The Strange Cat from Fuuto

To do this, Miku removed the three Core Medals from their bodies. This was to prevent them from causing him as much trouble while he was struggling to maintain his internal power balance.

But now, Aifin is not only not going berserk due to the conflict of power, but is also showing a very powerful aura.

After they merged together, Thief Horn and Love Fin continued to familiarize themselves with each other's power until they could make the coin not repel each other and even merge their power.

However, this does not mean that the two no longer need to maintain a balance of power; on the contrary, they need to be even more careful in maintaining this balance.

If one of these two merged entities chooses to remain silent, the other will no longer need to worry about maintaining balance and will not be constrained.

Now, the thief's consciousness is completely submerged in his own Core Medal, surrendering his body to the other party, even entrusting the Core Medal to him.

"You're clearly a greedy person, yet you have not a single desire. That's what I like most about you, Thief Horn!"

The coin flipped over on the surface of the Lovefin's body, revealing its ferocious appearance. The Shovel, seeing its drastically changed appearance for the first time, was quite surprised.

Seeing Duo Qiao's appearance, Ai Qi snorted coldly, "Do you still have the canned locusts I secretly slipped to you before?"

"Here!"

After handing the can of locusts to Aiqi, Aiqi opened the can and, while holding the tiny locust in her hand, hummed a silent song.

A sound wave, imperceptible to the average human ear, slowly spread out, emanating from a corner of the research institute, from a can of locusts that had been sitting idle for many days.

A spherical egg buried underground burst open, and a hideous, monstrous hand emerged from the earth.

"Alright, we just need to wait quietly!"

After casually tossing the can of locusts to Duoqiao, Aiqi's eyes gleamed with confidence as he stood in front of the door with one hand on his hip.

A moment later, screams and horrific cries echoed from outside. A hybrid Devourer, covered in blood, appeared before Lovefin and Shovel, waving its hand to activate a switch outside, releasing Shovel and Lovefin.

"Good boy!"

Touching the Devouring Monster's love fins, he didn't hold back his praise.

"Should we take this one with us?" Duoqiao asked Aiqi, looking at the little Anku in the other cage. Aiqi looked at the little Anku and smiled, "Such a cute little kid, of course we should take him!"

After releasing Little Anku, Aifin and his two companions swaggered out of the research institute.

Currently, all of the Hongshang Foundation's combat forces are fighting against the suddenly appearing Devouring Monsters in the city, leaving the research institute quite empty, with only some researchers doing clerical work remaining.

Faced with three unbridled, greedy people, one should naturally hide as deeply as possible!

Of the three who walked out of the research institute, Duo Qiao looked at the institute with intense resentment.

"It's such an eyesore!"

After the emerald green lightning bolts above suddenly erupted, they struck various parts of the research institute, causing widespread damage. At the same time, a warehouse storing flammable and explosive raw materials also exploded.

Looking at the research institute engulfed in flames, Duo Qiao smiled with satisfaction.

"What do we do next?"

"From now on, you just need to follow my instructions!" Aiqi said proudly, arms crossed, looking at the moon in the sky and laughing, "You taught me what it means to lose the whole game with just one wrong word!"

"But now I'll give you a piece of my mind: what does it mean to have a domino effect from one small thing?"

"Yunzaki Miku!"

Chapter 72: Desire? Dreams? They're all just excuses to satisfy ourselves!

It is often said that the darkest hour is just before dawn.

But now, just before dawn, the city is experiencing an early sunrise, with a tall, slender figure radiating endless light and heat standing on the street, the intense heat distorting the air into shattered mirrors.

"How many are left?"

The flat, monotone words reached Lilith's ears, and the somewhat dazed Lilith suddenly snapped out of her daze and said, "This is the last one!"

"Okay, then I'll leave the cleanup to you. I'll head back to headquarters now!"

"Okay, please... take care!"

Lilith, who was bowing, was unaware of the respect in her tone. Miku disappeared from Lilith's sight with a single step and returned to the front of the Hongshang Foundation headquarters building in just a few breaths.

"It's finally all resolved!"

With a sigh and a hint of weariness, Miku deactivated his transformation, slowly walked into the elevator, and stretched out his tail to touch the elevator button.

"I wonder if Uncle Hongshang is resting now?"

After the elevator doors opened, Miku easily made his way to the temporary office, jumped onto the table, and pressed the button to start a video call.

"Beep, beep, beep..."

After a long time of short calls without any answer, Miku frowned, sensing something was wrong.

"I think someone is secretly plotting something!"

For some reason, Uncle Hongshang's words came to mind, and recalling his slightly melancholy expression at that time, Miku scratched his ear, but his brows still did not relax.

"Ding!"

After a soft click, the video call was connected.

However, the person on the other end of the video call was not the familiar face of Uncle Hongshang, but a girl with delicate features.

"boom!"

"Miku, there's been an explosion at the research institute! All the greedy people who were imprisoned have escaped!"

Rinaka burst in, panting heavily, and loudly recounted the attack on the research institute.

"I understand, you can go out now!"

Miku nodded to Richu to indicate that he understood. After the other person left, he squatted on the desk and coiled his tail around his body.

Aren't you curious?

Aiqi looked at the composed Miku, not seeing a trace of surprise or shock on the other's face, and couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.

"If you knew what the name 'Yunzaki' meant, you would understand that I'm used to this kind of thing!"

Miku, speaking calmly and deliberately, looked directly at Aiqi and said, "Although I don't know when you started planning this or how long you've been planning it, isn't the reason you did all this because you lack confidence in facing me?"

"You're afraid to face me, you're afraid of my power!"

"Hahaha...."

Ai-fin suddenly burst out laughing, her shoulders shaking uncontrollably. Miku just watched her quietly, without making a single comment.

"That's right, you're absolutely right!"

After wiping away non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes, Aiqi took a step back, revealing Uncle Hongshang who was bound hand and foot.

"You taught me before what it means to lose the whole game with just one wrong move. Now I'll give you a piece of my mind: what it means for one thing to affect everything!"

"So, you're saying that everything that happened to Dr. Zhenbu and Eiji was your doing?"

Upon seeing Uncle Hongshang, Miku already understood what had happened.

"Looking back now, I realize that the unease I felt before was because you were setting things up!"

Ai-Fin has deviated too much from the original storyline, both in personality and behavior. Moreover, under the influence of the butterfly effect brought about by Miku, she can no longer be viewed with the same perspective as before after merging with the thief!

"Well, I was just experimenting back then, and it seems to be working quite well now!"

With his arms crossed, Aifin's face turned cold as he said, "If you want to save him, you'll have to give us all of our Core Medals!"

"Otherwise, you know what will happen to him!"

After saying this, Aifin released a water jet that shredded the communication device on the other end.

Staring at the blacked-out screen, Miku shook his head and said, "Why do people always try to blackmail me like this?"

"Whether it was during Iggy's time, or now!"

Miku, head bowed, fell silent. The sun's silhouette appeared on the horizon of the distant city, its light dispelling the darkness and streaming into the office through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Miku's shadow, cast on the wall as he crouched on his desk, began to distort.

......

After ending their call with Miku, Aiqi and the other two immediately led Uncle Hongshang away from the old Hongshang family mansion.

Little Anku followed behind Lovefin and Thiefhorn, looking somewhat lost and bewildered.

The shadow that Miku left on him was too great. Just thinking about the powerless despair he felt when facing Miku made his face turn ashen.

"Little Ankur, don't be so downcast. Think about it, you'll be able to get your Core Medal back soon!"

"But...."

Just as Anku was about to speak, Aiqi covered her mouth, her eyes gleaming with blue light as she smiled and said, "Don't worry, everything is going according to plan!"

"Ok!"

The sullen little Anku continued to follow behind Aiqi. Since waking up, he only had simple memories and instincts. Before he had any chance to learn, Miku threw him into the cage.

Although Duo Qiao was his cellmate, he had no intention of talking to him. He could only live in the cell in a daze. He had encountered too many things today.

This made his mind a little confused!

Aiqi, who was walking in front of the group, revealed a meaningful smile. She led Duoqiao and the others into the mountains in a hurry to avoid Miku's search.

After traveling along the mountain road for several hours, Uncle Hong Shang was carried on the shoulder of a Devouring Monster produced by Ai Zi. After fusing with the Horn Thief, she seemed to have also acquired the Horn Thief's abilities.

After crossing a hill, Aiqie saw a small cabin in the mountains and said with a smile, "We've finally arrived!"

"Is this the hiding place you were talking about?"

"Not bad, right? I came up with several plans to escape that cat's pursuit!"

After Aiqi led the group into the house, Uncle Hongshang was casually left inside. Aiqi, who had ordered the Devouring Monster to go out and keep watch, lit the fire in the stove and then stared blankly at the fire with his arms crossed.

"Hey, grab the shovel!"

Have you thought about what you would do after you are fully resurrected?

Aiqi's soft voice reached Duoqiao's ears, attracting the attention of Duoqiao, who was leaning against the wall, and Xiao Anku, who was squatting in front of the door.

"Of course, it's about satisfying one's own desires!"

The grappling hook on his right arm casually swung twice in the air as he snatched the shovel, a hint of longing in his voice.

"But that would be too boring, just a complete resurrection, and then destroying the world to satisfy one's own desires!"