One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 8: Treasure-stealing rat and competition
Lily, who was knocked to the ground, looked at the guy standing on her towering chest. It was a creature that looked like an enlarged guinea pig, more than 40 centimeters tall, with snow-white fur, small round ears, short limbs, and a golden pattern on its belly that looked like a gold ingot.

"Squeak, squeak." The hamster in front of her looked at Lily and laughed with his hand covering his mouth.

Although she didn't know what it was, Lily didn't think she would lose to a small animal, so she reached out to grab it again. But the guinea pig seemed to have foreseen it and dodged Lily's attack with a light jump. It even jumped back arrogantly after dodging, turned its back to Lily, twisted its little butt, and continued to make "squeaky" laughter.

"Damn it, I don't believe I can't catch you!" Seeing the guinea pig's arrogant look, Lily instantly got angry, and swung her left hand out, grabbing the guinea pig with one claw faster than the other. But no matter how hard Lily tried or how she increased her speed, the guinea pig still looked like it was at ease, and calmly dodged all of Lily's attacks.

"Click" the door was opened, but Lily didn't care at all and still tried hard to catch the hateful guinea pig.

"I'm back." The hermit's slightly old but still powerful voice rang out. Lily found that with the hermit's return, the guinea pig's attention was obviously attracted.

"Opportunity!" Lily grabbed it with all her strength as fast as she could, but the guinea pig still dodged it successfully, and stepped directly on Lily's face and jumped hard.

"Bang!" "Ouch!" Lily's head was stepped on to the ground, and the guinea pig pounced on the hermit.

"Oh, you're back. How was it? Did you have fun today?" The hermit reached out and caught the guinea pig, scratched its chin and said.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak," the guinea pig stood on the hermit's hand, calling and gesticulating.

"Oh, really? Hahaha, I didn't tell you when you were not at home. This is the person I rescued today. She is not a book thief. Her name is Lily. Hahaha, okay, okay, thank you for looking after the house." The hermit said as he put the guinea pig on the sofa, and then helped Lily, who was lying on the ground doubting her life, up.

"What the hell is this thing?" Lily muttered to herself while staring at the guinea pig. She still couldn't accept that she couldn't catch a guinea pig. Even though she was injured, the guinea pig kept dodging in one place, and she couldn't even touch a single hair of it no matter how hard she tried.

"Her, hahaha, don't be sad, she is the treasure-stealing mouse 'Squeaky', a peculiar creature in my hometown that can find all kinds of treasures. Although she is not big in size, she is only two years younger than you in age." The hermit helped Lily onto the sofa.

"Guinea pig?" Lily looked at Zhizhi beside her. "Can it live for twelve years?"

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!!!" When Squeak heard Lily's words, he instantly jumped up and was ready to attack Lily. Fortunately, the hermit was quick-witted and picked up Squeak, and kept stroking its fur to soothe it.

"A treasure-stealing rat, a treasure-stealing rat. If you call her a guinea pig, she'll get angry."

"Oh, oh, sorry, sorry, please forgive me." Lily looked at the angry Zhizhi and apologized quickly.

After hearing Lily's apology, Zhizhi finally quieted down, but still ignored Lily. One mouse ran to the back of the sofa, turned its back to Lily and put its hands in its pockets, looking like "Hmph - this mouse is very angry."

"It's okay, don't worry about her, she will be fine in a while. The treasure-stealing rat is a specialty of my hometown. It can find all kinds of treasures and has a long lifespan, generally speaking, it can live 80-120 years. Don't underestimate them, ahahahahahaha." The hermit glanced at Zhizhi, stroked his beard and laughed as he explained to Lily.

"80-120 years, I can't imagine it. This is probably the longest-lived rat I know." Lily looked at Zhizhi in amazement. In this chaotic ocean, no one dared to say that they could live beyond 80 years old. It was truly a magical animal.

"Are all treasure-stealing rats so strong?" Although she heard the hermit's explanation, Lily was still unhappy that she couldn't catch Zhizhi.

"No, no, no, that's not the case. Ordinary treasure-stealing mice are not much better than ordinary mice except that they are faster and smarter." The hermit waved his hand. "I trained Zhizhi since he was a child. I raised Zhizhi's parents and they followed me for many years. Later, they gave birth to Zhizhi, but Zhizhi never hatched. Oh, and although treasure-stealing mice are mammals, they lay eggs. Isn't it amazing?"

"Oviparous? Mammals?" Lily once again felt how big the world was and how full of wonders it was.

"Yes, Zhizhi was born a few years ago, while Tou Toutiao and Zhaozhao are no longer with us. Zhizhi was also raised by me, and I also taught her some skills. What do you think? Awesome, isn't she?" said the hermit, giving a thumbs up.

"Great, that's not right! Wait!" Lily agreed casually, but suddenly discovered a blind spot. Treasure-stealing mice can live for 80-120 years, and Zhizhi's parents were raised by hermits, but now these two are gone?
"Did Zhizhi's parents die of illness?" Lily asked cautiously.
"Oh, no, he died of natural causes, of old age." The hermit said nonchalantly. "So, how old are you?"

"This~~~I won't tell you." The hermit pretended to think about it for a while, and then suddenly made a face at Lily.

"If you want to know, take good care of your wounds. I may tell you when I am happy one day. As for now." The hermit said, and suddenly took out a huge plate of grilled fish from somewhere, "It's time to eat!"

"Eat well! Rest well! This is the secret to recovery! Let's eat!" The hermit raised his chopsticks like an old child.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" Zhizhi also jumped up.

"Huh," Lily breathed. Never mind. If the old man didn't want to talk, then he didn't have to. Asking about age was itself a very rude behavior. Then Lily also began to agree, "Dinner is ready—"

"No, no, even when eating you have to have spirit! Follow me! It's time to eat!!!" The hermit suddenly insisted for some reason, thinking that Lily had no spirit at all, and refused to hand the chopsticks to Lily.

"Dinner is ready!" Lily shouted helplessly.

"No! Although the sound is loud enough, it lacks momentum. Try again!"

"dinner time!"

"No! Come again!"

“Dinner is ready!!”

"Not enough! Not enough! One more time!"

A bunch of T-tic-tac-toes appeared above Lily's head. She had already been fooled by Zhizhi, and now the hermit was playing tricks on her again. Lily, who could no longer bear it, took a deep breath.

"Let's eat!"

"Hahahaha, that's more like it. Let's eat!"

"Squeak!"

“Oh, it’s delicious.”

"Oh! You're eating so vigorously. We can't lose! Come on! Squeak!"

"Squeak!"

"Hahahaha"

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