Cat Man

"Meow!"

Seeing the red armbands on the arms of the people behind him, countless cats' previous warnings came to his mind. Xingxing's vigilance suddenly reached the highest level, and his tail slowly exploded.

Meow meow!

It’s…those people!

The kitten stared at these strange humans and cautiously took a few steps back. When the people tentatively took a step forward, the kitten simply climbed over the wall and escaped.

Behind the cat, there was a sound of regret.

"Ah! He ran away!"

"Really? It took a lot of effort to get here."

"By the way, where did that crow come from just now? What was it calling?"

They looked up at the big bird on the wall and felt a little strange.

If the crow hadn't suddenly called out, the kitten would have been unable to react.

Is it... a coincidence?

Or is it because these crows have learned to speak recently, so when they saw a group of them, they couldn't help but come over and talk to them?

“Gah—”

As they thought of this, the two crows on the wall flapped their wings and flew away, seemingly having no intention of getting close to them.

Uh, so it’s the first possibility?

By the way, who taught us to say “star”? Shouldn’t we teach us to say “hello” or something like that?

Although their minds were full of random doubts, they thought of the little raccoon that had just run away, so they picked up the net and prepared to chase it again.

Da da da——

In the camera, the kitten, who was usually relaxed and leisurely, was now running forward with all his might, looking back from time to time, with alertness and anxiety written all over his cute little face.

Narration Probe:

"After reconciling with the dark organization, he thought everything was over, but he didn't expect that even greater dangers were still to come."

"——The mysterious existence that has been silent for many years suddenly appeared again."

"Many years ago, these mysterious beings only appeared for a few days, and they took away the important treasures of the heroes at that time, causing everyone to be depressed and weak. And now, when TA is active as a new generation of heroes, it has awakened again."

"I think its target this time must be him!"

Audience: …

Although it was unclear who those people were, they gradually understood everything based on the narration.

[Volunteer: Wake up, it’s time to get angry! ]

[Hahahaha help me, this is too funny! ]

[When I saw the stray cats before, I thought that those cats with the same cropped ears must have been neutered by professionals. It was really dangerous for Xingxing to mingle with the stray cats without a collar... and now what was supposed to happen has finally happened! ]

[Ahhhh no! How can Catman be beaten up (angry)! ! ]

[Hahahaha I can’t stand it anymore, I’m so excited, the ancient god is actually me?! ]

[Stars, run, run, run! There's a devil behind you! ! ]

"Meow?"

While escaping, Xingxing ran into a familiar stray black cat.

Seeing the kitten so frightened, the black cat stopped it and said in a serious tone:

What's wrong, kitten?

Is anyone bullying you?

Black Cat is a cat with a strong sense of responsibility in the local cat gang. Because he has repeatedly helped take care of kittens in various incidents, Xingxing has always regarded him as the "sheriff" among cats.

“Meow…”

There are bad guys chasing me...

After turning his head and looking several times to make sure that no one was catching up, Xingxing started crying with his ears like an airplane, saying that he had met the legendary human with a red seal.

Black Cat:?!

Pupil tremor.

The lost memory suddenly attacks it!

The wound that had healed long ago suddenly hurt for some reason!

"Meow!!" Run! !

When it came to its senses, it screamed subconsciously and pushed the kitten hard with its head, as if it was telling its last words.

I'll cover you, run away kitty!

Find a safe place to hide out!

Don’t go out recently, it’s very dangerous!

Meow!

Xingxing was frightened by the noise and turned into a sword-back dragon, with the hair standing up from his back to the tip of his tail.

The young kitten, who was not very worldly-wise, was deeply shocked.

Surprisingly, even the sheriff is so scared!

What on earth did those bad guys do?!

It was really hard to imagine that Xingxing ran away quickly under the repeated urging of the black cat. He didn't even dare to do the routine patrol today and slipped straight back home.

“Meow…”

"Huh? Why are you so clingy again today?"

Xia Chen touched the shivering kitten in his arms with doubt, and comforted it gently: "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

"Meow~"

The kitten looked up at her in its human's arms, its beautiful green eyes filled with emotions that humans could not understand.

The cat is so scared...

But I can’t tell my mom.

This is something that happens in their world. If I tell my mother, she will definitely worry!

It's Catman, there must be no problem!

Xingxing purred quietly, comforting himself like a small engine, and from time to time he would bury his head in his owner's neck to draw strength.

After a while, it seemed to have returned to normal and started pestering Xia Chen to play with toys.

hiss.

strangeness……

Although he was a little confused, Xia Chen finally put the matter behind him.

Her kitten has many secrets. It may not be a big deal. Maybe it is just troubled because it saw a mirror on the way back.

After all, Xingxing is the kind of kitten who would doubt her cat life if she tried to jump off the sofa and was caught by her a few times.

Narrator:

"Although the situation is very critical at the moment, he still did not reveal any information to his adoptive mother."

"He doesn't want to bring the dangers of that world into his family."

"Even if he/she will bear the pressure and suffering alone."

Seeing that Xingxing was so scared, the audience felt a little distressed.

[Baby, you can actually tell me, your mom has already found out.]

[It's okay, Xia Chen is a very gentle master, he will definitely not blame you, just be brave and behave.]

[Although, Chaoying certainly doesn't want to reveal his identity! It's a typical plot that he keeps it a secret because he doesn't want to implicate his family. 】

[It would be difficult if I didn't tell him. What if he was taken away and sterilized, and then someone adopted him? I think I still need to know, and now is a good opportunity.]

【Let’s see how the follow-up develops. 】

During this period, Catman had a difficult time.

After many outings for fun turned into inexplicable chases, it began to believe that these red-marked people were really coming for it.

After asking Maine, they also said that they were often harassed by the Red Seal people recently.

Even though I was just lying on the ground basking in the sun, my tail would be inexplicably pulled up by them and my butt would be looked at.

A bunch of perverts!!

The cats were furious.

New and old grudges accumulated together, and now it was obvious that the kitten was being targeted by those people, so the cats paid even more attention and care to it, passing on many little tricks to escape, and helping to cover for it if they met it, determined to protect the only kitten among the cats that had not suffered any harm.

And the crows are helping.

They benefit from the theory proposed by the kitten, so of course they have to help the kitten.

The birds point the way, remind people, and procrastinate. Nothing in the small town can escape the eyes of the birds, so the kitten has the strongest biological GPS.

So, even though times are tough, with everyone’s help, Xingxing has not been caught yet.

"quack!"

The sound of crows was heard overhead again. Xingxing moved his ears and ran forward skillfully, leaving the group of people behind.

The volunteers were silent.

They looked up and saw a few crows on the treetops, with helpless expressions:

"No, why do you always yell at this time? Are you doing it on purpose?"

"I have fed you guys a few times after all. Brother Crow, please be kind and stop interfering with us catching kittens, okay?"

"This is weird. I've heard of crows leading people to catch cats before, but here the crows are standing guard for the cats. This is too outrageous!"

After a few complaints, they packed up their tools and planned to come back next time.

Ever since someone took a photo of the cat hurrying on its way that day, there has been a heated discussion in the local cat committee group.

The focus of the discussion was the little tabby cat.

Although there are several other unfamiliar cats in the photo, they are all big cats, and judging by their ears, they have been neutered. It doesn't matter if these cats come here, and the committee won't be so reluctant.

So the key is that little tabby cat.

It's a kitten.

As we all know, seeing such kittens on the street means that there must be a cat mom and dad, and the brackets are not sterilized.

Therefore, there must have been some loopholes in their previous Gadan operation.

After learning from the painful experience, everyone came up with a plan. They planned to catch the little tabby cat first, check it, vaccinate it, and prepare to adopt it. If the cat is old enough, they would quickly kill it. At the same time, they would check the other stray cats in the area one by one to see which cat's kitten it was.

However, for some reason, cats are becoming smarter than each other these days.

Especially the target little tabby cat, who was repeatedly helped by the crows. Every time they chased it, the kitten seemed to have eyes on the back of its head and was always able to avoid their encirclement and escape safely.

It was a great shame in their career that after working for several days, they were unable to catch a kitten that liked to run around outside.

But it doesn't matter, reinforcements have arrived.

"Difficult kitty?"

"Well, that's interesting. I like challenging difficult tasks."

Cat catching expert Deng Yuan took the photo, looked at it carefully, and suddenly found something strange.

It seems that something is wrong with one of the cats' hind legs...

How could a stray cat have a prosthetic limb?

Could it be that a house cat sneaked in?

But the cats in the photo were all close together, so he couldn't say which cat's hind leg the shiny metallic object belonged to. However, this discovery gave him a vague guess.

However, he didn't say it out loud, thinking that he would verify it after catching the cat.

When asked about their experiences over the past few days, the committee members sighed and said how sensitive the little raccoon was and how accurate its route was when it escaped, and that there was no chance of catching it at all...

Deng Yuan extracted key words from their mouths and unexpectedly discovered that every time Xiao Lihua escaped, there was the shadow of the crow.

ha?

Could it be that the crow and the cat are working together?

Deng Yuan was amused by his own guess.

You're overthinking it. Cats and birds are natural rivals. How can they cooperate?

However, knowing how difficult the little tabby cat was to deal with, he also understood that catching it by force was impossible.

But it doesn’t matter. For staff like them, outsmarting is also a strategy.

"Food temptation is useless. Do you have no worries about food?"

"There is no cat in town that lacks food. I don't know where they can get enough to eat."

"It should be that rich man who has a Maine Coon, and then he was so kind that he built a special yard for his cat and had someone to take care of it."

"I heard that Maine had saved the old man's life before, so after he got up, the old man bought a card specifically for the cat. It's so luxurious!"

"I've seen that big Maine Coon carrying money to buy things before. It's really smart. Tsk, tsk, is this the power of money?"

"Okay, okay, don't talk too much. What we want to catch now is that tabby cat."

Everyone started brainstorming again.

If food doesn't work, what else can you do to attract cats?

After casually asking the nearby residents, everyone was surprised to find that many people actually had an impression of this little tabby cat.

It seems that this is a little kitty who likes to help people.

Deng Yuan fell into deep thought.

In this case——

Then he thought of a solution.

"well……"

The young man sighed, sat on the bench, covered his face and lowered his head, looking distraught.

Xingxing, who had just experienced a chase, was led by the crows to this only street where there were no Red Seal People.

Huh?

Do you need help?

Xingxing looked at the person on the bench, and Catman's instinct was awakened. He forgot the panic of being chased by someone, and took the initiative to move forward with his tail raised, and touched the human's thigh with his paw.

"Meow?"

What happened?

Took the bait.

The corners of his covered mouth slightly curled up, and Deng Yuan looked down through the gaps between his fingertips, and as expected, he saw a cat-like face full of worry.

Very cute.

It must be even cuter when it's being picked up and struggling.

In a flash, he grabbed the kitten by the scruff of the neck.

Star:? !

"Meow--!"

The kitten stayed in the air for two full seconds before it reacted. It struggled and shouted, its voice filled with grief and anger.

Bad guy!

Actually cheated it!!

Deng Yuan stood still like a mountain, and by the way, he pulled up the kitten's tail to observe its development.

Um……

As expected, until it is time to be sterilized, it is still a kitten.

If it was as he guessed, then the master would not be considered unqualified.

Anyway, let's take it back and check its health condition first.

Deng Yuan shook it with a smile, then mercilessly stuffed the kitten with its limbs flying around into the cat box.

“Meow——!!”

Xingxing was pulling at the cage door and screaming in a miserable voice.

Cat's tears behind bars.

Narration pops up:

“TA is in an unprecedented crisis.”

"A mysterious being took advantage of his kindness and captured him."

The audience tensed.

[What! Is this how I got caught? ]

[Damn it, this guy is so heartless, how could you resist catching a cute cat that is caring about you! ! ]

[The baby is crying so hard, don’t cry, don’t cry, quickly call the owner to come and pick him up! ]

[How can I scream? I can’t scream. ]

The narrator changes the subject:

"But fortunately, along the way, he made many loyal and righteous friends."

"The rescue operation has officially begun!"

【Oh oh oh, it’s my friend! 】

[Yeah, it's on fire! Defeat the villain! ]

[I am dying of laughter, hahahaha, this is the egg protection activity, right? 】

Everyone soon learned that the kitten had been caught.

Cats and dogs took turns to run towards Deng Yuan under the guidance of the crow.

"Hmm? What's going on?"

"Ah, stop picking at me, I'm busy."

"Go away, everyone, move away... You don't want the food?"

"Hey, please drive over here to pick me up. I was robbed by a bunch of furries!"

Deng Yuan had no choice but to stand there and call his companions.

For the small animals that couldn't understand the phone, the humans in front of them seemed to be dragged down by them.

The cats and dogs cheered for this, thinking that they were only one step away from saving the kitten, and began to pester the humans even more actively.

“…Gah.”

But the leading crow felt that the situation was not optimistic.

During this period of time, the clever crow has penetrated deeper into human society and learned more knowledge.

It knows that no matter how slowly cats and dogs block people's way, as long as people get into those iron boxes, cats and dogs can't do anything to them.

Moreover, the small cube in the human's hand is used to contact partners. He just used it, maybe to ask his partner to bring the iron box over.

So, it still needs to do something.

“Knock, knock.”

“Knock, knock.”

In the quiet bedroom, Xia Chen raised his head.

There was a sound outside the window, like someone was knocking on her window, and it sounded familiar.

She walked to the window and, as expected, saw a familiar big black bird.

At this time, it was resting on the windowsill, tapping the glass regularly with its sharp beak. When it saw her coming, it raised its wings excitedly.

Um?

Are you here to play with the stars?

Xia Chen politely replied: "The star is not here now, come and play with it in the evening."

This sentence seemed to trigger something, and the crow began to shout: "Stars! Stars!"

"Wait, don't get excited!"

Xia Chen was afraid that the noise would disturb the neighbors, so he quickly invited the crow in, and then took it to the living room: "Look, Xingxing is not here, he went out to play... Hey?"

Halfway through her speech, she suddenly felt a heavy tugging sensation on her arm.

Looking at her in confusion, the crow grabbed the clothes on her arm, flapping its wings and shouting anxiously:

"Star!"

"Star!"

Xia Chen's heart skipped a beat and he felt something was wrong.

Could it be that Xingxing had an accident outside, so the crow came to ask her for help?

"Is Xingxing in trouble? Do you want to take me with you?"

"Star!"

Since the kitten's safety was at stake, Xia Chen didn't care whether the trip was in vain. He didn't even change his slippers and followed the crow out the door.

“Gah—”

Once the crow was sure that someone was following it, it loosened its claws and flew low in the sky, vaguely as if it was leading her somewhere.

This phenomenon made Xia Chen's heart fall to the bottom.

Could it be that something really happened to her kitten?

The Daji of cats.

This is what Deng Yuan said about Little Lihua.

After waiting for a long time for his partner's car to arrive, he was about to get in the car and finish work when he heard another voice -

"Hello! Please wait a moment!"

Looking back, a girl came panting, looked at the cat box in his hand, and asked breathlessly:

"Excuse me, is that a tabby cat in your cage? Sorry, that, that could be my kitten..."

At the same time, a crow landed on her shoulder and shouted at the cage:

"Stars, stars."

“Meow!”

In the cage, the kitten, who had been quiet for a long time, suddenly responded loudly.

Deng Yuan: …

Wait a minute.

What's going on?

His expression was complicated: "Is this your cat?"

Xia Chen looked at the armband on his hand and the sticker on the car, and immediately understood his identity: "Yes... I'm so sorry!"

Deng Yuan pondered for a moment, then saw the girl opposite him looking uneasy, and made a joke:

"I see. Did you know that your kitten sneaked out to join a group fight?"

Xia Chen: ? ?

ah?

What frame?

After finally explaining everything, Xia Chen's face turned red, and he felt very embarrassed that his kitten had disturbed other people's work.

Deng Yuan didn't think it was a big deal and comforted Xia Chen:

"We were relieved to know it was your cat. We thought it was a stray cat that didn't take proper precautions and gave birth to a new kitten."

"Your cat is a little male cat, which itself is not a big deal... There are not many female cats in the local area, so it's not a big problem if it's a monk's nest."

"However, I still recommend that the kittens wear collars when they go out in the future so that we can record them. Although the people here are very friendly, there may be some misunderstandings, like today."

Xia Chen apologized again: "I'm so sorry!! I delayed your work..."

The volunteers smiled and comforted her:

"It's okay, it's okay. We haven't acted together for a long time. I miss it."

"The stray cats in town are very independent, and we are pretty bored every day, so we have been playing games with your kitten these days."

"By the way, how did your kitten convince a bunch of crows to help it? When I came over here, I saw a bunch of cats and dogs surrounding Brother Deng! Wow! "

Although Xia Chen didn't know either, she still explained in a low voice that her kitten seemed to be a very righteous kitten who often helped other small animals, and she appreciated this and let the kitten go out to play.

"Is that so? That's amazing!"

After hearing Xia Chen's story about Ah Huang, Yun Bao and the leader crow, Deng Yuan was amazed. He patted the kitten's head and changed his tone: "Since he is such a cat hero, it is acceptable for him to love running and playing."

"Oh, you don't want me to touch you?"

“Ooooo…!”

Xingxing dodged the human's touch, and after regaining his freedom, he threw himself directly into Xia Chen's arms, stuffing his head into his arms and making only humming sounds in his throat.

Deng Yuan smiled and said, "Okay, then go home with your mother."

By the time we successfully picked up the kitten and returned, it was already evening.

"well."

Thinking about the work that had been thrown aside in the afternoon, and thinking that he would probably have to work overtime to make up for it in the evening, Xia Chen sighed.

Xingxing was lying on her shoulder. When he heard her sigh, a look of helplessness flashed across his eyes for a moment, and he didn't even know what to do with his paws.

The kitten thought that the human sighed because of him.

It fooled mom.

In the end, it was its mother who saved it.

“Woo…”

After returning home, Xingxing stepped carefully on the human's legs and poked his head out hesitantly, wanting to act coquettishly but not daring to.

"Xingxing, don't think too much." Xia Chen noticed the kitten's uneasiness and awkwardness, and thought it was still frightened by what happened today, so he quickly kissed it, took out the small collar with a camera that he had prepared long ago, and fastened it to the kitten. "With this, you don't have to worry about being caught by others in the future! You can still go out and play without worry."

But for some reason, the kitten still looked a little depressed.

Although he really wanted to continue comforting the kitten, thinking of the pile of work, Xia Chen could only leave the little guy alone for the time being and go to the bedroom to make up for today's work.

well.

The sorrow of social animals.

"Karala."

Not long after he started working, Xia Chen heard the sound of scratching on the bedroom door.

Originally, he didn't want to open the door, but thinking about what happened today, Xia Chen opened the door anyway.

Then, she was shocked to see the banknotes scattered all over the floor at the bedroom door.

“Ah? Ah??”

What is going on?

“Woo…”

Seeing the door open, Xingxing quickly picked up a few more red ones and placed them at the human's feet, then looked at her eagerly and apologized quietly.

“Meow.”

I'm sorry, mom.

The cat didn't mean to deceive you.

Please don’t be angry with the stars, okay?

Before, Maine would give this to Catman every time he went out to help solve a difficult incident.

But the cats always solved the problem themselves, so they stockpiled a lot.

Cats don't have any use for this.

But I heard from my fellow crows that people seem to like it very much.

The kitten pressed its ears, then used its white paws to push the banknotes toward the person's feet, and looked up at the person eagerly.

Will giving these to mom make her happy?

This is the only thing the cat has.

“…Ah, idiot.”

Xia Chen's heart melted immediately, and she no longer had any anger at all.

Only now did she realize that Xingxing might have blamed herself for her worries about work, and then she struggled for a long time before finally running over to comfort her.

After looking at the work clock-in sheet and then at the timid kitten in front of the door, Xia Chen resolutely chose to give up full attendance and directly picked up the kitten.

Work is not as important as kittens!

Isn't her job to raise cats?

"Mom is not angry, baby."

She put down the work at hand and spent a long time comforting her kitten to help it get out of its uneasy state.

However, she was still a little confused about those red things.

Although she knew that Xingxing was out, wasn't the amount of money a bit exaggerated...

What's going on? Is there a rich woman out there who keeps Xing Xing as her mistress? ?

Dare not move.

I dared not move at all.

After putting the money back into the cat's nest, Xia Chen looked at the time, closed the computer, and planned to rest early today and think about these problems slowly later.

In order to give the kitten enough sense of security, she plans to sleep with the kitten tonight.

"Goodnight, stars."

"Meow~"

Touching the kitten curled up beside the pillow, Xia Chen said something softly, and after getting the kitten's response, he smiled and then closed his eyes.

Late at night, she was woken up by being stepped on.

“Meow!”

The kitten's eyes were like two small lights in the dark, and its cry was like an alarm, meow, meow, as if it was very anxious.

"What's wrong...eh?"

Seeing that she woke up, Xingxing immediately bit her sleeve and dragged her out.

Mom, run!

The earth is going to shake!

The world seems to be ending

But I haven’t decided on the world I want to take over yet…

Currently it's Tiger Baby and Madonna Penguin (the inspiration comes from the top comment) qwq

I will post it in the comments of the first chapter of Cat Man later