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Chapter 308 The Declaration of Distinguished Guest Shotaro: Antlion Dopant

"The King of Memory—Eternal!" Shen Yun replied with a faint smile.

Kamen Rider Eternal, although he only appeared a few times in theatrical versions and Eternal spin-offs, is extremely popular.

After all, who wouldn't like a Kamen Rider who has both good looks and strength?

Not to mention, among T1 memory, only Eternal can be called the strongest.

Although it is not compatible enough with Eternal, it cannot transform into the strongest blue flame form and can only transform into red flame.

However, as the king of memories, Eternal can render a single Gaia memory powerless, regardless of whether the adaptee can unleash its full power or not, as long as Eternal's ultimate drive is activated.

For this reason alone, Eternal can be called the king of memory.

As for the compatibility issue...

Forget about compatibility or incompatibility, let's get Eternal out of the way first.

He wants to play with genuine toys right now!

"Eternal?" Sonozaki Ryubei was slightly surprised upon hearing this, and said with a smile, "Then, I wonder if I could witness it then?"

"Of course." Shen Yun smiled slightly.

"Haha, then I'll be waiting for your good news." Sonozaki Ryubei laughed heartily.

After dinner, Shen Yun left the Sonozaki family's restaurant and went to the basement of the Sonozaki family's house to continue making Eternal.

After Shen Yun left, Sonozaki Wakana couldn't contain her curiosity any longer. She looked at Sonozaki Ryubei, who was teasing Mick, and asked, "Dear, who exactly is he? Why do you respect him so much?"

"Father really spoils you rotten. You don't even know that the biggest sponsor behind our Sonozaki family?" Sonozaki Saeko glanced at Sonozaki Wakana and said sarcastically.

Upon hearing this, Sonozaki Wakana rolled her eyes at Sonozaki Saeko, a hint of displeasure showing on her cute face.

Since the Well of Earth was discovered, the once harmonious family has been on the verge of falling apart.

"Saeko is right. Without the investment from Zaibatsu X, the Sonozaki family wouldn't be where they are today. He's a very important guest in our family," Sonozaki Ryubei said with a smile.

"I see."

……

Bell Coffee.

"Uncle, I'm sorry to bother you so late." Shotaro Zuo said apologetically, holding a bag of coffee beans and looking at the coffee shop owner.

The owner of the Bell Cafe crouched down, looked at Shotaro Sato at eye level, and smiled, "Nothing of the sort. After all, it was Shotaro's request."

With the bag of coffee beans in his arms, Shotaro turned and ran toward the Narumi Detective Agency.

As they passed through Harukaze Park, Shotaro Sakamura muttered to himself, somewhat puzzled, "Why is that old man suddenly so angry...?"

"Let's apologize to him first." Shotaro perked up again, looking down at the coffee beans in his arms, and said confidently, "He must have been angry because he drank such awful coffee. These coffee beans are great; he'll definitely be happy!"

Just then, a couple brushed past Shotaro.

At the same time, a hairy worm-like limb emerged from the ground in Chunfeng Park and locked onto the woman in the couple.

"Target locked, dinner spotted."

At the same time, at the Narumi Detective Agency.

"Beep beep beep!" The stag beetle phone kept ringing, waking Narumi Shokichi from his sleep.

"Even you're disturbing my sleep..." Narumi Shokichi reached out, and the stag beetle phone transformed into a flip phone, landing in Narumi Shokichi's hand.

Narumi Shokichi opened his phone, looked at the caller ID on the screen, sighed helplessly, answered the call, and said, "I'm getting tired of talking about this. I'm currently on hiatus."

"How long are you going to stay down like this? This isn't like you at all," Shroud said, looking at the Dopant that had appeared in the park below.

"...It wasn't you who sent your best friend to prison."

"So, are you going to continue down this path? Now, only you can stop those guys who sold their souls to memory modules," Shroud said calmly.

"If I fight with all my might, they might die. Even if they sold their souls to the memory, they were originally residents of the city..."

"If you don't stop them, more than one person will die. And they'll all be good people, like right now..." Shroud said.

"...It's appeared again?"

"The presence of such an aura in Spring Breeze Park suggests the possible presence of an adversary, and there may be casualties. There was a young couple and a child at the scene," Shroud said, standing on higher ground and observing the scene within Spring Breeze Park.

"...A child?" Upon hearing this, Narumi Shokichi sat up straight and asked, "What kind of child?"

"He was wearing a black vest, and he had a rather fierce look in his eyes..."

"What did you say?!" Narumi Shokichi immediately remembered the child he had kicked out before.

"What's wrong? Do you know him?" Shroud asked.

"I guess we know each other. I'll be right there." Narumi Shoki hung up the phone, stood up from his chair, picked up his hat and put it on, then quickly walked to the basement, mounted the Skull Iron Man, and sped away along the underground passage.

Before long, Narumi Shokichi arrived at Harukaze Park on his Skull Iron Man.

Meanwhile, Antlion Dopant had already drained a man into a dried-up corpse, grabbed Shotaro's ankle, and was about to attack him.

"I'm a top-notch gourmet, originally only eating women. Men's blood doesn't suit my taste. Oh well, besides women, children are the best. Especially little girls, their taste is simply exquisite. Hehehe." The ant-lion hybrid let out another eerie laugh.

"You bastard, have you even eaten little girls...?" Shotaro's anger toward the antlion hybrid overwhelmed his fear of it.

"I am an Antlion. I can create quicksand traps anytime, anywhere. I am on the side of the predators. I am free to eat whomever I want in my city. In other words, I am God."

"I'm going to have a good taste of you too, kid." The antlion hybrid moved its jaws and chuckled.

"Hey, you! Change your tune!" said Shotaro Sato.

"You misspoke? You're just a little brat..."

Suddenly, Shotaro raised his left leg, which was paralyzed by the toxin, and kicked the antlion hybrid in the head.

"Gah!" The antlion hybrid let out a strange cry, and the hand that was gripping Shotaro's right leg loosened.

Shotaro landed on the sand, struggling to sit up, and said, "Not this..."

"It's not 'your city,' it's 'our city'! Don't get it wrong!"

The antlion hybrid also looked at Shotaro with a puzzled expression.

What is this kid saying?

Shotaro raised his head, glaring at the ant-lion hybrid before him, and shouted, "This city is like my backyard, but I've never forgotten that I'm also 'a guest here'! This city belongs to everyone! Anyone who wants to trample on it and monopolize it, get out of here right now!"

Shotaro Sato forcefully flung the sand in his hand at the antlion hybrid.

However, Shotaro's counterattack was easily thwarted by the Antlion Dopant.

After throwing out that clump of sand, Zuo Xiangtaro used up his last bit of strength and collapsed completely onto the sand, panting heavily. Due to the effects of the paralyzing toxin, his body was completely unable to move, and even his consciousness became hazy.

"..." The Antlion Dopant was speechless after hearing Shotaro's words.

"I don't want to eat you anymore. I always feel like if I eat you, I'll catch your silliness."

After saying that, the antlion hybrid's expression turned ferocious, and it cruelly said, "I'm going to tear you to pieces, then bury you and turn you into fertilizer for your beloved city!"

Suddenly, a figure jumped down from the sandpit, blocking Shotaro's path, and delivered a powerful whip kick to the antlion hybrid's head, sending it flying.

Narumi Shokichi put the hat he was holding back on and turned to look at Shotaro Hidari lying on the ground.

He had just arrived near the sandpit created by the antlion dopant when he heard Shotaro Hidari's resounding declaration.

Shotaro's words earned him Narumi Shokichi's approval.

"M-Uncle." Shotaro looked at Narumi Shokichi and was somewhat surprised.

"I heard you. Child, what's your name?" Narumi Shokichi turned around and asked.

"Zuo... Shotaro." Zuo Shotaro replied happily.

"Take a nap, Shotaro. I won't let you get into danger," Narumi Shokichi said in a deep voice, his back to Shotaro.

"You're still...so handsome!" After saying that, Shotaro Sato completely lost consciousness and fell into a deep sleep.

The antlion hybrid got up from the ground, looked at Narumi Shokichi, and said, "Oh, this time we have a father. I really wanted to eat my mother."

"It's perfect to have a suitable hole in the ground," Narumi Shokichi said softly, pinching the brim of his hat.

"Um?"

"I was just thinking of 'finding a hole to crawl into.'" Narumi Shokichi lowered his hat brim, glancing out of the corner of his eye at the unconscious Shotaro behind him, and said, "This little kid, compared to me, has far more pride as a Fuuto native!"

"What are you muttering about..." The antlion hybrid suddenly sensed an unsettling aura emanating from the man before it.

What's going on with this guy...?

"The shutdown has ended today. I will fight again. No matter how much blood is stained on my hands, I will fight for the future of these people who love this city!" Narumi Shoji took out the Lost Driver and put it on his waist. Then, he took off his hat with his left hand and took out the Skull Memory with his right hand, pressing the button on it.

"Skull!"

"Hen Shin!"

Narumi Shokichi inserted the skull memory into the slot of the Lost Driver and unfolded the Lost Driver.

"Skull!"

Purple lightning spread out from the Lost Driver, forming a ring around Narumi Sokichi. Countless armor fragments covered Narumi Sokichi's body amidst the transformation sound, which sounded like the wailing of the dead.

"Sizzle..."

A purple spark ignited above Skull's head, and in the blink of an eye, a lightning-fast wound appeared on Skull's helmet.

Skull put the hat back on his head, and Kamen Rider Skull reappeared.

"Ah..." The antlion hybrid took a step back in alarm upon seeing Skull's transformation.

"The villains who abandon humanity and make the city weep are no longer human. There is no way to save them except to defeat them." Skull stood to the side, her scarf fluttering in the wind behind her.

Skull slowly raised his hand and pointed it at the Antlion Doppelganger, saying, "Alright, let's recount your sins."

"It's...Skull?!"

Skull glanced at the dried corpse buried in the sand, gently flexed his wrists, and walked towards the antlion hybrid, saying, "Those who eat inelegantly should just get lost; they only cause trouble..."

"Taku!" Skull leaped forward and punched the Antlion Hybrid in the face, sending it flying backward.

"Whoa!" The antlion hybrid crashed into the wall of the sandpit and cried out in pain.

Skull slowly walked towards the fallen Antlion hybrid. The Antlion hybrid looked at Skull approaching him, a hint of fear flashing in its eyes.

"Taku!" Skull suddenly raised his leg and swung it onto the antlion hybrid's shoulder.

"Ah!" The antlion hybrid clutched its shoulder and staggered to the side.

Skull strode forward and landed punch after punch on the antlion hybrid.

The antlion hybrid's fighting ability was completely overwhelmed by Skull, leaving it only able to take hits.

"You bastard!" The antlion hybrid was consumed by rage, and its steel-needle-like hairs rained down on Skull.

Skull calmly reached behind his back, and the Skull Magnum materialized in his hand. He then fired the Skull Magnum in quick succession, shattering all the incoming poison needles.

The antlion hybrid was secretly alarmed as it looked at the skull magnum in Skull's hand.

"It has weapons?! Damn it, this thing isn't an ordinary hybrid."

Under Skull's relentless pressure, the Antlion Dopant burrowed into the sand. Utilizing the Antlion Memory's ability to move freely in the sand, it used its right hand to continuously emerge from different directions and attack Skull.

Unable to counter the antlion dopant, Skull could only take the beating.

Seeing that it had regained the upper hand, the antlion hybrid hidden in the sand couldn't help but feel smug, saying, "How about that? Don't get careless just because you got a more powerful memory. This predation trap is my territory! Whoever falls in becomes my food!"

After taking a hit, Skull seized the opportunity and fired repeatedly at the antlion hybrid's right arm that emerged from the sand.

However, the antlion hybrid moved too fast; before the bullet could hit its arm, it retracted it.

The next moment, the antlion hybrid's arm emerged from the sand again, knocking the skull magnum from Skull's hand.

Although he was without weapons, Skull didn't care; it was all within his expectations.

Seeing that Skull was unarmed, the antlion hybrid silently emerged from behind Skull, clamped its powerful mandibles around Skull's neck, and lifted him off the ground.

"Got it! Hahaha! Make it my dinner, little ant!" the antlion hybrid exclaimed excitedly.

With that, the antlion hybrid activated its power, intending to completely absorb Skull.

"Hmm?" The antlion hybrid looked at Skull, whom it had captured, with a puzzled expression.

What's wrong with this person?

No blood, no bodily fluids, nothing to suck!

My body is still so cold!

The icy touch from the mandibles sent a shiver down the spine of the antlion hybrid.

Skull delivered a powerful elbow strike to the antlion hybrid's chest.

"Ouch!" The antlion hybrid cried out in pain and released Skull.

Skull landed back on the ground, then bent down, picked up the hat that had fallen to the ground, and put it back on her head, saying, "When I transform, I die for a little while."

"Huh?"

"It's only because of me that I'm like this, but..." Skull said calmly, his back to the antlion hybrid.

The antlion hybrid stared at Skull with fear in its eyes.

Could it be that this guy is immortal?

"Your death will be much longer than mine..." Skull pulled out the skull memory from the Lost Driver and inserted it into the Kill Slot.

"Skull! Maximum Drive!"

The rib-like patterns on Skull's chest slowly unfolded, and purple energy accumulated into a giant purple skull.

Once the purple skull was formed, it flew directly into the air. Skull also leaped up, came behind the purple skull, and then kicked it out.

"roar!"

The enormous purple skull opened its mouth and rushed toward the antlion hybrid at incredible speed, then bit into its body.

"Boom!"

A massive explosion erupted, accompanied by flames rising from the sandpit. The Antlion Memory was ejected from the blast and shattered in mid-air.

A fat guy lay on the sand, showing no signs of life.

Amidst the massive explosion, the quicksand began to flow slowly again, swallowing the chubby otaku, whose body and mind had been transformed into monsters, along with his shattered memories.

Skull glanced at the fat otaku buried in quicksand, then took out the skull memory and closed the Lost Driver.

With a whooshing sound, Narumi Shokichi's armor also turned into fragments and disappeared.

(End of this chapter)