Cats! Cats! Cats!

Lost again???

Boss Lu's brows drew tightly together, his mind churning with countless thoughts.

What the hell? Is it provoking me?

Does it really not take me, the person in charge, seriously?

Of course, there was another possibility.

The Rat Demon was a member of some mysterious Demon Organization. Somehow, it had lured away that little girl.

Then, before long, the little girl had been abducted by a demon again. It was very likely that there was something special about her.

Hmm, that makes perfect sense. It probably wasn't looking down on me.

After talking himself through it, Boss Lu felt much more at ease.

Although everything seemed shrouded in layers of mystery, he knew that finding the little girl was the most urgent matter.

"I'll be right there!" Lu Yibai said.

The moment he stepped out of the room, he heard someone shouting for him outside the window.

"Boss, hurry down!"

Beside the old locust tree outside the bar, Lin Xiaoqi was riding a motorcycle she had somehow gotten her hands on, shouting at Lu Yibai.

Clearly, Li Youde had informed Lin Xiaoqi as well. He had merely sent her a text message, since he seemed to be rather afraid of Sister Xiaoqi.

Lu Yibai couldn't even be bothered to ask Lin Xiaoqi where she had gotten the motorcycle.

The answer would definitely be, "Boss, there's no time to explain. Get on!"

That overused line...

So he chose to hurry downstairs and plopped himself onto the motorcycle.

He could vaguely smell Lin Xiaoqi's delicate fragrance.

It was very soothing, calming his heart completely.

But after only two seconds of peace, the motorcycle shot forward.

Lin Xiaoqi's flying hair fluttered in the wind, lashing Boss Lu right across the face!

Oh, for fuck's sake!

Why the hell does this feel like playing Road Rash?!

Most importantly, Boss Lu was rather shy and felt too embarrassed to take the opportunity to wrap his arms around Lin Xiaoqi's slender waist.

He clung tightly to the recessed edge of the motorcycle seat with both hands, his fingernails almost digging into the cushion.

The night wind brushed past. The old locust tree outside the bar rustled, shedding several leaves in the direction Lu Yibai and Lin Xiaoqi had gone.

Li Youde had already been waiting for a while in the Former Cheng Second District.

A cigarette hung from his mouth. When he saw the motorcycle speeding over, he quickly stubbed it out and waved his right hand, dispersing the smoke around him.

"Hello, Mr. Lu."

"Uh... Hello, Sister Xiaoqi."

The tones of those two greetings were quite different. The first was respectful, while the second sounded like a lackey addressing the leader of a gang.

"Follow me. We'll talk while we walk," Li Youde said.

According to Li Youde, the little girl had previously been abducted by the Rat Demon. Especially since the Rat Demon belonged to an organization, the Assistance Department had assigned people to keep an eye on the little girl for some time.

In truth, it was somewhat like protecting her in secret.

The Night Watchmen organization had limited manpower. A city couldn't possibly be managed by just a few Night Watchmen, so they needed to mobilize the strength of the ordinary people.

The Assistance Department didn't consist of just Li Youde. He was the person in charge, with quite a few others working under him.

Tonight, however, the two members secretly protecting the little girl had suddenly fallen unconscious.

They weren't seriously injured. They were simply unconscious, with... perverted smiles on their faces.

Even Uncle Qin, the security guard stationed in the residential compound's guardroom, had passed out, grinning lecherously.

The Former Cheng Second District wasn't an especially upscale residential complex, so the surveillance footage was viewed inside the guardroom.

The strange thing was that, before falling unconscious, Uncle Qin had swayed unsteadily and shut off the surveillance system.

The compound's surveillance equipment wasn't advanced. It could be switched off with the press of a button.

Li Youde hadn't received the two members' reports that night, so he sensed that something was wrong and brought people over. That was when he saw this bizarre scene.

He was very thorough. He had even recorded the two members on video and showed it to Lin Xiaoqi and Lu Yibai.

The two grown men were sitting in a car, leaning against each other with blissful smiles.

"Hehehe... hehehehe..."

It was an assault on the eyes.

Li Youde had tried calling the little girl's parents earlier, but no one answered.

So they entered the little girl's home.

This wasn't trespassing. More precisely, they were doing it to protect the family, so special measures had been taken.

Sure enough, the little girl's parents were also deeply unconscious. They were hugging a stuffed bear as if it were their beloved daughter.

But the little girl was nowhere to be seen!

Lin Xiaoqi took one look and said, "It's an Illusion Demon."

"These people are all immersed in an illusion."

Lin Xiaoqi was highly experienced. Naturally, she couldn't have misidentified it.

Li Youde was somewhat irritated. He had handled many demon incidents, but this was the first time he had encountered one that targeted an entire household.

Our Bureau of Deception... Bah! Our Assistance Department had to clean up the Night Watchmen's messes. It was exhausting, all right?

A daughter had gone missing twice in one month. How the hell was he supposed to make up an explanation? Huh?

"Can they be woken up?" Lu Yibai asked.

Clearly, even pushing them wouldn't wake them. A special method was needed.

"Yes." Lin Xiaoqi nodded. "But let's not wake them just yet."

Li Youde hurriedly nodded beside them, bobbing his head like a pecking chick.

It was better to leave them unconscious. They could just pretend nothing had happened.

But the little girl would be hard to find.

Even if they mobilized surveillance cameras across the entire city, it wouldn't be easy to locate her in a short time.

Crow City was, after all, a city. It was simply too large.

This was troublesome.

"It's really difficult to find her, so I have no choice but to trouble you two," Li Youde said apologetically.

To be honest, in most cities, the Night Watchmen were like the "red sticks" in a gang—in other words, elite enforcers. Their primary responsibility was fighting demons.

As for miscellaneous matters, such as searching for people, those were handled by the Assistance Department.

These days, there were all kinds of high-tech tools, and the Assistance Department was quite well-rounded.

If not for the fact that some demons and ghosts were difficult to deal with using technology, such as Fierce Ghosts, the Assistance Department could have handled everything on its own.

"Got it," Lin Xiaoqi said directly.

Clearly, she had a way.

They left the room and returned to the entrance of the residential compound.

"Boss, I'll locate her. Leave the Illusion Demon to you."

Before Lu Yibai could react, he saw Lin Xiaoqi close her eyes.

Li Youde tactfully retreated to the side, putting plenty of distance between himself and the two of them. He also notified his assistant, saying, "Seal off this area!"

There weren't many people out at this hour, but they were worried about frightening some unlucky passerby into having a breakdown.

Lin Xiaoqi sat cross-legged on the ground. She wasn't delicate, and she didn't complain about the dirt at a time like this.

The usually lively and unruly girl was unusually quiet now.

Under the dim glow of the streetlights, Lu Yibai could see her long eyelashes trembling faintly.

Lin Xiaoqi in this state was truly captivating.

After several seconds, her red lips parted slightly. In a thin, soft voice that seemed to come from the back of her throat, she said:

"Meow~"

Lu Yibai silently watched her, inexplicably feeling his heart melt.

Her name really suits her. She truly is a Night Cat.

Throughout Crow City, stray cats poked their heads out from countless corners.

Even many house cats in residential compounds secretly slipped out if they hadn't been locked inside.

Slowly, Lu Yibai saw cats running toward them one after another.

Black ones, orange ones, yellow ones...

Spotted ones, striped ones...

More and more, more and more!

Cats! Cats! Cats!

They were all fucking cats!

—Hundred Cats Night Walk!!

(PS: The second update.)