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Five minutes later, a dejected green cat's head was hanging on the street lamp outside the cat house.

".....That is to say, the nutritional blocks I have been eating..."

"Yes, cat food."

Xilin lowered her head and looked at the cut square brown blocks and the dried fish that had exactly the same color and smell when broken, and fell into deep thought.

There are so many tricks in this port area, and she, a country girl, is completely kept in the dark.

Wuming raised his head and looked at Akashi on the street lamp.

"Hey, Black Heart Cat, why can your cat food be used to make nutrition blocks?"

Wuming asked bluntly.

Misappropriation of research funds is extremely common, and Wuming was not surprised at this. What surprised him was why it was something like this. The nutritional value and satiety of a small piece were almost equivalent to that of a whole head of beef. It was conceivable that this kind of cat food would not be something that could be popularized.

"The nutrient block is compressed cat food. As for the cat food, it was originally intended to be used to make highly nutritious cat food. Unfortunately, it has never been successful. Instead, a low-concentration nutrient block with a salted fish flavor was developed. I eat some dried salted fish at night to refresh myself."

Akashi, who was caught, told everything consciously, then looked at Wuming eagerly, hinting wildly with his pitiful eyes.

"No way."

Wuming pointed at Akashi and said.

"Reflect on yourself until you know you are wrong!"

This black-hearted cat is too playful by using the funding to play around and come up with many weird inventions.

"Eh...but now I know I was wrong meow..."

Akashi quickly struggled to his feet and shouted down.

"Shut up, blow some air on it for me, and let your conscience air out before you speak."

Ignoring Akashi's fake sobbing, Wuming sighed softly.

She will most likely not reflect on herself. She will only think about why she was caught, and then improve her hiding skills. But even so, we can't let her go just because she is useless. We have to keep her hanging for a while.

But Xilin's side was a bit awkward.

Xilin looked at the dried fish in her palm, then looked at the condensed version of the dried fish, and felt conflicted.

"I thought cat food would taste weird..."

Muttering this, Xilin looked at Wuming who was walking over and spoke before he could open his mouth.

"Wuming, there's nothing I don't like about cat food. You don't have to keep apologizing. If you have the time, why don't you come over and play with the kittens with me!"

Having said that, Xilin walked into the cat house without looking back.

Wuming was stunned for a moment, then shrugged and walked in.

"Husband, how long do you plan to keep Akashi hanging?"

Noshiro looked at Xilin, then walked past her, came to Wuming, and whispered in his ear.

"Let's keep her here until dinner time to teach her a lesson."

Wuming could not help but lower his voice as he felt Noshiro's sweet breath.

"That's it..."

Noshiro paused and spoke in a drawn-out tone.

"If possible, my husband can go and tell her that you originally wanted to keep her hanging until the next morning, but, at the persuasion of your favorite Noshiro, you changed it to before dinner."

Noshiro blinked and said with a hint of cunning.

"I think I know what you mean, but why?"

Wuming was a little confused and curious why Noshiro, who always had her own principles, would suddenly plead for Akashi.

Noshiro said with a blushing face, a little embarrassed.

"Because Akashi helped a lot."

The girl with devil horns pinched the corner of her clothes awkwardly, her eyes a little vague.

"For example, knife sharpening tools, small Sakura-style jewelry, etc., as long as you ask Akashi, I will definitely be able to make it."

"Why don't you tell me? If you tell me, I will do everything I can to help you."

Wuming said in surprise.

"It's different, and it won't feel fresh this way."

Noshiro said with a pout.

"Okay, I'll tell you."

Wuming looked at Noshiro's cute appearance and said seriously.

"But, if you say this, does it count as returning the favor?"

"Of course, as long as Akashi doesn't know, isn't it the same as returning the favor?"

Noshiro chuckled, and after getting Wuming's promise, she turned around with a satisfied smile and went to see Akashi outside the cat house.

Ayanami and Yamashiro were each holding a cat that was biting a dried fish, and were chatting quietly with Xilin.

While Xilin was feeding herself, she also did not forget to feed the kitten. However, as she was feeding, she discovered something.

"Why does Kitty like you guys so much?"

Compared to Xilin who needed to use dried fish to lure cats into submission, Ayanami only needed to stretch out her hand and a kitten would jump into her arms. Yamashiro even switched the cats in her arms back and forth. The captured kittens did not resist at all and allowed themselves to be rubbed obediently. However, if Xilin herself had not brought salted fish, she would not have been able to catch a single cat.

"Ayanami, I don't know either."

Ayanami put the kitten on the ground, held its two front paws with both hands, and pulled gently, as if pulling a spring, and the kitten suddenly turned into a cat strip.

"Yamashiro knows."

Shancheng held the kitten in one hand and raised the other hand high.

"It's because of the Rubik's Cube. These kittens are all products of the Rubik's Cube, just like us, so they are naturally close to us."

As she explained, Xilin opened her mouth slightly, and then she looked at Shancheng's ears with a complicated expression.

"Difficult, does that mean the kitten will become like you when it grows up?"

Xilin was shocked again. It was like a child who went to the zoo for the first time, and the elders pointed at gorillas and monkeys and said that these were the things that evolved into humans.

She reached out and pinched Morimiao's belly, then looked at the ball under Shancheng's neck, feeling that Shancheng could not be evolved from a cat.

"No, a mountain city is a mountain city, and a kitten is a kitten."

The monster witch said firmly.

"Kittens are derivatives of the Rubik's Cube, just like human hair. Their structure is similar to ours, but they are definitely not the same entity."

Xilin looked at Shancheng, then at the kitten, and suddenly became thoughtful.

"I understand."

Xilin snorted and stood up and walked towards Wuming.

"Wuming, is this kitten with the Rubik's Cube?"

Wuming hummed, then reacted.

"Xilin, you don't call me human anymore?"

"Tsk, there's more than one human being in this world, why shouldn't I call you that?"

As Xilin said this, her voice lowered again.

"Didn't you also call me Xilin when we first met?"

"That's different..."

Wuming smiled bitterly.

"It doesn't matter."

Xilin couldn't help but rub the kitten's head.

"Since becoming a ship girl gives me the chance to have my own cat, I want to be a ship girl, too!"

Chapter 544: The Third Option

Dusk was falling. After spending some time building a cat house and playing with the kittens, by the time Wuming and Xilin arrived at the research center, the lights in this disc-shaped building had already been turned on.

"Morrie, come to me, quick, quick."

Even when Xilin reached the door, she did not forget to continue luring the kitten with the nutritional block. However, she forgot one thing, that is, the kitten's appetite is not unlimited. After eating and drinking, the chubby commander cat lazily lay in Wuming's arms. Except for the occasional movement of its tail, the whole cat lay very still, and ignored Xilin's temptation of dried fish.

"Eh......"

Xilin stared at the kitten in frustration, then threw the dried fish into its mouth. The cat meant so much to Xilin that she didn't even think there was anything wrong with eating cat food. She just kept urging Wuming.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry in."

Wuming held the cat in his arms, and seeing Xilin so enthusiastic, he always felt a subtle sense of weirdness.

She would rather die than become a ship girl before, but as soon as the Command Cat appeared, the dignified Herrscher of the Void immediately fell. She felt like she just needed to raise cats, and then train these kittens into Poké Balls, and then she could just throw the kittens out to capture all kinds of cat-loving bosses.

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

As soon as he thought of this, he shook his head subconsciously.

If it really goes that smoothly, doesn't it mean that as a commander, my role is not as important as these cats?

Wuming was just daydreaming when Xilin grabbed his wrist and dragged him towards the research center.

"Hey, come quickly, I want to be a ship girl!"

Xilin held Wuming with one hand and put the other hand on her waist, shouting towards the research center.

In the corridor, the only answer to Xilin was the intermittent sound of her own echo.

She stood confidently in the corridor, waiting for some working guy to come over, and then in a snap, she would be a full-time success, get her own cat, and reach the peak of her life. However, as she waited, she found that the entire research center was deserted and no one came out at all.

"Wuming, why is there no one here?"

Xilin held Wuming's arm and whispered.

"Hmm... well..."

Wuming smiled somewhat awkwardly.

"The head of the research center is hanging on the street lamp outside the cat house."

"And what about the green cat's subordinates?"

Xilin looked at the neat but deserted scientific research center and subconsciously leaned towards Wuming.

"Her subordinate number one is in jail."

Wuming's eyebrows twitched and his expression started to become strange. He felt that the nature of this research center was about to become the Finance Department, and the person in charge would either be hanged or go to jail. However, considering that most of the gold coins in the entire port area really flowed here, it was not an exaggeration to call it the Finance Department.

"And number two?"

"I guess she's accompanying subordinate number one. The punishment I gave her is that she's not allowed to meet with Adam until he's released from prison."

Eve is probably sitting next to Adam now, and she is in no mood to help.

Wuming felt a headache for a moment when he looked at the empty scientific research center, but he did not regret it. If he could go back on time, he would only choose to hang up the black-hearted cat in advance.

"Eh...Does that mean I have to wait until they come out before I can get the kitten?"

Xilin also felt puzzled. When she was unwilling, the scientific research center was full of talented people, but when she was willing, all these talents were locked up.

"Not really. I can actually look at the operating instructions temporarily..."

Wuming was halfway through his words when he felt the hand that had been holding his arm suddenly loosen. Xilin looked at Wuming with vigilance, just like a passenger who got on a car and found out that the driver had just passed the driving test.

"Well, there is a third way."

Wuming was not surprised at all. He looked at Xilin's curious eyes and felt a little headache.

"It's just that the third method... Well, there's nothing wrong with the third method. Let's go in first. I'll get someone who can operate the equipment."

The two walked into the previous room, where the familiar instruments were still placed. Xilin found a place to sit down, and watched Wuming waving the light screen and communicating with someone. After a moment, he turned his head and made an OK gesture to Xilin.

"Done, now just wait."