Lifting the cat’s paw, Xia Yu stroked his mustache.
Agility means being nimble and skillful, indicating nimbleness, proficiency, or quickness in hand usage or other physical activities.
This skill is extremely practical and plays an important role in various activities such as painting and playing the piano.
Then there’s intimidation. The reason why cats possess the skill of intimidation is probably because cats puff up their fur. The purpose of puffing up is to make themselves appear larger to scare off enemies.
This is also a practical skill. In modern society, violence is no longer acceptable, yet conflicts are inevitable. With intimidation, conflicts can be resolved without resorting to violence.
As for night vision, since electric lights have already conquered the darkness, it doesn’t have much use nowadays.
This cat is truly a treasure.
Nodding in satisfaction, Xia Yu strode away from the glass. There were too many people here; humans were like giant creatures to him, and staying here gave him no sense of security at all.
Moreover, this place wasn’t suitable for accumulating agility experience.
He had taken a few steps when he overheard people discussing him.
“Mom, that cat is walking on two legs!” an excited little boy pointed at him.
Xia Yu, who was used to walking on his two hind legs, placed his front paws back down.
Arriving at a secluded alley, he decided to start practicing.
Compared to intimidation, agility was more important now. If he wasn’t mistaken, agility would accelerate his piano learning, allowing his Orcus Pig-Headed Notebook to arrive more quickly.
A cat’s agility is displayed in hunting and running. Since there was no hunting target at the moment, he could only choose running.
So the question arose: how should he run?
Humans, when they were young, all went through a crawling stage on all fours, so walking normally on four legs was no problem. But running on four legs was beyond his experience.
Recalling how cats ran, Xia Yu attempted to do the same.
Thud—
He collided with a nearby trash can.
Perhaps his posture was incorrect.
He tried again, managing to run a couple of steps, but due to his inability to change direction, he crashed into a utility pole.
Getting up from the ground, shaking off the dust, he sat beneath the pole, rubbing his head while lost in thought.
“Mom, that cat is so silly!”
“Meow! Meow! Meow! Meow!”
Letting out a few loud meows at the little boy who couldn’t speak, scaring him off, Xia Yu sighed.
This seemed a bit difficult.
Getting back up, he chose a spot without trash cans or utility poles and continued his practice.
Three hours later, a black shadow swiftly passed through the alley.
The wind blew against Xia Yu’s fur, bringing a cool sensation, while the surroundings rapidly receded, bringing pleasure to the cat.
Making a sharp turn, he avoided the utility pole ahead, circled it three times to show his contempt, and then ran toward the trash can.
In front of the trash can, someone inconsiderate had discarded a milk tea cup.
Xia Yu lifted his upper body, exerted force with his hind legs, and attempted to leap over the milk tea cup, but his body didn’t lift into the air. Instead, he fell flat onto the cup.
“…”
He rolled over, releasing the flattened milk tea cup, lying on his side with a cat paw supporting his chin, looking depressed.
He had learned to run, but jumping was still beyond him.
Luckily, the person who discarded the milk tea had emptied it thoroughly; otherwise, he would have been splashed.
Staring at the milk tea cup for a while, Xia Yu felt a sense of hunger rising from within.
He needed to find something to eat.
How should he proceed?
He was now a cat, a stray cat. How do stray cats usually find food?
His gaze turned toward the trash can ahead.
Forget it.
He decided to check out the pedestrian street.
Leaving the alley, Xia Yu arrived at the pedestrian street. The streetlights on both sides were already lit, and only then did Xia Yu notice that the alley he had been in was completely dark.
A cat’s night vision was also a useful skill.
So now, how should he look for food?
Should he go into a convenience store and snatch a sausage before running?
As a morally upright feline, such a robber-like act would be disgraceful.
Should he approach a girl and stage an accident at her feet?
Though that would be relying on his own efforts, it was too shameful.
Wandering around the pedestrian street, Xia Yu struggled internally.
His gaze involuntarily settled on a girl holding a pancake.
Should he go for it?
After hesitating for a while, an idea suddenly struck him.
Running past the pancake girl, Xia Yu arrived beneath a tree.
Under the tree, a little boy was looking up.
The little boy’s Pika balloon had floated up into the tree branches. Pika was a character from an animated show in this world.
Beside the little boy, his mother was comforting him.
Glancing at the bread bag in the boy’s mother’s hand, Xia Yu extended his paw and grabbed the tree.
With claws, climbing the tree wasn’t difficult. After spending some time, Xia Yu reached the top. He bit the string of the balloon and slowly climbed back down.
His paws touched the ground, and he exhaled in relief. Turning his head toward where the little boy had been, he found that both the boy and his mother were gone.
“???’
From the time he climbed the tree until he came back down, about five minutes had passed. It was normal for them to have left.
Now that he had the balloon, Xia Yu didn’t necessarily need the little boy anymore.
Looking around, Xia Yu, carrying the balloon, approached a little girl.
“It’s a cat!” the little girl squatted down, trying to pet Xia Yu, but he dodged.
Xia Yu shook the balloon, directing the little girl’s attention to the matter at hand.
“Is this for me?” the little girl reached out for the balloon, but Xia Yu dodged again, leaving her puzzled.
Xia Yu raised his paw and pointed at the grocery bag in the little girl’s mother’s hand.
The little girl didn’t understand Xia Yu’s meaning, but her mother did.
Taking a sausage from the grocery bag, the young mother hesitantly extended it toward Xia Yu.
Placing the balloon in her hand, Xia Yu happily grabbed the sausage and walked toward the alley.
He had barely taken five or six steps when a girl blocked his path.
The girl placed a ham bread in front of Xia Yu. Xia Yu hesitated for a moment before handing over the sausage he had.
Accepting the sausage, the girl’s face lit up with surprise.
A crowd of people surrounded Xia Yu.
“This cat actually trades things!”
“Can I offer a crepe?”
“I have a can of fish.”
What do you all want? Don’t try to touch me!
Twenty minutes later, carrying a roast duck, Xia Yu escaped from the frenzied humans and returned to the alley.
Opening the packaging, Xia Yu bit into the roast duck piece by piece. This was top-grade Shangjing roast duck. Xia Yu had never tasted it as a human, but now, having become a cat, he finally got to enjoy it.
The roast duck tasted great. Xia Yu heard another cat meowing beside him.
Chewing on a duck leg, Xia Yu looked around. He couldn’t finish the entire roast duck by himself; he could leave the rest for the other cat.
However, he couldn’t see the other cat anywhere.
Listening carefully, he realized the sound was coming from his mind.
It was the original cat’s consciousness of this body.
So long without a sound, now that food appeared, it started meowing again. How realistic.
After eating two duck legs, Xia Yu hid the remaining roast duck in a corner and continued running.
Along the way, he passed another alley entrance. As he was about to enter and take a look, the meowing sound in his mind rang out again.
The cat’s voice sounded frightened.
Was it a dangerous place? Then he wouldn’t go.
Continuing his practice in the original alley, near the end of the game session, Xia Yu arrived at a bus stop and confirmed the city he was in.
A black cat was a good cover. It was dangerous to wander outside; if he could exchange bodies again, he would bring the other party home.
At 2 a.m., he returned to his original body.
Sitting up, Xia Yu opened the skill panel. Not only agility appeared on the panel, but also night vision.
He hadn’t turned on the lights yet, and the moonlight outside the window was dim, but he could clearly see everything inside the room.
Trying a kip-up, Xia Yu successfully stood up.
The effect of agility was also excellent.
A smile appeared on Xia Yu’s face. He clicked on the body exchange section, attempting to save the black cat into the second slot. Only bodies saved in the slots could be exchanged repeatedly.
Seeing that the save was successful, Xia Yu became even more delighted. He named the second slot “I Am a Cat.”
Thus, both slots were now occupied, leaving no empty slots for further body exchanges.
He would have to wait until An Sixiao or the black cat completed their skill learning and then deleted them to free up a slot. That would take a long time.
As he sighed about why there were so few slots, game text appeared.
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