232 A Long, Long Day ? (1/2)
The tattooed man carefully observed the rocks as his fingers traced across the jagged edges. A frown crept up his face as he commented, ”There's something strange with these rocks. It doesn't seem natural. Everything about it is too uniform.”
Since these rocks were conjured by Zhao Yao using his illusion, there was bound to be imperfections with them. He could not make every single rock unique like how Mother Nature did it.
Upon closer inspection, the tattooed man realized that the rocks in front of them were like porcelain. The patterns and grooves along the rocks repeated itself non-stop.
He braced himself and started punching against the rocks. The echoes of his punches rumbled through the forest but it was futile. The man gave a dismissive wave of his hand and remarked, ”These rocks are really tough. It would be impossible to tear them apart with just the two of us.”
The tattooed man stroked his chin thoughtfully before pressing his ear against the rocks. He seemed extremely adept and serious at what he was doing.
”So what is it?” The teenager asked.
”Shh.” The tattooed man held his finger up his lips to signal the teenager to watch his volume. After a moment of observation, the tattooed man asked, ”Listen. Do you hear cats' meows from behind the rocks?”
”Meows?”The teenager instantly pressed his ear against the rocks. Moments later, his eyes sparkled with amazement as he exclaimed, ”Oh my god, there's really meows coming from the rocks.”
The solemn expression remained on the tattooed man's face as he nodded his head, ”We shall walk one round around the rocks. There are definitely cats hiding behind these rocks. The only cat capable of creating something so mysterious is definitely the cat king.”
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Meanwhile, after downloading all the games into the supercats' laptop, Zhao Yao could finally take a break. However, his forehead puckered together when his eyes swept across the café, ”Where is Matcha?”
As usual, Matcha was skiving inside the cat toilet with two pieces of tissue stuffed up his nostrils. He was beaming from ear to ear as his nimble paws darted across his phone screen.
Surprisingly, he wasn't playing Mobile Legends. Instead, he was busy editing a video – his grueling fight against Lion King back in the dugout.
However, the illusion was no longer visible in the footage captured. Also, the poor lighting inside the dugout had adversely affected the quality of the video. Everything seemed so blurry and you could only spot Matcha running around from time to time. Sometimes, Matcha would be rolling across the ground, tussling with another cat or he would be slapping another cat on its face.
”Hmph, not bad, not bad. This video epitomizes just how much of a man I am.” As Matcha continued to appreciate his heroism, he did not forget to include some subtitles.
During the scene where he slapped Airplane on his face, a giant 'Bam' word was printed at the bottom.
Similarly, the words 'So Strong” were printed at the bottom during the scene when Matcha was stepping on Sausage's face.
He finally finished editing the video and decided to gloat to all his friends. He thought, ”Hmph, what will be a suitable title for this action-packed movie?” Suddenly, excitement shot through him as his paws flew across the screen, ”Intense bloodbath between a tiger cat hybrid and a bunch of stray cats”.
After sending the video to all his friends via WeChat, a gleeful smile crept up Matcha's face as he rolled around with laughter. He was eagerly anticipating his friends' response.
”Oh no, what if Elizabeth fails to notice this video?” Hence, Matcha decided to send her a private message, with the video attached to it.
Soon enough, an influx of comments swarmed at the comment box beneath the video.
Chubby Luban Assassin commented, ”This orange cat is not bad, however, his footwork has quite some room for improvement. He's nowhere as good as me when I was only six months old.”
Matcha choked with anger when he noticed those insolent words. He exclaimed, ”You stupid rubbish cat!”
However, Matcha's anger soon subsided as he started laughing all of a sudden, ”Heehee, I bet this cat is still crazy over Princess Qian. I'll just wish him the best of luck in his unrequited love!”
Moments later, a barrage of comments flooded the comment box.
Leopard Head commented, ”The five cats are so weak! They don't even know how to co-operate as a team? They don't even protect their own bodies when retreating!”
Godly God commented, ”Why does this fat cat look so familiar?”
Leopard head commented, ”@Godly God, now that you have mentioned it, I also find this cat rather familiar.”
No.1 Dried Fish Fan commented, ”Bite the opponent! Scratch him! How can you win if you fight like this? This is so irritating!”
Matcha's body locked with range when he sieved through all the comments. None of them even mentioned how heroic and strong he was. He exclaimed, ”All this bunch of keyboard warriors! All they know is to meow behind the screen!”
At this moment, the door to the cat toilet slammed open with a deafening bang. A familiar shadow appeared at the doorstep.
The shadow seemed vicious. Black streams of gas pumped out of his body as the shadow stared right into Matcha's eyes. Matcha's chest tightened with fear as apprehension clawed through him. He even started peeing uncontrollably.
”Zhao … Zhao … Zhao .. Zhao Yao!” Matcha immediately placed his phone on the floor and mustered the most puzzled expression that he knew, ”What happened? Why is my phone in my hand? Zhao Yao, Zhao Yao, I have totally no memory of what just happened!”
Suddenly, a vein popped across his forehead as Matcha's forehead furrowed together and whispered, ”It's an ability! A supercat is trying to control my body!”
”The only thing you know is to skive!” The familiar red glimmer of light flashed across Zhao Yao's eyes as Matcha fell under his control. Matcha stood up and began licking his groin area. Then, he proceeded out of the toilet with a bounce in his steps.
”Be serious in your work! If you are crowned the cat star of the month, I'll arrange a meeting for you to see Diana.”
”What's the point of meeting her?” Matcha pretended as if he was indifferent to Zhao Yao's words. Deep down, he thought, ”A wise man once said to learn from your mistakes. I, Matcha, have been through so many ups and downs in my life. I have seen all sorts of tricks that humans could possibly come up with. Do you think I have no idea what you are plotting behind my back?”
Zhao Yao was somewhat surprised by Matcha's behavior. He thought, ”Hmm, I didn't expect Matcha to grow smarter. However, he is still no match for me. He is far too naïve.”