Chapter 49

Chapter 49: Blue Star – 3

This was humiliation! This was absolutely humiliating!

The Maine Coon had never suffered such humiliation before. Its shock was so great that even its feline face displayed an expression of utter disbelief. Its pair of cat eyes widened into perfect circles.

It immediately wanted to bite off the Theater Master’s finger first. However—

Whether the Theater Master had somehow seen through its intentions or not, just as the Maine Coon was about to bite down…

The Theater Master’s finger pushed a little farther inside and directly tapped its throat.

“Gag!”

Taking advantage of the Maine Coon’s disgusted retching, the Theater Master leisurely withdrew his finger.

With elegant movements, he pulled a tissue from the table and carefully wiped his finger. His gentle smile remained perfectly intact, and every bit of it was reflected in the Maine Coon’s eyes.

Maine Coon: …? Original translation by Lhaozi, read at lhaozitranslation.com

The Maine Coon had never encountered someone like this before. Its entire little body was consumed by rage, so much so that it didn’t even have time to notice how incredibly fast the Theater Master had moved in front of it earlier.

It unsheathed its claws, bared its teeth, and lunged toward the Theater Master—

However…

Its leap had barely carried it halfway through the air when the Theater Master, who had been standing in front of the sofa just a moment ago, suddenly disappeared.

An indescribable sense of danger abruptly surfaced in the cat’s heart. Before its mind could even react, its instincts had already forced its body to change the trajectory of its midair pounce.

Unfortunately…

It was still too late.

A hand as flawless as jade effortlessly caught the Maine Coon by the scruff of its neck. Without the slightest tenderness, the Theater Master grabbed that small patch of skin and lifted the entire cat, which was over a meter long, into the air. Original translation by Lhaozi, read at lhaozitranslation.com

Maine Coon: …?

Even when grabbed by the scruff, it wasn’t the sort of cat that would easily settle down. But unfortunately—

Before the Maine Coon could begin struggling violently, the Theater Master had already treated it to a complete aerial flying-cat package.

“You all saw it, right? This cat was the one who opened its mouth and attacked me first! I was only defending myself. I had absolutely no choice…”

As he swung the Maine Coon around, the Theater Master continued speaking without even turning red in the face. In front of all the animals in the front rows, he looked utterly innocent as he turned toward the employee, whose expression had already become one of complete suffocation.

His voice was full of helplessness.

“Come to think of it, is this how the pets in your shop normally behave? You put them up for sale without even training them first? How unprofessional! It’s fortunate that they encountered someone like me this time. What if they’d encountered another customer who couldn’t even defend themselves? Wouldn’t that pose a safety hazard to others? Honestly, look at you. You’re running such a huge establishment, yet you don’t even have foxes, which are canines, and you don’t even know how to train your animals. How are you supposed to compete with other businesses? What exactly is your core competitive advantage? What…”

He continued pointing out their shortcomings until the cat in his hand finally stopped moving altogether. Original translation by Lhaozi, read at lhaozitranslation.com

Only then did he stop, leaving behind an employee who looked as though she were questioning the meaning of her existence and a group of little animals trembling in fear.

And the very instant the Theater Master stopped spinning—

“Meowwwwwwwww! Meow! Meowww! Meow! (BEEP—BEEP—BEEP—BEEP! Just wait until I recover! I’ll BEEP—my two brothers will definitely BEEP—BEEP—BEEP—…!)”

For a moment, an intense barrage of meows erupted from the Maine Coon’s mouth, practically like a rapid-fire machine gun.

The other cats nearby consciously covered their ears, as though declaring that they couldn’t bear to listen to such filthy language.

The emotions behind those cries were so intense that even someone who didn’t know what was happening could tell that the cat was definitely saying something extremely unpleasant.

Not to mention…

The Theater Master, who was practically the absolute ruler of everything within the theater he had established. Original translation by Lhaozi, read at lhaozitranslation.com

So it had two other brothers?

He raised an eyebrow and suddenly decided that he no longer wanted to kill this Maine Coon outright.

After patiently waiting for a full fifteen minutes, the Theater Master watched the Maine Coon finally catch its breath. With an unhurried expression, he smiled gently and opened his mouth.

“Meow— (Continue.)”

The Maine Coon, which had never imagined that the Theater Master could actually understand cat language, let alone speak it: …?

It suddenly felt the skin at the back of its neck tighten.

As the Theater Master casually turned it around, the Maine Coon was forced to meet his eyes.

“You certainly have quite an extensive vocabulary, don’t you?” Original translation by Lhaozi, read at lhaozitranslation.com

The expression on the Theater Master’s face grew even gentler.

He even looked at the Maine Coon with a hint of compassion. Then, under the cat’s guilty gaze—

He slowly released the hand gripping its scruff.

Meow?

Was he really going to let it go just like that?

Even after all four of its paws were firmly planted on the floor, the Maine Coon still couldn’t quite believe it.

It even stepped against the floor a few times to confirm that it had genuinely been released.

Then, without the slightest hesitation, it turned around and prepared to return to its display enclosure. It wanted to call its other two brothers out so they could join forces and kill this human to avenge it! Original translation by Lhaozi, read at lhaozitranslation.com

But—

Ideals were beautiful. Reality, however, was unreasonable.

Before the Maine Coon could even take its first step—

It was horrified to discover that it… couldn’t control its own body?

“Why aren’t you leaving yet?”

Even more terrifyingly, the man who had practically been abusing a cat just moments ago was now walking toward it again, one step at a time!

He spoke in a hypocritically gentle voice while reaching out with those same wicked hands—

The Maine Coon could only watch in utter despair as its own body shamelessly rubbed itself against the man, while embarrassing little purrs and whimpers escaped its throat… Original translation by Lhaozi, read at lhaozitranslation.com

That wasn’t it! That absolutely wasn’t it!!!

The little cat’s entire mentality shattered on the spot!

And the Theater Master deliberately picked it up, even giving it a little wink.

What did that mean?

A terrible premonition suddenly arose in the Maine Coon’s heart.

As if to confirm its suspicions, the Theater Master smiled faintly. While deliberately rubbing the Maine Coon’s belly against the direction of its fur, he gestured for the employee to bring over the cat’s other two brothers.

The Maine Coon, which had heard exactly what the Theater Master was asking the employee to do: …???

It didn’t matter if the other animals in the pet shop, or even the employee, witnessed this. It could always silence them later. Original translation by Lhaozi, read at lhaozitranslation.com

But it was only one cat! There was no way it could defeat its two brothers!

Just imagining its brothers seeing it in its current state…

It was the mighty Little Snow Mountain Tiger! Did it still have any dignity left? How was it supposed to show its face around them ever again?!

Those two cats wouldn’t just laugh at it for a year. They would laugh until the day it completely disintegrated!

Damn it! If you have the guts, just give me a quick death! Is killing a cat with a dull knife not enough for you? Do you really have to humiliate me like this?!

It had never encountered such a vicious human before!

No!

Humans weren’t supposed to be this vicious. This thing wasn’t even human! Original translation by Lhaozi, read at lhaozitranslation.com

The Maine Coon was practically on the verge of tears as it endured the torment, slowly watching its two brothers emerge.

Under the silent yet deeply meaningful gazes of the one white cat and the one black cat…

The Maine Coon suddenly realized that it seemed to be able to speak.

It immediately wanted to unleash a whole stream of colorful feline profanity.

But—

When it actually opened its mouth, the only thing that came out was…

“Meow meow meow~ Meow~~~ Meowww~! (Let’s have some fun together~ So~ wonderful~ Meowww~!)”

The Maine Coon knew perfectly well that, just a moment before it opened its mouth, the Theater Master had taken control of it again. Original translation by Lhaozi, read at lhaozitranslation.com

Maine Coon: …

It looked at its two brothers in utter despair as they stared back in complete shock, involuntarily taking a step backward.

Having finally accepted reality, the Maine Coon let the Theater Master do whatever he pleased with it, its heart completely dead.

It didn’t even bother licking its fur back into place after he had rubbed it the wrong way.

Just destroy everything.

There was no reason for this world to exist anymore. 🙂

And so, this was the first day a little cat decided to destroy the world.

  Original translation by Lhaozi, read at lhaozitranslation.com