The Strange Cat from Fuuto

Anku, leaning against the wall, held an ice pop in his hand. Ever since Miku gave him an ice cream company that was about to go bankrupt, he had never had to worry about ice pops again, and Eiji had also saved a lot of money because of it.

The fact that the company was about to go bankrupt didn't bother Anku at all, because he valued popsicles, not the company.

"Humph!"

Lying on the bed, Duo Qiao snorted and turned his head away. During his time at the research institute, he not only created Devouring Monsters at a frequency several times higher than usual, but he was also frequently dragged out and beaten by Miku!

What's most infuriating is that out of all those white, shiny cell coins, not a single one belongs to him!

Not a single one!

"You seem to be in good spirits!" Anku squinted as he took a bite of his popsicle, feeling the coolness spreading through his mouth.

For a greedy person who has no sense of taste, the slightest change in temperature is enough to satisfy him, but what he desires more is the desire for complete resurrection and the rise of his own desires.

"Try being kept here like a hen!"

With his arm as a pillow, Duo Qiao spoke coldly, and Anku threw away the wooden stick in his hand and mocked, "A hen isn't as miserable as you!"

"Anku, you bastard!"

Having already suffered from the high-voltage electric shocks in the prison several times, Duo Qiao, who had been lifted from the bed, rushed to the front of the cell. He had a deep hatred for the bars.

"I heard they seem to have found another batch of mother bodies. Guess how many there are?"

"Ten, twenty, thirty, or perhaps fifty?"

Anku, who was staring at Tuoqiao across the railing, sneered: "You've been stupid from the very beginning, and you still are!"

"I think you need to learn how to use your brain properly!"

After provoking the man in the cage, Anku left the cell. Just as he turned the corner, Lilith, dressed in a women's suit and carrying a file, approached. As they passed each other, Lilith stopped and said, "Mr. Anku, you should know that our foundation sent you to supervise the man in the cage, not to provoke him every day!"

"Humph!

Ankh snorted and ignored Lilith, leaving the research institute directly. At the door, he saw Dr. Maki carrying a doll and about to drive out in a small Beetle.

"Is this guy going to a restaurant again?"

Anku curled his lip as he looked at the old-fashioned Beetle that farted three times as it drove away.

"Love is such a boring emotion!"

......

It was dusk at Meteor Middle School in the city.

Just as Yuno Amano finished her day's classes and was about to go home after tidying up her textbooks, a soft, charming voice rang in her ear.

Like a gentle breeze brushing against her cheek, the fatigue that had accumulated from her heavy schoolwork on Yuno Amano's face dissipated as she listened to these words.

"Little girl, do you want to be loved?"

"I think!"

Involuntarily, Yuno Amano answered softly, and a figure appeared out of thin air behind her, extending an arm towards her.

"Then let me give you what you want!"

"bite...."

The sound of coins clattering echoed in Anku's ears, and his expression changed as he got up from his sofa and looked out the window.

"The shovel-wielding monster is locked in a cage, and the shimmering mane was destroyed by Miku, so who else could create the Devouring Monster?"

Hearing the crisp sound of coins clinking together, Anku's expression changed. "Could it be that Aifin is still alive?"

Logically speaking, after the idiot Thief Horn and Love Fin disappeared together, the chances of them reappearing were not high. However, Thief Horn could not create Devouring Monsters, but he sensed the aura of Devouring Monsters in the city.

"So, Aifin absorbed Thief Horn's will and survived by sheer luck!"

After thinking it over, Anku finally came up with this one explanation, and a smile appeared on his face: "I never thought I could earn extra money like this!" Although he hadn't asked Miku about Toujiao and Aiqi in detail, Anku guessed that the two of them had no chance of surviving against the monster-like Miku.

Anku, who had excitedly gone to Miku to demand his wages not long ago, was told that their daily wages would be paid in installments after the day the wages were issued.

Ankur, who was furious on the spot, would have skinned and dismembered that cat if he hadn't been wary of Miku Extreme's power.

However, after hearing about Eiji's background from Miku's account, Ankh, having calmed down, had no choice but to agree with the story.

Once Eiji is kicked out of the game by Miku, and there's no one to help him search for coins, then he's doomed!

"Eiji!"

Anko, shouting Eiji's name, grabbed him without a word and dragged him away from the restaurant under Shiraishi's puzzled gaze. Watching the two disappear into the restaurant's entrance, Shiraishi muttered to himself, "Oh dear, what happened? These two ran away so fast!"

"There must be something fishy going on here!"

Dr. Maki, dressed as a French nobleman, pushed up his glasses and said indifferently, "There's only one truth..."

"Seriously?!"

Manager Shiraishi grabbed Dr. Maki and yelled at him, "Get back to work!"

Unbeknownst to anyone, Dr. Maki, who had been secretly having an affair with Shopkeeper Shiraishi, wore a pleading expression. The doll he was holding on his arm was dressed in a small lace dress and sat on a small stool, its empty eyes staring at the two people in front of him whose feelings were slowly heating up.

"It's already late, why did you call me out?"

Eiji, riding his vending motorcycle, complained to Ank behind him. Ank shoved Eiji's shoulder and said, "Stop talking nonsense. I sensed the aura of the Devouring Monster. Find it and take care of it. Do you know how long it's been since that cat set a trap for us in the contract? I haven't absorbed any Cell Medals."

"Good good!"

With no other option, Eiji twisted the throttle, and the motorcycle's taillights left two hazy halos in the darkening sky between the pillars.

The two stopped their motorcycles at the entrance of Meteor Middle School and looked at the school, which was shrouded in gloom.

At this moment, the school, without a single ray of light, resembled a giant, gaping beast, silently waiting for its prey to come to it.

"The aura of the Devouring Monster is emanating from inside!" Anku, having dismounted from his motorcycle, took off his helmet and gazed at Meteor Middle School in the night.

"At school?" Eiji, who was staring blankly at the school, suddenly asked, "Can the mother of the Devouring Monster also choose her children?"

"Everyone has their own desires, and we greedy people choose them only based on the magnitude of those desires. Those without strong desires are of no value in cultivating lust-devouring monsters."

"The 'mother' in the school is probably someone with strong desires, otherwise she wouldn't have been chosen!"

"But they're still children!"

"Are there only kids in the school?" Anku asked Eiji, ignoring Eiji as he jumped over the wall into the school. Eiji scratched his head, thought about it carefully, and smiled sheepishly, "Yeah, that's true!"

Eiji, who entered the school with Anko, had already fastened the driver around his waist to prevent any accidents from happening.

"Here are some coins for you. The atmosphere here is too eerie; I'm afraid something might happen later!"

"Ok!"

As a result, Eiji, who had just stepped on the coin, followed Ankur into the teaching building. Ankur squatted down and silently said, "Why are there water stains!?"

"The school's cleaning staff should be on duty every day!"

Eiji also looked at the water droplets dripping from Ank's hand with a strange expression. "Never mind, finding the Devouring Monster is more important!" Without thinking further, Ank followed his senses and went straight to the third floor, stopping in front of a classroom at the far end of the corridor.

"Three-year-old E-type spots?"

Unable to resist thinking about the designer brands he wore outside, Anku pushed open the classroom door. The dimly lit classroom was filled with shadowy figures. Their heads were bowed, but as Anku opened the door, they slowly raised their heads. Pair after pair of empty, lifeless eyes stared straight at Anku.

"this..."

"Anku!"

Just as Ankh turned around after hearing Eiji's anxious voice, he saw the other person being dragged out of the window and down the corridor by a slippery tentacle.

"call...."

A heavy, hot breath came from behind Ankur, and Ankur's pupils contracted as he sensed the aura of the Devouring Monster behind him.

"A horn thief?!"

Chapter 56: We are two people as one...

"You are... Thief Horn?!"

Looking at the figure before him with surprise and uncertainty, Anku shook his head and said, "No, that's not right."

"You carry the scent of Love Fins!"

"Anku, it's been so long!"

The figure that emerged from the shadows was a kind-looking young man, but his eyes gleamed with a purple light.

"Lovefin, did you devour the consciousness of Thief Horn?"

Ankh, wary and hunched over, now faced Aiqi, a fellow glutton, with a Devouring Monster standing behind him. Caught between a rock and a hard place, he had no choice but to subtly move to one side of the corridor.

"You're both right and wrong!" The young man's soft, seductive voice sent a chill down one's spine.

A seemingly honest and simple-minded young man approached Anku with a woman's voice, swaying his hips and walking with a cat-like gait.

"We are not devouring, but merging!"

The soft, charming female voice mixed with the deep, honest male voice created a mixed impression that made Anku feel a tightness in his chest.

"I have to thank that cat for this. If it weren't for his final attack, Daojiao and I wouldn't be so closely bound together!"

"Together forever!"

"So, you mean one body contains two types of core coins?" Ankh chuckled after understanding Aifin's words. "You guys are really crazy, actually fusing them together. Do you know what it means when there are core coins of other attributes inside your body?"

"Container!" Lovefin temporarily took over the body and spoke, "Is that what you mean?"

"But so what? Rather than remaining in a weak and incomplete state, it's better to become a container and take a chance on that possibility!"

"You're insane! You're really insane!"

Anku, hesitant to speak, slowly backed away, and the Devouring Monster in the classroom also came out and stood in front of Aifin.

"This child is a new type of Devouring Monster that I created using the power of the Thief Horn and my coin!"

"roar...."

The Devouring Monster roared at just the right moment, and the sparks from the collision of its arms allowed Anku to see what it looked like.

Its dark blue body is covered with light gray patterns, and it has a rhinoceros head with its eyes closed on its chest. Its two arms are covered with heavy armor, and its lower body is covered with dense, slippery scales.

"Sa, Anku!"