Chapter 499 Chainsmoker Cat 3

Chapter 499: 499 Chainsmoker Cat 3

When I gave her a job, Yakuneko’s expression definitely got better.

’That’s a relief.’

The story ended like that, and I went into Penpen’s house.

But in Penpen’s house, not only Penpen but also Yanineko was together.

"You’re here Jin! Welcome. Did you eat lunch? I’m just about to make a meal."

"I haven’t eaten yet, so good timing. But isn’t this friend the girl who lives next door? It was Yanineko, right?"

"Ah, she said she’s hungry, so we’re preparing together. When I lived by the river before, I received a lot of help from Yanineko. So I told her let’s eat together when she’s hungry."

In the original, Penpen lived almost depending on the other guys living in the beastman apartment.

When Aruneeko was taking a nap after drinking alcohol, she would secretly enter her house and take a bath and come out, and she would sneakily steal beer or snacks in the refrigerator and eat them.

In winter, she would hide under Yanineko’s tatami to avoid the cold and live there.

That doesn’t mean she kept sneaking into other people’s houses and being dependent.

On days when there was a typhoon or the weather was too hot or cold, other beastmen would lend her the bathhouse or let her sleep in their house.

In the end, Penpen had been getting by day by day with a little help from the surrounding beastmen like that.

But now it’s completely different.

The girl who used to secretly enter other people’s houses to bathe, steal food to eat, and hide under tatami to avoid the cold is now rather making food for other beastmen and taking care of this and that.

Since she is returning the help she only received to other guys now, as someone who knows the appearance in the original, such change in Penpen was unique and nice to see.

Of course, all that money is going out of my pocket though.

"I see, it must be lonely alone, so that’s good."

"Thank you for understanding."

Penpen worked hard to prepare a meal and served it, and it was quite edible.

It seems her mother also taught her how to cook.

"Delicious nya!"

Yanineko also ate the meal deliciously.

I looked at such Yanineko and became a little worried about how I could change this girl in a good direction.

The problem was that she really has no interest other than cigarettes.

When she gets money, she buys cigarettes first, when she’s hungry she eats roughly, when she’s tired she sleeps, and other than that she doesn’t even show any motivation to do anything.

She doesn’t seem to care much about her health being ruined or her life being a mess.

In the original, her younger sister Imoko tried to rehabilitate Yanineko somehow, but in the end failed.

No matter how much people around worry and help, it was useless since she herself has no intention to change.

Having already seen such a figure in the original, I was worried ahead about whether I could change this girl without using abilities like [Idle Transfiguration],.[Geass]

’Is it the highest difficulty... I need to think about it gradually.’

After finishing the meal and talking with them for a while, I returned to the mansion.

And as soon as I arrived at the mansion, I sold the Lexus LM500h protocol vehicle.

Because it seemed there would be little use for it in the future.

Instead, I purchased one more used Toyota Alphard.

This was to give to Yakuneko.

If she picks up other employees together with this car when commuting, Yakuneko won’t have to come to the mansion from early dawn, and when leaving work, if they move together, she can return home much earlier.

Of course, the existing driver also liked it quite a bit because his work decreased.

So the next day, Yakuneko came as promised.

"Umm... Jin. There’s something I want to tell you..."

"Yeah? What is it?"

"Actually, I have a criminal record. After graduating, I went down a bad path for a while."

Yakuneko honestly revealed that she is an ex-convict without hiding it, perhaps because she knows me.

It must have been hard to say.

She was indeed a good girl.

"I already know. Checking the identity of the person to employ is essential. But anyone can make mistakes and I think there are opportunities. So just do well from now on."

When I said that, Yakuneko shed tears as if moved and bowed her head.

It seems there was no employer who told her like this.

"I... I’ll really try hard."

"Then, please take care of me from now on."

After Yakuneko wrote an employment contract with me, she started to make a work schedule while talking about this and that with the existing driver.

From what I heard, they decided to split work in half on weekdays and take turns on weekends.

Then she learned the locations of other beastmen’s houses one by one, and after getting a feel by driving the Alphard herself, she drove the car and returned.

Since there is also a parking lot in the beastman apartment and the landlord also knows Yakuneko’s situation, there seems to be no particular problem in storing the car.

’This much should be no big problem for Yakuneko.’

I couldn’t go to the beastman apartment every day.

There was a reason for this, which was to purchase the land of Alpha Village entirely and obtain development rights.

Alpha Village is a village where the beastman tribe led by Rani as chieftain lives in the 6th district of Nyagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, a place that rejects modern civilization and pursues the traditional life of beastmen in the forest.

The problem is that the Japanese government is trying to clear away this village.

It seems that politicians who hate beastmen put in influence, but the mayor of Nyagamihara, who is friendly to beastmen, was barely blocking it well.

But I don’t know how long this will last.

So I was trying to privatize it by buying it whole.

The reason this is possible is that it is a place where beastmen’s village is located, so the land price can be purchased very cheaply, and if permission is granted, I can protect beastmen under the pretext of developing Alpha Village.

So for now, it seemed necessary to meet Rani, the chieftain of Alpha Village, so I drove the Buzz and moved to Alpha Village.

"Whoa... Super handsome."

"Who is that person?"

When I got out of the car, the beastman tribespeople started whispering.

Here too, the ratio of female beastmen was overwhelmingly high.

They all had a red inverted triangle tattoo under their left eye.

The attire was also quite primitive.

They roughly bound their chests with cloth, and around their waists they wore something like long fundoshi made by weaving rope and cloth.

The houses of the surrounding beastman tribes were the same.

In the form made by weaving wood and straw, it was like looking at a hut from the Stone Age.

"I came to see the chieftain, could you guide me?"

I asked one beastman like that, and that beastman blushed and guided me to the building where the chieftain is.

When I entered that building, I saw one beastman smoking a tobacco pipe inside, and she seemed to be Chieftain Rani.

Chieftain Rani had long brown hair, and both side hairs were tied and organized with red cloth.

Her body type looked small and young, like a middle school student.

And she, like other tribespeople, was covering her chest with cloth, but unlike other tribespeople, she was wearing a skirt for her lower part.

Rani had one distinctive feature that was clearly different from other beastmen.

That is, she has two tails.

Moreover, if you only look at her appearance, she looks like a young girl, but by setting, her age is over 150 years old.

So unlike her appearance, she is a grandmother with enormous years.

"I didn’t expect a human to visit the village? So, what business did you come for?"

Rani spoke as if surprised as soon as she saw me.

So I told her about the situation the beastman village is in.

"Hmm, I see. You’re saying that if things go wrong, we might go to war with humans again."

"So there’s a need to privatize it. And making it into a tourist complex. If we sell the tobacco and wine produced here to the outside and do economic activity, the Japanese government won’t be able to say anything either. Of course, we have to pay taxes though."

"What you say is that the problem is this village is too isolated."

"That’s right."

Perhaps because of her years, Rani hit the core right away.

"But you’re human, aren’t you? It’s a bit... to leave everything to you..."

"Don’t worry about that. If the land ownership is recognized, I’ll transfer it back to the village except for a certain part necessary for development."

"What’s the profit returning to you?"

"I want the exclusive right to be able to sell the tobacco and wine produced in the village to the outside. If you just do that, I’ll take care of the taxes too."

"I see. You’re saying let’s win-win each other."

"That’s right."

Rani said while holding her chin and thinking seriously.

"Hmm... I would like you to give me some time. I think I need to listen to the tribespeople’s opinions on this. Can you come again tomorrow?"

"Yeah, I will."

The reason I do this is because the grapevine grown in Alpha Village is a little special.

By setting, it is a variety that does not exist on Earth, and it was said that it was a seed brought together when beastmen arrived on Earth a very long time ago.

The tobacco produced in Alpha Village was also not actually made from ordinary tobacco leaves.

It was a kind of fake tobacco made by drying the leaves of this grapevine like tobacco, and it was evaluated to taste better than most tobacco.

Moreover, the wine made from grapes produced from this grapevine is also said to be quite delicious.

The Alpha beastman village is disconnected from the outside and lacks business skills, so it’s just not being utilized properly, but if I commercialize this and promote it on a large scale, it will obviously receive good evaluation in the market.

If that happens, I can save the beastman village and also make money, so I can see the effect of killing two birds with one stone.

Honestly, there was also something I was anxious about.

I can taste wine and judge it, but I have never smoked tobacco, so I don’t know.

Since Yanineko said it’s delicious, I have no choice but to believe that.

No, it might not be bad to employ her as a tobacco sommelier on this occasion.

The next day, I went to Alpha Village again and met Chieftain Rani.

But Chieftain Rani handed me a scroll.

"It would be good to see this. It will probably help."

In that scroll, it was written that 100 years ago the Japanese king bestowed the land of Alpha Village to the beastmen.

With this, it seems there is no need to buy land separately.

Since Japan is a country that values tradition, if I just show this document, the land problem seems to be solved simply.

"Showing this means you allow it."

"Hmm, that’s right. We also want to prevent conflict. And as a result of the tribal meeting yesterday, we concluded that we should communicate with the outside from now on."

"Okay, I got it. I’ll talk well with the mayor."

I immediately went to the mayor and showed him the land certificate bestowed directly by the Japanese king received from Chieftain Rani, and explained the development plan to be carried out in the future.

Then the mayor was very happy, saying that now he can safely protect the beastmen.

Seeing that reaction, it seems that protecting the beastman village until now was also quite precarious.

The mayor immediately held a press conference, showing reporters the land certificate bestowed directly by the Japanese king, insisting that the land must be recognized and promoting my plan to develop the 6th district where Alpha Village is located into a tourist special zone on a large scale.

Because of that, Japan was noisy for several days.

It was not something that the government could arbitrarily withdraw what its king bestowed.

That would be no different from denying the Japanese royal family.

So inevitably, the Japanese government had no choice but to recognize the 6th district of Nyagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture as owned by beastmen.

Instead, an announcement came out that they will thoroughly manage the beastman population and management of wild beast disease.

Wild beast disease is a disease that occurs among beastmen, and can be seen as similar to rabies in humans.

The problem is that beastmen infected with wild beast disease are unconditionally culled.

Just hearing this, it seems like they consider beastmen’s lives as nothing, but beastmen infected with wild beast disease are said to be foaming at the mouth and out of their mind, biting people around them indiscriminately.

Moreover, since beastmen have better athletic ability than humans, once it breaks out, it seems quite difficult even to subdue them.

In the end, they inevitably cull them to protect other people.

Because of that, no matter how senseless a beastman is, they regularly take the wild beast disease preventive medicine provided by the state without fail.

To the extent that even Yanineko, who is only interested in tobacco, eats this medicine without missing it, that says it all.

Anyway, I thought it was fortunate that I even saved money and things went fairly well, and I immediately conveyed this news to Alpha Village.

"Hmm, I don’t like people coming in and investigating this and that, but this much is a good save. Good, as promised, I will give you land at the edge of the 6th district of the village. Do as you please."

Since I received Rani’s permission, I immediately requested Kujo Construction (an affiliate of Penpen’s company) to start build roads and paths.

Since I was thinking of developing Alpha Village as a tourist destination, I decided to build a hotel, tobacco and wine factories, souvenir shops and convenience stores, etc., paying attention to exterior appearance.

So I drew the blueprints myself and handed them over.

Of course, I was thinking of requesting only the exterior.

Because it seemed it would take too long if I requested everything inside as well.

Once the exterior is made, I was thinking of finishing the interior directly using my ability.

And I also suggested to Rani to make attractions for tourists to enjoy.

After the harvest season is over, I suggested creating a festival season in the village to attract tourists.

Rani also readily said she understood my proposal.

When the Alpha Village work was finished to some extent like that, I went to the beastman apartment again.

It was Yakuneko’s day off, so I saw an Alphard parked in the corner of the beastman apartment yard.

And in the center of the yard, Yakuneko was holding Penpen so she couldn’t move, and Yanineko and Hameneeko were poking Penpen Neko’s chest with their fingers.

"Ora ora ora!"

"Kyaaaaaangang! Stop! Save me! Mom-!!!"

"Penpen is a loser nya!"

So I asked.

"What are you doing now?"

At my question, Yakuneko answered.

"Ah, Jin came! This is a penalty. We were enjoying ’Zentsu’."

Zentsu was a game similar to Korea’s jegichagi, but the rules were a little different.

It was a game where people surround in a circle and kick Zentsu to each other with body parts other than hands.

Of course, if Zentsu falls to the floor, the person nearby is out.

"So that’s why Penpen was being poked."

"Do you want to do it too Jin? Oh, the penalty is nipple poking, so is it too much?"

"No, it’s okay. Penpen can poke for me instead."

"Oh, such a method! But doing it with us humans might not be easy..."

It seems she says that because beastmen’s athletic ability is indeed hard for humans to handle.

"Don’t worry, I also have quite some athletic ability."

"Good, then let’s try it. Don’t regret it!"

At those words, I couldn’t help but laugh inside.

"Ora ora ora ora!"

"Nyaaaaaang! Stop! I’m gonna die nya!!!"

"Not yet ora ora!"

Naturally, I beat them completely and Yanineko, Yakuneko, Hameneeko had no choice but to be poked in the chest by Penpen in order.

What’s funny is that Penpen poked excitedly to repay the humiliation she had suffered until now.

"How can this be? Jin is definitely human, right?"

"Isn’t he a beastman wearing a human mask?"

"I can’t believe it nya."

From then on, they started to attack me intensively, but there was no way I would be taken advantage of.

"Ora ora ora ora ora!"

This time also, they were poked in the chest by Penpen in order.

Moreover, Hameneeko was poked so much that she even peed her pants.

"Kyahahahahahahahahat! Stop! Stop it!!! Haang-!!!"

Pshhh...

"Th, it’s better to stop."

"Ye, yeah..."