You will surrender to me.

"Meow~"

Naoto opened the door while holding the cat, and said something to the inside. Without caring whether there was a response or not, he stepped on his right heel with his left foot and took off his shoe. Then he took off his left shoe in the same way and put on indoor shoes.

"Meow?"

The little kitten in Naoto's arms raised its head and cried out, its legs swinging a few times, as if wondering why Naoto hadn't put her down yet.

"I can't just let you step on it. You're out in the wild. How can I let you go without giving you a bath? And I'll have to take you to the veterinary hospital for a checkup and get a license. Tsk, it's really troublesome to put it this way."

Naoto lowered his head and looked into the eyes of the little black cat. He stretched out the index finger of his free hand and hooked her chin, muttering something. Although he knew that the little cat couldn't understand him, Naoto still wanted to complain. After all, it was something he did on a whim. He didn't pay attention at first, but realized how troublesome it was when he came back.

"Meow……"

I don’t know if the kitten understood Naoto’s words or read Naoto’s emotions, but its whole body relaxed and drooped in Naoto’s arms like a sloppy cat.

"Is Chiaki back? Or did she forget?"

Naoto walked to the sink and found some clothes in the basket outside the bathroom door, including a piece of underwear that Naoto had undressed himself, so Naoto was sure that this set of clothes belonged to Chiaki. However, he didn't hear a response when he shouted just now. Maybe it was left behind last night. However, this is rare. Chiaki never seems to leave clothes here.

Pull!

Naoto opened the bathroom door and immediately discovered that the bathroom was not empty. Chiaki's clothes were not left there last night. Chiaki was now sitting in the bathtub.

"Xiaozhi, welcome back~"

Qianqiu was soaking in the bathtub with his eyes half closed, looking like he was enjoying it very much.

"It doesn't seem to be cold today, and it's even a little too warm. Why did you come back so early to take a hot bath?"

Naoto looked at the slightly steaming water and rolled his eyes.

"It's not cool outside, but it is cool here. It's most comfortable to soak in hot water in a cool place. It's just like turning on the 18-degree high-wind cooling and covering yourself with a quilt on a hot day."

Chiaki retorted without hesitation, and with a reason that Naoto couldn't respond to.

To be honest, it is really comfortable to turn on the strong wind cooling at 18 degrees and then cover yourself with a quilt on a hot day. The main thing is that it feels really good to snuggle in the quilt.

"Okay, whatever you want."

Naoto shrugged, walked to the shower head, put the kitten in his arms down, then removed the shower head and prepared to wash the kitten. Only after the wash would it be convenient for her to walk around the house. Naoto didn't want Chiaki's mother to preach to him, it was still very troublesome to listen to.

"Huh? You brought a cat back with you? Are you planning on adopting it?"

Qianqiu also opened her eyes and looked towards Naoto. She noticed the little black cat that Naoto had placed on the ground and asked curiously.

"What else? Should we bring it back as food?"

Naoto turned on the shower head and flushed the kitten. Unexpectedly, the kitten accepted Naoto's flushing very obediently. It did not run away when it came into contact with water like other cats, and did not treat bathing as a disaster.

"Adoption is still quite troublesome, and the documents you need to obtain are a bit complicated, but Nagisa seems to have some connections, so I can ask her for help later."

Chiaki folded her hands on the edge of the bathtub, then put her chin on it, looking at Naoto and suggested.

"Help? Yes, I have a secretary. I forgot about it. I was told that the secretary would do something, but I didn't even think of it."

After hearing Chiaki's suggestion, Naoto suddenly realized that he was still bathing the little black cat. He could make the call after he finished bathing her and went out. He could also ask Hisa what method he had found to investigate Katase Shouno.

"Okay, now you can just wander around, just don't go out."

Naoto took a new towel and wiped the little black cat's body. He didn't let her go until her fur was completely dry.

"It doesn't understand, so what's the point of you saying this? But this cat is so well behaved that it didn't even avoid taking a bath. I guess it has been trained. Xiaozhi, have you seen the identification card like a pet nameplate on it?"

Qianqiu looked at Naoto and felt that he was a little childish. Animals like cats are rarely obedient. They are not like puppies who can be ordered around after just a little getting along with them. Although this little black cat looks quite smart and human-like, a cat will never change its habits. After all, it is just a cat.

However, Naoto's appearance made Qianqiu feel more familiar with him, which meant that although Naoto had changed, he was still the same Naoto. You know, although Naoto's fierce attack allowed her to reach the peak again and again, that kind of fierce feeling made her feel unfamiliar and afraid. The little Naoto used to only tremble under her "winning" power, but now she was defeated by Naoto with one stick. There was no way, Naoto's endless energy and huge "stick" made her have to admit defeat.

"But, when did you get a secretary? You didn't seem to mention it. Did you join the student union? But the student union doesn't seem to have a secretary position. Are you talking about the secretary? I remember the secretary was Sayuri Takamiya. She gave people a very cold and aloof feeling."

Chiaki suddenly remembered what Naoto had just said about "secretary", but she didn't know about Naoto's experience when he went out with Haruno Kasumi before, so she didn't know that Naoto had an extra company, but she knew that Naoto wanted to go to the student union, so she guessed that Naoto had said it wrong, and actually what Naoto wanted to express was "secretary".

"Do you know Sayuri Takamiya?"

Naoto knew that Chiaki was a second-year student, but he didn't know which class she was in, so it wouldn't be surprising if she knew Sayuri Takamine.

"She is in our class. She is very capable and she is in the gymnastics department. She has a great figure and good flexibility, which makes many girls envious."

Chiaki explained to Naoto that Sayuri Takamine was considered a very capable person in her class.

"It's a pity that the school doesn't pay much attention to the development of the gymnastics department. Although there are competitions, few people like it, so there are not many people. And the only one who is really interested is probably Gao Ling. Most of the others want to have a figure similar to that of Gao Ling Sayuri, so you can probably guess how fierce the competition is. And now she is probably the only one supporting the gymnastics department. The rest of them have either withdrawn or given up. No matter who replaces them, there is no way they can do anything."

Qianqiu spread his hands and felt very sympathetic towards Sayuri Takamiya's experience.

"Gymnastics club?"

Naoto touched his chin. He had not paid attention to this department when he looked at the club list before, because Naoto basically looked at some large and medium-sized clubs, so he had never seen such unpopular clubs. Mainly because they were not interesting. But now, it seems that unpopular clubs can also have surprises.

The author says:

Author's words: I did hundreds of volleyball passes in the physical education class today. I was exhausted.

Chapter 162: The Strong Man from Katase Shouno's House♂

Beep! Beep! Beep—

"Hello, Master Zian, we have found out a little bit, but we still don't have a lot of information. Do you need to report it now?"

As soon as Naoto's call went through, Hisa on the other end reported to Naoto first. After all, this was basically the only possibility since Naoto had called.

"Well, that can wait. I'm not in a hurry anyway. I've adopted a cat. Can you help me get the documents and proof? It would be best if it can be done in the next few days."

Naoto sat at his desk, stroking the little black cat that was lying next to the computer screen and watching him on the phone, and gave instructions to his secretary Hisa.

"Cat? Got it. I'll get it done as soon as possible. But please send me a photo of the cat so that I can get the corresponding certificate."

Hisa paused and responded to Naoto.

"Okay, I'll send it to you later. Now, can you tell me about Katase Shouno's situation? How much have you found out?"

Naoto withdrew his hand from petting the cat, put it back on the backrest, and asked lazily.

"We had a short time, so we could only collect some simple information. We found that the 'Katase Shouno' you mentioned basically lives alone. And because of his sunny and gentle personality, he has a good relationship with the neighbors around him. We also hired a special private detective to investigate. Although the information we collected is not much, there is still some."

Hisa reported bit by bit, and a few points caught Naoto's attention.

"The sun is mild?"

Naoto muttered to himself, thought about it, and felt that there should be nothing wrong with it, after all, that was the previous evaluation.

The strength of this Katase Shouno was only 'exposed' today, and he seemed a bit violent and vicious. Although he didn't have any real tricks, just some small tricks, it was enough to show that this 'Katase Shouno' was not sunny and gentle. Nanao Akane's rebuttal this afternoon was still vivid in my mind. Her strong denial that Katase Shouno would not do anything sinister was definitely not fake. Besides, she has had a crush on him since the first grade, so she must know more about him than Naoto.

It's just that Dong Gang had been suppressing them, so the two of them couldn't run towards each other from the beginning. But thanks to Dong Gang, Zhiren had the opportunity to catch up. Otherwise, he would have turned the world upside down and played this game countless times.

"Um, Master Zian, is there any problem?"

Hisa on the other end of the phone heard Naoto reread a sentence and thought that Naoto had some opinion, so he stopped reporting and prepared to listen to Naoto.

"No, no, go on... Wait, you said that Katase Shouno lives alone? Where are his parents? Doesn't he have any relatives?"

Naoto denied her question and asked her to continue, then suddenly noticed the word 'live alone' and asked.

"Well, according to the information we found, his parents have gone out to work. It's unclear where they went, but he still has grandparents in the countryside, not near the city."

Hisa said to Naoto while looking at the documents in his hand.

"Living alone, parents working away from home, grandparents in the countryside... Tsk, what about buffs? And he suddenly has powerful abilities, there must be something wrong. Go on, I remember you said that you have already found some problems."

Naoto muttered something under his breath, smiled, and then asked.

"Yes, we found out that a second person recently moved into Katase Shouno's home. According to our investigation, it's an adult male, but we can't find out who he is. We only know that he is a strong man. Even though there are some obvious characteristics, we can't find out the identity of this person."

There was some embarrassment in Hisa's voice, and he obviously felt that he was not doing his job well because he couldn't find that person.

"Strong man? How strong?"

Naoto was quite interested in the so-called "strong man". This guy might be the one who caused Katase Shouno to become like this. The body strengthening potion reminded him of a person, Coach Dong Gang, who was hung on the street lamp by Naoto before and no one knew where he went.

Dong Gang's ability is to make all kinds of potions, but there are only potions themselves, unlike some games that come with bottles. Moreover, he can enhance the effects of potions by adding external objects, such as using the droplets produced by the [Pheromone Tree] to enhance the effect of his own clearing potion.

Naoto didn't know how he had done it before, but he had acquired this ability anyway. It might also be that he had stolen it, and this possibility was even greater. After all, Naoto did not have the ability to 'copy', but he did have the ability to 'absorb'.

Although no one knows how Dong Gang left, he probably knew that Naoto was someone who could not be offended, so as soon as he arrived, he knew the news of Dong Gang's resignation without even seeing him.

However, if it was Dong Gang, Naoto didn't believe that Hisa couldn't find it. After all, someone who used to be an athlete would have easier information to find, and he would be highly recognizable. Although this company is a comprehensive one, it doesn't mean that it doesn't have its own power. After all, the underworld has industries, so what's wrong with me setting up some underworld of my own?

So Naoto didn't think that Dong Gang was still here. That guy probably left this place, or at least was very far away from here.

"He's probably over 1.8 meters tall, with obvious muscles, and one-third of his face is covered with scars. The strange thing is that this man rarely goes out, and stays at Katase Shouno's house. This afternoon, the man just happened to come out, and he went back to the house with a box. Our people heard the sound of bottles colliding, and we can confirm that the things in the box are some bottles, and some of the bottles have things in them."

The following content is indeed strange, even Hisa himself is a little curious about what this "nerd strong man" does.

"Bottles and jars? In boxes? Could they be medicine? One 'pharmacist' just left, and here comes another?"

Zhiren also felt that it was a bit troublesome. These yellow-haired people were like leeks that could not be harvested one after another. After one was harvested, another came. It was really endless. Wasn't it enough to just be the victim? Zhiren was enough for the "yellow-haired people" in the world. There was no need for other "yellow-haired people" to join.

"Then you guys keep investigating. Look around. It would be great if you can find out the identity of that strong man. If not, forget it. I will go check it out myself then."

Naoto stood up, walked to the window, looked at the sky slowly darkening outside, and said to Hisa.

"I understand."

Hisa answered, and then he heard a busy tone on the phone.

"You'll be a legal domestic cat in a few days. You'll have to show them that thing to see who your original owner was. Such an interesting thing shouldn't be common... Where's my brand?"

Naoto turned around and looked at the little black cat still lying on the desk. As he spoke, he reached into his pocket, but he didn't find what he wanted. He was a little stunned.

Chapter 163: Preparing to Attack the Komiya Family

"Tsk, how come my iron plate is gone? I clearly remembered putting it in my pocket, how could it have fallen off?"

Naoto searched his pockets but found nothing. He even turned his pockets inside out but still found nothing. There wasn't even a hole in the pocket, and the pocket was quite deep, so it should be unlikely for anything to fall out.

Naoto was a little depressed, but he didn't have much emotion because he didn't take this thing seriously. It didn't matter whether he had it or not. Naoto just thought of it as a small trinket.

"Meow~meow~meow~"

However, Naoto didn't find anything, but someone knew what happened to the little cat. She kept calling for her brother.

"What's wrong? Xiao Hei?"

Naoto looked at the calling little black cat and simply chose to give her a simple name. Since it was a black cat, he just called her Xiao Hei. After all, Naoto was just bad at naming and couldn't think of a good name.

"Meow……"

But Xiao Hei cried out again, and then instead of jumping into Naoto's arms, he turned around and jumped out of the open window.

"Hey! Xiao Hei... um, no way, did you go into someone else's house?"

Naoto hurried to the window and looked down. Although he knew that cats were creatures that didn't need to worry about the danger of jumping from heights, he was still worried that Xiao Hei would run away blindly. It was rare to see such a cute little animal. As a result, he saw Xiao Hei twirling and moving in the air at the window, and in a few seconds he ran to a house on the second or third floor. He didn't know whether it was the second or third floor.

"Oh my god, this is really troublesome. I don't know if Xiao Hei knows the way. It seems that I have to go down and look for it. It's really troublesome~"

Naoto scratched his hair and showed a helpless expression, but there was nothing he could do. Since he had decided to raise it, Naoto didn't want to give up even if it wasn't particularly difficult.

So Naoto had no choice but to pack up and prepare to go out to look for Xiao Hei.

"You just came back not long ago, are you going out again?"

Qianqiu was still wiping her hair with a towel on the sofa. She looked at Naoto changing his shoes in the entrance and asked curiously.

"Yes, Xiao Hei was disobedient and ran out of the window. I don't know if he was on the second or third floor. I didn't pay attention. Anyway, he went into someone else's house. I have to go look for him now."

Naoto explained as he fixed his shoes.

"Xiao Hei? Oh, that little black cat. All cats are like this, so you still have to close the doors and windows when you first bring one home. After all, cats are not like puppies that can only run and jump. Cats can basically climb walls and run on rooftops. As long as the place is not too high, they can land safely."

Chiaki was stunned for a moment, then realized that Naoto was talking about the little black cat, and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, I'll go first."

Naoto opened the door and walked out.

"Well, I remember Anna Komiya's house is on the third floor, I think it's No. 303. Let's go check it out first."

Naoto was muttering as he walked down the stairs. Naoto's apartment was 603. If Xiao Hei jumped down, the possibility of him entering 203 or 303 would be the greatest. However, Naoto only saw a shadow, so he had to look for him one by one.

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Ding Dong!

After ringing the doorbell, Naoto waited for a while, and the closed door opened.