Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 132 Card Sleeve

The Dragon Rider universe.

Xia Chuan opened his eyes in the light, and there was a glass wall right in front of him.

His face was still reflected in the mirror, except that he was wearing a professional suit jacket and a work ID was hanging in front of him.

"Shinji Kaminari..."

The name hasn't changed.

The surrounding area appeared to be a shopping mall, with pedestrians coming and going. Xia Chuan glanced around and then carefully examined the items on his person.

Entering the Dragon Rider Time and Space is one thing, entering the Mirror World is another.

Ordinary people cannot enter the Mirror World, nor can they survive in it. Even if they accidentally enter, they will quickly disintegrate and disappear. Only by transforming into a Mirror World Knight can one move around normally inside, and even then, the time spent inside is not particularly long.

Correspondingly, the monsters of the Mirror World cannot exist here for long, so they spend most of their time stalking their prey in the mirror and only reveal themselves to attack when they find an opportunity.

He now needs the identity of a Mirror World Knight to take action.

but……

He does not have the card packs used by the Riders of the Dragon series.

All the riders here belong to the same Kamen Rider system, and their transformations and battles are controlled by a server-like core.

The key transformation item is a card holder that sends a message to the "server" to summon the belt.

Using skills also involves reading cards and uploading them to the "server".

Unlike Blade, the knights here can basically only use their own matching cards. Otherwise, even if the card is successfully read, the "server" will only consider it as a request from the other party, which is equivalent to reading the card for the other party.

The person who controls the "server" is Kanzaki Shirou, the developer of the Knight System, a boss-like figure in this world.

This place can actually be described as the world of the Kanzaki siblings.

Shiro Kanzaki developed the Knight System in order to collect life force to save his sister.

The Knight Card Sleeves are given to humans with their own desires who are willing to gamble with their lives. As the Knights fight and grow stronger, their life energy is concentrated and eventually transformed into new life.

To this end, Shiro Kanzaki lied to the public, claiming that the final victor could have all their wishes granted.

Those who are persuaded to become knights will fight endlessly, until they die.

Because the Knight system itself has its own traps, each Knight has their own transformation contract beast. If they don't kill other monsters in the Mirror World to collect life force, the Knight will be devoured by their own contract beast.

It was a true devouring, not just a loss of control like the Plum Blossom Knight.

In order to better control the battles and maintain the Mirror World, Kanzaki Shirou even gave up his physical body and became a creature of the Mirror World, using his agents to intervene in the Riders' battles when necessary.

"call!"

Xia Chuan briefly reviewed the information about "Dragon Rider" and also basically figured out his own identity.

He is a reporter at the same newspaper as Shinji Kido, the protagonist of "Ryuki".

He had nothing on him except a voice recorder, camera, paper, pen, and wallet, and of course, no card case as a symbol of the Knights of the Mirror World.

Unfortunately, his luck wasn't very good, and he didn't become a knight directly.

The only option is to look back and see if there are any sets of items that are not yet bound to a contracted beast in their initial state.

Otherwise, he can't do anything.

"Found the location, Kaminaga-senpai!"

A young man with long hair shouted loudly from across the mall, looking extremely excited. Before Xia Chuan could respond, he ran over.

As he passed a shop display stand, the young man suddenly tripped and fell, causing a series of plates to crash and shatter into a pile of pieces.

Hiss, this guy...

"Bang--!"

Security booth in the shopping mall.

Xia Chuan's eyes twitched as he settled the compensation and looked at the long-haired youth who had his head down.

This guy is Shinji Kido, the protagonist of "Ryuki," but he hasn't become Kamen Rider Ryuki yet. He's clumsy and gets into trouble as soon as he arrives.

"I'm sorry, senpai," Shinji Kido opened his mouth, his face full of bitterness, "I'll pay you back when I get my salary."

"We'll see when the time comes."

Xia Chuan shook his head secretly.

Luckily he had money on him, otherwise he would have lost face along with this guy.

"What did you mean when you said you found the location?"

"It's that missing person named Koichi Sakakibara! I found his apartment," Shinji Kido said excitedly. "It's in Hakusan, Bunkyo Ward, not far from here."

"Koichi Sakakihara..."

Natsukawa followed the energetic Shinji Kido out of the mall.

This guy found the card set somewhere, but it seems he hasn't gotten his hands on it yet.

We can at least follow along and see how things go.

Since he was in debt, it was reasonable to lend him the box.

"Kanaga-senpai," Shinji Kido said, feeling uncomfortable under her gaze, "What's wrong with me?"

"It's alright, you can lead the interview today."

Xia Chuan had already checked the newspaper's website.

He appears to have replaced a senior reporter at the newspaper, and is now mentoring Shinji Kido, who is also a trainee reporter.

It's the same old routine of seniors mentoring newcomers.

However, he had no experience as a journalist, nor was he interested in it.

Let Shinji Kido find the initial set first.

"You seem a bit strange today, senpai," Shinji Kido muttered to himself, then took the initiative to ride his bike ahead and lead the way.

Bunkyo District.

Shinji Kido found the apartment manager and went upstairs with Natsukawa via the escalator in the outer corridor.

The apartment building looked very old, and there wasn't a single resident in sight, seemingly because of an incident that had occurred there.

"This is a real headache. The police are completely unreliable, and we're not collecting rent. Please help us."

"Don't worry, we will definitely find out the truth."

Shinji Kido confidently assured the old building manager, only to turn around and find Natsukawa standing at the top of the stairs.

"senior?"

"call!"

A cold, damp air blew through the hallway.

Xia Chuan looked up at the glass of the tall building across the street and could vaguely see a long, deep red dragon swimming in the reflection of the mirror.

The dragon rider's contracted beast.

It seems the location is correct; the initial set of boxes is indeed here.

"Kamiyaga-senpai?"

Shinji Kido called out in confusion, and after seeing Natsukawa enter the stairwell first, he followed in a daze.

The senior colleague today seems like a completely different person.

"This is it."

The old man who was in charge of the building took out a bunch of keys and opened the door.

The small room was dimly lit, and newspapers were pasted all over the windows.

"I was thinking of tidying up the room, but it looked so creepy that I didn't do anything..."

"Leave the rest to us."

Xia Chuan narrowed his eyes slightly and went straight into the room.

Almost all reflective surfaces were covered with newspaper, with only one exception.

The blinds had a large hole in them, and the newspaper pasted on them was torn, as if something had rushed out of the mirror.

"It feels a little scary," Shinji Kido said, a chill creeping down his neck. He tore off a piece of newspaper in confusion. "Why would someone do something like this?"

Xia Chuan picked up the black starter kit that had fallen to the ground and glanced out the window again.

The red dragon was still roaming outside, its restless energy growing stronger, clearly having its eyes on this place.

If nothing unexpected happens, the tenants here shouldn't be missing, but rather swallowed by this monster dragon.

These monsters in the Mirror World need to devour the life energy of other monsters or humans to survive, and those who possess the set are more vulnerable to attack.

"Shinji, wait for me outside."

Xia Chuan drew back the curtains and went to the balcony.

The red dragon's silhouette in the glass of the opposite high-rise building became clearer, circling back and forth several times, seemingly instinctively wary, yet unwilling to give up just like that.

Xia Chuan's life energy was incredibly vigorous, like a torch burning brightly in the dark night.

After circling once more, the red dragon finally couldn't hold back any longer and roared as it suddenly burst out of the Mirror World.

"roar!"

"Huh? Why...?"

Before Shinji Kido could react, he turned around and saw the red dragon swooping down towards Natsukawa from outside the balcony.

"senior!"

"Bang--!"

Xia Chuan picked up the box in his hand, focused his mind, raised his arm, and a circle of telekinetic light greeted the red dragon.

I probably won't write too much about Dragon Knight.

(End of this chapter)