The Strange Cat from Fuuto

"By the way, have you heard of this forum?"

Intending to curry favor, Osugi Chuta placed his notebook on the other person's desk. Sonoda Sarina glanced at it curiously, then frowned her beautiful brows and read out, word by word, "Amanokawa Academy High School is actually a den of demons. I will crush it. Watch closely!"

After reading the information on the forum, Sonoda Sarina said with disgust, "What kind of weird stuff is this? Why are there always these strange messages every day!"

"Yes!" Chuta Osugi chimed in, "There have been some strange rumors circulating on campus lately!"

"For example, at midnight, a strange man wearing a golden mask wandered aimlessly in the hallway, and students in the corners of the school heard strange echoes of coins falling to the ground. Even more, there were claw marks on the walls."

"Oh, but don't worry, after all, I'll protect the students in a crisis, and protect...you!"

To express his feelings, Osugi Chuta hooked his thumbs around the straps of his suspenders, but when he turned around, Sonoda Sarina had already left her seat and disappeared somewhere!

"Snapped!"

The suspenders snapped back against Osugi Chuta with a soft thud, and when he turned around and didn't see the beauty of his dreams, he couldn't help but gasp.

"hiss...."

The person who started the strange story that Sonoda Sarina and Osugi Chuta were talking about was currently lurking in a corner of the restaurant, wagging his tail, his golden eyes watching with interest a young man with a pompadour hairstyle wearing black trousers and a small turban that revealed a white shirt underneath.

"Wow, youth is truly wonderful!"

"But I'd better take this opportunity to quickly solve my lunch problem!"

While everyone's attention was drawn to the airplane-headed characters, Miku sprinted forward, skimming the ground. Just as the restaurant's cafeteria worker was engrossed in watching the airplane-headed characters' fight, Miku had already jumped in.

"Wow, today's dishes are really plentiful!"

Looking at the dishes that had been prepared and were ready to be sold, Miku's paw pads landed on the ground without making a sound. He tiptoed up, and with a flick of his tail, hooked a plastic bag over from the side.

"Looks like we'll be able to eat our fill today!"

Miku, who had just put a few pieces of fried fish cake into his bag, was about to dig into the fried chicken nuggets when a scream rang out behind him.

"It's you again, you little thief!"

The restaurant owner, his face contorted with rage, shifted his stance and lunged at Miku. With a bag in his mouth, Miku deftly ducked, stomped his hind legs on the ground, and leaped out of the window, landing on the shoulder of the restaurant server.

"You damned little thief cat, don't let me see you again, or I'll skin you alive!"

The uncle serving food, holding his own ladle, gestured and roared at Miku.

"Hey!"

Miku, who turned around and made a face at the cafeteria worker, didn't look ahead and bumped straight into the boy with the pompadour haircut's leg.

"what!"

Feeling as if he had been hit by a rock, Gentaro Kisaragi cried out in pain. Looking down, he saw a blue-gray cat with gold stripes carrying a plastic bag of food and staring at him.

"Sorry, little kitty!"

Seeing the apologetic look on Gentaro's face, Miku didn't intend to get entangled with him any longer and silently walked past the man with the pompadour who was about to become the youngest Kamen Rider in Heisei history.

Miku had absolutely no interest in Gentaro Kisaragi's affairs, and he hadn't even considered stepping forward to help him.

Getting involved with this guy too early won't do any good, and I never intended to become a mentor to a knight. Besides, the astronomical switches used by Fourze are completely useless to him. Without the Fourze Driver, those switches are just decorations. I'd rather figure out how to get a Zodiarts Switch.

After jogging to a quiet, deserted place, Miku tore open the bag and, without caring about hygiene, started gnawing on it with both paws.

After leaving the world of Three Eggs, he and Hai Dong arrived in the world of Four Eggs, and the place where they just crossed the dimensional wall was the gate of Ten no Kawa Academy High School.

He had only been staring at the school gate sign for a few minutes when Hai Dong, the thief, vanished without a trace, leaving him all alone here.

"I never imagined that I'd start out as a stray cat!"

As Miku chewed on the fish cake, he sighed inwardly.

Knowing that Four-Zai's stage was the Amanokawa Academy High School, Miku simply went there and stayed.

As a stray cat!

He had been enjoying luxurious treatment ever since he arrived in Fengdu. Even in the world of Three Eggs, Uncle Hong Shang was very obedient to him. But here, Miku sadly discovered that he had to work hard to fill his stomach.

"It'll be difficult to get food from restaurants again!"

"Not to mention that he actually went and became a thief. I wonder if the old man would be so angry that black smoke would rise from his grave if he found out!"

Miku sighed softly, realizing that this wasn't the first time she'd been caught by the cafeteria worker.

"Not to mention those palace-disciple cadres in cloaks and that old silver coin holed up in the chairman's office, their lives are tough!"

"It's fine as long as we all stay at peace, but if you try anything against me!"

"hey-hey....."

Miku, who had just finished eating a fried fish cake, suddenly heard a commotion.

"I've already hidden all this way, can't you just let me have a proper meal?!"

Miku, who was hiding behind a tree with a bag in hand, witnessed a case of school bullying.

"This guy is really sturdy; it's rare to have such a physique at his age!"

Miku, who had been watching with a detached eye, saw Gentaro get up after being knocked away for who knows how many times, and then immediately made a sarcastic remark.

"This is probably what they call 'if you don't have the intelligence, make up for it with your physical strength'!"

Miku, who had just taken a bite of a fried fish cake, suddenly frowned. "This feeling..."

A dark mist had spread out and filled the passageway at the other end, and seven stars emitting a cold light lit up in the mist.

The heavy footsteps echoed through the black mist that enveloped Gentaro and his group, and the seven stars in the black mist shone even brighter.

"Zodiarts... huh?"

After swallowing the fish cake in his mouth, Miku didn't react to the approaching Zodiarts. If it were a high-ranking officer, he might have been a little interested and played with it for a while. But this guy, with just a simple switch, didn't even interest him in glancing at it.

"Star?"

The dazzling starlight in the black mist made Gentaro speak in confusion. It was broad daylight, yet he was seeing stars that looked like they were from the night before. He was really puzzled!

As the black mist dissipated and the starlight faded, a two-meter-tall, red-faced, fanged monster stood before Gentaro.

Seven stars were embedded in the thick bio-armor, and the thick limbs showed the creature's great strength.

"what!"

With a loud roar, Zodiarts clumsily strode forward like a chariot towards the students of the Olive Department, or more precisely, towards the Olive Department's leader, Oomonji Hayabusa.

The bulky body prevented the opponent from changing direction nimbly, but Omonji Hayabusa was no fool with just muscles. After dodging the opponent's charge with a lazy roll, the large tree behind them was snapped in two.

"Monster!"

The members of the Olive Club screamed and fled in panic, while Gentaro stared at Zodiarts, who had crashed into a large tree, with a grim expression.

"Where did this monster come from?"

"My food!"

"My food!"

"I finally get to have a proper meal!"

Miku narrowly escaped the collision, only to watch helplessly as his lunch was trampled into a puddle of unidentified matter mixed with mud and sawdust.

"Gurgle..."

A gurgling sound came from the cat's somewhat emaciated belly at just the right moment. Miku, with a gloomy face, stared at the reckless big red guy and squeezed out a sentence.

"You little brat, do you really want to die?!"

Chapter Two: Miku: My precious first time was given to a brat like you!

"You little brat, do you really want to die?!"

Miku muttered a sentence under his breath with a rather unfriendly look in his eyes. The big red guy in front of him was shaking his head, clearly not having reacted to what had just happened.

"call..."

Amidst heavy breathing, the cool starlight twinkled. Orion slowly turned around and placed his gaze on the boy with the pompadour and the adorable girl beside him.

"Ah, this guy has his eye on us!"

Yuuki Joshima hid behind Gentaro with a frightened look on his face. "I don't know what's going on, but you hide first, and I'll chase him away right away!" Gentaro, who was protecting Yuuki behind him, faced the two-meter-tall Orion with fearlessness.

"I like this simple-minded guy's personality. Consider it a bet in advance. I'll give you a hand, and then..."

With a mysterious smile on his face, Miku retreated into the bushes beside him, while Gentaro, carrying a steel pipe, continued his reckless and passionate belief in going all out.

"It's okay to fight monsters with your bare hands later on, but right now you're carrying a steel pipe like you're going to fight monsters. This idiotic behavior is no different from some Kage trying to stab Susanoo with a kunai!"

After transforming, Miku lay in the bushes, his hands supporting his chin, his tail swaying behind him. His scarlet eyes, tinged with gold, watched with amusement as the pompadour-haired boy tried to beat Orion with a steel pipe.

"Almost there..."

On the other side, Gentaro looked at the steel pipe that had been taken from him and twisted into a pretzel, his expression one of utter shock.

After casually tossing away the twisted steel pipe, Orion threw a punch, sending Gentaro, who had his arms crossed in front of him, flying several meters away.

"If an ordinary person took a hit like that, their arm bone would either be shattered or fractured. This kid is really tough!"

Gentaro, grinning, got up from the ground and started swinging his arms.

"This guy is incredibly strong!"

"Is this something that requires a lot of strength?"

While secretly complaining, Miku watched as Orion was about to unleash its starlight and explode. He suddenly leaped out of the bushes, transforming into a blur as he attacked Orion, whose arms were outstretched.

"You bastard, not only did you disturb my meal, but you also trampled my food into mud!"

In the blink of an eye, Miku arrived in front of Orion. Before the other could react, Miku hunched his shoulders and sent the two-meter-tall giant flying, just like Gentaro!

"what's the situation?"

"Ouch, that hurts!"

Orion pushed himself up with his arms, and his head was a little dizzy from the impact, but suddenly his vision became extremely bright.

"boom...."

The energy blast suddenly exploded, and Orion, whose face was completely blackened, blankly exhaled a puff of black smoke.