I Can Control Resources-Chapter 56: Super Cat

"A silver... cat?" Gao Neng rubbed his eyes. He stared at the silver cat sitting by the table, and his first reaction was that it looked a little familiar.

’Have I seen it somewhere before?’

’That silver fur is actually quite pretty...’

’Wait a minute!’

’Silver fur?!’

’It’s that stray cat from the Dream Toy Factory!’

The moment Gao Neng realized this, he snatched up the small stool beside him.

"MEOW!!" The silver cat seemed to sense the threat. It leaped off the chair in a flash and darted toward Xu Zilan’s feet.

"Hehe, I wonder where this cat came from. It’s quite smart; it seems to understand me." Xu Zilan shot Gao Neng a glare. "Gao Neng, I’m going to get it something to eat. You’re not allowed to bully little animals, okay?" she said, patting the silver cat’s head before walking into the kitchen.

The silver cat smiled.

It was a fearless smile.

But in Gao Neng’s eyes, the cat’s smile was exceptionally cunning. Its two deep blue eyes blinked again and again, as if to say, "Bring it on. I’ve got backup. You think I’m scared of you?"

’This is no ordinary cat; it’s practically a spirit...’ Gao Neng quickly came to a conclusion. He just didn’t understand how it had found its way here.

Besides, if this was about revenge, the cat had already knocked him out once. There was no reason for it to keep coming after him, right? That would be taking things too far.

"What are you doing here? What do you want?" Gao Neng asked coldly.

"Meow, meow, meow."

"Speak. I know you can talk!"

"Meow, meow, meow..." The silver cat put on a look of pure incomprehension, even rolling on the floor and stretching lazily, acting for all the world like it didn’t understand a thing.

"Playing dumb, are we? Fine. Eat your food and get lost, or I’ll break your legs!" Gao Neng threatened, brandishing the small stool again.

"Hmph. I have over a hundred underlings. You think I’m scared of you?" the silver cat snorted, then hopped back onto the chair by the table on its own accord.

The silver cat’s voice was very quiet.

Xu Zilan was stir-frying in the kitchen, so naturally, she couldn’t hear it.

But Gao Neng heard it loud and clear.

This cat...

...really could talk!

Gao Neng’s mind raced. He needed to get the cat’s true purpose for coming here out of it; otherwise, it would be a real pain to deal with.

As for its so-called hundred-plus underlings, he didn’t believe a word of it. What a load of bullshit. A stray cat pretending to be some kind of gang boss? With over a hundred lackeys? Only a complete idiot would fall for that.

"Hey, uh... kitty bro? Or kitty sis? Wait, are you male or female?" Gao Neng asked after a moment’s thought. He sat down next to the silver cat but didn’t put down the small stool in his hand.

"None of your business," the silver cat replied, seemingly disdaining the question.

"Well, I have to call you something, right? Otherwise, I’ll just call you... cat demon? Or cat person...?"

"You may call me Lord Cat King. Or Cat God, or Cat Emperor. Any of those will do," the silver cat said, tilting its head back with a haughty expression.

"Cat King? Cat God? Cat Emperor?" Gao Neng gave the cat a look like it was some delusional teenager. A critical question occurred to him. "Right, are you the stray cat right now, or that liquid lifeform?"

"MEOW!!!" The silver cat seemed furious.

"Gao Neng, why did the cat cry out? You’re not bullying it, are you?" Hearing the meow, Xu Zilan poked her head out of the kitchen to look.

Gao Neng instantly snatched the silver cat into his hands and gave it a vigorous petting.

"Of course not! This cat and I are getting along great. See? It’s not resisting at all. It loves me," Gao Neng said as he continued to pet it.

The silver cat, for its part, put on an expression of pure enjoyment.

Its two deep blue eyes blinked rapidly, and its tail swayed back and forth.

"Oh, good. Dinner’s almost ready. Can you clear the table and find a clean bowl for the cat?" Xu Zilan returned to the kitchen, reassured, and continued cooking.

"Let go! If you don’t let go, I’m gonna bite you!" the silver cat struggled fiercely.

"Sure, but you have to tell me what you’re really up to," Gao Neng said. He wasn’t comfortable with a cat like this staying by Xu Zilan’s side.

"I’m not up to anything. I’m just looking for a place to sleep."

"Sleep?"

"That’s right. I’m the Cat King now. You expect me to sleep in a garbage heap like those other strays?" the silver cat said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"..." For a moment, Gao Neng actually thought it made some sense.

After all, it was an intelligent cat.

But then he had another thought.

’Makes sense my ass! If you want to sleep, why do you have to come to my house to do it?’

The silver cat seemed to read Gao Neng’s mind and casually added, "My tastes have changed. I don’t eat cat food anymore, only human food. Get it? I can’t communicate with other humans, so what if they try to force-feed me cat food? Do you think I, the great Cat King, have no pride?"

This time, Gao Neng thought he basically understood.

This was a cat with truly high intelligence. And not only that, it wanted to live a human life just like him—sleeping in a big bed and eating human food?

If he told anyone, would they believe him?

Well, Gao Neng believed it.

"Don’t tell me you want... me to take care of you?" Gao Neng asked tentatively.

"It is your honor!" the silver cat nodded.

"My honor? So, what skills do you have? Like, kung fu... or transforming?" Gao Neng didn’t actually mind keeping a cat.

The main thing was, he remembered this cat had eaten a mass of intelligent liquid lifeform. That meant it was very likely some kind of evolved "super-cat."

It might even be able to transform!

A transforming cat... didn’t that basically mean he’d indirectly gotten himself a Transformer?

’Just thinking about it is actually kind of exciting.’

"I can do anything. I’m omnipotent, master of heaven and earth. Therefore, you must treat me as you would your savior. You will kowtow to me every morning, and at night, you must warm my bed for me first. Also..."

"Also my ass!" Gao Neng almost brought the stool down on it. He was raising a cat, not a pampered lord. "If you really want to stay here, then you’d better behave. You’ll get food, but as for everything else—you wash yourself, you change your own clothes, you eat by yourself. If you dare say one more naggy word, I’ll throw you out. Want to test me?"

"MEOW!" The silver cat was furious, its silver fur standing on end. But soon, it went limp again. "Fine. Whatever. I have over a hundred underlings anyway. They’ll serve me just fine. I don’t need you."

"How about I give you a name?" Gao Neng ignored the bragging cat.

"A name? Sure!"

"Gou Dan!"

"???"

"From now on, your name is Gao Gou Dan... wait, that doesn’t sound right. You can’t have my surname, Gao. You should be Li Gou Dan!"

"MEOW!" This time, the silver cat couldn’t hold back. It pounced, pushing at Gao Neng’s face with its paws like a bulldozer.

But Gao Neng was now a badass who had broken through the second human limit.

His reactions were lightning-fast.

Seeing the silver cat raise its claws, he brought the stool—which he’d never put down—straight down on it.

"WHACK!"

The silver cat was knocked flat on the ground.

"The ultimate killing move, the Stool Skill?!" the silver cat cried in shock. Then, its two deep blue eyes darted around. "Not bad, not bad. I’ve learned a new move!"

Gao Neng was also a little surprised.

Because as he’d knocked the cat to the ground, he had clearly seen its body contract into a ball like a liquid, then bounce back to its original shape.

Most importantly, the cat didn’t look like it was in any pain. Not only was it uninjured, but it hadn’t even lost a single hair.

Wow!

’I’ve hit the jackpot!’

’It really is a transforming cat!’