[Bungo Stray Dogs] Animal Three Musketeers

Mizumi Hatta took the cat to the public bath.

In order to know how old this supernatural being is.

The room with the girl's bathroom sign gave Natsume Soseki a bad feeling, just being hugged and standing in front of this room, his brain was already buzzing, coupled with the constant joy coming from the bathroom The laughter made him almost lose all his strength.

This is a public bath.

Women's public baths.

Now is the busiest time to take a bath.

That is to say...

Natsume Soseki let out a shrill cry, and just as Hatta Mizumi stepped on the threshold of the locker room, his paws firmly grasped one side of the cloth flag, whining pitifully.

No, those rows of white bodies are simply purgatory on earth! ! !

He doesn't go in! ! !

Hatta Mizusui patted the cat's head lightly, and comforted him clearly: "Then can you go to the men's bathroom next door by yourself, and gather here in half an hour."

Only then did Sanhuamao calm down, Hatta Mizumi squatted down and let go of the hands holding him, Natsume Soseki kicked his feet and landed safely on the slippery ground.

As if he had thought of something, he turned his head and looked at Hatta Mizumi. Coincidentally, the blond girl was also staring at him quietly at this time.

The eyes meet.

Something, seems to be connected.

Hatta Mizusui's eyes trembled, and she was frightened by this illusory thought, she immediately turned around and walked towards the dressing room as if nothing had happened.

Those cat pupils had a light as clear as a baby's. Even though the surroundings were surrounded by thick fog like steam, Hatta Mizusui felt that these eyes were shining brightly.

It was the first time that someone who was not an enemy looked at each other so peacefully.

With such a pure and frank gaze, Hatta Mizumi stopped and stood still, a strange and incredible feeling surged out of his heart, and the questions he brought made him stiffen step by step. Hatta Mizumi's brain that couldn't move.

She couldn't help but look back again, only to find that the cat had disappeared in the mist.

Unable to tell whether it was disappointment or regret, Hatta Mizumi carried a bucket of towels into the locker room.

The steam inside was thicker than that at the door, Hatta Mizusui, who was affected by emotions, casually found a nozzle and took a hasty shower before coming out.

Natsume Soseki twisted his body at the door and desperately waved out the excess water on his body. From a distance, it looked like a washing machine with its casing removed. Fortunately, this is a bathhouse, and the people who were sprayed by passing did not care about their feet. The cat was making a water bead attack on them.

...It would be too childish to call it an attack.

Looking at Natsume Soseki, who was not washed at all and still had a black ball, Hatta Mizumi, who was clean after taking a bath, laughed troubledly.

Is it because this Mr. Supernatural Person doesn't know how to bathe like a cat, or is the dust under Mr. Nasen's bed unusual?

It's alright, she's ready to change into new clothes anyway.

Hatta Mizusui took a few steps closer, and easily picked up the Sanhua Mao who was about to twist it a few more times.

Natsume Soseki struggled a few times unnaturally, and then got a stronger protection from Hatta Mizumi and...

"I'll take you to the pet store."

These words were like a dark wind blowing from hell, even Natsume Soseki, who was about to die, was unavoidably shivering from the cold.

He meowed a few times in protest, Hatta Mizusui directly raised his dark front paws, and said with a half-smile: "Do you think you can wash it off, or do you think I can wash it off?"

Natsume Soseki fell silent for an instant.

The decoration of the pet shop is always warm, and the owner is probably a friendly person.Hatta Mizusui thought so, and turned a corner to the pet shop recommended by Badianyu.

"Love it for a lifetime"——

Hatta Mizusui looked up at the name of the store, then pushed the door open and entered.

Although it is located on the busiest street, once you step into this pet shop, it is like entering another world.

There are beautiful and simple chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, and the surrounding walls are decorated with bright and lovely animals and plants. The flat ground under the feet exudes the aroma of wood, and the decoration is not different from Hatta Mizumi's imagination.After pushing the door, the imitative parrot jumped up and down, chirping, but it didn't make people feel noisy.

"Welcome." The middle-aged woman raised her head from the book when she heard the doorbell and asked with a smile on her face, "Madam, do you need...?"

"Ah, that..." Hatta Mizusui smiled shyly and awkwardly, and pointed to the cat in his arms, "As you can see, I can't wash it clean at home, so I have no choice but to bring it here. "

When Natsume Soseki heard the word "bath", he couldn't calm down again, but Hatta Mizumi hugged him so tightly that it was difficult to struggle, let alone slip out.

Unable to change back in public, Natsume Soseki could only convey his message for help by his eyes.

Hatta, please look at me!It was bad enough taking him to the women's bathhouse, how much worse was it going to the pet shop to be cleaned? !

Can you find him a man at least—? !

Sensing Natsume Soseki's trembling heart that almost wanted to die, Hatta Mizugo, who failed to sort out the deep meaning, continued to use her intelligence to misinterpret it into another meaning, and sympathetically...

Handed him to the pet shop clerk.

At this critical moment when he was about to throw the hot potato to others, Hatta Mizumi held his breath, Natsume Soseki's cat claws both left him and fell into the hands of another person.Unexpectedly, as soon as she fell to the ground, she quickly rose to the highest level.

Natsume Soseki didn't know how he did it. He turned over, pressed his feet on the clerk's chest and jumped up fiercely, then tightly grasped Hatta Mizumi's clothes and meowed.

Natsume Soseki: QAQ

Pet store clerk: ...

Hatta Mizumi: ...

For a moment time stood still.

I don't know whether to say that the cat's miraculous behavior is so exquisite that it can't be done just by thinking about it, or whether I should complain about the weird brain circuit that a man actually hits|his breasts without knowing it and complaining to her.

Hatta Mizushui was so choked that he couldn't speak.

"Is this your first time raising a cat?" Mizusui Hatta admired the familiar expression of the pet store clerk. "If it's your first time raising a cat, you can learn to clean the cat yourself with our assistance."

The last sentence violently sent Hatta Mizumi, who didn't dare to do it herself, into the [-]th level of hell. She showed a more frightened expression than seeing Mori Ogai's autopsy.

Until she was pushed onto the chair by the clerk, holding a nail clipper for cats in her hand, and Natsume Soseki was lying in her arms, Hatta Mizumi still looked stunned.

Wait a mininute……?

This cat is a supernatural being, a male, and seeing the reaction of entering the bathhouse, at least the age should be above puberty.

And now, she wants to give him a bath? !

Hatta Mizusui's mind was in chaos.

The pink tender flesh on the soles of the cat's feet was very soft. According to the clerk's instructions, she gently pressed the top of the cat's paws, and a row of nails appeared one by one.

Natsume Soseki felt a little sleepy from being scratched by Mizumi Hatta, he found a comfortable position and collapsed, not at all worried that his tender flesh would be cut off by Mizumi Hatta, a novice.

Hatta Mizumi, who looked down at Natsume Soseki's grandfather-like expression of enjoyment, inadvertently twitched his forehead several times.

Okay, you are the uncle, you are the god, you are the ancestor, can't I serve you?

All the parties reacted like this, so she wouldn't be frightened like this at all.

After trimming the nails, Hatta Mizumi unceremoniously put the sleeping Natsume Soseki on the bathroom floor, tested the water temperature, and sprayed Natsume Soseki's body with the shower head.

The ears and eyes of a cat’s head need protection, so Hatta Mizusui, a novice excrement shoveler, does not intend to challenge the cat’s limits.He just gave him a threatening look when Natsume Soseki woke up, and then poured cat body wash on him with his mouth curled up.

"The cat's belly and tail are very sensitive, Hatta, you should pay more attention to these two places." The clerk explained patiently.

Hatta Mizusui nodded to show that he understood, and asked curiously: "It seems that the place that secretes a lot of oil should be washed more often, right? Where are the places where cats secrete the most oil?"

"The base of the tail."

... the base of the tail?

Isn't that...

Hatta Mizusui, who helped Natsume Soseki take a bath, and Natsume Soseki, who enjoyed Hatta Mizusui's bath, both froze.

The clerk didn't know why, but after a while, she seemed to think of some persuasion and said, "No, Hatta, you can't clean the cat so hastily, this place must be cleaned."

No I can't do it! ! !

Hatta Mizusui's smile was like being struck by lightning.

Under the eyes of the clerk condemning, Hatta Mizumi finally decided to do it.

Turning sideways to cover her shadow, she lowered her head and relaxed her hands slightly.

Natsume Soseki escaped from Hatta Mizumi's palm in time, and the crack in the door became a symbol of justice to save the faces of the two of them. When they were one step away from the dawn, the clerk of the pet shop skillfully grabbed He picked up Sanhuamao, and brought it to Hatta Mizumi who was cheering for Natsume Soseki but was petrified by her shot.

"Let me hold him down for you, come here."

Hatta Mizumi: ...

Natsume Soseki: ...

NO——!

Faced with such a request and scene, Hatta Mizumi had no room to refuse, and she finally reached out to Natsume Soseki, who had horrified eyes.

He's a cat He's a cat He's a cat He's just a cat He's not human ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ! !

Hatta Mizumi, who was silently reciting the body protection spell, seemed to be drained of all strength after the clerk said "yes".

What are you doing, Hatta Mizumi! ! !

Hatta Mizuzu, who bought everything for the cat and paid back the money, looked at the busy street with tears streaming down his face, his hands that had bathed the male superhuman were still trembling strangely.

To, to die.

Natsume Soseki in the girl's arms didn't slow down, and didn't dare to move. What happened just now was replaying in his mind continuously, accompanied by a cockroach bombarding it indiscriminately.

To, to die.