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Chapter 401 Terui Ryu and Sudo Kirihiko's nightmare has really stirred up trouble for Kamen Rider.

In response to Shen Yun's teasing, Zuo Xiangtaro couldn't help but chuckle twice, scratch his head, and said, "Haha, Uncle, please don't make fun of me. I really wasn't very mature back then."

"You're not exactly mature yet," Narumi Akiko retorted.

"Detective-san..." Yukimura Himeka whispered a reminder.

Himeka Yukimura's reminder immediately made Shotaro Hidari realize that he was there to help the client with the investigation, not to catch up with old friends.

"I should be going now, so I won't bother you any longer." Shen Yun smiled, then took A2 and walked past Zuo Xiangtaro and the others, leaving the research lab.

Watching Shen Yun leave, Sudo Kirihiko hesitated for a moment, then sighed and didn't follow.

"Professor Akagi's research on lucid dreaming has some potential. Once the nightmare admixture is caught, allocate more research funding to Professor Akagi's lab," Shen Yun instructed.

"Yes." A2 nodded.

They hadn't gone far when a man in a dark red leather jacket, with a rugged and stern face, strode over, brushed past Shen Yun and A2, and walked straight into the Chicheng Brain Science Research Lab.

"Accel..." Shen Yun glanced at Zhao Jinglong's back, lost in thought.

I wonder if Terui Ryu, who has lost his desire for revenge, will still be able to get the Trial Memory from Shroud.

Should we lend him a hand and give Terujiro a cheat code?

……

After obtaining the device that allowed people to enter a lucid dream state from Professor Akagi, Shotaro and his companions returned to the Narumi Detective Agency.

Sudo Kirihiko, who had been holding back his questions all the way, finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been bothering him.

"Shotaro-kun, how do you know that person?" Sudo Kirihiko asked.

"Yeah, and what about that one-third half-baked thing?" Akiko Narumi asked Shotaro with sparkling eyes.

"A third of a half-baked expert? Is this Shotaro's new title? From half-baked to a third of a half-baked expert? Is this considered a regression?" Philip, who was flipping through a wordless book, couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

"What? That nickname is from a long time ago, I think it was about six years ago when I was still in high school." Shotaro hung the hat he was wearing on the door and then briefly recounted what happened six years ago to everyone.

"Back then, because Ou Yasan was reluctant to accept me as his apprentice, I became very irritable. As if to prove myself, I picked fights with the delinquents in Fuuto every day..."

After hearing Shotaro's embellished account of the incident, Philip couldn't help but laugh, saying, "It really does sound like something Shotaro would do."

"You got caught trying to be a tough guy, Shotaro-kun. That's so lame of you." Narumi Akiko laughed heartily, completely losing her composure.

"Shut up!" Shotaro Satoshi exclaimed, somewhat embarrassed and angry.

However, Sudo Kirihiko's expression was quite subtle.

You saved those bad guys' lives!

"Is this how you met?" Sudo Kirihiko asked again.

"I guess so," said Shotaro Sato.

"Is that so?"

"Because after this incident, I suddenly remembered that I had met that uncle earlier," Shotaro Hidari recalled.

"Even earlier?"

"Well, if I think about it carefully, the first time I met that uncle was about ten years ago, when I was still in junior high school. And that was also the first time I met Ouya-san, and the first time I met Dopant. Speaking of which, if I hadn't met Ouya-san back then, I might have gone to that uncle to become his apprentice." Shotaro said with a sigh.

"Is that so? Tell us about it!" Akiko Narumi said with great interest.

"There's not much to say about this," said Shotaro Sakata, scratching his head.

"No, I'm quite curious," Philip said, a smile of interest appearing on his face.

"Then I'll just give a brief account." Shotaro cleared his throat and briefly recounted what happened at the opera house ten years ago.

"Four of them! Four stunning beauties! If I didn't prefer Oya-san, Fuuto would probably have another Casanova by now," Shotaro said narcissistically, raising an eyebrow.

"Tch, what a lecherous guy." Akiko Narumi curled her lip, scoffing at Shotaro Hidari's thoughts.

"It must have been around this time that Narumi Shoki became Kamen Rider Skull and began his fight against the museum." Philip extracted some useful information from Hidari Shotaro's words.

"Speaking of which, Kirihiko, why are you so concerned about that old man?" Shotaro asked curiously.

"Because the uncle you mentioned was my former boss," Sudo Kirihiko said with a complicated expression.

"His former boss?" Shotaro nodded, then suddenly realized and said, "Zaizoku X?!"

"That's right."

"This is truly unexpected news," Philip exclaimed in surprise.

"What?!" Shotaro's face also showed surprise.

"Kihiko, why didn't you say so before?" Shotaro asked, looking at Sudo Kihiko.

"I was afraid you'd act impulsively, so I didn't tell you on the spot. Instead, I waited until we got back to explain things to you clearly," Sudo Kirihiko said helplessly, glancing at Sashoutaro.

Sudo Kirihiko knew very well that if Shotaro Sato had known Shen Yun's identity back then, Shotaro Sato would probably have attacked him on the spot.

"Alright, alright, let's deal with Ms. Himeka's request first." Seeing that the atmosphere was getting tense, Akiko Narumi quickly took out two headphone-like brainwave devices from her bag, placed them on the table, and said.

"This is..." Seeing the brainwave device that Akiko Narumi took out, Philip's attention was also diverted. He picked up a brainwave device placed on the table and examined it carefully.

"Do you think the culprit might be Professor Akagi? He looks like a mad scientist, willing to become a dream-manipulating Dopant for his research," Akiko Narumi said, trying to start a conversation.

"There's nothing particularly suspicious about it; it's just a very ordinary device," Philip said after examining the brainwave device in his hand with his snail telescope.

"Let's give it a try anyway. If Dopant appears in my dream, I'll grab him by the neck to confirm his true identity. That way, the problem will be solved." Shotaro Sato also adjusted his mindset, took the brainwave device from Philip, and said.

Shotaro Sato also knew that Kirihiko Sudo was doing this for his own good.

But he really wanted to beat up the guy who deliberately made them fight each other.

Meanwhile, inside Fengdu University.

Terui Ryu put on the brainwave device, lay down on the bed fully clothed, and said to Renno Mikio and Makura Shun, "If I show any abnormalities, please wake me up."

"I understand, leave it to me!" said Mikio Renno, saluting.

Soon, Terui Ryu fell asleep.

Meanwhile, inside the Akagi Brain Science Research Laboratory, a figure quietly entered, looked at Teruichi Ryu's brainwaves on the computer, took out a deep red memory chip, and gently pressed the button on it.

"Nightmare!"

……

Futo Police Station.

Terujiro stood by the window of the Extraordinary Crime Investigation Division's office, looking at the scenery outside.

Just then, the office door opened, and a pretty girl with long black hair, dressed in a JK sailor uniform, peeked out and tentatively called out, "Onii-chan?"

Seeing Terujiro standing by the window, she felt relieved and ran in with a bento box.

"Seriously, Onii-chan!"

Hearing his younger sister's voice, Teruichi Ryu, who was standing by the window looking at the scenery, turned around and asked, "Oh, what's wrong, Haruko?"

"You forgot your lunchbox. It's amazing you became a detective." Haruko Terui handed the lunchbox wrapped in cloth to Ryu Terui.

"Oh dear~ Section Chief got knocked down in one shot." Masakura Shun got up from his seat, came to Terui Haruko's side, and teased her.

A gentle smile appeared on Terui Ryu's cold, hard face as he reached out and took the bento box from Terui Haruko.

"?!" Terui Ryu's eyes widened suddenly.

"What? Married? To whom? To whom are you marrying?" Masakura Shun asked in surprise.

"It's me!" Mikio Rinno popped his head out, shoved Shun Makura aside, put his arm around Haruko Terui's shoulder, and smiled, "From today onwards, please allow me to call Section Chief Terui Ryunosuke-san."

Haruko Terui, with a happy smile on her face, rested her head on Mikio Rinno's shoulder.

"Is that alright?" Mikio Rinno and Haruko Terui exchanged a glance and asked with a smile.

"!!!" The bento box that Terui Ryu was holding fell to the ground. He stared blankly at Terui Haruko and Jinno Mikio, who had somehow changed into wedding dresses and suits.

"Clang clang clang—"

The church bells rang.

"Make me happy, Mikio," Haruko Terui said, looking at Mikio Rinno with a hint of shyness.

"I definitely will, Haruko."

"Then, please perform the love kiss," announced Shun Makura, who was acting as the priest.

Mikio Rinno lifted the wedding veil from Haruko Terui's head and slowly bent down.

Haruko Terui also raised her head and closed her eyes.

"This is a nightmare!" Terui Ryu exclaimed, staring in horror at the scene before him.

Suddenly, many friends and relatives appeared around Terujiro, clapping.

This incredibly unreal scene brought Terui Ryu to his senses, and he said, "So that's how it is. Is this what lucid dreaming is?"

"Correct answer." A strange shadow appeared on the colorful background wall.

Terui Ryu turned around abruptly, looked at the strange shadow on the background wall, and said, "A dopant!"

A creature with a mask on its back, a body interwoven with black and white, a small, towering head on its right shoulder, a bird's head on its left shoulder, and a mixture of various elements, appeared before Teruji Ryu.

"Can you see me? Then you can't go back," the nightmare-infused voice said.

"Are you the one who caused six students to develop sleeping sickness?" Terui Ryu questioned.

"You answered correctly again. You're the seventh one."

"That's not necessarily true." Terui Ryu gently pressed the button on the acceleration memory.

"Accel!"

"Very good!" Terui Ryu inserted the acceleration memory directly into the Accel drive and turned the right handle.

"Accel!"

"Buzz buzz buzz~"

The sound of a motorcycle engine echoed, and a red ring of flames appeared around Terui Ryu's body. Eight pieces of armor, resembling motorcycle engines, covered Terui Ryu's body with the hum of a motorcycle.

As Terui Ryu transforms into Kamen Rider Accel, Terui Haruko and Jinno Mikio also transform into two billiard balls that collide and roll on the billiard table.

Accel, wielding the engine blade, slashed at the Nightmare Hybrid, venting all the fear he had just experienced on it.

Faced with Accel's furious slashes, Nightmare Hybrid was unable to defend itself and was flipped onto the billiard table by Accel in just a few rounds.

Accel also stepped onto the billiard table and once again slashed the Nightmare Hybrid to the ground.

Seeing the Nightmare Mixture lying on the billiard table, Accel immediately took out the Engine Memory, opened the Engine Blade, stuffed the Engine Memory into the Engine Blade, and closed the Engine Blade.

"Engine! Maximum Drive!"

"Despair is your end!" Accel's blue compound eyes suddenly lit up, and he swung the engine sword in his hand fiercely.

A crimson A-shaped energy wave slashed out from the engine blade, striking the Nightmare Hybrid directly.

"Ugh!" The Nightmare Hybrid screamed as its body exploded, sending sparks flying in all directions.

But the next moment, the flames and disgust from the explosion all began to recede, and the nightmare hybrid reappeared in front of Accel.

"Yeah, right," Nightmare Hybrid said, shrugging.

"What?!" Accel was also startled when he saw the resurrected Nightmare Hybrid.

Before he could react, the Nightmare Doppelganger was already in front of him, grabbing Accel by the neck and saying, "How dare you come to the research lab to conduct in-depth investigations."

As it spoke, the Nightmare Doppelganger flung the Accel from its hand, which crashed into the barbed wire and fell to the ground.

"The final blow." The Nightmare Doppelganger threw out a net-like disc, which expanded rapidly in the wind. By the time it reached Accel's head, it had grown several times larger, just enough to trap Accel.

Upon seeing the disc thrown by the Nightmare Doppelganger, Accel quickly got up, intending to dodge it.

However, the giant disc had already fallen, engulfing Accel within it.

Seeing Accel caught in the net, the Nightmare Mix said to itself, "There's still one more guy. I'll deal with him."

Accel only heard those words before his head lolled to the side and he completely lost consciousness.

……

"Where is this..." Sudo Kirihiko walked through a ruin, looking at the buildings around him that had been completely invaded by strange plants, and his heart sank.

These are plants from Helheim, could it be...?

"Onii-chan~" Sudo Yukie's voice reached Sudo Kirihiko's ears.

"Yukie?!" Upon hearing Yukie's voice, Kirihiko Sudo also looked over.

He saw a novice alien looking at him, constantly uttering the voice of Sudo Yukie.

"Onii-chan~"

"Yuki!" Sudo Kirihiko's expression changed drastically, but he quickly realized what was happening.

"No, this can't be. I must be dreaming right now. Is this a lucid dream?"

"Correct answer." The Nightmare Hybrid appeared in the ruins, looked around, and said, "Your dreams are really strange."

"Dopant! Is it you who caused those six students to get sleeping sickness?" Sudo Kirihiko asked.

"Why do you and that detective have the same lines? Can't you say something different?" Nightmare Mix said dejectedly.

"Detective? What did you do to Terui?" Upon hearing this, Sudo Kirihiko immediately took out the Lost Driver and Nazca Memory and questioned him.

"Of course, we'll give him the Sleeping Disease too. Soon, you'll be the eighth one," the demon hybrid said with a shrug.

"Then why don't you give it a try?"

"Nasca!"

"Hen Shin!" Sudo Kirihiko directly inserted the Nazca Memory into the Lost Driver.

"Nasca!"

Yellow lightning flashed, and countless blue armor fragments covered Sudo Kirihiko's body.

Nasca, sword in hand, his cloak transforming into crimson wings, charged toward the demonic hybrid.

"Hey, why are you all Kamen Riders? Did I accidentally disturb a Kamen Rider's nest?" Nightmare Doppelganger scratched his head as he saw Sudo Kirihiko transform into Nasca.

(End of this chapter)