The Strange Cat from Fuuto

Number Three, who had left with Number Two, glanced at Miku with great apprehension, got into his race car, and quickly disappeared from Miku's sight.

The Type 3 Cyclone, traveling along the road, suddenly started flashing like static on a television screen, but its speed kept increasing until it finally disappeared into space.

"Looks like Shocker was hiding even better than I thought!" Miku muttered to himself, stroking his chin. "But that's all that matters. Wait for me to come find you guys after I've finished what I'm doing here!"

With a soft chuckle, the cat carried the little guy and turned to leave, gradually calming the unrest in the city.

Time flew by, and three days later...

Sonozaki Mansion.

"Why haven't they woken up yet?"

Serena looked worriedly at the little one lying unconscious on the bed. The little one's eyelids were tightly closed, and his breathing was long and strong.

If he hadn't been unconscious for three days, probably no one would have thought there was something wrong with his health.

"It's probably because the resonance rate increased too much, and the power of that memory cell affected him."

Miku, perched at the head of the bed, gently stroked the little guy's face with its tail, its eyes showing neither sorrow nor joy.

"Can't you do something?"

"This is his own problem, I won't help him!"

Miku lowered his head slightly, looking at his unconscious son.

Although his own child was currently unconscious, Miku's thoughts were not on his child, but on the unidentified female knight he had met three days ago.

He felt something was off about the other person, and he couldn't instinctively feel any murderous intent towards them.

"Hey, Serena!"

"Ok?"

Serena looked up at Miku with a puzzled expression. Miku nodded slightly at the doorway and said, "Let's talk outside!"

"it is good!"

Serena took a deep look at the little guy and reluctantly left his room, with Miku naturally following closely behind.

"What have you done now? Your son has been unconscious for three days, and you haven't cared about him at all."

Serena was furious at Miku's laissez-faire attitude towards the little one. Miku ignored her reaction and asked, "Do you still have the message Amy left you?"

Why are you asking this?

“I was just a little curious.” Miku looked at Serena without going into details. Serena bit her lip. “I put it in the jewelry box in my room. I kept the recording of our conversation and the things she left for the little one.”

"Give it to me."

"wait a moment."

Serena returned to her room and retrieved a cell phone whose design was outdated. Miku used her tail to curl up the phone and prepared to leave.

What exactly are you suspecting?

"I wonder if, when Amy conducted her genetic creation experiments, only Miko was actually born?"

Or is she hiding something from us?

"you mean...."

Serena opened her eyes slightly, and Miku nodded slowly, but did not continue speaking.

The cat took the phone and turned away from the little guy's room to investigate what it wanted to know.

Meanwhile, Serena leaned dejectedly against the door of the little one's room, opening the door to look at the unconscious child inside.

"Amy, how much did you hide from me back then?!"

........

The Sonozaki Mansion, in a nearby park.

"Philip, are you sure this is the right thing to do?"

Shotaro walked through the nearby woods. This park was built on the site of the former Sonozaki mansion.

Serena did not reclaim all the land that the Sonozaki family once owned, after all, several years had passed, and much of the land had been taken by the city hall for redevelopment.

The Sonozaki mansion where Miku and his friends now live is less than two-thirds the size it used to occupy.

Even so, it is still an extremely impressive mansion.

“You’ve seen what happened to those who obtained the memory.” Philip said as he walked through the woods, observing his surroundings.

"The re-circulation of memory chips in Fengdu is something neither you nor I wanted to see, especially since the side effects of the memory chips circulating now are even more terrifying than those of the previously sold products."

"So we have to find the entry point and double-check whether Miku is related to this matter."

After taking a few steps, Philip paused, looked at the ground beneath him, and said, "This is it, Shotaro."

Philip squatted down and touched the soil under his feet, saying, "There are still underground fissures here that lead to somewhere else."

"Let's do it, partner!"

Shotaro adjusted his hat and took out his memory device. "I hope Miku doesn't do anything stupid!"

"I think the same way you do!"

"Transform!"

After transforming, W placed Philip's body in a safe place and then went to the location Philip had previously designated.

The bluish-green airflow quickly gathered around W, and the increasingly strong winds sheared away a layer of the nearby grass.

W, which had taken off into the air, spun rapidly, drilling down into the ground like a drill.

"puff!"

With a muffled thud, dirt flew everywhere, and W quickly disappeared underground, leaving behind a hole about the width of a person.

The right eyepiece of the downward-rotating W suddenly lit up, and Philip said in a muffled voice, "I felt it. Miku has indeed reopened that well."

"But we already destroyed the Earth Memory Crystal Mountain back then, how did Miku manage to do that?"

"I don't know, but I think we should go and ask him ourselves!"

The W-shaped object, having adjusted its direction, rotated at an even faster speed, probing deeper underground.

Before long, W, having successfully dug a tunnel leading to the underground space, pierced through the dome of the underground space and fell down.

"Snapped!"

After W landed, Shotaro and Philip simultaneously saw the Earth Well suppressed by a star-shaped lion.

"The Well of the Earth has truly reappeared!"

"What on earth did that bastard Miku do?"

"Could all of this be his scheme?" Shotaro's resentful voice echoed through the underground space. As Miku's friend, he was extremely heartbroken and furious at what he was seeing.

Meanwhile, Miku in the study had just turned off Amy's phone.

His ears suddenly twitched, and he looked down at the ground. The cat, its eyes gleaming, sighed, "Why can't you control your curiosity?"

With a sigh, Miku opened a spatial rift leading to the underground space.

As soon as the spatial rift opened, Miku jumped inside.

"I don't recall ever inviting you here!"

Miku's voice suddenly rang out, and W and the other turned their heads to see the slowly closing spatial rift.

"Miku, explain to me what's going on here!" Sotaro said angrily, pointing at the Well of Earth, while Philip scrutinized Miku.

“Well…” Miku followed Shotaro’s arm and admitted frankly, “That’s right, I’ve reopened the Earth Well.”

"But how did you do that? The Earth Memory Crystal Mountain, the source of the Earth Well, should have been destroyed by us!"

Philip, who spoke loudly, felt he needed to re-examine the cat in front of him. When they first met, Miku had revealed many mysteries.

Philip, who had instinctively avoided the question, felt it was time to ask. Without hesitation, he asked, "Miku, are you hiding something from us?"

Do you know how vast and boundless this universe is?

Instead of answering, Miku started talking about something else, and the cat that was walking towards the Well of Earth leaped up.

As he leaped up, Miku transformed into his monster form.

"What do you want to say?" A bad feeling welled up in Philip's heart.

“This universe is too vast, with more than a dozen knight worlds interconnected yet isolated from each other.” Miku sat on the edge of the well and slowly took off his cloak.

"Moreover, there is still a gravedigger of the Heisei Riders in the future, and I am really scared!"

Miku touched his chest, his voice low and somber: "I'm afraid that one day I'll wake up and everything I have will be gone."

"I'm afraid I'll turn into a bronze statue, standing like a tombstone on that desert."

"What are you talking about?" Shotaro roared. He could sense the confusion and sadness in Miku's words, but when he thought of the victims he had seen in the hospital, he felt even more grief.

On one side is his best friend, and on the other side are the citizens he swore to protect.

Shotaro was caught in a painful struggle, while Miku looked up and said, "I was just describing the future!"

"A future where a Heisei Rider might cease to exist!"

"I only have one question for you!" Shotaro said, raising a finger: "Do you have anything to do with the memories circulating in Fuuto?"

"Would you believe me if I said it's okay?"

"I believe!"

Philip spoke decisively, staring intently at Miku, and said, "Because the current Earth Well doesn't have a central system installed. Without a central system, the Earth Well cannot create memories."

"Then I can rest assured!"

Miku nodded, then extended his hand to W: "Sorry, W!"

I'm so sorry!

As they were talking, Shotaro and Philip suddenly lost control of their bodies, and a grayish-white color, representing petrification, rapidly spread across their entire bodies.

At this moment, the gradually petrifying body did not evoke any negative emotions in Philip, not even a trace of anger or sadness. Influenced by him, Shotaro's initial anger slowly subsided.

Philip looked up and calmly asked, "Was it really worth it, Miku?"