Chapter 39 - In This Industry, It's a Reward
I definitely felt chills.
I had a feeling that something was going to happen.
But was that just detecting that Mohanya would appear? What is this, some kind of Mohanya sensor?
Certainly, it’s understandable to become sensitive if an opponent with combat power as high as Mohanya appears nearby. But how anticlimactic is it that after being so tense, what popped out was Mohanya.
At least I feel better because it’s peaceful.
“If it’s a burning Saturday, why don’t you sleep comfortably at home instead of coming to find me?”
“Meow meow! Mohanya doesn’t have a home meow. Everywhere on the street is home meow. So it’s not strange at all for Mohanya to wander around and come to Puppy meow~”
“That’s quite impressive.”
“Thank you for the compliment meow!”
“That wasn’t a compliment.”
“Thank you for not complimenting meow!”
Fuck, she doesn’t back down at all.
“But why did you come here? I’m not on my way to fight anyone right now.”
Mohanya always told me countermeasures for the next opponent I would fight.
When I was going to rescue Yu Jin-ri, she taught me how to win against opponents with guns, and when I met Renny, she taught me how to use Body Energy to win against opponents with guns in alleys.
She even appeared and told me when I was meeting Renny, even though I didn’t know if I would fight or not. It seems like she acts knowing who I’m going to fight, at this point, isn’t she really the author?
It’s a reasonable suspicion, but I don’t want to be treated as a psycho by a psycho, so I end up not saying it. It’s frustrating and painful.
“Meow meow? Didn’t I say I came because I missed Puppy?”
“You always say that, and then go ‘Actually, I came to teach Puppy something meow~'”
“Meow meow! Did Puppy just imitate Mohanya? It’s so cute meow♥”
Mohanya clenched her fists and repeatedly hit my chest with meow meow punches. The sharp canine teeth sticking out of her mouth are annoying, I want to pull them out.
“But what Puppy said isn’t wrong meow. Mohanya always wants to teach something whenever she sees Puppy meow.”
“Why do you want to teach me?”
“That’s a secret meow! You might get hurt if you know the details meow…”
Why would I get hurt?
“Therefore, Mohanya can say that she comes because she misses Puppy, and teaches because she wants to teach meow! Mohanya is a free stray cat living as she wants meow!”
“Stray cats need to be neutered…”
“Neutering, you say? Mohanya is female, what are you thinking of doing by neutering meow? Perhaps because of the reason that I can’t get pregnant, you’re thinking of arbitrarily─”
“W-wait! You shouldn’t say lines that cross the line like that!”
“What are you thinking meow? I was going to ask if you were thinking of abandoning me at will because I can’t get pregnant meow. Originally, to become the official wife, one must be able to have children meow.”
“What are you talking about, official wife?”
“Mohanya is a cat, so she can fight very well in the catfight for heroine supremacy meow!”
“Go ahead and have your catfight all you want. No matter what, I won’t fall in love with a psycho like you.”
She must have read too many harem light novels and her brain has melted. This is why they say you should filter out psychos who cosplay when they’re not even at festivals or models.
“It seems like I’m just wasting time talking more, so hurry up and tell me what you came to tell me.”
“Sob sob meow meow, I’m already being treated like chewed-up gum meow. Mohanya seems like she’ll become the losing heroine meow. Hora mo zenzen! I’m completely fine meow! Since defeat isn’t certain yet, I won’t do the loser’s consolation meow!”
I really want to hit her.
Let’s see when my combat power exceeds 10,000. Whether it’s a surprise attack or whatever, I’ll land at least one hit.
“In that sense, today’s official wife, Mohanya’s lecture is! How to fight and win against an opponent using poison needles meow!”
“Poison needles?”
What the fuck is this nonsense. Even if this world lacks fundamentals, why are poison needles suddenly coming up.
“Am I going to fight some poison needle user? Is this Pokémon? Do I need to run away from Weedle in Viridian Forest?”
“Meow meow! Have you gone crazy from watching too much anime?”
Look who’s talking.
“Poison needles are clearly dangerous weapons meow! Don’t they appear in the game called Riore too? If you get hit with pew pew pew and normal Q normal, you get blinded and it hurts a lot meow!”
“W-wait! Say the game name correctly! It’s not Riore, it’s Leore! Something bad will happen if you don’t say Leore!”
“Meow meow! Leore or Riore, it’s all the same meow. It’s just like if you remove ‘moha’ from Mohanya, it just becomes a cat meow!”
Ah.
Don’t get involved.
If I get involved, I’ll just end up looking stupid.
“Anyway, the lesson starts right now meow!”
『Mohanya is trying to use a poison needle on you!』
She’s trying to use a poison needle?
But I can’t see a poison needle anywhere. Mohanya stretched out her arm without even clenching her fist, as if measuring the distance between us.
And the moment her fingertip touched my cheek, I felt a stinging sensation.
“W-what?!”
I touched my cheek where I felt the sting and blood flowed out. Soon my vision started spinning and I felt nauseous.
What the fuck. What exactly happened to me?
“Meow meow! Puppy stupidly fell victim to Mohanya’s poison needle meow. From now on, Puppy is going to get beaten up by Mohanya meow!”
It’s getting harder to think. Even breathing is difficult. Mohanya is visibly approaching and throwing meow meow punches, but I have no strength to resist.
And then blackout.
『You have experienced a fight. Your combat power increases slightly.』
When I opened my eyes again, Mohanya was looking down at me with heart-shaped pupils.
“Are you conscious meow? You’re a pathetic Puppy meow. Be grateful that no one dies in Mohanya’s space meow.”
“No, where exactly was the poison needle?”
I clearly got pricked by Mohanya’s fingertip. But why am I poisoned?
“The poison needle was in the finger meow!”
Mohanya brought her middle finger close to my eyes as if showing off. There was indeed a tiny needle protruding from the middle finger.
What the fuck is this.
“Are you surprised? But for humans who use poison needles, this much is basic meow. No one knows where the poison needle will come from meow!”
“Then what should I do? The action observation didn’t explain in detail either.”
“Meow meow! Did you think action observation was omnipotent? Of course, if you press ‘view details’, you can see where the poison needle is meow. The problem is, when you press ‘view details’, the explanation comes out too long, do you have the ability to read it all?”
If you press ‘view details’, an explanation comes out?
I pressed the warning window that was still floating to change it to ‘view details’.
Then the warning window enlarged, and showed this explanation:
–
The poison applied to this poison needle is extracted from the nectar of a giant Nepenthes and extremely concentrated, known as the Nepenthes Devil’s Hand poison.
Despite its terrifying name, it’s a simple paralytic poison, so it’s not fatal. However, the efficiency of the paralysis itself is considerable, said to be able to subdue even a giant elephant in an instant, so if a human is hit, they will surely not wake up for a day.
Currently, the poison needle with Nepenthes Devil’s Hand that Mohanya has applied is implanted in the middle finger of her right hand, and it’s too short to be easily visible, so caution is needed.
–
It’s a text length that’s sufficient to read and absorb information in normal situations, but it’s impossible in an urgent battle situation.
Is that why Mohanya asked if I had the ability to read it all? Unless I’ve developed the ability to extract only the necessary text, I certainly don’t have such speed reading ability, so it’s impossible.
“Then what should I do? If I don’t know where the poison needle will come from, I can’t win, right?”
“Meow meow! That’s why you need to develop your observational skills, right? Endless practice is the only way to survive! Get up meow!”
“The paralytic poison hasn’t worn off yet…”
“Don’t make excuses meow!”
Mohanya poked my stomach with her shoe. But why do I feel a stinging sensation again?
Blackout.
『You have experienced a fight. Your combat power increases slightly.』
There was also a poison needle attached to the shoe, and I fainted from paralysis and then opened my eyes.
“Know that you opened your eyes quickly because it’s Mohanya’s space meow! If it was real, Puppy would have had to sleep for two days already meow!”
If it was a lethal poison instead of a paralytic, I might have slept forever.
My body doesn’t have full strength yet, but I managed to stand up somehow. I certainly shouldn’t make excuses.
I don’t know when I’ll fight an opponent using poison needles, but Mohanya makes me do these trainings for a reason.
“I’ll try to develop my observational skills somehow.”
“Meow meow! That’s a good idea meow. Then from now on, I’ll add a reward to increase Puppy’s concentration meow.”
“A reward? What kind of reward?”
“Every time you faint, Mohanya will step on your face with her foot meow.”
“That’s not a reward, it’s a punishment, you fucker.”
“To someone, Mohanya’s foot smell might be a reward meow! I’ll make Puppy into that kind of puppy meow!”
Fuck, I’ll grit my teeth and avoid it no matter what. You want me to smell that psycho’s foot odor? I don’t even know if she has athlete’s foot or not?
“I’d rather die than smell your foot odor, so I’ll concentrate like crazy!”
『You have experienced a fight.』
You have experienced a fight.』
『You have experienced a fight.』
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And I had to smell Mohanya’s foot odor 30 times.
Every time I opened my eyes, Mohanya’s foot was placed on my face, and I could see Mohanya’s panties between her short black skirt.
Mohanya’s foot smelled like cherries and her panties were pink lace panties. I didn’t want to know at all. At least it’s fortunate that it wasn’t a foul odor.
“How was it? It must be a reward for someone meow?”
“Still… I succeeded on the 31st try.”
“Meow meow! You were caught by Mohanya 2 more times before that, so it’s success on the 33rd try meow!”
“What do you want me to do about that, damn it.”
Having my face stepped on 30 times made me feel like my dignity as a human was in danger. So I gritted my teeth and glared, and then I started to see that thin poison needle faintly.
Now I’m confident I can avoid it even if someone comes at me with a poison needle, fuck. Bring it on if you dare. I’ll take that bastard down and make sure to step on their face with my foot.
Since it’s difficult to get revenge on Mohanya, I’ll have to do it to other bastards at least.
『Current Combat Power: 2270』
Is it because I lost fights 32 times in total? My combat power increased by 320.
Even losing to Mohanya is helpful, if she wasn’t a psycho, I’d want to praise her endlessly as my master.
“Mohanya has given enough rewards and lessons meow! The fourth lesson ends here! Then bye-bye for now meow~ See you next time meow~”
“Wait a moment.”
“Meow?”
Mohanya was about to disappear waving her hand as usual. I stopped her with words.
“Do you have something to say meow?”
Someone as strong as Mohanya might know. It’s a bit weird to ask a psycho, but since her power is real, she might be able to answer.
“By any chance… how do you fight to win when someone precious is taken hostage?”
Everyone except me is weak. So it wouldn’t be strange if they were taken hostage at any time.
A question that remained in my heart since the Renny Sist incident, if Renny had been taken hostage then, what could I have done?
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t figure it out. But Mohanya, who always trains me, might know.
So I waited for Mohanya’s answer with an anxious heart. Mohanya smiled as if it was nothing and said,
“Is the hostage strong meow?”
“No, they’re weak.”
“But you still want to win meow? Even though a weak hostage’s life is at stake?”
“In this world, you’ll die if you lose, so.”
“That’s right meow. You die if you lose meow. So think that you’ve lost the moment the hostage is taken meow.”
“What?”
“If you still want to win despite that…”
For the first time, Mohanya removed her smile and said with a serious expression,
“You have no choice but to give up on the hostage meow.”
Because that’s reality.