The Strange Cat from Fuuto

"Dad, Mom!"

The child, with his head wrapped in gauze, stood between two hospital beds, his face filled with grief and a hint of confusion as he looked at the man and woman lying on the beds.

"Could this be...?"

Upon witnessing this scene, Sister Fa murmured to herself, the image before her eyes replaying in her mind.

Over and over again!

A tear rolled down Fa Jie's cheek as she tried to take a step but found herself unable to move. Suddenly, the white wall behind her cracked open, and a young man with an eerie light in his eyes stepped out.

"That's right, this is your inner world!"

The young man with the sinister look in his eyes familiarly put his hand on Sister Fa's shoulder and looked in the direction she was looking: "How was it? You miss it, don't you!"

"Your final moments with your parents and your... moments of despair!"

At this moment, the scene before Fa Jie's eyes changed. The heart rate monitor turned into a straight line, and a sharp, long beeping sound continued. Fa Jie's parents were covered with a white cloth.

An arm hanging limply by the window reveals the cruelest truth!

As waves of pain surged through her heart, tears streamed down Sister Fa's face, but she did not let her guard down!

She already knew who this guy in front of her was!

"You are... a dragon?"

The mage, who had slapped the dragon's arm away, looked warily at the dragon in front of her. The dragon's eyes gleamed with an even stronger, sinister light. After glancing at his hand that the mage had slapped away, he laughed nonchalantly, "You've really changed a lot. You've actually become a woman!"

"You're about to give up, aren't you? With your current strength, you're no match for Medusa." The dragon, arms crossed, smiled slightly. "Want me to take your place? Just give me your body, give me everything you have, and I'll take care of everything for you, whether it's Medusa or Alex's ring!"

"So, how about you consider it?"

The dragon raised its arm and tapped its temples, its smile growing wider and wider, gradually cracking to reveal its sharp teeth.

The dragon, seemingly confident of defeating Sister Fa, wasn't in a hurry. The flow of time in his inner world was completely different from that in the real world. If he wanted, he could spend an entire day here with Sister Fa, while outside it was only a second!

"I refuse!"

Instead of looking at the dragon, the mage looked at her parents who had stopped breathing and the child who was being pulled by the nurse but still wanted to get closer to her parents.

As she took her first steps, Sister Fa gently tucked her mother's drooping arm back into the blanket, her movements as tender as if she were tucking a loved one in at night.

"This was indeed a moment of despair for me, but it was also a moment of hope for me to become a father and mother!"

The scene before them changed again; the young priest held his parents' hands in his own, and his parents' eyes shone with a look of relief.

"I never imagined that you would become even more resilient after becoming a woman!"

Walking to the bedside, your dragon-like fingers parted the blinds on the window, revealing an endless void of darkness outside.

"But what can you do about the situation outside?" The dragon withdrew its finger and reached out to Sister Mage: "Come on, become a part of me, so you won't have to think about so much anymore, and you won't have to despair!"

What is your answer?

Staring at the dragon's outstretched hand, Sister Froze for a moment, then suddenly grinned and walked up to the dragon, grabbing its arm: "I have another way!"

"You have another way?"

The dragon, tilting its head in confusion, seemed surprised by the mage's answer. The mage gently grasped the dragon's hand and said, "Because you are my last hope!"

"I am your last hope!?"

The astonished dragon paused for a moment, then burst into laughter, and with his laughter, everything around him collapsed.

The demonic dragon with ferocious dragon patterns emerging on its face transformed from a youth into a gigantic evil dragon with wings growing from its ribs and sharp teeth.

"You're really something, making me your last hope!"

"You must know that I am the embodiment of despair!" The dragon lowered its head and approached the mage. The mage slowly raised her hands and embraced the dragon's ferocious head, saying, "That's right, your power is my hope!"

"So lend me your power, dragon!"

After hearing what Sister Fa said, the Demon Dragon remained silent for a moment.

"Alright, since you put it that way, I'll lend you my power. But remember this: the more you use my power, the closer you get to despair!"

"If you're with me, I wouldn't mind taking a trip into the abyss!"

"Then, accept my power, Haruko Misaka!"

"Let it all out!"

The demonic dragon, roaring and emitting cries, rushed into the body of the mage, who then closed her eyes with her arms outstretched.

The dragon rushed into her body, and after it was completely inside, the mage suddenly opened her eyes and raised her left arm.

"I am the last hope!"

Meanwhile, the body of the mage in the real world also burst forth with a cyan-gold radiance, bursting Medusa's magical python and appearing before Medusa in the form of a hurricane dragon.

She was draped in a robe that had turned a deep blue-gold color due to the materialized wind magic. She had triangular gemstone shoulder armor on both shoulders, a breastplate shaped like the head of a dragon, and two ferocious dragon horns pointing diagonally to the sky. A blue-gold gem the size of a thumb shimmered on her forehead.

"It's evolved! I knew I hadn't misjudged it!"

Outside a factory window, the figure of the White Demon appeared and disappeared. He looked at the Mage who had become a wind dragon and exclaimed in admiration, while at the same time looking at the Mage with extremely greedy eyes.

"These two have already entered the evolution process; we still need two more!"

Meanwhile, at Serena's mansion, Miku's tail stood up high, and the cat with its lips parted to reveal sharp teeth let out a laugh.

"Ha ha ha ha...."

"As expected of the protagonist, the plot of turning the tide is fantastic. But with my interference, can you still get to where you were before?"

"Masako Misaka!"

"Oh!"

The door was kicked open, and Serena, radiating a low-pressure aura, appeared, holding a long wooden box in both hands. Inside the box were a blood-red ring and several magic rings.

"Was it successful?"

"Ok!"

"That's perfect timing, it's time for me to take the field!"

Miku jumped off the cushion, raised its tail high, and walked toward Serena, but Serena closed the box.

"I want to go with you this time!"

Seeing Serena's resolute expression, Miku understood that she wanted to witness the moment of his transformation and break through the inner demons within her.

"Alright, but there's only one thing: are you squeamish about wolves?"

As Miku transformed, he swept Iggy's Fenrir ring to his waist, and a magic circle engraved with a ferocious wolf's head appeared. Iggy also peeked out from the doorway.

"Let's go!"

Serena turned and left without saying much. Miku shrugged and followed, while the magic circle obediently followed behind him.

.......

Inside the abandoned factory, the mage in her wind dragon form had already engaged Medusa in battle. As the hurricane form, which is known for its speed and agility among the four elemental forms, it was even more powerful after being empowered by the magic dragon.

The mage swiftly moved to the side, put the lightning ring on the middle finger of her right hand, and pulled the button to reset the wheel.

Sister Fa placed her right hand on her waist, "Thunder Please!"

With a flick of her right hand, she raised it forward, and a cyan-gold magic circle, crackling with wisps of electricity, rose up in front of her. A dragon made entirely of lightning flew out of the magic circle, roaring as it flew toward Medusa.

"This is getting more and more troublesome!"

Medusa clicked her tongue as the roaring dragon flew towards her, her right hand pressed against her eyes while she held the serpent staff in her left.

"Since that's the case, then let's finish you off right here!"

An eerie, dark purple light shot from Medusa's eyes, radiating outwards and turning everything in her sight to stone, including the majestic thunder dragon.

"Crack!"

The petrified thunder dragon fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

Medusa's gaze shifted to Fa Jie, whose alarm bells rang in her mind. Fa Jie instinctively tried to back away, but Medusa's gaze was like a leech that she couldn't shake off.

Feeling a stiffness all over her body, Sister Fa was shocked to find her legs slowly covered in limestone rocks. Within the area covered by the gray rocks, Sister Fa completely lost control of her body.

The petrification effect rapidly eroded Fa Jie, slowly turning her into a stone from the bottom up, just as the grayish-brown rock reached Fa Jie's neck.

"Explosion Now!"

A golden magic circle appeared in front of Medusa, accompanied by a cold chant. An explosion suddenly occurred, blasting Medusa flying backward, while the petrification of the mage's body stopped.

The White Demon, who emerged from the shadows, first removed the petrification effect from the Mage, then stood in front of her and coldly stared at Medusa as she struggled to her feet.

Although he himself is a sage, he usually appears as the White Demon. Moreover, Medusa's unauthorized actions angered him, and the White Demon, who was planning to make the Sorceress owe him a favor, also wanted to take the opportunity to punish Medusa properly.

"Damn it, how come another white-clad mage has appeared!"

"Phantom, your actions have thoroughly enraged me. Prepare to die!"

The cold, sharp gaze emanating from the amber-colored visor sent chills down Medusa's spine. Her legs trembled slightly, and Medusa clutched her left arm, which had just been injured in the explosion, looking at the White Demon with panic and uncertainty.

"Tap, tap, tap, tap..."

A crisp sound of footsteps suddenly rang out, and Miku's figure appeared in front of the three of them as the footsteps sounded.

Serena walked behind him, while Iggy obediently squatted outside the door.

"Crack!"

Miku silently removed the ring from the middle finger of her left hand and put on a new ring made by Serena. The ring was shaped like an eye, with a tiny, black gemstone set in the eye.

"I'm going!" He closed four of his five fingers together, leaving only his middle finger sticking up.

Miku turned the waist drive and indifferently placed his left hand on his waist.

"Blood...Hunter, Start!"

Chapter Thirty-Three: Come on, open your mouth, I'll feed you a taste of your own medicine!

"Click, click!"

The drive wheel made a spinning sound, and the leftmost of the three beast claw patterns lit up.