The Strange Cat from Fuuto

As the dog chewed on the flesh of the Helheim Fruit, a gurgling sound, like flowing water, echoed within his body. This was the struggle between the cellular coins that made up his body and the toxins contained in the Helheim Fruit.

Miku kept replenishing the dog's coins, after all, the coins were his lifeblood; without them, he would return to the embrace of death.

“Iggy?”

When Miku tentatively opened his mouth and saw Iggy looking over as usual, he breathed a slight sigh of relief. But before he could take a step forward, Iggy suddenly screamed.

The clinking of the coins inside his body disappeared, replaced by the rustling sound of vines dragging on the ground.

"Ow!!!"

Iggy, who roared to the sky, began to lose his fur, revealing a body made of coins inside. However, the gaps between the coins were now filled with materialized vines of Helheim's poison!

"This is going berserk?!" Miku stared in disbelief at Iggy's transformation as a flash of emerald light appeared before his eyes, and Iggy's body stretched and transformed into a humanoid form.

"Roar!!!"

Iggy roared with his mouth wide open, trying his best to vent his inner emotions. Miku, with vacant eyes, said, "It's fake, right? This is..."

The scene before him reminded him of the time in Fengdu when he stood on a bridge shrouded in thick smoke.

“No, things are different now.” Miku, his eyes gleaming, gritted his teeth and said, “I’m not the same person I was back then!”

"This time there will be no more sacrifices, I will save you!"

Iggy, whose body was covered in a black and white armored exoskeleton, opened his mouth and spat out a ball of flame. Miku quickly dodged as the flame approached.

"Awooo!!!"

Seeing that his attack had missed, Iggy raised his head and roared before striding toward Miku. As he did so, coin-shaped lines slowly spread across his hands.

"What is this?!"

The cat, noticing Iggy's change, narrowed its eyes. "Is it because of the fusion of the Cell Medal and the power of Helheim?"

"Roar!"

With a roar, Iggy charged toward Miku. Miku instantly transformed into his monster form, his star-studded cloak billowing as he grabbed the berserk Iggy.

"Behave yourself!"

With a sudden burst of strength, Miku pinned Iggy to the ground, and Iggy, struggling relentlessly, continued to attack Miku with all his might.

"It'll be alright, you'll be alright. So just bear with it."

A resolute glint flashed in Miku's eyes as he tried to temporarily disable Iggy. The next second, he struck with deadly force, making Iggy howl in pain.

"Awooo..."

As Iggy wailed, a shimmering green light flashed around him, and Miku struck again only to find that he had struck empty air.

"It's molting?!"

Picking up the dented skin he had struck from the ground, Miku was astonished to find a crack at one end of the top. It seemed that Iggy had escaped using his molting ability, which he had acquired at some unknown time, when he could no longer bear the blows.

"How is this possible?"

After burning Iggy's shed skin to ashes, Miku's eyes were filled with gloom. Less than ten minutes after Iggy ate the fruit, Iggy's power surged dramatically, and he even evolved the ability to evade enemy attacks and escape quickly—something Miku hadn't expected.

"Things are taking a turn for the worse!"

After taking a deep sniff of the scent emanating from Iggy's shed skin, Miku was about to leave when he stopped, turned to look at a tree behind him, and let out a cold snort.

A faint spark of electricity appeared on the tree, and Miku turned and quickly left, satisfied.

At the same time, at the headquarters of the World Tree Foundation in Sawame City.

Inside Sengoku Ryoma's laboratory, staring at the black screen, Sengoku Ryoma revealed a hint of interest in his smile: "This is really interesting. A cat that can turn into a monster and a dog that ate the Helheim Fruit, how fascinating!"

"Perhaps these two little guys could become interesting experimental subjects!"

"Yaozi, go and find a way to 'invite' these two little guys back!"

"Yes, Dr. Zhanji!"

Minato Yoko nodded, walked out of the laboratory in her high heels, and gathered her men to carry out Sengoku Ryoma's orders.

"I wonder what kind of surprise you will bring me?"

.....

"Where did they go?!"

Miku's face darkened as he noticed the scent in the air was fading. The spatial rift leading to Sawame City had closed, and he was now trapped in the Helheim Forest once again.

But none of that matters. The important thing is to control the dog first, and then figure out a way to get him back to his natural instincts!

"This is..."

After stepping on a piece of fruit peel on the ground, Miku looked ahead in the direction of the peel and saw that there were many pieces of Helheim Fruit peel scattered about.

"Even while fleeing, you didn't forget to continue consuming the Helheim Fruit?"

Without thinking twice, Miku continued to follow. After walking for several kilometers, he saw a dog squatting by a stream.

With a large pile of fruit gathered in front of him, the dog swallowed the fruit with both hands. During the process, his body, which had lost its external armor and exoskeleton due to molting, rapidly swelled up like an inflated balloon and became extremely hard.

"this..."

"Able to undergo targeted evolution based on the attacks received, after molting, and using a large number of fruits?"

"How could this guy have done this?!"

Miku, his cloak draped over his shoulders, felt a complex mix of emotions. If Iggy continued down this path, he might slowly develop a new personality and evolve into a new Overlord.

At that time, Miku's dog disappeared forever!

"This absolutely cannot happen." Miku clenched his fists and came up behind Iggy. Before he could get a few steps closer, Iggy turned around, bared his teeth at Miku, and let out a low growl.

"Have you stopped recognizing me?"

A wave of sorrow washed over Miku, who closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and raised his hand toward Ichi: "Don't blame me, I'm doing this for your own good!"

The energy blast shot out of Miku's hand and flew straight toward Iggy. Iggy jumped up quickly, but Miku retaliated by throwing out another energy blast.

"boom!"

The sound of the energy bomb exploding carried far, and the sparks from the explosion engulfed Iggy.

"Sizzle~~"

The sound of a zipper being pulled open rang out, and at that moment, a spatial rift opened in the air not far away, with Sawame City on the other side.

"Whoosh..."

With a whooshing sound, Iggy, who had shed his skin once again, flashed into the spatial rift and disappeared into the other end of the spatial rift in the blink of an eye.

"Why did you have to open it now of all times? Of all times!"

Miku stomped his foot and jumped in, leaving the Helheim Forest.

Miku landed in a dark, damp alley in Sawame City. After jumping out, she heard the sound of the spatial rift closing.

"Tsk!"

Miku clicked his tongue in amazement, not having time to delve deeper. Instead, he began searching for the surrounding scents, hoping to find Iggy.

The smell in the air was still strong, and the scent left a clear path in Miku's eyes, which would lead him to the escaped Iggy.

After pinpointing the scent trail, Miku vanished from the spot.

Just as Miku was searching for Iggy, the World Tree Foundation also noticed the energy fluctuations that Iggy had leaked when he appeared.

"what happened?"

Director Wu Daogui immediately arrived at the monitoring room, where a staff member sitting in a chair had his fingers flying across the keyboard: "The satellite just detected energy fluctuations in Inves."

"Location?"

“The abandoned factory in Zone C of Sawame City was just cleaned up by us three days ago!”

"Immediately assemble the emergency response team; I'll personally lead the troops there!"

"Yes!"

The director turned and left, going directly to the underground parking garage. After getting into his car, he led the emergency response team to Area C.

"Awooo..."

Howling, Iggy crawled back and forth on all fours in the factory in Sector C, constantly sniffing the lingering scent of the Helheim Forest.

A struggle occasionally flashed in those chaotic eyes, but it was quickly suppressed by the emerald green light.

"Ow!!!"

As Ichi roared to the sky, the emerald green light on his body flashed once more, and in the flickering light, his body became even harder.

"call..."

As hot breath escaped from his mouth, Iggy's eyes were a mixture of clarity, struggle, and confusion.

"Roar!"

The dog, howling in pain, erupted in bursts of flames, turning everything around it into a fiery hell.

"boom!"

A gunshot rang out, and an energy bullet struck Iggy, drawing his attention. Then, the director led a group of emergency response personnel in.

"You've caused a fire! Looks like we have to get rid of you as soon as possible!"

The director, having fastened the driver, retrieved his Melon Lockseed. "Lock On!" he shouted, tossing the Lockseed upwards. "Henshin!"

He caught the falling lock and placed it in the groove of the waist drive, then casually pressed the blade-shaped lever with his right hand: Cutting Blade.

"Soiya! Melon Arms! Heavenly Protection!"

The chief, transformed into Kamen Rider Zangetsu, held the Melon Shielder in his left hand and picked up the Musou Saber hanging at his waist with his right.

The chief, his face beneath the visor, pointed his sword at Iggy, his expression cold and ruthless: "Begin the cleanup!"

"Roger that!"

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