There were always cats

"What?"

Upon hearing Airon suddenly uttering such strange words, Tara stopped for a moment, lifted her head and asked, "Is... there something else in the forest?"

"Well, there should be..."

Airon rubbed his head and, enduring his pain, said, "According to everything I've read before, tigers usually travel alone most of the time, and only during the mating season do they gather until the female tigress gives birth to her cubs..."

"You mean... there might be cubs in the tiger's den?"

Although Tara was slow to react, she responded when she heard this, but soon showed a perplexed expression and said, "But what about those cubs? They don't have any food on a day like this. It's hard for them to survive, so we shouldn't worry. Maybe you..."

Having said that, she raised her eyebrows, understood Airon's thoughts and said, "Do you want to raise them?"

"I don't know, it's just a temporary idea that came to mind..."

Airon simply sighed and said, "After all, the lethality of these tigers is not low. If they can be raised from a small captivity, it can have an unexpected effect on our organization."

"Your way of thinking is a bit dangerous."

Tara frowned slightly and reminded, "Even if we can really raise them in captivity, this is a double-edged sword. If the arrangements are not appropriate, we may suffer before facing the enemy, and..."

She shook the piece of meat just cut on the cutting board and said, "And a big guy like this is fine when he's young, but he eats a lot when he's old."

"Mmm, Ezekiel has a lot of experience with tigers, but we're still not sure if there are tigers."

Airon waved his hand and suddenly a strong smell of meat came from behind, and his stomach immediately began to growl.

"Aren't you hungry?"

Upon hearing this voice, Tara couldn't help but joke, and then placed a bowl of steaming pork rib soup in front of Airon and said, "Hurry up and eat."

Airon was not polite either, took the soup spoon and blew gently, and then started to taste it.

After finishing the whole plate of soup, his stomach was full and his body started to warm up.

His mind became muddled again and drowsiness returned. Airon shook his head, stood up with crutches and said, "After eating, I'm going to sleep for a while."

"You're fine?"

Seeing the other party's tired face, Tara nodded with a little care.

"It's okay, maybe I haven't rested enough yet."

Unable to help but yawn, Airon returned to his room step by step, lay down on the bed and fell asleep again.

...

In the next few days, due to the continuous wind and heavy rain outside, Airon had been recovering in his room and only focused on that, and he had also been doing some small work to reactivate his dormant muscles in his injured limbs.

The initial pain in his right arm and right leg had significantly subsided and it was estimated that he would be able to fully recover in less than a week.

As for the possibility of tiger cubs in the reserve, Tara also sincerely told Tommy and Daryl, and they mentioned that due to the severe weather, they could not approach for now.

After that, Airon went out for a walk.

The story of Airon fighting a tiger up close spread throughout the base for some reason, so when he appeared, he quickly caught the attention of the people around him, and everyone bowed their heads and began to discuss it.

"Is this true? I thought it was just a rumor!"

"Tommy said it himself, how can it be fake? Daryl faced a bear, didn't you see the corpses?"

"It's really amazing..."

All kinds of comments reached Airon's ears, but he didn't care at all as it didn't cause him any discomfort... Well... He likes those rumors about him.

"Hey, are you free today?"

When Airon found Glenn, he saw Glenn sitting in a chair, looking unusually calm.

Looking at Airon walking away, Glenn put down the glass of water in his hand and said, "Don't you want to recover well? What are you doing here?"

"Isn't this more activity to help the wound recover?"

Airon smiled, found a chair, sat down and said, "It seems like the base is developing well and the food problem has been solved."

"It's also thanks to your efforts."

Glenn stood up slowly, served Brian a cup of hot water, and said, "A brown bear and two tigers are not just meat, but also many weapons were confiscated from the enemies. Although the corpses brought back are numerous, everyone is inevitably accustomed to that in this place."

"Glenn! Look what I brought!"

At that moment, a car was heard outside, and Tommy and Daryl hurriedly entered, looking extremely excited.

But when he saw Airon, the smile on his face widened and he said, "Airon, you're here too, what do you think this is?"

Looking at the cages in Tommy and Daryl's hands, Airon saw two tiger cubs lying peacefully inside and said with some surprise, "They're cats, I can't believe it."

Glenn rolled his eyes and said, "Those cats are much bigger..."

Placing the cage on the table, Tommy said, "When we found them, there was food that had been eaten in the den. Unfortunately, we found a dead cub."

"So, why did you bring those cubs back?"

For this pair of tiger cubs, Glenn jumped like a scared chicken and said, "We don't have enough food in this place, and raising such dangerous creatures, which by the way, Airon, you almost died at their hands, is unacceptable."

"This..."

Upon hearing what Glenn said, Tommy scratched his head and turned his head to look at Airon, saying that since he wanted cats, he had to deal with all of this.

"We'll return to the base, there won't be any problem giving one to Ezekiel..."

Daryl was happy and opened a cage.

"Rrrr..."

Suddenly disturbed from sleep, the puppy opened its eyes confusedly, its limbs began to move irregularly and it emitted immature sounds.

"Since you have your cats, your idea of searching for more cats should have ended."

At that moment, Tara entered the room and said, "Cats? Are you talking about the dozen cats in the central base? The kids often play with them, they're very cute."

Airon and Daryl froze, turned their heads rigidly to each other and unconsciously said, "There are cats in the base?"