The Strange Cat from Fuuto

"But why did they take these department heads away?"

Shijima Kiriko raised her question, and the veteran driver's eyes slowly sharpened. A glint flashed in his eyes as he recalled the Fonteard incident.

Various images surrounded the experienced driver, who unconsciously stood up.

"squeak...."

The sound of fabric rustling filled the air, and the experienced driver, who had just tightened his loose tie, suddenly exclaimed, "All the clues have connected!"

"what?!"

Genpachi abruptly raised his head, glaring at the veteran driver with displeasure: "Shinnosuke, what's wrong with you now?!"

"Do you remember the Fonteil incident?"

"What happened to the Fonteard incident? Is it related to this?" Shijima Kiriko asked疑惑地, the experienced driver pacing around the department before finally speaking his mind.

"Do you remember how the other party instigated Kamen Rider and Miko during the Fonteal incident?"

"You mean choices!?"

“That’s right!” the experienced driver said confidently. “The other party has a kind of wicked sense of humor. He seems to really enjoy making people face choices, and then satisfying his perverse tastes in the process.”

"This attack on the city convention cannot be viewed as an attack; it's more like a kidnapping!"

"Kidnapping?!"

Honganji Jun raised his eyelids. "Kobo, what's your basis?"

"If the attack is simply intended to create panic, then no one will be left alive."

"But there were indeed great sacrifices at the meeting!"

"That's the problem. All those victims must have one thing in common, and if we find out that commonality, everything will make sense!"

"Common ground?" Shijima Kiriko frowned. "But how are we supposed to find out now?"

"The video footage! The CCTV footage from the meeting!" The veteran driver exclaimed excitedly, pumping his fist. "Once we find that CCTV footage, everything will be clear!"

"You mean this video?"

Standing at the door, Butthead was twirling a small USB drive in his hand. "Brain!" the veteran driver exclaimed. Butthead pushed up his glasses and said proudly, "Heart anticipated something amiss, so he instructed me to find the venue's surveillance footage."

"Xiaojiu!"

"Leave it to me!"

Xicheng Jiu took out the USB drive and quickly retrieved the relevant information on his computer. While watching the video, the experienced driver suddenly shouted, "Wait a minute!"

"Ok?"

"Go back!"

"Yes, this is it!" The experienced driver stared intently at the image on the screen and confidently declared, "Now it's truly fully connected!"

"what?!"

Seeing the puzzled looks on everyone's faces, the experienced driver spoke firmly: "What all the victims have in common is..."

"Resist!"

"What do you mean?"

The guy with the big brain was the first to understand and said, "You mean those guys who attacked the venue didn't aim to kill, but to kidnap people, and the victims were killed because they resisted!"

"That's right, this was a kidnapping, not a terrorist attack!"

"If no one had resisted at the time, the prisoners would have only taken their targets without harming the innocent."

"But they did it anyway!"

"That's their most unforgivable flaw!" The veteran driver slammed his fist on the table. "I will bring them all to justice!!"

Even the seasoned driver, whose heart was burning with rage, showed a clear-headed look in his eyes; despite his extreme anger, he became even calmer.

"Beep, beep, beep!"

A faint car horn sounded, but quickly disappeared.

Shijima Kiriko asked, "So what should we do next?!"

"It's simple!" The experienced driver, who had tightened his tie again, said with a piercing gaze, "Find them and rescue the hostages!"

"But...."

"Don't worry, I know where they'll be!"

"Hey, you knew that?!"

Shijima Kiriko stared wide-eyed at the veteran driver, who smiled faintly and said, "Trust my feelings, trust the detective's intuition!"

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

In the Kuru era, at an abandoned factory.

"Big brother, what are you planning to do?"

Mick peeked outside at the department head, who was being guarded by the fused evolved form of Roidmude. Miku, sitting on a wooden crate nearby, said calmly, "Just one big one!"

"Playing big?!" Mick said, somewhat displeased. "Playing big means you can beat the little guy up like that?"

"You should know that your attack was aimed at killing people. Is this what you wanted to escalate?"

Noticing Mick's displeasure, Miku looked up at him and said, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing!"

"And this is also my best chance to clear my name!"

"What exactly are you plotting?"

Mick was furious; he had absolutely no idea what his older brother was planning to do.

"What I want to do is very simple: to help Miko succeed!"

“But I don’t see that at all,” Mick chuckled, leaning against the wall. “All I see is that you show absolutely no mercy to your own child!”

"It's none of your business what I should do!"

Miku coldly rebuked him, and Mick scoffed, "I'd like to see clearly what you're up to. If you go too far..."

As Mick walked to the door, his back to Miku, he said softly, "I don't care who you are!"

Watching Mick's departing figure, Miku chuckled softly, "Wow, my little brother from back then has really grown up!"

"However, sometimes it's better not to know too much!"

Looking at his palm, Miku muttered to himself, "Otherwise, everything I've done will have been in vain!"

"Everything I did for you was in vain!"

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

"What we need to do now is find out where those guys might be!"

The old driver's words were still echoing in the ears of Shijima Kiriko and the others. The entire Special Investigation Division was mobilized, all searching for the place the old driver had mentioned.

"Based on my understanding of him, that place must be either the most conspicuous or have a large flow of people, so that it can satisfy his perverse tastes!"

An experienced driver with a serious expression drove around the city in his car, which was filled with the rich flavor of soy milk.

The purpose was to find the location that Miku and the others would choose.

Meanwhile, Miku, who had climbed to the rooftop of a tall building, looked down at the view below: "This is quite nice!"

"What are you going to do next?!" Mick had already set up the camera and started quickly hacking into the TV station's network.

"How to do it? Of course, we'll go big!" Miku grinned maliciously at the group of trembling department heads. "They're Japanese anyway, so we can do whatever we want!"

With their mouths gagged, the heads of various departments trembled under Miku's fierce gaze.

"This is a multiple-choice question, for the Kamen Rider!"

Miku turned to look into the distance, while Mick installed various devices on the heads of the various departments.

These are the main events to come, so don't take them lightly!

"Shh!"

With a whooshing sound, Miku's clone arrived, landing on the ground carrying a woman. He first looked at the trembling heads of various departments, then said to Miku, "Everything is ready!"

"Alright then, let's get this show going!"

Chapter Thirty-One: Killing is merely a means; destroying the spirit is the true goal!

"Alright then, let's get this show going!"

At Miku's command, Mik turned on the camera, which faithfully recorded Miku's image and broadcast it to various television stations via the internet.

At the same time, on a large screen in a shopping mall in Kuruma.

The large screen, which was playing advertisements, suddenly started flashing static. The static abruptly stopped, and Miku, clad in blue armor, appeared.

"Hello, citizens of Kuruma!"

Miku stood with his hands behind his back, speaking in a very calm tone.

Not only the major screens, but also the televisions in every citizen's home have been transformed into the Miku look.

With the vast sky behind him, Miku slowly spoke to the camera: "You may not know me yet, but after today, you will know who I am!"

Who are we?

Miku stretched his arms out from behind him and raised them upwards, as if to embrace the sky.

"We are the Rice Clan, and also the clan that will bring about the end of the world!!"

As soon as Miku uttered those words, the Sonozaki Mansion in Fuuto suddenly trembled, and the Earth Well in the underground space erupted with a green beam of light, which was immediately blocked by a layer of golden light curtain on the dome.

"Roar!!!"

An unwilling roar came from the bottom of the well, echoing throughout the entire underground space.

On the rooftop, Miku slightly raised his chin, looking at the camera with disdain. This scene was broadcast to every household.

"And today, we're going to play a game with you all!"