The Strange Cat from Fuuto

"How is that possible? He didn't even move!!" The experienced driver, scratching his head, stared at the sand around Miku for a moment before confidently stating, "It must be the magic he was talking about!"

"That's because he's too fast; you can't catch up with him at all. And the reason there are no footprints in the sand is also because he's going too fast."

"In that case, let's switch!" The experienced driver, who quickly got up, shouted, "Come on, Shadow!"

"Beep, beep, beep..." A sharp car horn sounded in the surrounding void, and a small purple car flew out of the space and landed in the old driver's hands.

The driver twisted the rear of the car to insert it into the gear shift wristband, and then gave it a push.

“Tire Koukan!

Midnight Shadow!

The shuriken-like wheels came hurtling towards the old driver's chest. With a slight push of his hands, the old driver caught two purple energy shuriken in his grasp.

"Hey!"

Two shuriken flew out of his hand, whistling as they flew towards Miku.

Miku simply yawned lazily as the energy shuriken hurtled through the air, without moving an inch.

"Swish, swish..."

With a whooshing sound, two energy shurikens pierced through Miku's body, but the cat was completely unharmed.

"How could this be?!"

The experienced driver was shocked, and even the electronic face on his belt turned serious. He had roughly seen what had just happened, but only at a very slow speed.

The moment the shuriken approached Miku, Miku swayed rapidly, leaving no afterimage. This is why the shuriken passed through Miku out of thin air, as if it had passed through a phantom.

"And what about this move?!"

The experienced driver suddenly moved, leaving trails of purple afterimages in the air, which connected to form a purple ring.

The six veteran drivers in the circle threw shurikens at Miku together, but the original driver's vision blurred and he felt another pain in his chest.

He was sent flying backwards at high speed, and his clone could not continue and turned into energy ripples that dissipated into the air.

"Oh!"

The old driver, who had fallen heavily onto the beach, had his purple shuriken tire knocked off his chest by Miku, and the speed tire flew back and landed on his chest.

"He's too fast! We have to limit his speed!"

The experienced driver, who subconsciously touched his mouth, summoned a new gear-shifting vehicle, "Come here, Hunter!"

The black and white police car Hunter flew in, and the experienced driver immediately switched the tires.

“Tire Koukan!

Justice Hunter!

The experienced driver, now holding a fence panel, touched the tire on his chest, and the next second the fence panel flew out of his hand.

The fence panel flew towards Miku, growing larger and larger as it went.

"Oh?"

Miku watched with great interest as the massive fence above him rotated, projecting one fence bar after another downwards, but he had no intention of making a move.

"Oh, so you want to control Miku's actions first?" Brother A looked at the veteran driver with considerable admiration, but the admiration turned into pity the next moment.

"What's wrong, Inspector Terui?" Shijima Kiriko noticed the change in A-nii's expression. A-nii smiled and said, "Nothing, I was just thinking about some things from the past!"

"Things from the past?!"

"Yeah, it's about an arrogant kid getting beaten up by a cat!"

A-ge looked at Miku with a meaningful look in his eyes, recalling the battle between him and Miku back then, when he couldn't even get close to Miku.

In fact, the other party could even manipulate him at will.

"Is this your level of awareness?" Miku leaned against the fence, calmly observing the experienced driver. The experienced driver retorted angrily, "Don't look down on me!"

"It's not that I look down on you, but you're far from being my match." The cat, its eyes devoid of joy or sorrow, looked at the veteran driver and stated in a factual tone, "In other words, you're too weak right now!"

"Humph!"

Without saying a word, the experienced driver silently charged towards Miku.

You're already trapped by me, yet you're still so leisurely. Aren't you being a bit too disrespectful?!

"Jungle Start!"

The moment the chanting of magic began, the tassels on Miku's body drooped down, while the ground beneath the veteran driver's feet began to bulge as if an earth dragon were turning over.

"What's going on?!"

The experienced driver looked down in surprise and disbelief. "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..." With a series of whooshing sounds, roots emerged from the ground.

All the roots swayed like giant pythons toward the old driver, who felt his scalp tingle as he stared at the roots surrounding him.

These aren't roots; they're clearly the scourge of a python!

"boom!"

Countless vines crashed down in the blink of an eye, stirring up clouds of sand on the beach, like a sandstorm rising from the ground.

"Mr. Bo!"

Shijima Kiriko cried out in surprise, but Brother A pulled her back, saying, "Don't worry, your companion is fine."

"Miku can be unreliable at times, but he knows how to behave appropriately."

"At most, it'll just be a few broken ribs; it won't kill you!"

Shijima Kiriko stared wide-eyed at A-ge, completely bewildered. A few broken ribs and he calls it nothing?!

Are you kidding me?

"Drive!"

Type Wild!

Amidst the rousing chants, a black storm emerged from the center of the sandstorm—a black, blade-like storm capable of shattering everything.

The experienced driver, wielding a steering wheel sword, spun it rapidly, shredding the surrounding roots into dust.

"Great, it's the Wild model!" Shijima Kiriko breathed a sigh of relief. A-kun patted Shijima Kiriko on the shoulder and said, "You're relieved now?!"

"It's still early!!"

Brother A sounded very melancholy; he was definitely going to get a beating today!

Do you think that fighting back means victory?

No, that cat has many more tricks up its sleeve, enough to make you cry your heart out!

Just as Brother A had predicted, Miku looked at the veteran driver in his black armor without a ripple in his eyes.

"Blood...Hunter, Start!"

Amidst the churning of blood and qi, unsettling chants and roars resounded.

The experienced driver, who had just been wondering why the surrounding vines had suddenly wilted, suddenly saw a flash of blood-red light in front of him.

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

The entrance to the Sonozaki mansion.

"Goodbye, Inspector Terui!" The old driver, who was saluting Brother A with trembling hands, accidentally aggravated his wound, and his face contorted in pain.

Brother A chuckled as he looked at the veteran driver, stepped forward, and patted him on the shoulder approvingly, saying, "You're very good, junior!"

"If you ever need anything in the future, feel free to come to me!"

"Thank you so much, senior!"

The experienced driver, his eyes gleaming with excitement, never expected that the cold-faced man in front of him would be just like him—not only a detective but also a Kamen Rider.

It's all thanks to him stopping the cat at the most crucial moment, otherwise he might have broken several ribs today!

After exchanging pleasantries with Brother A, the veteran driver squatted down and looked at the little guy clinging to Iggy's back, saying softly, "I'm sorry about what happened to Miko last time. Let's go back to Drive base!"

"Um...."

The little guy, who had tilted his head to the side, peeked at the experienced driver. After noticing the driver's encouraging look, he said crisply, "Okay!"

"See you later!"

The experienced driver, who wanted to rub the little guy, couldn't help but sheepishly withdraw his hand under Iggy's fierce gaze.

Goodbye, senior!

After saying goodbye to Brother A, the experienced driver got into the extra-rich soy milk and left the door of Sonozaki's house.

Brother A didn't linger; after talking with the little guy for a while, he drove away.

Inside the room, Serena looked out the window at the view.

"What you're doing is a bit excessive!"

"Too much?" Miku shook his head. "I need to demonstrate our strength so that he will work diligently, and it will also benefit our future dealings with him!"

"Is that really the case?" Serena looked at Miku with suspicion. "Why do I get the feeling that you're taking this opportunity to settle a personal score?"

"Am I the kind of petty cat?" Miku glanced disdainfully at Serena, then looked out the window at the lifeless Mikko being held in Izumi Sakai's arms, a slight smile appearing on his lips.

"Ha!" Serena crossed her arms, looking quite disdainful.

Just as Miku was about to retort, a sudden tremor ran through the entire mansion.

The water glass on the table shook violently, spilling water onto the table.

"Is this an earthquake?" Serena, who habitually shrank into the corner, wasn't afraid at all. Japan is a country prone to earthquakes.

Wasn't the Fukushima disaster caused by an earthquake?

For the people of island nations, earthquakes are like relatives who come to visit from time to time; if they don't come, they feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Miku looked at the swaying water glass, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes.

Invisible ripples emanated from his body, stabilizing the entire mansion and extinguishing the intense tremors.

When the tremors subsided, Miku turned and left. Serena looked at him and said, "It's time to eat. Where are you going?"

"Something came up!" Miku, who had vanished from his spot, reappeared in the underground space.