The Strange Cat from Fuuto

Chapter 56: Let's give the veteran driver a good whack on the head!

"What on earth is going on?!"

Miku, his brows furrowed, looked at the old driver lying on the hospital bed with a puzzled expression. In his perception, the old driver's life force was becoming increasingly weak, and he was on the verge of exhaustion.

"It's weird!"

Miku, who was constantly scanning the old driver's condition, suddenly narrowed his eyes and used his tail to pull off the blanket covering the old driver.

"So that's how it is!"

Upon seeing the belt still fastened around the veteran driver's waist, Miku's eyes flashed with realization.

The crack left by Serena on the Drive almost runs through the entire drive from top to bottom. On the surface, it looks like a crack, but inside, countless tiny arcs of electricity are constantly flashing.

Data flows through the intertwined electric arcs.

The data stream flows continuously into the deepest part, which is inside the veteran driver's body.

"It seems the veteran driver has actually turned misfortune into a blessing in disguise this time!"

Having understood the veteran driver's predicament, Miku covered him with the blankets again and then slipped out of the intensive care unit into the corridor.

"How is it, Mr. Miku?"

As soon as Miku came out, Shijima Kiriko rushed forward anxiously to ask him something. Miku shook his head helplessly: "He can no longer live as a human being!"

"what?!"

Shijima Kiriko's pupils suddenly contracted, and she collapsed to the ground, her expression turning lost and sorrowful: "Is there no hope for Tomari?"

"Who said there's no hope?"

Miku and Shijima Kiriko stared at each other in surprise, the latter sobbing as she said, "Didn't you say that Tora was beyond saving?"

"Yeah, as humans, we're hopeless, but wouldn't it be better if we just stopped being human?"

Miku, looking at Shijima Kiriko with the eyes of someone looking at someone mentally challenged, shook his head: "These young people nowadays, their brains are so stubborn, not flexible at all!"

"But what exactly do we do?!"

"Simple!"

Miku gave a sly smile: "Just crack open his skull!"

"what?!"

With tears still streaming down her face, Shijima Kiriko opened her eyes wide. She understood every word Miku said, but why was the specific meaning so frightening?

.......

Sonozaki Mansion.

"Well, it looks like we won't be able to eat this meal!"

Looking at the cold food on the table, Miku wagged its tail helplessly.

The little guy sidled up to his dad: "Dad, is the police officer really okay?"

"fine."

Miku watched as Serena directed the maids to remove the food and serve tea and refreshments.

"Not only will you be fine, but if you pull through, you'll become a superhero."

"What exactly happened, that poor, pathetic policeman?"

Serena sat in her seat, somewhat puzzled.

When she made her move, she carefully considered the limits and ensured that she wouldn't harm the experienced driver's life; at most, she would keep him in bed for a while longer.

But now, Serena is particularly puzzled by the old driver's current situation.

"His drive was smashed."

"And what does this have to do with his body?"

Mick chimed in, even though he hadn't gone into the intensive care unit like Miku, he could still feel the flickering flame of life in the ICU.

“Kamen Rider Drive is quite special, and it’s precisely because of this that his life is in danger,” Miku said confidently. “But it is also this very thing that allows Shinnosuke Tomari to undergo a unique kind of evolution!”

"An alternative form of evolution?"

The little guy, chewing on Miku's words, tilted his head. Miku raised his paw to pat his silly son's head and continued, "It's actually very simple."

"Strictly speaking, the Drive driver is not a Rider Driver in the usual sense. After Krim died, he converted his consciousness into data and uploaded it into the driver he developed and created."

Because of this, the Drive-Driver became the carrier of Krim's consciousness data. Krim gained a chance to survive within the Drive-Driver; in another sense, the Drive-Driver can be seen as Krim's other body, only this body lacks biological characteristics. Krim thus received a flawed rebirth.

"But what do all this have to do with that policeman?"

"What does it have to do with anything?" Miku snorted. "It has a very important relationship!"

“Although we don’t know who did it…” Miku glanced at Serena as she spoke, paused, and continued, “However, her attack damaged the driver and also injured Shinnosuke Tomari’s body at the same time.”

"While the attack did not threaten Shinnosuke's life, it was a devastating blow to Krim, who carried his consciousness within the Drive driver. It was as severe as having his hands or feet chopped off."

Furthermore, this damage directly affected the Drive's internal system, which in turn passively interfered with Krim's consciousness data.

"I suspect that Krim must have set up some backup plan in the Drive, specifically to prevent himself from being killed after he fell into a coma."

"What kind of backup plan could have brought Shinnosuke to this state?"

"I suspect it's data transmission. Krim must have prepared a usable body or a backup consciousness carrier for himself, so that if the Drive driver suffers any catastrophic damage or irreversible problems, he can transfer his consciousness again."

"However, it seems that an enemy's attack not only damaged the driver, but also inadvertently triggered this backup plan. The driver has now begun to transfer Krim's consciousness data for data transfer."

"But what does this have to do with what we're talking about?" Seeing Serena's cold face as the cat kept subtly pointing at her, Miku smiled and said, "You know, this guy's lucky!"

"It is estimated that Krim's backup plan failed, so during the data transmission process, the Drive could not find a suitable carrier for Krim and made a choice directly."

"The choice is to convert Krim's consciousness data into a data stream and transmit it into Tomari's body."

"what?"

Mick's eyes widened. "Wouldn't taking it count as possession?"

"No, that doesn't count!"

“If Tomari Shinnosuke’s consciousness dissipates and he becomes a vegetable, then Krim can still get his body. But the problem is that Tomari Shinnosuke’s consciousness is still intact.”

"Therefore, these two will merge together!"

As he spoke, Miku tossed a piece of sugar into his teacup. "Like this!"

"Then what the hell are you talking about, cracking open the skull?"

"This is a safety measure to prevent Shinnosuke Tomari from becoming a psychopath with a split personality. I imagine Kiriko Shijima has already informed that bearded old man!"

Miku continued to add sugar to his teacup, which quickly dissolved in the tea, causing a qualitative change in the tea.

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

Drive base.

"Crack!"

The gate opened, and a three-wheeled sidecar motorcycle drove into the Drive base. The driver was an elderly white man with a large beard, wearing a brown leather jacket and a helmet.

"Ah, you've finally arrived, Dr. Halley!"

Upon seeing the visitor, Suzuna Sawakami appeared very excited.

The arrival of this person means the experienced driver is saved.

After all, he was Krim's teacher.

"What exactly happened? I rushed over as soon as I received your call. What happened to Krim and his knight?"

"Well, we'll have to wait until we bring the other one over!"

"The other one?"

Just as Dr. Harley was wondering, Kiriko Shijima had already notified Miku by phone.

A spatial fluctuation occurred, and Miku appeared at Drive Base with his cubs.

"The person has arrived?"

"Dr. Harley has arrived!"

"Wow, a talking cat! And which one was that just now? Was that spatial teleportation? How did you do that?" Dr. Harley walked over quickly. Although the old man looked bulky, he was surprisingly agile.

"Hello, Dr. Harley!" The cat greeted Dr. Harley and noticed that the old man was staring at it intently, his eyes full of curiosity.

Dr. Harley ignored Miku's greeting and instead tried to get his hands on Miku to examine his body.

"bass!"

Miku, whose tail was poking right in front of Dr. Harley's neck, sighed helplessly: "Why can't you researchers ever control your hands?"

"Curiosity is a good thing, but excessive curiosity is a deadly poison!"

"Do you understand, Dr. Harley?"

Dr. Harley, his neck covered in goosebumps, gave Miku a deep look, then burst into laughter: "Sorry, sorry!"

"I just couldn't resist!"

"Then you'd better watch yourself from now on!" The cat, with a meaningful look, walked directly to the hospital bed in the center of the base. The bed, along with the surrounding equipment, had been specially moved back from the intensive care unit.

"Then let me briefly explain the situation!"

After repeating what they had said at home, Miku raised its paw, tapped the little guy's necklace, and pulled out a box about the size of a wedding ring box.

"This contains a mental world chip that stabilizes the mental consciousness of both individuals, preventing Shinnosuke from becoming a madman with a split personality after waking up, and also enabling his brain to become a quantum computer."

"real or fake?"

Dr. Harley took the box and opened it.

Inside lay a crystal chip, rectangular in shape, with magma-like energy surging within.

"So, when you say 'splitting the skull,' you mean...?"