After hearing the question from the Mouse Fairy, Kolma's first reaction was to subconsciously raise her head and look above. The tree crown above her head had branches and branches, and the leaves were green in early spring, but there was no cat riding on it.
So she interpreted the word "riding" as "qi", which happened to be in line with the idea of brain teasers.
The witch twirled her fingers behind her back secretly, calculated silently, and then tentatively replied: "There are 'seven' cats in the tree, and there are no cats on the ground, so there may be seven cats in total, or one cat? As for the cat, it is
Whose family...the cat in the Silent Forest may have been raised in nature."
This answer is quite satisfactory and a little clever.
"Do you think that cat's surname is Sun? He was raised by nature..." The Mouse Fairy sneered at the witch's answer, shook his head, and denied, "I'd better tell you directly. There are zero cats in total, and that cat is from the Schrödinger family.
of."
"Zero cats? Schrödinger?" Kolma blinked.
Korma still has a little impression of this great wizard who has made outstanding contributions to the low-speed motion state spell of the Nenzi force field. What is comparable to this impression is the great wizard's love for cats.
Weird interests.
Legend has it that Schrödinger once turned into a stray cat and wandered around the wild, just to better understand the habits of cats, so as to better serve his Egyptian cat named 'Erwin' - it is said that the Egyptian cat
He often played hide-and-seek with Schrödinger. When Schrödinger looked for it, he could never find it; but when he wasn't looking for it, it would always squat at his feet.
So when he heard that the cat belonged to the Schrödinger family, Kolma could barely keep up with the rhythm, and felt as if he understood the samadhi of the Mouse Immortal's answer.
But what about ‘zero cats’?
The witch raised her head blankly and glanced at the tree crown above her head again.
There were branches crisscrossing the sky above my head, and there was certainly no Egyptian cat hiding among them.
The Rat Immortal sighed deeply: "Sure enough, letting you enter Jiuyou Academy was a huge mistake. It destroyed your spirituality a lot. So much so that now you are so rigid in thinking about problems."
Colma curled her lips and did not comment on Mr. Mouse's comments.
The Rat Immortal did not continue to lie, but explained directly: "There are zero cats on it because when I opened my mouth, the cat wanted to run away, so when you look up, naturally there are zero cats.
Already."
"But because I'm here, the cat is somewhere between being able to escape and not being able to escape."
"When you look up, it runs away, and there is no cat on the tree. If you don't look up, it doesn't run away. There is still a cat on the tree. This is very similar to the state of Schrödinger's Egyptian cat, so I say it is Schrödinger.
The house cat.”
This answer is full of the atmosphere of "magic philosophy". It took the witch a while to realize the twists and turns, and she couldn't help but feel unlucky - except for the weird mouse fairy, who would regard this answer as a brain teaser?
Turn!
It's just that she doesn't have time to deal with this bad luck for the time being.
Because as soon as the Mouse Fairy finished speaking, the witch heard a scream, a black cat suddenly appeared among the tree branches above her head, then spread its limbs wide, fell in mid-air, and fell to the ground with a thud.
into the mud at the witch's feet.
Of course, as a cat, it is impossible to break it, it is just the difference between graceful landing posture and not.
The black cat's landing posture was rather ugly, because when it landed, it was stuck in the cat's gnawing mud. But after finishing eating, the black cat rolled on the spot, and its body suddenly grew in size, and in an instant it became like a rat fairy.
The size of the witch was like a small black leopard, with its back arched, whining in its throat, and baring its teeth to make a threatening sound at them.
"Oh!" The Mouse Immortal raised his arm again, twirled the beard at the corner of his mouth, and made a slight supplement to his answer: "Well, let me add it again... This Schrödinger cat is between a cat and a non-
The state between cats. If you think it is a cat, then it is a cat. If you think it is not a cat, then it is not a cat."
Korma's eyes narrowed, with a dangerous glint in them.
"What do you mean?" the witch took out the Dharma book behind her, bent down slightly, stared at the black cat in front of her, and prepared to attack at any time, while saying with evil intentions: "This is a wizard
A cat transformed by transfiguration? But we just saw that it can become bigger and smaller... Is there really a wizard who chooses to become a schizophrenic in order to still have power after using transfiguration? This is too funny
!”
The Rat Immortal smiled and said nothing.
The black cat opposite couldn't hold it any longer.
The witch's tight figure and the book glowing with cyan magic told him that if he didn't plan to leave some body parts here, it would be best to seize the last two moments and say something.
"Pause!" Black Cat shrank back and shouted: "Today is the Forbidden Day! Wizards cannot use magic! We must respect ancient traditions!"
The witch raised her eyebrows in surprise.
Then she looked at the Mouse Fairy, with a wicked smile on her face, and said very tactfully: "As long as I kill you, no one, no, no cat will know that I used magic today!"
Okay, okay, since she is willing to intervene, it means that the situation is not so bad that it cannot be saved. The black cat's thoughts started to change rapidly, and at the same time, he put away the sharp blade protruding from the gap between his claws, and was the first to show his goodwill.
"I mean no harm, I just happened to be passing by." The black cat tried hard to express his kindness, his eyes wandered between the person and the mouse several times, and then added: "And I didn't hear anything just now."
"It's counterproductive." The Rat Immortal commented.
"It's superfluous," said the witch.
The black cat's face turned darker.
"If you had any ill intentions, you would have been buried under the roots of the Soul-Returning Poplar and used as tree fertilizer. How could you still have a chance to beep here?" Korma did not put away the Dharma book, but her tense posture softened slightly.
One point: "You should find a better excuse."
The black cat looked at her eagerly.
Half a moment.
"If you think it's appropriate, maybe I can serve as the 'guide' you just mentioned." The black cat said dryly, with his ears pulled into the shape of an airplane, as if he was lying low.
The witch squinted her eyes and looked at the Mouse Immortal subtly.
"That's it." The Rat Immortal twirled his beard with satisfaction: "Destiny is so wonderful... If there is anyone else in this world who can help you find that secret place faster, then it is only this black cat."
When Zheng Qing heard this, his whole body trembled, and he nervously looked at the fat rat in front of him who didn't know how old he was.
He always felt that the mouse had seen through his true identity beneath the cat's skin.
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ps1, the question in the previous chapter "Ask: There is a cat riding on a tree, but there is no cat on the ground. How many cats are there in total? Whose family does the cat belong to?" I wrote it wrong, which will slightly affect the later part.
ps2, don’t worry about Chinese homophony, just assume they all speak Chinese.