Toyokawa Sakiko looked up at the other person, flicked her tail lazily, then lowered her head and went back to eating.
Not relevant.
Not interested.
Ever since she had turned into a cat, she had basically been starving three meals out of every day.
She had finally found an owner, but most of the time she had to crunch away at cat food.
Although eating cat food was perfectly normal for a cat, she was human!
Given the choice, Toyokawa Sakiko wanted to eat proper human meals!
“Senpai, does the cat have a name?” Higashino Akira looked at the pure-looking orange-haired college girl who had taken the initiative to leave the lively crowd and come over to his side.
So this was the “screw everyone” girl.
“A name?” Akira thought for a moment.
“Nyano!” “Eh, even the cat’s name is really cute!” “Right?” Akira smiled gently.
“I actually thought of a surname for her too.
Unfortunately, Haruno refused to suddenly have an extra little sister.” “Haruno is?” “My high school classmate.” “…” During their conversation, Toyokawa Sakiko raised a paw with a lifeless expression and covered her ears, using her final silent protest to express her opposition to that name.
Seeing that the conversation had been killed, the girl glanced left and right.
When she noticed this scene, her eyes lit up, and she quickly changed the topic.
“Oh, right.
It doesn’t seem to like that name very much.” “Not it.
She.” Akira corrected her.
“As for whether she likes it or not, that’s not up to her.” He just liked bullying little cats while they could not speak.
This little thing had a mysterious origin and form of existence, to the point that even the system could not read her real name.
If he did not bully her now while she had no ability to resist, then if she really turned back into a human one day, would he not lose the chance?
Toyokawa Sakiko rolled her eyes and turned around, presenting her backside to this awful man.
The conversation died again.
The other girl then took the initiative to praise Akira’s calligraphy, saying that it had some special charm.
Apparently, her younger sister especially liked it, and she wanted to exchange contact information with him so they could communicate and ask for guidance in the future.
Akira calmly agreed.
Late at night, the mixer moved to karaoke, but Akira did not continue participating.
He left alone with the cat tucked into his pocket.
When he reached a place with no one around, a flurry of wingbeats sounded from the sky.
One after another, a group of ravens landed in the open space in front of him.
“My king.
Underlings.
Surrender.
Wish follow king!” said the leading raven.
Akira glanced at the time.
It was almost midnight, and today’s intrusion had also been blocked.
Without hesitation, he stuffed the little cat, who had poked her head out of his pocket for some air and was watching everything in surprise, back inside so she could not see.
Then he selected nine ravens as his targets.
“I appoint you all as Sixth-Rank Imperial Guards.
Serve as Our eyes and ears, and monitor the four directions.” [Fortune consumed: 9000.] [Emperor: Higashino Akira] [Fortune: Red (100)] With the investiture complete, and after receiving the blessing of fortune, the eyes of the nine selected ravens immediately became much livelier.
A clearer sense of intelligence welled up within them.
“Caw~ Long live the king!” The ravens cawed happily in thanks.
[As the emperor, please form a personal guard of at least ten people within three days to protect your side.
Reward: daily fortune +1000, 100 elite Embroidered Uniform Guards.
(Completed)] “Summon immediately!” The moment he issued the command, the scene was completely different from when Kongming had been drawn before.
There were no points of light.
No faint glow.
Instead, the shadows in the dim corners along both sides of the road deepened.
Then, from within that darkness, orderly footsteps gradually emerged.
Figures walked out from the dark and gathered in front of Akira, kneeling neatly on one knee.
Because Akira was blocking the cat, who kept trying to poke her head out and observe, they tactfully made no sound.
“Rise.” Akira switched back to Mandarin and asked, “Do any of you speak Japanese?” Hearing that, seven Embroidered Uniform Guards immediately stepped forward and stood in front of their colleagues.
“Good.
From now on, the seven of you will temporarily take the lead in operations.
Clarify the current state of the era as quickly as possible, find ways to obtain reasonable local identities, and go into hiding on the spot.
Everyone must learn the local language.” Akira waved his hand, and among the ten ravens on the ground who had received investiture, seven took off and landed on the shoulders of those seven men.
Then he took out all the cash he had on him and handed it to them as initial operating funds.
“Once everything is settled, send a few people to Aoba Language School to protect Kongming.
Don’t let anything happen to him.
The rest of you, find a way to investigate a woman at Reio University named Hozuki Eiko.
Figure out why she has repeatedly tried to approach me.” Akira did not believe in nonsense like love at first sight.
They were university students.
Where would there be that many cases of love at first sight?
He himself did not even believe a reason like calligraphy talent.
If it were because of his looks, then why had he not been this popular during the years he had studied there before?
Most female university students these days were very realistic, all right?
Not to mention, before today, Hozuki Eiko had never even seen him and did not know what he looked like.
Before he had the cheat, Akira might have only suspected that a bad woman had set her eyes on his wallet.
But now that he had the system, and especially after learning that ghosts, monsters, and haunted houses existed in this world, he had to consider whether some other trait about him had caught Hozuki Eiko’s attention.
“Yes!” “Come see me once you have news.” Akira nodded.
“Dismissed.” As the hundred Embroidered Uniform Guards and the ravens left, the street returned to its previous cold quiet.
Toyokawa Sakiko finally broke through Akira’s blocking hand and poked her head out of his pocket again.
Unfortunately, there was already nothing left to see.
Remembering the strange scene from earlier, when ravens had flown over with a group of underlings and even spoken to this man, she could not help connecting it to her own special experience of turning into a cat.
Maybe this man had a way to turn her back!
And she had been a cat for so many days, yet the only time she had briefly turned back into a human had happened after he brought her home!
Everything made sense now!
Inspiration struck Toyokawa Sakiko, and she felt as though she had discovered the entire truth.
She climbed up Akira’s clothes all the way to his shoulder, waved her paws around wildly, and meowed like crazy, trying to make him understand something.
However, Akira merely pushed her away in disgust, picked her up, and stuffed her back into his pocket.
“No sticking close.” “You smell like you’ve been marinated in yakiniku from head to tail.
Don’t get so close.” His tone was full of disdain.
Toyokawa Sakiko froze all over, instantly feeling so ashamed and angry she wanted to die.
Treating a lady this way is far too rude, desuwa!
I’m breaking off all ties with you!
The weak me of the past is already dead.
Even without your help, I can still figure out why I turned into a cat and find a solution!
Strong Sakiko keeps her word.
Until they returned to the apartment, finished bathing, and she had been dried before lying on the bed, she did not try to attract Akira’s attention again.
Of course, she also did not snuggle close to him like she had yesterday, afraid that she might suddenly turn back into a human at night and cause another awkward scene.
Akira did not mind either.
Being hot and cold, strange and unpredictable, was simply a cat’s nature.
After reading through the other haunted-property information Sato had sent him for a while, he peacefully went to sleep.
At midnight, like Cinderella’s transformation magic, Toyokawa Sakiko once again turned back into a human.
Having lost her fluffy cat fur, the sudden drop in surface warmth made her shiver instinctively.
She quickly burrowed into the blanket.
Then, with practiced ease, she used Akira’s fingerprint to unlock his phone, opened the chat app, and logged into her own account.
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