Kamen Rider: Prince of Shadows

Chapter 176 Toru Hojo: I’m no longer at the level of G3! (first update)
"Yes... don't worry, I'm fine. I will go home when this busy period is over. Yes, don't worry..."

In the Metropolitan Police Office, Kaori Ichijo hung up the call with his mother.

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

And just after he hung up the phone, there was a knock on the door - Toru Hojo opened the door, and he came to Kaoru Ichijo with a document bag in his hand.

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

Ichijo Kaoru 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.

It stands to reason that Ozawa Sumiko's achievements have already experienced actual combat considerations. It is not a wise choice to propose a new armor plan at this time, but Hojo Toru is very smart. The V1 manufacturer he invited was Ozawa Sumiko's mentor-Johoku. Professor Takamura of the university.

Just like that, things suddenly became interesting.

And this is also where Kaoru Ichijo is confused. Toru Hojo is now devoted to the V1 project, so how come he has time to come to him?
"Actually, I want to ask your opinion on a few things. What do you think of the V1 plan and the G3-X plan?"

Hojo looked at Kaoru Ichijo and asked seriously.

After experiencing the dock incident, Kaoru Ichijo's status in the Metropolitan Police Department has become even 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 big bosses. Kaoru Ichijo's future is obvious to the naked eye. There is a bright future, and as a practical person, his suggestions also have considerable say in the two plans. Even if Kaoru Ichijo has no intention of participating, the decision-makers will most likely consult his opinions.

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

In response, Ichijo Kaoru gave a very snake-proof answer:

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

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

Although he didn't get the support he wanted, Tohru Hojo was not depressed. He came here for a more important thing:

"One more thing, Mr. Ichijo, I heard that you got the core information about Yajituo and unknown. Is this true?"

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

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

Snakes have their own ways, rats have their own ways. In the Metropolitan Police Department, everyone has their own relationship channels. He did not deliberately conceal the information, but left it to the head of the department to make the decision.

But it's obvious that Toru Hojo wants to know more:

"May I ask, where did this information come from?"

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Kaoru Ichijo became alert instantly. The source of the information involved Godai and Nobuhiko. This was also a secret shared by everyone in the former search headquarters. At least at this point, Kaoru Ichijo would not reveal it to anyone.

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

Kaoru Ichijo guessed that the other party might have some thoughts that he shouldn't have, and his tone became stern.

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

"Actually, I have been sorting out the humans attacked by the unknown recently, and during this process, I noticed something - in fact, before the unknown appeared, people with super powers may have already existed."

"what?"

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

With that said, Toru Hojo handed the document bag to Kaoru Ichijo and continued to explain: "This case has never been solved, but I checked again later and found that his internal organs were damaged by a strange force, but there was nothing on the outside. The scars and the way he died are very similar to... the police officer who was killed in the Aki Sakaki case."

"In other words, superpowers appeared two years ago?"

"Well, the most important thing is that from this we can see that people with superpowers are extremely harmful to society. They may not have the intention to kill, but they hurt other people for various reasons. Because of this , I just want to directly confirm the source of the information, you know, this is something that can change human society."

Hojo Toru's words suddenly made Kaoru Ichijo realize that this elite policeman did have something. All along, Kaoru Ichijo had only been thinking about crimes involving people with evil intentions mastering superpowers, but ignored the possibility of out-of-control superpowers.

Should I be called an elite?Unexpectedly, clues were found from an old case from two years ago.

So let's put it this way...

"Mr. Ichijo, I heard that you are currently investigating the Tianliang incident. I would like to ask, does this have anything to do with people with super powers?"

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

"Well...it's okay to tell you. The crew of the Tianliang seem to have an extremely close relationship with unknown. I recently investigated their current situation and found that many people moved many times in a short period of time, and some people died. Yes, and some people are missing. In short, the investigation has not yielded any results at this stage, and it will take time."

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

In fact, after receiving Nobuhiko's news, he immediately launched a search for the members of the Tianliang. However, he took a few days to recuperate due to the unknown incident, which caused the investigation progress to fall behind a lot.

Hearing Kaoru Ichijo's words, Toru Hojo suddenly understood. He stood up and sincerely thanked Kaoru Ichijo:
"Thank you very much, Mr. Ichijo."

"It's okay, the V1 system also needs to be refueled."

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

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

The previous police investigation was very detailed. The period two years ago happened to be just after the unconfirmed life incident. The police officers handling the case even thought that the unconfirmed body weight was out of the world, but it was later discovered that it was a false alarm.

"If it is really a person with super powers, then we have to re-investigate social relations, but let's continue investigating the Tianliang first."

Kaoru Ichijo put down the document and took out his notebook, which recorded the names and addresses of all the crew members of the Tianliang that he had searched.

Many have already drawn horizontal bars.

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

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

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

Just in time, they bumped into Ozawa Sumiko and others who were about to eat barbecue. Seeing Toru Hojo's appearance, Ozawa Sumiko frowned and asked:
"What's wrong? Our criminal elite seems to be very happy."

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

"Ugh?"

"Forget it, I don't know for sure. Miss Ozawa should continue to study weapons to fight the unknown. However, when the unknown disappears, the G3-X will be of little use. How about becoming a traffic policeman?"

Hojo Toru said mockingly with a smile.

He no longer cares about the identity of the G3 dresser - he is already close to the truth and has escaped the level of fighting and killing of the G3 team.

(End of this chapter)