Shin-chan brought the transformed-into-a-cat Yukino into the room.
Yukino, who kept struggling, despairingly realized that her resistance was completely in vain.
After turning into a cat, her strength had significantly decreased, she was no match for Shin-chan at all.
"Shiro, help me!"
Looking toward Shiro in the room, Yukino couldn't help but let out a meowing cry for help.
"Eh? Miss Yukinoshita turned into a cat again?"
Ever since discovering his youkai bloodline, Shiro had become smarter by the day, and his body had gotten healthier too.
Once a bit frail and lacking energy, Shiro now felt completely revitalized these past couple days. After accepting his identity as a youkai, everything felt different.
"I don't know either!"
Looking at Shin-chan and Yukino, Shiro made a judgment, this must be a game between Shin-chan and Yukino. She even looked like she was enjoying it.
"Miss Yukinoshita, don't worry. Shin-chan won't hurt you. He'll definitely find a way to turn you back soon."
Yukino helplessly let out two meows. Of course she understood that logic, but her personality meant she'd never just speak honestly about how she felt.
After petting the cat for a while, Shin-chan ran some experiments. He discovered that as long as he called Yukinoshita Meowno, it was like triggering a strange switch, regardless of whether Yukino answered or not, there was a chance she'd transform into a cat.
It seemed to be a lingering effect of the cat spirit curse… whether that was good or bad, who could say?
Now transformed back into a beautiful girl, Yukino lay on the sofa with a look of complete despair.
Why did something like this have to happen to her?
"Why are you teasing me like this?"
"Cat-form Yukino is just too cute."
"…." Yukino turned her head away, cheeks slightly red.
Well, with that said, she had no choice but to forgive Shin-chan.
"I'm heading home. I've got club activities tomorrow!"
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After getting home, Yukino lay on her bed, clutching her Mr. Pan plushie and rolling back and forth.
Should she be happy or angry? Why did it feel like her entire identity was just that of an obedient house cat?
In front of that Young Lady Ai-chan, she couldn't summon even the slightest urge to resist.
Thinking of Ai-chan's invitation to the fireworks festival, Yukino felt despair, won't that just be her watching Shin-chan and Ai-chan going full PDA? And she wouldn't even be allowed to show any dissatisfaction.
No, she had to contact Eriri. Facing such a powerful enemy meant she needed an ally.
Even though she figured Eriri's combat power wasn't far off from her own, two people were definitely better than one, right?
[Yukino: You there?]
It wasn't just Kasumigaoka Utaha who'd had a surge of inspiration lately, Eriri had also been getting lots of great ideas for her manga.
For example, she was currently drawing a new "degradation-type" manga starring herself and Shin-chan as the male and female lead.
The combination of a buff guy and a small blonde girl was surprisingly popular.
Face red with embarrassment, Eriri was deeply immersed in her role.
Seeing Yukino's message, Eriri was confused.
'Why would Yukinoshita be messaging me?'
Maybe it was because of their different "types",one being dog-like and the other cat-like, that their attitudes on most things were totally opposite and hard to understand.
[Eriri: What's up, Yukinoshita?]
After a slight hesitation, Yukino wasn't sure how to begin.
She had already guessed that something similar to what happened with her had happened between Eriri and Shin-chan.
[Yukino: If I'm not wrong… Eriri, you really see Shin-chan as your master, don't you?]
[Eriri: ???]
[Eriri: What the hell are you talking about!?]
'How did Yukinoshita find out? Even Ai Suotome hadn't realized it yet, right?'
Little did Eriri know, Ai-chan had known all along, and she knew far more than Yukino did. She was just pretending not to.
[Yukino: Let's form an alliance, Eriri! We have a common enemy! And shared experiences!]
'Shared experiences?' Reading Yukino's message, Eriri's eyes widened.
Don't tell me, Yukino also experienced the same thing as her in another world with Shin-chan?
'Unbelievable! How could such a unique experience not be one-of-a-kind?!'
If Yukino were in front of her now, Eriri would bite her on the spot. 'I was first, why is there another girl with the same pet-dog archetype?'
[Eriri: What do you mean shared experiences? And who's the common enemy?]
[Yukino: Who else?! That Suotome-family Young Lady, obviously! As for the shared experience, we'll talk about it in person.]
What Yukino didn't expect was that Eriri didn't agree to the alliance request.
[Eriri: Give it up. You're not her match. Even if we teamed up, it wouldn't matter.]
Only after facing Mt. Fuji do you understand how immovable it is. Eriri had never planned to beat Ai Sutome head-on, her strategy from the beginning was always to sneak around!
She knew perfectly well how terrifying Ai-chan's true strength was. Ever since she regained her memories, she'd only ever thought of sneaking ahead and then letting the Suotome family arrange the marriage, living the easy win life of a spoiled pup.
And now Yukino wanted to team up? What a joke, Eriri had zero interest.
Yukino hadn't expected Eriri to reject her so decisively and bluntly.
[Yukino: Why? If we don't deal with her, neither of us will ever have a chance with Shin-chan!]
[Eriri: So what? You want to be with Shin-chan too?]
Eriri's question snapped Yukino back to reality. Just what identity was she using to propose an alliance to Eriri?
If the two of them really worked together and somehow did defeat Ai Sutome, what then? Were they supposed to share Shin-chan as pets?
[Yukino: Let's talk in person if we get the chance.]
Tossing her phone aside, Yukino collapsed onto her bed in despair and dozed off without realizing it.
That night, Yukino had a dream. In the dream, she and Eriri had turned into a puppy and a kitty.
The worst part was… Ai Sutome had become their mistress.
Yukino tried to resist, but Ai-chan effortlessly subdued her, and all she could do was quietly enjoy it.
Shin-chan and Ai-chan together could always find her weak spots. It was terrifying.
And the most infuriating thing was Eriri, why did she immediately turn into a loyal dog? And she kept picking fights with her! No wonder they couldn't get along!
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