Two streets away from his own community, Yun Jian supported himself with a wooden stick and hopped forward on one leg tenaciously. Although he was sweating profusely from the pain, he still had the mind to praise the cat toy for the strong jumping ability and balance of the tabby cat.
"To be honest, I only have one leg left, but I can still jump several meters and land steadily." He gestured exaggeratedly, "Don't look at me as I am still in a damaged state. I can definitely defeat two more hellhounds!"
[Here's your chance to check if you're bragging.]
Cat Toy said faintly.
[Five people, four with super powers, and a sniper who seems to be reporting your location at all times. Is this difficult compared to the two hellhounds?]
Yun Jian took a deep breath and wanted to turn back, but he held back. He raised his cat ears high, trying to distinguish the sounds behind him in the whistling evening breeze. His body tilted to the right, as if he had no strength left. The wooden stick flew out of his hand and hit the face of the superpower user who was about to launch a sneak attack not far away.
The attacker then realized that he had been discovered, so he stopped disguising himself, sneered, and gray mist filled the air under his feet, and his speed increased a bit.
[This guy's ability should be related to fog. This ability is often affected by weather and seasons. If it were during the day, his strength would definitely be halved.]
Cat Toy analyzed.
"What's the point of halving the daytime?" Yun Jian collapsed, "It's night time now!"
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He didn't bother to protect his injured leg, and quickly rushed to the residential area beside the road, dived into the lush grass, jumped over the garbage pile with a lot of broken furniture, and finally ran into the dim and winding underground garage, climbing up along the iron cable of the abandoned elevator shaft.
He walked through all the corners and deliberately found a lot of cover to avoid the eyes of snipers on high-rise buildings. However, Yun Jian was already weak, and his body was covered in blood due to multiple injuries. He was unable to shake off the tail behind him, and the hurried footsteps were getting closer and closer.
The cat's eyes with excellent night vision allowed Yun Jian to see the dusty ventilation duct in the center of the elevator shaft. He gritted his teeth, stretched out his strength, kicked open the plastic cover of the ventilation duct, and transformed into a small tabby cat, quickly getting in.
The black clothes fell to the bottom of the elevator shaft.
"By the time I pick up the clothes, they will be covered in dust and may even have bugs in them," the tabby cat muttered in frustration. "They will be very troublesome to wash."
Even in cat form, his right leg was injured, and the silver-gray hair and flesh were stuck together, making him look particularly miserable. Yun Jian listened attentively for a moment, then ran silently in the ventilation duct.
The route inside the pipe was so complicated that he didn't even know where he was running to. After running for about ten minutes, he finally saw the light outside. He carefully used his claws to push away the plastic filter blocking the way and limped out.
The pipe outlet was facing the green belt beside the building's yard. The cat's figure was completely blocked by the holly wood. None of the people standing in front of the corridor door chatting noticed his appearance and they just chatted among themselves.
"It took all the organization to lure away Nangong of the Twenty-Eight Mansions. This time, they are bound to lose a lot of members. How dare you come back and tell me that you lost him?!"
One of them questioned, perhaps because he was in a residential area, his voice was not loud, but it was not difficult to hear his anger and fear from his tone.
"Five elites were dispatched, yet he was still able to escape. Could it be that this cat demon is a deity?"
[Hey, they really got it right! You are the one chosen by the Cat God. In the spiritual world where many gods stood side by side, you can be considered an auxiliary god at least, with an independent position!]
Cat Toy said proudly.
Yun Jian pretended not to hear Cat Toy repeating "reminiscing the past" several times a day, and listened attentively to what those people said with bated breath.
The four superpowered people who were in charge of chasing him passed the buck back and forth until the leader interrupted them impatiently. Then one of them put forward his own guess: "Everyone says he is a cat demon. Could he really turn into a cat? Otherwise, why does he disappear inexplicably every time we chase him?"
The leader scratched his stubble with his thumb and pondered for a moment. He realized that this possibility was really great, and instead of being angry, he was happy: "If he can really turn into a cat, it would be worth it even if we sacrifice half of the sect."
After all, the cat-demon theory was just a guess by the superpower community about this particularly ostentatious night wanderer, and if they hadn't been desperate, their sect wouldn't have set their sights on this newcomer who was openly protected by the Twenty-Eight Mansions - but if the cat-turning thing was true, then this dark-skinned boy with cat ears must be a cat-demon, and their sect would have made the right bet.
The tabby cat wagged its tail and licked its paws gloomily, listening to the group of people discussing how to catch it. Its eyes looked around, quickly thinking of a way to escape.
[How about you go back the way you came and hide in the pipe for a while?]
Cat toy ideas.
"No way," Yun Jian shook his head, "Didn't you hear what they were talking about? That tall and thin guy has the ability to control insects. Mosquitoes gather in places like ventilation ducts. Sooner or later, they will find them."
The hind legs had begun to stiffen due to excessive blood loss and poor recovery. The tabby cat could clearly feel the heat slowly draining away from his body. He realized that he could not hold on for much longer, so he carefully crawled out of the bushes and slowly climbed up along the pipes exposed on the outer wall. He climbed to the top ten floors, jumped onto the balcony of the house next door, and used the leverage to climb up to the guardrail of another house.
[You seem to be familiar with this neighborhood?]
Seeing Yun Jian easily jump to the corner of the building that was out of the surveillance range without even stopping to observe the environment, Cat Toy asked curiously.
"My friend lives in this neighborhood. I've been here many times before," Yun Jian answered casually, "but not here. Over there."
He pointed his claws at the wire fence in the middle of the community that separated the front and back areas, and fell to the ground from the second floor. The pain of his injured leg touching the ground made him grimace for a long time before he mustered up the courage to continue running forward.
There was a gap of about half a meter at the bottom edge of the fine wire mesh where it intersected with the distribution box in the green belt.
The tabby cat rushed in like lightning.
"The people who live here are either rich or noble, and the security measures are perfect," he said, feeling relieved. "At least a few unknown people won't go around catching cats in the middle of the night."
Even if these people with super powers have unique methods, in order not to alert the authorities, they would never dare to confront the security guards head-on. At most, they would fly in and search quietly.
[Watch out behind you!]
Cat toys scream reminders.
But it's too late.
The poor tabby cat was lifted up by the scruff of the neck.
Cat Eyes looked up and met Yan Anqing's handsome face that was difficult to tell whether he was male or female.
"What a dirty cat," Yan Anqing said with a sigh, pinching the cat's paw to examine it carefully. Seeing the cat's horrible injured leg, he raised his eyebrows slightly, "Is it just a stupid three-legged cat who lost a fight?"
Yun Jian couldn't help but meow at him fiercely.
Who are you calling a three-legged cat?
He is the cutest and most powerful tabby cat in the universe, okay!
Yan Anqing didn't understand the cat's meow. He shrugged his shoulders and pointed with disdain, but he honestly carried the cat towards home, placed the cat in the living room, then rummaged around and took out a soft pillow to put under the cat.
"There's no one at home. Apart from the aunt who cooks and cleans on time, there's only me." He tapped the pink nose of the tabby cat. "Don't expect me to take care of you. At most I'll give you some food and take you to the veterinary hospital tomorrow. Once you're better, I promise to throw you back on the street right away."
Yun Jian didn't say anything. He lay on the mat, as obedient as a fake cat, until he saw Yan Anqing leave the living room and seemed to be going to the kitchen to prepare cat food. Then he supported himself with three paws and meowed anxiously.
"Can you find out where those people are now? Yan Anqing is just an ordinary person. He must not be involved in such a dangerous matter!"
[I can only sense the scent of the hellhound.]
Cat Toy wanted to help, but he didn't have the ability to do so and could only comfort him dryly.
[No matter how lawless those people are, they wouldn't break into a private residence, right? I think they must be surrounding the building and investigating it stupidly.]
Yun Jian could naturally think of this, but even if there was only a slight possibility, he didn't want Yan Anqing to be seen by those superpower fanatics. He was about to jump off the cushion and leave through the window with his tail erect, when he saw Yan Anqing wandering in from the inner room, holding a wet towel, cotton swabs and disinfectant in his hands. Seeing that the cat wanted to run, he rushed over and grabbed it quickly.
"I haven't applied the medicine yet, where are you going?" Yan Anqing casually pulled a piece of napkin and wrapped the cat's head and front paws tightly into a white cocoon. "If you don't treat your legs, they will really become a three-legged cat!"
His words were blunt, but his actions in treating the wound were delicate and gentle.
Yun Jian meowed softly, "Cat Toy, don't you have a vision within ten meters? Go guard the door. If a superpower comes, tell me in advance - I can't move now. Wait for Yan Anqing to put me down, and I'll leave when I can move again."
[…You can dodge the attack of the hellhound, but you can’t dodge this?]
The cat toy expressed great disgust and complained to him angrily for a few words, but still ran to guard the door obediently.
[Don't worry, take a rest for a while to heal your wounds. You haven't digested the energy that the hellhound gave you tonight. Even if you only absorb half of it, it will be enough to heal your wounds.]
The tabby cat hummed as a response to him. Its cold body, which had been running all night, was wrapped in a warm towel and gradually recovered its body temperature. After a simple treatment, the wound on its leg no longer bleeds, thanks to the tabby cat's strong recovery ability, and even the pain was much less.
"Done," Yan Anqing clapped his hands, pinched the cat's ears, and carried the tabby cat upstairs. "I'll ask Auntie to make a cat room for you tomorrow. You can sleep with me tonight."
The tabby cat widened its eyes.
"If Yun Jian knew I picked up a cat, he would be so jealous," Yan Anqing said to himself, "That guy can't keep anything alive."
Cihuamao: "Meow?!"
How could he not be able to keep anything alive? He had only given away two pots of green radish, three pots of cactus, a hamster and a few tanks of goldfish!
Don't speak ill of others, meow!
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I originally thought it was just a simple tooth filling, but it turned out to require root canal treatment. I was given anesthesia and the electric drill worked for over an hour. When I went home to drink water, my mouth was leaking QAQ and it was really painful. I got up in the middle of the night and took two painkillers before I fell asleep. After a while, I suddenly realized that I didn't have a single word saved, so I got up again to write some words. Protect your teeth, my babies!
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