Kamen Rider, but with a wild start.

Shijima, panting heavily with his body hunched over, stared intently at the Golden Drive, who had quickly stood up, but did not launch a reckless pursuit.

The three slowly formed a triangular formation, surrounding the Golden Drive in the center.

Golden Drive turned his head left and right to look at them.

"never mind."

He suddenly unleashed a golden force field, and a sinister laugh rang out: "I have more important things to do now. I'll save the elimination of you for next time!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a wave of energy rippled across the ground, and the Golden Drive transformed into a golden beam of light and disappeared into the sky.

The three raised their hands to block the shockwave. Seeing this, Shijima still anxiously took two steps to chase after it, but the Golden Drive, which disappeared in an instant, was obviously not so easy to catch up with.

"hateful!"

He slammed the signal tomahawk to the ground.

I should have kept chasing them!

After observing his surroundings on guard for a while, and confirming that the Golden Drive had indeed left, Shinnosuke deactivated his transformation.

"Just……"

Shijima also deactivated his armor, and the Chaser Mach armor on his body transformed into a signal motorcycle that flew out, while Shijima flew straight to the hunter not far away.

After retrieving his Chaser signal motorcycle, Hunter glanced at Shijima Tsuyoshi, who was standing there with his head down and whose expression was unclear, and then at Tomari Shinnosuke, who walked up with a headache on his face.

Explaining such matters is naturally left to the latter.

"This matter..."

Tomari Shinnosuke said, “Actually, I didn’t mean to hide it from you. We were worried that you might act too impulsively because we weren’t sure what state Banno Tenjuro was in.”

Shi Dao Gang then looked up at him, his eyes bloodshot, but he stubbornly pursed his lips and remained silent.

“Let’s tell him about that, Shinnosuke,” Kurim said at this moment.

"Yes, I understand."

Shinnosuke Tomari sighed and said to Tsuyoshi Shijima, "Tsuyoshi, do you remember after Brian's incident, you told us that Banno seemed to be acting a little strange?"

Shijima's eyes flickered: "Of course I know. It seems that Manno doesn't know what he did before."

"That's right, that's exactly it..."

Tomari Shinnosuke nodded and then recounted in detail to Shijima Tsuyoshi the entire conversation between Kino and them, this time without any concealment.

After hearing this, Shijima looked at him with disbelief and shock, staring at his waist: "Kurim believes in this kind of thing too?"

"Ah... I didn't believe it before."

Kurim's features drooped: "But undeniably, that child didn't show any malice towards us. He even notified us to prepare before Banno Tenjuro might appear. If he was pretending, I really can't understand his purpose in doing so."

Shijima gritted his teeth: "If that's the case, shouldn't he come back immediately to control Manye's consciousness after he leaves?"

That's where the problem lies.

During their intense battle with the Golden Drive, no one else appeared to be the one to steal the account.

Moreover, they didn't really understand what the connection was between Kino and Banno Tenjuro, and what gave the former the confidence to completely suppress Banno.

What if I can't come back...

There are now three super-evolved mechanical mutants outside, and with the Golden Drive, there are now four super-evolved beings.

Tomari Shinnosuke couldn't help but feel a little worried.

……

……

In the abandoned factory where the "Gord Drive" was previously copied.

Banno Tenjuro arrived here immediately, and in a fit of rage, he inspected every part of the laboratory. Finally, in a fit of anger, he kicked over the damaged experimental equipment.

"Damn it, what did that stupid guy do?!"

He couldn't find the 004 that was still useful.

During the time his consciousness was suppressed deep within the data network, he was completely unable to know what was happening outside, and could only vaguely sense the power of some mechanical mutants.

For Banno Tenjuro, the mechanical mutant 004 is like a trump card, because it possesses Kurim's brain and knowledge, and can help him create the crucial "Sigma" sphere!

This is about whether he can dominate the world!

As Banno Tenjuro was furiously smashing things around to vent his emotions, his gaze suddenly fell on the mechanical device used to copy the Drive drive.

Fragments of memories flashed through his mind, along with his knowledge of optical drives, which he wasn't particularly proficient in.

Banno Tenjuro vaguely realized something, and he quickly exited the transformation form of Gold Drive, looking at his body with trembling hands.

"That...that guy actually..."

Bad news: the body he painstakingly acquired, the "Gord Drive" that could possess other mechanical mutants and rival the divine, was gone, and he became an ordinary mechanical mutant.

Good news: This mechanical mutant is a clone of Kurim, and he himself possesses Kurim's brain.

Enraged, Tenjuro Banno punched through the workbench in front of him.

……

……

a few days later.

The Special Division has completely lost track of Tenjuro Banno, and even the three super-evolved mechanical mutants are temporarily missing.

Since Medic successfully evolved, she no longer pays attention to Hatori Mirei in the hospital, while the latter slowly recovers with the help of her dog.

The Special Cases Department no longer needs to focus on Mirei Hatori's situation, but needs to pay attention to the condition of another white-haired girl who is suspected to be an "experimental subject of mechanical mutation".

The hospital, and the familiar rooftop.

"What--?!!"

Kurim nearly exploded with a sharp sound; although the belt couldn't move, he was still so excited that the entire belt was trembling violently.

"How could you hide something so important from us! Chase, you have an absolutely righteous procedure, who taught you to hide this?!"

While feeling frustrated and disappointed, Kulim also felt a sense of unease, as if his home had been robbed.

The hunter seemed to pause for a moment before saying, "Because he said he only wanted to tell me this, and he trusted me to keep it a secret."

"That would be too reckless! What if he has some ill intentions?"

Kurim was still very excited: "—So what exactly is the thing he left behind that can deal with Banno Tenjuro? Tell me, and I'll keep it a secret for you!"

The hunter: "..."

Mature mechanical mutants won't be fooled by such tricks.

If it weren't for the Special Investigations Division's unusual anxiety lately, the Hunter would have already done his best to reveal what Kino had told him: "He might not be back so soon." As for that thing that had to be kept secret...

Suddenly, his eyes seemed to catch something out of the corner of his eye, so he turned his head slightly to look at the green area of ​​the hospital.

After being frustrated for several days because he couldn't find his target, Shidao remembered that there was a clue at the hospital, so he spent the last few days helping the white-haired girl search for her memories.

Today is the day that girl was discharged from the hospital.

After the two walked out of the hospital, Shijima seemed to say something to the bewildered girl, who then smiled and curved her eyes.

As the hunter watched, his brows furrowed, and the mechanical mutant, who was usually so rigid in his actions, inexplicably felt a complex emotion called "unable to look directly at him."

Then he looked at Kurim in front of him, as if trying to discern something from a belt.

But in the end, he closed his eyes.

No, I can't bear to look at it.

……

Chapter 58 The Least Trustworthy Person

Banno Tenjuro must guard against that consciousness reappearing and suppress it.

So during this period, he had to work on the Sigma Sphere, study digital life, and gather other mechanical mutants.

But without a capable assistant to serve him wholeheartedly, Tenjuro Banno missed 004 more and more. Otherwise, why would he need to research these things himself?

At this moment, a mechanical mutant came to report that they had finally found the traces of Heart's three super-evolved beings.

"Great, we finally found them!"

Upon hearing this news, Banno Tenjuro breathed a sigh of relief, but the next moment he suddenly kicked the mechanical mutant to the ground!

"But the reporting is too slow!"

Banno Tenjuro started beating the mechanical mutant in front of him, venting all his resentment and irritability from the past few days. The mechanical mutant next to him, who was responsible for assisting him, trembled and dared not utter a sound.

Initially, the created mechanical mutants actually had a natural affection for the wild. However, through day after day of torture and experimentation, this innocent feeling was quickly worn away, and the implanted evil heart became more and more active. In the end, the mechanical mutants developed the idea of ​​taking revenge on all of humanity.

So one day, the mechanical mutants rose up in rebellion, and the first humans they took revenge on were the Savages and Kurim, who demonstrated what it meant to pull the plug on an oxygen tube.

Even so, most of the mechanical mutants still held awe and fear towards Tenjuro Banno, and those with slightly weaker strength dared not resist in the slightest.

Those who dared to resist have all been destroyed.

……

……

Golden Drive approached Heart and others.

After receiving the alarm, the Special Investigations Division rushed to the scene, but the battle that had taken place there had already ended, and they had no way of knowing whether the three super-evolved beings had been taken away by Tenjuro Banno.

If this is indeed the case, it would undoubtedly pose a huge threat to humanity, as it would mean that the number of agreements capable of triggering a "global freeze" has been reached.

"Heart and the others are all super-evolved beings, they shouldn't be wiped out so easily."

The Hunter said thoughtfully, "Moreover, even if they fulfill the agreed number, they still need to find a designated place to release this power."

Just then, an exasperated Shidao stepped forward and grabbed him by the collar: "Hey! What else do you know? Can't you just tell me already!"

The hunter's gaze remained calm: "To deal with Banno Tenjuro, we can actually cooperate with Heart and the others."

"You actually want us to cooperate with mechanical mutants? Do you know what those guys are trying to achieve by doing all this?!" Shijima Tsuyoshi's voice suddenly rose.

"Even if Heart wants to launch a global freeze, it will never listen to Banno Tenjuro. Since our current enemies are Banno, why can't we cooperate to fight them first?" The Hunter was just making a rational analysis.

"I will absolutely not fight alongside mechanical mutants!"

Shi Dao yanked his collar off, uttered those words with a gloomy expression, and then turned and left the scene.

The hunter watched him silently as he walked away.

Shinnosuke stepped forward to comfort her, "Chase, don't take it too seriously. He wasn't targeting you."

“Care? Don’t worry, I don’t have human emotions,” the Hunter said seriously.

"No...that's not what I meant..."

Tomari Shinnosuke hesitated, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.

When Hunt copied a human, he did not copy that person's emotions and memories along with them. Therefore, his understanding of emotions is even more naive than that of all mechanical mutants.

If you don't understand emotions, you can't understand what emotions humans express.

Therefore, it is impossible to truly empathize.

After watching Shidao Gang leave with a meaningful look, the hunter went to find another mechanical mutant who was currently with him.

……

Do you know where Wilderness is now?

Why should I tell you something like this?

The white-haired girl with pigtails tilted her head slightly, a cold smile gleaming in her eyes in the darkness, completely different from the innocent and naive persona she feigned during the day.

The Hunter continued expressionlessly, "Where are Heart and the others now? Finding Heart is also Wildlings' goal, so you have no need to hide it from them."

Blood fell silent upon hearing this, his slightly shifting gaze seemingly analyzing the words.

"And when he asked you to stay with us, he must have also said that you should cooperate with the Special Operations Division," the Hunter added.

"..."