The Strange Cat from Fuuto

The experienced driver, his brows furrowed and his face ashen, stared at the little guy. Ever since he brought the little guy to the base, the other party had no idea what to ask.

When asked for his address, the little guy kept repeating the same sentence: "Meow lives in a really big house!"

"It's so big!"

"I still can't get anything out of them!"

The electronic expression on Belt-san's face furrowed, while the veteran driver leaned against the stroller with a thoughtful look on his face: "I feel like I've seen this little guy before, but where exactly is he?"

"I also have a feeling of familiarity with him, but I'm not quite sure!"

While the experienced driver and the belted man were talking, the little guy hooked his paw at the driver's trouser leg and said, "Officer, I'm hungry."

"Are you hungry?!"

The experienced driver crouched down and patted the little guy's head, whose eyes were wide open. The little guy nodded vigorously.

"What would you like to eat?"

"Meow wants to eat tuna!"

"Tuna?!" the experienced driver exclaimed. He thought feeding the little guy some cat food would be enough, but who knew that this guy would open his mouth and ask for tuna.

"Mmm, this is my favorite food!"

The little guy looked at the experienced driver with longing as he earnestly began to speak, which gave the experienced driver a headache.

His salary wouldn't even cover a tuna dish, let alone a piece of tuna skin.

"How about we eat something else, like..." The experienced driver took out a milk candy, peeled one open, and handed it to the little guy. The little guy sniffed it and snorted in disgust.

"Mommy said we can't eat these things, only poor people eat them!"

"A poor wretch?!"

The old driver stumbled and fell backward, landing flat on the ground. He popped a candy into his mouth and said, "Who exactly are you?!"

"A meow is a meow!"

The little creature, which had climbed up the old driver's clothes to his chest, sat down and swatted at his clothes with its tail: "Officer, officer, meow is so hungry!"

"Awoo!"

With a howl, Iggy stared at the old driver, his eyes flashing with ferocity.

If you don't solve the little guy's diet today, I'll eat you!

"Buzz!"

Amidst the spatial fluctuations and turbulence, a knight clad in elaborate and luxurious robes, with a faceplate resembling a crown, appeared in the Drive base.

"You are?!"

Seeing Miku's old driver suddenly jump up from the ground, he casually put the little guy in his pocket and looked warily at the mysterious man in front of him.

"Daddy, Daddy!"

The little guy peeked out from the old driver's pocket, excitedly watching Miku under Gaia Mode.

"Dad?" The experienced driver, glancing at the little guy, suddenly realized: "You're his father!?"

"Ok!"

Miku lured the little guy out of the old driver's pocket and placed him on his shoulder. The little guy rubbed against Miku's visor with great affection.

"You stupid dog, what are you still doing there?!"

After glaring at Iggy, the dog reluctantly got off the soy milk and shuffled over to Miku's side.

"You've really grown bold, daring to come out and cause trouble with him!"

After scolding Iggy, Iggy pouted and lay down at Miku's feet.

"Thank you so much for taking care of them!"

With a snap of his fingers, Miku used spatial teleportation to send the little guy and Iggy back home. Just as he was about to leave, the veteran driver suddenly called out to him, "Wait a minute, this..."

"Just call me Miku!"

Miku, who had stopped in his tracks, saw that the experienced driver had taken the bait as he had expected, and a faint smile appeared on his face beneath his mask.

"That's right, Mr. Miku. Your son caused a huge disturbance in the city and caused considerable damage because of his battle with Roidmude."

"According to the law, you must..."

"Wait a minute, the laws of human society govern humans, they don't seem to have anything to do with us!"

How could you say that?!

The experienced driver retorted excitedly, "The law is the standard for maintaining society, and whoever breaks the law must be punished!"

“But we’re cats! What law says that cats should be punished for breaking the law?!” Miku spread his arms wide. “If there is one, please recite it.”

"That's just sophistry!"

"Alright, whether I try to deny it or not, the law still has huge loopholes. For example, the person who killed your father is not only not punished, but is still alive and well!"

"Murder my father?!" The experienced driver frowned. "Impossible. The bank robber who killed my father should already be serving time in prison."

"Wrong, wrong, wrong!" Miku shook his head, wagging his finger. "That's just a scapegoat. The real culprit is still at large, and is even colluding with Roidmude, blocking all information about Roidmude!"

"what?!"

The veteran driver, horrified, stared at Miku in disbelief. Miku shrugged: "That's the truth. Your father didn't die in the line of duty; he was murdered!"

"murder!?"

"Want to know the truth?" Miku, who had moved closer to Belt-san, sized up this one of only two intelligent drivers in the history of the Heisei Riders: "If you want to, let's make a deal!"

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"If you're interested, let's make a deal!"

Miku, stroking his belt, leaned against the cart. The old driver stood there, stunned, and muttered, "A deal!?"

"Yes, a deal!"

Miku, his hand resting on his belt, chuckled and said, "I'll provide you with clues about your father's killer, and in return, you'll help me..."

"Teach my brat!"

"Teaching your... brat?!"

The experienced driver tilted his head, seemingly unsure of Miku's intentions.

"That's right, I don't have time to teach him right now, and I don't want him to repeat my mistakes, so you'll have to teach him and let him know what Kamen Rider is!"

"In contrast, I'll give you a clue."

“Teaching…” The old driver lowered his head and continued to think, clearly hesitant. Seeing this, Miku pressed his advantage and said, “Are you just going to watch your father die in vain, sacrificing his life for the sake of a petty, incompetent man’s jealousy?”

“The jealousy of an incompetent villain…” The old driver’s eyes showed a hint of determination as he pondered Miku’s words. Belt-san looked at the old driver nervously. Just being covered by Miku’s hand had completely robbed him of his ability to speak, leaving him only with his vision of the outside world.

"Okay, I promise!"

After thinking for a long time, the experienced driver slowly nodded, "I agree to your request!"

"not bad!"

He took his hand off his belt and held up one finger: "Then here's your first clue!"

With a wave of his hand, he shot out a beam of light, which projected into the air and formed a frosty blue snowflake pattern.

"This is the first clue!"

The experienced driver stared intently at the snowflake pattern in the air, his fists slowly clenching, his expression gradually becoming serious as the pattern was reflected in his pupils.

Miku chuckled as his body slowly dissipated into the air. "Then I'll send him over again tomorrow!"

"Farewell, young Kamen Rider!"

Miku's figure disappeared completely from the Drive base, leaving only the old driver staring intently at the pattern in the air and the silent Belt-san.

Outside the driving test center in Kuru, in the flower bed.

Mick lay in the grass, yawning every now and then.

"Hey, let's go back!"

Miku suddenly appeared behind Mick, who jumped up in surprise and turned to look at Miku, saying helplessly, "Big brother, don't scare me like that!"

"It's all because you've been slacking off! Look at the state you've become!"

After scolding Mick, Miku flicked its tail, opening a spatial rift leading to the Sonozaki mansion: "Let's go back."

"Oh...."

With his tail drooping, Mick followed Miku into the spatial rift, which quickly closed as if it had never existed.

Inside the Sonozaki mansion, the little guy rode around haphazardly on Iggy's back. Miku and Mik emerged from the spatial rift. After seeing Mik and Miku return, Serena closed her book.

"Now that everyone's here, let's get ready for dinner!"

Serena, who was the first to walk towards the main house, instructed the maid to start serving the dishes, which was another miserable experience for the kitchen and the maid.

Two hours later, the car drove out of the mansion and headed towards the Fengdu Theater.

Inside the mansion, a hint of relief appeared in the eyes of the kitchen staff who were exhausted and collapsed. Fortunately, it was only two hours today. If it had been like before, even if they had earned enough money, they would have been half-dead.

Fengdu Theater, one of Fengdu's landmarks.

No matter what kind of performance or event it is, the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of Fengdu is the Fengdu Theater.

After passing through the ticket gate, there is a semi-circular audience seating area, and the wooden floor of the stage shimmers with a hazy light under the illumination of the lights.

The audience seats were VIP boxes, one of which was reserved for Miku and his group.

"Hurry up!"

With her big belly, Akiko walked into the theater with A-ge's help. A-ge looked at Akiko helplessly, thinking that she was still running around outside even though she was so pregnant.

I should have never let her see the concert tickets!

Now it's even worse; they're running around everywhere, especially in places with high foot traffic.