Pounding a Mochi!

Makoto walked slowly while raising her net. Her heart was beating very hard since she was a bit nervous.

Yuuki didn't help her and looked at her to see whether she could succeed without his help.

Makoto was only a meter away and hurriedly swung her net toward the puggles.

"Nyaa!" The puggles noticed her right away and ran away directly.

Makoto missed her chance to catch the puggles and looked at the empty net.

"..."

Yuuki walked toward her and patted her shoulder, "Don't mind."

Makoto feels very complicated right now. She didn't want to give up and hurriedly gave a chase to that creature, "Wait! I will catch you! Don't run!"

"...."

Yuuki was speechless looking at her actions. He sighed and felt a bit sad to think that she was his cousin.

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"Ha... Ha... Ha...." Makoto breathed heavily while sitting on the bench. She had been running to chase after the puggles but it was very hard to chase after them. She didn't know that it was this hard to chase that creature.

Yuuki brought a drink from the vending machine in this park. He didn't know that there was a small park around this area. Even though it was small, it was still a very good place for children to play. He was sure the price of the land in this location was quite steep, "Are you okay with cola?"

"Yes," Makoto nodded and took the can of cola from him.

Both of them opened the can together and drank the cola at the same time.

Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!

"Ahhh!!!"

"So what are you going to do now?" Yuuki looked at her and asked, "Do you want me to help you?" He had placed the small GPS sensor on the puggles and it would be very easy to catch it.

Makoto thought for a bit and suddenly remembered something, "That's right! Onee-chan has given me a note of how to catch the puggles before!" She searched in her pocket, "I remember that I brought it with me."

"...."

'Then use it earlier!' Yuuki looked at her speechless expression.

"It's here!" Makoto said while opening the note that had been given by her sister.

"Hmm," Yuuki was also curious and read the note beside her.

"To catch the puggles, you need to use bait to make it come toward you," Makoto said.

"A bait?" Yuuki felt that it was a bit similar to fishing, "What is the bait?"

"Hmm," Makoto read the note while frowning at her forehead, "It should be easy to make, it is similar to mochi."

"...."

"Mochi? You want to make mochi in this park?" Yuuki asked with a strange expression.

"Yes, can you make it for me, please!" Makoto asked.

"..."

Yuuki felt that it was very strange but he didn't reject her request and created a wood mortar, wood pestle, and bucket with water inside. He looked at her and asked, "Did you bring a mochi?"

"Oh, I remember that Onee-chan gave me something before we went out," Makoto said and took a container with rice inside, "Alright, let's make it!"

Yuuki felt strange since both of them were making mochi in the middle of the night alone. He was wondering whether they would be reported by the people who lived here since they caused a commotion. He thought that this crime was a bit lame and it would be strange to be caught by police for making mochi in the middle of the night.

"Yuuki, you will be the one who folds and wet the mochi, I will be the one who hammers it," Makoto said.

"Can you do that?" Yuuki was worried.

"I can do it!" Makoto said with a confident expression.

"..."

Yuuki was still worried but he didn't say anything. He nodded and put the hot mochi inside the mortar and put his hand on the water. He looked at her and said, "Ready?"

Makoto nodded, "I will start!"

"Good," Yuuki nodded.

Makoto raised her hammer and pounded to the mochi.

Baam!

Makoto raised her hammer again and Yuuki folded the mochi with his wet hand, "Hey!"

"Hey!" Makoto also said and pounded her hammer again.

Both of them were working together to create a perfect mochi together.

Suddenly the puggles came out and walked toward them while looking at them with a curious expression. It also drooled when it saw the mochi inside the mortar but it waited patiently for it to be ready.

"Hey!"

"Hey!"

Yuuki and Makoto started to forget about the mission and thought about making the perfect mochi tonight. The sound of a hammer that pounded the mochi and their shout made this quiet place very festive.

They didn't know but in the future, their action would become an urban legend among the people who lived near the shopping district. They would be known as the mochi shop maker ghost that sometimes would create a delicious mochi in the middle of the night.

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Yuuki and Makoto looked at the mochi with a satisfying expression. They suddenly noticed something while watching the mochi with a hopeful expression. They looked at each other and smiled. They cut the mochi and sprinkled it with soybean powder. They gave some of their mochis to the puggles and decided to eat it here together with it. They ate the mochi together and had a satisfied smile.

Yuuki looked at Makoto to remind her not to forget about her quest.

Makoto nodded and took her net to catch it.

The puggles didn't escape and were caught by her directly but it didn't really care since it was eating a mochi with a satisfied expression.

Makoto put the puggles inside a special cage and sighed in relief, "It's done."

"Yeah," Yuuki nodded.

Suddenly they heard a police car siren.

Wee woo! Wee woo! Wee woo!

They became pale when they heard it.

"Let's run away!" Yuuki said.

Makoto nodded in agreement since she didn't want to be caught by the police.

They left their mochi tools in the park after erasing their fingerprints since it was very interesting to see if their action would lead to a summer horror story.