CATMAN - 27 Who? Me?

Both of the students laughed looking at Auden.

“Hahaha, CatMan? What the heck is that? What are you even saying and wearing that goat mask? It’s just too funny.”

“Yeah man, you’re just too funny to even look at. That black clothing with that flashy black cape was fine but why the heck are you wearing that goat mask?”

“Hmmm… Good question. Alright, I’ll tell you.” Auden said, “But let me ask a quick question first.”

“What’s worse than fighting right now?”

“Killing?”

“Murder?”

“Both of them are the same…but that’s not the answer. What’s worse right now…is your situation.” Auden said.

Both of the students were alerted and looked at Auden with a cold glance in their eyes. They were ready to strike at any moment and seeing them take a defensive position, Auden grinned.

“That caught your attention, didn’t it? Nyahahahaha,” Auden taunted the two students using his hand as if asking to do their worst.

“Were you trying to trigger us? If yes, then congratulations, you have made us angry.” One of the students said as he looked at another and nodded.

Both of them leaped towards Auden simultaneously one with a punch and another with a kick. But Auden dodged those attacks effortlessly and catching the leg of one student, he threw it back.

“Is that it? Well, it’s not like I’m disappointed because I waited till both of you got tired. Stealing Points also requires patience after all.”

“Use magic or your future is doomed,” Auden said.

Both of the students gritted their teeth and only attacked physically which was easily dodged by Auden over and over. He was getting bored with all the attacks which were coming at him only to be dodged.

“Did you guys run out of Mana or something?” Auden sighed, “Guess it can’t be helped. You’re just Talents and fighting till you got tired might have robbed you of your Mana. Just blame your fate for getting robbed today.”

He then easily got in the middle of the students and gave a good chop right on their neck making their eyes roll back.

“That was boring…I didn’t even get the chance to use my special modified paws.” Auden said as he took off their cubes.

“Points +1”

“Points +1”

Getting the points, he looked at Froy and said, “Where is next?”

“Boss, I still don’t know the next place. My cat mates are looking for the next fight and they will notify me after they find one.” Froy answered.

Just as Froy said that a dog brown in color with some black spots in his back ran towards Auden and Froy.

“Leader, the crows are at it again. They are circling around our base and are trying to take our territory.” The dog said.

“What? The crows are doing what? And in my absence nonetheless.” Froy said with an angry look.

The dog and Froy talked with each other for some time and the only thing that left the dog’s mouth was problems and more problems.

Froy finally looked at Auden after finishing the talk with the dog and said, “Boss, my cat mate says that our base is under attack…and not only that, a new cat that no one had seen in the neighborhood in the past proposed white kitty. Unforgivable.”

“So, boss, I might not be able to help you again after this for some days. I want to teach that bastard who the boss of this area is, is that okay?” Froy said with his eyes literally on fire.

“L…N…Fine, ” Auden said, “Just do what you want. I will figure something out by myself.”

Auden was surprised by what he was hearing. A cat mate? But wasn’t that a dog? And what was more surprising was that the dog was from that time when Froy introduced him as a monster. Why was that mad dog calling Froy his leader?

Froy then again talked with the dog and turned to Auden saying, “Boss, this member of my base says that there was a fight in the D-block of Viesa street in front of another abandoned building.”

Froy said and left the place with the dog.

Auden just looked Froy leaving and sighed. “Guess I am on my own for some time.”

The reason for him asking Froy to help him was because of a simple thing called trust. Trust was something that everyone would need for someone to follow them. Froy followed him because Froy trusted him, but the same thing couldn’t be said for every animal and pet.

If the animals didn’t trust you then no matter how much you try, they won’t just hand over the information…even if you could talk with them and understand them. And no pets would just trust a random stranger and give them the information they wanted.

Worst case scenario, he would be barked off or be bitten by the animals instead of getting any information out of them. And he hadn’t talked with any other animals or pets from the neighborhood except for Froy so there was going to be several trust issues which he didn’t want.

When Auden arrived at the place Froy mentioned, he sighed in disappointment. Even if there had been a battle before, there was a chance that the battle was already over and what greeted him at that moment was exactly that.

The place was empty and was filled with silence and it seemed that even the unconscious body of the student who lost was already retrieved. He could even hear his own heartbeat because of the silence that covered the area.

Auden was disappointed but he hadn’t lost hope.

There will be many other chances. He thought comforting himself.

“Excuse me, can I get some of your time?” A voice rang from his back alarming Auden.

Not again…I let my guard down. He immediately jumped forward as he turned back looking at the person who called him from behind.

‘Who is he?’ After getting a clear look at the person’s face, he still couldn’t figure out who the person was. ‘He is not wearing a uniform and doesn’t have a cube in his hand either. Is he not one of the students?’

The person then smiled and said, “There’s no need to be on guard against me. I’m not a student of your school and not here to beat you for a point.”

“If you aren’t here to attack me…then why do you know of the point system and about the battle?” Auden asked cautiously.

“Well, one of my family members attends the same school as you and I met with that family member of mine just some time ago. So, I pretty much know what’s happening in the school and the cube in your hand is a dead giveaway that you attend Fret Academy.” The person said.

“Then why are you here?” Auden asked.

“Well, that is…” The person slid his hand into his pants pocket and took out a photo showing it to Auden.

“Actually, I’m looking for this guy named Auden.”

Auden was confused seeing his own picture shown to him. Who was this guy? Why was he searching for him? Auden thought as he clearly hadn’t met this guy in his entire life.

“Do you know him?” The person asked looking at Auden who stood silently looking at the picture.

Do I know him? Of course, I know myself. Since Auden was wearing a goat mask, the person couldn’t see Auden’s face and that was what led to the person asking Auden such silly question.

“I do know him, but…” Auden said.

“But what?”

“But why are you searching for him. What do you need from him?” Auden asked?

“That I cannot say because of the orders given to me. But can you tell me where I can find him, I have work to do.” The person said.

Auden shook his head and said, “Since I don’t know your motives, I can’t tell you where he is.”

“I see.” He sighed and turned away, “That can’t be helped since I’m in strict order to not reveal anything about it. Sorry to have wasted your time.”

“Wait…” Auden said.

Auden didn’t know the person who was searching for him but he didn’t want some random person stalking him. The best way to get rid of the stalker was to contact Peace Officers, so he wanted to have some contact information on the person.

“What? You changed your mind?” The person asked.

“Not actually…but if I met Auden then I will tell him about you. But if he wants to contact you after I tell him about you then how am I going to have him contact you and I don’t know your name either.” Auden said.

“I see.” He took out a card from his pocket and handed it to Auden and turned to leave again, “There’s my number if he wants to contact me. And as for my name, he still doesn’t know me but tell him anyway.”

“My name is Licht Park.”