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"Dreams, huh..." She crossed her arms and leaned back, looking quite dissatisfied: "A Kamen Rider's dream should be to let the person he loves fall asleep, protect the lives of his comrades, and defend love and justice at the cost of everyone forgetting him!"
"At the very least, be someone who has no dreams of their own but decides to defend the dreams of others! What is Kamen Rider 01 anyway!"
It seems that Chinatsu Kume is truly an ultimate tokusatsu fan, especially Kamen Rider.
However, her loud shouting drew the ire of many people in the bookstore. She apologized apologetically to both sides, then leaned forward and whispered, "So, what about Kiryu-kun? What does Kiryu-kun think of Fall Guys?"
Dou Tang thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's too mysterious. If I had to say what I think, it's that I'm curious why it hunts those demons and monsters everywhere. Whether they are vengeful spirits or evil spirits, they are all mercilessly defeated by it. There must be some reason for this that we don't know."
He then pointed at Chinatsu Kume: "Besides, Chinatsu Kume, there's no need for you to be so nervous. Look at the other people in the video, they're all fine, aren't they? Some of them have even become fans of Fall Guys! I think it doesn't have any hostility towards you!"
Chinatsu Kume pouted, unaware that someone in the bookstore had already taken pictures of her intimate actions with Todo Kiryu.
………………
"There is."
Lu Zizhen smiled as she looked at her phone. Through her intelligence network, Kume Chinatsu's whereabouts had been exposed, and the coordinates of the bookstore where they were located had been sent to her phone.
She picked up another cell phone on the table and dialed the number again.
"Hello? Hmph... Miss Lu, it's you. You've already found that person?"
The voice on the other end of the phone was a somewhat high-pitched male voice, which sounded very dissatisfied with Lu Zizhen.
“Of course, I’ll send you Kiryu Toudou’s location right now, but this information isn’t free, Kanakawa-kun.” Ryū Tsunemoto fiddled with another phone in his hand and sent the map coordinates.
"You can't touch Kiryu Kaine, but there's another girl... named Kume Chinatsu. Help me cripple one of her legs. She's a minor underground idol, and I'm sure you'll like her..."
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, then a voice said, "Let Kiryu Kaine go, then deal with Kume Chinatsu, is that your price for the information?"
"Yes."
Ryunosuke Kanakawa sneered and said, "Miss Lu, how about I give you the money? Those two from the Kiryu family... must be held responsible for the decline of Onigashima."
Lu Zizhen's face turned cold, and her smile slowly disappeared.
"If you want to try, then be bold, Jin Chuan-kun. Do you know why I've survived this long as an information broker?"
"I don't know, and that's not our business. I'll show you with my actions that Ghost Island isn't something you can order around."
Lu Zizhen lowered her voice and said fiercely, enunciating each word clearly, "I've been able to live comfortably until today because everyone who tried to defy my offer is dead."
silence.
There was a long silence.
After a long while, a new voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Just let Kiryu Kaine go?"
Lu Zizhen smiled with satisfaction and continued, "That's right. As for Kiryu Toudou, hahaha, you can go ahead and cause him trouble. And that girl named Kume Chinatsu, her father is a police inspector and she's also an underground idol. As your first sacrifice when you return to Ikebukuro... isn't that perfect? It should be easy for you to cripple her legs, which are the foundation of her idol career, right?"
“…Miss Lu, as a woman, you are truly a terrifying person.”
"I love it when people compliment me like that."
After hanging up the phone, the sun was setting outside; it was the last moment of evening.
According to Japanese tradition, dusk is called the time of twilight, meaning that demons and monsters are more likely to be seen at dusk, and that evil spirits run rampant after nightfall.
But in modern times, sometimes the hour of twilight means that law-abiding people should go home, especially in such a busy and chaotic city.
After that came a period of chaos.
Those were deep, dark moments, moments when the brilliance of Kamen Rider couldn't reach, but it wasn't just because filming at night was inconvenient.
The nights in Tokyo are a time when even heroes are afraid.
But Fall Guys are no heroes.
Chapter 46. I loved to embrace him, but it felt like falling into an abyss.
What exactly is Kiryu Toudou to Lu Zizhen?
For her, Kiryu Todo was someone she wanted to spend the rest of her life with.
However, that is also the problem.
Lu Zizhen is someone who cannot tolerate becoming ordinary. She came to Tokyo two years ago, almost insane.
He plundered resources from all walks of life and became the businessman with the most extensive intelligence network in the Tokyo area in just one and a half years. At the same time, he also became an exorcist who was unparalleled in popularity.
But one day six months ago, she suddenly disappeared from the ranks of exorcists, and intelligence work slowed down. People felt that this crazy woman had begun to restrain herself, after all, she had already made a big splash in Tokyo with her own abilities.
Only Lu Zizhen herself knew that her restraint was only because Dou Tang would not accept her deeper self, so in order to avoid exposure, she hid herself and concealed her darkest side.
She transformed into a cool, fashion-loving, enthusiastic, and cheerful woman.
She watched Dou Tang transform time and time again, watched him obsessively eliminate those evil spirits, watched him immerse himself in a kind of obsession that outsiders couldn't understand, and her curiosity grew day by day.
One day, as Dou Tang once again brutally and violently killed the evil spirit, she suddenly realized that she had fallen in love with him.
Lu Zizhen's tastes are different from ordinary people's. She likes to uncover her partner's secrets and drag her partner into her world, into her own dark territory. She wants to take her partner to taste dishes that ordinary people simply cannot accept and to experience scenery that belongs only to her.
So she began to slowly explore Dou Tang's heart, and she began to try to understand and peek into this mysterious man.
She began to reveal her identity, telling everyone that she was a Taoist priest.
She quietly pursued the truth behind those evil spirits and suddenly realized the existence of the Crown Game.
She immediately realized that this was a life-or-death game.
The enemies he faces are not ordinary humans, and he can never return to a normal life. In this game, he will face inhuman and extremely cruel evil spirits and demons. If he continues to harbor pointless kindness, then... he will definitely lose.
Just then, Chinatsu Kume appeared.
Chinatsu Kume was like a rope that pulled Todo Kiryu back to the world of normal people, allowing him to see the world of ordinary people again, which was unacceptable to Masashi Michiko.
Before Kume Chinatsu influences him more deeply, before he realizes that he can crave light even in darkness, he must eliminate Kume Chinatsu.
This was Lu Zizhen's consideration.
The appearance of Chinatsu Kume no longer allowed her to pretend that she knew nothing in front of Todoroki Kiryu. The cheerful and mischievous cool girl was the beautiful face that she wanted to present to Todoroki Kiryu, and even only in front of him.
That face was both a deception of Kiryu Todoroki and a reflection of his true nature, one that only he could see.
Only he can see it.
Lu Zizhen was caught in this contradiction. On one hand, she released her remaining kindness and cheerfulness to Kiryu Todoroki, while on the other hand, she wanted to drag him into the abyss she was in.
Perhaps her hostility towards Chinatsu Kume was also a form of jealousy, though she may not have realized it yet.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Zizhen also began to prepare. She contacted Jin Chuan as Miss Lu, but she could not trust that Jin Chuan would really keep her identity a secret.
Ryunosuke Kanakawa would only tell his underlings where Kiryu Todo was, but he would never tell them his sources of information. After all, as the boss, he needed to keep some connections to himself to get things done.
Therefore, only Ryunosuke Kanakawa knew that she was the source of the information.
This means she only needs to make one move.
Wearing a brand new outfit and a mask that completely covers her face, she chose four portable batons instead of a telescopic sword today, two strapped to her legs and two to her upper arms.
Upon arriving at the underground parking garage, she found that there were two parking spaces belonging to her in the apartment building's underground garage. One space was occupied by a Volkswagen Beetle, and the other by four motorcycles.
She chose a bright red Triumph Rocket 3 GT and connected the semi-open helmet to the visor to create a complete helmet.
"Woo!!"
The powerful roar of the engine passed through the hydraulically formed three-manifold exhaust pipe and exploded directly underground, echoing deafeningly in the empty underground garage.
She turned the car around and transformed into a bright red streak, hurtling uphill and crashing headlong into the Tokyo twilight with terrifying force.
Not only her, but many more voices blended into the Oma no Kiosk. On the main thoroughfare from Tokyo to Ikebukuro, hundreds of motorcycles roared and drove recklessly along the street, their engine roars clearly audible even three or four streets away.
Meanwhile, the three, completely unaware of the situation, rested for a while and continued shopping.
They had been shopping for almost a whole day, but the two girls were still full of energy, which puzzled Dou Tang. At home, Huai Yin was always yawning and seemed to never get enough sleep. If Dou Tang were home, he would definitely spend almost all his time with Huai Yin while she slept.
But he was happy to see this. Huaiyin was now radiating a vitality it never had before, which made him feel that Huaiyin was slowly emerging from the shadows and becoming better.
"Brother, how do you like this outfit?"
Huaiyin twirled and jumped out of the fitting room, her light blue dress spinning along with her, like a flower swaying and twirling in the breeze before falling to the ground.
Slightly lifting the hem of her skirt, Huaiyin was excited.
Smiling.
Dou Tang was also very happy, nodded and smiled, "It looks great, but isn't it a bit too similar to the one you picked out this morning?"
"How are they the same!" Chinatsu Kume retorted, while reaching out to lift the cuffs and collar of Huaiyin, saying, "Look, look! The pleated skirt-like design here makes the whole outfit look more complicated, and the cuffs are also more breathable. Plus, the puffy structure at the collar makes the upper body look more upright!"
Huaiyin shyly let him do as he pleased, while Doutang smiled helplessly.
"Okay, if you like it, then buy it. We've already bought so much today, one more won't make a difference."
Huaiyin seemed embarrassed and went back into the fitting room.
At that moment, Dou Tang, with his keen hearing, seemed to hear the loud sound of engines.
He looked up and glanced at the outside of the mall with a puzzled expression, but the engine sound was still far away, so he ignored it.
Just then, a few people walked into the mall. They were dressed in flamboyant clothes and didn't look like good people at all.
The leader looked at his phone, glanced around, and then quickly locked his gaze on Dou Tang, who was standing at the store entrance.
Dou Tang also realized that something was wrong, but he still calmly walked back into the store, grabbed Kume Chinatsu and pulled her over, and then knocked on the door of the dressing room.
"Huaiyin, open the door. You and Kume wait here for a moment."
Huaiyin, who had just changed into her own clothes, curiously opened the door. Doutang pushed Kume Chinatsu, who was still a little confused, inside and said, "Don't make a sound, don't talk. Wait for me to come find you. Huaiyin, use those candies if necessary."
Before the two could answer, Dou Tang immediately closed the door.
Turning around, several biker gang members with profanities written on their white coats and sporting outlandish hairstyles were already standing at the store entrance.
The leader walked into the store arrogantly, swinging a piece of steel pipe in his hand.
"Hey, you must be Kiryu Toudou, right? Come with us!"
Chapter 47 Extremely Brutal
"Go with you? Who are you?" Dou Tang asked curiously.
"We are Ghost Island! People of Ghost Island, are you pretending not to know us?!"
The young man in the lead was furious. His henchmen were threatening the shop's employees, while he took a few steps forward, raised his chin, and looked at Dou Tang provocatively.
Dou Tang narrowed his eyes and said, "Sorry, I don't know you and I'm not interested. If you don't leave, don't blame me for being impolite."
This made the young man pause for a moment, then burst into laughter, turning to his henchmen behind him and saying, "Hey, did you guys hear that? There are eight of us here! He actually said he wouldn't be polite! Did he mispronounce his lines? Hahahaha!"
Dou Tang ignored his provocation and silently reached out to grab the tuft of unruly mohawk hair on his head that was covered in half a bottle of hairspray.
"You! You bastard!"
Having his hair grabbed, the young man from Ghost Island was not going to let it go. He flipped over and hit Dou Tang on the waist with a stick, but Dou Tang did not move at all.
Grabbing the young man's hair and ignoring all his attacks, Dou Tang slowly walked to the glass table.
Then he slammed him onto the glass table.
"I'm giving you five seconds to tell me who you are and what you want from me, or your face will be covered in shards of glass."
The young man was so angry that he was gesturing wildly. The hand that was pressing down on him was not a human strength, but rather like an unshakeable mountain pressing down on his head!
If he used force... I don't even want to think about it!
"Help me! Help me! What are you all standing there for?!"
The henchmen then seemed to wake up from their daze, rubbing their fists and clenching their fists as they came forward, intending to teach Tou Tang a lesson. After all, in their eyes, this Kiryu Tou Tang was just good at racing.
Dou Tang sighed, gave the shop assistant an apologetic look, and then looked at the seven people who had gathered around.
"Take one more step and I'll make my move. Don't say I didn't warn you."
However, as soon as he said this, he suddenly realized that the thugs probably wouldn't understand, so he changed his words: "Don't say I didn't warn you."
Of course, this kind of tough talk had no effect at all, and one of the blond-haired guys rushed up and hit him with a stick.
Dou Tang made a move that shocked everyone.
Faced with the iron pipe coming straight at him, he chose to throw a swift punch, directly... directly at the stick!
This person didn't choose to block or dodge, but instead used his fist to collide with steel?!
Fool!
MM Racing