The group looked at the ground simultaneously, curious to see who was speaking.
On seeing a black cat, a surprised look appeared on their faces.
"Okay, very funny, who's talking? You better come out or just get lost!" The young man who was telling the others of the news said in an annoyed tone.
He was in the middle of showing off his information-gathering skills, and someone pushed a small black here trying to steal his show. There was no way he was going to believe that a cat could speak. Neither he nor the others believed Void could actually speak, they all felt it was a prank by someone or something.
"What do you mean? I'm the one speaking," Void said angrily.
The group of eight was stunned when they saw Void's mouth moving as words came out.
"Oh, it's a talking cat. Now get out!" The young man was the first to speak, turning his attention away from Void as if a talking cat was normal.
The others turned around as well, just as they were about to speak, they all paused, staring at each other as if struck by lightning.
"A… a… talking cat!" The young man stammered before turning around sharply, staring at Void in shock and horror.
"Hehe, yes, now bow before my glory," Void laughed lightly before puffing out his chest, staring at the group like they were inferior beings.
"Ah…"
One of the young ladies yelled before sending a kick towards Void.
She was quickly stopped by one of the young men.
"What are you doing?" The young man asked.
"Killing this thing of course," The young lady replied.
"Do you know how much it'll fetch us if we can sell it?" The young man said, looking at Void with eyes lighting up.
"Uh oh," Void said unconsciously.
The young man wasn't the only one who thought of this, after he explained to the others, they all agreed with him.
With a swift movement, they all surrounded Void.
….
Grey, who was watching from the side couldn't help but burst out laughing. He was a little surprised by the reactions of the group, he originally expected them to freak out. But who knew that immediately after they freaked out they would start thinking of ways to benefit from a talking cat.
'Haha, you see, captured and sold, then experimented on later in the future,' He transmitted his voice over to Void, still laughing.
'Damn these people with small brains, even an ant's brain is bigger than theirs,' Void cursed at the group.
'Which of the ants, you do know there are some ants that are way bigger than you are, right?' Grey asked mockingly.
'Damn you!' Void replied angrily, throwing Grey into a fit of laughter once again.
….
On seeing the group trying to capture him, Void improvised instantly.
"Meow…"
"Huh!" The group was taken aback when they heard this.
They unconsciously started to doubt if the cat was truly speaking previously.
"Just capture it first, we'll find a way to get it to speak later," The young man who brought the idea of capturing Void said to the others.
The others nodded before using their elemental powers to try to trap Void in the encirclement.
"Damn you all, a bunch of morons," Void cursed out before vanishing.
"Where is it?" The young man who was telling the others of the news was the first to notice that Void was nowhere to be seen.
"How could it escape so easily?" One of the young ladies said.
"Search for it, it couldn't have gone far," The young man who brought the idea suggested.
The others nodded before rushing off in different directions.
Grey who was watching from the side shook his head in pity, he could already see Void's ploy the moment he didn't come to him.
Since the group wanted to capture Void, Void planned on robbing all of them while they were separated. The most ingenious thing about his plan is that this group would claim to be robbed by a small black talking cat, and they would also say he was the one who robbed the others.
Grey couldn't help but laugh just picturing the way people would look at the group as if they had gone mad. It was one thing believing a cat could talk, and it was another thing saying that a small black talking cat was the culprit of all the robberies that occurred over the night.
The group would probably be locked up for saying stupid things, after being robbed by Void. This was them suffering a double punishment just because they wanted to capture Void.
Grey didn't leave his spot, waiting to see the outcome of the group who chased after Void.
Five minutes later.
One of the young men from the group was the first to appear, he was looking haggard and horrified. What Grey found funny was that he was only in his underwear, and his hair stood straight, probably from suffering from lightning shock.
A few minutes later, the others from the group started appearing one by one, all almost in the same state, shocked and in their underwear.
Their look soon attracted people towards them. All eight of them had lost looks in their eyes as if finding it impossible to believe what happened.
The young ladies had it worse since they were half-naked, luckily Void left them with their underwear. There was one in particular who seemed to be wearing what seemed to be an impromptu underwear, it was a piece of clothing that was used to wrap her chest. From her looks, it was easy to see that she was going through a lot.
Grey shook his head while walking away, there was nothing else to see, Void had already exacted revenge on the group even though he was pretty much the cause of it all. Although, he couldn't say they didn't deserve it since they were planning to sell him to people who might do horrible things to him.
