Phantom Thief Lupin

While Caza and the Police Robot were fighting.

"See? Even when giant-sized, she maintains her rationality."

Bai Wu Si's voice was filled with temptation, "How is it? Very convenient, isn't it? No need for expensive Heavy Machine Monsters, just a small fruit, and these aliens can transform into immense combat power themselves."

"Hmph, it's just a coincidence that this alien has high combat power. Those without fighting strength are still weaklings even if they're giant-sized. Not like Heavy Machine Monsters, which can be equipped with various weapons."

Though tempted, Yabu's merchant nature still led him to prolong the negotiation by devaluing the product to drive down the price.

"Don't be in a hurry, I don't just have this one type of merchandise. The important thing now is whether you want to cooperate with me."

Yabu was silent for a long while, then asked another question.

"Who exactly are you? Possessing such methods, you absolutely cannot be a newcomer unheard of in our circles."

The smile on Bai Wu Si's face seemed unchanging, and Yabu's question did not surprise him.

"Surely the previous murderers who bought robots from you must know that there have been changes on the Police Warriors' side."

"You mean... Kamen Rider?"

"Indeed, that fellow is chosen by the Demon King, and sooner or later will become the Demon King of this universe, dominating everything. Therefore, for my Lord Savior, I must eliminate this hidden danger early."

When saying the words "Lord Savior," Bai Wu Si's tone changed slightly.

Fortunately, Yabu did not suspect anything, instead thinking that Bai Wu Si was simply being devout.

But meow meow meow?

The Demon King gathered with the Police Warriors of the space police?

The Savior seeking cooperation with the universe's largest arms dealer?

Yabu suddenly felt that cooperating with Bai Wu Si might not be a good idea; his brain seemed to have some issues.

But then he understood. Some villains, when acting, always disguise themselves as the righteous side, like "Justice by Name."

Motivation didn't matter. In Yabu's heart, money was the most important thing. As long as Bai Wu Si could bring him benefits, he didn't care if it was the Savior or the Demon King.

"To show my sincerity, let me first upgrade your robot."

Bai Wu Si took out a small purple bat-like car in his hand.

***

"From left to right, they are Five-Star, Triangle, Square Frame, and Ripple."

Four cards were laid on the conference table. Xing Tre Con glanced at them and accurately named the patterns on them.

"Not bad at all."

"Not just not bad, Hua Nai, Xing Tre Con is simply too amazing!"

Ban said, shaking his head with innocent simplicity.

"Then do you want to try?"

Hua Nai collected the cards, then shuffled them.

"Forget it, Ban, psychic cards aren't suitable for simple players like you."

"You go, you try."

"Then let's all guess, what is this card?" Hua Nai drew a card and slapped it onto the table.

"Cube."

"I guess Five-Star."

"I guess Ripple."

"Then I guess Triangle."

The other four guessed before Xing Tre Con, then looked at him, because they thought Xing Tre Con definitely knew the answer, so they wanted to guess first.

Xing Tre Con couldn't help but chuckle, not answering directly, but patting Hua Nai's shoulder.

"I didn't realize you were quite good at drawing manga."

Hua Nai also showed a knowing smile and flipped the card over.

"Too bad, it's a picture of Xiao Mai taking a bath."

The card showed a Q-version Xiao Mai soaking in a bathtub, surrounded by three adorable little ducks.

"Oh—Oh—A Heavy Machine Monster has appeared in Plaza 57!"

The alarm suddenly blared, and the Police Warriors quickly mobilized.

The Heavy Machine Monster was fundamentally red, and compared to an attacking style, this one looked more like a giant toy.

Its left hand was a large fist, and its right hand was a large pincer.

Unlike the others, its chest, head, and important joints were all equipped with hemispherical radars.

"Execute the arrest immediately," Xiao Mai had just given the order.

The radar on the Heavy Machine Monster's head instantly disappeared, along with the skyscraper it was facing.

"What are you doing, you scoundrel! Sen, Hua Nai!"

Seeing this scene, Ban immediately flew into a rage, combining the headlights of the Police Armored Vehicle and the blade from the Police Transport Vehicle's garage to form the Judgment Sword, attaching it to the left side of his vehicle.

Sen first shot out ropes to bind the Heavy Machine Monster. Ban executed a blade sweep, his vehicle and the Judgment Sword standing upright, charging rapidly towards the Heavy Machine Monster.

If this strike landed, it would surely split the Heavy Machine Monster in two.

"Swoosh—Swoosh—"

The Heavy Machine Monster's eyes suddenly flashed. Hua Nai felt strange, and her peripheral vision caught sight of a young boy beneath the Heavy Machine Monster's feet.

The boy seemed to sense it too, turning to look at her. That gaze instantly reminded Hua Nai of her own childhood.

Just as the Heavy Machine Monster was about to be destroyed, it, like the skyscraper before, instantly vanished.

"To use telekinesis to change position and escape, this guy's fighting spirit is quite something."

"Could the skyscraper also have been moved somewhere by telekinesis?"

Hua Nai nimbly jumped out of her vehicle, and likewise, couldn't find the boy.

So the group could only search for the skyscraper first, but it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Just then, a red two-seater sports car sped up from behind Hua Nai's and the Police's vehicles.

The sports car's exterior was full of technological flair, with two tires mounted on its rear compartment.

"Xing Tre Con? This car is very cool."

When the sports car pulled alongside the Police vehicle, Ban saw Xing Tre Con in the driver's seat.

"Yes, this is the Dorset Lang Hao. We received a report that the vanished skyscraper appeared at Nagano Yano amusement park. I'll go with you."

By the time they arrived, dusk had already fallen.

Xing Tre Con and the Police Warriors found the skyscraper in a dense forest. The stark contrast in styles created an eerie atmosphere.

Carefully approaching the skyscraper with flashlights, they found that hundreds of people inside the building had all disappeared.

"It always feels so creepy, huh?"

Xiao Mai stumbled forward, suddenly feeling as if her foot had hit something. She picked it up to examine it, and it was a model of a man in a black suit.

"This is a model."

Sen also crouched down, examining it.

Meanwhile, Ban, completely fearless, walked ahead and made a similar discovery.

However, his was a model of a woman in a pink business suit.

Swish!

A black shadow darted past them. Ban and Xiao Mai immediately felt their hands lighten.

"Who's there!"

They quickly drew their guns, pointing them at the figure standing on the desk.

Under the flashlight's beam, they clearly saw the person's attire.

A tall white top hat, inlaid with a pigeon-egg-sized green gem, a matching white suit, and a long black cape.

The man, roughly in his twenties, was carefully examining the two models in his hands, with no intention of answering.

But Xing Tre Con immediately called out the newcomer's identity.

"Dong Tiao... or perhaps, Kamen Rider Lupin."

"Kamen Rider?"

Xing Tre Con's innocent words startled the group, then Ban chuckled and said:

"Could he be our new instructor?"

"No, he is the phantom thief of the century who once shook the world under the name 'Supreme Lupin.' He later abandoned his human identity. Although he has never harmed humanity, he ultimately caused trouble for Kamen Rider. He is a character who is both good and evil."

Xing Tre Con's tone was a little serious. This was the first time the group had seen Xing Tre Con like this, and they couldn't help but raise their guard.

At the same time, they also realized that a phantom thief, wasn't that just a thief?

By any measure, he was on the opposite side of the Police.

"Are you the little brat chosen by Shi Wang? You know quite a lot, but I'm not interested in you."

Dong Tiao finally put down his hands, looking at Xing Tre Con with a smile.

"I heard this skyscraper instantly moved so far, and thought there might be some treasure inside. What a waste of my quick arrival, only to find this kind of thing."

"These aren't ordinary models. I just used Mind Reading Art on them and saw their memories of being turned into models by an alien."

"What! Those are humans!"

Xiao Mai raised her gun slightly, warning Dong Tiao, "Quickly return the models!"

Dong Tiao raised his hands, observed them again, and as if thinking of something, suddenly sneered:

"I didn't expect it to be a cosmic resin collector with a penchant for hoarding. Hmph, to be hidden in a house full of discarded collections, I don't want them. Here, take them."

Dong Tiao tossed the two models high towards the group's backs, immediately attracting everyone's attention. When they picked up the models and turned around, they found that Lupin had vanished without a trace.

Only his words still echoed in the air.

"I know what the true treasure is. Let's see who can find it first!"

***

In the arena, after collecting the trash, the Bing Shou boy who appeared at the scene today returned home.

A teddy bear was waiting for him there, praising him for doing well, saying that if he did it just one more time, it would take him off Earth.

Inside the Police base, they originally thought only two people had been turned into models, and the others were unaccounted for.

But Lupin's words gave Sen a new idea.

"Hidden in a house of discarded collections, does that logically mean there are other hidden collections?"

Sen pondered, flipping through the thick list of missing personnel, until he saw two pairs of extremely similar data.

"I understand! So that's it. They were discarded because they were duplicates!"

Sen suddenly shouted, then held up the data and explained to the group:

"The culprit first turned everyone into models, but there were two pairs of twins in this skyscraper, so the models created were identical. And the culprit only needed one of each identical model!"

"I will immediately search the current spatial risk files for culprits with collecting habits."

"Right, one more thing: that guy's hair looked like octopus tentacles, and his overall appearance was like a green frog, with very large eyes."

Xing Tre Con described what he saw in the models' minds.

Soon, they locked onto the alien Ke Wu Da, Chuang Shang Neil, age 10708, but still spoke with a child's tone, an extremely, extremely wealthy criminal.

At this moment, the alarm blared again. The Heavy Machine Monster reappeared in the Fifth District.

As they set out, Hua Nai suddenly pulled Xing Tre Con aside and told him about the boy she had seen.

"So, I want to ask for your help. If that child appears again, I want to talk to her. If it comes to fighting, I'll rely on you. Please!"

Hua Nai clasped her hands and bowed deeply to Xing Tre Con. This was the first time Xing Tre Con had seen Hua Nai like this.

As a psychic, she always avoided direct contact with others. Perhaps it was because they were both psychics that Hua Nai treated Xing Tre Con specially.

Xing Tre Con withdrew his hand, patted Hua Nai's head, and helped her up.

"Go ahead and do what you need to. If there's anything else you need help with, remember to speak up anytime!"

***

Fifth District, the Heavy Machine Monster's target this time was a school.

This time, the Police Warriors directly used a special combination. The one who happened to be the Police Wild Vehicle was Xing Tre Con, because Hua Nai indeed found Bing Shou on the school's athletic field.

Seeing Hua Nai, Bing Shou took off running, and the two, one chasing and one fleeing, left the area.

The Police Robot first unleashed a barrage of fire on the Heavy Machine Monster, then pulled out its Rotor Handcuffs.

Because the whereabouts of hundreds of hostages were unknown, they couldn't directly destroy Chuang Shang Neil; they could only capture him.

"I've been waiting for this moment!"

Inside the Heavy Machine Monster's control room, Chuang Shang Neil looked at the Rotor Handcuffs.

This round disk was specially custom-made by Yabu for him. Its full-body radar could receive Bing Shou's telekinetic displacement ability, then project it through the radar on its head.

However, each use required Bing Shou to recharge it once. Now that Bing Shou had been scared away by Hua Nai, he only had one more school displacement prepared.

The radar on its head flashed, and the handcuffs in the Police Robot's hand instantly vanished, only to reappear a second later, cuffed to its own hands.

"What? Bao Er, how can this be?"

"I don't know either!"

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Heavy Machine Monster quickly burrowed underground.

Not far away, staring at the Heavy Machine Monster, Dong Tiao adjusted his tall hat, revealing a smile.

"I've caught your little tail again."

In a dimly lit room, dozens of shelves were filled with various balloons. Chuang Shang Neil wrapped the last two models in colored cloth. The metal card on their stomachs flashed, and the models turned into balloons.

"My collection of human planet models is almost complete."

"Is that so? I think you won't be able to finish it, because this treasure is mine."

A sudden voice startled Chuang Shang Neil, but the next moment he was filled with rage.

Dong Tiao stood before him, holding a cross-shaped Staff Scepter in his hand, which was precisely the tool he used to turn humans into models.

"Who are you, you scoundrel! Give me back my Staff Scepter!"

"Kamen Rider Lupin, a phantom thief!"

"How could this be!"

Chuang Shang Neil shot out a bolt of lightning.

Dong Tiao put away the Staff Scepter, then took out a golden Lupin Treasure, pressing his left hand onto its barrel.

Dong Tiao swung the Lupin Treasure. Countless gemstone projections appeared in the air, forming a gemstone shield that blocked the attack.

Dong Tiao also completed his transformation: a red body, golden armor inlaid with various gems, a head shaped like a top hat, and a half-length cape extending from his back, symbolizing a powerful figure.

Lupin flicked his cape, a blue light flashed, and Chuang Shang Neil's body was sealed as if in a flattened film reel, completely unable to move.

"Don't worry, I don't like killing. The Police Warriors will play with you. If you want your things back, come find me anytime!"

Leaving a mocking remark, Lupin left the room.

Not long after he left, the restraint was also lifted.

"Damn it, damn it!!!"

Chuang Shang Neil furiously and powerlessly punched the ground, venting for a while, then took out his phone.

"Hello, is that Yabu...?"