The Strange Cat from Fuuto

Palad opened his eyes, glanced at the little angel, and remained silent. Instead, he sat down at his desk and opened his diary.

Looking at the entries in the diary, a smile crept onto Palad's lips.

"Emu, I will not let anyone disrupt our game!"

Palad glanced at the orange gemstone beside him, a slight flutter of excitement rising in his heart, and put it in his pocket.

"Now comes the crucial part!"

Parad, whose body disintegrated into a stream of data, disappeared from the little angel's room. The little angel remained immersed in his dream, completely unaware.

The rooftop of a building in the Holy City.

Palad's figure appeared suddenly, standing on the edge of the rooftop, looking down at the dazzling city under the night sky.

"It's time to put an end to this!"

Parad pulled out the driver and crystal card that Miku had given him, and gripped the crystal card tightly. "No one can use me as a pawn!"

With a hint of something else in his eyes, Palad's mind was still replaying the scene of Nagumo Kageshige being destroyed by Iggy.

The words Miku uttered while catching Ichi's mouth filled him with humiliation and anger.

"Damn CatsDog!!"

Parad angrily shoved the crystal card into the driver, fastened it to his waist, and transformed into a knight. With a chessboard in his left hand, he gazed into the direction of the CatsDog company.

"You won't get your way, whether it's the game or the vaccine!"

"I will destroy them all!"

As Palad muttered to himself, an orange gem shimmered beneath his armor.

Palad, whose figure suddenly vanished into thin air, headed straight for CatsDog.

at the same time.

CatsDog, top-floor office.

Under the warm yellow light, the scene was a mess, with food scraps and wrappers scattered everywhere. Iggy, who had eaten his fill, lay on the carpet, groaning with hunger.

The older son looked just like his father, while the younger son was much more refined. He ate until he was half full and then stopped eating.

Miko and Minnie sat together, completely helpless in the face of the wife his father had forced upon him. Miko, meanwhile, puffed on a cigar, enjoying the after-dinner pleasure.

Their clan, including Iggy and his family, had an enormous appetite; the meal lasted from seven o'clock until nearly midnight.

"Ok?"

Miku, his eyes slightly narrowed, exhaled a puff of pale blue smoke: "Looks like we have guests!"

"Who is it, Dad?"

Miko lazily let Minnie happily lick his fur, while the little cutie rolled his eyes at his older brother, not wanting to say anything.

You'll find out soon enough!

Miku, who had kept everyone in suspense, leaned back against the soft cushions, his mouth constantly puffing out smoke.

Outside the office, the corridor lights suddenly went out.

When things returned to normal, Palad was already outside the door.

"Destroy them!"

Muttering to himself, Palad pushed open the door and stepped into the office.

As soon as he entered, he was stared at by seven or eight pairs of eerie eyes. Parad was startled, and the thoughts of betraying Miku and avenging his previous humiliation vanished from his mind.

"Gudu..."

Parad stood frozen in place, swallowing hard. Miku took a deep drag on his cigar, then exhaled blue smoke as he raised a paw toward Parad.

An orange gem suddenly appeared in his hand.

"Thank you for bringing this gem back to me!"

"You orchestrated all of this?" Parad asked, trembling. Miku shrugged. "Not really, you were influenced by the gem."

"When I created the gems, I added a rule to them. Any gem that appears in the real world will actively bewitch, charm, and control the life forms around it before returning here!"

Miku, who had just snapped his cigar shut, squinted at the orange gem. Parad swallowed hard again: "What exactly are you?"

"We are the Rice Clan!"

Chapter 45: You're Not the Only One in the World (Revised)

"We are the Rice Clan!"

"Poor little guy!"

Miku put away the orange gem and bit the cigar he was holding in his paw again. Parad wanted to escape, but he couldn't move his feet.

Not only that, but a suffocating sense of oppression had somehow filled the office.

In his delirium, the peaceful scene before Palad's eyes vanished, replaced by a raging inferno.

In the heart of the inferno, a burly, godlike figure sat coiled on the ground, his star-patterned robes draped loosely on the floor.

Beside him crouched a demonic wolf, its amber eyes beneath a bone mask filled with savagery.

Two slender figures stood on either side of the demon-like figure, one exuding an ominous aura and the other bathed in moonlight.

There were also two blurry figures shrouded in the night and enveloped by the sounds of riots.

Parad, standing there dumbfounded, drew Miko's attention. "Dad, what's wrong with this unlucky guy?"

"It's probably because my mental perception was too sharp that I saw things I shouldn't have seen."

Miku, who knew perfectly well what was going on, curled her lip and thought, "What an unlucky kid!"

"But that's just right!"

"Dad, you're going to... again..."

Before Miko could finish speaking, Miku glared at her.

Miku, whose tail was beginning to lengthen, tightly bound and hoisted Palad up. "Clean up the carpet, or Serena will start nagging again when she gets back!"

Miku left his son with a message and then turned and walked into the alternate dimension.

Looking at the closed wall, Miko pouted.

Black sludge seeped out from beneath it, pulling all the garbage into it.

In another dimension.

After Parad was brought here by Miku, his eyes gradually became clear.

"What, are you awake now?"

Miku chuckled, and Palad looked at Miku in horror, asking, "What do you want to do to me?"

"This is just a little punishment for you!"

"After all, disobedient children need to be punished properly!"

Miku casually released Palad's tail, then squatted on the floor with his back to him, asking Eve, "How's the awakening device progressing?"

"It's already reached 85%!"

"Oh, is that all already?" Miku scratched his ear. "Let's speed things up!"

"Complete it within three days!"

"Yes!"

Parad's gaze was uncertain as he watched Miku's retreating figure; he remained in his transformed state.

As his fist clenched and unclenched, malice flashed in his eyes.

Miku is now like he's saying, "Come and ambush me!" He's full of openings and completely defenseless.

"hateful!"

The thought of being manipulated like a pawn made Palad grit his teeth. His cunning and shrewd nature made him utterly intolerant of such humiliation.

"Let's give it our all!"

With a thud, like a cannonball fired, Parad of Miku was struck by a large hand and slammed firmly to the floor.

"I feel so powerless!"

Miku, in his grotesque form, gripped the back of Parad's neck, forcing him to lie face down on the floor, while Parad's eyes were filled with disbelief.

What just happened?

Nothing happened!

Miku spoke coldly, while Eve witnessed the entire process. The instant Parad approached the normally normal Miku, Miku instantly transformed into his monstrous form, flashing behind Parad in a very short time, grabbing the back of his neck, and forcefully pressing him to the ground.

However, Eve had to stretch the process tens of thousands of times before she could barely catch a glimpse of Miku's afterimage.

"Kid, you're still too green!"

Miku, speaking jokingly, plopped down on Parad's back. Parad's eyes bulged slightly, clearly because Miku's sudden shove had caught him off guard.

"You've affected...my...mentality?"

Parad, speaking haltingly, realized that his earlier loss of control and impulsive attack were entirely due to the demon in front of him using magic to lure him in.

"I didn't do that. It's just that your rank is too low, and you were affected by my aura, which caused some mental problems."

"Simply put, you're too scared. When people are in a state of extreme fear, they often do things that are beyond their own understanding!"

Miku patted Parad's head and explained calmly. Parad, breathing rapidly and shallowly, gritted his teeth and asked, "What do you want to do?"

"It's just to send you back to where you belong!"

"what do you mean?"

A bad feeling crept into Palad's heart, and he asked urgently. Miku stroked his helmet and said, "Of course, you are going back to where you were born!"

"You mean...."