The Strange Cat from Fuuto

The little guy proudly looked at his dad and mom, puffed out his chest, and walked over, saying, "Dad, aren't I great!"

"I brought my little sister home!"

The little guy, whose face practically screamed "Praise me!", was showing off with all his might.

"You're quite smug, aren't you!" Miku glared, its tail tapping the little guy's head repeatedly. "You still know you're the older brother and she's the younger sister!"

"Didn't you see your sister hasn't eaten yet?"

"Do you know how much your sister has suffered outside? Look how thin she is! Go tell the kitchen to prepare dinner."

"All you do all day is sleep and eat. You're a cat, not a pig!"

"Go now, immediately, and tell the kitchen to prepare dinner—a lavish feast!"

The little guy, who was dumbfounded by Miku's scolding, looked at the little cutie being held in Serena's arms and realized something very scary.

w（?Д?）w！

I seem to have, probably, possibly, or likely have fallen out of favor?

Chapter 88: My status in the family plummeted (ノへ￣、)

into the night.

A half-moon hung in the sky, as if it had been cut in half with a knife.

The hazy moonlight, like a thin veil, draped the Sonozaki mansion in a light mist.

"Crench!"

As Serena gently closed the door, she turned around and saw Miku squatting against the wall. When Miku saw Serena come out, he turned and walked towards the study, with Serena following behind.

"Sleep?"

"She's asleep!"

Serena had a faint smile on her face; she had been like this ever since she met the little cutie.

The little cutie is especially sensible, so sensible that it breaks her heart, which makes her love her even more.

After the two entered the study one after the other, Miku first picked up a catnip cigar and put it in his mouth. The cigar ignited without a flame and emitted a faint wisp of smoke.

"How much suffering this child endured! Her tail was even broken off." Serena sat on the sofa in the study, resting her chin on her hand, the dim light of the study casting a warm glow.

Miku smacked his cigar in silence.

After a moment, he deliberately extinguished the cigar, and a few wisps of white smoke reluctantly drifted out of the ashtray.

Do you remember what I told you back then?

"You mean Amy?"

"That's right!"

She gets excited when Emisalina is mentioned, after all, she is her only best friend.

"You mean Little Cutie was also created by Serena?"

“Not necessarily!” Miku shook his head. “Given that woman’s personality, if she really created it, why would she just leave it there instead of taking it with her?”

"Then what do you mean?"

"It's obvious that after Amy escaped from Foundation X with the little one, people from Foundation X examined her research materials and data, and found my genetic material left behind by that woman, Amy. Using this genetic material, along with Amy's experimental notes, they carried out embryo cultivation again."

"This kind of thing is extremely simple for Conglomerate X. Moreover, this kind of business, which only requires a small investment to obtain powerful weapons, is simply extremely profitable."

How do you say "little cutie's tail"?

“I’ve seen it. Her tail wasn’t a congenital defect; it was cut off by someone, probably to better control her through brainwashing and to overdraw her potential.”

"But what does controlling brainwashing and overdrawing potential have to do with the tail?" Serena became agitated for no reason. Thinking of the little cutie's broken tail, her heart ached.

"We've been together for so long, don't you understand yet?"

Miku rolled her eyes at Serena. "We're not like ordinary cats; our tails aren't just for balancing."

"What's that for?"

With her curiosity piqued, Serena leaned back on the sofa armrest, blinking as she looked at Miku, whose tail was raised horizontally in front of her. "In ancient legends, many demons used their tails to represent the strength of their power."

The same is true for us; for us, the tail is a symbol of power and potential. Whether it was me, Mick, or the little guy, in the beginning, the only weapon we could use was our tails. The tails were not only an extension of the body, but also a manifestation of power.

"Little guy, you saw it yourself. This little guy's ability to sense danger is stronger than any of ours, and the outward manifestation of this sense of danger is his tail."

“Once the tail is damaged, it means that the individual’s potential is weakened, and in severe cases, it may even lead to death.”

"According to what you're saying, why would those people cut off Little Cutie's tail?"

"Her tail wasn't severed all at once. It was stimulated and damaged by strong drugs when she was still an embryo, causing it to shrink little by little until it completely turned into this state."

In other words, in order to unleash Little Cutie's potential and enhance her power, the people from Foundation X used a lot of potential-depleting drugs on her, damaging her body and causing her tail to shrink repeatedly.

"If her tail continues to shrink and disappear, then her death is not far off."

"this....."

Serena's eyes widened, her mouth slightly agape. "Isn't this treating our little cutie like a consumable?"

"Their original intention was to use my genetic material to create biological weapons. The fact that my little cutie is still alive is because they showed mercy!"

At this point, Miku let out a heavy, cold snort.

When he first met the little cutie, he saw some blurry images. It wasn't until he later obtained the audio and video materials of Amy that Serena had saved that he was able to fully understand the truth by using his omniscience and omnipotence to figure out the cause and effect connections.

This also made him feel a long-lost anger, especially after he "saw" that the Foundation X had cultivated hundreds of embryos. After the embryos developed into kittens, the people of the Foundation X picked out the ones with poor vitality as if they were picking out items, and then cultivated the rest. Among them, hundreds of kittens were eliminated.

In the end, only one survived, and that was the little cutie.

"The people from Foundation X are really ruthless!"

Serena is a woman of wide experience; she has witnessed tribes being slaughtered overnight and towns being destroyed in a matter of hours. She has seen all sorts of people and things, so the fact that she would use the word "ruthless" shows how incredibly angry she is about the actions of the X Corporation.

Serena pouted angrily, but Miku found her unusually adorable.

"Let's not talk about this anymore!" Serena rolled over. "What are you going to do with my little cutie's tail?"

"I will help her recover, you don't need to worry about that!"

"Fine!"

"So, what about a name? Have you thought of one yet?"

“A name…” Miku turned to look at the crescent moon in the sky, “It’ll be called….”

"Little Ai, Mi Ai!"

..........

The next day.

After breakfast, Miku called Miai to the study alone. The little one and the older one were very curious and wanted to follow, but Miku refused to let them in.

Looking at the tightly closed door in front of him, the little guy said angrily, "Daddy is so annoying!"

The older child, who was lying on the carpet playing with his toys, glanced at the younger one. The younger one blushed and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"That's my sister, why would I be jealous of her?"

"Tch!" The older one turned its head away, ignoring the younger one, who squatted outside the door, waiting for the little cutie to come out.

After waiting for half an hour, the door opened, and Miku came out of the study with Little Cutie. Little Cutie's broken tail had miraculously grown back.

Its long white tail is marked with red spots, which form a winding vine. At the top of the vine is a flower bud that has not yet bloomed. According to Miku, it can be predicted that this flower bud will fully bloom when the little cutie grows up.

The little guy's tail has spiral-shaped golden markings, with a swaying spark at the very top. When he grows up, this spark will transform into a raging inferno.

The little cutie seemed a bit unaccustomed to it, stumbling and wobbling as it walked, its body slightly tilted, and its tail wagging restlessly.

Miku watched his little girl with a smile on his face, while the little guy stayed close by her side, protecting her.

"Let's go to the garden!"

Miku took the three little ones to the garden. As soon as Miku arrived, he saw Iggy squatting on Serena's favorite flower, which had been destroyed and turned into mud. Serena glared angrily at Iggy.

Iggy: "┗-｀O′-┛Aww~~"

His attitude was extremely arrogant, and his eyes were extremely disdainful.

Then Serena chased him all over the garden. Miku shook his head helplessly at the sight. That's just how Iggy is; he's not happy unless he gets beaten up every day.

Coupled with his abilities, he became even more unscrupulous and reckless!

The little guy was already used to Iggy's constant recklessness, but the little cutie next to him seemed completely unfazed, which was quite intriguing.

"Dad, what are we doing here?"

"Why don't you and your sister have a contest!"

Miku drew a circle on the open ground with his tail, and wherever he drew it, it was as if it had been touched by flames, emitting a faint smell of sulfur.

The adorable girl, who originally had a sweet smile, narrowed her eyes almost imperceptibly after seeing Miku's move, but hidden within them was a deep sense of admiration and longing.

"It's not really appropriate for me to fight with my sister!"

The little guy scratched his head, and Miku kicked him into the circle: "Just do it when I tell you to! Stop talking so much nonsense!"

The little guy who fell into the circle rolled around a few times in a sorry state, with a few blades of grass still stuck to his head. On the other hand, Miku spoke softly to the little cutie, "Go in and play with your brother. Your brother is tough and thick-skinned, so you can hit him as much as you want. It won't hurt him!"

"Ok!"

The adorable little one nodded vigorously and ran into the circle, while the other little guy just said, "(°ー°〃)"

This discrimination is outrageous! Am I even their biological child?!

The little guy's heart skipped a beat when he noticed the adults around him looking on with expressions of deep agreement.

When did my status in the family plummet?

Just as the little guy was deep in thought, the little cutie gave him a sweet smile: "Brother, I'm here!"

"Huh?" The little guy, coming to his senses, lowered his body and said, "Okay, you can do it!"

"Ok!"