Bad luck plagues him, he refuses to become a Kamen Rider.

Despite Haruto's aggressive gaze, Shinku showed no fear: "Whether we win or lose, we'll only know after we fight it out."

Haruto narrowed his eyes and raised the axe blade high again, but was stopped by Eiji who rushed over.

On the other side, the defiant Shinku was also stopped by Kobayashi Natsu: "Stop fighting, we're all on the same side."

Compared to Shinku, Kobayashi Natsu was much calmer. He could tell that Haruto hadn't really intended to kill them; otherwise, Shinku and Haruto would probably have been cleaved in two the moment they met.

Someone intervened to stop the fight, and Shinku lowered her sword, her fighting spirit gradually extinguishing.

"How boring."

There was no pure, exhilarating combat, which left Shinku somewhat disappointed. Kobayashi Natsu was speechless: "You're just rushing to your death."

When he saw Haruto transform into Sparkle, he realized that they were no match for Haruto.

Meanwhile, Eiji was having a bit of a headache: "Could you please deactivate the transformation so we can talk this out properly?"

Haruto snorted coldly, clearly unwilling to revert to his transformation.

"Your post-stress syndrome is a bit too severe."

Eiji never expected that the person he had rescued from the ruins would be so bloodthirsty.

Hearing Eiji's assessment of him, Haruto's gaze shifted slightly downwards, looking at his only remaining hand.

"My hand was cut off by that monster."

Not only that, there's also Alex...

Thinking of this, Haruto felt a pang of pain in his heart, and he gripped his weapon, which had loosened its grip slightly, tightly once more.

"He has endless desires in his heart, hehehe."

Eiji looked at Haruto, and in Eiji's mind, Meziel in his pocket was smiling.

"Your Majesty, should we lend a hand and help him out?"

"If he finds out that you were the one pulling the strings behind everything, he'll probably tear you in two."

Eiji gently squeezed the pocket, suppressing the restless aura emanating from Mezier.

This made her snort in dissatisfaction, but she ultimately remained silent.

Eiji breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at the man opposite him.

"Could you please deactivate your transformation first?"

Eiji spoke again, trying to make his tone sound like he was negotiating: "Can't we just have a proper talk?"

Haruto didn't move. The huge axe blade was held horizontally in front of him. His gaze slowly swept from Eiji's face to Shinku, and then to Kobayashi Natsumi.

“I told you,” Haruto gritted his teeth, “my hand was cut off by the monster. Now you want me to talk to the monster properly?”

Eiji took a deep breath. Haruto's stubbornness made him feel particularly uncomfortable, and for a moment he couldn't find any solution.

“I’m not telling you to talk nicely to weirdos.” Eiji took a step forward and spread his hands. “I’m telling you that not everyone who becomes a weirdo becomes an evil person.”

Haruto sneered: "I don't think so. At least in my experience, I have never seen a strange person who has reformed."

At this point, Haruto felt a pang of regret.

If he hadn't been so trusting of others, he wouldn't have ended up in this situation.

"As for your claim that it exists, then please let me see it for myself, instead of just talking to me here without any evidence."

Haruto no longer believes just hearsay; he only believes what he actually sees.

Eiji stood there, looking at Haruto who refused to budge no matter what, and many images suddenly flashed through his mind.

He recalled his first meeting with Yuxing. At first, he was wary, but as they spent more time together, he realized that Yuxing still had a kind heart.

Therefore, he is willing to trust Yuuki, and thus he now wants to introduce Yuuki to Haruto.

“There is a person,” Eiji said, his voice calm. “His name is Yuuki. After he became a monster, he never harmed any innocent people. Instead, like me, he travels the world saving people.”

"Did you see it with your own eyes?" Haruto pressed.

“I saw it with my own eyes.” Eiji nodded.

How many people has he saved?

“Many.” Eiji replied without hesitation. “The place I brought you out of was Fuuto, and that city has now been saved by him.”

Having experienced the Fuuto incident, Eiji became even more determined in his heart. Even if he became a monster, Yuuki never gave up everything about himself as a human being.

"Sure?"

Haruto's gaze shifted to Shinku and Kobayashi Natsu, somewhat suspicious.

"Of course, we admire everything the king has done, and our respect for him is as boundless as a flowing river."

Zhen Hong felt uncomfortable under his gaze and opened her mouth to retort, but Gu Linxia held his shoulder and spoke first.

The fact that Kobayashi Natsumi was so cultured made Shinku's eyes widen in surprise.

Wait, Gu Linxia actually ran away without my knowledge? We agreed that no one would study!

Haruto didn't pay attention to Shinku's expression. Seeing that Kobayashi Natsu's expression didn't seem fake, he pondered for a moment.

“I need evidence, not to hear what you’ve said here.”

"The proof is that I'm taking you to see him now."

Without hesitation, Eisuke immediately replied.

"Everything he did was enough to change your impression of him as a weirdo."

Haruto fell silent. After a long time, his grip on the axe tightened and loosened repeatedly.

"lead the way."

In the end, he relented and voluntarily deactivated his transformation.

The diamond-like armor shattered into specks of light, revealing his pale face and empty right sleeve. Gu Linxia looked over and noticed that the man's eyes were bloodshot.

It was only then that Gu Linxia realized that the man was like a beast king who had lost everything, and was now furiously trying to tear everything apart.

"Let's go."

He swept the ring across his belt again, and a magic circle quickly condensed beneath Haruto's feet.

Eiji walked into the magic circle and stood with Haruto.

"and many more!"

Seeing that the two were about to leave, Shinku darted over and almost knocked Eiji off balance.

"Take us with you!"

Are we really going to run back? Don't be ridiculous, that would probably exhaust them!

"Me too, me too!"

Shinku realized the seriousness of the situation and rushed into the magic circle, running and jumping.

The four of them squeezed into the magic circle that Haruto had set up, and a pillar of light shot into the sky.

When the beam of light dissipated, the four of them found themselves in an open area surrounded by layers of metal fences and warning tape.

"Who goes there?!"

Almost the instant they felt a sense of security, a dozen fully armed guards surged out from behind the surrounding cover, their guns pointed at the four men. Someone shouted an order for them to put their hands on their heads and move to an open area.

In the distance, the searchlights of several armored vehicles swept over at the same time, casting extremely long shadows of the four men.

Eiji subconsciously raised his hands, and Kobayashi Natsumi and Shinku followed suit.

"That's a bit too much..."

Even knowing the situation here, Shinku couldn't help but complain to Kobayashi Natsumi.

"We had no choice but to do this in order to combat the encroachment of Hel."

Hearing the two complain, a man stepped out from behind a dozen security personnel.

"Mr. Guihu!"

Eiji recognized the man who walked out of the crowd and quickly called out to him.

Gui Hu, dressed in dark tactical clothing with a locket at his waist, walked steadily across the cordon.

He glanced at Eiji, then at Kobayashi Natsumi and Shinku, his brow furrowing slightly: "What are you doing here?"

His tone carried obvious surprise, but even more so the vigilance characteristic of a frontline commander: "This is the front line in the battle against Helheim, on 24/7 alert. Unauthorized outsiders are locked onto by the automatic defense system. How did you manage to bypass the detection?"

"We were teleported here directly through this person's magic circle."

Eiji gave a brief explanation, then stepped aside to let Haruto pass: "It's him. We have urgent business with Mr. Yuuki."

Guihu's gaze fell on Qingren, first noticing the empty right sleeve, then the bloodshot veins that couldn't be hidden beneath his pale face.

Haruto straightened up almost instantly, taking his only remaining left hand off his belt and letting it hang slightly at his side.

"I'm very sorry, it was our mistake."

Haruto spoke, his voice calm and sincere, a stark contrast to his earlier confrontation on the other side: "I was unaware of the tight security here. I only received word that Mr. Yuuki was active here, so I hastily teleported over. If there are any violations, we are willing to cooperate with the inspection."

Seeing Haruto's expression, Shinku's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

He nudged Gu Linxia with his elbow and whispered, "Look at him... he was about to chop me up a moment ago, but now he's changed his attitude so quickly. His attitude is too obvious, isn't it?"

Gu Linxia gently kicked him, signaling him to shut up.

Guihu clearly noticed the possible difference in Haruto's behavior before and after, but he did not show any obvious change.

He raised his hand to the surrounding guards to signal the alarm to be lifted, then turned to Eiji and said, "You've come at a bad time, Yuuki isn't here right now."

"What?" Eiji was taken aback.

“He set off more than an hour ago. You know, Rin Ichijo is still trapped in the spacetime turbulence of Helheim.”

This happened a long time ago, and they only started the rescue now.

Wu Dao Guihu twitched the corner of his mouth. If it weren't for the fact that he could occasionally receive a message from Rin from who-knows-where, he would have already called Yu Xing and rushed in together.

His mind was racing with thoughts, but he only paused briefly on the surface.

"I am also preparing to lead a team to provide support for them from the outside."