Ai Kisugi could hardly believe it. "That's it? Really?"
Morpheus nodded. "Yes, that's all. Having the famed Cat's Eye sisters as my followers—don't you think that's something worth bragging about?"
Hearing Morpheus casually reveal their true identities, the three sisters weren't overly surprised.
After all, he was a god. Wasn't it only natural for a god to know who they were?
Rui spoke up, "If that's the case, we're willing to become your followers, my lord."
Hitomi and Ai nodded in agreement.
Whatever their eldest sister decided, they wouldn't oppose.
Morpheus said, "Then come forward, one by one, starting with Hitomi."
Hitomi stepped up to Morpheus.
He patted her shoulder, infusing her with ten thousand points of radiant power. With this energy, Hitomi could now freely control her energy-draining ability.
Next, Rui and Ai each became Morpheus's followers in turn.
Morpheus left a mark on each of the three sisters, granting them access to the follower platform.
He briefly explained the platform's functions.
The three were astonished. They hadn't expected that becoming Morpheus's followers would not only grant them immense power but also come with so many benefits.
Wasn't this god a bit too generous?
Ai couldn't help but blurt out, "Lord Morpheus, is this really okay?"
"No problem at all," Morpheus replied. "I don't just take anyone. Only followers as remarkable as you three are worth collecting."
'Uh… what?'
For a moment, she was at a loss for how to respond.
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Several days passed in the blink of an eye.
After resolving the issue with the Cat's Eye sisters, Morpheus returned to his usual routine of wandering the streets.
He roamed the alleys and avenues of Tokyo, searching for anything interesting.
Aside from the Cat's Eye Cafe, he did stumble upon a few intriguing incidents.
For instance, while strolling through Shibuya one day, he witnessed a yakuza deal in progress. At the time, Morpheus didn't pay it much mind—after all, it had nothing to do with him.
But just then, a man brazenly stumbled into the middle of the yakuza transaction.
Morpheus could tell the intrusion wasn't intentional.
The man had simply wandered in by accident.
Even so, the yakuza weren't about to let him off. They chased him down relentlessly.
Eventually, they pushed the man too far, and he turned the tables, thoroughly teaching the lawless yakuza a lesson.
The beaten yakuza littered the ground, but as the saying goes, they might lose the fight, but not their pride.
Despite being thrashed, they remained defiant.
"Who the hell are you, daring to mess with the Tojo Clan?"
"Got the guts to tell us your name, you bastard?"
"The Tojo Clan won't let you off!"
Morpheus's eyes flickered at their words. If he remembered correctly, the Tojo Clan was a faction from the game Yakuza, and it was supposedly the largest syndicate in Japan.
Well, damn. That got pulled into this world too.
Facing the yakuza's threats, the man merely gave a carefree smile. "I'm just an ordinary sweeper."
At the word "sweeper," the Tojo Clan members' faces paled.
One of them seemed to realize something and shouted, "I know who you are! The sweeper who wears a blue suit jacket and black dress pants—you're Ryo Saeba, the City Hunter!"
Well, damn. Another anime character.
Ryo Saeba.
The protagonist of the manga City Hunter and its derivative works.
Fun fact: that manga was created by Tsukasa Hojo, the same author as Cat's Eye.
Morpheus had just met the Cat's Eye sisters a few days ago, and now here was Ryo Saeba.
Talk about fate.
Hearing his identity exposed, Ryo Saeba gave a light chuckle, turned, and walked away, leaving behind a group of silenced yakuza.
This caught Morpheus slightly off guard.
The Tojo Clan was, after all, the biggest syndicate in Yakuza.
Even if they weren't as powerful in this world, they shouldn't be that scared of Ryo Saeba, right?
Was this world's Ryo Saeba stronger than in the original story, or was the Tojo Clan even more pathetic than in the game?
On second thought, it didn't seem impossible.
Whatever. It's not like it had anything to do with him.
Morpheus smirked and quickly put the small encounter behind him.
He had more pressing matters to attend to.
Not long ago, Ada Wong, the double agent who had infiltrated Umbrella Corporation, sent him a message.
Wesker was secretly developing a highly unusual biological virus.
This virus could mutate animals, making them more ferocious, powerful, and aggressive—even outright hostile. It was especially unfriendly to humans.
Animals infected with this virus seemed to harbor an intense animosity toward humans, attacking them on sight.
It was clearly designed to wipe out humanity.
This made Ada start to believe what Morpheus had told her.
If Umbrella wasn't obsessed with destroying humanity, why would they develop a virus so specifically targeted against humans?
Along with this information, Ada sent back a few photos.
When Morpheus saw them, he felt a strange sense of familiarity with the mutated animals.
It was as if he'd seen them somewhere before.
So, he asked Ada to send more detailed information.
True to form, Ada delivered. A day later, she sent back additional details, explaining that the virus could rewrite an animal's DNA, making them stronger.
When Morpheus read this, it clicked.
This had to be the Gastrea Virus.
The Gastrea Virus was from another anime, Black Bullet.
It was an artificially created virus.
A DNA virus capable of transforming ordinary creatures into Gastrea, it worked by rewriting the host's DNA to morph them into various forms of Gastrea.
In essence, it altered the species of the infected.
The Gastrea Virus was highly adaptable, able to combine DNA from different species into a single organism, creating what were called compound-factor Gastrea with traits from multiple creatures.
Moreover, the virus could adapt to the host's physical condition, selecting the most suitable transformation, resulting in Gastrea with exceptional physical strength and agility.
In Black Bullet, this virus nearly drove humanity to extinction.
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300 Power Stones = 2 BC
500 Power Stones = 3 BC
700 Power Stones = 4 BC
1000 Power Stones = 5 BC
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