Upon hearing Haku's words, Ryunosuke was momentarily stunned, thinking that something seemed off. Normally, when someone encountered a person picking their lock, they would first ask, 'Who the hell are you?' then tell them to get out, and finally immediately call the police, right?
Usually, it should be like that, but this time... it seemed a little unusual. Could he be a colleague? But there were no signs of the lock having been picked before?
Here, Ryunosuke was still rapidly assessing the situation.
On the other side, upon hearing Haku tell him to tie up the man in front of him, Tom couldn't help but point at himself, then at the man opposite, who was nearly three times his height, as if to say, 'Are you sure my small body can handle him?'
But Haku said nothing, only confidently gave Tom a thumbs-up.
After receiving Haku's affirmative reply, Tom immediately swallowed hard.
Although he was a little bit panicked, he still tossed his 'National Mouse Catching Champion' trophy aside, then reached behind him and pulled out a noose from seemingly nowhere.
Holding the end of the rope with his left hand, his right hand began to swing the noose, faster and faster, until it became a blur.
"Huh? You're not trying to get this cat to attack me, are you? Hahaha... Wait, is that thing a cat?!" Halfway through his mockery, Ryunosuke watched Tom's next move, immediately looking bewildered at Tom, who was swinging the rope.
Once the rope was swung to a suitable speed, Tom flung it directly in Ryunosuke's direction.
The rope, which had only been a meter long just a moment ago, inexplicably extended in Tom's hand, flying straight towards Ryunosuke, six meters away, in an extremely anti-physical manner!
Although Ryunosuke couldn't understand what kind of move this was, he still dodged. Ryunosuke simply took a casual sidestep to the right, easily avoiding the noose Tom had just thrown.
However, before Ryunosuke could even let out a sigh of relief, his pupils suddenly constricted.
The noose, having flown past him without ensnaring him, just hung motionlessly in the air, as if Newton's laws didn't exist on this Earth.
Then, something even more hair-raising happened: the noose lingered in the spot where he had previously stood for less than two seconds before immediately making a right-angle turn and flying towards his current position, more like a guided missile than a guided missile!
"Not good!" By this point, it was too late for Ryunosuke to dodge. The existence of inertia caused him to enter a brief period of stiffness, and in that instant, the noose accurately dropped over his head, trapping his entire body, including his hands, in place.
It wasn't over yet. After ensnaring Ryunosuke, the lasso began to rapidly coil itself in an extremely bizarre manner.
Finally, with the noose tying itself into a bow, it ceased its anti-physical movement that could have pried open Newton's coffin lid, and Ryunosuke was now completely bundled up like a zongzi.
As a result, Ryunosuke could barely move any part of his body, with only his lower legs capable of very small movements.
Ryunosuke couldn't comprehend this supernatural scene at all. When it was thrown, the rope was only a meter long, so how could it have tied him into a bundle?!
"Nice, Tom! Well do... wait." Seeing Tom effortlessly take down Ryunosuke, Haku couldn't help but exclaim excitedly. However, before he could finish his praise, a subtle change suddenly occurred on the scene.
Ryunosuke, faced with something he couldn't comprehend, subconsciously took a small half-step back.
It was this tiny movement that pulled Tom, who was tightly gripping the rope, a full meter towards Ryunosuke!
In fact, Tom, who was gripping the rope tightly and braking with his feet—oh no, braking with his cat-feet—left two one-meter-long furrows on the wooden floor!
It wasn't until Tom was pulled to the corridor connecting the entrance and the living room that he stopped being dragged by Ryunosuke, by bracing his feet against both sides of the doorway.
Not only was Haku stunned, but Ryunosuke was even more incredulous, looking at Tom, who had been pulled over a full meter by him, and the two one-meter-long furrows under his feet. And he had only taken a half-step back, a mere ten centimeters!
'Huh? Am I really that strong?!'
Ryunosuke, who had initially thought he had encountered a supernatural event and was surely doomed, instantly became brave when he realized he seemed capable of easily defeating that cat!
Following the same method of retreating, Ryunosuke tried to take another step back. Just like before, even though Tom was bracing his feet against the wall trying to hold on, Ryunosuke felt no pulling sensation whatsoever, to the point where he could directly call Tom 'feeble'.
After confirming it once more, Ryunosuke's confidence finally returned completely.
He now fully understood that while this blue bipedal cat named Tom seemed a bit strange, it was clear that his own combat power far exceeded its.
As long as he could pull Tom in front of him, a single headbutt would surely end the fight.
Conversely, Tom was again pulled a full meter towards Ryunosuke, though this time only his body moved closer by a meter, and his feet were merely stretched by a meter, still firmly braced at the corridor's exit.
At this point, the distance between Ryunosuke and Tom was only about two meters. With just one more half-step back, Tom would enter the range of Ryunosuke's headbutt attack.
Just at this crucial moment, Tom released his right hand, reached out casually, and pulled out a large club, about the size and length of a wrist.
Although Ryunosuke was a bit puzzled as to where Tom pulled out the club from, he wasn't flustered at all. With Tom's meager strength, even if he hit him, it would be no more than an infant's punch, not to mention he would end the fight with a headbutt before Tom could even attack.
And so... Ryunosuke, with extreme confidence, took his final half-step back.
With this half-step, finally, he and Tom were face to face, less than half a meter apart.
It can be said with certainty that when two male creatures are this close, there are only two possibilities: either they are fighting or they are gay.
At this moment, Ryunosuke and Tom, two male creatures, were like two quick-draw gunslingers in a Western duel, after a brief standoff, they both made their move simultaneously!
Ryunosuke pushed off with his legs and leaned his body down, ready for a full-force headbutt. However, just then, he noticed that Tom wasn't swinging his large club, but instead was holding it suspended about ten centimeters above his head.
This caused Ryunosuke to hesitate in his action, making him wonder if Tom had given up on attacking.
As Ryunosuke was thinking this, Tom, without even moving his wrist, simply gripped the club with his hand and swung it downwards, hitting Ryunosuke's head.
"Bang!!!!!!!"