao thought of Suan Ni and immediately patted his head, “The cat group may be able to help us!”
Lu Bao was facing a formidable enemy: “Cats, cat group? Mr. Cat, do you want to kill Brother Yu? If you publish the photo in the cat group…”
Cats and fish were natural enemies QAQ! In the eyes of many aquatic tribes, the cat tribe was more fearsome than the human tribe! Wasn’t putting a beautiful fish’s photo directly on a group of cats the same as showing Teacher Cang’s nude photos in front of a group of straight men?
Lu Bao shook his head like a rattle.
“Don’t be afraid. They are all fashionable cats who only eat canned rice. Besides, didn’t you find me too? I have eaten fish before, not to mention before. Just last night, Shen Yu made me tuna fish. Did you forget the meal?”
“…” Lu Bao was speechless. In fact, the frog family also ate small fish, but since it met Brother Yu, it only ate earthworms.
Xu Maomao talked hard and finally got Lu Bao to agree to contribute the photos.
However, as soon as he scanned Brother Yu’s beautiful photos into the red envelope group, all the cats blew up.
[Migu]: This fish looks so fat! Migu can eat two meals!
[Mimihu]: Kill first and then fry!
[Orange Meow Meow]: Oscar, you posted this just because you meant it! Let me tell you that I am losing weight recently!
[Alalei]: (⊙﹃⊙) Meow, I don’t want to lose weight, I want to eat sashimi
[Rice]: Goddess, don’t worry, I will launch canned koi as soon as possible!
Xu Maomao: “…” Alalei, why are you here to join in the fun?
[Oscar]: (⊙﹏⊙) Calm down everyone, this fish is my friend.
Cats: The Scream of World Famous Paintings.jpg
[Mimihu]: I despise you! How can a cat be friends with a fish?
[Oscar]: He has become a spirit and we cannot discriminate against species.
Fans of Oscar and all kinds of female cats echoed: The male god is absolutely right! Mimihu is the most annoying!
Mimihu was beaten to the point of going offline in despair.
[Oscar]: Seriously, has any cat seen my fish friend? It was lost in the lotus pond in city B a few days ago, and it is most likely still in a nearby water source.
[Fat Mimi]: Meow, I haven’t seen it in city B
[Migu]: I haven’t seen it in country B
[Rice]: I have never seen such ones in Crunch Mountain
….
The cats responded and said “+1” to indicate that they had never seen it, and drooled along the way. Xu Maomao knew that he could not count on these idiots.
He didn’t know what Black Lightning and Suan Ni were busy with recently. Even their avatars were gray. In desperation, he had no choice but to poke at the relatively reliable Void Cat Lord again.
When Mr. Void Cat Lord saw the picture of the fish demon, he thought he was going to give him a fish. Of course, he was irresistibly surprised and said: Are you going to send me a big red envelope?
[Oscar]: = =Absolutely not. Thank you very much for the last ghost hunt. Let’s see if you can still help me find fish.
[Void Cat Lord]: I am worth a lot, even if I am a big man, you still have to pay for smoking.jpg
[Oscar]: …What kind of car do you want?
[Void Cat Lord]: Ten sets of bad ♂Bob♂kini♂♂
[Oscar]: … 66666, you even know about the bad Birkin!
[Void Cat Lord]: Other cars are not cool enough. By the way, please enrich your imagination. The scene should include an office, an extended Lincoln, and stairs… The props should include popsicles, ropes, and pearls…
Xu Maomao typed tiredly. With the word “deal”, he thought miserably in his heart: Damn, if there are ten speeding cars and he has to write tricks, sooner or later he will run out of brains and kill everyone (cats)!
After understanding the situation, Mr. Void Cat Lord expressed that he needed Brother Yu’s token.
Lu Bao shyly opened the small cloth bag and took out a few shiny things from the bottom. Xu Maomao took a look and realized, oh, they turned out to be scales. Lu Bao still had a pained expression on his face when he handed it to Mr. Cat – hey, it collected those secretly, and even Brother Yu didn’t know about it! Brother Yu rarely shed his scales now. Every time he lost one, it hurt so much that he couldn’t breathe!
The Void Cat Lord appeared in front of them again in the form of a soul shadow. Xu Maomao took a look and saw that the Void Cat Lord was still very slim last time, but this time he actually gained weight.
Mr. Void Cat Lord said calmly: “Looking at my luck and body, it’s natural to have a broad heart and a fat body.”
Xu Maomao: “…” Isn’t it really because of eating too much fish and meat?
The Void Cat couldn’t appear as a soul shadow for too long, so it quickly used a whisk to tease the cat into a formation and cast a spell. The moment the formation was formed, several scales burned.
“Meow, meow, meow, coo!” The Void Cat muttered, his scales mixed with soot flying, Lu Bao’s eyes widened without blinking, trying to get a glimpse of the leopard from the wonder of this formation. When he heard the Void Cat Lord shout: “Meow!”
The scales emitted a bright golden light, reaching into the sky.
The Void Cat Master immediately grabbed the fly whisk and flicked it, closed his eyes and carefully divined. Two seconds later, he suddenly opened his eyes and turned pale with shock. Even the hair on his back exploded slightly.
“How, how is it?” Lu Bao stammered.
The Void Cat Lord didn’t seem to have come back to his senses. He opened his mouth wide and made no sound, but subconsciously raised his paws and pointed at the sky.
“Dead?! Gone to heaven?!” Xu Maomao exclaimed.
Lu Bao’s legs went weak and he fell to the ground.
The Void Cat Lord shook his head quickly, shaking it faster than a rattle: “A-Axi! Kneeling down for the boss!”
Xu Maomao: “Please speak cat talk!”
“I just heard… dragon roar,” The Void Cat Lord put away his fly whisk and said angrily: “That fish has soared[1]!”
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[1] According to tradition, a carp that could swim upstream and then leap the falls of the Yellow River at Dragon Gate (Longmen) would be transformed into a dragon. BTW a carp is also called a koi (koi is basically a lucky carp).