In his desire to get faster than he''d ever been before, he was able to tap into a power hidden deep in his body—in his very DNA.


    Speed was supposed toe from the legs. It was supposed to be a factor in how much force he pushed the ground with his legs.


    But somehow, as he had his hand outstretched towards Lizzie''s pouncing position, his body started elerating at an even faster rate than before. Yet, both of his legs were off the ground. This was supposed to be impossible.


    He felt a force from behind him push him forward.


    He felt the world turn slower. The blur he saw from before was now crystal clear.


    He could see Lizzie''s changing expression from a sly smile to a shocked expression. He could see her whiskers vibrate as she realized that he was getting fast enough to catch her before she could even pounce toward him. He could see the red tail behind her start to spin, allowing her to have a burst of momentum that pushed her backward.


    Lizzie jumped up and away from him like a spooked cat, but An already anticipated her move. He stepped on the ground to catch up to her.


    And if someone looked at his foot clearly, his shoes were levitating just a few centimeters away from the ground!


    But even so, he was still able to burst forth to chase Lizzie before she could get away.


    Lizzie looked at An''s face and saw his absent-minded eyes.


    Is he in the zone?!


    She quickly turned around and bent down on all fours, using both her feet and her arms to run on the ground. She buried her ws in the flooring and created more force for her to push forward.


    This was the fastest speed she''d ever been in, and it was something that An couldn''t even see before. He would only see a blur.


    So, she thought she would have gotten rid of him.


    But, her whiskers suddenly wriggled on her cheeks. It alerted her of a dangerous threating towards her at fast speeds. She didn''t have to look back to know that An''s hands were just mere inches away from her shoulders.


    She used her tail to suddenly change directions by turning a sharp right. Her mutation allowed her to keep her speed and momentum even while she turned 90 degrees.


    And just like before, she used this opportunity to take another sharp turn and end up behind An to slip past into his blind spot. Only then could she control the pace of this battle.


    But as she turned, she only saw An''s palms outstretched towards her face.


    She visibly gasped and quickly used her tail to retreat once again.


    I can''t even get to his blind spot anymore!n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    Somehow, not only was An fast enough to keep up with her four-legged sprint, but also her near-perfect agility! She couldn''t understand how he was able to turn sideways like her without losing any speed or drifting forward. He didn''t have any cat tail to help him perform those feats! Experience more on empire


    Lizzie sprinted through the room, changing directionspletely at random. Yet, somehow, An was able to keep up with her all the same.


    She couldn''t even try to w at him anymore. She knew that any time she tried to get close to him, he would take that opportunity to catch her in the act.


    Her only choice was to run. She had to run until the two-hour mark was finished. Only then could she discourage An from partaking in the mission.


    But her whiskers and her ears were telling her that An was getting even faster! If she were to run straight ahead, An would be able to catch up to her in just a second!


    She had to resort to zigzagging through the room, changing her directions any time he was able to catch up to her.


    As she ran, her whiskers once again trembled. This time, her feline instincts kicked in and she turned around and swatted the hand that was about to catch her shoulders.


    An''s hand was reflected away, but it didn''t take him a second to stretch his other hand and try to grab her in the air.


    Lizzie had no choice but to escape upwards. She elongated the ws in her hands and used them to scale the high walls of the training room.


    Once she was near the top, she jumped up using her legs and pierced her hand ws to the ceiling, allowing her to stay in the corner.


    She looked down and saw An stop at the very edge of the wall. He had no ws to help him climb up the tall wall like her.


    She thought she''d be able to have a few minutes of rest up in the ceiling, but then, she suddenly saw him walking backward until he had his back against the wall.


    He bent down and put his hands on the floor, like a sprinter about to start a race.


    This gave her a bad feeling.


    There''s no way he''d be able to do it, right?


    An served to prove her wrong by running towards the opposite wall with his fastest speed. It was a speed that would have caught Lizzie in a straight race.


    It only took him a fraction of a second to reach the opposite wall. But he didn''t stop. He continued running until he raised his leg and kicked the wall, allowing him to run upwards using the momentum he gathered from the sprint.


    Lizzie couldn''t hide the shock in her face as An ran up the wall, about to reach her.


    She had no choice but to retract her ws from the ceiling and let herself fall to the ground.


    But on the way down, she was intercepted by An who jumped from the wall towards her to catch her in mid-air.


    She already anticipated this and used her tail''s ability, ''double jump'' to push herself forward and evade his arms.


    At least, she thought she did.


    But a fraction of a secondter, she suddenly felt his arms wrap around her waist, catching her in mid-air. She looked back at him in surprise, and he looked at her with pure tion in his face.


    He did it.