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Due to my malaria infection, the sewers were completely destroyed.

A swarm of rats moving forward, stepping on the corpses of their compatriots on the floor.

A swarm of mosquitoes rushing towards a swarm of rats while making threatening noises in the air.

We were speechless as we looked at the sewer with two groups of creatures running wild here and there.

“….”

“….”

“There’s no need to go in there, right?”

“Cat Mom didn’t say that either.”

I answered David’s question while I was on top of him.

“Okay, then let’s just shoot the big ones when we see them.”

Either way, Johnny started rotating the barrel of the minigun.

After a while.

It seemed like there wasn’t much for our sewer team to do.

The three people who had worked hard to catch the large rat at first were now holding their positions as if they were fishing for something.

In rare cases, there were rats that came out of the sewers, attracted by the bright light of searchlights.

-Fish!

Although he could not avoid the outcome of being killed by the guns fired by Badek and David.

“What, now I just brought a chair and sat down.”

“There’s nothing you can do, sister. I can’t even go in there.”

Johnny, who had been happily swinging the minigun just a moment ago, now had a pistol in his hand.

The three people were relaxed, as if they were fishing for mice.

Occasionally, when I saw a large rat, I would move quickly like a fisherman checking for a bite, but that was it.

“Can’t there be more mosquito swarms?”

“Well, we would be grateful if you could add more.”

At Johnny’s words, I looked at the entrance to the sewer.

Thanks to the searchlight, the mosquito swarms were more visible.

They were busy clinging to swarms of rats and sucking their blood… but there were also some that ended their lives by being crushed by swarms of rats heading north.

I thought it would be a good idea to add at least one more bunch.

In the form of a baby bat, it cast a hostile gaze towards the group of rats.

Then, a smaller number of mosquitoes than before came.

“What, isn’t that too little?”

“There’s nothing you can do. All the mosquitoes around here have already been called here.”

I think the difference was clearly noticeable to Johnny.

But that didn’t mean there were any sharp numbers.

There must be a way to temporarily move the location and attract mosquitoes from other areas… but really?

“Wait a minute….”

Meanwhile, Johnny acted like he had an idea.

“I’ll go see Sylvia!”

Johnny shouted and started walking away from the sewer entrance, leaving me, Badek, and David behind.

-Soak.

Instead of following Johnny, I sat on Badek’s head.

***

“You’re not going with me?”

“It just got annoying.”

I answered Badek’s question while looking for a place to lie down.

But before I could lay down, David suddenly grabbed me in the form of a baby bat.

“What! Why is this happening all of a sudden?”

David answered my question with his eyes, not his mouth.

Those two eyes burning with anger! I thought I knew what he was going to say.

“I was plagued by mosquitoes for a few days. Isn’t it your doing?”

“No! No, wait a minute!”

“Why not!”

Pongpong is a good person, but he didn’t give me a chance to argue.

David, perhaps thinking it was revenge on his part, wrapped his hands around me… and waved the hands holding me back and forth.

“Ugh!”

My small body shaking back and forth in the dark space.

It felt like riding on a swing that rotated 360 degrees.

What was different from the rotating swing was that the impact of my body hitting David’s hand was not so great.

“Wow!”

I showed my quick wit in that situation.

Even if it’s a baby bat, no one would want that vomit on their hands.

“Wow!”

David hurriedly loosened his hands at the sound of me predicting nausea.

Then, as if a solar eclipse had ended, the darkness cleared and bright sunlight shone through, and I let out a loud sound out of a sense of liberation.

“Escape!”

In an instant, I soared into the sky and landed again on David’s head, leaving my body to the wind.

“Don’t play pranks like that again. Do you understand?”

“Okay. I got it!”

David didn’t seem to have any idea that the sound of retching just now was fake.

By the way, I kept nodding my head in response to David’s questions.

Actually, I felt sorry for tormenting David without knowing that he had such a sad story.

-Taang!

While David and I were doing that, Badek was doing his own thing alone.

He was the only person on the sewer team who was doing his job properly. No, I was also doing my job as a swarm of mosquitoes, so I thought I could include him.

“When is Johnny coming?”

“Well, we don’t know, right?”

Badek said as he slightly took off his hat and put it back on.

Inside the bars of the entrance was the corpse of a large rat that appeared to have just died.

“David, go forward a little bit.”

“This much?”

“Okay, stop.”

I checked the inside of the bars above David’s head.

By the light of the searchlight, I could see that the momentum of the rat swarm passing through the sewer had decreased slightly.

“It looks like the mosquitoes are effective.”

“It seems like mosquitoes have decreased more than rats.”

“…Is that so? But I can’t help it. Almost all the mosquitoes around here have been called.”

This was the part I mentioned earlier.

Just in case, I glared at the group of rats again.

Then, less than half the number of mosquitoes called earlier appeared. Still, I wonder where this is.

While I direct a new swarm of mosquitoes towards the sewer entrance.

They were approaching from a distance, bringing with them Johnny, Sylvia, and Scylla, who was in a human form.

***

“Oh!”

I immediately kicked David over the head and flew towards the three people.

‘Silvia is good, Silas is good… but whose head will it land on?’

Considering the possibility that Sylvia might be jealous, I decided to compromise. I landed precariously on Sylvia’s head.

He then moved it to the top of Silas’ head right next to him.

“Why are you going there?”

“But the first time was above Sylvia’s head.”

“…?”

Sylvia looked like she didn’t understand my answer.

“But why did you come here?”

“Johnny suggested a good method.”

When asked while playfully pressing the top of Silvia’s head, Silvia answered immediately.

Sheila didn’t really stop me to check if it was okay for me to press her head.

As we reached the entrance to the sewer, Johnny started explaining to us.

A more efficient method than using a swarm of mosquitoes to attack a swarm of rats.

That’s right! Borrowing the help of Martin, who is working at Sylvia’s bar.

“Let’s spray his toxic gas into the sewer.”

“…It seems like a good idea. You’re not even a problem solver at our office, are you?”

“It’s okay. I’m just borrowing his gas.”

“There’s no need for Martin to come here in person, right?”

Sylvia spoke on Johnny’s behalf and explained to me that his plan was possible.

“So, Johnny is going to go to my bar and bring Martin a full tank of gas.”

“Then, a member of the sewage team will give you one.”

“Isn’t it enough for Johnny to be gone?”

To be honest, it was enough even without Johnny.

In any case, the work was handled by Badek and David, who used rifles.

“Well, that’s right. Because I have a pistol too.”

I found it a bit funny myself to be talking about a pistol in the form of a baby bat.

So Johnny drove his car and headed to the bar, returning the next morning.

Our lodging and meals were provided at Cat Mom’s home base.

The building was larger than expected, so there was no shortage of accommodation for our office’s problem solvers.

And without realizing it, I ended up following the cat mom and feeding Scylla.

The other cats were cute enough, but Silas was still the cutest.

“What, is it okay to just eat this?”

“Chris, if I have more than this, I’ll leave it because I’m full.”

“Really? I eat less than I thought.”

A can of the right size, not too big.

It seemed like there were cats eating food separately.

Meanwhile, several cat houses were empty. I wish I hadn’t looked more closely…

Somehow, an empty house with the name Ezra on it caught my eye.

There were houses like that all over the place.

It appears that the damage from the attack by the rats was considerable.

***

Feeling depressed, I decided to pet Silas and the other cats instead.

I didn’t want these kids to end up like that.

And the next morning, Johnny brought several grenades filled with Martin’s toxic gas.

We were so excited to throw this into the sewer entrance right away.

“Wait a minute. Sylvia, is it okay to spray something like this in the sewer?”

“Just in case, I contacted security maintenance companies to check. They say they are giving special permission because it is infested with rats.”

I wondered if it was being overrun with rats, polluted by toxic gas, or something similar.

With Sylvia, Astoby, Datihi, and Cat Mom watching, Johnny threw a grenade into the sewer.

“Oh, wait a minute!”

My mosquitoes! If you are going to use such toxic gas, you can do it after getting rid of mosquitoes!

“Huh? Why?!”

Johnny was taken aback by my hasty reaction… but it was already too late.

The green toxic gas that spread inside the sewer stopped everything living and moving.

“Let’s step back a little further.”

Following Sylvia’s words, we retreated further from the sewer entrance.

Johnny and Badek retreated with the searchlights they had hastily installed and then reinstalled them.

When the light from the reinstalled searchlight illuminated the inside of the sewer entrance, the rats that were still alive began to climb toward the entrance.

“Johnny!”

“Shoot!”

As I urgently shouted Johnny’s name, bullets began pouring out of three gun barrels.

Although we didn’t use the minigun, it was fortunate that not many rats survived Martin’s gas.

“The effect is certain.”

“Yes, rats and mosquitoes are probably smaller than humans, so they seem to be able to hear Martin’s gas more easily.”

Leaving aside Cat Mom and Sylvia’s reactions, I listened to the sounds coming from inside the sewer.

– Squeak!

In the once quiet space inside the sewer, swarms of rats began to flow like water again.

“Silvia, I don’t think one will be enough?”

“Johnny brought quite a bit, so let’s use it all.”

Sylvia smiled and said to my question. The sight was a little scary.

“Johnny, let’s do two this time.”

“Okay.”

Johnny and Badek headed to the cage at the entrance to the sewer.

At the same time, more green toxic gas was sprayed from the thrown grenade than before.

“Ah… At that level, all my mosquitoes will be wiped out.”

And all the worms that were probably growing in areas that weren’t on the rat swarm’s path.

However, the effect of the two grenades thrown this time was clear.

Many rats died of suffocation from the gas and remained still as if frozen in place.

“If we keep doing this, aren’t we going to turn around and go to another sewer?”

“Then it’s a good thing.”

Cat Mom answered David’s question as if it was nothing bad.

Meanwhile, we were so busy distributing Martin’s gas grenades that we didn’t even notice the others’ arrival.

“Why are you looking at it like that?”

“It’s finally here.”

Sylvia said with a smile on her lips.

That’s because the entire office we’ve been waiting for has arrived.