High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 726: Chapter 74 Dismissed!_1

A small mouse dressed in a green vest was huddling on the ground with both paws over its head, trembling.

In front of it, a black cat that appeared as solid as a snowy cloud was squatting, staring at it without blinking. Behind it, too, was a small stuffed kitten, whose paws overlapped and tightly held down its tail, making it unable to move. On the left and right, there were another six muscular cats, eyeing it hungrily, ready to pounce and tear it into pieces at any moment.

Outside the circle of cats, there was another circle of wizards.

Doctor Xiao was holding a notebook, grasping a bright green feather pen, and sketching the image of the little mouse on a piece of parchment with flying speed. Lin Guo was sitting on the back of the Black Mountain Goat, looking curious. He wore silkworm skin gloves and had already prepared a line of dissection attacks. As soon as his team leader gave the order, he would slice the small mouse into seventeen to eighteen pieces.

Xin Fat Man had somehow picked up his bucket of fried chicken pieces again. He didn’t care whether it was contaminated with cat hair or cat saliva, he was eating it with relish along with his beer. Blue Bird and Zhang Ji Xin were standing at the periphery with their arms crossed, looking boredom at those concentrated figures inside, not understanding why they were so curious about a mouse.

Since the small mouse failed to escape and was captured by the stuffed kitten, this stalemate had persisted for almost five minutes.

They couldn’t simply kill it.

Although the school had set up a ’Transformation Prohibited Zone’ all over Buji Island because of the ’Catch the Mouse’ task, prohibiting any wizard who transformed into a rodent from transforming at a specified time and place. But this could not guarantee that no one would violate the prohibition. After all, when prohibitions are enacted, they are meant to be broken, right?

The black cat thought that even he himself would roam around the school on the day of the beginning of the feast. If a wizard turned into a mouse during the period of prohibition, and played a thrilling adventure in this capture and killing, what could be incomprehensible?

So, for this mouse that is wearing clothes and is clever, it definitely wouldn’t be appropriate to just kill it directly. What was concerning is that it might actually be a wizard in disguise, which would be disastrous.

But the idea of releasing the mouse also made the black cat hesitate.

Apart from the ’Catch the Mouse’ mission issued by Old Yao, which is related to the end-of-term evaluation and must be taken seriously, any mouse is very important to us. This mouse alone, with its high intelligence and ’culture’, made the black cat so curious about who trained it, it felt like a cat was scratching at his heart.

Looking up at the sky, it was still early.

The black cat calculated that he still had a few hours before his transformation magic wore off, which should be enough to do something.

”How about you guys go back first?” The black cat cocked his head and glanced at the few hunters of Absolution Hunting team. ”I’ll stick with this little mouse, and take it home...”

”And the next afternoon, the school receives a notification, finding you tied up in the depths of Silent Forest, disemboweled, intestines strewn all over the place.” Xin Fat Man immediately painted a very frightening possibility for the black cat, making the black cat’s fur stand on end.

”It won’t go so far as disemboweling him.” Zhang Ji Xin shook his head, denying the fat man’s guess, but also agreed, ”But following it like this, indeed seems a little inappropriate... who knows where this mouse nest is.”

”Elder Xiao, dressed in hunting clothes and equipped with tools, can go with you for support,” Xiao Xiao came up with a compromise. ”The Fat Man and I won’t go. I will help you carry these things back.”

He pointed to the pile of mess ’offerings’ on the ground.

Although Zheng Qing had no respect for most of the offerings, Xiao Xiao insisted that he respect every cat’s dignity and not discriminate against the offerings. They would all be taken back to the dorm for processing. The young scholar was very skeptical of this. Those creatures who, apart from licking fur or rolling around, knew the word ’dignity’. How to write it?

But if Doctor Xiao was willing to go through the trouble, Zheng Qing would not discourage his enthusiasm and simply go along, agreeing to his argument. However, he repeatedly emphasized that these things should be put in a cardboard box on the balcony after returning, and then sealed safely using magic.

”Actually, it would be simplest to just crush this little thing,” Zhang Ji Xin cracked his knuckles, making a series of snaps, sounding a little impatient. ”It’s rare that the school implements a ’special policy’ within the scope of Buji Island, allowing the hunting of rodent creatures...I really don’t understand what you guys are fussing about!”

The mouse on the ground seemed to sense the killing intent from the red-faced male wizard. The little paws holding its head tightened, and the trembling of its body became more pronounced. The stuffed kitten holding its tail even curiously sniffed at it, meowing, not knowing why the little mouse was shaking so badly, thinking it was playing a fun game.

”Muscles, no brain.” The black cat glanced at the red-faced male wizard’s developed pectoral muscles and sneered at his suggestion.

Xin Fat Man laughed so hard that he fell down when he heard this, and he even couldn’t help but spat out the chicken in his mouth, causing a group of kittens to rush over and fight for those remains.

Zhang Ji Xin was stunned. He moved his fist towards the black cat but before he could lift his hand, he saw a big furry claw appearing in front of him.

His eyes twitched, comparing the size of his head with that of the claw, and finally decided not to stoop to the level of a cat.

”It’s just a cat.” He comforted himself, whispering, ”If an animal insults you, would you retort? You can’t lower yourself to the level of a cat...”

At this point, he suddenly felt a lot calmer.

”If you don’t want to go, you can switch with the fat man,” Xiao Xiao glanced at Zhang Ji Xin, revised his opinion, ”The fat man doesn’t have anything to do anyway... he can eat anywhere, even while walking.”

The fat man was chewing on his fried chicken, nodding his head without saying anything.

”I don’t really care, I obey the organization’s allocation.” The red-faced male wizard laughed, but without attracting attention, he stepped back a little bit, quietly expressing his opinion.

”If he doesn’t go, I will... I’ll go! I’m familiar with the school, I’ve been running around here since I was six!” Lin Guo raised his small arm and yelled loudly, volunteering, looking at the black cat with hope, trying his best to show his usefulness.

However, whether he can go is up to Blue Bird.

”Restricted to within the school walls.” Blue Bird hesitated for a moment, finally, not explicitly opposing, he even said a long sentence. The young wizard was excited, twisting on the back of the Black Mountain Goat, making the goat frown.

The black cat stood upright, silently wiped its paw, coughed twice, and finally stated clearly:

”So, Fat Man and I will take the mouse home ... Lin Guo can follow. The doctor Xiao and the elder will have to help with the hard work and take this pile of cat gifts back.”

”Dismiss!”