The Strange Cat from Fuuto

"Hey, hey, hey, Akiko!" Shotaro, who had seen something that shocked him, beckoned to Akiko without turning his head. "What's wrong?" Akiko, who had run to Shotaro's side, narrowed her eyes.

"This is..."

"Heiji Kazenosuke, The Movie!"

"Let's look at this one, we can even go inside the theater to search!"

"It's still in 3D!"

Shotaro, whose mind was unusually sharp, spoke with anticipation, while Akiko immediately pulled out her wallet.

Having bought their tickets, the two skipped past the manager in black, glasses in hand, exclaiming, "The customer is always right!"

"Manager!"

Akiko took out the complimentary poster, put the 3D glasses on her face, and, laughing, dragged Shotaro into the theater.

Miku, inside the bag, shifted to a more comfortable position, rolled her eyes, and muttered, "What a bunch of idiots!"

"Or is it that all the main riders, except for Xiaoming, are a bit of a goofball!"

"No, Xiaoming is a bit of a goofball in some ways too!"

In the dimly lit theater, besides Shotaro and Akiko, and a cat that kept yawning, there were hardly any other customers. In a sense, the two of them had the whole theater to themselves!

Halfway through the movie, the scene changed, and a woman wearing a black robe and leaning on a wooden cane slowly walked along the mountain path. The woman's face was none other than Ai Nijimura!

"It's here! The mysterious movie that Ms. Nijimura Ai was talking about!"

Shotaro, shaking Akiko, pointed at the big screen, while Miku stood up from his seat, his nose twitching uncontrollably.

"This is the taste of... the taste of... the flavor of adulterants!"

What did you say, Miku?

"I said there's...im...impurities!"

"Akiko, help me transform... transform... transform!"

Miku, who had dragged his memory chip out of his bag, stared intently at a corner of the theater with his emerald green eyes, ignoring the dim surroundings.

"profound!"

After hurriedly attaching the driver to Miku, Akiko pressed the memory.

"To be honest, this is my first time using Gaia Memory!"

After inserting the driver into the slot, Miku couldn't wait to stomp on the back of the seat and leap out. He successfully transformed in mid-air, let out a low growl, and disappeared from the spot. When he reappeared, he threw out a brown doppelganger with an egg-shaped head.

"This guy is a... a criminal!"

The dopant that had been left on the ground hurriedly got up and ran quickly toward the exit. The spiral extending from the wrist of its right arm pierced into the wall, which quickly disappeared and turned into several drooping plants.

"Still...still trying to run away!"

Miku clapped his hands and immediately followed. Shotaro flipped over the seat and put the driver on his waist.

"Philip, you've transformed!"

"Ok!"

"Joker!"

"Cyclone!"

Shotaro, now transformed, ran out of the theater, crossed the lobby, and after a moment of recognition, rushed straight to the rooftop.

In a corner of the hall, a man in overalls watched as Shotaro rushed onto the rooftop, then took out a memory chip from his pocket and pressed it.

"I still want to...I want to...I want to run away!"

Miku leaped forward and tackled the egg-headed hybrid to the ground, pressing his knee into its chest. His thick right arm gripped the hybrid's neck, while an energy ball rose from his left hand!

"If you don't want to suffer, then undo...remove...remove the transformation!"

Shotaro, who arrived late, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Miku had already subdued the other party.

"Leave the rest to me!"

Shotaro, shaking his hand, strode towards Egghead.

"boom!"

A sudden clap of thunder caught Miku and Shotaro's attention, followed by several streaks of crimson lightning descending from the sky.

Miku, having narrowly avoided a bolt of lightning, quickly released his grip on the egg-shaped head and rolled on the ground. He crouched down, slapped the ground with his right arm, and glanced at the rooftop stairwell entrance, where a strange white figure stood!

"Isaka Mikuruo!"

Miku, gritting his teeth, slammed his hand on the ground and sprang to his feet.

Chapter 78: The Abducted Gene Dopant!

"Isaka Mikuruo!"

With a roar like a tiger, Miku slammed his hand on the ground, leaped into the air, and stretched out his hands to aim for Isaka's chest.

"We meet again, Miku. This time it won't be like last time!"

With a chilling tone, Isaka focused all his attention on Miku. The battle at the docks last time had left a deep impression on him.

After facing Miku, who fully utilized the characteristics of the saber-toothed tiger's memory combined with his own excellent feline reflexes, Isaka was completely dominated by this cat!

He still vividly remembers the pain of having his neck clamped.

Unconsciously touching his neck, Isaka raised his hand and grasped Miku's. Several thunderclouds floated around his body, and countless crimson lightning bolts rained down on Miku like a downpour.

"Turn into charcoal, Miku!"

Just before the lightning enveloped Miku, he spun around in mid-air and plummeted downwards.

"Tsk, it got dodged!"

Standing motionless at the entrance of the rooftop, Isaka waved his hand, and several clouds of thunderclouds merged into one, quickly drifting towards Miku and enveloping him within it.

"That's the same trick he used against Brother A last time!"

Miku looked at the dark clouds around him, with flashes of lightning within them.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The deafening roar of thunder echoed as countless crimson lightning bolts from the thunderclouds, trailing pale red streaks, hurtled towards Miku.

The crimson eyes clearly reflected the trails of scarlet lightning, and a faint crackling sound of electricity echoed from the pointed ears on the golden beast-patterned mask.

With his lower body and feet barely touching the ground, Miku swayed back and forth like a roly-poly toy, dodging the crimson lightning strikes from the thunderclouds. Leaving afterimages in the air, Miku seized an opportunity, pushed off the ground, and leaped out of the thunderclouds.

The gradually dissipating dark thunderclouds left behind a lingering smell of ozone in the air.

"What an amazing rate of growth!"

Isaka looked at Miku with a serious expression. His usually invincible Thundercloud technique had failed against Miku. Miku's growth rate far exceeded Isaka's expectations. Since the last raid on the agency, Isaka had stopped taking Miku seriously, but the hatred and anger Miku harbored towards him had driven his evolution so rapidly.

"I never expected you to break free from the Driver's constraints and successfully evolve using anger!"

With a serious expression tinged with a hint of apprehension, Isaka spoke, already placing Miku at the forefront of his mind. After all, W had its principles; as long as he could quickly de-transform, he would be invincible. But Miku was different. Driven by revenge against Isaka, he wouldn't care whether he was in a transformed state or not.

"I'd rather... I'd rather... I'd rather not have this kind of evolution. Give Ichi back... give him back to me!"

With his back to Shotaro and the egg-head hybrid that was already pinned to the ground, Miku raised his left hand, and an energy ball quietly appeared. He casually threw the energy ball without caring whether it hit the target or not. Instead, he stomped his right leg on the ground and disappeared from the rooftop.

Having dodged the energy ball, Isaka scanned Miku's figure, then paused briefly before quickly drawing his long whip from his back and sweeping it around.

"I knew you'd attack from behind!"

The long whip, constructed entirely of energy, swept fiercely towards Miku, who appeared behind Isaka. Upon seeing this, Miku shrank back, and when she stretched out again, she lightly stepped on Isaka's whip with her toes.

This light step caused Isaka's whip to disintegrate, and Miku used this opportunity to flip over Isaka while simultaneously slamming her right leg into Isaka's back. (This is the whip that comes with Isaka after transformation; I've translated it according to my understanding. Please let me know if you have a better translation.)

"damn it!"

Kicked, Isaka stumbled and nearly fell off the rooftop. After a moment of hesitation, he steadied himself and turned around to see seven or eight energy balls slicing through the air and falling straight toward him.

"boom!"

The energy spheres, which hadn't yet hit Isaka, exploded upon impact, engulfing Isaka within them. The shockwave from the explosion spread in a ring, and Isaka's screams echoed amidst the towering flames. However, the cold mist he exhaled quickly suppressed and even extinguished the flames.

Although the continuous exchanges seemed to last a long time, it was only a matter of minutes. Shotaro and Philip, who were holding down the egg-headed creature, and Akiko, who was standing in a corner of the rooftop to avoid being accidentally injured, all exclaimed in surprise!

With his body swaying precariously, Isaka glared fiercely at Miku before collapsing backward and plummeting straight down the high-rise building.

Looking down from the top of the stairwell, Miku saw three or four dark red energy balls flying towards him.

"I wipe!"

Miku, who had just cursed in his mind, immediately fell backward, the dark red energy ball barely grazing his face.

"Boom!"

Like a dazzling firework, the dark red energy ball that exploded in mid-air was like a burst of light. Izaka, who was being held by a hybrid that resembled a queen bee, was leaning weakly against the former's chest.

Seeing that pale face with red stitches at the corner of its mouth, Miku roared, "Sae...ko!"

"Heh, you homeless stinky cat, you actually ran off to Kamen Rider's side, what a disappointment, Miku!"

With a flick of her long, sharp fingernails, Saeko, who was holding Isaka, sent several more energy balls flying. Miku, seeing this, swung her right arm repeatedly, like hitting a baseball, and swatted all the dark red energy balls back.

"Saeko, capture that dopant. He's indispensable if you want to defeat your father!"

With a trembling voice, Isaka, who was standing on the rooftop with an egg-shaped mixed body, was being swung around by Saeko, who had just dodged the energy ball that Miku had deflected. Saeko held Isaka tightly around the waist, and as she floated in the air, her arms waving, several dark red energy balls crashed down.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The dark red energy ball, which had not yet landed, was intercepted in mid-air by several bright yellow energy projectiles and exploded.

A white hybrid, with a hammer in its left hand and a cannon in its right, stood on the edge of the rooftop. Its pink, doll-like face was surrounded by a pair of yellow eyes that scanned the area.

"I never expected to see so many familiar faces this time!"

"If...vegetables!"

Miku, recognizing the person at a glance, exclaimed in surprise, but Wakana glanced at him and ignored him. Instead, she raised her right arm and pointed at the egg-headed hybrid, saying, "Give him to me!"

"it's out of the question!"