-Impossible king Jo o exclaimed, shifting the attention from the television to the nekomimis how could she do something like that? Wouldn t her need your approval to do that?
-At the moment that was recognized the connection to her bloodline to Mewsus and the prophecy Niwatori replied with sadness in his voice you can say that I just became unemployed he commented air quoting with his paw s fingers however the way Soraya accepted it so easily and didn t even try to contact me sounded weird he then pointed to the phone over the table could I make a call?
-Of course Niwatori Jo o replied, pointing to the device and pressing the speaker function I hope you don t mind if we also listen.
-I don t mind at all seeing I also want to solve any misunderstanding Niwatori then dialed a number, after two exact seconds someone answered but said nothing, that was when the nekomimi said Cura de me qui sum nuntiare tibi -Niwatori, it is surprising you contacting us after marvelous Akira s-sama speech! Soraya replied to Niwatori s password how can I help you?
-Soraya, tell me one thing Niwatori cleaned his throat and continued how did the little leader got to you? Why didn t you at least contact me as soon as Akira-sama appeared there? Is it enough for a random nekomimi to go there saying she is Mewsus descendant that you accept her promptly without bigger precautions?
-It isn t quite like that Niwatori, L via already had warned that there was the possibility that she would send the descendant to us just a moment then it could be heard someone whispering in the nekomimi s ear also we cannot forget that you yourself gave plenty powers for L via to act as the nekomimis representative among the people and decided as well as she wished to and also she coughed, continuing in sequence she trusted in that accursed disgusting being called Montecchio Richard that stated that Akira-sama was said descendant that is why I decided it wasn t necessary to be more prudent, we just tested the little princess blood and effectively the samples matched with our database!
-I understand perfectly Niwatori replied, pondering for some moments however going as far as to declare a war? Niwatori tried to contemporize.
-Soraya! For Saint Meow! I interrupted Niwatori, shouting to the phone allow me to talk to my beloved little nekomimi, I beg you for everything that is more sacred - I kneeled before the table, right beside the phone, making an ungodly effort not to cry please -Your beloved little nekomimi? Soraya spoke slowly, whispers were audible again on the other side don t you tell me you are the monster that tried to manipulate our beloved leader so shamelessly! Accursed filthy being you are, how dare you to direct your dirty words to our blessed princess! Niwatori, Akira-sama is deeply disappointed at you, from this moment on you are not considered a worthy being of our race, a traitor since you allied yourself with the human scum! May Saint Meow bring you a harsh judgment! Soraya said, hanging up in sequence.
Nothing was said for some time inside that room as everyone silently respected the tears that were rolling down my face and fell to the carpet, as it was public knowledge to them how much I loved Akira; I don t know how much time passed with me in that position, however at a certain point I felt something touching my shoulder, I looked to my side and noticed that both Niwatori as well as Kitagawa were with their arms stretched towards me with theirs paws together at waist level, in a typical manner of someone that is about to be arrested and handcuffed, intrigued I asked:
-B But what does this means? What do you intend with this? I stood up in sequence.
-Now that our new leader declared war against your race, that made us enemies he then pointed to his own wrists that is why we are surrendering voluntarily to you and also to symbolize how against this conflict we are.
-But you don t need to surrender yourselves if you are against the war! I exclaimed sharply we could think together and use your knowledge -No Richard - Kitagawa interrupted me with his reply we could have serious problems with the people of your race if they saw you together with nekomimis that want your defeat so badly he then turned towards the king and continued if needed we will share all our knowledge without restrictions, as any war prisoner that was under a questioning -But even though no one needs to know you will be together with us - I tried, alright without many arguments left, convince them to change their minds.
-That won t be possible Richard Niwatori replied, quickly and firmly I ask you to do that to us for Saint Meow when we saw the leader s speech activated our instinct we are making one huge effort to not allow our instincts to kick in -A Alright, I finally understood - I replied, pressing the intercom button and ordering here is noble Montecchio, send three guards to this room, we have prisoners that need to be taken to the Royal prison.
-Sir! Yes sir! the guard replied, hanging the phone up in sequence.
It didn t take even two minute and both Kitagawa as well Niwatori were securely pawcuffed and were taken by the royal guards; I needed to sit for some moments after all happened, as the amount of information about what happened these previous days was astonishingly huge and I still had problems into believing everything that was going on was real, as if I had entered a macabre nightmare, rendering me completely paralyzed for a while, however I didn t have much time to spend in this state, because next the red phone rang, indicating something serious happened, then the monarch answered:
-King Jo o, what is the matter yes I am aware of the speech the king s face then suddenly showed worry what? But that was way too sudden! Yes yes what do you mean? Even trained police officers can t stop them? Damnation! Alright then he nodded you can carry on with the CN plan! Update me as soon as the operation is concluded! Of course I know it will take a while, just do it when it is all over!
-Plan CN? Andrade and I asked at the same time what the hell is going on out there?
-Something bad, really bad! the king exclaimed leaving his table and heading towards the door, ordering apparently Niwatori wasn t exaggerating when he said that Akira s call activated the nekomimi instinct in almost all the members of their race he then opened the door I need to deal with this problem, while I am at it I want you to think strategies to solve this war situation with the least causalities as possible and to report to the noble Montecchio, understood?
-Yes Your Highness! we replied altogether.
-Souza, Soares and Andrade I ordered to the nobles as soon as the king left the room I want you to think on how we are going to deal with the new scenario and bring me options, because I shall do the same with my assistants, we will talk as soon as Jo o is back.
-Yes Montecchio! replied the nobles, standing up and leaving the room.
As soon as I was alone I asked to Enmie that she brought Chi to the room, there was something bothering me and I needed information as quick as possible; around five minutes later the usagimimi entered together with the android in the premises, both sat on a sofa that existed in the premises, after some moments pondering which was the best way to expose it to them, I asked:
-Chi, are you aware of the facts that had just been broadcasted over worldwide network? I looked at her then.
-Yes master, a nekomimi that was trapped inside the bunker Chi replied, I could swear that she had a sad face and that somehow she was declared the leader of the race that is known as nekomimis and announced that all of them are at war with the human race, correct?
-Exactly, Enmie everything makes me believe that Akira must be under the same influence that I found myself into in the past I then looked at the usagimimi not by the same person, but the same way, when I saw her shouting at me, I could notice a dark aura around her that was much stronger than that day at my bedroom, and I could also see a blurred being right behind her -I am really admired with your progress Richard, a lot of people with your gift take decades to be able to go from being able to just see the energy to be able to see the source Enmie commented, crossing her arms and pondering for some moments however to reach the point of Akira-chan changing that much, I am sure that there is something that ties both of them in a such a way that they are practically coexisting with each other.
-I believe that Enmie I replied, getting sad I am almost certain that the person that is doing that is Hikari Mitsuki as soon as I said that name, the usagimimi s face become serious at the complex she said that she finally found out who did that to her and that she could have her vengeance for who made her go through that and what happened to her beloved Leandro I then stared at Enmie decidedly and asked she is already dead Enmie, shouldn t she know that everything was a big misunderstanding?
-Richard, aside cases in which spirits are very advanced in the evolution path Enmie replied, in a completely changed voice death doesn t make the spirit wiser, let alone omniscient of what happened around them or what happens now, that would explain that after her death, Akira s mom probably didn t understand she had passed on yet and, worried, searched for her daughter and staying beside her the usagimimi closed her eyes and continued despite being enslaved, she saw her daughter was well taken care of and was loved and happy, not interfering however -She still had a grudge about her own death and Akira, in a certain way, still felt bad inside I concluded, suddenly understanding what was going on however both my little nekomimi as well her deceased mother became aware of the facts in a corrupted way by L via, making both believe that I was a monster! I then punched my own hand so this is what unites then both together so strongly! However, how can we free her from the subjugation she is into now?
-The same way that was with you Richard Enmie replied, pointing to me we have to make love that we know she feels for you prevail, however that isn t something that can be done by distance or through video conference, you two need to be together, and convince her that your love is real and that what happened was a very serious mistake the usagimimi s feature showed seriousness however in this case, for it being a consequence of a mistake on your behalf things get a tad more complicated, the one that needs help most is Mitsuki, not Akira -Just a moment Enmie! I exclaimed shocked that female tells my loved one to do evil acts and she is the one that needs help?
-Acting like a victim won t do you any good Richard, if you wish to solve this situation admit that the mistake that you unfortunately committed is one of the causes of the situation at this moment Enmie replied, looking at me with stern eyes think how you will make your feelings reach the nekomimi and how you will show her you aren t this history s villain the usagimimi then smiled ironically when she finished this is a little complicated, considering that you will be slashing and taking down members of her race -Right - I thought for almost twenty minutes, followed silently by Enmie and Chi; that was when something occurred me we shall have to make a war with the very least number of causalities!
-And how are we going to do that Richard? Enmie asked in her already normal voice.
-Simple! I pointed to Chi we have history right before us! We just need - I was interrupted by a female shout coming from the corridor in front of our room what the hell is going on?
We quickly stood up and ran towards the door, upon opening it we saw the king laying on the ground bleeding profusely, a female nekomimi near a human whom was probably the responsible for the shout, as soon as she heard us, the nekomimi turned around and upon noticing us she didn t lose time and attacked us, giving me just enough time to withdraw my swords and, spinning to my right anticlockwise, slashing the back part of her left leg right over the knee, disabling it and making her fall in sequence; even with such severe cut she didn t howl in pain, just shouting:
-Long life to Akira-sama and the nekomimi race being silenced by me next with a very well placed kick by me, I ran to Jo o and kneeled beside him, calling him.
-You Highness! Talk to me please! I looked then to Enmie and shouted Enmie help us for Saint Meow.
-Right away Richard! Enmie replied and placed herself on the king s other side, making a quick preliminary examination and exclaiming this isn t good at all, his neck was obliterated by that nekomimi s claws! Let me see what I can do! she then placed both paws on Jo o s neck and began producing a potent white light.
-R R Richard - the king whispered, at his last moments n now it is all to y y ou - letting out his last breath.
-Damnation! I shouted as soon as I saw the king die, looking to the unconscious nekomimi damn! We forgot that the king had a nekomimi slave which he liked a lot inside the palace! She must have been hiding until this moment! How could we be so careless?
Right afterwards the guards arrived, we called a doctor that just testified that king Jo o was already dead at that time, after the usually procedures we took the body to the morgue so it would wait our decision, an emergency meeting among the four nobles was called, having the presence of only us and the previous counselor, when all of us were reunited, I began the meeting:
-We made a serious mistake in forgetting, and Jo o as well, that there was a nekomimi in the castle my speech became very serious now we not only have to deal with a war but as well as with our king murdered under our noses, what shall we do?
-For now I believe we shouldn t announce the king s death, that would just bring even more desperation to the people, seeing that apparently it is already hell out there Andrade pointed to the package I had in my hands the priority now is analyze the contents of that package the king left us.
-I agree Souza and Soares commented, who added it is creepy, it even seems he knew he had little time left.
-Right, if we all agree on that, I shall proceed with how it was decided among us I replied, opening the package.
Inside, as the king had told us, there were two pendrives inside the package numbered with one or two , proceeding as he oriented us to I placed the first one inside my laptop s USB port, that I had over the table and waited some instants so as it was recognized by the system, immediately after that happened a program began running alone, then it requested that the noble Souza typed the palace entrance password, which was done next by the noble, followed by Soares, Andrade, me and lastly for the royal counselor , who left the room right afterwards, saying that the service related to the Verona s king had just meet its end, as soon as he closed the door behind him, Jo o s image showed up onscreen, saying:
My noble friends, if you are watching this I fear that the worst has happened and I no longer am part of the living world, I need to thank that rabbit girl that gave me the tip about this, which helped me make this will, I sincerely hoped to end this war and take this package back again, well not everything can be as we plan, isn t it right? As we are in a moment of great social turbulence, we cannot be without the humans greatest representative, now that the nekomimis parted from us!
The question, however, is: Who will be the representative? more importantly Would it be appropriated for the people to know that their king was already taken down? the answer to the second question is simple no , because that would bring just even more disorder to the kingdom, that is why I want that, as soon as this pendrive is finished, I want you to insert the other one in the kingdom central computer and it will do everything needed to remedy the situation for now; now regarding the first question it took me a lot more thinking, but the answer came right after that and I hope that the nobles that haven t been chosen will respect, accept and support my decision, because the moment now is extremely delicate; with all that considered, from this moment on, Verona s new king will be the noble Montecchio Richard! .