The Strange Cat from Fuuto

Similar in design to the previous Golden Apple and Red Apple, the dark red lock itself appears to be flowing with magma, while the central cover is golden with a sun-like point of light that flashes frequently.

The center label has also changed to LS-000

Furthermore, the lock's color has changed to gold and red, and the original one-way flip cover has been changed to a two-way cover that opens from the center!

"Miku, this lock is for you. I hope you will fulfill your duties well!"

After giving Miku a meaningful look, Bai Ya returned to his throne.

"What do you mean? Haven't I been doing my job the whole time?!"

Miku scratched his head, looking at the new lock-in in his hand, his eyes gleaming: "But who cares, I've got my new toy!"

“And the time to save you is fast approaching!” Miku put away the Lockseed and looked at Iggy, who was buried deep in the vines beneath him.

Iggy's chest heaved rhythmically, and his dark red eyes remained dull.

"I assure you, it will be soon!"

..............

Sawame City, Gaim Team Headquarters.

"You should rest well. Don't worry about anything else, just leave it to me!" Silly Orange said with a smile, reassuring an elderly man who had just taken his medicine, before getting up and walking towards his own resting area.

A white silk scarf was wrapped around his wrist, and the scarf was stained red with blood.

"Kouta, thank you for your hard work." Gao Siwu swung her ponytail as she approached Sha Cheng and handed him a bottle of water. "Thanks to you, I was able to find the medicine in time. Otherwise, I really wouldn't know how to face Grandma Lei!"

"These are all things I should do!"

Smiling, Sha Cheng accepted the water Gao Siwu offered. After taking a sip, she looked at the somewhat empty room and asked, "Hasn't Ashi been found yet?"

"No, he went to look for you after he left last time, and there hasn't been a single piece of news about him since."

"I'm terrified, terrified that something might happen to him!"

Gao Siwu looked worried, and Sha Cheng patted her on the shoulder: "Then leave it to me, I'll go look for it!"

After picking up his driver and saying something to the guard, Silly Orange jogged out of his team's headquarters.

But after traveling for a while, Silly Orange stopped, somewhat puzzled.

"Something feels off!"

Looking at the street, which was much quieter than usual, Silly Orange suddenly turned around, holding his Lockseed, and looked warily behind him.

"You have a very keen sense of intuition!"

DJ Sagara took off the sunglasses clipped to his head and looked at Sagara with a grin.

"I remember you are..."

"That's right, it's me. I'm Sagara, the DJ from that illegal radio station that used to broadcast the battle reports of the Beat Knights!"

"What are you doing here? Sawame City is very dangerous right now!" The silly orange, who had subconsciously ignored why DJ Sagara was there, grabbed his hand anxiously: "Hurry up and come with me to my settlement. You'll be well protected there, and we have plenty of food and water, so don't worry!"

"Are you more worried about me, someone who has nothing to do with you, than yourself?!"

"Why do you ask that?!" Silly Orange grabbed DJ Xiang Le's hand and walked towards their gathering place: "How can we ignore someone who can't protect themselves at a time like this!"

"very good!"

DJ Xiang Le, who had stopped standing, grabbed Sha Cheng's hand and looked at him with a smile, saying, "You're really good!"

"As expected of the man who was once chosen, even though he was abandoned by fate, he never gave up on his choice!"

Chapter Thirty-Seven: For Those We Love!

"As expected of the man who was once chosen, even though he was abandoned by fate, he never gave up on his choice!"

DJ Xiang Le, who had just put down Sha Cheng's hand, circled around him with a smile and said, "Only someone with such a broad mind can go all the way!"

"What are you saying?!" Silly Orange asked in confusion, following DJ Sagara's endless spinning. After DJ Sagara revealed a mysterious smile, he slapped two Lockseeds into Silly Orange's hand.

"Only someone like you is worthy of my bets!"

"But it's not the right time yet, so I'll give you these for now!"

"See you later, I hope you can give me even more surprises then!"

DJ Xiang Le, who could take a step of more than ten meters, swayed and quickly walked away, disappearing from Sha Cheng's sight.

"What's up with this guy?!" The confused Silly Orange scratched his head, staring at the two lock seeds in his hand, one white and one red, lost in thought.

"I've never seen a lockseed like this before." Looking at the lockseed in his hand with a puzzled expression, Silly Orange curiously opened the white lockseed inside. The center of the lockseed was inlaid with a pattern of blooming cherry blossoms.

"Crack!"

After pressing the white lock in his hand, the lock head opened and automatically floated up from Silly Orange's hand.

"Crack..."

With a mechanical transformation sound, the palm-sized white cherry blossom lock seed rapidly expanded and transformed into a white motorcycle with a roaring engine.

"It's turned into a motorcycle!!!"

The silly orange let out a gasp, its eyes gleaming with an inexplicable light. At this moment, what did it mean for Sawame City to have a portable motorcycle that didn't require any energy? The implications were self-evident.

.............

Helheim Forest, the ruins of Fimsim, the throne room.

High, greyish-white walls stood all around, with various characters of Fimsim inlaid on the stone walls. This time, contrary to his usual behavior, Bai Ya did not sit on the throne but stood in front of a coffin, gently and tenderly stroking the surface of the coffin with his palm.

Miku, who was lying on his throne, kept glancing at Baiya, whose eyes were filled with melancholy and memories.

"Which one is..."

Sugar, who had crawled out of his tent, knelt on the soft cushion at the tent entrance, while Miku stretched out his tail, grew larger, and pressed Sugar down underneath.

Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask!

"But....."

"Get your things organized!" Miku glanced at Sugar, his tail puffing up again, the soft fur pressing Sugar down beneath him.

Sugar huffed and puffed, then hugged its tail and obediently lay down on the mat.

"Tsk..."

Seeing the sorrow emanating from Miku, Bai Ya, with her back to Miku, suddenly asked, "Miku, have you ever loved anyone?!"

"You mean family, lovers, companions?!"

"Do you have a lot?" Bai Ya turned around, and Miku shrank his neck and said, "Well, all the family members I used to love have passed away, and those who loved me are buried deep in their graves."

"As for a lover, I don't have one yet!" Miku's eyes revealed a hint of self-mockery. "After all, looking like this, how could I possibly be worthy of being loved?!"

“As for companions,” Miku thought, a smug, cold expression flashing before his eyes, “he has a brother who lives far away. I guess the chances of seeing him again are slim!”

"I see..."

"Have you ever had any offspring?" A glint appeared in Bai Ya's eyes. Miku didn't seem to mind being stared at by Bai Ya. Instead, he said self-deprecatingly, "I don't have any interest in sleeping with female cats, so how could I possibly have offspring?"

"Is that really so?" With a pointed remark, Bai Ya walked back to his throne. In his line of sight, a thick, dark red line stretched from Miku's body all the way to the distant horizon. "If you had that, how would you discipline him?!"

"educate?"

Miku chuckled, his eyes widening. "That depends on how naughty the little guy is. Kids like this need to be disciplined with a bit of discipline."

"Otherwise, it wouldn't be good to go against yourself!" Miku instantly recalled several father-son duels in his mind. Not to mention the distant ones, just the recent defeat he suffered against his father, Man Ye, who showed no mercy when the signal axe struck!

Looking further back, the old Dan father and son are the most typical Heisei father-son pairing; everyone else is saying "Dad, love me again!"

Shrimp dumplings are a time-stopping treat for Dad if he uses them too little; if you do, I'll throw the moon at you!

When such a huge moon crashed down, even Miku felt embarrassed for Old Tan, even through the screen.

Since ancient times, the father-son rivalry in the Heisei era has always been characterized by either axe chopping or moon smashing!

Miku didn't want a father-son showdown; being killed for no reason would be too unfair!

"Hehe, I look forward to the day you see your true self!" After giving Miku a meaningful look, Baiya leaned back on the throne and looked at Iqi, who was covered by vines.

"Are you really only planning to save him, and have no interest in the Golden Fruit?"

"no!"

Miku shook his head decisively and said firmly, "Even if you forced that thing into my mouth and squeezed it into juice and poured it down my throat, I wouldn't move my mouth or swallow a drop."

"Oh...."

Amidst Bai Ya's meaningful chuckle, Miku clicked his tongue, rolled up his Driver and the Lockseed Bai Ya had just created, and left the throne room.

"I'm going for a walk. You seem a bit strange today!"

After watching Miku leave without stopping him, Bai Ya sighed inwardly, "Everything we do is for the people we love. You are, and so am I..."

After reflecting on the past, Bai Ya turned her gaze to Sugar: "What's your decision?"

"If you don't become stronger and make choices, you can't stay by his side forever."

"I know, but let me think about it some more. After all, it's a serious matter, and I need to think it over carefully..."

Sugar knelt on the cushion with her head down, picking at her nails.

"Let me think about it some more..."

In the forest, a cat with a driver and a lock-seed coiled around its tail darts swiftly across the tree trunks without its feet touching the ground.

"Um?!"

Miku, his brow furrowed, suddenly stopped and crouched on the trunk of a tree, scanning his surroundings warily.

"This feeling...who is spying on me?!"

A burst of fire erupted from Miku's body, his eyes flashing. After scanning back and forth, he snorted coldly, and his body transformed into a dense stream of data that disappeared from the spot.

"..."

A moment later, a figure emerged from behind a tree, enveloped in light. Through the light, one could vaguely see that the figure had long platinum blonde hair, and the white robes it wore fluttered as the figure quickly disappeared from the spot.

After the figure disappeared, a strange ripple emanated from the space, like a piece of paper being torn apart. A figure emerged from it, looked around, and sighed, "Didn't make it?"