The Strange Cat from Fuuto

"Could it be that Wakana and I have been getting too close?"

A somewhat absurd idea rose in his mind, but Miku shook his head and forced himself to stop thinking about it.

"No matter the reason, I can't just leave Wakana alone!"

If Wakana had let Isaka attack Miku, she wouldn't have helped him transform beforehand; she could have just watched him get crushed to death by Isaka. But Wakana's attitude towards Isaka clearly showed that she knew the old man's decision.

But why do it?

"I just can't understand it!"

Miku sighed and went to eat the cat food in his bowl, only to find that the bowl was empty. Just then, a slender hand reached out and added a handful of cat food to his bowl!

"Thank you!"

Miku, still hungry, continued eating with his head down, and ate even faster, emptying the cat bowl again. The ever-filling cat bowl was soon empty once more.

In no time at all, Miku had eaten the entire bag of cat food.

"Finally, I'm full!"

Miku collapsed to the ground with a satisfied look on his face, but was quickly grabbed by the scruff of his neck and lifted up.

"Miku, there's something I want to ask you!"

Miku looked up and saw Philip. He tried to struggle, but with the back of his neck being grabbed, he relaxed completely and couldn't muster any strength.

Uncomfortable with having the back of her neck grabbed, Miku stammered, "No matter...no matter what you want to ask, just put me down...put me down!"

"All right!"

Philip, who had released Miku, squatted on the ground and watched Miku shake his head and sway back and forth. Being grabbed by the back of his neck not only made him unable to move, but also caused him psychological discomfort.

I'm not a kitten anymore, stop pulling on the back of my neck!

"Miku, you're a member of the Ensaki family, so do you know anything about me?"

"...Do you know about Yuusaki Raito?"

Miku, who had been shaking his head, froze, looking at Philip with surprise. "You heard...heard...who told you these things?"

"You knew all along! Tell me about Yuusaki Raito and about me!"

Sensing that Miku knew some of the truth from his words, a frantic Philip grabbed him and shook him incessantly. All Philip wanted to know was everything about himself. However, he couldn't find any information in the Earth Library, not only about himself but also about his father, Ryoubei Ensaki. Whenever he tried to search for anything related to the Ensaki family, the library would immediately reject him!

"I can't...can't...can't speak!"

Miku struggled to speak, trying to free Philip's hands, "I can't...tell...you, it won't do you any good!"

"No...no...you can't tell!"

Miku, who refused to speak no matter what, finally stopped struggling and resigned himself to his fate in Philip's hands.

"Fine, go ahead and kill me...kill me...kill me, I'm just a useless...useless...useless cat anyway!"

Miku, now a puddle of flesh, was being held captive by Philip. Seeing Miku in this state, Philip said urgently, "Why can't you tell me? What is it that you can't tell me?"

"I can't...I can't say anything. When the time comes, you'll...you'll know for sure!"

"I did this for your own good!"

After saying that, Miku shut his mouth, closed his eyes, and resignedly slumped into a lump in Philip's hand.

What was I like before?

Philip, dejected, let go of his hands and stood up from the ground, his bewildered expression heartbreaking to see. Miku peeked at Philip through a crack in his eye, then quickly darted into his cat bed.

At the Wind City Night Bar, Jia Tou Shun sat alone at the bar, his suitcase always placed at his feet. Since being resurrected by the conglomerate using Never's technology, he no longer needed to satisfy his physiological needs by eating. As a corpse, he could maintain his activity by regularly injecting special cellular enzymes.

At this moment, he unexpectedly ordered a drink, staring at the liquid in the glass. His expression was blank, and his eyes were cold, revealing no trace of emotion.

"Glug glug..."

Jia Toushun, who had downed the entire glass of wine in one gulp, frowned slightly, feeling a bit uncomfortable. "It really didn't work!"

As Jia Toushun muttered to himself, a hint of dejection flickered in his eyes.

"Hey buddy, why are you drinking alone here all by yourself?"

A man with a full beard and a bushy head approached Jia Tou Shun, glanced at him, and then ignored him.

But some of the overly friendly, unkempt men, after ordering a drink from the bartender, said to themselves, "Young man, no matter what happens, you can't just drink alone like that!"

"I feel terrible!"

Jia Tou Shun unexpectedly started talking to the man with the puffy hair next to him, "The woman I like has someone she likes, and I don't know what to do?"

"Then go tell her! Express your feelings and emotions. Sometimes communication can solve a lot of problems!"

The man with the afro raised his glass and downed it with satisfaction. "Mmm, that feels so good!"

After hearing what the man with the pompom said, Jia Tou Shun thoughtfully replied, "Just tell me everything..."

Chapter 77: The Targeted Dopant Gene!

The courtyard of the Ensaki Mansion.

Wakana, who was taking a walk with the old man, heard him say, "Wakana, I have prepared a gift for you!"

"A gift that can put you on the throne!"

"What is it, Father?"

Curious, Wakana stopped in her tracks. The old man chuckled and said, "I can't tell you yet. Before I give you this gift, you need to find a dopant!"

"Father, what kind of dopant is it?"

His name is Gene!

At that moment, in a flowerbed not far from the two, a bunch of tulips in full bloom trembled silently, unnoticed by anyone.

.....

"Miku!"

Akiko's roar seemed to shake the entire building, "I just bought you cat food, how come there's so little left in such a big bag!?"

Holding an empty bag, Akiko grabbed Miku's ear and scolded, "I just bought this, how could you finish it all already?"

"The firm's expenses were already tight, just supporting two idiots was expensive enough, and now we have to add you on top of that. Do you know how much we spend every day?"

Miku rolled her eyes silently, turned her head away, shrank into the corner of the sofa, and turned her back to Akiko.

"And you, Philip, always with that gloomy face, is that interesting?"

Akiko turned her gun on Philip, who twisted his body and said, "Leave me alone, Akiko!"

"Ding dong!"

The doorbell was pressed, making a soft sound.

"I'm here, I'm here, I'm here!"

Akiko took a few quick steps to the door and opened it directly. "Come in!" As soon as she finished speaking, a woman carrying a handbag walked in. She was wearing a cream-colored short-sleeved shirt and a blue striped mini-skirt that didn't reach her knees, exposing her two pale thighs. With her hair down, she frowned and said, "I have something I need you to investigate for me!"

What is it that you wish to investigate?

Looking at the pretty face of the visiting client, especially the shimmering pink lipstick, Shotaro surprisingly acted quite seriously. After all, he was a guy with a girlfriend, and he had to control his eyes and mouth.

"I'm Ai Nijimura, who works at T-joy Fuuto. Recently, I don't know who's been messing with me, but all the movies that were supposed to be playing at the movie theater where I work have been turned into my films!"

"And for some reason, people who go in can't get out unless they watch the whole movie!"

"what?"

Shotaro and Akiko, both looking completely bewildered, exclaimed in unison. Miku, meanwhile, leaned out from the sofa, his eyes fixed on Ai Nijimura with interest. After scanning her up and down, he clicked his tongue, thinking to himself, "Looks like there's a dopant causing trouble!"

After accepting the commission, Shotaro promised to investigate the next day. After seeing Ai Nijimura off, Miku eagerly came to Shotaro's desk and said, "I want to...I want to...I want to go tomorrow too!"

"I'm taking you even if you don't want to. You've eaten so much, you can't just sit back and not contribute!"

Akiko, hands on hips, glared at Miku and shouted.

The next day, Shotaro drove Akiko and Miku to T-joy. Miku hid in a cat carrier that Akiko was carrying, with its driver and memory underneath it.

Miku, who had searched for the drone that Sherrard had made for him, had given up on finding it and simply let Akiko act as his humanoid self-propelled transformation machine.

Upon arriving at T-joy, Shotaro parked the car, and Akiko followed him into the movie theater. At the entrance, a man in overalls, his gloomy eyes beneath his work hat lingered on them for a moment before quickly looking away.

"Hey, hurry up and move all these things inside!"

"Yes!"

The men in work clothes, bowing and scraping, carried several boxes into the staff passage.

"No entry!"

The manager in the black suit, who was in charge of the T-joy lobby, ruthlessly rejected Shotaro and Akiko's request to enter the theater to investigate.

"Can't you make an exception? We're just going in to investigate some things; it's not like we'll cause any harm!"

"This will cause trouble for the other guests, please go back!"

The manager in the black suit was very firm in his attitude: "You think you can sneak in under the pretense of an investigation?"

Just kidding. My movie theater makes money by selling movie tickets. Letting you in would just be letting you watch a movie for free.

The manager, who turned and left, didn't give them any chance. At that moment, a man carrying two cardboard boxes slipped and fell forward, landing on Akiko.

"what!"

Akiko screamed and looked at the man in front of her with a somewhat unpleasant expression, while Miku, inside the bag behind her, opened her eyes.

"It has the smell of adulterants, but it's very faint!"

Miku, trying to peek outside through the crack, rolled around in the bag because Akiko kept getting up. Just as she settled down, Miku looked out through the crack but didn't see anyone.

"They've already left!"

Miku sighed and shifted uncomfortably, only to be patted a few times by Akiko.

"Don't move!"

Akiko, gritting her teeth, warned the somewhat restless Miku.