The atmosphere had seemed pretty good at first, but it suddenly grew tense because of a single meow. The people around them were somewhat startled, yet none of them dared relax. Not only were countless dark gun muzzles aimed at Lu Xin and Gecko from behind the bright, glaring lights, but some people had even hauled out several rocket launchers, specifically aiming them at the tall, imposing steel beast behind Gecko.
Lu Xin merely furrowed his brows slightly. He remembered the look in that orange cat's eyes just now. There seemed to be something strange about it.
He glanced thoughtfully at the orange cat, then at Master Snake.
"Nothing..."
Only after the cat clawed her did Master Snake finally snap back to her senses.
She glanced at the scratches on her arm, her expression unchanged.
She waved her hand lightly, then stuck out the soft tip of her tongue and slowly licked the wound.
Gecko sensed that something was wrong. Although he could not say exactly what the problem was, he still reacted.
"Master Snake, it's not that we're being unreasonable. There are regulations from above..."
Smiling, he took an ID card from his pocket and unfolded it in front of Master Snake. With a grin, he asked, "Recognize it?"
"..."
Master Snake stared at the emblem on the ID card, her expression freezing slightly.
The smile returned to her face, becoming somewhat gentle, and she looked toward Lu Xin.
In a soft voice, she said, "For you to come all this way to arrest someone, he must have committed quite a serious crime, right?"
Lu Xin thought about it. Since he could answer that, he nodded and said, "It's serious."
"No wonder you want to arrest him..."
Master Snake nodded, and astonishingly, that answer seemed to satisfy