Chapter 109 Three Cats

Fūya considers himself a well-read cat.

He no longer remembers most of his childhood, but he still remembers clearly his curiosity when he first grew from a kitten to a human child under the guidance of his parents. He also remembers that at that time, he was rejected by many children of the same age because he could not control the compatibility of the cat's nature with the human body, and because of his conspicuous appearance as a mixed-race child.

Fūya has never tried to think about why his family could turn from cats into humans, as if something had erased this question from their minds. However, it is undeniable that such experiences have always made Fūya himself out of tune with the people around him.

You can't force a human cub who thinks he's a cat to live peacefully with other cubs, can you?

At that time, Fūya always thought he was lonely, until he was comforted by Dr. Elena, who opened a clinic near his home, and met his childhood friend Suzufu. Only then did Fūya come out of that strange feeling of loneliness, because he got a companion who was not a family member and was the first in his life with whom he could communicate on an equal footing.

Later, he and his little friend worked hard to play the role of human beings, and together they passed the civil service examination and the police academy interview, and successfully became the police academy students of their dreams.

In that school, Morobuchi and Furuya, who had only known each other's identities since childhood, met several other classmates who were also transformed from cats into humans. They quickly became friends with a common secret, and then went their separate ways after graduation.

Matsuda and Hagi originally said that in order to overcome their cat instincts, they directly accepted the invitation from the bomb disposal department. The squad leader Date Kou, who was always criticized as "more like a dog than a cat", joined the criminal department, while Furuya and Morobushi became public security police officers of the National Police Department and the Metropolitan Police Department respectively.

Unlike the other partners before them, the last group of young talents disappeared as soon as they graduated. In fact, their past files were erased because they were carrying out a certain mission, so of course they could not be active in the public eye.

Logically speaking, Furuya knew that he and his friends viewed themselves more as "cats that can turn into humans" rather than "people who can turn into cats." As a cat, he shouldn't have such a strong sense of belonging to a human country.

Originally.

But the fact is that when Kotani received the undercover mission, he accepted it without hesitation. After two years of training, he became an undercover agent who could not see the light of day. Even he himself didn't know why.

【“The Karasuma Group is a very mysterious entity. It was founded more than a hundred years ago. It has the Karasuma family, which has a history of at least a thousand years, as its backer. There are many people from that family there.” The boss pointed to the top of his head and said cryptically, “So we usually refer to them as the Black Organization.”

"On the surface, the Black Organization has never had any evidence, but our people have discovered their other side." He handed the information to Furuya, "The Black Organization has long had intersections with large and small gangs in the country, and their influence even spreads to many countries around the world."

"No one knows what kind of ambitions and secrets the organization has. At least the fact that they are secretly eating away at the country and infiltrating their people into government departments is enough to prove that they are not innocent."

The boss said in a serious tone: "Just a few years ago, we got new intelligence. It turns out that the organization had started researching a project half a century ago. It was a drug that went against human nature and was likely to disrupt social order. It was called 'Dream' by researchers within the organization!"

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Yes, the purpose of the undercover work of Furuya and Morofu is to obtain evidence of the organization's secret crimes and to investigate what the so-called "dream" drug is.

This year has been their fifth year of undercover work. What makes people anxious is that although they have both become code-name managers within the organization with their outstanding abilities, they still have not obtained further authority, and even all the tasks they have carried out so far seem normal on the surface.

However, regarding the latter, both of them believed that it was because their authority was not high enough that the organization did not assign tasks that required crimes to these members who were not trustworthy enough.

It is probably because the organization is so cautious that it has never been caught with any criminal evidence.

Fūya originally thought that they would continue to be in a stalemate with the organization, but two months ago, his childhood friend Moroku was hunted down by another codename member, Lei, after his identity was exposed. He has been missing since then. Later, Lei brought back news that Scotland had disappeared, so Fūya felt unbelievable when he saw Moroku.

A few weeks ago, it was discovered that Lei's real identity was Akai from the FBI, and he has since defected and disappeared from the organization.

Not to mention Lei, Jōtani also knows the secret of Vermode. The Thousand-Faced Witch is not only good at disguising herself as a human, but can also disguise herself into their animal forms.

That's right, Fūya discovered this secret in an accident. It turned out that Vermode was one of their "kind" - a kind that could transform from a human into an animal. He also heard an ambiguous sentence from the woman, "There are far more people like us than you think."

Unfortunately, Furutani was unable to report this information to the public security. He knew very well that if he did so, he and his friends might be in danger... because they were outliers in human society.

The biggest impact of this information on Furuya was probably that for a long time afterwards, he would secretly wonder whether the other members of the organization were of the same kind, and if so, what kind of animals they were.

Gin...it definitely couldn't be a cat. Neither he nor Hiro got along with that guy, so it must have been a dog.

So thought Jyougu.

Surprisingly, Bermode's animal form is a bird, or more precisely, a 'silver-throated long-tailed tit'. The contrast between her and her femme fatale appearance is so great that it is hard to believe.

Thinking of this, Fūya suddenly understood why Vermode always looked dissatisfied with him and Morobushi, but wanted to act close to him and go on missions together.

In short, ever since he saw Vermode using his tiny body to control the almost lifelike puppy body developed by the R&D department, Fūya has become somewhat wary of all cats in his field of vision that are the same as himself and the prototypes of the various apostles.

His thoughts were temporarily interrupted here, and Fūya focused his attention on Morobu.

They were currently in a relatively quiet corner of the cat cafe, and no customers had noticed their presence, so they could still have a peaceful conversation for the time being.

When Furuya looked at his little boy, the first question he asked was, "Hiro, what happened two months ago?"

At that time, Fūya was on a mission abroad. As soon as he came back, he received the news that Scotland was missing. His heart skipped a beat.

Morofu seemed to sigh, and he slowly approached Fūya, pressing his soft forehead against the other's head, rubbing it gently to comfort him.

"I'm really still alive, zero."

He explained softly, "In fact, Lei didn't find me at that time. I just fell into a coma after being injured. I unconsciously turned into my original form and was picked up by the store manager and taken home. As a result, I just happened to pass by the scouts sent by the organization."

Therefore, being included in the missing members list is almost equivalent to a death sentence.

Jyoutani looked at his childhood friend hesitantly, with a lot to say, but all these words were washed away by the fear and strong relief that slowly welled up in his heart.

In the end, he just rubbed back, mumbling as if he had survived a disaster: "I'm glad you're okay."

At this moment, regardless of whether the store manager was a member of the organization or not, Furutani still felt deeply grateful to him.

"By the way, what about Matsuda and the others?" After calming down, Fūya thought for a moment and asked curiously.

A complicated expression appeared on Zhu Fu's face.

"How should I put it..." Zhu Fu struggled to put the words together, "They were picked up by the store manager before me. According to the store manager... he was jogging in the park that evening and found two beautiful cats on the swing. The two cats looked like they wanted to go home with him, so he took them back."

Fūya was silent.

"This is not 'bringing her back' at all, this is kidnapping!" He was shocked and complained.

Do cute little cats need to worry about being kidnapped by strange adults when they go out on the street these days? It's too dangerous!

"Matsuda and Hagiwara said that they were involved in a bombing case some time ago, and they escaped by transforming back to their original forms when they were on the verge of death. However, after they escaped, they found that the Metropolitan Police Department thought they were kidnapped by escaped criminals. Since they couldn't explain how they escaped, they had to live in their original forms for a while." Zhu Fu said helplessly, "And then they met the store manager."

"Squad leader..."

"There's nothing wrong with the squad leader. He only changes back to his original form occasionally and brings Miss Natalie to the store to do 'odd jobs'." Zhu Fufu said.

There were so many things to complain about that he didn't know where to start, so he decided to remain silent for the time being and quickly change the subject.

"So, the store manager showed up at Mika exactly two months ago," said Furuya thoughtfully, "and the members of the organization recently infiltrated Mika around that time."

Could it be that they came here for the store manager? Or, is the store manager also a member of the organization?

Zhu Fu, who had been with the store manager day and night for two months, shook his head firmly: "The store manager is definitely not a member of the organization. Zero will understand what I mean as long as he spends more time with him."

Compared to the odd-looking members of the organization, the store manager always seems to be at ease with the human world. In fact, he sometimes shows a childlike innocence, often giving the three resident cat employees in the store a feeling of cubs.

How could this store manager, who even needs reminders to eat on time, who can squat on the roadside and watch ants for two hours when bored, and who does the most every day is to sleep with a random cat in his arms, be a member of the organization?