Chapter 1175 - The Recommencing Split (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Nothing was more anti-climatic than seeing a Malevolence charging at you furiously only to trip on itself. If you really needed something even more anti-climatic, it would be her tripping the second time…
As the palm-sized Malevolence scrambled to get up and charged towards her target with her threatening hiss, but half-way through her sprint she fell again, and this time it was worse. Hao Ren could clearly hear the sound of one’s face smashing into the ground, and he suddenly felt sorry for that god-knows-why-is-she-a-palm-sized Malevolence.
To think that this is a manifestation of malignant energies…
“Seems like it’s still dazed by my sister’s water spout.” Nangong Sanba squatted by Hao Ren’s side looking at the struggling creature with sympathy. “Look at her keep tripping herself.”
“Why would a Malevolence this small even appear?” Hao Ren was still pondering the question. “Vivian, your splits are really unreasonable.”
Lily seemed to have had that figured out. Bobbing her head, she went. “Battie’s splits never had a fixed form no? The one at Purgatory was a skyscraper, so why can’t it be the size of a mouse too?”
The husky’s thought process was always going through the path less taken, and her conclusion had everyone nodding in agreement. At the same time, the clumsy little figurine had gotten back to her feet after much effort. She was still in a daze and shook her head violently before changing her target: Turning towards Lil Pea who looked much an easier prey.
Lil Pea was already all nervous having sensed that “weird thing”, and she was terrified as the foe came charging at her. The little mermaid by reflex used her ultimate ability that she had learned since birth, the tail whip and after a violent sweep of her tail… the little figurine was smashed into the air and landed in a parabolic arc towards Rollie.
The cat girl saw something the size of a rat landed with a splat near her and her natural cat instincts came into play. She put her hands on the tiny Malevolence like she was catching a mouse before she lifted it up and put it into her mouth!
The cat’s motion was both agile and swift, and by the time Hao Ren caught sight of it it was too late to even get her to stop, but as Rollie was just about to stuff the tiny Vivian into her mouth she stopped, and a troubled look appeared on her face. “Uhh… Big Boss Cat said no eating mouse at home…”
After so long, this dumb cat had finally remembered something that she was taught!
And just as Rollie hesitated, the Malevolence woke from her daze and the moment she saw the gigantic face before her, she let out another primal yelp before flailing her arms wildly. As the Malevolence swung her arms about, a dark energy ball shot out from her palm and struck Rollie on the ear!
“Meeeeeooooouccchhhhh!!!” the cat girl immediately broke into a sharp yelp, and after she threw the Malevolence away she grabbed her head and started jumping about before running into Hao Ren. “Big Boss Cat! Big Boss Cat! The mouse hit me! The mouse hit me!”
Hao Ren too was thrown off by the sudden turn of events. He first held the panicking dumb cat in place before barking an order. “Grab that Malevolence! Don’t let it get away!”
Nangong Sanba looked down. “No worries, she won’t be going anywhere. Rollie had knocked her out.”
It was only then Hao Ren realized that when Rollie was thrashing about in pain, she had unknowingly thrown the Malevolence towards the wall. And the strength of a cat girl that had eaten the Golden Apple was no laughing matter. A fist-sized crater was formed on the wall from the impact and had knocked out the Malevolence in the process. Hao Ren was checking out the cat girl’s injury, and as he saw that he nodded at Lily. “Get something…. to secure this thing in. Don’t let it escape.”
Lily gave a curt ‘Oh’ before going to look for a cage, but after some time realizing that there was not one that was of use. As the Malevolence was just too small, it was pretty much the size of a rat! She even found a cat cage, and that was the one Hao Ren had bought some time ago out of frustration when he first took Rollie in. After Rollie’s violent protest throughout the night for being put into a cage, he gave up. But even that cage was useless. That mini Vivian could just walk out of the gaps!
Finally, the husky had managed to find a very contemporary-looking porcelain lunch box and stuffed the little figurine-sized Malevolence into it. For extra safety, she taped two cycles of duct tape over the cover. Nangong Sanba looked rather worried at the lunch box. “Won’t she suffocate in there? Need to poke a few holes on the cover?”
Lily immediately panicked as she hugged her treasured lunch box. “This was from days of the Republic! I brought this with me to the University of Beijing! I even smashed Xu Zhimo’s head with this before you know!”
“Uh… I know it’s a valuable item, but you don’t have to go into detail about this…” Nangong Sanba sighed.
“No worries, she won’t suffocate.” Nangong Wuyue then interjected. “Since when does a Malevolence needs to breathe. Didn’t they survive on Mars without a problem?