If there were anything in this world that could make Bartlett feel both normal and strange, it would certainly be the scene unfolding before him.
The mysterious green-eyed black cat leaped out of Old Phil's arms and raced toward him like a speeding shadow. In that instant, Bartlett felt an uncontrollable spasm in his throat, reminiscent of the suffocating feeling when he was attacked by the four-armed demon monkey, 'Caesar.'.
The Barbarian took a step back, instinctively catching the black cat that flew towards him. The cat promptly stuck out its head towards his collar and viciously bit at something.
It wasn't Bartlett that the cat was biting. Although 'Hourglass' was a strangely behaving black cat, it hadn't reached that level of peculiarity. Of course, it wasn't challenging to guess what it was, since Hourglass was a "cat" (at least in appearance). A "cat" would naturally want to catch a "mouse" (at least in appearance).
