Kamen Rider: Prince of Shadow

The bow blade and the iron rod collided multiple times in just a few seconds, each time bursting out with dazzling sparks, and each time, W would be forced to take a step back. After superimposing the locust memory, the current Luna has surpassed the fiery metal in power.

"It's still too weak, Mr. Detective. This is your limit now."

With a casual blow, Moon God forced W back to the river, and then took out the locust memory:

"Let's solve it quickly. I have to complete my mission. That woman doesn't have much time."

"What did you say? Stop looking down on people."

Seeing Luna's movements, Shotaro immediately made a judgment and replaced the metal with the trigger.

The fiery trigger form has the greatest explosive power among all shooting forms. At this moment, he only has one option: go all out.

He picked up the gun and inserted the trigger memory into the kill slot in the pistol. Luna also inserted the locust memory into the kill slot at the top of the hunting bow.

Trigger! Maximum Drive!

Locust! Maximum Drive!

A cold prompt sounded, and the two of them took action at the same time. W raised the pistol with both hands, and the blazing flames rushed towards the moon god like a torrent.

The Moon God bent his bow and set an arrow. Golden energy bowstrings extended from both ends of the hunting bow and met in his hands. Then, a cyan light arrow condensed in his hands.

Whoosh——!

Unlike the Moon God's thousands of tracking light arrows, the Locust Memory has only one sure-kill shot, but it maximizes its penetrating power.

boom--!

That green light defeated the blazing flames with overwhelming force, and then - hit W on the chest.

"Ahhhh——!"

The explosion exploded instantly, and W's body trembled like an electric shock. The powerful attack completely broke through his defense. In just a moment, the half-red and half-blue armor turned into gray fragments and dissipated. Shotaro completely lost consciousness and faced backwards. Fall down and plunge into the water.

At the same time, Philip suddenly woke up in the detective agency. For the first time, he showed an expression of extreme panic:

"Shoutaro——!"

On the other side, after finishing this, Nobuhiko released his transformation and came to the road by the river, where a familiar red sports car was parked.

"I said, you don't have to follow me even when you go for a walk, right?"

Looking at Sonosaki Saeko in front of him, Nobuhiko asked with a smile.

Saeko, however, did not speak harshly like before. Instead, she looked at the river where Shotaro fell into, dazed, and she didn't react until she heard Nobuhiko's words.

"Originally I just happened to see that man and came over to take a look, but unexpectedly I encountered a good show. I didn't expect you to be so strong. I want to know more and more what your limit is."

Saeko took a deep look at Nobuhiko and praised him from the bottom of his heart.

In the previous battles, Nobuhiko had shown extremely strong combat power, and this time, he defeated W head-on, which made her understanding of Nobuhiko even better.

After all, she had personally experienced the horror of w on the initial night.

At this time, Saeko remembered Sonosaki Ryubei's words, and subconsciously grabbed the steering wheel with both hands. Then she looked at Nobuhiko and said with a smile:

"Want to go to the hospital? I can give you a ride."

"It's not necessary now. Speaking of which, have you ever fought against that Kamen Rider before? I remember that you seemed to know them when we were in the casino."

"Well, a thief who stole a precious treasure, are you interested?"

"Of course, to be precise, I am very interested in that detective."

"Detective? That little boy?"

Saeko frowned. She didn't understand why Nobuhiko paid attention to Shotaro. In her eyes, no, it should be in the eyes of everyone who knows about the birth of W. The strongest among the W duo should be Phillip, and Shotaro is not. It is an object that can be replaced at any time.

Among those who have such a concept is Sonosaki Fumone.

"Sometimes, humble people will burst out with unexpected power. In my eyes, the detective has more development potential. I am already looking forward to what kind of surprises he can bring to me. Goodbye."

With that said, Nobuhiko turned and left.

After hearing his words, Saeko subconsciously fell into deep thought. Nobuhiko's evaluation of Shotaro was so high that she couldn't help but think about Shotaro's performance.

However, no reliable conclusion was drawn.

Just when she was confused, she suddenly discovered that Nobuhiko had disappeared at some point.

Only then did she react:

"Don't like women? What a naive idea. Things like feelings are nothing more than a condiment in the face of strength."

Having said this, she subconsciously looked at her hand - the wedding ring on her ring finger was perfect.

However, there was a haze in her heart.

You're too far behind, Kirihiko.

In the hospital, Masaru Kusuhara is visiting her bodyguard. Generally speaking, as a member of parliament, she has a lot to do, but she paused the work at hand and brought her daughter here to visit her bodyguard.

There was no fanfare. In fact, the visit to the bodyguard was just incidental. She probably just wanted to find a place where she could not be disturbed for a while.

Sitting on the seat in the corridor of the inpatient department, Kusuhara Masa fell into deep thought.

When Asuka saw this, she thought her mother was sad because the bodyguard had been beaten, so she stepped forward to comfort her:

"It's okay, mom. Didn't the doctor say that uncle will be discharged from the hospital soon?"

"Ok, I know."

Looking at the sensible child in front of her, Kusuhara Ya's eyes were sore.

Since her husband's death, she had to make up a lie to hide it from her daughter. Now, because of her husband's last wish, she has put Asuka in danger again.

Did I...did I do something wrong?

Thinking of this, Kusuhara Ya subconsciously rubbed Asuka's head and held her daughter tightly in her arms.

Time seemed to have stopped at this moment.

But at this moment, a familiar voice suddenly sounded:

"We meet again, Miss Kusuhara."

The moment she heard this voice, Kusuhara Masa's body suddenly stiffened.

Asuka raised her head, looked at Nobuhiko who had come to the two of them at some point, and asked doubtfully:

"Uncle, are you my mother's friend?"

"Uncle...well, I have something I want to talk to your mother about."

Nobuhiko's mouth twitched when he heard the title uncle. He was less than twenty-five when he traveled through time. After traveling through time, the actual age of this body is only around 20 years old. How can he become an uncle?

However, Asuka did not notice this little detail, but nodded and said:

"I understand, uncle, please talk to your mother."

After that, she left her mother's arms and walked towards the other side of the corridor.

It can be seen that she is already very skilled at this kind of thing.

Looking at her leaving figure, Nobuhiko praised:

"What a sensible boy."

"No, don't attack her! She doesn't know anything!"

After hearing these words, Kusuhara Masa couldn't bear it anymore, stood up immediately, and begged Nobuhiko:

"If you want revenge, just come to me!"

This kind of speech would be a different plot in another drama.

Nobuhiko complained silently in his heart, and then said gently:

"You don't have to worry, I'm not interested in killing incompetent women and children. However, that wouldn't be the case if it were someone else."

"·······I see."

Kusuhara took a deep breath, she knew exactly what the other party wanted.

However, when the words came to her mouth, she couldn't say them out.

It is the simplest thing to withdraw from the Second Wind City Plan, otherwise the entire plan will be delayed indefinitely.

However, I am so unwilling to accept it...

Her husband died because of this plan, and now he can't even fulfill his last wish?

She opened her mouth, but couldn't say even a single word.

Nobuhiko did not urge the other party, but at this moment, a scream sounded in the corridor nearby:

“Ahhhhh——!”

"Asuka!"

When Kusuhara heard the sound, she was startled and immediately ran towards the source of the sound.

Nobuhiko's expression did not change, because he had already seen tentacles and screaming people flashing not far away. It was obvious that this was Takamura's action.

"This is the consequence of someone else taking action."

Nobuhiko said to Kusuhara Masa calmly.

ps: I suddenly discovered a detail. Philip had successfully searched for Sonosaki Wakana's information in the early stage, but he didn't open it to look at it. It seems that the elevated permissions of Sonosaki's family should have been done by Wakana in the later period.

Let’s just assume that Nobuhiko’s authority to take over by force is not enough, and families related to Gaia memory such as the Consortium