The Strange Cat from Fuuto

"Then, with our technology, we will train Kamen Riders and related Slammer soldiers in Hokuto and send them as vanguards to test the waters in Toto."

"A good plan!"

"I'll leave this to you!" Miku waved his hand. "Go and meet with Taji and Yoshiko."

"how about you?"

"I have my own things to do!"

Miku smiled mysteriously: "I'm going to find a good candidate to be the Kamen Rider of Hokuto!"

"Shall we set off now?"

“Go now.” Miku tossed a USB drive to E: “It contains information about the Type O drive; you can use it as leverage in negotiations.”

"Then I'll go and make the trip!"

E sprayed blood-red smoke from his left hand and disappeared into the office.

After seeing E-President leave, Miku sat down at the desk in front of Namba Juzaburo.

"Lord Ark, do you trust him that much?" Utsumi Nariaki asked, but Miku waved his hand dismissively: "Let's give him another chance!"

"Otherwise, this guy will inevitably cause some trouble sooner or later!"

"But this is like raising a tiger to cause trouble!"

"It's alright, everything is under control!"

Miku's left hand emitted a golden-red mist: "It's almost time. I should get back to my business!"

"Reborn, keep an eye on this spot!"

Miku, who had given the order to Iqi, was shrouded in golden-red smoke and disappeared from the room.

Beidu.

Yuandu Farm.

"Boss, boss!"

Wearing a dusty work uniform, Katsumi Oyama walked along calling out to Kazumi Saruwatari. Red Dad, who was packing potatoes, looked up and shouted back, "What's wrong, Katsumi?"

"Those people are coming to urge us again!"

"what?"

Red Father's expression changed, and he handed the potato in his hand to Xianghe Xiuye, who had a full beard, standing to the side.

"These damned vampires! We're completely broke, and they still dare to come and pressure us!"

Hongdie, cursing and swearing, approached Dashan Sheng and went with him to meet the person Dashan Sheng had mentioned.

"Hey, didn't we already come to urge them last time?"

As soon as Red Daddy appeared, he shouted at the man in the black suit not far away, "Why are you here again?"

"We have no choice, Mr. Saruwatari!" The man in the black suit pushed up his glasses. "We're really in a difficult situation because you can't pay the money here!"

"Is this how your bank operates?" Red Father angrily grabbed the other man's collar: "Leave the umbrella on a sunny day and put it away when it rains?"

"That's not something you need to worry about, Mr. Saruwatari!"

The man in the suit pushed Red Dad aside, dusted off non-existent dust from his clothes, and sneered, "This is a designer suit, you can't afford to pay for it if you get it dirty!"

"A tattered coat!" Da Shan Sheng sneered. After straightening his clothes, the man in the suit looked at Hong Die's farm: "This is the final ultimatum. If you can't come up with the money next time, we will seize your farm!"

After uttering a threatening remark, the man in the suit drove away, leaving Red Dad standing there alone.

"damn it!"

He kicked a clod of dirt by the roadside in anger, his face showing not only anger but also deep sorrow.

"What should we do, boss?"

When Da Shan Sheng asked a question, Hong Die patted his face and forced a smile, saying, "There will be a way!"

"I have a business opportunity here, would you like to give it a try?"

Miku's voice appeared along with the sudden appearance of smoke. Red Father's expression changed, and he stood in front of Oyama Katsumi.

Chapter 43: Recruiting Red Daddy

"I have a business opportunity here, would you like to give it a try?"

Golden-red smoke suddenly surged from the void, like an ominous fog released when a demon appears.

"This...this...this...."

Upon seeing the golden-red smoke, Da Shan Sheng collapsed onto the ground. Hong Die, on guard, stood in front of Da Shan Sheng.

"What the hell are you?"

Red Father shouted at the golden-red smoke, and Miku walked out of the smoke, leaving a long trail of mist behind him.

"Don't be so rude! I'm here to help you out of this awkward situation!"

"Ape crosses the sea!"

Red Father looked at the white-armored monster in front of him, his wariness growing even stronger.

Miku noticed Red Dad's wariness towards him, sighed helplessly, and put one hand on his hip: "I really came here to help you!"

"I do not need!"

"Your farm is about to go bankrupt, isn't it?" Miku looked around at the somewhat desolate farm. "You don't have the money to repay your bank loans right now. You were just harassed by debt collectors. I'm afraid the next time they come, your farm will be seized!"

"That's none of your business. I won't accept help from people of unknown origin!"

Red Dad was very resistant to Miku, and Miku helplessly covered his face: "Why are you so stubborn?"

"Isn't it better to be more flexible and adaptable?"

Miku walked up to Red Daddy's side. Although it wasn't obvious on the surface, Red Daddy's legs were actually trembling as he was in such close contact with Miku.

"I can give you what you want; you just need to give a little bit in return!"

With a flick of his left hand, a cloud of smoke appeared, and bundles of banknotes fell out like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

Is this enough?

Miku pointed to the banknotes next to him, which were piled up into a small mountain.

Red Father's eyes darted around, glancing at the mountain of banknotes piled up beside him. He swallowed hard, but his resolute refusal remained: "My answer is still the same: I refuse to have anything to do with you."

"It's like a rock in a latrine—stinky and hard!"

Miku was having a headache over Red Dad's stubborn attitude, but Red Dad was someone he had his eye on and he had to take him away.

Can I hear your reasons?

"My reason is simple: I will not have any dealings with people of unknown origin, whether it's a transaction or anything else!"

Red Dad forced himself not to look at the banknotes beside him, and Miku snapped his fingers: "You've got guts!"

"So what now?"

Golden-red smoke began to fall, carrying gold bricks that momentarily dazzled Red Father's eyes. He swallowed hard, seemingly quite tempted by the gold bricks, but ultimately shook his head slowly and firmly: "I still refuse!"

"That's a really firm attitude!"

Miku sighed in admiration, then stroked his chin at the stubborn Red Father and said in a sinister tone, "Looks like you're going to have to suffer the consequences instead of being polite!"

What do you want to do?

Red Father noticed the change in Miku's tone and immediately shouted angrily. Miku sneered repeatedly, while his left hand spewed out smoke and his right hand reached into the smoke to grab one photo after another.

"If those things aren't enough as bargaining chips..."

Miku, who had thrown the photos at Red Daddy's face, arrogantly asked, "...Is this enough?"

Miku quietly shook a large stack of pink tickets that he had pulled out from the smoke. When Red Dad saw that Miku had thrown out a stack of photos, his panicked heart calmed down.

"What kind of threatening tactic is this?"

Red Dad squatted down to pick up a photo, and after just one glance, his eyes were glued to it.

But he still stubbornly insisted, "What are these things?"

He then squatted down and began collecting the scattered photos one by one, even wiping the dusty ones on his clothes with a pained expression.

"Didn't you say you didn't care?"

Standing in front of Red Dad, who was picking up photos, Miku looked at him with disdain: "What are you doing now?"

“I’m just worried that these photos will pollute the soil on my farm!” Red Dad raised his head and argued, “That’s right, I’m just worried that these photos will pollute the soil on my farm!”

"Then don't take it!"

Miku snapped his fingers, and all the photos spontaneously combusted, turning to ashes in a short time.

"Ah, ah, ah!!!"

Watching the photos burn to ashes in his hands, Red Dad let out a desperate wail.

"My photos, my portraits, my Mimi Tan!!"

"what!!"

Red Father knelt on the ground, clutching the ashes of the photograph in his hand, and roared to the sky, "Why did you do this to me!"

"It gave me hope, but then brought me despair at the crucial moment!"

Seeing this, Miku squatted down in front of Red Daddy and slapped Red Daddy's cheek with the ticket in his hand: "Weren't you very determined just now?"

"Don't you consider money as dirt?"

"Didn't you complain that these photos would pollute the soil in your yard?"

What are you doing now?

"I..." Red Father choked, unsure what to say. Miku stood up and spat, "Shameless bastard!"

“Now I’ll give you another chance!” Miku slapped his left palm with the ticket: “What I’m holding now is Mitan’s handshake ticket!”