novelThe Decision
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Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
Zhao Xue scrutinized the ragdoll before her and asked, "Who is that?"
A twinkle of arrogance flashed across Lightning's eyes as he answered, "That is my wife, Elizabeth. She's also one of the leaders of the seven forces. The boss of the café."
A black cat which happened to hear Lightning's preposterous words screamed, "What the f*ck are you saying? Elizabeth is my wife!"
Zhao Xue could only shake her head in utter despair when she witnessed this childish behavior among them. She even shot Lightning a condescending glare.
Suddenly, a beam of golden ray fell on the belly, illuminating the entire place.
A gargantuan dragon head emerged from the center of the belly, leaving Zhao Xue completely dazed.
The dragon head was easily the size of a sedan car. Plates of shiny golden scales adorned the menacing head. It looked exactly like those mystical dragons described in western legends.
Slowly, the dragon stretched open its monstrous mouth as a deafening roar swept across the place. The sound waves were so intense that you could even see the vibration of the molecules with your naked eye as a large gust of wind enveloped the belly.
"Cheese, what the hell have you been doing? You've been gone for the entire day!"
Cheese's eyes were barely open but you could still see the burst vessels in them. His eyes darted away from his PUBG gameplay temporarily as he retorted, "Sage, I'm simply accompanying my sister! I have not seen her for years! Can't I just spend one day accompanying her in her favorite activity?"
"I'll forget about today then." The tri-headed dragon scoffed, "But I'm warning you. Do not miss tomorrow's meeting."
By now, Zhao Xue's entire jaw was already resting against the ground as she stared at this monster in disbelief, "This... this... this..."
Lightning, which stood by her side, nodded his head and clarified, "I know, I know. Don't worry, it's just a tri-headed golden dragon. It's rare but it's normal."
"There's no such creature in this world!" Zhao Xue screamed, "What kind of superpower is this? What kind of monster supercat turned into this?"
Lightning answered, "The supercat behind this is referred to as Cat Sage. He too is one of the leader of the seven forces, the captain behind the defense department." Then, Lightning continued leading Zhao Xue towards the extradimensional gates which was hiding behind the dragon's head.
At this position, they could finally see the humongous dragon in its entirety. One of its head was stuck inside the belly (through the gate) while two others were resting outside, beyond the gate leading into the belly. Zhao Xue was barely able to breathe when this scene registered in her head.
She began mumbling to herself, "Royal cat guards, royal cat police force, cat plantation, cat café, fighting department, defense department..." Images of the muscular Sphynx Cat and the fat King George flashed across her head, finally culminating with the image of that daunting tri-headed dragon. The strength of cat nation had far surpassed what she had previously thought possible.
As the memories of the six departments flooded her mind, Zhao Xue suddenly recalled the last remaining one, "Hey, you told me that there were seven forces in this place. But you only mentioned six of them, what about the seventh?"
Lightning raised his head with a smug smile spread across it, "That will be me."
"You? Didn't you say that you were the Sphynx Cat's master? Doesn't that make you part of the fighting department?"
Lightning tried his best to surpass his laughter as he explained, "How can a mere fighting department accommodate me? To tell you the truth, I'm actually the descendent to the throne, the one true heir to the land of Pallas's cat, the leader of the furless troops. The Pallas's cat empire is the seventh force."
"Pallas's cat empire?" Zhao Xue's voice trembled, "You mean they have already established their very own nation as well?"
Lightning replied smugly, "That is the case. We have established a strong and huge nation on the very grasslands which we grew up in. We have defeated the bobcats, lynx and all remaining cat relatives to establish our position at the very top. As the ruler of this magnificent empire, I guess that makes me a cat above all others. They even erected a 20 meters tall statue for me."
Zhao Xue could hear her heart pounding rapidly against her chest, "I can't imagine an entire army, let alone a nation made up of Pallas's cat. I thought they were just a bunch of emojis."
Lightning noticed Zhao Xue's flabbergasted expression and pounced on the opportunity to reach his paw towards her, "How about it. Would you like to visit my humble abode tonight?"
Zhao Xue instantly took a few steps back with a guarded look on her face, "Thanks but no thanks."
"Hey, hey, what's the hurry?" Lightning tried to delay Zhao Xue by throwing his body in her way. However, his eyes immediately locked on to another female cat in the distance.
Meanwhile, Zhao Xue's mind was completely absorbed in measuring the true strength of this unbelievable nation.
"Supercats have developed such sophisticated skills to develop such a strong organization? And Zhao Yao is part of it?" Zhao Xue recalled her bother that was permanently stationed next to the extradimensional gate and thought, "He might just be an insignificant security guard. However, a guard for such a secretive organization makes him someone, doesn't it? Maybe, it's time for me to stop worrying about his safety."
Finally, Zhao Xue could take a stroll on the island in peace. It was a far cry from the belly with much less noise and fewer cats.
"It's actually quite a beautiful island."
Suddenly, the sound of a human voice echoed in her ears. Instinctively, she chased after it and saw her parents enjoying themselves at this beautiful beach. She was at a complete loss for words for she had no idea what was going on.
"Why are my parents here? Wait, maybe Zhao Yao was the one who brought them here. Oh yes, is that why Zhao Yao appeared at my school this evening? Was he there for me as well?"
Finally, Zhao Xue could breathe a sigh of relief, "In this case, I no longer have to worry about their safety. Thank goodness, it's truly a blessing in disguise. Hmph..." Zhao Xue's eyes started to scrutinize her tiny furry paws and thought, "It's time to find out what exactly happened to my body. However, I should contact them before I dive into this."
The memory of her rectal temperature taking process remained freshly imprinted in her head. Hence, she would never let Zhao Yao learn about her identity for now. Meanwhile, she would investigate her situation on her own. If this failed, she would then resort to informing Zhao Yao and Matcha.
Hence, Zhao Xue returned to the belly and used the computer terminal to make contact with Zhao Yao and Matcha, informing her absence from future training because of her examinations.
Following that, she applied for leave from her school even though she had no idea if they would accept her reason.
...
For the subsequent days, Zhao Yao continued to train his control over Sixth Sense. However, Old Man Zhuang's expression looked worse every time he visited his café.
Even though he was clueless about the specifics but Zhao Yao knew that the South had completely fallen to Talon from the gossips spreading on the forum.
Seeing Old Man Zhuang's hideous frown, Zhao Yao could no longer suppress his urge to ask, "How is it? Has the situation gotten worse than before?"
Old Man Zhuang sighed, "The worst thing is not that we have lost but that we cannot even muster a single fight against them."
It's not that they couldn't defeat them or that they had suffered an embarrassing loss. It was that they had failed to retaliate even once throughout this entire time.
All the apostles planted in the South had not fought a single battle.
There were no confrontations, no rebellions.
No one volunteered to fight against them!
No one came out to declare that they were part of Talon!
Hence, everyone just resumed as per normal, doing what they did every day as if nothing was wrong.
Even though Lin Chen knew that the South had been completely corroded by Talon's forces and that their influence continued to increase exponentially, there was no way to differentiate a friend from a foe.
Old Man Zhuang gritted his teeth and explained, "Talon those b*stards! They don't even give us a chance to fight!"
Another old man sighed, "God of Death's ability is scary, so scary. Originally, I thought we could expose his weaknesses after identifying his abilities. However, it simply led to more disappointment and despair."
Another man added, "We have to come to a decision soon. If this continues, the entire world will fall to them."
The tension in the air was palpable as the elderlies shot each other a concerned gaze.
Zhao Yao was listening to their conversation as worry gnawed at him. Initially, he planned to quicken his Sixth Sense training. Even though he could dispatch Old Cat to brainwash Talon, Zhao Yao did not trust him for such an important mission. After all, there was no room for error. He would rather depend on his own ability against God of Death.
"Instead of solely depending on my training, I can also bank on Elizabeth's next upgrade."
Hence Zhao Yao's eyes darted towards Elizabeth's page on his BOOk. It read Elizabeth: lv7(1500/20000).
"It's time to save everyone."
On this very night, all the supercats and apostles would be reminded of the headless horseman's power.
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