The Strange Cat from Fuuto

"Your naming skills are amazing..."

Zancrim, the belt-wearing driver, had nothing more to say about the driver's straightforward and efficient naming abilities. As long as the driver is happy, that's all that matters.

After test-firing a shot, the veteran driver reset the piston cannon, then twisted the handle again to pull it out, finally transforming it into a humanoid self-propelled output machine, completing the transformation from top laner to AD carry.

The beam of energy transformed into the most powerful cutting blade, cleaving all the monsters in front of it in two under the veteran driver's control.

During this time, the experienced driver did not release the trigger. The previous shot was to push the handle back and immediately release the trigger. However, if the handle is pushed back at an extremely slow speed while the trigger is held tightly, the energy beam will be like water flowing continuously from a pipe.

"Fuck!"

The faint smell of burning filled the air, and as the veteran driver cleared away all the strange people in his line of sight.

But the veteran driver had no intention of giving up. After seeing the corpses of the civilians, he chased after the small groups of monsters for several streets, and even encountered hundreds of monsters along the way, which he killed without hesitation.

Experienced riders with the ability to use a heavy acceleration field are inherently invincible, not to mention that the races that could move freely within a heavy acceleration field have perished with the defeat of their corresponding riders.

Of the remaining monster races, very few can move freely within the gravity field.

After the experienced driver had cleared out the strange people in the surrounding blocks, he slowly walked back to the entrance of the Kuruma driving license test center.

Behind the slowly advancing knight lies a dilapidated city, with smoke rising slowly into the sky and the still-burning flames of war swaying in the wind.

Everyone who witnessed this scene instinctively held their breath. Tiger Sergeant stared in disbelief and exclaimed, "If there really is a God of War in this world, then this man must be it!"

As he strode forward, the veteran driver deactivated his transformation. Wearing only a pair of suit pants, his upper body was bare, and a thin layer of sweat covered his well-defined muscles. Walking barefoot on the scorched ground, he truly looked like a god of war descending to earth.

But what was most striking was the silver glow on his chest, a silver halo peeking out from under his skin as if coated with a layer of fluorescent powder.

"What exactly happened? I remember you were clearly..."

Honganji Jun and Sawakami Suzuna ran out the moment the steel plates on the defensive line were moved. The two of them circled around the old driver, touching him all over, as if they were afraid that everything they were seeing was just a dream.

"I don't know either. My memory only goes back to the last moment, the scene of that mysterious being that came from nowhere swinging an axe at me. After that, I don't know anything." The old driver scratched his head and smiled. "It all feels like a dream. I sank into the deep sea and was surrounded by seawater. When I saw the light again, I found myself lying on an operating table."

"hiss!"

Suddenly, the experienced driver gasped and jumped to the side. "What are you doing, Suzuna-nee?" Suzuna rubbed her fingers and chuckled, "Wow, those muscles are amazing... *slurp*!"

"Alas..."

The experienced driver, drawing out his words with obvious disgust, said, "Sister Suzuna, you're acting like a pervert right now, it's giving me goosebumps!"

"To be honest, I want to touch it too!" Jun Honganji was itching to get a touch, but before he could make a move, Kyū Nishijo pounced on him: "Brother Tobi, I'm so glad you're alright!"

"Alright, Xiao Jiu, I'm back now!"

After joking and catching up with the three for a while, the veteran driver took the towel handed to him by Tiger Assistant and wiped the fine sweat from his body. He said, "Alright, let's talk about some serious matters."

"What do you mean?" Honganji Jun, his playful expression vanishing, spoke, his veteran driver's expression turning slightly serious: "The mastermind behind all of this from the very beginning!"

"You mean, the current surge of strange people was deliberately instigated by someone!?"

"Yes, that's right." The experienced driver nodded vigorously and glanced in the direction of Fengdu: "And I roughly know his identity too!"

"really?"

"Of course it's true. I thought about it for a long time before I came up with this idea. After all, the clues were too fragmented, so fragmented that I couldn't connect them at all before."

"But after I met them, I understood!"

The experienced driver, with his arm to the side, smiled and said, "Heart, Brain, Medic, aren't you coming to meet your old friends?"

Jun Honganji: "Heart?"

Nishijo Kyu: "Brain?"

Suzuna Sawakami: "Medic?"

Kosuke: "???"

Hearing the veteran driver's greeting, Heart and the other two appeared from not far away. Heart, with a wry smile on his face, said, "You really won't let me off the hook!"

"Yes, what a stingy man. It was Lord Heart who was determined to save you, and he even believed in you at the very end!!"

"Hey, Shinnosuke, is it really that serious?" The three of them slowly walked towards the three veteran drivers. Sawakami Suzuna showed a look of surprise: "Where have you guys been all this time?"

"This?" Heart and the other two looked at each other. "It's a long story!"

"However, Kobo," Honganji Jun said, chin in hand, scrutinizing the three Heart members, "what does the mastermind you mentioned have to do with the three Heart members?"

"Of course! Their drives were given to them by the mastermind!"

"You mean?!" Rinna Sawakami's eyes widened, and her mouth opened wide enough to fit an egg.

"Yes, although I hate to admit it, it really is him!"

"Zonezaki...Miku!"

Chapter 118: Do you have the courage to face God?

"Zonezaki...Miku!"

The experienced driver, slowly uttering the name, glanced at the expressions of the others. Jun Honganji and Suzuna Sawagami both looked incredulous, while Kyū Nishijo tilted his head thoughtfully.

"That can't be, Xiaobo!" Honganji Jun said, quite conflicted. He didn't quite agree with what the old driver had said. But the old driver was the person he trusted most, so he had to consider the truth of the old driver's words. And Miku was also their great benefactor who helped them at the most critical moment.

This is precisely what troubles him.

“That’s right, Miku has helped us so much, how could it be him?” Ze Shen Ling Na clearly remembered that Miku had put in a lot of effort to heal the fusion of the old driver and the belt Zankelim.

Not to mention, Miku helped with the development of the cavalry driver prototype and the signal axe, so how could it be him?

Furthermore, he even sent his own child over, which makes it even harder for anyone to suspect anything.

“I think it’s possible!” Xi Cheng Jiu recalled, scratching his sideburns. “I remember the day Miku brought the cavalry driver sample, and I saw his smile on that day.”

"His laugh?" The experienced driver perked up and quickly asked, "What kind of laugh?"

"How should I put it!" Xicheng Jiu tried hard to recall: "That smile, though it looked faint, gave me a creepy feeling. Not only that, it also gave me a very eerie feeling, like when you're watching a horror movie and the ghost in the movie suddenly starts laughing."

"Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"

Sawakami Suzuna patted Saijou on the back, and Saijou shook his head firmly: "I remember it very clearly, especially that smile that gave me nightmares for several days, which made it even more memorable."

"Actually, I didn't believe it at first either. After all, I remember everything clearly, from the initial hostage situation in the city to our conversation and the medical treatment. Miku helped us a lot and is our great benefactor!"

Shinnosuke's tone was extremely solemn, "But that's precisely why I conducted multiple investigations and came to the conclusion that there's an 80% chance Miku is the mastermind behind it all!"

"Do you really have any evidence, Kobo?" Jun Honganji asked seriously. "If your guess is wrong, then everything will be beyond repair!"

The experienced driver, who knew what Honganji Jun was referring to, nodded: "If I was just skeptical at first, it was only after meeting Heart and the others that I became convinced that my idea was correct!"

“Heart?!” Suzuna looked at Heart, wanting an answer from him. Heart slowly took off his red leather coat, revealing his chest. He ran his hand across his chest, revealing the internal combustion engine beneath: “To be honest, I’m not actually human. My true identity is Roidmud, number 002!”

Having shed its human form, Heart revealed its original appearance: the spider-like Roidmud. After exchanging glances, Medic and ButtBrain also silently revealed their original forms.

"I am 003, codenamed Brain!"

"I am 009, codenamed Medic!"

"This can't be real!" Nishijou pointed at Butthead and Medic in astonishment, stammering, "You guys are...you're...you're Roidmud!?"

"Wow, wow, I never thought Krim's guess was actually true!"

Honganji Jun stroked his chin and spoke eloquently: "Actually, Krim-chan and I started to suspect you from the very beginning. When you first appeared, I searched through all the files, but I didn't find any information about you. Instead, I found information about three other people who looked exactly like you."

"Krim-chan originally wanted to get to the bottom of things, but I told him to keep quiet for now and observe you for a while. As it turns out, you haven't disappointed me; you are indeed our comrades!"

"Thank you for your trust!" Heart, now back in human form, bowed to Honganji Jun. The old man had always known that their identities were questionable, but he hadn't revealed it.

"No, trust is mutual. You have shown your conviction, which has also confirmed for me and Krim that you are indeed our comrades."

Just as Honganji Jun was speaking eloquently, Sawakami Suzuna couldn't help but interrupt, "But what is the relationship between Heart and Miku?"

"Because the driver Heart and the others used was given to them by Miku, and it's said that what happened back then was quite unpleasant!"

Heart nodded and said, "Yes, we were semi-coerced into coming to the Sonozaki mansion and witnessed the most authentic side of Sonozaki Miku. Her violent, domineering, and arrogant aura is still vivid in my memory!"

"And the drives we use were all given to us by him, and the materials used are the virus cores in our hands. After that, he forcibly took away all our compatriots and erased our existence from everyone's memory, just so that we could better cooperate with his plan."

"Do you know what his plan is?" Jun Honganji asked curiously. Jinnosuke replied with Heart, "According to Heart, Miku's goal is to train that little guy Miko. And if I'm not mistaken, the warrior who appeared in the Fonteal incident was arranged by Miku!"

"And with the appearance of that warrior, the Mi Clan has also come into our view!"

"But that doesn't mean Miku is the mastermind!" Rinna Sawagami still refused to believe it, or rather, didn't want to believe it. The old driver rubbed his temples and said, "Rinna-neechan, you're really stubborn!"

"In that case, let me tell you a few more things!"

"Tell me!" Rinna Sawa, her eyes gleaming, looked at the veteran driver. The veteran driver said, "The energy core of the Signal Tomahawk was given to you by Miku, right?"

"Ok!"

"Did you see any strange markings on it?"

“A strange mark?” Rinne Sawakami racked her brains for details, and finally, her expression changed as she exclaimed, “I’ve seen a cross mark on it!”

"And as far as I know, the emblem of the Rice Clan is a cross!" the veteran driver said with certainty. "In the last battle between the little guy and the Rice Clan, the little guy broke through their armor. I remember very clearly that after their armor was damaged, a hazy white light was revealed!"

"Instead of actual flesh and blood, you know that knight armor is a covering on a person's body. Once the armor breaks, the corresponding flesh will be exposed. But the opponent only showed a hazy white light. I don't need to say more about the same situation!"

The experienced driver glanced at the distraught Sawagami Reina, who, with her arms around Nishijou's shoulder and her eyes vacant, said, "This can't be!"

"If it's really as you say, then why would Miku give us the Heart World chip to save you? Why would he give me the core to develop the Signal Axe and embed the Shift Tridoron design in the core? This doesn't make any sense!"

"This is also what I'm wondering about. Belt-san and I have gone through many calculations, but we still can't figure out Miku's purpose!"

"It's simple, because that cat has designs on you, and for that he needs Kamen Rider Drive to evolve into its perfect form."

Who is it!?

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and Honganji Jun shouted sharply, while the veteran driver laughed and said, "Mr. Ghost, you've finally shown yourself!"

"When did you start to doubt my true identity?" A bluebird flew to the old driver's shoulder and spoke in human language: "Never mind, it doesn't matter anymore. You've already met my requirements, so there's no need to keep hiding it now!"

"Birds can talk?!" Nishijou exclaimed in surprise. Sawakami Suzuna slapped him on the back: "Cats can transform, what's so strange about birds talking in this world?!"

"But I really didn't expect you to reveal your identity at this time!" The experienced driver held out his finger, letting the bluebird jump onto it. The bluebird said directly, "Because I was certain that guy wouldn't really watch you die!"

"Are you that sure?" The experienced driver raised an eyebrow. "What if I really die?"

"You will not die, absolutely not!" The Bluebird spoke with absolute certainty, without a trace of doubt, simply stating the facts: "That's why I chose you, because only you can save this world!"

"Hey, hey, hey, isn't it a bit much to ask me to save the world right off the bat?" the veteran driver teased. Qingniao shook his head: "This is your destiny, and only you can truly defeat that guy. After all, I've seen that kind of future!"