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"ah!!!"

Before the two scout rats in front of him could say anything, Big Ears let out a shocked cry, then covered his ears and rushed out of the scout hut.

The bewildered scout rats exchanged a glance and asked in confusion:

"What's wrong with Big Ears? Did he sleep too long and become stupid?"

He ran all the way to Big Ears on the main road of the park, holding his knees and panting heavily.

Am I still dreaming?! How can a talking mouse be?!

Big Ears straightened up and raised its paw to pinch its face hard.

"Ouch~ that hurts~" Big Ears clutched his aching cheek, muttering to himself in disbelief, "This doesn't seem like a dream..."

Just as Big Ears was doubting itself, it suddenly noticed something different out of the corner of its eye.

They were a group of strong, muscular rats. Their appearance and large ears were unlike anything I had ever seen before. These unfamiliar rats were carrying loads more than three times their own size as they hurried toward the warehouse.

In addition, it also saw several gray and white rats carrying wooden baskets in the barracks!

What... what kind of mouse is this?!

The big-eared little head was completely bewildered!

It just took a nap! Where did they get it? Is this still a hamster enclosure?!

Why does the whole park feel so unfamiliar?!

The bewildered Big Ears felt a surge of fear, completely forgetting that he was supposed to go to the cafeteria for lunch!

The increasingly frightened Big Ears suddenly thought of a place!

"Headquarters - General Command"

It's going to find Boss Tucci!

Previously, he was afraid to go to the headquarters because he was afraid that the boss would find out that he could talk, but now Big Ears doesn't care about anything anymore.

[Rapid Movement] [Dodge]

Big Ears charged recklessly all the way from the living area to the main camp in the center of the park.

Before he could even catch his breath, Big Ears strode up the steps and pounded on the gate of the base camp with his claws!

Tucci, who was sculpting a beautifully shaped mouse behind the door, was startled by the sudden knock on the door!

"Who is it?!"

Tucci put down his work, left his bedroom, and pushed open the door.

"Big Ears?" Tucci asked, looking at the nervously pacing Big Ears standing at the door. "Why are you always so nervous when I see you?!"

"What happened?"

Tucci looked annoyed; if Big Ears ever bothered him out of boredom, he was going to give it a good kick in the butt!

"Boss... Boss! Something terrible has happened!"

"What terrible thing has happened?"

"Say...say...speak!" Big Ears stammered nervously.

"Speak? Speak what?!" Tucci blinked and asked, "Speak clearly!!"

The impatient Big Ears started gesturing wildly, pointing in the direction of the scout hut and saying:

"They can talk...they can talk now!"

Twitch looked in the direction of the big ears and paws toward the scout hut, then suddenly realized:

"Oh, so that's what it is!"

"You can talk now, can't you?!"

Big Ears, who had been about to say something, suddenly froze, as if it had thought of something.

Then, right in front of Tucci, he collapsed to the ground.

It wailed, tearing at its fur with its two paws, "It's all over! So talking really is contagious! I'm the one who ruined them! I'm the one who turned them into monsters!!"

Tucci covered his furry ears and said, "Keep your voice down! You're going to go deaf!"

"Boss! It's all my fault! I could talk a long time ago!" Big Ears spoke more and more fluently, "But I heard from those mining humans that some believers, after being infected, become heretics, and heretics are executed!"

"I'm too scared to tell you!"

"Now I've infected all my comrades in the scout cabin..."

Big Ears looked at Tuchi with teary eyes, his face contorted in a mournful expression, and said, "Boss, if you're going to burn someone, burn me! Don't burn the other mice!!"

"..."

It took Twitch quite a while to figure out what Big Ears was thinking.

Speechless at the sight of Big Ears' rich inner world, Twitch said to him:

"I can talk all the time, so am I some kind of heretical rat?!"

"Because you're the boss!" the big-eared mouse whispered. "But I'm just a gray mouse with relatively large ears."

"..."

Having no other choice, Twitch summoned Korgan and Ironclaw through the rats' consciousness.

He heard from Kolgan that Ironclaw, Big Ears, and several other hamsters were his good friends, and that having them present would help with communication.

When Korgan, Ironclaw, and a smiling rat arrived at the base camp, they witnessed a comical scene.

Big Ears sat on the ground, with Boss Twitch standing beside it, looking completely at a loss.

Tucci briefly explained the situation to them, then ignored them and turned back to his base camp.

Iron Claw crouched down and leaned close to Big Ears to comfort him:

"It's okay! Big Ears! We're all the same!"

"You don't understand, you don't need to comfort me, wait until you can speak..." The big-eared voice paused for a moment, and when it realized that the voice was not coming from its head, it looked at the iron claw in front of it in shock.

"You...you can talk now?!"

"Yes!" Iron Claw smiled kindly and said calmly, "Now I can talk just like you!"

As an old friend, it knew that Big Ears was thoughtful and sensitive, so it began to patiently explain.

A moment later, when Korgan felt it was about time, he gently kicked Big Ears.

"That's enough. You actually ran to the boss's gate crying and making a scene. And you call yourself a scout rat!"

Korgan was fine until he mentioned it, and Big Ears started to break down again.

It clung to Kolgan's leg, crying, "So you can all talk!"

"Why didn't you say so sooner!"

"Look how scared I've been lately! I haven't been eating or sleeping well! I've even lost weight!!"

Big Ears wiped his snot and tears on Korgan's fur.

Korgan wanted to pull his legs back in disgust, but he couldn't bear to do it when he saw Big Ears like that.

In the end, it was that smiling mouse who came to Korgan's rescue...

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Inside the house, Twitch sat on his throne, quietly watching outside the door.

The arrival of Big Ears today has made Twitch start to seriously consider the skill [Voice of All Things].

Judging from the panel description, this skill does not immediately make the mouse talk after being granted it.

Instead, the mouse needs to learn the language through its own study.

As a scout, Big Ears had a lot of contact with humans and monsters and listened to them talk a lot, so he mastered language at a very young age and was able to speak.

Iron Claw was forced to learn to read by himself, so it's not surprising that it could master it quickly.

Korgan was an oddball, however, who learned the language from the book by watching the combat techniques.

Simply put, Tucci discovered that any mouse with high intelligence and self-awareness can easily learn to speak with the help of skills.

Unfortunately, only a small number of these mice are found in the park.

Most of them are just a bunch of dim-witted mice; they only know how to do the tasks assigned to their own class...

No matter how much Tucci helps him, he probably won't be able to speak.

However, Twitch's expectations were not high; he only needed some of the main mice to be able to talk.

Now that some of the mice can talk.

The plan to make contact with the surface world will likely need to be put on the agenda...