Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Ke Meng squinted and turned his head aside. He saw the sunlight outside shone from the window, lighting the room bright.
“Woof!”
Fluffy Ball’s barking that was asking to be fed a glutinous ball came to his ears.
Although Ke Meng did not understand dog language, it was a different pet. He had a close bond with it, so he could roughly understand what the dog was trying to say.
“You’re dreaming of eating glutinous balls every day. Why don’t I call you Glutinous Ball instead?” Ke Meng got up and patted the dog’s head.
He felt its extremely soft hair in his hand. Before he got to the dog, his hand was covered in soft dog hair.
‘Woof!” The dog barked, implying that it agreed with the new name.
Just like that, the dog’s new name had been decided. It would be Glutinous Ball.
To celebrate the dog getting a new name, Ke Meng texted Chen Momo to get her to bring four packets of glutinous balls. He would be making glutinous balls for breakfast today.
Ke Meng transferred money to Chen Momo, and she replied, “I want some too!”
“Sure,” Ke Meng agreed. After putting down his phone, he moved the big-faced cat to the side bedroom and fed it a dried anchovy. Subsequently, he locked the door to prevent Chen Momo from entering and see the strange cat.
Meanwhile, there was no need to hide Glutinous Ball. To the outsiders, its image was that of a huge plush toy. It could be used as decoration.
Glutinous Ball squeezed itself out of the bedroom in excitement. Upon hearing that its master was making glutinous balls in the kitchen, it waited in the living room’s dining area.
When Glutinous Ball rolled to the dining table, a rhythmic door knocking came at the entrance.
“Coming, coming.”
Ke Meng opened the door and saw Chen Momo, who wore a blue face mask, standing there. She had two ponytails and wore a light yellow skirt, showing her pretty legs.
“Come in, you don’t have to take off your shoes.”
Chen Momo nodded. She held four packets of glutinous balls in her hands—two packets of sesame flavor and two packets of peanut flavor.
“Which flavor do you like?” Ke Meng put away three packets of glutinous balls into the refrigerator and stood in the kitchen waiting for the pot of water to boil.
“Anything.” Chen Momo saw the round plush toy as soon as she entered the house. It was so big, it was hard for one to not notice it.
“Wow, this thing is so big. Can I touch it?” Chen Momo walked to the huge, fluffy ball. She was attracted by it.
“Sure.” Ke Meng’s voice of agreement came from the kitchen.
Chen Momo pressed the fluffy ball with her hand instantly. Her tiny palm looked like the hair absorbed it—it was very soft.
She was 1.55m tall, which was merely 35cm taller than Glutinous Ball. When she looked at it at a close distance, she truly felt how huge the fluffy plush toy ball was.
“Can I sit on it?” Chen Momo attempted to sit on it, but it was too high. It was very troublesome to do that. She could only give up on sitting on Glutinous Ball, whereby she was cuddling it instead.
“You can try that if you can reach.”
Chen Momo cuddled it for a while and changed her pose. She lay on Glutinous Ball’s body to play on her phone. Her back was covered with softness, and she revealed a relaxed expression on her tiny face.
The living room fell into silence at that moment. There was only the music of short videos on her phone.
The faint shadow behind Chen Momo moved quietly. It seemed to be stretching its body.
She did not notice the oddness to her shadow at all. Her eyes were stuck on the screen as she was scrolling from videos to videos in indulgence.
Glutinous Ball, which was being laid on, saw the shadow moving.
The dog’s eyes were buried in hair, so it could not see what was out there.
However, Glutinous Ball had other sensing techniques. Each of its hair could sense the changes of lights, shadows, and scent.
Glutinous Ball noticed there was a tiny change of light and shadow distribution, causing the shadow on her body to change as if someone was stretching its body.
However, the change merely lasted for a few seconds. The shadow was no longer moving as if the change had not happened earlier.
Glutinous Ball was suspicious, but it did not make a sound. After all, its image was that of a plush toy that could not make a sound in the presence of outsiders.
Soon, Ke Meng served two bowls of white glutinous balls on the dining table.
“The glutinous balls are ready.”
Chen Momo took her seat and removed her face mask, revealing her fair and round face.
She held the bowl with both hands, feeling the bowl’s temperature with her palms. It was very hot, so she did not eat it right away.
Glutinous Ball that was standing aside as a decoration began drooling as it watched. However, it could not move, as there was an outsider here.
Ke Meng did not urge Chen Momo to eat. He took out his phone to log onto B Site. He realized the strange cat’s review already had 760,000 views.
It was indeed different for videos, which the official website recommended. The views had skyrocketed throughout the two days, and Ke Meng was very happy with that.
Meanwhile, his Immense Strength Glove’s review video had benefited too. It had 150,000 views now.
He secretly called out to the system with his consciousness. The mission of obtaining 100,000 people views had been achieved on the mission list.
Ke Meng used his consciousness to claim the difficult mission’s reward.
“You’ve obtained the skill, Shadow Catcher.”
“Shadow Catcher: Your hands can be used to capture shadows. You can put the shadow back onto its owner or put it on someone else.”
This Shadow Catcher’s function was rather unique. It could really capture shadows, as well as putting the shadow on someone else.
Ke Meng thought, ‘This skill might be a trolling skill. It should be especially used to troll someone.’
However, he had no idea what would happen if he were to capture someone’s shadow. It would be mean to use someone as his guinea pig.
How about using his own shadow as the guinea pig?
Ke Meng could not make up his mind at that moment, mainly because he was not sure if the person whose shadow was captured would have their life at risk.
Ke Meng’s system had no function of intelligence Q&A. He could not obtain more information about the skill.
It would be great if the Strange Knowledge Cat could send him some strange knowledge about what would happen to humans without a shadow.
However, he was merely thinking about it as such a thing was unpredictable.
“Oh yeah, something strange happened when I was watching your post on B Site last night.” Chen Momo peeped at the big plush toy while eating glutinous balls as she recalled the strange event last night.
“What was that?” Ke Meng was absent-minded. He had his head occupied with asking who to be the guinea pig.
An epiphany flashed by suddenly. Ke Meng thought of a perfect idea—he would use a small animal’s shadow as the guinea pig. It would be great to use a still object’s shadow too.
“Brother Meng!”
Chen Momo’s coquettish voice snapped him back to his senses.
“Oh, oh. Where were we? What happened last night?” Ke Meng noticed that Chen Momo was upset when she snapped him back to his senses.
“I sent you a message when I was sitting on a chair last night. I asked you where you had gotten the plush toy and whether you could get me one. Then I heard my mom saying no, and there’s no place at home for a plush toy.
“However, my mom wasn’t behind me. She passed out in the bathroom. I was so scared, you know,” Chen Momo said. She was pouting and feeling upset.
Ke Meng said in hesitation while eating the glutinous ball in his mouth, “Why do I feel like you’re making up a horror story?”
“It really happened. I can guarantee that nothing is wrong with my ears. There were no customers in the store at that time. The voice was very clear.” Chen Momo frowned and continued after eating a mouthful of glutinous balls. “I asked my mom if she had peeked at me playing on my phone as soon as we got home. Do you know what she said?”
“What did she say?” Ke Meng asked.