The Strange Cat from Fuuto

"Tonight? Okay, I understand!" Zhan Jilingma nodded hesitantly, then immediately turned and left the tent. Standing at the tent entrance, he looked at the sparse starlight in the night sky and sighed, "This is the person I wanted to follow. It's a pity it's all too late!"

"It's too late!"

Touching the lock in his pocket, Sengoku Ryoma composed himself and prepared to gather his men to carry out the director's orders.

After all, for a scientist, his mind is his greatest weapon!

Beat Knights, Baron Team Headquarters.

The dimly lit corridor lights made the room somewhat dark. Ao Jiao sat alone in a chair, staring blankly at the headquarters she had built.

"Hey, still awake?"

Zack entered the lobby carrying energy drinks in both hands. Aojiao, hidden in the shadows, coldly asked, "What are you doing here?"

Having grown accustomed to Ao Jiao's personality, Zack didn't mind her cold attitude and instead handed her the energy drink.

Zack glanced at Zack and accepted the banana, letting him sit beside him. After looking around the hall, Zack casually asked, "If you, Jiedou, win this game, what kind of world do you plan to create with that Golden Fruit?"

"Hmph, what a boring question!"

Although Ao Jiao, with his cold eyes, snorted disdainfully, he still explained afterward, "I hope to break the endless cycle of anger and violence in this world and create a world where the weak are never trampled on!"

"Why would you think that?" Zack, who was about to drink his beverage, stopped and asked curiously.

"Because I've always longed for this since I was little, longing for a world where no one suffers violence!" With a melancholy look in her eyes, Ao Jiao seemed to see her childhood self.

The family business was swallowed up by the World Tree Foundation, causing the family to fall into ruin. The father was an alcoholic, the mother cried all day long, and there was endless domestic violence and poverty!

At that moment, he understood that society is a much larger jungle, where the law of the jungle has never disappeared. Survival of the fittest, the strong survive, and the weak are trampled upon!

"That's wonderful!" Zack moved closer to Aojiao and put his hand on his shoulder. "If this is your wish, I will follow you to the ends of the earth!"

"Just to create the world of your dreams!"

“Then, I’ll reserve a place for you!” Kaito’s eyes softened as he grabbed Zack’s hand. “A place in the New World!”

On the rooftop of a building, DJ Sagara leaned on the railing, looking down at the city lights twinkling below. A smile crept across his face as various voices echoed in his ears: "It doesn't look so bad. Perhaps this endless cycle can really be stopped, and Helheim Forest can finally welcome its true master!"

.........

The following day, Sawame City became noisy from early morning, with groups of people clamoring in the streets searching for the spatial rift that Miku had mentioned.

Among the crowd, Sha Cheng, who already possessed the Sengoku Driver, mingled in. Looking at the excited and thrilled expressions on the faces of those around him, he clenched his fist and thought to himself, "At least like my sister said, I should help those in need!"

Having once ventured into the Helheim Forest, Silly Orange naturally knew the dangers within. Putting aside the diverse plants and tempting fruits, the Inves roaming there alone were dangerous enough.

If you rashly enter and unfortunately encounter Inves, you may lose your life.

"My current goal is to do what I can to help others!"

Silly Orange, who had secretly made a vow, followed the crowd, continuing to wander and search for the spatial rift that Miku had mentioned.

Inside the throne room, Miku watched as another "self" sitting on the throne stretched lazily.

"I didn't expect this attempt to succeed. Unlike Mick, it hasn't developed its own consciousness. It's just a simple shell!"

Miku used his abilities once again to create an outer shell made of cell coins. Apart from its appearance, this thing was just an empty shell and did not have any power, but the advantage was that it could help him temporarily get rid of his responsibility as Ruler!

After all, just looking at it is really too boring!

"Interesting ability!" Bai Ya praised Miku. Miku scratched his ear and said, "Do you want me to get you one too? You can control it with your own will. After all, aren't you bored sitting there all day?"

"Let's talk about that later!" After politely declining Miku's offer, Bai Ya asked curiously, "Why do you plan to participate yourself? Wouldn't it be better to just watch?"

"Rulers have always been a part of the battle tradition!"

"I've never heard of this!" DJ Sagara said with a chuckle as he formed a body from vines on the ground.

"Yo!" Miku greeted them, his body shimmering with light, and as he twisted and stretched, he became a figure shrouded in a hazy glow.

"Now that you're here, it means the game can begin."

"That's right, we can begin."

DJ Sagara nodded and looked at Shirai. Shirai said, "It's all prepared. I've also restrained all the members of Fimsims to ensure they don't show up during this period!"

"But I feel that one of your men has ulterior motives!"

"Don't worry about him for now, let's focus on our plan!"

"Alright." Miku nodded and fastened the driver to his waist. The driver automatically extended into a belt, and a light flashed on the Rider display panel, revealing a knight's head with a crown.

Miku paused as he took out the Lockseed. "If you want me to help you deal with it, just say the word!"

"I will tell!"

"Then, gentlemen, I am now going to open the spatial rift connecting the two worlds."

"can!"

Let's begin!

"Om..."

With the sound of a zipper being pulled open, several spatial rifts suddenly opened within the Helheim Forest. As the rifts opened, the plants in the forest trembled and instinctively released their spores, which drifted toward the world outside the rifts.

Spreading spores, dispersing seeds, and expanding the range—this is an instinctive behavior that the Helheim Forest has possessed since its inception!

Just like eating when you're hungry and sleeping when you're tired, it's a very natural stress response.

In Sawame City, a passerby who happened to be passing by a park exclaimed upon seeing the suddenly opened crack, "I've found it!"

This exclamation attracted a lot of attention. The crowd that came following the sound looked at the spatial rift with expressions of anticipation and excitement.

Silly Orange spotted this while mingling in the crowd and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"It looks like we can get in with a lot of people!"

Inside Baron headquarters, Zack ran over with his phone in hand, "Zack, we've found the rift!"

"Then let's go!"

Inside the World Tree camp, Zhanji Lingma looked at the director in full military uniform with mixed feelings, but still pretended to be calm and smiled, "I'm counting on you this time!"

"Ok!"

Chapter Ten: The Cruel Survival Game is No Playing House!

"How many people have gone in so far?"

After arriving at the largest spatial rift, the director calmly looked at the rift and asked his subordinates who were there.

"Reporting to the director, more than two hundred people have already gone in, and there are still people rushing in!"

"I see!"

The director nodded and stopped in front of the crack. He turned to the troops behind him and said, "Check the equipment again to see if anything is missing. We will enter the Helheim Forest in three minutes."

"Roger that!"

The shouts of dozens of people in unison attracted the attention of everyone around, and some people couldn't help but whisper among themselves: "These people must be from the World Tree Foundation!"

"That's right, it looks like they're going to get involved too!"

"Of course! You know, they're a world-renowned corporation. It's no wonder they're interested in something like this!"

The whispers of those around him reached his ears, but they did not disturb his peace of mind in the slightest.

To him, these guys were just a bunch of opportunists. Once they witnessed the brutality of the survival game, they would understand that this was a bloody war.

This is not child's play!

Meanwhile, Baron and his group, hidden among the crowd, were also watching the World Tree's team.

"Do these bastards still want to take everything away like before?!"

Ao Jiao, his cards crumpled in his hand, had a gloomy look in his eyes. Meanwhile, the director's younger brother, a pale-faced but ruthless grape-like boy, was hiding in the crowd, looking at his brother with a panicked expression.

"My brother actually came here. Is he going to participate?"

While the people of Sawame City were having different thoughts and discussing things, Miku was already using Byakuya's abilities to observe the movements of the people throughout the forest.

He hid all the Sengoku Drivers in various places throughout the forest, some conspicuous, some hidden.

He assigned Inves to guard all the Sengoku Drivers placed in prominent locations, while the hidden ones were left to their own devices, to see who would be lucky enough to get them.

Are you ready to take action?

Seeing Miku get up, Bai Ya asked. Miku nodded and said, "Well, it looks like it's about time for me to make my appearance!"

"I can't stand these guys anymore. It's time for them to experience what true cruelty is!"

The cat, having removed the lock, pressed it down, "Click!"

The fruit pattern on the lock lit up and the lock opened with a click, "Ringo!"

The bright red apple pattern looked particularly tempting, and Miku directly embedded it into the groove of the waist drive.

With a clear sound, the lock snapped into place, and at the same time, a strange singing began to echo around.

"That's interesting!"

Bai Ya looked at Miku with great interest. In fact, of the 100 drivers, three were left behind by the cat, while 97 were placed in the forest!

"Buzz!"

A flow of energy, like ripples in water, condensed above Miku's head, forming an armored component that resembled an apple.

Because they were in the Helheim Forest, the step of opening the restrictive rift was skipped, and they could proceed directly to the destination.

"Transform!"

Miku, who was using the Cutting Blade, gave a soft shout, and an apple-shaped armor part fell from the sky and landed on Miku's head.

"Come on!"

A rousing chant blared from the drive unit: "Ringo Arms!"

Forbidden Fruits!

Water rippled from the slowly opening armor parts, covering Miku's body, which shimmered with a hazy light, with a layer of metallic gray riding suit.

The armor slowly snapped onto Miku's body, and two beams of light flew out from the driver and were caught by Miku.