Chapter 108 Two Cats

Akajina Yue lowered her head and looked into the eyes of the Siamese cat she was holding. She was sure that she saw disbelief in the cat's purple-gray eyes, which were different from those of normal cats. Then she slowly smiled brightly at the cat.

"We don't hire freeloaders in our store." Akajina said softly, her hands stroking the cat so skillfully that Furuya relaxed reflexively. "So if you want to apply, you have to try it out for a day first."

As soon as he finished speaking, he clearly felt the cat under his palm, which had been warm and soft, suddenly become sluggish.

Ah, it seems that Furutani finally remembered that he is not here to apply for a job?

Chijiang Nayue rubbed the cat's head lovingly again: It's a pity it's too late, the cats that have entered their shop don't want to leave, all of them should stay and work!

It has to be said that petting a cat is an act that can satisfy both parties. At least when Zhuo Fu, who was still worried, came out to check on the puppies, he found a man and a cat lying on the lazy sofa and almost asleep in the store manager's small room.

A human expression of silence appeared on Zhu Fu's face - he had lost count of how many times he had been speechless today.

"Zero?" he called out tentatively.

The Siamese cat in the store manager's arms obviously heard the call, because his beautiful chocolate-colored tail, which was originally hanging naturally behind him and swinging casually, was obviously frozen in mid-air at the sound of Zhu Fu.

"Hmm?" The store manager yawned while sinking into the sofa. The hand that was loosely rubbing Fūya's back turned to wave at Zhufu, "Hiro, are you here to look for your friend?"

Zhu Fu jumped onto the sofa lightly and rubbed his head against the store manager's palm: "I have something to say to Zero."

"Well, then you guys go." The store manager hesitated for half a second, then quickly released the shackles and pinched Zhufu's paw pads. "Remember to apologize to the customers who were let go. They came here just for you guys."

Zhu Fu nodded without hesitation, turned around and jumped to the ground to greet his friends: "Let's go, Zero."

As soon as he escaped from the store manager's arms, Fūya jumped away. When he heard the seamless conversation between the man and the cat, even Fūya couldn't help but be surprised: "He can understand?"

Before Morobuchi could say anything, the store manager, who seemed to be asleep with his eyes half closed, answered his question first: "I don't understand, but I can tell what Hiro wants to say."

The corner of Jōtani's mouth twitched: Doesn't this look like he completely understands it?

Even though he saw his three friends working part-time here, Kouya still remained wary of the store manager. Instead, his vigilance became even stronger.

Aren't Matsuda and Hagiwara supposed to be working at the Metropolitan Police Department? Why are they here as employees? Furuya remembered hearing Matsuda mention the squad leader before. Could it be that Squad Leader Date was also here and he just didn't see him?

There was also Hiro, who had lost contact with him two months ago. Furuya thought that Hiro was killed by Akai's gang, but he didn't expect to see him here.

Fūya had a lot of questions in his mind, but right now his 'resurrected' friend was more important than figuring out the problems with the store manager, so he pretended to really believe what the store manager said, and cautiously followed Morobuchi out of the small room.

After the two cats left, Chijiang Nayue finally opened her eyes. Her watery red eyes were clear and bright, without a trace of sleepiness.

He stretched his hand in front of his eyes, spread out his five fingers, and looked thoughtfully at the hand that had just touched two cats one after another.

【You said...】

Akajina Yue asked the book seriously in her mind, causing the book to become nervous as well.

[Furugani cat, how does he usually bathe himself? 】

[Yes...] The person being questioned thought about this question blankly for a while, and then he remembered that something was wrong. [That's not right, can't they become humans? Can't they just become humans when taking a bath? ]

Akajina sighed sadly: [But why did you become a human when you agreed to be a cat? Isn't it better for a cat to be a cat? ]

[Xiaohong, have you forgotten that they are supposed to be human beings? ]

[How could that be? I remember that.] Akajinazuki said innocently, [Zero and the others have always preferred humans, although cats are very comfortable to touch...]

Akae Nazuki landed in this world more than two months ago. When she entered the gap space two months ago and asked the book for some information, she got even less information than the previous shota's own world. There was only a code name of Kaluya and the description of "sleeping".

The existence of this data means that he is not dead in this world, but has been sleeping since he was pulled here at the age of five until the main storyline time.

Moreover, when he was sleeping, Karasuma Renya in this world did not throw his body away or use it for experiments, but sent someone to take good care of it.

So if Chijiang Nayue wants to complete the mission in this world, he can't rely on the [Book] to shape his body and release it as before, because he is not dead in this world. That will only lead to the terrible result of two 'Chijiang Nayue' appearing in the same world.

An event with such a small probability happened during the third mission. Should we say he was lucky or unlucky?

[This world is very special. Actually, there is nothing special that you need to do, Xiaohong. You just need to go there and let others recognize the sleeping 'Kaluya' and wake him up, because you there are just tied to the world consciousness and something went wrong, so you are sleeping.] At that time, [Shu] explained to him, [As long as your body wakes up once and leaves enough traces of existence, the world consciousness can completely wake you up.]

In a sense, this world could be considered a vacation world. There weren't any missions that required him to put in any special effort. Therefore, without asking, Akajyota could guess that it was definitely because [Shu] gave him priority to go there so that he wouldn't have to work so hard in the mission world.

Chijiang Nayue could tell that [Shu] was keeping some things from him regarding issues related to the world, but he didn't care. He quickly entered the state of acting and lowered his consciousness into his own body in the mission world.

When he was reading the information, he also had doubts about why Karasuma Renya treated him like a vegetable instead of making use of him. However, at that time, Akae Nayue's guess was that it was the same as in the main world, and Karasuma Renya simply wanted to use him as a backup body.

Until he woke up in that body, which had been lying there for twenty-two years but without any trace, as if he had just slept for a while.

When Karasuma Renya was pushed in a wheelchair into the bedroom that was decorated like a high-tech ward, the first thing she saw was a figure standing in front of the window, looking at something.

The pale-skinned young man was not startled by the sound behind him. He just stood there barefoot, staring out the window at the scenery he had never seen before. His black hair, which even though it was often trimmed, still hung down to his legs, trembled slightly with his breathing.

"Kalua." Karasuma Renya called out the code name he gave to the doll that had been sleeping for more than 20 years.

"Is that my name?"

He finally looked away from the window, turned around and looked at Karasuma Renya. The words that came out of his mouth were very smooth, and there was no sign of confusion on his face.

But anyone who sees those eyes will understand that there is indeed still an ignorant child in this body.

"Yes, you are Kaluuya." Karasuma Renya said lovingly, "and I am your grandfather." Akae Nayue began to be thankful that her acting skills were good enough, otherwise her whole face would definitely be distorted.

So scary, so scary, so scary... He never dreamed that Karasuma Renya would be associated with the word kindness one day, and even asked him to call him grandfather very seriously! Has Karasuma Renya's brain really never been soaked in water? Or was it caught in the door? So scary!

Thanks to his excellent professional qualities, Akae Nazuki was able to play the character of "appearing 27 but mentally 5 years old" well. He also drove away Karasuma Renya who came to look at him, and then began to interrogate [Shu].

Finally, he got the full explanation.

The special thing about this world is not that Akajinazuki has not died, but that the world consciousness of this world has died before, and the new world consciousness, for some unknown reason, believes from the bottom of its heart that it should be a cat.

Since He, the world consciousness, is a cat, shouldn’t the humans who are the focus of His attention also be cats?

With this thought in mind, all the people in this world that Chijiang Nanyue could name turned into animals.

Most of them were cats, and a few were other species. Without exception, they were all types that could be kept in the city. Fortunately, there were no tigers, leopards, or pandas, otherwise Chijiang would have to go to the zoo that month and buy tickets to see them.

Each world revolves around one or more themes, such as the original "superpowers" in the Yokohama world, the original "red and black confrontation" in the Tokyo world, and so on. If you want the world to develop smoothly, these story lines are the most important.

However, how can the story be advanced if all the important characters in this world have become animals? As a result, this world was almost destroyed on the spot because of the actions of its own world consciousness.

Fortunately, Karasuma Renya picked up the page of the book at that time, just like him in all the worlds, and wrote his wish to become a human being on it.

The cat world consciousness had found its savior, so it followed this wish and gave all those who accidentally changed their species the remedy of "being able to become human".

Also, because they were supposed to be human beings, even if they were turned into animals, their lifespans are only linked to humans. The world consciousness has to rack its brains to cover up for them so that ordinary people in this world don't find out that there are cats and dogs around them who can live to be fifty, sixty, or even one hundred and forty years old.

That would probably break the Guinness World Record in one fell swoop.

Chijiang Nayue thought about this.

After that, Akae Nazuki tried many more times and finally came to a conclusion that was even more shocking than the fact that Karasuma Renya asked him to call her grandfather.

Karasuma Renya in this world is actually a good person!

[Because it's an animal.] [Shu] complained, [This is the first time I've seen a world consciousness that thinks it's a cat. How can there be concepts of murder and arson in the cat world? So after being influenced by it, all the people who can turn into animals are unexpectedly simple...]

Both the person and the book got goosebumps.

Karasuma Renya is simple, kind, and wants to be his grandfather.

Even more terrifying!

Regardless of what he thought, after half a month of examination, Karasuma Renya confirmed that there was nothing wrong with Akae Nazuki's body, and Akae Nazuki also successfully raised her mental state from the five-year-old level through "learning".

Since he never wanted to be alone with Karasuma Renya like that again, Akae Nazuki resolutely chose to report his itinerary and go to Beika Town. No matter what, he had to find Furuya and others in this world first.

It was at that time that he picked up Hagiwara Matsuda, who appeared in the form of a cat for some reason, on the street in the middle of the night. After returning home, he picked up a wounded Morobuchi cat at the door of the villa where he was staying temporarily. Later, he met Date and Natalie who came back with Hagiwara Matsuda.

As of today's appearance of Furutani, all his friends have gathered together.

The store manager was lying on the couch, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

When he woke up, it was already a few days after the main storyline began. Shinichi in this world had almost taken the medicine. In order to maintain the mystery, he had never paid attention to the information over there. Thinking that it was a vacation world anyway, he really had fun leisurely for more than two months.

Now that he has got the Furuya cat, he can go and see what's going on with Shinichi tomorrow.

Karasuma Renya in this world doesn't care about time, so why would there be an organization there? What is Shiho in this world researching? He is really curious.

Chijiang Nayue stood up from the sofa, his long hair tied low behind his head swaying with his movements, and he stood there and stretched.

"Hiro and Zero should have finished their discussion by now, right?"