The Strange Cat from Fuuto

Miku, dodging repeatedly, calculated the time it would take for Four to arrive, as did Mik.

Finally, that familiar, passionate tone reached my ears.

"Miku!"

Gentaro, who had just arrived at the shopping street, saw Miku holding off Hoshino with the strength of a cat. "Hurry up, Gentaro. Miku won't last long!"

Kengo patted Gentaro on the shoulder, half-squatting on the ground and opening his briefcase, while Yuuki held up the hamburger machine and aimed it at Canes Venatici.

"Whoosh..."

A piercing whistling sound rang out, and Mick suddenly appeared between Miku and Canes Venatici. Raising his hand to grab Canes Venatici's chains, Mick's tone was icy: "What are you doing, Canes Venatici!"

"Get out of my way! How dare this guy treat me like that! I'll teach him a lesson!"

With his brain congested, Hound selectively forgot Mick's previous instruction to him. With his eyes narrowed, Mick silently kicked the other man in the stomach.

"I said, no one but me can lay a hand on him!"

"Miku, you're mine alone!"

"You have committed an unforgivable crime!"

"They must be punished!"

Just as Canis Major, who had been kicked and sent flying, got up, a blazing light appeared in his vision.

"boom!!!"

Encased in the energy blast, Canis Major let out a painful howl. Mick didn't even glance at the howling Canis Major in the flames, but looked down at Miku indifferently and said, "We meet again, you foolish little brother!"

"elder brother!"

Miku and Mikko stood there, staring at each other, or at least that's how Gentaro and the others perceived them. But the two of them were actually exchanging glances frantically.

"Xiao Ming delivered the things!"

"So fast!?"

"He's the fastest man!"

"Then proceed according to plan, and don't give anything away!"

"okay!"

"You're still the same outrageous old you. Tell me why you don't fight back?"

"Brother, I don't want to use that power anymore!" Miku, her eyes filled with pain, turned her head away. Mick sneered, "So you're just going to keep going like this!?"

"Power is the only thing that matters. The bonds you value are worthless in the face of power!"

"Bonds can connect people's hearts, why don't you understand that, brother!"

Have you forgotten the bonds we shared in the past?

"Shut up!"

The waiter, Mick, yelled and stomped his foot, creating a deep dent in the ground. The spiderweb-like cracks that spread out were a shocking sight.

"Bonds are just a ridiculous excuse; only power matters!"

"I'll give you one more chance, one chance to defy me!"

Mikko casually tossed the Zero Driver in front of Miku. "Alright, transform once more, and then let's continue our battle!"

"I can't do it, I can't fight my brother!"

With tears glistening in his eyes, Miku roared in agony. Mick turned away indifferently and said, "If you don't choose to transform, then only defeat awaits you!"

"I'll be waiting for you at the same time tomorrow, at the place where we first met in Tian Gao. I hope you won't disappoint me!"

"I'll bring the astronomical switch with me. If you want to help your ridiculous companion get the switch back, come find me!"

Mik left behind a mess and Miku staring blankly at the Zero Driver as he strode away.

Chapter Twenty-Two: Knight Cat and Weird Cat!

Lunar base, rabbit burrow.

"Miku, are you really planning to go?"

Yuuki tentatively asked a question. Ever since returning from the shopping street, Miku had been looking sullen, and even now the cat was huddled alone in a corner, frowning deeply.

"The test results for this are in!"

Holding a Cell Coin taken from the Type-0 Driver, Kengo then took out a Star Coin.

"These two look almost identical, but the star-patterned coin contains a considerable amount of cosmic energy, while this one contains an extremely pure energy that can be extracted and applied in various ways!"

"It can be described as a very pure energy source!"

"This tiny coin looks really amazing!"

Gentaro's tone was full of amazement as he took the coin from Kengo's hand.

"So, are you going, Miku?"

Miyu asked the question that everyone was most concerned about. Miku raised her head slightly and said with difficulty, "I know my brother's personality very well. Once he makes up his mind about something, he won't change it!"

"A stubborn personality type!"

Upon hearing this, JK stroked his chin and chuckled. Miku shook his head and said, "It's less about stubbornness and more about obsession. That's just his personality!"

“Personally, I agree with and encourage Miku to go. In any case, the four astronomical switches that Miku possesses must be retrieved. For Fourze right now, the astronomical switches are extremely important and cannot be lost!”

"Please, Miku!"

"Let me think about it some more!"

With their heads down and tails drooping, Miku walked out of the rabbit den base, looking at the somewhat dejected cat. Gentaro and his group all had different expressions.

"He must be in so much pain, having to fight his own brother, that feeling must be terrible!"

After the hatch closed, Miku's lonely figure disappeared. But Miyu sighed, arms crossed.

"Arguments are the remedy for friendship, and I believe Miku and Mik will definitely make up!"

"But Miku and Mik are brothers, right?"

"Whatever!"

Ignoring the teasing he was getting, Gentaro roared passionately, "So, I'm going to see this through to the end with Miku and Mik!" Kengo sighed silently, "I really don't understand your thought process, but battles between blood relatives are probably the most painful!"

"Crack!"

Gentaro reinstalled the Cell Medal onto the Zero Driver's wheel. "I'm going to talk to him. I'm leaving the investigation of Canis Major's true identity to you guys!"

"Okay, leave it to us!"

Squatting at the top of the stairs where the abandoned department was located, Miku gazed wistfully at the clear blue sky.

"What embarrassing lines! But Mick seems to be enjoying it!"

"But we've shown them enough for now, and it's about time to move on to the second step!"

As Miku prepared to get up, crisp footsteps sounded behind him, the clear sound of sneakers hitting the ground being exceptionally clear to Miku's ears.

"You're here! I thought you'd gone somewhere else on campus!"

"Here, this is your stuff, isn't it!"

Gentaro placed the Type-0 Driver next to Miku. Looking at the Type-0 Driver, which was inlaid with six Cell Medals and one Core Medal, Miku's face was very serious.

"This driver was given to me by a very kind elder who saw that I was depressed because I couldn't save my brother, so he gave it to me!"

"He even encouraged me, saying that if I wanted to save my brother, I had to use my own hands to wake him up!"

"Looking back now, I realize I really let that elder down!"

With a flick of the claw on Zero's wheel, the rapidly spinning wheel made a "whoosh whoosh whoosh" sound, like a windmill.

"My grandfather once said that even if you give up at one point, don't be discouraged, because as long as you keep going, you will definitely succeed!"

"I believe you, Miku!"

"Ok?"

Miku tilted his head, looking at Gentaro with a questioning gaze. Gentaro laughed heartily and said, "I believe you will save Miku. And you are not fighting alone. You have me and everyone in the Kamen Rider Club. You will definitely succeed!"

"It will definitely succeed... right?"

"Thank you, Gentaro!"

Miku grinned, revealing his teeth as his mouth split wide open and his eyes narrowed.

"I will definitely save him!"

"Oh!"

...............

Night falls at the Shirojima residence.

Miku, who was lying in the cat bed, watched as Mikko fed Yuuki coins and then crawled up beside him.

How's it going on your end?

"It was a great success; they were all fooled by the person I acted!"

"I see. Then let's put on a good show for them tomorrow!"

"No problem, but don't give it away!"

You can rest assured that I'll handle things!

...............

The next day, in the square near the stadium.

Miku, with the Zero Driver coiled around his tail, strolled to the plaza, followed by the entire Kamen Rider Club at this stage. Mikko had arrived early and was waiting for Miku's arrival.

"I thought you would run away with your tail between your legs like before!"

The red-haired, black-spotted cat stared directly at Miku, its heterochromatic eyes—one blue and one yellow—filled with mockery.