Becoming a god in a low-key way in the supernatural world

"Mmm." Hu Tao responded softly, then smiled and said, "So you're too excited to sleep tonight because it's going to snow tomorrow? Are you a little kid? Do you want to come into your big sister's arms and I'll lull you to sleep?"

Kotegawa chuckled softly, paused for a moment, thought for a second, and then said in a low voice, "Wait for me at the door."

He transformed into clouds and mist, his figure disappearing into the quiet room.

Meanwhile, in Hu Tao's bedroom, the girl rolled her eyes at the phone that had just been hung up, then sat up from the bed, put on her coat, rubbed her cheeks with both hands, and quietly opened the door.

……

At 4:30 a.m. the next day, Kotegawa, with his hands behind his back, strolled home from the shrine along the deserted streets. Just as he reached his front door, he suddenly looked up and saw a bunch of two-tailed cat demons dozing off outside the wall next to his front door. They were all white, some with some colored spots. If it weren't for their two tails, they would look no different from house cats.

He was stunned.

Well, where did this monster come from? It has the nerve to loiter around his doorstep? Wait a minute…

He looked at the light sign that looked like the kind that izakayas would put outside, squeezed in the middle by several cats, and sized it up and down.

This lamp looks familiar.

He thought for a moment, then snapped his fingers.

But then, as these cats were sleeping huddled together, a thunderclap seemed to ring in their ears.

A group of monsters were suddenly awakened and instinctively tried to run away, resulting in chaos and even the lanterns being shaken back and forth.

He looked around, his face darkening: "Behave yourselves!"

The monsters in the valley seemed to be frozen in time, immediately lining up and sitting down, leaving only one light sign still swaying back and forth.

The cat next to it quietly raised its paw and supported it.

Kotegawa then remembered... wasn't that the same light sign that was placed outside the coffee shop? It needed to be patted by the clear sky a few times every day before it would start working.

The cats were clearly prepared. After calming down, one of them reached under its rear end and pulled out a piece of cardboard with a line of words that looked like scribbles on it.

Kotegawa spent a long time trying to decipher it before finally getting a general idea. He whispered, "Looking for short-term work, no salary, just room and board included..."

The other cats also raised their signs in unison: "Chef," "Dishwasher," "Warehouse Manager," "Head Chef," "Light Sign," and so on.

"..."

Then, their eyes all lit up with anticipation, and even the light boards next to them became much brighter.

In fact, it's okay if the tsukumogami doesn't eat. The light board didn't really want to come either; it wanted to stay in the shop and sleep. But because it could provide light, these cats dragged it over again.

Kotegawa was utterly speechless, both annoyed and amused.

A group of monsters were forced by circumstances to survive...

He thought for a moment, then suddenly stopped laughing, looked at them and said softly, "It's good that they know how to earn their own living and are willing to work to support themselves."

This is much better than the cat I encountered yesterday.

"Can you talk?"

The cats looked at each other and shivered in the cold wind.

Kotegawa didn't know if they couldn't speak human language, or if they were too nervous in front of him to speak human language.

The main reason is that he killed too many monsters, leaving behind mountains of corpses and seas of blood, so he naturally carried an aura that made monsters fear him.

He thought for a moment, picked up the light sign with one hand, pointed to the window on the second floor, and said to the other cats, "Since you've come, you must know that your manager is staying at my house. Don't make any noise. Go into the room from there. I'll go find your manager. We can all sit down and have a good chat in a bit."

He felt no ill will towards these self-reliant monsters; on the contrary, he respected them quite a bit, regardless of race.

Similarly, he treated cannibalistic monsters and evil people the same, regardless of race.

He first took the light board upstairs, then opened the window and looked out.

The cats looked at each other, threw down the cards in their hands, jumped onto the wall, then onto the second floor, and entered the house through the window.

Kotegawa first tidied up his bedding, then went downstairs and knocked on the door of the kitten's room.

The kitten, who was sleeping soundly, twitched its ears and rolled over.

Kotegawa continued knocking on the door from outside.

A little over a minute later, the big white cat meowed a few times.

Amamiya Kazuki dragged the blankets out of the door, looked up, and said somewhat angrily, "How dare you wake me up so early!"

Kotegawa glanced at her, then reached out to the large white cat, who could already walk. The cat obediently walked over and was held in his arms.

He stroked the cat's head twice before saying, "The cats from the coffee shop have come here looking for work again!"

The angry kitten immediately fell silent and guiltily looked away.

The big white cat stiffened and tried to put on a fawning smile.

Kotegawa pointed upstairs and said to the kitten, "You go up too, act as a translator, and see how to resolve this matter."

For the sake of the clear sky, he had already reciprocated by giving the big white cat enough care and protection. However, other matters at the coffee shop were not his concern. But he was not a heartless person; he would help whenever he could, and he was happy to make this connection.

Amamiya and Tsuki responded, first throwing the blanket back onto the bed, then putting on their coats and shoes, and obediently following behind him upstairs.

In the quiet room on the second floor, the cats and the light board were all staying obediently, but when they saw the big white cat in Kotekawa's arms, they couldn't help but meow. Even though Kotekawa couldn't understand cat language, he could still understand the slight sigh in the sound.

He felt a pang of emotion; Big White Cat was a good store manager, and her employees all cared about her.

"Poor shop manager! She can only bully us, she can't even beat a cat outside!" A cat whimpered, as if it were crying.

“That’s right, that’s right! Besides being broke and a bit silly, she’s only good at bullying her own family!” The other cat chimed in with its own meows.

"I never thought I'd see the shopkeeper being held and petted by a human. It's so weird... I'll take another look."

The cats chattered away, getting happier and happier.

The big white cat struggled in Kotegawa's arms for a moment, its eyes flashing with ferocity, as if it wanted to jump down and swat these heartless cats to death.

Amamiya Kazuki's expression also looked a little unnatural.

Kotegawa pulled up a chair, sat down, and looked at the cat demons.

The meowing that filled the room immediately stopped.

He said, "Forget about looking for a job. I don't have that many jobs here. For the next two months, I'll go to the coffee shop every week to buy enough ingredients for you... Is that okay?" He looked down at the big white cat.

The big white cat meowed a few times.

Amamiya and Tsukishima, standing nearby, said without changing their expressions, "She said it's okay!"

Actually, the big white cat meant that they should just go hungry; they wouldn't starve to death in two months.

The big white cat meowed a few times in dissatisfaction, its meaning being misinterpreted.

Kotegawa then looked at Amamiya Kazuki, who glanced at the large white cat and quickly said, "She said she's very grateful for your help. We're really sorry to have troubled you this time!"

"Hmm." Kotegawa nodded, patted the cat's head again, and then took out a demon pill and fed it to her.

Sachiko Amamiya is a nice cat; I get along with her.

The other cats couldn't help but widen their eyes at the bottle of demon energy pills in his hand, their mouths practically watering.

The light sign next to it, which had been barely noticeable until now, suddenly gleamed brightly.

Amamiya Kazuki's eyes widened in realization.

Damn it! So being a cat has these advantages?

You should have said so earlier! If you had, she wouldn't be human!

Chapter Eighty: The Influence of a Cat

Before dawn, Kotegawa sent the group of cat demons away, along with the broken lantern, letting them take it back exactly as they had brought it.

Otherwise, if you put it in front of his house, people would think he's opened a coffee shop.

He closed the window, turned to look at the big and small cats still there, glanced at the clock on the wall, and casually said, "There's still some time, let's go back to sleep."

The two cats looked at each other.

The big white cat washed its face with its front paws, meowed a few times, and went downstairs with light steps.

The kitten followed.

Back in the bedroom, the kitten pounced on the bed, burrowed under the covers, and then pulled the big white cat close to her with her little paws, whispering, "How can he be so generous? He feeds me a treasure like the Demon Qi Pill as a treat?"

The big white cat shook its fur, meowed, and a layer of white fluorescence appeared on its fur.

It ate three Demon Qi Pills in the past two days, which is the happiest thing it has ever been in its cat life.

Born as a cat, it was the first time it had ever known that being a cat could be so blissful.

"You don't know either?" the kitten continued. "Do you think he can buy demon energy pills at a cheaper price? Look, last time I bought a small amount from him, it was only half price."

The big white cat opened its eyes and meowed softly at her a few times.

"I know, I know..." The kitten listened to its warning and said speechlessly, "How could I dare to do anything reckless?"

At eight o'clock in the morning, after finishing his boxing practice and taking a shower, Kotekawa sat down at the dining table, holding a steamed bun in one hand and some vegetables in the other, eating with his mouth full of oil.

Sitting next to Qingkong, Youjia took a sip of milk and looked at Qingkong with a puzzled expression: "Did you hear a lot of cats meowing this morning?"

The big white cat lying on the sofa perked up its ears, and the kitten drinking milk also seemed a little nervous.

Qingkong casually remarked, "Maybe it's the neighbor's cat? There are quite a few families in the neighborhood that keep cats."

“That’s true…” Yujia nodded, then added, “There’s still no news from the store manager. Is he really going to take a two-month break? My allowance isn’t enough to last.”

She doesn't live at home and has never done any housework. She's too embarrassed to ask her family for help again, so her only source of income now is working at a coffee shop.

But with this source of income temporarily cut off, she had to face this reality.

Qingkong also looked hesitant. Indeed, taking a two-month break would put a lot of pressure on her.

She thought for a moment and said in a low voice, "Try contacting the store manager again to see if we can find out the exact time she will be back."

Kotegawa glanced at them, then turned and glanced at the big white cat.

The big white cat on the sofa was also restless, as if it couldn't wait to use its ability to transform back to its original form.

After breakfast, the group got ready and headed out to school, leaving only the big white cat at home.

On the way to school, I met up with Takanashi and Glasses-kun.