The Strange Cat from Fuuto

"I guess it's that troublesome guy DJ Sagara was talking about. I wonder what the specifics are."

"We can only wait and see. Is the overlap of these two worlds a good thing or a bad thing?!"

"Waiting idly is really not my style. I need to go to Sawame City to check out the situation. It would be even better if I could catch that bastard who caused the disturbance!"

A cold glint flashed in the cat's eyes as it stood up and shook itself. Bai Ya opened a spatial rift at the opportune moment.

Just as Miku jumped in, Baiya suddenly called out to him.

"Miku".

"Ok?"

The cat tilted its head and looked at Bai Ya with a puzzled expression. Bai Ya said in a deep voice, "As an elder, I have a piece of advice for you: don't rely too much on your strength, or you will eventually follow in my footsteps!"

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing!"

Without turning his head, Miku answered and jumped into the crevice, disappearing from Baiya's sight.

After closing the spatial rift with a wave of his hand, Bai Ya took out the golden fruit hidden deep within his body. As the fruit shimmered with light, he said to Sugar, "You should make a decision soon!"

"Um....."

Sugar, fiddling with the hem of her clothes, lowered her face, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

In Sawame City, Miku's groan had barely escaped when she was surrounded by several clueless Inves. A cat, its eyes flashing with displeasure, snorted coldly and spread its aura.

The Inves let out a strange cry and fled in a disheveled manner, but they were all blasted into dust by a ball of energy after only a few steps.

"Let's contact the investigation team and see!" Miku muttered to himself as his figure flashed, transforming into a stream of data and disappearing from the spot.

At the same time Miku appeared, a boy with a bracelet on his left wrist silently appeared in a corner of the city. He looked up at the sky and was holding two things in his hands.

These two items are a soccer ball and a dance costume.

Which one should we choose?

The boy looked at the two items in his hand and hesitated for a moment. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, I'll let you choose for yourself!"

The boy looked up at the sky again and threw two things in his hand. One of them was instantly drawn to the world above it.

"So that's what you chose..."

The boy sighed, touched the bracelet on his left wrist, and said helplessly, "Then this is the only way!"

Let's begin!

The boy, with his left hand raised high, once again unleashed his power. Under the influence of his power, the ground of the tunnel in the center of Sawame City broke open, and a tender seedling silently sprouted.

After the sprout emerged, it slowly stretched out its own bud. A flash of light appeared on the bud, and countless Inves, as if they had gone mad, came one after another to the place where the bud was.

Then he fell down!

The fallen Inves emitted specks of light, which were absorbed by the swaying buds. The Inves that released the light became shriveled like a fruit that had been squeezed dry, and eventually turned into a patch of green plants.

The area covered by greenery is expanding, and the new shoots are growing faster and faster, while more and more Inves are dying one after another.

Gradually, the city center became a lush meadow, and the tender shoots that were once tender shoots have grown to the thickness of houses, reaching straight into the sky and connecting with the upside-down city.

At the same time, a new Kamen Rider was born!

Chapter 41: The sudden attack of the cannibals, and the willing sacrifice of the Northeast Axe!?

In the world of mages, somewhere underground in a factory.

The three—Beast Girl, Kizaki, and Rinko Daimon—cautiously made their way through the underground passages of the factory.

After a short while, the three arrived at an iron gate, exchanged glances, pushed the gate open, and went inside.

The iron gate led to a dusty room that looked like it had been abandoned for a long time. Scattered documents were everywhere, and various pipes stretched across the floor, with liquid energy flowing through them.

The most eye-catching feature was the four incubators lined up in the center of the room, with frost covering the observation ports of three of them.

The third box from the left was empty. Kizaki picked up a document and examined it carefully, his eyes turning serious.

"It looks like this is the underground research institute that Fueki Kanade used to study artificial Phantoms a long time ago."

"And it seems like they didn't just build one."

After standing on tiptoe and patting the observation port, the beast girl saw the sleeping Cabonkru inside and said cautiously, "There are three more in here."

"It seems that Fueki Kanade created four artificial Phantoms and selected the best one to implant in his body, while he abandoned the remaining three and this research institute."

"Or rather, it was a way out he left for himself."

With her arms crossed and speaking eloquently, the beast girl closed her eyes and spoke with certainty, while Kizaki also took out his phone: "No matter what, we should contact people as soon as possible. This place absolutely cannot see the light of day again."

"Yes."

Rinko Daimon echoed with a solemn expression, saying that if a newcomer were to exploit the documents and the artificial Cabonkrug here, there would probably be a few more Fueki Kanades.

Leaving aside knowledge and methods, the sheer size and terrifying power of that magic alone is enough to make people wary!

"Is this the artificial Phantom research institute?"

Just as Kizaki was contacting people, a rough male voice came from behind the three of them. A man wearing a white fur coat and sunglasses with a light purple tattoo on his right cheek walked over the iron gate and into the room.

"Who are you?!"

Kizaki instinctively drew his gun, his gaze turning cold as he stared at the newcomer. The man in sunglasses ignored Kizaki, who was drawing his weapon, and walked past him toward the incubator.

"Bang!"

The man who slammed his fist on the side of the box saw the Caponkrug inside and a sinister smile appeared on his face.

"Found you, Cabonkru."

"Now let me taste you!" The man, having removed his sunglasses, covered the tattoo on his right cheek with his left hand and roared.

Amidst the pervasive pale purple magic, the man's shattered skin transformed into a Phantom with a gaping maw resembling a zipper on its left shoulder.

"Phantom?" Rinko Daimon exclaimed in surprise as she stared at the Phantom with its enormous mouth that looked like a zipper.

Phantom didn't care. Instead, it circled the three incubators, muttering to itself, "Let me see which one tastes better!"

"They're all pretty bad, but at least we have something to eat!" The man who tore open the second incubator from the left looked at the newly awakened Cabonkru and said, "Well, you're the one!"

"The magic power in my body is passable."

The Phantom grabbed the bewildered Cabonkrull and swung him upwards, while the gaping maw on his left shoulder opened at the opportune moment, revealing a gaping abyss.

"Creak, creak, creak..."

As the chilling chewing sounds filled the air, Cabonkru was swallowed by the creature.

The beast girl stared in astonishment at the Phantom before her, muttering to herself in surprise, "It actually ate it!"

"Carbonkru!"

As the eerie growl was heard, the phantom of Cabonkru appeared on the surface of Phantom's body.

"It feels pretty good..."

After wiping his mouth, Phantom suddenly turned his gaze to the three beast girls and said in a sinister tone, "Now that we've gained new abilities, let this ogre grandpa give them a try!"

"An cannibal?!"

Rinko Daimon, who exclaimed in surprise, clearly remembered the other party's name. The ogre also shuddered and opened its arms, and one after another, colorful light bullets shot towards the three of them amidst various lights.

"Danger!"

In the critical moment, the beast girl transformed and used her body to shield the remaining two people, taking the attack head-on before collapsing helplessly.

The cannibal didn't even glance at the remaining Rinko Daimon and Kizaki. Instead, it reverted to its human form, rubbing its hands together and saying, "Which one should we eat next?!"

"I've heard there's a cat with a powerful Phantom as its magic source, so I'll choose him!"

The ogre, who had left with a flourish, didn't look at the three of them. As Rinko Daimon helped the beast girl up, she stared blankly at the various magic gems scattered all over the ground.

"This guy actually acquired Cabonkrug's abilities after absorbing him."

"The most important thing is that guy has his eye on that damn cat!"

Despite the pain, the beast girl managed to utter a sentence. Suddenly, Rinko Daimon spoke up, "So, this guy's next stop is Serena's side?"

"Very likely!"

...................

Serena's Residence, Bando Ward, Torii.

Mick and the little guy were snuggling together in the flower field, basking in the sun. The lazy Mick squinted his eyes and lay lazily on the mat, while the little guy rested his head on Mick's belly and curled up on him.

"They have such a good relationship!"

Serena looked at the two children, one big and one small, who were dozing in the sun, and her tone unconsciously carried a hint of relief.

Northeast Axe lazily yawned, its mouth opening and closing, its tongue curling and unfolding, revealing clearly the bristles on it.

"You don't even know how Mik came to be. I asked around, and this guy is an individual that Mikku separated from himself using his own abilities. In a sense, he can be considered as one with Mikku!"

"Yes, Mick seems more like the little guy's dad!"

"Heh, I wonder what kind of expression that bastard Miku will have when he sees his own son!"

As he was talking, Northeast Axe suddenly frowned, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes. He shuddered, and then a chill ran down his spine and spread to the tip of his tail.

"What's going on?!"

"What's wrong?" Serena asked, noticing that Northeast Axe was acting strangely. Northeast Axe shifted uncomfortably, looking around anxiously, and said, "I don't know, I just feel a bit cold, and I have a bad feeling about it!"

"You have this ability?"

"I can't explain it clearly, but it's more like an intuition, an intuition unique to wild animals."

The man from Northeast Axe, who had been frowning deeply, suddenly stood up and walked towards the little guy. Serena, seeing this, asked in confusion, "What are you going to do?"

"Never mind that, I hope it was just my imagination!"

Northeast Axe quickly ran towards Mick and shook him awake. Mick looked at Northeast Axe with displeasure and said, "What do you want to do? Just say you want to be beaten!"

"Quiet down, we have important business to discuss!"

With a grave expression, Northeast Axe called Mick away through Mick's sleepy eyes. The little guy, still half-asleep, snuggled into Serena's arms, nuzzled her, and then went back to sleep.