I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 43 I'm not sick, I don't take medicine
Most of these wild cats lazily lie on the walls of residents' yards to bask in the sun. They are basically native cats with various patterns and colors, including cow cats, orange cats, pear blossoms, tortoise shells, etc.

These cats seemed to be taken care of by someone, and each of them was fat and strong, with a shiny appearance.

They are not afraid of people, and people passing by cannot even make them move. The sound of two Toyotas driving by only makes them open their eyes slightly and take a look.

Not long after Dong Yeyu and his friends got off the bus, an old man who seemed to be out for a walk passed by the intersection, holding a small cloth bag in his hand.

He looked at Dong Yeyu and the others for a moment, smiled, nodded and greeted them: "Good morning."

The old man looked to be in his seventies or eighties, with many wrinkles on his face and a kind look.

Higashino Yu and Imagawa Kashiwagi bowed in return: "Good morning, old sir."

As soon as Asuna saw Sanae get out of the car, her eyes wandered over the cats around.

Her attention was completely focused on finding Nekomata, so she just nodded absentmindedly in response.

The old man didn't care about the girl's rudeness. He looked up at the clear blue sky. The dazzling sunlight made him squint his eyes slightly.

The old voice, filled with the weight of time, sighed softly, "The weather is really nice today."

"Meow~"

A few orange cats stretched lazily, then walked slowly to the old man with cat steps and rubbed against his feet.

"Are you hungry?" The old man bent down and stretched out his hand. A big orange cat stood up with its eyes narrowed and rubbed its head against him.

The old man laughed, quickly took out a large bowl from his cloth bag, filled it with some cat food, and placed it on the ground.

This time, not only the orange cat, but other cats also trotted over here, yawning, and soon a circle of cats surrounded the big bowl.

The old man cautiously stepped aside, smiled and stood by to watch, and asked Dong Yeyu and the others: "Young people, are you here to see the cats too?"

Asumi Sanae was about to speak, but when she thought about how the people of the night she had met before could never understand what she meant, she stopped talking.

They are too foolish to heed the inspiration from the moonlight, and the task of conversing with the mortals must be left to my knights.

So he turned his attention to Higashino Yu.

Dong Yeyu immediately understood and said to the old man.

"I guess so, old man. We are from the Paranormal Exploration Editorial Club of Tachibana High School. My name is Higashino Yu, his name is Imagawa Kashiwagi, and this is the president, Asumi Sanae. Those people are bodyguards, don't worry about them."

When Asumi Sanae heard this, she frowned slightly and looked at Higashino Yu seriously, "Where is my title?"

As a senior in the chuunibyou world, Higashino Yu understood the girl's thoughts at a glance and fell silent.

Very good personal introduction, let my toes start decorating the villa.

He covered his face and spent a few seconds preparing himself mentally, and his voice became much quieter.

"As you can see, our president is also the Lord of the Mirror Moon and the Guardian of the Night. You can call her Her Highness the Moon Witch."

Imagawa Kashiwagi was watching from the side, and the plot of the Higashino biography that was developing in his mind changed. He suddenly became a little worried about Higashino Yu's life after he became a daughter-in-law.

Even someone as good-looking and outstanding as Dongye-kun would be played around by the president? He sighed inexplicably.

"You can just call me Morishita."

Genji Morishita scratched his head, not quite understanding what the young people were doing these days. What did these tongue-twisting words mean?
Higashino Yu nodded and very competently asked for information - even though he didn't think there were any other monsters here besides himself.

"It's like this, Mr. Morishita. We came here mainly because we heard that there have been many disappearances in the past six months. We suspect that it was caused by a monster named Nekomata, so we came to investigate."

"Excuse me, do you know anything about this? Have you heard any rumors about Kosuge Town recently?"

"Nekomata? Oh! Is it the scary monster that eats people in legends?"

Genji Morishita opened his eyes wide in surprise, then thought for a moment and shook his head.

"I haven't heard of it, but you can go ask Wakako. Go down this alley, there are a lot of cats there is her home." "She takes care of these cats. She sterilizes and bathes them. I just come to feed them occasionally."

"If there are rumors about Nekomata, then she should know about it."

"Thank you, sorry to bother you."

Higashino Yu politely said goodbye to the old man, and had a brief conversation with Asumi Sanae and Imagawa Kashiwagi, and they all agreed to go find Wakako first.

On the way, Asumi Sanae, who was walking behind, pulled on Tono Yu's sleeve, looked up at Tono Yu who was puzzled, and blinked her eyes: "From now on, you will convey my will."

Dong Yeyu smiled and saluted like a gentleman: "As you wish, my highness."

Asumi saw Sanae nod in return very gracefully. The two of them had a tacit understanding and didn't seem to feel awkward at all.

Imagawa Kashiwagi on the side pushed up the black-framed glasses on his nose. The pair of mirror-like eyes hidden behind reflected the scene in front of him and he smiled slightly.

Little liar, I don't know how many girls he has deceived with this trick. Natsuko Shida followed behind with a blank expression.

Several people walked down the alley.

After a brief exchange with several of her bodyguards, Natsuko Sugida began to disperse, maintaining a reasonable distance from Asumi Sanae - enough time to respond to emergencies without causing her disgust.

Not long after they left, a strong middle-aged woman hurried over here, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw an old man squatting on the side of the road watching the cat eat.

"Dad, why are you here again?"

"Wakako asked me to come here and feed the cats a while ago. If no one takes care of them, they will soon be homeless again."

Genji Morishita stroked the big orange cat lying on the ground with its belly exposed, and turned back to smile at his daughter: "Some of them have been abandoned several times. Fortunately, with Wakako, they won't wander around anymore."

"Auntie Sakurada."

The middle-aged woman was silent for a while, sighed, touched the kitten rubbing against her feet, and helped her father away.

"Your illness has worsened again. Are you really taking the medicine as the doctor ordered?"

"Why should I take medicine if I'm not sick? I won't take it."

Dong Yeyu and his friends followed the old man's instructions and walked into the alley.

Even the roads on this island country are not very wide, and alleys are everywhere, but the building layout and space are obviously designed.

Perhaps because of this reason, the atmosphere of life in residential areas seems to be more intense than that in Chinese cities.

The alley in front of me is not wide enough for cars to drive through, but it is still spacious enough for people to walk.

The road surface is old and cracked, and occasionally you can see green moss and dead leaves floating from residents' courtyards, but overall it is still clean.

The houses on both sides of the alley are of just the right height, and the morning sun shines down obliquely, casting a comfortable shade.

They walked for several hundred meters.
"Is it there?" Imagawa Kashiwagi said, pointing to a yard not far ahead.

There was a two-story detached house, standing alone among a group of apartment buildings, with a small courtyard of about 20 square meters. It looked like a very ordinary islander residence, a bit like Nobita's house.

Several people then stepped forward.

I didn't see anyone from a distance just now, but when I got closer, I found an old woman sitting in the yard, surrounded by cats that were wet and licking their fur. A rough count showed that there were more than twenty of them.

This old lady is probably the Wakako that Mr. Morishita mentioned earlier.

There was a large basin in front of Wakako, with a lot of foam and cat hair in it.

She was sitting next to the water basin, humming old songs from the Showa era, and drying the fur of the last cat with a clean towel.

(End of this chapter)