The Strange Cat from Fuuto

After the thief, whose body contained twenty-seven core coins, fell to the ground, he slammed his fists together with a dull thud.

"Almost there!"

"So close!"

The words of the thief and Miku's thoughts rang out at the same time, one after the other. Feeling that he was even stronger than before, the thief focused his gaze on Jill. He didn't care what this guy was up to. With twenty-seven Core Medals inside him, he could kill Jill with just a punch to the chest.

"I don't care what your purpose is, but I still want to thank you!"

"Without you, I wouldn't have obtained such great power!"

The moment their arms collided again, a powerful gravitational wave erupted, silently turning everything within its reach into dust.

“My goal is simple: to reclaim my coins. On this point, we are aligned. You need the other Core Coins held by Ankur, while I want to witness the greatness of the Vessel. We have no conflict of interest in this regard!”

"If that's the case, then what are we waiting for?"

With a sinister grin, the thief swaggered past Jill, leaving a shallow crater in the ground with each step.

"This guy is completely insane!"

Sensing the powerful energy fluctuations emanating from the thief's body, Gil felt a chill run down his spine.

"Perhaps this is a chance to turn things around!"

Jill, whose little thoughts that Miku had suppressed were beginning to stir, inadvertently met a pair of golden eyes. Sensing the playfulness in those eyes, he lowered his head and quickly followed behind the thief.

"Forget it, once I've finished all this, I'm going back to my box and get some sleep!"

Having dismissed the idea in his mind, Jill obediently continued with his task, to which Miku snorted with satisfaction.

"As expected, this guy is still a bit dishonest. But oh well, my plan is almost complete. If he behaves himself as a deliveryman, that's fine, otherwise..."

"hey-hey!"

Miku, letting out two strange laughs, disappeared into the factory, not even bothering to glance at the cellular coins left behind!

What comes next is the most important thing!

Just after Miku left, a series of light footsteps echoed through the empty factory.

"Cell Medal in hand!"

Chapter 87: The container is almost complete, but the thief has run away with the Core Medallion!?

Yumemachi, on the street.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

A sound like the beating of war drums echoed through the street as a strange man, clad in silver-gray armor and with a short, elephant-nose horn of the same color embedded in his waist, strode down the street.

"Just how many Cell Medals did this guy absorb? Even if it contained other Core Medals, it wouldn't be able to digest them in a short time!"

Following behind the thief, Jill watched as the other man left a series of shallow potholes on the smooth street surface, making the once clean and tidy road look like it had been the site of a series of engineering accidents.

The scene was one of utter devastation!

"I want... the Core Medal!"

The thief's consciousness, which was emitting roars from his mouth, gradually became chaotic. The sheer number of core coins in his body was too much for him to adapt to in a short time, even in his fully resurrected state.

"It seems he won't last much longer!"

Looking at the broad, thick spine of the horn, Jill also saw the dark lightning that was flowing across it, which was the prelude to the Core Medal going berserk!

"I can't give up yet, I'm just a little bit away from succeeding!"

"A little bit!"

Muttering to himself, the longing for Ai-Chi and the resentment towards Miku in his heart sustained him as he continued on his way.

"ah!"

Suddenly, a scream rang out from inside the restaurant, which was shaking violently. Eiji and the others rushed downstairs and saw Shiraishi collapsed at the entrance, while a strange man covered in silver-gray armor and with a rather unfriendly look stood outside the door.

"Stealing horns!?"

"Anku, hand over all the coins!"

As the thief's arms collided, an incredibly powerful shockwave erupted from his body, blowing all the furnishings in the shop to their sides.

"Ah!" Shopkeeper Shiraishi exclaimed again. Dr. Maki, with his eyes fixed on the thief, pulled Shopkeeper Shiraishi up and shielded him behind him.

"This guy seems so much stronger than the last one I met!?"

Ankh, who had keenly noticed the strangeness about Touka, looked at Touka in shock. Eiji, on the other hand, fastened the driver to his waist, opened his palm, and said, "No matter what the reason is, let's defeat him quickly!"

"Defeat him?" Anku shook his head slightly and looked at Daojiao with great seriousness. "What we need to consider is how to survive!"

"Roar!"

Give me a coin!

The roaring thief began pounding his chest with both hands. Due to the presence of other coins inside his body, a dark-colored ring of gravity waves surged outwards like a typhoon.

"Click, click, click..."

The ground suddenly cracked open, and large cracks spread outwards. The spiderweb-like fissures expanded rapidly. Eiji and the others hurriedly took cover, but the multinational restaurant was also within the range of the gravitational waves. The restaurant, which had been run by Shiraishi Chiyoko for many years and could be said to have embodied her hard work, collapsed before Eiji and the others could leave.

"Rumble..."

The sounds of collapsing houses were incessant, accompanied by the cries of the residents of Yumemachi.

"This guy really went too far for the sake of the remaining coins!"

Miku, in his freakish form, crouched on a surviving telephone pole in Yumemachi, gazing into the distance at the area filled with smoke and dust, and the incessant cries of anguish.

His eyes, reddish-golden, showed no trace of pity; Miku felt no emotion whatsoever at the tragic fate of these people.

Compared to the destruction caused by the Core Medallion container going completely berserk, what we're seeing now is nothing short of a joke.

The train is running out of control. Is it better to sacrifice one person to save many, or sacrifice many people to save only one? Miku doesn't want to choose this option at all. There is always sacrifice involved. There is no such thing as a perfect solution. There is no way to have both in this world!

Whether now or in the wind!

nothing!

"Keep causing trouble, and after all that chaos, become a container!"

The cold whispers drifted away on the wind, interspersed with a faint bark from a dog!

In front of the now-ruined multinational restaurant, Daojiao stopped releasing his gravity impact and instead used his murky eyes to search for Anku.

"Splash..."

A stone slab was lifted, revealing the figure of Kamen Rider OOO, and Ankh straightened up as well.

Just as the house collapsed, Eiji, after transforming, and Ankh, who was fully cooperating with Eiji, narrowly managed to protect Hina and the other two.

"That's terrible!"

Looking around, Eiji saw a gloomy and desolate atmosphere, and his eyes were filled with pity.

For someone as kind-hearted as him, such a scene was undoubtedly like putting his heart in a frying pan.

"The horn's body must have incorporated other Core Medals, otherwise a casual strike couldn't have caused this kind of damage!"

"This was just a casual strike?"

"He almost destroyed the entire Yumemachi!"

Eiji's shocked tone and expression did not escape Ank's notice. Ank sneered, "Do you have some misunderstanding about the power of the Core Medal? If the Thief Horn goes completely berserk, the threat he poses will be much, much greater than this!"

"Then we must stop him!"

I think you won't have that chance!

A cold, stiff voice suddenly rang out from behind Eisuke, "Before that, he will tear you to pieces!"

Amidst the swirling cold mist, Gil appeared.

The attack from Daojiao just now was basically a large-scale AOE that didn't distinguish between friend and foe. If he hadn't dodged quickly, he would have broken his own record for the number of resurrections again!

"you are?"

Anku, staring at Gil with fear and uncertainty, uttered two words: "Gil!?"

"I didn't expect you to remember me!"

"Anku!"

Jill, shrouded in a chilling mist, exuded an air of superiority. Glancing sideways at the horn-stealing Jill, he offered a warning that was neither entirely kind nor friendly: "I advise you to hand over the other Core Medals you currently possess, or you might end up having them all absorbed, which would be disastrous!"

"Don't think about it!"

"Whose will this be?!"

Seeing that the thief was somewhat confused, Jill stopped hiding her intentions and said directly, "All you need to do is hand over the Core Medal and help him become a vessel. As for the rest, which expert will have a way to solve it!"

"That sir..." Eiji scratched his head, suddenly realizing something, and said, "Could it be Miku?"

"Miku?!"

"Miku!?"

"Yunzaki Miku!"

Upon catching the word "Miku," the thief suddenly went berserk and charged at Eiji without warning.

"Wow...."

Eiji, who was sent flying by the ram, let out a strange cry. Seeing this, Ankh shouted, "Eiji!"

"Hand over the core coin!"

"Hand it over!"

The thief reached out and grabbed Anku, drawing him in front of him. Unable to resist, Anku could only watch helplessly as the other grabbed his right arm.

"what!"

Ankur, whose arm was being held by the thief, howled incessantly as if he were being tortured, "Hand it over, hand it over, hand it over!" The thief, who was shaking Ankur's arm frantically, made Ankur seem to be bleeding, and the cell coins flew everywhere, with a few even hitting Jill's face.

"I advise you to hand it over!"