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

His mentor was a key member of their Metropolitan Police Department, and he rarely saw the old officer sighing.

"This is a bit tricky."

He frowned, thinking about the task that his superiors had just assigned him.

"Just telling me that supernatural beings might exist is harmful."

Having experienced the Gurongi and various supernatural events that followed, he knew that if there was even the slightest possibility of supernatural beings being involved, then there must be supernatural beings involved.

"Fighting monsters like the Gurongi... without immediately deploying G3 and G4 armored vehicles, it will be difficult to fight them with manpower alone."

"If the support we received is delayed, it will cause even more casualties."

The older police officers secretly complained to themselves that what happened back then had left them with a great psychological scar.

"Guard, we've spotted something!"

Before he could think any further, someone shouted at him.

"coming!"

He shook off the distracting thoughts in his mind and quickly stepped forward, where he saw a smear of green blood.

"Inspector, this—"

The older police officer was somewhat troubled; he was certain this was a supernatural being.

What kind of species could it be?

As he was calculating in his mind, a scream made his heart tighten instantly!

"What's going on?!"

He rushed over and found that a colleague had accidentally fallen into a ditch behind a car and was clutching his foot in pain.

Are you alright?

He shouted down, secretly relieved, thinking the monster had suddenly returned to launch a sneak attack.

Perhaps the monster has already run far away?

That would be the best possible outcome; they would simply need to wait for reinforcements before they could safely evacuate.

"Master!"

Just as he was letting his guard down, his apprentice suddenly shouted from behind.

He quickly turned his head, about to ask what was wrong, when a huge head suddenly appeared right in front of him.

Chapter 44 The Resurrected Gurongi

He reached out and caught the head, the spurting blood immediately covering him.

The head belonged to his disciple, who had always been following behind him.

Before the old police officer could feel grief, his heart tightened, and his body reacted even faster than his mind, instinctively rolling to the ground.

The sharp knife grazed his body in the next second, cutting into the ground as easily as slicing tofu.

"monster!"

The remaining officers screamed and quickly drew their guns, aiming them at the monster and firing.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Gunshots rang out incessantly. The old police officer wiped the blood from his face, looked up, and saw the strange man's appearance through the smoke.

The familiar belt insignia allowed the veteran officer to recognize the man at a glance.

"Gurongi!!!"

His pupils contracted, and his mind exploded.

How could the Grongi be here? Weren't they all wiped out by Kuuga?!

When his memory clashed with reality, the old police officer suffered a splitting headache and collapsed to the ground.

"Officer!"

Someone noticed the situation and, braving a hail of bullets, quickly pulled the veteran police officer out of the battlefield.

"I'm fine. Activate the special ammunition to attack it!"

Having barely caught his breath, the old police officer gave instructions.

After more than a decade of development, nerve-severing bullets have become commonplace in all police departments in Tokyo and the surrounding areas.

Therefore, the officers quickly took out spare special magazines and fired rapidly at the dual-wielding Gurongi.

Unfortunately, the man was ultimately unable to keep up with the monster's speed. Realizing that the bullets in front of him were not simple, the dual-wielding Gurongi quickly dodged.

After a round of shooting, the dual-wielding Gurongi disappeared, giving the officers a buffer time to gather together and keep a watchful eye on their surroundings.

The veteran officer dialed headquarters directly, his voice hoarse: "We've been attacked by supernatural beings, requesting backup!"

What kind of supernatural creature is it?

Kaoru Ichijo came out of the office, snatched the phone from the operator's hand, and quickly asked.

"Mr. Ichijo... is a Gurongi!"

"It seems to have recognized the nerve-severing bullet and hasn't engaged us head-on! But I've already fired a tethering bullet into its body!"

The veteran officer relaxed slightly upon hearing Kaoru's voice and immediately replied.

"How is this possible?!"

At headquarters, Kaoru slammed her fist on the table, her face contorted with rage: "Weren't they completely wiped out?! Even mentioning or recalling them won't bring them back to life!"

Kaoru gripped the phone tightly in his hand. He slowly raised his head, a sudden wave of exhaustion washing over him.

Although he had a bad feeling when he received a message from Rin, he didn't expect that premonition to come true here.

Could it be that the plan failed? But how could that be? It was a plan everyone worked on together! It was the culmination of so many people's hard work!

He was feeling frustrated and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Director Yitiao!"

This startled everyone in the headquarters. Some people rushed to help the middle-aged man who was nearly 40, but were stopped by Kaoru Ichijo.

"I'm fine."

He wiped his mouth, bent down, and continued asking questions in the other direction.

"Have Rin and the others arrived yet?"

The old police officer did not respond. After a moment of silence, Kaoru Ichijo hung up the phone.

"Director, should we activate the G3 and G4 armor?"

Someone next to Kaoru Ichijo offered an opinion, but Kaoru waved her hand and said, "Isn't the resurgence of the Gurongi enough for you to handle?"

"If the angels appear again, are you confident you can handle it?!"

Kaoru Ichijo's question caused everyone present to lower their heads.

Kaoru Ichijo swept the scene across the room and sighed, "Tell Rin and the others the exact coordinates of the Grongi and tell them to go and provide support as soon as possible."

After saying that, he walked back to his office.

Unlike a normal office, Ichijo's office was divided in two by a curtain. He walked through the curtain and came inside.

Nothing else was worth noting; only the things on one wall were of utmost importance.

Kaoru looked at the wall shelf, where all sorts of strange dolls were neatly arranged.

All the strange people born from every incident in the first thirteen years are here, but there are a few places where some are clearly missing.

"It has been resurrected... Is the peaceful era about to be shattered, and a brand new era about to begin?"

Kaoru's expression was complicated.

"No problem!"

For some reason, at this moment he remembered Yusuke's words and that iconic thumbs-up.

"Perhaps, someone will indeed inherit the title of hero and carry on their story in this era."

He had this thought in his mind, but he wasn't going to sit idly by and wait for his doom.

"Humans also have their own things to do."

Finally, he took a deep look at the dolls, stepped out from behind the curtain, and began making a phone call.

"Moses, Moses?"

Rin Ichijo saw the incoming call notification and quickly answered it.

"Confirmed to be a freak. An entire police squad has been attacked, and we urgently need your support!"

Guihu and Youxing, sitting in the back row, exchanged a glance, realizing that the problem was serious.

The entire police squad was wiped out; this is an extremely serious and egregious case!

"Understood! We'll be there soon!"

Without replying much, Rin focused intently, and the car sped up a bit.

In just a few minutes, the three arrived at their destination.

Looking at the sloping hillside, Rin didn't force her way down: "We might need to walk for a while."

Yuuki and Takatora put on their belts and emerged first, with Rin Ichijo holding a gun and following closely behind them.

The three descended to the bottom of the slope, where the desolate landscape was marred by bloodstains scattered everywhere.

The car had long since stopped burning, its surface splattered with blood, now reduced to a dark reddish-brown sheet of metal.

The sight of more than a dozen headless corpses left Yuuki and the others speechless.

"That bastard!"

Guihu had nowhere to vent his anger, so he could only howl at the sky.

Rin Ichijo silently closed her eyes and prayed in her heart.