Bad luck plagues him, he refuses to become a Kamen Rider.

"Don't go out yet."

Just as he was about to stick half of his body out of the window, Yuxing pulled him back.

"what happened?"

Sato Jiro asked, and Yuuki took a deep breath, his expression serious.

He looked out the window again, where a vast expanse of blood-red water hung upside down in the sky.

There are no dark clouds, those are just huge clumps of blood!

What fell from the sky was not rain, but drops of scarlet blood.

The stench filled Yuuki's nostrils, and he closed his eyes in disgust.

The thought of being drenched in the rain made him feel unwell all over.

"Does the company have any spare umbrellas?"

Returning to human form, although the outside world had returned to normal, the smell seemed to still linger in Yuuki's nose, and he asked.

"There should be."

After thinking for a moment, Sato Jiro gave an answer: "Perhaps it's upstairs."

Sato Jiro vaguely remembered that his boss would always take a black umbrella with him when he left. Now that everyone in the company has mysteriously disappeared, that umbrella might still be left at the company.

Yu Xing nodded and walked towards the top floor.

The obstacles here were cleared away by Youxing last night, and they reached the top floor smoothly.

Unlike the other levels, the top floor is a single, open-plan space with private offices located in the corners, apart from the conference table and chairs in the center.

The locked meeting room door was already lying on the ground, a result of Youxing's violent intrusion yesterday.

However, he didn't find any useful clues, so he decisively left.

Sato Jiro looked around again, and this time he noticed some other details. He found that it was much cleaner than downstairs, and even the tables and chairs were brand new.

"This is just a front; your company wasn't that simple even before this incident."

Yu-Hsing talked as she walked.

Sato Jiro quickly followed, adding, "Actually, I noticed something was off. I tried listening down from the first floor below the top floor."

"But after those people went upstairs, they didn't make a sound at all."

This is clearly unreasonable, but as a middle-aged man, he has no choice but to compromise. Even if the company is doing something illegal, he can grit his teeth and do it for the money.

Yu Xing glanced at the honest-looking man, never expecting him to do such a thing.

Sato Jiro gave a wry smile: "There's nothing I can do. When they poached me, the salary they offered was too high, so I had to be careful."

"Then I think killing you is a perfectly reasonable thing to do now."

Yuuki's words made Sato Jiro's face turn awkward.

Yuuki noticed Sato's expression, patted him on the shoulder and said, "At least they didn't kill you before the rain, which proves that your position is quite important."

Sato Jiro should be considered a key technical member of the Shocker base, but people like Sato Jiro are destined to be abandoned in Shocker.

Yuuki even suspected that it was all premeditated. After the interspecies hybridization technology was initially perfected, the Shockers abandoned Sato Jiro without hesitation and decided to kill him after the upheaval.

Yuuki looked at Sato Jiro again, and thought of something: "Maybe they didn't intend to kill you at first, and even planned to tell you the truth later and let you join them."

"But when they were about to release the technology, you stood up and opposed it, which solidified their resolve to kill you."

After hearing Yuuki's words, Sato Jiro gave a wry smile, waved his hand, and stepped over the door that had fallen to the ground.

"If I were to live this way, I would be too spineless."

"Although I am an ordinary person, in the field of biotechnology, as a researcher, there are also bottom lines that I cannot cross."

This has nothing to do with anything else; it's simply Sato Jiro's responsibility as a researcher.

He has a responsibility and an obligation to warn against and prevent the misuse of this technology.

Once inside, he focused on finding an umbrella. Youxing watched his busy figure and felt a sense of peace.

He was certain that Sato Jiro was definitely not their enemy; he was an ordinary person with a conscience.

"found it!"

The office wasn't big. Sato Jiro rummaged through his personal wardrobe for a bit and pulled out an umbrella.

This umbrella is a traditional black umbrella with a handle, used for rainy days and also as a walking stick.

Yuuki took the umbrella and went downstairs with Sato Jiro.

"where is your house?"

Standing in front of the rain, Yuuki opened her umbrella and asked.

"I'll lead the way."

Sato Jiro took the umbrella, and the two walked quietly in the rain.

The pedestrians around them hurried by, many without even carrying umbrellas, simply walking naturally in the rain, making the two of them seem like oddities.

However, none of these people looked at Yuuki and the other person. Sato Jiro wanted to go forward to see what was going on, but Yuuki stopped him.

"Let's go, it's hopeless."

Yu Xing lowered her voice and shook her head.

Sato Jiro had no choice but to retract his foot, watch the person leave, and then set off again with Yuuki.

After walking for a while, Sato Jiro looked up at the gray sky and suddenly sighed.

"Do you think there's any hope for Fengdu?"

This is his hometown, where he has spent most of his life. He didn't feel it strongly before, but after seeing these living dead, he felt increasingly melancholy.

"My family and friends are all here. After this disaster, I'm afraid I'll be all alone."

Sato Jiro turned his head and looked at Yuuki: "If it weren't for your arrival, I think our traces would have completely disappeared from this world."

As he thought about it, a deep sadness welled up inside him, and tears streamed down his face without his noticing.

From this day forward, I will have no family or friends, and will live alone in this world.

How is this any different from being a homeless person?

But Yuuki's expression didn't change at all, as if he had no sympathy for Sato Jiro's plight.

He was about to continue forward when Yu Xing suddenly grabbed him.

Through his blurry vision, he saw Youxing's indifferent face, and he also saw Youxing's mouth opening and closing, uttering a question.

"What's with those tears?! And what's with that expression?!"

"If frustration and despair were useful, then no misfortune would happen in the world."

"If you want to change anything, you can only rely on your own hands!"

"If we don't want more people to die, then let's take action. We're racing against time."

Yuuki's words were as loud and clear as a bell, striking Sato's heart and leaving him momentarily stunned.

"Remember, we're here to save more people; there's no time for you to dwell on the past!"

"Wake up, Sato-kun!"

Yuuki's few words made Sato Jiro wipe away his tears.

"I'm sorry, but I always feel inexplicably sentimental when I get to middle age."

He stopped crying and started laughing, and Youxing handed him two pieces of paper from his pocket.

Wiping away all his tears, Sato Jiro no longer hesitated, took his umbrella, and walked with Yuuki towards their home.

Yu Xing is right. There's no time to dwell on the past. Every little thing they do now might save one more life.

Sato Jiro's home is not far from the company, which is a small sacrifice he made for the company.

His high salary was enough for him to choose to live closer to the company.

Standing outside his house, casting his gaze into the yard, Sato Jiro still hesitated somewhat.

But Yu Xing didn't hesitate much. He decisively pressed the doorbell, and after hearing the doorbell, a middle-aged woman quickly opened the door.

Upon seeing Sato Jiro standing outside the door, she immediately braved the rain to go forward and open the door.

"Jiro, why didn't you come back last night? I called you several times."

The woman spoke slowly, her words filled with concern for Sato Jiro.

But for some reason, Sato Jiro got goosebumps on his arms after hearing those words.

He thought of last night, and the strange voice that came from the phone last night!

"It's nothing. I took on a big order yesterday, and I was so tired from running around that I fell asleep in the car."

He forced a smile and explained to the woman.

"I see."

The woman did not press further, but instead looked at Yuxing standing next to her husband.

"you are?"

Sato was about to speak when Yuuki took out his identification document and interrupted him.

"I am a special consultant for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Someone said that a murder has occurred in your home."

Yu Xing's words startled the woman, suppressing all her doubts, and she waved her hands in a panic.

"How could that be? My family are all good people, we wouldn't do such a thing!"

She was somewhat incoherent, and as she swayed, Sato Jiro saw a flash of silver light behind his wife.

He knew what it was, and he closed his eyes in anguish.

"Madam, please allow me to go in and investigate."

Yu Xing refused to budge an inch, leaving the woman with no other option but to turn her gaze to her husband.

But what could Jiro Sato possibly say?