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In the dimly lit darkness.

Just in case, I used ultrasound emitted through my mouth to determine the location of the rough plastic body and the white rat two or three times.

A fleeting moment.

I returned to my true self.

In a situation where my sense of direction was imperfect, it was clear what I had to do.

A vicious right hand reminiscent of a dinosaur.

His right hand simply struck down at the target in front of him.

The sound of a flock of rats rushing in like a wave, the sound of Ilseong running while carrying Johnny and Youngmin, and even the shouts of Sylvia and Deoksu coming from the entrance.

A lot of sounds are heard in a short period of time.

Another sound is mixed into the harmony made up of countless sounds.

-Kwasik!

The sound of something being torn apart in my right hand.

It was a random attack in the dark, but it was enough to make the clunky body no longer able to move.

“That’s it!”

It feels like the attack went well.

I was struck again by the feeling coming from my fingertips.

Something that had been caught by sharp fingernails was completely shattered this time.

Immediately after, there was a sound of the green container attached to the corpse’s abdomen breaking.

“Squeak!”

The sound of rats squeaking can be heard everywhere.

I couldn’t tell if it was the sound of a white rat or another group of rats.

I was startled by the movement of a swarm of rats climbing up my legs.

“Wow!”

Transforming into the form of a baby bat again, I escaped the darkness and moved toward the bright light coming from the searchlight.

Before I knew it, Ilsung, who had moved Johnny and Youngmin outside, was standing near the entrance, looking in the direction I was flying from.

“I missed the white mouse!”

Hearing my urgent voice, Ilseong quickly took out the weapon from earlier.

Hromund’s sword!

“…Okay!”

-Taaaak!

Just like before, the sound of Ilseong slamming the tip of his sword into the sewer floor echoed throughout the sewer.

Dull sound.

Immediately afterwards, dark red electricity is emitted in all directions.

The pests that were crawling on all fours while submerged in dirty sewage water were instantly turned into barbecues.

“…Not yet.”

“Huh?!”

A weak voice came from somewhere.

When Ilseong came out there and looked towards him, a white rat hidden among the corpses of numerous rats appeared.

One leg of the white rat seemed to have been burned by electricity, but the other parts of its body were fine.

“Hey! Get down!”

Ilseong didn’t say anything when he heard the sound coming from behind.

I didn’t have anything to say either. I just stuck my small body to the ceiling.

Then, along with a loud sound, purple magical bullets poured towards the white rat.

My attack, Hromund’s sword, and this time, Johnny’s minigun.

Although the white rat was exposed to tremendous firepower, the child still did not give up.

This city was cruel, and the human experiments were more terrible than the attacks on them.

A group of rats that are still intact gather together with a clear will to protect the white rat. The corpses of their already dead compatriots neutralize magic bullets like meat shields.

“Not yet!”

The white rat did what it did best after gaining power.

It pointed at the enemies with its intact front paw.

Then, behind the white rat, a huge number of its compatriots approached with red eyes.

“That’s impossible!”

Me, Ilsung, and Johnny. Regardless of who I was, I had no choice but to run away.

The child once again presented nightmares to those who tried to harm him.

The child’s compatriots missed the Doberman beast, but they did not miss the old orc.

However, the old man did not let go of his weapon even though he was being pushed around by numerous swarms of rats.

Blind bullet.

One of them pierced the child’s body.

The child wasn’t careful.

As a result, the powerful power received from someone disappeared as easily as when it was received.

The child’s compatriots quickly scattered to all directions as the power to control them disappeared.

“Johnny!”

The child saw a small bat speaking human language.

The child was growing cold as he watched the blood coming out of his body.

At this moment, there is only one thing the child is thinking about.

The child doesn’t know who gave him this power.

I wanted to thank him.

Thanks to you, I was able to live the last moments of my insignificant life without fear.

***

As the white rat’s life ended, the surrounding rats scattered aimlessly in all directions.

Thanks to this, the group of rats that took Johnny away were startled by Johnny’s movements and dispersed.

“Kaaak!”

“Johnny!”

I flew to Johnny’s side and then returned to my original self.

It wasn’t difficult to get Johnny sprawled out in the middle of the sewer.

“Phew….”

“Are there any bites anywhere?”

“I don’t know. Sister.”

Johnny answered my question right away, but his eyes still seemed shocked.

I held Johnny’s minigun with my vicious right hand and supported him with my left arm.

“Chris!”

“Johnny! chris! Are you okay?!”

As we headed towards the entrance where the searchlights were visible, we heard voices coming from the entrance.

Ilsung and Youngmin appeared.

Ilseong was ready to plunge Hromund’s sword into the river at any time.

“Ack! don’t do it! Don’t do that!”

“….”

Ilseong was surprised by my urgent cry, but quickly put away his sword.

Youngmin came out from behind Ilseong, holding a parasol, and approached Johnny.

I wondered why they brought a force field parasol… Thanks to the light emitted by the blue force field, I was able to secure some visibility.

“I will take care of that.”

“No, it’s okay. Please help me from the side.”

“Yes.”

Youngmin said he would hold Johnny’s minigun, but I asked him to help me instead.

The three of us were able to get out of the sewer while Ilsung and David guarded the sewer to the north towards Miller Town.

“Ugh! Finally!”

As soon as I came out to a bright place, I stretched out in the bright sunlight.

-Chiiik.

Then, as always, I heard the sound of my body sizzling.

“Here.”

However, Youngmin did not miss this and covered my body with the stationmaster’s umbrella.

“Thank you.”

“Anyway, our Youngmin has good sense.”

“Younggam, are you okay?”

“No, I don’t know either.”

Johnny answered Astoby’s question honestly. Since he was dragged by a swarm of rats, he could have been bitten or contracted a disease.

“Let’s go to the hospital first.”

Sylvia’s instructions were concise and clear.

Badek and David put Johnny in the car and set off for the hospital closest to Cat Mom’s home base.

“So what was all this fuss about?”

“No, suddenly a strange artificial body and a white rat appeared with a bunch of rats and chased us…”

“Wait, wait. Just a little more slowly.”

Cat Mom waved at me for speaking so quickly.

***

“…I think it would be better for me to explain.”

Ilsung explained on my behalf.

“Then I’ll take a shower and come back.”

“Chris didn’t get bitten anywhere, right?”

“Yes, I think I’m okay. Still, it got a little dirty.”

When I think about it, I wasn’t injured to the point that I needed regeneration this time.

It wasn’t like anyone was seriously hurt.

However, it was quite possible that I attacked a moving body with a white rat attached to it, and that germs got on my body while supporting Johnny.

“Sila, can you guide me?”

“Yes, Chris.”

Scylla, who looked like a cat, quickly approached me and wagged her tail.

Youngmin seemed very disappointed to see that.

No, I’m just heading to take a shower, but it would be a bit difficult for Youngmin to follow me.

Fortunately, while Ilseong was explaining what happened in the sewer to Cat Mom and Sylvia, Youngmin was also by his side.

Afterwards, while I followed Scylla to Cat Mom’s headquarters.

Every time I encountered other cats, I wasted time.

“Ah.”

But every time I did that, I thought of the possibility of transferring germs from my body to other cats.

“I’ll hug you later!”

“Yes!”

Silas’ good brothers waggled their tails as if they understood what I was saying.

If you look at them like that, they are really good kids.

I wondered if they were the same kids who licked me here and there when I was a baby bat last time.

“This is the shower room.”

“Can I use any shampoo?”

“Yes!”

As I was getting ready to shower, Silas was still standing there.

“What is it, Silas? Do you want to stay here?”

“Can’t it?”

“Not possible! Of course not!”

But if this was going to be the case, I thought it would be a good idea for me and Sheila to just wash together.

“Want to just wash together?”

Of course, I’ve never washed a cat before.

I subtly suggested to Silas that she become a human figure, but the answer came back that she couldn’t do it for that long.

“Well, there’s nothing we can do about it.”

First, I decided to prepare water of the appropriate temperature and wash Silas first.

No matter how inexperienced I was, I knew that water should not get into a cat’s ears.

“How about it? squill. Is this good enough?”

“Yes!”

Although it was a little sloppy, Silas seemed satisfied.

When washing your face, don’t forget to be careful not to let water get into your ears.

‘Now it’s my turn.’

I turned on warmer water than the water with which Scylla was washed.

Compared to Scylla, who is sensitive, I was comfortable with this much water.

“Oh, wait.”

I just finished bathing Silas and forgot to dry her fur.

There were enough towels to wipe the cats’ bodies, so I got out of the bathtub and wiped Sheila’s body.

If I made a mistake with my right hand, I could have hurt Scylla’s body, so I moved it more carefully.

“This is enough.”

“Really? Is it okay if I don’t dry it separately?”

Silas wagged her tail as if she was really okay.

Since I was in the middle of washing up, I went back into the bathtub. At Sylvia’s house, there was always a rubber duck every time she washed.

Even without Rubber Duck, it was enough to have Scylla.

After getting out of the bathtub, I wiped her small body with a towel and then dried Sheila’s body.

“Chris, it’s really good!”

“Hey, stay still.”

***

When we got out of the shower room, Silas and I were very soft.

“Chris!”

There was no way the other cats would leave me like that.

Before she knew it, Silas’ younger siblings were clinging to her and rubbing their bodies together.

“Wait a minute! I have something to talk about with your mother, so I’ll be back soon!”

After saying that, I transformed into a baby bat.

In this case, there was no way for the cats to catch me. Unlike me, Silas could not escape from her brothers.

Suddenly, Silas was thrown to the brothers as bait.

‘Sorry! squill!’

I held back tears and headed toward the sewer entrance.

Maybe it was because my real self had been thoroughly washed, but the baby bat also felt soft.

“Silvia!”

“Chris, where did you go?”

“You said you were going to take a quick shower!”

“Was it like that?”

Unfortunately, Sylvia didn’t seem to remember what I said.

-Chiiik.

Although it looked like a baby bat, its body burned in the sun the same way.

Then, as if Youngmin had already arrived, he placed a parasol on top of Sylvia’s head.

“Thank you!”

After thanking Youngmin, I asked them what happened while I was gone.

“What happened to Ilseong’s earlier explanation that he would explain for me?”

“First of all, I said that the white rat I saw in the sewer was the culprit of this commotion.”

“Yes, no matter how you look at it, it seems like the culprit is correct. Because it was like he was controlling a mouse.”

“So, first of all, I, Ilseong, and Olivia contacted the public order maintenance agency.”

According to what Sylvia said, it seemed like he was planning to report to the wise man of the East that he had disposed of the white rat.

The wise man of the East was putting a lot of effort into solving the rat swarm in Miller Town.

“So… since we did it, do we get paid for it?!”

“That would be nice, but it’s not as simple as you think. We were carrying out a request to help the cat mom, not to exterminate the rats in Miller Town.”

Oh, if that happens, you won’t be able to receive the reward for quelling this uproar…

“In addition, we need to prove that the white rat is related to this commotion.”

There was plenty of circumstantial evidence, but it wasn’t enough.

“Then… First of all, what is certain is that you can only receive compensation from Cat Mom’s quest, right?”

“Yes, I guess you could say that.”

We did all the work, but it was a very sad result.

“Ah, but what about Johnny? Isn’t this a serious situation?”

“David contacted me and said he was in the middle of an inspection. Still, he said he would let me know right away if there was anything wrong.”

Since I haven’t heard much from them yet, I thought it was okay.

Meanwhile, according to Youngmin, the Ildong office is scheduled to withdraw from Cat Mom’s headquarters within today.

“What? Already?”

“Except me and Deoksu.”

In fact, since the white rat was taken care of, there was no need for the entire office to remain.

However, it appears that two people are planning to remain with our office in preparation for any unforeseen circumstances.

“Silvia, what are we going to do?”

“Well, I don’t know about the three people in the hospital, but I think the people here right now can stay for a few more days.”

“Oh!”

So, does that mean you can stay with Youngmin and Sheila for a few more days?

It wasn’t a very bad story.