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Ghost Cat
墨書 Inktalez
I released Three-eyed and let it hide in my arms, preparing to sneak into the night shift queue at the Live Pet Blind Box Factory. Judging by its reaction, the mother of this Three-eyed was probably either packaged up or encountered some dangerous situation. However, given the standard operating procedures of the domestic living pet assembly line, I already understood in my heart that there was little hope for Three-eyed's mother. Either she had already been sent away, or she had been disposed of due to being physically unfit.
On the way, Lao Jin said while driving, "Not to criticize, but I think you're being a bit meddlesome. Be careful it doesn't bite you down there, then you won't be able to have sons in the future. This thing is more cunning than people. Aren't you afraid it might deliberately cause trouble and harm us?"
I shook my head, "I know quite a few friends who study animals. Even if your ghost cat is clever, its thinking wouldn't be that advanced. Besides, I've been wanting to investigate this company for a long time. Once my exposé is out, you'll definitely get a share of the commission."
Lao Jin chuckled, "I knew it. I figured you were after breaking news."
"Let's split it half and half. I always feel very uneasy about this Three-eyed, there must be something going on."
After driving for about half an hour, Lao Jin parked the car near the woods according to the address. The two of us started putting on the work clothes from Pet factory, and then we also stuffed Three-eyed into the clothes. It is indeed clever, behaving well all the way, as if it already knew our next move.
The address of the Pet factory is located in suburb, with several large trucks parked at the entrance. These large pet companies generally have their own professional logistics lines.
Entering through the warehouse door, there are rows of iron cages containing cats and dogs, with workers packing them into boxes. The cats and dogs inside appear to have been medicated, looking somewhat listless and not making much noise.
I went to the packaging area of Ghost Cat with Lao Jin. At that moment, the Three-eyed in my arms became restless, so I immediately comforted it with my hand, and it gradually calmed down.
I quietly breathed a sigh of relief and was about to walk towards the packaging table when suddenly a man behind us stopped us and said, "Hey, what are you two doing here?"
"Discovered? Damn, this is going to be trouble," Lao Jin muttered urgently.
"Are you two the new ones? You're in the wrong place, you need to go to the processing area," the man said, pointing at us.
I glanced at his badge, which said "team leader," and replied, "Yes, sorry, it's my first time here and I don't know the way."
"Pretty stupid!" the man cursed, pointing in a direction. "That way, hurry up and get out!"
I can only temporarily leave here with Lao Jin, under the supervision of the men, and go to the so-called pet processing area. As soon as I entered, I smelled a strong stench.
Inside, there were mostly sickly little cats and dogs, some already dead, their bodies obviously stiff, thrown into large cardboard boxes.
Lao Jin muttered under his breath, "Damn, these people are even more ruthless than me."
At that moment, Three-eyed suddenly popped his head out of my arms, looked around, then darted out, jumped onto the cargo box, and quickly disappeared into the ventilation duct.
I was taken aback for a moment, muttered something inaudible, and was about to turn around to find this thing. But at that moment, a person in charge of the handling area came over with two masks and asked us to put them on to work.
I glanced at Lao Jin and could only put on the mask and gloves, and started to move the animal carcasses to one side, while the sick or deformed puppies and kittens were all shoveled into cardboard boxes.
The pile of pet corpses was transported to a nearby location, then a whole bag of lime was poured over them, and they were buried with soil.
As for those animals with diseases or disabilities, they were all taken to the edge of a biopond. The liquid in the pond should be some kind of corrosive chemical like sulfuric acid, with an extremely pungent smell. I saw the workers shovel the sick cats and dogs into the pond, and they immediately let out a howl, bounced a few times, and then instantly melted away, turning the pond blood red.
Lao Jin sighed and said to the young man driving the forklift, "Brother, don't you feel bad doing this all day?"
The young man replied, "Hey, it's not a matter of feeling bad. These things have to be handled this way, otherwise it would be even more troublesome if it turned into an infectious disease."
My mini camera has silently captured everything. After dealing with this batch of pet illness, we returned to the processing area. During this process, I continued to survey the surroundings. One warehouse with a sign that read "Nursery Area" caught my attention.
I deliberately slowed down and tugged at Lao Jin, giving a signal to the guy in front, saying to go to the restroom first, and then follow.
The young man didn't pay much attention and drove the forklift straight ahead. As for me and Lao Jin, we reached the Nursery Area, but there was a password-protected door, so we couldn't get in. We could only observe part of the situation through a glass window.
Inside, there were many rows of breeding chambers, all containing ghost cat cubs lying down. Several workers in protective suits were holding something like laser guns, grabbing the ghost cats one by one, burning a hole in their foreheads, and then injecting a yellow liquid.
I suddenly understood that these three-eyed ghost cats are all created by directly burning a hole and then inserting a type of fungus. The forehead of the ghost cat is all blood, then it is thrown into the next procedure, injected with antibiotics, and then put into a breeding chamber to wait for the wound to scar over, forming the so-called third eye.
I feel a little trembling in my heart, so I took out the mini camera and recorded what was inside. "Hey, what are you guys up to again?"
I was startled and turned back to look, only to see the same team leader as before. He sensed something was wrong and shouted, calling over some workers from nearby to surround the two of us.
"Can you take on ten by yourself?" Lao Jin's face turned pale as he took a few steps back and asked quietly.
"Ten of you can take me on." I watched as a group of workers closed in on me, feeling anxious.
With a wave of the leader's hand, several workers beside him rushed forward and lifted the two of us up.
"You guys aren't employees here, sneaking around like that," the team leader pinched Lao Jin's chin and looked at him.
Lao Jin chuckled, "Yeah, I'm new here, just curious to look around."
The team leader clicked his tongue, took out his phone and aimed it at Lao Jin's face, saying, "Let's see if it can recognize you. As long as you're an employee of our company, you must be in the system."
Lao Jin immediately made a face, rolled his eyes, twitched his whole face, and stuttered, "S-sorry, my face twitches often."
The leader cursed and immediately searched me when he heard a word of disrespect, snatching away the mini camera. He cursed loudly, "I knew you two were no good, were you sent by the paparazzi?"
He immediately stomped on the camera, but suddenly clutched one foot and howled in pain, hopping up. When I looked down, I found that the camera's fragments had pierced through the sole of his shoe.
Two employees nearby immediately went to support the team leader, and at that moment, the entire factory suddenly lost power and plunged into darkness. I realized this was an opportunity, so I immediately used my head to hit the nose of the worker behind me, broke free, and then Lao Jin shouted "monkey steals the peach" and then I heard a man's scream.
I knew Lao Jin had also escaped. The workers around me immediately panicked in the darkness. In my haste, I grabbed Lao Jin and started running. After a few minutes, something jumped onto me, causing goosebumps all over my body, and I tried to tear it off.
But with a muffled roar, I quickly realized that it was Three-eyed causing the power outage. In the pitch-black darkness, it coiled around my head and began pulling my hair to direct me.
Its night vision was very strong, and I trusted it very much. In the darkness, I held Lao Jin and ran without encountering any obstacles, but the force with which this thing pulled my hair was too strong and it hurt a lot.
"Big brother, be gentle, I'm already a bit balding," I said as I ran.
After blindly running in the darkness for about ten minutes, the emergency lights in the factory suddenly turned on, and the surroundings lit up. I caught my breath and took a closer look, realizing that I had already run to the entrance of the truck parking area. I immediately ran out and hid in a gap between the cars.
"They're coming after us," Lao Jin said, then pulled me under the car. I lay on the ground, my heart racing, and suddenly felt some liquid dripping down my head.
"Is the engine leaking oil?" I wondered.
I reached up and felt my head, only to discover that Three-eyed had urinated on my head.
"Big brother, what do you mean by this?" I immediately turned over and grabbed Three-eyed, but it raised its paw and pointed to the bottom of the truck.
I was stunned for a moment and whispered, "Is your mother inside the car?"
Three-eyed nodded vigorously and started using his head to push against the bottom of the truck.
Lao Jin whispered, "I didn't expect this thing to be so clever. Here's the plan: I'll go distract them, and you go open the back door to save the cat."
"Will you be okay?" I was a little worried.
"What could happen? I didn't do anything. Even if they catch me, they wouldn't dare do anything to me. Remember, when the time comes, just give me half of the money."
Speaking of Lao Jin, he squeezed out from under the car and ran towards the main road, his figure suddenly seemed towering, and the workers around him also caught up. I knew I had to seize the opportunity, so I quickly moved to the back of the car, climbed out, and swiftly opened the door latch. Three-eyed jumped into the car and vigorously tore open the blind box, releasing the ghost cats.
This truck should have been transported from another warehouse, because I found that some of the ghost cats had already suffocated, and the living ghost cats were also very listless.
I nervously followed Three-eyed and opened all the blind boxes. The entire truck was filled with ghost cat pets. After opening one, I released it directly outside the truck, and most of the ghost cats escaped into the nearby woods.
After dismantling for more than ten minutes, Three-eyed suddenly went silent. I opened a cardboard box and turned to look, only to find it lying motionless on the body of a ghost cat. I stood there in a daze, realizing something, and just quietly watched it.
After about five minutes, Three-eyed let out a mournful cry over the body, then jumped out of the carriage. It looked back at me, then followed the remaining ghost cats as they walked towards the woods, disappearing into the night.
At this time, the voices of people not far away also became louder. I knew those workers were coming back. I had to leave here immediately. I couldn't care too much, so I jumped out of the carriage and ran out of the factory.
On the side of the road, the car lights were particularly dazzling. Lao Jin had already driven over, and I gasped for breath as I jumped into the car. Lao Jin immediately stepped on the gas and we sped away.
"Your camera has been stepped on, what should we do?" Lao Jin asked.
I touched his cigarette and lit one, saying, "Don't worry, that thing will automatically transfer data to my computer. It's a bit of a pity that Three-eyed's mother is no longer around."
Lao Jin sighed, said nothing, and began to accelerate by stepping on the gas pedal, while the black mountain wind howled around us...
After a week, I finished writing this draft and sent it to the editor. I was ready to have a good night's sleep, but I found an unexpected group of visitors at the head of my bed.
A group of three-eyed ghost cats were squatting on my bed, led by Three-eyed. I looked at the window, and it was obvious that they had slipped in from there.
I looked at Three-eyed and asked, "Can't make it on your own? You want to come over to me?"
Three-eyed pushed aside the cat group and brought out a magazine page. I took a look and saw a primitive forest. I looked it up online and found that it was the same forest where He Jianjun discovered the ghost cat.
"Are you asking me to take you back here?" I said.
Three-eyed nodded and raised its claw, ready to scratch on my bedsheet. I quickly stopped it, saying, "Big brother, stop. The bedsheet will be ruined. I know you want to scratch the character for 'home,' right? Don't worry, I understand what you mean. I'll find a car to take you back home."
Three-eyed jumped off the bed and left my living room with a group of ghost cats. That same night, I also contacted a friend's logistics company and entrusted them to release this group of ghost cats back into the original forest.
About two days later, they completed the delivery of these ghost cats and sent me a video of them running into the original forest. Finally, my heart was at ease.
I placed a bottle of wine on the desk, opened it and poured a glass. I felt genuinely happy and proud to have rescued this group of pets. Then I opened the computer, ready to post a thread on an animal forum about saving the ghost cat. But at that moment, a news post about the ghost cat appeared.
On May 17th, several three-eyed ghost cats were released into the forest, only to be found dead, apparently bitten to death by native ghost cats. The preliminary reason is believed to be the strong familial aggression of the native ghost cats.
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