The Last Cat in the Universe
Chapter 26
In fact, the few people who tried to catch the cat were wrongly accused.
They were researchers after all, so naturally, they had a serious attitude.
They had read up on the information and found that more than half of the cats would react to the smell of catmint.
Catmint was the cat's numbing drug. Different cats would have different reactions after inhaling it. Cats that had a reaction would fall into a period of confusion after the short hallucinogenic period. This was commonly known as the "post-mortem period".
There was also another group of cats that had already lost their minds during the hallucinogenic period. They would just lie there in a daze with a confused look on their faces.
Therefore, when they found out that Yue An had a reaction to catmint, they thought that the cat was in the bag!
Who knew that Yue An would not enter the final stage after getting high!
The euphoric period lasted for a long time!
They had waited outside and did not go in. After all, the cat inside was able to fight with an SS-level Gene Body and win!
No one was stupid. Who would want to fight with such a strong combat power?
However, when they did not go in, Yue An became impatient and jumped out!
The result was just as Ji Xiuyun had seen. The people who came to catch the cat were defeated in a flash. They did not even have a chance to struggle before they were kicked into the room by Yue An. Those who should be knocked unconscious were knocked unconscious, and those who should be torn to shreds were torn to shreds.
In order to report that they were safe, Yue An even tore all the operating equipment into pieces before he could successfully send out a message.
These people's combat power was too weak.
They could not show how awesome this cat was at all.
Yue An looked at the mess on the floor and shook its ears. It hugged the test tube that had evaporated until only a thin layer of light green liquid was left. It buried its little nose into the mouth of the test tube and took a deep breath. It was so happy that it rolled around on the floor.
It had been a long time since it last inhaled!
Yue An kicked the test tube to the side. It got up, shook its head, and shook its fur.
As Yue An's attack speed was beyond common sense, he did not give the humans and Mechs a chance to retaliate, and ended the battle cleanly.
There were no human waiters in the restaurant, and the service robots in the restaurant would not come without orders.
At this moment, it was as if nothing had happened. Everything was normal.
The white furball squatted on the spot in a daze for a while. He looked at Ji Xiuyun, who was rushing over with a large group of people after swiftly giving out orders through the communicator. After thinking for a while, he simply jumped back to the dining table and turned on the live broadcast again.
Eating was the most important thing in the world.
It was shameful to waste food.
Yue An glanced at the mess in the room and started another livestream without a care in the world.
The dishes on the table were piled high. Yue An meowed twice when it saw the camera flying out of the optical computer. Then, it lowered its head and began to eat without any psychological burden.
The onlookers in the live broadcast room were so shocked that the melons in their hands exploded.
How did the clean and tidy restaurant become a garbage dump in less than 10 minutes?
[What happened in the 10 minutes that we didn't know about?]
[Is Yue An communicating with the Marshal?
I think I saw the Marshal's holographic projection when the camera swept past.]
[Wait, didn't the camera sweep past a leg???]
[????]
[I think I saw a corpse … Is it a corpse?]
[You didn't see wrongly. I saw it too. There was more than one corpse.]
Yue An looked up from his plate and glanced at the comments. Then, he glanced at the four unconscious humans lying on the floor in the room.
The furball squatted on the table and yawned lazily. It licked the soup stains on its mouth and lowered its head to continue eating.
Yue An's calm demeanor didn't make his comment section quiet down. The audience was all dumbfounded and shocked as the camera shifted.
The camera's AI system adjusted its angle and direction according to the subject's movements, lighting, and other factors.
Not long after, the onlookers squatting and watching Yue An's live broadcast had seen the entire room.
[If I'm not blind, the lump on the table leg should be the forelimb of the latest D41 combat robot. It has extremely low AI and is specially designed to carry out suicide missions.]
[I took a closer look. It's a D41. There should be three of them in total. However, the weapons on the forelimbs have been modified.]
[What the f * ck?
Combat robots?
The kind of suicide mission?
Are they making hammers??]
[Not only that, the person on the left of the room is holding a cutting-edge signal blocker that our department once worked on. We were only responsible for the design of the outer shell. Because it was requested by the higher-ups, the department spent a long time researching the materials and malleability. That's why it left a deep impression on me.]
[So the live broadcast was suddenly cut off because of this signal blocker?]
[It's all scratched up …]
[The D41's forelimbs have been modified to capture small planet creatures. It's slightly different from the ordinary hunting traps used by civilians. However, I can still roughly tell.]
[Trap???]
[Someone actually dares to steal a cat??
Where's the person who said he wanted to steal a cat??]
[I'm not, I'm not! Don't talk nonsense!
I didn't even leave the house!
Xiao Yu'an is so strong and he even brought along a Marshal!
Do I want to die and steal a cat???]
[It turns out that someone really did steal a cat. Who did it?!]
[Let's take a closer look … The only ones who can use a D41 are either the government or the military. There are also some places that need to be heavily guarded.]
Yue An's ears twitched. He could vaguely hear a commotion coming from outside the restaurant.
He looked up at Ji Xiuyun, who had a gloomy expression on his face. Behind Ji Xiuyun sat the Research Minister, whose face was pale with fright. Beside the Research Minister sat the Army Commander.
This person was directly dragged over from the court by Ji Xiuyun. After all, he saw the Research Minister's logo on the device. As the Research Minister, he couldn't escape responsibility.
Yue An licked his paws and meowed at Mr. Marshal.
Ji Xiuyun was sitting in the car. When he heard Yue An's voice, he turned his head.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Meow." Yue An stretched out a paw and pointed at the door.
Mr. Marshal paused and asked, "Someone's here?"
"Meow." Little Furball responded.
Ji Xiuyun glanced at Yue An, who was broadcasting live. He suddenly realized that Yue An was also an existence that could attract a large number of media outlets.
This little furball, who traveled through time from the lost ancient Earth, was currently eating in a restaurant on the outskirts of the Imperial Planet.
Only half an hour had passed since the live broadcast started. Considering the location of the restaurant and the transportation problems in the Imperial Capital, half an hour was enough for the media reporters to set off from the headquarters and arrive at the restaurant.
At this moment, they just happened to run into a big piece of news.
"Don't let them destroy the scene. Wait for me to arrive."
Mr. Marshal glanced at Yue An. The camera next to him was facing him. With a straight face, he said coldly, "If the media doesn't listen and tries to break in, tell them to lie down obediently like the people in the room."
Yue An wagged his tail and puffed out his chest. "Meow!"
[It's over, it's over, it's over. I can already predict what the media will say about Marshal tomorrow.]
[Military Publicity Department: Please stop talking, Marshal Ji.]
[Military Publicity Department frowns. This matter isn't as simple as it seems!]
[Don't worry about the Military Publicity Department. Can anyone find out who the fat man sitting behind Marshal is?]
[Don't you care about current affairs?
That fat man is the Research Minister who went to court with Marshal Ji.]
[F * ck!
Yes!
The Research Minister!
I finally remember!!]
[???]
[The logo on the catcher belongs to the Research Minister!
Because it's incomplete, I thought it looked familiar. I couldn't remember where it came from. Now that you mention the Research Minister, I remember.]
[… What?
The Research Minister?]
[F * ck, I don't believe it. I'm still working hard to get into the Research Minister's biological research program. I'll be able to apply in another year!
Those who haven't studied should know, right?
It's already written in the law that innocent intelligent life forms are not allowed to be experimented on. How can the Research Minister of the Empire not know about it???]
[Calm down. Under no circumstances can you kill an entire group of people.]
[Let's not talk about that first. What's the Research Minister's motive?]
[Motive?
Don't you know how high the research value of ancient Earth creatures is?]
[… This motive is very sufficient.]
After Yue An finished eating, he turned to look at Mu Qu, who had no more dishes. He then looked at the door.
He heard the commotion at the door getting louder and louder. It seemed that the restaurant owner had stood up and was blocking the media from entering the restaurant.
Yue An raised his head and looked at Ji Xiuyun, who was getting out of the car.
This time, Mr. Marshal had brought a large group of people with him. There were people who maintained the scene, collected evidence, and dealt with the media.
The media, which had been making a ruckus earlier, fell silent the moment Ji Xiuyun got out of the car.
The crowd parted for them like Moses parting the sea. The entire restaurant was so quiet that only the sound of people taking photos could be heard.
Mr. Marshal looked really angry today. He was murderous. He grabbed the Research Minister by the collar and dragged him out of the car. He strode all the way into the restaurant, not giving the other party any face in front of the media at all.
The media, who had squeezed into the restaurant, were driven out by Ji Xiuyun's people. They could only watch as Ji Xiuyun dragged the Research Minister and led his people to Yue An's private room.
The white furball shook its fur and hung up the call. It also turned off the live broadcast. It jumped off the table and stepped over the people's faces with its short legs. It walked to the door and opened it.
Ji Xiuyun threw the Research Minister into the room. He ignored the Research Minister's cries of pain as he fell into the wreckage of the machines. He bent down and picked up Yue An.
Previously, all his attention had been on Yue An. Ji Xiuyun did not carefully observe the people lying on the floor with their faces and bodies covered by the machines.
He carefully looked at the four people lying in the room one by one, and his body suddenly tensed up.
The Marshal stroked the furball in his arms stiffly and mechanically. He used so much force that Yue An could not lift his head.
The furball seemed to sense something. He turned over and hugged the big hand that was stroking him. He patted it gently with his paws as a form of comfort.
The Marshal's hand paused for a moment. He gently squeezed Yue An's little paws. When he raised his head to look at the Research Minister again, his expression was cold and hard.
"You should be familiar with these people, right?"
As he spoke, he lifted his leg and kicked the head of the middle-aged man closest to him.
"What a coincidence. I'm very familiar with them too."
How could he not be familiar with them?
During those two dark months, two of the six researchers who often appeared in front of Ji Xiuyun were in this room. Now, they were lying on the floor.
The remaining three people, including the Research Minister, were the ones who injected him with the sleeping agent in the military's medical examination room. They were the ones who brought him to the laboratory at the bottom of the Research Department.
Enemies were bound to meet on a narrow road. Greed was insatiable.
Now, they were here to capture Yue An!
They were simply courting death!
Ji Xiuyun squeezed Yue An's paws. He looked at the Research Minister, who was panicking and sweating profusely. He wanted to say something, but he stopped when he saw the soldiers around him. He took two steps back and made way for them. He tilted his head to look at the soldiers behind him and signaled for them to take Yue An away.
The Marshal stood there for a long time. He was silent and cold, like a rock.
The soldiers behind him who were waiting to collect evidence looked at each other, not knowing if they should go in at this time.
Yue An looked up at the man who was silently staring at the room. He reached out his paws and tugged at Ji Xiuyun's collar.
The Marshal looked down at him.
The white furry ball clung to his black collar and patted his face gently with its soft paws. It rubbed its furry head against Ji Xiuyun's neck and purred. It was trying to comfort Ji Xiuyun.
The Marshal, who had not been close to his cat for three days, was stunned for a while. He lowered his head and rubbed his chin against Yue An's cat.
"Don't be angry," he said. "Go home?"
Yue An jumped out of the Marshal's arms and went back to the table. He slammed the menu on the table with his paws, making the empty plates on the table clatter.
Go home?
We haven't finished eating yet. Why go home?
I'm not going home!
The Marshal, who had just recovered from the comfort of his cat, was suddenly abandoned. He was stunned for a few seconds. He turned his head and looked at the restaurant owner, who was standing by the side.
The marshal asked in a voice that could freeze a person to death, "Is Yue 'an's meal not served yet?"
"Huh …?"
The owner of the restaurant was a middle-aged man. Now that he was questioned, he was shocked by Ji Xiuyun before he could even react. Then, he hurriedly checked and answered, "There are, there are still forty-two dishes that haven't been served …"
"…"
Although the Marshal had guessed this, he was still a little upset.
But what could he do?
He could choose to forgive him!
Ji Xiuyun was a little angry.
He held his breath and said to the restaurant owner, "Continue serving."
He walked around the large mechanical wreckage and walked to the side of the dining table. Then, he nodded at the few soldiers who were collecting evidence outside.
Yue An allowed Mr. Marshal, who was in a bad mood, to pinch her paw and stroke her fur. Her blue cat eyes stared unblinkingly at the soldiers who were collecting evidence. Her gaze followed the test tubes that they carefully kept all the way to the bags where they stored the evidence.
Catmint!
It felt so good to inhale it.
I wonder if the Scientific Research Department still has any.
Yue An looked at the bag of test tubes and could not help but raise its tail. It hooked onto the Marshal's wrist and had a bold idea.