Chapter 101 – Haki Meow, You Little…

“Damn it!”

Xia Xun was furious, and the consequences were going to be severe.

She had spent all week thinking about it, looking forward to a pleasant weekend with Lin Xi, only for it to be ruined.

“This time, I’m ending it once and for all. I’m wiping it out completely!”

Xia Xun turned around and apologized to Lin Xi.

“I’m really sorry. This Special-Grade Disaster might be the one we’ve been searching for all this time. I have to go deal with it.”

Lin Xi knew full well that the Special-Grade Disaster Xia Xun and Misaka Shirai were truly looking for was actually her.

Who knew where this convenient scapegoat had popped out from? Perfect. Let that poor unlucky soul draw the fire for her.

“It’s fine. Go take care of it.” Lin Xi stood up. “We can meet up another day.”

“Lin Xi, wait for me at my place. I’ll be right back.” Xia Xun directly handed Lin Xi the key to her home. “If you get bored, you can go out for a walk.”

“In any case, make sure you come back in the end.”

With that, Xia Xun left with Misaka Shirai, giving Lin Xi no time to refuse.

Lin Xi: “…”

Wait, what? She trusted her way too much, didn’t she?

She just handed over her house key like that?

Lin Xi had originally planned to go home, but given the situation, she decided she might as well listen to Xia Xun.

She shouldn’t let down someone else’s trust.

Xia Xun had barely left when a burst of meowing came from her room.

“Is that Little Mi?” Lin Xi walked over to check.

The moment she opened the door, Little Mi, who had been behind it, jumped backward as if it had seen a ghost.

Lin Xi was speechless.

“You don’t have to be that scared. I’m not going to eat you.”

Lin Xi crouched down with a smile.

“I really won’t eat you.”

“Are you hungry?”

“Do you know where the cat food is?”

“Ah, don’t tell me you don’t eat cat food?”

Lin Xi still remembered very clearly how Little Mi had eaten Shadowspider, one per bite.

“If you don’t eat cat food, then you’ll just have to go hungry. I can’t find any Shadowspider for you to eat.”

Lin Xi noticed Little Mi’s amber eyes were staring straight at her.

“Haki Meow, you little…!”

“Don’t tell me you’re thinking of eating me?!”

The moment Lin Xi snapped at it, Little Mi immediately backed down and lay flat on the floor.

“As expected of a First-Grade Disaster. You actually understand people pretty well.”

Lin Xi slowly approached Little Mi and threatened it.

“Stay still like a good kitty.”

“Otherwise, you’ll be in for a world of hurt!”

Little Mi seemed as if it really had been frightened. It stopped meowing and stopped moving.

Lin Xi slowly reached out, wanting to test how Little Mi’s fur felt.

“Also, from now on, don’t go roaring and yowling at me in front of Xia Xun.”

“If you do, you’ll only be hurting yourself.”

“Compared to you, Xia Xun seems to trust me more.”

Little Mi: “…”

If Little Mi could talk, it absolutely would have cursed Lin Xi out.

I may not be human, but you are seriously a dog!

In Little Mi’s eyes, Lin Xi was a Great Demon who might eat it at any moment, and even worse, a big villain who would compete with it for Xia Xun’s affection!

Lin Xi’s hand was just about to touch Little Mi’s soft, fluffy fur when Little Mi suddenly sprang up, seized the opportunity, and shot out of the room like a streak of smoke.

Lin Xi: “…”

Damn it!

“Haki Meow!”

“You’re pretty cunning, aren’t you? Pretending to give in just so you could find a chance to escape the room!”

Lin Xi realized she had been tricked.

No need to panic.

The front door was closed. Where could it possibly run?

Lin Xi left the room, only to see Little Mi leap onto the windowsill.

Lin Xi panicked.

“Don’t jump!”

“Haki Meow-no, Little Mi, I promise I won’t snap at you or threaten you anymore.”

“Even if you’re scared of me, you don’t have to end it all.”

“If you jump down and fall to your death, I won’t be able to explain it to Xia Xun.”

After all, she was the one who had opened the room door. If anything happened to Little Mi, she would have to take full responsibility.

Little Mi stood on the windowsill and turned to look at Lin Xi.

Lin Xi slowly backed away toward the door. “As long as you’re willing to come down, I’ll leave right now!”

Meow-

Little Mi jumped off the windowsill.

Lin Xi: “…”

“Haki Meow, you bastard! Are you really willing to risk your life just to ruin the friendship between Xia Xun and me?”

Lin Xi rushed to the window and looked down.

Well, damn.

Little Mi hadn’t fallen at all. It was crawling down the wall like a gecko.

“You really are a cat of many talents!”

“Stop right there! Haki Meow!”

Lin Xi panicked.

Little Mi was a First-Grade Disaster. With Xia Xun gone, no one was there to control it. For all she knew, it might randomly pick some “lucky” passerby to be today’s lunch.

“If you dare eat anyone, I’ll turn you into barbecue!” After yelling that, Lin Xi spun around and charged out the door.

She had to catch Little Mi and bring it back.

She didn’t even have time to wait for the elevator. Lin Xi took the stairs and ran all the way down in one breath.

By the time she reached the bottom of the building, Little Mi had just landed too.

The moment Little Mi saw Lin Xi, it took off like a shot.

Lin Xi: “…”

“Don’t run!”

“If you keep running, I’m seriously going to use force!”

Without even looking back, Little Mi started running toward the south of the city.

“The south… Are you going to find Xia Xun?!” Lin Xi’s two legs couldn’t catch up with Little Mi’s four.

But that was fine. She could use tools.

Without hesitation, she scanned a shared bike by the roadside. “Just wait until I catch you. I’ll show you what happens then!”

Thankfully, Little Mi didn’t randomly eat a passerby to fill its stomach.

When it saw Lin Xi chasing after it on the bike, Little Mi left the road and ran toward the houses along the street.

It nimbly climbed onto a roof and headed south along the rooftops.

Lin Xi: “…”

“Fine. You’re awesome. You’re amazing.”

All she could do was follow it south.

At least she knew Little Mi was going to find Xia Xun. Even if she lost sight of it for a while, it wouldn’t be the end of the world.

“If Xia Xun finds out I let Little Mi escape, she’s definitely going to be furious.”

“When the time comes, if I apologize properly, maybe she’ll forgive me…”

“Damn you, Haki Meow!”

…

Lin Xi pedaled on, drawing closer and closer to the south of the city.

Gradually, she heard a disaster alarm coming from that direction.

The citizens of Z City were all too familiar with that sound.

A First Grade or higher Disaster had appeared!

All nearby personnel were to evacuate to the shelters immediately!

Lin Xi regretted her itchy fingers more and more. Why had she opened the bedroom door and given Little Mi a chance to run out?

All she could do was brace herself and keep heading south.

“I wonder what kind of Special-Grade Disaster appeared in the south.”

“Still, Xia Xun and Misaka Shirai both went over there. With two Magical Girls there, they should be able to take care of that Special-Grade Disaster.”

As Lin Xi rode, she looked up at the rooftops along the street.

Little Mi’s white figure occasionally flashed through her field of vision.

“No mistake. It’s definitely going to find Xia Xun.”

“I have to catch it and bring it back before it finds Xia Xun, lock it in the room, then pretend nothing happened and quietly await Xia Xun’s triumphant return.”

Lin Xi constructed what could only be described as a perfect battle plan.

When she reached the south of the city, the alarm was even more piercing.

On one side of the road, there were no more buildings. Little Mi was quickly climbing down.

“Perfect chance!”

Lin Xi stopped the bike and rushed to the spot where Little Mi was going to land. She crouched low, lying in wait.

The instant Little Mi touched the ground, Lin Xi unleashed a move called “Crow Flying on Airplane” and pounced on it.

“Finally got you,” Lin Xi said, smug as could be.

But Little Mi kept struggling, howling and yowling nonstop.

“If you don’t behave, I’ll burn you bald!”

Lin Xi’s threat had no effect. But then she noticed that Little Mi wasn’t yowling at her.

Following Little Mi’s gaze, she looked into the distance.

There, in midair, a Demon Dragon writhed and raged.