Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
As to how to deal with the statue, the elfins disagreed. While Zhang Zian was gone, they were arguing about it, which woke Richard up.
Famous said, “I roughly understand the situation. My opinion is, since this is an unlucky object, we might as well figure out a way to take it apart. We could cut it into eight pieces… That, or we could just throw it into the furnace and melt it, like in Terminator 2. I don’t see how it could still make trouble after that.”
Vladimir agreed with its opinion. “I said it before––if I could draw my sword overtop heaven, I’d cleave it in three! One piece for Europe, one for America, and one to keep in the east!”
Old Time Tea was very serious. It said, “Zian, from what I know, this is not the only statue that exists, right?”
“Yes, this statue is only a duplicate. Although it is modeled with modern technology after the original, it is a duplicate. The original is located in the British Museum. I do not know how many of these kinds of perfect duplicates exist, and I do not know where they are all at,” Zhang Zian answered.
“That’s it. It’s easy to destroy this statue, but after destroying it, how do you know that other statues won’t return its soul from the dead using their body?” Old Time Tea stated. “The other statues are not under our control. If one of them resurrects, I’m afraid that by the time our generation perceives it, it will be too big to kill off…”
Old Time Tea’s fears were justified. Other replicas were scattered all over the world. If they destroyed the statue, then the evil it represented may be quietly transferred to other statues… Once it succeeded in becoming a genuine elfin, things would be very troublesome.
“From my viewpoint, it is better to keep this statue. Although it has lost its breath of life on the surface, I have an intuition that evil still remains in it.” Old Time Tea pointed to the Holy Cat Statue and said, “Keep it here and watch it closely, so we are able to keep an eye on it. Once it shows signs of recovery, we can make a move to deal with it in advance.”
Old Time Tea’s suggestion was logical, factual, and got the agreement of everyone.
Not only Old Time Tea, but Fina and Vladimir also vaguely felt that the evil did not leave the statue completely, but remained in its depths. Instead of destroying the statue and causing it to escape and transfer, they might as well watch over it. With the elfins sitting watch, the first signs of revival could be easily detected.
The curse that the Holy Cat Statue gave before it died was chilling. Although neither Zhang Zian nor Vladimir believed in the superstition of the curse, there was a knot in their hearts.
“I have a suggestion.” Fina, who had been quiet all along, suddenly opened its mouth.
Out of the elfins present, no one was more familiar with the Holy Cat Statue than Fina. After all, 2,000 years ago, they had fought multiple times. Fina’s opinion was very valued.
“What suggestion?” Zhang Zian asked. The other elfins listened attentively.
“I think that Old Time Tea’s words have logic. This statue is really not easy to destroy. We should prevent the evil from transferring to other statues,” Fina said slowly.
Zhang Zian was stunned. He thought that it was about to express a different opinion… Could it be that it agreed with Old Time Tea?
Fiona’s tone changed, and it unexpectedly asked, “It’s feasible for us to monitor it, however… can we really monitor it for a lifetime?”
Zhang Zian and the other elfins were speechless. Fina had brought up a vital point.
The Holy Cat Statue, the annoying bronze lump, could wait. It had time. It could lie dormant for ten years… It could lie dormant for a hundred years, or even for thousands of years. Its greatest advantage was waiting.
How long could Zhang Zian and the elfins stay alive for? How long could they watch it for?
Perhaps, at that time, the evil ill in the cat god statue was still wantonly laughing at Zhang Zian and the elfins. They could win for a short while, but not for a lifetime!
Of course, the elfins could say, “Do whatever you want. After I die, I don’t care about anything!” But they did not have those kinds of personalities. Neither their glory nor their beliefs allowed their former defeated rivals to laugh in the end.
Vladimir struck the ground heavily with its claws and sighed with emotion. It said, “Who is the guardian of the statue? Not yet done, body tired, temples autumn! Our generation, long-cherished wishes, pay to the east!”
Zhang Zian did not know about the Holy Cat Statue, but he knew about Fina’s character. Since it raised that question, it was because there were corresponding countermeasures.
“Then do you have any good ideas?” he asked.
Fina nodded hesitantly. It stared at the Holy Cat Statue and said, “There is one way, but I’m not sure if it’ll work…”
“Oh? Say it anyway. Everyone can judge whether or not it’ll work. Perhaps we can change it from an impossible method to something that can work,” Zhang Zian urged.
The other elfins also regained their confidence. Even Richard, who liked to make jokes at critical moments, did not mess around.
Fina’s expression darkened. “As far as my palace knows… From the beginning of the collapse of the kingdom of God till now, there has not been a cat abuse incident on a scale similar to this except in medieval Europe. Why do you think that is?”
The cat abuse movement in the Middle Ages was initiated by the Catholic Church, because the Catholic Church connected cats with devils and witchcraft.
Pope Gregory IX issued the famous oracle, The Voice of Rome, and in that oracle, he severely condemned a group of evil worshippers living in Germany and described in detail what they had done.
It was said that the worshippers had made a statue of a big black cat. Through a series of evil rituals, the statue of the big black cat had been revived. The worshipers crawled on the ground, kissed its butt, and showed their loyalty to it.
The Church was deeply shocked and, of course, could not stand for it. Out of fear of evil heresy, the Church resolutely issued an order for the slaughtering of cats and launched a cat massacre, which reduced the number of cats in Europe to the point of near extinction––especially black cats, which were wiped out entirely.
The cat god statue in the shop was dark and almost completely faded into the darkness. Only when strong light shined on it did the surface of the cat turn dark green, which was caused by it being buried in the damp ground for a long time.
But if it had been dug out a thousand years prior, or had been buried in a dry place, perhaps it would have been pure black, and only a little green.
It was unconvincing to say that the statue of the big black cat, which caused panic in the church in the Middle Ages, had nothing to do with the Holy Cat Statue. Most likely, the Europeans dug up a similar cat god statue and then returned to Europe, which eventually led to a catastrophic disaster in Germany.
