The mascot of the wishing shop is a cat.

Chapter 339 A dog-man? A dog-man?

The first thing that catches the eye is a plastic clothesline illuminated by glow sticks, standing there all alone, as if waiting for something.

As the glow sticks slid down, more objects were illuminated, and the full view of a homemade raft gradually came into view.

The raft looked rather rudimentary, its bottom seemingly made up of several plastic buckets tied together with pieces of wood, barely floating on the water thanks to the buoyancy of the plastic buckets.

A rope was attached to the upright clothesline, with several pieces of clothing hanging on it, swaying gently as the raft rocked.

A little further away, a blurry figure was sitting on a raft.

Because of the limited illumination range of the glow stick, Lingye could not see the person's exact appearance, but could only vaguely sense that it was a person.

"Um... are you... are you human?"

Just as Lingye was on high alert, the people on the raft suddenly spoke.

His voice trembled slightly, revealing obvious fear and unease.

Ling Ye breathed a slight sigh of relief upon hearing that it was a woman's voice, but he did not completely let his guard down.

After all, something that can speak human language isn't necessarily human; it could also be a well-trained parrot.

"I am, are you?"

Lingye responded, his voice still carrying a hint of wariness; he remained vigilant against the sudden appearance of the voice.

"I, I am a dog."

Hearing Ling Ye's question, the female voice spoke again.

However, her answer greatly surprised Lingye. A dog? What does that mean?!

"A dog?"

Lingye's voice changed as he asked the question, and he couldn't help but feel that this was too bizarre.

How can a dog talk? And express its identity so clearly.

"Yes, I am a dog. Woof woof—"

As the woman's voice replied, the raft slowly drifted to Lingye's side.

Lingye looked closely and realized that she hadn't lied; she really was a dog.

The "person" sitting on the bamboo raft had a strange appearance with a dog's head and a human body.

Her figure was graceful, and her clothes were thin and obviously soaked with water. She was huddled on the raft, shivering.

Unfortunately, despite her beautiful figure, her enormous Samoyed head gave her a rather eerie appearance.

Especially her Samoyed-like smiling expression added a touch of comicality, but in the current environment, it sent chills down one's spine.

If you only look at her figure, you could say she's "edible without her head," but with that dog head, it's a completely different story.

"You are from another race?"

Lingye's voice carried a hint of wariness as he stared intently at the kobold in front of him, as if trying to see through her bizarre appearance to see her—an alien race that had failed to disguise itself as human.

"I, I am not an alien, I am a dog from Fengming Star. This body is not mine, but my master's, her name is He Tao. My master always calls me Good Boy."

The kobold seemed to sense Lingye's hostility; her body trembled slightly as she stammered in response.

Ling Ye frowned slightly, not letting his guard down despite the kobold's explanation. On the contrary, he gripped the hilt of his knife even tighter, his knuckles turning slightly white from the excessive force.

"Your master?"

"Her body is now yours? Why are you here?"

Lingye pressed for an answer.

“I... I don’t know where my master is. I used to follow my master, but one day, I was taking a walk with my master when suddenly everything went black and I fainted. When I woke up again, my master’s body had become mine, and my body was gone.”

The kobold's eyes held a hint of sadness. She hesitated for a moment, then spoke softly.

At this point, the kobold's voice noticeably lowered, as if he were deeply saddened by the loss of his master.

"He Tao... is she the girl who disappeared half a year ago?"

Ling Ye muttered to himself, the name sounding somewhat familiar. He thought for a moment and suddenly remembered a disappearance case from six months ago.

According to records, He Tao disappeared suddenly on a Thursday night after going out to walk her dog as usual.

That night, she walked her beloved dog through the streets and alleys as usual, but this time she never returned home.

The next morning, when her parents realized their daughter hadn't returned home all night, a wave of panic washed over them. They searched frantically everywhere, but to no avail. Finally, they decided to call the police for help.

Police quickly launched an investigation and retrieved all nearby surveillance footage.

Surprisingly, however, the videos only showed He Tao walking alone with her dog into a dead end, and then disappearing without a trace as if she had vanished into thin air.

Police conducted an on-site investigation of the dead-end alley and found it unusually clean, with not even a single back door to a nearby house.

The walls were towering, and the only window in the area was sealed off with steel bars, making it seem like an insurmountable barrier.

What's even more perplexing is that there isn't even a single manhole cover here, completely cutting off any possible other way out.

This situation brought the case to a standstill. Despite the police's best efforts, they were unable to locate He Tao.

This mystery baffled everyone, and in the end, they could only report it as an unsolved case to the psychic center, hoping to find the poor girl using non-scientific means such as supernatural abilities.

Lingye had seen these materials before, and because He Tao's photos were very beautiful, he was deeply impressed by the case.

Hearing this name now evoked a complex mix of emotions within him.

"Then, how did you become like this?"

Lingye stared at the person in front of him. Although he already believed what the person said to some extent, out of caution, he decided to continue to ask questions.

"Wait, what's behind you?!"

The man's lips parted slightly, as if he wanted to explain, but at that moment, Ling Ye suddenly saw something and shouted loudly.

It turned out that the dog, nicknamed "Good Girl," instinctively wanted to get closer to Ling Ye after hearing his question, so it crawled forward a few steps on all fours. However, this action revealed what had been hidden behind her.

"Ah?! Oh, right, this is a person. She came to rescue me and my master, but she fainted later. Please check on her and see if she's alright."

Guai Guai was startled by Ling Ye's exclamation and quickly explained.

After saying that, she turned around without hesitation, lowered her head, bit the man's clothes tightly with her teeth, and then used all her strength to try to drag him in front of Ling Ye so that he could take a look.

This series of movements was as natural and fluid as flowing water, as if Guai Guai had long been accustomed to it.

It's a pity that her current body isn't a real dog; otherwise, this scene would probably have been even more perfect.

"Hey, hey, wait a minute, I'm coming! Don't move!"

Lingye called out anxiously, his eyes fixed on Guaiguai, afraid that she might accidentally cause more harm to the person she was dragging.

Upon hearing Ling Ye's call, Guai Guai instinctively stopped, squatted down, and tilted her head to look at him.

If she weren't currently in a human body, she would be a well-behaved dog.

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