Tokyo: After years of stagnation, the heiress of the yakuza arrives.

"No!!!"

"Big Black, Big Black, what's wrong, Big Black? You have to hang in there!"

"Have you forgotten how we've relied on each other all this time? You ate what I left over, I slept in class during the day and stayed up all night playing games, while you stood by, grumbling and scrambling to find food to eat!"

"Big Black, you have to hold on, Big Black!"

Kuroba Shido cried more bitterly than if a horse had died!

He didn't have a horse, so he didn't know how it felt, but he was really heartbroken that Big Black was gone. "My perfectly fine original skin Fancy Mouse was fine when I left this morning, but how come it's gone when I came back today!"

grass!!!

After crying at the grave for a while, Shido Kuroba remembered to do some emergency treatment for Daikoku.

Logically speaking, since Xiao Hei is still alive, even if Da Hei took the medicine, it wouldn't be long before it was taken, and there's still hope for saving him. At this point, there's still time to rescue him...

Kuroba Shido reached into the corner and pulled out the big black thing lying there...

"Thankfully, it's still warm!"

Kuroba Shido sighed, "Alright, now it's time to test your skills. How are you going to save Daikoku?"

People take medicine when they are sick, but rats take rat poison when they are sick?

The Black Feather Warrior said, "..."

What weird stuff is this? Damn it, at a time like this, you're still thinking about nonsense. I told you to watch less brain-dead videos, but you didn't listen. Now look what's happened, when you need a life-saving moment, all you can think of are these weird things.

Big Black isn't completely cold yet, but judging from its appearance, it probably won't last much longer.

Kuroba Shido thought for a moment, why would the Kuroba family, who are so clever, end up eating rat poison?

I'd already put rat poison in his rice bin before, I was trying to kill him, it's obvious he knew rat poison wasn't safe to eat.

If he were really that stupid, Shido Kuroba wouldn't have gone to such lengths to use such underhanded methods as putting rat poison in the rice ball...

Kuroba Shido thought for a moment, then realized something was wrong. He reached into the corner and pulled out the rat poison from the wall. After a quick inspection, he found no obvious signs of nibbling.

"Didn't it die from eating it?"

"Then why did it go soft?"

Kuroba Shido looked puzzled and shook the big black thing in his hand. It was as soft and fluffy as noodles... Of course, he was referring to the big black thing.

There was no other way; in order to find out exactly what happened to Daikoku, Kuroba Shido went to the Salted Fish Shop and redeemed a status check card.

Kuroba Shido doesn't need this thing to see people; he can just turn it on or off. But to see the status of animals or items, he needs a status card.

Thank you for shopping, and have a pleasant shopping experience!

"[Status Card]: View the current status of a creature. (Price: 1000 Salted Fish Points)"

"Fuck your mother, you rip-off shop!"

Kuroba Shido cursed and clicked on the status check card on the large black object.

"[Current Status: Hungry, unconscious, weak. Due to poverty, he suffered from malnutrition and chose to sacrifice himself as his last sustenance for his wife and children!]"

"【Salted Fish Guide: These mice are loyal and kind; let's feed them some rat poison while they're still alive...】"

The Black Feather Warrior said, "..."

You're loyal and righteous... and then you poison someone with rat poison?

You're unbeatable, Tongzi.

After spending 1000 salted fish points, Kuroba Shido finally learned why Daikoku had become like this. It wasn't because he had eaten rat poison, but simply because he was hungry and weak, which led to a coma or a state of suspended animation.

The reason, as the status message already explained, was that he was too poor and had nothing to eat at home, so even the rats were starving and malnourished.

So, is it his fault?

The Black Feather Warrior said, "..."

Yeah, these past few days, it's either eating out or being treated to meals. First it was my teacher, then my mean-spirited wife, and finally my senior classmate...

The more delicious the food Shido Kuroba enjoyed, the more miserable the entire Daikuro family became from hunger.

Originally, thanks to the discounted rice balls that Shido Kuroba bought every day after school, and the occasional shopping trips, they were able to maintain a basic balance.

However, this balance is still very fragile and is at risk of being broken at any time. Kuroba Shido enjoyed himself, but the Daikuro family suffered a lot as a result.

Driven to the brink of heroic sacrifice by Big Black, he's planning to feed himself...

"So bold?" Kuroba Shido gasped.

If it weren't for the system's intervention, which alerted Dahei to the situation, Kuroba Shido would probably have buried Dahei in no time.

If Big Black dies, his whole family will suffer terribly. Otherwise, if they have to move to another place to survive, they might be killed or wiped out.

Otherwise, they'll just die in some unknown corner, after all... they're just some rats.

They were destined to spend their lives at the very bottom of society, in the dark sewers, and die a humiliating death, ending their lives in some unknown corner...

The Black Feather Warrior said, "..."

Why do I feel like I look so much like him?

Seeing that Big Black had "died," Shido Kuroba was even planning to go outside and buy a fancy rat to train. Of course, he wanted the original skin. If he didn't have one, he would try his luck in the sewers.

However, now that it's all a misunderstanding and Dahei is still alive, it means there's still a chance to make a move. Plus, Dahei is so loyal and righteous... It brought tears to Kuroba Shido's eyes.

Heroes always appreciate each other, even if the other is just a mouse.

For the first time ever, Shido Kuroba was incredibly generous, giving the entire rice ball in front of him to the Kuroba family and placing it in the hole in the corner of the wall, where the aroma wafted out in waves.

Soon, a faint sound came from behind. A small black mouse appeared, sniffed around, and seemed to want to eat it, but it was quickly dragged back by the tail by a pregnant female mouse.

Then, peeking out half his head, he looked at Kuroba Shido, scrutinizing him, and with feigned courage, bared his teeth at Kuroba Shido...

Unfortunately, it had no lethality.

Kuroba Shido knew that this female rat was Big Black's wife. She wasn't very dangerous, was afraid of people, and seemed to have a gentle personality.

At least compared to Big Black, Big Black is incredibly ferocious. He even slapped Kuroba Shido twice because he wasn't getting enough to eat...

The Black Feather Warrior said, "..."

Do you think this still looks like a mouse?

Similarly, Shido Kuroba also noticed something amiss; Daikoku seemed to be different from the other rats.

I wonder if it received guidance from a "senior" in the sewers who had four turtle apprentices, or if it mutated after drinking nuclear wastewater, since this is the most common thing in Japan.

There's this constant talk of tsunamis and nuclear crises...

"Eat up, the food is fine," Kuroba Shido said, then ignored Daikoku's wife and son. After all, apart from Daikoku being a bit smart, the rest of the family seemed rather dull, and there was really no desire to communicate with them.

He opened his schoolbag, took out milk and candy, dissolved the candy in boiling water to make sugar water, picked up the soft, noodle-like big black thing and started pouring it into his mouth...

Now all we have to do is wait...

Kuroba Shido thought for a moment, then took out another rice ball, put it in the microwave to heat it up, and placed it in front of Daikoku after it was done.

After doing all that, Shido Kuroba started his game time again... Come to think of it, it had been two days since he last played games.

Log in and take a look...

"Wow, not bad! I haven't logged in for only three days, and I already got a return reward. That's so generous!"

"You son of a bitch, twenty diamonds, twenty inscriptions, you're dead!"

Kuroba Shido grumbled as he collected his meager reward and prepared to play a game. While waiting for the game to start, he suddenly noticed a message in his friend list that said 99+...

"Um?"

Kuroba Shido paused for a moment, then opened the message that Sawamura Riyue had sent earlier. There were many messages, but he could only see a few fresh ones at the bottom.

"Shido, I'm sorry. I apologize for my past transgressions..."

"I was just worried about you, I didn't mean anything by it, I won't disturb your normal life..."

"Could you please reply to my message after you see it?"

"What kind of relationship do you have with us... Of course, I'm talking about good brothers, you, you..."

"I'm asking you one last time, are you going to reply or not!"

"Fine, then we're severing ties for life. I'll never log into this account again; I'm deleting it!"

"Retract a message..."

"Retract a message..."

"Retract a message..."

"Tokyo, right? I'll come over there and get things straight!"

The Black Feather Warrior said, "???"