The strongest hunter cat is defeated by a stink bug! My beloved cat has stopped hunting bugs.

When a bug appears in the room, as a cat owner, you naturally want to rely on your beloved pets, thinking, "It's your time to shine!" However, living with my three cats taught me that cats aren't always stronger than bugs.

I wonder if there are other cats out there who lose to bugs just like mine...?

【Midsummer Horror】A dead roach was in the hallway, belly up...

"If a bug appears, I'll just rely on my cats." There was a time when I truly believed that. That’s because there was an incident where I thought my cats had defeated a cockroach (G) for me.

When I was in my late 20s, I came home from a date in high spirits. As I was walking down the hallway thinking, "Time to use the restroom," I saw a sight that instantly wiped that cheerfulness away.

...There was a "G" in the middle of the hallway! It was quite a big one. As I approached cautiously, thinking about trivial things like, "What on earth did it eat to grow so large?", I saw it was flipped over and dead.

Please, don't let there be any unwanted surprises like, "Actually, I was just sleeping!"—the way cats do with their bellies up!! Hoping strongly against that, I used a broom and dustpan to scoop up the roach and get rid of it. I was so relieved there was no "belly-up surprise." As I sighed in relief, a thought occurred to me.

Having cats at home really is the best! I’m so grateful I don't have to face the G directly. I gave my sleeping cats kisses one by one. (Now that I think about it, I might have been having an indirect kiss with the G...) Just to be safe, I wiped down their paws, gave them a hug, and said, "Thank you! I'm counting on you!"

A giant stink bug appears! Leon, our ace, suffers an unexpected defeat...

Because I have cats, I'm safe no matter what bug appears! Bring it on. After my indirect encounter with the G, I felt like I was sailing in a sturdy ship.

However, one day, my steady confidence was shaken. After taking a bath, I took a bath towel out of the vanity and noticed a green stain. Huh...? Did I make a mess here? I wondered, and when I put on my glasses, I realized it was a huge stink bug.

"Waaa!! Seriously!! Help! Cats!!" I screamed for an SOS at the top of my lungs, echoing through the room. Yet, not a single one of my cats woke up; they all kept sleeping soundly.

"If this were a manga, this is where the cats would definitely assemble to help me..." I thought about such trivial things while getting dressed, ready to face the bug. I felt like a hero wannabe clad in tattered rags preparing for battle.

While I was preparing for battle, the stink bug moved to the living room where the cats were. I grabbed a bug-catching net I had bought just in case and ran into the living room like a bug-catching kid.

At this point, the cats finally woke up and joined me at the stink bug's location. Maybe, just maybe, the cats could do something... I held onto that hope, shouting things like, "Kotaro, use Thunderbolt!" or "Jiji, use Metronome!" when suddenly, Leon unleashed a "Pound" attack on the bug!

However, the stink bug reacted quickly, and Leon was doused in foul-smelling liquid before it escaped.

Having suffered an unexpected counterattack, Leon was devastated. He immediately lost his energy, and his tail drooped. Seeing Leon's failure, the other two seemed to lose their nerve, thinking, "Wait, is that thing actually strong...?" and retreated behind me.

Fueled by anger—"How dare you do that to my Leon!"—I managed to capture the stink bug. After some trial and error, I succeeded in getting it outside.

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