I've Seen a Dragon
Chapter 6

You Don't Want to Go to the Super Management Bureau, Do You?

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Chapter 6: You Don't Want to Go to the Supervision Bureau, Do You?

The wind in the cemetery blew with all its might.

A moment later, the Orange Cat and the White Cat slowly woke up to find themselves tied to a tree. They immediately panicked. Glancing to the side, they saw that the strongest among them, the Black Cat, was also tied up there.

"Black Meow, you were defeated too?" the White Cat asked with despair.

The Black Cat mumbled, "How could I be like the two of you useless fools?"

"He's indeed different from you," Yue Wen said, flashing out from the side. "He surrendered himself."

"What do you want?!" the White Cat and the Orange Cat exclaimed in terror.

"Let's chat for a bit first."

Yue Wen sized up the few Cat Demons. These little demons didn't seem like they could do anything truly evil. He figured the Supervision Bureau would just send them back to the Demon Realm if they caught them, so he didn't kill them outright.

However, in the eyes of the three little ones, this was the scrutiny of a demon, and they couldn't help but tremble.

"Do you have names?" Yue Wen asked first.

"My name is Black Meow," the Black Cat said calmly. He glanced at the White Cat and added, "Her name is White Meow."

Yue Wen looked at the Orange Cat and asked, "Then, without a doubt, your name is Orange Meow?"

"No," the Orange Cat shook its head and whispered, "My name is Orange Cat..."

"That name sounds pretty good," Yue Wen nodded. "Tell me about your origins."

The Orange Cat was full of fear, while the White Cat seemed slightly shaken and wanted to say something.

But the Black Cat immediately rebuked them sternly, "You're not allowed to say anything! Before we came, the Cult Leader told us not to reveal anything if we were captured!"

Hearing this, the Orange Cat and the White Cat immediately shut their mouths.

Yue Wen frowned and looked at the Black Cat.

Before he could utter any threats, he heard the Black Cat say passionately, "Kid, let me tell you, we are members of the Meow Meow Cult! Our Cult Leader is the great Cat Mountain Queen, who once held immense power in the Demon Realm. If you know what's good for you, release us quickly, or she won't let you off!"

"Meow Meow Cult?" Yue Wen asked, hearing the name for the first time. "Is it some kind of demon organization?"

He had heard a little about the Cat Mountain King before, knowing she was a powerful demon king in the Demon Realm.

But he had never heard of this Cat Mountain Queen.

"That's right! Scared now?" the Black Cat said proudly. "Our Meow Meow Cult is a hidden demon force in Jiang City, composed entirely of powerful Cat Demons. Our ultimate goal is for the cat race to rule the world! To achieve this grand ideal, I won't tell you anything even if you torture me!"

"Such a powerful organization, then why did you send you to dig up corpses?" Yue Wen asked again.

"Hmph," the Black Cat sneered. "Stupid human, how could you possibly guess our Cult Leader's plan? A human was carrying something she wanted and was killed on the way. The Cult Leader learned that he was being transported to the East City cemetery for burial, so she sent us to retrieve the human's corpse! You can rack your brains all you want, but you'll never figure it out!"

"So that's how it is," Yue Wen nodded, thinking that although this Black Cat was arrogant, he was quite cooperative.

A classic case of "saying nice things with an unpleasant face."

The Orange Cat and the White Cat listened and felt increasingly uneasy. They looked at the Black Cat in surprise.

Wait.

You told us not to talk, and then you jumped at the chance to confess?

You're answering every question!

"Black Meow, what are you doing?" the Orange Cat asked curiously.

"Shut up!" the Black Cat cursed again. "Your intelligence isn't high enough, and you'll easily be tricked into talking. Let me handle him!"

"If you keep 'handling him' for a while longer, I'll tell him the color of my underwear!" the White Cat yelled, losing its composure.

"Give me some face, stop arguing for now," Yue Wen said, raising his hand to stop their bickering. He then asked, "What is your Cult Leader looking for?"

"How would I possibly know that?" the Black Cat said coldly. "If you know what's good for you, go find that man with the middle part wearing overalls and let us take him away. Otherwise, when the Cult Leader arrives, you'll be in for a rough time!"

Yue Wen pondered for a moment, thinking it was better to avoid trouble.

These three little ones were indeed weak, but the weaker they were, the more powerful their Cult Leader who protected them in the human city must be.

No matter what their plan was, he was only here to deal with the Lantern Monster and had no reason to make an enemy of her.

These three little demons didn't seem like they could commit any major crimes, and he didn't want to kill them directly. However, letting them go scot-free didn't feel right either.

So, Yue Wen rubbed his chin and said, "I understand everything now, and I don't want to be enemies with your Meow Meow Cult. However, you do pose a hidden danger in the city, and I don't know if you have any criminal records. I'll send you to the Supervision Bureau..."

"No!" the three little ones cried out in unison.

The Orange Cat's voice immediately turned tearful. "If the Supervision Bureau catches us, they'll definitely send us back to the Demon Realm!"

Compared to life in the city, the Wasteland was already extremely harsh, but the rumored Demon Realm was like hell itself, a hundred times more terrifying than the Wasteland.

If they, as little demons, were thrown in there, it would be almost impossible for them to return to the human world alive.

"No, please!" the White Cat wailed. "In the month I've been in City Seven, the only bad thing I've done is steal someone's ID to book an internet cafe for the whole night!"

"Can't you have some backbone!" the Black Cat looked disdainfully at its two companions. After glaring at them a few times, he turned back to Yue Wen. "Kid, I advise you to reconsider..."

His tone remained arrogant. "If you don't let us go today, you'll be making an enemy of the Meow Meow Cult, and our Cult Leader will certainly not let it go. If you wisely let us go, I might consider acknowledging you as my father!"

Yue Wen looked at the Black Cat, wondering if cats had schizophrenia.

One face was arrogant, the other begged for mercy.

"You don't have to be so polite," Yue Wen paused, then said leisurely, "But you've caused so much damage, and it's all going to be on me. I've also spent a lot of time with you, so you can't have me waste my effort for nothing. You need to find a way to compensate me for my losses."

"Oh!" the White Cat exclaimed, realization dawning. "I've seen this in movies! You want to kidnap us and demand a ransom, right!"

The Orange Cat weakly said, "But we're very poor, we don't have anything... If you let me go back and inform the Cult Leader, maybe she'd be willing to pay a ransom."

"Informing your Cult Leader is even less likely. I don't know if she'd pay a ransom, but she'd definitely come after me," Yue Wen said.

"She wouldn't," the Orange Cat Girl pleaded, her eyes full of supplication. "We cats are humanity's best friends."

Yue Wen gave her a "Do you think I believe you?" look, then flashed a devilish grin. "Think carefully. I can tell you don't want to go to the Supervision Bureau, right?"

Seeing the standoff, the Black Cat suddenly roared, "Human, my patience has limits! If you don't let me go, I'll tell you a secret about a treasure!"

Yue Wen looked at him speechlessly. He had to process what this Black Cat said every time. "Go ahead."

"We three don't have anything valuable on us, but when we were wandering in the Wasteland before, we encountered a treasure," the Black Cat recounted. "We saw a crashed helicopter and wanted to check if there was any survival supplies. But there was a strong spiritual energy fluctuation from the wreckage, which was very restraining to demonic creatures, making it impossible for us to get within five hundred meters!"

"This is a very threatening weapon for us, but for you, it should be a powerful Magic Artifact. If you let us go, I'll tell you the location of this Magic Artifact, and you can go look for it."

Hearing this, Yue Wen's heart stirred slightly. He then asked, "Do you have any proof?"

"We took a group photo back then, we can show it to you," the Black Cat said.

"The phone is in my pocket, be careful when you touch it," the White Cat reminded in a low voice.

Yue Wen took out a very old smartphone from its pocket. The screen was cracked more than half its length. No wonder it told him to be careful.

Seeing the three little ones' pained expressions at the old phone, it seemed they had picked it up somewhere and kept it like a treasure.

Yue Wen tapped open the phone's album and scrolled up as the Black Cat instructed. Sure enough, he found a group photo of the three little demons.

It was in a misty area of the Wasteland, with the wreckage of an old helicopter in the distance. Through a patch of fallen trees, the Black Cat held the phone high, revealing its face. Behind it, the Orange Cat stood gracefully, while the White Cat shoved its big face forward, making a funny smile.

Yue Wen saw a corner of a mountain peak in the distance in the photo and was slightly surprised. "This is near North Vermilion Bird Peak. You were wandering there before?"

That was an area outside Jiang City's Wasteland, a spiritual vein where demons were densely packed, and the danger level was very high.

How could these few little demons survive there with their strength?

"We used to have grandparents," the White Cat said pitifully. "Later, our grandparents were killed by other Great Demons, and then we started wandering and met the Cult Leader..."

"You see, we're not wild demons!" the Black Cat added fiercely. "To tell you the truth, my grandparents once passed down a secret technique to me! If you dare to harm us, I can sacrifice my lifespan to make your knees pop for three years!"

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