"No! My loves! My precious ones!"
"Boss! Don't take me away from them!"
"Please! I'll come back for all of you! I swear it! Just wait for me stay a little longer!"
Xiao Buchi's shrill rat cries echoed through the dim alley as his tiny body writhed in desperation.
His claws dug frantically into the dirt, scraping and clawing at anything he could grasp, but it was all useless.
A rough vine had been tightly wound around his body, binding his limbs, while three burly rats hauled him away without mercy.
"Boss! Have you all gone mad?!" he screamed, his voice cracking with panic.
"They need me! I just got them! They'll be taken by other males if I'm gone! I love them all!"
Behind him, a chorus of distressed squeaks erupted.
The group of female rats he had painstakingly gathered huddled together, some chasing after him for a few steps before stopping in fear, others watching helplessly as their great rat lord was dragged farther and farther away.
