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Chapter 306 Come, count your sins! (A debate with Narumi Shokichi)

"You've gone too far, Osomatsu." Skull looked at the woman weeping over Kozo Yaguchi's death and said in a deep voice, "No matter what bad things he did, that cannot be a reason for you to take his life." (Whether or not evil people should be saved is a point of discussion in W and Old Driver, especially the answer in Old Driver, which is very insightful.)

His crimes should be judged by society and the law, not by this kind of vigilante justice aimed at killing.

"Ah Song, throw away the memory and turn yourself in."

"I refuse! Zhuangji, if you still consider me your partner, then don't get involved in this anymore." The Spider Doppelganger turned around, looked at Kamen Rider Skull, and said.

After saying that, the spider hybrid raised its hand and shot out a strand of spider silk, then dragged the silk away from the villa.

Skull watched the spider-infiltrator leave and whispered, "It's precisely because you're my partner that I have to stop you from making this mistake."

Skull left the villa, jumped onto his car, and rode his Skull Iron Man in pursuit.

However, this time he lost track of the spider hybrid.

For dopants, as long as the memory is removed, they can hide in the crowd.

Finding someone who is deliberately hiding in Fengdu is no easy task.

Skull closed the Lost Driver and reached inside to remove the skull memory.

With a whoosh of wind, Skull's armor also turned into countless fragments and disappeared.

Narumi Shokichi looked at the bustling city of Fuuto and did not rush to find the Spider Doppelganger.

Although he lost track of the Spider Doppelganger, its next move was not hard to predict.

He will definitely go to Melissa.

He didn't need to actively seek out the spider hybrid; simply staying by Melissa's side was enough.

"Detective Narumi, if you let your partner continue using Spider Memory, he really won't be able to be saved." Shen Yun said, placing his hands on the railing and looking down at Narumi Shokichi.

"What do you mean?" Narumi Shokichi looked up at Shen Yun.

"The Gaia Memory is not yet perfect. The toxins it contains are very potent. If used frequently, both body and mind will be eroded by the toxins of the Gaia Memory, eventually causing it to go berserk and turn into a monster! At that point, even if you destroy the Gaia Memory, you won't be able to save the person," Shen Yun warned.

The current Gaia Memory is not as perfect as it was in the TV series. Although the current Gaia Memory accelerates the speed of human evolution, the toxins are equally potent, and it can easily turn the user's body and mind into monsters.

In this way, even if the memory is destroyed, it will not save those who have been corrupted into monsters by the memory toxins.

Although Matsui Seiichiro's jealousy of Narumi Shokichi has been greatly reduced, his negative emotions are not as strong as before.

But if he continues to use the Gaia Memory, he will eventually turn into a monster.

"What did you say?" Narumi Shoji's expression changed abruptly. Before he could determine whether Shen Yun's words were true or false, he twisted the accelerator to the floor and drove the Skull Iron Man toward Melissa's office.

"Let's go, let's follow them. How can we miss such a good show?" Shen Yun said with a smile as he watched Narumi Shoji ride away on his motorcycle.

He did want to prevent the tragedy from happening, but that didn't stop him from having fun.

Fengdu, on the west coast.

Melissa, at the invitation of Seiichiro Matsui, came to the west coast of Futo and looked at the sea with a melancholy expression.

"Melissa!" Seiichiro Matsui called out.

Melissa turned around and looked at Matsui Seiichiro, who was running towards her.

Seiichiro Matsui jogged up to Melissa, looked at her, and said, "Melissa, let's leave Fuuto together and live in another city."

Melissa looked at Matsui Seiichiro in front of her, gently shook her head, and said, "Matsu, Zhuang Ji has told me everything, including the fact that you killed the president."

"So that's why you don't want to leave with me?" Matsui Seiichiro's face turned pale, and he gave a bitter smile.

"That's not it!" Melissa shook her head, looking at the now completely unfamiliar Matsui Seiichiro, her beautiful eyes filled with tears, and said, "I just wanted to save you. I don't want you to keep making mistakes. I want the old Matsui to come back."

Looking at Melissa, whose eyes were brimming with tears, Matsui Seiichiro took out the Spider Memory from his pocket, his expression hesitant.

Just then, a series of footsteps sounded.

Narumi Shokichi, hands in his pockets, slowly walked towards the shimmering sea and said, "Matsu, throw away the memory and turn yourself in! It's not too late to turn back now."

"I don't want to! I want to take Melissa away from Fuuto!" Matsui Seiichiro saw Narumi Shokichi approaching and immediately pressed the button on the Spider Memory.

"Spider!"

Seiichiro Matsui inserted the spider memory into his neck once again, and wrapped in countless spider silks, he transformed into a spider hybrid once more.

Seeing Matsui Seiichiro transform into the Spider-Man hybrid once again, Narumi Shokichi lowered the brim of his hat to block his eyes and said softly, "First, I failed to perceive the darkness in the heart of my partner."

"Secondly, I hesitated for a moment about whether to fight."

"Third, my hesitation caused the city's residents to shed tears."

"What nonsense are you spouting?" the spider hybrid asked, puzzled.

"I have counted my sins, Matsu." Narumi Shokichi slowly raised his right hand, pointing at the Spider Doppelganger, and said, "Alright, now count your sins."

Before he finished speaking, Narumi Shoji removed his hat with his left hand, and the Lost Driver at his waist automatically deployed. (The compatibility between the older man and Skull is similar to that between Shotaro and the Joker.)

"Skull!"

On the surface of the Lost Driver, a purple skull pattern formed by the letter S suddenly appeared.

Then, a whooshing sound rang out, and purple lightning spread out from the Lost Driver, forming a purple lightning ring around Narumi Shokichi.

The next moment, countless fragments of armor, accompanied by a whirlwind, covered Narumi Shokichi's body.

Then, a sound like the wailing of the dead rang out, and a purple spark suddenly appeared on Skull's helmet, which resembled a crystal skull, creating a lightning-shaped wound that stretched from the top of his head to his brow.

After the lightning-shaped wound spread to the center of Skull's brow, a purple light shone from his black compound eye. This purple light spread outwards from the center of Skull's compound eye, and the crystal-like helmet gradually turned metallic under the influence of this purple light.

Skull put the hat back on her head and slowly walked towards the spider-doppelin.

"Ugh!" The spider hybrid immediately charged at Skull, throwing a punch at Skull's face.

Skull raised his arm and caught the spider-doppelin's arm.

Skull slowly raised his head and looked at the spider hybrid in front of him. The rib-like patterns on his chest slowly unfolded, and purple energy gathered in Skull's chest to form a skull.

"roar!"

The skull formed from purple energy roared, and purple energy waves spread outwards from the skull, their power sending the spider hybrid flying.

"Ugh!" The spider hybrid rolled several times on the ground like a gourd.

At this moment, Skull had already pulled the skull memory out of the Lost Driver and inserted it into the right-side kill slot of his belt.

Then, Skull leaped up and arrived in front of the purple skull flying in the air, and then lightly tapped the button on the special attack gauge.

"Skull! Maximum Drive!"

"Taku!" Skull kicked out, sending the purple skull floating in mid-air hurtling towards the spider hybrid below.

The purple skull crashed into the spider hybrid and exploded with a deafening roar, sending flames soaring into the sky.

"Clatter!"

Skull fell from mid-air and turned to look at the center of the explosion.

A white memory chip shattered in mid-air and crashed to the ground.

Matsui Seiichiro lay on the ground, his clothes disheveled, with dark circles around his eyes as if he had been poisoned.

"Ah Song, are you alright?" Melissa rushed to Matsui Seiichiro's side and helped him up from the ground.

"I'm fine..." Matsui Seiichiro shook his head. Although his voice was a little weak, he was fortunately out of danger.

Skull walked up to Seiichiro Matsui, took off his hat, and his armor crumbled into pieces and disappeared in the howling wind.

"Shoji..." Matsui Seiichiro looked at Narumi Shoji with a guilty expression.

"Matsu, go in and atone for your crimes. I'll come to pick you up when you're released," Narumi Shokichi said, patting Matsui Seiichiro on the shoulder.

He had already notified the Futo Police Station when he arrived.

"Okay." Matsui Seiichiro nodded and smiled at Narumi Shokichi.

"Then I'll still be your partner, right, Zhuang Ji?"

"Of course, partner."

At that moment, the sound of police sirens came from afar, growing louder as they approached.

Several police cars pulled up nearby, and several officers got out of the cars, came to Matsui Seiichiro's side, and handcuffed him.

"Matsu, I'll wait for you to come out," Melissa said, looking at Matsui Seiichiro, who was being handcuffed by officers from the Fuuto Police Station.

Seiichiro Matsui looked at Melissa and nodded with a smile.

Then, Seiichiro Matsui was put into a police car and taken away by the police.

"What a nice ending," Shen Yun said with a light laugh as he watched Matsui Seiichiro being taken away by the police from a short distance away.

Watching the police car drive away, Narumi Shokichi sighed and was about to leave when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure standing not far away.

Upon seeing this figure, Narumi Shoji's expression immediately hardened, and he turned to Melissa, saying, "Melissa, you should leave here first."

"Zhuangji, what's wrong?" Melissa asked.

"I have something to take care of, don't ask any more questions. You can leave now," said Narumi Shokichi.

Although Melissa was somewhat puzzled, she obediently left the scene.

Narumi Shokichi placed the Lost Driver on his belt, which extended from both sides of the Lost Driver and wrapped around his waist.

After putting on the Lost Driver, Narumi Shokichi strode up to Shen Yun.

"Let's settle this once and for all. I won't allow you to use Fuuto as a testing ground for the Gaia Memory," said Narumi Shokichi.

Shen Yun looked at Narumi Shokichi and laughed, "Then you should go and cause trouble for the museum. I'm just a sponsor."

"Dealing with you accomplices first, then dealing with the museum is the same thing," Narumi Shokichi said.

"Accomplice? According to you, if someone buys a knife and uses it to stab someone to death, then the sponsors who invested in the knife manufacturer are also considered accomplices?" Shen Yun retorted.

"If we follow your logic, not only are the sponsors, knife developers, and manufacturers accomplices, but even the workers who made the knife and the salespeople who sold it can be considered accomplices to the murderer."

"That's sophistry. The Gaia Memory is the power of a demon, and its danger is incomparable to that of a knife," Narumi Shokichi said coldly, his brows furrowed.

"The power of demons?" Shen Yun couldn't help but smile upon hearing this, and said, "Detective Narumi, you should know that any science and technology, when it is first created, is intended to benefit mankind."

"For example, Nobel invented dynamite. His original intention in inventing dynamite was simply to help workers, but mankind used his invention to make weapons, and tens of thousands of people died because of the dynamite he invented."

"Einstein derived the mass-energy equivalence equation, which propelled the progress of human science, but the mass-energy equivalence equation he derived was used by mankind to develop nuclear weapons."

"There are far too many examples like this, and the Gaia Memory is no exception. If the power of the Gaia Memory could be used for good, wouldn't it be a power that could benefit humanity?"

"Take Spider Dopant as an example. With his abilities, wouldn't it be possible to allow workers performing high-altitude tasks to do so without risking their lives?"

"Take Bat Dopant for example. Bat Dopant has the ability to control machinery. With Bat Dopant's capabilities, wouldn't it be able to greatly speed up the progress of the project, thereby reducing the workload of the workers?"

"The diversity of Gaia Memory can cover all areas of human society. If the power of Gaia Memory is used in the right place, human society will also make great progress."

"Now, do you still think the Gaia Memory is the power of the devil?" Shen Yun asked, smiling at Narumi Shoji.

However, Shen Yun's words did not confuse Narumi Shokichi.

"Indeed, if the Gaia Memory could truly benefit humanity as you say, it would. But that's no reason for you to use the capital as a testing ground for the Gaia Memory. The Gaia Memory will only turn people into monsters now," Narumi Shokichi said calmly.

He admitted that Shen Yun's words made a lot of sense, but how many experiments would it take for Gaia Memory to develop to that level?

How many people will lose their lives during this period due to the Gaia Memory experiment?

How many people can withstand the corrosive effects of Gaia's memory toxins and not turn into monsters?

"That's because humans are too weak. Humans are inherently creatures that easily fall into depravity and lose control after gaining power. They become monsters simply because they lost to the power of the Gaia Memory, lost to their own weaknesses. If they could overcome the power of the Gaia Memory, overcome themselves, how could they become monsters?" Shen Yun said with a faint smile. (This was originally said by Kino Kaoru to Tsugami Shoichi.)

In W's TV series, there are quite a few people who use Gaia Memory, but not every user necessarily becomes a monster.

Although this percentage is very small.

(End of this chapter)