The mascot of the wishing shop is a cat.

Finally, under Lin Xiyue's expectant gaze and Molos's look that said, "If you dare to make things difficult for her, you're dead," Lingyan was forced to accept the heavy responsibility of "taking care of Fugui."

"Does this really need my care?"

After bidding farewell to Lin Xiyue, Lingyan looked at Molos in his arms.

To be honest, this was like a hot potato for Lingyan. He wanted to throw it away but didn't dare, but he also wanted to hold a soft, fluffy cat in his arms and pet it, yet he didn't dare. It was truly agonizing.

"Don't move, I have a question for you."

After Lin Xiyue left, Molos immediately reverted to his true nature and uttered a single sentence in human language.

"Go ahead and ask. Seriously, couldn't you just meow at me softly like you would at a girl? Even though I'm a dog lover, I really like cats too! (*/?＼*)"

Lingyan couldn't bring himself to pet the cat, so he put Moros on the table next to him and sat down on the stool next to it. At least that way, their eyes were level and it would be easier to talk.

"Is this place really full of girls?"

Meros pointed with its tail at the treatment monitoring room, which even had a lady's symbol clearly hanging on it.

"Huh? Of course! It's written here. You don't want to go in, do you? Forget about it, it's impossible. Ever since superpowers appeared, and some people can turn into animals, the checks have been really strict. So now even male animals aren't allowed in, unless you've been neutered. ┐(?o?)┌"

Lingyan looked at Molos with a teasing expression.

"Um...can you guarantee that all the people inside are heterosexual? There won't be anyone who identifies as female, right? There won't be any transgender people, right?!"

Meros frowned and continued to voice his concerns.

"Oh! Don't worry! This is our country, not an alliance. They're the ones with this kind of political correctness. We neither encourage nor oppose it here, but we won't have your concerns. Don't worry. If we really have this situation, we have individual monitoring rooms, and the ones who can check them are all intelligent robots."

Lingyan had an expression that said, "You know so much."

"No, I'm still not comfortable with this. Hold my body still for a bit, then I'll switch."

After thinking for a moment, Meros made arrangements for Lingyan.

"Huh? What? Control? Me? Me? Can I do this? ヽ(゜Q。)ノ?"

Ling Yan looked dazed, as if to say, "You think I can do this? You're not kidding me, are you?"

However, before Lingyan could really react, Molos had already lowered his head and muttered a few words.

Then, a small, dark green magic circle appeared in front of him, about the size of a cat's paw.

After seeing the magic circle take shape, Meros ignored Lingyan's mutterings about his incompetence and stepped on it with a paw.

A flash of green light appeared, and Meros's figure blurred and became illusory for a moment, but quickly solidified again.

"Meow! Meow meow meow! Cat meow! Meow! Meow! Meow meow! Meow meow!!!"

Lingyan clearly saw what had happened, and then, the next second, Moros started meowing wildly, and judging from his behavior, he seemed to be cursing very rudely.

"Huh? You failed? You were hurling really nasty insults at me."

Ling Yan looked smug, as if he didn't mind watching the drama unfold.

Meow! →_→

Meros looked at him with disdain, but he never uttered a single human word.

"Hmm, that's strange. Why isn't he talking? I don't understand cat language. Hmm... wait, did he manage to get in? Σ(?д?lll)"

Lingyan found it strange, then thought about it and looked surprised.

"Meow-"

Meros—no, it should be that for some reason, the cat swapped souls with Meros? Anyway, the cat that swapped souls nodded.

"So, you're not Meros now. Hmm... the person he chose to replace must be inside, and he definitely wouldn't replace the girl inside, so—it's you! The black cat hiding in Lin Xiyue's shadow! Its clone!"

Ling Yan had the look of a famous detective, and even made corresponding movements, but because he was still in elemental form, it looked somewhat incongruous.

"Meow--"

The Shadow Cat, finding itself unable to move its paw while it pressed against the array, let out a helpless meow and then quietly lay down.

"Alright, alright, since you're already out, let's wait together. I've got my backup terminal here; how about I show you a romance movie and teach you how to date?!"

As Lingyan spoke, he transformed one of his hands back into human form, then reached into the spare box and took out a terminal. He then turned on the speakerphone and watched a terrible romantic movie with Shadow Cat, a movie he had always wanted to watch but had no one to watch with.

..............................

On the other side, Meros, who had already been replaced, was glad that he had come in because he was worried.

It's not that there are any girls here who are lesbians, or anything like what he had guessed before.

However, when he arrived, he discovered that his tentacles had gradually enveloped Lin Xiyue's body. Because he had concealed his form, no one could see or touch him.

Because it is in the form of a shadow, the Shadow Cat can only see or feel the area it touches. It needs to release its aura to reach further places, and cannot see them directly with its eyes.

However, Meros, or rather, Shadow Cat, could sense it, especially some of Shadow Cat's actions before Meros arrived.

One of his tentacles gently coiled upwards from Lin Xiyue's ankle, all the way to the back of her knee. Two other tentacles gripped her waist, then one slowly rose, reluctantly stopping below her chest, while the other descended, stopping at the edge of her belt. Another tentacle emerged from behind, passing her collarbone and wrapping around Lin Xiyue's neck, its tip lightly touching her red lips. Finally, a cluster of tentacles even gently intertwined with Lin Xiyue's long hair.

It's safe to say that if anyone actually saw this, they would probably scream and call the police immediately. It was simply too much; it felt like he was pulling Lin Xiyue into his arms and trying to brand every inch of her body with his own mark.

So, after switching places, Meros was first stunned, and then relieved.

After all, although Shadow Cat is a clone he created himself, it still has a certain degree of self-awareness. If Shadow Cat is allowed to continue, he is really afraid that a green hat will suddenly appear on his head, which he himself would have to put on himself. He would have no way to express his suffering.

This is also why Meros sealed the Shadow Cat in Lin Xiyue's shadow, only to release it in times of danger.

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