The Strange Cat from Fuuto

All along, he had simply lacked experience. But that didn't mean he was stupid. At this moment, he deeply understood the fate that awaited him and recalled what Ai-Chi had said in the cabin that day.

"Only power matters!"

Unfortunately, it was too late for him to understand this now. With his body pierced through, he could only watch helplessly as he became a fish on a chopping board, at the mercy of others.

"I'm trading your three Core Medals for five of yours. You must really want your own medals back!"

Without withdrawing his arm, Thief Horn allowed the cellular coins inside Little Anku's body to spill out from the wound. To him, Little Anku was now merely an object to make a deal!

"You've changed, Thief Horn!"

"I haven't changed, I've just buried my past self!"

The thief, having removed the remaining two coins from Anku's body in one go, released the gravity ring from Anku's body and casually tossed it to the ground.

"My core coin..."

With his last words, Ankh's body disintegrated into a pile of Cell Medals. Eiji watched this scene with nervousness. Now, Shingo Izumi's body was completely supported by Ankh. If Ankh retrieved his Core Medal, he would abandon Hina's body, and the police officer might die on the spot!

"My Core Coin!"

With a flicker in his eyes, Ankh looked at the five Core Medals held in the Thief Horn's hand, and subconsciously touched his right arm, wondering whether he should exchange them or not.

"That guy, Thief Horn, only needs three more Core Medals to be fully resurrected. I only have three Core Medals in my body right now, and I don't even know where the last one is, but I can't worry about that now!"

With a flick of his wrist, Ankur spat out three Core Medals from his palm. "Then let's trade!"

"very good!"

Holding five core coins, Thief Horn walked up to Ank and extended his hand. Ank looked at Thief Horn, whose eyes showed no emotion, and felt annoyed.

"This guy has become so difficult to deal with!"

Just as the two were about to exchange hands, the thief's expression changed drastically, and he cried out in terror, "Yunzaki Miku!?"

"what?"

Startled, Ankh immediately turned around, as did Eiji.

"Successful!"

Thief Horn, who kicked Ankle in the chest, retrieved his three Core Medals as Ankle was sent flying backward.

"In this way, I will be able to be fully resurrected!"

Without the slightest hesitation, the thief, holding three silver core coins in his left hand, inserted them into his body. The coins flowed across the giant's body for a moment, and with his missing upper body now complete, he let out a roar!

"You scoundrel, you dare to lie to me!"

"We're even!"

The thief, having collected Ankh's five core coins, looked at Ankh with a mocking expression. Ankh, who had been helped up by Eiji, glared at him and demanded, "What exactly do you want?"

"I... want to become a vessel!"

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"I... want to become a vessel!"

The thief stared coldly at Ankh and spoke. Ankh, who was being supported by Eiji, changed his expression and shouted in disbelief, "Are you crazy? Once you choose to become a vessel, there's no turning back!"

"So what?"

As he spoke, Thief Horn spread his palm, revealing Ankh's five core coins.

"You'll start the first step!"

"Ding, ding, ding..."

One after another, the red core coins that had entered the thief's body emitted a crisp ringing sound. Watching helplessly as his opponent absorbed his core coins, Anku shouted with eyes wide with rage, "You're a madman!"

"I guess so!"

Ignoring Ankh's fierce reaction, Toukou snorted and walked towards Ankh and Eiji with his fists clashing together.

"Now it's time to get down to business. Hand over all your core coins!"

The menacing thief caused Ankh's expression to change, and he immediately handed over the three coins—the Eagle, Tiger, and Locust—to Eiji.

"be careful!"

"rest assured!"

Eiji carefully placed Anku on the ground, fastened the OOO Driver to his waist, inserted the coins one by one, and then quickly scanned his waist with the O scanner.

"Taka, Tora, Bata!"

"TaToBa, TaToBa, TaToBa!"

A rousing chant emanated from the driver, and a tricolor badge was branded onto Eiji's chest. Kamen Rider OOO made his appearance at that moment!

"A futile struggle!"

Looking at Eiji in his Eagle Tiger Locust form, Touka sneered disdainfully.

With a flick of his arms, the tiger crest on Eiji's chest flashed, and the sharp claws that were locked on his forearms popped out.

"what!"

With a low shout, Eiji charged forward, closing in on Daojiao in the blink of an eye. His arms swung rapidly, leaving afterimages in the air, while his claws collided with the thick armor on Daojiao's chest, sparks flying.

"It's so hard!"

After a series of attacks, not only was the armor on Touka's chest undamaged, but Eiji's arms were also numb from the impact.

"I've already told you it's useless!"

Brushing off non-existent dust from his chest, Touka was utterly disdainful of Eiji's attack.

"boom!"

Daojiao casually threw a backhand punch, sending Eiji flying a great distance.

"Damn it, now that Touka is fully resurrected, Eiji is no match for him. But if we use the Combo rashly, his body might not be able to handle it!"

In the original story, Eiji would collapse from exhaustion every time he used the Core Medal in battle, but his body was constantly adapting and evolving.

Now, with Miku's influence, Eiji, who has fewer opportunities to fight against the Greedy Ones, has also greatly reduced the number of times he uses Combos. In fact, he is far less capable now than he was in the later part of the original story, when he could use Combos as easily as eating and drinking!

"Wow..."

With a cry of pain, Eiji fell heavily to the ground. The fully-formed Thief Horn was far beyond what he could match in his current state!

"Ding, ding, ding..."

The Birth Destroyer fired a crisp, rapid shot, and a barrage of yellow energy bullets pierced the air as they rained down on the Birth Horn.

However, such an attack was nothing more than a tickle to the thick-skinned Thief Horn. When Thief Horn saw Hina appear at the street corner, he didn't care.

Birth can only deal with the Devourer, and can barely fight against the Greedy One, let alone now that he has been fully resurrected.

"Stop struggling!"

"I think you are well aware of the power you possess after being fully resurrected, Ankh!"

The thief, who had been putting constant pressure on Anku with his words, calmly walked towards Anku.

"damn it!"

Anku cursed under his breath and tossed two green coins at Eiji. "Eiji, use the combo!"

"understand!"

As Zhang reached out to take the coins, Eiji had already taken the two coins from his waist. "Do you think I'd give you a chance?" With a stomp of his right foot, Daojiao stomped heavily on the ground, and a vast wave of gravity surged out from him like ocean waves.

Everything affected by the gravitational ripples surged toward the thief's horn.

"Ah, a coin!"

Just as the Core Coin that was about to be caught was being attracted to the Thug, Eiji couldn't help but shout. Not only the Coin, but he was also attracted to the Thug's side!

What awaited Eiji was the outstretched hand of the thief, whose arms were raised and whose left and right hands respectively grabbed Eiji and Ankh, who had been attracted by the gravitational wave.

"OOO poses too great a threat to those driven by greed; it must be dealt with!"

After deactivating his Gravity Ripple ability, Daojiao grinned maliciously at Eiji. His hand clenched tightly. "Ah!" Eiji, whose neck was being held, tried to pry Daojiao's hand off, but as the other's strength gradually increased, Eiji felt dizzy and heard a faint buzzing in his ears.

"Eiji!"

Ankh's painful struggle came into Ankh's view, and with a gritted teeth, Ankh's arm detached directly from Izumi Shingo's body. Seeing Ankh separated from Izumi Shingo's body, a glint of light appeared in Touka's eyes.

“Hiss….”

After letting out a bellow, the short trunk of the thief suddenly stretched out and wrapped around Anku, who had just broken free from Izumi Shingo's body.

"You actually detached yourself from this guy's body, saving me the trouble of pulling you off!"

With his right hand loosening its grip on Shingo Izumi's horn, Shingo's nose didn't relax; instead, he increased the pressure.

"what...."

As Anku screamed in pain, the cellular coins fell from his arm like sand through his fingers. "Since you enjoy cooperating with OOO so much, today I'll send you all on your way!"

With a cold voice, Daojiao increased the force of his left hand again, attempting to break Eiji's neck in one fell swoop.

"Anku!"

Through his blurred vision as he groaned in pain, Eiji saw Ankh being lifted up by the elephant's trunk. The tightening trunk caused his right arm to crack under the strain, and the cell coins kept falling out of his arm.

"I want to save him..."

We must save him...

Eiji, whose consciousness was fading, murmured, but he was now completely powerless against the fully resurrected Touken.

As Eiji reached out towards Ankh with all his might, his body suddenly jolted, and three purple-glowing coins flew out from his chest.

The purple coin stopped directly in front of Eiji's waist, and the last remaining grasshopper coin in the OOO Driver was flung away by the power of the purple coin.

"Click, click, click!"

After three soft beeps, the OOO driver automatically tilted, and the O scanner flew up from the waist and slid down the driver.

"Ding, ding, ding!"