"Ha... You, it's just the two of us here, don't be so serious."

Gengo patted Chio Renno's arm helplessly, but didn't pay much attention. That's just how this guy is; when he's on official duty, he likes to put on this seemingly heartless act. Gengo reached out and shook the "Self-Reliant" bag on his shoulder, and whispered:

"Uncle Renno, have you noticed anything strange here, or have you heard of any strange strangers appearing around here? Please tell me, it's really important to me."

“…Um, young man, according to you, I’ve only seen one person.”

With a subtle expression, Chio Renno pointed at Gengo with his 'self-reliant' key and said:

"That's you."

"Ha... Uncle Renno, please stop joking around at a time like this. This matter is really important. How about this, after this is resolved, I'll treat you to three days of ramen. Don't mind, you know I don't have much income this month."

Gengo sighed, both amused and exasperated, emphasizing the importance of the matter to Chio Renno. But at that moment, Chio Renno used his "self-reliant" technique to brush aside Gengo's outstretched hand, frowning slightly as he said:

“Young man, you keep calling me Uncle Renno, but I... I don’t think I know you. Have we met before? Sorry, just a reminder, I forgot.”

"What are you talking about, Uncle Renno? Didn't we meet at Maple Leaf Park yesterday?"

Seeing that Chifumi Rinno still looked confused, Genji suddenly panicked and pointed to himself, saying:

"Me? Gengo, Gengo of the Fuuto Detective Agency."

"A detective agency? Ah... are you one of Shotaro's new recruits?"

"What Shotaro, agency...?"

"What happened?"

Just as Genji was becoming increasingly confused and wanted to ask Chifuji Renno again to deduce the answer, a male voice came from the side. The two subconsciously turned their heads and saw a young man wearing a red leather jacket with a cold expression walking towards them while asking questions.

Upon seeing this person, Chifumi Rinno greeted him with a smile, saying, "You've come at the right time, Section Chief. This young man says he's from the agency. Have you seen him before?"

Chifumi Rinno looked at Gengo, who was blocking his way, and didn't understand what he was doing. However, he could tell that the boy wasn't joking or playing a prank. So, he stood there dumbfounded, not knowing what was going on.

"Hmph, you really know how to change your mind."

Looking at the man in front of him, Yuanxiang's face was full of frost. Without a doubt, this man looked exactly like his father. Since his parents had long since passed away and his father had no twin brothers, the man's identity was obvious.

Considering Uncle Renno's reaction, it seems he used some means to alter other people's memories to create a legitimate identity for himself and continue his plans in Fuuto. Hmph, what a pity, this trick has already been used before, I won't fall for it again.

Who are you?

Seeing Gensou's reaction, the man also cautiously reached into his robes, coldly questioning him. Gensou, however, smiled disdainfully and said in a low voice:

"Isn't it a bit too late to play dumb now?"

“Yuanxiang, he said his name is Yuanxiang.”

Seeing the increasingly tense atmosphere between the two, Chifumi Renno tried to ease the tension, but he noticed that upon hearing the boy's name, his section chief paused slightly, then his expression instantly turned ferocious. He drew his gun, pointed it at Genji, and roared:

"Don't move! You murderer, hand over your memory!"

"Hmph, you're quick to pin the blame on me."

Gengo looked at the gun pointed at him, casually knocked out Chifumi Kamino, and said coldly:

"Then let's give it a try!"

After saying that, a purple glint flashed in Yuanxiang's eyes, and he rushed towards the man. The man immediately lowered his gun, aimed at Yuanxiang's leg, and pulled the trigger.

But Gensou was prepared. He forcibly completed the transformation, deflected the bullet, and punched the man hard in the head.

"Joker? What did you do to Shotaro?!"

After narrowly dodging the attack, the man looked at the familiar memory and, as if making a connection, questioned Genji in a low voice, his eyes filled with rage. He took out a driver resembling a motorcycle driver from his pocket, placed it on his waist, and then took out a red memory and activated it.

'Accel!'

"Hen—Ah!!!"

Before the man could even insert the memory into the drive, Gengo stepped forward, grabbed his hand, punched him in the stomach, then twisted his arm, pinned him to the ground, pried his hand off, snatched the memory, and said in a slightly annoyed voice:

"Transforming right in front of me, and dragging out the sound, ha, just how much do you look down on me? Alright, tell me your whole plan, don't try to stall me, or you'll be dead right now!"

"You bastard murderer, even if I die, I won't let you go! Ah!!!"

Hearing this answer, Yuanxiang's face darkened, and with a twist of his hand, the person beneath him screamed in agony:

“I know a lot of ways to torture people, I know what it feels like, but you may not want to know. Okay, let’s take a step back now. You take off this disgusting disguise, and I’ll be gentler with you, and then let me hear what I want to hear.”

068 Liar/The Liar

"You bastard, kill me if you want, but don't even think about insulting me!"

"You think I can't find out anything without you, do you?"

Gensou, his face cold, raised his fist, which was wreathed in flames. But at that moment, Gensou suddenly felt a gust of evil wind and instinctively dodged to the side. He saw a half-black, half-green knight riding the wind and standing between him and the other man, his body filled with fighting spirit.

"Shoutaro, it's really Joker."

Shotaro and Philip arrived naturally. After waking up their director, they rode their bikes over here. They saw from afar that something was wrong, so they quickly transformed, abandoned their bikes, and rushed over to help. Once they stood still, the Kamen Rider's memory immediately caught their attention.

"Ah, it doesn't seem like a fake."

Knight Black touched the 'Joker' memory at his waist with his side hand, feeling the slightly chaotic fluctuations emanating from it, and said in a somewhat complicated tone:

"My 'Joker' seems to be getting excited too."

"Hmph, you guys are really brave to use the 'Joker' against me."

Genji snorted and opened his arms. Immediately, Shotaro felt the chaotic state within the memory rapidly expand, seemingly on the verge of spiraling out of control. However, as the power of 'wind' was transmitted along the dual drivers, the chaos was suppressed. This relieved Shotaro, who whispered:

"Thanks, partner."

"It's alright, but... what's going on? The memory seems to be responding to him. Shotaro, be careful, this person's ability is strange!"

They didn't come? This... how is that possible?

While Shotaro and Philip were talking, Gengo unexpectedly clasped his hands together as well.

No, we need to figure out what's going on. If the enemy has figured out a way to block the summons, we'll have to adjust our tactics accordingly.

"Shotaro, don't let him get away with this."

"Terui?"

At this moment, the man in the red leather jacket got up from the ground, stretching his arms as he shouted:

"He's a serial killer, we can't let him escape. Oh, and my memory is in his hands too, so be careful."

"A serial killer?"

Hearing their old friend speak so decisively, Shotaro and Philip's expressions changed. They silently looked at Gengo across from them, raised their left hands, and coldly said:

"Come and count your sins."

"Let's count our own first!"

Gengo casually replied and charged towards Shotaro and Philip. At the same time, Kamen Rider W, transformed from the combined form of Shotaro and Philip, was enveloped in green wind, increasing its speed and dodging Gengo's attack. Then, it forcibly absorbed the surrounding air, changing the air pressure and causing Gengo's movements to become slightly distorted. They seized this opportunity and punched Gengo hard in the chest.

But this level of interference was not enough for Gengo. He bent his elbow and dropped down, slamming into Kamen Rider W's arm. Then he took a step forward, stomped his foot to gain momentum, leaned close to him, and rammed into him with all his might.

With a loud bang, Kamen Rider W cried out in pain and flew backward, but before they could fly far, Gengo grabbed their arms and pulled them back. Shotaro took the opportunity to throw a punch to try and gain an opening.

Gensou firmly grasped his fist and twisted it clockwise, causing Shotaro to cry out in pain. Seeing that his partner was in trouble, Philip summoned Hayate, which knocked away the hand that was holding his arm. Then, with a side flip, he dissipated the force.

However, the force was dissipated, but as soon as they regained their footing, they felt a huge pulling force coming from their fists, forcing them to stagger back two steps. Immediately afterward, a knee strike came, and Philip hurriedly reached out to block it, but the force was too terrifying. The knee hit his palm and still slammed into Kamen Rider W's chest. The two of them groaned in unison, but they also took the opportunity to use the wind pressure to lunge forward and slam Gengo to the ground.

Philip also took the opportunity to rummage through Gengo's body, and a red memory flew out. Terui Ryu, who was anxiously trying to plug it in, had his eyes light up and quickly caught it, put it into the driver, and transformed into Kamen Rider Accel, who was all bright red. Then he pulled the engine blade from the motorcycle he had parked next to him and quickly went over to help Hidari Shotaro and Philip out of the predicament.

At the same time, Gengo had already turned the tables and pinned Kamen Rider W to the ground. However, after only a few punches, Terui Ryu attacked with his sword. Left with no other choice, he had to flip over and leap away, letting the two go.

Seeing that Shotaro and Philip were unharmed, Terui Ryu breathed a sigh of relief, but also became even more furious with Gengo. He paused his hand downwards, and the hilt of the Engine Blade opened like a shotgun. Then he loaded the "Engine" memory into it, pressed the button, and the finishing sound of "Engine! Maximum Drive!" rang out. The blade was instantly filled with scorching red energy.

"Despair...is your end!!"

With a terrifying surge of energy, Terujiro roared and charged forward with Gengo. Gengo subconsciously placed his hand on the ultimate attack gauge, but ultimately he was still a little reluctant to part with this source of information. After all, he was going to die, and there would be another mess in front of him.

Moreover, Gengo vaguely sensed that something was amiss, and... Tsukasa Kadoya had mentioned "Kamen Rider W" before, and now that he looked at it... it seemed to match up somewhat with this half-black, half-green rider.

Thinking of this, Gengo softened his attack a little, simply gathering energy and waiting for the right moment. Before Terui Ryu could swing his sword, he kicked him away with a side kick. Terui Ryu immediately deactivated his transformation, rolled several times on the ground, and then groaned with his eyes closed and his mouth open, clutching his waist.

But at that moment, Gengo and Kamen Rider W both saw a spike fly out from Terui Ryu's right sleeve, and then the spike disappeared like a speech bubble in a manga.

"Liar" x3

When asked about this phenomenon, Gengo, Shotaro, and Philip all shouted out the same word. They had all fought against the monster who possessed the "Liar" memory. Its ability was to generate thorns containing lies. After thorns struck others, those people would believe the fabricated content of the lies and take corresponding actions.

The effect of this thorn was originally only meant to last for a short time, but judging from Zhao Jinglong's appearance, its power seems to be much greater now.

"Um, it seems there's a problem."

At this moment, Shotaro realized that there might have been a misunderstanding, coughed lightly, and suggested to Gengo:

"How about we call a truce?"

069 A great partner, right?

"Dragon~~~~"

Just as Shotaro Satoshi finished speaking, he heard a gasp from the side. The woman who had been sleeping by the flower bed rode over on her bicycle, then threw it aside and frantically surrounded Terui Ryu, who was still lying on the ground, asking him how he felt.

"Ahem, this is my director, Akiko Narumi. That's just how she is, don't worry about her."

Seeing Narumi Akiko's exaggerated expression, Shotaro coughed awkwardly and said something. Gengo glanced at it casually and then took over Shotaro's suggestion, saying:

"Excuse me, do you know Tsukasa Kadoya?"

"Ah, I know him, we're practically acquaintances."

Upon hearing Tsukasa Kadoya's name, Shotaro's wariness lessened slightly. Furthermore, Philip sensed a piercing fighting spirit emanating from Gengo. Therefore, they retrieved their memories, deactivated their transformations, and Philip's original form, lying beside the motorcycle, opened his eyes, grabbed a book, and ran over to listen to Shotaro's questions:

"May I ask, are you from a parallel world's Fuuto?"

"A parallel world? It seems so now," Gengo said, deactivating his transformation and looking at the tall building next to him. "Although Tsukasa Kadoya said there was another Fuuto, I didn't expect it to be so similar. In my haste, I couldn't tell the difference. Now that I think about it, Little Christmas's reaction was also strange. He should have called you to warn you, right?"

"That's true."

Shotaro and Philip exchanged a glance, shared their thoughts, and then said with a smile:

"I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Shotaro Sato, and I'm a detective at the Narumi Detective Agency. This is my partner, Philip, and over there is our director, Akiko Narumi, and her lover, Ryu Terui."

"Nice to meet you. My name is Gensho, and I am the director and employee of Fuuto Detective Agency."

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