Just as Elizabeth darted into the house, a bone-chilling shriek reverberated through the house.
Zhao Yao heard the scream, frowned to himself and gave the door a strong solid kick.
It seemed like this household came from an average family background. They still used old-fas.h.i.+oned locks for their door and there was no anti-theft system in place. Zhao Yao delivered a few more kicks to the door and it wasn"t long before the door gave way.
The moment the door opened, Zhao Yao was greeted face-on with a pungent metallic smell of blood, followed by the sight of two corpses, one man and one woman, soaked in a pool of mild cerise blood.
Zhao Yao froze when he heard Elizabeth"s horrifying scream. He bolted towards the room where the scream came from and saw a white-haired old lady lying motionless on a bed coated with a gory layer of blood. Her neck had a gaping wound and was already barely attached to the body. It looked as if someone tried to rip her head off.
Elizabeth stood by the bed and cried miserably. Elizabeth"s sobbing was like the sound of a heartbreaking.
Zhao Yao came to realization and gasped, "Oh my... Isn"t she..."
"She was killed!" Elizabeth yelled at the top of her lungs as tears raced down her face. "The other supercats did it! She was killed by the others!"
"Zhao Yao, you must help me find the killer. You have to find him. I promise that I"ll be your pet from today onwards but please.... You have to hunt him down at all cost."
Zhao Yao remained silent but nodded gently.
At this moment, voices of people were heard outside the door. Zhao Yao grabbed Elizabeth instinctively and whispered, "Let"s get out of here now."
Whenever a murder case like this happened in Jiangmen City, there was no doubt that it would attract the attention of the authorities.
Zhao Yao didn"t have a convincing reason as to why he was here at this moment. He refused to interact with the police and waste precious hours on interrogation to prove that he is innocent.
He knew it was time to use it.
Zhao Yao grabbed Elizabeth and instantly activated timefreeze.
Within the short span of 6 seconds, Zhao Yao sprinted out of the room and went straight to the corridor downstairs. As soon as the power wore off, Zhao Yao heard a deafening scream that came from above. It seems like the neighbors have discovered the room with the corpses.
With a heavy heart, Zhao Yao navigated his way to the ground level. He activated timefreeze yet again to make the final escape out of the house and as he ran out, he could see cameras already in position. Luckily for him, he had timefreeze to get away from such a situation.
All this time, Elizabeth did not speak a single word.
As they left the district and arrived at the main road, Zhao Yao finally decided to stop using his power.
He looked at Elizabeth in his arms and sighed gently, "Don"t think about it too much, we will find the killer for sure."
Elizabeth merely squinted her eyes as she gave a look of despair.
Zhao Yao asked, "How do you know that it was done by other supercats?"
"Scent," Elizabeth mumbled. "There was an ominous mixture of blood and the cat"s scent in the room. I"ve never smelled something that menacing."
Zhao Yao nodded. He knew that cats and dogs shared a similar trait. They tend to use the power of scent to aid with interaction and scent can be used to deliver many types of messages like danger or marking of territory.
"And the fatal wound on granny"s neck..." Elizabeth continued as she trembled, "They are the marks of a cat"s claw. No ordinary cat would be able to rip off a human"s neck so it has to be a supercat... I won"t rule out the possibility of it being the doing of other predatory beasts but I"d say the chances are pretty low..."
As she spoke, she looked intently into Zhao Yao"s eyes, " Zhao Yao, from now on, I"ll be your pet but I beg you for one thing. You have to find the killer. You have to avenge granny..."
"I got it, don"t you worry. I"ll never turn my back on a situation like this."
....Mission Success: Congratulations, you have completed your mission....
A voice was transmitted into Zhao Yao"s mind, notifying him that the mission was a success. Yet, he wasn"t even in the mood to celebrate.
When he first received the mission and was told that there were more supercats besides Matcha, Zhao Yao foresaw that something like this would happen. When a cat awakens its powers, will it work together with humans? Rather, would humans choose to work with the supercats?
Zhao Yao shook his head as he refused to think of the answer. He looked at Elizabeth and decided that he would do what he can to help her.
They boarded a cab and went back home. Elizabeth and Zhao Yao have built a mutual trust with each other. On the ride back, Elizabeth shared her true powers unhesitantly to Zhao Yao.
Elizabeth"s hypnotic ability could be activated through sound or light. Upon hearing the sound, the person would experience visual and auditory illusions. This would put their body under Elizabeth"s full control.
However, it could only be casted on one person at a time and if the person being controlled was being attacked, the hypnotic link would break and Elizabeth herself would also be hurt.
Upon hearing Elizabeth"s power, Zhao Yao searched for BOOK in his mind.
The mission has already been completed and the panel has updated itself
Book: Level (50/100)
Pet (1/1): Matcha
Level: Lvl2 (9/100)
Loyalty: 100
Power: Timefreeze, lasts 6 seconds, cooldown 6 seconds
BOOK"s experience has increased to 50 points but Zhao Yao wasn"t in a hurry to transfer these experience points to Matcha.
A new mission had arrived.
This time, three new missions were introduced instead of one.
Main Mission 1: Convince and obtain Elizabeth
Mission Objective: Increase book"s level by 1. Increase the limit of the number of pets. Obtain Elizabeth and share her powers.
Mission Reward: Gain 50 experience points
Mission Penalty: Nil
Zhao Yao read the new mission and thought to himself.
"It seems like the most important part of increasing the book"s level is to increase the pet limit. I can only share their powers if they become my pet like Matcha."
"This is the main mission. I guess the main mission is to obtain as many pets as possible while leveling up the book? That sounds easy."
Mission 2: You only have a house, what about a car?
Mission Objective: The cats need to travel about in a luxury car. Purchase a luxury car worth RMB1,000,000 and above within a week.
Mission Reward: Gain 20 experience points
Mission Penalty: Deduct 20 experience points
Upon seeing this mission, Zhao Yao"s eyebrows pinched together and let out a painful expression on his face.
"If I complete this mission, I"m afraid I won"t have enough money to spend any more. I have to find a way to earn some money."
Daily Mission 3, click to begin.
"Daily mission?" Zhao Yao thought as he gave a confused look. He suddenly recalled, "If it"s a daily mission, does it mean that it works the same as online games? Missions refresh on a daily basis. I just have to complete the mission and collect the rewards every day. Though the rewards may be little, the final reward for completing all the daily mission is usually worth it."
At the thought of this, a bright idea popped up in Zhao Yao"s head," At this rate, the daily missions will be a huge source of experience for BOOK to level up!"
But even though Zhao Yao was really curious about the contents of the daily mission, he decided against clicking it. He planned to complete the mission at hand before deciding if he should accept the daily mission.