Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 212 The Cat Playing Video Games

Lin Ge was the first to enter the arcade.

Luo Jue was taken aback for a moment, then quickly followed him in with her bags. Seeing Lin Ge walk straight to the arcade's coin counter, she hesitated before approaching him.

"Want to play?"

Lingo jumped onto the front desk and flicked his tail.

Luo Jue immediately understood, but still somewhat confused, she asked the waiter inside who was staring at Lin Ge with barely suppressed discomfort, "Give me a few... those... tokens? How much are they? Is ten yuan enough?"

"Hello, student. We offer a membership recharge bonus system. A minimum recharge of 68 yuan will get you 108 Star Coins." Seeing Luo Jue's slight confusion, the waiter proactively explained, "Of course, you can also choose the special packages of 288 yuan or 488 yuan. 288 yuan will get you 886 Star Coins, and 488 yuan will get you 1616, offering the best value. I especially recommend the 488 yuan package; you can enjoy playing for a long time and even bring your friends..."

"Oh, then give me one for 488..."

Before Luo Jue could finish speaking, Lin Ge glared at him, stopping him. They were going back to Zhang City in a few days; were they buying so many game coins just to wait for interest to rise later?

Lin Ge pointed with his paw at the lowest recharge tier on the counter, and Luo Jue immediately understood, obediently choosing the cheapest package. Actually, he was being so generous because he thought Lin Ge wanted to play. If it were just him, he'd be content just watching.

The waitress subtly smirked. After Luo Jue scanned the code, she took a small plastic basket from the side and took out about a hundred coins from the machine. Seeing Luo Jue with so many bags, she pointed to the free storage next to her, not really going too far.

Luo Jue carefully stored everything away, and once her hands were free again, she looked at the coin basket in her hand with a curious yet somewhat excited expression.

Looking around, he seemed curious about all the machines and interested in all the colorful screens. Seeing the shouting and yelling players, he eagerly asked, "Mimi, what do you want to play?"

"Shall we start with the simplest thing?"

Lin Ge looked around and saw a Jenga machine. It had only one button and required no operation. It only required eyesight and reaction speed, making it very suitable for beginners.

Leading Luo Jue over, Lin Ge saw the upgrade sticker that cost 3 coins per use and pursed his lips. But as long as the kid was happy, nothing else mattered. He looked down at Luo Jue as she slowly and carefully inserted coins one by one into the coin slot, then sat down eagerly to try it out.

After reading the explanation of how to play, Luo Jue immediately understood and his eyes lit up with excitement.

But he still turned to Lin Ge and said, "Mimi, why don't you press it? Let me tell you, just watch the turtle move to the center and then press it, and the turtle will fall onto the platform. Then you can stack the turtles on top of each other, and the higher you stack them, the better the reward..."

Lin Ge casually flicked his tail: "Silly child, I got tired of this thing in my past life, look how excited you are..."

"Oh."

Seeing that the cat refused, and the countdown timer on the screen started to appear, Luo Jue hurriedly and impatiently put her hand on the button.

"Oh no! Just a little bit more!"

Luo Jue slammed his fist in disappointment, revealing an expression of regret, resentment, and excitement.

"Whatever makes you happy," Lin Ge yawned beside him.

After the game ended, Luo Jue lowered his head and carefully put away the long strip of points tickets that the machine had given him. Lin Ge didn't know if he could accumulate enough to redeem them. Anyway, since Luo Jue liked them, he would let him have his way today.

Next, he accompanied Luo Jue to try whack-a-mole, playing the musical drum, lassoing bulls, deep-sea fishing, and other games. They didn't achieve any great results, but they did accumulate a lot of points. Luo Jue was happy throughout and excited about everything they tried.

This child... might be having this much fun for the first time.

Lin Ge silently thought to himself as he followed Luo Jue around. He was pleased to see that Luo Jue had gone from needing Lin Ge to lead the way to now actively seeking out games and even standing on tiptoe behind others to learn their gameplay techniques.

The 68 yuan worth of game tokens were quickly spent. With Lin Ge's consent, Luo Jue went to exchange them for the cheapest set meal, making Lin Ge regret whether he should have listened to the waiter's recommendation in the first place.
More than a hundred coins do seem a bit short-lived.

"Ok?"

Turning his head, Lin Ge's eyes suddenly widened.

Among the rows of claw machines beside him, several contained adorable cat-shaped plush toys. Five machines were arranged side-by-side, each featuring a tabby cat, a tuxedo cat, a tabby calico cat, a blue cat, and a hairless cat. All five toys were in a cute, chibi style, and even Lin Ge found them incredibly adorable. Although it was a pity that none of them featured his own likeness, wouldn't collecting all five plush toys for Lin Jia be a wonderful gift?
Intrigued, Lin Ge approached Luo Jue, who was playing the snake game, jumped onto the machine, grabbed the coin basket that was carelessly placed to the side, and ran off. This kid has become much bolder; just a moment ago he was protecting the coin basket so carefully, why wouldn't he let go?

"Huh? Mimi?"

Forgetting about continuing to play with the snake, Luo Jue hurriedly stood up and caught up with Lin Ge.

When Luo Jue saw Lin Ge stop at the claw machine, he understood what was going on. Even he showed great interest in the five adorable kittens.

"Should we arrest him?" Luo Jue was eager to make his move.

"Of course, I have to personally handle the gift for Lin Jia."

Lin Ge licked his lips, refusing to admit that after watching Luo Jue play for so long, he was also a little itchy to try it himself. Other machines required quick operation, but the claw machine was much simpler, only testing eyesight, luck, and that thing called the "claw protector," nothing more.

Jumping onto the machine and selecting the first tabby cat, Lin Ge asked Luo Jue to insert the coin, and then began to squint his eyes and carefully manipulate the lever.

The not-so-obedient mechanical claw slowly moved to the top of the doll closest to the exit. Lin Ge made a few minor adjustments, looked left and right to make sure the direction was correct, then stomped on the round start button with his back foot, giving it a couple more kicks.

The mechanical claw wobbled as it landed, making an annoying noise. Lin Ge kicked the button a couple more times in frustration, hoping the claw would grip a little tighter. Luo Jue, standing nearby, didn't dare breathe, nervously watching the claw clamp down on the cat's head.

The sight made a passing player's lips twitch. A cat that knows how to play claw machines? And it's even a cat playing with another cat?
Judging from how precisely this cat is handling the toys, it must have been trained, right? And that kid next to it, you brought a cat to a place like this, and you even let the cat try to win the prizes?
"Arrested!"

Luo Jue clenched his fists excitedly, staring intently at the doll being grabbed by the mechanical claw.

"It's not that simple."

Lingo's ears twitched slightly, and he vaguely heard the sound of a spring. Sure enough, the next second the grappling hook was just at the top when it suddenly released, letting the tabby cat fall freely back down.

"Hey~"

Luo Jue sighed regretfully.

"Come again!"

Undeterred, Lin Ge nuzzled Luo Jue's arm with his tail, and the boy obediently stepped forward to help insert the coin, then looked expectantly at Lin Ge's next move.

This time it was even worse; the claws seemed to have loosened their grip, and the toy only managed to hold on for half its length before falling. The way it fell was also awful; it was pinned to the side by another cat, which looked at Ringo with a slightly mocking expression.

"Come again!"

Lin Ge told himself he couldn't argue with the doll, so this time he tried a doll in a slightly farther place, but it fell off halfway down again and ended up piled up with the previous cat.

"Come again!"

"Come again!"

Lin Ge felt as if his heart was pounding and he was about to vomit blood. Meanwhile, more and more people gathered around to watch the cat play the claw machine, laughing and talking, even taking pictures and videos with great interest, and then commenting on the irritable Lin Ge.

"Mimi, we're out of coins."

Luo Jue suddenly interrupted Lin Ge's impulsive play and pointed to the counter, saying, "Why don't you wait for me a moment while I go buy some?"

"Buying the 300-yuan one is definitely a good deal!"

Lin Ge nodded emphatically. Worried that Luo Jue might not have understood, he jumped off the machine and led her to the front desk, where they purchased a 288 yuan meal package. This time, the service lady even gave them an electronic card, so they no longer needed to carry around that tattered basket.

But when Lingo returned to the tabby cat machine, something happened that made him vomit blood.

A little girl stood in front of the tabby cat arcade machine. A toy was firmly gripped in the claw's claw, struggling but unable to fall. The claw slowly guided the cat to the exit point, then mercilessly tossed it into the abyss…

"Mom, I caught it!"

The little girl shouted excitedly.

"What great luck! They just ran into the trap? That cat was so unlucky, it was just one more chance..."

"Pfft... Look at the cat's eyes!"

"Ha ha……"

Lin Ge, his face as black as ink, stood motionless as if time had frozen, his eyes filled with a murderous intent that seemed to want to kill everyone present.

(End of this chapter)