"It must have happened at night; we didn't find this place until the following morning. Poor guy was torn into several pieces."
He patted the gun in his hand. "If you ask me, it was the work of a wild beast from the mountains, probably a brown bear, or maybe even a pack of Tibetan mastiffs. I've been trying to track them down and deal with them these past few days."
"Actually, there's no need to trouble you important people with our problems. We've been taking care of ourselves for generations; we can handle it."
Chen Gu couldn't be bothered with his grumbling and carefully examined the scene, finding claw marks on some of the stones.
He asked, "Has anything like this happened before?"
"No," the police chief thought for a moment. "At least not in recent decades. My gun isn't just for show; any dangerous beast that comes near the town gets taken care of by me in advance. This one probably came from somewhere else."
Chen Gu nodded and then said, "Let's take a look in the town."
