The Strange Cat from Fuuto

"dragon!"

Akiko, struggling to utter a single word, began to bleed from the corner of her mouth. A-ge pulled out the Trial Memory and inserted it directly into the driver at his waist.

"Release the director!"

A-ge, who charged out like a whirlwind, leaped high into the air, but Ruocai waved her hand and flicked out an irregular energy blast that sent him flying backward. Upon landing, he automatically deactivated his transformation and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Still struggling, A-ge's eyes gleamed with defiance as he reached out to Akiko, crying out in anguish, "Akiko!"

Upon seeing A-ge, who was seriously injured after landing, and Akiko, who was on the verge of death, Philip put his hand on his waist, and Shotaro used his left hand to grab his right hand.

"Philip!"

"I'm sorry, Shotaro, this is not only for Akiko, but also for you all!"

"I have to go with her!"

With his Extreme belt fastened, W Shotaro, now in his transformed state, stood one after the other with Philip. Shotaro hesitated, wanting to say something, but couldn't utter a word. Philip smiled and patted his shoulder, saying, "Partner, I'm leaving!"

Philip approached Wakana, who nodded in satisfaction. After casually tossing aside the unconscious Akiko, Wakana opened her arms and said to him, "Welcome home! Someone, come here!"

"That was close!"

After catching Akiko, Miku handed her over to Shotaro.

"Goodbye, you half-baked detective!"

Miku, feigning nonchalance, deactivated his transformation and accompanied Philip toward Wakana. Standing before Wakana, Philip allowed her to open an irregular spatial rift, then turned back to Shotaro and shouted, "Shotaro, perhaps today is the day we say goodbye forever!"

No matter what the future holds, I will never forget you!

"So don't forget me, as long as you still have the courage to stand shoulder to shoulder with the devil!"

Philip, who was being carried away, looked at Shotaro with reluctance, and finally disappeared into the spatial rift with Philip and Miku.

"Philip!"

Shotaro, kneeling helplessly on the ground, muttered to himself. Thick smoke was still billowing from the office, and A-ge and Akiko, who were lying unconscious on the street, were of unknown fate.

......

At the Ensaki Mansion, it's dinner time.

Compared to before, Philip was much more silent, especially since Wakana, in order to prevent him from escaping again, took away all the memories in front of him.

Miku sat in his seat, trying to minimize his presence.

"You're back again? Why do you always get caught and brought back every time you run away?"

Miku, feeling annoyed, looked around and noticed the unexpectedly somber atmosphere at the dinner table.

However, this was to be expected, since unlike last time, when Philip desperately put on an act to avoid arousing the old man's suspicion in order to escape.

"Someone come here, how are you feeling?!"

The old man sitting in the head seat joked, "I hope my body won't be like it was last time!"

"No, Father!"

Philip answered with his head down, which made the old man nod in satisfaction. After clapping his hands, a maid brought a stemmed glass filled with food and placed it in front of Miku.

"Miku, hurry up and eat!"

"You must have missed this a lot after being away from home for so long!"

The old man, resting his chin on his hand, said, "Now that you've eaten, get ready!"

Miku, his hair standing on end, clenched his legs and glanced at the old man in fear.

"Has the time finally come?"

"They're going to get rid of me..."

"I'm still so young!"

Miku, his hairy face revealing a backup expression, gritted his teeth and buried his head in the wine glass.

"Even in death, I'll be a well-fed ghost!"

"Haha, Miku is still so energetic!"

"Eat quickly, so you can get back to work!"

As soon as the old man finished speaking, he slipped and buried his entire face in the cup.

"Oh, it's work!"

The cat, relieved, didn't even care that its face was covered in cat food paste, and slowly began to enjoy its special premium cat food!

After dinner, the old man set up the chessboard and stood facing Philip. "Let's continue our game. Someone, come here!"

"Ok!"

Philip nodded silently and began playing chess with the old man. Miku, who had eaten and drunk his fill, watched Wakana walk over with her driver and memory.

With a cold face, Wakana, who was helping Miku transform, said coldly, "This time you're going out to retrieve Father's lost Devil Tail. Also, don't even think about running away, or I'll turn you into a dead cat!"

"Alright, go quickly!"

Wakana, who had been watching from outside the window, gave the order. Miku glanced at Wakana helplessly, thinking to himself, "Where did the gentle Wakana go? She's so fierce now, she'll never get married!"

"And it's a tablet!"

"Sigh, what a life of toil!"

Chapter 93: The Demon's Tail, and the Intentions of Jia Tou!

In the deep darkness of the night, a hunched figure stood on the roof of Madoka's house.

"They told me to find the Demon's Tail, but where exactly is it?"

"That brush!"

Crouching on the rooftop, Miku felt the cool night breeze and racked his brains to recall the few memories he had left of W. In his mind, Devil's Tail was a brush that the old man used to replace his family. To avoid the guilt and fear of sacrificing his family one after another, he transferred his love for his family to that brush with the names of all his family members written on it.

That is—Devil's Tail!

"Speaking of which, Wakana is the same; it's really hard for me to get used to her becoming like this!"

Frustrated, Miku simply sat on the edge of the roof, his two fangs dangling, rubbing the fangs on his mask as he thought about Wakana.

"I took Philip's place in Wakana's heart, so it's understandable that she attacked me. But what was her motive?"

"I just can't figure it out!"

With a frustrated roar, Miku gazed at the Wind Tower, which was faintly visible in the night.

Miku's feelings for Wakana are quite complicated. After losing Iggy, his feelings for Wakana are no longer the simple affection between master and servant, but a kind of emotional attachment.

She entrusted the softest part of her heart to the other person, and even when she hurt her, she harbored no resentment.

But the current Wakana felt so unfamiliar to him!

"Sigh, I don't want to think about it anymore!"

"Enough of slacking off, now it's time to go find that brush!"

Miku leaped from the rooftop and vanished in a blur.

In the dilapidated Narumi Detective Agency, Shotaro habitually enters and turns on the lights, but Wakana's sudden attack has completely destroyed the agency's electrical system in the fire.

The walls were charred and cracked, and all the furniture and ornaments were burned to ashes. Only the filing cabinet that originally held the files was left with a charred and deformed iron door hanging down, and the files inside were almost burned to ashes.

"Hmm, this is..."

Shotaro spotted a white figure in the rubble and immediately pulled it up, eventually finding Narumi Shokichi's belongings: his hat. The hat was now somewhat dirty, but the crack was very noticeable.

"Uncle!"

Shotaro casually found a spot to sit down, glanced at the completely destroyed outer wall, and muttered to himself while clutching his hat, "What should I do?"

"Philip has been taken back to the Madoka family, Terui's fate is currently unknown, and I failed to protect your daughter!"

"I really am just like you said, a half-baked amateur!"

Looking down at Shotaro in his white hat, a hint of reminiscence appeared on his face.

During his high school years, he was a lazy and irresponsible delinquent. Fortunately, he met Narumi Shokichi and became his disciple, which prevented him from going astray.

Back then, the uncle was always dissatisfied with his own assessment, but now he has no such thoughts at all.

How can we rescue Philip?

The evening breeze blowing in his face felt like a mother's gentle touch on his cheek, bringing Shotaro a sense of comfort.

"Indeed, the wind feels as warm and comforting as my mother!"

"Then we must not allow anyone to run rampant in this city that I love so much!"

.......

The Hoshifuku excavation site can be considered the birthplace of the old man's... no, his museum. The old man who discovered the Well of the Earth bought this place and the surrounding land, and built the current Madoka Mansion on it.

It can be said that the Ensaki Mansion is situated on a huge ancient ruin.

"I never imagined that the basement of my house would be like this!"

In the dark and damp cave, Miku moved slowly, his eyes scanning the surroundings.

He had been searching for most of the night since he jumped down from a crack, almost turning the entire Madoka mansion upside down!

The gray stone wall was covered with water stains and holes, which were originally test holes and holes for burying support frames during the excavation.

Miku, gently stroking the rock face with his left hand, sighed, "There are so many things buried in this world!"

The driver for the first Heisei-era Kuuga was unearthed from an underground ruin.

Putting aside everything else, if you're willing to dig, the Knight universe is a goldmine!

Miku, slowly advancing along the underground tunnel, would rummage through any piles of rubble that showed signs of freshness, since the box containing the Demon's Tail had been lost during a tectonic shift... well, a minor earthquake.

Thinking of this, Miku stopped searching through the rubble and complained, "That old man is really something. If you think this thing is so important to you, why don't you keep it close to your body?"

"At least find a safe and lock it up!"