Masked Rider, but kindhearted

The scene finally freezes on the moment when his wife handed him a hot towel and said angrily: "Why are you so stingy and don't pay him? This child works so hard and steadily."

"Old man, if we had a child, he would be about this age... Let him do more work."

Tendo Souji was about to give Asakawa Shingo a quick death.

"Let go of Asakawa--!!" The angry roar pierced the rain curtain, causing the iron shed to tremble.

Honda Yugoro, the man who always boasted about his bravery in the past but was afraid to step on a cockroach, now held up a folded black umbrella as a weapon and rushed towards the sword-wielding young man, as clumsy as a bear protecting its cubs.

"Asakawa, do you know him?" Tendo Souji put away his sword with some confusion, grabbed the umbrella that was waved towards him with one hand, and threw it aside.

This middle-aged man has a fat belly and an untidy beard. He wears a girlish white strawberry-printed apron under his convenience store employee uniform, which makes him look funny and ridiculous.

He crossed his arms over his chest, his eyes determined as he kept Shingo Asakawa behind him, his legs shaking like sieves.

"...Uncle?" Asakawa Shingo regained his composure for a moment, froze for a moment, then gently pushed him away, turning his back and not daring to look at him. "Run away... while I can still control myself—I'm already a monster!"

Honda Yugoro was pushed several meters away by a strange force. After rolling a few times, he fell to the ground in the distance, his body covered in mud. Due to the violent impact, he felt palpitations and couldn't speak.

Asakawa Shingo, while still able to control his body, quickly replied to Tendo Souji: "It's an underground organization called the Museum that's selling memories!"

"I don't know the rest..." He said as if accepting his fate, "Kill me, I'm probably going to lose control again soon."

"A question: have you ever killed a human?" As he spoke, Tendou Souji used Aladdin's magic book to transform. "If not, I can free you from your monster identity and allow you to live."

Honda Yugoro raised his head and shouted excitedly: "How could a good boy like Asakawa hurt others? Answer him quickly, Asakawa, do you want to die like this?"

Asakawa Shingo lowered his head in silence.

Apart from the regret for doing something wrong and the guilt for letting his uncle down...he has nothing to defend himself.

"You are also a monster. What right do you have to judge the right and wrong of others?!" Honda Yugoro struggled to get up and roared at Tendo Souji.

Tendo Souji did not refute the uncle's words, but just stared at the shark hybrid in front of him seriously, wanting to know his final answer.

"That's enough, uncle—" Asakawa Shingo raised his head and stared at the golden and white Kamen Rider in front of him, spreading his hands to expose his chest, "I have completed my revenge, and also committed an unforgivable sin."

"Kill me...Send those behind this to hell to accompany me."

"I will," Tendō Souji solemnly nodded and promised, activating his ultimate move and drawing his Thunder Sword. "I am a kind-hearted person and cannot bear to see others suffer so much. I will send you on your way now."

【Huang Lei draws his sword】

[Alangina (Aladdin) kills Thunder (Thunder) with one book]!

The monster-like body shattered, revealing its true human appearance. Asakawa Shingo looked at the sword that pierced his chest and smiled with relief.

——Memories of my mother came flooding back like a revolving lantern:

That was the last time I saw my mother.

"There are pickled green plums in the lunch box."

The morning light gilded the white hair on the woman's temples. The malnutrition caused by long-term frugality made her fingers skinny and lost their beauty, but she could still pinch the seaweed rice balls into perfect triangles.

The rice grains always have body temperature, and the rice aroma is mixed with the smell of cheap soapberries.

"Mother......"

In the moment before falling into darkness, he seemed to see his mother standing in the white light in front of him, as beautiful as when she adopted him in her youth, gently combing his hair that was soaked by rain with her fingers.

"Shingo is having a hard time too..." His mother gently put her arms around his neck and patted his back slowly, just like she did when she comforted him when he was a child.

"Thanks......"

Asakawa Shingo squeezed out a final thank you, both to Tendo Souji and to the shop owner.

——The mother and son ran towards the endless darkness with a smile.

Asakawa Shingo turned into dust and dissipated in the rain, as if he had never existed.

The rain gradually subsided.

A blank narrative book floats in mid-air, its pages automatically turning to a fresh page without any wind, revealing a new story:

Against a dark blue background, the shadow of a deep-sea whirlpool emerges from the dark alley covered by heavy rain. A giant shark splits the water surface with its dorsal fin, and opens its bloody mouth to devour the floating debris of a street lamp.

Gluttonous Shark

[Legend has it that at the bottom of the dark abyss lurks a gluttonous shark that devours everything...]

[Its fangs tear flesh, its hunger is insatiable...]

When the blank narrative book closed, the conclusion mixed with the sound of rain flowed out from between the pages:

[The giant shark lurking in the raging waves eventually devoured itself due to its insatiable greed.

The sharp teeth were shattered by the yellow thunder sword light, and the heavy rain could not wash away the sins.

Those who follow the way of heaven return on the waves, leaving only the lamentations of the deep sea sinking into the eternal night.

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Chapter 15: Counting My Sins

After witnessing Asakawa Shingo turn into dust and dissipate, the middle-aged man covered in mud and blood staggered towards the drifting light dust, and the wet corners of his clothes flicked out mud spots in the rain.

He knelt on the ground and stretched out his hands to grab something, even a piece of clothing.

——Just grasping the air in vain.

"If I die...will anyone mourn me like this?"

There is no reason, Tiandao Zongsi thought so, and then immediately denied his idea

"I won't leave easily with regrets."

The middle-aged man knelt on the ground, his head bowed and he burst into tears, repeating over and over again: "That child was clearly trying so hard to stay alive..." He staggered to his feet and questioned Tendou Souji: "Who gives you the right to decide his life or death?!"

Is this a relative or a friend of the shark?

Tendou Souji was speechless, unable to understand his complex emotions, but he felt vaguely uncomfortable in his heart.

Then, Honda Yugoro realized that this was the child's active choice, and finally lowered his head and choked with sobs, "At least... he doesn't have to suffer anymore."

"Is this shark hybrid your relative or friend?" Tendo Souji asked softly.

"His name is Shingo Asakawa, not some shark hybrid!" Honda Yugoro shouted excitedly, then lowered his head. "No, it's nothing... It's just my clerk—it seems he has no relatives anymore."

"Is that so... I'm sorry." Tendo Souji bowed his head and apologized for his behavior.

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Ming Hai Shouji's motorcycle spun out of control and stopped suddenly at the corner of the alley, and the tires left an arc mark on the flooded road.

——After learning about the monster's appearance from his police friend, he rushed here first.

Ming Hai Shouji jumped off the "Tough Guy" motorcycle, leaned sideways and half of his head stuck out from the corner, just in time to see:

A middle-aged man kneeling and crying—and a Kamen Rider wearing armor and holding a golden sword.

‘The way of heaven? ’

Although the transformed form is slightly different from that in the video, he believes that this knight is most likely Tendo Souji.

He came here with the mentality of dealing with monsters, but he didn't see the monsters. Instead, he saw the transformed Kamen Rider pointing a sword at ordinary people!

He didn't have time to think about why Tendo Souji suddenly appeared here after leaving the detective agency. Before he could think, his body moved.

"Stop!" With a roar, Ming Hai Shouji ripped open his windbreaker, took out the memory card, and inserted it into the black lost drive.

Skull Memory!

After Ming Hai Shouji inserted the skull memory, purple-black energy fragments accompanied by a small tornado wrapped around his entire body like poisonous fog and turned into armor.

When the skull visor covered his face, the energy beam carved a lightning-like mark on his forehead like a laser. The mark transmitted energy to make his eyes light up purple, and then both turned black.

A gust of wind blew the white scarf behind him, and he held down his white hat with his hand and walked into the dark alley with the black [Skull Magnum].

"New, new monster?!" Honda Yugoro subconsciously ran behind Tendo Souji and hid.

Seeing his reaction, Shokichi Narumi guessed something about the situation.

"...A new monster?" He lowered his pistol in disappointment.

Tendo Souji looked at this strange man - he looked almost like a monster, the only difference might be that the white hat made him look more elegant.

"Its head is like a skull. It looks like a [Dopant], but it has always protected humans."

"The Kamen Rider who protects humanity on a motorcycle..."

He remembered Shotaro Sae's words, looked up at Narumi Shokichi and asked, "Kamen Rider Skull?"

Ming Hai Shouji was stunned.

Honda Yugoro looked up at the golden knight and the strange creature in front of him, his expression horrified—what was going on?! He had thought this golden knight was at least not a bad guy, so why did he seem to know this new monster?

He was hiding behind Tendo Souji and quickly took a few steps back to stay away from the two dangerous men.

"It seems these two people have misunderstood something..."

"These memories seem to cause people to lose control and run wild. Does Kamen Rider Skull have any sense?"

"Question—" Tendou Souji drew out his holy sword and questioned Ming Hai Shouji. He did not want to fight in vain, "Have you ever killed a human?"

"Were you forced to become a monster...and are you able to control your own sanity?"

Ming Hai Shouji smiled bitterly and said: "I just want to protect this city. Many people died in my hands for this." He raised his gun and pointed it at Tendou Souji and questioned,

"Who are you anyway... You should be able to just destroy the memory without killing anyone - why is there nothing left here!?"

Thinking of the name I gave myself as a joke...

"Kamen Rider Brand," Tendo Souji replied, "It seems that you can control this power..." He sighed, "Those who commit sins must be killed. I will not hesitate."

"This name is indeed the way of heaven..."

Ming Hai Shouji thought of his partner who died at his hands, and said with some pain: "Some people's minds are corroded by memories..."

"So what? Shouldn't he be killed?" Tiandao Zongsi said as a matter of course.

Although he knew he was right, the other party's indifferent tone still made Ming Hai Shouji feel uncomfortable.

Tendou Souji questioned, "Can it be forgiven for destroying countless families after the monster went out of control because its mind was corrupted by the memory? Can you make the decision on behalf of those victims?!"

Ming Hai Shouji subconsciously retorted: "Of course I didn't mean that!"

He couldn't help but recall the night he saved Shotarou many years ago. At that time, he decided to retire because he had killed his partner who had become a doped body. It seemed that they had a similar conversation:

"...If I fight seriously, they will die, even if they have sold their souls to memories. Those impure beings were originally humans in this city."

"But even if you close your eyes, someone will die, and they'll be a kind person. This night is no exception..."

Upon hearing his rebuttal, Tendou Souji said coldly, "That's it. I've confirmed that he has killed innocent people. So, I will uphold my justice and ask you again - have you ever killed innocent people?"

"Let's test whether he is truly aware enough..."

Ming Hai Shouji thought so and shook his head to deny it.

He adjusted the white hat on his head and approached Tendo Souji with his gun raised:

"First, they have entered Hell to fight, and have buried countless of their fellow human beings.

He glanced at the middle-aged man who was trembling and retreating behind Tendou Souji, and continued:

"Secondly, because of its ugly appearance, it frightened His Excellency. Thirdly, I failed to protect everyone, causing this city to weep."

"I have counted my sins, do you want to fight me?"

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【Counting the Sins】: Famous lines from Kamen Rider W

"Sarah, count your sins."