The Strange Cat from Fuuto

With a renewed sense of excitement, Miku continued to follow the scent with great enthusiasm.

In just ten minutes, Miku arrived at the abandoned factory area on the outskirts of the city.

This is a product of an economic recession. Many factory owners had to abandon their factories and find other ways to make ends meet because they couldn't make ends meet.

"This is it!"

Miku was very excited to finally reach his destination, after all, he could not only destroy those hideouts, but also find Ichi.

"But why does it smell like Iggy here?"

With these questions in mind, Miku crawled on all fours into one of the factories. Inside, in a rusty iron cage, Ichi looked quite dejected. But upon seeing Miku enter, he became invigorated again.

"Don't be afraid, I'll get you out of here right away!"

Miku easily tore the iron cage apart, and Iggy jumped out, bouncing and leaping around him, looking very excited.

"Okay, let's go home right away!"

Miku crouched down and wrapped his arms around Iggy's neck, letting it lick his mask.

"puff!"

Suddenly, a white, unidentified liquid flew in from nowhere. Caught off guard, Miku, soaked in it, discovered that the liquid was rapidly hardening.

"An oversight!"

Miku struggled desperately, only to discover that even after the liquid hardened rapidly, it still retained extremely high toughness, and he could not break free with his strength alone!

"Wow, look what we caught!"

Inside the factory, amidst piles of waste, a yellowish-brown hybrid with eight spider-like limbs on its head emerged. Looking at Miku and Ichi, trapped in the spiderweb, it laughed and said, "Look who this is! Isn't this the Executioner from the Museum?"

"I never expected to catch such a big guy!"

"Stop playing around, Darwin!"

A somber voice sounded behind the spider hybrid, and a young man wearing a hoodie emerged from the pile of debris, approaching Miku with bloodshot eyes fixed on him.

"Hello, executioner!"

"Roar!"

Miku roared and struggled with all his might, but it was no use. The memory of the dopant that sprayed spider silk was Darwin's Bark Spider, the spider species with the strongest web known in the world.

After being enhanced by memory, the toughness of its spider silk is beyond imagination!

"Don't waste your energy, you can't break free!"

The hooded man smiled at Miku and waved to the spider-doppelin, "Let's get started, Darwin!"

"Good good!"

Darwin spoke somewhat perfunctorily. He had originally wanted to watch Miku struggle a little longer, but his enthusiasm was dampened. Darwin took out a memory module and activated it. Then he looked at Iggy in the spider web.

"Welcome to the new life, little puppy!"

"DIRUS (Dire Wolf)!"

After the memory with the wolf's head emitted a low, evil chant, Darwin pressed the memory directly towards Iggy.

"Stop! Stop! Stop!"

Miku struggled incessantly, roaring internally, but could only watch helplessly as the memory object turned into a puddle of sludge and merged into Iggy's body after making contact with it.

"Waaah!"

"Waaah!"

"Woo, roar!"

Iggy's agonizing howl transformed into a terrifying roar. A viscous tar-like substance gushed from the point of contact between Iggy's body and the memory, enveloping him as light appeared. Beneath the tar, Iggy's form began to change, stretching and growing!

When the asphalt dissipated and the light faded, the spider web had been stretched to its limit and broken. This was a result that Darwin could control; he could trap one dopant, but he was somewhat powerless against two!

"Woo, roar!"

Iggy roared to the sky, his black eyes darting around, but the hooded man and Darwin left the moment the memory merged, leaving Miku alone behind.

The ferocious wolf head has a pair of jet-black pupils, gray biological skin, wolf claw-like shoulder guards, sharp claws that gleam with a cold light, and a short tail that hangs naturally behind it.

"really!"

"This must be fake!"

Miku, brushing the tattered spiderwebs off his body, looked at Iggy, who had his back to him, with disbelief in his eyes.

Why did it turn out like this?

Why?!

Miku, in pain, covered his face. Iggy could no longer turn back!

When animals use memory, their wild instincts will take over their bodies in an instant, destroying everything in their path until they die.

Miku, however, was not among them, only protected by his Earth Drive, which prevented him from falling into boundless savagery!

Miku, who hadn't yet recovered from the impact, was suddenly thrown out as if hit by a heavy truck.

"cough!"

Clutching his aching chest, Miku struggled to his feet. The moment he looked up, Iggy was already in front of him. With a sweep of its arm, Iggy was sent flying.

Having been attacked twice in succession, Miku's bloodshot eyes revealed a look of sadness.

It was an indescribable sorrow, a helplessness that had no way to help!

He had never felt this way since he came into this world. Iggy stood not far away, panting heavily, bent over on all fours, letting out a low growl from his throat.

"Roar, roar, roar..."

The moment the roar subsided, Iggy vanished from his spot and reappeared with Miku pinned down, his mouth wide open as he began to bite him.

Miku, struggling to push Iggy away, his bloodshot eyes filled with deep sorrow, bent his legs and gave a powerful push, sending Iggy flying a great distance.

Iggy, who had just landed, paused briefly before rolling back to his feet. Miku's image was reflected in his dark eyes.

"Roar!"

Hearing Iggy's roar, Miku didn't hesitate any longer. If he hesitated any longer, he would be forced into his transformed state and then bitten to death by Iggy. Clutching his chest, Miku gave Iggy a deep look before quickly fleeing into the distance.

Without a target, Iggy twitched his nose, let out a long howl, and then fell to the ground on all fours, raising a cloud of dust before disappearing without a trace.

Upon arriving home, Miku eagerly deactivated his transformation, enduring the spreading pain throughout his body. He stumbled into the living room where the old man and Wakana were playing chess!

"Miku, what's wrong with you?"

Upon seeing Miku, Wakana abandoned the old man and went straight to Miku, picking him up in her arms.

"How did you get so badly injured?!"

After examining Miku's injuries, Wakana appeared very alarmed.

"I...I...I'm...okay!"

Miku, speaking haltingly, looked at the old man and then asked hopefully, "Iqi has... has become a dopant. Is... is there any hope for him?"

"I'm sorry, Miku!"

The old man continued his game of chess with Wakana, saying without looking up, "Your Iggy is beyond saving!"

"boom!"

The chess piece fell heavily to the ground.

Chapter 49: Miku's Inner Roar!

The chess piece fell heavily to the ground, and Miku's heart plummeted into despair. His body slumped weakly into Wakana's arms, blood trickling from his mouth, soaking Wakana's sleeve.

"Miku!"

"Miku, Miku, Miku..."

Wakana's cries were like drifting clouds in the sky, growing farther and farther away, more and more ethereal, until they gradually became inaudible.

Like a duckweed adrift in the darkness, Miku saw no light and heard no sound. Silence and oppression reigned, devoid of any hope.

Only Miku's mutterings drifted along with it!

"Iggy!"

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

The strong smell of disinfectant filled my nostrils, and a white ceiling came into view. All sorts of figures floated before my eyes, and whispers echoed in my ears.

Miku, unable to lift her head, could only see Wakana lying on the headboard, her eyes tightly closed, her long eyelashes motionless.

"Wakana!"

Miku, the beauty before him, called out in his heart, and Ichi's image appeared before him again, with his ferocious appearance, dark eyes, and raging roar.

"Are you really not coming back, Iggy?"

Miku looked up at the ceiling, a rare sadness in his eyes.

After Iggy's accident, the old man's cold response made Miku, unusually, feel resentment towards him. As the head of the family, he always said that he was also a member of the Madoka family, an indispensable family member, but now, he was only concerned with the chessboard in front of him and didn't even glance at Miku.

Only Wakana still cares about herself.

"Meow!"

Miku, who had just opened his mouth, realized that his collar had been removed and kept recalling his past actions.

"I never imagined I had underestimated the coldness of the Ensaki family!"

Miku sighed inwardly and called softly. Wakana woke up quickly, and her somewhat confused eyes immediately turned to surprise and delight when she saw Miku awake.

"I thought you weren't going to wake up!"

Overjoyed, Wakana quickly checked on Miku's condition. Even with her thick biological skin protecting her in her transformed state, Miku had several ribs broken by Iggy without retaliating. If she hadn't run away early, she probably would have died on the way, her ribs piercing her internal organs and causing internal bleeding!

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