Chapter 34: A Man, a Cat, and a Ghost
Three watches in the middle of the night.
Xiaoxiao sat on a small bed, her back against the cold wall, still holding the black cat in her arms, and humming a Japanese folk tune softly.
There was no light in the room, there was no moon in the sky outside the window, everything in the room was hidden in the darkness, only the vertical eyes of the black cat hung in the air like two small lanterns.
The occupant next door had just returned to his room, because the top of the partition in the room was connected, and all the movement came without hindrance. Xiaoxiao closed his eyes slightly, silently listening to the next door holding water to wash his face, undressing carefully, and then sitting on the shabby cot creaked, and a suppressed sigh would be heard from time to time during the whole process.
Listening to the voice should be a middle-aged man. Obviously, the little money he had swindled from his relatives was back to the dealer of a small casino.
Xiaoxiao scratched the black cat's neck happily, while thinking about what way to make a leader in a certain industry become the person he is now in just one year.
The whole thing is definitely not as simple as raising ghosts and eating people.
The man next door may have been fighting in the casino for too long, falling asleep in bed, and the rhythmic snoring caused by exhaustion is especially prominent throughout the floor.
It was like a symphony being played when a murmur suddenly mixed in, and a muffled grunt sounded in the snoring gap next door.
It's really coming. Said with a smile.
With his right hand, he lifted the back of the black cat's neck and threw it directly at the partition next door.
The black cat didn't bark, it turned deftly in the air, its front paw nails clasped the plank, and with a single effort, it went straight through the gap above the partition.
Only then did Shi Shiran get up, and by the way, he tidied up his skirt and walked silently to the next room.
The entire room on the second floor is laid out in the same way, and the furnishings are so simple that you can see what is going on in the room at a glance.
A slightly chubby middle-aged man was lying on his side on the bed, with no luggage in sight on the side of the bed, except for a shriveled wallet and an unknown Rolex watch on the bedside table.
The man seemed to be still asleep, but his right hand was bent awkwardly behind his back in a reverse scissor position, and there was a deep tooth mark in the crook of his elbow, and red blood kept pouring out of the wound, and then ticking, ticking, and dripping to the ground.
Drinking blood was a little imp with a big head and a small body, a blue face and black eyes, who was confronting the black cat in the middle of the room at this time, and from time to time he would stretch out a palm-long tongue, rolling from his cheek to his chin, as if licking the blood from his mouth clean.
The black cat opened its mouth, revealing its sharp fangs, and let out a low whine in its throat, while hunching its body, its short hair erected, its tail erected and the tip of its tail vibrated vigorously, and the tip of the tail vaguely looked like it was about to split into two strands.
"Again, don't! You just have to keep watch. Xiaoxiao whispered.
The black cat hesitated for a moment, then lowered its tail, turned around and jumped onto the mouthwash, and squatted and looked down on the room.
The big-headed blue-faced imp also relaxed his guard a little when he saw the black cat break away from the battle group. In its opinion, the threat of the short-haired black cat is far greater than that of the beautiful Lori at the door.
I saw its thin and short forelimbs press on the ground, and suddenly pounce on the man on the bed.
At this time, Xiaoxiao had already grabbed a white mang's short blade from the void behind him, leaned down and slashed, and a little blue starlight sprinkled from the blade, intercepting the path of the little ghost's jump.
Who knew that the little ghost flicked his neck halfway, and the huge head actually drove the whole body towards Xiaoxiao's abdomen.
The short blade held in his right hand had been split, and Xiaoxiao could only turn sideways slightly, and at the same time, his left hand formed a palm and slapped it from the ventral side.
Syllable!
The little ghost's head was hit by the palm of his hand, and after falling, he fell on all fours, lying on the ground, his mouth bared like a beast, and dark green saliva flowed from the corners of his mouth.
The speed of the little ghost's collision just now was extremely fast, and although Xiaoxiao slapped it down, it still received a lot of impact, which made her frown, and the light blade in her right hand showed signs of flickering.
She didn't dare to hesitate, knelt down on one knee, and thrust the light blade into the ground.
As the blade sank into the ground, the six already carved marks in the room shimmered at the same time, and a hexagonal pattern that encompassed most of the middle of the room appeared out of thin air.
The imp intuitively sensed danger, and immediately pounced on Xiaoxiao who was kneeling on the ground again, but when his body just touched one edge of the circle pattern, it twitched and fell back into the circle like a lightning strike.
It moved fidgetlessly, ramming repeatedly, trying to escape from the circle, but each time the result was the same.
The black cat's tail on the sink stood up again, but the tip of the tail no longer vibrate, and the yellow eyes stared at the imp who was almost crazy in the array.
Xiaoxiao turned a deaf ear to the movement in the formation, and kept the formation running wholeheartedly, but as the little ghost hit again and again, sweat gradually oozed out of his forehead, and his face became more and more pale.
The little ghost seemed to feel something, and rushed harder, completely ignoring the damage he had suffered.
Even if Xiaoxiao gritted his teeth and insisted, the hexagonal light in the room was getting weaker and weaker.
At the moment when the light completely dissipated, the imp who had been looking for an opportunity immediately jumped up and shot straight towards the window.
With a muffled snort, he pulled out the blade of light that had been inserted into the ground, and slammed it to the right front, cutting off one of the imp's right feet.
The little ghost also knew that this was the last chance to escape, and although his right leg was in severe pain, he still went castrated and swept out of the window.
Xiaoxiao raised his hand to stop the black cat who was about to jump out of the window to chase after him, and sat weakly on the ground gasping for breath.
"If we don't let it go, how can we find out who is behind it? This big-headed imp is just a tool, and it is still people who do evil. ”
"Meow."
"I thought I had recovered somewhat, but I didn't expect my spiritual power to ...... Alas, you're recovering faster, but I'm always worried you're going to eat it......"
"Meow."
"Forget it, we won't do anything about this anymore, let's wait for that kid to do the rest of the part, this is a task for him after all."
"Meow."
"Again, I think he's still a little handsome, what do you think?"
"Meow meow meow!"
"Okay, okay, don't get excited, you have the highest vision."
"Meow."
The man in the bed should have been tricked by the imp, and with so many things happening in the room, he was still snoring rhythmically. Xiaoxiao ignored him after resting, and took the black cat back to his room.
After some tossing just now, it is inevitable that there will be some movement, which still wakes up many passengers.
So, some people got up to go to the toilet, some cursed in a low voice, and some couples simply took advantage of the awakening to quietly come and have a hair.
One man and one cat nestled in bed, listening interestingly.
"Again, let me ask you a question."
"Meow."
"You've been a cat for so long, have you ever called Spring?"