Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 275 The Demon Family

Narumi Detective Agency.

Shotaro leaned against the window, looking absent-minded, silently gazing at the drizzling rain outside. A deep sense of loneliness washed over him, and he didn't even notice the tiny raindrops splashing on his face.

They still couldn't break into Sonozaki's house.

Perhaps he really is just a half-baked good-for-nothing.

"I'm telling the truth!" Akiko Narumi kept shouting around Ryu Terui as he prepared the ingredients. "Believe me, Ryu! Shinji Kaminaga is with the Sonozaki family. I think he's an envoy from some kind of conglomerate. Even Ryubei Sonozaki is very polite to him. Maybe it's because of the Sonozaki family that..."

"Director," Terujiro said helplessly, "sometimes what you see isn't necessarily the truth. Philip was also rescued from the museum by Zuo..."

Noticing the change in expression on Shotaro and Terui's faces, Terui Ryu promptly ended the conversation.

That operation was carried out because Shotaro Sakai acted without authorization, which indirectly led to the death of the former director, Shokichi Narumi.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

"That's all in the past," Philip said, shaking his head. "Back then, when we transformed into W, it was a way of atoneing for our sins. Shotaro made a rash decision, and I was just a tool, ignoring those decisions to survive..."

"Is it a sin?"

Shotaro sighed softly and turned to look at Philip, who was clutching a blank book.

He is the one who is truly guilty.

Philip was merely being used by the Sonozaki family.

Sonozaki Ryubei seemed to have no regard for her son, treating him merely as a tool to connect to Earth's database.

No wonder the masked woman who was suspected to be Philip's mother betrayed the Sonozaki family.

"However," Philip suddenly frowned and said, "there's one thing I just don't understand. The Dual Driver was designed for me from the beginning, using the driver and me to operate two memories simultaneously, thus creating a super-powerful Kamen Rider with my knowledge..."

But what's with Shinji Kaminaga? He transforms with Shotaro, and his fighting ability is just as strong… Could he also enter the Earth Library? And it's quite unbelievable that Shotaro can keep up with that person's power.”

Shotaro Zuo hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

In reality, Xia Chuan was the one who fought the whole thing; he was just watching the show.

"Philip," Shotaro said after a moment of silence, "if that researcher wasn't mistaken, your real name is Sonozaki Raito, right?"

"Um."

Philip nodded softly.

"Ryubei Sonozaki is my father."

"Is that so?" Terui Ryu stared at him in surprise. "You're from the Sonozaki family? Then, does that mean Sherrard, who's been around all this time...?"

Sherad is the code name for the masked woman, Ayane Sonosaki.

"Yes," Philip put down his book and looked up honestly, "it was my mother. The Knight System, including the Pure Memory we use, was all designed and developed by her, with the aim of taking revenge on my father."

"But is it okay?"

Akiko Narumi said weakly, holding up her slippers.

"Having to fight against my father and family..."

"To me, you are my family now," Philip said, walking to the window. "But before I enumerate their sins, I will find a way to separate them from the demonic memory."

……

the other side.

Sonozaki Family Museum.

After the meal, Wakana Sonozaki, as the new person in charge, led Natsukawa on a tour.

After visiting the Gaia Memory Research Center, the two entered the museum's exhibition hall on the surface.

The Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil in the very center is particularly eye-catching.

It is said that most of the exhibits here were excavated from the nearby ruins, and almost all the memory modules currently circulating in the market can be found in prototype here.

"What's wrong? You don't seem to be feeling well."

Natsukawa turned around and glanced at Sonozaki Wakana.

He wasn't particularly interested in other things at the museum; the only things he seemed to care about were the Earth Well and the Earth Library.

Besides the fact that touching the memory in this world increases the limit value, which he cannot ignore, he also has the idea of ​​obtaining full access to search for information about the Fujiwara Foundation.

In this world, besides Philip and Saki, only this woman has the authority to access that database on her own, and she even has higher access than Philip.

Of course, not the current Wakana Sonozaki.

Later on, this woman also seems to be a mini-boss. The clay doll memory she possesses appears to be just a toy for a father to coax his daughter, but it is actually the core of Sonozaki Ryubei's true plan.

"N-nothing."

Sonozaki Wakana snapped out of her daze and forced a smile, but quickly looked away as she glanced at the array of items around her, her expression growing increasingly melancholic.

"It just reminded me of the past, when everyone was happy to do archaeological excavations with my dad. Although it was hard work, the whole family worked together. Those happy scenes will never come again."

Xia Chuan then began to examine the exhibits.

You can hear the sobs in Sonozaki Wakana's voice, but it's hard to feel her emotions.

He has no family, and he has never been able to recover his grief; he has only been touched by it.

"If you don't like it, don't force yourself."

Xia Chuan put his hands behind his back and walked towards the exit.

"Whether it's the regular merchandise or the advanced memory you use, they're all demonic memory. You should have seen the end result. What's left of the Sonozaki family now? If you don't separate quickly, you won't be yourself anymore either."

"what?"

Sonozaki Wakana was a little taken aback.

"Aren't you from the conglomerate? How come you are...?"

"I didn't come here for the sake of your Sonozaki family."

The rain outside the museum was getting heavier and heavier, and the whole sky was a hazy gray.

Xia Chuan stopped under the eaves, and just as he was about to look for an umbrella, a burst of murderous intent suddenly came from the rumbling thunder.

It wasn't natural rainwater, but rather water manipulated by the power of memory.

"Boom!"

Behind her, Sonozaki Wakana walked towards Natsukawa with an umbrella, and the moment she stepped out of the glass door, she was locked onto by a bolt of lightning.

"Don't come any closer."

Natsukawa took out the Gale Memory and inserted it into the Lost Driver that appeared at his waist. The whirlwind he created pushed away all the rain and blocked the lightning that was about to strike Sonozaki Wakana.

"It seems to be a weather memory."

"It's a doctor!"

When Sonozaki Wakana realized what was happening, her face paled slightly as she looked at the weather dopant that had emerged from the rain, with the forbidden dopant floating not far away.

"And my older sister!"

"Wakana!"

The forbidden dopant flew closer with a queen-like, flamboyant figure.

"Congratulations! Not only have you become the new person in charge, but it seems your wish to get married is also about to come true!"

"elder sister……"

Sonozaki Wakana bit her lower lip.

"My sister is the best person to manage the museum. Come back! You've been deceived by that man! Father trusted you so much..."

"trust?"

The taboo admixture laughed in the rain.

"You don't understand anything. Father never loved me, so where did his trust come from? He only treated me as a tool that he could discard at any time. The only person Father truly loved was Wakana, so I've always hated him!"

"How could that be?" Wakana Sonozaki protested. "If Father didn't love you, he would never have let you go..."

"You think he's let me go? I'm being hunted down everywhere!"

The forbidden dopant glared down menacingly, its fingers holding up one red light bullet after another.

"Make a decision, Wakana. Will you be my ally or my enemy?"

"This choice is strange! Why should family members become enemies..."

"Then go die!"

Amidst the torrential rain, a barrage of red light projectiles rained down, only to all of them crash into an invisible barrier midway, unable to break through with any energy impact.

"What?"

(End of this chapter)