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Ghost Cat
墨書 Inktalez
A few days ago, my friend Lao Jin brought a three-eyed ghost cat and said he encountered something strange. He recently acquired a ghost cat as a pet, but discovered that the previous two owners of this three-eyed ghost cat died inexplicably. He felt a bit panicked and asked me to find out what was going on.
I don't know much about this type of pet, the ghost cat, which seems to have become popular only this year. Many neighbors seem to be keeping them. I turned to look at the ghost cat in the cage in the house and became somewhat interested. I spent the whole night researching a lot of information.
In 2019, a biologist named He Jianjun accidentally discovered this species of feline in the primeval forest and brought it back to the laboratory. After consulting a lot of information, he judged that it belonged to a completely new species, which should be a hybrid species similar to a cat and a lynx.
At that time, He Jianjun was very excited and rushed to publish an article overnight. However, after he made this discovery public, it did not attract much attention. It was only briefly reported in the science section, with a viewing count of just over a thousand. This matter then disappeared without a trace.
Four years later, a company specializing in living pet blind box found He Jianjun and invested in continuing to cultivate and improve this type of animal. They wanted to develop these animals into a new favorite for humans to buy, considering that most people have grown tired of conventional pets like cats and dogs, and stray cats and dogs are everywhere on the streets, requiring a lot of effort to capture them.
During the cultivation process, He Jianjun discovered that the original breed of these animals had a rather aggressive temperament, and their familial genes were very strong, meaning they were very exclusive. If anything even slightly different or with a different scent entered their den, they would arch their bodies and attack as a group.
After about two years, He Jianjun managed to make the temperament of this animal become gentle, and its intelligence also improved. It learned to please humans, which is very important. This also means that He Jianjun's improvement technology was successful.
I guess he improved it through drugs or by crossbreeding with other felines, but of course, this cannot be confirmed as it is their confidential information.
After another six months of preparation, Blind Box Pet Company officially launched this pet, officially named ghost cat, because this cat is actually not cute, somewhat resembling a Peterbald cat with long ears, but with thick black fur. Initially, the pet company positioned it as a charm for wealthy businessmen to ward off bad luck and evil spirits, but later this thing slowly evolved into a symbol of luxury pets.
In the past two years, I don't know why ghost cat has become so popular as a pet. People around me are all raising this kind of pet. I guess it's because it was originally a symbol of luxury pets, bringing a certain status when taken out, and also satisfying people's curiosity about exotic-looking animals.
After the big fire, there will inevitably be a period of decline. Blind Box Pet Company is very familiar with this law, so they have had a response strategy early on. They continue to promote the "blind box" pet activity and have started to hype the "three-eyed ghost cat." The "three-eyed ghost cat" is a congenital deformity in which a growth resembling a cyst has developed between the forehead of the "ghost cat," resembling an eye. It is therefore packaged as the "three-eyed ghost cat," with auspicious implications.
The strategy employed by the pet company remains the principle of scarcity as value. They have brought in experts to extol the rarity of the "three-eyed ghost cat" and have planned for many pet bloggers to release news of high-priced acquisitions of the "three-eyed ghost cat." For a time, many users are choosing to buy the "three-eyed ghost cat" breed.
The company has naturally launched the "three-eyed ghost cat" blind box, in which they will randomly place the precious "three-eyed ghost cat" among the regular "ghost cat" blind boxes. The odds of winning are one percent, similar to the popular "koi" trend from twenty years ago. However, the difference is that the "three-eyed ghost cat" is just a form of abnormal development, yet it has become the most sought-after item.
You may be wondering how I know so much about this. It's because my cousin happens to work at this pet company, and also because of my professional sensitivity as a journalist.
Lao Jin mentioned that the previous two owners of this "ghost cat" died inexplicably. I also investigated and found that the first owner died from an electric shock while bathing, and the second owner died from carbon monoxide poisoning in the middle of the night.
This "ghost cat" is relatively small in size. I think Lao Jin is overthinking this. It's just a coincidence that these two people happened to have owned this "three-eyed ghost cat" with the production number 0895, and then accidents occurred. After all, pets do not possess any auspicious or unlucky qualities. It's all just a marketing ploy by the seller.
But after I had been raising this three-eyed ghost cat (I gave it a name, Three-eyed ) for three days, I started to feel something was off.
It happened on a stuffy afternoon. I was in the living room, smoking and tapping out a news release. The ceiling fan above me was making a brushing sound. My house still used the kind of large ceiling fan that was popular over a decade ago, because my sinusitis couldn't stand the smell of air conditioning.
As I was tapping away, the phone placed on the dining table suddenly rang. I got up to answer it, and in that instant, the ceiling fan mysteriously came crashing down with a loud bang, shattering the coffee table. The iron fan wing pierced straight into the spot on the sofa where I had been sitting, spilling out the cotton inside.
I felt a chill run through my body as I stood there, staring at the still creaking ceiling fan. At that moment, the ghost cat in the corner glanced at me, motionless, its gaze seemingly filled with resentment.
A chill ran through me at that moment. The intelligence of this three-eyed ghost cat clearly exceeded my expectations. Later, I had the ceiling fan checked by a professional, and there were indeed bite marks on the wires inside.
I called Lao Jin to tell him about this. He immediately cursed and came over with an electric hammer (a tool specifically used to train ghost cats). The accidents that happened to the previous two owners might also have been caused by this ghost cat.
Lao Jin has a rather quick temper. He glared at the ghost cat in the corner and rushed over, intending to put an end to this vicious cat with a single blow.
I sighed heavily and turned to look at the ghost cat as well. It seemed to have realized something, its eyes dimmed, but it did not run away. It slowly crouched down.
"Wait!" I raised my hand to stop Lao Jin.
Lao Jin turned to look at me, paused for a moment, and exclaimed, "What's wrong? This thing is harmful, it can't be kept!"
I stroke my chin, "I always feel that this matter is not so simple. Give me a few more days, and I will lock it in a cage."
Lao Jin initially disagreed, but seeing my insistence, he could only curse me for being foolish. He left the electric hammer for me, saying that if anything went wrong, just hit it directly without being soft-hearted.
I nodded, knowing full well that with my personality, I couldn't have done such a thing.
I kept the cat in the cage and continued to care for it for a few days. It was surprisingly quiet, eating when I gave it food and spending the rest of the time napping. Sometimes, when I felt bored, I would put it on my desk, as if it were keeping me company while I wrote. Interestingly, it seemed to be very interested in the drafts on my computer. It never napped while I was typing, but instead crouched down and focused on the screen.
I smiled unconsciously and said, " Three-eyed, do you also like doing this?" Three-eyed squinted, twitched its ears, then turned and lay down on the other side of the cage. I suddenly realized that I had been typing too loudly and had disturbed its sleep.
After about a week of calm, Three-eyed suddenly became irritable, scratching the wooden floor incessantly in the late night.
Feeling uneasy, I got up, turned on the light, and took some milk to the cat cage: "Are you hungry?"
Three-eyed grunted and knocked over the milk, spilling it all over the floor.
I furrowed my brow, moved the cat cage aside, and used a cloth to dry the floor. But then I noticed that Three-eyed had actually carved a crooked "mom" on the floor.
I squatted on the floor, staring at the word "mom" for a long time. The Three-eyed next to me became even more irritable, starting to violently hit the cat cage, and blood started to come out of its nose.
"Are you trying to say 'your mom'? Mom—mom," I hurriedly asked.
Three-eyed raised its head and let out a long howl, but continued to scratch the cat cage incessantly, very agitated. I realized that its mother, the ghost cat, was calling it, or perhaps it had sniffed out some dangerous information.
I was hesitating whether to let it out, but Three-eyed suddenly calmed down and began to scratch the floor, taking nearly half an hour to make a very faint mark resembling the word "rescue." It was evident that this ghost cat had a strong ability to learn and imitate.
"Big brother, you have to give me some time, right? Your mother is in danger, isn't she?" I said as I called Lao Jin to come and help.
Upon hearing the situation, Lao Jin found it absurd but still drove over overnight.
He hurried over and squatted down to look at the "Ma" character, then turned his head to look at the "ghost cat," muttering, "Was this character really carved out by this thing?"
I nodded, and Lao Jin muttered, "Could it be that they wanted to carve out a 'damn' to curse at you?"
"I'm not in the mood to joke with you. This Three-eyed must have sensed something and suddenly became restless tonight."
Lao Jin picked up the cat cage and said, "Is it in heat?"
I ignored Lao Jin and asked him to check the order number for Three-eyed. At the same time, I planned to continue using a few keywords to indicate more information about Three-eyed, but it remained silent, probably not understanding other keywords.
The next day, based on the number of this Three-eyed cat and the order number, I contacted my cousin and asked him to find out the production address. I also asked him to help me get an employee card from Lao Jin, intending to sneak into that living pet packaging factory.
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