Chapter 403: Honor Certificate of the Cat Apostle
"Meow Pfft!"
The enormous steel fist completely enveloped all six fragmented Rocket Cats, which hadn't separated far even after splitting, causing Cat Princess to let out an involuntary cry of pain.
Then, the heavy machine body, like a falling meteor, carried Cat Princess and crashed heavily to the ground.
Under the world's physical interference as he flashed back to his main body, Cheng Tian landed on the head of the Brodia in a seemingly effortless manner. Then, he aimed both hands from afar at the dusty crater on the ground—
Muda Muda Muda Muda!!!!
As Cheng Tian unleashed his rapid punches, the Brodia, which clearly hadn't triggered the Tank Master synchronization, still performed almost identical punching movements. Its steel fists, equipped with armor-piercing stakes, continuously slammed into the crater on the ground, exactly 23 times.
The moment the last punch was thrown, the entire Brodia's seams glowed with a dazzling light, indicating that the "2887" was active.
Boom!
The Brodia, which exploded on the spot, emitted a dazzling light and intense heat. Under the interference of the skill's effect, Cheng, who was at the center of the explosion and was blown away by the powerful impact and hot air, was completely unharmed.
Accompanying the explosion were the heartfelt roars and cheers from the bloodthirsty audience around them.
This attitude was a world apart from when Great Mengshen pulled out his gun. Although Cheng Tian's 2887 was more destructive, the audience seemed more accepting of this "infinite" combat within the rules.
Even if one side was a fantasy creature and the other was a self-destructing mech.
Cheng, who had flown in an arc, rolled forward upon landing, and delivered a powerful strike beyond everyone's imagination, now looked a bit disheveled.
If it were any native NPC from the King of Fighters '97 worldview, Cheng Tian would have been worried if he had gone too far, but for Cat Princess, a comical fantasy creature, Cheng Tian clearly had no such concerns.
Clap clap clap clap~~~~
"That was well done, little brother. It's been a long time since I saw Cat Princess suffer such a huge loss in her first battle, meow."
Nero Cat, who had followed over at some point, still had a broken cigarette butt in his mouth and expressed his heartfelt admiration for Cheng Tian.
"You flatter me~"
Cheng Tian puffed out his chest, relishing the praise, not blushing in the slightest.
"Even from the perspective of us Twenty-Seven Cat Ancestors, Cat Princess's abilities are the most unpredictable, a being that will inevitably cause others to suffer on first encounter. And now, little brother, you have successfully broken that record."
Nero Cat, completely unconcerned about whether his companion, who had vanished in the explosion pit, was dead or alive, fumbled around behind his rear and finally pulled out a tattered A4-sized paper, handing it to Cheng Tian with one hand.
"Then, with my most sincere feelings, allow me to bestow upon you the title of Honorary Cat Apostle—"
"Meow Ha!!! Don't just speak for yourself, meow!"
Just then, a small dust explosion suddenly erupted from the explosion pit, which had been quiet for more than ten seconds. Cat Princess, who many in the audience thought should have been shattered, came rushing out, hissing and spinning at high speed.
When he landed again, the dust on his body had been flung off by the high-speed rotation, and his clean appearance looked nothing like what he should have looked like after taking a 2887.
"From the perspective of the first battle, you lost, didn't you? A woman unwilling to admit defeat is a sign of immaturity, meow~"
Nero Cat exhaled another smoke ring.
"Hey! Nero! Whose teammate are you anyway, meow!?"
Cat Princess angrily pointed at Nero Cat, who, having been directly called out, looked completely indifferent.
The next second, Cat Princess's eyes once again gathered high temperatures, but this time his gaze was clearly no longer directed at Cheng Tian.
In response, Nero Cat casually threw away the tattered award certificate he was going to give Cheng Tian, and his eyes, which had always been narrowed to a slit, also opened, revealing a sharp light as black energy began to gather in them.
"True Ancestor BEEEEEAM!" "Chaos BEEEEEAM!!"
Two yellow and two black, a total of four high-energy beams, almost identical in release form, collided at the intersection of the two allied cat spirits' gazes!
Originally, "intense sparks at the intersection of two people's fields of vision" was just a metaphor, but between these two cats, it became a truly existing scene.
Meanwhile, Cheng Tian, who had already reached out and caught the tattered paper, had never imagined that the first hot-vision duel he would witness in his life would not be between Superman, Cyclops, Homelander, or others, but between two cats… Somehow, Cheng Tian was inexplicably pulled out of the battle with Cat Princess, and at this moment, Cheng Tian's intense desire for madness had also been relieved by the self-destruction of a projected Brodia 2887. He felt much calmer, and reason once again took the upper hand.
Commonly known as, Sage Time.
Incidentally, the TV station was also very flexible. After seeing Cheng Tian enter Sage Time, they immediately focused the camera on the inexplicable civil war between the two cats.
And this preliminary free-for-all, initiated by Cheng Tian's provocation and now turned into an internal struggle between two cats, clearly attracted the attention of quite a few seeded teams and preliminary teams.
Cheng Tian instantly defeating Great Mengshen earlier hadn't garnered much attention, but this mech self-destruction, which complied with the fighting tournament rules, was clearly too eye-catching.
Many teams had already paused their fights and were watching the Olililili Channel through various means, including the Garou Team and the Drunkard Team who were brawling in the tavern.
However, compared to the native and imported NPC characters, it was the player teams scattered throughout the scene who were most shocked.
"FUCK! Since when could mech self-destruction count as a fighting skill?!"
A player from a certain team, who had decided to only make a move in the last two or three hours after learning the preliminary rules, looked utterly incredulous.
"…Although I haven't experienced it, Heaven's Chosen Space does indeed have specialized mech combat."
A teammate next to him was trying to find a reasonable explanation for Cheng Tian's move.
"Even if mech self-destruction complies with fighting rules, is this person already so rich that he can just blow up mechs at will!?"
"Who knows, maybe it's a projected copy unit. After all, the Space has infinite possibilities."
"No matter what, to win, we have to find a way to eliminate him first, and it would be best if we could get an NPC to do it."
The player bit his thumbnail, beginning to brainstorm.
At the same time, Cheng Tian took a moment to glance at the tattered award certificate Nero Cat had given him, and to his surprise, this thing was a special item.
[Honor Certificate of the Cat Apostle: Special Item. A special certificate issued after receiving recognition from Nero Cat, one of the Twenty-Seven Cat Ancestors. The holder can use this certificate to receive protection under the laws and regulations of the Cat Kingdom.
Holding this certificate, you can activate a special free instance to the "Type-Moon Cat Kingdom" during your stay in the Space. As this instance exists in an independent spacetime within that worldview and has various connections to many related parallel worlds, you can use the Cat Kingdom as a transit point to attempt to enter other worlds.]
[Since you already possess the relevant authority to activate 1 instance of the "Fate/hollow ataraxia" Silver Branch Mission, you can, with the identity of "Honorary Cat Apostle," receive a certain degree of assistance from the Cat Kingdom and Cat Spirits in that instance.]