TUG-OF-WAR VI

"Nya-hahaha! Interesting human, how exactly did you get a hold of a contract scroll? And how exactly do you know about MAIN?" He hisses at me, twisting the cane inside me, "Who are you?"

I only smirk and cough out blood, "I'm just someone who wants to survive and find my family. As for the other things, T-that's a trade secret, I'm entitled to have a cat..." I push the contract to his face, "...Sign the contract. You won't lose out on anything. You'll only gain fame, money, rank, and the chance to join MAIN that you desire."

We both stood there in silence. Meu leaves me and goes to read the contract.

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As long as Party A lives, Party B will work with Party A, the talent, and Party B as the agent.

Party A, in exchange, wants to have all the proceeds that Party B receives from Party A's specific channel and services. All other proceeds go to Party B.

This contract can not be terminated unless Party A's soul and body or both parties agree to the contract's dissolvement. However, if either party breaches, this contract will be forced to serve a life-long indenture servitude.

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"Is the breach section nye-cessary?" He asks.

"Nope." I kept a straight face, "We can remove it, I just thought you would want insurance. Here." I take the contract and wave my hand on it to remove the contract breach. Giving it back to him, Meu confirms the contents.

"You have a deal human." He grins wickedly. An ink stamp appears, and he takes his paw, inks it, and stamps on the contract where I had his name written on.

I snatch the contract look over the paw print before grabbing a handful of my body that was oozing out of my stomach and stamping my whole hand by my name.

The contact shines, and a bell replaces it.

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YOU HAVE FORMED A CONTRACT WITH A DEMIGOD. DEMIGOD'S BELL HAS BEEN MADE. WOULD YOU WISH TO CHANGE THE BELL TO A DIFFERENT FORM?

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"You're a cunning human!" Meu hisses at me and attacks.

"Change bell to a cat toy feature wand." I smirk, "With a fancy bell collar on Meu."

Right before Meu can claw my face, he's claws pauses in mid-air near my face. A bell collar appears around his neck before his body is flung hard across the space and hits his own barrier.

A feather cat toy wand appears in my hand.

[MEU'S FEATHER WAND] - Allows the bond owner to call Meu anytime and anywhere with just a jiggle. Meu can not refuse the call or owner's commands.

"Y-you tricked me‐nya!" He hisses, grabbing at the collar and trying to rip it off. However, to his horror, it only stays and jingles.

"You should have left the breach of contact as insurance." I jiggle the cat toy, "Come here, kitty!"

Meu instantly transports in front of me.

"Ahhhh! I'm not one of your human cat pet nya! I am the great, the powerful, and the whimsical Meu!" He cries.

"Meu shut up." I command. He instantly shuts up.

"I know this wasn't a part of the deal, butt just like what the contract says, I as your master or owner will not treat you badly. I will help you earn as much money, fame, and rank to get you into MAIN." I explain before continuing.

"Or... you can create your own version of MAIN."

Meu, who was already throwing a fit, stops to glare at me.

"Are you asking me to create another streaming service that's not under MAIN? "

"Yep. And you can be the boss to it." I grin. This is like the companies that are fighting for consumer views in my world. Dizney TV, VTube TV, NextFlix, and other streaming services. However, in the Demigod Stream, there's only MAIN.

"YOU---" Meu incredulously stares at me, "Are a crazy human. MAIN is a bunch of crazy Demigods who have all surpassed all 10 ranks! They are practically legendary hosts! I'm only at the lowest rank! "

The rankings of the Demigods were one of the things I read.

Starting from lowest to highest:

10-Jule,

9-Inda,

8-Hote,

7-Gufa,

6-Foxta,

5-Enco,

4-Devi,

3-Chala,

2-Baba, and the very top of them all is...

Rank 1-Alfah.

After that, their called legendary. Demigods can change their status if they are a demigod to a God once they have earned many high-grade streams.

"Meu, the reason why you are even here is because you want to ascend to God hood, right? And you think that joining MAIN will help you get there. But what if I told you that all your efforts won't be yours to claim?" Meu blinks.

"What if all your efforts are given to MAIN'S higher ups? Like here on earth, people of higher positions tend to take away credit that were done by people below them. What makes you confident that they won't take yours?" I hope this gets to him.

"I--" Meu looks down, conflicted with my words. He reverts back to his small form and takes the barrier down.

"Whether that's true or you are speaking lies, I'll be the judge. You have now spent 30 minutes on your punishment. Aren't you afraid your little friend has already been digested?"

"Crap." I cursed.

"Do you need help" - master?

W-what? You can mind-link? I thought.

It's possible now since we are contracted together by the Demigod's Bell, he rolls his eyes at me. And it's best if we communicate like this from now on. You obviously have a lot of secrets that shouldn't be mentioned out loud. You might anger the gods, demons and MAIN... Now I'll be going. Since you're so smart figure out how you can save your friend and survive the punishment in the next 28 minutes.

Meu flicks a cat middle finger at me before disappearing.

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7th DEMON PRINCE, BAAL APPLAUDS YOU FOR A GREAT JOB OF MAKING THE CRAZY CAT YOUR SUBORDINATE.

ARCHANGEL, ARIEL SHAKES HER HEAD STILL NOT BELIEVING IT.

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"Why are you guys surprised? Did I not do this in the last 6 times?"

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7th DEMON PRINCE, BAAL and ARCHANGEL, ARIEL SIMULTANEOUSLY SAYS NO.

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"Ohh..." Was all I could say.

"Well now, that the cat's been tamed and domesticated, some what, let's go monster fishing!"

Walking over the middle of the platform I start banging on the metal ground.

CLANG!

KLANG!

CLUNK!

I pounded till the water around me began to turn from ripples to waves. Then five big sea serpents emerge from the sea.

"Roarrr!"

"Hisssss!"

They surrounded me, and I was baffled as to how all of them looked alike.

"Do I have to kill them all before I can figure out who has Jung-woo?"