"Many readers wrote to ask me how" "I found so many things to write about" "In fact, some happened to myself" "Tonight's theme is about three persons" "No, two men... and one cat, to be exact" "And the story should begin with my friend Li Tung" "You make so much noise at this hour every night" "Don't people have to sleep?" "Now I couldn't care less!" "Open up!" "Open up!" "Why don't you open up?" "Open up, open up!" "What the hell's the matter with you?" "You make so much noise after midnight every night" "What are you hammering?" "A coffin?" "Sorry to have disturbed you" "You're making me nervous" "If you go on," "I'll call the police" "My goodness!" "I'll try... to cut down the noise" "Easy" "Up!" "Be careful." "Take it easy" "Easy" "Be careful!" "Sorry, I'm really sorry" "Are you moving?" "Sorry for the noise I caused" "You hammer each night... for what?" "Wait a minute" "Can start now" "Li Tung told me that out of curiosity" "He decided to go to that old man's home to have a look" "Mr Chen, they can still move" "These intestines are fresh-scarcely 2 hours old" "Wang Chieh-mei, the intestines of a child?" "Don't panic before the truth is out" "They're intestines all right" "But it is a cat's, not a man's" "I told you not to make any fuss!" "Right" "No more gory violence." "Cheers!" "Brother, I don't drink before sunset" "The sun has set in many parts... of the world" "Come on, drink" "Really want me to drink?" "Drink" "What is that?" "Vodka, the strongest wine in the world" "It can burn easily, terrific!" "Terrific!" "Pai So, are the crabs ready?" "You've been teasing me the whole night" "Don't keep bullying Li Tung" "We bully you?" "Eat crabs" "This wine is very strong" "Good" "Give me a gun" "Gun?" "Show me" "Come on, really nice" "These wines won't agree with you" "Try yellow wine for better taste" "Hong Kong people can drink at will." "So lucky" "Thank you, madam" "Come on" "Come on, drink" "A bigger gulp" "Wisely, there's something spooky about that house" "That can and girl stared at me with eyes wide open" "Wang, can the police get someone to investigate" "The whereabouts and background of that cat?" "If we had time for that" "We might as well catch a thief" "Who's got time to care about that cat?" "Crazy!" "But frankly, that cat and girl do" "Look like demons in Greek mythology" "Nothing could arouse your interest more than firls" "Don't get jealous over nothing!" "I have a strong feeling" "Friends even suspect me... to be from another star" "I am convinced that girl and cat come from another star" "They should be good-natured" "But kindness is bound to bring evil" "evil is coming to pass in this city" "Something... strange happens in the historical museum" "There is a gadget in the museum" "An octagon, which baffles even the archaeologists" "But to the starmen" "It's an important weapon" "Who's it?" "Who's it?" "ErroI" "Curiosity is the finest thing in life" "Curiosity leads to progress" "And retards the ageing process" "Young girl, cat, old man, they all disappear" "But I must follow the case" "But how to get started?" "Well, Li Tung said" "That when that girl moved" "The transportation company seemed to be Jen Jen" "I remember seeing the TV... and of and old man lifting his finger" "My curiosity forces me to get to the bottom of the thing" "What?" "Someone's coming?" "With the address given me by that old man" "I eventually found the house they live in" "There's nobody, don't panic!" "We must find the other octagon as soon as possible" "Only then can we wipe out the star killer" "And return home" "If by chance we can't go back" "We'd better die over here" "Who?" "Who's there?" "Come out quickly!" "Don't hurt him!" "Destroy him just in case" "No, we can't kill mankind" "There's no hatred between us" "I thought I was dreaming" "Till I see... this wound" "I never knew a cat could fight too" "And so hard" "That cat tried to kill me, but that girl saved me" "This matter is getting increasingly confusing" "That cat is dangerous" "But when I woke up in that house that day" "I found no trace of either the cat or man" "I gave up hope... of getting to the bottom of the case" "Till Pai So... and I discovered that cat's trace" "On TV News the other morning" "Got it from a ball game?" "I hit myself against the wall" "Why?" "I could've helped you" "You?" "You didn't even come once a week" "What's the matter?" "Why take my underwear" "When you've got so much of your own?" "It gives me the feeling... of you holding me close?" "You don't need me any more then" "You went to bed late last night." "Why get up so early today?" "Want to sleep 4 hours a day like Napoleon did?" "He'd sleep 3 hours a day only" "If he knew 1997 was fast approaching" "Is a man more potent early... in the morning?" "Here now is a special announcement" "A mysterious theft occurred" "In a historical museum early this morning" "The burglars stole only an octagon... with centuries of history" "No other items on display were lost" "The burglars broke in through the window, according to the police" "They broke the glass box... and took away that" "We also believe... they fought 2 guards" "And ended up killing them" "Here ends this special bulletin" "I'm sure it's linked with that big cat" "I'm going too" "Let me take a bath first" "Okay" "Don't!" "You scoundrel, you fling me down the water!" "Damn it!" "Don't go!" "Wang Chieh-mei?" "I'm now going to the spot of the theft" "See you at the Exhibition in half an hour." "Goodbye" "Morning, sir" "Sergeant, how's the situation?" "No idea." "Go and see for yourself" "There are traces of burn all over" "But no signs of a fire" "I guess no human could've achieved this" "Everything else okay?" "Sir, the man who takes fingerprints is here" "Here?" "What?" "Taking fingerprints when it's all burnt" "A matter of procedure only" "Morning, Mr Chou" "Morning" "Sir, I won't handle the hair" "I'm sure it was that cat's" "That cat's wrought so much havoc" "But I can do nothing about it" "Animals punish sinning animals" "One can't live... with incessant barks" "And still enjoys it." "What a crank he is!" "Chen lives alone in such a big house" "Because no one cares... to work for him" "So it's you, Wisely" "Never imagined that?" "I only want to see these dogs" "This is my friend Inspector Wang" "This is Mr Chen" "Please come in" "Chen, tell your baby not to be so passionate" "Remember you were scared by my dogs last time?" "Chen, I want to borrow a dog from you" "The fiercest and most belligerent one" "What for?" "To get even... with a neighbor's dog?" "No, a cat" "Cat?" "You must be joking" "Heard the morning news?" "I suspect it was linked with that cat" "Under these circumstances, we must assign Lao Pu" "Which Lao Pu?" "Look, he's taking a rest" "This is Lao Pu" "He's the most beautiful yet bravest dog in the world" "No dogs are his match" "I think he's eligible" "But how can I take him out if he's not in the mood?" "There are not more than 10 dogs of this pedigree in this world" "He has a unique personality... and hates beck and call" "He keeps calm when facing a strong rival" "He's a real fighter and looks every inch like one" "He's a dog with a difference" "Say something nice to him" "Lao Pu, you really are a good dog" "I've never seen anyone as capable as you are" "Now, take him away" "I'm leaving" "Bye-bye" "Thank you" "Mr Wang" "Got a lead... on the bank robbers" "Let me go and see" "I've had joy rides with girls" "But never with a dog!" "Now that dog has been following me like a close friend" "I feel the same way too" "Could I have changed?" "Help me!" "Help me!" "Help me!" "Help me!" "I've lost my best friend Wang Chieh-mei" "It takes 3 days... to mutate the human body" "So we must make use of the human body... before the mutation is complete sure" "Now go and get the weapons" "Get going" "Mr Wang, can I help you?" "What's so urgent over the phone?" "Some of your folks got killed?" "It won't happen at my home" "What do you mean, Mr Wang?" "I'm joking too" "What is it all about?" "Guns" "Can't you get them from the arsenal yourself?" "We must keep this a secret" "So the police are perpetrating" "They take the law into their own hands even before 1997" "I would've arrested all of you" "If your brother hadn't been my man" "Show me" "This is Milan 357 calibre, the deadliest Colt" "fatal Inspector uses it too" "It has too few bullets" "Fast loading makes it as effective" "AKM is the most advanced portable light machine gun of the Communists" "All the Terrorists use it" "It has too few bullets and is heavy" "USMG, an Israeli official;" "weapon fires 1,200 shots per minute" "MP5K, HK, West German" "It fires 850 shots per minute" "I also need guns with loose bullets" "The ordinary Remington has 5 shots only" "Your looks show it's not enough" "This is Demonstrator" "The 1 st Roulette Loose Bullets gun with a round of 12 shots" "Thank you" "What for?" "Business is business." "Police or thugs pay alike" "Collect it from hell!" "Mr Wang, that's not a funny joke" "I'm not joking" "I mean to finish off your mom too" "You're not human, you're not human" "I'm not human" "I'm not human" "Bye-bye" "Wisely, hungry?" "Shall we order snacks?" "Follow me" "Quiet!" "After him!" "You've made a mess of my Lao Pu" "Luckily Lao Pu is still alive" "Or Chen, a pet lover, would've forfeited my life for him" "Professor Yu, how's Lao Pu?" "How's Lao Pu?" "He's going to live." "Don't worry" "I'm now at ease" "He's so strong, he's going to survive any men" "He'll be OK in a week or two" "Thank you." "Professor Yu" "Thanks for saving his life" "Lao Pu" "Good boy, let's go home" "Lao Pu, let's go home" "Be nice, Lao Pu" "Lao Pu, let's go home." "Be nice" "Professor" "Professor Yu, how's the lab report on that cat's tail?" "Wisely, what are you up to?" "This is a university lab" "Why make fun of me with a dead cat's tail?" "Dead cat's tail?" "Yes, bone analysis shows it died... scores of years ago" "After the carving, we can wipe out the enemy?" "If we piece together the two octagon" "That'll sure kill the enemy" "Don't worry, I'll take you back" "general" "ErroI, he's injured" "How come that cat's tail is missing?" "Why did you get to Wisely?" "Our duty as knights is to protect our master" "Now you've lost part of your body" "How can we take you to leave the earth?" "ErroI, don't blame him" "He is also a brave knight" "He got that compass himself" "What happened last night is incredible!" "The taiI of that cat..." "I chased stuck by my car's trunk" "And he ran away after biting his tail off" "After analysis, it belonged to a cat who died over scores of years ago" "But I saw it... fully alive" "How could it be a dead cat?" "Want to have a look?" "So ugly, it's better to bury it quickly" "You're evil" "You're damned, you scare me" "Could that cat be coming back... to find his own tail?" "Impossible!" "Don't make me nervous" "Pai So, don't move, let me cope with him" "Wisely, don't!" "Please don't worry." "We mean well" "Who are you?" "We... we're not earthmen" "We come from outer space" "We fled to the earth... only because" "Our star was occupied by evil influence" "When the old man was telling the story" "Space killers were closing on us" "I owe you no grudge." "Why did you try to kill me at Tang House?" "We didn't mean to" "That night you slipped into Tang House" "We didn't mean to knock you unconscious" "It was we who saved you" "What about the cat intestines..." "Li Tung found at your home?" "To prolong that cat's life" "I kept researching the cat bowels" "Wisely, now we're all in danger" "Our bodies must get out of earth quickly" "We must graft this cat's tail first" "How can you do it?" "He can do it" "It's okay" "Wisely, the killers from outer space are here!" "Don't worry, Pai So, follow us" "Light the fire quickly!" "Wang Chieh-mei?" "Chieh-mei" "Quiet!" "Is he human?" "He's no linger your friend" "Keep away!" "Run!" "Give it to me" "Don't!" "ErroI" "Don't!" "ErroI" "Don't!" "ErroI" "Run!" "Run!" "Come, hurry up" "Hurry up" "Why are you bringing us here?" "Now ErroI's dead." "Nobody to guide us" "I must get back to my own star" "Let's go up to have a look" "What on earth is she looking for?" "I've found it!" "Look!" "What's this?" "It is our star." "You take a look too" "Come over and see" "How are you going to go back now?" "Is this your spaceship?" "What?" "Spaceship, it's an earthman's term." "Primitive" "Your star emits very strange lights!" "I've got in contact with them" "The octagon has picked up signals from space" "Stellar radioactivity... will melt us into the galaxy" "To decompose our bodies" "And we'd be homing on the radio pulses" "That's tremendous!" "The general's body has been radiated" "He's now the strongest knight... in the universe" "Does it mean that if our bodies were decomposed" "We could likewise go to your star?" "Splendid." "Let's go up on a pleasure tour" "You're already going back." "Leave quickly" "If the enemy should keep up, it'd be too" "Fare you well" "We can't leave till the enemy is wiped out" "We now have the conquering weapon" "That tool?" "The cat's body" "The cat's body as the weapon?" "The octagon, when meshed with cat's hair, can decimate cells" "Why didn't that cat kill the enemy... when you were at my home?" "The octagon... didn't receive the stellar signal" "Now the time is ripe" "You know where the enemy is?" "We have hunches of his existence" "We can leave now" "Wait" "Let's go with you" "Pai So, report to the police now" "Leave through the back!" "Use it on the enemy" "Not now, not till the octagon radiates" "Let's leave quick!" "general" "Be careful!" "Wisely" "Catch" "Give me your hand" "Keep away!" "Don't go up!" "Come quickly!" "Give it to him!" "How are you going back now?" "Through this glittering substance" "general can take us back" "general" "Wisely, thank you" "We must leave" "Take care" "Wisely" "Are you all right?" "Yes" "Wisely, please return to the police to close the case as a matter of routine" "Okay" "What about them?" "Wisely, I'm a reporter of western daily" "I hear that you got a strange encounter." "Give me some data" "Sorry, I'm very tired" "No interview, please" "That's not right, wisely" "Or you may read it... in my next novel"