The Strange Cat from Fuuto

"What's going on?!"

"Don't you understand yet!"

With a snap of his fingers, Miku teleported himself and Silly Orange into the air, from where they could overlook the entire city.

In the city, overturned vehicles blocked the streets, flames produced thick smoke that shot into the sky, and one after another, horrific corpses were devoured, leaving only bones and bits of flesh and blood on the streets.

Fear and despair filled the citizens as they fled in panic, and thanks to Miku's abilities, Sha Cheng clearly saw everything in the city.

"this...."

"What are your thoughts after witnessing all of this?!"

"You did this?!" Sha Cheng, her expression turning furious, grabbed Miku's cloak. Miku replied noncommittally, "That's right!"

"Just because of that survival game to determine who qualifies as a god?"

"Yes!"

"Then why drag innocent people into this? They're innocent!" Sha Cheng roared at Miku, his eyes burning with rage. Miku gently pulled Sha Cheng's hand away. "No one in this world is innocent!"

Miku, who had reached out and grabbed Silly Orange by the neck, retorted, "When innocent children destroy ant nests and scald those poor little insects with hot water, aren't the insects innocent?!"

"Humans wear animal skins, hunt animals for their own benefit, and eat them to fill their stomachs. Aren't the animals innocent?!"

"Aren't plants innocent when their fruits and flowers are indiscriminately picked?!"

"In the end, aren't you just taking advantage of your strength to trample on those who are weaker than you?"

"Now that we, who are more powerful than you, have replicated what you did to animals, you come to ask me why?!"

Miku forcefully tossed the silly orange aside and sneered, "You think too highly of yourself!"

"asshole!"

As the enraged Silly Orange rose to his feet, the screams, wails, and shouts of the city's citizens echoed in his ears, his eyes taking in everything.

"Now I'm giving you two choices. First, I'll take you and your sister away from this city, and you can forget all of this and live as ordinary people. Second..."

"I choose the second option!" Silly Orange said decisively. "I can't ignore other people's misery."

"But what awaits you is a thorny path, and without a certain level of awareness, you will die on this path!"

"I will not be afraid. No matter how treacherous the road ahead may be, or how much pain awaits me, I will not regret it!"

"I see!" Miku snapped his fingers, and the Shogoku Driver and Orange Lockseed appeared in his hand.

Miku, who had handed the Sengoku Driver to Sha Cheng, then threw the Orange Lockseed from the sky, saying, "Let me see your resolve!"

"I'll show you!"

Without hesitation, Sha Cheng, having fastened the driver, leaped from the sky. Miku, watching Sha Cheng plummet, laughed and said, "Hmm, I see your resolve!"

Chapter Twenty-Four: Silly Orange and Proud Banana, Sugar and Miku!

"call...."

The constant whistling of the wind swept past Sha Cheng's ears, and the strong air currents made it impossible for him to open his eyes. Even so, Sha Cheng protected himself with his hands in front of him, and the Sengoku Driver was fastened to his waist.

The orange lock seed was just an arm's length away from him. The silly orange, gritting his teeth, stretched out his hand towards the orange lock seed that was tumbling in the air.

"I must save them, no matter what lies ahead!"

"I must save them!"

With a determined flame burning in his eyes, Silly Orange tried his best to grab the Orange Lock Seed. At this moment, it was no longer a toy for him to show off, but his hope, the hope of being able to lend a helping hand to others!

High above, Miku looked at the silly orange with a hint of a smile in his eyes: "This is the Orange God I know!"

"Snapped!"

With a snap of his fingers, Miku's figure disappeared into the sky, while the Orange Lockseed in front of Sha Cheng inexplicably paused for a moment. In that instant, Sha Cheng had already grabbed it in his hand.

Without hesitation, Silly Orange pressed the lock-on switch and shouted, "Transform!"

"Orange!"

"Click!" The lock seed was precisely embedded into the driver's groove. With a backhand press, the prototype restrictive crack on the top of the Cutting Blade's head opened, and the orange armor parts flew out from it, tumbling and approaching the orange.

"Orange Arms, ikebana On Stage!"

The moment the pilot suit appeared, the armor parts quickly separated, and the Great Orange Maru was formed by water-wave-like power.

As the silly orange girl opened her hands and gripped the big orange ball's waist, she quickly flipped her body over.

"boom!"

Silly Orange landed steadily, half-kneeling on the ground, kicking up fine dust. Through its orange eyeglasses, Silly Orange slowly raised its head and stood up.

"Next up is my stage!"

Sha Cheng, drawing his peerless saber, shouted arrogantly and charged towards Inves, who was attacking the crowd.

"This way, this guy will be eligible again!"

High up on the building, looking down at the struggling Sha Cheng, Miku nodded slightly. Behind him, a flash of light appeared, and a emerald green snake with a flat head slithered out from nowhere. As the snake's body swelled, it transformed into the shape of DJ Xiang Le.

"It seems you value him a lot!"

"Aren't you the same?" Miku looked down at the silly orange without turning around. "If we're talking about who's most suitable to inherit the Golden Fruit, then my choice is him!"

"Hey, you're really confident!"

DJ Sagara looked at Miku with an inscrutable expression, then suddenly asked, "If you had the chance to obtain the Golden Fruit, what would you do?"

Which path will you choose?!

"Me?!" Miku turned around and looked at DJ Sagara with a puzzled expression. Logically speaking, this guy was the one who created the Golden Fruit. It was quite intriguing that he asked such a question as the incarnation of the Helheim Forest!

"If it were me, I'd probably take the entire Helheim with me!"

"Take it to go?!"

“Hmm, absorb the Helheim Forest. The Helheim Forest is me, but I am not the Helheim Forest!” Miku, his eyes gleaming, retorted, “Why are you asking me that?!”

"Just asking, just asking!" DJ Sagara, with a mysterious smile on his face, suddenly split apart into several vines and sank into the ground.

After watching the guy leave without a word, Miku snorted coldly, "How inexplicable!"

Miku, who was still observing Sha Cheng, stood with his hands hanging at his sides. On the rooftop, the wind howled, and his cloak fluttered in the wind.

Downstairs, after Sha Cheng had just repelled a high-level Inves, he quickly protected a mother and child, saying, "You two need to leave immediately, it's dangerous here!"

"Thank you, thank you!"

The pale-faced mother trembled as she carried her son and ran into the distance. The little boy, perched on his mother's shoulder, waved goodbye to Sha Cheng and said, "Goodbye, big brother!"

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome!"

Silly Orange, muttering softly, raised his twin swords to block Inves' attack. With a sudden burst of strength from his arms, Silly Orange forcefully stomped his legs on the ground, pushing Inves backward.

"It's time to end this!" Suddenly, the idiot Orange kicked Inves away and quickly flipped the Cutting Blade. A flash of light appeared on the Lockseed, and the Great Orange's badge was projected into the air by the Lockseed.

“Orange Squash”

After slashing out with a sudden strike, Silly Orange watched as the energy slash, resembling a cross-section of Willow Orange, flew out, then turned and left indifferently.

Inves, who had been cleaved in two from behind, exploded, a dazzling flame flashing behind him like fireworks in the night sky.

Meanwhile, Ao Jiao was leading his team to protect a group of elderly, weak, women and children as they broke through a group of lower-ranking Inves.

Wearing heavy mango armor, Ao Jiao wielded mango hammers, each blow turning an Inves into a meat patty.

"Boom!"

With a powerful thrust of the hammer, Inves, who was blocking the way, was sent flying backward. Ao Jiao snorted coldly and strode forward. The group of people behind him watched the red cloak fluttering, their eyes flashing with a strange light.

"Zack, how far is it to the nearest shelter?!"

While dragging the heavy hammer behind her, Ao Jiao asked Zack behind her during a break. Zack, recalling the shelters the government had announced on the program, immediately replied, "It's just one street ahead, there's a police station there!"

Even when the Inves launched their major offensive, the director contacted the government to open up shelters in an effort to save as many people as possible.

That's where Ao Jiao and the others are headed now.

"Understood!" Ao Jiao shouted, raising his sledgehammer high. "Everyone, charge forward with me! We'll be safe in a little while!"

"Oh!!!"

Amidst cheers, Ao Jiao led the group to the police station, only to find it splattered with blood and littered with corpses.

"Damn it, has this place been captured?!"

Ao Jiao, looking rather grim, watched Inves stagger out of the police station, bloodstains still clinging to its mouth.

"Roar!"

With a roar, a white tiger-shaped Inves leaped down from the building. The white tiger Inves landed with a heavy thud, leaving large cracks under its feet. The restless white tiger Inves, rubbing its paws together, roared and charged fiercely at Ao Jiao.

"what!"

The moment the soft shout rang out, a slash appeared out of nowhere, knocking the white tiger Inves to the ground.

"Awoo..."

With a cry of pain, Inves, the white tiger, fell to the ground, a deep, bone-revealing knife wound appearing on his exoskeleton armor.

"Other knights?!"

Aojiao warily watched the direction from which the slash came, while Shacheng, wielding both swords, rushed towards Baihu Inves and unleashed a rapid slash with his twin blades without a word.

"What are you still standing there for? Aren't you protecting them?"

"If that's the case, then don't just stand there!"

During the battle, Sha Cheng reminded Ao Jiao to continue fighting the White Tiger Inves. Ao Jiao spat and said impatiently, "I don't need you to tell me!"

Seeing the two of them working together to repel the enemy, Miku stroked the fangs on his chin. "So, these two are officially meeting here!"

"Therefore, there is no need to continue regulation!"

Miku immediately turned and left, his toes barely touching the ground as he floated forward.