A cat talking?

Is this little guy negotiating with himself?

Ronald blinked his gray peacock eyes, which were different colors from Patricia, and was stunned for a few seconds before he reacted.

- That's a very reasonable situation.

In those imaginative picture book worlds, not to mention a cat or a dog, even a stone or a river can show an anthropomorphic state, and then communicate with humans on a logical level.

Ronald turned his head to take one last look, and the innkeeper who was still there repeating his line 'I'm at work', turned around and squatted down in front of the black kitten who had just spoken:

"Little one, I think we can work together."

"It's rare to see a human as smart as you, come with me!"

After the brief negotiation, the black kitten stretched on the ground, and then squatted on Ronald's shoulder with a slight jump.

At this point, it used its furry paw to gently scratch Ronald's hair to make it as comfortable as possible, and the other paw pointed straight to the side:

"Detective, look over here."

"Follow this road to the east, and after a few turns, we'll see the pancake shop."

"Okay." Ronald nodded slightly.

He waved his hand at Patricia behind him, and the two of them and the cat walked down the street to the east.

……

Soon, the first obstacle appeared in front of the two and one cat.

A group of cartoon-style passers-by gathered in the middle of the road, directly blocking the road ahead.

"What are they doing here?"

Ronald stepped forward to check with confusion.

In the center of the city of these Springs citizens was a clearing, where a white-haired lion nested, still muttering:

"What the hell!"

"At your human celebration, why should I let an animal perform for the human queen, I want to perform for the lioness of the zoo! Strike! I'm going on strike! I want to rest! Even if I were given a few more pieces of meat to eat, I wouldn't have worked, which is so unreasonable! ”

“……”

Ronald watched the scene in silence, and then pushed the ordinary citizens in front of him who were watching the lion strike.

- Motionless.

Ronald has been very hard, but the opponent has not moved even a centimeter, and even the movement of looking back at Ronald is not there.

This situation is like the announcement when the art of perfection unfolds.

The city has now become a labyrinth, and these blocked roads are like cul-de-sacs in a labyrinth, and it is impossible to go through them directly except to look for the road in other directions.

"Ronald, what's going on?"

At this time, Patricia followed from behind.

Looking at the scene happening on the familiar street in front of her, the girl's eyes were obviously a little confused. In Patricia's life, neither her education as a nobleman nor as a swordsman gave her guidance to deal with this situation.

Ronald immediately explained:

"Now we're probably in a labyrinth, like this where the road is blocked, and we can only find a way to get around."

Hearing Ronald's explanation, Patricia pointed to the wall on the other side with some uncertainty:

"Bypass...... Do you mean there? ”

Ronald looked in the direction Patricia was pointing.

It was a ladder that hung over the edge of the wall and led directly to the roofs of the rows of apartments.

- In a labyrinth picture book.

- This is the correct path very commonly!

"That's it, let's go!"

Ronald's expression perked.

That's just right.

Just now he was led by the kitten on his shoulder, and he was wholeheartedly leading the way; And Patricia just followed, naturally having time to observe the surrounding situation, so that she discovered the path in advance.

The two of them and the cat immediately followed the ladder to the roof.

The topography is also characteristic.

The irregular buildings, connected by planks like single-plank bridges, end in the eaves or roofs are the cul-de-sacs of this labyrinth, and the whole area covers most of the residential area.

Ronald tried to jump straight from the roof to the ground.

But even if he made this movement, he would still be bounced back to his original position by an invisible wall of air.

It's the same as when I was a kid looking at those paper mazes.

Here it is possible to act only in the prescribed position.

- But there is a road to follow.

In the past, the eastward march was the core of the labyrinth, and Ronald wandered back and forth with Patricia's roof maze, and it took more than seven or eight minutes to return to the ground from a tree staircase that surrounded the chimney.

Bang Bang –

At this time, the black kitten on Ronald's shoulder jumped off on its own and went into a shop without looking back.

Look in the direction the kitten left.

This is exactly their destination – the Parso pancake shop.

In the world of picture books, there is no need to worry about queuing, and Ronald makes a few turns back and forth in a long queue before making his way inside the pancake shop.

Immediately, a scream came into his ears:

"Oh, help!"

"I don't want to be eaten by this cat!"

Ronald turned his head to see a pancake with a cartoon face, which was being held in the mouth by the black kitten just now, with tears streaming down his face, and then dragged to the corner of the counter.

Although the cries for help on this pancake are very loud.

However, neither the customers in the store, nor the clerks, nor the black kittens who wanted to enjoy it, apparently had no idea of saving this guy from the sea of suffering.

“……”

When Ronald was silent, the staff at the store counter called out to Ronald:

"Mr. Detective, are you here to eat our pancakes!"

Ronald replied with a sense of substitution:

"Actually, I'm investigating a case. The murderer should have bought pancakes from you today! ”

"What a coincidence!" The owner of the pancake shop replied in a very pompous tone, "When the shop first opened this morning, a group of suspicious guys came to me to buy pancakes!" ”

"When this group of people was queuing, I saw them holding tickets for the port area, you go to the west of the city, you will definitely catch them!"

“……”

Ronald immediately understood that he had bypassed a standard trap that was easy to understand.

If he doesn't follow the rules of this game, but rushes directly to the gate of the border forest area to get out of the city, then even if he is blocked on the way out of the city, he will definitely usher in a complete failure.

The only option to catch up with the fugitives was to follow the prompts and continue to make their way across the Springs to the port area.

Ronald nodded his gratitude to the owner of the pancake shop.

Looking back, the black kitten was still on the side of the counter at the pancake shop.

And then it was as if Ronald was looking at it with a beanie eye.

The cute little guy stopped to enjoy the pancakes, raised his paw and pointed out:

"If you're going to the west."

"You can find my relative in the business district, he knows it very well."