As a weirdo, I like being a Kamen Rider

As soon as the group entered the park, something strange happened. The previously noisy crowd suddenly fell silent.

All the commuters walking or talking turned their heads at once, their gazes fixed on the four people. Or rather, on Lin Chen. The gray-white markings of the Orphnoch were faintly visible on his face.

Yesterday's Smart Brain report clearly stated that anyone who provides clues about Lin Chen's whereabouts and brings him back to Smart Brain headquarters will receive a generous reward.

But seeing Kiba Yuji and his two companions beside them, they suppressed their intention to attack, secretly lamenting that someone had already beaten them to it.

"Something's not right." Kiba Yuji paused, his voice low. As he looked at the crowd staring at him, faint lines appeared on his face, and he became alert.

"Nonsense, how could it be right?" Haitang pouted, her words tough but her body betraying her by blocking Jiehua's path. "Look at the way these guys are looking at me, they should have listened to me and not come."

Lin Chen didn't react much. He knew these people were after him, and if they dared to come up, he wouldn't hesitate to kill them.

Under the watchful eyes of countless people, the four of them walked the 100-meter-long main road, and ahead lay the plaza where the headquarters building was located.

Smart Lady was already waiting for them on the steps, looking quite different from her sweet and charming demeanor in yesterday's video. Today, although Smart Lady was still wearing a sharp blue uniform, her face lacked a sweet smile; instead, her expression was unusually serious.

Behind her stood several rows of densely packed armed men in black, all holding weapons and pointing their guns at the four people who had approached.

As soon as the four of them stepped onto the plaza steps, Smart Lady snapped her fingers.

Upon hearing her command, the black-clad armed men behind her immediately jogged off, quickly surrounding Lin Chen and his group of four.

After the encirclement was formed, the gray and white lines on the faces of the three Kiba members deepened, and the features of the Orphnoch began to emerge. They were just one step away from completing their transformation.

Haitang immediately exploded, pointing at Smart Lady and yelling, "Are you playing dirty tricks? Didn't you say the invitation wouldn't hurt us? Is this how you welcome guests?"

Smart Lady strode down the steps in her high heels and stopped directly in front of Kiba Yuji, a smile returning to her face: "Hi, Yuji, welcome. I never expected you to not only come, but also bring us such a wonderful surprise gift."

The president originally called you here today to give you an ultimatum. But because of this generous gift, he might be lenient and forgive all your previous actions.

As she spoke, she opened her arms, wanting to give Yuji Kiba a hug.

Kiba frowned, crouched slightly to avoid it, and then looked puzzled: "What big gift? What are you talking about?"

"Oh?" Smart Lady raised an eyebrow, feigning surprise. "Didn't you see the company's latest announcement yesterday?"

She pointed to Lin Chen behind the three men from Kiba: "This gentleman behind you is our SmartBrain's most precious treasure. He was accidentally lost when the rebels came to raid us yesterday, and we've been searching for him all day. We never expected you to bring him back today. Isn't that a great gift?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Kiba, Kaidou, and Yuka turned around and looked at Lin Chen with a puzzled expression.

It wasn't until this moment that they realized that all the previous hostility wasn't directed at them, these three insignificant traitors, but at this mysterious man who had suddenly appeared in the rebel camp yesterday.

Lin Chen met the shocked gazes of the three men with a faint smile.

He stepped over the three people and stood in front of SmartLady, saying directly, "It seems I'm quite important to you. I happen to have a few questions I want to ask your president. Since you're all prepared, then lead the way."

...

The group followed behind the SmartLady as the elevator ascended, the cabin eerily silent.

The three members of Kiba kept stealing glances at Lin Chen's retreating figure, their minds filled with questions. Who exactly was this man? Why did Smart Brain call him a treasure?

The elevator dinged and suddenly stopped at the middle floor, and the doors slowly opened.

Smart Lady led the group to a room that was still under renovation. The paint had only been applied halfway, but everyone's attention was drawn to something in the very center of the room.

It was a round glass culture jar placed on a portable cart, filled with a pale green culture medium. A complete human head was suspended in the center of the liquid, with thin tubes inserted into the head. It swayed gently with the nutrient solution. It was Murakami Kyoji, the current president of Smart Brain.

Lin Chen's lips twitched involuntarily when he saw Murakami Kyoko like this. Is this Murakami from this world really this eerie?

Smart Lady went directly to the culture vessel and gently tapped it.

As her tapping stopped, the head inside the culture jar slowly opened its eyes.

Upon seeing Lin Chen, an excited smile appeared on her face, and her voice came through the jar: "Welcome back, our treasure. We never expected you to wake up. We thought you would stay half-dead forever."

Lin Chen stopped in front of the culture tank and got straight to the point: "Stop with the nonsense. I'm here for one thing only. What exactly did you get from me? You're willing to trade half your clan's lives for me. I'm really curious."

Upon hearing Lin Chen's question, Murakami Kyo chuckled softly, bubbles constantly rising from his lips, making him look particularly eerie.

As if he had found someone to confide in, he slowly began to tell his story: "This is a very long story."

"Then let's get straight to the point. I already have a basic understanding of the changes in this world. You just need to tell me the most crucial parts." Hearing Murakami preparing to launch into a long speech, Lin Chen couldn't help but interrupt him directly.

Murakami, who was interrupted by Lin Chen, was not annoyed: "Is that so? Then I'll give you a brief explanation. The story originates from before we launched a full-scale attack on humanity."

We Orphnochs were going through our darkest time. One by one, the lucky four-leaf clovers, the strongest fighting force of our race, turned into piles of sand as their lifespans ran out.

Do you know what that means? It means that our most powerful fighting force against humanity has disappeared, and it also means that no matter how strong we become, we still cannot escape our fate.

Orphnochs are born from the death of humans, which sounds like they evolved from humans. However, after we awaken, our cell division rate is dozens of times that of normal humans. Our lifespan is as short as two or three years, and at most a dozen years.

Seeing new Orphnochs constantly being born and others dying, researchers calculated that at this rate, the complete disappearance of the Orphnochs was only a matter of time. Since becoming president, I've tirelessly worked to solve this problem. But Lady Luck hasn't been on my side.

Hearing this, Lin Chen interjected, "Where is the King? Haven't you considered finding the King of Orphnoch to solve this problem?"

Interrupted by Lin Chen's question, Murakami looked puzzled and asked, "King? What king?"

Seeing Murakami like this, Lin Chen knew that there were no legends about kings in this world, so he said, "It's nothing, you can continue."

"With the Orphnochs dwindling in number and humanity having discovered our existence, all of our high command held a final meeting and devised a plan to perish together with humanity."

Rather than silently perish, we Orphnochs would rather devote all our strength to a final battle against humanity. Win or lose, we Orphnochs will leave our mark on history.

On the day the meeting ended, everyone was prepared to die; the war machine was in full swing, awaiting the final assault a month later. But at this critical juncture, a report arrived from below.

At this point, Murakami Kyoji's tone became excited, and the incubation tank rippled with excitement: "A low-level Orphnoch was killed instantly by something falling from the sky when he attacked a human and transformed his own kind."

The death of a lower-ranking Orphnoch wouldn't normally be a big deal, but what's unusual is that it was a humanoid 'corpse' that crushed him, tearing him apart with the force of the fall. Yet the 'corpse' remained completely unharmed. Is that normal?

After receiving this report, I ordered the 'corpse' to be brought back, and that 'corpse' was you.

So I handed you over to the research department for study. But this research led to a surprising outcome.

"Researchers have determined through studying your body's DNA that you are essentially an orphinoid. However, unlike us, whose cells divide wildly and don't live long, your cells divide at a rate almost identical to that of humans, and it's getting slower every day."

In other words, given enough time, you could potentially become an being with an infinite lifespan. This tells us that an extraordinary individual has emerged within the Orphnoch, evolving towards its perfect form.

"But at the same time, the researchers also brought two pieces of news: the bad news is that your body is very strong, and your physical strength in human form is no weaker than that of the lucky four-leaf clover. But there is another piece of good news: this body has no consciousness, just like a blank shell. This is simply a treasure bestowed upon us Orphnochs by the heavens."

Lin Chen listened expressionlessly, but he had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

Shotaro previously mentioned that his body was swept away by an unknown force, and he already knew it was Toma who did it. It's likely that when Toma released him into this world, these people just happened to find him.

Murakami Kyoji continued, "Initially, we only wanted to decipher the genes in your body to solve our desertification problem. But during the experiments, we discovered something even more astonishing." He then paused, turning to Lin Chen and asking, "Do you know what it is?"

Chapter 252 Psyga

Upon hearing Murakami Kyoji's question, Lin Chen's forehead creased with annoyance, and he immediately said, "Stop talking nonsense and get to the point. I have no interest in playing with you guys."

Seeing Lin Chen's impatience, Murakami Kyoji could only continue, "The factor in your body that belongs to Orphino actually has a very magical effect."

Simply dilute the factor and inject it into an ordinary person's body, and the conversion rate is as high as 90%, and the process is remarkably stable. Do you know what this means?

In nature, less than one in ten thousand humans can become Orphnochs after death. But with this, we can mass-produce Orphnochs.

I immediately called off the plan to perish with humanity; mutual destruction was too foolish. Since we can turn all of humanity into our own kind, why don't we become the masters of this world ourselves?

In the following period, we secretly released diluted Orphino into the water supply and ventilation systems of major cities. In this way, the Orphino population secretly and rapidly increased; in less than two weeks, our numbers had reached several million.

Relying on our numerical superiority, we directly engaged the human government forces in battle. Humanity was utterly unable to resist, and cities fell one after another.

At this point, Murakami Kyoji's tone turned cold, tinged with resentment: "But just when we were about to transform the remaining humans into Orphnochs, a problem arose."

I don't know if your body has evolved to a new stage, but the activity of the factors belonging to Orphnoch disappears instantly after leaving your body.

The remaining, previously extracted factors couldn't be artificially replicated. Once the factors were used up, no more new Orphnochs could be converted. But it didn't matter; the number of Orphnochs had already overwhelming the human population. Thus, the true all-out attack began. Without your factors, we could only watch as countless humans died.

After the decisive battle, the remaining humans hid in the mountains and underground fortifications, becoming what is known as the resistance army.

Of course, we don't really care about the little bit left; we just consider it as raising a batch of rare animals.

After that, we kept you in the underground research institute, maintaining your vital signs, to continue our research and see if we could uncover the secrets of your evolution.

Behind Lin Chen, the three members of Kiba were all shocked after hearing the whole story. They wondered how human society could have collapsed so suddenly when everything was fine. They never expected that it all stemmed from a corpse that fell from the sky.

Standing in front, Lin Chen suddenly realized, "Is this the truth of this world? I never imagined that the culprit who turned this world into the Orphnoch Paradise was himself."

SmartBrain used his body as material to create this apocalyptic disaster. In a way, he indirectly became the savior of Orphnoch—what kind of situation is that?

But he didn't continue thinking about it. Instead, he asked, "Are you guys out of your minds?"

He looked at the human head in the jar, his tone filled with undisguised sarcasm: "The Orphnochs were born from the death of humans. If you turn all humans into Orphnochs in one go, where will the newborn race come from? It's just a final celebration."

Hearing Lin Chen's sarcasm, Murakami Kyoji didn't seem to mind and laughed, "This decision is certainly foolish, but we have you. As long as we thoroughly understand the secrets of your body, our entire Orphnoch race will become a perfect race."

"Now that the story is over, could you please return to where you are needed? For the future of the Orphnochs, please contribute your strength." Murakami Kyoji's voice suddenly became fervent.

Lin Chen looked at him as if he were an idiot: "Have you been soaking in a jar for so long that your brain is full of water now? I won't mention the time you guys experimented on my body while I was unconscious."

Now that I'm awake, you still want me to be a guinea pig? Do you really think I'm made of clay?

Hearing Lin Chen say this, Murakami didn't take it seriously: "Are you going to rebel? Although you are stronger than the original four-leaf clover, we are not without ways to restrain you. In order to prevent you from waking up one day, we specially created the ultimate weapon that can subdue you."

After saying that, he changed the subject and looked directly at Kiba Yuji and the other two, throwing out bait: "The reason I called you three here today was to give you an ultimatum. Your situation is very dangerous. Both humans and Orphnochs are hostile to you."

Either the three of you completely embrace the Orphnoch path and hunt humans, or you will silently perish in the gap between the two sides.

However, I can give you a chance now. As long as the three of you take action to subdue him, all your previous crimes will be wiped clean.

"Yuji Kiba, I can even give you the status of a candidate for president, allowing you to enter the core power structure of Orphnoch. Perhaps then you could use the president's power to create the paradise you dream of where humans can live in peace."

These words were undeniably tempting, especially for Yuji Kiba.

The three of them simply exchanged a glance, and then, in unison, slowly took two steps back.

They did not agree to the village's conditions, but they also did not side with Lin Chen.

All three knew that today's events were beyond their control. On one side was the supreme ruler of SmartBrain, and on the other was a mysterious man who could be called a treasure. Moreover, judging from Murakami's words, they were extremely wary of Lin Chen, and had even developed an ultimate weapon specifically targeting him.

These two sides are like gods fighting; if the three little shrimps join in, they'll only be smashed to pieces.

"You don't know what's good for you." Seeing their actions, Murakami understood their choice and sneered, "Since you've heard such highly classified information, to prevent you from revealing this to the human resistance, you're not leaving today."

Then he shouted loudly, "Come out, everyone!"

As he finished speaking, the hidden doors around the office opened simultaneously, and dozens of soldiers dressed in black combat uniforms filed in, quickly forming ranks in the room. They all wore brass-colored Leo cavalry belts around their waists.

"Transform!" At the leader's command, all the soldiers simultaneously pressed their belts.

"Computer!" A crisp mechanical voice announced as uniform brass-colored armor enveloped their entire bodies. After transforming, they immediately picked up their energy rifles and pointed them at the four people present.

Lin Chen merely glanced around without reacting. These mass-produced grunts posed no threat to him whatsoever. What intrigued him was the ultimate weapon Murakami had mentioned. He stood there leisurely, eager to see what SmartBrain of this world could pull out.

Murakami smiled faintly when he saw Leo's calm demeanor, then called out again in a deep voice, "Leo."