Chapter 43 Chapter Forty-Two

Chocolate kept running. It was the first time it had run for such a long time since it was born. From the time I went out early in the morning until now when the sun is in the sky, it has been running non-stop.It suffered a lot along the way, and almost fell to the ground many times, but it was still running, running. The ice cream running ahead has long since disappeared. But Chocolate didn't panic, it sniffed the surrounding ground carefully, it was the smell that had been with it since the day it was born, even if there was only a trace left, it could find it immediately. It's over there!

Well done, so to speak.Although the ears are deaf, the sense of smell is sharper than before, perhaps because it does not need to be distracted to distinguish sounds, but can concentrate all its energy on the nose. Chocolate followed the scent left on the concrete floor, looking for the ice cream. Early this morning, before the sun had fully risen, chocolate entered the courtyard through the window.The cold air stimulated the beard, and it paced aimlessly in the courtyard. Without warning, it had the urge to challenge to go out again.There is no particular reason, it just wants to go out for a walk.

Of course, as long as it stays in the courtyard, it doesn't need to worry about being in danger. There is an old lady by its side and a home that shelters it from wind and rain. But Chocolate is already a little restless, it has been in this courtyard for too long, and besides, it has a temper that can't sit still. Go out and have a look. After a brief hesitation, Chocolate made up his mind. It walked out of the small courtyard through the hole in the fence just like before the accident happened. The silent world outside the house still made it fearful, but it mustered up the courage and took a step forward.

No problem, definitely no problem... Chocolate tried her best to encourage herself, while moving forward cautiously and slowly.After all, it didn't have the courage to sway in the middle of the road. Instead, it pressed one side of its body against the wall and concentrated its whole body perception to the other side.The alley that used to take only a few seconds to pass, today it took dozens of times to barely pass. When the chocolate finally came out of the narrow alley and into the wide avenue of traffic, it saw the ice cream.Its elder brother turned his back to the direction of the rising sun and trotted away quickly.

Chocolate yelled without thinking. It even forgot to use the language of the new breed of cats, but meowed like the old breed of cats as it did a long time ago. But Ice Cream didn't notice its call, and continued to trot all the way away. Chocolate made up his mind to catch up with the ice cream, and it ran away.Chocolate is very clear that it is undoubtedly a desperate move if it cannot capture the sound, but it has a faint premonition that if it gives up at this moment, it may never see ice cream again. Several times, it was almost caught in the speeding wheels; several times, it was kicked squarely by passing humans.But it didn't stop for a moment, just focused on chasing the ice cream going away.It thought it would be able to catch up soon, but the ice cream went straight across the usual activity area and quickly left it far behind.Maybe the ice cream has gone this way before, it is not confused at all (the smell left on the ground has no sign of turning back or wandering), but just going forward, the chocolate is also chasing after the smell of the ice cream.

When the sun rose above the head, Chocolate had already come to a completely unfamiliar neighborhood, and there were many tall buildings everywhere. The figure of the ice cream has long since disappeared into the distance, and the chocolate has been tracked all the way here by the breath left on the ground.But there are too many cars and pedestrians nearby, and the smell of ice cream has been completely submerged.If you can't catch up with the ice cream, Chocolate can only get lost in the strange streets, and maybe you will never be able to return to the old lady. But Chocolate didn't have the heart to think about other things at all. Compared with worrying about his own future, seeing the ice cream as soon as possible is the top priority, it has this feeling.

If you ask why, it can't tell the reason.Perhaps it was animal instinct, or a brotherly connection that urged it so. Seriously, there are so many creatures like humans.This place is the same as the "station" where it got the biscuits back then. As far as it can see, there are human legs, legs, legs... I really don't know how many human beings there are in this world. Chocolate desperately shuttled between the endless legs, searching for the smell of ice cream.Many humans also noticed its existence and carefully avoided it, but Chocolate was kicked three times on the nose, twice on the side, and four times on the buttocks.Especially when the nose was kicked for the second time, the severe pain caused its sense of smell to plummet, so it had to hide under a nearby car and wait for the nose to recover slowly.

Even after trying so hard, it still couldn't find the ice cream.The clue left by the elder brother has been buried by thousands of scents, no matter how hard it searches, there is no clue. Can it only end here... Just when Chocolate had to choose to give up, it saw a figure it never expected——Louis. Louie appeared across Broad Street, moving freely between human legs.When the figure came into view, Chocolate almost screamed out. Chocolate hurriedly hid in the shadow of the guardrail.Ice Cream had talked about it, and Louis had always complained about it. Louis walks lightly, walking among the crowd with ease.Chocolate is no longer obsessed with the smell of ice cream, but chooses to follow Louis secretly.

Chocolate is convinced that the reason why Louis appeared here from a thousand miles away must have something to do with ice cream, otherwise there would not be two new cats appearing in such a distant block at the same time.Chocolate kept a long enough distance to follow Louis cautiously. Finally, Louis stopped beside a road, but circled in circles without meaning.Humans don't know the existence of the new breed of cats. In their eyes, Louis is just doing nothing to pass the time, but Chocolate can be sure, who is Louis talking to.Of course, in the way of a new breed of cat. Although Chocolate had lost his hearing, the depths of his eardrums trembled slightly, so he could make such an assertion.

The only new cats on the block are Louie, Ice Cream, and himself.But Louis probably didn't notice the existence of chocolate, so the object of his conversation must be ice cream.If so, it means that ice cream is also nearby.Chocolate hides in the shadows, capturing Louis' every move. Just as Chocolate was carefully observing the surrounding environment, the figure of Ice Cream suddenly broke into the field of vision. It's incredible, Ice Cream seems to be used to everything here, it walks openly in the neighborhood that should be unfamiliar, and stops from time to time to raise its legs and scratch its neck, as if it had grown here.

During this time, they continued to talk in the new cat way.Chocolate didn't know what they were talking about, but he could guess that Louie and Ice Cream had a lively conversation.It pricked up its ears and listened intently, but it was still in vain. Ice cream turned its back to chocolate and began to slowly advance along the trail.Chocolate wanted to rush forward immediately, but Louis was still on the sidelines, so he had to suppress the impulse in his heart.Chocolat looked at the back of the ice cream silently, thinking about the next move. A car is coming from a distance on the road beside the trail.It was a small white car, and the driver was a young male human.At first glance, there was nothing special about the car. The car passed Chocolate's hiding place steadily, and it didn't pay extra attention, but Ice Cream was different. When the car was about to pass by Ice Cream, it suddenly turned around and pointed in the direction of the car. Its expression is calm and unwavering. Without the slightest panic, without the slightest timidity, just like staring at the flying insects in the room, this is Chocolate's all-too-familiar face.With such an expression, Xue Gao rushed onto the road without any hesitation. No way, how is it possible. as it fears. Its little head has foreseen everything that will happen in the next few seconds.Instinct against the will, eyes wide open can not look away, never want to see a panoramic view of everything.It sees it, it sees it all. The car passed the brother's body at an alarming speed.In an instant, red mist sprayed out from the body of the ice cream, and the small body was rolled up by the rolling wheels. ice cream! Chocolate yelled his brother's name and rushed straight away, it couldn't care about anything anymore. The excessive blow made it unable to move freely, and it fell countless times within a distance of several meters. Even if it managed to stand up, its limbs could not coordinate, and it quickly fell back to the ground.But even if it kept falling, and its face hit the ground again and again, it didn't feel the slightest pain. The car that had rolled the ice cream was parked not far away, but the human in the car didn't get out of the car, he just sat in the driver's seat in a daze.Choco took a closer look and found that he had seen the man before, and he was the man who lived next to His Majesty's forest. In the end, the car drove away.Chocolate tried her best to stop the trembling of her limbs, and desperately moved towards the ice cream lying on the road. The ice cream is to die for. It was run over in the middle, the fur around its belly was ragged, and its bloody internal organs were scattered all over the floor.Its mouth was open, and blood gushed from the depths of its throat.The eye facing the sky has been closed, but the one looking at the ground is still wide open, as if admiring the pattern he painted with blood with great interest. ice cream! Chocolat finally came to Ice Cream's side, it used its body to nudge his brother's corpse, staining the other's blood indifferently.Is ice cream asleep?Then wake it up. The ice cream didn't move at all.Chocolate increased her strength, and finally turned its upper body over, but its lower body remained close to the ground——Ice Cream's body had been split in two. Chocolate's mind went blank.This is not milky white as warm and moist as milk, but scorching hot and glaring pale like the scorching sun at noon.The heart gradually melted and deformed in the blazing heat. ice cream!ice cream!Don't do this, don't do this! Chocolate let out a hoarse wail from the depths of his throat. After becoming a new breed of cat, it has never experienced such a stormy pathos. If he was still the old species, how would he feel about his brother's tragic death?Surely it won't feel like it's going to die with it like it is now.Only after becoming a new species can one understand such heart-wrenching sadness. In Chocolate's mind, the figure of ice cream rushing towards the car was replayed over and over again.Why?What exactly is it doing this for?Why are you willing to give up your own life?why…… At this time, Choco felt a scorching sight, it turned its head, and in the shadow of the building across the road, a cat was watching them. It's Louis.Louis was staring at himself, and the ice cream that died tragically. It's you. Chocolate asked in the way of a new breed of cat. It's you, you let the ice cream do this, right? Louis said nothing.Although chocolate is deaf, it can concentrate on feeling the vibrations in its ears, and then judge whether the other party is speaking.It knew that Louis did not answer his question.Louis didn't say a word, just watched in silence. I know!You made it do this! While yelling, Chocolate realized that there was something wrong with what he said. Ice cream is voluntary.There was no hesitation or timidity in its expression, and it sent itself before the wheels as if it were a matter of course. The ice cream has come to its senses, and it has chosen its own path with its own will. Even so, Chocolate knew that this was Louis' idea.It doesn't know the deep meaning, but it is clear that it was Louis who planned the death of ice cream. Louis stared at Choco without saying a word, and Choco returned his straight gaze.Across the wide road, the two cats looked at each other in silence for a long time. Finally, Louie looked away, and it turned and disappeared into the shadow of the building. Chocolate looked at the ice cream again, and began to carefully lick its blood-stained face. A long time has passed. Chocolate has been guarding Ice Cream's side every step of the way. Fortunately, there is very little traffic on this road, and there are almost no cars coming and going.The body of Xue Ge was lying on the left side of the road, and all passing vehicles deftly avoided the blood red, because the drivers all noticed that a kitten was sitting in front of the body, as if guarding its dead companion. After a while, a white van came towards them.The car stopped slowly, and a man in dark green work clothes got off. The man wears glasses and carries a large shovel and a plastic bag in his hand.Chocolate dodged between the ice cream's body and the man, lowered his body and threatened, no one would touch ice cream. The behavior of the chocolate surprised the man, and he looked at it and the ice cream curiously. "It's nerve-wracking, I've been in this business for a long time, and this is the first time I see you off...Little guy, could it be that you are his brother?" Chocolate couldn't hear what the human in front of him said, but the vibration in his ears was very similar to that of the old woman. The tone of the man's speech must be very gentle. "I know you are very sad, but you can't let your brother sleep here all the time, can I help him deal with the aftermath?" The man is an employee of the road management company, and one of his jobs is to clean up the dead cats and dogs on the road.The contractors of the national highway and the city streets are different, and the man was entrusted by the district government to come here to deal with the aftermath. The young man picked up the tool, intending to scoop up the body of the ice cream stuck to the ground, but Chocolate rushed over and hugged the shovel tightly. "I said... If you leave it alone, it will be run over by other cars. Wouldn't it be more pitiful? Good boy, let me handle it." The young man squatted down and gently stroked Chocolate's head. "By the way, just wait a moment." The man reached out and took off the blue bell on the ice cream collar, and hung it around Chocolate's neck, next to its red bell. "Collect it, your brother's relic." The two bells collided lightly and made a crisp sound, but Chocolate couldn't hear the notes of the two becoming one.