With Ho Hao Cang"s death, Zhao Yao had completed his mission to take down the cat thief"s organization and received 600 experience points from it.
Mission: Supercats also require guidance and teaching.
Objective: Teach the five cats from the cat thief"s organization and impart them with knowledge. You have half a year for them to accept you as their leader.
Reward: You will be rewarded experience points for each cat which accepts you as their leader.
Punishment: Nil
"Huh? What a troublesome mission?" Zhao Yao was reminded of his previous mission to bathe the cats.
"Earning their respect and making them accept me as their leader would be much harder than bathing them. Some of them might still regard me as their enemy."
"Thank goodness I have half a year to complete this mission. I can slowly take my time to earn their respect."
When Zhao Yao returned to the cat café, s.h.i.+ Yu immediately rushed over and asked, "What happened? Why is the café in such a mess with everything strewn all over the place? Were we robbed?"
Zhao Yao had already prepared his story to explain the situation, "I"m not sure, but I think someone came over to steal the cats. I caught up to a van with all the cats inside. However, there was no one inside."
s.h.i.+ Yu nodded to Zhao Yao"s story as she was still processing the magnitude of the entire situation.
Zhao Yao"s throbbing headache returned as he ma.s.saged his temples. He thought, "Perfect illusion"s toll on the body is significant." Until now, he had continued to use his power to seal the five cats" senses. Who knew what they would do if they found out what had happened?
Zhao Yao"s headache only worsened when he saw the state of the café, he looked at s.h.i.+ Yu and Baiquan and said, "Can you help me take care of the mess in the café? I have something to attend to, and I have to leave first.
Anyway, the café won"t be opened for business today. I"ll bring Matcha and the rest back first."
Zhao Yao did not bother to wait for their response and immediately brought the supercats back. The pounding pain in his head had made him extremely irritable.
s.h.i.+ Yu"s eyebrow rose as she saw Zhao Yao hurrying out of the café. She thought, "Why does Zhao Yao seem so tired today?"
Suddenly, she received a notification from WeChat. She took a glance and realized it was a message from Zhao Yao with an RMB 500 transaction.
"Use this money for any restoration works in the café. Sorry to trouble you. I"ll give you guys another reward at the start of the new month."
Zhao Yao could not reward them now as he had to maximize his revenue for the monthly mission.
Zhao Yao immediately lay on the sofa when he got home. However, he could not sleep just yet. He had to settle the five supercats.
Matcha, Elizabeth, Dust Ball, and Roly Poly surrounded the five supercats which were lying on the sofa with their five senses all sealed.
Matcha glanced at the five cats and exclaimed, "Zhao Yao! Zhao Yao! How do you plan to deal with these cats? I suggest you leave the female cats to serve me while you can take the male cats."
Elizabeth rolled her eyes at Matcha"s foolish remarks and asked, "Zhao Yao! How do you plan to handle them? Ho Hao Cang just manipulated them. The ones who committed the atrocities were the apostles themselves. These supercats did not commit any vice."
Bam! Roly Poly dashed towards the Persian cat, Ares, and threw his body onto it before slapping it.
Bam!
"Bully me?"
Bam!
"You dare to come to my café and wreak havoc?"
Bam!
"Who do you think you are?"
Dust Ball got reminded of how cowardly Roly Poly behaved when the a.s.sailants came charging into the café. Dust Ball rolled her eyes and pressed her paws against his face. She said, "Alright, stop embarra.s.sing yourself."
Roly Poly pouted and stared at Dust Ball. He asked, "Why do you have to hit my nose; I"m just taking revenge against our enemies."
Dust Ball, Matcha, and Elizabeth all simultaneously turned to Zhao Yao.
"Zhao Yao, what do you plan to do with them?"
Zhao Yao rubbed his eyes and tried his best to stay awake. He said helplessly, "We"ll just keep them somewhere safe first. I"ll spend some time to teach and educate them and hopefully help them turn over a new leaf."
Zhao Yao activated Dust Ball"s ability and absorbed the five cats into his extradimensional belly. However, he removed the seal on their five senses and cast a new illusion on all of them.
When Ares woke up, it noticed that it was surrounded by darkness. There was only a glimmer of light s.h.i.+ning in front of it. It could even hear Ho Hao Cang"s voice.
After sending the five cats into his extradimensional belly, Zhao Yao could finally take his long-awaited rest. He shut his eyes and immediately went to sleep.
The five cats were no longer affected by the illusion since they were inside the extradimensional belly and were out of reach from the illusion.
They had all been sent to the blue container.
They started to break into a cold sweat when they realized that they had been captured in a tiny room.
Ares, the strongest supercat among them, raised its paws and announced calmly, "Do not worry! We are just momentarily transported to this place by a mysterious power. We can escape if we all put our minds to it."
"But where is Ho Hao Cang? Isn"t he fighting against Zhao Yao?"
"Don"t tell me Zhao Yao had defeated him?"
"It"s impossible; I just heard his voice a moment ago."
"Why are our bodies floating around?"
The five supercats had been rescued by Zhao Yao before Hao Cang could detonate the hand grenade. Hence, they had no idea that Hao Cang was already dead.
Ares raised its paws and waved them in the air to capture the cats" attention. It said, "Calm down! Try to recall how each of you entered this place."
After a round of discussion, they realized that all of them had entered under the same circ.u.mstances. All of them saw a glimmer of light and heard Hao Cang"s voice. They followed his voice and suddenly appeared in this place.
"This must be some sort of power capable of manipulating s.p.a.ce," Ares thought. It could not help but started licking the fur on its tail to calm itself down.
"Let"s relax by licking our fur."
"Yes. The most important thing in a battle is to stay calm!"
The four other supercats started licking their fur in unison, in an attempt to calm their nerves.
After a careful deliberation, Ares concluded, "This power can most likely create a new dimension. Currently, we are all floating inside it and cannot move around freely." Ares tried to wriggle its body, but it was close to impossible to move in this s.p.a.ce.
The Siamese cat, Fūjin, raised its paw and said, "I am still able to move around by altering the air flow around me."
This Siamese cat had black fur on its face and white fur on the rest of its body. It managed to roam around the container by using its power.
The remaining cats were inspired by Fūjin and tried to move around as well. It was not impossible, but it was a somewhat c.u.mbersome process.
"That"s good! Try to find a way out of this place!" Ares announced.
After a round of searching, Lucifer, the cat with the power of regeneration, raised an object in the air and shouted, "A phone! A phone! I found a phone!"
All of the cats turned their heads towards the phone. At that moment, the phone emanated a holy glow because it carried their hopes of escaping the place.