423 Capture the Cat II ? (1/2)
With his phone carefully tilted towards the perfect angle, Gaia explained, ”I'm posting this on Weibo. My fans are concerned about my wellbeing. My inbox is flooded with questions on why I stop streaming.”
”Stop it!” Gaia's behavior was truly getting on Ares's nerves, ”Do you know what we are doing? One post on Weibo and the entire country learns of our plan to rob this bloody bank!”
”That's not possible.” Gaia pointed to a corner of his screen and responded, ”Look! I only have 1,426,296 followers. I'm sure China has more people than that.”
Bam!
Ares's deflective field had surged forward before grabbing the phone from Gaia's paw and slamming it against the ground. The mere force of the collision tore the phone to pieces as the remains flew in all directions. Ares was still panting from the boiling anger searing through him, ”I want you to focus on the task. No more bullshit about Weibo or any social media.”
With that, he led his team down the alley before turning right towards their objective.
Meanwhile, Gaia was already straggling behind the team when he secretly whipped out his second phone to take photos of this atrocity. This was followed by another Weibo message, ”First, I got scolded for using Weibo. Now, my phone was broken by some disgusting cat! How uncivilized! How dare they even call me their brother? I don't want to rob the bank with them anymore!”
Finally, Ares raised his arm and stopped the team in their tracks. He slid the pair of them a glance, gesturing Lucifer and Gaia to take up position.
”Now!”
Instantly, Ares's deflective field exploded into the surroundings, annihilating anything which came into contact with it. Similarly, Rakshasa has sent a scurry of shock waves into the bank, destroying anything on sight. In an instant, all the security guards had collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
Immediately, a robotic voice echoed into the surroundings, ”This is a robbery! If you want to escape this ordeal with your precious life, do as I say. Put your hands behind your head and lay down. Expose your belly as well!”
Everyone started sliding each other a guarded look. However, there was no time to think. Another wave of attack by Ares hurled the desks into the air before slamming it against the wall. Everyone's heart nearly stopped when they witnessed this outrageous scene and immediately acquiesced with the instruction.
Ares then shouted his next instruction, ”Rakshasa, stay here and take care of the hostages! Everyone, follow me to the vault!”
The remaining cats bolted towards the vault. Any security locks which impeded their progress were instantly blasted to pieces by Ares's deflective field. If that failed, they simply skidded past it using Gaia's power.
Finally, they had reached the vault by using Gaia's power to bypass the last layer of impregnable wall. Suddenly, a thought jumped at Lucifer as he screamed, ”Why didn't we just use Gaia's power right at the start? Why did we even use the main entrance?”
A moment of awkward silence ensued. The corner of Gaia's lips turned up as he crafted his next Weibo message, ”Meowhaha, all these fools are so dependent on my power!”
The brief silence was cut short by Ares's sudden roar, ”Stop this nonsense and continue with our mission!”
With that, an invisible force had started lifting the stacks of cash into the air before arranging them into neat piles in front of them.
Beams of excitement shot out of the cats' eyes when they witnessed this scene. With that money, they could do anything and buy everything that they have ever imagined!
Suddenly, an ear-piercing shriek echoed down the hallway from where they entered.
Lucifer felt something amiss and muttered, ”That scream … doesn't it sound exactly like Fūjin's scream?”
Ares responded carelessly, ”That's impossible, it must be your stupid hallucination. This vault is perfectly sealed, with no chance of anything entering or escaping it. There is no way that we can possibly hear Rakshasa's scream from here!”
”Ah! Ah! Ah! Zhao Yao is here!”
”Ares, I don't think so,” Rakshasa could feel his chest tightening with fear as he exclaimed, ”I heard it too! He's screaming someone's name!”
Ares's frown deepened into a scowl as he retorted, ”Use your brain! I already told you that this place is sealed! It's impossible to hear anything from here!”
Gaia suddenly interjected, ”But other than communicating using soundwaves, we can also communicate telepathically.”
”Ah! I admit it! It's my fault! Zhao Yao, please forgive me! I only did all these because Ares forced me to! I had no choice!”