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Chapter 421 Melee: Three Knights vs. Thirteen Hybrids

Shotaro threw the photo he was holding as evidence at Zenkyoji Asami, then turned to Yumioka Azusa and said, "Alright, Ms. Yumioka, hand over the memory. Please believe us, we will clean up all the stains on Ms. Kasumi."

"That's right, we will protect everything, whether it's Ms. Kasumi, nature, or the heart of Zenkyoji Yoshizo. We will inherit the role of nature's messengers," Philip added.

"The messenger of nature..."

Philip's words caused Azusa Yumioka's expression to change, and then she turned to look at Kasumi Zenkyoji.

Meanwhile, Kasumi Zenkyoji was looking at Azusa Yumioka with pleading eyes, saying, "Yumioka, I...I'm so grateful. But please, don't...turn into a monster again because of me."

Zenkuji Kasumi's words completely softened Yumioka Azusa's attitude, and she asked:

"Is this your order, miss?"

Zenkyoji Kasumi paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Yes, of course it's an order."

"I understand, Miss. Serving you has been my duty since the time of your grandfather and father... and always has been."

After saying that, Azusa Yumioka gently waved her hand, and Zoo Memory jumped out from its hiding place and landed in her palm. A pattern that looked like a tattoo appeared on her arm.

That is the biological interface of Gaia's memory, and also the irrefutable proof that she is the owner of Zoo.

Philip breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Azusa Yumioka slowly hand over the Zoo in her palm.

This way, pointless battles can be avoided.

Shotaro gave Terui Ryu a wink, signaling Terui Ryu to take the memory chip.

Just as Terui Ryu was about to reach out to take it, Zenkuji Asami, who was standing to the side, suddenly rushed over, knocking aside Shotaro and the others, and pulled out a small, pistol-like device. She aimed it at Yumioka Azusa and fired several chip-like objects at Yumioka Azusa.

Zenkyoji Asami's unexpected attack caught everyone off guard. Before Yumioka Azusa could react, she was hit by several chips fired by Zenkyoji Asami.

After the chip landed on Azusa Yumioka's body and the Zoo Memory, it immediately released a powerful electric current.

A flash of bright light appeared, and Yumioka Azusa screamed and collapsed to the ground.

The Zoo Memory she was holding fell from her hand and spun around until it reached Zenkyoji Asami's feet.

"Yumioka!" Zenkuji Kasumi saw Yumioka Azusa fall to the ground, her pretty face filled with anxiety, and she hurriedly tried to rush over.

Seeing this, Philip quickly stopped Zenkoji Kasumi, saying, "Don't go. If you touch her now, you'll get an electric shock too."

Zenkyoji Asami quickly wrapped the Zoo Memory that had fallen to the ground in a cloth, turned around and ran back to the Zenkyoji family's camp. Then, looking down at Zenkyoji Toshihide, she said, "Here you go, your memory. I've got it back."

Facing the condescending and stern-faced Zenkyoji Asami, Zenkyoji Toshihide said apologetically, "I'm sorry."

"Leave no one alive," Zenkyoji Asami said coldly.

"That's natural."

Teruji Ryu and several other detectives also drew their pistols and pointed the dark muzzles at Zenkyoji Toshihide.

Zenkyoji Toshihide glanced at the pistols in Terui Ryu's and the other detectives' hands, smiled coldly, and raised the Zoo in his hand.

"Don't move. You can't use that memory at all!" Terui Ryu shouted at Zenkuji Toshihide.

Because Azusa Yumioka is the recognized holder, a single memory cannot be used by anyone else.

Zenkyoji Jun'ei sneered, took out a small silver mechanical device, and inserted the Zoo Memory into it.

After the Zoo Memory was inserted into the silver mechanical part, sparks began to fly.

"Oh no! Terui Ryu, fire! That must be a device used to rewrite memory data programs. We can't let him succeed!" Philip shouted to Terui Ryu as soon as he saw this.

"It's too late." Zenkuji Toshihide pulled out the silver mechanical device; the Zoo Memory program had already been formatted.

"Zoo!"

After removing the silver mechanical part, Zenkyoji Toshihide immediately pressed the button on the memory and attached Zoo to the bio-interface on his arm.

As the registration call rang out, Zoo Memory entered his body.

"Woohoo!"

With a wolf-like roar, Zenkyoji Toshihide transformed into Zoo Dopant.

At that moment, the bullets fired by Terujiro and the other detectives also hit the body of the zoo's hybrid.

However, when these bullets hit the zoo hybrid's body, they merely embedded themselves in its surface, and then, squeezed by its bulging muscles, they scattered and crackled to the ground.

"Finally, finally it's plugged in! Hahahaha!" The zoo hybrid couldn't help but burst into laughter, as if testing its own power, and gently flapped its wings.

Suddenly, a strong wind arose, blowing several police officers away and smashing the tables and chairs in the hall.

"Terui! Kirihiko! Get everyone out of here!" Shotaro shouted, pressing his hat down against the howling wind.

"I understand." Sudo Kirihiko nodded and led the way in dispersing the crowd.

Meanwhile, Terui Ryu shouted to the remaining detectives, "Retreat! Organize the residents to escape! Quickly!"

"Yes, yes! As you command!" Mikio Renno and Shun Makura nodded in agreement.

The homicide detectives were already stunned by the appearance of the hybrid.

However, the detectives came to their senses after being reminded by Renno and Makura, and then began to evacuate.

Terui Ryu then went to the body of the fallen Yumioka Azusa and, finding that the electric shock had stopped, checked to see if she was still breathing.

Feeling her steady breathing, Terui Ryu scooped her up in his arms and reached out to Zenkuji Kasumi, saying, "You too! Hurry up!"

Zenkyoji Kasumi glanced at Philip, her expression somewhat hesitant.

But at that moment, Zoo folded its wings and strode towards Philip and Shotaro.

"You can't escape, I'll have to kill you all..." The zoo hybrid said coldly as it watched the fleeing group.

"Drink up!" Philip and Shotaro jumped up at the same time, delivering a flying kick that struck the zoo hybrid.

Perhaps not expecting that two ordinary humans would suddenly fight back, Zoo was caught off guard and kicked by Philip and Shotaro, involuntarily taking a step back and staggering.

"You, you all!" the zoo hybrid roared in fury.

Being forced to retreat by two ordinary people is an utter disgrace.

Shotaro glanced towards the door, and after confirming the evacuation situation, said, "Is that enough?"

"Hmm. Are you sure you can manage? You've only just recovered," Philip asked.

"In your words, it's 'no problem,' didn't you see how swift my kick was just now?" Shotaro said with a smile, adjusting his hat.

Upon hearing this, Philip smiled slightly and said, "Let's go, partner."

"Ah." Shotaro took out the W Driver and put it on his waist.

And the W drive was also visible on Philip's waist.

Philip and Shotaro simultaneously removed the memory and pressed the button on it.

"Cyclone!"

"Joker!"

"Hen Shin!"

"Cyclone! Joker!"

Green and purple electric light radiated from the center of the W Driver, and countless armor fragments, accompanied by howling winds, covered Shotaro Hidari's body. W's body gradually took shape in the eye of the storm.

Philip, who had lost consciousness, was caught skillfully by Akiko Narumi.

"You two are...?" Zoo was startled when he saw the two-colored strange man in front of him.

He had also heard rumors about Kamen Rider, but he never expected that these two detectives would actually be Kamen Riders!

"That's right, we are detectives in one body, and also Kamen Rider W!" Shotaro Hidari replied, as if stroking W's antennae as if caressing the brim of a hat.

At this moment, the whirlwind created during the transformation slowly stopped, and the scarf fluttering behind them slowly fell down.

While Philip and Shotaro transformed into W and confronted Zoo, Ryu Terui, along with Yumioka, Kasumi Zenkoji, and Akiko Narumi, carrying Philip's body, withdrew from the hall.

After assisting the police in evacuating all the people in the vicinity, Sudo Kirihiko quickly turned back towards the lobby.

"Hmph, what can you people possibly do now!" the zoo hybrid sneered.

"The guy who says things like that is usually the one who ends up crying, you little rascal," Shotaro Sataro mocked.

Shotaro's words also drew Philip's attention to the changes in the zoo's dopants.

The Zoo Doppelganger transformed by Zenkyoji Toshihide is indeed a bit shorter than the Zoo Doppelganger transformed by Yumioka.

"What...what did you say?!" The zoo hybrid trembled with rage.

Are you underestimating me?!

Enraged by Shotaro's sharp words, the zoo-like hybrid attacked W first.

Philip quickly took out the Heat Memory with his right hand and lightly pressed the button on the memory.

"Heat!"

As the registration call sounded, Philip quickly replaced the Cyclone Memory in the drive and then pushed the W drive away again.

"Heat! Joker!"

"Whoa!" After switching to Blazing Ace form, W nimbly dodged the Zoo Doppelganger that lunged at him with its claws outstretched, and swung his right fist, which was burning with blazing flames, in the abdomen of the Zoo Doppelganger. The Zoo Doppelganger staggered back several steps and knocked over several tables and chairs.

Before the Zoo Doppelganger could regain his footing, W stepped forward and delivered a sweeping kick, knocking the Zoo Doppelganger to the ground.

"Damn it!" The zoo hybrid got up from the ground and swung its elastic tentacle at W, wrapping it around W's neck and restricting W's movement.

The zoo hybrid, using its tentacles, attempted to pull W down in front of it.

W grabbed the zoo hybrid's tentacles, resisting its pulls, while taking out a memory chip.

"Metal!"

Shotaro pulled the ace memory out of the W drive and then inserted the metal memory into the W drive.

"Heat! Metal!"

W's left side shimmered with silver light, and in the blink of an eye, it switched from the Blazing Ace to the Blazing Metal form.

After switching to its fiery metal form, W grabbed the tendrils wrapped around its neck and ripped them in two, causing blood to splatter everywhere.

The zoo hybrid felt pain and quickly retracted its severed tentacles.

Taking advantage of the Zoo Doppelganger's pain, W reached behind him, grabbed a metal bar, and thrust it forward, stabbing the Doppelganger in the abdomen, sending it flying and smashing through a large number of tables and chairs.

At this moment, Sudo Kirihiko, who had already evacuated the nearby crowd, met up with Terui Ryu, who had escorted Yumioka Azusa, Zenkyoji Kasumi, and Narumi Akiko to safety. The two exchanged a glance and quickly ran back to the hall.

After seeing W single-handedly overpower the Zoo Doppelganger, Sudo Kirihiko and Terui Ryu breathed a sigh of relief.

But the next moment, Terui Ryu's gaze suddenly turned to a certain spot, and Sudo Kirihiko and W followed Terui Ryu's gaze.

Zenkyoji Asami and Zenkyoji Reiko are still here.

Logically speaking, now that their identities have been exposed and W has appeared, the two should have already pushed the fight to Zoo and fled.

However, despite their flustered and anxious appearance, the two remained in place.

After a moment's thought, Terui Ryu said, "Sudo, you go help Sato and Philip. I'll go arrest these two guys."

"Alright!" Sudo Kirihiko nodded, took out the Lost Driver and Nazca Memory, and prepared to transform to lend a hand.

"Neither of you are allowed to move!" Terui Ryu shouted, pointing his pistol at Zenkyoji Asami and Zenkyoji Reiko.

Just then, Zenkyoji Asami seemed to sense something and her composed expression returned.

"You'd better not move an inch."

Before he could finish speaking, a group of hotel staff suddenly burst into the lobby from the side closest to the stage—the staff entrance.

"What's going on? Why are there still people here?" Shotaro asked in surprise, looking at the hotel staff.

"No, that's not right. They're not ordinary people. They're probably all henchmen of the Zenkong Temple!" Philip said.

Inside the stage near the entrance, there seemed to be a switch or something similar. The last person to enter the hall pressed it, and then there was a loud clang as the chandelier suddenly fell from mid-air, crashing to the ground and shattering into pieces.

In the center of those stained glass windows was a cylindrical metal component, and hidden in the gap of that part was a suitcase.

It's a box used to store Gaia's memory!

"They actually hid it in a place like this!" Terui Ryu said, biting his lip.

That's the difficulty of memory searches; probably no one would think of taking apart a light fixture hanging high above their head to check it.

Zoo ran over, grabbed the box, and threw it to Zenkyoji Asami.

Zenkyoji Asami caught the box that Zoo threw to her, and then the other hotel staff, led by Zenkyoji Reiko, all gathered around her.

"Wait! Stop it!" W was about to rush forward to stop them, but Zoo cut in and blocked their way.

Meanwhile, Zenkyoji Asami, Zenkyoji Reiko, and the hotel staff all exposed the interfaces on their bodies and inserted their registered memory modules one by one.

"Queen Bee!"

"Flower!"

This is the memory of Zenkyoji Asami and Zenkyoji Reiko.

The names of those two were still audible, but the rest, due to the simultaneous stabs in one breath, were a jumbled mess of noise as the numerous announcements were mixed together.

Under the watchful eyes of the three, all the hotel staff present were transformed into hybrids.

These dopants are all legitimate dopants, not the rudimentary memory types found in masquerade balls.

And so, with the zoo dopant at the center, the dopants suddenly lined up in a row.

Thanks to this, the three of them accurately grasped the number of enemies.

There are thirteen in total!

(End of this chapter)