“Roar!”
Susu carefully inspected herself.
Seeing that no “components” were missing or left in dangerous places, she relaxed a little.
But she couldn’t just let the matter of being inexplicably teased go!
After some thought, she tilted her head up slightly, opened a mouth where her teeth hadn’t even fully grown in, and let out a furious roar at the Black Panther.
In her mind, it was her most threatening pose.
In reality, the sound that came out was as soft and harmless as a mewling, unweaned kitten…
The sound was so pathetic that even Susu herself felt ashamed.
Naturally, it posed no real threat to Brother Leopard.
In fact, her attempt to act fierce despite being so soft and harmless seemed to amuse the Black Panther, who let out a pleased rumble from deep in his throat.
However, as if to demonstrate what a proper roar should sound like, Brother Leopard suddenly rose up on his forelegs without any warning.
He lowered his head, the lazy, harmless look in his eyes vanishing completely.
His gaze, now sharp as a blade and accompanied by an intense, bone-chilling killing intent, mimicked Susu’s earlier pose as he let out an intimidating, “Roar!”
“…”
You and your big mouth!
You win!
Sprayed in the face with spittle, Susu backed down immediately.
She covered her head with her paws and silently shrank deeper into the tree hollow.
With a terrified expression, she carefully curled into a ball, trying to reduce her presence.
Perhaps sensing her fear, Brother Leopard stood up.
He lowered his head and watched her quietly through the entrance of the hollow for a long moment before flicking his tail and turning to deal with the prey he had just brought back.
Susu hadn’t been lying in the hollow for long when she once again caught the enticing, bloody scent wafting through the air.
She didn’t know if it was because of her species change or something else, but her aversion to the smell of blood wasn’t as strong as before.
In fact, she found the temptation almost irresistible.
The taste of the fresh meat she had eaten not long ago still seemed to linger in her mouth.
Susu licked her lips, looking expectantly at Brother Leopard, whose back was turned as he processed the carcass.
They had both gone hungry for most of the day.
Couldn’t he consider giving her a piece to tide her over?!
Besides, she was still small.
The amount of meat needed to fill her belly wouldn’t even fill the gaps between Brother Leopard’s teeth!
However, Brother Leopard continued to prepare his prey as if nothing were happening, completely oblivious to the pair of eager eyes staring at his back, hoping he would turn around.
Susu watched him closely for a while and was suddenly surprised by the way the Black Panther was handling the prey.
Taking a closer look, she saw it was a rabbit-like animal with soft, thick, grayish-brown fur.
As if afraid of damaging the fine pelt, Brother Leopard was meticulously starting from the less dense fur on its belly, biting it open bit by bit, then using his claws to help.
It looked for all the world like he was trying to peel the entire skin off in one piece.
This…
Suddenly, a bold idea formed in her mind.
Although she found it incredible and hard to accept, she had a growing feeling that this Black Panther…
was sentient!
At the very least, based on his behavior so far, he was definitely not just a simple beast living in the jungle!
Just as Susu’s mind was stuffed so full of this novel idea that she felt she might get indigestion, Brother Leopard finally moved.
He walked over with a piece of fresh meat torn from the prey in his mouth, then placed the morsel steadily on the ground.
About a meter away from the entrance to the hollow!