"Ashley, you must finish all your cat rice today!"
"Cake, you"ve grown fatter again! I told you not to steal your brother"s food!"
"b.u.t.ter, I"ll chase you out of the house if you scratch my sofa again!"
The young girl stopped by each ragdoll and gave each of them a specific instruction. She then ran out of the house with a spring in her steps as she made her way towards Jiangmen city.
"My cute little Elizabeth, I"m finally going to bring you home!"
Just when the young girl had left her house, a stern-looking government apostle appeared at her doorstep. He noticed that two of his colleagues lay on the floor unconscious and frantically barged into the mansion to find out what exactly happened.
A few minutes later, he hurriedly retrieved his phone and typed out a string of words. His fingers were trembling, and cold sweat erupted from his forehead.
"Team Zhao, things are not looking great on my side."
"Sun Meng is also missing."
"Yes, a total of 21 apostles are all unconscious."
"I know how dangerous this person is. Please relay the instruction and inform all our personnel in this area to be on alert. If they spot her …"
"They must run away immediately and report to their superior!"
Zhao Yao and Rice Cake finally made their way to Starry Starry Pet Hospital. As usual, Dr. Liu welcomed them at the reception area with a wide grin on her face. She donned her usual black stocking and bright white coat.
Dr. Liu ran her fingers through Rice Cake"s fur and did her routine checkup. However, Rice Cake showed no signs of waking up throughout the entire examination. Dr. Liu herself was taken aback by this unusual sight and commented, "This is impressive! After so many years practicing as a vet, it"s the first time I"ve witnessed a cat which is so soundly asleep. Is her reaction slower than the usual cat? I mean do you find her slightly stupid?"
Zhao Yao"s engagement with Rice Cake flashed across his head, and he confirmed, "No, definitely not! Furthermore, she has quite a foul temper!"
"This is normal. Cats suffering from osteodystrophy will be tormented by the pain all day. It would be weird if they had a good temper!" As she spoke, Dr. Liu picked up a cotton bud from her examination table and inserted it into Rice Cake"s a.n.u.s to check her feces.
At the moment when Dr. Liu inserted the cotton bud, Rice Cake suddenly jolted awake with her eyes wide open. She let out a loud meow and escaped from Dr. Liu"s arms.
"Meow!!!"
The examination room was flooded with Rice Cake"s shrilling shrieks, and she started running around the room. However, the cotton bud was already inserted in her, and her constant movements just made the pain even more excruciating. Finally, Rice Cake crashed onto the floor with a loud thud and tears filled her eyes.
"This despicable human!"
"How dare they use a cotton bud to torture me?"
"However, this excruciating pain had made me grown stronger than ever!"
"Humans, you will experience my wrath!"
Zhao Yao listened to Rice Cake"s threats and was about to remove the cotton bud. However, he suddenly experienced a ma.s.sive tremor coming from the floor.
"D*mn it! Not now!"
However, this wave of tremors subsided as soon as they came. Before Zhao Yao could react to it, the earthquake had already stopped.
Rice Cake drew her lower lip between her teeth, and her paws trembled in anger. Her entire body was shaking violently, and it seemed like she was on the verge of activating her power. However, her constant vibrating had expelled the cotton bud from her body.
"Humans, I"ll send all of you to your graves!" Rice Cake"s threat to exterminate the human race was followed by cries and howls, "Meow! My b.u.t.t hurts so badly!"
Zhao Yao immediately bent down and carried the frightened cat into his arms. His fingers ran through her fur, and he comforted her, "Alright! Alright! Everything"s over now! Rice Cake, don"t be afraid!"
Rice Cake struggled in Zhao Yao"s arms as she repeatedly kicked against his arms and started crying, "Meow! I don"t want to be pregnant! I do not want to give birth to little kittens!"
Zhao Yao immediately clarified the situation, "We"re just checking your b.u.t.t hole, and you are not pregnant!"
Dr. Liu wiped the sweat off of her forehead and commented, "What"s wrong with Jiangmen city? Why is there another earthquake?"
Zhao Yao chuckled and responded, "It must be due to the movement of the tectonic plates!"
Dr. Liu resumed her examination on Rice Cake. With this experience, Zhao Yao immediately cast an illusion on Rice Cake to prevent her from experiencing the pains of injection, etc.
Meanwhile, Zhao Yao was immersed in his thoughts, "Osteodystrophy … Pain … Earthquake, don"t tell me Rice Cake"s power can only be activated when she experiences pain?"
Even though this was just a hypothesis, the power of "Two is better than one" had improved his gut instincts making Zhao Yao somewhat confident in his theory. No matter what, Zhao Yao had to be extremely careful with Rice Cake to prevent another earthquake from striking Jiangmen city.
Zhao Yao sat on the chair with Rice Cake firmly clasped in his arms as they awaited their examination results. Zhao Yao noticed that Rice Cake was rather low-spirited and decided to cheer her up with his phone, "Rice Cake? Have you ever used a phone?"
Rice Cake merely turned her head to one side and responded with a hmph. She was not going to reply Zhao Yao.
Left with no options, Zhao Yao switched on his phone and started searching for interesting videos and games in an attempt to brighten Rice Cake"s mood.
However, Rice Cake remained indifferent to all the content that Zhao Yao had used to placate her. She was not interested in any drama series, anime or games.
"Rice Cake used to be a stray cat just like Dust Ball. Their common experience might explain their lack of interest in phones." Zhao Yao scratched the bottom of his chin and thought, "Maybe I should try catmint on Rice Cake. It might actually work!"
Even though Zhao Yao was rather proficient with his perfect illusion, he was unable to replicate the taste of catmint because he had never tasted them before.
Suddenly, a voice rang in Zhao Yao and Rice Cake"s minds when Zhao Yao was still busy thinking of a way to pacify Rice Cake.
"Is there a cat here?"
Zhao Yao was stunned by this anonymous voice and asked, "Rice Cake, are you the one talking to me?"
Rice Cake rolled her eyes and retorted, "My voice does not sound like this!"
"It"s me! It"s me!" The raspy voice rang in their heads once again, "I"m the one speaking! Can you hear me?"
Zhao Yao turned his head to his left and right as he tried to locate the source of the voice. Zhao Yao asked, "Who are you?"
"I"m Lightning! I"m inside a cage in the corner of the room!"
Zhao Yao turned his head and saw a cage that was draped in a yellow cloth. Zhao Yao followed up by asking, "Are you a supercat?"
"Cat? I"m not a cat! I"m the king of the beasts, Lightning! If you release me from my cage, I will grant you one wis.h.!.+"
Zhao Yao"s forehead furrowed together as he sneered, "You are just a cat that"s trapped in a cage! You"re not the king of all animals! I think you"ve watched too many episodes of Animal Planet. Since you"re already in the pet hospital, I suggest you concentrate on recovering instead of escaping."
The voice retorted angrily, "I am the king of the beasts, and I"m not sick!"
"I want to return to the barren land. I want to run down the acres of gra.s.s patch and hunt down those defenseless animals. I can"t wait to savor the taste of their blood in my mouth! I a.s.sure you that you would enjoy unimaginable wealth if you help me escape and return me to my home."
Zhao Yao nodded his head in disbelief, "I think you"re really quite sick! Other than watching Animal Planet, you must have also watched too much Discovery Channel!"
"What kind of nonsense are you uttering? Let me out now, or you will be a victim of my anger. Even I cannot control the beast within me!"
Zhao Yao had no intentions of releasing the cat. However, he was interested to see the face behind that arrogant and delusional voice.
He sauntered towards the cage and slowly lifted up the cloth. He finally saw the face of the animal hiding inside it.