I'm really not Kamen Rider

"Tiandao, someone is looking for you."

After the meeting, the next combat method of the life form was not confirmed. After the headquarters commander made a summary, he assigned tasks to let others know.

As the person in charge of Area B, Tiandao has extremely heavy shoulders.

At the meeting, Ichijo, Sugita, and Kabuchi were basically the captains in charge of the joint operations center.

Sugita is an old man from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, so there is no need to talk about their relationship.

One is that he has a rigorous work attitude, is serious and handsome, and can get along well with his colleagues in a short period of time.

And Tiandao...the battle with Unconfirmed Life Form No. 1 made him steal the show.

Kabuo was talking to Sugita and was attracted by Ichijo's greeting. After agreeing to meet Sugita later, he walked towards Ichichi.

"What's up?"

"This way." Ichito led Tiandao to the reception room, where a middle-aged man and woman and a girl in student clothes appeared together.

After seeing Tiandao appear, the three people immediately stood up and were extremely respectful.

"You are..." Tiandao looked at these three people and made sure that he had never seen them.

"We are the parents of this child." The middle-aged man said: "Our child... Shaye, please say hello to Officer Shenshan."

"God...Officer Shenshan..." The girl's face still showed confusion after fear, about life and the future.

It's like an existence that has closed off all vitality and is like a puppet on strings, with only the value of being manipulated.

"I'm sorry, Officer Kamiyama. Ever since this child witnessed Noriko-chan die in front of her, she has been..." She stroked the girl's head. As a mother, this was the only comfort she could bring to her child: "This time we I came here to express my gratitude to you.”

"At that time...if you hadn't been right next to her, Saya wouldn't have been able to escape the clutches of the unidentified life form."

As soon as these words were spoken, Tiandao realized the identity of the girl in front of him. She was the one he saved among the two girls who were attacked by squids under the bridge.

"It's you." Tiandao suddenly said, "I'm sorry. I was clearly there at the time, but I couldn't save your friend."

Shaye:

The girl didn't speak, didn't give a single word of answer, and didn't even focus on Tiandao. She just lowered her head and was immersed in her own world.

"Saya," the middle-aged man said, "Maybe it's because I can't accept Noriko dying in front of her like this, so I always feel..."

"I understand." Tiandao nodded, and then continued: "It is our duty to protect the citizens. There is really no need to bother you to come here in person."

As he spoke, Tiandao took out a pen and paper and wrote down the address and contact information of a psychological counseling center he knew: "This is a psychological counseling center I know. You can take her to have a look."

"Yes, thank you, Officer Kamiyama."

Seeing the father and daughter in front of him take the paper, Tiandao's eyes turned to the girl who had been silent.

"Tiandao, it's time to go." He knocked on the door and said just right: "Traces of unconfirmed life forms were found."

"Yes." Tiandao nodded in agreement. After nodding slightly to the three people in front of him, he stood up and opened the door to leave.

"Officer Shenshan." However, at the moment when he was about to go out, the girl who had kept her head lowered seemed to finally make up her mind, finally found the courage, and shouted out the words of heaven in a small but firm voice. name.

The figure that rushed out was also stopped by this call, and involuntarily stayed in place.

"The day after tomorrow is Noriko's funeral." In the girl's red eyes, apart from the sadness, only the figure of Tiandao remained.

"Officer Shenshan, do you want to take a look?"

The body that was stagnant in place was motionless, seemingly not reacting at all, not even turning around.

Can't you turn around? Or maybe you don't dare to turn around?

Tiandao seemed to have already anticipated what he would face after turning around.

"Yes, if I am free, I will go." After leaving these words, Tiandao activated his body again.

This time there was no intention of staying, but he walked away, leaving only the slowly closing door, telling the story of the two worlds separated.

Those red eyes were full of expectation and gratitude, and the obsession to place all hopes on someone disappeared the moment the door closed.

The fire that was finally ignited in his eyes dissipated in just a moment.

The so-called expectations seem to be just a bunch of shackles imposed on others.

"The way of heaven."

It was still Ichijo who was driving, and it was Tiandao who was sitting in the passenger seat. The order of the two people traveling seemed to have always been like this, without any change.

But Ichijo looked at Tiandao who was holding his hands and saying nothing, and he probably knew what he was worried about now.

"Even if you are a Flame Dragon with that kind of power, it doesn't mean you can save everyone." Looking straight ahead, Ichijo said abruptly: "There are always areas that you can't reach, and there is no way to maintain the world. All justice, what a person can do is only this part of what he can do.”

"I know what you want to say." Tiandao said, "I am not sad because I didn't save the girl named Jizi."

"I am sad because I didn't respond to her expectations."

"Huh?" Ichijo was stunned.

"At that time, she mustered up the courage to stop me. I think at that time, she must have been full of expectations for me and had countless emotions that she wanted to place on me." Tiandao narrowed his eyes.

"But I didn't turn around, I didn't respond to her emotions."

"Because I know that as long as I turn around and face that kind of eyes, I will definitely..." Tiandao said, letting go of his hands and looking at his palms: "I still don't know what I really want."

"For me, fighting with unconfirmed life forms like this, and even every battle before, seems to be just fighting for the duty of Yanlong." Looking at his hands, Tiandao's voice was a little confused.

"It's just for this responsibility, not for my own heart. It's like I'm pushed to fight, so if I can win, I can win. If I lose, I'll just lose cleanly."

"What do I really want."

Looking at Tiandao beside him with a confused look, Yitiao was quite helpless: "Isn't it right to fight for duty? If your responsibility is this, you should be responsible to the end, that's enough."

"I'm slacking off all day even at work. I'm a person who spends six hours in the toilet out of eight hours a day. What kind of responsibility do you expect from me?" Tiandao rolled his eyes.

"Yitiao, have you forgotten what everyone in Nagano Prefecture thinks of us?"

"You and I are completely opposite."

Yes, how serious Yitiao is about his work and his own responsibilities, how much Tiandao slacks off.

The two are called completely opposite existences, and it's not just talk.

"Isn't there still two hours?" Yitiao said with a smile.

"There are still two hours until dinner time." Tiandao spread his hands: "So, I'll do this."

"You." Ichijo shook his head helplessly: "I don't know what you are worried about."

"If you feel bad, why don't you try to respond to her expectations?" Ichijo spoke again: "Anyway, you don't know what you want, so why not try to respond to her wishes."

"Will you attend Kiko's funeral?"

"Of course." Tiandao nodded: "It's easy to find out where Kiko's home is."

"But."

But am I really suitable to attend her funeral?