The Strange Cat from Fuuto

Shotaro, who was knocked backward, fell to the ground with his buttocks. He felt something was wrong, as if he was being crushed by something heavy.

Ripples spread through the air as a long-legged woman in a tuxedo and stockings sat on Shotaro.

"I'm sorry!"

Lily Shirogane, with her face cupped in her hands, sat on Shotaro's lap, apologizing repeatedly in a spoiled manner.

"Ah, you're that beautiful magician from before!"

Shotaro, being ridden by a beautiful woman, chuckled foolishly, which angered Akiko, who pulled out her heirloom slippers and slapped them on Shotaro's head. She also pulled Lily Shirogane off him.

After some playful banter, the group settled down to sit.

"You truly are a magician! What was that magic trick you just performed?"

Shotaro, who was complimenting Lily Shirogane, had a lecherous look on his face, which made Akiko keep pouting.

That wasn't actually a magic trick!

Lily Silver took off her coat, revealing her lotus root-like arms, with a bio-link opening on the inside of her right arm.

"I have truly disappeared!"

Pointing to the bio-connection port on the inside of her right arm, Lily Silver looked a little shy.

"This is the Gaia Memory!"

Akiko screamed and pointed at the bio-link on Lily's silver hand, letting out a series of exclamations.

Something feels off!

Miku jumped off the table and circled around Lily Shirogane, who was seated, constantly twitching her nose.

You perverted cat!

An angry Akiko grabbed Miku and pulled him back, repeatedly circling him with her hands on his head.

"Stop...stop...stop fooling around!"

After swatting Akiko away with one paw, Miku said, "Your memory should...shouldn't have been bought...bought...bought from the Black Uniform Shop, right?"

"Ah, the cat is talking!"

"Never mind that for now, tell me first, are you as he described?"

"Yes, my memory wasn't bought; it was a gift from a gentleman who carried a thin-handled umbrella!"

Hearing this, Miku gritted her teeth and said, "I...I...Isaka Mikuro!"

The Fifty-Eighth Palm: Shock! Seeing a certain knight, who was supposed to be a doctor, actually doing something to a young girl...

"Who is he?"

Shotaro noticed Miku's unusual behavior. Usually, this cat always seemed harmless to him, but today it was acting very strangely!

Claws peeked from between its toes, its back arched slightly, and sharp teeth revealed its lips. Its emerald green eyes shone with a chilling hatred and rage!

He had only seen that look in Terujiro's eyes before.

"A...a...a bunch of perverts, men who find...fun...fun...fun" in researching dopants!

"Your memory was obtained from...from...from him, wasn't it?"

Miku stared intently at Lily Shirogane, which explained why Lily Shirogane had the smell of a dopant, and why the smell was so unusual.

The smell of rotten wood was something Miku remembered vividly!

"That makes sense!" Miku thought to himself, suppressing his emotions. "Museums wouldn't circulate these kinds of memory devices. Only that bastard Isaka would create one!"

"What is your memory... your memory body?"

"Invisible!"

Somewhat amazed that a cat could talk, Lily Shirogane honestly answered, and Miku sneered, "So, do you think you're lucky...lucky...lucky or unlucky?"

"My words..."

Lily Shirogane twisted her hands together, somewhat at a loss. From her perspective, she thought the gentleman who gave her the memory was a good person; with the memory, she could perform her grandfather's farewell show together. However, she needed his help, and lying wouldn't be right. But for her grandfather's farewell performance, she had to do her best!

"Of course it's unfortunate. After all, the Gaia Memory is extremely harmful to people, but I can't remove it, so I came here to seek your help!"

After careful consideration, Lily Shirogane spoke to them with great concern.

"Has this place become a dopant treatment center?"

Akiko muttered to herself, but was glared at fiercely by Shotaro.

"Don't worry, we'll take care of this!"

Shotaro flicked his hat, smiling broadly as he agreed with Lily and Shirogane. Miku, however, turned his head away disdainfully, "What a half-baked idiot!"

Philip didn't say a word during the conversation, but silently watched Lily Silver, always having a strange intuition in his heart.

There's something wrong with this woman in front of me!

"Then let's not delay any longer and set off to look for clues!"

Shotaro spoke confidently into the empty living room, but when he got to his desk, he found Lily Shirogane already waiting at the door.

"Then I'll leave the house to you!"

After saying goodbye to Miku, Akiko gently closed the door.

"That woman...that woman...that woman is suspicious!"

Miku jumped onto the table, its tail swaying gently. Philip looked away from the wordless book in his hands. "Why didn't you say anything earlier?"

"Because some people feel...feel...feel that spring has arrived!"

"Who exactly is Isaka Shinkuro, and why do you show such hostility towards him?"

Philip was somewhat puzzled; Miku's reaction just now had truly shocked him!

That feeling still sends chills down his spine!

"Philip, let's make a bet... a bet... how about it?"

Instead of talking about Isaka, Miku invited Philip to make a bet with great interest.

"what?"

"that is......"

After leaving the house, Shotaro and his two friends searched for a long time but couldn't find any news about Isaka. Instead, they ran into A-nii on the way, and A-nii said he would follow up on the matter.

They eventually learned from a delivery worker that Isaka Shinkuro often delivered goods to a restaurant supplied by that worker.

After finding the restaurant, Brother A took the lead and walked up to Isaka, who was engrossed in playing the piano, and took out his ID from his pocket.

"Hello, I have a question for you about the Gaia Memory!"

"Tsurui Ryu?"

Isaka glanced at A-san's ID, a slight smile playing on his lips, and then said, "You're Terui Yuji's son, aren't you!"

"How do you know that?!"

Brother A's expression changed, and he was somewhat puzzled. If there was anything that was his Achilles' heel, it was his deceased family members!

“Your father and I are old acquaintances. After all, he was calling your name even as he was being killed!”

Isaka's unrestrained smile gradually spread across his entire face. He took out his memory from his pocket and said, "It was with this that I killed your whole family!"

"W's memory!"

A-ge's expression changed drastically as he stared at the weather memory in Isaka's hand.

"WEATHER!"

After the low, sinister chanting stopped, Isaka quickly pressed the memory device against his right forehead.

At that moment, Akiko hurriedly took out her bat camera and started snapping photos of Isaka Shinkuro.

With his eyes filled with a dim yellow light, a tornado carrying thunder and lightning suddenly appeared around Isaka.

With a casual wave of his hand, Isaka, dispelling the illusion created during his transformation, stood confidently in front of A-san and said, "Your father is a competent policeman, but who told him to target the circulation of the Gaia Memory? I had no choice but to freeze him into an ice block!"

"But it doesn't matter anymore. To me, your father was just an experiment, a guinea pig used to test my abilities!"

After transforming, Isaka's main color is white, accompanied by various patterns, and a pair of V-shaped cracked goggles on his face are particularly eye-catching.

Its overall design resembles that of a deity in Japanese mythology who controls the weather.

"what!"

With a low growl, Isaka stood still, emanating an endless chill. The chilling aura forced A-kun and Shotaro to retreat helplessly. Fortunately, the commotion from Isaka's transformation earlier had been quite loud, scaring away the restaurant's customers.

Otherwise, the casualties would have been devastating!

Just as the cold mist was about to reach them, Shotaro transformed at the last second, protecting Akiko and Lily Shirogane behind him.

Isaka, enveloped in a cold white mist, quickly moved away from the restaurant and disappeared into its corridors. Shotaro and A-kun gave chase, pursuing him all the way to an empty staircase.

"Where did they go!?"

Shotaro was puzzled to find no one in front of him.

"Humph!"

A cold snort came from behind. Shotaro, who hurriedly turned around, was struck in the chest by Isaka. Shotaro, who was suddenly hit, quickly retaliated.

However, each attack was blocked by the opponent, who also managed to hit him in the process.

"damn it!"

Shotaro cursed under his breath and quickly switched the memory. He reached behind him and grabbed the metal rod in his palm.

Wielding a metal rod, Shotaro pointed the long staff at Isaka's chest. Isaka dodged backward and simultaneously kicked out with his side leg. Shotaro, suddenly struck by the whip kick, involuntarily staggered back several steps.

With the metal bar protecting him, Shotaro charged forward again, blocking several of his swings. Even his unexpected downward sweep was blocked by Isaka's kick.

Isaka raised his leg to block Shotaro, then turned his body to the side again, kicking out with lightning speed with his right leg.

Shotaro, who barely managed to block it, stepped back and pulled out the metal memory, inserting it into the groove of the metal rod.