363 Train and Level Up ? (1/2)
”We will begin our new training regime today. We'll wake at 5 am to practise for two hours. This will ensure that we can still leave for work at 7 am. At 8 am, once we've settled down, we'll do readings together and have a sharing session on what we've learnt.”
”Readings?” Matcha repeated incredulously.
”I've taken the liberty of consolidating articles on PUBG strategies. They're written by the best players in the world. I've named this collection the Chicken Dinner Recipes.”
With that, Elizabeth whipped out her phone and sent her carefully curated folder to everyone.
Matcha flipped through the pages at top speed, hardly reading any of it. He was alarmed by the sheer volume of content.
”When did you put this together?” he asked.
”While you guys were sleeping,” she replied simply, ”Anyway, back to our schedule. While we work in the afternoons, you should also reflect on your performance the night before. I expect a 100-word self-evaluation from each of you.”
She took a breath before continuing. ”We'll be home around 7 pm. The first thing we'll do is hold a stand-up meeting. We'll share our self-evaluations and give each other pointers on how to improve.”
”At 8 pm, we'll split into two-cat teams to run a training simulation. The losing team will have to lick clean the winning team's fur.”
Rice Cake's face contorted with disgust.
”We begin actual matches at 9 pm. We'll end the day by watching replays of top players. That would be at 1 am.”
”Erm,” Roly Poly piped in nervously, raising his paw, ”Don't we have to wake at 5 am? If we start watching the replays at 1 am, I don't think we'll be getting much sleep…”
Elizabeth slammed the table angrily.
”Then sleep when you're in the customers' arms! Don't you understand that we don't have time left? The PUBG stream scene is becoming saturated. If we don't raise our standards now, we'll never be signed to any of the platforms and we'll never make it big!”
Roly Poly nodded, but the displeasure was plain on his face. Rice Cake and Matcha had no objections. They were night owls anyway, so the late nights were not a problem. They were just a little uncomfortable by how intense the schedule was.
Zhao Yao was observing the meeting from his usual seat with an amused smile. Most of his attention was expended on the extradimensional belly, where the Sphynx was exercising his hairless butt off.
It was clear that the triple gravitational pull was no longer an impediment for him. He was darting around the cage like a shadow, so swiftly that he left gusts of wind in his wake.
”Not bad,” Zhao Yao nodded, pleased with the progress.
He made his way to the cat.
”How's it going?” he started, ”Have you gotten used to the extra three times of pressure?”
”Yeah,” the Sphynx said casually, ”It's nothing. Give me more.”
Zhao Yao grinned. This was going exactly as planned. He increased the additional weight from three to four times.
The Sphynx's knees buckled slightly from the extra weight, but he straightened in a moment. He moved about slowly at first, then easily when he got used to it. After a few minutes, he could even start jumping.
”You're a determined one, aren't you?” Zhao Yao commented.
Back at the cafe, a group of college girls started squealing when they noticed Elizabeth and gang.
”Aww, that's the cutest thing I've ever seen!”
”Lizzie, are you guys holding a little meeting?”
Coco Sun, who was wearing a traditional hanfu today, scooped Elizabeth into her arms and buried her face in her thick fur.
The rest of the girls reached out for the other cats, all smiling from ear to ear.
”That's all for today,” Elizabeth told her teammates telepathically, ”Let's work.”
Roly Poly let out a long sigh, ”Finally.”
Matcha yawned, a look of boredom settled on his face.
As the cats started relaxing from Elizabeth's tedious briefing, Zhao Yao tensed.
”Elizabeth, cover me,” he said, then promptly disappeared into the extradimensional belly.
Something had happened.
There was an update to the Book.
Dust Ball had suddenly leveled up. Twice.
Her original Level 6 was now at Level 8 (0 / 50,000), surpassing Matcha. She had become the supercat with the highest level.