Great, we're doomed now!

"How corrupt!"

"This is how public power is abused!"

"All right!"

Snapped!

Chika chuckled and stood up: "Why has this suddenly turned into my trial? We were just discussing Miko's cat, weren't we?"

"Hmm~"

"Isn't Jianzi cute?"

"A cat?"

"Hmm, is a cat as cute as you?"

“Minister, that was harassing remarks.” Jianzi glanced at her coldly, then hesitated before saying, “To say she’s cute… she is indeed cute, but… how should I put it… she’s quite astonishing.”

"I feel like it's going to be a really handsome cat!"

"Hearing you stammer like that, I'm starting to want to watch!"

"Then it's decided!"

Chika slammed the cards onto the table in one breath: "Today's after-school activity is to go to Miko's house to see the cat!"

"Agreed... Huh? Wait a minute, why are you throwing away such a bad hand! You're cunning!"

The group arrived at Jianzi's house at five o'clock in the afternoon. As soon as they opened the door and called out, they heard a loud thumping sound coming from upstairs.

Is your brother home?

"No, he has club activities."

"Huh? Then this is..."

The people in the board game club looked into the depths and saw a nimble black figure quickly descending the stairs, running merrily towards the door with small, quick steps.

"!"

"!"

"!"

In that instant, everyone except Jianzi froze, even the thick-skinned Qianhua was stunned, no one dared to breathe loudly, and could only slowly raise their heads to look at that tall figure.

"Haha, Little Black, you've come to pick me up!"

Seeing that Zi raised her hand to greet the other party, and calmly looked at the big cat, the other party obediently meowed.

That one sound snapped the girls out of their daze:

"Huh? A cat? Is that a cat?!"

"Wow...isn't it a mascot costume?"

"Look! The tail is moving!"

"Idiot, the tail can be movable! Just make sure it's fixed!"

"H! Hello, Minister!"

Amidst the chaos, Chika blinked as she skillfully pulled out her phone and instinctively dialed the number.

beep~

beep~

Ka!

"Moshi Moshi, is that you, Shou? Quickly call the Monster Squad over here."

"Huh?" came a surprised voice from the other end of the phone.

Chika took a deep breath: "A cat... there's a cat here!"

-

We are cats.

We are not cats either.

Having once served as a civil servant in hell, for various reasons, one day when I opened my eyes, I had been reborn as a sickly and thin female kitten.

Is this some kind of prank? We can't help but ask ourselves that question.

Looking back, the number of spirits and deities I offended is countless, and the number of people with the motive to do such things is probably too many to count.

Is it that King Yama has finally lost patience with the excessive labor and decided to rebel against our assistance?

Or perhaps that wretched divine beast Bai Ze, once again drunk as a madman, knocked us into the cycle of reincarnation?

I don't understand, but at that time we had no power and could not feel the existence of "hell". We were just ordinary, dying animal cubs.

Although it wasn't the first time she'd experienced it, no one, not even a cat, would enjoy that feeling.

Where will I go after I die this time? Will hell still be the same as it is now?

Could it be that once we get down there, we'll see demons and monsters running rampant, and the Land of the Dead will reappear in the world?

In the worst-case scenario, perhaps this body is a precious foreign cat breed, and the soul will go to the EU (European) hell.

We should be able to handle Satan and Beelzebub, but our experience and years of service in Japanese hell will be nullified, and our pension contributions of thousands of years will also be...

Thinking about this and that, his weak body gradually couldn't hold on any longer. His body temperature was lost in the rain, and his limbs and tail stiffened.

Just when we thought we were about to face our second death, an old woman with a red paper umbrella appeared.

-

The house cat's life is surprisingly good.

A warm house, delicious food, clean water, and tableware with names written on them—all the conditions necessary to sustain life are there.

In return for all this, they were merely subjected to human touch and forced to watch their expressions of losing control.

Sometimes I really want to say, "Look at this stupid face," but considering my current position, it would be too ungrateful of me to criticize the owner like that.

No need for labor or performance evaluation; all you do every day is play, eat, and drink. As long as you manage your bodily functions, you have no worries.

To be honest, although being reborn as a female cat is something that makes people want to complain, on second thought, whether male or female, cats will eventually have to undergo surgery... so I feel at ease.

After all, we are indifferent to such things anyway.

...To be honest, this kind of life is too lazy.

If we were living in hell, we would definitely wield a big stick and whip such lazybones!

But now that I'm a cat, my way of thinking has probably been affected, so I'm gradually starting to enjoy it.

Sometimes I even wonder what we've been striving for all these past few thousand years...

However, as the saying goes, "He who eats the king's food must also bear his worries." Having received my salary (cat food), I must fulfill my duties as a house cat. This has always been my principle.

Let's start practicing backflips today!

-

The owner is a very gentle and kind mother-in-law.

It is commonly said that cats can see things that humans cannot, which is commonly known as ghosts.

That's just a rumor. Except for a few special individuals, most cats are silly creatures who mistake their tails for another creature.

We are different. Although we have no power, we can still see things that should not exist in this world.

The human world... has become filthy again~

We suspect that something is wrong with Hell, or that we have come to a different Japan. In any case, when we are in Hell, there are never so many evil spirits lingering in the mortal world.

What worries us is that this old woman possesses a faint but real ability to see things.

Most psychics can only see vague shadows, and in good condition they can hear some sounds, but they are generally not clear about what they are fighting—perhaps that is why they can maintain their courage.

Evil spirits are like vicious dogs; they enjoy bullying the weak. Once humans lose their courage, even the most vigorous men become as weak as infants.

My mother-in-law was no longer afraid of death, but she was too weak...

Even though she has a peaceful mindset and is not afraid of so-called ghosts and monsters, many cunning evil spirits still come to harass her.

We are very concerned, but with our current strength, there is nothing we can do. We can only pretend not to see it in order to avoid attracting the attention of evil spirits.

If I cultivate for ten years and grow a second tail, I'll be able to protect my owner... and the cat food in her hand, from the evil spirits.

But for an elderly person in their sixties or seventies, this time seems rather long, and the evil spirits encountered by the owner are becoming increasingly powerful.

Without owners, there would be no cat food and no warm homes; we don't want to sit idly by and wait to die.

it is good!

Let's begin our hellish training in demons and spirits now!

-

My mother-in-law twisted her back, so we were sent from the countryside to the city.

The training was ineffective; after all, it was just an ordinary cat. Our supernatural powers had been completely dissipated, and now we could only engage in some physical training, at most using spiritual power to enhance the effect slightly.

"Little...Little Black? You, you've grown up!" The grandmother's granddaughter seemed very surprised. She had seen us when we were young and was probably shocked by the difference before and after.

There's no way around it; after all, most tools in the human world aren't designed for cats' paws, so we worked hard to develop a relatively large physique.

For some reason, most people are quite surprised by the changes in us, including the classmate she brought back today, who also had a surprised expression.

Are upright-walking cats really that rare? Panda cats are very popular in China!

Yare yare~

I can't stand you foolish human girls! I know what you want, and I've already mastered the ultimate technique to defeat you—

"Meow~"

—The girls' faces turned even uglier.

That's strange...

The amazing skill called "acting cute" has failed! I practiced it repeatedly in front of the TV every day, watching Panda-kun next door. I should have mastered it by now!