Playing the Foolish Beauty in a Deadly Game - Chapter 62

No matter what Izuru said, Lin Qiao did not respond. He was certain that Izuru knew his identity, which was why he was teasingly using the name “Qiaojiang.”

Izuru, not getting any response, became somewhat restless. He paced back and forth in the room, then viciously kicked the small animals in the bag.

Lin Qiao “meowed” to attract the other’s attention, and Izuru finally stopped. He approached the cage and laughed nervously, “So that’s how you’ll pay attention to me.”

Lin Qiao knew it was bad. He curled into a small fur ball and trembled. The nearly all-night journey was too much for the kitten’s body to bear, and under extreme stress, Lin Qiao had a stress response.

He couldn’t control his accelerated heartbeat, restlessness, stiff limbs, and even began to foam at the mouth.

Lin Qiao, like a puppy, stuck out his tongue and panted desperately, letting out pitiful meows.

Izuru’s expression flickered with momentary confusion. He had never seen this before and was slightly at a loss.

Lin Qiao was in pain. In reality, he wasn’t afraid of Izuru, but he couldn’t control the physiological reactions of the kitten’s body.

Lin Qiao heard Izuru arguing with the live-stream audience: “No matter how many likes you give, I won’t kill it, not for now.”

“What is stress? Will it die?”

“Kittens of this age can’t eat meat; they have to be at least five months old to be fed meat?”

“Cat milk…”

Lin Qiao couldn’t hear any more. He felt very uncomfortable, his head was dizzy, and he faintly knew that Izuru had left the room, making it temporarily safe.

Lin Qiao realized that he didn’t have symptoms like diarrhea or fever. Although he felt bad, it didn’t affect his life, and he should be able to recover away from the source of stress.

Lin Qiao closed his eyes, waiting for the symptoms to ease, and then summoned the dark shadow.

The terrifying dark shadow always took advantage of Lin Qiao whenever it came out, with particularly bold actions. It didn’t hurt Lin Qiao but was enough to give him a headache.

But this time, after the dark shadow came out, it looked around and then at the white little kitten in the cage.

It was… not even the size of a palm, and it couldn’t do anything.

The dark shadow: “……”

The shadow had no face, but Lin Qiao could sense a “very speechless” state from it, mixed with a bit of eagerness to try something.

Lin Qiao was even more speechless. He was just a little kitten now, what else could he do besides being petted a few times?

The dark shadow corroded the outside of the cage and took Lin Qiao out, then lifted Lin Qiao’s hind leg.

Lin Qiao’s shocked cat face, then he realized that the dark shadow was probably checking the gender. Lin Qiao kicked the shadow’s face and scratched it with his hind leg.

The shadow didn’t move no matter how Lin Qiao hit it. Only after Lin Qiao was tired did it pick up the bag of cats and dogs on the ground and walk outside as instructed.

However, as soon as they went out, they heard Izuru’s scream. Lin Qiao wanted the dark shadow to avoid him, but he faintly heard the sound of a cat.

Lin Qiao realized that it was the black cat attacking Izuru, so he quickly had the dark shadow take him over there.

The plastic bag in Izuru’s hand spilled all over the ground, containing medicine for stress treatment, cat milk, and even several cat toys.

Izuru himself had several bloodstains on his cheeks. The black cat, which could attack Yatagarasu with the Doberman, was not at a disadvantage when facing Izuru.

After all, the black cat was not an ordinary cat; otherwise, no kitten could kill an adult man.

When the dark shadow appeared, both the black cat and Izuru stopped moving.

Soon the black cat rushed to Lin Qiao’s side, hissed at the dark shadow, and anxiously paced around.

Izuru, on the other hand, remembered the scene when he entered the game, and his body ached. He couldn’t forget the feeling of being enveloped, burned, and corroded by the shadow.

The dark shadow clearly remembered this guy who had ill intentions towards Lin Qiao and immediately let go of Lin Qiao and rushed over.

The black cat licked Lin Qiao’s head, sensing that Lin Qiao’s body was uncomfortable and meowing pitifully.

The dark shadow, on the other hand, was ruthless towards Izuru, corroding his hands, wrapping around his neck, and opening its mouth wide towards his head.

Lin Qiao quietly asked in his mind: “System brother, did Izuru open a live-stream?”

If it was on, it would be considered a ghost claiming a life, and the audience wouldn’t know that the dark shadow was Lin Qiao’s prop.

However, just now, when Lin Qiao was held by the dark shadow, the posture was somewhat intimate, and indeed, a reason was needed to deal with it.

If it wasn’t on, there was even less to worry about, and it would be convenient for Lin Qiao to harvest from him.

Izuru suddenly shouted: “Wait! I know it’s you! Lin Qiao!”

“I didn’t open a live-stream. You don’t have to worry about your identity being exposed.”

“I did such outrageous things to you. Don’t you want to kill me yourself?”

“Or… are you simply too afraid to kill with your own hands?”

The dark shadow stopped its action, probably thinking that Lin Qiao would like to do it himself.

Izuru continued to express his opinion: “Come on, Lin Qiao. Abandon the morals and laws of reality.”

“Once you kill someone, you’ll realize that everyone is an animal. The society built by humans is a kind of bondage. Why live in bondage?”

“The scenario world is disgusting, and so is reality. It’s all the same, all the same! Hahahahaha.”

Lin Qiao glanced at the scattered pet milk powder and cat toys on the ground.

He was not a psychologist and had no interest in understanding the inner world of a madman. Perhaps some might wonder why Izuru did this.

But in Lin Qiao’s view, Izuru blurred the lines between the scenario and reality.

Players come from different worlds, and as long as it’s not their own world, it’s considered a scenario. Who can guarantee that their reality isn’t someone else’s scenario?

Izuru was the first to see through the essence of the “Meow Meow Church and Woof Woof Church” society and the one who shouted that “the scenario and reality are the same.” Lin Qiao didn’t want to over-interpret the other party, but he had to admit that there’s only a fine line between madness and genius.

Lin Qiao “meowed,” and the dark shadow unhesitatingly bit off Izuru’s head and corroded his entire body.

Lin Qiao’s four little legs couldn’t stand steadily. He trembled and leaned against the black cat, then squatted on the ground. He had… killed someone in the scenario, hadn’t he?

The black cat comforted Lin Qiao by rubbing its head against him. Lin Qiao still didn’t understand why Izuru had kidnapped him just now. It might have been to kill him or to see him.

Lin Qiao shook his head and retracted the dark shadow.

The dark shadow was very dissatisfied with Lin Qiao’s “use and discard” behavior, but Lin Qiao looked innocently at the other party. He was just a little kitten now. Even if the dark shadow stayed, it couldn’t do anything.

The dark shadow made a strange electrical sound, seemingly telling Lin Qiao to wait, and then reluctantly disappeared on the spot.

The black cat took Lin Qiao out, and Lin Qiao didn’t forget the bag of cats and dogs that had been grabbed. So, using the decoy Lin Qiao, he informed the Doberman where the little animals needed timely help. The Doberman didn’t ask many questions and quickly dealt with the matter.

Due to multitasking, both Lin Qiao and the white cat were in poor spirits, often zoning out. When Lin Qiao approached the villa, he found many Church members lingering around his house.

The black cat made a quick decision to take Lin Qiao away. The white cat, having too much physical activity, needed attention. The decoy Lin Qiao became drowsy, but this wasn’t unusual.

After all, Lin Qiao, as an NPC in the Best Streamer Competition, had hung out with the player team and spent the night at Dawn Middle School.

The white cat Lin Qiao didn’t know where the black cat was taking him, but out of trust, he kept following. When he couldn’t walk anymore, the black cat would bite his nape, and the two moved very quickly. After about two hours, they arrived at their destination, a high-rise building.

The black cat didn’t enter through the main door but went around to a secluded corner and slipped in through a cat entrance.

After Lin Qiao went in, he found that it was an elevator inside. The space was large and covered with a fluffy carpet. Except for the bottom, the other three sides were made of glass, and there was a wall on one side.

A cat tree was installed on one of the glass panels, with a button at the top. The black cat skillfully navigated the cat tree and pressed the button. Soon the elevator started running.

Lin Qiao wasn’t used to taking the elevator in a kitten’s body. The little fur ball Cuddled up in the blanket, motionless.

The black cat jumped down and curled Lin Qiao in its arms. The elevator kept going up until it stopped at the top floor. When the elevator door opened, it revealed a suite. The black cat carried Lin Qiao in, and as soon as they entered, a man with black cat ears dressed in a butler’s attire greeted them: “You’re back, and you’ve brought a friend? Please come this way, let me help you with your friend.”

However, the black cat warily retreated a few steps, and the butler had no choice but to give up. The black cat placed Lin Qiao on a safe sofa and then meowed at the butler.

The butler brought milk and food and used a clean, damp handkerchief to wipe the black cat’s paws, also wiping Lin Qiao in the process. Both the black cat and Lin Qiao were very hungry, but the black cat still watched Lin Qiao drink the milk before eating anything.

After eating, the kitten Lin Qiao started to feel sleepy, but he felt very uneasy in the unfamiliar environment and still needed to snuggle into the black cat’s arms to fall asleep. Before drifting off, Lin Qiao muttered to himself, feeling that his black cat’s identity was not simple.

On the other side, the decoy human Lin Qiao opened his eyes. He realized that he was in a car, with the Doberman, Yatagarasu, and little calico cat beside him. The Doberman explained, “The Church is preparing to send us to a military base. I’ve already instructed the enforcement team to handle the matter you mentioned.”

“The player Izuru is dead. The cats and dogs in the bag were rescued in time and all survived, but their eyes cannot be restored.”

Lin Qiao felt a bit heavy-hearted. At this moment, the Doberman gently said, “Don’t be sad. It’s not your fault.”

Lin Qiao and the black cat couldn’t take the pets with them unless they turned into human forms, but doing so would be discovered by the Church. Even if Lin Qiao and the black cat personally took the pets to the hospital, it wouldn’t change anything.

Now, the concern was that the Church and the human representative would “continuously observe” Lin Qiao under the pretext of soft confinement and were heading to a closed military base. Lin Qiao had no intention of “escaping” because his true self had already run away.

As Lin Qiao and the Doberman were talking, the vehicle they were in was attacked. The enforcement team member driving in front was communicating, and Izuru’s name was faintly mentioned.

“It’s the player Nelson attacking us…”