Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

  Zhang Zian’s head was hurting over Wang Yaning, the little villain, and wished to be away from her immediately. However, if she was met with any kind of danger, then he would definitely feel guilty. After all, she had followed him over.

  As for Teacher Sun, she was even more worried, because there had been a cat abuse case in the bamboo forest. If students from other schools met with any danger there, then Shimen Street Primary School would have an even worse reputation.

  The good thing was that she was wearing sports shoes and not high heels. Otherwise, she would really not be able to run that fast.

  The two of them ran towards where the sound came from. They both silently complained that Wang Yaning did not tell them before she went off on her own.

  Vladimir was running even faster. Its movements were nimble, but it was restricted to only being slightly more nimble than normal cats. In terms of speed, it could not compare to Fina or Old Time Tea.

  The bamboo in front shook, and they saw Wang Yaning sitting on the floor. She had fallen and her back was towards them. She seemed as though she was very scared. Her two hands were pressed on the ground, her legs kicking wildly, and she was moving her butt backwards.

  “Wang Yaning!” Teacher Sun hurriedly ran over. She hugged her shoulders and checked her body from head to toe, finding that she seemed to not have suffered any external injuries. She was just covered in dirt all over, as she had touched a lot of mud. Once she saw that everything was okay, she finally relaxed.

  “Wang Yaning, what happened to you?” Teacher Sun worriedly asked.

  Wang Yaning’s face was pale, her lips were trembling, and her gaze was stiffly staring in front of her. Her voice stuttered as she said, “I…… I seemed to have seen the statue you both were talking about. It…… it seemed to have smiled at me……”


  “What?” Teacher Sun did not dare to believe her own ears, thinking that she had heard wrong. “Wang Yaning, wake up! Were you so scared that you got confused? That’s a statue. How could it smile?”


  “Really! It was really smiling! I saw it!” Wang Yaning covered her ears and screamed shrilly. “Why won’t you believe me! If it did not smile, why would I be scared of a statue?”


  “All right, all right! Wang Yaning, calm down!” Teacher Sun temporarily gave up on arguing and hurriedly tried to comfort her.

  Zhang Zian and Vladimir had already walked around them. They rushed in front and carefully observed their surroundings.

  A light wind blew and the bamboo forest rustled slightly. Hundreds of pieces of bamboo swayed until it was dazzling. It felt like there was something hidden in the bamboo forests, but of course, that could have been a visual illusion.

  Zhang Zian used his gaze to ask Vladimir if it had seen something, and it shook its head in response. “God d*mn. I said that I was just an ordinary cat, not a deity!”


  So far, apart from the smash at the door of the pet shop, Vladimir had indeed behaved like an ordinary cat. It was neither as outstanding in appearance as Old Time Tea, nor was it like Fina, who had tens of thousands of cat subjects that were submissive to it. It was also very different from Galaxy. As it said itself, it seemed that it really had no superpower.

  But Zhang Zian knew that Vladimir did have a special power, and it was an extremely scary power.

  The saying went, “A good man can be judged by his mouth, and a good horse can be judged by its legs.” Vladimir was like that as well. It was very persuasive and it had the ability to get cats to follow it. it had a strong sense of leadership and a powerful aura. Although it did not have any superpower, it had a lot of courage. In some ways, that was an even scarier power than any kind of superpower.

  After all, there was an old saying that went, “Those who work with their brains will rule; those who labor with physical strength will work for people.”


  Zhang Zian wanted to go into the bamboo forest to search for it, but he was worried that if he and Vladimir left, the Holy Cat Statue would come back again and scare Wan Yaning and Teacher Sun.

  Furthermore, the Holy Cat Statue seemed to be getting more and more arrogant. Before now it had only appeared at night, but this was broad daylight––the sun was shining the brightest, and it actually appeared in an imposing manner. It seemed to be saying that its power was becoming stronger and stronger.

  Wang Yaning said that it was smiling, and if that was true, then it meant that it was becoming less and less of an inanimate object, and becoming more and more of an elfin.

  He squatted down, staring at Wang Yaning who had cried until her face was full of tears and mucus, and asked, “Where did you see the Holy Cat Statue?”


  Wang Yaning pointed in front of her, trembling.

  Without waiting for Zhang Zian’s instructions, Vladimir ran out quickly. “Vladimir, be careful!” he yelled from behind. Its figure quickly disappeared in the bamboo forest, and only its voice could be heard. “D*mn it, a true Meow-Meow Doctrine Believer is not scared of anything!”


  Teacher Sun was confused. “What did your cat go to do?”


  “It went to pee,” Zhang Zian said quickly. He turned to Wang Yaning and asked in a questioning tone, “What happened just now? Why did you walk away and not even tell us?”


  Surrounded by two adults, Wang Yaning regained her composure slightly, wrinkled her face in grief, and sobbed, “I…… When you were talking, I looked left and right, and suddenly saw something black shaking in the bamboo forest. I wondered if it was the statue you had mentioned, so I wanted to go and see for myself.”


  Although she did not say it outloud, Zhang Zian could guess what she had been thinking. She definitely thought that if she could find the Holy Cat Statue that even the adults could not find, she would have done something great; therefore, she did not tell anyone and ran off. She had run off quietly so nobody could steal her credit.

  Teacher Sun said, her expression cold, “This child…… I thought that you had a steady and calm personality. How could you be so reckless? You did not even tell the adults! What if something had happened to you?”


  She channeled her inner teacher and wanted to repeat what she said again and again, but Zhang Zian stopped her with a hand because it was not the time. “What happened after that? What did you see when you came here? What did you hear?” Zhang Zian asked.

  A look of fear flashed across Wang Yaning’s fac. “I came here because I saw a dark shadow squatting in the grass. It looked like a cat, but it seemed to be made out of some kind of gold metal. I thought that it could be the Holy Cat Statue, so I walked close to it to check…… Then it suddenly turned its head and grinned at me savagely.”


  The scary scene had been deeply imprinted in her mind. No matter how hard she tried, every time she thought about it, that kind of fear that originated from the bottom of her heart overwhelmed any kind of courage she had.

  That kind of situation, to make an analogy, was like when one was walking at night and they saw a long-haired, pretty woman in front of them. As they started to walk up to her to chat her up, she turned her head and revealed a face like Sadako……

  Zhang Zian asked again, “Were there any special features on its face?”


  “Yes!” Wang Yaning widened her eyes and said. “It was wearing a shiny gold ring on its nose!”