Kamen Rider: Prince of Shadows

Chapter 290 happy birthday (first update)
Mengmeng Town is also a city full of legends.

Kogami Mitsuo's status in this city is like Sonosaki Ryubei's to Fudu, or even worse.

After all, the Hongshang family has been rooted in this land for thousands of years. In modern times, the Hongshang Foundation has become the city's leading group, involved in all aspects of people's lives.

But this city also has extremely interesting scenery - special vending machines dotted throughout the city.

These vending machines have no response to coins and will be ejected after being put in. The owner of these vending machines is the Hongshang Foundation.

No one knows why Hongshang Foundation did this, because it has no impact on the lives of ordinary people, and the result is just an interesting urban legend.

When Nobuhiko and Maria arrived at Yume Town, they were greeted by a beautiful woman in uniform with a hot figure and cold appearance.

After seeing them arriving, she immediately greeted them:
"You are a guest of Consortium X, I am Li Zhong from Hongshang Foundation. President Hongshang sent me to pick you up."

When she said this, her expression did not change at all, it was still so plain, as if she was just coping with the task.

"Please come with me."

After saying that, without waiting for the two of them to reply, Li Zhong turned around and opened the car door.

Seeing this scene, Maria frowned slightly, but then she relaxed and shook her head helplessly:
"Honggami Mitsuo is as difficult to deal with as the legend says, even a secretary is like this."

"interesting."

Nobuhiko suddenly laughed.

Maria looked at him with some doubts after hearing this.

"That woman can probably handle several masquerades with her bare hands, that's about it."

Nobuhiko said casually.

Then he walked straight into the car. Maria was stunned for a moment, but then shook her head. Compared to Satonaka's own identity, that little bit of force was nothing.

The car started and sped towards the headquarters of Hongshang Foundation.

Along the way, Li Zhong concentrated on driving and did not speak. From a normal perspective, this secretary was obviously not very qualified.

But it is obvious that both Nobuhiko and Maria are more concerned about the meeting with Kogami Mitsuo.

In this way, the three of them arrived at the headquarters of Hongshang Foundation, walked into the magnificent group building, took dozens of elevators, and arrived at Hongshang Guangsheng's office.

"President, I have brought you here."

"Oh, thank you for your hard work, Sataka."

Kogami Mitsuo nodded, looked at Maria and Nobuhiko in front of him, and spread his hands:
"Welcome, Miss Maria from Consortium X, and Moon Shadow-kun, I didn't expect you to come to my place."

However, compared to her enthusiasm, Maria's expression was a little weird. It was because President Kogami's dress was too outrageous - as the king of Yume Town, Kogami Mitsuo was wearing an apron and a chef's hat in his office. , holding a stainless steel basin and egg beater in his hand, giving the office a kitchen atmosphere.

Nobuhiko had known about this for a long time, so he was not surprised. Maria, on the other hand, had only heard about the unique hobbies of Kogami Mitsuo, but now that she saw it with her own eyes, what should I say... There is an indescribable weird feeling.

But fortunately, Maria didn't care about this, she said directly:

"President Hongshang, I am here to discuss the specific cooperation details for core coins."

"I'm ready for all this, Satonaka."

"Please come with me."

Satonaka looked at the time, expressionlessly took out the documents he had prepared, and said to Maria.

Hearing this, Maria frowned slightly, glanced at Honggami Mitsuo, and followed him.Nobuhiko and Kogami Mitsuo were the only ones left in the entire office.

Then Hongshang Guangsheng picked up the spatula, picked up the whipped cream, and spread it carefully on the cake base.

"We meet again, Yueying-kun. It seems that you have taken another step towards realizing your desires."

"Thank you for your consideration, but what do you mean by my desire..."

Nobuhiko asked with a smile.

No matter which aspect you look at, Hongami Mitsuo appears to be extremely mysterious. You could say he is a villain. Whether it is the movie version or the TV show, he is firmly on the side of ooo. And if you say he is a decent person, a lot of things in the movie version are... He did it.

All in all, he feels like a guy who likes to cause trouble.

"Who knows, I just feel the strong desire in your heart, but what makes me feel strange is that this desire does not seem to be the most fundamental thing in you."

Hongshang Mitsuo said with some regret, but he kept moving his hands, carefully decorating and decorating the cake.

"But it doesn't matter to me. What I like to see the most is the moment when the person who desires desires realizes his desires. So, Nobuhiko-kun, no, congratulations on taking the first step."

With that said, Kosami Mitsuo inserted candles into the newly made birthday cake, lit them for Nobuhiko one by one, and then congratulated Nobuhiko loudly:

"Happy Birthday!"

"Emmm, thank you very much. I will never forget your cake last time. Phew——"

Nobuhiko blew out the candles in one breath, and returned to the desk with the cake, picked up the spoon and started using it without ceremony.

Looking at Nobuhiko who was eating with gusto in front of him, Kogami Mitsuo raised his eyebrows and asked Nobuhiko:
"Then, please explain it to me, Nobuhiko-kun - what do you want to do when you come here?"

"Well... As you said, I am also working hard on the road to realizing my own power, and there are things in this city that interest me, so..."

"Your goal is...ooo?"

Having said this, Kogami Mitsuo sat on the chair, crossed his legs, and his eyes became serious.

Ooo is a necessary tool for him to realize his desires, and he does not allow others to get involved.

"Target? No, I've offended enough Kamen Riders. I don't need to find a new one now. I'm just more interested in core coins, such as Greed."

Nobuhiko responded while eating the cake.

Hearing this, Hongshang Mitsuo's face softened:

"Interesting, do you also want to explore the secrets of ancient alchemy? It seems that I will see different desires..."

Meanwhile, in the next room.

Satonaka handed a stack of information to Maria, then looked at the time and said to Maria:
"This is our request. We can discuss the details tomorrow."

"Are you in a hurry?"

"Well, I'm a punctual get off work person, there's still half an hour before I get off work."

"Exactly, me too."

Maria smiled slightly and took out a stopwatch:
"Since each other's time is precious, let's resolve it as soon as possible."

ps: The second update of the brother’s college entrance banquet will be later today, and will be updated in the afternoon.
(End of this chapter)