Chapter 175 (2/2)
She thought she was cautious, but she failed to notice that Rice Cake's eyes had been on her the whole time
”Suspicious,” Rice Cake thought, ”But this works in my favor I need her isolated when I trounce her”
With a swish of her tail, she made her way to the bathroom as well
Once Dust Ball entered the roo sure that every automatic litter box was vacated All but one was empty Roly Poly walked out of it, a look of satisfaction on his face He nodded in Dust Ball's direction when he spotted her
”Ma'a the toilet too?”
”Yes,” Dust Ball nodded
”Okay I'll give you some privacy See you,” Roly Poly said
With great difficulty, he squeezed his fat buh the cat flap and left
Now that the bathroom was empty, Dust Ball could start on what she set out to do
She clihest platfor over the litter that she was standing on She replayed the conversation she had with Zhao Yao this
”Dusty Girl, it's not that I don't want to give you the goods,” Zhao Yao said, scratching the back of Dust Ball's head, ”You knoho I am You knohat I stand for I've made it so far in this world because I'm fair I follow the rules”
”What rules, youfor dramatic effect, ”If you do well, I reward you If you ht, you made a mistake, so I burnt your stash Do you have a problem with that?”
Dust Ball looked up at hi to me?”
”Of course I a, so it's ive you a second chance”
He then planted a couple firm pats on her small shoulder
”The poop accumulated in the extradiive you the next batch of catmint”
Dust Ball shot Zhao Yao a death glare
”Did you just ask me to-,”
Before she could complete her sentence, Zhao Yao had clamped her mouth shut
”Dusty, you've been with et your hands dirty It's ti I'll leave you to think about what you should do Coether Matcha and the rest are waiting”
At first, Dust Ball could not even i to Zhao Yao's ludicrous request
However, as the ht on the afternoon, she found herself reconsidering She was suffering from catmint withdrawal She felt unco apart from the mint
She knew that Zhao Yao had installed two automatic litter boxes in the extradi's five supercats, who have been putting theood use
The toilets were self-cleaning, but all the waste had to go soroilling to do the dirty work
”Do Ido I really have to vomit poop out of my mouth for a bit of catmint? Is this who I have become?” Dust Ball asked, deflated
She could not help but recall the unforgettably disturbing sight of Matcha bent over the toilet, hurling poop out of his mouth She remembered how her view of the world crumbled into ashes when she saw it
”Do I have to be that kind of cat too?”
While she hesitated, Rice Cake had ot closer to Dust Ball so she could observe her
”What's up with this guy? Why isn't she ? Constipation?” Rice Cake wondered, ”Should I strike now? Or do I wait until she's mid-poop and at her most vulnerable?”
Before a choice could bethat transformed her expression into one of fear and terror
”Thisthisthis cat is vo a few steps back
The small commotion she created disrupted the silence in the bathroom
Dust Ball looked up and turned towards her