The Strange Cat from Fuuto

Honganji Jun picked up the belt from the ground, and the shifting chariot that served as its limbs immediately dispersed.

The Honganji section chief, who casually wrapped the belt around his waist, walked up to the rooftop. The belt-wearing section chief spoke first, "Thank you so much this time, Jun!"

"Oh, you noticed?"

"That's right, keeping Shinnosuke and Kiriko in the classroom to work on documents is also a form of protection for them!"

Upon hearing this, the section chief of Honganji Temple, who was standing in front of the railing, sighed: "This is all I can do. After all, this incident is really troublesome!"

"Even you can't handle this?" Belt-san knew all too well the capabilities of the unremarkable, even somewhat short and sleazy man in front of him.

On the surface, the head of the Honganji Temple is a maverick and steady person, but in reality, he is astonishingly good at making decisions, executing them, and building and managing the network within the organization.

This man had served as an invisible shield for Belt-san and the Kamen Rider project for many years, remaining undetected for all those years. Yet today, Belt-san heard the word "trouble" from his mouth.

"Krim-chan, this time it's not just a small-scale incident like before; this time it has directly alarmed the Secretary of State."

"I never imagined it would be this serious!" Belt-san sighed, and thinking of what Miku and Mik had done, he spoke with rare anger, "Those lunatics, they actually used human lives as bargaining chips!"

"They're a bunch of absolutely insane bastards!"

"Yes, we don't have any information about them yet. Besides knowing that they can summon the new evolved form of Roidmude, we only know about those three guys who have shown up so far!"

"Hmm, the Hell Brothers and... that leader whose identity is still unknown!"

"We don't even know who the Rice Clan is, or even the size of their organization." The head of the Honganji Division put his hands behind his back. "Moreover, Xiaobai's identity has been exposed, along with Heart and the other three."

"That's the most troublesome thing."

"However, this isn't all a bad thing!"

"What do you mean?" Belt-san asked, puzzled. Section Chief Honganji explained, "After this incident, Kamen Rider has finally made its public debut. However, given what just happened, the existence of Kamen Rider is undoubtedly a boost for the fearful public."

"You're right, I am sometimes too pessimistic!"

"No, no, no, Krim-chan, you just have a habit of thinking the worst of things. This is both your strength and your weakness."

"Ugh!"

Belt-san sighed softly, then suddenly asked warily, "By the way, what are you trying to do by touching my knob?"

"Oh dear, I want to transform too!"

The section chief of Honganji Temple feigned shyness and covered her mouth with a light laugh, "How do you think I should perform my transformation move to look cool?"

The Honganji section chief, with his legs spread wide, raised his hands high: "Like this?"

"Please, have some decency!"

"Haha, Krim-chan, you're really funny."

"Or else?"

"Stop it right now!"

"No, I want to transform!"

"Stop fooling around!"

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

At the airport in Kuru.

"Yay, yay, I'm finally back!"

The young man, wearing a white shirt, carried a bag in his right hand and slung it behind his back, a mischievous smile on his handsome face.

"I wonder if my sister misses me?"

The young man looked at the azure sky with a nostalgic smile. In his memory, his sister was the person who loved him most besides his mother.

Encourage him, comfort him, and stay with him!

"Alright!" The young man didn't linger any longer. "It's time to go give my sister a surprise!"

The young man, who had just begun his action, suddenly felt a darkness envelop him as a newspaper, blown by the wind, covered his face.

"What the hell is that?"

The young man who picked up the newspaper intended to throw it away immediately, but then he saw the news that was making headlines.

"A berserker takes all the city's citizens hostage, and Kamen Rider saves the day?"

The young man, talking to himself, read the newspaper with an increasingly serious expression, which even turned ashen.

"You bastard, how dare you treat my sister like this! You can't be forgiven!"

"Absolutely unforgivable! I will make you pay the price!"

The young man, who had torn the newspaper into pieces, left the airport angrily and disappeared into the streets.

A white motorcycle flashed past him, leaving a trail of afterimages in the air before disappearing from sight.

Just as the young man angrily left, a middle-aged man wearing a black trench coat and black light armor covering his chest appeared in an underground factory in Kuruma.

"We've finally found it!"

The man in the trench coat strolled through the factory's passageways, seemingly unaffected by the darkness. The middle-aged man moved with ease, heading straight to the deepest part of the factory.

Here stands a heavy metal door with a circular rotating wheel on top and an electronic device for entering passwords beside it.

"How rude of them to place that lord here!"

The middle-aged man looked at the iron gate with anger in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by extreme fanaticism: "Ah, my father, this time I will finally return to your embrace!"

Like the most devout believer on a pilgrimage, the middle-aged man easily opened the electronic lock and slowly turned the wheel to open the metal door.

After the door opened, there was an empty room inside, with a cement platform in the center.

A curtain covered the stage, and a square rectangle was vaguely visible beneath it.

"My Father, I have come in response to your call!"

"Om..."

A buzzing sound, like a computer starting up, rang out, and the middle-aged man quickly stepped forward and ripped the curtain down.

Under the curtain was a tablet computer. As soon as the tablet computer was turned on, a round human face was revealed inside.

After blinking, the face slowly looked at the middle-aged man and said, "004, you've finally arrived!"

"Savage Lord!"

The middle-aged man, stripped of his human appearance, revealed his true form: a spider-like Roidmude, numbered 004 on his chest.

"I never imagined that these rude scoundrels would imprison you here. This is utterly barbaric and a desecration of you!"

"what!"

Man Ye ignored 004's words and instead asked, "Do you remember who imprisoned me here?"

"Of course it's despicable...despicable...despicable..."

004 tried repeatedly to say who it was, but his mind was blank, and he had no memory of it at all.

"Just as I thought, you're the same way!"

"What's going on, sir?"

"Based on my speculation, someone must have tampered with our memories, deleting a part of them!"

"How is this possible?" 004 exclaimed in shock. "Who could do such a thing?!"

“I don’t know either, but he is undoubtedly our greatest enemy!” Man Ye’s tone was very solemn, but he quickly changed the subject: “However, I am not fully resurrected yet. Once I am fully resurrected, everything in the world will be mine!”

"That's right, you will be the god of the new world!"

"Ha ha ha ha......."

Chapter Thirty-Five: Swords and Spears, Miku and Ichi!

Fuuto, Sonozaki Mansion.

kitchen.

"Awoooooo..."

The husky blocking the kitchen doorway howled at the group of chefs, its sharp eyes slicing through each one like knives.

Chef Kondo was carrying a tray with chilled drinks and a few pieces of fruit.

"Why don't you have some fruit to tide you over first?"

Chef Kondo placed the tray in front of Iggy, who narrowed his eyes, his gaze dangerous.

"Ok?"

Under Iggy's dangerous gaze, Chef Kondo swallowed hard.

As the lunch inspector, am I the kind of dog who would bend the law for personal gain?

A moment later...

Oh my god, it smells so good!

Seeing Iggy lying on the ground, comfortably sipping a cold drink and eating fruit, Chef Kondo wiped the fine sweat from his brow and gave the other chefs a knowing look.

The chefs who noticed Chef Kondo's gaze all sped up their work. That dog came to block the door every day, and not only that, it also groped them. Most of the lunches prepared ended up in Iggy's stomach, causing their workload to increase exponentially.

If it weren't for the fact that this dog is the ancestor of the family, and that the Sonozaki family's treatment isn't among the best in the entire city, then...

These chefs quit a long time ago!

"Awoo, awoo, awoo...."

Iggy smacked his eyes, making a smacking sound with his lips, enjoying the burst of sweetness from the fruit on his taste buds.

Chef Kondo kept a close eye on Iggy, not giving him a chance to sneak a bite. As soon as he saw Iggy stop eating, he would place the snacks he had prepared in advance in front of the husky.

And so, while eating what was in his bowl and thinking about what was in the pot, Iggy endured until lunch was ready, amidst the many chefs' anxious anticipation.

"Finally finished!"

Chef Kondo wiped the fine sweat from his forehead and let out a long breath before instructing his sous chef to tell the maids to serve the dishes.