Flashback of the past few days zoomed past Fish Ball"s head as Matcha"s question rang in his ears.
Xiao Yu who was in the midst of polis.h.i.+ng off all her food shouted, "Fish Ball, we are almost out of cat food!"
Fish Ball raised his head with his mouth slightly open as a grain of cat food slipped out of it, "Xiao Yu, you wanna try cat food?"
A huge shadow loomed over Fish Ball"s eyes as Xiao Yu"s slap slammed on his head, "I"ve heard of a hostel for cats like you. It is free and provides buffets all day. I heard there"s an abundance of female cats living there."
Excitement raced through him when Fish Ball heard those words, "Are you serious?"
"Of course I"m serious!" Xiao Yu continued, "If you"re interested, I can send you there for a temporary stay."
With his eyes squinted into a line, Fish Ball snapped back, "What has that got to do with you?" With that said, he pointed his paws at the few pedigrees beside him and threatened, "Today, we come here as representatives of 8k. I"m telling you that Chic Bro is part of 8k. What you did just now was as good as spitting in 8k"s face."
A tinge of hesitation flashed across Matcha as he thought, "8k? Why does this gang sound so familiar? And how is Fish Ball even part of it?" The corner of Matcha"s eyes crinkled when he noticed the surrounding Russian Blue, American Shorthair, Siamese cat and Garfield inched towards him. Their angle was palpable.
Matcha"s chest tightened with fear as he pondered, "How is Fish Ball faring so well in 8k?" Even though he was absolutely confident in his current abilities, he wouldn"t want to infuriate them right off the bat. It was a mutually a.s.sured disaster.
Hence, Matcha cried out, "You guys want to go up against me all at once? Is that the only thing which 8k knows? If you have the guts, send out your boss in a 1-on-1."
The gang of cats stopped in their tracks. Following a loud meow, a Garfield emerged from amongst them, "That makes perfect sense. Are you interested in a 1-on-1? I"m happy to reciprocate."
Matcha was seized with fear as he began to wag his finger in the other Garfield, Fish Ball"s direction, "Fish Ball, aren"t you their boss? Why are you sending someone else on your behalf?"
With a line etched across its face, the real boss replied, "When did he become my boss? He just has a natural inclination for standing in the middle. That"s all."
Fish Ball ran off to the other Garfield"s side and warned him, "Boss, please be careful. That cat over there is vicious!"
Matcha could only roll his eyes at this ungrateful sycophant. With his gaze fixed back on the boss, he responded, "Alright then, it shall be between me and you."
The Garfield added, "I"m fine with that but I would like to add a clause. Whoever loses has to lick the winner"s a.n.u.s. He shall be the other"s b*tch from now on."
First, it was shock before anger rolled through his body, "Are you still living in some primitive society? Why do you even continue such barbaric practice? Who even wants to lick your a.n.u.s?"
The Garfield responded with a shrug of his shoulders, "You can choose not to." Then, he began to stick out his tongue as it swirled across his lips, "But I"m definitely licking yours."
Fish Ball had to summon all his remaining strength to suppress the disgust raging from within as he cheered, "Boss! You can do it! I"ll help you ma.s.sage your legs after this!"
Gooseb.u.mps popped up all over Matcha"s skin as he dashed straight towards him and shouted into his ears, "You piece of tras.h.!.+ Get on your knees!"
As he spoke, he had already initialized his illusion collar. Immediately, the Garfield lost control over his five senses as he collapsed to the ground. Meanwhile, Matcha had activated timefreeze.
When the entire world came to a standstill, Matcha sheepishly walked towards the Garfield. He then carefully contorted his body into a kowtow position aiming straight at his original position.
Return to his starting spot, Matcha allowed time to resume.
With all attention fixed on Matcha, the Garfield collapsed to his knees the moment Matcha"s instruction reverberated throughout the playground.
Immediately, the crowd broke out into a chorus of screams and cheers. However, one deep and loud voice erupted as Matcha roared, "Do you submit?"
Following the effects of timefreeze, the already unconscious Garfield nodded his head.
The surrounding cats watched in shock as this unexpected event occurred before them.
"Did Garfield just admit defeat to this guy?"
"How is that possible? What kind of power does this cat wield?"
"What is with that orange cat? What"s his background?"
Whispers erupted amongst the spectators as they wagged their fingers in Matcha"s direction. Consequently, Matcha had also received a new mission.
Mission: Show them who"s boss
Objective: Shock the cats with your power and make them understand just how strong you truly were
Reward: 500 experience points
Punishment: Nil
A glimmer of excitement flashed across Matcha"s eyes. This was the first time he had accepted a mission without prompting others to "ask" for help.
Obviously, Matcha instantly accepted this mission. His eyes then scanned his surroundings before a faint smile tugged at his lips, "Everyone, in five second"s time, all of you will be asking who touched my b.u.t.t."
In the next moment, Matcha froze time. With the help of his 8X acceleration, he sped through the entire playground and swiped his paws against all those furry b.u.t.ts.
When time resumed, screams of admiration erupted amongst them.
Fish Ball stared in disbelief as he looked towards Matcha, "Who touched my b.u.t.t … It"s impossible. How can he predict what I"m about to say!"
"It"s simple. My eyes can see into the future while my hands mold reality!" Matcha claimed as he burst into laughter. He then fixed his eyes on Fish Ball and predicted, "Next, all of you will let out a shrilling scream."
When time resumed once more, Fish Ball"s arm slammed across his own belly as he let out a deafening scream, "How did you manage to predict this?"
Everyone felt the pit of their stomach fell as they witnessed this unbelievable feat. Only Dust Ball lay in her original position, basking in the sunlight. She even shot Matcha with a condescending glare.
Naturally, Matcha was glad to receive the cheers of affirmation amongst the crowd. Definitely, there were those who were skeptical. However, Matcha would convince these detractors with another bout of timefreeze and illusion.
Finally, no cat dared to stand up against Matcha. After all, they couldn"t even wrap their heads around how his power worked. With the mission completed, Matcha earned for himself 500 experience points as a contented smile spread across his face.
Soon, admin time was about to come to an end. As promised, Matcha followed behind the wardens with a spring in his steps.
Zhao Yao then ran his fingers through Dust Ball"s fur and asked, "You accepted a mission to sell catmint?"
Immediately, Dust Ball nodded her head violently and explained with excitement racing through her, "Yes! All it needs me to do is to sell catmint! The more catmint sold, the more experience points earned!"
Zhao Yao gave a contented nod of his head and replied, "That"s good. Report straight to me if anything crops up."
After settling their collars, it was time for Zhao Yao to return to his own cell.
With the use of his invisibility powers, Zhao Yao managed to return to his cell undetected. However, he couldn"t help but roll his eyes when he noticed the cellmates who he had knocked unconscious.h
His eyes swept from left to right and saw the American William, Black Panther of Chuan Xiao, the ex Fuerdai Xiao Ming and finally Nessie.
"What kind of lousy combination is this? I bet Inspector Ho arranged this on purpose!"