The losers in daily youth have all become witches

[By recruiting new association members, you can upgrade the level of the association hut]

[Hut Level: 1 (1/3)]

[Note: "What's the fireplace used for? Of course, it's used to establish a Floo powder network! What? What do you mean by a gas stove? What do you mean by an induction cooker? Don't people like Santa Claus anymore?"]

"To put it simply, it's just an extra secret base, right?"

Li Mo touched his chin and felt unexpectedly good: Although it is not as good as the drill and the thunder, the secret base is undoubtedly also a man's romance!

Moreover, he obtained a lot of miscellaneous magic props from the magic book system. Since he didn't have a general plug-in like storage space, he either kept them in the cabinet at home or stuffed them in his schoolbag. Although other people thought that most of them were cosplay tools, it would not be good if they were accidentally lost or taken away by someone. Now he finally had a place to store them.

And judging from the Secret Keeper entry, even mosquitoes and multiplying Gs can't invade the cabin if you don't allow them to. This is awesome.

He summoned a translucent magic book - this was the manifestation of the system, and no one except him could see it.

As a nominal 'task' system, there is always a permanent task in the magic book, and the next one will appear after it is completed. Although there is no clear time limit, sometimes if the task is left unfinished for too long, it will automatically 'expired' and become a new task. Because there is no penalty, when Li Mo occasionally encounters a task that he does not want to do or cannot do, he will leave it alone and wait for the task to refresh automatically.

At this point the task list above has also been updated.

[Mission: Find the Cat]

Li Mo: “?”

What kind of posting mission is this?

The magic book projected a map of the area in his mind. Judging from the flickering spots of light on it, the cat marked as the mission target seemed to be not far from Sobu High School.

If it was just a matter of looking for a needle in a haystack without any clues, Li Mo would naturally not participate, but with a map to rely on, catching a cat did not seem too difficult.

At least it's much simpler than completing tasks like destroying ghosts, which he is currently completely unable to do.

So Li Mo casually put his schoolbag in the hut, and quickly moved towards the mission target according to the direction indicated on the system map.

——Two hours later——

As the saying goes, a horse will die if it is not seen on the mountain. Although Li Mo does not have a horse now, he has to admit that he underestimated this task.

The cat marked by the system was indeed not far from Sobu High School, but it was obvious that cats were not the kind of creatures that would stay in one place. Apart from sleeping and basking in the sun, cats would always move around and patrol their territory.

The cat marked by the system was obviously neither sleeping nor basking in the sun. It seemed to be walking quite fast. Before Li Mo could get near it, it had already gone to the next place through various paths that humans could not cross.

"Or forget it..."

Like the policeman in the yakuza movies who is always a step behind, Li Mo lost his target again and muttered breathlessly.

Considering that the cat would dance around at midnight and would be even more difficult to catch, he couldn't help but back off.

At this moment, Li Mo noticed something out of the corner of his eye.

He walked over slowly, squatted down and picked up a ball of black... maybe cat hair?

Of course, this is not the point. The point is that when Li Mo gently twisted the cat's hair, a faint red color appeared on his fingers.

Is that cat injured?

Chapter 4 Dark Clouds Trampling Snow

On this day, residents living near Chiba Sobu High School more or less felt that something was wrong.

Crows that normally hang out at designated garbage dumps suddenly begin to appear in large numbers and fly around everywhere.

Stray dogs that always hide in the dark for fear of being taken to shelters are also wandering the streets, as if they are looking for something.

The rats in the manhole even appeared brazenly on the road and sidewalks, scaring the JK girls so much that they turned pale and screamed.

Even though there doesn't seem to be any major problems on the streets, the animals' unusual behavior makes residents worried.

"It's definitely going to be an earthquake," a housewife carrying a knitted bag on the shopping street said confidently. "When I lived in Fukushima Prefecture, it was like this before a big earthquake: rats running around, cats and dogs barking, and crows covering the sky. Oh my God..."

The people around her also agreed with her and began to lament the injustice of nature, and at the same time condemned the city hall for taking taxpayers' money but not doing anything about it.

Li Mo glanced at the crowd that was spreading panic, centered around the housewife, and silently passed through them. He continued to follow the map in his mind, searching for the mission target.

No matter how slow he was, he had already realized from these abnormal phenomena that his mission this time might not be as simple as he had initially thought.

But at this point, he felt a little unwilling to give up the mission and let his two hours of hard work go to waste. Considering that the difficulty of the mission seemed to be linked to the generosity of the reward (unconfirmed), he decided to bite the bullet and continue.

Entering the narrow alley, he walked at a leisurely pace.

At this time, the marked target in my mind has not moved for some time, and it seems that it has finally stopped.

But Li Mo noticed that the closer he got to the target on the map, the more animals appeared near him.

Could it be that these crows, stray cats and dogs are all protecting the target of this mission?

Even if he had some trump cards in hand, it would still be too reckless to make enemies with so many animals, right?

Although many complicated thoughts flashed through his mind, Li Mo did not stop in the end.

At this time, he had arrived at a small park near the outskirts of Chiba City.

In the originally ordinary park, crows were now standing on the branches of every tree, stray dogs were wandering outside the park, every drainage ditch was crowded with black rat heads, and inside the park was a large group of stray cats who were facing a formidable enemy.

"There are two camps..."

Li Mo understood the current situation after a quick observation.

The crows, dogs and rats are in one camp, while the stray cats are in another camp. The two sides are confronting each other. The stray dogs and rats dare not enter the park at will. While the cats are on guard against them, they also keep climbing up the trees to drive away the crows that are eyeing them.

However, the situation of stray cats is not optimistic at the moment. They are clearly at a disadvantage. If the number of stray dogs were not less than that of stray cats, I am afraid those stray dogs would have already broken into the park.

Li Mo thought about it and didn't dare to go through the main gate of the park. He climbed over the not-so-high wall next to it.

As a result, he was immediately targeted by several cats. They arched their backs, their hair stood on end, and made loud threatening noises.

Li Mo subconsciously pinched the slipknot of the bandage on his left hand, but did not rush to untie it. He just said to the cats, "Shh, don't be afraid, I'm here to help you..."

In fact, he was not sure which side the nameless magic book belonged to - of course, it was possible that it was neither side - but that did not stop Li Mo from saying so.

After all, being attacked by so many cats is indeed a bit troublesome.

He originally thought that his words would not be so effective, because most cats are not very intelligent and only a few can understand human language.

However, to his surprise, the cats seemed to be appeased after he said this, and their attitude towards him softened a lot. Although they still stared at him warily, they did not continue to show such strong hostility.

One of the tabby cats even turned its head and made a "follow me" gesture to him, then nimbly disappeared into the bushes of the park.

Li Mo hesitated for a moment as to whether to follow, but at this moment the sound of sirens could be heard faintly outside the park.

Indeed, so many animals gathered here will definitely attract the attention of ordinary people, and it is foreseeable that ordinary people will choose to call the police.

Although he didn't know how the police would deal with these animals, Li Mo didn't want to deal with them.

So he gritted his teeth and followed the tabby cat.

Unlike the mini parks usually built in residential areas that only have a sand pit and some activity equipment, this park, although called a small park, is actually quite large because it is close to the suburbs and the land price is much cheaper.

After following the tabby cat through the bushes for a while, Li Mo suddenly saw a clear view in front of him.

What appeared before him was a field of alfalfa of about five or six square meters. In the middle of the vast clover was a dilapidated shrine.

At this time, a black kitten was lying in the shrine with its eyes closed.

It is not a completely black cat. There are cute white gloves on its four paws. It is a typical black cat. It has a very small body and looks like it is not yet an adult. However, there is an obvious bloodstain on one of its paws.

At this moment, on the map in Li Mo's mind, the beacon representing himself and the marked target finally overlapped. It seemed that the little black cat in front of him was the target of this mission.

Li Mo went up and took a closer look, and found an obvious bite mark on its hind leg, which must have been bitten by a stray dog.

The tabby cat looked at Li Mo and meowed softly.

"Do you want me to save it?" Li Mo said softly.

I don’t know if the tabby cat understood or not, it just looked at Li Mo with its round eyes.

Li Mo scratched his head and took the little black cat out of the shrine without thinking.

The little black cat must have fainted, and it didn't wake up even when I held it in my arms.

Li Mo, on the other hand, felt as if he was hugging a stove. A scorching sensation penetrated his clothes and continued to flow into his body from the little black cat. Fortunately, this feeling was not too uncomfortable and was still within the tolerable range. After getting used to it, it even seemed to have a strange sense of pleasure...

[Quest completed, obtained 'Miss Know-All's White Fresh Essence Potion Notes', and 3 portions of White Fresh Essence raw materials (delivered to the association's hut)]

The map in his mind suddenly disappeared. Along with the prompt of task completion, Li Mo heard the sound of a new task being activated.

[Task: Successfully brew a potion]

Chapter 5: Black Cat Good Friday

Are you in trouble?

This is the late-night anime that Gokou Ruri watched yesterday.

If she were to answer, the answer would undoubtedly be 'yes'.

Of course, unlike the protagonists in the animation who were stranded on a desert island, the girl’s experience was even more absurd and incredible.

She found herself transformed into a cat.

If I think about it carefully, it seems that I had some signs this morning. My head felt itchy, and I had an illusion of emptiness in my lower back. I would subconsciously squint my eyes in bright places, but I could see clearly in dark places. My reactions became faster than before, but at the same time I was more easily startled.

But at that time she didn't take these things to heart.

As a result, after lunch break, she could only lie and hide in the health room, claiming to be sick - because she had grown fluffy triangular ears on her head, and a long, thin tail extended from her coccyx at the back.

God have mercy on her, although Gokou Ruri often uses the nickname "Fallen Holy Black Cat" on the Internet, that is just a tribute to her favorite anime "Maschera". She never thought that she would encounter such a thing in real life!

Although her mind told her that she should go to the hospital at this time, after watching a lot of dark conspiracy theory-related animations, the girl always felt that if her situation was really exposed, she might be taken out for a biopsy.

So she just hid in the infirmary and pretended to be sick, planning to sneak back home after school.

It is worth mentioning that because she always looks aloof and unapproachable on weekdays, she has few friends since the start of school. Even if she pretends to be sick, no one will come to visit her in the health room. This is a good thing.

Gogen Ruri: “…”

Damn it, why can't I be happy at all when I can clearly ensure that I won't expose something I'm thankful for...

In the end, Gogen Ruri's plan to delay until school was over and then slip away was shattered.

Because she didn't make it until school was over, she accidentally fell asleep while pretending to be sick. When she woke up again, she found that she had completely turned into a little black cat.

At first she thought she was dreaming, but the pain when she pulled out a tuft of hair from her tail made her realize that everything was real, which made the girl feel even more helpless against reality.

If she continued to stay in the health room as a cat, she would probably be chased away by the health teacher who was a bit of a germaphobe, so she took her clothes that were scattered all over the bed and hid them under the closet, then she mustered up the courage to sneak out of the school.

Although she had no idea why she turned into a cat, Gokou Ruri decided to go to a nearby shrine first. Maybe visiting the shrine could restore her to her original state?

Moreover, there are many famous shrines and temples in Chiba, although they are distributed in different places. But now I am in the form of a cat, maybe I can sneak into the tram station and ride for free?

With this thought in mind, the little black cat that the girl had transformed into began to move towards the tram station.

However, before she could find the tram stop, she was attacked by a stray dog ​​on the road and was bitten severely.

This frightened the little black cat so much that it could only flee in panic dragging its injured body.

It was clearly just this kind of behavior, but for some reason, starting from when, more and more stray dogs gradually appeared around her as she ran away, and the crows circling in the sky seemed to have smelled the scent of the corpse and were staring at her hungrily.

The more she ran, the more frightened she became. The more frightened she became, the more animals would chase her. Fortunately, she met other stray cats on the road. Although she didn't know if those cats could understand her, the girl still asked those stray cats for help.

To her surprise, the stray cats also began to gather together, almost spontaneously protecting the little black cat that the girl had transformed into.

Unfortunately, the gap in numbers between the two sides gradually widened, and the cats were finally trapped in a small park. Ruri Gokou, who was seriously injured but was still running for her life, eventually lost consciousness due to excessive blood loss and fainted in a dilapidated shrine.

In a coma, she felt as if she was suddenly floating up, and the bloating feeling in her body that had been making her feel uncomfortable gradually subsided. Later, she was wrapped in a soft and light cotton ball. The warm and comfortable feeling made her consciousness gradually rise.

She squinted her sleepy eyes, trying to see if she had been rescued and taken to the hospital.

Then she saw a figure wearing a pointed wizard hat, making meaningless hoarse noises like mumbling while stirring a huge crucible. Huge bubbles kept coming out of the green mud-like substance boiling in the pot, and a strong smell of grass was emitted with the bursting of bubbles. The blue flame under the crucible cast the other party's twisted and weird shadow onto the wooden wall, which looked extremely evil and terrifying.

Gokou Ruri: “Meow?!”

So she got furious.

——Li Mo’s perspective——

The preparation of dill essence was much more troublesome than Li Mo had imagined. After the first pot of raw materials turned into a pile of irrecyclable green slime, he put aside his previous mentality of making potion like cooking curry, and started to make the second pot with full concentration.

The effect of dittany essence in the potion notebook is that it can treat most external injuries - it is not just a simple wound healing. If what is written in the notebook is true, then even if the hands and feet are neatly cut off, this thing can be used to stick them back to the body.

By the way, because the white savory essence has not been produced yet, the wounds on the little black cat are now being treated with Yunnan Baiyao that Li Mo bought at a pharmacy in Yokohama Chinatown.

Li Mo suspected that the other party was a magical creature.

Because he found that during the not too long contact with the other party, he seemed to have absorbed some magic power into his body, but the absorption efficiency was not high. From the time he broke through with the kitten and ran back to the association's hut, he only increased his magic power slightly.