On the way back, Jiang Han used Histeria's connections to rent a drifting islet. This kind of islet covered only around 0.6 square kilometers—less than sixty hectares. Walking slowly around the island took just twelve minutes, while Giant Cats needed only five minutes. (Their strides were much bigger than a witch's.)
The island bore the name Jiang Han liked, [Water Spring Island], as well as the name she disliked, [X-004-Kaizi Tourist Island].
The island did not travel quickly. It would take a week to drift back to Moon Bay Camp through Ghost River. At first, Jiang Han had hesitated over whether to rent the drifting islet at all. It really was not very fast—if the witches rode brooms and had the Giant Cats carry Cat Spiders as they flew back, the journey would probably take only a day... But the moment they heard they would have to ride brooms and fly for an entire day, both witches and Giant Cats shook their heads and demanded, [We/the cats are taking the island back.]
Thus, left with no choice, Jiang Han rented the island.
Fortunately, the island still had quite a few fun spots...
Atop a small mountain around fifteen meters high, enormous streams of water constantly sprayed out from something resembling a volcanic crater. The water was drawn from Ghost River and fed into the island's water cycle.
A plump Giant Cat Lamp had a witch in a swimsuit sprawled across its back, with three tiers of kitten lamps balanced atop her head.
The big cat leaped down along the gushing torrent:
"Meow-ao! Meow-ao-ao-ao!"
Amid screams that rang through the sky and bursts of laughter, the witch, Cat Lamp, and Giant Cat were all washed into the inland shallows, rolling straight into water that gradually deepened from fifty centimeters to one