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š Chapter 3: I'm Not a Toy!!
The smell of something delicious woke me up.
ā Meow!!
That's fish. That's totally fish.
I shuffled over, still a little drowsy, and saw the newspaper guy from yesterdayā¦
cooking.
> "Oh, you're up, little guy?"
Before I could say anything, the snow leopard casually picked me up and plopped me onto the table.
ā Meow...!
Hey!! I'm scared of heights, idiot!
But they couldn't understand me.
I slowly crawled forward for safety...
And then I saw it.
A fish. A real, cooked fish.
ā Meow!!
I took a cautious bite, then another, thenā
Heaven.
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š Meanwhile...
> "Commander!"
A nervous young officer stood before a tall man in a dark uniform.
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CLASSIFIED FILE OPENED
Name: [REDACTED]
Rank: Commander
Skill: Tactical Genius
Age: Unknown
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> "What is it?" the Commander asked, voice low and tired.
> "The young units... They've been wiped out by him!"
The commander narrowed his eyes.
> "They were our strongest batch... So much potential, wasted..."
He slammed a fist on the table.
> "Change the orders. If you see E-047, kill on sight. No more capture."
> "Yes, sir."
The officer vanished.
The commander opened a dusty file folder.
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SPECIMEN LOG
Name: Nguyį» n Tį»
Age: 32
Classification: Snow Leopard Hybrid
Crime: Manslaughter
Experiment: DNA fused with altered beast core
Status: Escaped test subject
> "Dammitā¦ And I still don't know where that damn dragon is..."
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š Back in the room...
I had eaten till my belly was round and heavy.
That's when those two maniacs started tossing me back and forth like I was some kind of toy.
> "C'mere, kitty!"
> "Tickle tickleā!"
ā MEOW!!
I bit the dragon guy's hand.
Right in the middle of his laughter.
> "AHHH!! HEY!! LET GO!!"
ā Meow!!
NEVER!!
He tried to shake me off, but I wasn't budging.
I wasn't a toy.
I was me.
And next time?
> I'd bite harder.
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