The Devil's Evolution Catalog

Chapter 229: Try-not-to-laugh Challenge

Meisian didnt leave immediately but chose to stay a while. Once Weiderly was out of the picture, Gaiuz immediately leaped to his paws excitedly and greeted his little sister.

Gaiuz: Sister, it has been awhile, you seem even more beautiful than before.

Meisian: Gaiuz, you seem more disgusting than before.

Gaiuz: Can you not call me disgusting?

Meisian: Can you distance yourself from me?

Gaiuz:

Meisian:

With just a few lines, the mood instantly took a nosedive. A while later, Meisian spoke up once more though with a scrunched up look as if she was looking at a pervert: Speak, is Anmi with you?

He is with me right now but I didnt mistreat him.

Then Ill be off. Upon receiving that definite answer, Meisian turned around and left without any hesitation as if she was trying to avoid the plague itself.

am I that detestable Watching her float away like that, Gaiuz couldnt help mumble to himself in a half doubting, half dejected tone. However, his sullen mood quickly recovered: O Sister of mine, I know you love Anmi but that trash doesnt even have the courage to step on the Elemental Segregation Platform, the only one who can keep you company and willingly sacrifice himself for you, is me

Like that, the comedy skit between the three siblings came to an end and next up was

Not too far away from the platforms was our mobile Cat Nest, in other words, we heard everything that was said just now. For Gaiuz to be despised like that, was honestly well within expectations.

Eyes as dark as the abyss itself, Gaiuz glared at Anmi while coldly asking: You saw everything?

At that, Anmi unabashedly laughed: I saw it, it was pretty funny. I swear theres nothing funnier than when you three get together.

Immediately, the Princes already darkened mood worsened: Then Im sure you saw me shaking my paws as well, thats the signal to kidnap Weiderly and you all actually ignored it!

Thats the signal? I dont remember you telling us that beforehand? Anmi deliberately blinked twice while putting on an innocent look on his face: So thats why, nyahI thought you had suddenly gone mad for a second, I almost ripped a gut laughing.

Even though his answer was rather piercing, it did however remind Gaiuz of a certain, crucial point. And that was the fact that we didnt settle on a signal beforehand and that he had only mentioned that he would call for us. Thus, the blame laid squarely on Gaiuz himself.

So all that was just a silly own goal on his partshouldve just told him to toss a cup as a signal instead. Assuming there was a cup to be thrown

Blast it, and that was such a good opportunity too Finally realizing his error, he immediately changed the topic to avoid any further embarrassment: Well, since this time is a bust, well just have to wait for the next opportunity. Remember, the next time you see my paws shaking like that, I want you all to charge ahead and take down my foolish brother.

Kay. Anmi lazily answered.

Thats all for now nyah. Having said that, Gaiuz drove off on his platform.

I thought he was having a seizure tooto think that was him trying to give us a signaltoo bad he didnt inform us of that beforehand. Anmi muttered as he watched the Prince disappear into the distance. While he might have said that however, he wasnt at all shy about following it up with a snide remark: I told you guys hes a moron.

Whether or not hes a moron is none of my business, I just want to find a way to enter Abaddon

The fact that these cats were crazy wasnt news to me at all, what bothered me was how were we going to solve this problem.

Dont worry, the competition will end really soon. Since the discussion has ended, we will probably have to wait a little till Gaiuz sees the need for us to step in.

Then what are his chances in a fair fight?

All three of them should be pretty evenly matched. Anmi paused for a second in thought and then shook his head: Theres no way of knowing till they actually compete. Like I said before, Gaiuz will definitely call for us when he needs us.

Lets wait then.

The next day, once everyone(cat) had rested up, the battle for the throne officially started. For the most part, it was the same few battles we passed by on the way to Weiderlys castle. Still, it was rather refreshing to see a bunch of cats messing around.

The competition proceeded at a rapid pace, and also with a frenzied fervor. After three days of gruelling battles, all the battles(events) had ended except for the Try-not-to-laugh Challenge. Given how evenly matched the scores were, this last challenge would definitely be the tiebreaker.

In short, the cat who was able to fully utilize this challenge to score points would become the Cat King.

On a side note, the judges for all the events thus far was an elder.

The Try-not-to-laughs rules were simple: each side was to send out 10 contestants who would face off against each other. Once a side had been declared the winner, the remaining contestants would each score a point.

First off, Gaiuz Vs. Weiderly.

Both sides sent out their contestants to the match area next to Domeh Lake. Because this was the final event, all the cats from each side attended as spectators.

Forming up into clearly demarcated ranks, the twenty cats took up their respective spots on the grass patch, with the right being assigned to Weiderly and the left being assigned to Gaiuz. Under the auspices of the judge, the two of them then exchanged their greetings and after a short chat, broke off. Because the side that started first obviously was at an advantage here, the starting side was chosen randomly.

As for how, it was really simplethe judge plucked two strands of fur from had and had two contestants choose one. Whoever picked the longer fur would start first.

In the end, it was Gaiuzs cat that won, earning the Second Prince a massive advantage. However, the first cat they sent out to compete was a little

The first thing that Purgatory Cat did was to furiously tumble about in grass patch, eliciting absolutely no response from Weiderlys cats. Instead, another cat from his team went heh.

No.7 from Gaiuzs team has been disqualified.

The judge immediately called out that potato who laughed at his own teammate

I object, it shouldnt count if were the ones who made him laugh. Gaiuz immediately stepped up to contest the ruling, clearly not happy to be handed an own goal right from the start.

Unfortunately for him, the judge cat would have none of that: As long as he laughs, its a loss. I dont care who is the one who caused it. Objection overruled, the match continues.

That crooked referee

Just like that, Gaiuz: -1, Weiderly: 0.

For the second round, the cat from Weiderlys team stepped out and then fell to the ground. He arched his furry back and gave a long drawn out yawn beforesleeping.

What the heck is that supposed to mean? Also, why the hell are the two of you falling asleepdont tell me sleepiness is contagious? But then why are all the Weiderly cats still perfectly fine?

After roughly two minutes of napping, the judge announced that Gaiuzs team had lost another two more catsas for Weiderlys, it was still at full strength.

For the third round, it was now back to Gaiuzs team on the offense, this time, they sent out their ultimate weapona cat trying to bite his own tailnormally, it wasnt possible for a cat to bite his own tail thus, Gaiuzs kitty cat could only spin around comically as he tried his to bite his own tail. Needless to say, it was a comical sight that successfully caused two of his teammates to laughthis time however, three of Weiderlys cats laughed as well.

Truly a pyrrhic victoryone that we couldnt afford right now; as of right now, Gaiuz had already lost half of his team while Weiderly had only lost three.

Unable to stand this any longer, Gaiuz yelled furiously from the top of his platform: You stupid furballs, whats the point of laugh yourselves

As he yelled that, his rear paw started frantically tapping his platform Is that the signal? Looks hes had enough of this event.

Thanks to that clarification from him, we now knew what to do. Still, acting as an insurance, Lohmi came running up to us quietly she was the cat assigned to assist us in this mission.

With His Highness Weiderlys guard weakened, theres no better chance than now to attack. As long as we pin him down quickly, the results of this battle wont matter at all.

So thats why he had this event scheduled near the endI thought those contestants looked rather familiar as wellso its those potato guardcats

Are you sure this will succeed? Theres still over a hundred cats by his side.

With all his cats acting as spectators now, trying to ambush the Eldest Prince sounded like nothing short of foolishness to me.

However, Lohmi clearly stated as such: Dont worry, all this is legal under the rules of succession. Even if Weiderlys cats try to stop us, our own cats will step in as well. Theyll definitely be able to buy enough time for you.

As long as a Cat King hasnt ascended, all sorts of tricks are perfectly fine. Lohmi added. Its settled then, well act right before the event ends.

Speaking of eventsthis competition of yours is really bizarre