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Chapter 403 Simplicity is the Real Deal; Taking a Gamble: From Motorcycle to Bicycle

The world of dreams.

In a quaint, Edo-era town.

Shotaro Sato, dressed in a kimono and sporting a chonmage hairstyle, sat on the tatami mat, wiping his weapon as a constable—the jitte.

"When you hear someone crying in the wind, that's when a famous detective makes his appearance. I'm a tough detective who deeply loves this city."

Lost in his own fantasies, Shotaro wiped his nose and couldn't help but grin crookedly.

At that moment, Akiko Narumi, dressed in a pink striped kimono, quickly approached Shotaro Hidari and tapped him on the forehead with her wooden clogs.

"Ouch! What are you doing, Aki!" Shotaro snapped out of his reverie and glared at Narumi Akiko with displeasure.

"I'm so sorry, because you really love to show off, I accidentally..." Narumi Akiko knelt down and smiled apologetically.

"What kind of reason is that?"

As the two were talking, Yukimura Himeka, dressed in a white patterned kimono, opened the wooden sliding door and rushed in anxiously, saying in a high-pitched, affected voice, "Please help me, I can't sleep!"

"Hime!" Seeing Yukimura Himeka rush in, Shotaro immediately stood up from the tatami mat and asked, "Is it the legendary sleeping sickness?"

Yukimura Himeka ran to Shotaro Hidari, knelt down, and said coyly, "In my dream, there were monsters. I was so scared."

As she spoke, Yukimura Himeka hugged Shotaro Sato again.

"Wow!" A lecherous expression immediately appeared on Shotaro's face.

"Damn it!" Akiko Narumi looked at Himeka Yukimura, who was hugging Shotaro Hidari and acting all teasy, and was also very unhappy.

"Boss, boss, something terrible has happened!" A figure appeared on the paper window of the wooden door, shouting as he rushed to the door and flung it open.

Wearing a light green checkered kimono and sporting the same chonmage hairstyle, Philip rushed in in a panic, almost tripping and falling to the ground.

"Oh, what's wrong, Philip?" Shotaro stood up, lifted the curtain, and asked, looking at the flustered Philip.

"Someone drowned at the dock in Denma Town," Philip said hastily.

As soon as he finished speaking, Philip seemed to suddenly gain consciousness, looking down at his clothes. He then stared at Shotaro with a speechless expression and said, "Hey, what are you doing, Shotaro? Is this your dream?"

"Huh?" Shotaro was taken aback at first, but quickly realized what he meant and said, "Yeah."

Realizing what had happened, Shotaro quickly looked down at his clothes and said, "It's because I stayed up all night watching DVDs that it turned into a period drama."

"Anyway, let's go check out the docks in Denma Town first. Maybe we can find the Dopant that has infiltrated our dreams," Philip said.

"Okay." Shotaro nodded and went with Philip to the dock in Denma Town.

At the dock in Denma-cho, a large crowd of commoners gathered, looking at the straw mat covering the ground and whispering among themselves.

Also sporting a chonmage hairstyle, wearing a black kimono with his family crest, a red scarf around his neck, and two samurai swords at his waist, Terui Ryu was squatting in front of the straw mat, examining the corpse covered beneath it.

Hearing footsteps behind him, Terui Ryu turned around and saw Shotaro and Philip. He slowly stood up and said, "You've come."

"This is, Master Terui." Shotaro looked at Terui Ryu, the head constable, drew his jitte from his waist, wiped it lightly on his sleeve, and asked, "So, what was the deceased's identity?"

"It's a street performer, Santa." Terui Ryu bent down, lifted the straw mat, and revealed the deceased's smiling face.

"It seems he fell into the water due to lack of sleep."

"Speaking of which, isn't this a mini Christmas?" Shotaro couldn't help but remark as he looked at the familiar face of the deceased.

"And he had a big smile on his face, which was really interesting," Philip said with interest.

Suddenly, Little Christmas came back to life, sitting up from the straw mat, startling the townspeople and Shotaro and his companions.

Little Christmas sat up, maintaining his smile, and explained, "That's not a smile, it's a look of shock. And the culprit who frightened me so much is..."

Before Little Christmas could finish speaking, a red dart suddenly flew over and pierced his neck. He clutched his neck and slowly collapsed.

Seeing the dart around Little Christmas's neck, Philip looked around and spotted the demonic dopant on the roof of a building not far away.

"Shotaro, there he is!" Philip pointed and said quickly.

"Can you see me? Then you can't go back." The Nightmare Doppelganger opened its arms, looked at Shotaro and Philip, and announced.

"It has appeared, Dopant!" Shotaro twirled the jitte in his hand and pointed it at the Nightmare Doppelganger.

"Why is she in your dream?" the Nightmare Mix asked in surprise when it saw Yukimura Himeka behind Shotaro.

After saying that, the Nightmare Doppelganger put the bamboo tube in its hand to its mouth and sucked Yukimura Himeka behind Shotaro into the bamboo tube. Then it took out a bamboo basket and shook Yukimura Himeka, who had been sucked into the bamboo tube, into it.

"Little Princess!"

"Goodbye." The Nightmare Mixture turned and jumped off the roof.

"Stop!" Shotaro looked at the fleeing Nightmare Hybrid, took two steps forward, then put his hands on his hips and said, "Philip, transform into W."

"But don't get your hopes up too high," Philip said.

Shotaro and Philip took out their respective memory devices from inside their clothes, and then lightly tapped the memory devices with their index fingers.

"blast!"

"Cheza!"

When Shotaro heard something amiss with the registration voice, he also looked at the ace memory in his hand.

However, the memory cartridges in their hands had all turned into wood, and there were Chinese characters written on them in ink.

Shotaro, looking at the ace memory in his hand that had turned to wood, yelled in frustration, "What the hell is this memory?!"

After saying that, Shotaro Saka sighed, tossed the Dream Memory in his hand, then caught it in his own hand, and said, "Oh well, I guess I'll just have to make do."

"Hen Shin!"

"Gale! Cheza!"

As Shotaro wiped his nose, the Kabuki-style myokuma makeup appeared on his face. This makeup symbolizes a warrior with a strong sense of justice, with red lines representing muscles and blood vessels.

Countless cherry blossom petals, accompanied by howling winds and the sound of a shamisen, covered Shotaro Hidari.

"Don't even think about escaping!" After transforming into W, Shotaro immediately summoned the Tough Guy, then mounted it and gave chase.

In this charming Edo-era town, Nightmare Mixed with Life runs through the streets, clutching a bamboo basket.

W, riding the Tough Guy, followed closely behind the Nightmare Mixed One. The contrast between riding a modern motorcycle against the backdrop of the Edo period and the real thing seemed rather absurd.

However, in the bizarre world of dreams, this is quite normal.

"Get out of my way! Get out of my way!" The Nightmare Memory, carrying a bamboo basket, ran wildly down the street, knocking down pedestrians who couldn't dodge in time.

Inside the bamboo basket, a shrunken version of Yukimura Himeka waved to W, who was following behind the Nightmare Hybrid, and cried out, "Help!"

"Don't come any closer!" The Nightmare Hybrid turned to look at W, who was chasing after it on the Tough Guy, and with a wave of its hand, it moved a house directly in front of him.

"What?!" W was also surprised to see the house suddenly moved in front of him.

At such a close distance, stopping is simply impossible.

W could only lower his head and crash into the house, then pass through from the other side and enter a place that resembled a red-light district.

The local residents, upon seeing W riding the Tough Guy, showed expressions of fear and quickly scurried to the side.

W, riding the Tough Guy, caught up with the Nightmare Doppelganger and slammed it into a pillar. The bamboo basket in the Nightmare Doppelganger's hand was immediately thrown away and landed in W's hand.

"Bang!"

After W caught the bamboo basket, it suddenly exploded into a cloud of smoke, and Yukimura Himeka appeared abruptly in W's arms.

"Himeka!" Shotaro glanced at Yukimura Himeka in his arms, then turned to the Nightmare Doppelganger slammed against the pillar and asked, "Answer me, why did you let those graduate students get Narcolepsy?"

"It's all for her." Nightmare Mix said, reaching out to grab Yukimura Himeka, who was lying in W's arms, but Philip slapped his hand away as soon as he reached out.

"For Himeka? What do you mean?" Shotaro asked.

"A fateful encounter, because I am her prince." Nightmare-infused body said.

Suddenly, a hand reached out and began stroking W's helmet.

"Oh my!" Shotaro shuddered and quickly turned his head to look. He saw an unfamiliar woman replace Yukimura Himeka and was looking at W with seductive eyes.

"Huh? Who are you?" Shotaro was startled and quickly turned around to look at the nightmare hybrid that he had shoved into the pillar.

At that moment, however, a man they didn't recognize came into view.

"This side too!"

"Move it! Move it now!" the man shouted as he pushed the Tough Guy.

"What the hell is this?!" Shotaro looked at the situation with a puzzled expression.

"Goodbye, you idiot." The Nightmare Hybrid picked up the bamboo basket, scoffed, and then turned and ran.

"Stop right there!"

"Don't let go of me~" the girl said sweetly, hugging W.

"What should we do?"

"Move it away, it hurts!"

"Wait, I'll move it now!" Shotaro quickly put the woman who was holding him down, then reversed the Tough Guy a short distance and turned around to continue chasing the Nightmare Doppelganger.

The two chased each other from the alley to another street.

W caught up with the Nightmare Hybrid and, riding the Tough Guy, rammed it head-on into its rear, knocking it to the ground.

The nightmare hybrid screamed and rolled a few times on the ground, then suddenly flew up from the ground and landed steadily, saying, "Just kidding."

As he spoke, the Nightmare Hybrid raised his hand and waved it. Suddenly, a purple lightning bolt flashed across the Tough Guy that W was riding, and it turned into a bicycle.

"What the hell?!" W exclaimed, looking at the bicycle beneath him.

W pedaled his bicycle, chasing after the Nightmare Hybrid, and reached out to grab it, saying, "Are you kidding me? Stop right there!"

"You're in the way, disappear!" The Nightmare Doppelganger shook off W's hand and made all the passersby blocking the road disappear.

With no more obstructive passersby, the Nightmare Hybrid's escape speed increased considerably, quickly widening the distance between itself and W.

"Hey! Stop!" W pedaled hard on his bicycle and caught up with the Nightmare Doppler again.

When the Nightmare Doppler saw W catching up, it suddenly reached out and pushed W, who was riding a bicycle, to the ground.

"Whoa!" W exclaimed, nearly falling to the ground along with his bicycle.

"Damn it!" W picked up the fallen bicycle, put one foot on the pedal and the other on the ground, took a few steps to run up, then quickly flipped onto the bicycle and pedaled hard to chase after the Nightmare Mixture that had already gone far away.

The Nightmare Hybrid burst into a courtyard, panting as it glanced behind it. Seeing that W wasn't following, it prepared to leave.

At that moment, a sound accompanied by the sound of drums suddenly rang out in the courtyard.

"The Reconnaissance Envoy has arrived!"

"Hmm?" The Nightmare Mix turned its head and looked at the sliding door facing the courtyard. Suddenly, it was opened, and a figure dressed in samurai clothes slowly walked out. Above his head was a plaque with the four Chinese characters "Search for One Tentacle".

"Hey, hey, hey, stop right there! Don't tell me you've forgotten what I look like." Philip looked at the nightmare-like creature in the yard, stepped onto the stairs, and said.

After saying that, Philip looked down at the clothes he was wearing and said helplessly, "Seriously, what's going on here, Shotaro!"

Just then, W ran into the yard, panting, and looked at the nightmare-inducing entity, saying, "Iron..."

"You're so noisy, just disappear." The Nightmare Hybrid raised its hand, aimed at Philip, and suddenly opened its palm.

However, the Nightmare Doppelganger's abilities had no effect on Philip.

Philip watched the Nightmare-Infused Body's movements, a faint smile playing on his lips as he straightened his collar.

"What?! How could this be?" The Nightmare Doppelganger was also quite astonished that its abilities had failed.

Philip took off his samurai attire, reverting to his everyday clothes. Pointing at the Nightmare Hybrid, he smiled and said, "Like you, I am also a special being in this world."

"Shouldn't only I be able to enter other people's dreams?" Nightmare Mix said in disbelief.

After saying that, he turned to the side, and the bird head on his left shoulder opened its beak and spat out several orange light bullets, which he fired at Philip.

Philip merely raised his hand slightly, and the several light bullets struck his hand, instantly turning into sparks and dissipating.

"Hmph. Useless." Philip chuckled, looking at the Nightmare Hybrid, and asked, "Quickly, answer me, who are you? Are you Professor Akagi?"

"Akagi? No. I've already put that guy to sleep," Nightmare Hybrid replied.

Philip, lying on the ground, opened his eyes and saw Akiko Narumi's anxious expression.

"Philip, thank goodness, you've finally woken up."

As soon as Akiko Narumi finished speaking, several streaks of red lightning suddenly struck around them, blasting the grass beside them into bursts of sparks.

This sudden attack terrified Akiko Narumi, who covered her head and screamed repeatedly.

Philip immediately looked in the direction of the noise and soon saw Kamen Rider Skull fighting against a completely silver hybrid he had never seen before.

This unknown dopant, entirely silver in color, unleashed seven or eight completely different abilities in a short period of time, overwhelming Skull.

"Akiko-chan, what's going on? Why is Narumi Shoki here? And what's with that dopant?" Philip quickly grabbed Narumi Akiko's shoulder and asked.

"Wagaryo." Akiko Narumi shook her head blankly and replied, "Anyway, they just suddenly appeared, and then suddenly started fighting, and they talked about something about the Ultimate Memory."

(End of this chapter)