Everyone's playing hide-and-seek: This crazy beauty has maxed-out third eyes.

After careful observation, Lin Sui'an finally found an iron door at the end of the shelf, against the wall.

The iron gate clashes with the supermarket's decor; it has a gray metal panel, no handle, and only a circular recess.

She leaned closer, sniffed, but couldn't smell anything. She raised her front paws and gently pushed, but couldn't budge it. She then pushed with both front paws and pushed off the ground with her hind legs, but still couldn't move it.

She looked at the circular groove, then placed her paw on it, and four words appeared on the door.

【permission denied.】

The words were red, lit up for two seconds, and then disappeared.

Lin Sui'an withdrew its paw, sat in front of the door, tilted its head and thought, "I don't have permission."

Does anyone have it? The game system? Or those ten cats?

She walked around the iron gate; the door frame was completely sealed, without a single gap, let alone any ventilation ducts.

She jumped onto the shelf again and searched along the ceiling, but still couldn't find any entrance.

Lin Sui'an squatted in front of the door, his cat ears twitching twice. He had searched the supermarket and found everything he could, but this door wouldn't open. He didn't know if the Ghost Killer could split it open, but using the Ghost Killer might make too much noise. He needed to think of another approach.

She returned the way she came, went up the fire escape, and went back to the first floor.

In my field of vision, there were seven cats huddled together on the first floor, three cats on the second floor, and no cats outside the outdoor equipment store.

Lin Sui'an lowered his body and moved along the wall towards the group of cats.

In the atrium on the first floor, seven cats sat together, meowing back and forth, making a noisy commotion.

Lin Sui'an lay crouching behind a pillar, his ears perked up.

After turning into a cat, cat language doesn't mean translated text; it's more like an instinctive understanding, and she can roughly comprehend it.

The black and white cat flicked its tail and meowed twice at the other cats.

It roughly means: The shop on the second floor smells awful at the entrance; I don't know who took a dump there.

The silver shaded cat also meowed, "Mimi went even though she had to endure the smell, there are people there."

The calico cat chimed in, its voice drawn out, "I went there too! It stank horribly at the entrance! I don't know what they smeared on it! It almost made me throw up!"

The orange cat plopped down on the ground, its belly fat spreading out to the sides: "I can smell it too, that smell is too strong."

The calico cat meowed again: "Mimi bravely endured the stench and tried to call for help, following the instructions several times, but there was no response from inside!"

The Maine Coon patted the floor: "If no one comes out, I can knock on the door and it will open, but the smell... I'd rather not."

The tabby cat spun around, sat down, and licked its paws: "Even if I use illusion magic, I have to get close, but as soon as I smell that scent, my brain stops working. How can I cast a spell?"

The seven cats were silent for two seconds.

The Ragdoll cat yawned: "Mi suggests, let that smelly spot air out first, then we can catch something else first."

Silver-haired girl stood up: "No way, let's save the one on the second floor for last, there are plenty more elsewhere."

The cats reached a consensus and all stood up.

Lin Sui'an lay behind the pillar, her cat mouth slightly twitching.

Orange peels and perfume are surprisingly effective; even the calico cat's voice imitation didn't fool anyone. Well done, everyone!

The cats dispersed again, but the orange cat didn't join any group. It strolled leisurely in the opposite direction, its tail swishing back and forth, walking at a leisurely pace.

I'm all alone.

Lin Sui'an waited a few seconds until the cats were some distance apart, then stepped out from behind the pillar and walked slowly and deliberately toward the orange cat.

The orange cat heard footsteps, turned around, and saw a black and white cat walking out from the shadows.

The orange cat tilted its head and meowed, "What brings you here?"

Lin Sui'an meowed in response: "I want to catch people with you."

The orange cat didn't think much of it and flicked its tail: "Let's go together then, Mimi just happens to need a companion."

The two cats walked side by side, patrolling the shops on the south side of the first floor.

The orange cat was indeed fast; even at its leisurely pace, it was half a beat faster than Lin Sui'an's. She quickened her pace to keep up.

The orange cat stopped in front of a digital store, sniffed it closely, listened carefully, and then meowed at Lin Sui'an: "Is anyone in here? Listen."

Lin Sui'an pretended to listen for a while, then flicked her tail and meowed, "I can't tell, I'm so annoyed. What if the second floor keeps smelling bad? I'll never be able to catch everyone."

The orange cat tilted its head: "Don't worry, our owner will help us."

Lin Sui'an's heart skipped a beat. Master? Who is that? Could it be a game? Lin Sui'an's eyes darted around: "I want to catch more people, I want Master to see how powerful I am, so that Master will give me more tasks! Give me more permissions!"

The orange cat let out an "oh," then lay down and peered through the crack in the door to listen: "Meow, I don't want to. Meow wants to sleep. Meow wants to eat canned food. Meow doesn't need so many abilities and privileges."

Lin Sui'an's heart skipped a beat; it had actually responded to the permission request, but she remained outwardly calm and continued meowing, "How much permission do you have now?"

The orange cat tilted its head in confusion: "Aren't kitties only allowed to guard the gate? Did your owner give you new privileges?"

Lin Sui'an meowed twice, looking at it enviously: "No, Mimi thinks you've gotten fatter recently and thought you've gained new privileges."

The orange cat proudly raised its head.

Lin Sui'an didn't continue the topic, afraid of arousing the orange cat's suspicion, but her mind was racing. Cats have access, so it must be that groove. But she tried and couldn't open it, so she had to find a way to get other cats to open the door.

But how do you get a cat to obey? The Book of Lydia's True Name.

Where does the name come from? From the crystal sphere.

Without further hesitation, Lin Sui'an used the Sighting Crystal Ball on the orange cat while it was squatting at the entrance of the digital store listening to the noise. The Sighting Crystal Ball lit up briefly, but she didn't look at it immediately.

The orange cat turned around and meowed, "There seems to be someone inside. Do you want to go check it out?"

Lin Sui'an flicked its tail, making a distorted expression on its cat face.

"Meow!!"

The orange cat tilted its head: What's wrong with you?

Lin Sui'an squeezed its hind legs together, stomped its paws twice, and meowed a few times: "I can't hold it anymore, I need to pee!"

The orange cat's face showed disdain: "Then go ahead and catch the person yourself."

Lin Sui'an turned and ran, his four legs moving incredibly fast. He turned the corner in the corridor and disappeared from the orange cat's sight.

She didn't go to pee.

She ran along the wall for twenty meters, made sure there were no other cats nearby, then jumped up to the second floor, quietly slipped down to the third floor, and crawled into the ventilation vent.

The sheet metal in the pipe made a soft thud as she stepped on it. She turned two corners and poked her head out from the air vent on the second floor.

The ceiling of an outdoor equipment store.

The roller shutter was closed, and the light from the camping lamp shone up from below. She lay on the edge of the vent and meowed twice.

"Meow! Meow!"

Inside the shop, four people were tied to a pillar. Lina was the first to look up, her eyes fixed on the ceiling: "There's a sound above us."

Li Yu pricked up his ears, clutching the whistle in his hand.

"Meow!" Two more meows came from the direction of the vent.

A hint of joy flashed across Lina's face; she opened her mouth, then closed it again.

Sergei pressed down on her shoulder and said in a low voice, "Don't rush."

Lydia stared at the air vent, not moving. "Could it be another cat?"