The next morning.
As soon as Zhang Zian opened his eyes, he saw a blue-gray tail wagging under the curtains. Vladimir seemed to have woken up before dawn. It squatted on the windowsill and looked out.
He sat up and began to put on his clothes.
Vladimir poked its head out from under the curtains and lightly jumped off the windowsill. The Russian Blue's light and agile body, which was completely different from the British Shorthair, was revealed.
"When are we going out today? My iron fist is already hungry and thirsty! "It clenched a front paw and was in high spirits.
"That's not urgent. Are you sure you don't need to prepare a place for you to sleep?" Zhang Zian asked.
Before going to bed last night, Zhang Zian had planned to find an old blanket for it to sleep on temporarily. Then, he would see what kind of bed it wanted to sleep in and then buy it online. In the end, it waved its hand and refused. It found a place to lie down and sleep.
"No need." Vladimir laughed heartily. "In our line of work, the world is our home. The sky is our blanket, the ground is our bed, the guns are our comrades, and the grass is the cafeteria. There's nothing to be particular about. It's enough to have a place to shelter us from the wind and rain. Why would we need a bed?"
Zhang Zian was speechless. She had a way with words.
He was a little worried that he would neglect it. He didn't expect it to really feel that there was no need to sleep on a bed. Since it was straightforward, he didn't worry about where it would sleep.
"Besides, when I think about the thousands of stray cats being bullied and oppressed outside, I can't sleep at ease," Vladimir said, pointing outside.
Old Time Tea also woke up and heard Vladimir's words. It exclaimed, "Worry about the world first. Let's float a white!"
Zhang Zian shook his head and smiled bitterly. If it wasn't joking, then the difference in their thinking made him feel ashamed. Even though he knew that there were still many poor people in the world who didn't have enough to eat and couldn't sleep, he could still sleep well when it was time to sleep …
After all, those things were too far away from him. Those poor people were strangers to him. He knew how much he was worth, and he wouldn't set saving the world's poor as his goal. It was just like the saying that Confucians often said, "Be good to yourself when you're poor, and help the world when you're rich."
He was now taking good care of himself. Only when he was as rich as Father Ma would he consider helping the world.
Those who were still thinking about helping the world when they were poor were either crazy, delusional, or people who could change the world … or cats.
At this time, the other elves also woke up one after another. After strolling around the capital for several days, especially since the capital's scenic spots covered a vast area, the elves were quite tired. They had slept early last night, so naturally, they woke up early today.
Pi skipped into the bathroom to wash its face, then jumped onto a chair and started typing.
When Vladimir heard the typing sound, he easily jumped onto the desk and put his face close to the screen. He stared at the Word document on the screen and asked, "I wanted to ask you last night, what are you doing sitting in front of the computer? Do you write novels? "
Pi was shocked and nodded nervously. "Zhi zhi."
Zhang Zian said for it, "Its name is Pi, and it's writing a serialized novel online. Although it can't speak, it can communicate by typing."
Pi was a little shy and felt a little inferior about not being able to speak. Last night, everyone surrounded Vladimir and asked questions, but it was the only one sitting in front of the computer and typing silently.
Vladimir opened his mouth slightly in surprise and said in awe, "Writing novels? That's amazing! "
Pi typed embarrassedly, "It's not written very well."
"No, no, it's already very good to be able to write novels!" Vladimir said seriously. "I respect every writer. Writers are the engineers of the human soul."
Zhang Zian was speechless. He seemed to have heard this from an elementary school teacher, but he couldn't remember where it came from. Anyway, it shouldn't have been the elementary school teacher's original creation. Although this sentence was often misrepresented as "teachers are the engineers of the human soul," the real original text was "writers."
Speaking of which, he quite admired Vladimir for quoting famous people as soon as he opened his mouth.
Pi was even more embarrassed, feeling that it didn't deserve such praise.
"You can do it. When you finish this novel, I will read it carefully," Vladimir encouraged. "But you have to pay attention to your body. Don't always sit still. You have to pay attention to rest. Rest is for better work. Don't harm your health. Novelists always want to care about the fate of others, but they forget to care about their own fate. This is where their tragedy lies. Don't follow the path of your predecessors. "
Pi was a little confused, but it still nodded in agreement, because Zhang Zian had said similar things before, just that he hadn't quoted so much.
"But," Vladimir's tone changed and became stern. "But now, many humans have lost their noble souls and become despicable and shameless. They willfully bully creatures that are weaker than them. For such reactionaries, we have to abandon our illusions and prepare to fight!"
Its words were impassioned, but the problem was that some of the elfins present didn't understand, and some didn't care.
Fina yawned and rubbed its sleepy eyes. "I also feel that some humans don't know their place. They dare to try to mess with the cats. They must be punished!"
As it spoke, it glanced coldly at Zhang Zian.
Zhang Zian interrupted, "Wait a minute, Vladimir. You've just arrived and haven't fully understood the situation yet. Indeed, cat abuse incidents are happening frequently in Binhai City, and they are gradually spreading to the whole country. There are even related QQ groups on the Internet. The group owner has set up a mute for everyone, and then openly broadcast cat abuse videos for fun … But there is a deeper reason for all of this. "
Vladimir's eyes were like torches as it listened carefully.
Zhang Zian continued, "In the past, cat abuse incidents occasionally occurred in most areas, but they were not as serious as this one. And this time, the outbreak was concentrated in a short period of time, which is completely different from the previous situation. It can't be simply attributed to humans. I'm not saying this to absolve humans. After all, it is humans who abuse cats, but there is a hidden mastermind behind this series of cat abuse incidents. It is a statue of the Cat Goddess from ancient Egypt."
"The Cat Goddess statue?" Vladimir was both surprised and confused. "A Cat Goddess statue has this kind of ability?"
"It's a long story. This statue is not the real thing, but a lifelike imitation. Someone gave it to me as a gift. At first, it was just an ordinary display, but then, for some reason, it suddenly disappeared … "
Zhang Zian told Vladimir about the information related to the Cat Goddess statue, including how he, Old Time Tea, Famous, and Galaxy had tracked it to the unfinished building. Although they had missed the Cat Goddess statue at that time, through reasonable speculation, they could restore what had happened earlier — the Cat Goddess statue was hiding in the dark and watching coldly, observing how the cat abuser abused the cat for fun.
"I suspect that the Cat Goddess statue, as an elfin in the process of taking shape, may be able to disturb people's minds to a certain extent, making ordinary people who already have psychological problems show a bloodthirsty and cruel side. And the more bloody and cruel the process of cat abuse, the more powerful it will be," Zhang Zian said his own speculation.
Old Time Tea and Famous agreed with his point of view and made corresponding additions.
"I see."
As someone who had personally experienced the incident, every time Zhang Zian recalled the scene at that time, he couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine. But after Vladimir heard it, it looked calm. It laughed loudly and said, "So, the Cat Goddess statue that made you act as if you were facing a great enemy, is only at this level?"
Zhang Zian was speechless.
He exchanged glances with Old Time Tea, and Old Time Tea shook its head slightly. Although it appreciated Vladimir's concern for the world, what it had said just now made it feel that Vladimir was a little too arrogant.
Out of good intentions, Old Time Tea interrupted from the side. "Don't underestimate the enemy! The Cat Goddess statue is extremely fierce, and its movements are erratic and strange. If this continues, it will definitely lead to a disaster … Most importantly, it seems to be between life and death. It is neither a living thing nor a dead thing. What can we do about it? "
"Hahaha!" Vladimir looked up to the sky and laughed, then raised one of its front paws and slammed it heavily on the ground. "Although I haven't seen the Cat Goddess statue with my own eyes, I know that all reactionaries are f * cking paper tigers that look good but are useless!"
Zhang Zian also wanted to persuade it not to underestimate the enemy, but he heard it say again, "Don't worry, I won't underestimate the enemy. The Cat Goddess statue was able to cause such a big commotion, so it must have some tricks up its sleeve … But the so-called principle of battle is to despise the enemy strategically and pay attention to the enemy tactically! That's the only way to be invincible! "
He gave up on the idea of persuading it because he felt that what it said made some sense.
Ever since the Cat Goddess statue had wreaked havoc in Binhai City, whether it was him or the elfins, they all turned pale at the mention of the mysterious and strange Cat Goddess statue. Even Old Time Tea, who had always been calm and collected, felt that the Holy Cat Goddess statue was a thorny problem when it was mentioned, because it didn't know how to deal with this ghost-like monster. The two sides hadn't even officially met, and it had already lost some of its spirit. In other words, it was afraid before the battle, which was a big taboo in the military.
Old Time Tea listened and seemed to understand something.
It wasn't that Old Time Tea's level and awareness were not high, but that Old Time Tea had always been a lone ranger and was better at thinking about problems on an individual level and a tactical level. Vladimir, on the other hand, stood at a higher level when it thought about things. Its vision was longer and broader, and it looked at problems from a strategic level like a military strategist.
Thinking back, Old Time Tea and Famous had visited the Love Lovely Pets breeding base at night. Out of a moment of righteous indignation, they had taken action and released all the pets that had been treated unfairly in the breeding base. They hadn't considered how to settle so many pets, causing many of them to become homeless stray cats and dogs. Objectively, it was also the cause of the current cat abuse incident.
If Vladimir had followed them at that time, it would definitely have considered the problem comprehensively and planned before taking action. It wouldn't have let Old Time Tea and Famous act hastily.
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