The tabby cat was unlike other cats.
Its body was slightly transparent, darting quickly through the crowd, occasionally leaping playfully and charging directly at an approaching passerby.
Immediately after.
A strange scene unfolded.
The passerby the tabby cat bumped into was not knocked over at all; the tabby cat passed directly through their body.
The passerby shivered, feeling as if a cool breeze had just passed by, even though it was high noon and the sun was shining brightly.
When the tabby cat meowed at him.
Zhang Wei revealed a smile.
That was Huahua.
Not long ago, he met Chou Xiaolin again after several years. Afterwards, he went to buy things at a cosplay store. On the bus, they encountered a grandmother who had a spirit cat guarding her.
Spirit cats, also known as cat spirits.
They are formed from cats that have died and become ghosts, and they must be cats that were well-treated or kind before they died.
Cats that died from abuse or with resentment cannot be called spirit cats; they are cat ghosts, evil spirits, or vengeful spirits of cats.
And Huahua.
It had become a spirit cat under the grandmother's kind care.
At that time, Zhang Wei helped the grandmother and gained the recognition of the spirit cat Huahua, who promised to find Zhang Wei after she finished her affairs with the grandmother.
"Meow~"
The spirit cat Huahua leaped and jumped onto Zhang Wei's shoulder, rubbing against his cheek.
Zhang Wei's eyes revealed a smile:
"Huahua, have you finished your business with Grandma?"
Chou Xiaolin and Zhang Ya were stunned for a moment, but quickly remembered who Huahua was.
Afterward.
Because of Huahua's arrival, Chou Xiaolin and Zhang Ya, knowing about Zhang Wei and Huahua's matter, said goodbye to Zhou Xiaoqing, Lin Ping, and Zhang Wei, arranging to meet later.
After seeing Chou Xiaolin and the others off.
Zhang Wei, with Huahua, found a secluded roadside flower bed and sat down.
"Huahua, Grandma's matters aren't finished yet, why are you here to find me? Did something happen with Grandma? Do you need my help?"
He asked.
When he met Huahua earlier, Zhang Wei had asked if Huahua had finished Grandma's matters, and Huahua had shaken her head, leading him to speculate.
However.
Huahua still gently shook her head.
"Meow~"
It meowed at Zhang Wei, then extended its chubby little paw and patted Zhang Wei's palm.
Seeing this.
Zhang Wei understood its intention: "Are you here to contract with me first?"
"Meow~"
This time, Huahua nodded its little head.
"Haha, alright."
Zhang Wei was naturally happy that Huahua wanted to contract with him.
The next moment.
Zhang Wei extended his hand, bit his index finger, squeezed out blood, and drew a rune on his other palm.
After finishing the drawing.
Looking at the rune drawn with blood on his palm, Zhang Wei couldn't help but complain:
"Why do Taoist arts like Maoshan techniques and other Taoist arts always like to bite their fingers and draw things with blood."
"Wait... thinking about it, I think I know how to recognize exorcists. From now on, anyone whose finger has a scab or scar on one or several fingers is likely an exorcist."
Just like ghosts, exorcists can also hide their strength, especially the more powerful they are, the harder they are to detect.
"From now on, if I see bald people, or people with squinting eyes, or people with broken fingers, they are very likely to be masters."
Zhang Wei complained confidently:
"If they are bald, have squinting eyes, and have broken fingers, then they must be top-tier experts. Huahua, do you think I'm right?"
"Meow~"
Huahua's cute little cat face smiled, amused by Zhang Wei's words, as if she understood what he meant.
Following that.
Zhang Wei gestured for Huahua to place its paw on the rune in his palm.
Chii!
Invisible light bloomed.
The light was dazzling.
A tattoo appeared on Zhang Wei's back: a lazy cat lying down as if basking in the sun.
When the light faded, the tattoo on his back also disappeared.
At this moment.
Zhang Wei felt a strange connection established with Huahua, clearly sensing Huahua's location, feeling that as long as he wished, Huahua could be stored in the tattoo on his back, or summoned from the tattoo.
A panel instantly appeared before him.
[Contract]: Huahua
[Species]: Cat Spirit
[Strength]: Red-clothed Vengeful Spirit (If the ghost's strength is lower than the host's, the host can synchronize strength with themselves)
[Ghost Item]: Bell (Gifted by its former owner, 'Grandma'; after death, it transformed into a ghost artifact with a certain protective function.)
A cold system prompt sounded.
[Ding! Detected that the host has contracted a ghost, do you want to synchronize host strength and enhance the contracted ghost's strength?]
With a thought.
Zhang Wei chose to enhance without hesitation.
"Meow~ Thank you, Master."
Huahua meowed, and unlike before, Zhang Wei could actually understand Huahua's meow. It seemed that after contracting with Huahua, he could communicate with her telepathically and understand her words.
"No need to be polite, you are my partner, it's only right to enhance your strength."
Zhang Wei scratched Huahua's chin.
"Meow~" Huahua meowed, enjoying it.
However, due to the telepathic connection.
Huahua's meow sounded different in Zhang Wei's ears, like a person moaning with pleasure, especially since Huahua was a little female cat.
"Cough, Huahua, your meow sounds very R-rated."
Since he could communicate normally with Huahua.
Zhang Wei naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity and immediately asked:
"Huahua, didn't you say before that you would come to find me after finishing Grandma's matters? Why are you here to contract with me before finishing?"
Huahua did not hide anything:
"Meow~ It's like this, Master. Last time you introduced Grandma to Captain Lin, that muscular Taoist priest, he helped Grandma's family kill that vengeful infant."
"I thought the matter was over, and the muscular Taoist priest also thought so, so I went to find you a couple of days ago."
"However, I couldn't find you, and I found out you weren't in Luxia City."
"I had to go back to Grandma's side first and wait for you to return."
"And after I returned, I suddenly discovered that another vengeful infant had appeared at Grandma's house."
Hearing this, Zhang Wei frowned:
"Did Captain Lin not kill the vengeful infant completely?"
Huahua shook her head:
"No, Captain Lin killed it completely. The vengeful infant that appeared was a different one. I captured that vengeful infant and asked some questions. That vengeful infant actually formed factions. After being aborted and becoming a ghost, it didn't target Grandma's family at first, but encountered a group of ghost infants and ghost children."
As soon as she spoke.
Zhang Wei's eyebrows twitched: "Huh? You mean that vengeful infant had someone behind it, and now that it's dead, its ghost forces have come to seek revenge?"
When he received Huahua's affirmative nod.
Zhang Wei couldn't help but sigh: "Damn it, people say that children should win at the starting line, but it turns out it's not just humans who are in fierce competition. Even ghosts are so competitive, forming factions even as ghost infants."
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(PS: I was busy the past two days, so the updates were fewer. I'll make up for it today with at least 4 chapters!)