High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 392: Chapter 61 What a Cat Should Do_1

A dry hazelnut fell from the sky, hitting Zheng Qing right on the forehead, ending his howling.

The black cat stared in anger, then looked somewhat surprised.

It was an ’old acquaintance’.

The one who hit him was a two-tailed squirrel, the same one used as a test subject during the young wizards’ experiment with ’New Talisman Activation Technique’ a few days ago.

Of course, Zheng Qing had paid the squirrel in return—one pound of sundried peanuts every day. For a squirrel that spends its life on trees, these oil-rich dried nuts were a rare delicacy.

In the First University, one must be extra careful about this, as you can’t mess with the small animals living on campus.

The squirrel’s nest was on an oak tree not far from Dormitory Hill. Perhaps the black cat had disturbed its dream, so the squirrel, gripping a few shriveled worm-eaten hazelnuts, rushed angrily onto a branch and threw them down.

In the end, it even turned around, wiggling its fluffy tail at the black cat, bottom first.

”Wow! There’re two little guys fighting here!” an excited voice rang out nearby: ”Who do you think will win?”

”Rubbish!” another voice said with some irritation: ”A squirrel versus a cat... Only an idiot would root for the squirrel! Do you think everyone has Jerry’s lineage?”

”Jerry is a mouse, and this is a squirrel, there’s definitely no blood relation.” The first voice clearly disagreed.

Zheng Qing squinted his eyes, glancing to the side.

As expected, it was a bunch of boorish students in blue robes. Only the fight-lovers of Starry Sky Academy would be so excited to see a fight between two small animals.

”A warm-up before our hunting party... I’m the bookie, are you in or out?” The one speaking was a Starry Sky Academy student with half his face covered, his eyes were respectively blue and green, like a magical Persian cat.

”I bet on the black cat!” A burly male student with a beard raised his bag: ”A bun, I bet this black cat can drive away the squirrel...”

”Then you’ve won for sure?!” Another slightly shorter male student complained: ”Then I’ll bet a pancake...I choose the squirrel. I bet the black cat can’t touch a single hair of the squirrel.”

”What kind of bet is a pancake!” The bearded man, by no means lacking finesse, grabbed the shorter man: ”Don’t walk off once they’re done, we’ll compare notes...”

As they spoke, several more acorns flew down from the branch.

Finally, Zheng Qing shifted his gaze from these stupid Starry Sky Academy students.

He squinted his eyes, lifted his white paw, and licked the fur around his mouth.

When he was a human, the spirit among all creatures, he couldn’t stoop to feuding with this little rodent because of his status.

But now he was a cat, naturally, he had no such concerns.

He dodged the several acorns thrown by the squirrel, made a short sprint, and climbed up the rough bark of the oak tree. In the blink of an eye, he jumped onto the branch where the squirrel was squatting.

Cheers broke out from below the tree.

The squirrel squatting on the branch seemed a bit dumbfounded, the acorn it had just lifted accidentally slipped and fell down.

The script wasn’t supposed to be like this!

The squirrel shivered, moving towards the end of the treetop.

From the time it was born to now, the only feline the Twin-Tailed Squirrel had ever encountered was the fat cat living in the fourth-floor student dormitory.

Just like all chubby ones, the fat cat wasn’t particularly adept at moving. After being teased by the usual residents of this oak tree, it would only stare with angry eyes, trying to scare them away with its gaze.

The two-tailed squirrel was quite accustomed to the gaze of that Fat Cat.

So, when it met the second feline of its life today, it initially thought it would see another version of the ’Stare Skill’. However, this unfamiliar black cat did not play by the rules.

It actually climbed the tree!

The squirrel, regaining its strength, seemed to have suddenly remembered something, puffed up its chest and made scolding noises at the black cat, sternly questioning the invader’s irresponsible behavior.

This brave move gained unanimous praise from the onlookers under the tree—you may lose, but don’t lose your spirit!

Zheng Qing shook his whiskers, ignored the stupid Starry Sky Academy students at the tree’s base, and cared lesser about the squirrel’s yelling in front of him.

Though a huge Communication Magic Array encompassed the entire Buji Island, it doesn’t mean that the creatures with less intelligence could also enjoy this privilege.

Just like a cat, which would never understand a dog’s bark.

The black cat tentatively stretched out a paw and stepped on the branch, assessing its load-bearing capacity.

With its snow-white paws as soft as cotton, the black cat’s steps became much lighter. The branch didn’t sway much under its step, seeming exceptionally sturdy.

Zheng Qing nodded in satisfaction, moving forward step by step, at an unhurried pace.

Next, he kept probing with the next step.

After the squirrel’s long squawking, it found that the black cat not far away seemed to have no intention of retreating. Instead, it was getting closer.

This made it panic a bit.

A smart mouse doesn’t eat the loss in front of it. Of the thirty-six stratagems, the best one is to run.

With just a single bow of the black cat’s head, the twin-tailed squirrel leapt into the air, with its two tails spinning like helicopter blades, swiftly drifting towards the distant lawn.

Zheng Qing’s eyes almost bulged out of his socket.

Did such a maneuver exist?!

Why had no one told him before that twin-tailed squirrels had this kind of skill!

Watching the squirrel slowly drifting away under its two spinning tails, a herd of Alpacas raced across Zheng Qing’s heart— hell, what was most frustrating about this university was that you could never use logic to predict what would happen next!

The students of Starry Sky Academy standing under the oak tree seemed to be shocked by the twin-tailed squirrel’s skill, and they all shut their mouths in unison.

After a while, the short boy finally broke the silence.

”...I won.” He pointed at the black cat on the tree branch, dryly saying, ”That cat didn’t even touch a single hair on the squirrel.

That was undisputed.

So, under the supervision of Lǜèyǎnér, the bearded man unwillingly took a bun out of the bag and handed it to the boy next to him.

A cold wind blew by.

The black cat, standing alone on the tree branch, shivered.

Being a short-haired cat, it didn’t have the thick winter coats like its long-haired relatives in the family.

’Being high up makes you feel colder,’ it mused.

The black cat sighed and slowly scratched its way down from the tree.

”Meow!” An enthusiastic greeting rang out from not too far away: ”Kitty, come here!”

It seemed to be the beard’s voice?

Zheng Qing originally did not want to pay attention to this mentally challenged greeting, but the bearded man was so enthusiastic that in the end, Zheng Qing couldn’t hold back his curiosity and turned to look towards the source of the sound.

The burly Starry Sky Academy student with the full beard was waving a meat bun left and right.

Next to him, the guy with the blue-green eyes was covering his face as if pretending to be blind.

The short boy was even standing with his back to them, earnestly munching on the bun he had just won.

”Kitty, come and have breakfast...” this burly man with a full beard sweetly called out in a terrifying voice: ”Come... I’ll chew it up for you...”

”Blech!!” The black cat dry heaved and immediately started running.

It was afraid it might not be able to restrain itself from rushing forward to scratch the burly man.

”Don’t be so disgusting!” The short boy yelled after the black cat: ”You’ve successfully disgusted me... and you’ve also annoyed the black cat!”

”It’s just a cat.” The bearded man stuffed the bun into his mouth, muttering indifferently.

”A black cat!” Lǜèyǎnér finally lowered his palm from in front of his eyes, turned to look at his companion, and emphasized: ”A black cat wearing little white shoes! An emissary of the Devil, a scout of Satan. Being so disrespectful... your opinion is dangerous.”

”More importantly, this is the top university!” The short boy next to him warned: ”Be careful with these small animals at the top university... What if it turned out to be some professor? Do you want us all to fail?”

”True, I don’t think I’ve seen this black cat here before...”

As the wind died down, the conversation of the Starry Sky Academy students became smaller and smaller, eventually fading until it was inaudible.

Zheng Qing shook his head, trying hard to shake off the horrifying scene from a few minutes ago, and then made his way to Book Mountain Library with a light pace.

Although he’s just a cat, he’s a cat with identity, ideals, culture, and goals.

He absolutely couldn’t waste his wonderful youth like those other aimless cats.

A few days prior, the talisman that the Gypsy witch gave him hadn’t made any progress until now.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, he could try to sneak deep into the maze of bookshelves and sneak into the forbidden book zone while that octopus wasn’t paying attention.

Who knows, maybe the original form of that talisman is lying on the title page of one of the forbidden books!

This way, when he’s out with Elena tomorrow afternoon, he won’t have to worry about the annoying talisman and can focus on discussing topics that boys and girls care more about.

Like the attire at the Hunting Dance, other plans for Moon Hunting. Maybe there could be even some deeper communication.

With these enticing thoughts, the black cat happily ran towards the inner courtyard of the Academy.