Kamen Rider: Prince of Shadows

Chapter 26 I am not the Nobuhiko in your heart

It was another warm dinner. Kaiko Sahara seemed to be trying her best to prepare a sumptuous meal to make up for her inappropriate remarks last time.

Everyone was happy after eating, but in the dead of night, Nobuhiko was lying on his bed with his eyes closed, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

His eyes were filled with scenes of guerrillas dying one after another in order to save him. It was the most realistic war scene. Even for Nobuhiko, who was now fully accustomed to fighting on the battlefield, it was an unforgettable memory.

Because - those people died for him.

Immediately afterwards, the scene changed. After the death of Emperor Clesis, the scene of the explosion in the monster world reappeared. In this way, the scene of the guerrillas fighting and the scene of the destruction of the monster world changed back and forth.

Suddenly, Nobuhiko opened his eyes and sat up suddenly.

There was sweat on his forehead. Without sleepiness, he got out of bed and came to the window. He looked up at the moon outside the window. The bright moonlight filtered through the window and flowed on his face. Nobuhiko murmured:

"I don't know if the moon can be seen in the monster world..."

Nobuhiko still couldn't sit back and do nothing. He had already secretly made a decision in his heart.

The next day, he found Kotaro and explained his thoughts to him. After hearing his thoughts, Kotaro, who was still a little sleepy, suddenly woke up:
"What? Are you going to the monster world? This is absolutely impossible! Nobuhiko, have you forgotten? You almost lost your life last time!"

He didn't know why Nobuhiko had this idea. He had just returned to Earth, but he was going to that dangerous battlefield again. Kotaro even asked angrily:

"What do you think?"

"This is the best choice. From the beginning to the end, we have been passively defending against Clesis' attacks. In the future, Clesis' attacks will become more and more frequent. Instead of passive defense, it is better to take the initiative. Moreover, now that I can freely travel between the monster world and the earth, I have no problem with safety."

Nobuhiko replied very calmly. When he expressed this idea, he had already anticipated Kotaro's reaction, but he still decided to go to the Monster World:
"Besides, the anti-imperial guerrillas also need my help."

"Then I should go. I've been to the Monster Realm several times, and I'm more familiar with the situation there than you are!"

Kotaro shouted loudly, and he was right. Whether he was fighting the Wind Knight or going to the Valley of Miracles to save Xiaotong, he was fighting in the monster world, and Laidron also had the ability to travel through the monster world.

However, Nobuhiko gave objections:

"Reiko, Uncle Sahara, they all need your protection. If I do this, there will be some oversights. There are some things that only you can do, and some that only I can do, and -"

Having said this, Nobuhiko raised his right hand and placed it on his chest. He carefully felt the vitality beating sound inside his chest and said:

"——This is also his wish."

"...Since you said so, you can't go even more. If you have regained your life, do you have to die? No, I will never allow it! This body is Nobuhiko's body!"

Hearing Nobuhiko's words, Kotaro's anger seemed to be completely ignited. He roared loudly, even forgetting that this was the Sahara family and that Uncle Sahara and the others were still in the bedroom.

Facing Kotaro's anger, Nobuhiko remained calm, but his ears also heard the movement from the bedroom.

He shook his head and said calmly:
"I am not the Nobuhiko in your heart, Minami Kotaro."

After that, he turned around and walked towards the door. Seeing this scene, Kotaro immediately wanted to stop him, but at this moment, the bedroom door opened and Uncle Sahara walked in. He looked at Kotaro in confusion. Asked:
"What's wrong?" "It's nothing. I'm sorry to disturb you, uncle, you have a rest."

"It's okay, I got up early, but now it seems that something is wrong with you. Although I don't understand what happened, but... did you have a quarrel?"

Uncle Sahara looked at Kotaro and asked aloud. Under his gaze, Kotaro opened his mouth, but still didn't say anything.

Seeing his appearance, Uncle Sahara came forward and pulled him to sit on the sofa. Then he received two glasses of water and said as he did so:
"Actually, I know everything about you."

"Ugh?"

"You are all fighting against Chrysis, right? Even Nobuhiko is the same. The days when he was missing were also related to Chrysis, right?"

"·····Ok."

Kotaro nodded, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Uncle Sahara's words. Just now, he subconsciously thought that the identities of the two of them had been exposed, but fortunately it was not, because Uncle Sahara and the others actually knew that Kotaro and Clesis were fighting, but I didn’t know he was just RX.

"Because I am worried about Nobuhiko's safety, I don't want him to go to dangerous places. I understand this very well, because we are the same - we have been worried about you since a long time ago."

"Huh? Uncle, I..."

Hearing this, Kotaro was stunned and was about to say something, but Uncle Sahara waved his hand to signal him to stop talking. He walked to him, placed a glass of water in front of Kotaro, took a sip of water and continued:

"When you were fighting Chrysis alone, your aunt and I were worried about you, worried that one day we would see your body, even now."

"uncle·····"

"Do you know why we didn't persuade you?"

Uncle Sahara looked at Kotaro and said seriously:
"Because you are already an adult and have your own thoughts. We cannot interfere. Your path can only be taken by yourself. We respect your choice. Of course, the same goes for Nobuhiko. I understand that you I’m very worried about him and worried about him leaving again, but like you, he has his own ideas and no one can make a decision for him.”

"Independent ideas······"

An idea flashed in Kotaro's mind. At this moment, he suddenly realized his mistake and stood up suddenly:

"Yeah, that's it, he is him, and Nobuhiko is already..."

In the second half of the sentence, his voice was so low that he could not hear clearly. Then, he suddenly raised his head and said to Uncle Sahara:
"I know what to do, thank you, uncle!"

Then, Kotaro turned around and hurried towards the door.

On the other side, Nobuhiko, who was riding a surprised locust on the street, discovered something was wrong at this moment.

"Is this... Chrysis's device?"

Looking at the unknown fluctuations displayed on Clexis's computer in front of him, Nobuhiko frowned, then suddenly accelerated the accelerator and sped towards the place where the fluctuations occurred.

(End of this chapter)