Unlimited Ambition

"That old woman, I don't care if she dies." The young lady rolled her eyes—then a lightbulb seemed to pop out of her head in a flash of inspiration. She connected adopting a cat, raising offspring, and not being able to stop sucking blood. Then she lowered her head and looked at Gu with a malicious grin.

What?! Why do I have this feeling I'm about to be bullied? Wait a minute, abusing cats is immoral—

Of course, in my current state, I am unable to express my opinion. So the next moment, the little girl unhesitatingly bared her fangs and then stabbed at my neck.

To be honest, it wasn't a particularly unpleasant feeling. I'd heard before that vampires inject a venomous substance with anesthetic properties into their prey when they drink blood, to weaken their resistance. This must be what happened.

Besides, being "bitten" by a girl who is quite cute should be considered a kind of perk.

However, Gu, who was already seven or eight tenths dead, had a significant amount of blood drained from her now. She was now barely clinging to life…

"Young Miss, you wouldn't be going to—" Sakuya watched as her young mistress scratched her thumb with her fingernail, revealing a mark. Suddenly realizing something, she said this.

“That’s right, I’ll raise it as my offspring, then Sakuya will have no reason not to raise it, right?” the young lady said smugly, then dripped the blood squeezed from her wound into Gu’s mouth.

"Ah." But how could such a small amount of blood possibly satisfy Gu Gu's appetite? Having just drunk a little bit of the little girl's blood and regained some strength, Gu Gu immediately opened his mouth, took the initiative to lick the wound on the girl's finger, and then greedily drank her blood, which was imbued with special magic.

"Aaaaaah! Sakuya! This guy is sucking my blood, sucking my blood!!" The little girl frantically shook Koya off. But no matter what she did, she couldn't shake him off. In the end, Sakuya grabbed Koya and threw her to the ground.

I'm full~ Meow... I closed my eyes happily, and then fainted.

"Wow~ I got bitten! I got bitten by a weird cat! Waaaaaahh ...

"Young Miss, hurry back, let me bandage you up!" Immediately afterward, Sakuya, who was loyal to her mistress, looked at Gu with a very conflicted expression, and then protected her young lady as they retreated.

The next day, recalling the events of the previous night, the young lady, feeling utterly humiliated, angrily promised to slay countless monsters in a certain gap before returning to the mortal realm. She planned to find me and give me a good beating, then take me back and subject me to prolonged torture to restore my dignity.

Of course, having so much free time to quarrel with a stray cat and go to such lengths to cause him trouble is a bit...

Unfortunately, the young lady and Sakuya couldn't find the stray cat again at the same spot last night. They searched the entire street all day but couldn't find a trace of that ill-mannered, ungrateful, ominous black (all words spoken by the young lady) stray cat.

Although she was very unwilling, she thought that if she went back too late, she might be extorted by that old woman again. The young lady complained like this before reluctantly leaving the street.

Chapter Four: New Members of the Doctor's Family

Rewind to one day earlier. I had just finished drinking blood with satisfaction when Sakuya mercilessly threw me to the ground, knocking my head unconscious. My body then began to change.

The curse of the vampire race has been placed upon me, transforming my body to be faster and stronger. If humans attacked by vampires become vampires themselves, what happens to cats attacked by vampires? Vampire cats?

probably.

Therefore, I should now be called a vampire cat.

Unlike typical vampires, I haven't grown bat-shaped wings, nor have I become bloodless—in fact, because of my black fur, it wouldn't be noticeable if I did become bloodless. So there's no need to worry.

The only change was in my canines. They grew a little, just a tiny bit longer. And suddenly they seemed to want to suck blood.

Of course, tomato juice is also an option.

To take it a step further, anything red, like a red apple, a red strawberry, red wine, red lace underwear... cough cough.

That's about it.

However, this also presents some problems. I've discovered that I probably can't accept other types of food anymore. In other words, if there are no other issues, even if someone takes care of me and brings me regular cat food these next few days, I'll still starve to death.

Who can I complain to about this?

Fortunately, there's always a way out. When I woke up, I found that my luck had turned around. Not only had someone discovered me, but they were even planning to take me home and adopt me.

And so, without resistance, I watched helplessly as a little girl with long orange hair, wearing a white coat, carried me, along with the cardboard box, home.

Well, it's definitely different when someone adopts you versus when no one does. At least I have a place where I can steal some blood to drink.

So I obediently followed the little girl back to her home. It was an old-fashioned wooden house under a bridge, which looked a bit like a makeshift, illegally constructed structure.

The plaque above the room reads five large characters: Dongyun Research Institute.

...Research institute my ass?! Are you trying to tell me that you, a little girl who looks less than ten years old, are a researcher? A PhD? Hahaha, that's hilarious.

Speaking of which, it's already noon, and I'm starting to feel a little hungry.

"Oh, is the doctor back? What's in this box?" At that moment, a girl who didn't look very old came out wearing an apron and asked.

"...Yes, it's my new research material, Doctor."

I wiped away my tears. You little brat, you don't happen to have a cat-abusing fetish, do you?

At that moment, I broke out in a cold sweat again. Then, I made up my mind and, without hesitation, jumped up and bit the girl's neck. I didn't care about being gentle with her anymore.

...I'm wiping away tears?! What kind of material is this?! It's so hard?! I can't even bite into it, damn it! This...this is definitely not something an ordinary human could achieve! Could it be that this girl hiding in this inconspicuous little wooden house is a hidden master?!

"Ah, Nana, this cat seems to really like you," the carefree brat known as the professor said.

"Hurry up and pull it down, Doctor! It's tickling me, it's licking my neck." The girl called Nana was spinning around in a panic.

...Who are these people? I rolled my eyes, then suddenly noticed that there was something behind the girl that looked like a wind-up alarm clock.

Could it be a robot?!

You can't agree, right?

He looks exactly like a normal person!

Aside from that ridiculous clockwork mechanism.

I rolled my eyes again, turned around, and jumped back into the cardboard box.

"It looks so cute..." The two girls gave me silly smiles as they looked at me in the box.

Don't look at me like that. Even if you do, I won't try to act cute for you.

"Nano, can I take care of him?" the kid asked.

"It should be fine... Adding another cat won't be too much of a burden... Hmm, sure." The girl who looked like a robot said.

It looks like I'll be spending the next bit of time here. Although it's not all bad...

"Meow...meow meow meow." I mumbled a few times, then remembered I was hungry. And while that little professor didn't have a wind-up mechanism, there was no guarantee she wasn't a robot or something. My teeth still hurt. Another time and they might break.

Do you have any tomato juice, red wine, strawberries, or lace... cough, something like that to fill my stomach?

"Meow, meow meow meow...meow meow meow?"

This is roughly what it looks like when translated.

However, neither of the two girls seemed to be quite normal, and they didn't appear to be able to understand cat language.

"Um, Doctor, what is he saying?"

"do not know."

Are you hungry?

"do not know."

"Speaking of which, what do cats actually eat?"

"do not know."

"There are some canned pineapples left over from yesterday, is that okay?"

"do not know."

"Well... Doctor, you should at least be more understanding of people."

"Oh, right." The lightbulb on the kid's head lit up, and then he walked out of the room.

It was a white radish.

Large white radishes that were neither peeled nor sliced.

The kid placed it in front of me and then said very seriously, "Sakamoto, are you hungry? You can eat this."

Are you an idiot?

Seeing that I was looking at her with disdain, the professor raised his head and said to Nana, "Well, at least it proves that cats don't eat carrots."

...I could barely accept carrots.

"But Doctor, why did you call it Sakamoto just now?" Nana asked.

"Huh?" The professor seemed a little confused. "Isn't that the name?"

Name was puzzled: "What name?"

The doctor pointed to the cardboard box that had previously contained me: "Sakamoto Pharmaceuticals."

Absolutely impossible!

"Meow meow meow meow!!!"

So I voiced my objection.

"Hmm..." The kid thought for a few seconds, then pointed at me and said, "He seems quite satisfied with this name."

...Watch out or I'll bite you.

"But Doctor, what is it saying? I can't understand it at all," Nana asked.

“Indeed, not being able to understand is an obstacle.” The professor thought for a moment, then ran off again, returning with a red scarf in his hand.

"This is it. Once you put it on, it can talk." After the doctor finished speaking, he hugged me and put the scarf on my head.

"Seriously, this kid... How could there be such a convenient gadget in this world... Huh? It can really talk?!" I said, a little incredulous, but this time it didn't just say "meow meow meow." I was so moved that tears welled up in my eyes.

"Wow...it really talked!" The other girl next to her exclaimed in surprise, her mouth agape.

"Um, Mr. Sakamoto, is it alright to call you that?" the girl asked.

“I refuse.” I shook my head immediately. “What are you guys doing? Just because the cardboard box that packed me says Sakamoto, does that mean I have to be called Sakamoto? That’s ridiculous! I’m someone with a noble name like Wright Baldwin!”

"Um... I'm sorry," the girl said, sounding somewhat frightened.

"And you, kid," I immediately shifted my focus, "What on earth happened to you?! Feeding a cat carrots?! Are you an idiot?! A normal cat's diet should consist of fish, meat, milk, and cat food, right? Of course, I'm a little different; tomato juice and strawberries are fine too. Make sure you remember that clearly!"

"Waaah..." The doctor looked like a child who had been scolded, his little face full of grievance.

"Speaking of which, I'm about a year and a half old now. That's twenty years old in human years, a true elder. You two should both respect me, hahaha... From now on, I'm in charge of this household."

"Doctor, I think we should just throw it out," Nana said.

"Yes, Doctor agrees to the plan." The Doctor nodded.

Nani?

"Cough, cough." I coughed twice, then quickly fell to the ground, prostrating myself. "I was too cocky just now. Please forgive me and don't throw me out."