Chapter 8 chapter eight

Because of that respectful tone, I feel that the mouse is much smarter than me.The world seems to be reversed in an instant. We hunt mice.So mice are inferior.Is this really the correct view? Mice are inferior to cats, who decided that? "However, after rethinking, we get a new perspective." The mouse in the center took a step or two closer to me. "Is what we take for granted really a matter of course? Is it really irreversible to accept the role that we have always thought to be destiny? Just like enduring heavy rain and storms, can we just accept the misfortune in front of us? No, that's not the case Yes, it is not impossible, we have awakened. In the past, when faced with huge rocks, we only knew to detour. Because of fear, fear, and not being able to face it squarely, we chose to detour. However, we decided to change the point of view, which means 'should first push Push and see'. Try to push with your hands, the rock may move, at worst it is like a mountain embedded in the ground, not moving at all. In short, push and see first."

"Pushing stones in your mouth is setting a trap to catch me?" "I'm very sorry. However, it is impossible to have a dialogue without adjusting the gap between positions and strength." "That's the hard way." I explained. "As soon as we see you, we can't restrain our impulses. It's not malicious, let alone deliberately hostile, but primitive instinct. You understand?" It's pretty selfish, but I can only confess. "It may sound irresponsible, but we don't know why we want to hunt you. We don't know what to do if you ask to stop."

The mouse standing in the center was silent for a moment. The other mice whispered to their companions, looking at a loss. "Speaking of which, why did you find me?" I was a little puzzled. "There are many cats in the city, why did you trick me here?" I felt very humiliated to be duped and fell into a trap. "Just by chance," replied the mouse. "It's hard to complete the trap. I was thinking about which cat to choose to talk to, and I just saw you." It doesn't matter who happens to be chosen—I'm neither disappointed nor particularly unlucky to hear that answer.

"Do you have representatives?" asked the mouse. "what?" "Who is the representative of the cat clan?" "Never even thought about it." Granted, there are other cats in town.There are young cats and old cats; there are male cats and female cats.Choose a cat as a representative, who would it be?The first thing I thought of was Kurolo.However, are you willing to gather at his place and follow his instructions?It seems impossible. We would get together and talk, and it would be pure peer-to-peer chatting, with no attempt to reach any consensus.In short, it is a few cats whining together, saying what they think of, and not interested in others at all.I explained this to the mouse.

"So the cat is like this?" The mouse was quite surprised. Maybe it wants to say: so you are a mess? "I'm sorry, cats are all like this." "Then, please tell the other cats not to attack us again." "I explained it just now, it's really difficult." I was about to respond, but the mouse spoke first: "Next time it will be rock." I look up.Although darkness covers the night, the trunks and branches polarize into darker shadows.However, what is the situation above?Really put stones?Will it drop at any moment?can not tell.However, it should not be a bluff.The mouse's tone was serious, not joking.Although I don't know if mice understand jokes and humor.

How about a stone attack? Drop a pebble, hit it—it must be more than that. Will it hurt?No.Maybe it's not the level where it's over just by crying out for pain.It is also possible that the moment of pain has turned into a meat sauce. Before I was afraid, I was even more puzzled: Can these rats lift such a big stone? Then, the scene of human beings using ropes to carry the felled trees appeared in my mind.As long as we work together and work diligently, even a difficult project can be successfully completed. "However, I don't think this is a meaningful conversation." I tried my best to pretend to be calm to hide my embarrassment.

"What's the meaning?" "You want me to guarantee that the cat will not attack the mouse again, and you also threaten me with words, and if you don't agree, you will throw stones down." After I finished speaking, I realized that it would be bad if they retorted that "we mice usually suffer worse". "If you don't do this, you won't be able to talk on an equal footing." The mouse continued: "Our usual experience is even more miserable." "Ah, I guessed right." "We'd be disemboweled by cats just by walking around the house."

I look at my front feet.Indeed, I did that too. "The so-called 'meaningless' doesn't mean that. Even if I say here 'I guarantee that cats will not attack mice again', there is no way to ensure that other cats will abide by it. Even if I promise on the spot and let you let me go, it is still possible in the future. Keep hunting you without a care." When the mouse heard this, there was a commotion.They looked around and whispered to each other.In the darkness, small clumps moved hastily. What are they discussing?Observing their interactions, I thought of something.

Did it never occur to the mouse that I was lying?Don't they know that there are breaches of contracts and broken promises in the world? Looking at the reaction of the mice in front of them, I can feel that they are extremely inflexible and clumsy. Soon, the mouse in the center said: "We believe that as long as you are willing to promise, you will keep your word." Next to that mouse, there was a slightly larger mouse with a darker coat color than the other mice, which caught my attention. "Will you keep your word?" If you want to get through the crisis safely, you can't be too ruthless.Having said that, I don't know if I should vouch for it.There aren't many tricks I can think of.

"I promise, I will never attack mice from now on. I can promise this right away." Although I doubt that I can really resist the instructions from Taikoo?But that's all I can say. "However, I don't know if the other cats will agree. After all, I am not them, and they are not here, so we cannot discuss it." "Then what to do?" "See my companions later, I will talk to them and persuade them not to attack you again. If this is the condition, I can promise." The mouse fell silent again.A gust of wind caresses my fur and beard with a sighing touch.The black gold bug flew over my head with a "swoosh".Oh, so terrible.

At this time, a human voice came from nowhere: "What is this net-like thing? There is a cat trapped in it." A soldier pulled the net off my body.It was hard to see in the night, but his face was still painted.Not going to wash it off?Or are they not in the habit of washing their faces? "Is it a net made by children?" the soldier wondered. "Why do you make a net?" "Catch the cat or something." "Why are you catching the cat?" "God knows. What a pity, here, come out." The soldier cut the vine cleanly with a knife. I managed to escape and shaved my hair.Although I am very grateful to the soldiers for their rescue, I also want to show my calmness of "Actually, my situation is not that critical".I don't know if this kind of naysayer mentality is the nature of all cats, or just my personality.I scratched behind my ears with my hind feet and watched the fur flying around my body. The relief of escape did not come immediately. I looked for the trace of the mouse, but I didn't see half a mouse.Probably because they sensed the approach of human beings, they dispersed long ago. The black gold bug is still flying in the air, but I can move freely, so I don't feel so scary. "Thought it would end today," the soldier said to another. "Who taught the sky not to obey people's wishes." I looked up to confirm the person's appearance.I was a little surprised that they talked normally.Since it was the enemy who defeated the country, I thought it was a cold-blooded terrorist group that killed people with weapons, but listening to their conversations, they were no different from the humans in this country. I was even more surprised by the two Iron Nation soldiers standing in the dark chatting in a low voice and occasionally laughing.Will the ruthless soldiers also make jokes? "Did we leave behind the late horse?" said a soldier. "The horse came running suddenly, but there was no one sitting on it." "Maybe. It could be that someone rode here and hid somewhere." "What annoyance, I keep encountering unexpected situations." The Iron Nation soldiers also seemed quite confused when it came to the horse that arrived so late.Could it be that the transparent soldiers rode here? "Continue to patrol." A man said, taking steps. "What should I do if I see people in the city? I might not be able to bear it." "If you don't hold back, all your previous efforts will be in vain." They also worry about various desires such as appetite and sexual desire.Suddenly, I remembered the soldier who couldn't restrain his desire and intended to rape Pipi just now.Although he didn't know if his previous efforts were in vain, he was scolded by the one-eyed captain. Watching the two men with guns leave, I stretched.Extend the front paws first, pull the body back, and then move the center of gravity forward.All joints stretch, as if feeling the blood flow through the body. I can't help but yawn. The first day of the Iron Nation soldiers' occupation is over. Heading northwest of the city, there is a stable for cattle and sheep beside the third round road, and I sleep next to the straw pile.Watching the flock of sheep who knew nothing about the situation in the city snoring leisurely, I thought "You guys are too leisurely".But when it comes to leisurely, our cats are laughing at fifty steps. I worry about whether the dawn will come or not.Will this country that has sunk into darkness be trapped in the darkness forever and become the Kingdom of the Night?I can't help worrying. When I woke up, it was already dawn.Even if the country is defeated, enemy soldiers kill the king, people's mood sinks to the bottom, and they will still visit in the morning. Stretch and yawn.After carefully licking everything from front feet to back feet, crotch, and tail, I left the sheep house and decided to go to the square.Today is sunny. Kicking off the dirt under your feet, and your body bouncing with the rhythm, this is evidence of good condition.The tail also floats lightly. hungry. Gotta eat something - I thought as I walked, passing the princess.The princess is a big-eyed, long-haired, plump cat who should be half a year younger than me.Not long ago, she gave birth to three children, but now they are nowhere to be seen. I called her to stop, and she stopped leisurely and said, "I hardly saw any human beings today." "Yeah, you can't go out." "why?" "Princess, don't you know?" "Don't know what?" "The war is over, and the soldiers of the Iron Nation are here." "The end of the war? Oh, it seemed like there was a war before." I was dumbfounded by the princess's reaction. "But, in fact, human affairs have nothing to do with us." She looked indifferent. "The war is over, will the winning humans come over? The losing side may be unhappy, but the winning side must be very happy. The winning side has the upper hand, so we just ask them for food. Whoever loses wins, and We don't have much to do." It turns out that there is also such a point of view. "By the way, Dom, have you had breakfast yet?" "not yet." "You can go to Xian. Xian has leftovers, enough for us." "Xian probably has no appetite." "How to say?" "Last night, at Pipi's house, he saw that Pipi was violated by soldiers from the Iron Kingdom. He must have felt very depressed." "Pipi was violated by soldiers?" "Eighty percent of it is to vent sexual desire." "Oh, that Pipi is really miserable." The princess said in a flat tone. "However, it's Pipi who is miserable, not Xian. Why doesn't he have an appetite?" "Xian was scared. He was probably worried about whether it would be his turn next, whether soldiers would come to his house, and whether his wife Meili would be violated." "That's it, that's why Xian's face is pale. Hey, Xian usually has a cowardly look, but today is indeed more than usual." I thought to myself, not only is Xian pale, but he must also be quite weak.Walking towards Xian's house, Xian really looked pale and weak. I just leaned into the door, and Xian was shocked, and almost raised the bull knife in my hand. "Xian, it's the usual cat. What's the matter with scaring the cat with a knife? You're suspicious." Mei Li teased. "I understand your feelings, but you are afraid of being like that, and you can't do what you can do. Anyway, life is always going on, so it's better to take it easy." Xian nodded, but seemed hesitant to speak. It is not difficult to guess Xian's mind.He wanted to tell Meili that "the current situation is worse than you imagined", and the sentence "I am worried about your safety" should have reached his throat.I saw Xian swallowed his saliva, swallowed the words, and changed his words: "When it comes to Kupa..." Eating the taro porridge and jerky in the wooden bowl on the floor, I raised my head and licked my mouth. "Koopa?" "Will the people of Iron Nation know about Cooper?" String said. "Why do you suddenly ask like this?" "Actually, last night a soldier from the Iron Nation—the captain threatened me with a weapon and asked me some questions." "Huh? Xian, when was that? Are you in danger?" Mei Li's eyes widened. "A lot of things happened." Xian frowned. "A lot of things?" "They ordered me to tell what I knew about Cooper. But I don't know the details at all." "Koopa was wiped out about ten years ago, right?" Miri's expression darkened. "So, do you remember the situation when Youyang returned?" Xian replied weakly: "Thinking about it now, I feel heartache and fear." "Me too. However, we were so happy to see Youyang return at that time, maybe we didn't understand the situation." "Youyang kept murmuring 'help'." Xian's expression seemed to be chewing and enduring unpleasant memories. "He said 'help' and 'forgive me', is he still trapped in the emotions he was fighting with Cooper?" I recalled the conversation between Naughty Master and Haohao last night.They speculated, did Youyang escape during the fight against Cooper?Could it be that Youyang murmured "help" and "forgive me" repeatedly because of guilt?I find it quite convincing. "Xian, do you remember that Youyang's toes were cut off?" "Really?" Xian Yu resented, "I can't remember." "It's probably too painful for you to forget. Aren't his fingers and arms gouged with holes?" "yes." "That's really scary." "But what about Youyang..." Xian looked towards the door, as if he felt that he could glimpse what happened in the past from there. "Why didn't it become transparent?" Last night, Hao Hao and Naughty Master also had the same doubts.They expect the Transparent Soldiers to show up to save the country, so take it to heart. "Actually, I asked Youyang." Meili said. "Ask Youyang?" "Ask why he hasn't become transparent." Meili sighed. "Youyang is in so much pain, his consciousness is blurred at all, and I can still ask. Now that I think about it, I am really cruel." "Well, you can't help it either. What did Youyang say?" "He said 'glow'." "Glow?" "Didn't Youyang feel a little bit wrong then? His head was in a mess." "really." "Well, so I don't think it's true. But after thinking about it carefully, I found that it's the same as that mentioned in the legend." "The legend?" "Finally the stone glowed, and Cooper let go of the soldier he was holding. Then, the soldier escaped and pushed Cooper down the valley..." "Oh, indeed." Ah, very likely—I also remembered that, according to legend, the transparent Cooper soldiers later picked up a boy who was about to fall into the valley.The saying that transparent soldiers will save the people of the country comes from this description. "I thought of this passage, so I asked Youyang: 'Is the stone glowing?' Only then, Youyang nodded with certainty. I also mentioned this to you." "I'm not impressed." "It's a pity that I told you specially." "I was young at the time, so you can't blame me." "It's obviously not the age of a child, is it?" "yes?" "That's right. Then, Youyang said something strange again." "Then I probably don't remember either." "He said 'Koopa take me back'." "what?" "Isn't he covered in bruises and bruises? We are all surprised that he can return to the city in such a state. However, Youyang said that Cooper brought him back." "Cooper? Isn't Cooper an enemy? How could he bring Youyang back?" "I also find it incredible." "Youyang really lost his mind." Meili seemed to accept Xian's argument, and suddenly shouted: "Ah, I just thought, since the year after Youyang came home, you haven't sent Cooper soldiers out, right?" "Because Captain Compound Eyes didn't come back, Cooper didn't show up anymore." "Afterwards, we will start fighting against the Iron Nation." Mei Li raised her voice slightly.I'm still wondering, but she actually said, "I wondered if the war had anything to do with Cooper?" "The war is related to Cooper? What do you mean?" Xian looked surprised. "What do you mean?" I also wanted to ask.However, Miri ignored me and continued: "Perhaps the Iron Nation will attack after Cooper disappears." "Because Cooper disappeared?" "For example, in the past, even if the Iron Nation wanted to attack our country, they couldn't do it because Cooper was between the borders." "The Iron Nation is afraid of Cooper?" "Well, it may also be a physical barrier." Mei Li smiled slightly. "You mean, Cooper blocked them?" "Maybe it's stuck there with outstretched hands. It's a bit funny to imagine." "In other words, Cooper is actually helping us?" "Probably not. It's just that the war broke out after Cooper stopped appearing. I think the two may be related." "Makes sense." "If that's the case, it's no wonder the Iron Nation's commander asked you about Cooper yesterday. They may also know about Cooper." "It makes sense." Xian replied, and I also agreed. "Ah." Meili raised her voice again, her eyes sparkling with excitement. "Could it be," she seemed to be talking, with endless inspiration. "When you defeated Cooper, did you also use the power of the Iron Nation?" "This..." Xian was quite panicked, "I never thought about it." I didn't even think about it—I nodded too. "I'm puzzled, how to give Cooper a fatal blow?" "It's Captain Compound Eyes..." "It is said that if you find and destroy the roots, you can destroy Cooper. But why has it been impossible to destroy Cooper? Don't you find it strange?" "If you want to say it's strange, it's really strange." "So, maybe it's using the iron country's weapon." That's right, the gun.It also seems to be effective against Cooper. "If the Iron Nation assisted us in defeating Cooper, how could we go to war with the Iron Nation?" Xian was simply puzzled, "After helping us defeat Koopa, did we fall out?" At this time, Xian's son appeared out of nowhere. "Good morning." He rubbed his sleepy eyes and hugged Meili. "I need to pee." Although it is forbidden to go out, you can't defecate at home, so Xian Ying said: "Stand at the door and pee outside." "Um, good." The child replied clearly and innocently, and began to pee. "If you drink piss, it will turn into piss, and if you drink it again, it will turn into piss again, as if it can last forever." He said a meaningless childish language. I watched string son piss.He thought it was funny and came up to me and tried to piss on me, what a silly prank.However, even if it's boring, it's not fun to get wet in the piss. I hurried to the square. I saw the cat companions gathered together, I thought they were talking, but as the distance approached, I couldn't help turning pale. Gallo, the princess, and Gray, who is a few years older than me, are surrounded by a mouse, ready to pounce on it at any moment. Last night I promised "I'll talk other cats out of attacking mice" and that's not a good situation.I took a big step and hurried over. "Ah, Dom." Gallo turned around and greeted leisurely. "I was thinking about you." Here we go again, I can't bear to think. "What are you doing?" "Look, we got the guy. First the princess' kid found him, and ran after him, but couldn't catch him." "So, let's demonstrate how to catch and kill mice." Gray proudly licked his front feet, and rubbed the paws with his tongue.He was covered in gray fur, but also like the sky before sunrise, it was a dull blue. The mouse's small body trembled, its slender tail limply on the ground, as if it had been frightened out of its wits.He raised his upper body slightly and looked up at me.I couldn't see the emotion in those eyes, but I could feel an unbearable excitement in my body. I really want to pounce on it immediately and dig my claws into its fur.Otherwise, I hope it will run away immediately, and I will be able to catch up with all my strength. I struggled to suppress this emotion, this excitement.The me I am today is not the me I was yesterday. "Wait a minute, I actually want to talk to you about the rats." "Dom, what are you talking about about mice?" Gallo seemed to poke me with his voice. I tell what happened last night.I fell into the trap, was threatened with "I'll throw a stone from above and crush you", and was forced to promise not to attack rats in the future. Gallo, Gray and the princess were grooming while listening to my narration.Then they scratched their bodies, making a pile of hairs flying all over the sky. After listening to my words, the princess frowned. "Ki, Dom, why are you lying like that? Rats can't talk." The kittens next to them also tilted their heads and wagged their tails from side to side, as if they were clamoring: "I really love to talk nonsense." "I'm not lying." "Unbelievable." Gray tilted his head leisurely, licking his feet carefully.After a while, he looked up. "Grey, you forgot to close your tongue." "Ah, really?" Gray's tongue retracted into his mouth. "Mice can't talk." Gallo echoed the princess.He spread his hind legs wide, focused on licking the heels of his legs for a while, and then looked at me again. "Gallo, you forgot to close your tongue." "Ah, oh." Gallo withdrew his tongue. "Dom is dreaming, what mouse can talk." The princess's eyes widened as if she was going to swallow me.Being questioned by everyone, I gradually lost my confidence.Helpless, I said to the mouse in front of me: "Hey, can you talk?" "Dom, don't talk nonsense, mice can't talk." "Mice can't talk." "Dom, this joke is not funny." It hurts how people treat me like some crazy cat trying to harass them with silly jokes.Unexpectedly, the mouse continued to speak, saying "I can talk", which frightened the other cats back three feet at the same time.Their eyes are wide open and their tails swell several times. I feel like I've regained my face. "Look, I didn't lie to you." "How come?" The princess opened her eyes wide, yawned and groomed her hair, and asked eloquently, "How can a mouse talk?" "I only found out yesterday." Gallo and Gray looked at each other, obviously flustered. "I'm sorry, I was surrounded by everyone when I was walking on the road." The mouse continued. "I'm at a loss for running away from a few little gentlemen." He looked at the kitten. "Besides, they are very polite." I stretched out my forefoot to the mouse as a gesture of introduction. "I forgot to ask yesterday, when will you speak?" "Hey, Dom, was this the mouse that set the trap for you yesterday?" "I don't know, there were a lot of mice yesterday." "When? When I was born, my companions could already speak." "Oh, you're still quite eloquent," said Gray, confused. "It really scares me." At this point, I have tried my best to suppress the desire to pounce on the mouse, and the other cats must be the same.In order to use rationality to drive the instructions from the ancient times into the depths of my head, I asked aloud: "But, why didn't you talk to us before?" "Yes." "When chasing you, you didn't shout 'let us go' or 'no claws', but yesterday you suddenly spoke to me and made a major request, hoping that we would stop attacking rats. What kind of experience did you experience? A change of mind? What is the reason why you changed your course and thought you couldn’t maintain the status quo?” "Oh, that's the reason." Gallo interjected. "Which one is that?" "Speaking of yesterday, didn't there be a special major change? Well, didn't the soldiers of the Iron Nation invade this country?" "Is that an opportunity? How could it be an opportunity?" "Oh, I don't know the specifics, but I always feel that it has something to do with it." "The Iron Nation soldiers came, so the mouse started to talk, talking about what." Gray was also quite puzzled. "So, I don't know the details." Gallo remained the same, with a casual attitude. "That's what it feels like." We rolled our eyes in return, but Gallo's irresponsible wild guesses were not far off even if they were wrong.