Doraemon's Take-copter isn't slower than a flying broom. In just a little while, we arrived at Miyoko's manor.
"How could this be!"
When we got to Miyoko's manor, we found it was already in ruins, covered in blackened scorched earth everywhere.
Especially where Miyoko's house used to be—it looked like it had been blasted into a huge crater.
"Miyoko!"
"Professor Mangetsu!"
We kept calling their names amid the rubble, hoping they were still here.
"What on earth happened?"
"I wonder how Miyoko and the others are!"
We were both worried!
After searching fruitlessly, suddenly there was a squeaking sound nearby.
"Ah! A mouse!" Doraemon glanced over and screamed, then started jumping around!
"Why would there be a mouse in a place like this!"
Doraemon yelled in panic.
A pink mouse crawled out from the ruins of what was once Miyoko's house.
While Doraemon was freaking out, I thought the mouse looked familiar, especially with the necklace around its neck.
"Little mouse, you look a lot like a friend of mine!" I gently picked up the pink mouse, feeling like this had to be Miyoko transformed.
But I remember in the original story, Miyoko turned into a cat, not a mouse? How did it become a mouse?
When I picked up the mouse, it didn't resist; instead, it seemed happy and waved its paws as if gesturing something.
I had a sudden idea to verify if it was Miyoko—just check if it's male or female, right?
"Are you male or female?"
With that, I pulled apart the pink mouse's hind legs.
The pink mouse heard this and looked panicked, trying to stop me.
But it was too late; I pulled them apart and saw everything.
Then, the embarrassed pink mouse bit me.
Okay, now I was sure this was Miyoko.
I wondered if getting bitten by a mouse-turned-Miyoko meant I needed a rabies shot.
Looking at the mouse that had turned from pink to red, I knew I absolutely couldn't admit I knew it was Miyoko, or I'd be in big trouble.
"Why did you bite me, you mouse? I was just kindly checking your body!"
I clutched my bitten hand, playing dumb.
The pink mouse, seeing this, turned back from red to pink. It was quite magical.
It seemed Miyoko's anger had subsided a lot, which let me breathe a sigh of relief.
"Ah! Why are you biting again?"
Just as I thought it was over, feeling unsatisfied, Miyoko bit me again.
Afterward, I stroked the pink mouse's fur, pretending to be an animal lover to coax Miyoko back to good spirits.
She just seemed sulky, turning her head away with a huff!
But I felt like even though the pink mouse wasn't red anymore, it was even pinker, like a girl blushing in embarrassment.
In the distance, Doraemon was yelling about the mouse, and as he ran forward, he crashed into the belly of a huge creature.
Doraemon looked up and realized it was a massive red dragon with its wings spread.
Riding on the red dragon was a humanoid demon. It seemed these demons were behind the destruction of Miyoko's manor.
The place was already ruined, yet demons were still monitoring it.
"There's a dragon!" Doraemon shouted.
The red dragon opened its massive jaws at Doraemon and spewed a fierce blast of demon world fire toward him.
Doraemon panicked and dodged the attack.
I saw Doraemon in danger, so I put the pink mouse in my shirt pocket, ignoring Miyoko's feelings for now.
I hurried over to help Doraemon!
Doraemon was running around in a frenzy, not even having time to pull out a gadget to fight back.
"Are you also companions of that little girl?" The humanoid demon riding the red dragon's neck controlled it to attack Doraemon.
Not only did the red dragon breathe demon world fire, but the humanoid demon occasionally raised its hand to shoot blue lightning at Doraemon too.
Under the dual attacks, Doraemon was in utter disarray.
At that moment, before I could reach them, suddenly a Miyoko appeared from the side!
She conjured a long sword and slashed apart the demon world fire heading toward Doraemon.
"Miyoko!" Doraemon said gratefully.
What's going on? There's another Miyoko? At that point, the pink mouse poked its head out of my pocket and started fidgeting restlessly, clawing at my clothes.
I knew that the sword-wielding Miyoko was probably the one transformed by a demon from the original story.
Just as the sword-wielding Miyoko blocked the attack on Doraemon, a black shadow suddenly lunged at her.
It was the monkey-like demon that had attacked Suneo and Gian before, trying to sneak attack.
Caught off guard, the Miyoko's long sword was knocked away, and she fell to the ground.
The red dragon saw its chance and opened its huge mouth to spew demon world fire at her.
"Miyoko!" Doraemon saw he couldn't make it in time and was frantic.
I thought these demons were acting really convincingly! If I didn't know the plot, I might have been fooled!
Their acting was way better than some fresh-faced actors, and the plot was better than some directors and screenwriters.
But I decided to play along and see what else they could do!
So, I activated my telekinesis, enveloping the red dragon that was breathing demon world fire, and gently squeezed with my hand.
The red dragon's attack backfired at close range, exploding the demon world fire in its mouth, consuming the entire red dragon and the humanoid demon.
They turned to ashes in a blaze of flames.
The monkey demon, seeing the act was complete, left first.
Only the fallen Miyoko remained.
That Miyoko got up from the ground.
"I'm sorry for dragging you two into this!"
That Miyoko said apologetically.
When I approached that Miyoko, the pink mouse that had been fidgeting in my pocket suddenly shrank back into the pocket, as if afraid of being discovered by that Miyoko.
"This is awful!" Doraemon hurried over too!
"Miyoko, where's Professor Mangetsu?" Doraemon asked about her father's whereabouts.
"He was taken to another dimension by the demon!"
"I was lucky and escaped alone."
"But the demons found out and were chasing me!"
That Miyoko said sadly.
"But luckily, this ancient document is safe!"
That Miyoko pulled out a document from her bosom.
"As long as we find the Demon World Chronicles, we can learn the method to seal the demon!"