Chapter 96: Du Jia Jia

After working hard for half a day, in an instant we're back to before liberation.

Chen Mu was already fuming with anger early in the morning, his seven orifices smoking; if it weren't not an opponent, he really wanted to settle accounts with that despicable cat.

Okay, the little kitten actually means well; it saw that the two-legged beast couldn't even keep watch over a dead prey, so it could only pick it up again in its mouth.

Kitten cubs catch mouse cubs to feed human toddlers; this is also drunk.

Chen Mu helplessly called everyone awake.

When everyone saw the dead mouse returned to its original spot, they all laughed and cried at once.

The most desperate was Cao Zishan.

Yesterday he already performed beyond his level, risking his life to still show he had energy to spare, just wanting to show a bit in the new team to secure a position.

In fact, the effect was indeed significant.

At least Tang Jing's deep eyes scrutinized him much more often, and the clueless Cao Zishan was still somewhat smug.

In terms of overall Special Ability level, Cao Zishan is probably still not as good as Wei Dalei, but precisely because of his great limiting conditions, his peak strength is stronger, which is reasonable.

If we set aside mental power and control ability, Special Ability has indeed reached a balance on some level.

"Or, I'll go throw it again."

Cao Zishan's words already lacked much confidence; the result of forcibly boosting his ability yesterday was that he was almost completely drained, and even after a night's sleep he hadn't fully recovered.

Fortunately Tang Jing quickly stopped him: "As long as Little Yellow is here, no matter how many times we throw it, it will fetch it back, so there's no need to waste energy."

"What can we do?"

"There is actually a way." Tang Jing said.

"Huh?"

"For example, let Chen Mu make a closed plastic box to put the dead mouse in; at the very least, putting a smooth plastic sheet underneath would make dragging it much easier."

"That makes sense..."

"But these are only treating the symptoms, not the root; even if we settle this one, the cat will still find something else to bring over, and if we keep playing this game with it, we probably won't be able to hold out."

"Could it be that we have to kill Little Yellow?"

"Please don't..."

Zhao Xiao Yan and Du Jia Jia objected in extremely weak voices; it was clear they were both reluctant and helpless.

These two girls like cats the most; every time Little Yellow comes, they mutually accompany each other to the lookout tower to secretly observe, watching the cat frolic and roll below, and they giggle foolishly up there.

"Don't even talk about killing the cat; just not being played to death by it would be fine." Tang Jing smiled.

Du Jia Jia stuck out her tongue: "Little Yellow is just too small; once it grows a bit bigger, it probably won't come anymore."

Zhao Xiao Yan giggled: "It gets along best with Du Jia Jia; whenever the two of us go to the lookout tower together, Little Yellow will lie on the door, raise its body, constantly trying to jump up, as if it can see us, but when I'm alone, it ignores me."

Zhao Xiao Yan's words seemed to carry a bit of jealousy; even though she gave Little Yellow its name, the cat apparently prefers Du Jia Jia.

Tang Jing and Chen Mu simultaneously turned their gazes to Du Jia Jia, then exchanged a glance.

"Du Jia Jia, did you used to feed stray cats?"

"I have."

"Have you fed this one?" Chen Mu asked again.

"How would I know? All kittens look about the same." Du Jia Jia giggled.

"How many cats have you fed?"

"Every one."

"Every one?!" Everyone was shocked.

Du Jia Jia bashfully said: "You know I like snacks, I always have something to eat on me; when I see cats at school, I usually give them a bit..."

Chen Mu suddenly recalled the last time he passed Du Jia Jia's seat, he saw her secretly eating chips, and then she also gave him a piece.

So.

Has this become a habit of feeding?

A girl who is greedy, likes cats, and is quite generous could indeed have fed all the stray cats on campus.

"Could it be that you used to feed this little cat, and it recognized your scent, so it comes every day to play with you?"

"I doubt it..." Du Jia Jia hesitated: "Can such a small cat remember me?"

"Otherwise, let's try?" Tang Jing suddenly said.

"How to try?"

Just as they were speaking, a familiar sound came from the doorway again.

"Just in time."

Tang Jing said: "We all go to the side of the door crack, then everyone moves around randomly to test Little Yellow's reaction."

That's actually simple.

The crowd mightily walked to the door side; following Tang Jing's instructions, each person walked back and forth by the door, but each went their own way, not interfering with each other.

The result came out quickly.

Although the crowd was chaotic, the cat's shadow outside always precisely captured Du Jia Jia's position, constantly following her as she walked back and forth.

The truth came to light.

Du Jia Jia was indeed the culprit.

"So, that dead mouse was sent to me?" Du Jia Jia bent down, seeing from under the door crack the outside mouse that was already almost rotting, feeling moved but afraid to move.

"Definitely, you'd better go pick it up quickly." Zhao Xiao Yan giggled.

Chen Mu sighed: "Even knowing this, it seems useless."

Indeed.

Even knowing the cat is coming for Du Jia Jia, there's no way to solve the present dilemma; we can't just drive Du Jia Jia away so she and the cat can fly off together...

Tang Jing fell silent for a moment, then shook her head and said, "Given our current body size, the scent we emit—could it really be smelled by a cat from that far away?"

"Huh...?"

"Besides, Du Jia Jia has fed so many cats—why would just this one come looking for her? Logically, without human intervention, the stray cats on campus should be freer, right?"

"That seems to be the reasoning."

"So, what's the reason, then?"

Everyone realized that, after going around in circles, they seemed to have ended back at the starting point.

Tang Jing glanced at Chen Mu, seeing he had no intention to speak, she herself said, "Could it be that this is Du Jia Jia's Special Ability?"

"Special Ability?"

Du Jia Jia was the first to jump up.

The one who said that was Tang Jing, so it should be highly credible, right?

I finally am going to become a woman with Special Ability?!

Du Jia Jia has been nearly driven mad lately, as everyone around her awakens one by one, and even the four newcomers who arrived already possess Special Ability—her anxiety can be imagined.

At first, she didn't even think much of Chen Mu's and Dong Junwei's abilities, imagining that if she awakened, she had to be impressive—like shooting big fireballs from both hands.

But later, she thought Chen Mu's ability was also pretty good, and figured that if worse came to worst, she could accept something like his.

After that, she felt Zhao Xiao Yan's and Sun Yuan's abilities were sufficient.

In the end, even looking at Zhu Hao made her feel envious.

And now, her thought is simple:

No matter what it is.

Just give me a Special Ability, that's all.