Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 73, 2nd place on the list of knights

"Swish, swish, swish!"

The streets of Tokyo were drizzling with rain at night.

As Xia Chuan walked through the streetlights in his dark Kiva form, a sealing barrier flew out from beneath his feet, immobilizing the last two fleeing rat-shaped blood demons. An explosion of electricity instantly tore the rat-shaped blood demons to shreds.

The second rat nest was wiped out.

Xia Chuan stopped in the rain and took a moment to check the information on the panel.

There were some gains, but there was absolutely no progress at level 3.6.

"Hey, Kaminari!" Fang Bat II suddenly called out, "Isn't there someone over there?"

"How many times have I told you, don't call me by my name in public."

Xia Chuan looked in the direction and found a figure lying in the rain. The figure's clothes were tattered and stained with blood, and pale wounds could be vaguely seen. It seemed to have been attacked by a rat-shaped blood demon.

"Crossing?"

As Xia Chuan approached, he was surprised to find that the person who had been attacked was the student he had met during the day.

It appears they have been ambushed by a second wave of rat-like vampires.

"It's that kid," the second Fang Bat recognized Wataru. "What should we do with him? Leave him here to die?"

"Hmm!"

Wataru's fingers twitched slightly, and he vaguely heard people talking about him. He tried to look up, but his vision was blurry. He could barely see the dark Kiva suit and legs before everything went black and he lost consciousness again.

In the end, all that could be heard was the sound of rain getting louder and louder.

……

"Dark Kiva?!"

The next day.

As Du slowly opened his eyes in the sunlight, he regained consciousness and sat up abruptly, then gasped in pain from the tearing wound.

After a while, Du finally recovered and cautiously looked around the room. He was puzzled when he realized it was just a residential living room.

He remembered that he seemed to have encountered Dark Kiva at the end, so how did he end up in a place like this?

Were you rescued?

Despite the pain, Du got off the sofa and suddenly heard the sound of running water from the kitchen, and the aroma of fried eggs wafted out through the cracks.

My stomach started growling uncontrollably.

"Gurgle!"

"Are you awake?"

Xia Chuan opened the kitchen door and saw Du nodding in greeting.

"We didn't have much food, so we just bought a few eggs from nearby and made do with that."

"Mentor Shenyong?"

Du's expression grew increasingly confused.

"How could it be a mentor...?"

"You're lucky. I happened to be passing by yesterday and saw you lying on the roadside, so I brought you here first. This used to be my place."

Xia Chuan first tasted the fried egg.

"How did it get like this?"

"I accidentally fell for it."

Du blushed slightly and turned her head away, then quickly asked in confusion.

"Mentor, didn't you see anyone else?"

"No, what's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing."

Du lowered his head to finish the fried egg in front of him.

Ouch, it's a bit spicy.

"Really nothing?"

Xia Chuan glanced at Du a few more times.

"Speaking of which, your past is too strange. The only real records are from the last 3 years, and your medical examination data has never been entered... Moreover, you are the only person who survived the attack by the Tooth Vampire."

Du's face froze, he opened his mouth, and then suddenly collapsed.

His identity certainly cannot withstand investigation.

"I'm sorry, mentor, I don't want to lie to you."

After a moment's hesitation, Du sighed and explained.

"Actually, my father wasn't from this world. About 20 years ago, my father, a Blood Elf, suddenly drifted here from the world of knights. After that, he settled down and lived here until 3 years ago..."

After a pause, Du gripped his fingers with a pained expression.

"Three years ago, my father left behind some prophecies and then disappeared. He said that other fanged vampires would soon descend upon this world, and that I should use the Kiva system to protect this world at a crucial moment. But no matter how hard I try these past few years, my fusion coefficient can't break through 80..."

"20 years ago?"

Xia Chuan's first words after being brought to the ferry immediately drew attention.

It turns out that a vampire with fangs came into this world 20 years ago.

The signs of invasion only began to appear in the Knights world about 3 years ago...

"So, you've actually become a full-fledged knight already?" Xia Chuan asked, turning back as he pondered.

"Um."

Watari lowered his head again.

"I don't want anyone to know I'm half-Fanged Vampire, so..."

"I understand."

Xia Chuan shook his head and didn't delve into it further.

He would also hide his identity.

"By the way, what's this Dark Kiva thing you mentioned earlier? It seems like there's some deep-seated grudge between them," Xia Chuan asked curiously.

Du fell into a brief silence.

"Ever since my father disappeared three years ago, I've been having the same recurring dream in which he is killed by Dark Kiva."

Was it just a dream?

Xia Chuan's eye twitched slightly.

He was baffled by what he found out was the so-called revenge for killing his father.

"In short..."

Du stopped eating, endured the pain, left his seat, took a few steps back, and carefully bent over.

"I'll drop out of school after I go back, so I won't make things difficult for my advisor."

"return!"

Natsukawa called out to Watari, who was about to leave.

"Where do you want to go? The school even accepts Gurongi, so it's not like they can't accommodate a Vampire student."

"Take in the Gurongi?" Watari's expression clearly showed surprise.

"You'll find out when you get back," Xia Chuan said calmly. "Besides, your father is your father, and you are you. Your father is a Blood Demon, but you may not be."

……

As Natsukawa transforms into Dark Kiva and eliminates the Rat-type Fang Blood Demon, a huge uproar is also taking place in the Kamen Rider community.

Because the knight rankings, which had been quiet for a long time, suddenly had a new name added.

After Kuuga dominated the rankings for several days, another rider has entered the list.

"Dark Kiva?"

"Who is this knight? One of the first knights?"

"I'm so frustrated. Just like with Kuuga, it's another bunch of question marks."

"At least it has an avatar, and it looks much more impressive than Kuuga."

"Anyway, at least I'm not the only one who's not on the list anymore. If this continues, we'll all be on the list eventually!"

"Come on, we just carry out missions and kill some ordinary monsters to earn points. To really make it onto the leaderboard, we need to look at those level 3 and 4 knights."

"I don't have any particular plans. I'll just accumulate a fixed number of points each month."

"Useless! No wonder your integration coefficient is so low!"

"Bang bang bang!"

An old warehouse somewhere.

The Frog Knight, equipped with a Magnum buckle, summoned his exclusive firearms and struggled to kill several rat-like blood demons.

"These guys... are really hard to kill."

After cursing under his breath and deactivating his transformation, the middle-aged man smiled as he checked his points.

As expected of Magnum straps, they can still yield considerable benefits even when dealing with enemies that can repeatedly revive.

We're one step closer to making the list.

"Um?"

The middle-aged man glanced at the leaderboard in a good mood, and his expression changed slightly when he noticed that Kuuga was no longer the only name on the leaderboard.

How did someone manage to get on the list so quickly?

Ordinary weirdos have pitifully low points, and generally only people who are after money would care.

The participants' targets were mostly level 2 or higher oddballs, so it was a situation where there were far more participants than available spots.

Kuuga is one thing, he killed countless high-level monsters all by himself, but what's with this Dark Kiva?

Even if there is a "rat infestation" now, it would be difficult to widen the gap with others in such a short time, right?

"So, how many points do you need to get on the leaderboard?" The middle-aged man frowned, puzzled. "Why are there so many question marks?"

Ota District.

After settling the injured Wataru in, Natsukawa was about to continue his rat extermination work when he suddenly noticed the surge in popularity on the Knights Forum.

All the discussions seem to stem from the fact that Dark Kiva made the list.

Judging by the timing, the rankings were updated exactly yesterday when he transformed and went into battle.

How can the same access card be bound to different knight identities?

but……

Xia Chuan didn't go out immediately, but instead checked the forum information with a slightly puzzled look.

It’s weird.

I'm alright, after all, I've killed quite a few high-level Grongi. Dark Kiva, on the other hand, has only just started transforming and doesn't seem to have done anything yet.

A bunch of level 2 rat-type blood demons, how many points are they worth?

Or... do dungeons also count points?

Xia Chuan's gaze flickered slightly.

It seems quite possible.

The reason for the question mark could be that he hid information through the panel, or it could be that his score was too high.

If that's the case, then there will be another reason to use the shuttle in the future.

How much money would it cost to use an entire instance world to farm points?

(End of this chapter)