The Strange Cat from Fuuto

Chapter Ten: Three Thousand!

The day after leaving Hongshang Biological Research Institute, Miku tossed and turned in her cat bed, her mind filled with thoughts of the blue-gray Time Demon and the time machine that Hongshang had mentioned that could travel through time.

"Can it transcend the boundaries of time and space?!"

Miku sighed softly to himself and unconsciously touched the small wristband hidden in the fur on his left paw.

"Hongshang, is that...that...that machine in the research institute still usable...usable...usable?"

Frustrated, Miku jumped onto the table and squatted down in front of Hongshang. Hongshang, who had stopped what he was doing, said, "It's possible for now, but it consumes a lot of energy every time we start the machine!"

"Therefore, that machine can only be put on hold for now, since each activation means consuming a large number of coins."

"How much...how much does it take to activate it once?" Miku asked impatiently, his emerald eyes sparkling with anticipation. Uncle Hongshang slowly held up three fingers.

"Each activation requires three thousand cell coins as an energy source!"

"Three...three...three thousand!"

Miku was stunned for a while after hearing the number Hongshang mentioned. After all, Cell Coins are arguably one of the most important elements in the show.

Whether it's Anko Eiji, the Greedy One, or Uncle Kou, they are all collecting Core Medals.

Even when Ankle and Eiji borrowed ten Core Medals from Uncle Kou, they were chased and forced to pay them back. Not to mention the greedy ones, who see Cell Medals as a panacea: injured? Take two. In a bad mood? Take two. Beaten up? Want revenge? Take two!

While Cell Coins may not be as powerful as Core Coins, they are the most indispensable.

Looking at Miku who was deep in thought, Hong Shang smiled and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. Miku, I remember Dr. Maki gave you some mechanical canned food, right? If you're really bored, you can try playing with it!"

"Don't think about that machine anymore, go out and have some fun!"

Seeing Uncle Hongshang's caring gaze, Miku nodded with a flick of its tail.

Miku casually opened a can of food, watched the tiny locusts circling around him, glanced at Uncle Hongshang again, and fell into deep thought.

Getting help from Uncle Hongshang won't work; we'll have to try something else.

And didn't he happen to have someone among his men who was an expert at collecting coins?

"It's you, Aifin!"

Miku slapped down the hopping mechanical locust and squeezed out of the cat hole with cat-like steps.

"Going out to play again!" Hong Shang sighed, then said again, "In that case, I'll have to trouble you to go to the village!"

"Over there, OOO!"

"Yes, Chairman!"

........

The waves rolled and white spray lapped against the embankment, while seagulls circled in the air!

"Hey, Ankh!" Eiji followed behind Ankh, looking around with a puzzled expression as Ankh searched for something. "What are you looking for?" Eiji put his arm around Ankh's shoulder and said, "At least tell me!"

"Shut up, Eiji!"

"This aura is..."

A fiery red right arm appeared, and Ankur clenched his menacing fingers, his eyes darting around as he spat out three coins from his right palm.

"Eiji, transform quickly!"

"But there are no Devouring Monsters now!"

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and transform!"

Ank, who kept urging him, threw the Core Medals directly to Eiji. Eiji, who was completely confused, looked at Ank with a tense and wary expression. Just as Eiji had two Core Medals embedded, a huge roar sounded in his ears. Before he could react, a huge splash of water hit the shore, and a purple figure leaped out of the sea.

Eiji, who was drenched in seawater, immediately inserted the last coin and quickly scanned it at his waist with the O scanner.

"Even if you only revived one arm, your senses are still very sharp!"

"Anku!"

Ai-Chi, staring at a fish head, teased Ankh. Eiji, after transforming, stood between Ankh and Ai-Chi, and asked warily, "Ankh, is this guy a Greedy One?"

“That gloomy, damp aura about you is hard to miss!” Anku said sarcastically, warning Eiji, “Be careful, Eiji, this guy is the water-type greedy Fin.”

Ignoring Anku's barbed words, Aiqi chuckled and said, "Hello, little OOO!"

"You call me a little kid?"

Feeling a bit annoyed at being addressed like that for the first time, Ankh, ignoring Eiji's inner turmoil, bluntly said, "Aiji, stop hovering around me, you're in my way!"

"Hmph, those are my lines, okay? You're the ones who're trying to interfere with me!"

"Now they're turning around and blaming us!"

"Besides, this isn't your territory!"

With a chilling tone, Aiqi flicked the cloak behind her back, but just as she made a move, she suddenly froze.

"cut...."

"I'll let you off this time, but don't ever show your face in front of me again!"

"Anku, OOO!"

Ai-Chi disappeared without a trace before Ankh and Eiji in a leap. Ankh casually glanced at a tall building across the coast and then said in confusion, "Has Ai-Chi changed her ways? She didn't even make a move and left so cleanly and neatly!"

"Forget it, let's just ignore her!"

"Let's go, Eiji!"

After flipping his right hand back into normal human form, Ankh urged Eiji to hurry up and left on his own.

After glancing thoughtfully at the building across the coast, Eiji quickly followed.

In a park near the coast, Aifin glared at Miku, who was sitting on a swing.

"Why did you come to see me this time?" Aifin's attitude towards Miku was very bad. After all, it hadn't been long since Miku had beaten him to the ground, and this guy had come again!

"I have a... task... to give you!" Miku jumped off the swing and came to Aifin's side. Aifin glanced at Miku without showing any emotion and said, "Just say what it is. After all, the Core Medallion is still in your hands!"

"I have no room to resist!"

"You do know...know...know the times!"

With a cold snort, Aifin stared at Miku. Miku didn't waste any time and said directly, "I need Cell Medals!"

"I remember you didn't need CellCoins, so why did you change your gender?"

"I have my own...purpose...but you don't need to worry about the specifics of what I'm doing!"

"Tell me, how many do you need?" Aiqi said proudly. "Putting aside everything else, I can easily come up with a few hundred!"

"I want...I want...I want three thousand!"

"What!?" Aiqi screamed in disbelief, "Three thousand! Why didn't you just rob them!?"

"I'm robbing you!" Miku squinted, rubbing the claws of his hands together, making a series of ear-piercing sounds.

What are you grinding in your hands?

Noticing a glint of silver light in Miku's hands, Aifin immediately asked. Miku spread his hands, revealing the Core Coin of the Thief Horn, "You mean...you mean...you mean this?"

"I've discovered that this thing... this thing is really useful for sharpening claws!"

"You bastard!" Aifin, clenching his fists, watched as Miku's claws rubbed the Core Medal that had stolen the Horned Minion back and forth, and his heart was bleeding.

Finally forced to agree, she gritted her teeth and said, word by word, "I promise you, three thousand Core Medals!"

"That's good...good...good, isn't it!"

Miku, having put away the core coin of the thief, continued, "Don't worry, as soon as those three thousand coins arrive... arrive... I'll immediately return the core coin of the thief to him."

"I hope you won't break your promise!" Miku's Lovefin took a deep look at Miku and turned to leave, but Miku put her arm around his shoulder.

"Don't rush off! I...I...I haven't finished talking yet!"

Chapter Twelve: We're all felines, so why am I so outstanding!?

"What else do you want to say?" Aiqi, barely suppressing her anger, slapped away Miku's paw that was on her shoulder, now afraid that she would lose control and start a fight.

But she had to endure it in order to steal the horn!

"Don't you...don't you...don't you want to know where your other core coins are?" Unconcerned by Aifin's actions, Miku chuckled and asked. Aifin's reaction to its core coins was beyond Miku's expectations.

"You know where my Core Medallion is?" Aifin asked excitedly, grabbing Miku's left hand behind his back. Looking at Aifin's hand, Miku suddenly felt a little more comfortable with this guy.

Sometimes, when you've been single for a long time, even a fish seems handsome to you!

"cough..."

Miku cleared his mind with a light cough, his bloodshot eyes looking at Aiqi with a mocking expression. "Of course I...I...I know. Otherwise, what...what did you think I've been doing all this time?"

Miku's words reached Aifin's ears, and the woman calmed down instead. After all, even if she begged, the other party wouldn't hand over the Core Medals, so she might as well think about how to take this opportunity to get back her own Core Medals and the Core Medals from the thief.

"I will prepare the three thousand Cell Coins you requested, but in return, you must not only return the Core Coin to us, but also tell me where my Core Coin is!"

"Okay, but I want every single one of those Cell Coins... not a single one... not a single one less!"

"Hmph!" Aifin snorted coldly, his anger dissipating somewhat, but he couldn't care less about arguing with this guy now; the most important thing was to retrieve his Core Medallion.

"Wait a little longer... just a little longer!"

"What are you planning to do now?"

Aifin, annoyed, looked at Miku's hand that was on her shoulder for the second time. Miku pointed to the building across the coast and said, "I advise you to... to... collect those coins first, otherwise... to be careful you don't end up with nothing!"

"Also, don't rush with the Cell Coin. I'll take four layers of your harvest each time, and you and Thief Horn will split the rest!"

"Also, let me give you some advice... I'd like to give you some advice: read more books whenever you have free time... Books... Books. The library is such a great place, can't you go there more often?"

After withdrawing her hand from Aifin's shoulder, Miku shrugged, indicating that she could leave. Aifin snorted and turned to leave. Although she didn't show it on her face, she took Miku's words to heart!

Now we'll harvest that nest that's still not fully formed. If that bastard Anku says he didn't discover it, Aifin will never believe it even if you beat him to death!

A smile flickered in Miku's eyes as Aizhi hurriedly left.