"Brother Yuanxiang, aren't you planning to come along this time?"
"Hmm...we'll see."
To be honest, Genji didn't really want to meet Ilya. If he had known that the child would join the dimensional chat group, he wouldn't have met Ilya at all after reversing time. After all, without the memories of the simulated singularity, he was just a stranger to Ilya. Now that he thinks about it, he was like a weirdo who inexplicably tried to chat up a little girl.
"As you all know, even if nothing happens, I might still have other requests. Let's see how it goes then."
Upon hearing this, Nanoha Takamachi and Hayate Yagami suddenly remembered that their older brother was no longer a student and needed to earn money to support his family. To be honest, seeing Gensou fighting against all sorts of enemies every day, they almost forgot what Gensou's job was.
After breakfast, Yuanxiang leaned back in his chair at the office, browsing various forums to see if the wind had changed or if any enemies had appeared during his absence.
But now in Fuuto, Memory Monsters are a rare sight. Ordinary crimes are best left to the police. What surprised Gengo, however, is that Fuuto's tourism industry has been booming lately, seemingly because of... Kamen Rider?!
302 The Girl as a Vessel
This is really unexpected...
After reviewing the various records from the past few days, Gengo clicked his tongue with a sigh. Because of the 'wish' incident, Kamen Rider Joker's name had unexpectedly spread. Just like Nanoha Takamachi, many people wanted to take advantage of the last days of their holiday to enjoy themselves, and Fuuto, Kamen Rider Joker's main area of activity, had become a popular choice for many.
Fortunately, the Fuuto government did not use 'Kamen Rider' for related commercial promotions. Otherwise, Gengo would never want to see a street full of Kamen Rider figures like Lungmen; that would be too embarrassing to look at.
"Beep...beep...beep..."
"Hey, Kirisu-sensei, what's wrong?"
Yuanxiang casually picked up the phone, connected the call, and asked softly:
"Do you need help with your luggage or cleaning now that you're back?"
"Um, Yuanxiang, there's a small problem."
Kirisu Mafuyu whispered on the other end of the phone:
"Do you remember the Nakano Five Sisters? They told me they wanted me to take them to Fuuto before school starts, to see the places where Kamen Rider Joker fought. Is this... a sign that their memories are returning?"
"That should be impossible."
Gensho thought for a moment, then said decisively, "No matter what, even if I'm not very skilled, the power of [Holy Light] is there for all to see. The Nakano sisters are just ordinary people, nothing special. Their 'wish' is simply for their souls to merge. Besides, I'll do it after they've separated, so there won't be any flaws in the memory erasure process."
"Teacher, you're probably just being too sensitive. Don't worry about it. If they want to come, just bring them. Remember to ask them for your tour guide fee."
"What tour guide fee? I'll be thankful if nothing goes wrong. Since you're so sure, I'm relieved. I'll stop here for now; tutoring starts soon. See you later."
"Okay, see you in Fengdu."
Yuanxiang answered and hung up the phone. He leaned back in his chair and continued browsing other forums. How should I put it? A month ago, Kamen Rider was still considered a villain on this forum. Now, his reputation is so good that it's as if he's drunk. It's really unbelievable.
At this moment, Gengo remembered something, stood up, walked to the garage, turned on the light, and lifted the tarpaulin to reveal the motorcycle underneath. When he first became a Kamen Rider, he originally planned to ride this motorcycle, but after encountering some serious incidents on the road, he and his grandfather immediately modified the motorcycle to avoid being recognized. This motorcycle, which should have been a Kamen Rider's ride, became the means of transportation for detective Gengo.
Of course, Gensou was just there to take a look. He had no intention of modifying it back to its original state. After all, there was no need. With his current speed, he could not only circle around the wind, but he could also move across the entire island nation without any problem.
However, with the increase in tourists, my agency's business should improve, right? Hey, I never thought that my casual remark to Nanoha and the others this morning would actually come true.
Thinking of this, Gengo hummed a cheerful tune and prepared to clean the office. But then, he suddenly heard a faint scream. Gengo instinctively peeked out the window, but the street outside was perfectly calm, with no sign of an accident. Seeing this, Gengo realized something and turned around sharply. He saw a door that was faintly glowing. The boy grabbed the memory and strode over.
Pushing open the door, Gensho saw a chaotic street where everyone was screaming and running away. The detective, going against the flow, casually scooped up a boy who had fallen to the ground, preventing him from being trampled, then squeezed out of the crowd and ran quickly forward along the edge of the street.
'boom!'
A missile suddenly struck and destroyed a decorative pavilion. The explosion caused the people behind him to scream even louder. Gensho looked at the enemy who was causing the destruction. It was a trio: one looked like an elephant, one like a mantis, and one like some kind of fish. The three of them were roaring madly, without any sense of reason, trying to wipe out everything around them.
However, it is very weak.
Gengo thought to himself with absolute certainty that these three guys were like the memory monsters of Fuuto, not much of a threat. He would try and see if he could defeat them all with a single punch!
"Leave! Leave now! 'aims' has taken over this place!"
Suddenly, several police vans appeared, from which fully armed combat personnel jumped out and took their respective actions in a well-trained manner. Some evacuated the crowd, while others attacked the three strange men with guns.
One person was particularly unusual, so much so that whenever he made a move, Gengo's gaze would involuntarily fall on him. While everyone else was firing their real weapons, he was holding something that looked like a cassette tape, forcefully twisting it while shouting. Although it was somewhat vulgar, Gengo thought he looked like he was constipated.
"Drink it!!"
Finally, the man pried open the strange object, attached the broken piece to the end of a specially made pistol, and pulled the trigger at the enemy.
"Authorize!"
“kamenriderkamenriderkamenrider…”
"Shotrise!"
Suddenly, amidst the sound effects, a bright blue bullet flew out and shot away. All three enemies nimbly dodged the bullet, but to Yuanxiang's surprise, the bullet actually turned around and came back on its own. Although the enemies still dodged it, the bullet's target was its shooter.
The man stretched his arm and, amidst the sound effects, threw a punch at the bullet. The moment flesh and metal came into contact, the bullet suddenly disintegrated on its own, breaking into pieces of armor. These pieces were then rapidly magnified using some unknown technology and landed on the corresponding spot on the man's body. The next second, a Kamen Rider with blue and white colors diagonally distinguished appeared on the spot.
"Shooting wolf! The elevation increases as the bullet is fired."
Oh, a new Kamen Rider?
Gengo watched with great interest from behind a nearby tree. The Kamen Rider was quite strong, with extremely aggressive movements. He didn't give the enemy a chance to retaliate in his continuous attacks. Although he was fighting three against one, his teammates were also extremely skilled in using all the weapons at hand to prevent the encirclement from happening.
Soon, the Kamen Rider used his movement to seize the moment when the three enemies overlapped, and kicked them all against the wall. Then, he quickly pressed the button on the cassette tape gadget, and after the "bullet!" sound effect, he fired multiple wolf-shaped light bullets to pin down the enemies' limbs. Pulling the trigger, accompanied by the "shooting blast!" sound effect, he fired a powerful energy light bullet that shattered the enemies.
Not bad, but I didn't expect to not even have a chance to make a move this time.
Yuanxiang nodded approvingly, then turned and left. He needed to learn about this unfamiliar world little by little, in case he needed to come here for a commission someday. He didn't want to be completely clueless and know nothing about it.
During his inquiries, Yuanxiang also heard many interesting things, such as about Hidenintelligence, the country's largest AI technology company. Based on internet-related businesses, it is also involved in AI development, the robotics industry, and the AI robot delivery industry, with all its divisions handled by itself.
The robots produced by this company are not ordinary either. They have a special name, Humagear, and are AI robots created by Hiden Korenosuke, the former president of Hiden Intelligence, to assist people in their daily lives.
They look like humans, but their bodies are robots. In addition, their heads are equipped with distinctive mechanical parts. As a distinguishing feature, these robots are assigned to various work sites and are equipped with programs that are specialized for each job.
Furthermore, due to its superior artificial intelligence, Humagear has become an indispensable part of people's daily lives in this world.
But recently, for some unknown reason, some Humagears have suddenly turned into the kind of monsters I just saw, which people call Magia.
The men who appeared to be police officers were members of 'AIMS,' a special intelligence agency established by the Cabinet Office on government orders to combat AI crimes. They were authorized to discard dangerous AI dolls deemed to pose a threat to the public and had the authority to arrest cyber terrorists associated with AI crimes.
As for the transformation system, Gensou inquired around the area but didn't get much information, so it must be a classified system.
What's more intriguing is that the owner of Hiden Intelligence, who is also the grandson of Hiden Korenosuke—Hiden Aruto—also possesses the ability to transform. Before this, he had dealt with quite a few 'magia'.
Is the boss personally involved? This transformation system looks quite rare; is it even possible that it won't be mass-produced?
Yuanxiang pondered for a moment, thinking that if this system were easy to replicate, he could just give a few to his subordinates, and there would be no need for the company's boss to roll up his sleeves and get involved.
Let's gather this much information for now.
Gensou closed his eyes, sorted out the information he had gathered, and then wandered around the area. He found that Humagear robots were indeed everywhere. If it weren't for their distinctive earpieces, Gensou really wouldn't have been able to tell them apart.
Surprisingly, while trying to strike up a conversation with the Humagears, Gengo obtained another piece of information: all the data of these androids came from Zea, an artificial intelligence management satellite that was using a mobile giant manager capable of collecting all experimental data.
Can I interpret that satellite as representing the collective mindset of all Humagears?
Gensho tilted his head and thought for a moment, feeling that his analogy might be inappropriate, but it was roughly correct. As for this, Gensho only felt that there was some danger, after all, if there was a problem with that satellite, it would be quite troublesome.
But that's a major company's Achilles' heel, after all. Even if I were to worry, it's not my place to be. It's the highly paid employees of that company who should be worried about that, hmm...
Yuanxiang looked around and, after confirming that he had no chance to make a move, turned and left.
I've really gone far away lately.
Back at the office, Gengo leaned back on the sofa with a sigh, looking at the newspaper and thinking that he had prepared to fight to the death again when he went out this time, but he did not expect it to end so easily. He would go to the shrine to draw a fortune tomorrow. If it was a good fortune, he would buy himself some good food to treat himself. If it was a bad fortune, he would just forget about the feudal superstition.
And so, Yuanxiang spent another day quietly. Well, it wasn't exactly quiet, though. He took on a few commissions, two of which came from tourists from out of town. It seemed that the rise of tourism had indeed brought him business.
The next day, they got up early for morning training. Although it rained heavily, it didn't affect the training of Nanoha Takamachi and Hayate Yagami within the magical barrier. However, since the two children were going to visit Sakura, Gengo went a little easier on them. But when he opened the door, Gengo was surprised to see the white-haired, red-eyed girl, Illya. The girl also saw Gengo, her eyes widening in surprise, and she pointed at Gengo, saying:
"Are you the one at the amusement park?"
What a misfortune.
Gensou's face didn't change much, but the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily. Now that he didn't have to go to the shrine to draw lots, he was bound to be unlucky. Was luck really limited? He was lucky yesterday, but today even drinking cold water was a problem.
"I never expected it to actually be you."
Since things have come to this point, Yuanxiang is too lazy to... well, mainly because he can't keep up the act any longer, and frankly says:
"When Nanoha mentioned the name Illya, I thought it was just a coincidence, but it turned out to be her."
"Brother Yuanxiang, do you know Ilya?"
This unexpected turn of events left all the children around them wide-eyed in astonishment, especially Nanoha Takamachi. She had specifically asked about it beforehand, but she never expected that these two would actually be putting on a show and impersonating her!
"I know her, but right now it's just me who knows Ilya."
Yuanxiang shrugged and said:
"I once received a request from this child, and after completing it, well..."
What happened next?
This time, it was Ilya herself who spoke up to ask, as she was also very curious about what she had experienced, since she had no recollection of it at all.
"Well, I'll just tell the truth."
Gensho thought for a moment, then said in a casual tone:
"After completing the task, your memories related to it were irresistibly erased because of me. If it weren't for that, why would I have gone to the amusement park to wait for you and ask how you were doing?"
"Hey!!"
Upon hearing this answer, everyone gasped in surprise. They hadn't expected such a thing to exist. It was already heartbreaking that Yuanxiang himself had lost his memories, but now even other people's memories related to his requests were being lost?
"Um, um!!"
After this was pointed out, Ilya felt something within her mind about to break through. Anxious, as if in a classroom, she raised her hand and stood on tiptoe to get Genji's attention, asking:
"Could you tell me what I entrusted to you at that time?"
"I'm sorry, that's not possible."
Without hesitation, Yuanxiang made an X with both hands and said seriously:
"This involves my professional rules. Even if you don't remember, I will not disclose the contents of the commission to anyone, including you, because in a sense, you and the you who issued the commission to me are no longer the same person."
These are all the truth...
At this moment, Kinomoto Sakura felt the feedback from the scales. There was no doubt that Gengo had not lied, but the feeling from the scales was very subtle. How should she describe it? Although Gengo had not lied, he must have omitted a lot of details. However, this involved professional secrets, so it seemed that there was nothing wrong with saying it this way.
Hmm~~~~
If it weren't for the large number of friends present, Sakura Kinomoto would be so conflicted that she would want to grab her hair and shake it. Meanwhile, seeing Illya pouting unhappily and stubbornly clinging to Gengo, demanding he tell her about the request, and Gengo completely unwilling to communicate, Tomoyo Daidouji noticed the tense atmosphere and spoke up to ease the tension:
"By the way, where's Xiaoyuan?"
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