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Chapter 398 Terui Ryu's Request

Narumi Detective Agency.

After Shotaro Sato took it upon himself to keep Kirihiko Sudo behind, the detective agency had another mouth to feed, which increased the financial pressure on the Narumi Detective Agency.

Akiko Narumi's face darkened as she watched Shotaro Hidari leisurely sipping his coffee. She took out a green slipper and slapped it directly on Shotaro Hidari's head with a soft thud.

"Ouch!" Shotaro rubbed his forehead, looked up at Akiko Narumi, and said helplessly, "Akiko, what's wrong now?"

"I don't have time for you to rest, get to work! These are all the commissions you need to take on!" Akiko Narumi said, placing a stack of commissions in front of Shotaro Hidari.

Shotaro picked up the requests, glanced through them briefly, and couldn't help but stand up, exclaiming, "Akiko, what, another pet request?!"

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Akiko Narumi put her hands on her hips, looked at Shotaro Hidari, and said coldly, "You won't earn a single penny by just pretending to be a tough guy here. At this rate, you won't even get a half-cooked egg!"

"Why don't you just let Kirihiko do this little thing?" Shotaro said with a look of resistance, pointing to Kirihiko Sudo, who was sitting on the sofa drinking tea and admiring the Fuuto Tower in the distance.

This kind of pet-finding stunt isn't tough at all.

The kind of commissions he wants to take on, of course, have to be for very tough guys.

"You expect a newbie who's only been a detective's assistant for two days to complete the agency's requests? Do you want to bankrupt the detective agency?" Akiko Narumi grabbed Shotaro Hidari's collar.

Sudo Kirihiko looked at the noisy Narumi Akiko and Hidari Shotaro with a smile on his face.

This is a really nice place. It's much more lively and has a more lived-in feel than Sonozaki's house.

He really likes it here.

Just then, the door to the Narumi Detective Agency was suddenly pushed open, and a cute girl with a pure and sweet appearance and waist-length black hair walked in.

Upon seeing the girl walk in, Shotaro's eyes suddenly lit up. He shoved aside Akiko Narumi in front of him, straightened his appearance, and strode forward, saying in a cool manner, "Miss, do you have any requests? No matter what kind of request it is, I can complete it with very hard-boiled skill."

However, the girl ignored Shotaro Hidari and instead looked at Kirihiko Sudo, who was sitting on the sofa drinking tea, and smiled, "Brother!"

"Yukie? What brings you here?" Sudo Kirihiko was also somewhat surprised to see Sudo Yukie walk in.

"Well, of course I came to see where Nii-chan lives," Sudo Yukie said with a smile.

"Nii-chan?!" Shotaro's mouth dropped open. He looked at Yukie Sudo, then at Kirihiko Sudo, and exclaimed in astonishment, "This is your sister?"

"That's right, let me introduce you. This is my younger sister, Sudo Yukie." Sudo Kirihiko stood up from the sofa and introduced her to Shotaro and the other two.

"This is Shotaro Hidari, a half-baked tough detective, and also Kamen Rider W."

"Hey! It's the tough detective, huh? And you're the detective's assistant!" Shotaro said, looking a little embarrassed.

"This is Akiko Narumi, the head of the agency."

"This is Philip, the mastermind behind Kamen Rider W," Sudo Kirihiko introduced to Sudo Yukie.

"Hello, my brother is grateful for your care." Sudo Yukie bowed slightly to the three of them and thanked them.

"Don't worry, Yukie-chan, I'll take good care of Kirihiko." Shotaro Sato leaned close to Yukie Sudo and said, trying to look cool.

"Thank you." Sudo Yukie looked at Hijiri Shotaro, who was showing off in front of her, and couldn't help but give an awkward smile.

"Alright, alright, you half-baked tough guy, stop being so horny. Can't you see how bothered she is?" Akiko Narumi grabbed Shotaro Hidari's ear and pulled him aside.

"It hurts!" Shotaro rubbed his ear and complained.

"Speaking of which, is Kirihiko's sister also a member of the X Foundation?" Philip, who had been reading a book, suddenly looked up at Sudo Kirihiko and asked.

"No." Sudo Kirihiko shook his head and explained, "But Yukie and I have been supported by Foundation X since we were very young. Without Foundation X, we wouldn't be where we are today. My brother and I are very grateful to the boss."

"So, this is why you work for Foundation X?" Shotaro asked curiously.

"That's part of the reason." Sudo Kirihiko gathered his thoughts, carefully considered his tone, and said, "You might not believe it, but Foundation X is actually a savior organization."

"Huh? A savior? Are you kidding me?" Shotaro said with an exaggerated expression.

"No, I'm very serious," Sudo Kirihiko said, looking at Shotaro with a serious expression.

"Interesting." Philip closed his book, looking intrigued. "Could you elaborate?"

"Of course, I was planning to tell you this anyway." Sudo Kirihiko nodded, and after organizing his thoughts, said, "More than ten years ago, Foundation X discovered an alternate world—Helheim."

"Heimlich's Underworld?" Philip asked, puzzled.

"It was a forest filled with strangely shaped or oddly colored plants, inhabited by a large number of mindless monsters, whom the X Foundation called the Otherworlders."

"These aliens have no intelligence and will actively attack any life they see."

"Could it be that these aliens will eventually attack us?" Akiko Narumi asked.

"If that were all, it wouldn't be considered an apocalyptic crisis. The real danger of Helheim is its erosion of Earth," Sudo Kirihiko said with a wry smile.

"erosion?"

"That's right. Hel is not currently connected to the real world, but occasionally spatial rifts leading to Hel will appear. These spatial rifts last for an indefinite period of time and eventually disappear on their own."

"And where spatial rifts appear, plants and fruits unique to the Helheim will grow nearby."

"Humans have no resistance to such fruits; they want to eat them as soon as they see them, and if they do, they will become aliens."

"So, in other words, once Helheim descends upon Earth, the humans on Earth will either succumb to the temptation of the fruit and turn into monsters, or they will be killed by the monsters in Helheim?" Philip asked.

"That's right." Sudo Kirihiko nodded and said, "In order to deal with the crisis in Helheim, Foundation X has invested in many projects. These include, but are not limited to, the Gaia Memory, Undead Soldiers, Super-Powered Soldiers, the Core Medal, the Astronomical Switch, Ancient Magic, and so on."

Sudo Kirihiko relayed the words Shen Yun had used to deceive him to Shotaro Sato and the others.

"So, in my opinion at the time, if sacrificing only a few scumbags could save the majority, then that sacrifice would be worthwhile. But... you guys woke me up." Sudo Kirihiko said, looking at Shotaro Hidari in front of him.

"You mean, Foundation X isn't a bad guy?" Shotaro Sato felt it was absurd.

"No, that's not quite right. It's always better to be careful." Sudo Kirihiko also recalled what Sonozaki Ryubei had said to him, as well as that meaningful smile.

Consortium X is far more complex than he initially thought, but what else is there that he doesn't know?

……

A few more days passed.

Inside the underground research base.

"Oh? Kirihiko joined Narumi Detective Agency and became Shotaro's detective assistant?" Shen Yun raised an eyebrow upon hearing A2's report and smiled, saying, "That's a good place for him. Is there anything else?"

"Zonozaki Ryubei invited you to luncheon; he probably wants to talk to you about Sudo Kirihiko. Recently, Sudo Kirihiko and Kamen Rider W's activities have significantly reduced the number of Memory units circulating," A2 replied.

"Really? Then let's go." Shen Yun nodded and said.

At the same time, at the Seagull Table Tennis Hall.

Shotaro rubbed the golf club in his hand, his eyes filled with rapture as he looked at it.

"Billiards, this is the kind of adult sport that fits the image of 'Hard Boiled'."

"The act of patiently pursuing the scattered balls while calculating their destinations is quite similar to the work of a detective."

"In short, billiards is a game made for me." Shotaro put down the chocolate powder and then spun the cue stick with his finger. But after just one rotation, the cue stick was flung away by Shotaro and landed on another table with a loud bang.

Shotaro glanced at the flying cue, as if nothing had happened, then casually picked up another cue leaning against the wall beside him. After simply twirling it with his fingers, Shotaro lay prone on the billiard table, slowly leaning forward and placing the cue on the web of his left hand, with his index and middle fingers slowly raised to support it.

With his right hand gripping the butt of the cue stick and a mysterious smile on his face, Shotaro aimed his head at the white ball on the table.

After a few back-and-forth movements, Shotaro suddenly thrust the cue stick forward.

And this quick, accurate, and powerful putt resulted in a miss.

Not only did he miss the target, but the club in his hand flew out and shot straight toward the doorway blocked by the heavy curtain.

Shotaro Hidari's face showed astonishment as he watched the golf club fly away.

At the same time, a bright red motorcycle drove up and slowly stopped at the entrance of the Seagull Table Tennis Hall.

The man sitting on the motorcycle, wearing a dark red leather jacket, also got off, reached out and took off his helmet, revealing his cold and rugged face.

After glancing at the Seagull Billiards Hall sign, Terui Ryu stepped inside.

At that moment, Terujiro, dressed in a bright red leather jacket, lifted the curtain at the entrance of the Seagull Table Tennis Hall and walked in.

Seeing the billiard cue coming towards him, Terui Ryu slightly turned his body to the side, then reached out and grabbed the cue in his hand.

"Hahaha..." Shotaro looked at Terui Ryu who had grabbed the cue stick, pretending to be nonchalant, and laughed dryly, "How could I, an expert, make such an incomprehensible mistake?"

As he spoke, Shotaro walked up to Ryu Terui and asked him for a golf club.

But Terui Ryu skipped over Hidari Shotaro and went straight to the cue ball on the billiard table, asking, "The detective agency is on the second floor, right?"

"Ah, yes." Shotaro replied subconsciously.

After saying that, Shotaro turned to look at Ryu Terui, who was crouching down to hit the ball, and asked, "Who are you?"

"The client," Terui Ryu said, and then slammed his cue stick forward.

"Bang!"

The cue ball shot out like an arrow, crashing into the billiard balls arranged in a triangle. The billiard balls, which were arranged in a triangle, instantly exploded and rolled into the hole.

In the end, only one lone white ball remained rolling on the table.

A single pole illuminates the clear platform.

Shotaro stared in disbelief at the pool table that had been cleared with a single shot, then looked at the stern-faced Terui Ryu and muttered to himself, "He's a tough guy."

After sinking all the balls in one shot, Terui Ryu tossed his club to Shotaro Sato and then turned and walked towards the second floor.

Seeing this, Shotaro Sato also dropped his cue and followed Ryu Terui up to the second floor.

Upon arriving at the detective agency on the second floor, Terui Ryu went straight to Narumi Akiko, took out his police ID, and said, "I have a request for your help."

"Police...superintendent? Huh?! Police superintendent!" Akiko Narumi exclaimed in surprise as she looked at Ryu Terui's police badge.

The Japanese police force has 10 ranks, and the superintendent is the 6th rank.

Terui Ryu is so young to be a police superintendent; he has a very promising future. If he works hard, he might become the superintendent general by the time he is in his forties or fifties.

As for the policeman driving a sports car a few years from now, even if he works his whole life, he'll probably only reach the level that Terujiro is at now, and maybe not even that.

The true starting point is your destination.

"Inspector? You?" Shotaro glanced at Ryu Terui, feeling somewhat repulsed by this overly tough guy.

"I am Terui Ryu." Terui Ryu said, putting away his police badge, taking out several photos from the inside pocket of his leather jacket, and throwing them on the table. He said, "I want to find the culprit behind the recent spate of strange freezing incidents."

Akiko Narumi flipped through the photos and said, "This is clearly a dopant."

"This is what you're best at, isn't it?"

"Hmph, what a coincidence." Shotaro snorted, took the photo from Akiko Narumi's hand, glanced at it for a few moments, then put one hand on the table, looked at Ryu Terui, and said disdainfully, "A detective who survives in a world of tough guys won't bow to power so easily."

Terui Ryu ignored Shotaro Sasaki, but took an envelope from the inside pocket of his leather jacket and threw it in front of Narumi Akiko.

Seeing the envelope that Terui Ryu had dropped, Narumi Akiko reached out and picked it up. When she opened it, her eyes lit up when she saw a stack of ten thousand yen bills inside. She looked at Terui Ryu as if she had seen a god of wealth.

"This is just a deposit; there will be a final payment after the commission is completed!"

"Get back there! Get back there now!" Shotaro glared at Terui Ryu and taunted him menacingly.

Seeing how Shotaro treated the God of Wealth, Akiko Narumi smacked Shotaro on the head with her slipper.

"Ouch, that hurts!"

After teaching Shotaro Hidari a lesson, Akiko Narumi smiled broadly and poured Ryu Terui a bowl of snacks, saying sweetly, "Thank you for your patronage! Please continue to take care of me in the future!"

"Damn it!" Shotaro covered his nose and ears, clenched his fists, glared at Akiko Narumi, and said, "You're way too greedy!"

"Then it's settled, Director."

"yes!"

"I'll borrow the one on the left," said Terui Ryu.

"Please, please! Shotaro-kun, hurry up and go! Hurry! Hurry!" Narumi Akiko pushed Hidari Shotaro out with a smile on her face.

On the other side...

Shen Yun also temporarily put aside the development of the omniscient and omnipotent memory, and brought A2 to the Sonozaki family for a banquet.

(End of this chapter)