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Chapter 305 To say that it was a cat would be too silly.
“I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I have a feeling that Central City has been enveloped by a strange, large hand lately.”

Caitlin looked at Cisco with a puzzled expression, wondering what was wrong with him this time.

What are you talking about?

"Haven't you noticed?" Cisco asked, still looking serious. "What we've seen recently, near the city center, doesn't it seem like everyone has something extra in their hands?"

"what?"

Caitlin asked casually, then took a bite of the osmanthus cake in her hand.

As it turns out, good food can indeed soothe the soul. Ever since Cisco started bringing pastries to the lab, Caitlin has become less indifferent and aloof than she initially was. In a sense, she is gradually emerging from the shadows of her life.

Cisco: "Snacks, snacks!"

"Snack? What snack?"

Joe's voice suddenly rang out at the door, and he and Iris walked into the laboratory hall one after the other.

At this moment, he was also holding a green rice dumpling in his hand.

“It’s that one you’re holding—wait, did you see that food truck today?” Francisco’s eyes lit up. “Where did you see it?”

“It was at the police station entrance, but the person had already left,” Joe replied. “Did you buy those ‘snacks’ from that food truck?”

“Dad, what are you talking about?” Iris frowned and walked straight to the hospital bed in the center of the hall. “Have you forgotten? We came to see Barry.”

"Yes, that's right."

Joe nodded in agreement: "I was just a little sensitive because I heard there was some kind of mastermind behind it all. It's just my profession. Don't worry about it."

Caitlin shrugged and suggested to Cisco, "How about this, you give me the plate, and I'll go make it for you again—"

"hey-hey!"

Cisco quickly put away the dessert plate: "Last time you tested that ham mooncake, the result was still 'more than enough,' I won't fall for it a second time."

Caitlin pouted.

"Getting back to the point." Joe walked to Barry's side, looking at him still sleeping peacefully and at the steadily changing numbers on the medical equipment, and couldn't help but sigh. He asked Cisco and Caitlin, "Is Barry still not showing any signs of waking up?"

“No,” Caitlin replied. “However, his brain scan looks fine. In theory, he is quite healthy and could wake up at any time.”

Hearing this, Iris couldn't help but reach out and touch Barry's face: "But he hasn't woken up."

Cisco and Caitlin watched Iris act as if no one else was around, and couldn't help but think at the same time, "She must really like Barry, they're a perfect match."

One was a beautiful, blue-eyed, blonde girl, and the other a handsome, tall, and sunny boy. They were close in age and seemed very close. According to Joe, they even grew up under the same roof, so it was perfectly normal for them to develop feelings for each other. In fact, not only Cisco and Caitlin, but also Joe and many others could see that Barry liked Iris, and Iris was very close to Barry.

The two often have habits and details that they have developed since childhood. Iris will naturally touch Barry's face. When they go out, they will habitually link arms with each other. Their toothbrushes are placed together, and their shoes are placed together. They have lived together for so long that, to others, when they are together, they are like a natural whole, rather than a brother and sister.

But Iris doesn't seem to realize this yet. To her, Barry is a younger brother she's lived with for over a decade. They know each other so well that she doesn't have any similar thoughts about him.

"In our area, such a couple would be called a 'golden couple'."

Looking at the Starry Sky Laboratory lobby on the monitor, Ma Zhaodi couldn't help but shake his head: "From this angle, these two seem quite well-matched."

Of course, he had to use the skills he had bought. Ma Zhaodi knew where the center of events in Central City was. He used his high-tech computer to secretly infiltrate the Star Lab, the Central City Police Department, the Mercury Lab, and the military network, etc. Basically, if something big was going to happen in Central City, the news would inevitably circulate in these places.

At the same time, he followed the trail and, using the lab's network, found hidden cameras in multiple locations, including the police station, Joe West's home, and Star Labs. Clearly, these cameras were used by Reverse Flash to spy on Barry's daily life.

In fact, he also found another hidden artificial AI in the Star Labs, but he didn't dare to use the network to contact that AI. Firstly, it was unnecessary, and secondly, he was afraid of being discovered by Reverse Flash.

"Boss, boss, you should cook me two dishes, meow."

A high-pitched voice rang out beside him. The volume was not loud, and the tone was quite cute, but Ma Zhaodi's face immediately darkened.

He closed his laptop and saw a cat-like creature standing at his feet, looking up at him.

To call it a cat would be too silly; its limbs are round like Doraemon's, its head and upper body are covered in soft purple fur, it has two small, round, black, cross-eyed eyes, and a strange mouth on its face that looks like a nose.

Clear, abstract, silly, and adorably clumsy, it's like a comedic creature straight out of a comic book, rather than a cat in the normal sense.

"Do you dare repeat what you just said?"

"Boss, boss, you should cook me two."

Silly Cat tried to influence Ma Zhaodi with its cross-eyed eyes, but after noticing that his face was getting darker and darker, it immediately changed its tune: "Boss, boss, I'll go cook you two dishes, meow."

"I really don't understand." Ma Zhaodi couldn't help but pick it up from the ground and watch it wriggle its round limbs and kick wildly in the air. He couldn't help but complain, "I spent a month and a half saving up enough asset points to exchange for you."

"At first, she was so well-behaved. She would cook two dishes for me on her own when it was time to eat, and she would tidy up the house when she was free. I could even cuddle her when she slept. She didn't shed any fur, and she would act cute and silly sometimes, but she was quite adorable."

"Look at yourself now! Take a good look!" He pinched the cat's belly in exasperation. "In such a short time, tell me how much weight you've gained? How much lazier you've become? Huh? Why has it come to the point where I have to cook two dishes just for you? Answer me!"

He turned the cat's head back from the side and stared directly into its beady eyes: "Look in my ass! Tell me! Why!"

Tell me how many snacks I ate today!

(End of this chapter)