Event Story – Cyber Animal Panic! ch.10

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Ren: (Marion and Jacqueline taking care of the cat today really saved me.
But I wasn't expecting the invisibility symptoms to progress. I was hoping the symptoms would disappear if it got well, but... Who should I talk to about this...?
There's a limit to what I can look up by myself. The first person that comes to mind...)

Victor: Oh, Ren. You showed up at the perfect time.

Ren: Victor...

Victor: Oh my, are you not with the cat?

Ren: It's sleeping in my room right now...
What do you want... from me...?

Victor: How is the cat? Have you seen some changes in the phenomenon?

Ren: (Wh- this guy... What's with his timing...)

Victor: I heard from miss bubbly robot that today she had fun playing with the cat. It sounded like it was feeling much better, so I was wondering if its physical strength had recovered.

Ren: (Ah, no wonder...
... What do I do... Should I ask him for advice?)

Victor: What is wrong, Ren? Is something on your mind?

Ren: (It might be hasty to say so, but he's the only one I can ask right now...)
... I'm not sure, but I feel it stays invisible longer now.

Victor: I see... You thought that if it recovered, the symptoms would also subside, but, instead, are progressing.
Why is that? If it does not seem to be a problem related to its physical strenght, then we should have it close examinedー
There is also the matter about "Eclipse"; it would be better to deal with it now, just in caseー

Ren: ... Not yet. Its physical strenght has yet...

Victor: Then let me take a look at its current state.

Ren: Y- Yeah, right...

Victor: Worry not, I will be gentle. If it is sleeping, I will simply perform a range check in the meanwhile.

Ren: ... Got it.



Victor: Oh my...? Where is the cat sleeping, Ren?

Ren: ? On the bed for the cat...
Wh... It's not there...?

Victor: Could it be that it turned invisible while sleeping? No, I cannot feel the cat presence on the bed. Which means, it is somewhere in this room...? 

Ren: Hey, show yourself...!

Victor: Hm...? My leg was touched by something that felt like a tail. Perhaps it is nearby.
Let us use what I prepared just for the sake of caution.

Ren: Is that... canned serval food?

(He realized it's a serval... And that canned cat food is much more expensive than the one I bought...)

Victor: Now, reveal yourself and come here.

Ren: ... Ah.

Victor: You finally showed up. If you come to me, I shall give you this canned food.



Serval?: Hiss!

Victor: Oh my... it hissed at me. I see, it seems that both its physical strength and motor ability are recovering.
Even so, it is inconvenient that it is running from me.

Ren: ... It's relatively friendly with people, though...

Victor: Is it possible it does not like this canned cat food?

Ren: ... I don't think that's the case.
It doesn't act like that around other people, so it probably hates you.

Victor: Is that so...? I think I am stuck. I believe I cannot verify the condition of the cat like this.
It does not have to like me, but what should I do to let down its guard?

Ren: ... Guess you have to gradually let it get used to you.

Victor: I see, this is one of those things that "needs time", is it not? Well, animals have not liked me from the start, so I shall use this opportunity to learn how to get along with them.
I will go back to the laboratory and conduct a search on feline ethology.

Ren: Yeah, do that...

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