Stray Cats

David was nearing the end of his horrid return journey on public transport. "I should really get a car." David was still in his TsavTsav sect uniform with a lethargic arm, a picknick basket, and the small backpack he originally came to the sect with. "Was your plan to just go to the road and wait for a taxi or something?" "No, I hoped for a car to pass by, and I expected to either hitchhike or car surf till I got to a more civilised spot." "Well, you did end up car-surfing." "More like truck surfing." "Well, next stop, and you'll be back home." "Yep, this is it."

David hopped off the bus. He happily stretched his arms out and took in a breath of fresh air. When he looked around, he noticed something had changed since the last time he was back. "Is it me, or are there more stray cats out here than usual?" "Maybe, how would I know? You're the one who lives here." "Since you live wherever I am, you technically live here too." "I never cared about stay cats. I'm not the kitty system after all." "Is that cat over there staring at me?" "Now that you mention it, yes, it does seem like it." The cat aloofly walked up to David and started to meow at him. "David did not recognise the cat, but it seemed too nonchalant to be a stray." "Where are your owners, little one?" The cat just kept meowing at him. "I don't speak cat." The cat turned away and started to walk away. Every now and then, it would start meowing at David as if it wanted him to follow it. "Do you think it's locked out of its house, so it wants me to call its owner or something?" The system did not answer David's question but instead asked. "Is that another cat?" When David looked at the cat again, it did seem to be leading him towards another cat. "Is that other cat waiting for me too?" The two cats walked into an alley. "Do they expect me to follow them in? This feels way too suspicious. I think I've seen enough." David turned away to walk away when he heard a puff behind him. 

*SLAM* Before David knew it, he was slammed down to the ground. His back ached as if he were stabbed by six small knives. David rolled around to face his attacker, only to see a familiar looking woman. "Wait, aren't you that girl from the club!" The woman had claws coming out of her fingers, and she was about to slash David's face! David's training kicked in as he kicked the woman away in the last second. As she was regaining balance, David quickly rolled up and moved his hands in front of his face in a defensive pose. It looked like the woman wanted to continue fighting, but once she noticed that David was now prepared for a fight and that she was out in the open where anyone could see, she decided to fall back into the shadows of the alleyway. 

"What the fuck was that all about?" "Isn't she the druid that was with the vampire?" "Shit your right." "Oh no quickly leave!" "What happened?" "I sense something very dangerous, must you escape immediately!" David decided to trust the system as he quickly dashed towards his home. "Not there, don't return to your house! It's way too dangerous!" "What's going on?" "I'll explain later, but you must escape NOW!" "Alright where?" "Anywhere that's not here, your home, or an alley." "So just somewhere random?" "YES!" "ON IT!"

David escaped to a nearby mall. He looked around to make sure that no one was following him. He then got into a lift, where he then took the opportunity to ask the system. "This should be a sufficiently crowded place. Can you now tell me what's going on?" "Simply put, I sensed two other system users." "Others can use you?" "No, they have different systems." "How many systems are there?" "A lot." "And why is them being here a bad thing?" "Do you remember how you got your powers?" "I got them when you came into my life, right?" "When I arrived, you received three wheels." "Yes, so?" "How do you get more lottery wheels?" "I don't know, I never got any more since you came." "While there are other ways, the main one is to crush another system." "Crush, as in, they'll kill you and take away the powers you gave me?" "No crush, as in, destroy us in every way possible, including body, mind, and soul." "Why didn't they kill each other then?" "I don't know, but maybe they are working together or they want to get rid of us before they fight each other." "How are you so sure?" "They were standing next to one another." "Then can they sense where we are?" "Those peasants have no chance of that!" "Peasants, What are you an imperial princess or something?" "What if I am?" "We don't have time for that. How do you know they can't sense our position?" "Firstly, when systems talk, they have three ways to do so." "OK?" "They either talk to their users or they openly broadcast everything they say out into the nearby area so that all systems in the vicinity can and will hear what they are saying." "You said there are three ways, right?" "Yes, the third way is used by more civilised systems that don't shout all their ugly thoughts into the air, instead, we can directly broadcast what we're saying to a single system." So from their words, they're together?" "Yes, and they're hunting us." "You say you're the ultimate system, so why do you fear them?" "Ultimate Overpowered Sex System, but my specialisation is growth, and you haven't experienced enough growth just yet; you aren't even a cultivator." "So, how do I escape?" "I don't know!"