Shadow

The dog only agreed to do a second test after Ke Meng emphasized that there would be a feast tonight. It would also be the last review. If it was not an emergency, it did not plan to use this skill in the future.

This time, Ke Meng got the dog to control its hair when it shook its body to release hair needles. He got it to shoot a hundred strands of hair focusing in one direction. Not one strand of hair more, and not one strand of hair less. It had to control it accurately, just like how it shook off the dust earlier.

Whoosh, the golden, flashy rain flew far away.

He stepped forward to where they were shooting. There were shiny, thin golden needles pierced on trees, rocks, and fields 1,000 meters away.

Compared to the close-range casualty, the hair needle's penetration was merely 30% weaker.

It would prove that the hair needles could shoot farther, but not sure about the accuracy. There would be a deviation when there was wind resistance when the hair needles were flying.

Ke Meng returned to his car and left after the dog swallowed the 100 hair needles.

The hair on the fluffy ball would not grow back immediately after it was shaken off. Ke Meng had no idea how many days it would take for them to grow back.

When they got home, the dog began anticipating the feast that Ke Meng had been talking about.

It had never had ten chicken chops and wondered if it would be delicious.

When the delivery man brought the ten chicken chops, the dog that was in the bedroom smelled the tempting fragrance.

Fluffy Ball barked happily, for its master did as he had promised.

Ke Meng placed nine chicken chops on the floor while he ate a portion. He watched the videos he made while eating.

Compared to a few days back, the strange cat's review data was growing insanely. The reason being it was being recommended by the website itself. The views had a significant growth—it had 300,000 views now.

Ke Meng's glove review video rode on the fame too. After all, the two videos were half-hearted reviews. It was on the retarded side, so it would be silly for anyone to take them seriously.

At that moment, the glove's review video had grown to 70,000 views. Ke Meng peeped at the system's real data. 58,000 people had watched it.

Soon, he would obtain the Shadow Catcher skill.

After looking through the videos, Ke Meng checked the notifications on his post. It was the post he had asked for the dog's name suggestion. Some fans had commented.

'Penpal 20**09' commented, "That's easy. Call it Dog Hair, how accurate is that?"

'Floating Clouds and Leaves' commented, "Fluffy Ball isn't too shabby. It shows that it's fluffy and round."

'Heavenly Gate Awaits' commented, "How about Head & Shoulders?"

'Blank' commented, "Dumpling."

'Zang Hongyang' commented, "Glutinous Ball?"

'Mikoto Misaka' commented, "Combine both names and call it Big Fluffy Ball?"

'Ihuti' commented, "Call it Big Ball."

Ke Meng showed the comments to the dog. "Look, these are the names people suggested. Which one do you like?"

The dog barked and whimpered in doubt. It had no idea what those were.

The dog did not understand Blue Planet's language. However, the dog could connect the words when Ke Meng read them out. It could sense the meaning its master was trying to say.

A long golden hair needle pointed at the words 'Head & Shoulders' on the phone screen. It understood it when Ke Meng read it out loud.

It was a hair product for cleaning. One would need to lather with water, and it would smell good.

Subsequently, it pointed at the words 'Glutinous Ball'. Ke Meng read it out loud.

Woof!

The dog understood it now.

So, a glutinous ball was a tiny food. It was round and white with filling inside. Some were sweet, while others were savory.

"Woof," the dog barked, showing that it wanted to eat.

Ke Meng slapped the dog, as all it could think about was to eat.

After reading all of the names, the dog rolled around on the floor to reflect on its life.

At the convenience store downstairs at 21:30, Chen Momo released a doubtful hum when she saw the post her landlord had posted.

'What a big plush ball. When did Brother Meng buy a plush toy? That's so random.'

"It must be comfortable to sit on it." Chen Momo liked Ke Meng's post and sent him a personal message, asking, "Where did you get that? Get me one too."

"There's no space for a plush toy at home." Her mother's voice came from behind.

"I was just asking. I wasn't…" Chen Momo turned her head by instinct, whereby she paused when she was halfway speaking.

There was nothing behind her. Her mother was not there, only the goods shelves behind her.

"Mom?" Chen Momo shouted.

Nobody responded to Chen Momo in the convenience store.

Chen Momo was confused. 

'Was that a hallucination? Why did I hear mom's voice?'

"Mom, where are you?" Chen Momo shouted loudly again.

It was still empty in the convenience store.

Chen Momo checked the time, it was already 21:00. They would close the store at 22:00.

Before closing the store every night, the mother and daughter would clean the floor. They would mop the floor in the entire store before that. Thus, her mother might be soaking the mop in the store's bathroom.

Chen Momo walked to the bathroom. The door was opened, and the light was on.

She saw her mother lying on the ground when she walked in.

"Mom!" Chen Momo got up to shake her mother. She was still unconscious.

The bathroom door was behind Chen Momo. A shadow entered the bathroom from outside, snuck to Mrs. Chen's feet quickly, and subtly became her shadow now.

Mrs. Chen had a shadow within the blink of an eye.

She opened her eyes slowly and lifted her arm to block the light above her head. It was a little too glaring.

Chen Momo stared at the ground. Not sure if it was an illusion, she seemed to have seen a shadow flying over.

She stared at her mother's shadow, as there was an indescribable strangeness about it.

Chen Momo complained to her mother, "Rest when you're tired. Don't overwork yourself."

"I'm just…" Mrs. Chen did not know what to say as she was speaking halfway. She gave up and stood up directly.

Her clothes were a little wet. They discussed among themselves and decided to close the store early today.

As they cleaned and mopped the floor, there would be customers buying stuff occasionally. The customers could not help but look surprised, realizing they were closing the store.

"You're closing so early?" asked a male customer.

"It's not early. We usually start cleaning at 22:00, and we're doing that half an hour early today," Mrs. Chen said while smiling.

When the last customer left, the both of them used a mop to clean the floor the customers had stepped on. They turned on the main switch on the first floor and locked the door.

They then entered the electric vehicle and left the store slowly.

Chen Momo sat at the back and turned her head to look at the convenience store. The store was dark, and only Ke Meng's room on the second floor had a cold light on.