Vladimir had already assigned tasks to the stray cats, and then let them disperse and return to their respective stations. After all, the day was the stray cats' rest time, and the night belonged to them.
Richard took advantage of the fact that Zhang Zian wasn't paying attention to it to land on his shoulder and talk non-stop about sex.
After Vladimir finished dealing with the stray cats, it followed Zhang Zian back to the pet shop through the back door.
As soon as he entered the shop, he saw Fina, Old Time Tea, and Famous all gathered near the entrance of the shop, discussing something with serious expressions.
He looked around the shop and didn't find anything strange. The shutter door at the main entrance was closed, and there was no sign of someone breaking in. He glared at Richard, blaming it for making a fuss.
"What are you guys doing?"
He also walked near the cashier and asked in confusion, "Aren't you tired after a night of tossing and turning? Why don't you go to sleep? "
Last night, Famous stayed in the shop and didn't go out, but Fina and Old Time Tea didn't sleep all night, just like him. Fina loved to sleep, and Old Time Tea was old and needed plenty of sleep. What were they talking about here if they didn't sleep?
Fina glanced at him, but before it could speak, it heard Snowy Lionet on the cat tree cry out, "Meow meow meow! You stinky man, are your eyes used to vent your anger? Don't you see that there's something extra in the shop? "
"What? Something extra? "
Zhang Zian was even more confused. If there was something missing, that was understandable. Maybe it was lost, stolen, or forgotten, but why was there something extra? Could it have been left behind by a customer yesterday? Besides, would the elfins care about this kind of thing?
He first looked at the cashier, then looked at the shelves. He roughly looked around and didn't find anything missing. Of course, he didn't find anything extra either.
"Idiot!" Richard swung its wings and slapped him on the head. "You're so tall. Can't you bend down to offer your chrysanthemum and look down? I saw it, but you didn't! "
Zhang Zian secretly noted it down, then looked down and immediately took a few steps back in shock. He stammered, "This … What's going on? It … It … Why is it back? "
He hadn't seen anything unusual just now because he was tall and had a high line of sight. He hadn't noticed the things on the ground.
Now that he saw it, he pointed at the cashier counter with a trembling hand. He was so shocked that he didn't know what to say.
The Holy Cat statue that had just disappeared from the green field was now squatting there. Because its color was black, and the lights were not turned on in the morning, the lighting was dim. When Zhang Zian saw it for the first time, he was so scared that he almost peed his pants. His heart almost jumped out of his throat!
He thought to himself that this was really strange. The enemy had already infiltrated into our army without us knowing?
"Vladimir … Vladimir! Quick! Quick, give it a Meow Meow Doctrine Iron Fist! "He finally came back to his senses and quickly shouted.
Vladimir had already seen it. He shook his head and said, "This is a lifeless statue. My claws would hurt if I hit it!"
Richard swung its wings and slapped him again. "You still have the cheek to say that I'm making a fuss? You idiot are the one who is making a fuss over nothing! "
"What?"
Zhang Zian was stunned. He stared at the statue for a few seconds and found that it was no different from other objects. It was motionless, and its eyes were not flashing red. Only then did he feel slightly relieved.
He turned on the lights in the room and carefully looked closer.
Yes, this was indeed the Holy Cat statue. It was the one that had just wreaked havoc in the green field, and it was also the one that had disappeared from the shop. However, it had completely lost its breath of life.
Its squatting posture and expression were exactly the same as before it had disappeared. It was exactly the same as the one that had been placed in the British Museum. Even its position was exactly the same as before it had disappeared. It had been placed in the same position for a long time, and there was a slightly shallow white mark on the ground. Now, its bottom was 100% covered by the white mark, as if it had not moved at all.
However, in addition to its posture and expression, its appearance had undergone a huge change.
The most eye-catching thing was that its left chin had caved in, destroying its previous gloomy beauty. There were slight undulations within the depression, and the outline seemed to be … very similar to a cat's paw, as if it had been punched hard by a cat.
It hadn't smashed the bronze, but had left a clear fist mark on the solid bronze.
In addition, its body was covered in scratches and scratches. The scratches looked like it had been dragged on the rough ground, and the scratches looked like they had been cut by a sharp object. Even one of its ears was missing a tip.
Also, its golden nose ring that had disappeared and reappeared again, and the Wadjit amulet carved on its chest had reappeared.
"This … What's going on?"
No one could answer this question.
Everything was like a dream.
Zhang Zian wondered if he had been dreaming. Maybe the real situation was that the Holy Cat statue had been stolen, but the thief did not know what it was and had disposed of it like trash. In the end, after much difficulty, he had finally picked it up from the junkyard, and it was no longer as beautiful as before.
Although this explanation was very reasonable, it was obviously not true.
If this was true, then wouldn't all his previous efforts have been a joke?
A simpler explanation would be that the heavily damaged Holy Cat statue had lost the right to become an elfin, and it had been sent back by the game to its original owner.
"When … When did it appear?" he asked the elfins present.
"Her Majesty came back late because she had to wait for Snowy Lionet, so I entered the room through the window on the second floor." Old Time Tea explained what had happened. "I felt a little sleepy and planned to go to sleep after watching the morning news, but when I came to the first floor, I vaguely felt that something was wrong in the room. Her Majesty also came back, and she felt the same way, so she searched the room with me. After a while, we found this lost and recovered Holy Cat statue."
After listening, Zhang Zian did not hastily comment. Instead, he looked at Famous. Because it had been in the shop all night, if there was anything unusual, it should have been the first to discover it.
Famous lowered its head. "I'm ashamed to say this, but before Old Time Tea and Fina came back from the window on the second floor, I had already dozed off next to the recliner on the first floor, but I did not hear any abnormal sounds from beginning to end. When they were searching, I thought they were a little nervous, but who knew … "
It was very sorry that such a strange thing had happened in the shop, but it had not noticed it at all.
Zhang Zian saw that it was feeling guilty, so he comforted it. "This is not your fault. This Holy Cat statue cannot be speculated with common sense. It is normal that you did not discover it."
As for the two elfins on the second floor, Pi and Sihwa, there was no need to ask them. Even if they were asked, they would definitely be confused, and perhaps even scared.
The problem now was, what should they do with this lost and recovered statue?
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