Monster Hunting High School

After hearing the Rat Immortal's question, Korma's first reaction was to subconsciously raise his head and look above. The branches of the tree crown above the head are twiggy and the leaves are green in early spring, but there is no cat riding on it.

So she interpreted the word "riding" as "seven", which happened to be in line with the idea of ​​​​brain teasers.

The witch twirled her fingers behind her back secretly, calculated silently, and then tentatively replied: "There are 'seven' cats in the tree, and there are no cats on the ground. So there may be seven cats in total, or one cat? As for the cat? Whose family...the cat in the Silent Forest may have been born."

This answer is quite satisfactory and a little clever.

"Do you think that cat's surname is Sun? He was raised by nature..." The Rat Immortal sneered at the witch's answer, shook his head, and denied, "I'd better tell you directly. There are zero cats in total, and that cat is from the Schrödinger family. of."

"Zero cats? Schrödinger?" Kolma blinked.

Korma still has a little impression of this great wizard who has made outstanding contributions to the low-speed motion state spell of the Nenzi force field. Complementing this impression was the great wizard's eccentric interest in felines.

Legend has it that Schrödinger once turned into a stray cat and wandered around the wild, just to better understand the habits of cats, so as to better serve his Egyptian cat named 'Erwin' - it is said that the Egyptian cat He often played hide-and-seek with Schrödinger. When Schrödinger looked for it, he could never find it; but when he wasn't looking for it, it would always squat at his feet.

So when he heard that the cat belonged to the Schrödinger family, Kolma could barely keep up with the rhythm, and felt as if he understood the samadhi of the Mouse Immortal's answer.

But what about ‘zero cats’?

The witch raised her head blankly and glanced at the tree crown above her head again.

There are branches crisscrossing the sky above the head, and there is indeed no Egyptian cat hiding among them.

The Rat Immortal sighed deeply: "Sure enough, it was a huge mistake to let you enter Jiuyou Academy in the first place. It destroyed your spirituality a lot. So much so that now you are so rigid in thinking about problems."

Kolma curled her lips and had no comment on Mr. Mouse's comments.

The Rat Immortal did not continue to lie, but explained directly: "The reason why I say there are zero cats on it is because when I opened my mouth, the cat wanted to run away, so when you look up, naturally there are zero cats. ”

"But because I'm here, the cat is somewhere between being able to escape and not being able to escape."

"When you look up, it runs away, and there is no cat on the tree. If you don't look up, it doesn't run away. There is still a cat on the tree. This is very similar to the state of Schrödinger's Egyptian cat, so I say it is Schrödinger. The house cat.”

This answer was full of the atmosphere of "magic philosophy". It took the witch a while to realize the twists and turns, and she couldn't help but feel unlucky - except for the weird mouse fairy, who would regard this answer as a brain teaser? Turn!

It's just that she doesn't have time to pay attention to this bad luck for the time being.

Because as soon as the Mouse Fairy finished speaking, the witch heard a scream, a black cat suddenly appeared among the tree branches above her head, then spread its limbs wide, fell in mid-air, and fell to the ground with a clatter. into the mud at the witch's feet.

Of course, as a cat, it is impossible to break it, it is just the difference between graceful landing posture and not.

The black cat's landing posture is more ugly, because when it lands, it is stuck in the cat's mud. But after eating, the black cat rolled on the spot, and its body suddenly grew in size. In an instant, it became as big as the Rat Fairy or the Witch, like a little black leopard, with its back arched and its throat Whining, he bared his teeth and made a threatening sound at them.

"Oh!" The Mouse Immortal raised his arm again, twirled the beard at the corner of his mouth, and made a slight supplement to his answer: "Well, let me add it again... This Schrödinger's cat is in a state of cat and non-cat. The state between cats. If you think it is a cat, then it is a cat. If you think it is not a cat, then it is not a cat.”

Korma's eyes narrowed, with a dangerous glint in them.

"What do you mean?" The witch took out the Dharma book behind her. She bent down slightly and stared at the black cat in front of her. She was ready to attack at any time and said maliciously: "This is a wizard. A cat transformed by transformation? But we just saw that it can become bigger and smaller... Is it really funny that a wizard would choose to become a schizophrenic in order to still have powers after using transformation? !”

The Rat Immortal smiled and said nothing.

The black cat on the opposite side couldn't hold it any longer.

The witch's tight figure and the book glowing with cyan magic told him that if he didn't plan to leave some body parts here, it would be best to seize the last two moments and say something.

"Pause!" Black Cat shrank back and shouted: "Today is the Forbidden Day! Wizards cannot use magic! We must respect ancient traditions!"

The witch raised her eyebrows in surprise.

Then she looked at the Mouse Fairy, with a wicked smile on her face, and said very tactfully: "As long as I kill you, no one, no, no cat will know that I used magic today!"

Okay, okay, since she is willing to intervene, it means that the situation is not so bad that it cannot be saved. The black cat's thoughts were racing in his heart, and at the same time he put away the sharp blade protruding from the gap between his claws, and was the first to show his kindness.

"I mean no harm, I just happened to be passing by." The black cat tried hard to express his kindness, his eyes wandered between the person and the mouse several times, and then added: "And I didn't hear anything just now."

"It's counterproductive." The Rat Immortal commented.

"It's superfluous," said the witch.

The black cat's face turned darker.

"If you had any ill intentions, you would have been buried under the roots of the Soul-Returning Poplar to be used as tree fertilizer. How could you still have a chance to beep here?" Korma did not put away the Dharma book, but her tense posture softened slightly. One point: "You should find a better excuse."

The black cat looked at her eagerly.

A long while.

"If you think it's appropriate, maybe I can serve as the 'guide' you just mentioned." The black cat said dryly, with his ears pulled into the shape of an airplane, as if he was lying low.

The witch squinted her eyes and looked at the Mouse Immortal subtly.

"That's it." The Mouse Immortal twirled his beard with satisfaction: "Destiny is so wonderful... If there is anyone else in the world who can help you find that secret place faster, then it is only this black cat."

When Zheng Qing heard this, his whole body trembled, and he looked nervously at the fat rat in front of him who didn't know how old he was.

He always felt that the mouse had seen through his true identity as a cat.

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ps1, the question in the previous chapter "Q: There is a cat riding on a tree, but there is no cat on the ground. How many cats are there in total? Whose family does the cat belong to?" I wrote it wrong, which will slightly affect the later part.

ps2, don't worry about Chinese homophony, just assume they all speak Chinese.