"Less nonsense."
Rat Immortal cut off the black-robed wizard's words: "Watch carefully, don't let any dirty things mix into your laboratory."
As it spoke, its long tail suddenly stretched out, reaching beyond the wooden carrier and, from the crowd of rats, it coiled around a rat wearing a green vest—the rat waved its paws in terror, its face showing human-like expressions.
"Spare me!" It only managed to cry out these two words.
"Sorry, private matters, no outside visitors," said Rat Immortal emotionlessly to the rat as its tail suddenly tightened.
There was a snap.
The neck of the rat in the green vest was then twisted to one side.
The tail loosened and with a flop, the rat fell onto the soft soil of the forest, quickly sinking into the ground and vanishing, like a wave disappearing into the ocean. The other vested rats seemed not to notice, still lining up in neat rows, orderly surging towards that small door.
The black-robed wizard took a deep sigh.
