The next morning, the Scottish Fold"s eyelids quivered before it finally woke up.
She had never experienced such a good sleep for her entire life. It felt like she had returned to her mother"s womb and everything felt so soft and comfortable.
"Oh, you"re awake?" Zhao Yao stared at her with his giant eye bags.
"Meow!"
The cat immediately went on her feet. She wagged her tail furiously which reflected how scared she was. She stared at Zhao Yao warily.
Suddenly, she screamed at the top of her lungs and raised both her paws in the sky, "Let the world feel my wrath!"
There was no reaction. The Scottish Fold herself was shocked by it. She raised her paws in the sky and shouted again, "Let the world feel my wrath!"
All Zhao Yao heard was a little girl"s scream. Zhao Yao stared at her helplessly and patted her on her head and said, "Did you fail to activate your power?"
She was taken aback by Zhao Yao"s action and immediately took a few steps back. She opened her mouth and shouted again, "Humans! I will let you feel my wrath!"
Zhao Yao started chortling after 5 seconds of silence. He commented, "It seems like you cannot create the earthquake whenever you want. Let the world feel my wrath? Is that a slogan which you must recite before activating your power?"
"How can you understand what I"m saying?" Zhao Yao could sense the awkwardness and shyness in her voice. She continued staring at Zhao Yao with her brows tightly knitted together. It seemed like she was ashamed after realizing that Zhao Yao could understand her slogan.
"I guess you can consider that my power." Zhao Yao tried to pat her on her head, but she immediately slapped Zhao Yao"s plan with her paws. She shouted, "Don"t touch me!"
Zhao Yao could not help but laughed and asked, "How are you? Are you feeling better?"
"Hmm, now that he has mentioned it, my body does feel a lot lighter, and the joints in my limbs do not hurt as much as before."
Zhao Yao explained to her the phenomenon, "This is the power of Celestial Beats. It is my supercat"s ability. If you stay with me, the pain you experience from your degenerative joint disease will lessen significantly. However, even if you choose not to stay with us, you should at least stay until you recover."
Just when she was staring at Zhao Yao with suspicion, she noticed a giant ma.s.s of orange meat jumping onto the sofa. He came extremely close to her and whispered, "Oh look, it"s a female cat!"
Matcha started walking around her in circles and said, "My name is George Matcha, and I"m a Jiangmen Fold. I guess we are distant relatives. From today onwards, I will protect you. If anyone dares to hurt you, you can report it to me directly."
Matcha began licking the back of her head after his grand speech. The Scottish Fold had the same reaction as she slapped Matcha"s paws away and shouted, "Don"t touch me!"
It was not just Matcha. Elizabeth, Roly Poly and Dust Ball were also observing her from afar.
Dust Ball jumped onto the couch and stared at the earthquake cat. Dust Ball snarled at her. It seemed like a threat or a warning. Most cats would do it when they met new cats.
Dust Ball said, "Hey new cat, do not be too c.o.c.ky around here. Maintain a low profile. You are considered the youngest among all of us."
"Alright! Alright! Stop looking at her and have breakfast. We have a day of work awaiting us." Zhao Yap clapped his hands and sent the four cats scurrying to their food bowl. Zhao Yao also placed a plate of cat rice in front of the Scottish Fold.
"This is your breakfast."
She did not eat straight away. She observed her surroundings before taking a few sniffs. After seeing how the rest of the cats were all enjoying their food and how famished she was, she gave in to it. She took a small bite to ensure that there was nothing wrong.
Next, she devoured the food instantly.
Baiquan walked to Zhao Yao and noticed the new cat at home. He asked, "Boss, where did you kidnap this cat from?"
"Kidnap? Can you please watch your words? I just saved it from the bad guys out there! Don"t think that she"s harmless just because she looks so cute. She has the power to destroy the entire Jiangmen city instantly."
"She"s so powerful?" Baiquan could not believe his eyes as the cat in front of him was just a cute little Scottish Fold.
"She is that powerful," Zhao Yao said smugly. He continued, "So never allow this cat to escape from your field of vision. You must take care of her! You cannot let her escape or allow others to take her away."
"Yes, I understand," Baiquan fixed his eyes on the adorable cat and said, "I will never let her escape!"
When everyone was off to the café, Zhao Yao naturally also had to bring earthquake cat along. She was extremely important, and he could not take the risk of leaving her alone at home.
Hence, Zhao Yao and his cats came to the café as per usual. However, he was surprised to see that he was the earliest.
"Hmm, where is s.h.i.+ Yu?" Zhao Yao guessed, "Is she having menstruation?"
Zhao Yao found it strange that she was late but he was not worried. It was still a job, and it was natural for people to report late for work. Maybe, s.h.i.+ Yu just overslept.
However, Xiao s.h.i.+ Yu was still nowhere to be found after 1 hour.
Just when Zhao Yao thought that something had happened to her, he received a Wechat message from Xiao s.h.i.+ Yu.
"If you want this woman to stay alive, meet me at the roof of the building along x.x.xX road. If not, I will have to kill her. Also, bring Elizabeth along. If not, I will also have to kill her."
"Bring Elizabeth along?" Zhao Yao was puzzled by this strange yet specific request. He had a strange feeling and thought, "Is this person coming for me? However, there is no mention of earthquake cat, is it a personal grudge?"
"Should I report to Inspector Ho?"
However, he recognized how messy the current situation was. Everyone was out there searching for earthquake cat. He shook his head and decided not to involve Inspector Ho. He thought, "With Matcha and Elizabeth, I can manipulate the perfect illusion with the ability to stop time. I can even escape into my extradimensional belly if need be. I can deal with most of the apostles with this power. I"m sure I can settle this as well."
Zhao Yao told Baiquan, Dust Ball, Roly Poly and the earthquake cat, "Sorry, I have something to attend to so I"ll be leaving the café."
"Did something happen to s.h.i.+ Yu?"
Seeing how worried Baiquan was, Zhao Yao just patted him on his shoulder and said, "Don"t worry, it will be resolved soon."
Suddenly, a red glimmer flashed across his eyes, and he had controlled earthquake cat to walk into a cage.
After deactivating his power, earthquake cat"s eyes burned with anger as she shouted, "Let me out!"
Zhao Yao replied, "I can let you out. However, you have to promise me that you would behave yourself. I will not forgive you if you try to escape."
Earthquake cat listened to Zhao Yao"s conditions and nodded her head. She replied, "Human, I understand. As long as you let me out of the cage, I will not escape from your café."
The moment she saw Zhao Yao unlocking the cage, she immediately bolted out. However, she realized that her vision turned dark the instant she left the cage. She had entered Zhao Yao"s extradimensional belly.
Earthquake cat stared at her surroundings in fear and asked, "What is this place?"
Actually, Zhao Yao kept her inside the cage with an ulterior motive. By using an illusion to hide Dust Ball with her mouth wide open outside the cage, he was able to keep the earthquake cat safely in his belly.
For living matter to enter the extradimensional belly, it must be done willingly. Zhao Yao could not control her body and made her enter. He could only trick her in like what he did with Specter.
Zhao Yao finally had a piece of mind with earthquake cat safely inside him.