The Strange Cat from Fuuto

However, the current Anku has serious deficiencies in both memory and experience. When faced with Miku, who had been in contact with the original Anku, he will stay and confront Miku upon smelling his own scent, instead of running away immediately.

"It's rare to find someone who isn't afraid of my greed, so I'll have some fun with you!"

Miku rubbed his hands together, revealing a sinister smile.

Sensing Miku's ill intentions, Little Anku once again revealed one of its wings. Wisps of flame swirled around the fiery red half of its wings, and a scorching aura emanated from the fiery red feathers.

"what!"

With a soft shout, Xiao Anku pointed his undamaged left hand at Miku, and feathers from half of his wing fell off and shot towards Miku.

Based on previous encounters, this little guy's feathers are like bombs, one after another.

"This trick again?"

Faced with the overwhelming barrage of feather bombs, Miku stepped back and vanished in front of Anku like a gust of wind.

"First, I'll teach you what manners are!"

Miku, who suddenly appeared behind Xiao Anku, grabbed the other's head and said menacingly, "You must greet people when you see them, and bow to those older than you!"

Miku forcefully pressed down on Anku's head and delivered a side kick to his left waist. Anku cried out in pain as he was suddenly struck in the waist and forced to bend over by Miku.

"That's what a good child is like!"

As Miku released his hand from his head, Xiao Anku, who had been forced to bow, quickly turned around and stabbed out with his left hand.

How could that be?

When Anku turned around and found no one behind him, he asked in surprise, "What are you looking for?" Miku put an arm around his shoulder and asked with a smile, "What are you looking for?"

At this moment, Miku reappeared. As Xiao Anku shook off the opponent's arm with a shrug, he stretched out his left hand, and a thick, long pillar of fire, even more intense and scorching than the pillar of fire released by the parrot-devouring monster, rushed towards Miku's face.

Feeling a wave of heat wash over him, Miku conjured an energy blast in his left hand and hurled it at Little Anku.

"Children should not play with fire carelessly, or they will wet the bed at night!"

The energy blast made contact with the pillar of fire, and the pillar of fire immediately dissipated. The energy blast, carrying an even more violent energy reaction, struck Anku directly in the chest.

"boom!"

Amidst the violent explosion and flashes of light, Little Anku was blasted away alive, his feathered armor turning completely black, and several cellular coins falling to the ground.

"Forehead...."

Clutching his chest, Xiao Anku glanced fearfully at Miku, his body tense as he endured the excruciating pain, then turned and leaped into the air.

"Is this not enough? Trying to skip class?"

Miku sneered as he watched Little Anku run away: "A fledgling just doesn't know as much as an old bird!"

If it were the original Anku, he wouldn't have so openly exposed his back to the enemy. Instead, he would have attacked first, using the aftershocks of his attack as a distraction to escape.

"Still too inexperienced!"

As Miku patted his chest, fine cracks appeared on his waist. As the cracks spread all over his body, an even taller figure leaped out and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

As he fled in panic, Anku kept looking back to see if the devilish guy had caught up.

To his relief, the creature couldn't fly; it simply stood still. The little Anku, with its bird-like keen eyesight, spotted the "Miku" standing motionless and flew even faster.

He sped across half the city and stopped on the rooftop of a building. He landed awkwardly and collapsed to the ground, touching his charred chest and panting heavily.

"It can't fly anymore?"

A childish voice came from beside him. Startled, little Anku turned his head and saw a golden figure lying on its side on the building's pipes, its long tail swaying back and forth, its golden-red eyes full of mockery.

"what!"

With a startled cry, Little Anku quickly got up and jumped off the building, flying further away.

"This child is so naive, mistaking my shed skin for me!"

Miku naturally noticed Miku's frequent backward glances as he fled. Every time Miku used the power of Extreme, he would peel off the normal monster's armor as a shell. Extreme was like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, breaking free of its old body and gaining a new one!

Let's play with this kid a little longer!

Without Miku making any move, a breeze swept across the rooftop, and Miku's body, which had been lying on his side on the pipe, disappeared like static on a television screen.

Where is that guy?

The single red wing on his back spewed out surging air currents, propelling Little Anku forward as he flew between buildings, frequently glancing around, but there was no trace of that terrifying figure.

Little Anku, who had just stopped in a grove of trees, hadn't even caught his breath when he heard that childish voice again.

"The scenery here is beautiful!"

Turning around, he saw a pair of golden-red eyes and Anku mustered all his strength to fly upwards, disappearing into the clouds in no time.

"You've learned your lesson this time!"

Miku disappeared again before even landing after flipping down from the tree. Unlike Wakana's ClayDoll Extreme, Miku Extreme's ability is speed—a speed that surpasses everything in the world.

After being overtaken by Miku several times before landing, Anku finally collapsed in despair on a patch of grass.

"Has it given up the struggle?"

"Then come with me and let's shine for the Hongshang Foundation!"

Miku grabbed little Anku and disappeared in a flash, reappearing inside the biological research institute.

"Luckily, I had Dr. Maki prepare two cells beforehand, otherwise I really wouldn't know where to put you!"

Miku, who casually tossed Xiao Anku in, glanced at Duo Qiao, who was slowly resigned to his fate in the cell next to him. Duo Qiao was now lying on his bed with several bottles of wine and a plate of dried fish beside him. A new LCD TV was hanging on the wall of the cell. Duo Qiao, who occasionally took a sip of wine and ate a bite of dried fish, no longer showed the arrogant and reckless demeanor he used to have!

"Everything is going according to plan now!"

Miku, having deactivated his transformation, swished his tail and left the cell. Duo Qiao, seeing Miku leave, let out a barely perceptible snort, and then shoveled a green can of locusts into the bed beneath him.

Miku, who had just left the cell, stopped and perked up his ears.

"I remember that item was brought back from Europe by Chairman Hong Shang!"

"Yes, but the director isn't here right now and no one dares to touch it, so we can only put it in the storage room for now!"

"The director and the chairman are truly remarkable; they actually want to study such terrifying creatures as the Greedy Ones!"

"I heard that thing is related to greedy people!"

Listening to the whispers of the gossiping employees, Miku's eyes revealed a hint of curiosity.

"Something important related to the greedy!"

...........

Outside the multinational restaurant, a silver Toyota Corolla was parked, its window rolled down, revealing a face that was both cool and charming.

"Brother, you seem to be having a lot of fun here, but soon you'll be coming home with me!"

Yui Abe lowered the car window and looked through the rearview mirror at the blue, round egg wrapped in silk netting on the back seat, which was beating like a heart. A slight smile appeared on her lips.

"Whatever it is, as long as it has some value, then it's the best!"

Chapter 63: I picked it up, then put it back. Aren't you angry?

Hongshang Biological Research Institute, Important Research Item Storage Room.

"Could this be the Dinosaur-type Combo Core Gold Box that hasn't even appeared yet?!"

Looking at the stone box on the shelf in front of him, Miku curled its tail and took it down from the shelf.

The box is no bigger than a plate. It is made of black rock of unknown material and has reliefs of three ancient creatures: pterosaurs, horned dinosaurs, and tyrannosaurus rex. The reliefs, made of lines, give people a sense of awe at first glance, as if they were facing ancient creatures.

"This thing is interesting!"

Miku stretched out its paws and poked at the round box a few times, then rolled its eyes and stretched out its tail to curl it up.

"No matter whose it was before, now that I see it, it's mine!"

Miku, who slipped out of the storage room, did not notice the red light flashing on the camera in the corner of the room.

...........

"ah!"

A terrified scream echoed throughout the multinational restaurant. Inside, a female customer in a white dress and light makeup screamed in despair as she looked at the ferocious-looking stranger who had suddenly barged into the restaurant.

"what happened?"

Eiji and Hina, who came upon hearing the noise, were quite surprised to see this ravenous creature that had appeared out of nowhere.

"Where did this guy come from?!"

Facing the Devouring Monster alone, Eiji said to Hina, "Hina, quickly get the guests to hide, I'll handle this guy!"

"Do you have the Core Medal to transform if Ankur isn't around?"

Hina, who pulled Eiji behind her, looked at the Devouring Monster, a hybrid of a headless gorilla and an octopus, and said, "Let me do it!"

"Then I'll leave it to you!"

"Please follow me, everyone!"

Eiji left the Devouring Monster to Hina to deal with, while he guided the guests to escape through the back door.

"Transform!"

The girl, transformed into Birth, confronted the Devouring Monster alone. Strangely, the Devouring Monster had no intention of fighting her; it only focused on Eiji and relentlessly pounced on her.

"Is this guy targeting Eiji?"

Watching the Devouring Monster relentlessly chasing Eiji, Hina took small, quick steps to get behind it, grabbed its shoulder, tensed her arm muscles, and let out a delicate shout: "Hey!"

Hina lifted the ravenous monster up and threw it out of the shop, and Eiji took the opportunity to evacuate all the customers.

Even after landing, the Devouring Monster continued to relentlessly charge at Eiji, who then began to fight it off.

"Damn it, where did that Anku guy go?"

.........

The headquarters building of the Hong Shang Foundation, the president's office.

Miku, swinging the dinosaur-shaped box, felt an increasingly strong urge to open it.