In this anime crossover, who stole my module?

Thinking of this, Yukino Yukinoshita tentatively opened her small, pink cat-like mouth, making a slight gurgling sound in her throat, trying to organize clear syllables.

But it was eventually squeezed out of the vocal cords of this cat's body.

It was still just a series of soft meows.

She was shocked to realize that she had made such a coquettish sound in front of a boy her own age who knew her identity.

Yukino Yukinoshita felt extremely awkward.

……

"You can't speak in your current state, right?"

Natsume Ryo didn't pay attention to that. Instead, he noticed the other person's increasingly anxious body language due to their inability to express themselves smoothly, and he understood. He then asked a question.

"Meow!"

Yukino Yukinoshita nodded vigorously.

"Sure enough, the language barrier is the biggest obstacle."

Natsume Ryo thought to himself.

After being transformed into a cat, Yukino Yukinoshita lost even the basic ability to communicate with humans.

We can't exactly let her write on the tatami with her paws, can we?

That would be too much to ask of a cat.

Moreover, it's not a good time to play "Pictionary".

……

"It seems we still need to get you able to speak first."

Thinking of this, Natsume Ryo muttered to himself.

Then his thoughts moved slightly.

The semi-transparent virtual interface that only he could see instantly unfolded—the command input interface in creative mode.

Ryo Natsume's gaze quickly searched through the numerous commands in the [Urban Ghost Stories Module].

Since each module involves various paranormal phenomena and strange creatures, it must also include pathways related to "psychic communication," "possession," or "interspecies communication."

soon.

As expected, an instruction caught Natsume Ryo's attention.

……

【/effecte【name=Yukino Yukinoshita=1800】

—Apply the Mystery effect to the specified target: Spiritual Ability, lasting 30 minutes.

"Spiritual communication" doesn't actually alter the target's vocal cord structure, but is closer to a "psychic" phenomenon commonly found in ghost stories.

This allows Yukino Yukinoshita's soul consciousness to use this cat's body to emit sounds that other intelligent beings can understand and recognize as "human language" in a special way.

Now, using it on Yukino Yukinoshita, who has turned into a cat, is quite a perfect match.

……

"That's it."

Natsume Ryo made a decision in his heart.

Mind lock command, confirm execution.

hum-

The command was executed silently.

"..."

Yukino Yukinoshita felt her cat body tremble slightly, as if some invisible shackles had been broken.

The stiffness in her throat that had been preventing her from speaking also disappeared.

"Okay, now try talking and see if you can speak?"

Natsume Ryo's voice rang out at just the right moment.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Yukino Yukinoshita's icy blue cat eyes flashed with suspicion, but she remained skeptical. She swallowed hard and opened her small cat mouth.

"what……"

A clear, cool syllable, characteristic of a young girl, came from the cat's mouth.

"?!!"

"I……"

"I... I can speak now?"

Yukino Yukinoshita's expression froze.

"of course."

"However, your speaking time is limited to thirty minutes."

"I think this should be enough time for us to figure things out."

Natsume Ryo's voice rang out at just the right moment, bringing Yukino Yukinoshita's thoughts back to normal.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Yukino Yukinoshita felt a chill run down her spine.

thirty minutes.

The time was just right, not too much, not too little.

"Natsume, classmate."

Clearly, it had been a long time since she had addressed someone in this way. Yukino Yukinoshita pursed her lips, and for a moment, her voice began to sound awkward.

"What exactly is going on?"

Why did I become like this?

"About why you turned into a cat..."

Faced with Yukino Yukinoshita's question, Natsume Ryo's gaze swept over the clear notification on the system interface regarding Yukino Yukinoshita's status.

— [Body swapped by a cat demon].

……

This is my thoughts.

Natsume Ryo hesitated for a moment, organizing his thoughts, before slowly speaking:

"Based on what I've observed so far, you've probably had your body maliciously swapped by a cat demon."

"A cat...demon?"

Upon hearing Natsume Ryo's words, Yukino Yukinoshita's icy blue cat-like eyes narrowed sharply, clearly indicating that this word, which only existed in legends, had a significant impact on her.

After all, for a girl who has received elite education since childhood and whose thinking has been shaped by rigorous scientific logic, "demons" should be classified as nonsense along with supernatural phenomena.

But now, her cat-like form and Natsume Ryo's confident tone forced her to begin to shake her deeply ingrained beliefs.

However, compared to investigating the authenticity of this "cat demon," Yukino Yukinoshita was clearly more concerned with another issue.

"So, can I go back to how I was before?"

When Yukino Yukinoshita brought this up, an obvious urgency immediately appeared in her icy blue cat eyes.

This is what she's most concerned about right now.

"of course."

Upon hearing this, Natsume Ryo nodded, giving an affirmative answer.

Upon hearing this, Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes lit up, and a glimmer of hope ignited in her heart.

"but."

Natsume Ryo changed the subject, looking calmly at Yukino Yukinoshita.

"Before that, I need your cooperation."

"Tell me all the details before and after the body swap."

"Let's talk about it in detail."

"Now that things have come to this, I think you should be able to recall how you first came into contact with that cat demon."

After finishing speaking, Natsume Ryo glanced at the Twilight Forest module, which was still in a "lost" state on the system interface.

"..."

"It was about a few weeks ago."

Upon hearing Natsume Ryo's words, Yukino Yukinoshita remained silent for a moment, struggling to recall and organize her thoughts...

Language.

Chapter 75 A Short Story After the Rain: The Fat Cat Demon Under the Snow

"Downstairs from my apartment building."

"A stray cat suddenly appeared."

Yukino Yukinoshita's icy blue cat-like eyes flickered with uncertain light. After a moment, she slowly began to recount the events in detail:

"It was a very ordinary-looking black shorthair cat, thin and bony, but with very bright eyes, and it didn't seem afraid of people."

"I've only had direct contact with it recently."

"Because the apartment building where I currently live explicitly prohibits pets."

"In addition, I am usually quite busy and don't have much energy to take care of my pets."

"So at first I would just feed it some cat food and water when I got home from school and stayed in the apartment."

"At first, I thought it would always be like this."

"So, what then?"

Natsume Ryo prompted Yukino Yukinoshita to continue speaking.

"..."

Yukino Yukinoshita paused, carefully considered her words, and continued speaking.

"At first, the black cat was quite well-behaved, only appearing when I fed it."

"Then one day, suddenly, things changed."

"That day, the black cat finished eating the cat food and water I gave it."

"It just kept following me."

“Even when I opened the apartment door, they just slipped in and followed me all the way to my door.”

"At first, I didn't pay much attention, thinking it just came in to beg for some food or wanted to find a warm place to stay for a while."

"As a result, it simply stayed in my apartment and wouldn't leave, even rubbing against my feet..."

"When I saw how pitiful it looked, and then I thought about how the weather outside was getting colder..."

"So, out of compassion, I softened and took pity on them."

"Although pets are not allowed in the apartment, I took a chance and thought that I was just taking care of it for a few days and would give it away when I found a suitable place. I thought it should be okay."

"So I gave up the idea of ​​getting rid of it."

"However, considering the apartment's regulations and my own situation, keeping it in the apartment indefinitely is not a long-term solution."

"So I thought I'd ask around at school if anyone would be willing to adopt it."

"Or if all else fails, contact a legitimate pet shelter; at least that will give it a place to stay."