The Strange Cat from Fuuto

Sitting in his boss's chair, Uncle Hongshang's gaze shifted to Miku's portrait, and a smirk appeared on his lips: "I wonder if Miku has seen it yet?"

"If I could, I'd really like to see that shocked expression on his face!"

"President Miku is just a cat. He'd be terrified if he saw something he couldn't understand!" Rinaka asked, puzzled, after finishing a piece of cake. "Why did you let him go take a look?"

"He needs to have some freedom!"

Hong Shang leaned back in his chair, looking at Miku's portrait with a smile in his eyes.

A corner of the city, near an abandoned train station.

Four long cloths of different colors—green, yellow, silver, and blue—were draped down. Among the four greedy beings who had reunited, Lovefin's face looked rather grim. When Ornamental Hyena saw the somewhat weak Mezuru (Lovefin), he asked, "What's wrong? You look so weak."

"Hmph!" Mezuru snorted coldly, "My affairs are none of your business!"

"But speaking of which, some very interesting things seem to have emerged during the time we were sealed away!"

"What do you mean, Lovefin?" Uva asked curiously. Mezuru touched his repaired chest and recalled those blood-red eyes with lingering fear, saying, "Although I don't know what it is, it was simply a monster. It looked quite similar to the Ornamental Hyena!"

If I hadn't sacrificed some of the Cell Medals and used most of them to wrap the Core Medal and escape, my fate probably wouldn't have been so good.

We need more coins!

Aiji kept replaying those blood-red eyes in her mind as she silently muttered to herself.

"Alright, let's talk about these things later. Right now, the most important thing is the core coin!"

“That’s right!” the insect-like Uva agreed, but then crossed her arms and asked, “But why did the Core Medal disappear?”

"I saw Anku holding a coin!"

Kazari scratched his head and said something, while the somewhat simple-minded Thief Horn silently murmured from the short horn on his head, "Anku."

"It's fake, right?" Aifin asked warily. "That Anku guy is dangerous enough on his own!"

"He still has the core coin?"

"That guy is not easy to deal with!"

When Anku was mentioned, the four greedy men all showed different expressions of difficulty.

Chapter Four: Greed and the Coin!

Happy Birthy Day!

"OOO!"

A burst of enthusiastic shouts came from the president's office. Miku squatted in front of the door and sighed silently. This guy really likes to celebrate people's birthdays.

"I bet there's a huge piece of cake inside waiting for Richu to devour!"

Miku, who squeezed into the room through the cat hole in the door, looked at the excited Hong Shang with a somewhat helpless expression. Other company presidents are busy with business matters every day, but you, you're holed up in the office baking cakes all day.

Hong Shang, who had just finished arranging the chocolate name tags, turned around and saw Miku returning, asking, "How was it, Miku!"

"Well, how should I put it, it's a little... a little... ugly!"

Hong Shang, who hadn't stopped working, continued, "You're right!"

"These guys may look ugly, but they're good news for me!"

"What...what are they?" Miku asked at the opportune moment, looking like a curious child. Hong Shang laughed and said, "Greed, a group of monsters born from human desires!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a flock of canned birds carrying coins flew into the office through the window one by one. The canned birds, one after another, put down the coins and neatly turned into cans, which were then placed on the windowsill.

"Wow, there are so many!"

Li Zhong picked up a cell coin and exclaimed in surprise. Uncle Hong Shang, holding Miku in his arms, casually pressed it onto the desk, and a floor panel retracted, revealing a mountain of coins piled up under the light.

"This guy actually hoarded so much!"

Miku was somewhat surprised to see this. After all, the story had only just begun, and while Cell Medals existed, they were quite limited. This guy already had so many. But upon reflection, Miku understood. How could Uncle Hong not have some stockpiled when he had his subordinates develop a series of coin-based machines?

"My inventory can be replenished a bit more!"

“Hmm!” Miku nodded to indicate that he was still listening. “Cell Coins!” Hong Shang picked up a Cell Coin, stroking its rough surface with his fingers, and slowly said, “Like the Greedy Ones, coins are born from human desires. Each coin is a manifestation of human desires!”

"This is a wonderful and pure form of energy!"

Hong Shang handed the Cell Coin to Miku to play with, then plopped down in a chair. Miku examined the coin curiously, lightly tapping it with his paw. He couldn't sense the energy contained in the coin when he wasn't transformed; in short, this thing represented everything in the world of the Three Eggs.

"Well..."

Rinaka, who was enjoying a piece of cake, had a look of satisfaction on his face. "He can really eat, this guy!" Miku, who was watching Rinaka eat cake, jumped back to his cat bed in his office and stared blankly at the bracelet hidden in the fur on his left front paw.

When can I go back?

........

Hino Eiji followed behind Ankur, who was wearing a white-sleeved shirt. He borrowed the body of police officer Izumi Shingo. Not only did his eyes change, but even his hair changed from black to a bright red.

A popsicle cart was parked by the roadside, and at a glance, Anku was seen rummaging through a small styrofoam box and taking out three popsicles.

"Hey, how dare you take my popsicle without permission?"

"You have to pay!"

The boss was quite blunt with Anku, so Eiji had no choice but to quickly step forward and pay the bill.

"This is great, I like it!"

Licking the popsicle, Anku nodded in satisfaction, feeling the cool sensation spreading in his mouth. As a greedy being, Anku lacked the five senses of a human, so he couldn't taste anything. Although he couldn't taste the cold popsicle, he quite liked the cool feeling.

"Anku, I'm asking you, what exactly happened to the policeman?"

"You mean this guy?" Anku pointed to his chest, nonchalantly saying, "What else can I do? Now that I have this body, he's mine!"

"And there's no need to worry too much. As long as I eat something from time to time, this guy can continue to survive!"

Looking at Anku Eiji's nonchalant attitude, he frowned and asked, "Eat something every now and then?"

"What's wrong? Don't let my one arm fool you, I can still eat!"

"This stuff is cool and delicious!"

"Or do you prefer me to eat it this way?"

He stretched the popsicle toward the grotesque right arm, and with just a slight touch, the popsicle was swallowed up, leaving not even the stick.

"Don't do this all of a sudden!" Eiji looked around in a panic, afraid that others would see Ankh in this state. After all, a normal person would be scared half to death if they suddenly saw Ankh like this.

It would be bad to cause a disturbance!

Eiji, who was holding Ankur's arm, suddenly felt a lightness in his hand and exclaimed with delight, "Great! I finally got it off!" Looking at Izumi Shingo again, Eiji only saw the policeman, who had returned to his original form, lying on the spot where Ankur had been sitting, his eyes closed and his breath weak. "What are you so smug about?" Ankur, held in Eiji's hand, said nonchalantly, "Once I'm separated from that guy's body, he won't even last ten minutes!"

"Ah!?" Eiji cried out in surprise and hurriedly tried to put Ankh's severed hand back.

Ankh, having regained control of his body, put an ice pop in his mouth, raised an eyebrow, and said, "So, do you still want me to leave him?"

"Uh... Ah..."

With a headache, Eiji groaned at the situation. Anku snorted and walked forward again on his own. Eiji immediately followed.

............

At the headquarters of the Hongshang Foundation, Miku lay listlessly in her cat bed, her tail twitching slightly. Uncle Hongshang was baking cakes again; he'd lost count of how many times this had happened. This time, there was another person in the room.

Shintaro Goto.

At first glance, Miku felt extremely indifferent, but he brought back valuable video footage of the three eggs fighting. Watching the three eggs fighting on the screen, Miku unconsciously looked at Eiji's first transformation and made his evaluation.

"This guy isn't bad, at least his combat awareness is very strong!"

Miku had just stood up after making a comment about Eiji when the dog tag around her neck started to sway. Miku stiffened, feeling the swaying tag, a hint of sadness in her eyes.

"If only Iggy were still here!"

With a sigh, Miku simply lay back down in her cat bed.

As Miku lay down, he caught a glimpse of the pile of cell coins on the table, and a thought popped into his head: "If everything has desires, then what would the Yummy (Desire Monster) created from my desires be like?"

Miku, who had just transmigrated to the Knight Universe, wanted nothing more than to return to his original Earth. But after experiencing so much, the thing he longed for most was to return to the world of W.

"I wonder how Wakana is doing?!"

Miku, who was pretending to sleep with his eyes closed, exuded a low-pressure atmosphere. Hong Shang, who was busy, glanced at Miku and saw him like this, and sighed in his heart.

"Miku, do you want to deliver my cake? You can go out and clear your head."

"Okay...okay...okay!"

Chapter 5: Hey, hello there!

Miku, who had promised Hongshang to deliver the cake, lay lazily in her cat bed, quietly waiting for the cake to be finished.

While Miku was waiting, Duoqiao left the other greedy ones to find a mother to breed the Devouring Monsters.

A corner of a hospital in the city.

"What bad luck!" The chubby security guard, his glasses drooping on his nose, sat on a stone bench. Next to him sat a thin security guard. Seeing that no one was paying attention, the thin security guard took out a map from his pocket and whispered, "Last time it was just bad luck, this time I have a new target!"

"Big brother, what are you planning to do now?"

"This time we can rob an armored truck!"

"Huh?" The fat security guard looked at the thin security guard with a "you're crazy" expression. The thin security guard unfolded the blueprints he was holding and said, "Don't worry, there definitely won't be any problems this time. I've already mapped out the armored truck's route..."

"Hey, are you listening?"

Seeing the chubby security guard staring in surprise behind him, the thin security guard said somewhat displeasedly, "What are you looking at?"

"There's a monster behind you!"

The fat security guard, his face filled with terror, scrambled away. "He'll never amount to anything!" The thin security guard, who had been speaking dismissively, turned around and saw a hideous green monster standing behind him.

"As the mother of the Devouring Monster, your desires are just right!" The man grabbed the skinny security guard, flipped his hand, and a cellular coin appeared. A silver-white coin slot appeared on the guard's forehead, its interior a deep, dark abyss.

"Ding!"

The cell coin slid into the coin slot with a crisp sound. After the coin slot closed, the thin security guard looked in horror at a strange hand wrapped in bandages that emerged from his stomach. Then, a strange person covered in bandages crawled out of his body.