Chapter 7.5: Cat Phantom V


    Hey,<em>i</em>Hakamada. Trantor: MadHatter


    Thanks<em>i</em>for<em>i</em>your<em>i</em>hard<em>i</em>work. wfyyg


    So its time<em>i</em>for the shift<em>i</em>change huh. By<em>i</em>the<em>i</em>way, Hakamada, you arrived early<em>i</em>today.


    Oh,<em>i</em>yes, well, a little<em>i</em>bit. Not shared on aggregator websites


    After<em>i</em>entering the store, I exchanged familiar greetings and bowed<em>i</em>as I entered the back room, where I<em>i</em>was met by Nagase, who nced at his<em>i</em>watch.


    It had<em>i</em>been a while since my friends and I had gotten together but I figured if I stayed<em>i</em>too long, I might get<em>i</em>really drunk.


    Haha, so you left<em>i</em>early.


    Something<em>i</em>like<em>i</em>that.fwegaqa


    I didnt<em>i</em>want to be the victim<em>i</em>on that roads curve.dwf


    Right, if you disappear, Hakamada, we<em>i</em>will have fewer people to work the night<em>i</em>shift.


    This barcode<em>i</em>manager was a bad<em>i</em>omen. As if what<em>i</em>he said was on point, Nagase started tough<em>i</em>too. Ugh even<em>i</em>Nagase.


    With theirughter behind me, I went to the back<em>i</em>room and changed into my<em>i</em>uniform.feo


    Speaking<em>i</em>of which, Takenaka was supposed to be here<em>i</em>but I hadnt spotted<em>i</em>him yet<em>i</em>today. I<em>i</em>thought he<em>i</em>might be rearranging the shelves again, so<em>i</em>I peeked out from<em>i</em>the back room and<em>i</em>checked around the store, only to find no one who looked<em>i</em>like Takenaka.


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    Takenaka<em>i</em>is<em>i</eming, isnt<em>i</em>he?fwerg


    Yeah, hes<em>i</eming. I mean, hes<em>i</em>here.43he4


    When I asked the manager about it, he responded<em>i</em>with a meaningful<em>i</em>phrase.


    Takenaka is in<em>i</em>the toilet.


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    He<em>i</em>was cleaning the<em>i</em>toilet huh.


    Hes<em>i</em>throwing<em>i</em>up, though.fcewgv


    What!?fvtweguybvv


    Why!?bvyefwgyuv


    At<em>i</em>the same time I said that, Nagase suddenly burst out<em>i</emughing excitedly without any warning. It astonished me<em>i</em>and a few other customers who had umted in the store.


    Hyahahahahahaha! Hahahaha! Ahahahahaha!fev


    Nagase?! Trantor: MadHatter


    No good, Nagase was twisting his stomach<em>i</em>whileughing as though he were on fire. What<em>i</em>specifically transpired for him to be amused in this<em>i</em>way?


    Buhahahaha! Hahahahi, ihihihihi!!


    Although the<em>i</em>manager rubbed Nagases back and tried<em>i</em>to calm him down, he kept<em>i</em></divughing in an eerie manner, so much<em>i</em>so that one of the customers fled to the<em>i</em>exit.


    Nagase, its time to<em>i</em>settle down, youre leading the customers<em>i</em>away!


    Ugh, uhi, phew e-excuse<em>i</em>buhaha!!


    Wow, Nagase<em>i</em>was even more destructive than<em>i</em>those guys who<em>i</em>had an inseparable rtionship with me<em>i</em>when it came to pressure points.


    I<em>i</em>mean, Takenaka throwing up in the toilet what did<em>i</em>that mean?efwv


    Um<em>i</em>manager.Not shared on aggregator websites


    Ah, actually, you<em>i</em>see.fcwebgvr


    When I<em>i</em>asked him about it, this was<em>i</em>what happened.


    In other<em>i</em>words, Takenaka got grossed out when he saw the<em>i</em>carcass of a cat that<em>i</em>had been<em>i</em>run over on<em>i</em>the road.


    He was apparently puking<em>i</em>in the toilet of the convenience store<em>i</em>where he worked.


    For<em>i</em>real?fewgrvh


    No, no, no, we were<em>i</em>talking about that Takenaka.


    That<em>i</em>same<em>i</em>Takenaka.tyfersh


    The<em>i</em>Takenaka that was the guardian deity of this convenience store.


    He drove away the<em>i</em>malevolent spirits that flocked<em>i</em>to the convenience store and single-handedly<em>i</em>attempted to protect the neers who swept in here time and time<em>i</em>again.


    We were talking<em>i</em>about Takenaka, with his stern<em>i</em>guardian spirit in armor<em>i</em>and helmet, you know. Such a cool, adversary-free, and seamless (in my image) Takenaka was at the<em>i</em>mere sight of a cat carcass


    As I was mulling this<em>i</em>over, the door to the toilet in the back of the store<em>i</em>opened. Takenaka<em>i</em>staggered out of the door, his body swaying.


    Hakamada, hi Good<em>i</em>evening.


    Takenakas white<em>i</em>face turned pallid immediately after meeting<em>i</em>me and greeted me. He was<em>i</em>evidently out of his element. Never before had I seen Takenaka looking so<em>i</em>vulnerable.


    A-Are you alright?grhnjt


    When I inadvertently rushed<em>i</em>to him and said so, Takenaka showed me a look that<em>i</em>said, About what?


    Oh, you see. The manager told me<em>i</em>that you were in the back. He<em>i</em>said that you got sick at<em>i</em>the sight of the cat carcass on<em>i</em>the road, but Takenaka, you would never


    <em>do that</em>, I added<em>i</em>with a wry smile and at the moment I did so, Takenakas face<em>i</em>tightened up.


    Ugh!!grbgeew2


    He<em>i</em>put one hand over<em>i</em>his mouth and leaned forward when I thought a strange voice was emitting from his<em>i</em>throat.


    Hisplexion<em>i</em>was extremely poor. On<em>i</em>top of that, both of his shoulders were<em>i</em>quivering and the corners of his eyes were incredibly moist.


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    Takenaka the cat<em>i</em>carcass on the road


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    Takenaka, did<em>i</em>you<em>i</em>perhaps the<em>i</em>cat.


    Ugggghhhh!!Not shared on lightnovelreader.me


    Was<em>i</em>this<em>i</em>for<em>i</em>real!!