The Strange Cat from Fuuto

Mayu Inamori, who turned around and bumped into a figure, fell to the ground, dropping her phone.

"It hurts." Mayu Inamori groaned as she rubbed her aching forehead, and when she looked up, a look of horror appeared on her face.

"A monster...a monster!"

A scream shattered the tranquility of the night, startling Sister Fa, who had been waiting outside the door.

"problem occurs!"

As soon as she emerged from the tent, Fa-jie ran toward the gate of the Inamori family's house. But upon reaching the gate, she was astonished to find a figure standing quietly in front of the Inamori family's door.

"Yo, Haruko Misaka, we meet again!"

"Sonosaki Miko, what are you doing here?"

"Look at the stars!" Following Miku's gaze, Fa Jie looked up at the sky but only saw dark clouds; not even a single star.

On a dark and windy night, you tell me you're looking at the stars?

I actually believed your lies!

"If you want to play, I'll play with you later. Now I'm going in!"

"That won't do! You know, no one can go in and disturb us right now!"

"That thing is Medusa, the Phantom!" A slightly exasperated Fajie snapped at Miku, who shrugged and said, "And then?"

"You bastard!"

"If you want to get over here, defeat me. Otherwise, you can just stay here and watch!"

Chapter 40: Outside, they fight openly and blindly; inside, they act out a story of deep sisterly affection!

"If you want to get over here, defeat me first, otherwise you can just stay here and watch!"

With his left hand on his hip, Miku raised his thumb and pointed backward, a peculiar cruel glint flashing in his eyes behind his visor.

"Are you really not going to move aside?"

With her right hand on her waist, Fajie materialized the driver with a grim expression. Miku shrugged and said, "I really want you to come over, but unfortunately, that's not possible. Besides, what happened inside is very valuable for my research!"

"Research value?" Frowning, Fa Jie put the Hurricane Ring on her left middle finger and rubbed it against Miku's nose. Miku nodded: "Yes, it's an extremely valuable research sample!"

"Humanity and demonic nature coexist, gentleness and ruthlessness stand in opposition. Which side will ultimately survive?" Miku chuckled as he drew the Holy Sword of Physics from his back. "I'm very curious!"

"You're gambling with other people's lives!"

"so what?"

Miku tilted his head and pointed the Holy Sword of Physics at Fa Jie, saying slowly and deliberately, "I am not human, but a beast. Beasts believe in the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest, and that is the law of nature. Do you have a problem with that?"

"I'll let you know my opinion!"

With an icy expression, Fa Jie was truly enraged this time. Staring coldly at Miku, she removed the silver ring from her hurricane ring on her left hand.

"Transform!"

With her left hand on her waist, a swirling, turquoise gale howled, and a hurricane magic circle drew magic from the mage and projected it into the air.

A magic circle that moved horizontally through the air passed through the mage's body. As the mage, whose entire body was enveloped in a turquoise whirlwind, touched the ground with her toes, she used a connecting magic circle to retrieve the wizard's gun and sword.

"Heh, looks like she's really angry!" Miku, scratching his back with the Holy Sword of Physics, ignored the Fa Jie who was slashing at him from the sky, but the moment she got close, he quickly drew his sword to block in front of him.

As the wizard's gunsword and the physical holy sword clashed, the magic of the sorceress and Miku clashed violently.

"clang!"

The deafening roar of the collision carried far into the night, and the flashing sparks illuminated the faceplates of both of them.

"Hey, let's have a good fight!"

Inside the house, Inamori Mayu, whose screams were gradually subsiding, used her hands to support herself on the floor and moved backward, trying to get away from the terrifying monster in front of her.

"Mayu!"

When Inamori Misa, who had tentatively reached out her hand, saw her sister's expression, she withdrew her arm as if she had been electrocuted.

"elder sister?"

Mayu Inamori, recognizing Misa Inamori's voice, tentatively spoke in disbelief.

Mayu Inamori slowly nodded and turned on the light in the corridor. After the light came on, Mayu Inamori looked at her sister in disbelief, especially since the strange woman looked exactly like the guy who attacked her during the day.

"Are you the older sister...?"

"it's me!"

Misa Inamori crouched down and tentatively reached out her hand, but when she saw her hand covered in scales and with hooked claws, a look of pain appeared in her eyes, and she hid her hand behind her back.

"What on earth happened? Why did you become like this, sister?" After noticing the pain hidden in Inamori Misa's dark eyes, the bond of blood ultimately prevailed over reason.

Mayu Inamori, suppressing her fear, moved closer to Misa Inamori and stroked the delicate, ferocious scales on Misa Inamori's body.

"Don't force yourself!" Knowing that her younger sister was very afraid of her in this state, Inamori Misa took a step back and avoided Inamori Mayu.

"It's okay, sister, I'm not scared!" Mayu Inamori forced a smile onto her pale face and leaned her head against Misa Inamori's chest. "Compared to being separated from my family and persevering alone every day, I think things are fine now. No matter what you become, you will always be my Misa-neechan, my older sister, my family!"

Even the Medusa hidden deep within her heart could feel everything that the Inamori Misa alternate personality felt: the warmth of the girl in her arms, her fragrant breath, her smooth long hair, and the cheek buried in her arms.

Her heartfelt confession and words touched a deep chord within Medusa's heart.

Misa Inamori hesitated, raising her hand to hug Mayu Inamori, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. She knew that her mission was to complete the plan of the main personality and the cat.

But that would also push this fragile girl into an abyss, leaving that shy little sister with a smile on her face only in her memory.

Just as Inamori Misa hesitated, Medusa forcefully pushed over the alternate personality of Inamori Misa and pulled Inamori Mayu into her arms.

"I'm sorry, Mayu. I'm so sorry!"

Outside the door, the deep night was filled with various lights, and the mage, who was using all her skills in her basic form, was surprised to find that she was actually unable to defeat her opponent.

Even though he had more diverse combat methods and magic rings than his opponent, the opponent's speed and strength were simply unreasonable, directly overwhelming him.

It's less of a battle and more of a one-sided game being played by the other side.

"Damn it, if that's the case, then let's use the power of the demonic dragon!"

After being slammed away by Miku's tail, the mage knelt on the ground, took off the Hurricane Ring, and put on the Hurricane Dragon Ring.

"Hurricane.....Dragon!"

The moment the spell chant began, Miku put on the Burst Ring he had stolen from the White Demon and tucked it around his waist.

"Explosion Start!"

A magic circle with a gradient of red opened up in front of the mage. As the magic circle appeared, the small subspace collapsed rapidly inward. The collapsing and distorted space was filled with dense cracks, which then expanded and detonated everything within it.

"boom!"

Amidst the deafening explosion, the wind tore through the flames, and the mage with triangular faceplates and magically formed wings floated in the air, looking down at Miku like a Valkyrie descending from above.

"Byu-Byu Byu-Byu-Byu-Byu!"

"Tsk, you've already reached the Ascension stage so quickly!"

Miku clicked his tongue and took off the ring in Wild Form, then reached back and took the Jungle Ring from his waist.

"Jungle Start!"

A surge of immense magical power erupted from within him, projecting a verdant magic circle into the air. Miku, who deliberately passed through the magic circle, flicked his wrist, and the Holy Sword of Physics was unleashed.

"Whoosh!"

With a sharp whooshing sound, several powerful roots surged out from the ground. Miku's magic resonated strongly with the jungle ring on his left hand, and in turn, the roots suddenly increased in speed by a large margin.

Amidst the billowing winds, the mage skillfully dodged the entangled roots in mid-air, occasionally wielding her sword to sever the roots she couldn't avoid.

"Your skills have really improved a lot; you've progressed so much compared to before!"

With a heavy stomp of his right foot, Miku vanished from his spot, reappearing in front of the Mage. He reached out with his left hand to grab the Mage's right shoulder, while simultaneously swinging his right hand, wielding the Holy Sword of Physics, which hooked around the Mage's left elbow.

"If you continue to evolve, you will get closer and closer to despair!" Miku, who had brought his face close to Fa Jie's, suddenly exerted force and flung Fa Jie to the ground.

The twisted, outstretched roots on the ground resembled the tentacles of Cthulhu, greedily devouring everything they could reach.

"what!!!"

The mage, her body entangled by tentacles, let out a miserable scream. The constantly tightening tentacles inflicted unbearable pain on her while greedily draining her magic power.

"Give up, throw away your driver, throw away your ring, and become an ordinary person. That way you can still protect yourself and avoid facing the most painful reality!"

"I refuse!" Sister Fa roared, stubbornly raising her arm. "I will never give up, not even if it costs me my life!"

"because..."

"...I am the last hope!"

With difficulty, the mage removed a ring from her waist and replaced the hurricane dragon on her left hand. "Flame...Dragon!"

A fiery red magic circle, wreathed in raging dragon flames, passed through the mage's body from top to bottom.

“Bou-Bou Bou-Bou-Bou!”

Sensing the renewed increase in magical power within her, the mage unhesitatingly unleashed her magic and channeled the power of the dragon into reality to the greatest extent possible.

The dragon flames burned amidst the furious roars of the demonic dragon, and the roots that Miku had nurtured were completely burned away by the magic sister's dragon flames.

After rolling to her feet, Sister Fa lifted her skirt, raised her left hand, and said, "Let's begin the second round!"

"Now is the real Show Time!"

"Ugh, you're such a nuisance!" Miku, who had tossed up the Holy Sword of Physics, caught it with his other hand. "Why can't you just give up?"

Inside the door, inside the room.

Mayu Inamori nestled in the arms of Misa Inamori, who looked like a strange person, and listened quietly as she recounted the past six months of her disappearance.

Through her account, Mayu Inamori learned how her older sister had spent the past six months.

Misa Inamori, who had kept herself, had always been imprisoned by Medusa at the lowest level of her inner world, where there was only endless darkness and nothingness. But in the most recent battle with Medusa, the severely injured Medusa could no longer suppress her, and that's when she took the initiative.

"But when I'm in control of the body, that girl still wakes up from time to time, and she knows you exist!"

"So, run away, Mayu." Misa Inamori, who had pushed Mayu Inamori away from her embrace, put her hands on Mayu's shoulders and said seriously, "As long as you leave Torii-zaka and leave Tokyo, Medusa won't be able to find you, and you'll be safe!"