Chapter 21 The Cat Who Speaks Human Words and the Man Who Can Speak Cat Words
None of the people present could understand cat language.
I saw the black cat with a collapsed look as if he had seen something incredible, and kept "meowing" and pacing back and forth.
"Impossible, impossible, she is obviously just a character in a game, how can she appear in front of me! Could it be that I wore it into the game? Wrong...... Wrong! There's no such thing in the game—that's what she said. ”
As everyone was puzzled by the black cat's reaction, a voice interjected.
Yuki slept and didn't come over, and there were only three people and one cat in the room at this time, but there was a fifth voice!
Following the source of the sound, Ah Xuan looked at the balcony - there were two doors in the room, one leading to the living room and the other to the balcony with a glass sliding door.
At this time, under the reflection of the room lights, Ah Xu saw a cat squatting on the balcony outside the glass sliding door, a three-color cat.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, the tricolor cat opened its mouth and made a human voice: "Excuse me, can I open the door?" ”
There are no cats on the ship's side, and Ayanami doesn't know cats, so she is not surprised that cats can talk, and perhaps after seeing the tricolor cat, she will think that "cats can talk" is a common sense. And this black cat, who couldn't speak, she might have thought it was sick—after all, she could understand human speech.
Ah Xu didn't react to this, he knew that there was a talking cat named shamisen, no doubt the one in front of him, but theoretically the shamisen on this world line should not be able to speak.
Kotomi's eyes widened - even though she had crossed over, the cat's ability to talk was clearly beyond her knowledge.
The black cat's reaction to this was even more exaggerated, when it heard the voice of the tricolor cat, it seemed to be a conditioned reflex, the first moment it was still in chaos, and the next moment it turned into a black shadow and jumped on top of Ah Xu's head. Holding Ah Xu's head tightly, he exuded obvious hostility towards the tricolor cat.
Ayanami walked over, opened the lock, pulled open the sliding door, and let the tricolor cat in.
"Kittens can talk!" Kotomi's worldview has been impacted, and black cats can understand human speech and can be said to be spiritual, and in reality, there are many pets who have lived with humans for a long time who can understand human meanings - although they may not be as able to respond to complex meanings as black cats.
But being able to talk is another aspect!
Perhaps, for ordinary people, a talking cat is just as "impossible" as crossing over, but Kotomi has been nurtured by her parents since she was a child and knows that the world is big and crossing is possible, so "crossing" is common sense for her. However, her parents did not say that cats could talk, so she was surprised to see a talking cat in vain.
"I don't know why you're surprised." The three-color cat walked straight to Ah Xu with elegant cat steps, and then squatted in front of Ah Xu, staring at the black cat above Ah Xu's head.
The tricolor continued: "Perhaps I did make sounds that sounded like human language to you, so on what basis do you think I made sounds with linguistic meaning?" ”
Kotomi was puzzled and said, "But didn't you answer my question accurately?" ”
"Maybe my voice is just right for answering your question." Tricolor cat licking paws.
"If this is true, then the dialogue between humans sometimes doesn't hold up at all."
"That's it. It's just the act of having a conversation, and no one can be sure whether the meaning is conveyed correctly. ”
It's just a cat, but he says something philosophical.
"Well, it's commonly known as empty ears." Ah Xuan uttered a word.
The word "empty" in "empty ear" means "there is no independent existence zài", and "empty ear" can refer to "the meaning of what the ear hears does not exist independently"—that is, there is more than a single way of interpreting the same sound in consciousness, but the consensus is the spirit, which is the core spirit of the content interpretation of the "empty ear" work.
The simplest metaphor is a "drum washing machine" -- what exactly is it talking about "Shinichi Kudo"? Or a type of washing machine? This is a problem.
However, with so much nonsense about the tricolor cat, Ah Xu can be sure of at least one thing, the tricolor cat is a Wenqing cat.
Tricolor Cat: "Meow! Meow! ”
Black Cat: "Meow meow!" ”
Ah Xu: "Speak human words!" ”
The three-color cat said: "She said that she used to be a human, and I used to have such fantasies, after all, I can speak human words." But what's so good about being human? I have to shovel and cook for us, and when we're in a good mood, let humans touch it twice, tickle it, and when we're in a bad mood, just shake them with a paw. So, it's better to be a cat. Why do you want to become human? I can speak human words, you can understand human words, we are the most unique of cats, we are the only companions! Seeing you, I am no longer lonely, and only you and I can understand each other and combine with each other! Let's work together to raise the average IQ of cats and reproduce offspring! ”
Ah Xu heard a low roar from the throat of the black cat above his head, obviously it did not approve of this.
"Is your name shamisen?" Ah Xuan looked at the three-color cat, the three-color cat held his head high, and said elegantly: "The name is just a code name, if this is what you call me, it is okay." ”
"Well, you're a stray cat, you don't have a name, presumably this is the first name you got." Ah Xuan said with a smile.
The tail of the shamisen suddenly stagnated, and then slowly and leisurely swayed: "Wandering the world, making the four seas my home, is my life!" ”
"But you can speak human language, so you should be an outlier among cats, right? Definitely repelled by the stray cat colony. Lonely you, suddenly saw the black cat, which is also a different cat, so it seems that you have found a soulmate! Ah Xuan reasoned.
"In cats, we are common outliers! Shouldn't we be together? Shamisen retorted, but also acquiesced to Ayu's previous speculation that it had been ostracized by the stray cats.
Loneliness, loneliness, and at the same time possessing good intelligence, and being able to speak and understand human language, prompted it to grow into a literate cat.
"Oh, then why don't you find an owner to be the cat? If you speak directly to humans, I think there must be quite a few people who are willing to support you. "Ah Xuan proposed to build yì.
Shamisen looked at Ah Xu with disdain: "Are you fooling me to send me to death?" You think I don't know your human virtues, but I'm a cat who has read a lot of novels! If I really let you know that there are cats that can speak human words, they will definitely be caught and sliced and studied! ”
Ah Xuan smiled and said, "I don't think so." If it were me, I would have made you a breeding cat. If you are researched, you will draw some blood, pluck some hair, and then provide you with delicious food and drink, so that you can continue to breed with whether it is a cat or not. ”
Ah Xu felt that the strength of the black cat holding him above his head had weakened, and the tail of the shamisen was no longer waving, and he was silent for a long time, and he said, "I'd rather die!" ”
"Then why are you talking in front of us?"
"Look at you guys, if I don't come out, do you probably know what she's talking about?" The shamisen looks like she's helped them a lot, and although they look up because of the difference in size, they look down at Ah Xu.
"Have you been watching us since we came? I feel that we can accept the black cat, thinking that we can also accept ourselves, so it seems that we have finally found the organization after a lifetime of loneliness, and we want to join it. However, because of the dignity of his cat, in the name of the interpreter, he chose the most suitable time - but in order to wait for such an opportunity, on the balcony, in the heavy snow, the cold wind is raging, it is really hard for you! ”
The shamisen is silent again, if language is a sword, I'm afraid the shamisen has already pierced the heart by this time.
It muttered: "Don't hit people in the face, scold people without revealing their shortcomings, you are the most annoying one of the humans I have ever seen!" ”
Judging by the shamisen's reaction and the information revealed in the words, it is a real cat even though it can speak human words, and it has the position of a cat and the worldview of a cat.
And Ah Xu's previous speculation about the cats in this world has been overturned, and it doesn't seem that all cats are full of almost human spirituality like black cats.
But this black cat is very special indeed—if the translation of the shamisen is correct, there should be a human soul hidden in the black cat's body!