The Strange Cat from Fuuto

Frustrated, Anku slammed his fist on the table, his face grim. "Sixty, that's the most I can give you. I can only give you sixty!"

"make a deal!"

Unfazed, Anku met Hongshang's gaze head-on, opened a cake box next to him, and upon seeing the number on the cake, Anku angrily said, "You bastard, you planned this all along!"

Hong Shang snapped his fingers, shrugged, and said:

"Not at all, Anku, you should know that during the eight hundred years that the greedy have been asleep, humanity has not stood still. We have been evolving all along!"

"Humph!"

With a cold snort, Anku saw the vending machine on the screen suddenly transform and then turned around and left the Hongshang Foundation without lingering.

"What a stupid... stupid... idiot."

After Anku left, Miku wagged its tail and said to Uncle Hongshang, "Don't you feel...don't you feel any pain in your heart for fooling such idiots like this?"

"How can you call it a scam?" Hong Shang scooped out a piece of cream and put it in his mouth, laughing, "How can you call it a scam when it's a business matter? It's clearly a mutual agreement!"

"A treacherous...treacherous...treacherous merchant!"

Miku rolled his eyes, jumped off the table, and crawled into his cat bed. Just as Uncle Hongshang said that his will could control all the coin devices, Miku knew that Anku was going to get a serious beating here.

The claim that life is linked to the coin device is utter nonsense; such a statement is merely a way to increase one's own leverage.

Remote control is possible, but mind control is impossible.

Even with this technology, Uncle Hongshang's body simply couldn't withstand it.

The average human brain simply cannot handle such a massive data stream, unless it's someone like Wakana in an extreme state. Otherwise, an ordinary person would be completely overwhelmed.

Even if you don't explode, you'll become an idiot!

With this thought in mind, Miku groped for the arm ring on his left paw with his right paw and said, "It'll be soon, I'll be able to go back soon!"

"Wait a little longer, wait a little longer..."

.......

"Love Fins, so many Cell Coins!"

Thief Horn, clutching a handful of cell coins, grinned like a child. Love Fin patted Thief Horn's head and said, "Yes, they're all yours."

"Lovefin, you're here too!"

"No need, and don't touch that pile over there."

"profound!"

After calming down the thief, Aifin walked out of the abandoned residential building, turned the corner, and the hideous monster disappeared, replaced by a petite and lovely girl.

"Why did that guy want me to go to the library?"

Wearing a sailor uniform, Ai-Chi walked into the library with her arms hanging naturally at her sides.

Even with their anthropomorphic forms, the Greedy Ones' understanding of this society is still somewhat fragmented. After all, their minds are entirely focused on collecting Cell Coins.

With her petite frame supporting a mountain of books, she plopped down on the table amidst the astonished gazes of those around her.

Ignoring the stares of others, Aiqi picked up the top book, its bright red cover bearing the bold words "Social Economics".

The learning speed of a greedy person is unmatched by humans. Aiqi flipped through the pages quickly, finishing the book in no time.

Then the next book, and one after another.

The rustling sound of pages turning continued incessantly until the sun set. Aiqi stretched, her beautiful body curves on full display!

"Human progress in the last eight hundred years has been incredibly rapid!"

"It seems we can't act so recklessly like before!"

"Otherwise, it's a path to death!"

As Aiqi stepped out of the library, she looked around and took in the city under the night sky.

"This world is getting more and more interesting!"

Chapter Fourteen: Shocking! In the new decade of Heisei, a certain strange woman actually...

As night fell and the city lights twinkled, a black sedan drove out of a large company, its headlights illuminating the road ahead.

Inside the smoothly moving car, a middle-aged man in a suit put down the business report in his hand and sighed softly.

"Sigh, ever since Xiao Ai passed away, work has become increasingly difficult!"

"President Sato, you can't say that! The whole company depends on you now. Without you, we'd be a disorganized mess and collapse!"

"You still know how to talk!"

"Haha, it's my job as the driver to help you, the president, out of your worries!"

As the two were talking, the car stopped in front of a mansion. The middle-aged man got out of the car, waved for the driver to leave, and then walked into the dark house.

"I am back!"

Sato Masao, having taken off his shoes, shook his head and chuckled, "Who am I talking to about this again!"

"The person is already gone!"

Sato Masao turned on the light and walked into the house alone in his slippers. He was busy until midnight and when he stretched, he saw the photo of him sitting on the table. He couldn't help but pick it up and say, "Ai, I really miss you so much!"

"Tick-tock..."

A hot tear fell onto the photo frame. Sato Masao, who was stroking the frame alone, did not notice that there was another person in the room.

"Is this your wish? Then I will grant it for you!"

"Who are you....."

The next day, early morning.

Sato Masao woke up in bed and thought back to the events of the previous night, but finding nothing unusual, he let out a long sigh of relief.

"What a nightmare!"

As Sato Masao got out of bed, he smelled a peculiar fragrance, somewhat unfamiliar yet incredibly familiar.

Upon entering the restaurant, I found a steaming hot breakfast already laid out on the table.

"This is..."

Sato Masao's eyes narrowed when he saw the breakfast...

In the evening, when Sato Masao returned home, he was greeted with another sumptuous dinner, and it was all his favorite dishes!

"This taste is perfect!"

"Absolutely right!"

For the next few days, I was served a hot breakfast in the morning and a steaming dinner in the evening. Evenings were accompanied by a cup of strong, steaming tea.

Even more so, someone was cleaning the house every day, all of which made him feel like he was in a dream.

Just like when his deceased wife was still alive.

But when he returned home that day, he found that everything had returned to normal, and everything that had happened in the past few days seemed like a dream.

Beautiful and illusory!

"What exactly is going on?"

Sitting at the table, Masao Sato scratched his head in frustration. The sudden return to his old life made him extremely irritable.

With a surge of irritation rising within him, Sato Masao picked up a photo of his deceased wife and returned to his bedroom.

"Tomorrow, maybe things will return to normal!"

"Go to sleep!"

The next day, the cold and lifeless house was devoid of any human presence. Sato Masao, who was looking forward to going to the kitchen, found it completely empty.

"It's evening, maybe it's evening!"

The same thing happened that night.

In the following days, the scene that Sato Masao had hoped for did not appear. With dark circles under his eyes, he held a photo of his deceased wife and drank one glass of strong liquor after another.

Why is this happening?

"why?"

"That's because my strength is no longer enough to sustain it!"

A clear, melodious sound, like the song of a nightingale, rang out. Upon hearing this sound, Masao Sato suddenly looked up, his bloodshot eyes revealing an unusual gleam.

"Who, who is it and where is it?"

"Oh dear, you've forgotten me so quickly?" Ai-Chi emerged from behind the curtains by the window, her face pale as she looked at Sato Masao with a cool and aloof demeanor. "My power can only last for a few days, but once my power is gone, everything will turn into bubbles and return to its original state!"

"It's you!"

Sato Masao would recall that night when the woman in front of him inserted a strange, silver-white coin into his body, and the following days were like heaven for him.

"Help me, please help me quickly!"

Upon seeing Ai-Chi, Sato Masao gripped Ai-Chi's shoulders tightly with both hands as if grasping at a lifeline, his eyes red and revealing a hint of longing.

"I really want to help you, but my power is no longer sufficient to bring your deceased wife's soul back to life!"

"You mean that for those few days, Xiao Ai's spirit was by my side, taking care of everything for me?!"

"Correct!"

"Then how can I see her? Tell me quickly, I'm willing to give anything!"

"please!"

"I need something..."

........

Several days later, Miku and Aifin met at an abandoned factory to exchange coins, but this time Aifin arrived empty-handed.

"Where are my coins?" Kamik asked, looking at Aifin's empty hands, puzzled.