The Black Cat, driven out of Xuanhuang Palace, was not angry.
On the contrary.
After sensing the surging tide of fury inside Xuanhuang Palace, its mood instead improved.
With its tail raised, it padded along with a cat's gait, strolling leisurely toward the school. One step, two steps, like the devil's pace; another three steps, four steps, and it had crossed the countless trees blocking the way through Silent Forest and appeared on Pedestrian Street in Beta Town. By the fifth and sixth steps, it had already passed through most of the campus and appeared at the entrance of the Two-dimensional Evolution Laboratory.
At this moment.
Not much time had passed since it left this laboratory.
Su Shijun still had not gotten off work.
There was still daylight outside the window, except it no longer had that orange-marmalade feel; it had turned indigo and looked gloomy. The office lights were already on. After the Black Cat entered, it looked left and right, yet could not see where the light was coming from. It only felt as if the light emerged from the air itself. Because there was no light source, it seemed especially soft, not even dazzling to a cat.
"Why are you back again... What are you looking for?"
Behind the desk, Su Shijun curiously glanced at the Black Cat as it wandered around and looked all over the place. After a pause, she suggested, "If you feel that free and bored, how about slicing off a bit of shadow for me? It's been ages since an experimental subject 'transcended.' I have so many interesting projects here that can't continue..."
Listen to that!
Was that something a human being would say?
The Black Cat's originally raised tail immediately drooped and clamped tightly between its legs, its face full of