The Strange Cat from Fuuto

"Stop it!"

He raised his arm and grabbed at the air with his palm.

The space-time within the small area of ​​the press conference venue was frozen by his power. Miku, who was walking quickly toward Pandora's Box, first glanced at the frozen Isadora Souichi. Rather than looking at Isadora Souichi, he was looking at E-President.

"I'll deal with you later!"

Holding Pandora's Box in his hands, Miku subconsciously weighed it in his hand. "Such a small box, yet it contains the power to change the world. How interesting!"

The cat, which had been straightening Pandora's box, covered it with its other hand, its left eye flashing with golden light, and the power of creation was decisively activated.

Before long, Miku created a box exactly like Pandora's Box, casually tossed it back to its original spot, and then stored the real Pandora's Box in the subspace within his cloak.

"Next, it's time to figure out what to do with you, little guy!"

Miku extended his palm and placed it on Ishido Sōichi's head. He began to sense E's presence. Within just a few seconds, Miku sensed E's presence and then quietly extracted less than one milliliter of E's body sample.

Looking at the limp, red fluid in his palm, Miku grinned: "Now, the first step of the setup is half done!"

Miku collected E's body sample into a test tube and left the vicinity of the table.

He grabbed Iggy by the back of the neck and quickly carried him away.

After Miku left, the frozen spacetime resumed its flow.

The panicked crowd, like ostriches facing imminent disaster, buried their heads deep under their bodies, waiting for the catastrophe to pass.

Unlike the others, one of the young men stared blankly at the Sky Wall.

"This power..."

Can science achieve this?

..........

Three months later.

The Katsuragi family home.

Why is this happening?

Young Katsuragi Takumi slammed his hand heavily on his desk. "My father is not the kind of person who would kill himself because of other people's criticism!"

"But why...?"

Katsuragi Takumi, supporting himself on the table, slowly knelt down on the ground: "Why is all this happening?"

"Perhaps he has his own unspeakable difficulties?"

The sudden deep voice made Ge Chengqiao shudder.

Looking in the direction from which the voice came, Katsuragi Takumi slowly backed away: "Who are you?"

"Who I am is not important. What's important is that you don't want to know why your father did this."

"what do you mean?"

"Simple!"

Miku emerged from the shadows with a smile in his eyes: "I just want to find a partner."

"Monster...monster!"

Upon seeing Miku's imposing figure, Katsuragi Takumi trembled and let out a scream. Miku, rubbing his fangs in exasperation, asked, "Why does everyone react like this?"

"Never mind!"

Miku took a few steps to Katsuragi Takumi, grabbed his collar, and said in a deep voice, "Your father is not actually dead!"

"He simply disappeared temporarily for a deeper reason."

"What did you say?"

Startled by the news, Katsuragi Takumi was no longer afraid of Miku's face. Instead, he excitedly asked, "Are you telling the truth?"

"That's right!"

"And who are you?"

"Who I am is not important. What is important is, don't you want to change this terrible reality?" Miku pointed to the Sky Wall in the night outside the window as she drew back the curtains.

"What do you want to do?!"

"I need your talent, Katsuragi Takumi!"

Chapter Two: Faust's trump card—Leo!

Ten years later.

Tokyo Advanced Materials Research Institute.

"Ten years ago, at the press conference announcing the return of the Mars probe, the rampage of the power contained within Pandora's Box caused our country to be divided into three parts by three massive walls."

"That is, the present-day East, North, and West Capitals."

With a small mustache under his nose, Himuro Gentoku put his arm around the female reporter next to him and spoke eloquently: "The three capitals have different policies and guidelines. For example, Hokuto focuses on improving the social welfare system, Saito aims to revitalize the economy, and we, Touto, have always advocated peace!"

"However, many people already know these things!"

The honest man gave the female reporter beside him an ambiguous smile, his arm slid down from her shoulder to her waist.

"If you want to know more, we can go to the hotel next door with the double bed and have a good chat!"

"what!"

Sawa Takikawa, feeling embarrassed, called out, feeling the honest man's restless hand on her waist and his meaningful gaze.

"Never mind!"

Takikawa Sawa gently pushed the honest man away and chuckled dryly, "Haha, knowing this is enough, how could I ask for more!"

Takikawa Sawa, who was retreating towards the honest man, dared not turn her back to him, fearing that he might harm her.

"Then I'll take my leave!"

After stepping back to a safe distance, Takikawa Sawa bowed and quickly left in her high heels.

"Tsk, what a smooth woman!"

The honest man, watching Takikawa Sawa leave, clicked his tongue. Behind him, the stern-faced bespectacled man, Utsumi Nariaki, quietly approached the honest man: "Should I go...?"

"never mind!"

The honest man raised his hand and waved: "Forced things are tasteless; you can't force these things!"

"I see!"

"Ooh!!!!"

An excited shout from the lobby downstairs caught the honest man's attention. He quickly walked to the window on the second floor and noticed a young man with his entire body pressed against the protective device of the most precious sample in the research institute he was in charge of—Pandora's Box.

The young man was wearing a beige coat and had a slender figure, especially his long legs, which were very eye-catching.

"This is Pandora's box!"

Kiryu Sento, this genius tool rabbit, had his face glowing blue from the protective device, as if he were poisoned.

His own behavior was no different from that of someone who had been poisoned.

"I've never seen this material before!"

The rabbit, who was unconsciously scratching his hair, had a tuft of hair sticking up, but he was completely unaware of it.

"This is so captivating!"

"Hey!" the rabbit asked the security guard standing nearby, "What's the main component of this box's material?"

His unusual behavior naturally attracted the attention of many people, especially the honest man on the second floor.

"This person proactively came to ask if our institute was still recruiting researchers; a newcomer who volunteered himself!"

Before the honest man could answer, Utsumi Nariaki had already given him his reply. Such a sensible subordinate brought a flicker of pleasure to the honest man's eyes.

"and then?"

"I gave it a try and had him take our institute's test. He answered all the questions correctly and passed the test!"

"I see, he seems to be a talented person!"

The honest man stroked his mustache, a slight smile playing on his lips.

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

Somewhere on the Sky Wall.

Faust Underground Research Institute.

Under the dim light, various experimental instruments were quietly arranged.

The experimental mice were tied to one bed frame after another.

In the very center was a glass box resembling a coffin, filled with a layer of murky liquid.

"Hey, what do you want to do to me?"

"Hey, let me go, you bastard!"

The young man, who was being held captive by four or five people but still had the strength to struggle, shouted angrily, but to no avail. He could only watch helplessly as these researchers threw him into the glass box.

"Let me go!"

"Let me go!"

The dragon struggled incessantly, but the glass box contained iron shackles for restraint. The defeated dragon was tightly bound by the shackles and could not move at all.

"Let's begin the experiment!"

A deep, eerie voice came from the shadows. Upon hearing this, the researchers placed a mask over the mouth and nose of the defeated dragon.

"Nebula gas modification experiment, commence!"

"Inject nebula gas in three seconds."

"Countdown begins."