"The deceased, Nishimura Nobuo, was a member of the designated Boryokudan, the Matori Group. The cause of death was an oblique laceration to the right chest, penetrating the thoracic cavity. Massive pulmonary hemorrhage led to death from respiratory failure."
"The deceased..."
At four in the morning, in a conference room in the Shizuoka Prefecture Police Headquarters building, Uchiha Senmon quietly listened to the forensic examiner's report.
"The deceased, Toriyama Kubo, was an officer of the designated Boryokudan, the Matori Group. A massive wound measuring 23 centimeters was found below the left chest, in the left sixth intercostal space, penetrating the thoracic cavity. Multiple torn skin flaps were present along the wound margins. The heart was missing from the thoracic cavity..."
"Wait, so this officer called 'Brother Kubo' also died from having his heart ripped out?" Uchiha Senmon interrupted the examiner's report and asked thoughtfully.
"Correct."
"Two of the eight charred bodies discovered at the Matori Group headquarters also had their hearts gouged out. Such brutal methods aren't very 'Kamen Rider' at all."
After Kamen Rider was shot and fell into the river, his whereabouts unknown, the police box chief immediately reported up the chain of command, promptly alerting the director of the Shizuoka Prefecture Police Headquarters.
Although the police box chief knew nothing about Supernatural Beings, the highest-ranking bureaucrat in Shizuoka Prefecture's police system knew perfectly well.
Especially since April, supernatural incidents had occurred so frequently that even Tokyo was overwhelmed. As though preparing them for what was to come, the secrecy level had been lowered slightly. Although the information was still strictly withheld from lower- and middle-ranking officers, it was no longer a secret among senior officers in local police forces.
Even so, local police headquarters had no departments equipped to deal with Supernatural Beings.
They could only report