Playing the Foolish Beauty in a Deadly Game - Chapter 61

The Doberman was silent for a moment: “He is originally a civilian and won’t leave.”

The representative of the Woof Woof Church was so angry that her pupils were trembling. She wore a pointed witch’s hat: “You are the youngest 08 of the enforcement team and already have a place in the Church.”

“The future direction of our species is closely related to you and me. You have completed the previous tasks very well, which proves that you have the interests of our species at heart.”

“Before we had human forms, we were loyal to humans, but now we need to learn to think for ourselves. It has only been ten years since the dark days of pets, and humans love their country, so we should love ourselves too.”

The representative of the Woof Woof Church wanted the Doberman to prioritize the bigger picture and not choose to cover for Lin Qiao out of personal feelings. “Betraying your own species is the most foolish thing to do. Once it is discovered, you will face very severe punishment.”

Using both soft and hard tactics, the representative of the Woof Woof Church carefully observed 08’s facial expressions, not missing a single detail. However, she couldn’t find any flaws. The Doberman remained cold and indifferent throughout: “Hmm, are you done asking? If so, please let me go.”

The representative of the Woof Woof Church sat back in her seat and waved for 08 to leave. However, just as 08 reached the door, she said: “There are many ways to investigate Lin Qiao. I know what you are waiting for, the end of the scenario.”

“Even if Lin Qiao leaves and I find out something, it will be useless. But can you resist the temptation? Will the young master of the Meow Meow Church be able to?”

“If Lin Qiao is indeed a player, it is not bad for a player to stay here, which is better than risking death in a horror game.”

The Doberman did not respond to this statement. After the other party left, the representative of the Woof Woof Church called out her subordinates. A man with dog ears spoke: “The values are normal, and there is no sign of lying.”

“Representative, I don’t quite understand why you are so focused on Lin Qiao being a player. According to your guess, Lin Qiao should be a civilian who can humanize pets, that is, an NPC in the eyes of players.”

“Every player can turn pets into humans. If Lin Qiao is a player, it is of no use to us.”

The representative of the Woof Woof Church slumped in her chair, twirling her pen. She no longer had the anger she had when facing the Doberman, but instead, her eyes sparkled with a gleam.

“Yes, I originally hoped that Lin Qiao would be an NPC rather than a player.”

“Let me put it this way, I don’t care how Lin Qiao did it or what identity he has. I value his ability to impersonate an NPC and mutate pets. Both 08 and the human representative tried every means to deny Lin Qiao’s player identity, which suits my purpose.”

“I just now said that Lin Qiao is an NPC that can turn pets into humans, and 08 gave a negative answer, but when I said Lin Qiao is a player, 08 avoided the topic.”

“I deliberately shifted the focus of the conversation from Lin Qiao’s ability to probe his faction…” The representative of the Woof Woof Church smiled and said: “We will let Lin Qiao go if he is a player, but if he is an NPC, he must stay.”

“Now that Lin Qiao has blocked the way out as a player, it gives us a reason to keep him. Now we just need to prove that he can mutate pets. Contact the Meow Meow Church.”

In the church’s reception hall, the decoy Lin Qiao seemed a bit restless. His little head was spinning, wondering if he would reveal anything.

Unbeknownst to him, the representative of the Woof Woof Church in this scenario world no longer cared about the truth and did not intend to investigate Lin Qiao’s identity, but only wanted to keep him.

After the Doberman came out, Lin Qiao went straight up to him: “Did they scold you?”

The Doberman smiled and rubbed Lin Qiao’s head, not revealing the content of the conversation just now. One couldn’t say too much on the Church’s territory.

Lin Qiao tugged at the Doberman’s coat: “I’m a bit sleepy. When can we go home?”

“We still have to wait a little longer,” the Doberman explained. “They will let us go after their meeting. Are you hungry?”

Lin Qiao shook his head. The decoy he was currently using was a prop and wouldn’t feel hungry or sleepy. He said he was sleepy just to find out when they would go back and leave the Church’s territory as soon as possible.

The Doberman held Lin Qiao in his arms: “If you’re sleepy, lean on me and take a nap.”

Lin Qiao felt a bit embarrassed to stay in the Doberman’s arms, so he walked to the seat by himself and pretended to sleep by propping his head up.

The Doberman got a blanket from the enforcement team and gently covered Lin Qiao with it.

Over there, Yatagarasu was eating. The Church people dared not kill “useful” players, especially those in the top five who had not been eliminated and had high combat values.

After arriving at the Church’s territory, Yatagarasu showed no signs of nervousness. He got a set of clothes from the human representative and then sat on the table to eat.

The little calico cat beside him was also eating, and the two of them consumed a lot of food.

Yatagarasu held a bag of chips in his hand and carefully picked out the largest and roundest one.

As soon as the little calico cat saw it, it immediately opened its mouth wide.

However, Yatagarasu turned his head to look for Lin Qiao, wanting to give the biggest chip to Lin Qiao. But he found that Lin Qiao was sleeping.

Next to Lin Qiao, the tall man with dog ears in human form was carefully combing Lin Qiao’s hair, putting the loose hair on Lin Qiao’s face behind his ears. His movements were gentle, and his expression was tender and focused.

Yatagarasu suddenly felt that the chip was not fragrant anymore and didn’t want to give it to Lin Qiao anymore. He turned his head and stuffed it into the little calico cat’s mouth.

The little calico cat ate it with relish, looked up at Yatagarasu a few times, and then looked at Lin Qiao and 08, as if it understood something.

However, since the little calico cat couldn’t speak, after it finished the chip, it patted Yatagarasu with its paw and meowed something.

Unfortunately, Yatagarasu couldn’t understand it and didn’t know what his current feelings were.

On the other side, the white cat Lin Qiao and the black cat had already approached the villa they rented and were about to get home.

While passing through the bushes, Lin Qiao smelled a hint of blood.

The black cat also became alert, and Lin Qiao had an unpleasant premonition.

He looked up and saw that there was an extra bag in the trash can of the breakfast shop owner, and it was still struggling, making weak “meowing” and “whimpering” sounds.

Lin Qiao went up to smell it and recognized that there were probably small animals inside.

Lin Qiao’s fur all over his body stood on end, and the black cat quickly tore open the bag. Inside were indeed several cats and dogs with their eyes gouged out.

Lin Qiao took a few steps back, and the next second he was grabbed by Izuru, who appeared out of nowhere.

The familiar smell, the familiar modus operandi, and the familiar “sudden appearance.”

Lin Qiao struggled and told the black cat to leave quickly.

But the black cat would not abandon Lin Qiao and instead bravely pounced at Izuru.

Izuru was caught off guard by the black cat’s sudden attack and was scratched on the eyes. He grunted in pain but refused to let go of the white cat that Lin Qiao had turned into.

Izuru covered his injured eye, with blood seeping through his fingers, and laughed: “I’m live-streaming, you know.”

Lin Qiao’s whole body stiffened. If Izuru was live-streaming, then neither Lin Qiao nor the black cat could return to their human forms.

The black cat crouched down and pounced again. Izuru was on guard this time and took out a dagger, pointing it at the little white cat that Lin Qiao had turned into: “If you keep acting crazy, I’ll chop off this cat’s paws and cut off its ears.”

The black cat, threatened, hissed at Izuru, but Izuru spoke to the live-streaming device: “It’s really strange. My protection value is increasing so fast.”

“I don’t know if it’s because this white cat is too scared or if this black cat hates me too much.”

“The animals in this scenario world are very intelligent. Some can even approach the level of humans. This is truly… amazing.”

“The more emotionally rich the animal, the more satisfying it is to kill them and the higher the emotional value they provide.”

Izuru then began to stuff the struggling cats and dogs from the bag, but he didn’t put Lin Qiao in there. Instead, he held Lin Qiao in his arms.

Izuru left with Lin Qiao, not paying attention to the black cat. He was sure that the black cat would follow.

Lin Qiao was very nervous inside, not knowing if Izuru had seen through his identity.

Izuru firmly held Lin Qiao and led him through a series of twists and turns into the basement. He then turned on the dim light and entered a place that looked like a storage room, filled with food and supplies.

It seemed that Izuru had been living here these past few days. The place was small, but the smell of blood was very strong.

There was even a foul odor, the result of not disposing of the animal corpses after killing them, just piling them up inside.

Izuru threw the bag of animals on the ground, and the surviving cats and dogs inside made faint noises due to the pain.

Izuru then took out a homemade cage, carefully cleaned it, and put Lin Qiao inside.

He held the cage for a while. Lin Qiao, now in the form of a kitten, was terrified by Izuru’s large face coming close, and he couldn’t help but retreat to the corner.

Izuru laughed a few times and placed Lin Qiao on his bed. He then dragged another cat out of the bag and killed it cruelly.

With his back to Lin Qiao, he hummed an unknown song and chopped with precision.

The smell of blood became even stronger, accompanied by the sound of the knife hitting the cutting board. Izuru took out a small pot from somewhere and boiled water in it.

He disassembled the animal in his hands, put the meat into the water to cook, and wanted to add seasonings. But he seemed to remember something and ultimately didn’t add any.

Lin Qiao realized that Izuru had probably been eating these things for the past half-month. He felt nauseous and sick to his stomach. After all, in this scenario, cats and dogs could turn into humans. In a way, it was like eating people.

After about ten minutes, Izuru took the meat out, cooled it in cold water, and placed it on a clean plate.

He walked towards Lin Qiao, opened the cage, and put the meat inside: “Eat.”

Lin Qiao’s fur stood on end again, and he hissed at Izuru a few times.

Izuru, with a perverse interest, poked Lin Qiao with his finger: “Do you prefer to eat dog? I can kill one for you.”

“Meow!” Lin Qiao stopped him.

Izuru, however, poked Lin Qiao’s stomach with one finger: “How pitiful. Your stomach is so flat from hunger, yet you won’t eat. Do you know this is the meat of your own kind?”

Lin Qiao took the opportunity to bite Izuru. Izuru’s expression changed slightly, but he didn’t strike back at Lin Qiao.

He laughed and said: “The audience in the live-stream said that you are an ungrateful little beast and that I should just kill you.”

“I couldn’t bear to, Qiaojiang .”

Lin Qiao’s breathing stopped. It seemed that Izuru knew his identity.

But then Izuru said: “You remind me of my Qiaojiang. How about I call you Qiaojiang from now on?”