487 Compensation ? (1/2)

Cheese glared up at Matcha, unblinking. It looked like he was committing to memory the stupid, fat cat whom was stepping all over his face with his filthy paws.

Roly Poly was rounding up Kimchi and the remaining supercats. He kicked the ones that he passed, shouting, ”Get up. Stop pretending that you're dead. Gather round now.”

He then rudely perched a hind leg on one of the cats' waist.

”What are you looking at?” he spat at Kimchi, whose eyes were burning with rage, ”Keep it up and I'll have you sterilized.

Kimchi continued to stare back at him defiantly. It was awfully tempting to fight back, but he did not dare to in the presence of the man that defeated Cat Sage.

In no time, Cheese, Kimchi, and the ring of cats that ruled the island were brought before Zhao Yao. Sphynx Cat and Ares managed to wrangle the rest of them in batches soon after.

While his cats diligently gathered all of the inhabitants here, Zhao Yao turned his attention to Xiao Yu. Fish Ball, Noodle, and Nekomata surrounded her. The two cats were rubbing lovingly against her calves. The husky was by her feet. He had rolled on his back, sticking out his tongue through a silly, open-mouthed grin.

”Oh, Xiao Yu! That husky is a monster!” Fish Ball cried out.

He squeezed his eyes shut as tightly as he could, releasing a small amount of tears.

”He… He actually… He actually forced me to..,” he bawled, ”He is a savage.”

He was too overcome with emotion to continue speaking. He sobbed loudly, punctuating each snivel with a convulsive gasp.

Nekomata could not help but roll his eyes, ”How...subtle.”

Regardless, he diligently typed all of Fish Ball's words into his smartphone, then passed it to Xiao Yu. After listening to Fish Ball's story using the text-to-speech function, she scooped him into her arms.

”What has he done to you?” she asked curiously.

There was a glint of excitement in her eyes.

”He… He eats poo! As if that was not enough, he forced me to eat poo too!” Fish Ball wept.

Noodle was quick to defend himself.

”How dare you accuse me of such falsehoods?! That was curry! Just curry!”

Like before, Nekomata transcribed the exchange on his phone. This time, Xiao Yu dropped Fish Ball onto the ground after she listened to their conversation. She cast a dirty look at Fish Ball and Noodle, then ran to Zhao Yao.

”Zhao Yao, let's trade cats! I'll give you Fish Ball and Noodle in exchange for one of your cats,” she proposed, beaming up at him adorably.

She held onto his arm and swung it from left to right, trying to get his attention.

Zhao Yao was completely unmoved.

”No thanks,” he replied, ”I already have a few torchlights back home.”

Xiao Yu narrowed her eyes at him.

In the meantime, Noodle was glaring at her. He was feeling so frustrated that he had taken to rolling around aimlessly on the ground.

”Who does that imp think he is, slandering me like that!” he thought angrily, ”Darn it! Where has all my power gone? What has changed? What am I missing?”

With that, he started to recall the series of events that had brought him to this point.

Behind him, Sphynx Cat and Ares could be seen darting in and out of view, bringing with them new cats with each appearance. They worked quickly. The dual effect of Sphynx Cat's strength and powers of perception was unbelievable. They combed the island in a matter of minutes, tracking down supercats that were hidden in every corner. Then, he would uproot whole houses from the ground and just lug them straight here.

When all the inhabitants of the island had been assembled, Zhao Yao turned to Cheese.

”You're the cat who took Rice Cake, aren't you?” he asked, stroking Cat Sage, whom was still struggling against his arms, ”You've caused me quite a bit of trouble by doing that. How are you going to compensate me?”

Cheese and his friends were at a loss for words.

Cat Sage, however, had a lot to say about this.

”Human, we will never yield! You may have control of our bodies for now, but you'll never win our allegiance!”

”That's quite alright,” Zhao Yao chuckled, ”I'm not interested in your allegiance. All I want is my compensation.”

Cat Sage's eyes grew round as marbles.

”You understand me?” he asked in disbelief.

Oh crap.