The Strange Cat from Fuuto

E was hesitant, unsure whether to advance or retreat. Why had he been so quick to speak out in the first place?

"Let's forget about it!"

E decisively moved away from the cesspool. "I thought about it, and we can't rush things now. We have to take it one step at a time, just like eating one bite at a time."

"Then let's go back?"

"Go back now, come back for it later!"

E glanced warily at the cesspool, feeling his lunch churning inside him.

"Ah, what a pity. You could have gained the power to change the world if you had just taken that one step."

Miku patted E's shoulder with extreme regret, but E pushed him away irritably: "What were you thinking back then?"

"They actually threw Pandora's box into a cesspool!"

"I don't really care about Pandora's Box. After all, it's not something we can analyze at our current stage. We might as well bury it somewhere and dig it out when our technology advances in the future."

"You're so magnanimous!"

E, as if he had a new understanding of Miku, snorted lightly. Miku put one hand on his hip and said, "I know my place. This thing is a hot potato. Whoever wants it can have it. I'm not taking it."

"After all, I've already dismantled it almost completely!" Miku silently added to himself, waving a golden-red smoke trail as he led E away from the area.

When the two reappeared, the defeated dragon was panting on the floor like a dog, while Iggy stretched his body vigorously, seemingly quite satisfied with the defeated dragon's "massage".

"how do you feel?"

"This guy is too tough. I hit him for ages and he didn't react at all. He punched me and almost killed me." The defeated dragon rolled his eyes and uttered these words with difficulty.

"Hehe, kid, you have a long way to go. Take your time, don't rush."

Miku patted the defeated dragon on the shoulder and walked down the steps. "I'm going to check on Leo. Call me if anything happens!"

"Hey kid, want something to drink?"

E pulled out an energy drink from somewhere and handed it to the hapless Dragon. The hapless Dragon glanced at E and took it without any hesitation.

While drinking, the defeated dragon reached out his hand to E, who asked, somewhat puzzled, "What do you mean by this?"

"I'm hungry, give me some money, I need to go eat!"

"You little brat, you're not exactly polite at all!" Boss E stood up and shouted, "Someone come here, get this kid some food!"

As for money?

I don't even have enough money to raise my daughter, and you still want to dream about money? Keep dreaming!

E rolled his eyes at E's stinginess: "Just as Ark said, he only cares about giving birth but not raising children, what a scumbag!"

Miku had no interest in the exchange between the two. The Dragon of Defeat, born from E's genetic material, was, in a sense, indeed E's son.

But whether or not E, this snake-skinned monster, acknowledges it is his business.

As Leo stepped into the dark depths of the Faust base, he opened his eyes and looked on with delight at his arrival.

"Keep an eye on the others for Dad. I have something to do and need to leave for a bit!"

"Waaah!"

Leo nodded, and Miku praised, "Good boy!"

As Miku spoke, he sat down against the wall, his eyes slowly closing and his head drooping. It was as if all his life force had been drained away in an instant.

Miku the entire cat left the armor, leaving only an armored shell that looked like a clay sculpture or wooden model.

Miku's departure, which quietly broke through space, went unnoticed by anyone. Instead, he quickly arrived at the door of Nascita Cafe. Appearing in his freak form, Miku stood at the entrance of the cafe, took a step forward, and passed directly through the door like a ghost. He left a faint golden-red trail behind him as he made his way to the underground base.

As soon as he entered the underground base, he waved his hand, and Ishido Misora ​​collapsed without warning, snoring loudly.

The blue cat and the husky, who were originally in the cat house, both raised their heads when Miku arrived. The cat and dog quickly came to Miku's side, circled him twice, and then went to guard the stairs leading upstairs.

"Now it's time for me to do what I'm supposed to do!"

Miku, who drifted into the inner room like a ghost, looked at the unconscious rabbit with a hint of mockery in his eyes: "Come on, let me help you!"

Miku placed his palm on the rabbit's forehead, closed his eyes, and began to communicate with the rabbit on a spiritual level.

In the rabbit's mental world.

"Huh?"

The rabbit groaned and opened its eyes the next second, but all it saw was pure white.

The sky was white, the earth was white, everything was white, and there was nothing else besides white.

"Where is this place?"

The rabbit, standing up, looked blankly at the white world it found itself in.

"This is your mental world!"

The deep voices attracted the rabbit's attention. He looked in the direction of the voice and saw only the sun-like firelight and a cross that was faintly visible in the flames.

"who are you?"

The rabbit strolled toward the sun-like flames, from which came Miku's voice: "I advise you to stay away from me, or your spirit will be burned!"

"Burns?"

"I am speaking to you in the form of a thought form right now. Even in this form, it is not something an ordinary person can approach. If you rashly get close, you will be set on fire!"

The rabbit looked at its clothes and found that they had been burned.

Only then did he realize that an indescribable heat was emanating from the flames, and the rabbit, patting his clothes, quickly retreated, exclaiming, "It's so hot!"

"I knew it!"

After the rabbit recovered, he looked at Miku curiously and asked, "Who exactly are you? What does it mean that this is my mental world?"

“You can call me Gaia. As for why I am in your mental world, it’s because you are currently in a coma, and I cannot communicate with you directly. I can only come here to talk to you.”

"Gaia..." the rabbit murmured to itself, "The god of the earth?"

"No, you can consider me as an equivalent of Earth's consciousness."

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore." The rabbit waved its hand, not wanting to discuss it further, and instead stared intently at Miku: "What do you want to do here?"

"To save you from the calamities brought by Pandora's Box!"

"what?"

The rabbit exclaimed, "You know about Pandora's Box?"

“Not only do I know that Pandora’s Box is a weapon used by the Blood Clan to invade the world. Once Pandora’s Box is released, the entire world will be devoured by them.”

Miku's voice turned serious and solemn. The rabbit cautiously examined Miku and began circling him: "But why should I believe you?"

"I've brought my sincerity; whether you believe it or not is up to you!"

What is your sincerity?

The rabbit stopped and straightened its back to face Miku.

"A way to make yourself even stronger!"

A dark energy bottle flew out from the flames that Miku had transformed into, with red and blue energy particles flashing inside.

"what is this?"

The rabbit grabbed the bottle, looked at the red and blue energy particles inside, and curiously shook it up and down.

"This is an ingredient I extracted from Pandora's Box. You can use it to create enhanced equipment for Build."

"oh....."

The rabbit lifted the bottle and tilted its head back to observe the blue and red energy particles inside.

"Is it really possible to do that?"

"That's up to you then," Miku replied calmly. "I'll leave my sincerity here; now it's up to you to prove it!"

"Wait a minute!"

The rabbit called out to Miku, who stopped and asked, "What's wrong?"

"You know Wan Zhanglongwo?"

"You mean that alien?"

"As expected!" The rabbit's expression turned extremely serious. "How can I stop him?"

"strength!"

Miku's voice suddenly rose, "Only power can fulfill your wish. I look forward to the day when you can meet me in person."

"Would it be possible to meet in the real world?"

"That's right, I'll appear when the snake bares its fangs!"

"Well then, goodbye. Kiryu Sento!"

Miku's mental form vanished directly from his spiritual world. The rabbit scratched his head in frustration, "How do I take things from my spiritual world out?"

"Speaking of which, why is my mental world a pure white?"

How am I supposed to get out?

The rabbit, who had just uttered those words, felt an inexplicable attraction erupt from beneath him, and his body sank as he vanished from his mental world.

At the edge of the pure white spiritual world, a blood-red iron chain flashed by.

Nascita Cafe, underground base.

The inner room.

"Pfft!"

The rabbit, who had rolled off the bed, grimaced and rubbed his bottom. As he stood up, he raised his hand and found that he was holding a black energy bottle filled with blue and red energy particles.

"I actually brought this thing into the real world?!"

The rabbit stared in astonishment at the energy bottle, wanting to shake it, but then saw Misora ​​Ishidou walking in with a yawn. The sleepy-eyed Misora ​​Ishidou glanced at the rabbit, her face turning utterly shocked.

Because the bruises on the rabbit's face were gone, Misora ​​Ishidou rushed over and lifted the rabbit's shirt: "They're gone!"

"What's gone?"