The Most Random System

Suddenly, a small fishing rod appeared in Lin Li’s hand.

"Do you eat fishing lines and hooks? If not, I’ll help you take them off." Lin Li asked gently while swinging the small fishing rod.

White Cat, Orange Cat, Cow Cat: "(;☉_☉)?"

Is this still a human meow?

Lin Li really saw a look of shock on the faces of the three cats.

"Meow—meow meow—"

The three cats started meowing one after another. Lin Li couldn’t understand, but felt like they were cursing pretty harshly.

Lin Li chuckled: "Just kidding."

Speaking of "Voice of All Things", it’s quite effective, huh? When I said "Do you eat fishing rods", both in my heart and verbally, it was "fishing rod", but didn’t expect these cats to understand it as "small fish treats". "Voice of All Things" even translates puns completely?

Such a faithful, expressive translation.

The pay for a day of translation must be at least fifty or sixty, for sure.

Speaking of which, if I choose "Human Category", does that mean any language, even primitive people’s, can understand what I mean?

Thinking too far ahead.

Lin Li, with a thought, asked: "Do you guys know the Fibonacci sequence?"

Cat: "?"

Lin Li: "Do you know Schrödinger?"

Cat: "?"

Lin Li: "Have you ever seen a smartphone? Do you know what a smartphone is?"

This question, although the Cow Cat remained indifferent, the other two reacted—both looking towards Lin Li’s pants pocket.

Looks like it can’t be completely translated.

Must be related to their perception, experience, IQ, or something, right?

Cow Cat doesn’t know about smartphones because no one ever demonstrated it or referred to it with human words in front of it?

Unable to determine temporarily, but Lin Li did not continue testing. He placed the fishing rod on the ground and manifested the cans he had prepared earlier, took out three, pulled the tabs open, and placed them in front of the three cats.

"Eat first, chat while eating."

The three cats exchanged a glance, then took a step forward and began to cautiously lick the meat paste.

Lin Li bought expensive canned food, of course the quality is guaranteed. The cats, who usually eat mostly cat food, quickly stopped being cautious and began to eat vigorously.

They also didn’t resist Lin Li’s hand stroking them.

"By the way, why is it that fish cans contain fish meat and cat cans don’t have cat meat?" Lin Li muttered.

"Ha—!!"

The Orange Cat continued eating, but the White Cat and Cow Cat immediately looked at Lin Li in horror.

Cat... cat meat?

Was that fishing rod meant to beat us and turn us into cat canned food?

Is this, is this a last meal?

"Why are you hissing again? Just like Toyokawa Shoko, what’s going on," Lin Li found his casual question wasn’t problematic, so he looked at the two cats with some confusion, "Isn’t it tasty?"

The White Cat hissed again.

However, this time the target wasn’t Lin Li, but the Orange Cat.

—This guy had already finished its portion at the speed of light and immediately started eating the middle portion belonging to the White Cat, seeing as the White Cat and Cow Cat ’ate their fill’.

"Don’t fight, don’t fight, there’s plenty, enough for all of you to eat." Lin Li chuckled, took out another can, opened it, and let the Orange Cat continue eating.

Zhou Baowei of the cat world, indeed.

Seeing this, the White Cat and Cow Cat also felt they probably misunderstood. This human inherently gives them a sense of closeness, so it should be fine. They buried their heads and started eating from the can again.

While Lin Li stroked them, further reducing their defensiveness, he began the real purpose of tonight’s conversation:

"By the way, I want to ask you, have you ever been bullied or something like that?"

All three cats lifted their heads, with their mouths still full or covered with bits of canned meat, their round eyes looked at Lin Li, a bit perplexed.

"Meow?"

The White Cat meowed once, its tail tip gently swaying.

"I mean," Lin Li tried gesturing, pointed at the three of them, made a fierce tooth-baring expression, and swung the small fishing rod as if to hit:

"Is there anyone who maliciously chases, hits you, or stops you from eating or sleeping?"

The Cow Cat whimpered quietly, glanced at Lin Li, then at the White Cat beside.

While the Orange Cat buried its head, licking its paw, displaying an attitude of "What are you babbling about, when’s the third meal coming?"

Seeing the three cats didn’t quite grasp his meaning, Lin Li spoke again:

"Here’s the thing, I’m here to help you, I don’t want you to be bullied by anyone in the future, so can you take me to places you feel are dangerous or where you’ve been hurt before?"

This time, the White Cat stood up first, meowed in a direction deeper into the park.

The Orange Cat and Cow Cat stopped eating too and stood up, all looking in the same direction—a darker, denser area close to the walls, with more bushes, where some discarded building materials and old tires are piled.

"Hmm? Over there? Alright, lead the way."

Lin Li indicated for the cats to move ahead.

The distance wasn’t far, but as they got closer to that area, the bodies of the three cats grew tighter, their tails lowered, no longer in the relaxed state from before.

The White Cat stopped in front of a shelter made of old tires and broken wooden boards, turned back to Lin Li, and made a low, whimpering sound.

"Is this the place?"

Lin Li raised his eyebrows, scanning the surroundings.

This indeed was a corner likely to harbor troubles or breed issues, with poor visibility, also away from streetlights and sidewalks.

Yet, Lin Li felt he might have misunderstood.