Knight Asylum

Knowing it was his turn, Red breathed out and raised his finger, "Boss, give me a piece of tofu."

"Oh~ New face, thank you for your patronage, I'll give you an extra piece of tofu."

As a result, two pieces of white tofu appeared in the iron basin in Tiandao Zongsi's hand.

"Thank you for your great help - but this is too much. Grandma said that wasting food is shameful. If you don't mind, would you like to try my cooking?" Tendou Souji's tone was extremely confident but not offensive.

"Thank you for your kindness, but, sorry, I have something urgent to do," Red took out the business card that Ming Hai gave him and shook it.

He didn't hate Tendo Souji, and normally he would accept Tendo Souji's invitation, but the attack just now was not accidental, and judging from Ming Hai's attitude, it seemed that he had already investigated something.

"Really? What a pity," Tendo Souji smiled helplessly.

"Next time I have a chance, I will definitely come to your house for a meal," Red grinned, waved his hand and turned to leave.

"Next time?"

Tendo Souji glanced at the white tofu in the basin and sighed helplessly. Just as he was about to leave, he raised his head as if he sensed something and turned his head to look. Among the crowded crowd, the Kamen Rider with a huge red horn was staring at him silently.

The strange thing is that no one noticed this extremely conspicuous existence.

Tiandao Zongsi frowned and subconsciously pressed his right hand on his waist. Before he could open his mouth to ask questions, the other party disappeared from his sight at an extremely fast speed.

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At the disaster site, Serví Turia's rescue team set up cordons. Of course, the cordons alone were not enough to stop the reporters, so a number of police officers were arranged to form a human wall to stop the reporters.

Momoi Reiko was naturally one of them, but she knew very well that even if she forced her way in, it would be useless, so she did not rush in like other reporters, but stood on the periphery and wandered around. Soon, Reid came into her sight.

The reporter's intuition told Tao Jing Lingzi that Red was a related person. Tao Jing Lingzi did not hesitate and immediately stepped forward to block in front of Red. "Um, I'm a reporter from ORE Newspaper. Can I ask you a few questions?"

"ORE Newspaper?" Red was stunned and thought of Shinji Shirodo.

"You... know?" Taoi Reiko was also stunned.

Although it may be a bit unfair to Daisuke Okubo to say this, but... ORE Newspaper is really a very small newspaper, it is as small as it can be, with an extremely low profile, and the place it is currently using is also rented, and it faces a rent crisis every month.

"I guess so. What's the matter?" Red scratched his face. In the previous timeline, he had thought about asking Shinji Shirodo for help, but his situation was too delicate at the time. If he dragged Shinji Shirodo into the water, he would feel guilty.

But if you think about it this way, although the current timeline is slightly different from the first timeline in his memory, it is still roughly connected to the first timeline, which means that he now knows Shinji Kido.

"What do you think about what just happened?"

"Well... I think the public security department should give priority to rescuing the citizens who haven't escaped yet," Red said seriously after thinking for a while with his chin in his hand.

"Uh--"

Momoi Reiko had a somewhat subtle expression.

It’s not that there was anything strange about Red’s answer. No, it’s more like Red’s answer was too ordinary, so ordinary that she didn’t even know whether it was necessary to write it down in her notebook.

"Ahem - are there any more important opinions, that is, about the characteristics of the attacker, or suspicions or something like that?"

Taoi Reiko reorganized her words hoping to get information about the attack from Red, but Red's answer left her stunned.

"Isn't this the most important thing? Many people didn't have time to escape. Even the most advanced medical care in S.L. can't save the ordinary citizens who were blown into pulp."

By the time Momoi Reiko came to her senses, Red had already walked far away. Looking at the noisy reporters in the distance, Momoi Reiko took several steps towards the cordon but never really took that step.

"What on earth am I thinking about..." Momoi Reiko sighed deeply, closed her notebook, and was about to leave when a somewhat timid girl's voice sounded from behind her.

"Um—are you a reporter?"

Momoi Reiko turned around and saw a girl with a backpack looking at her cautiously. Judging from her childish appearance, the girl was most likely a high school student.

"I am, what's the matter?"

"My name is Takashi Mai, I-I am a survivor of the attack just now." The girl hesitated for a moment and raised her head, "I can tell you what happened at that time, but I hope you can do me a favor."

"If I can do that," Momoi Reiko said softly.

"I want..." Gao Siwu took a deep breath and looked into Momoi Reiko's eyes, "I want to apologize to someone. That person just risked his life to save me, but... I'm afraid of him, so..."

"Is that the case?" Tao Jing Lingzi was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly and took out a pen and paper. "If you find any characteristics on him, I will help you find him."

"That's the guy who just chatted with you."

"Really? Really? The characteristic is that you were the one who struck up a conversation just now...eh?" Momoi Reiko reacted and stared at Takashi Mai for a long while before opening her mouth wide.

"Then why didn't you just go and apologize?"

"I... don't know what expression to use to face it."

Tao Jing Lingzi held her forehead helplessly, "I know, he shouldn't have gone far, let's go find him together."

"Ah."

At this time, Red had already boarded the mobile Pegasus and left.

Chapter 293: Then just come to our door!

To describe Ming Hai's office in one sentence is, tough guy with a soft heart.

Because it was his first visit, Red was a little nervous and sat on the sofa, not daring to move.

Minghai shook his head, took off his hat and hung it on the hanger. Only then did Red notice that the box containing the wreckage that was supposed to be taken back to Selvi Turia for analysis was brought back by Minghai.

Seeing that Red was hesitant to speak, Ming Hai had no intention of hiding anything, "I have investigated some things. Do you remember the mechanical body that was destroyed on the street before?"

"I remember. Any questions?"

Red still remembers what Embe said at that time.

It is undoubtedly a machine, but from the results of analysis, it looks like a living being, almost like...

【Unique Metal】

He is not stupid. The reason why Enbe changed the subject so deliberately is probably because he discovered something.

Ming Hai returned to his desk and sat in the chair, speaking slowly with a deep look in his eyes.

"That mechanical body is the same type of thing as the one you defeated today."

"Same type? Huh?"

Reid's face was full of question marks. He was not questioning Ming Hai's professional vision, but that mechanical body and the thing he defeated just now were completely unrelated, and he easily solved that mechanical body. Although the one just now could not break his defense, it was not susceptible to supernatural ignition.

"To be precise, it's the result of the same cause." Ming Hai turned his eyes to Red and pulled out a USB flash drive with a skull-shaped S on it. "Do you recognize this thing?"

"I don't know him," Red shook his head honestly.

"This thing's name is Gaia Memory—"

Ming Hai raised his hand and threw the memory directly to Red.

"Using special technology, the memory of the earth is extracted and stored inside, and then the memory of the earth is read through this memory, so that humans can gain special powers."

Reid reached out to take the memory, fiddled with it for a while, and slid his thumb over the button, but didn't press it. "Uncle, are you saying that the thing just now and the previous mechanical body were caused by Gaia's memory?"

"Theoretically, it's impossible," Ming Hai said calmly, crossing his arms across his chest. "There is only one memory from Earth in Gaia's memory, and you will only get one type of power after reading the memory. But the one you fought just now showed more than one special ability, right?"

Reid frowned, "Yes, a power related to firearms, a power... although its true nature is unknown, it is definitely not related to firearms, that is... Uncle, do you think that the mechanical body just now and before was the result of implanting two kinds of memory at the same time?"

"That's the problem. Normally, a person can only use one memory at a time," Ming Hai turned around, crossed his fingers, and his expression was extremely serious.

"It's not just because of the limitations of memory usage, but also because of the limits of what the human body can endure."

"Memory itself has a certain toxicity. If you use memory too frequently, your body will be corroded by the toxicity and collapse. The human body cannot bear the load of accessing two kinds of memory at the same time, not to mention that these two kinds of memory themselves have no similarities at all."

Reid held his chin up and thought for a while before hesitating. "But uncle, don't you think that both the guy just now and the mechanical body before can be considered...unable to bear the result?"

Reid's question silenced Ming Hai. After a long while, the tough guy hummed and nodded.

"What you said makes sense."

"But uncle, you seem to know a lot about this Gaia memory," Reid stood up and placed the memory in front of Minghai.

Ming Hai glanced at the memory on the table and let out a long breath, "The museum, one of the sponsors of Servier Turia, the creator of Gaia's memory."

Red stumbled and nearly hit his head on the table.

"In other words, the two recent incidents were caused by the museum?" Reid's mouth twitched.

As expected of [S·L]. It has only been a few days since the crisis in the mirror world, and a new crisis has emerged. It is very likely that it was caused by the sponsor behind Servais Turia. No wonder Ming Hai took the things back directly.

"Who knows, but Gaia Memory is the core of the Knight Plan prepared by the museum," Ming Hai pinched the bridge of his nose, "To do this, they need enough human body data. Although Gaia Memory contains certain toxins, this toxin will only be induced by long-term uncontrolled use, so under normal circumstances..."

"Gaia Memory is a magical item that can give humans magical powers," Reid responded, his face full of worry, "which means that the museum is likely to have been selling Gaia Memory privately."

"Let me correct you. Since Gaia Memory has not caused any serious incidents so far, Servier Turia has always turned a blind eye to the museum's sale of Gaia Memory," Ming Hai raised his fingers and tapped the table. "After all, Gaia Memory can be said to be one of the important hopes for humans to catch up with monsters."

"Hope..." Reid grinned.

As long as the slight toxicity of Gaia Memory is resolved, then for humans, Gaia Memory will be the best tool to fight against the existence of monsters.

Red thought of the robber who attacked the jewelry store with a bomb and wanted to blow his head off with a steel pipe, thought of Masashi Sudo, thought of Jun Shibaura, and grinned subconsciously.

"Human nature is much more toxic than Gaia's memory. It's much more terrible."

Ming Hai raised his head in surprise, then smiled helplessly, "This is what I'm worried about."

The Museum is the patron of Servitoria, and humans... will not reject the power of Gaia's memory.

Investigate? Investigate what? The museum is selling Gaia memories, something that everyone in the upper echelons of Servi Turia knows about?

Reveal? Reveal what? The harm of Gaia memory to human beings? To be honest, the toxicity of Gaia memory is just like cigarettes. It seems to be there, but it also seems not to be there. Whether the user will die from this toxicity depends on whether the user can hold it in. Just like the old smoker who smoked 60 cigarettes in one breath and killed himself, excessive use of Gaia memory led to poisoning and death, which is purely self-inflicted.

As for the casualties caused by Gaia's memory...

[S·L] is a society where humans and monsters coexist. The casualties caused by Gaia Memory are far beyond the casualties caused by the existence of monsters. Most people are more worried about not having Gaia Memory and dying for various strange reasons than being affected by the users of Gaia Memory.

"Emmm - let's go to the museum," Red thought for a while with his chin resting on his hands on his hips.

"Ok?"

Chapter 294 Taboo and Fear

Sonosaki Saeko was numb.

Although the actual person in charge of the museum is her father, Guard Sonosaki Ryu, she is responsible for most of the museum's affairs, such as the cooperation with the Sage's Tower of the Magic Kingdom to help magicians land on the moon. The initiative was given by Guard Sonosaki Ryu, and all the details were handled by her alone.

Of course, she didn't hate this arrangement, because it meant that Guard Sonosaki Ryu was gradually handing the museum over to her, and when Guard Sonosaki Ryu retired, she would take over the entire museum.

If there are no surprises.

"Ding-dong-"

"Um! Is anyone there? Chashui, no! Hello! I'm Red! I want to talk to you about something!"

On the surveillance screen, Red was carelessly ringing the doorbell. Even without the surveillance, Sono Saeko could hear Red's loud voice. And standing behind Red was a familiar man, Narumi Shokichi.

Sonosaki Saeko couldn't help but raise her fist and slammed it hard on the table.

"What the hell!"

"What's wrong, Saeko?" Guard Sonosaki Ryu, who happened to be passing by holding a cat, raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw Sonosaki Saeko looking irritable.

"Father! Ming Hai and that Red are here together!" Sonosaki Saeko impatiently moved aside and pointed at the surveillance camera in front of her, shouting angrily, "I said from the beginning that she can't do whatever she wants! Now look what happened! She's attracted people here!"

Guard Sonosaki Ryu also frowned slightly.

As a candidate for the U-Knight Program, Red was able to wrestle with and even defeat Gamego, one of the qualified candidates of the Ge Group, just by wearing the Aguru Belt not long after. As for stance, they specially asked someone to analyze Red's behavior pattern, and he was a standard "good guy" who gave them a headache the most, which means that there was no bribery or collusion.

And Ming Hai, as a well-known detective, has been secretly investigating the museum since the advent of the Gaia Memory.

The appearance of these two people together at the entrance of the museum is not a good sign.

After a brief thought, Guard Sakiru Sono raised the corner of his mouth slightly, raised his hand and let go. The cat in his arms landed lightly and left gracefully.

"Saeko, open the door. It's rare for guests to come to our house, and we can't appear to be impolite."

“Guests, guests?” Sonosaki Saeko’s face was filled with disbelief. “They must be here—”

"Saeko——"

Before Sonosaki Saeko could finish her words, Guard Sonosaki Ryu raised his voice. His cold eyes and harsh tone made Sonosaki Saeko feel like she had fallen into an icy abyss. She immediately lowered her head and stopped talking.

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Just when Red was about to ring the doorbell again, the door of the museum finally opened, and guard Sonosaki Ryu walked out with a smile and opened her arms towards Red and Ming Hai.

"Welcome to the museum—"

At first glance, Guard Sonosaki Ryuu looks like an ordinary, kind old man, but Red's intuition, which has become increasingly sharp due to the influence of Aguru, is constantly reminding him that this seemingly kind old man is not simple.

Ming Hai raised his hand and pushed down his round-brimmed hat. "I didn't expect that you would come in person. It seems that--"

Ming Hai paused, his eyes looking extremely deep.