Chapter 500 Chainsmoker Cat 4

Chapter 500: 500 Chainsmoker Cat 4

After a few days passed and the weather was getting warm, I went to Penpen’s house and started to smell something unpleasant.

But it wasn’t unbearable, it was a faint foul smell.

This was definitely not a smell coming from Penpen’s house.

So I went outside and looked for the cause, and as expected, it was coming from the next house, Yanineko’s house.

’Ha... That’s why I was a little concerned that Yanineko is next door...’

Of course, ordinary people still can’t feel it yet.

It was a smell that was felt only because I have a superhuman body.

But I couldn’t leave it as it is.

It will definitely get worse in summer.

’Sometimes the cigarette smell that comes in is also hard to bear...’

So I told Penpen that I have a place to go for a while and immediately went to Yanineko’s house, knocked and entered.

"Nya? Jin, why did you come nya?"

As expected, Yanineko was sitting in the room smoking cigarettes, and a tremendous stench was coming out from inside the house.

I was going to take off my shoes and go inside and talk, but I just gave up.

Looking at the sink next to the entrance, the dishes that seemed to be a few weeks... no, a few months old were left as they were with mold.

Brown stains of unknown identity were here and there on the floor, and in some places there were even traces of something burnt.

Moreover, she doesn’t throw away trash properly, so all kinds of trash was piled up as it was in one corner of the room.

It’s natural to be reluctant to take off shoes and go inside after seeing such a sight.

In the original, other guys in the beastman apartment came all the way here and played together well, but I couldn’t understand it at all.

Unless it’s a new type of punishment or a person with an unusually strong stomach, it is not commonsensically convincing that they can play so nonchalantly in such a place.

"You go to Penpen’s house for a while."

"Nya? Why suddenly?"

"If I tell you to go, go. I’ll order pizza for lunch."

"Whoa, pizza!"

When I said I would order pizza, Yanineko quickly went to Penpen’s house.

Seeing Yanineko leave, I went into the room wearing shoes as they were and cleaned the house at once with [Life Magic].

In fact, I thought about calling a cleaning company, but I thought they would either curse and just leave or demand a huge extra charge.

But this was not only a problem.

How long she didn’t wash the futon and pillow, they were all stuck, and the fibers that were at least stuck due to contaminants crumbled as they were when the contaminants disappeared with the [Life Magic] just now.

The same was true for the tatami.

It was on the verge of breaking.

’Wow... This is the first time I’ve seen such a case. Amazing, amazing.’

So I had no choice but to restore it with ability and use [Life Magic] once more.[Restore]

Finally, I finished cleaning by spraying a subtle air freshener.

’I don’t know how long it will last, but this way there won’t be a smell for the time being.’

Then I went to Penpen’s house and ordered pizza as promised.

"Delicious nya! I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve had pizza nya!"

"Yeah, eat a lot."

Then Penpen, who was eating together next to me, asked.

"But why suddenly pizza..."

"The next house was too dirty, so I cleaned it. Because I was worried the smell would come to this house."

"Really? Cleaning that house is not an ordinary job..."

Penpen also seemed to know how dirty Yanineko’s house is.

"I called a contractor."

"I, I see."

Since there is time for pizza delivery and eating, it seemed okay to make such an excuse.

We ate pizza and went to Yanineko’s house together.

"Oh, my house became clean nya! The futon is also fluffy and smells good nya!"

"Since it seems hard to clean, use it cleanly from now on."

This girl didn’t even listen to me and immediately took out her cell phone and called somewhere.

"Imoko-chan, I cleaned my house nya! Come to play nya!"

This girl, it seems she has no conscience either.

Moreover, as soon as the call ended, absurdly, she started smoking a cigarette right away.

Because of that, the room was instantly filled with cigarette smoke again.

"Hoo-! As expected, a smoke after meal is the best nya!"

"My goodness... Fortunately, Penpen doesn’t smoke."

"Ahaha..."

"Let’s go now."

"Yeah."

Even if I wait a little, I could see Imoko, but I didn’t want to be in a room full of cigarette smoke any longer.

’Well, there will be a day to see her next time.’

Penpen and I returned home again and were spending time watching a movie.

Then suddenly a loud noise was heard from the next house.

It seems Imoko came.

"You really cleaned it??? You’re not kidding, right? Oh, it’s really... Guh! Cigarette smell... Uwaak..."

As expected, I expected it to be like this.

Because Imoko hates cigarette smell so much.

The next day, I went to the construction site in Alpha Village once.

Because I had to see the construction progress.

It seems it was good to request Kujo Construction.

Whether it’s because I, the major shareholder, asked, or because Kujo Mizuna, Penpen’s mother, took care of it, I don’t know, but they had already laid the parking lot and roads and were building the foundation of the building.

The speed was a little fast, but it didn’t look like sloppy construction.

This time I also went inside the village.

But the atmosphere of the village was a little strange.

Hahahahaha-!!

Hohohohoho-!!

They were not laughing naturally, but laughing exaggeratedly.

Moreover, since they were doing it at the same time, something was eerie.

"Oh, Jin. You’re here."

"What on earth happened?"

"This is called ’Laughter Festival’, it’s a practice for the festival we made this time. It is a festival that offers laughter to our god, thanking for the days when we can enjoy a pleasant life. Outsiders don’t have to laugh, so you don’t have to worry about it."

I was dumbfounded by the chieftain’s words.

"Don’t tell me, you made this because I told you to make a festival and increase attractions?"

"Hmm, that’s right."

"..."

I thought it was wrong to leave it to beastmen, if it was wrong.

I immediately took out my cell phone and started to tell Rani that this way it’s only scary and lacks competitiveness, showing her festivals around the world.

"Oh! Samba festival is amazing. Then we too..."

"There’s no need to do it on such a large scale. No, you can’t. This is a festival held at the national level. Instead, during the festival period, even if you just dance a dance of gratitude at a constant pace around that space... no, around the statue, people will like it."

"Really, is it okay to do it so simply?"

"Of course. And it would be good to sell accessories or lucky charms too. The most important thing is not to overdo it, you’re not clowns. I think it’s good to start with easy things and gradually add flesh."

"That’s a good saying. Hmm, I got it, I’ll try it."

I don’t know if this did it.

Still, it would be better than that strange ’Laughter Festival’.

After doing work like that and going to Penpen’s house, Penpen was not at home.

So I wondered where she went and looked for her, and she was in the house right next door, Ochinpo Tatsuro’s house.

Moreover, Yanineko was also together, and the two were working hard as assistants, putting tones on manga manuscripts drawn by Tatsuro or blacking them.

"Man... It’s a relief that Penpen Neko and Yanineko are helping. This week, two deadlines overlapped. I thought I was going to die?"

"Just trust me nya."

Tatsuro was finishing manuscripts in analog, and it definitely seemed to take a lot of time this way.

"Wouldn’t it be better to use a tablet? If you work on a computer, you can save money on manuscript paper and tones and save labor costs, and it’s convenient to send too."

"I’m sorry to say this, but I’m computer illiterate... Besides, I’m too used to analog style..."

Strangely, Japanese people were very weak at this.

"My goodness, then you have to learn. Anyway, I’ll help too."

"Oh, thank you."

Penpen and I don’t smoke, so we spread a table in a place away from Yanineko and helped with work.

From this time on, we subdivided the work, Yanineko did the blacking, Penpen Neko attached tones, and I took charge of backgrounds.

"Oh, Jin draws really well? And fast too. Have you ever worked as an assistant or serialized somewhere?"

"There’s no way... But I have drawn pictures as a hobby."

Actually, I have serialized before.

In the Naruto worldview.

Moreover, ability was already EX grade.[Art]

So this level of work was a piece of cake.

"I see. It’s a relief, a skilled person is helping. It will end faster than I thought? In fact, I was prepared to work all night."

"Then you can buy us a meal when it’s over."

"Okay. I’ll buy you something delicious."

But since Tatsuro is an erotic manga artist, there were quite a lot of H pictures in the manuscripts.

So Penpen blushed and glanced at me.

It seems a little embarrassing.

"Wow, fast! Now the background is done. Now only tones and blacking are left."

"Really? I see."

But the work did not flow so smoothly.

"Hmm? Doesn’t it smell like something burning somewhere?"

"Yeah, something burning somewhere..."

When Penpen and I said that, Yanineko sweated and hurriedly hid something.

"It, it’s just your imagination nya!"

"Really?"

This girl definitely burned a manuscript while smoking and working, but for now I pretended not to know.

"It’s really a relief. It ends so quickly. It’s exactly dinner time, so tell me what you want to eat. I’ll treat you. Of course, I’ll give you hourly wages too."

Tatsuro said that while carefully putting the manuscripts in an envelope.

It seems she didn’t get caught until the end that the manuscript was burnt.

This was a fantastic collaboration between an author who skipped important inspection because she was tired and an irresponsible assistant.

We went out in the evening to a yakiniku restaurant, ate meat that Tatsuro bought for us, and returned home.

The next day, Tatsuro burst open the door with an angry face and asked urgently.

"Do you know where Yanineko went?"

"I don’t know? What’s wrong?"

"This girl burned one of the manuscripts yesterday! I just got a call from the publisher, and they said they hurriedly made a new manuscript and sent it because of that! I was going to take a nap today."

"Ah, that burning smell yesterday..."

"Right, it must be what she burned at that time! Anyway, if you see Yanineko, tell me."

"Ye, yeah."

And then she went somewhere with a huff.

Then Penpen smiled and said.

"Huhu, pitifully... Jin, the history of mankind originated from appetite. Next is desire for things, sexual desire, desire for domination. If I were to say, there’s no end, but the common point of all these desires is that they have always been the fuse of conflict. The reason I left home and chose this life is because I wanted to prove that humanity can resist such sweet and dangerous temptations."

I had forgotten for a moment, but Penpen was also a crappy philosopher.

"So if you live a life free from desire, you won’t be swayed by anything. I wish teacher Tatsuro also lived such a life."

"Then can I meet other women until I marry you?"

At those words, Penpen’s face hardened and she sweated.

"Th, that is a bit... please bear it..."

"Why? You said you’re living a life free from desire?"

"That’s true, but..."

As expected, Penpen’s crappy philosophy was easy to refute.

Because she herself, who says so, is more obsessed with material things than anyone.

"I’m going to go seduce women now."

When I said that and tried to get up, Penpen didn’t say anything and tightly grabbed my pants and wouldn’t let go.

I couldn’t help but chuckle at that.

"Let’s go, today let’s drive and go eat something delicious."

"U, yeah."

Penpen and I drove the Ferrari along the coastal road, enjoyed a drive, ate seafood teppanyaki, did some shopping, and came back.

"You! Did you think I wouldn’t find you if you hide in Aruneeko’s house!?"

"Nya nya nya! It hurts nya!"

When we returned, Tatsuro was scolding Yanineko, pulling and stretching her cheek.

It seems she was hiding and was caught by Tatsuro.

We watched that for a while, laughed, and went into the house.

After a while, the sound of a car coming in from the beastman apartment side was heard.

When I went out to the veranda and looked down, I saw Yakuneko returning from work and parking her car.

I talked to Yakuneko to ask if she is adapting well.

"Ah, Jin. You were here."

"How is it? Is work doable?"

"People treat me well and the route isn’t that long, so there’s nothing particularly hard. Rather, I wonder if there’s too little work. Well, sometimes if ingredients run out or there’s no miscellaneous items like screws, I have to go buy them with other employees though."

"Is lunch edible?"

"It’s not just edible. As expected, since a professional chef prepares it, it was super delicious."

From hearing the story, it seems she is adapting well to the new workplace.

Moreover, Yakuneko’s expression also looked lively and good.

As for salary, I also asked other employees in advance to pay it from the mansion’s emergency funds, so even if I’m away, there will be no unfortunate event of not receiving salary.

"That’s a relief. Is that beer? Are you going to have a drink today?"

"Yeah, since driving is my main job, I haven’t been able to drink lately. Since I’m off from tomorrow, I’m going to have a drink and sleep."

"Really? Then want to do it together with us?"

"That would be nice."

Yakuneko and I went to the convenience store and bought more alcohol and snacks like chicken skewers, and came to Penpen’s house and had a drink, and somehow Yanineko, as well as Aruneeko and Kansai Neko also came after smelling it and had a drink together.

"Man~ As expected, Penpen’s house is the most comfortable. TV is super big and air conditioner adjusts temperature perfectly, and besides, it’s super clean."

Penpen was surprisingly good at cleaning and her sitting posture was always upright.

It seems it was due to educational enthusiasm.

"Penpen has very high femininity. If she goes to get married... She doesn’t take the elevator and just goes up with femininity~!"

"..."

Because of Kansai Neko’s gag, the cold wind was blowing too much, so I asked a question to turn the atmosphere around.

"You both said you’re still university students, right? What will you do after graduation?"

"Hmm... I haven’t thought that far. Surprisingly, there’s not much a beastman can do."

"..."

At my question, Kansai Neko answered, but Aruneeko had no particular thoughts and was just sipping alcohol without answering.

"Then, do you want to work as my secretary after graduation? I’m building a factory this time. There seems to be a lot of work there, so I think I need assistance."

"Really! I’d love to!"

Perhaps because she saw Yakuneko brighten up because I gave her a job, Kansai Neko also seems to see it positively.

"At that time, I would like Yaku to help too. I tried giving Yaku work and she was trustworthy."

"Leave it to me!"

Since Yakuneko has improved a lot, I didn’t intend to keep her only as a driver.

When the factory is completed, I was thinking of using the two girls who fall into the most normal category first.

"Is there no job for me nya?"

"Of course there is. I would like you and Aruneeko to distinguish tobacco and alcohol... But looking at both of your lives, I’m not sure if I can trust you. Moreover, Aruneeko, from what I heard, you can’t even graduate and you’re going to die? It would be good to graduate from university normally and I’m not saying don’t drink alcohol, but if you reduce it just a little, I think I can use you enough though."

Then Aruneeko said.

"I can also endure alcohol..."

"How much?"

Aruneeko raised one finger.

"One week?"

"No..."

"One day?"

"No..."

"One hour?"

Only then did Aruneeko nod.

Then other beastmen also started to worry sincerely.

"At this rate, she’ll really die?"

"Yeah..."