In the vast suburbs, a monkey-shaped Monster raced through the dense forest.
Four arms, each over two meters long, grew beneath its ribs. Every time it grabbed a tree trunk and swung forward, it flew more than ten meters, moving almost as fast as a speeding car.
Yet the Monster's bright red monkey face wore a distinctly human look of panic. It kept glancing behind it, as if a terrifying enemy were chasing it.
Whoosh!
A sharp whistle suddenly cut through the air. An ice spike shot through a gap in the forest and streaked toward the Monkey Monster.
The Monster happened to be airborne, with nothing to push off against and nowhere to dodge. It could only twist its body desperately.
The ice spike flew past its chest. Before it even made contact, it froze a tuft of fur on the Monster's chest solid.
Smack!
The spike struck a large tree in the distance and lodged straight into its trunk. Frost spread, and in the blink of an eye, the entire tree had frozen into an ice sculpture.
The Monkey Monster looked back in terror and saw a flash of white darting through the forest, moving too fast for its features to be made out.
It knew that was a powerful Snow Cat. She had spotted it an hour ago and had been hunting it ever since.
"Waa! Waa! Waa!"
The Monkey Monster let out a string of cries, calling for its companions, then fled farther away.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
More ice spikes shot after it. The Monkey Monster dodged frantically. Luckily, its four arms made it nimble enough to evade them; otherwise, it would have been shot down long ago.
It was almost at the Monkey Monster's den. The pursuing Snow Cat seemed to grow anxious, and her