230 Hide and Seek ? (1/2)

With their eyes staring intently at Gaia, they saw him fall to the ground and lay motionlessly on the ground.

Fūjin buried in his head in his paws as fear snaked through him. He exclaimed, ”D*mn it, don't tell me Gaia is dead! That's impossible!”

”How is that even possible?” Lucifer grew flustered as he noticed Fūjin's reaction and commented, ”It's impossible. King George would never set up a barrier that would instantly kill any cats that cross it.”

Initially, none of them expected anything too catastrophic from happening. That was why they agreed on throwing Gaia into no man's land.

Meanwhile, Ares retained his composure even though his companions were shaking like a leaf. He shook his ears as he carefully analyzed the situation. Finally, he remarked, ”There are still breathing sounds coming from Gaia. From the looks of it, he's also not injured.”

With a wave of his small paw, his invisible deflective field had morphed into a giant hand and swooped towards Gaia. Ares scooped the unconscious Gaia off the floor and back to their original location.

The supercats huddled over Gaia's unconscious body as they hurriedly checked for all his vitals. After a series of inspection, they realized that the cat which lay in front of them was … simply sleeping.

Moments later, Gaia finally woke up from his sleep and Ares rushed over to question him, ”What happened? Was there any special sensation when you cross the border?”

Gaia was still in a daze and struggled to reply, ”I … I don't know. Suddenly, my … my vision just turned dark.”

Ares seemed deep in thought and nodded his head to Gaia's words. Then, he raised his paw in the air and Gaia was once again elevated into the air by the invisible field.

Gaia finally reacted to the situation and exclaimed, ”What are you trying to do?”

”I'm trying it again.”

”Wait, wait, wait, wait!” Gaia struggled with all his might as he exclaimed at the top of his voice, ”Shouldn't Lucifer be the one doing things like this?”

”Hmph,” Ares turned his head towards Lucifer and shot him a curious glance.

A brilliant idea sprang into his head as he explained, ”Lucifer has the power of extraordinary regeneration. Shouldn't we use this ability to test out uncharted waters?”

”That is true.” Ares propped his chin on his paw and stared in Lucifer's direction. All the other supercats did the exact same thing.

Moments later, the four remaining supercat grabbed Lucifer by his limbs and raised him in the air.

Lucifer struggled and exclaimed, ”Let me down now! If not, I'll pee all over your faces!”

Bam!

Ares stroked his chin thoughtfully as he carefully observed Lucifer's body lying motionlessly on the ground. He whispered, ”It seems like Lucifer is also unconscious.”

This process repeated many times. It would start with Lucifer's incessant screaming but the screaming would stop the moment his body crossed the boundary as he entered the illusion which stripped him of his five senses. They tried throwing him at various trajectories, but the result remained the same.

Suddenly, Dust Ball's voice rang from behind as they were in the midst of experimenting a new method.

”The five of you can stop trying already. It's impossible to leave this place.”

Lucifer who had only just regained consciousness also turned his head towards Dust Ball. The five cats turned their heads in unison and noticed a tiny head peeking out from the gaps between the leaves. Dust Ball stared intently at them.

”You are the dark knight! You are King George's brother?” Ares recognized her the moment he noticed this black cat. He whispered, ”Why does this cat sound so girly and feminine?”

Dust Ball simmered with rage when he heard those ill-mannered comments and thought, ”Because I'm a god da*mn female cat.” However, she was too lazy to explain everything to them and decided to cut to the chase, ”You cannot leave this place. However, if you manage to catch me, I'll let you return to the Heart of the Village of Dreams and play your computer game.”

Gaia fell to the ground and complained, ”Didn't King George say that we can return by simply informing you?”

”That's Zhao …” Dust Ball instantly corrected her choice of words before continuing, ”That's what the silly King George said. His words have no power to me. There is only one way for you to return – catch me.”

Ares sniggered, ”Who do you think you are? I am …”

”The Fist of the North Star!”

Bam! Invisible ripples erupted from his body and swept across the entire grass plains. Ares thrust his paw into the air which morphed into a giant hand racing towards Dust Ball.

Dust Ball guffawed at this sight before she disappeared into the bushes.

”Catch it!” Ares roared, ”Since we can't get out, we must capture the gate into the Heart of the Village of Dreams.”

The five cats instantly gave chase like a pack of hunting dogs. However, Dust Ball was already long gone.

”Separate and find it. It should not have gone too far.”

A few minutes later, a swirl of gas appeared at Dust Ball's original position. She pranced out of her extradimensional belly with a cheeky smile on her face. She whispered, ”Heehee, none of you would be able to catch me.”

….

After sending Roly Poly into his belly, Zhao Yao had returned to his cat café.

It was already the second day since the café reopened for business. Zhao Yao had not even taken a single step into the café but had already noticed the crowd. The café flooded with customers. The first floor alone had close to 50 customers.

It seemed like the customers could not wait to return after seven days of hiatus.

Zhao Yao had just reached the corridor leading to his café when he noticed two girls rushing towards his café with his superb visual skills.