WTYTIAAN Chapter 41

Chapter 41

Yan Yunqing looked at himself in the mirror, feeling utterly strange no matter how he looked. After a long while, he helplessly removed the disguise.

“Forget cosplaying Kurapika, I’m just not used to it!”

Yan Yunqing hesitated for a moment, making some subtle adjustments based on his original appearance. Then, he lengthened his black hair, changed it to the chestnut color often seen in this other world, and tied it high on the back of his head in a high ponytail. Finally, he put on the [Face Part for Masquerade Dance] mask.

“Oh ho, who could tell if I’m male or female now?”

Yan Yunqing was very satisfied. He also picked a simple dress-style combat suit from the fashion options and admired himself with leather gloves on.

Switching the mask to red, his code name would be Joker from now on.

Yeah, the Goro Akechi version of Joker. Rather than making his targets cry, kneel, and repent, he was better at physically reforming their hearts.

This also perfectly matched his high-IQ reasoning ability setting.

Don’t ask why his code name wasn’t Crow, because Yan Yunqing thought Joker sounded better (and more pretentious).

Lillian ate her grilled steak while watching Yan Yunqing change outfits, occasionally giving her opinion. However, Yan Yunqing always treated her words as wind in his ears.

After settling on his attire, Yan Yunqing recorded his current equipment in the character panel.

Like many online games, the game panel provided three sets of equipment presets. Yan Yunqing used this function to directly record his current set of equipment into a preset. When he needed it, he could switch with one click.

Others used presets to switch between PvP and PvE equipment, while Yan Yunqing used presets to switch between aliases.

What a brilliant idea!

Yan Yunqing also recorded his everyday attire into the third preset.

“Let’s go.” Seeing that Lillian had eaten almost enough, Yan Yunqing casually cast a cleaning spell on the dirty plates, removing the oil stains before storing them in his inventory.

Lillian wiped her little mouth and flew to Yan Yunqing’s side.

Yan Yunqing locked the door, pushed open the window, and used the disguise skill. As his figure gradually shrank, Yan Yunqing transformed into the little black cat that often basked in the sun at the entrance of Sunset Village.

This black cat was much more convenient than the white cat with the bow tie he had seen at the auction house. At least in the dark, the black cat’s stealth effect was ten thousand times better than the white cat’s!

Yan Yunqing stretched his body, jumped up and down a few times to make sure he hadn’t forgotten how to move as a cat, and then decisively jumped out of the window.

The height of the fifth floor was a bit difficult for humans, but for a nimble, petite black cat that could steadily climb on any narrow surface, it was nothing at all.

Yan Yunqing jumped down the steps and quickly disappeared into the crowd.

The darkness had completely fallen, and the night was his best camouflage.

Looking around to get his bearings, Yan Yunqing walked towards a small tavern. If you wanted to find out information, you went to the most chaotic place, where there were all sorts of rumors. As long as you were good at extracting them, you could quickly find the information you needed.

Yan Yunqing, with his inconspicuous black fur, darted past the feet of a group of mercenaries, causing a few small exclamations.

“Good heavens, I think I saw a black fat rat the size of two beer mugs run by!”

“What’s so surprising about that? There are black rats everywhere these days. When you can’t find enough to eat in the wild, grilling two black rats is pretty tasty.”

“…”

Yan Yunqing almost tripped when he heard that. He turned his head and glared fiercely at the mercenary who called him a black rat from the shadows.

You’re the black fat rat, your whole family are black fat rats!

His fur was so shiny and smooth, how could it compare to a rat!

This was the fat he had gained from freeloading from every household in Sunset Village!

Yan Yunqing, whose mind was inadvertently assimilated by playing a black cat, angrily meowed a few times. After Lillian pinched his ear, he suddenly woke up and quickly darted under a table in the tavern.

The smell under the table wasn’t good. Few of these sloppy mercenaries were clean. The table looked presentable, but under it, they had taken off their shoes. Feet that had been wrapped in thick boots all day emitted a strange smell, making Yan Yunqing want to gag as soon as he got there.

Lillian also looked green. She whispered in Yan Yunqing’s ear, “Are we really going to eavesdrop here? I feel like throwing up.”

Yan Yunqing’s black cat face was full of despair. He looked around and crawled forward among the sea of stinky feet, finally finding a table of ‘refined’ people who weren’t taking off their shoes.

Yan Yunqing wiped a handful of sweat in his heart, squatted under this table, and looked at the shoes of these people. They were all neatly dressed, and some even tucked their pants into their boots.

He sighed: It was really difficult to find a few clean mercenaries sitting together. It was like trying to find a phoenix in a chicken coop.

Yan Yunqing flicked his tail and noticed that Lillian had suddenly become very quiet and hadn’t said a word.

He was a little worried. Had Lillian already fainted from the stench? He turned his head and saw that Lillian’s face was indeed very pale, and she looked like she was about to suffocate.

Elves had such a sensitive sense of smell!

Yan Yunqing thought to himself, and thoughtfully said to Lillian, “Why don’t you go outside and wait for me? I’ll come out and find you after I get enough information?”

Lillian had already joined his team, and the dot displayed on the mini-map was blue, distinguishing her from all other NPCs. Yan Yunqing wasn’t worried about not being able to find Lillian after he went out.

Lillian was listless. “Can I do that?”

“Don’t worry, it’s not like I don’t have any strength?” Yan Yunqing, at level twenty-eight, could take on ten people in this small tavern. What was there to be afraid of?

Lillian hesitated for a few seconds, but finally the harsh environment won over her desire to stay. She nodded. “Then I’ll go out and wait for you. Be careful. If something happens, call my name.”

“I will come back to find you no matter what.”

Yan Yunqing felt that there was something more to those words, but Lillian had already quickly flown towards the door, looking like she didn’t want to stay in this poisonous space for another second.

Was it his imagination?

Yan Yunqing flicked his tail, lost in thought.

*

“Boss, I’ve already found out everything. A new batch of goods will be transported into the warehouse tonight. The timetable is clear. We can go there and wipe them all out.”

A man with extremely ordinary features whispered to the man sitting in the corner, holding a large beer mug and drinking.

“Glug–”

After swallowing a mouthful of turbid beer, the man slammed the mug on the table and wiped the foam from his mouth with the back of his other hand. His lowered, curly eyelashes concealed his severe, cold expression.

“I know. Proceed according to the original plan.” The man said softly, his eyes scanning the person who spoke to him and the other few who were sitting upright. “Don’t do anything extra. Once the plan is completed, retreat. Don’t cause trouble that requires your comrades to rescue you.”

His voice was light and airy, but it made people feel a chill down their spines for some reason. The few who were already sitting upright sat even straighter, and their eyes revealed a few traces of fear.

“Yes, yes, we understand.”

“Alright, go do it.” The man waved his hand, a hint of weariness on his face.

“Yes.”

The few who had entered silently once again retreated silently, without attracting anyone’s attention in the noisy tavern.

The man picked up his mug again and took another swig of beer, his eyebrows furrowing at the terrible taste. “So disgusting.”

Bored, he suddenly felt a slight movement on his ankle. His eyes sharpened, and he supported himself on the edge of the table, leaning back slightly. His gaze quickly swept downward…

Huh?

The man paused, making eye contact with the small black cat under the table.

“…Cat?” The man hesitated, seeming a little unsure. He leaned down, supporting himself on the edge of the table, and quickly and accurately grabbed the small black cat by the scruff of its neck.

“Meow!” The small black cat, or rather, Yan Yunqing, didn’t even have time to react before the man who had suddenly leaned down grabbed the scruff of his neck. His smooth black fur suddenly bristled, like a blooming black dandelion.

The man held the small black cat in front of him, making eye contact with the small black cat’s red eyes. He murmured, “A cat with red eyes…pretty rare.”

Seeing that the small black cat’s tail had puffed up and stiffened, its dark red eyes staring at him vigilantly, baring its fangs as if it was about to pounce on him and give him a good bite, the man couldn’t help but chuckle.

He placed the small black cat on the table and stroked its back a few times. The man hummed, “I’m not a bad person. Don’t be afraid.”

Yan Yunqing also wanted to say that he wasn’t afraid, but he really couldn’t stop his fur from bristling. A kind of pressure came from his bloodline…no, not his own bloodline, but the bloodline of the small black cat he was playing was completely suppressed by the man in front of him.

To the point that the tip of his tail was stiff, no longer the relaxed way it had been swinging back and forth just now.

What was up with this man? Why did he have a bloodline that naturally suppressed cats? Was this man a dog spirit reincarnated?

Yan Yunqing inconspicuously sized up the man in front of him. A head of messy black-brown hair, his eyes were also unremarkable, the most ordinary black-brown like his hair. His facial features were blurry, the most generic of generic faces.

An ordinary appearance that could be said to be completely unremarkable, the kind that you could forget after just one glance.

But in contrast to his appearance, he exuded a fierce aura of a person in a high position. He looked lazy, but in reality, he was a man with a very strong desire for control. Even while casually petting the cat, the muscles in his body were always tense, maintaining a state where he could explode into battle at any time.

Could this be some ordinary person?

Absolutely impossible!

Looking again at the NPC label above his head, great, there wasn’t even an NPC label, it just displayed [Lv.??? ???].

Six question marks perfectly showcased Yan Yunqing’s speechless mood.

Yan Yunqing’s tail was almost tucked up, extremely depressed. He just wanted to come and eavesdrop on some information, how could he be caught by this man who looked like a big boss?

Honestly, if he wasn’t in the form of a small black cat right now, he wouldn’t be suppressed so badly.

But the problem was, he couldn’t suddenly transform into a human in front of this man!

Die dog, stay away!

Seeming to notice that the small black cat was too vigilant, the man curled his lips and evilly stroked the little cat’s back a few more times, feeling the fluffy cat hair under his palm. He chuckled, “So afraid of me? Then why did you run under my table?”

Speaking of this, the man thoughtfully said, “You’re the first cat that’s ever approached me…hey, judging by your looks, you should be a stray cat. Want to come home with me?”

Yan, the Stray Cat, Yunqing: …

Was this person serious? Was he seriously asking a cat for its opinion???

“If you’re willing, meow once.” The man pinched the scruff of the small black cat’s neck, narrowing his eyes as if considering how to raise a small black cat.

Yan Yunqing meowed twice in humiliation: He wasn’t willing!

The man raised his eyebrows. “Oh? Very willing? Not bad, then come home with me.”

Yan Yunqing: …???

Good heavens, was there any meowing justice left? Meowing once meant willing, meowing twice meant very willing, then how could he meow to refuse? He wasn’t given any room to refuse, was he?