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Chapter 416 Philip's Analysis: The Classic Three Choices of the Famous Detective

"What's wrong with this guy? I can't figure out what kind of ability he has at all," Shotaro asked, looking at the hybrid in front of him.

"The nature of the memory...cannot be determined," Philip pondered.

"However, there is no doubt that this hybrid has animalistic characteristics."

However, it can not only fly, but also has the strength to lift a car, and can nimbly move through the bushes and hide in the forest to launch surprise attacks...

What kind of animal could have these characteristics?

"Philip, watch out!" Nasca shouted a warning.

Upon hearing this, W snapped out of his thoughts.

At that moment, a part of the zoo hybrid's body suddenly elongated and swept towards them.

Nasca slashed with his sword, severing the onrushing tentacles.

W wielded his fang-like shoulder blades repeatedly, slicing the incoming tentacles into several pieces.

These incredibly flexible tentacles landed on the ground and bounced around.

"It has tentacles? What kind of memory is this thing?" Shotaro said irritably.

"Are you also... people who pollute nature?" the zoo hybrid asked in a deep voice.

"No, that's not it. We're the ones who expose the truth," Philip said.

"Then I have no choice but to ask you to die. If you expose me before I can punish the Zenkuji clan, I'll be in trouble!" The Zoo Hybrid flicked out four gleaming claws from its fingertips and charged towards W and Nasca.

Nasca stepped forward, lightly raising the Nazca Sword in his hand to block the Zoo Doppelganger's claws, but Nasca was also knocked backward a distance by the Zoo Doppelganger's attack.

W, on the other hand, activated the tactical horn on the fang memory.

"Arm Fang!"

The fang memory emitted a cry, the shoulder blade in W's hand disappeared, and a fang-like arm blade appeared on her wrist.

W charged out from Nasca's side, swinging the blade on his right arm, and slashed at the zoo hybrid's abdomen.

"Bang!"

A burst of dazzling sparks erupted from the zoo's hybrid abdomen, causing him to involuntarily take several steps back.

After repelling the Zoo Dopant, W quickly stepped forward, raised his right arm, and slashed at the Zoo Dopant again.

Unexpectedly, a shield with fine, scale-like patterns suddenly appeared on the Zoo Hybrid's left hand, blocking W's arm blade.

"What?!" Shotaro exclaimed in surprise, realizing something was wrong, and quickly warned, "Philip, retreat!"

As soon as Shotaro Zuo finished speaking, a part of the zoo-doppelin's body suddenly extended, turning into a tentacle that wrapped around W, who was standing right next to it, binding W tightly.

"Oh no!" Philip exclaimed, his bound arms beginning to struggle violently.

However, the tentacle was incredibly strong and extremely elastic, making it impossible to break free.

While W's hands were bound, the zoo hybrid suddenly swung its claws and grabbed W's chest.

"Bang!"

The zoo hybrid's claws gripped W's chest armor, sending sparks flying and knocking W away.

This change happened so quickly that even Nasca, who was standing to the side, didn't react in time.

"Philip, are you alright?" Nasca was startled and quickly stepped forward, using the Nazca Holy Sword to sever the tentacles binding W, and asked.

"It's nothing." W shook his head, and after seeing the tentacles binding him severed, he tightened his arms again.

However, the severed tentacles still retained an astonishing amount of strength.

As W struggled, the tentacles only tightened their grip.

It's less like tentacles and more like a python.

"What's with these tentacles?" Shotaro asked, annoyed.

At that moment, a red motorcycle sped by, then lifted its front wheel and accelerated rapidly, knocking the hybrid away.

After knocking the dopant away, the red motorcycle stood upright and, with a mechanical sound, transformed into a human shape.

The person who arrived was none other than Kamen Rider Accel.

"You guys always look so disheveled, Philip." Accel drew his engine sword, his back to W, who was bound by tentacles and lying on the ground, and said.

After saying that, Accel turned to look at the Zoo Doppelganger and said in his usual cold tone, "Fine, watch me throw you away!"

Having said that, Accel wielded the engine blade and slashed repeatedly at the zoo dopant.

Just as Nasca was about to go over to help, Shotaro quickly called out to Nasca:

"Hey! Kirihiko, give us a break first!"

"What's going on with you guys?" Nasca asked, glancing at W lying on the ground.

Although it was a bit strange, he still swung his sword and cut off all the tentacles binding W.

The Zoo Hybrid could only barely defend itself with the shield in its left hand in the face of Accel's relentless onslaught.

"Bang!"

Accel slammed his sword down on the Zoo Doppelganger's shield, sending the Doppelganger staggering back several steps.

"Engine!"

Accel removed the engine memory, opened the engine blade, and loaded the engine memory into the engine blade's ultimate slot.

"Engine! Maximum Drive!"

Accel raised the engine blade, and the energy from the engine memory continuously flowed into the blade.

Then, Accel suddenly swung his sword out from a distance, and a crimson A-shaped energy slash also cleaved out from the engine blade.

However, the Zoo Doppelganger's attack was instantly blocked after it raised the shield in its left hand.

"What?!" Accel exclaimed in surprise, then exclaimed, "You've got some skills!"

At this moment, the zoo dopant stopped what he was doing and moved his mouth after seeing Nasca rescue W.

The next instant, a group of black creatures flew out of the bushes.

They filled the surrounding area as if trying to conceal the dopant.

"These are...bats?" W discovered the true form of these black creatures.

What enveloped them was a swarm of bats, living, breathing bats.

Accel seemed to realize what the obstacles were, so he deliberately didn't use his sword, but instead used his hands to drive them away.

The bats then flew into the sky and scattered.

The sky had completely turned to dusk, displaying a hue that was a mixture of vermilion and dark blue.

Combined with the swarms of bats now flying around, the scene appears quite menacing.

"Ah, that guy got away..." Shotaro said, looking at the empty bushes.

The zoo admixture disappeared without a trace at some point.

……

After the group returned to the villa from the woods, Terui Ryu took Philip to the scene to investigate clues about the dopant.

"Look at this. These are the prisoner's footprints," said Terui Ryu, crouching down and pointing to the footprints on the ground.

Seeing the footprints on the ground, Philip also looked thoughtful and said, "These footprints look like those of birds."

"So it really is a bird hybrid?" Terui Ryu asked.

"Impossible, that dopant could never be a bird," Sudo Kirihiko retorted before Philip could even speak.

"I...I can't be sure." Philip shook his head. The abilities exhibited by that hybrid seemed to have nothing to do with birds.

You can't make a definitive statement based solely on footprints.

In the end, did the enemy we just saw in the forest really have bird-like legs?

"But if it wasn't a bird, then this doesn't make sense." Mikio Renno scratched his back with a makeshift massage stick and suddenly interjected, "Although there are quite a few guards here, no one saw the strange man jump in. If it could fly in silently, then it would make sense."

"But there are no footprints that match the landing marks either," Terui Ryu added.

Philip stroked his chin, lost in thought.

Indeed, he was completely unaware of the appearance of the hybrid at first.

Even the most skilled atomized aircraft cannot fly without making a sound, whether it is flying or landing.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Philip's mind, and he muttered to himself, "To appear suddenly without making a sound within the mansion's grounds means... this wasn't an attack from the outside, but rather someone inside the villa using their memory to transform on the spot."

"If it's someone from inside the villa, then they could indeed enter silently without leaving any trace," Sudo Kirihiko added.

Before Sudo Kirihiko could finish speaking, everyone present looked at the villa in front of them.

"Renno-san, immediately gather everyone present in this villa and bring them together," Terui Ryu ordered.

"No, all we need to do is gather those who have the right to inherit the estate together," Philip advised.

"Do as Philip says," said Terui Ryu.

"Received!" Upon hearing this, Mikio Rinno raised his hand in salute to Ryu Terui, and then left with a team of police officers.

Philip frowned slightly as he looked at the villa walls, which were covered with countless charred black marks.

Actually, after the threat appeared, Ms. Kasumi didn't stay with them.

If the culprit really is in the Zenkyoji family...?

A sense of foreboding suddenly arose in Philip's heart.

The phenomenon of a thief crying "stop thief!" has occurred before.

The very first Tyrannosaurus Rex hybrid was like this.

Hopefully, he's just overthinking it.

Soon, the police at the scene gathered all the members of the Chankong Temple family who had the right to inherit the estate in the reception room deep inside the third floor of the villa.

This room is the furthest from the place destroyed by the monster.

There are a total of five people involved in the inheritance rights.

Zenkuji Toshiei, Zenkuji Reiko, Zenkuji Kasumi, Zenkuji Asami, and Shindo Atsushi.

"As you requested, my beloved family members are all here," said Zenkyoji Toshihide as he took his seat.

As soon as Zenkyoji Toshihide finished speaking, Zenkyoji Kasumi immediately glared at him with anger and sharp eyes, while the tall, handsome man named Shindo Atsushi scoffed at it.

"This is my wife, Asami," Zenkyoji Toshihide introduced the woman sitting next to him, who gave off a simple and unassuming impression.

"Then comes the eldest daughter, Reiko. Beside her is Shindo Atsushi, Reiko's fiancé."

Zenkyoji Reiko crossed her arms and nodded gently.

On the contrary, the man called Shindo Atsushi remained motionless.

"This is the second daughter, Kasumi, whom you already know, Zuo-kun," Zenkuji Toshihide added.

"Standing behind Kasumi is Yumioka Azusa. She is the head of our family's servants, but she is devoted to serving Kasumi personally. Apart from Yumioka, everyone present is capable of inheriting the Zenkyoji estate." Zenkyoji Toshihide finished introducing them to Philip and Terui Ryu with a meaningful smile.

"Inheritance? Elder brother, what do you mean?" Zenkyoji Reiko looked coldly at Zenkyoji Toshihide and asked.

"It doesn't mean anything special, I'm just obeying the police officers' requests," Zenkyoji Toshihide said indifferently.

"Could that red-clad detective explain what's going on? Do you know that we are the victims being threatened?" Zenkyoji Reiko turned and bit Terui Ryu, her tone aggressive and unusually menacing.

"The self-proclaimed dead Zenkyoji Gizo serves as a warning against his family's destruction of nature; whether it's coercion or this reason, I don't think either is convincing," said Terui Ryu.

"So the goal is to fight for the inheritance? Is that all you're saying? That's utter nonsense, it's like..."

"It's like saying, 'The criminal is among us,' right?" Shindo chimed in.

As soon as he said those words, everyone present, especially Zenkuji Kasumi, looked very stiff.

"It's just a matter of possibility. After all, can the current state of ZENON Resort be considered as destroying nature? Assuming someone is eyeing the heritage, how should the heritage be distributed, and who should get what? For now, that's all we want to know. It's because we've been turned away so many times before..." Terui Ryu stared intently at Zenkyoji Toshihide.

"Since the detective asked, I'll give a brief answer." Zenkyoji Toshihide smiled coldly and replied, "We have indeed heard that our grandfather, Zenkyoji Yoshizo, was a naturalist, and his conflict with our father, Soji, who ignored the natural landscape and advocated for the development of ZENON Resort, has never ceased."

"But in my view, this level of development cannot be considered natural destruction."

"However, if you want to build facilities, they will naturally disappear. If you want to call it destruction, then you could call it destruction."

"But if that's the reason, it seems strange that my father wasn't targeted earlier."

Upon hearing this, Philip nodded secretly, agreeing that there was indeed some truth to it.

"So, how were these assets distributed?" asked Mikio Renno.

"Just like the current situation. We've already been allocated our assets. I've been allocated the ZENON Hotel, the surrounding facilities, and this mansion and Zishan. Reiko has been allocated the amusement park, the swimming pool, and all the other recreational facilities. In other words, everything we're currently operating is something we officially inherited from our father," said Zenkōji Toshihide.

"And what about Ms. Kasumi?" Philip asked.

Before Zenkyoji Kasumi could speak, Zenkyoji Toshihide preemptively mocked, "Kasumi inherited Chikayama and the land near the coast. That's all."

"That's all... That's actually quite a lot," Akiko Narumi muttered softly.

"Well, she's still a minor, so of course she can't inherit her father's business responsibilities. Once she comes of age, Kasumi can decide for herself what kind of business she wants to do with that land," said Zenkyoji Reiko.

Philip looked directly at Zenkyoji Kasumi. Although she was pretending to be calm, he could sense an anger beneath her calm exterior.

"What kind of business... I'm not doing it." Zenkyoji Kasumi said with disgust.

"See, here we go again. This girl is always so childish."

"Kasumi is truly a woman of pure and simple desires."

Reiko and Shindo mocked each other as if no one else was around.

At this moment, Shindo suddenly looked up as if he had remembered something and said, "I said, is this enough? I can't accept being treated as a suspect who covets the inheritance before I've even married Reiko."

"Does getting married mean you have inheritance rights?" Terui Ryu asked sternly.

Perhaps sensing that he had angered him, Shindo gave a self-deprecating laugh and replied, "On the condition that I can do it. Taking something from the women of this family is extremely difficult."

"Atsushi-kun." Zenkyoji Reiko glared at him.

Shindo turned his head away and whistled nonchalantly.

Terui Ryu ignored the two men and turned to Zenkyoji Toshihide, asking, "If someone passes away, what should be done with their share of the inheritance?"

"Need I say more? Inheritance naturally belongs to the living," Zenkyoji Toshihide replied indifferently.

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

(End of this chapter)