The trio from the Supernatural Research Club, now free, immediately turned their attention to the strawberry-scented Dog King. It was currently housed in a special enclosure at Barbie City Police Station, happily enjoying the strawberry-flavored dog food provided by the pink officers.
"We have to make it tell the truth!" Lin Xiaoqiang said, staring at the Dog King, who was licking the dog food with great pleasure.
Wang Meili furrowed her brows. "It's just a dog. How could it talk?"
"It can!" Lin Xiaoqiang quickly explained. "I can hear its thoughts! Although it smells like a walking strawberry now, its mind should still be clear!"
The trio approached the enclosure, and Lin Xiaoqiang concentrated, trying to receive the Dog King's thoughts.
"Mmm... this strawberry-flavored dog food is so good... soft and sweet... way better than the moldy bones I ate in the abandoned factory..." The Dog King's thoughts were filled with praise for the strawberry-flavored food, with no mention of the "Pink Frenzy Virus."
"It looks like it's completely lost in strawberry-flavored bliss!" Ah Zhai raised his camera, snapping shots of the Dog King. "This is a supernatural miracle! A dog that smells like strawberries!"
Lin Xiaoqiang sighed in frustration. "Looks like we'll have to figure out a way to wake its 'world domination' memory."
They tried various methods to reignite the Dog King's "ambition." They showed it photos they had taken in the abandoned factory, describing how it had proudly directed its subordinates to make the virus, even mimicking its roars at the time.
However, the Dog King just tilted its head, staring at them in confusion, continuously mumbling, "Woof? What are you talking about? The strawberry flavor today seems even stronger..."
Just as they were starting to feel hopeless, Wang Meili had a sudden idea. She took a bottle of pink perfume from her bag and gently sprayed it in front of the Dog King.
A rich pink fragrance instantly filled the air.
The Dog King, still enjoying its strawberry dog food, suddenly froze, its eyes becoming a bit dazed as if trying to remember something.
"Pink... this scent... I feel like... I’ve smelled it before..." The Dog King mumbled, its nose twitching.
Lin Xiaoqiang seized the opportunity and quickly spoke to the Dog King. "Think about your plan! Think about the 'Pink Frenzy Virus'! Didn’t you want to use pink to control all of Barbie City?"
The Dog King’s eyes grew more and more conflicted, and vague images started to form in its mind—pink liquid, companions locked in cages, and itself gloating.
"I... I... I remember!" The Dog King suddenly let out a painful growl. "Pink... virus... I want to turn all humans... into pink..."
Its eyes once again filled with ambition and madness, but at the same time, the strawberry scent around it seemed to lessen.
"Great! It remembers!" Ah Zhai excitedly lifted his camera and began recording.
Lin Xiaoqiang quickly followed up. "Tell us! How did you create the pink virus? What was your goal?"
The Dog King began to enthusiastically describe its "great plan"—how it secretly collected various pink substances, how it used the abandoned factory’s equipment for "research," and how it planned to spread the virus throughout Barbie City to turn everyone into its pink puppets.
Its confession was full of absurdity and madness, but it provided the evidence they needed. Ah Zhai’s camera faithfully captured every moment.
When the Dog King finished detailing its "grand blueprint," it seemed utterly exhausted and collapsed on the floor, the strawberry scent returning to its full strength.
"Mmm... I think I had a very strange dream... there was a lot of pink... and strawberry-flavored bones... so tasty..." It muttered to itself, once again enjoying its strawberry-flavored dog food.
With the Dog King's "testimony" and the footage Ah Zhai recorded, Lin Xiaoqiang and the others finally proved their innocence to the pink officers. Although the officers were skeptical, they had no choice but to believe in the evidence.
Thus, the "pink crisis" triggered by a strawberry-scented Dog King came to an unexpected end. The three seemingly useless superpowered members of the Supernatural Research Club had once again saved Barbie City (though this time, much of the credit was due to that bottle of pink perfume).
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