Chapter 224: Pastime 2

P͇a͇s͇a͇t͇i͇e͇m͇p͇o͇ ͇2͇

My hobby now is just to go out in the street, walk and see what is going on around me, I had doubts since I decided to start this, the one that resonated the most in my head is that if I find some theft or crime present of me, or an accident missing happened, what would I have to do, I think it's more than obvious that I have to catch him, for the simple fact that I can do it, and yes, that's what I should do, but sometimes I think that since I could finally go back to my world, all the things I did before like being a "hero", I should leave them behind, I want to have a simple life and take back what I left here, but. ...there are a lot of buts here, but I feel it is my duty somehow, I just have to do it, right? But I also think if I should show to the world what I am now, if I do this would take a big turn, maybe even my quiet life would be different, the only examples I have are the comics, where the heroes decide to show themselves as they are to the world without any fear. Should I do the same? The only present example and I already said it before is Tohru, who is not afraid to show himself as he is in different situations or even in all his daily life, I wish I had Tohru's quick thinking, so I would save myself in asking things to my brain. At the moment I don't know, I guess more than a nose, I'm afraid of what this would mean. I would have no problem showing myself as I am, if the world I'm in were already more familiar, if so I wouldn't hesitate to come up with the answer.

But instead of all that, I stumbled upon something much more interesting than double life stuff, yes yes yes yes yes aha, who cares about double life? at least not me, since you know the internet you already have a second life, don't get your back out by creating a third one, it's unnecessary if you're not forced to.

『Maylo....』 -『Okay, we'll play your game, we'll catch you and discover my father's treasure!!!』

Kenzo was determined and declared it with his words, this was what he wanted, something much milder but exciting at the same time from everything that happened to me, something that is very believable and not so far from reality, this is what I want to walk away from for a moment. Although I don't know if it is just as I think, I already knew that if you teach someone, any living being, it will have knowledge, how is it that the dog can communicate with us by its tail and other actions, I don't think it learned it alone, no one is born knowing, who was the one who taught this dog to be so smart.

『So you say brat, you even sounded dramatic, I'll help you get your map back, after all I have nothing else to do 』.

I approached the boy's side so that I too could firmly state my words, at this the boy looked excited to perhaps have a new friend he made this day. As I said before, I don't want to expose myself for now, so my Forms are completely forbidden in everyday things like this, I will do my life as I have always been, a skinny kid who knew how to gain some confidence thanks to his friends. Besides, after Kenzo's statement, I felt that he himself wants to catch the dog, he has a goal to accomplish for today, I am not going to take it away from him, I am going to help him.

The dog when he saw that we are determined, it seems that he marked a smile with his mouth, where from his tail that he had it raised, he happened to lower it making a kind of signal, like he curled it just once, I stared for quite a while to try what it meant what he did, and for more help, the dog bristled some parts of his tail fur and that's where I finally understood.

『But what a son of a bitch you are!!!!! AAAAhhhhhh!!!!!』Щ(◣д◢)艸『You've had enough, tonight I'm going to turn into a Chinese and eat you』

Out of nowhere I got upset for realizing the signal the dog made, and as if I had eaten it, the dog seemed to let out a few laughs to go back with the chase, now I was the first one to chase the dog with all my speed, I was really annoyed, I was going with all the speed I had, but the chistoson dog kept overtaking me.

『(Damn dog!!!! Much jijijijaaj for you, now if I charge you the clown)』( ง ᵒ̌皿ᵒ̌)ง⁼³₌₃

I was too annoyed that I wanted to give it back to the dog somehow, but what surprised me was that Kenzo managed to catch up with me without any problem, when I saw this I was surprised as I couldn't believe that this kid managed to match my speed.

"『Onii-san blue, why does he look so upset? what did the dog do?

Kenzo asked as he matched me and ran to my side, and without any qualms I told him what had really happened and why I was so angry with the flea.

『Didn't you see it? the dog with its tail did the you ate it!!! you ate it!!!! How could I have fallen for that!!! AAAHH!!!!』

As if there was nothing else to do, I was explaining my anger to the boy that when I heard him I didn't avoid being confused and having more questions than doubts, where Kenzo was telling me that if what he was referring to was this "👌". I was telling him that indeed, that with its tail, the dog was able to make that kind of gesture.

『It seems that dog does like to tease people, but when I catch it who will tease who!!』 （｡ò ∀ ó｡）.

『I don't really understand much, but blue Onii-san, I feel that getting upset over something like that, isn't it something very silly?』-『It's just a hand gesture, besides that's already long gone from what I saw』.

When I heard saying that it's very silly to get upset simply because of someone making that gesture to you, turning to see his face of concern, of even embarrassment and confusion for me, plus him being a kid telling me that, made me feel the truth a bit of an idiot in that sense.

『You're right, it's a very silly thing for us to do』.

Why do we humans get hooked on such silly and absurd things? I think I know the answer, because it was popular at the time and like anything, being already very burnt out it becomes completely embarrassing in the future, getting upset about something that already happened, especially this kind of thing makes me feel like a fool, or maybe it's because I'm a fool.

『Unless I pull your middle finger out, I think that would really piss anyone off』.

『Oh! You're right brat (I feel like a retard next to this kid, that's why friends study, or this humiliation will happen to you like it did to me)』.

While we were chasing the dog, it happened to turn down the street where Kenzo was shouting while going the other way, but when we turned down the street, we noticed that the dog had disappeared as if by magic, we were confused looking from one side to the other, but no, not even if we made little rice eyes would we manage to see the dog.

『Where did he go, maybe he's hiding somewhere』.

Kenzo was walking slowly down the street looking for the dog asking himself questions, I was also walking to find out where he is, but maybe it's simpler than we think, dogs are very fast, maybe this one didn't use all his speed before and with that detour he took the opportunity to leave with all his strength.

『Maybe that's the reason brat, he will have gone with his pack, but !!!! If you can listen well, you can hear barking nearby, that must be the dog 』

I could tell since I could feel the presence of the dogs nearby, their barking and the sound of them running could be noticed, but it seems Kenzo hadn't given up on the dog hiding somewhere. tonk!!!! out of nowhere from a garbage can that was nearby, a sound could be heard coming from it, it made slight movements, Kenzo was confused, with a sweat on his forehead, but still with fear he decided to see what was going on, he approached slowly where the garbage can moved slightly again, it was close, very close, where finally Kenzo decided to do it without fear or maybe even yet but he did it! ! when he put his hand through the opening, he was afraid of what he would touch, but when he felt something soft and small, he got more confused and what he took out of the trash can is a cat.

"A cat? But what is it doing here? Did someone throw it out or what?

The cat meowed for being in Kenzo's hands, I at that moment felt a slight sound around me, in the neighborhood where we are, or street, there are bushes in the houses as decoration to the walls, where I heard a sound of bushes and to see what was going on, suddenly the dog jumped on me again making an appearance. The dog was not with his pack or hiding in the dumpster, as it was obvious, he would not fit through the opening, but he jumped up on the wall and hid in the bushes! This dog is very clever!

Kenzo was surprised by how the dog appeared out of nowhere, the map was still in his jaw clinging to it, the cat and the dog exchanged glances for a few seconds, where the cat quickly escaped with the help of his claws from Kenzo to run away, where the dog saw the feline and started to chase him. After all, this was the cat that the pack was chasing, apparently he managed to confuse them, but it seems that after all he was discovered. I heard a pained sound from Kenzo, and when I noticed it, I went to check on him.

"It's nothing, we'd better follow the cat, it needs our help』.

It seems that he was hiding a scratch he had on his arm with his clothes, where the garment also looked scratched, where Kenzo so that I don't ask him anymore, I happened to chase the animals and since I had no other choice, I would also happen to run after them. This day I went from chasing a child, to this child chasing a dog and this dog chasing a cat, what is this? some children's chapter or what?

The cat did not waste his abilities and used them to his advantage, he used his agility to be able to walk through the narrow streets, he thought he was free, but the dog was also not left behind and did the same as the cat, if the cat climbed a tree, the dog did too, if the cat jumped 5 times to him, the dog did too, even the cat himself could not believe it when he saw how this kind of dog was.

Even we were amazed by the ability of these animals, especially Kenzo who was closer to them running without stopping, but every time he saw that dog doing those movements, it only brought back memories of someone who also did them, of a pet that seemed to be better than everyone. But even though Kenzo is remembering nice moments, there is another one who is having a hard time, and it was the cat that was being chased.

『(Why is this happening to me!!!! I just got lost from home!!!! And suddenly I ran into this pack that out of nowhere started following me!!!!! I was so afraid of what they would do to me that I ran without thinking about it!!!! And they are big!!! The only dog I saw so far is a small black one!!!!! AHHHH!!!!)』

This cat was orange with white and wore a collar around his neck, this one left home out of curiosity or just didn't notice that from his fun of chasing a butterfly he stayed far away from home. The cat was running scared and when he turned to look back at the dog following him he only heard loud barking that only animals understand.

『OYE!!!! OYE!!!!!! DON'T RUN!!!!! OR ELSE IT WILL BE WORSE!!!』

The dog labrada saying that to the cat, but the cat was only thinking about running for his life and didn't dine on the milanesos, the cat didn't notice where he was running that he got to the worst place for him, this cat always had a streak of always getting into trouble and having lousy luck. The male cat literally pissed himself when he saw that he was trapped, if his goal was to get away from the dogs, well he didn't make it, without realizing it, he ran up to them, the orange cat was surrounded by that pack that chased him earlier.

『(There's mom....I want to just be home with my owners....the pretty master and the pretty mistresses.....I want to just go back to them....)』༼ ༎ຶ ෴ ༎ຶ༽

The cat was begging in that he wanted to be home again, while the dogs seemed to have no intention of stopping what they started all this with. Kenzo saw the dog turn to where all the animals were where this made him glad.

『I know this place! Where they turned there is no way out, this time we have to catch them Onii-san blue ONII-SAN BLUE!!!????¿¿¿¿¿』⁀⊙﹏☉⁀

When Kenzo turned to look at M, he noticed that the boy was literally dying just from running, where M couldn't take it anymore and collapsed to the ground, quickly Kenzo went to help him, he was breathing hard, his heart was beating hard, and you could tell just by looking at him that he was in an extreme state.

『When was.....the ----last time I ran so much?...----I don't remember.-----I feel like I'm going to run out of air.------』(*'Д｀)=з

Again his physical condition in his base state plays a bad trick on M, chingada madre M, again you are dying just to run a few meters. But while these 2 were worried, it seems that the animals have already made some decisions, where the dog that took the map from Kenzo, had other plans for all to have fun in company. Kenzo was carrying M by the shoulders through that dead end, but was surprised by what he saw next.

The map was in the jaw of one dog, and another, and another, and another, and another. The dogs tore the map into pieces and each member of the pack had a piece of the map. I was very confused when I realized that they were very well organized in every plan those canines thought of, and as far as I could see the orange cat was nowhere to be seen.

Quickly it's like we had a talk with the dogs by means of their tails again, they moved it with signs, they turned it, from one side to the other, they made gestures, each dog of the pack knew how to communicate through the tail and what we understood was the following.

『You couldn't catch a simple piece of paper, now you will have to recover each part and join them again if you want to get it back, at the beginning it was just a joke, but after seeing the decision of that boy we ran over, we didn't want to lose and take the joke to a challenge, you know how we are, dogs only want to spend time with humans, our desire to have fun with you leads us to do things that you can't even think of, so catch us and you will have won the game, let's have fun together 』.

Kenzo was the one who seemed to translate exactly what that pack was saying, listening to him I knew that this would be something, for me there was no problem, I was just looking to have fun, I was going to throw a few words but Kenzo ended up winning me.

『You guys are really smart *smiles* 』 』

Instead of being annoyed that they split up their map, Kenzo was happy to give them a playful moment, it's like Kenzo has been related to spending time with a canine before. All the dogs listening to Kenzo, as if they had bowed, bowed their heads paying their respects, accepting their selfishness of playing all together and that they don't want anyone to be hurt.

『Is it okay for us to do this? If the one who taught us all this finds out that we did this to a little human.....』

『Nothing will happen, he wanted to be able to play longer with humans, that's what we are doing, besides the characteristics he told us, they are very clear in this child, let's try our best to have a good time all of us, it's been a while since we played too, I also feel like playing』.

The dogs among them communicated, they looked at each other, where without further ado would start this sudden game by the canines, that pack was made up of 8 dogs, 8 dogs that were trained or learned from someone and thus obtained those skills to communicate with humans. They quickly ran for the only way out, that's right, they all ran next to us with every part of the map in their jaws, we didn't try to stop them, Kenzo didn't try to stop them, he would listen to what the dogs said.

The dogs coming out of the alley scattered all over the neighborhood, we have up to a certain time until we can catch them all, when the dogs bark at the same time synchronized, it means the time is over and we lost.

『While they were talking they also said that they won't leave the set area, so they are just scattered around this neighborhood, they will use everything they can, they will hide, they will use decoys, they will taunt, so we have to be prepared, also they are dogs of different breeds, maybe that will be a problem, but we will still make it, it's been a long time since I played like this』.

Kenzo was commenting on the situation while I was drinking some soft drinks to hydrate myself, I asked again if he was ok, if the bruise on his arm and knee hurt, but again, Kenzo ignored this and simply said he was fine. While we were talking, we saw a dog from the pack pass in front of us, the breed of dog was .... a Doge !!!!!. I know that's not the name of the dog's breed, but it's easier to understand this way xd.

This dog was with his tongue out and when he saw us he quickly spun around on his own axis very excited. He was wagging his tail to talk to us, but since his tail is already curly, he was having a hard time with this, just by the way he was moving, we knew that Doge is an energetic dog.

『OHH!!!! There they are!!! there they are!!!! Human 1 and tiny human 2!!!! Here !!! I'm here !!! hahahahahaha!!!! AHHHH I can't speak clearly because of the shape of my tail, I'll be the first one!!!! It's been a while since I've played adrenaline games with humans !!!!! I'm very anxious!!!! Follow me please!!! I want to be the first!!! I showed up for a reason!!! please!!! dalee!!!! yes!!! say yes!!!!』

Doge, that's what we'll call him, is very eager to play, he was moving around with a smile on his canine face, he was with his paws moving back and forth, spinning running and even barking. Kenzo when he saw this, memories came to him of a dog that also when he was little, he only thought of playing and moved in the same way, a memory of him with that dog, full of laughter and fun.

『All right!!! Here we go!!!! Doge!!!』

『That's right!!! Follow meee follow me!!!! I wanted to play for a long time!!! I want to be petted too though!!!!! AHH!!!UHMM UHMM!!!! I have to go with the original idea!!!!』

Doge wanted to stay there with us so we could play together, but he couldn't, he had to at least make a little effort from that human duo, so without further ado, Doge started running around the neighborhood while Kenzo and M chased him. This dog despite being small was very agile, arguably more so than the dog at the beginning, if we were to race against this dog, it would be impossible for us in our current state.

Although Doge is very affectionate with humans, since in many moments this one would stop so that we could catch him and hug him with all our affection, but at the last seconds he would regret it and run again with all his strength.

『I'm sorry!!! I'm sorry!!! I really want to get caught!!!! But I shouldn't!!!! There is!!!! I know it's ugly to ask but!!!! Please catch me fast!!!! 』

Doge was running through the neighborhood where I had to measure my speed so I wouldn't get tired all at once like before, as our efforts didn't manage for more, Kenzo would start planning an idea as he was already quite a while watching Doge.

『I've got it Onii-san blue! Doge has been running along the same route over and over again, if we split up and manage to corner him, we'll catch him! You go to the end of the road and wait for him! Hide and dash to catch him, I'll keep chasing him in the meantime』.

At Kenzo's plan I was surprised, as he not only thought of a way to catch him, but also saw a way for me to rest for at least a few minutes, to this I accepted the boy's plan and would go on to run the other way. Kenzo was chasing Doge where I could see that the dog was having a good time with the boy, we quickly arrived to the part where Doge would start his route again, I was hiding in the bushes as that dog did and I threw myself against Doge when I saw that he was stopped.

He was there, Doge was with his tongue out, breathing with a smile, and he did something that I did not expect, he jumped towards the wall where he leaned to jump and thus be able to avoid me, pom!!!! I fell hopelessly to the ground in pain.

"The Doge are of the Shiba Inu breed, they are small and agile dogs, in mountainous places are where they stand out the most since they were originally bred for hunting, so these dogs will use everything in their favor to show how good they are』.

Kenzo was giving an explanation of the Doge's breed, with that they are experts in mountainous areas, that means in places where there are obstacles or where to lean on, these will take good advantage of it, now I understand how it is that he jumped from the wall.

『If you want, you can run through the houses with total freedom, infiltrate by the agility of these and their small stature favors them, we will not be in the mountains, but still here you have an advantage』.

Kenzo commented that he was just playing with us, if Doge got serious we might never catch him, Doge, who was breathing with his tongue out, seemed to have decided on something, he jumped up and down, instead of complicating things for us, Doge couldn't resist any longer and approached Kenzo to give him some affection.

『I knew it, I can't make demands on humans, I'd rather be together with them and laugh together』.

Doge was licking Kenzo's face while Kenzo was laughing, it was also noticeable how he was wagging his tail, but not to communicate or maybe, if not wagging his tail implying that he was very happy. Kenzo was having fun with that Doge, and so we got a part of the map.

When I saw this I was happy, now that I see it, dogs since a long time ago give to understand how they are emotionally through their tails, if they are happy they wag it, if they are sad they lower it, you could say that it is the same as the ears, but the tails are much more visible and more dynamic, then this pack reached the next level of expressing themselves through something that was always present in them. If I were a scientist I would say they have evolved. While I was thinking about this, Doge came up to me and rested his face on my chest.

『I'm sorry I'm sorry for dodging I'm sorry』

It felt like he was apologizing, I quickly smiled and felt very warm, moving on to pet Doge on the head and where there was a little more trust, Doge also moved on to licking my face and not hiding how much fun he had with us. In order not to get in our way, I told Kenzo to give me that part of the map, which I kept it, where without thinking Kenzo thanked me, but when I touched the sheet I quickly became disgusted, the sheet was full of slime, so I quickly put it in my inventory without Kenzo noticing.

Now 7 dogs were missing, we searched through a small playground that was in the neighborhood, it was full of play for infants, and that's where the next dog was, a Rottweiler. He was inside the play sphere where this one was spinning and spinning, seeing him in such a fun and childish place, it was strange to me, since this breed, Rottweilers are categorized as dangerous, it gives an aura of seriousness and leadership.

『You have to be careful brat, these dogs are dangerous if they haven't been well taken care of, between pitbulls and these, I wouldn't know which one I trust less....』

I was chatting to Kenzo while the Rottweiler was still inside the play sphere, and yes, it was with the part of the map between its jaws, but it seems that Kenzo anyway despite my warning took a step forward, where I was worried, before speaking this one interrupted me.

『No problem! No problem...he also just wants to have fun, otherwise...he wouldn't have participated in this game.....』

He swallowed saliva implying that he was a little distrustful of himself, of in his words, Kenzo was approaching with fear but he was walking anyway, he was walking so that his fear would disappear by noticing that everything is fine, but this suddenly stopped, Kenzo stopped the fear. The reason, the game sphere where the Rottweiler was standing stopped, staring the dog staring at Kenzo with that serious and authoritative aura of his breed.

『(I'm not afraid....I'm not afraid....dogs....dogs, even though bad looking and have a history....I know they are not bad...because I learned.....that they are what one needs most when one feels lonely)』

Kenzo remembered a dog again, a dog that we still don't know anything about him, what he looked like, his breed, nothing, he only remembers the good times he spent with him as a child and that he helped him overcome the problem he had then. For Kenzo, he is the person who loves and understands this kind of animals the most, I just hope that our journey of recovering the parts of the map will be fulfilled and not just stay here.

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