High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 2760: Chapter 981: Earworm

The clone is ultimately not the original.

Lacking sufficient emotional sensitivity.

In this regard, if Zheng Qing himself is the most sensitive, then the transformed black cat, due to the brain capacity and the nature of a cat, would be weaker in controlling human emotions. The black gemstone cat created using the Art of Body Transformation is the least sensitive.

After all, it was originally just a stone.

How could a stone have any concept of emotion or sensitivity?

So it wasn’t until the White Jade Cat squinted and questioned it about why it wasn’t helping at D&K that the Black Gemstone Cat suddenly realized it seemed to have found the wrong target for its sarcasm.

Fortunately, it still inherited some of the original’s quick wit.

In the blink of an eye, it found an appropriate excuse.

”Making accusations?”

The White Jade Cat looked suspiciously at the Black Gemstone Cat’s serious expression: ”How dare you go looking for trouble at the Greenhill Mansion? Does your original form know you’re acting so bold?”

Of course, Zheng Qing had no idea. He didn’t even know that he almost got into a fight tomorrow. The Black Gemstone Cat silently muttered to itself, ’Mission accomplished, time to disappear, hiding my achievements and fame’—he would surely thank me for saying that.

”Of course, he knows!”

The Black Gemstone Cat nodded seriously: ”I went to the Greenhill Mansion because he instructed me. Remember the thing I told you about, meeting Lin Guo on Monday morning?”

”Uh-huh.”

”At that time, you said you were worried that Lin Guo might be influenced badly by Doctor Du Zemu, so I deliberately attended a few of Lin Guo’s classes today to make sure he hasn’t turned into an alchemical weirdo...” The Black Gemstone Cat seized the opportunity to give itself some credit.

The White Jade Cat’s expression slightly eased, but its tone remained somewhat stiff: ”And how is that related to you going to the Greenhill Mansion?”

”It’s very related!” The Black Gemstone Cat suddenly showed a trace of indignation on its face: ”At that time, Lin Guo said that lately, many Alchemist Associations have been sending me invitations—”

”Sending you invitations? Alchemist Associations? Why? Because of the copper bean the crow planted for you?” The White Jade Cat sat up slightly, greatly surprised by this news. Its first reaction was that more alchemists had learned about the accident that happened to Zheng Qing during the winter break, and they wanted to analyze the secret of Zheng Qing’s body enhancement.

”Copper bean?”

The Black Gemstone Cat was momentarily stunned by this somewhat abrupt term, then shook its head repeatedly: ”No, no, it has nothing to do with those crows... pfft pfft.”

It felt like it had sand in its mouth, spat twice, and then continued: ”It’s Zheng... those three Great Elves.”

This time, it maintained sufficient sensitivity and carefully avoided the names ’Zheng Suyi Shuangshan,’ opting for a very general term instead—Great Elves.

”—You know, those Green Sprites I used to raise are also alchemical life forms. Then, this winter, they suddenly transformed into three Great Elves. Someone spread the word about it, and in short, according to Lin Guo, many alchemists know about this now. They’re interested in how the Great Elves transformed, so they sent me some invitations, including the Golden Dawn Association, Philosopher’s Stone Association, Wizard Alliance Youth Alchemist Conference, and so on. They’re inviting me to attend their alchemy magic conferences and want me to provide related papers, and then speak at the conference...”

The Black Gemstone Cat rambled on about the background for a while, then changed its tone slightly, emphasizing: ”However, I haven’t received any of those invitations. Not a single one!”

”So you suspect that the Greenhill Mansion privately intercepted them?” The White Jade Cat immediately guessed the reason behind the Black Gemstone Cat’s so-called ’making accusations.’

”Not ’suspect,’ but certain.”

The Black Gemstone Cat waved its paw, putting on an angry demeanor: ”I went to the mansion tonight and asked her face-to-face if she intercepted my letters... and she lightly nodded and admitted it!”

”A very appropriate action.” The White Jade Cat gave a slight nod.

”Right, I think so too... huh?”

It had thought the White Jade Cat would join it in criticizing a certain witch’s ’overstepping’ behavior, but halfway through speaking, it realized the other was not on the same page, and its expression suddenly became awkward: ”What did you say?”

”I said, Su Councilor withholding those invitations was a very correct action.”

The White Jade Cat glanced at the Black Gemstone Cat, slightly shook its head, seemingly unable to comprehend its dullness: ”Let’s not mention your personal safety, nor that you have only two months left before graduation and don’t have much free time to attend alchemy conferences. Just one thing: have you ever gotten a perfect score in your alchemy class?”

The Black Gemstone Cat opened its mouth but said nothing.

Alchemy is the class in which it performed the worst among all its courses, and in the past few semesters, getting a ’good’ score of over seventy would already be a blessing.

Perfect score?

It didn’t even dare to dream of such a grade.

”—Without a perfect score in college alchemy, where do you get the confidence to attend those high-level alchemist symposiums? Do you know why your little sprites transformed? How will you write a paper on sprite evolution? Are you aware that alchemical papers require data and proposals?”

After a series of rhetorical questions, the White Jade Cat concluded on its own: ”No, you don’t know, you can’t, you don’t have... so Su Councilor refusing those invitations on your behalf is a very appropriate action.”

Although the Black Gemstone Cat understood these reasons.

And the excuse it had come up with was originally a flimsy one.

But hearing the White Jade Cat summarize so bluntly still made it a bit embarrassed, prompting it to mutter a few words: ”Time, like water in a sponge, can always be squeezed out...”

The White Jade Cat gave it a sidelong glance.

The Black Gemstone Cat immediately changed its tune: ”—I mean, I see now... I misunderstood her, I harshly scolded her tonight... do you think I should go apologize?”

”Hehe.”

The White Jade Cat turned and started walking back in the direction it came from: ”First clarify who ’she’ is that you scolded, and don’t tell me it was Su Ya... A cat with a fist-sized punch, do you have the guts to scold Su Councilor? Just one look from her and Su Ya would probably throw you out of the Greenhill Mansion.”

The Black Gemstone Cat felt its face flush slightly and hurriedly followed behind the White Jade Cat, coughing lightly twice: ”Cough cough, well, it’s not like Su Ya would throw me out... Are you heading back? It’s still quite early today!”

It looked up at the moonlight.

It was just past its peak, and it was still far from dawn.

”I’m heading back.”

The White Jade Cat nimbly leaped over a boulder, simply explaining: ”I originally came today just to say hello. I might not have much time to come to the Cat Fruit Tree in the next few nights... Li Meng has been a bit listless lately, I suspect she might have caught an earworm, so I plan to keep an eye on her the next few nights. Oh, by the way, today is the beginning of summer. Before you head back in the morning, collect some dew with strong yang energy, and tomorrow I’ll ask Professor Li to help make some insect repellent.”