Rhode Island Chronicles of Cat and Shipgirl

This strange horse came out of the sea slowly, and the corpses on its body and back were full of seawater and seaweed.

The strange horse paced down the cliff, trying to put the corpse on its back on the ground.

And Kurokawa also saw it at this time—there were still a few corpses that had already been seen as giants.

This is the monster.

The crow flapped its wings, and she flew silently to a raised reef below the cliff.

The strange horse didn't notice her, it still walked on the waves and foam.

It's just that the sea water that its horseshoes walked over rippled as jet black as oil.

Kurokawa didn't know what it was, she instinctively told herself that it was not a good thing.

There is no barrage watching here, and no one else, so she can completely let go and fight with the opponent——

The crow spread its wings.

Countless feathers sprayed towards the strange horse like bullets, and at the same time, three pitch-black tentacles extended from behind the crow's tail feathers.

The tentacles are not real, they are more like shadows leaving the ground and becoming a three-dimensional existence.

The feather hit the strange horse, which fell before it even had time to fight back.

Originally, it was going to bring the dead man down together, but the shadow-like arms that shot out from behind Heichuan lifted the man up, and slowly moved to the reef where Heichuan was.

The strange horse was covered with feathers, it couldn't stand up from the waves, it could only curl up in the waves while making noises.

Kurokawa met its gaze, and neither of them made any further movements.

"Monster," said the strange horse.

"Aren't you too." The crow also spoke human language, which was Kurokawa's own voice.

The strange horse uttered two low crows, it shook its neck, and shook off some of the lightly pricked feathers.

"You are also a monster to us." The strange horse raised its head and stared at Heichuan with its pale eyes: "You came to snatch him? You came late, his soul has already arrived in the eternal city."

Eternal City?

Kurokawa couldn't understand the meaning of this word, but she also felt that it didn't matter - after all, this matter had nothing to do with her.

Kurokawa, who has gone through 1 systematically assigned tasks, experienced countless life and death decisions, and has become numb to the death of ordinary people, naturally does not think about things other than himself.

For Kurokawa now, Lexington is safe and sound, so it doesn't matter.

"I don't care where his soul goes. I want to take this person's body away for burial. Is it okay?"

Her inquiry caused the strange horse to fall into deep thought instead.

The distorted horse stopped moving, but watched her quietly: "You... haven't read the book of the city."

"I haven't seen it." Kurokawa was a little impatient, "I took it away."

Seeing that Heichuan began to flap its wings, the strange horse no longer went around in circles, it tried to raise its head and neighed uniquely to horses.

At the same time, it continued to ask: "Aren't you going to help ordinary people who have read the book of the city? Normally speaking, someone will come out to stop us when we want to take them away."

"But there is only happiness in the Eternal City, and we will all take them to a happy place."

"Where the gulls fly backwards, where the foam recedes into the ocean, where there is nothing but love and happiness, the place..."

The last feather pierced the strange horse's throat.

As a result, the monster fell, and it turned into nets of seaweed, which were washed onto the sand by the waves.

Kurokawa left with the man's body.

What the town is about to face behind her is not important to her.

The empathy unique to human beings was gradually weakened in her body. After completing one task after another in the system, she - Kurokawa - became more and more like an indifferent and partial god.

Anyway-

Let's bury this human first.

Kurokawa thought.

Bury him because Lexington wants him to rest.

-

It was the priest who disappeared from the village tonight.

After a night passed, the villagers who came to the church to pray early the next morning did not see the pastor.

They only saw the nuns returning with water for Fajr.

When they asked the nun about the pastor's whereabouts, the nun shook her head blankly.

Things went from bad to worse, and after the priest disappeared, the villagers called an emergency meeting.

Some people said that the pastor also disappeared, and Agor must have brought him to the monster to take him away.

Some people say that he fled, fearing to fight the disaster brought by the Agors, he left the fishing village in the dark.

Others said that he went to the city to inform the security guards, and the gentlemen above would send someone to deal with it when they heard the news.

The villagers said their own things, and in the end no one believed anyone, and no one could convince anyone.

The nun realized that things were getting worse.

While everyone was discussing and cursing in front of the church, she found the culprit who made the village weird from the priest's room.

A book that was salvaged from the sea by a fisherman, Old Bill.

The nun has received the education of the church, but she still can't understand what kind of creature's skin the cover of this manuscript book is made of.

She didn't dare to think too much, the nun thought that in order to end this meaningless terror, she should return the book she found from the sea to the sea.

When the villagers dispersed in the evening, the nun climbed up the sea cliff with the book.

Just when she was about to throw the book in her hand, a strange idea entered her mind.

"Open it."

The voice told her so, and the nun knew it was wrong, and she knew what would happen when she opened the book.

But she still——bewitched by this kind of happiness, she opened the book.

……

At night, a nun came back from the sea with a black book and humid sea air.

A black veil hangs over her head, and she rides a monstrous horse with no hind legs.

No one knew what happened that night, but under the sea cliff and on the beach, there were rotting and swelling human corpses.

The seabirds were enjoying the feast, but the nun said—

"All have found happiness and peace in the Eternal City."

Chapter 8 1. The journey officially begins

The quality of life in Lexington and Kurokawa has clearly changed in a positive way with the delivery of Rhode Island's medical supply trucks.

In the day after the death of the transportation operator in Rhode Island, Lexington really couldn't get any motivation.

She hugged Heikawa and lay on the inflatable rubber mat, listening to the noisy sound of the car radio in silence.

Lexington seems to have been hit too hard, she has been refusing to let go of Heichuan, even if Heichuan used his clone to bury the man and returned here, Lexington could not recover.

Fortunately, on the second day, Lexington began to move.

Kurokawa followed her around the carriage, and they found maps and cargo lists on cardboard boxes.

Lexington took the list of goods to list the goods in the cargo box, and Kurokawa, as it should be, lay on the map with his claws.

The map is quite large, with a total height of [-] meters and a width of [-] meters. It should be hung on the wall in the car.

Such a large map is too big for a kitten, but fortunately, the barrage will help Kurokawa to solve his problems.

[Go north-east all the way, you can go to Rutland first. 】

[Although Rutland is a religious country, the atmosphere is much better, and students can still graduate after bombing the school. 】

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[Although I highly recommend Lateran’s desserts, let’s go to Rhodes Island quickly. Didn’t the operator say that Rhodes Island is near Yan and Ursas?I suspect the plot is about to start. 】

【Continue to go northeast, let’s touch Rhodes Island first. 】

Netizens' brainstorming provided Kurokawa with a lot of ideas. She wagged her tail slowly and looked at the distance on the map.

And I don't know how long it will take to get to Rhodes Island from here, so I can only hope that there will be a supply station in Rhodes Island on the way.

Kurokawa yawned big while thinking about it.

She stuck out her tongue and licked her nose, then stepped on the map and circled slowly.

From the perspective of others, Kurokawa is no different from a real kitten.

She stretched her front paws and stretched herself, and lay down on the map again unsteadily.

Ah, it's nice to be a cat.

When Kurokawa lay down snoring, Lexington had already finished counting the goods.

It seems that there is no shortage of goods, and Lexington looks much better.

She hastily picked up Heikawa on the ground and put it on the low table next to him, then Lexington picked up the map and nailed it to the wall.

After doing all this, Lexington stood silently in front of the map.

Kurokawa saw that she had put on a thick coat with the Rhode Island logo printed on it.

Looking at the folds of the clothes, it seems that they are new clothes that have just been unpacked.

"Meow." Kurokawa raised her head and meowed towards Lexington. She wanted Lexington to come over for dinner.

Yesterday's box of instant noodles hadn't been soaked, and Lexington hadn't eaten.

Although Jian Niang doesn't need to eat, Kurokawa is still worried about Lexington's health.

But now Lexington acted as if she didn't hear it, her eyes were slightly emitting blue light, as if recording the map in front of her into her mind.

Lexington stood in front of the map for 10 to [-] minutes, and he didn't turn his head until Kurokawa lay on the low table and called out to her.

"Are you hungry?"

"...Mi..." It's not that I'm hungry, but I don't understand what Lexington did just now.

Naturally, Lexington couldn't understand Hei Chuan's cry. She hugged Hei Chuan with a smile, and then rubbed his nose affectionately: "Now I'll remember the map, we're going to find the guy named Rhodes Island place."

Remember the map?

Kurokawa's pupils contracted in surprise, and his ears perked up.

how did you do that……

The incomprehensible Kurokawa was rocked happily in Lexington's arms, and Kurokawa, who was lying on Lexington's lap, silently watched the flashing barrage.

[It’s a good thing it’s an aircraft carrier, so remember it easily. 】

[My wife should have a good sense of direction. Although I can't take off the plane now, the vision of the battleship is definitely top-notch. 】

[Stop talking, I want to watch Mrs. vs Kelsey. 】

Seeing the last barrage, Kurokawa narrowed his eyes.

This person named Kelsey has such a high appearance rate on the barrage, who the hell is it?

Kurokawa, who was wagging his tail slowly, narrowed his eyes, and Lexington gently scratched her chin, which made Kurokawa very relaxed.

"Snoring..."

"Is Xiao Hei hungry? It's a pity that we can only eat instant noodles now, but we will set off immediately after eating, at least to fulfill that gentleman's last wish and send these medicines to that Rhodes Island."

Lexington, who was talking to himself, sighed softly: "Although I don't know what it is used for, if it is medicine, it must be urgent."

Ma'am, what you said is not right, what if it's not something fun?