In the familiar office of Kanto Medical College, Shuichi Chun was analyzing a brand new CT image.
"Oh! Is that so?"
Ryuusuke Higashino, who had just dressed beside him, couldn't help but look sideways. Needless to say, he originally wanted to reminisce about old times but was dragged into filming by Chun as soon as he arrived.
As Ryusuke also came closer, Chun explained excitedly: "You see, the belt spread to the nerves and stopped progressing after they reached the brain. Judging from the traces here, I am afraid it is already in a relatively stable state. Moreover, other nerve branches have become more concise and orderly compared to the chaotic and complicated distribution before. It seems that these two years of travel have made your physical condition much better..."
After a long speech, Ryusuke felt dizzy after listening to it, but he finally understood that his situation was not bad. He then asked Chun about Wang Shen.
"Are you talking about the international student who is a medical trainee? He also interned here before and performed very well. He was about to end his medical training career, but I heard that he suddenly submitted his resignation a month ago and seemed to disappear after that. I Never seen it either.”
"Is this so..."
Higashino Ryusuke frowned tightly. Before coming to Kanto Medical College, he took the time to visit Asama's house where he once rented in Hakusan Town. However, according to Asama's mother-in-law, Wang Shen also suddenly quit the rent and disappeared about a month ago. .
Did he suddenly return to China?
Although he had left a note for him two years ago, warning him to be careful that superpowers might be in danger in two years' time, Lao Wang should have left a message for him even when he returned to China. It shouldn't be like this. Just disappear quietly.
The current situation gave Higashino Ryusuke a bad feeling.
He stood up and said goodbye to Chunxiu, and then planned to go directly to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. If you can get help from acquaintances who have jointly investigated the headquarters, many things will become much easier.
On the Hibiko Line, Higashino Ryusuke, who was driving along the road, suddenly became confused. The scene of the Master killing someone flashed through his mind again - it was the same species as the Yellow-skinned Leopard Master last night, but this leopard It's a black man wearing a light yellow scarf.
Ryusuke's eyes were cast into the distance. That direction happened to be where he was going, but it was too far away from him, so he might not be able to catch up...
Chiyoda Ward.
There are many police cars surrounding a family named Saeki. It is said that after the son of this family was killed last night, the head of the family also suffered misfortune in the morning, and the strange result was that he had his neck broken and was buried in a tree. Death by mysterious means.
(The address of Saeki's family is not mentioned in the play, but the title "Section Chief Saeki" is found on the phone, so it is assumed that he works at the Metropolitan Police Department, and his address is in Chiyoda Ward, which is very close to the Metropolitan Police Department. )
When Ryusuke Higashino arrived, he saw that the nearby area was surrounded by police, and the figure of the Black Leopard was no longer in his perception.
From a long distance away, he saw Toru Hojo, who had gone to polepole this morning, also appear here, his brows still furrowed, probably because he failed to get any useful information from Saburo Saburo.
Ryusuke took one last look at the body hidden in the tree. It was a middle-aged man wearing a gray suit. Unsurprisingly, he must be the father of the high school student who was killed last night. He shook his head, turned around and left.
In the Saeki house, another young policeman with a resolute face and long hair was holding a pen and paper and was questioning Mrs. Saeki, the only remaining member of the Saeki family. But after enduring the pain of losing her son and husband one after another, Mrs. Saeki couldn't help but broke down emotionally and was unable to answer questions.
The young detective could only write down his name and contact information helplessly, hoping to contact Mrs. Saeki after she calmed down.
The note left behind had the words "Hikawa Makoto" written on it. It was his name. He was transferred from the Kagawa Prefecture Police Station to the Metropolitan Police Department about six months ago, and was selected as a member of the Unidentified Life Form Countermeasure Team. member.
When Hikawa stood up and was about to leave, Toru Hojo walked in from the door and asked unceremoniously: "What are you doing? You are a member of the countermeasures team. Do you think this matter is related to the unidentified life form?" "
"Yes, because I heard that a figure suspected of being No. 1 appeared in last night's incident..."
"It has nothing to do with that. It's just a way for the suspect to disguise himself as No. 1." Hojo interrupted Hikawa and said: "As for the method used to kill people, I will also investigate... But you can't be because the countermeasures team is about to Disbanded, so you want to take the opportunity to make this matter bigger and keep the countermeasures team, right?"
Hikawa was a little angry, so he responded no longer politely: "Director Hojo, I didn't expect you to be such a boring person. I just fulfilled my responsibilities as a serving police officer. I don't think my actions have anything to do with this. question."
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Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.
After struggling for a while, Ryusuke finally contacted a former acquaintance, Sugada Morimichi.
They made an appointment to meet at a nearby barbecue restaurant. Sugita was originally in high spirits and wanted to buy a few boxes of beer as a celebration, but when he thought that he was still at work, he could only scratch his balding head and restrain himself.
While Ryusuke was grilling meat, he asked Sugita about the current status of other members of the search department.
The search headquarters was officially disbanded a week after Daguaba was eliminated, and the members were transferred to other positions. Initially everything was normal and everyone's future seemed bright, but about half a year ago, their positions changed again.
"I heard that Ichijo was first transferred back to Nagano Prefecture after that, and then suddenly received a mission to exchange experience in combating unconfirmed life forms abroad. He left Japan three months ago. And I am now working as a foreign affairs officer at the Ministry of Public Security I am serving in the first class, but I always feel a little unwilling to do so. I felt even more unwilling yesterday when I heard the news about No. 1 from the Criminal Department..."
"Foreign Affairs? Based on what the Investigation Headquarters did in the Gurungi Incident, Officer Suitata should be serving in the Investigation Section 1, right? Why was he transferred to Foreign Affairs? What about Officer Sakurai and Director Matsukura?"
"Sakurai was transferred to the Security Department, and Sasayama was also there. As for the head of the headquarters, he went to Gifu Prefecture, and the others were almost the same..."
"How could this happen?" Higashino Ryusuke couldn't help but said calmly: "It feels like...the 'old people' who once searched the headquarters were deliberately dispersed."
It seems that in the two years since he left, people who were once familiar with him have also experienced many changes.
The two put down their chopsticks, and after a moment of silence, Ryusuke spoke again: "By the way, Officer Suita, could you please help me look up some information: one is the recent traces of a Chinese international student named Wang Shen; and the other is a person named Jin. Shoichi Tsugami’s person should be in Tokyo.” (The information I’m asking here is for the real Tsugami Shoichi, his brother-in-law.)
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In the evening, the Metropolitan Police Countermeasures Team.
Hikawa, who had exchanged words with Toru Hojo, returned here somewhat depressed. Of course, what made him even more depressed was that he had been busy all afternoon but found no clues from the case.
As he passed the criminal department, his phone rang suddenly. It was Mrs. Saeki.
"Are you Officer Glacier? Actually, I have something to show you, although I don't know if it is related to the murder of my husband and son, so please come and see me..."
"Okay, I understand."
Glacier hung up the phone and turned back excitedly, hoping that he would finally get a clue.
In the barbecue restaurant, the meal between Higashino Ryusuke and Suita Morimichi didn't end until it was getting dark, because there were many things Ryusuke wanted to confirm.
For example, from Sugita's mouth, he learned that the Opaz Research Institute established under the Unidentified Life Form Countermeasures Team of the Metropolitan Police Department had recently obtained a mysterious artifact salvaged from Okinawa. If nothing else, that thing contains the genetic factor information of the power of darkness, and Douzhen will also use it to revive in the human world.
Secondly, the "Tianliang" incident half a year ago happened almost as scheduled. This incident was almost not spread to the outside world, but it was still easy for Sugita, who had been working for such a long time, to find out.
But then Ryusuke remembered that he had rescued Tsugami Shelley and Professor Kazutani. If Tsugami Shelley was still alive, there should be no Tenguo incident.
However, when he asked about this matter, he received the answer that Tsugami Shelley and Professor Kazutani had disappeared, "That matter happened about a year ago, when I was still working in the Search Section 1, so I also handled it. But I heard that no news has been found until now.”
Everything is still moving closer to the original direction. To a certain extent, this can be regarded as a self-correction of the world line.
When checking out, because Higashino Ryusuke was short of money, Sugita paid in the end.
They returned to the Metropolitan Police Department together. Passing outside the parking lot, Suita suddenly pointed at a person in the distance and said, "Ah, that's the police officer who single-handedly rescued all the passengers and crew members in the Tianliang incident. I've seen a few of them." This time, he is a very good junior!"
Higashino Ryusuke looked in the direction of his finger and used his powerful eyesight to see the figure clearly. He was a very handsome man, but his serious-looking actions seemed to reveal a bit of clumsiness.
As expected, it turned out to be Hikawa Makoto. The second rider in Yajituo and the equipment operator of the G3 system.
But right now, the glacier was rushing to a police car, and then drove away in the police car.
At the same time, a picture suddenly flashed in Ryusuke's mind. The Black Leopard Venerable he saw in the vision at noon appeared again. After making a gesture begging God for forgiveness, he slowly approached the target from the darkness...
His expression suddenly changed slightly, and he found his motorcycle in the parking lot and started it quickly.
"Officer Sugita, I'll leave the previous matters to you. I'll take my leave now."
Pulling on his helmet, Ryusuke Higashino decisively drove the BTCS chasing Hikawa's police car away.
On the other side, Makoto Hikawa was driving on the way to Saeki's house. However, with the roar of a motorcycle engine, a figure riding a motorcycle quickly passed by his police car, and had already passed before he could see the parking space number clearly. Very far away.
"Ah, hey, who is that!" Glacier was startled and couldn't help but increase the accelerator to catch up, "It's very dangerous to drive so fast in the city!"
On the trail near Saeki's house, Mrs. Saeki was waiting alone. Behind her, a pair of eyes that glowed like cats quickly approached, and then the figure of Lord Leopard suddenly appeared from behind Mrs. Saeki, quickly covered her mouth and nose, and broke her neck neatly...
The roar of a locomotive sounded in the distance, and it quickly approached here. High beams illuminated the end of the road.
When Ryusuke Higashino arrived at the scene, he happened to see Lord Leopard having used his superpower to open a hole in a nearby tree, and was preparing to stuff Mrs. Saeki's body into the tree hole.
"You guys are really lingering, must you kill them all!" Ryusuke Higashino said in a deep voice, getting off the motorcycle and walking towards Lord Leopard step by step.
Lord Leopard's actions were interrupted. He turned around and looked at the 'bad guy' in front of him, and suddenly exclaimed: "You have the aura of Luteus (Venerable Yellow Panther) on you. Did you kill him?!"
"Don't you like a neat family? Why don't you let me give you a ride? Transform!"
"Zizi——"
Yaguru's belt condensed instantly, and in the red light of the Yamadam spirit stone, Ryusuke's figure suddenly turned into a white newborn Kuuga.
Not far away, the police car driven by Hikawa Makoto chased here and saw the motorcycle parked in front. There were sounds of fighting from the side.
Glacier quickly got out of the car to check. When he came to the intersection, he saw a scene that surprised him - he quickly took out his mobile phone and dialed the number of the countermeasures team.
"Officer Ozawa, I discovered an unknown mysterious creature, and the one fighting him is Kamen Rider No. 1! Please dispatch the G3 system as soon as possible."
Ozawa Chengzi on the other end of the phone suddenly became excited: "It's coming, it's coming, it's finally time for us to appear!"
The tail room next to him was still in a dilemma: "But...but we haven't obtained permission yet."
"How can I have time to talk about this now? And No. 1 is also there. It would be a shame not to see it!"
"yes."
…
"drink!"
Lord Leopard let out a deep roar and attacked Higashino Ryusuke one after another.
But Dongye kept calm and easily avoided the enemy's attack. When Lord Leopard had a chance to punch, he seized the opportunity and punched the enemy in the abdomen.
"Ugh!"
"You guy!" Lord Leopard screamed in pain and stepped back, roaring and taking out a long spear weapon named "Greed Spear" from the light group that appeared above his head.
Ryusuke Higashino picked up a branch on the roadside, and while transforming into the form of a newborn Titan, he also transformed the branch in his hand into a Titan sword.
He looked at the black Leopard Lord in front of him and said coldly: "Your strength is a little stronger than the yellow-skinned leopard yesterday, but that's the end of it."
Facing Lord Leopard's thrust with a spear, Ryusuke Higashino raised his Titan Sword and used the sword's grid to successfully block the head of the Greed Spear. Then he freed up his kick and kicked Lord Leopard back again.
The Yamadam spirit stone in the abdomen began to emit heat, injecting the sealing energy into the Titan sword.
When Ryusuke was about to deliver the final blow to Lord Leopard, a voice came from behind him again.
"Senior No. 1, let me help you!"
Accompanied by some excited shouting, a metal-armored knight whose body was mainly made of silver and blue armor and who looked similar to Kuuga drove a Guard Chaser motorcycle to Higashino Ryusuke. It was Makoto Hikawa who had already been equipped with the G3 system. .
As soon as he got off the motorcycle, G3 couldn't wait to take out a small firearm from the motorcycle.
"GM-01 activated, shooting allowed!"
"clear."
Hikawa Makoto immediately raised GM-01 and aimed and fired at Lord Leopard, who was standing up in a gasp. However, the bullets fired continuously seemed to be blocked by a wall of air and could not hit the target at all.
"The attack is ineffective?"
In shock, Bingglai once again took out a grenade launcher from the locomotive and connected it to GM-01, and completed the grenade loading with skillful operation.
"GG-02 starts..."
"boom!"
The grenade was launched and successfully hit Lord Leopard. The violent explosion immediately engulfed the front.
In an instant, the impact force of up to 20T blew the Lord Leopard away, who was caught off guard. However, he quickly got up again and did not appear to be injured.
"Huh? Why is it useless?" Glacier looked dumbly at the weapon in his hand, and then at Lord Leopard who was unharmed under his attack.
"Because the enemy is not Gurungi." Ryusuke Higashino explained calmly.
The reason why he just chose to temporarily stop and watch was exactly the same: allowing the G3 system to expose its shortcomings of insufficient damage to angels in actual combat, so that developers could strengthen the G3's equipment as soon as possible.
"So that's it...ah wait, Senior No. 1, you can actually speak?!" Makoto Hikawa suddenly realized something, and the newly born Kuuga had already passed him and walked towards the enemy with his sword.
Lord Leopard, who was on the opposite side at this time, felt extremely insulted. Being beaten by that white Kongga was already enough to anger him. Unexpectedly, a human-made machine came and gave him a blow without saying a word. Cannon, and blew himself up.
Although not injured, it was embarrassing.
"Damn it, you're just a human!" Lord Leopard burst out with all his strength, and the gun of greed in his hand pierced Kuuga who had already arrived in front of him at a speed that could not be discerned by the naked eye.
At the critical moment, the Yamadam spirit stone turned blue, Higashino Ryusuke jumped up to avoid the stabbing attack, and the Titan sword turned into a green dragon stick in an instant.
"Scared!" Kuuga, who fell from the air, concentrated all his strength on the long stick in his hand, and stabbed the Leopard Master with the end.
Huge power immediately penetrated his body, knocking Lord Leopard to the ground, and a ball of light above his head also emerged.
"Boom!"
As the raging flames exploded, the black leopard master also followed the yellow leopard.
Glacier looked at Lord Leopard who was almost instantly killed by Senior No. 1, and silently separated GM-01 and GG-02 and put them back on the motorcycle.
After dealing with the enemy, Ryusuke Higashino had no intention of staying here, so he used the jumping power of the newborn Azure Dragon to return to the motorcycle. He had already left before Glacier could even say goodbye.
Makoto Hikawa could only sigh helplessly, drove the Guard Tracker back to the G trailer to disarm the G3 armor, and informed the search class by the way.
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After everything calmed down, a belated Yajituo rode to the area.
Looking at the silent path, the messy traces left behind indicate that a battle took place here not long ago.
Yajituo finally came to the place where Lord Leopard exploded and looked at it carefully.
"Is the battle over? It seems...it's a little late..."
Police sirens sounded in the distance.
"No, let's get out of here first."
Yajituo immediately set up the car and turned around, and his figure quickly disappeared into the dark night...
