The Strange Cat from Fuuto

"The more I look at him, the more he resembles Miku. I wonder how that guy feels now that he's found out he's become a father!"

"Meow?!"

The little guy tilted its head, looking at the big guy in front of it with a puzzled expression, "Who are you, meow?!"

"I am your uncle, your father's brother!"

"Dad's brother, meow?!" Miko, suddenly waking up, stared wide-eyed at Mick, who had red fur, black stripes, and a long tail just like her own.

Mick, with a tooth showing on his lip, calmly accepted the little guy's gaze. The little guy, who was cautiously taking a step forward, suddenly lunged forward and bumped into Mick's arms.

"Little guy, you're quite strong!"

Mick raised his paw and pinned Miko down, a smirk playing on his lips. "Now, let's have some fun!"

"My nephew!"

Chapter 31: Hello, I'm the old man delivering your equipment!

Heim's Underworld Forest, on a certain cliff.

"call...."

Amidst the roaring flames, the faint golden hazy light emanating from Miku's body was absorbed into his body with each breath.

"Rumble..."

A deafening roar, like a thunderclap, suddenly erupted, and the cliff and its surrounding area were instantly engulfed in flames.

The unique plants of the Helheim Forest were burned to ashes by the flames, which swept past silently, leaving only a desolate, scorched white expanse.

"Roar!!!"

The cat let out a deafening roar, its body floating up without warning. A cross-shaped flame pattern quietly appeared in its right eye, and its body transformed into a stream of data, disappearing from the spot.

The ruins of Fimsim, between the thrones.

"Interesting culture!" Bai Ya leaned back on his throne, flipping through a book. His surroundings were densely packed with all kinds of books.

Sugar squatted to the side, silently preparing her food for the day.

Everything in Helheim is poisonous to her—plants, fruits, water—everything can easily take her life.

Fortunately, she has the ability to sense danger and always knows what she should and shouldn't touch. All her living supplies were gathered by Bai Ya and Inves from Sawame City.

The availability of all kinds of daily necessities meant she didn't have to worry about anything, which used to be her biggest concern.

Miku's suggestion that she come here to take care of Bai Ya's daily life meant that she should help Bai Ya find some books.

Yet this kind of life brought this young girl, who had endured so much hardship, a sense of ease and joy she had never experienced before.

There was no more verbal abuse or beatings, no more contempt or discrimination from others.

"Om~~"

A faint hum rippled through the air, and a stream of data, like flowing water, was squeezed out of the air and converged on the throne, forming Miku's body.

"Is it back to normal?"

Bai Ya spoke without looking up, and Miku stretched and yawned, saying, "I've never felt so good before!"

"That's good." Bai Ya turned a page and said calmly, "Then I suggest you go to Sawame City, because you've been gone for too long, and it seems that some interesting things have happened there!"

"what?!"

"It seems your chosen ones are about to go to war!"

"That's really interesting..."

The cat, its eyes gleaming with an inexplicable light, curled its tail around its Sengoku Driver. After Hakuya waved his hand and opened a spatial rift, Miku leaped inside and disappeared between the thrones.

Sugar watched as the spatial rift where Miku had left slowly closed, a hint of sadness creeping onto her face.

"Little girl, if you really want him to stay by your side, then find a way to become stronger. Otherwise, you will only drift further and further apart!"

"Drifting further and further apart..."

Slowly savoring the sweetness of Bai Ya's words, she lowered her head and silently continued preparing her lunch.

Sawame City, the former site of the World Tree Foundation.

"Those kids still won't join us?!" The director tossed a document onto the table and rubbed his temples, looking somewhat troubled.

"Yes, they rejected our offer to recruit them, saying they could protect more people without our help!"

"Tsk, what an innocent brat!"

After glancing at the Sengoku Driver lying to the side, a cold glint appeared in the director's eyes. "Since that's the case, then don't blame us for using force!"

"There's one more thing, Director..."

"What's up?!"

"We've also encountered problems with driver recycling for those who obtained them from the public!"

"What is it now?!"

The director, his eyes showing signs of weariness, leaned back in his chair, awaiting his secretary's reply: "It's said that a pastry chef who was originally a soldier obtained the driver and used his abilities to gather a group of people to resist us!"

"Didn't they send anyone over?!"

The secretary glanced at the director, then hesitated, looking unsure whether to continue. The director looked up at her and said directly, "Just tell me the result!"

"Yes!" The secretary's expression turned strange. "Our shadow squad was ambushed, and the driver was also..."

"They've taken it!"

"What a bunch of useless trash!"

The director, who had slammed the documents in front of him, stood up abruptly and slammed his fist on the table, saying, "Why wasn't this reported to me sooner!"

"It's said that the leader of the Shadow Squad is confident he can retrieve the Driver..."

"So how many are left now?"

"It seems there are only three left!"

"asshole!"

The director's roar, nearly smashing the table, echoed from his office: "A full squad of seven, each with their own drive, and he actually lost his most precious drive?!"

"Damn it!" The director cursed again, took a deep breath, and said with a livid face, "Remove that bastard right now and throw him into the cafeteria to dump swill!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, it really wasn't easy!" Miku, whose body had turned into a stream of data, had witnessed everything that had just happened. The cat, making tsk-tsk noises, looked at the director with pity.

Although this guy has a large family and great wealth, and has advantages that other qualified people cannot match, he seems to be in a much worse situation than other qualified people!

Not only does he have to handle all matters, big and small, but two of his three subordinates are traitors, and the other only takes a salary without doing any work!

"Sigh, just keep worrying!"

The data stream flowed silently through a field of vision inaccessible to ordinary people, leaving the director's office and arriving at Sengoku Ryoma's laboratory.

Inside Sengoku Ryoma's laboratory, this respected professor was not actually in his own lab.

In the empty laboratory, colorful graphics collided back and forth on the standby computer screen. The quiet laboratory was devoid of any laboratory mice.

"Let me see where this guy put his stuff?!"

As Miku's eyes scanned the dense data stream in his data stream mode, the entire laboratory turned gray and white in his field of vision, and everything was laid bare before his eyes.

"Um?!"

Just as Miku was about to take action, footsteps came from outside the door, and the cat, who had stopped moving, looked at the doorway in confusion.

In this state, if he wants, no one can see him.

"What were the results of this experiment?!"

"It was a great success!"

The conversation began outside the door, and after the lock clicked, two people walked in. One was Zhanji Lingma, wearing a white coat and a ponytail, and the other made Miku let out a soft "hmm."

No other reason than that this guy was the inhuman knight that Miku had beaten up before.

After entering, the jade-clad woman dressed in emerald green closed the door behind her. Zhan Ji Lingma, familiar with the place, sat down in his seat and asked, "So, how's the factory doing now?!"

"It went smoothly, except for some problems when capturing the survivors."

"What happened?!"

"There are fewer and fewer survivors outside now. Most of them are under the protection of knights or your World Tree, so it's going to be difficult to increase their numbers!"

"Since that's the case..." A glint flashed in Zhanji Lingma's eyes, "Perhaps I can help you!"

"Ok?"

"Now more and more people are infected with the Helheim Forest toxin. Since they're all useless anyway, we might as well make use of them!" A chilling glint appeared in Zhanji Lingma's eyes as he smiled.

"In that case, I'll leave it to you!" Emerald stretched. "I still need to go to the factory to keep an eye on things; if those guys riot, it'll be bad!"

"It's up to you!"

The jade, whose body gradually became transparent, disappeared from its original spot, and Sengoku Ryoma began his work.

"What are those two guys plotting?!"

Miku, who had taken the Genesis Driver, Lockseed, and Genesis Core that Sengoku Ryoma had kept hidden away, looked on with curiosity.

Following the scent left by the jade, they quickly arrived at a factory on the outskirts of Sawame City, thanks to the drifting data stream.

A large bankruptcy sign hung on the gate outside the factory, but Miku ignored it and walked straight in. Once inside the factory, his pupils contracted, and a hint of anger appeared in his eyes.

"Heh, that's a blatant foul!"

"Hehehe..."

A low, cold laugh echoed inside the factory, and everyone inside shuddered at the same time, freezing in place in fear.

Without looking any longer, the cat disappeared into the factory, and with a cold glint in his eyes, he made a decision.

"For something like this to happen while I was asleep, I really underestimated the depravity of these people!"

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