"Isn't the moment of life and death the moment of cultivation? Don't worry, I'll be fine. Wait here for me, I'll be back soon."

"Wait, use this."

At that moment, Tsukasa Kadoya took out a Lost Driver and tossed it to Gengo, saying:

"This one is sturdier than yours."

Gensou didn't speak, only nodded, then closed the basement door with the data storage device and the Lost Driver. Kadoya Tsukasa worriedly rubbed his forehead, sighed, and then glanced at Chen Huijie beside him, who, although she didn't understand anything, still seemed quite uneasy. He coughed lightly and asked:

"Excuse me, what's your name? Could you tell me what Yuanxiang has been doing lately? I'm quite curious about what kind of obsession he's gotten himself into."

"Just call me Chen. As for Yuanxiang, he's with me..."

Chen Huijie didn't hide anything and told Kadoya Tsukasa everything she knew. Kadoya Tsukasa listened and carefully wrote it down so he could help him deal with it later, and also to prevent himself from having something to shut up if Gengo had any dark history to use against him in the future.

At that moment, a terrifying mental fluctuation spread up from the basement of the office, like an earthquake, and the whole building was shaking. At the same time, a howling wind suddenly blew in, as if it was ready to rush into the basement to rescue people at any time. Tsukasa Kadoya also composed himself, holding a red knight card in his hand. If things went wrong, he would immediately speed in to rescue people.

The tremors continued, and the wind gathered, enveloping the entire office in a green breeze, as if creating its own world. Chen's hands were drenched in sweat, and Kadoya Tsukasa nervously placed the card on the driver. If the situation outside was like this, one could imagine how intense it must be inside. Heaven knows what kind of experiment Genji was conducting.

But the next second, the tremor suddenly stopped, and the wind dissipated. Tsukasa Kadoya and Chen Huijie looked at the door to the basement. Before long, the door creaked open, and Genji, his face pale, leaned against the door frame, pointing his index fingers at the top of his head. He smiled brightly at the two of them, where the notification "Willpower +1" was quietly fading away.

Although Tsukasa Kadoya couldn't see the notification, he knew from Gengo's expression that his experiment had also succeeded. But that was secondary. He grabbed Gengo's wrist, feeling his warm body temperature and throbbing pulse, breathed a sigh of relief, gave him a light slap, and then took out a stack of Kamen Rider W-related Rider cards from his waist.

088 West—Sa—!

"Tsukasa Kadoya, what are you doing?"

Seeing the Rider card handed to him, Gengo curiously flipped through the pictures while asking a question. Kadoya Tsukasa, however, sat down on the sofa, took a sip of water, and said:

"Give it a try. These cards are the power I obtained from another Wind City. See if you can use them. I'm just leaving you a few cards, so it shouldn't cause you any trouble."

"But... there's no place to insert cards in the Lost Driver."

Gengo held up the Rider cards to the Lost Driver and tried to use them. It was clear that the interfaces between them were incompatible and they couldn't be used at all. But then, Gengo suddenly saw two cards flashing in the deck. He picked them out and saw that one was Kamen Rider 'Skull' and the other was Kamen Rider 'Metal'.

On his side, the 'Skull' memory was burned out because it didn't have a high compatibility with him and was forcibly overloaded, and the 'Metal' memory was also destroyed in an early battle, which corresponds to this.

Seeing this, Tsukasa Kadoya put down his teacup and walked over. He took the two damaged memory modules and placed them on the table. Then he threw the corresponding cards on the table. With a flash of light, the images on the cards disappeared, and the two memory modules were restored to their original state.

"Don't look at me like that. Although this is my tool, I don't know how it works. As long as it works, who cares? Don't you have any other memory modules?"

Noticing Gengo's strange gaze, Tsukasa Kadoya rubbed the card and answered helplessly. Then, after seeing Gengo shake his head, Tsukasa Kadoya drew out a 'Heat' form Rider Card, extracted its power, transformed it into a memory, and handed it to Gengo. However, the memory quickly returned to the card.

So it really won't work without a suitable medium? Looks like I'll have to go find Shotaro and the others when I have time.

Tsukasa Kadoya made a decision in his heart, put the card away, and then pushed Genji as they walked, saying:

"Alright, now that everything's over, I need to get ready to go. Those Showa Knights are still waiting for my news. You should go and get some rest too. You're only human now, so hurry up and get to bed."

"I know, I know, please stop pushing me."

Gengo protested to Kadoya Tsukasa, both amused and exasperated, but Kadoya Tsukasa was adamant and pushed him to Gengo's door.

"By the way, your house looks pretty big. Remember to save me a room. I'd like to come and stay with you for a few days when I have some free time."

Just as Gengo was pushed through the door, Tsukasa Kadoya, who was also about to leave, suddenly spoke up. Gengo was taken aback, then, clinging to the doorframe, he tapped the door opposite and replied with a smile:

"How about this room? After I get enough sleep tomorrow, I'll change all the decorations inside to bright red. How about that? Pretty generous of me, right?"

"...You're so cheeky!"

Kadoya Tsukasa's face darkened, and he reached out to flick Gengo on the head, but Gengo immediately pulled his head back and closed the door. Listening to the hearty laughter coming from inside the room, Kadoya Tsukasa took a picture of the door, as if he wanted to mark it for future revenge. Then he turned and walked towards the living room, where he saw Chen Huijie, who had been unable to get a word in edgewise and could only stand there with a subtle smile on her face.

"Miss Chen, right? Please open the door for me."

Chen Huijie blinked, hesitated for a moment in front of this seemingly perpetually confident man, then opened the door of the firm, revealing the road to the Dragon Gate.

"Thank you. Um... if there's nothing else, could you please look after Yuanxiang? I'm a little worried about him."

"Ah, okay."

"Thank you."

'KamenRideDecade!'

As Tsukasa Kadoya thanked Chen Huijie, he walked towards the door, and at the same time, a transformation sound effect rang out, and the magenta knight entered Lungmen City.

Chen Huijie breathed a long sigh of relief. After what had just happened, she felt that she should have left quietly. She had become completely invisible, which was awkward no matter what.

Well, anyway, let's get something to eat first.

Upon hearing the news of Yuanxiang, Chen Huijie, who had just woken up, rushed over. She was already hungry. Since Mr. Kadoya Tsukasa wanted her to take care of the shopkeeper, it was only natural for her to eat before working. Yes, she thought, "Let's get some food first, and we can heat it up when the shopkeeper wakes up."

Just as Chen Huijie was busy tinkering with pots and pans, Tsukasa Kadoya was calmly wiping his card-shaped sword, his feet propped up on the conference table. Looking at the sweat-drenched Lungmen boss in front of him, he reached out and tapped Wei Yanwu, who was sitting next to him, and said:

"I heard you guys having a great time just now. You finally caught someone who's not quite right in the head, and you're throwing all sorts of blame at him. Do you really think he has no one to protect him? Huh!"

Tsukasa Kadoya slammed his foot on the table, the piercing noise startling everyone present. Except for Wei Yanwu, the others silently lowered their heads even further. There was nothing they could do; they couldn't win. In the blink of an eye, all the guards had flown away, and they didn't even know when all their belongings had been taken. To still be stubborn like this was probably a death wish.

“Since you have objections, we can discuss it again. Mr. Gensou is such a righteous man, it is really too much to treat him like this.”

A fat man with dog ears rubbed his hands together, smiled obsequiously, and spoke to Tsukasa Kadoya in a humble tone. But when Tsukasa Kadoya heard this, he slammed his foot heavily on the table, and the aura he exuded made the dog-eared man's heart skip a beat.

"Profoundly righteous? He's out of his mind!"

Kadoya Tsukasa jumped up angrily, then said as he walked:

"You don't need to consult with me. All you have to do is cooperate with me. Whoever causes a problem, I'll make trouble for them. If you're not happy about it, you can stand up and try me. I have plenty of time now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tsukasa Kadoya disappeared from the conference room, along with the terrifying sense of oppression. Even Wei Yanwu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"What a devil."

A guy with ram horns wiped his sweat and blurted out his thoughts without thinking. In that instant, the ram horn guy noticed that the surroundings had suddenly become quiet. Realizing what was going on, he looked up at the door with a smile that was more like a grimace. Sure enough, he saw Tsukasa Kadoya peeking out from the door frame.

"To be honest, there is no knight more compassionate than me, no one! Absolutely no one!"

After he finished speaking, a violent and extremely destructive pressure filled the entire conference room. Wei Yanwu was so shocked that he almost dropped his pipe, not to mention the reactions of the others.

After finishing speaking, Tsukasa Kadoya left the attendees who were saying "yes, yes, yes" and took out two cards from the card box, one was Shotaro Hidari's "Joker" and the other was Gengo's "Joker".

Gensho, you really know how to give me a tough challenge. Alright, now it's time to show off your real skills.

..........

Huh? What's burnt?

Yuanxiang, who had just finished a good nap, struggled to get out of bed. He sniffed to make sure he wasn't mistaken, and then rushed out. He saw Chen Huijie, blackened by smoke, coughing and trying to fan the smoke away. Yuanxiang quickly went over to help, and after a while, the smell of smoke in the room was a little lighter.

"I just wanted to give it a try."

Chen Huijie looked at Yuanxiang sitting next to her, embarrassed, took out a cookbook, coughed, cleared her throat, and said:

"I'm just not very skilled yet, and I'm not familiar with your kitchen utensils, so that's why it turned out like this."

"It's alright, don't worry about it. I've fried everything in my kitchen. Let me see what dish it is, and I'll make it for you. After all, you're the patient... hmm?"

Just then, a faint light suddenly appeared at the door. Yuanxiang and Chen Huijie looked in that direction at the same time and saw a drunken old man stagger in, holding a bottle of liquor in one hand and clutching a headband tightly in the other. He mumbled something indistinctly:

"Huh?! When did my hotel become like this?! I can't stand it, it's too shabby, it needs a complete renovation! Renovate!!!"

"Calm down, sir. This is my office. May I ask what your request is?"

Upon seeing someone arrive, Chen Huijie, looking disheveled and embarrassed, couldn't bear to face anyone. She also couldn't help but recall her shameful drunken outburst, so she quickly got up and hid behind the office.

Yuanxiang quickly helped the old man up and poured him a glass of water. The drunken old man grunted twice, chuckled at Yuanxiang, then pushed him away with a wave of his hand, muttering something that sounded like a mix of laughter and tears:

"A commission? Heh heh heh, I do have one, but who can actually do it, Caesar... Caesar—!"

The old man seemed to exhale all his breath from his lungs, and the mournful cry he emitted was enough to bring tears to one's eyes. Yuanxiang calmly took a cold towel, wiped the old man's face, and said softly:

"Guest, how will you know it can't be done if you don't tell me?"

Seemingly moved by Gensou's words, or perhaps simply wanting to pour out his grief, the drunken old man paused for a moment before beginning to slur his story, a story centered on 'Caesar André Zeppeli'.

Caesar originally had a happy family, but when he was ten years old, his father Mario suddenly abandoned his family, job, and relatives and disappeared. The savings his father left for him and his sisters were also swindled away by his mother's distant relatives.

Despite the care of his father's friends and neighbors, Caesar could not forgive his father for abandoning them, which caused his personality to change drastically. He became a homeless person, got into fights, and was eventually taken in by an orphanage.

Years later, sixteen-year-old Caesar discovers his father's trail in Rome. Filled with hatred, Caesar hesitates between killing his father and following him into the sleeping place of the evil creature, the 'Pillar Man'. He accidentally triggers a trap and is rescued by his father, but Mario dies as a result.

It was only then that Caesar realized the mission his father had carried, but sadly, his father hadn't recognized him before he died. To fight against the Pillar Men, Caesar followed his father's dying wish and went to Venice to begin his training.

Then, many years later, the young old man met Caesar. Although they disliked each other, they reluctantly trained together to fight against the Pillar Men.

Then, in the ensuing battle, the awakened Pillar Man fitted the old man with two poison rings on his heart and throat. If the old man who poisoned him was not defeated within thirty-three days, he would die from the poison.

After experiencing some more events, the old man and his group discovered the Pillar Men's stronghold. When their attempts to dissuade them failed, Caesar, filled with uncontrollable hatred, forced his way in and began a fierce battle with one of the Pillar Men, even gaining the upper hand for a time.

But even the best-laid plans can have flaws. Caesar was caught off guard and his meridians were severed. He used all his strength to snatch the lip ring containing the antidote from the old man, and with his last bit of power, he created blood bubbles to wrap the lip ring and his headband together, leaving them for the old man.

"I...I didn't dare call out 'Caesar' once I entered the stronghold."

The old man, tears streaming down his face, clutched the headband in his hands and said in a hoarse voice:

“I was afraid that after I shouted it out, I wouldn’t get a response from Caesar, but the moment I caught the bubble, I knew that Caesar had really left me.”

At this point, the choked-up old man took a swig of wine, covered his face, and continued:

"I...I regret it so much. Why didn't I go in with him? You know, Caesar's body was crushed under a huge cross-shaped stone. I couldn't even bring his body back intact..."

The old man sighed deeply, slumped onto the sofa, and said slowly:

"You just mentioned a request, right? Then remember this day for me. Remember that Caesar died on this day. If I'm gone, you must commemorate him and pass on his story. Money is no problem! Caesar..."

The old man was overcome with grief once again. He pushed open the door and staggered toward the door, drinking wine and calling out the names of his deceased friends.

At that moment, seeing the door gleaming, Gensou suddenly called out:

"If I told you I could save your friend, what price would you be willing to pay?"

? !

Upon hearing this, the old man who had walked to the door suddenly froze, then, as if possessed, turned around and roared at Yuanxiang:

"Then I'm willing to give anything!! You brat, you shouldn't joke about this, you... Ah!!!"

The old man watched in astonishment as the headband in his hand emitted light and flew into the office. He hurriedly tried to grab it, but was blocked at the office entrance by an invisible force, and could only watch helplessly as the headband fell into Gensou's hands.

Yuanxiang looked at the old man and said firmly:

"I accept your request."

The moment the words left his mouth, time outside the door began to flow backward!

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