Preparing to Set Out

Of course, Henry would not stay overnight in a room full of teenage girls. Apart from not knowing them well, the unfinished apartment on the twelfth floor in the Tribeca District was hardly comfortable. The girls had been hunted down and had no choice but to put up with it; what was the point of Henry making himself suffer too?

So after nightfall, the grown man returned to the Hepburn Family home. He needed to report in to the old lady and make some preparations while he was at it.

When she learned that Cathy Weber had asked for help, Catherine Hepburn agreed without hesitation. When she heard it might take several days, she even gave a teasing smile that said everything without words.

Though he wanted to explain himself, Henry still took the blame so the old lady would not worry too much.

During the day, the old lady had her private caregiver. At night, Skye came back to keep watch. As long as everything was arranged beforehand and all the necessary preparations were made, there would be no major problems.

As for Kitty, the "tabby cat," this ten-year-old tiger seemed to have entered a whole new realm of serene detachment.

Wild tigers generally lived eight to ten years, while zoo tigers raised in captivity lived sixteen to twenty-five. So Kitty already had one foot at the edge of old age. Instead of daring to gnaw on a Kryptonian's leg like it was a chew toy as she had in her youth, she had become increasingly lazy.

With the brainwave-based Tiger Language Translator as well, it should be fine to let this "tabby cat" out of his sight for a while... probably. That was what Henry thought.

When he met the three girls and Cathy Weber, who had stayed