The Strange Cat from Fuuto

"But you must serve me!"

"So this is what you asked for? It seems there really is no such thing as a free lunch!" Gang gave a bitter laugh after being humiliated, and lowered his head to look at his palm.

After a moment, the man who had just been humiliated looked up again and said, "Okay, I agree. But you have to fulfill my wish after it's done!"

“I will not break my promise, as for you…” Miku, behind the gauze curtain, flipped his left hand, and a driver appeared in his palm amidst the flames.

"Shh!"

With a flick of his hand, Miku flung the driver away and said in a deep voice, "From today until the end of your mission, you will no longer be Shijima Tsuyoshi, but one of the executives of my Miku clan."

"Your name is Hunter!"

Gang, who had just caught the flying driver, looked at it with a flicker in his eyes. The driver had a joystick that could be rotated on the right side, and the outer casing was damaged in many places, exposing a lot of wires.

At the very center is a groove with a cylindrical cross-section.

Just as Chibui fastened the driver to his waist, a cylindrical can emerged from the void, bearing a cobbled-together mask.

The mask is half human and half machine.

"Transform!"

Amidst the flickering light and shadow, the newly transformed knight, who had just been defeated, slowly raised his head amidst the white shockwave. His glasses suddenly lit up, and he shook his neck.

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

The front yard of the Sonozaki mansion.

The little guy, moving slowly and somewhat dejectedly, walked along the path toward the main entrance of the house.

The little guy responded listlessly to the greetings from the maids coming and going. Head bowed, he shuffled into the house.

"Young Master, the Master and the others are waiting for you in the side hall!"

The head maid whispered a reminder to the little one, who reluctantly mustered his spirits and said to her, "Thank you, Auntie Sugishita!"

"nothing!"

The head maid, her face beaming with smiles, watched the little one enter the side hall before straightening up.

"Oh my, the young master now looks just like the head of the family back then!"

"Head Maid, you're one of the elders in this family. Could you tell me what the head of the family was like back then?"

A simply dressed but beautiful maid, after hearing the head maid's sigh, respectfully inquired about it.

The head maid glanced at the maid who had just asked the question, pushed up her glasses, and raised her eyebrows: "Don't ask questions you shouldn't. Just do your job!"

"Have you forgotten the three principles? Do I have to teach you?"

"I'm sorry, Head Maid!"

The maid who had asked the question apologized repeatedly, bowing and backing away. After the head maid left, the maid raised her head, her eyes flashing with cold light. The mop she was holding was being squeezed so tightly that it made a cracking sound.

"You damn old woman, I'll make you admit it willingly sooner or later."

In the side room, Serena was knitting as usual. Mick wasn't there, and Iggy was lying on the carpet, yawning listlessly.

Miku lay on the sofa with its two front paws tucked in front of its chest, leisurely listening to the music echoing in the side room with its eyes half-closed.

"Hey, you're back!"

Serena's eyes crinkled with laughter the moment she saw her little son. Iggy quickly got up and jumped around in front of the little guy.

Miku opened her eyes slightly and glanced at her somewhat sullen son. The cat, having shifted her position, asked, "What happened? You seem a little down!"

"nothing..."

The little guy pushed away Iggy who was coming closer, nimbly stepped over to his father's side, and lay down next to Miku.

Feeling the warmth of Miku and smelling the faint scent of his father, the little guy inexplicably felt a sense of peace.

Even his tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed.

"Is something bothering you?" Miku turned to look at his son, who nodded. "Yeah, lately I feel like the officers are avoiding me!"

"Avoiding you?" Serena's brows furrowed, her face slowly turning cold. "Explain to your mother what happened. Did they bully you?"

"No, it's just that the police officer and Kiriko-neechan seemed a little...afraid of me."

"They don't let me do anything, they just make me watch from the sidelines. Take the incident that just happened, for example, Aunt Suzuna made me stay at the base and wouldn't let me go on duty with Uncle Hear and the others."

"Even though I argued my case, they wouldn't let me participate in the battle or resolve the incident. They even sent me back on their own initiative."

Upon hearing what the little guy said, Serena suddenly stood up: "Those bastards actually dared to ostracize my son!"

Serena grabbed Iggy and headed for the door, shouting, "No way! I'm going to get an explanation from them today!"

"stop!"

Miku, his eyes half-open, stopped Serena's actions. Upon hearing this, Serena turned around, hands on her hips, and angrily said, "What do you want to do? Your son is being ostracized and bullied. Aren't you going to let me go and talk to them?"

"Isn't a parent's job to step in and reason with their child when they're being bullied?"

"You're not being reasonable, you're just looking for trouble!"

Miku glared at Iqi and snapped, "And you, why are you getting involved? Sit down right now!"

"Ugh..."

Iggy let out a soft cry and lay sprawled on the ground, while Serena glared at Miku. Miku paid no attention to this middle-aged woman with an explosive maternal instinct.

Serena, who never married, naturally had no children. Through her interactions with the little guy, she had long regarded the kitten as her own child.

After seeing the little one's accident, Serena exploded like a powder keg that had been lit.

"Son."

"Hmm?" Looking at the little guy with his head tilted, Miku reached out a paw and touched the top of his head, saying, "They're not afraid of you, they're afraid of me."

"Afraid of Daddy?" The little guy couldn't understand Miku's words and asked, "Why would they be afraid of Daddy?"

"Do you think Daddy is amazing?" Instead of answering directly, Miku asked something else. Upon hearing Miku's question, the little guy immediately exclaimed excitedly, "Daddy is super amazing! Mommy said that Daddy is like the sun in the sky!"

"He's the most amazing person in the world!"

"Since you think Dad is so amazing, what do you think Shinnosuke Tomari would say?"

Under Miku's gentle prompting, the little guy jumped up and exclaimed, "Officer, you also think Daddy is amazing!"

"Yes, that's why they're afraid of me!"

Miku's eyes were somewhat melancholic; the little guy still couldn't understand: "But why are they afraid of Daddy?"

"Because sometimes, strength is the greatest glory for an individual, but for a group it is a ticking time bomb."

“Especially for people like you and me, our family is even more feared.”

“But Daddy won’t hurt anyone else!” the little guy said confidently, his serious expression making Miku smile.

Iggy snorted dismissively. "Your dad won't hurt anyone else?"

Ha, your father has killed more people than you've eaten salt!

"But others won't see it that way. They'll see me as a potential danger, an uncontrollable factor that could explode at any moment."

"I still don't understand!"

The little guy scratched his head in confusion, finding it hard to understand what Miku was saying.

I can't understand why the old driver and others would distance themselves from him because of Miku, and I can't understand why the old driver and others are afraid of Miku.

Looking at his bewildered son, Miku sighed and stood up: "Since you can't understand, then just experience it for yourself!"

"Feelings?"

"Yes, feel your father's love!"

Chapter 41: It's only natural for a father to beat his son, and it's only right for a son to eat his father's food!

"Yes, feel your father's love!"

As he spoke, Miku's eyes narrowed, his face filled with ill intent. The little guy looked at his father, feeling inexplicably uneasy.

"Maybe we should just forget about it, Dad."

The little guy, taking tiny steps backward, hugged himself tightly with his tail. Miku glared at him and said, "Alright, stop dawdling. Come with me!"

With a flick of its tail, Miku darted forward, tearing open a spatial rift, and snatched the little guy by the scruff of his neck, stepping into the rift one step at a time.

Seeing this, Iggy immediately followed him inside, and Serena, not entirely at ease, naturally followed as well.

"Shh!"

The spatial rift closed, leaving the side hall empty except for the soft music playing in the background.

"Excuse me!"

A pretty young maid knocked on the door and came in carrying a tray of tea and snacks. The maid, who had expected to see the cat she had been longing for, was taken aback.

"How could there be no one here? They were just here a moment ago." The maid, who had casually placed the tray aside, looked around but couldn't find any hidden doors.

"strangeness."

The maid, who was stroking her chin, suddenly felt a jolt in her chest. Her expression changed, and she exclaimed, "Tsk, that bastard, he's at it again!"

The maid pulled a phone from her bosom, tapped the screen to answer, and a somewhat neurotic male voice came from the other end: "Hey, Tamamo-no-Mae. Did it work?"

"Success my ass, I just got in here. If it were that easy to succeed, the Sonozaki family wouldn't be a legend in Fuuto."

"What should I do?"

"You can sneak in here too. I've noticed we're short-staffed lately. If you come in, I'll have someone to help, and it's easier to get things done with more people around."

"Fine!"

"Then let's hurry up, I don't want to stay in this awful place for another day. Let's find that well quickly and get this over with!"

"Ok!"

After a few simple words, the maid hung up the phone and stuffed the center of her breast back into her chest. After stuffing it in, she even reached out and lifted it up a little.

"What kind of ridiculous rules are these? They won't even let you bring your phone!" Tamamo-no-Mae muttered, grabbing a tray of tea and snacks and stuffing it into her mouth. "Pah, you rich bastard! I'll burn your house down again someday!"