Chapter 119

119 Next Mission

It was not like General Ryan himself wanted to hand this mission to Kyle. However, it was the mission with the location that most suited what Kyle actually requested. Added with the pressure from above, General Ryan simply handed the file to Kyle.

If Kyle thought that because the mission was too dangerous, he shouldn’t go, then General Ryan definitely wouldn’t force his son. But even after seeing the file reported how dangerous the mission was, Kyle still decided to go.

General Ryan could only sigh.

His son was indeed very courageous and he couldn’t help but worry about the other party. However, he was not in the position to stop Kyle because he knew that his son had his own ideas now that he had grown up.

He could only pray for Kyle’s wellbeing.

...

Kyle waited for the others at the gate. He simply gave a simple message to the two of them for them to head over to the gate as soon as possible. At the same time, he asked Jake to take Lotte with him.

Soon, the two of them arrived at the gate.

“Stronger?” Dylan looked at Kyle and could guess that the other party should have reached five minor advancement. After five minor advancement, they would be able to enter the next rank.

.....

At least, this was the power ranking that was agreed upon so far.

With this ranking, it would be clearer about their real strength and how the advancement would be. However, the speed at which everyone reached the next rank hadn’t been told clearly because it was not certain what was the fastest speed would be.

“You too.” Kyle smiled.

Dylan had also advanced a minor rank after taking the gem. The two of them could sense the other party’s pressure more or less and gauge the advancement rate. It seemed that after taking the gems, they could sense these intangible things even clearer than before.

Dylan nodded.

“Meow.” Kate raised her paw in greeting.

Looking at Little Kitty, Dylan nodded his head in response to her greeting.

Soon, there was another car coming and Jake came out with a woman. The woman looked like she was in her early twenties and wore standard hunting outing outfit. But even so, it couldn’t hide the two cat ears on her head.

Kate blinked her head.

“Meow.”

“Hey everyone!” The woman smiled in greeting. She then turned her attention to Kate as if this was the most important thing to do. “And hello, Little Kitty. Jake said a lot of things about you before, making me curious to meet you.”

“Meow.” <He must be saying bad things about me then."

“Hahaha! Not at all, he’s saying good things about you, but bad things about Kyle.” Lotte winked her eyes.

“Lotte!” Jake was exasperated. He knew how naughty Lotte could be. She loved to pit him the most when he was with Kyle and Dylan, so the two of them allowed this mischievous woman to stay in their small group from time to time.

Of course, because Lotte was a bit younger than Jake, she had her own things to do sometimes. Anyway, she definitely has her own female friends, so she would not always stay with Jake.

“Oh?” Kyle narrowed his eyes.

Jake tried his best to make an innocent look, but in the end, he gave up. He simply shrugged and sighed deeply. Kyle will definitely make his life more difficult on their journey later.

“Stupid,” Dylan remarked.

Lotte laughed. “Anyway, now that I’m in your team, do I need to introduce myself again? I mean, at least to this little cutie who didn’t know much about me.”

Kate blinked her eyes.

She felt that this Lotte was similar to Jake in terms that the two of them liked to talk so much. However, it was indeed quite refreshing rather than having another person who treasured their words like gold such as Dylan.

*cough*

She was definitely not dissing him, but she just felt that Dylan was indeed quite cold and hard to talk with.

“What’s your rank?” Kyle asked.

“Third rank for both of them.” Lotte smiled. “I have my minor advancement five times for both, but I can’t seem to grasp the chance to advance to rank 4.”

“That’s not too bad.” Kyle nodded. Hoping for a lot of people to advance to rank 4 was clearly unrealistic. When he was in rank 3 peak, he also realized that the road to rank 4 seemed to be closed.

It was only after the second red rain that he inexplicably reached rank 4. But at the same time, he realized that every minor advancement would take an extremely long time. For those who hadn’t reached this rank, they had to work hard in order to rank up too.

“Of course, she’s definitely so good!” Jake’s face was raised up as if he wanted his nose to grow longer.

“Meow.”

“Aww, thank you very much, Little Kitty!” Lotte looked at Kate with shining eyes. She felt that this little cat was even more pleasing to the eyes the more she looked.

“Does your cat disappear?” Kyle asked another question he would like to know the most.”

“Huh? So you’re also curious about half, huh?” Lotte laughed lightly. Truthfully, she felt at loss when she found out that she had fused with her cat. At that moment, she knew that she would never be the same as she used to be anymore.

Even though Jake seemed to be so excited when he saw her cat ears, she still felt that she was not completely a human being anymore. It was a strange feeling.

“Let’s talk while we’re in the car.”

“I’ll drive.” Dylan volunteered. He had no interest in disturbing the romantic Jake and Lotte. No matter what time it was, he felt that these two would always have something to talk about.

He didn’t really want to disturb them, so being the driver would be the best option.

“Alright.” Jake agreed.

They entered the car and Kyle was naturally on the passenger seat. He had no interest to disturb Jake and Lotte’s time together. Even though he will still ask some question, he could do it from here.

Jake then looked at Lotte. “In fact, I’m also curious about your cat ear. You never allow me to touch them.”

“That’s because I’m very sensitive in my ear!” Lotte glared at Jake. If he dared to try touching her cat ear, just watch how she would settle him later. She would never let him touch it because she could sense how sensitive it was when she tried to touch her own ear.

“Alright, alright, I won’t touch!” Jake quickly raised his hand as if declaring his surrender.

Kyle rolled his eyes. “Do you have any memories of your cat?”

“No.” Lotte shook her head. She smiled bitterly. “It really felt as if my cat had disappeared forever and I couldn’t see her anymore. I feel troubled whenever I thought about it because I have taken care of her for a long time.”

Unlike Kyle who took care of Little Kitty because he was directly ordered by his father, Lotte have a cat whom she loved very much. The cat had been with Lotte for two to three years and Lotte always took care of her cat.

When the first red rain happened, she was feeding her cat and then fainted while holding her cat.

That was why she ended up as a half.

Even now, Lotte felt miserable when she thought that her own cat had now fused with her, but she couldn’t even sense the other party. It was so miserable that Lotte didn’t know what she should do.

She felt at loss.

But in the end, she just accepted it.

“Well, I guess I can say that she’s still with me even though it only shows in the form of cat ears and tails.” Lotte smiled bitterly.

“Wait, you have tails too?” Jake’s eyes shone.

Lotte glared at her boyfriend. “I’m not showing you.”

“But...”

“NO!”

Kyle ignored the couple quarrel as he focused on the road in front of him. He looked at the little cat in his arm and sighed lightly. “Little Kitty, do you think that it’s possible for one that had been fused to separate?”

Kate’s little furry body trembled.

She didn’t know.

However, she could see that Kyle seemed to be thinking about something. it seemed that he was also contemplating about something that he didn’t know how to tell to Kate.

Kate was silent.

In the end, she just patted Kyle’s hand without answering anything. She didn’t know what she was supposed to say anymore.

“It’s ok, Little Kitty.”

“Meow.”

Silently meowing in response, Kate rested her small body in Kyle’s arm. After being a cat, she realized that she liked to snuggle so much. Closing her eyes, Kate fell asleep once more.