The Strange Cat from Fuuto

"Good boy!"

After giving a word of praise, Nanba Juzaburo waved his hand and said, "Go down!"

"Yes!"

Takikawa Sawa left immediately, her hurried steps suggesting that a wild beast was chasing her. Noticing her footsteps, Nanba Juzaburo shook his head: "Such an impatient child!"

"What's not so great is her body—so energetic, so healthy, so full of vitality!"

Muttering to himself, Nanba Juzaburo stared blankly at the artificial hill in the courtyard, lost in thought, seemingly preoccupied with something.

"So sometimes people have to accept getting old, don't you think?"

Miku, transformed into Ark, suddenly appeared next to Namba Juzaburo, sat cross-legged on one side, picked up a teacup and poured tea into it by herself.

"You've got some nerve!"

Nanba Juzaburo, leaning on his cane, was not afraid of Miku.

"Whether I'm brave or not is another matter, but Chairman Nanba, you really have guts. No wonder you were able to build such a large company from scratch!"

"Hahaha...."

Naniwa Juzaburo, laughing with his head tilted back, gripped his cane, which contained a hidden alarm. Pulling it would attract the guards, which was the source of his boldness.

"So I have a business opportunity for you, are you interested?"

"Business?"

Namba Juzaburo loosened his grip on the alarm slightly and looked at Miku with surprise, saying, "Does Ark, one of Faust's three top executives, need to do business with others?"

"Some business deals can disregard the other party's wishes, but others require careful consideration of their thoughts!"

Miku handed over a tablet, gesturing for the other person to take a look. Namba Juzaburo, without any hesitation, picked it up and started looking at it. When he saw the experimental questions, which were as old as himself, being put into the glass box, he instantly regained his youth, his eyes widening and his breathing becoming rapid.

Are you interested in doing this business?

"This is truly a deal that no one can refuse!"

Staring blankly at the video on the tablet, Nanba Juzaburo began to envy the experimental subject in the video. Although being used for human experimentation was terrible, he gained a strong body and decades of time.

"So what do you want?"

Although he longed to be young again and regain his youth, Naniwa Juzaburo was not blinded by the temptation before him.

Instead, he calmly questioned Miku, but his slightly trembling hands betrayed his true feelings!

"What I want is very simple!"

Miku, holding up one finger, said, "First, I want all the support from your Namba Heavy Industries!"

"That's no problem. Our Namba Heavy Industries already provides financial assistance to Faust!"

Miku, holding up his second finger, said, "Secondly, you can only maintain a cooperative relationship with me. Even if someone else approaches you, you must feign compliance with them."

"Are you planning to suppress other competitors?" Nanba Juzaburo chuckled, then slowly shook his head, saying, "You're offering too little!"

"Knight System!"

"what?"

"I possess the Knight System, a Knight System that can be mass-produced!"

"A technology that can make you young again, plus the mass production of the Knight System—are you satisfied with these two things?"

Miku stared at Naniwa Juzaburo with a half-smile, a hint of ferocity in his eyes.

Chapter Seventeen: Nanba Juzaburo, who turns his back on his promises after receiving benefits.

"A technology that can make you young again, plus the mass production of the Knight System—are you satisfied with these two things?"

Miku stared at Naniwa Juzaburo with a half-smile, a sinister grin spreading across his face.

With the mask concealing his face, Miku's change in expression went unnoticed by Namba Juzaburo, whose breathing became increasingly rapid as he gripped his cane with increasing force.

"Crunch, crunch..."

Hearing the cracking sound of the hand being squeezed, Miku knew the old man's mind was in turmoil. And this was his chance.

Are you telling the truth?

"Of course it's true. I remember your Namba Heavy Industries developed the Guardian, didn't it?"

Miku nodded slightly. "You can certainly recruit one to conduct the experiment."

"The Knight System used by the Guardians?"

Nanba Juzaburo accurately seized on the loophole in Miku's words, and his face turned disappointed as he said, "Isn't it a knight system used by humans?"

"There is no such thing as a perfect solution in the world. Since the Knight System can be mass-produced, it means that this system has corresponding flaws, and these flaws are fatal to humans."

"But you have Guardian Robots, so those flaws that are fatal to humans are no longer a problem, are they?"

"But....."

"I know what you mean. I also have a knight system that humans use, but that depends on your sincerity!"

Miku spread his hands. "After all, I've already shown my sincerity. If you don't reciprocate, wouldn't that be a bit unfair?"

"That's true. Doing business requires communication and negotiation between both parties, taking it one step at a time. In that case, I seem to be too hasty!"

Nanba Juzaburo shook his head, thinking to himself that he was getting senile. The other party had already offered such a good price, but he still wanted to ask for more.

This is human greed at work, especially when he is old and frail, he wants even more.

So it's understandable that I'm a little impatient.

"Then we will show our sincerity, but what you said..."

Facing Namba Juzaburo's questioning gaze, Miku took out a canister of light green nebula gas from behind him: "Tonight I'll help you turn back the clock!"

"How about it?"

"it is good!"

Naniwa Juzaburo slammed his cane down heavily and nodded, a glint of shrewdness and anticipation appearing in his cloudy eyes.

"Then let's wait patiently for the evening to arrive!"

Miku placed the teacup in his hand on the tray, and his figure disappeared in an instant.

"Rejuvenation!"

Nanba Juzaburo's breathing became heavy, and his body trembled slightly.

"I never thought I'd have such a day. Science really is a convenient tool!"

"Hahahaha..."

A low, hoarse, suppressed laugh echoed through the small courtyard, startling the birds resting there.

into the night.

A pale crescent moon hung in the sky, and there wasn't a single star in the dark expanse.

At this moment, Namba Juzaburo's room was brightly lit. Dressed in a thin white robe, Namba Juzaburo knelt before a low table, the tea in the cup in front of him already cold.

"President!"

The housekeeper in charge of taking care of Namba Juzaburo's daily life opened the door and walked in with small steps. Soki knelt on the tatami and replaced the cold tea in the teacup with hot tea.

"Yukiko, how long have you been following me?"

Staring at the steaming teacup in front of her, the housekeeper, Nanba Yukako, lowered her head, revealing her slender neck. At nearly forty, Yukako was at the peak of a woman's maturity, like a ripe peach, delicious and juicy.

Glancing at Yukako's long neck, Nanba Juzaburo gripped the teacup on the table: "Come find me in the middle of the night!"

Yukako shuddered, looked up at Namba Juzaburo, and gave a soft "hmm".

"Go down!"

After Hanako left, Miku also appeared in the room.

"Hey hey hey, you're really in a hurry!"

Miku sat opposite Namba Juzaburo and made a teasing remark to the old man.

"I haven't been with a woman for almost eight years. I used to have those feelings, but as I've gotten older, those feelings have faded!"

"Being able to relive my youth, I naturally want to make up for the regrets of the past!"

"You're really magnanimous!" Miku chuckled, placing the nebula gas he'd taken out earlier on the low table. "Are you ready?"

“It’s ready!” Nanba Juzaburo stared intently at the canister of nebula gas, his eyes burning with fervor.

"Well, before that, I have something to tell you!"

"you say!"

"Although you can reverse aging, it doesn't mean you can rely on this method to maintain your youth indefinitely!"

Can it only be used once?

"The theoretical lifespan limit for humans is 120 years, and your lifespan is already over 70, almost 80. So, this time you will be restored to an age of about 30 to 40 years old."

Based on my experiments, an average human can withstand two gas infusions, but not a third. If it were to happen a third time, the body would disintegrate.

"Moreover, this experiment can reverse your physical age, but it cannot revitalize your spirit. Although the body can nurture the spirit, under the ravages of time, your spirit may slowly decline when you experience a second rejuvenation."

"Can't this be resolved?"

Nanba Juzaburo was somewhat unwilling to accept what Miku said. If one could reverse the age of one's body and use it an unlimited number of times, wouldn't that mean one could live forever?

“No, this involves very profound mathematical and biological knowledge, which you cannot understand.” Miku shook his head and said again, “If we get to the bottom of it, it’s because humans are simply too weak.”

"Ugh!"

Staring at the jar of nebula gas in front of him, Nanba Juzaburo reached out and hugged the jar to his chest, his expression as if he were holding his own grandson, a precious and tender gesture.

"It's time to begin. Are you ready?"

"I'm ready!"

Namba Juzaburo nodded vigorously and returned the jar to Miku. Miku then exhaled golden-red smoke from his left hand, and amidst the smoke, a glass box used for human modification appeared.