The Strange Cat from Fuuto

Since I am Hongshang's beloved cat, I should act accordingly.

We can't give ourselves away!

There's a performance today, would you like to go see it?

"A...a...performance?" Miku looked at Hong Shang in confusion, but then exclaimed excitedly, "Wh...what kind of performance? I want to see it! I want to see it!"

"Hmm, it's located in the art museum under our foundation's name. Would you like to take a look?"

"Okay, okay, but... is it... is it you who's not going?!"

Looking at Miku with a puzzled expression in his large, bright green eyes, Hong Shang gently patted his head and said affectionately, "Go and see for yourself. I'll just stay in the office!"

"Li Zhong, take him there!"

"I'll go myself. I can manage here."

After a moment's thought, Hong Shang, recalling Miku's "past" extensive experience of running away, nodded and said, "Then you can go by yourself!"

As Miku wagged its tail and walked to the door, Hong Shang, who was mixing cream, said without looking up, "Be careful on your way!"

"Mmm!" Miku nodded vigorously and took the elevator down. When no one was watching, he called for the drone to transform and then disappeared into the headquarters building of the Kougami Foundation. Miku, on all fours, quickly arrived at the Kougami Art Museum.

Standing on the roof of the art museum, Miku unconsciously touched the bracelet on his left arm.

"Wakana, how are you now?"

"I wonder if he has woken up?"

"And Shotaro and the others, are you looking for me all over the world right now?"

"I must break the dimensional barrier again and find a way back to the world of W, back to Fuuto!"

I remember my friend Miku squatting on the rooftop, a trace of sorrow showing in his bloodshot eyes.

The identity arranged for him by the dimensional barrier was incredibly powerful, not only successfully integrating him into this world but also allowing him to perfectly establish new interpersonal relationships.

However, he still had to tread carefully, hiding cautiously beside Hong Shang, otherwise, if his disguise was discovered, it would be all over.

A moment later, a piercing alarm blared. At the same time, alarms also sounded at the headquarters of the Hongshang Foundation.

The motorcycle-selling team, which was on high alert, quickly set off, and Miku, just as the alarm rang, casually walked into the art museum.

"You greedy one, I wonder how strong you are?!"

Miku, who had just arrived at the art storage warehouse, leaned against the wall and looked at the four newly awakened Greedy Ones with great interest in their scarlet eyes as they watched these Greedy Ones whose bodies were still in the shape of coins.

Miku, stroking the fangs on his mask, sighed, "They look angular and not rounded at all!"

After riding the vending machine through the wall into the warehouse, Shintaro Goto fired at the Greedy Man, who was still in coin form, without saying a word. Finding that it was ineffective, he pressed his walkie-talkie to report to Uncle Hong Shang: "This is Goto from the first motorcycle vending squad. It has been confirmed that the coin has begun to awaken. Please give the order!"

At the headquarters of the Hongshang Foundation, Uncle Hongshang pointed a finger at the contact point on the table and said, "Annihilate them all!" After wiping a bit of cream off his face and putting it in his mouth, he muttered to himself, "I wonder if Miku has arrived yet!"

“Miku should be fine, right? After all, he’s not the kind of cat who would take unnecessary risks,” Erika Rikka chimed in. Uncle Kougami, continuing to make the cake, added, “Yeah, you’re right!”

"Where did this guy come from?" After watching Goto ride away from the warehouse on his motorcycle, Miku finished watching the process of the Greedy One transforming from a coin into a physical form, especially the cat-like executive among them.

"We're all felines, so why are you so punk?"

Miku, making a casual remark, glanced at the bomb Goto had mounted on the wall but didn't pay it any mind. Such a small bomb might be a threat to humans, but to him, it was nothing special!

"Those two idiots are really unlucky!"

Seeing the two security guards, the fat one and the thin one, huddled in the corner, Miku couldn't help but sigh.

Suddenly, a violent explosion struck. Facing the collapsing art museum, three of the four greedy individuals used their bodies to scatter like coins and escape. As for the somewhat simple-minded weight-based cadre, he stubbornly walked towards the breach without dodging or avoiding anything.

"Alright, it's about time I made my move. Let's take this opportunity to see how strong these guys are!"

After disappearing into the art museum in a blur, Miku went straight to the previous aquatic officer, the one with the fish head.

"Cats should eat fish!"

Chapter Three: Battle!

Inside the underground driveway, countless coins flew through the air, while a motorcycle relentlessly pursued them from behind.

One coin after another was glued together to form a human shape. With a flash of light, all the coins flipped inward to reveal the appearance of the aquatic executive: Mezuru (Love Fin).

Mezuru (Love Fin), with a whale-shaped head, wears a smooth cloak with long spikes extending downwards along it, and a belt missing its core is fastened around its waist.

"hehe..."

With a soft chuckle, Mezuru (Love Fin) raised her arm, and a huge jet of water shot out from her palm.

"Waaah!"

Suddenly sprayed with water, the members of the first motorcycle sales team were thrown backward uncontrollably, and the unmanned motorcycles tipped over and fell to the ground.

"Is this what humans are like now?" Mezuru (Love Fin) snorted as she scrutinized the first squad member who was struggling to get up. "They don't seem to have changed much!"

Mezuru (Love Fin), who easily dealt with the motorcycle-selling team members, was unaware that a pair of blood-red eyes were staring at her.

"I wonder how strong this guy is?"

Miku, who was staring at Mezuru, scratched his chin. Just as Mezuru picked up the team member, a fierce glint flashed in Miku's eyes and he instantly disappeared from the spot. When he reappeared, he was already behind Mezuru, raising his right arm high and grabbing down mercilessly.

As several clear claw marks appeared on the back of Love Fin, the sound of cellular coins scattering followed.

"Ding, ding, ding..."

As the scattered cell coins rolled on the ground, (Lovefin) let out a scream. Without bothering to crush the human in her hand, she casually tossed the unfortunate fellow aside and quickly turned to face Miku.

"Where did this guy come from?"

Mezuru (Love Fin) cautiously retreated, her body hunched over. Although this guy looked similar to Kazari (Hymen), Mezuru instinctively felt that he was different from her, or rather, different from all the greedy ones!

"What kind of guy is this? His aura is completely different from that of the Greedy One!"

Despite her doubts, she remained completely focused on Miku.

"what!"

With a soft shout, Mezuru (Love Fin) swung his arm, and a stream of water, condensed into a bundle, swept towards Miku like a long whip.

As the waterline approached, Miku, with his hunched back, quickly rolled away to dodge. In a flash, Miku closed in on MEzuru (Love Fin), and the claw blade on his right arm gleamed with a sharp, cold light as he slashed down at MEzuru's chest.

"boom!"

The claw blade sliced ​​across Mezuru's (Love Fin's) chest, sending sparks flying, while cell coins clattered and scattered across the ground.

In the brief moment of respite, Miku caught a glimpse of the trail left by the water jets his opponent had thrown. Deep cuts, straight and angular, marked the spot where he had just stood, as if cleaved by a knife or axe.

"That's not a waterline, it's a water jet!"

Miku, secretly relieved, was about to press her advantage when, unexpectedly, Mezuru (Love Fin) paused, transforming into a shower of coins that filled the entire space. The feeling of being hit by countless coins was unpleasant; Miku was painfully struck by the countless coins hitting her body. While protecting her face with her right arm, she retreated rapidly.

"Splash, splash..."

The sound of coins colliding could be heard continuously, as the Cell Coin, along with the Core Coin, formed a humanoid shape.

"Heh, I don't know where you came from, but if you dare to mess with me, you'll have to pay the price!"

While Miku was trying to dodge, Mezuru (Love Fin) lashed out with a stream of water that struck his chest. In the nick of time, Miku jerked his body back to avoid the water, but he was still caught off guard and struck on the shoulder.

"hiss....."

"It's careless!"

Miku gasped, clutching his hit shoulder, and looked at Mezuru (Love Fin) across from him with some apprehension.

"Heh heh, this is the price you pay for provoking me!"

Mezuru (Love Fin) chuckled and noticed that Miku was only injured and no coins had fallen. She wondered to herself, "What exactly is this guy? He looks similar to a hyena, but his speed is so exaggerated."

"There's not a trace of greed in him!"

Ignoring the bewildered Mezuru, Miku roared and vanished in a blur as he landed on all fours. Mezuru was shocked to see Miku disappear: "That speed! What kind of monster is that?"

Just as Mezuru was about to coin-transform, a pair of blood-red eyes filled with boundless rage appeared before her. "How could it be so fast?" Before she could react, Mezuru felt a sharp pain in her chest and was sent flying backward. While still in mid-air, she could only see a pair of blood-red eyes flashing as they approached.

As Miku, now in high-speed mode, slapped Mezuru (Love Fin) with its claw, sending it flying backward, its body bounced up into the air.

Unable to gain any leverage while suspended in mid-air, Mezuru (Love Fin) tries to transform into a coin to escape. However, once transformed, her Core Coin will be exposed to the enemy, and if the Core Coin is taken, she will be doomed.

Miku leaped into the air and stomped hard on Mezuru's chest. Hearing the other's scream, Miku increased the force of his stomp.

"boom!"

Miku, with Mezuru (love fin) under her feet, paid no heed to her screams. Having just been resurrected and still in a weakened state, she was completely powerless against her, let alone with her speed maximized.

Just then, Mezuru's body suddenly disintegrated into a pool of cellular coins.

"Ran?"

Miku, with his narrowed eyes, snorted coldly: "You're lucky you ran fast!"

Ignoring the escaped Mezuru (Love Fin), Miku began to reflect on his gains and losses.

Currently, I am strong enough to overwhelm the newly resurrected Greedy Ones, but once those guys absorb the lost Core Medals, I'll have to run as far away as possible!

"This thing is interesting!"

Miku bent down to pick up a cell coin and examined it carefully. After noticing a faint energy within it, he casually tossed it aside. After all, his power came from his memory, and since he was neither a Greedy nor an OOO, this thing was completely useless to him.

"Shall we go back now?"

Miku rubbed the fangs on his mask, his toes sliding back and forth on the ground. For him, finding a way back to the world of W was the top priority; everything else had to come second. But the bracelet on his left arm wasn't activating at all, let alone making any other sound.

"How can we get back?"

Miku, deep in thought with his head in his hands, slowly walked out of the underground passageway.

"Let's go back first. If we stay out too long, Hongshang will inevitably become suspicious!"

Miku knew full well that he was able to stay by Hong Shang's side because of the identity that the dimensional wall had placed in him. In order to maintain this identity, Miku had to treat it with utmost care.

At the headquarters of the Hongshang Foundation, Erika Rinaka sat on the sofa, happily eating cake. Besides her daily work, she was responsible for handling the cakes made by Uncle Hongshang.

"The art museum and vending machines that the Hongshang Foundation was so proud of have been completely destroyed!" After turning off the computer on the coffee table, Hongshang said with some regret, "Truly a greedy person!"

“But wasn’t all of this within the president’s expectations?” Erika Rinaka stopped eating, looked up and asked. Kou nods.

"The birth of anything is extremely beautiful, even the resurrection of the greedy are no exception, and besides, their resurrection is not entirely a bad thing!"