Jiang Xia watched the cat fly over and crash into the cigarette. "..."
He picked up the wildly flailing Cat Ghost and moved it aside, then lowered his head to look at the cigarette in his hand.
After being hit by the Mist Tengu earlier, the cigarette paper had changed from white to black, and a circle of wing Pattern Seals had appeared on the butt.
Now, after colliding with the cat, the paper had likewise changed from white to black. But this time, a simple Cat Paw Print had appeared on the butt.
Jiang Xia looked at the cigarette, then at the humanoid Ghost beside him, and sighed.
Earlier, he had worried that they might combine into something strange. Now it seemed he had simply overthought it—the humanoid Ghosts apparently could not merge with this strange new cigarette.
Though it did not match the intended purpose of the experiment, he had already made it...
Jiang Xia stared at the burning cigarette for a moment, then cautiously leaned closer and took a small puff.
The Paper Shikigami fluttered out, and an immediate change came over him—the sounds around him suddenly became clearer. He could even hear the faint rustling of insects crawling along the wall outside.
Jiang Xia briefly adjusted to his new senses.
Then, remembering something, he raised a hand to touch the top of his head. As expected, he found a pair of upright ears there.
"..." He lowered his hand and touched his face, feeling normal human skin.
Looking down, he saw that his body was still a normal human body too. The only abnormal thing seemed to be the extra cat ears.
Jiang Xia secretly breathed a sigh of relief. "Good thing it isn't a human head on a cat body, or a cat head