High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 2771: Chapter 992: He’s a Scumbag, What’s That Got to Do With Me!

Jiang Yu had never seen Su Shijun’s original body.

But when that big blue fox landed in front of her, she still recognized who it was at a glance, and subconsciously straightened her chest.

Then she realized how small she was.

That gave her a flash of fleeting frustration.

The Big Fox’s teasing gaze lingered on the two little cats for a moment, then finally settled on the frozen Black Gem Cat. Through her eyes, an invisible, formless pressure slowly ground down the shell of that ”Stone.”

”He—he’s a jerk, what’s that got to do with me? ... I was only born, what, five minutes ago!”

The Black Gem Cat forced himself to keep a stiff upper lip and tried to pull a fast one with logic: ”—As the saying goes, ’a white horse is not a horse’; if someone’s looking for a white horse, it definitely has nothing to do with a black horse... He’s him, I’m me!”

He was working hard to distance himself from his main body.

With very little success.

”Heh, worthy of being an avatar—same damn character as the original.”

The big blue fox flicked her tail, her tone carrying a hint of amusement—and only then did the Black Gem Cat notice the four big fluffy tails behind her.

His paws unconsciously scratched at the ground.

”Why did you...” He lifted his head and glanced at the throne that had just been vacated on the tree, quietly swallowed, and changed how he phrased it: ”How did you get up there?”

”Just like that, I went up.”

The Big Fox sounded offhand, with a laziness completely different from the two cats: ”The whole tree only has that platform where a person can sort of rest for a bit... But your underlings really need some proper training. I only glared at them twice and they all obediently made way, didn’t show the slightest intention of being loyal to you.”

Because they were cats, and most of them were strays; of course the concept of loyalty didn’t exist for them.

The Black Gem Cat grumbled silently in his heart, then looked up at the big fox in front of him. Staring at her clear, bright eyes, he couldn’t help quietly voicing the thought deepest in his heart: ”—What did you come here for?”

The moment the words left his mouth, the back of his head felt a bit chilly.

The whole cat snapped awake at once.

He immediately started regretting his big mouth.

The Big Fox glanced at him with a half-smile.

”What, I’m not allowed to come?”

She lowered her body slightly, and in an instant, her massive shadow engulfed the two little cats. Her voice was very pleasant, but full of pressure: ”—Or is it that you’re doing something you don’t want seen?”

”No... that’s not... of course you can come!”

The Black Gem Cat stammered, all four paws clenching down, digging hard into the turf beneath his claws, terrified that his legs would give and he’d collapse on the spot, becoming a laughingstock for the two in front of him: ”I—I mean, it’s so late... what business do you have at school?”

”Looking for the kids’ dad!”

The big blue fox’s lips ticked up slightly, as if she didn’t see the way White Jade Cat’s face instantly stretched long. Her four tails swayed happily behind her as she lazily sprawled on the ground: ”—All of a sudden there are three kids at home, and the amount of stuff to worry about shot up overnight. I’m busy with work too; we can’t both be never home, right?”

As she spoke, she nudged the Black Gem Cat’s head with the tip of her nose. A gentle warm breeze washed over him, but the Black Gem Cat felt as if he were facing Dragon Flame, melting from the inside out.

A threatening rumble slipped unconsciously from White Jade Cat’s throat.

That snapped the Black Gem Cat back to his senses again.

He really wanted to curse.

He wanted to curse this Big Fox in front of him, and he also wanted to curse the main body sound asleep in bed—Big Fox, you’re looking for the main body; what’s that got to do with this avatar? Why are you making things hard for an innocent little Stone like me! The mess your main body made, what’s that got to do with this avatar? Why do I have to bear the consequences!

But all of that he could only roar twice in his heart.

White Jade Cat knew she couldn’t let the Big Fox keep controlling the rhythm of the conversation.

”This semester, the two of us are both really busy with school.”

She finally spoke again, calmly looking at the colossal creature in front of her, not a trace of fear in her eyes: ”—So we’ll have to trouble you to put a bit more effort into those kids... Thank you for your hard work.”

For a well-bred Witch from a clan, this was already the furthest one could go in being rude.

Under the Cat Fruit Tree, those four big tails swaying in the wind suddenly paused, and the air itself seemed to freeze in that moment. The fuzzy Cat Fruits on the branches all stopped swaying in unison, trembling as they hung there, as if they’d drop the next second from being overly ripe.

The Black Gem Cat had never wanted Magic as badly as he did now.

If only he could get a bit smaller.

He prayed that in his heart.

The big blue fox lifted her head and looked up at the moon hanging midair. After a moment of silence, she let out a soft sigh.

”I heard something once, and I thought it made a lot of sense.”

She withdrew her gaze and looked at the Black Gem Cat, her voice like clear spring over stone, pleasant and musical: ”The gist of it was that ’the opposite of like isn’t hate, it’s not caring at all.’ From that perspective, she really does like you, that’s why she dares to talk back to me this directly... And I also care about you, that’s why I came here tonight.”

The Black Gem Cat knew this fox was a straight shooter.

But he had still underestimated her technique.

Two fastballs in a row—one slammed into White Jade Cat’s head, the other into his own—regardless of what he himself was thinking right now, just from the corner of his eye, that White Jade Cat had already evolved into a Pink Jade Cat, clearly thrown completely off balance.

Just as he was sighing inwardly.

The Big Fox spoke again, lightly shifting the topic: ”—Just now when I was on the tree, I heard you saying something about whether your ears were broken... what’s this about your ears being busted?”

The Black Gem Cat quietly let out a breath of relief. As long as they didn’t go back to those sensitive topics from before, talking about ”ears” was actually pretty nice.

”They’re not my ears, they’re his ears.”

He rushed to explain: ”—After he got grabbed by Thomas, it seems like he was left with some aftereffects. Recently he’s been getting tinnitus every so often. At first it only lasted a few seconds, and it only happened every couple of days. But these last two days, maybe because the pressure’s gotten worse or something, he’s had tinnitus two days in a row—though, yeah, each time is still only a few seconds...”

The Black Gem Cat babbled on and on, without an end in sight.

He was terrified the Big Fox and White Jade Cat would go back to talking about those topics that made everyone unhappy. But he’d clearly forgotten that what decides the direction of a conversation is never the topic itself, but the atmosphere while you’re talking.

”Have you gone to the hospital to get it checked?” White Jade Cat asked with immediate concern.

Before the Black Gem Cat could answer.

The Big Fox’s soft scoff came to his ears: ”What kind of level do those healers at the school even have? Tomorrow—no, tonight—come with me to the manor for a check... as it happens, the Clan Doctor from Qingqiu who came a couple of days ago still hasn’t left, taking a look at your ears will be a piece of cake for him.”

”The school clinic healers are the most suitable for students!” White Jade Cat shot back without the slightest politeness: ”How many patients have those Witch Doctors outside of school actually treated?”

The Black Gem Cat sank into depression again.