Kamen Rider: Prince of Shadow

"Yes... Don't worry, I'm fine. I'll go home after this busy period. Yes, don't worry..."

In the Metropolitan Police Department office, Kaoru Ichijo hung up the phone with his mother.

Police work is always busy, not to mention that Kaoru Ichijo has no time to take a vacation now. He has more important things to do.

Just after he hung up the phone, there was a knock on the door - Hojo Toru opened the door, holding a file bag and came to Kaoru Ichijo.

"Mr. Hojo? What's the matter?"

Kaoru Ichijo was a little confused. Because of the explosion of the G3 armor, Ozawa Sumiko reported the G3-X plan, but Hojo Toru took the opportunity to propose another plan - the V1 plan.

In theory, Ozawa Sumiko's achievements have been considered in actual combat. It is not a wise choice to propose a new armor plan at this time, but Hojo Toru is very smart. The V1 maker he invited is Ozawa Sumiko's mentor - Professor Takamura of Johoku University.

Just like that, things suddenly became interesting.

This is also what Ichijo Kaoru is confused about. Hojo Toru is now fully focused on the V1 plan. How can he find time to come to me?

"Actually, there are a few things I want to consult you about. What do you think about the V1 plan and the G3-X plan?"

Hojo Toru looked at Ichijo Kaoru and asked seriously.

After the dock incident, Ichijo Kaoru's status in the Metropolitan Police Department became more and more special. In fact, this is exactly the case. Not only does he have extraordinary talents and achievements, but he also has the help of bigwigs. Ichijo Kaoru's future is bright. As a practical personnel, his suggestions also have considerable say in the two plans. Even if Ichijo Kaoru has no intention of participating, the decision-makers will most likely consult his opinions.

This is also one of the reasons why Hojo Toru came.

In this regard, Kaoru Ichijo gave a very versatile answer:

"From my perspective, I naturally prefer the G3 system that already has practical experience, but, in the final analysis, I naturally prefer the best one."

"I understand, I believe Professor Takamura will give a satisfactory answer."

Although he did not get the support he wanted, Hojo Toru was not frustrated. He came here for another more important thing:

"There is one more thing, Mr. Ichijo. I heard that you got the core information about Agito and unknown. Is this true?"

"No, I still don't know the most core part. As for the part I brought back, if you want to check it, you can apply to the head of this department."

Kaoru Ichijo was not surprised that Hojo Toru had found out about this information.

Snakes have their own ways, and rats have their own ways. In the Metropolitan Police Department, everyone has their own relationship channels. He did not deliberately conceal those news, but just handed them over to the head of this department.

But it was obvious that Hojo Toru wanted to know more:

"Excuse me, where did this information come from?"

"Hmm?"

Hearing this, Ichijo Kaoru instantly became alert. The source of the information involved Godai and Nobuhiko. This was also a common secret of the former investigation headquarters. At least on this point, Ichijo Kaoru would not reveal it to anyone.

"I have my own channels, Mr. Hojo, what do you want to do?"

Ichijo Kaoru guessed that the other party might have some inappropriate thoughts, and his tone became stern.

Hojo Toru also noticed the change in Ichijo Kaoru's attitude and quickly explained:

"In fact, I have been sorting out the humans attacked by unknown recently, and in the process, I noticed something - in fact, before unknown appeared, psychics may have already existed."

"What?"

"Please take a look at this, the murder case of Fuuya Nobuyuki two years ago."

As he said, Hojo Toru handed the file bag to Ichijo Kaoru and continued to explain:

"This case has never been solved, but I checked it again later and found that his internal organs were destroyed by a strange force, and there were no scars on the outside. This way of death is different from... The police officer who was killed in the case of Aki Sakaki is very similar. "

"In other words, the superpower appeared two years ago?"

"Well, the most important thing is that from this point, it can be seen that the superpower is extremely harmful to society. They may not have the intention to kill people, but they hurt others for various reasons. That's why I want to directly confirm the source of the information. You know, this is enough to change human society. "

Hojo Toru's words made Ichijo Kaoru suddenly realize that this police elite really has something. All along, Ichijo Kaoru was only thinking about the crimes committed by people with bad intentions who mastered superpowers, but ignored the possibility of superpowers getting out of control.

Should I say he is worthy of being an elite? He actually found clues from an old case two years ago.

So...

"Mr. Ichijo, I heard that you are investigating the Dawn incident recently. I would like to ask, does this have anything to do with superpowers?"

Seeing that Ichijo Kaoru fell into deep thought, Hojo Toru asked while the iron was hot.

"Well... it's okay to tell you. The crew of the Dawn seems to have a very close relationship with the unknown. I recently investigated their current situation and found that many people moved many times in a short period of time. Some died, and some disappeared. In short, there are no results at this stage of the investigation. It will take time."

Ichijo Kaoru thought for a moment and then told the results of the recent investigation.

In fact, after receiving the news from Nobuhiko, he immediately launched a search for the members of the Rising Sun, but because of the unknown incident, he rested for a few days, which caused the investigation to lag behind.

Hearing what Ichijo Kaoru said, Hojo Toru suddenly realized, he stood up, and sincerely thanked Ichijo Kaoru:

"Thank you very much, Mr. Ichijo."

"It's okay, V1 system also needs to work hard."

Ichijo Kaoru encouraged, and then sent Hojo Toru out of the room.

Then, Ichijo Kaoru looked at the document on the table, frowned, and then opened it and read it carefully.

The previous police investigation was very detailed. The period two years ago was just when the unconfirmed life event had just ended. The police officers in charge of the case at that time even thought that the unconfirmed life had reappeared, but later found out that it was a false alarm.

"If he is really a superpower, then we have to re-investigate his social relations, but let's continue investigating the Rising Sun first."

Ichijo Kaoru put down the file and took out his notebook, which recorded the names and addresses of all the Rising Sun crew members he had searched for.

Many of them had been crossed out.

"Then the next one is... Sawaki Tetsuya."

Looking at the address after the name, Ichijo Kaoru packed up, got up, put on his clothes and walked out of the room.

On the other side, Hojo Toru walked out of the door in high spirits, as if he was floating even when he walked.

Just then, they ran into Ozawa Sumiko and others who were going to eat barbecue. Seeing Hojo Toru's look, Ozawa Sumiko frowned and asked:

"What's wrong? Our criminal elite seems very happy."

"Haha, it's really worth being happy. I'm just getting closer and closer to the truth of the matter."

"Huh?"

"Forget it, you won't understand even if I tell you. Miss Ozawa should continue to study weapons to fight against unknown. However, when unknown disappears, G3-X will be of no use, right? How about being a traffic policeman?"

Hojo Toru smiled and mocked.

For the time being, he no longer cares about the identity of a G3 uniformed officer - he has been close to the truth and has left the level of fighting and killing of the G3 group.