Text Game: It All Began when a Cat-eared Girl Took Me In-Chapter 17 - You Can Steal One_1
Chapter 17: Chapter 17: You Can Steal One!_1
Chapter 17 -17: You Can Steal One!_1
[After a long while, Wei’er asked you, “What do you want to do after this?”]
[“Me?” you pondered for a moment and said, “I don’t know, just walk around I guess. I want to see what this world is like.”]
[“Just walk around…” The cat-eared girl raised an eyebrow, seemingly disapproving. “Regardless of what kind of person you were before or what experiences you’ve had, that’s all in the past. Once you become a Mutant Patient, you’ll gradually see the truly cruel side of this world.”]
[“In a big city like Winter City, Variants aren’t allowed entry except under special circumstances. The high-ranking people within the city only think of Variants as cheap labor or slaves.”]
[“As for you saying you want to wander around, that’s not really a good idea either. There are dangerous Origin Beasts everywhere in the wilderness. Unless you have a strong team with you, an ordinary person on their own is just adding themselves to the beasts’ menu.”]
Luo Xi remembered he had indeed died mysteriously in the wilderness twice before.
Once, a monster in the darkness had bitten off his head while he was climbing a mountain, and another time, he had been eaten by an unrecognized creature while he was offline.
It seemed that the creatures that had eaten him were the so-called Origin Beasts.
[Wei’er continued, “I suggest that you’d better find a place to settle down for a long time. It could be a Variant gathering place like Grey Stone Street which is dependent on a large town, or some small town with lenient conditions. At first, you will more or less be rejected by the locals, but as time goes on, you’ll naturally be able to blend in.”]
[You realized that this cat-eared girl seemed to be teaching you how to survive in the future.]
[However, as a Traveler from another world, you didn’t want to just settle in a corner; that was merely a slow death.]
[Nevertheless, this cat-eared girl, whose tone was the only thing cold about her, was really a good person.]
[Bang bang bang!]
[There was a sudden and hurried knocking at the door.]
[You heard Aina anxiously calling from outside, “Sister Wei’er, open the door quickly! People from Snake and Rat Meeting have suddenly come to collect protection money. They also said they’re going to grab someone, claiming that someone harbored a little outsider thief who stole something!”]
[“There’s no outsider thief. It seems they are here for you.” Wei’er stood up abruptly and said to you in a deep voice, “You go to our room and go down from the spot earlier. Hide well, and don’t come out unless I call for you.”]
[Before you could reply, the cat-eared girl forcefully pushed you, and you staggered several steps back.]
[An unbelievable thing happened, you went straight through the solid wall behind you.]
[You landed on a big, soft bed full of girl’s clothes.]
[A pleasant scent lingered around your nose, making your head feel dizzy.]
[Your Happiness Level +13]
[Friendly Reminder: Actually, you could sneak away with one piece, just put it in your Dreamland carry-on, and you can take it out to reward yourself merrily~]
Luo Xi: “(╬￣皿￣)!”
Shameless text, what are you talking about, am I that kind of person!
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A group from Snake and Rat Meeting was going down the street, collecting protection money from one household to another.
Black Snake, with a clear target in mind, was leering at a small building, licking his lips in excitement.
He had spent hours at midday without finding the person, and Black Snake was actually ready to give up. But at the dining table, he overheard a colleague talking about a foreign Mutant Patient who had tried to bribe the guards yesterday to enter Winter City. The patient ended up getting beaten and robbed of his money, which was considered a funny incident.
After the story, someone asked, “What happened to that idiot in the end?”
“Someone saw that Liya’s child had taken away that idiot,” one replied.
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“Liya? Who’s that?”
“Oh, I forgot you just arrived and don’t know. She was a Tier Four Skill Practioner hired by our Snake and Rat Meeting three years ago, quite famous.”
“Tier Four Skill Practioner? No way, how did she, a Variant, manage to get the chance for Sublimation to Tier Four? On the black market, this could sell for tens of thousands of kilos of Essence, right?”
“Who told you she’s a Mutant Patient? It’s her daughter who got infected with the Mutant Factor. That’s why she had no choice but to come here to make a living. Not only is Liya strong, but she’s also got a hot body. I heard even the boss at the time was smitten and wanted to take her in.”
“And how is she now?”
The speaker sighed, “What a pity. She died in a group mission three years ago. Since then, Snake and Rat Meeting has suffered greatly, losing a lot of high-end combat power. Otherwise, how would we weaklings have the chance to become small leaders?”
“Her daughter, however, has some decent skills. She has helped us with some prospecting and reconnaissance work before. You should still remember the girl with white hair and cat ears, right?”
“Oh her, I remember now. She’s quite cute.”
Black Snake listened to the two men’s conversation on the side, and he too remembered the man he was chasing had vanished near the area where Liya lived.
Given Liya’s daughter’s uncanny ability to treat obstacles as if they were air, intercepting someone under her watch would be a piece of cake.
That was his reason for coming over.
The prey he had his eye on had never been able to get away so easily.
Of course, he could also make some money on the side. He’d been short on cash lately, and as the protector of Grey Stone Street, wasn’t it only right for him to ask the residents for some money?
…
Thud!
The already battered door shook violently with the knocking.
Wei’er twisted the door open with a frown, her expression sour as she confronted the people outside, “Black Snake, what are you doing here? My family doesn’t have any money for you, and if you break my staircase, you’re paying for it, you got it?”
The hulking figure of Black Snake, nearly two meters tall, stood like a wall, occupying the landing completely. His excessive weight caused the metal frame of the staircase to emit a pitiful squeaking noise.
“Hey, little white cat sister, long time no see.”
Black Snake laughed boisterously and unashamedly said, “I won’t take your protection money, but this afternoon, a little thief passed by your place. Do you know where he went? We suspect he’s the thief. Don’t be hiding a criminal now.”
“What little thief? I don’t know what you’re talking about, and stop calling me a little white cat.”
Wei’er frowned, “You’re coming to check on something that happened in the afternoon at this hour of the night? Are you sick? Even if there was a thief, he would have run away long ago. Don’t make a nuisance of yourself and disturb our neighbors from having dinner and resting, will you?”
“Yeah, yeah.” Someone whispered in agreement below.
“They smashed my wardrobe and stole a silver coin from my house. They just took the protection money last week.”
“My house was robbed of money too.”
“He could have just robbed directly, but he had to find an excuse. I’m crying.”
“What’s all the noise about!”
Black Snake glared downward, and the noisy voices suddenly vanished.
He turned back to the girl and said with a smirk, “That’s true, but I’ve heard some interesting news.”
“They say you brought someone of unknown origin back home yesterday. Where is he? Where is he hiding? We suspect he’s the thief; don’t provide shelter for a criminal.”
Wei’er said expressionlessly, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
