Tokusatsu: How come this knight drama is different?!

"What?! The Dawn Incident?!"

"real or fake?!"

"Hey, Captain Fuwa, this is no joke!"

"No way?! No way!"

Facing the commotion below, Fuwa took a deep breath, then stood on his chair and looked down at his AIMS colleagues, saying, "I know you are all very confused, have many questions, and are unwilling to believe it, but I have definite information that the Dawn Incident is very likely to happen again in the near future..."

As Bu Po was speaking, the main hall door was violently kicked open.

Well, the pose is almost identical to Fuwa's, if not exactly the same.

Everyone bowed upon seeing the newcomer.

Commander Aoyagi nodded to the others, then approached Fuwa and yelled, "What nonsense are you spouting?! Get down here right now!"

With his neck stiffened, Fubuki bared his teeth at Commander Aoyagi: "I won't go! I'm telling the truth! The Dawn Incident will soon repeat itself!"

Commander Aoyagi pointed at Fuwa, his finger trembling: "What rubbish are you spouting?! Do you know you have to take responsibility for what you're saying?! Do you know how long it took the entire city to recover from the Dawn Incident more than a decade ago?! And now you're telling me the Dawn Incident will repeat itself?!"

With her neck stiff, Bu Po roared at Commander Qingliu: "Just because you're afraid of taking responsibility, are you turning a blind eye to the potential disaster?!"

What if things don't end up being resolved?

What if the Dawn Incident happens again in the end?!

Who knows how many more people will die then, and who are you going to hold responsible? Are you going to send a few team members to be scapegoats, while you go on TV and bow and apologize to the public?!

Commander Aoyagi pointed at Fuwa and cursed, "You bastard! Do you know what you're saying?! I'm your superior!"

Fuwa also pointed at Commander Aoyagi and began to curse: "Don't try to intimidate me with your rank! So what if your rank has been rising all these years?! Where did your courage to risk your life to save people go?! Look at the clothes you're wearing now, they're so much more impressive than they were back then, but compared to the Aoyagi who saved people back then, I despise you now! I despise you!"

As Fuwa roared, the scene flashed back to the Dawn Incident, showing Fuwa being chased by a group of red-eyed Humagear prototypes...

Normally, the scene would abruptly end at this point, highlighting the source of Fuwa's fear of Humagears.

This time, the scene continued, showing a soldier in military uniform pressing down on Little Bupo's head, then raising his gun and pulling the trigger at the Humagear.

The scene unfolded slowly, bullet casings ejecting one by one from the rifle. Soon, the bullets were exhausted. Faced with the Humagear's counterattack, the man in military uniform shielded the small, unyielding creature beneath his own body...

When the incident subsided, Xiao Bupo had only suffered minor injuries, while the man who had protected him was seriously injured and unconscious, his fate unknown...

The man who was seriously injured and unconscious was carried onto a stretcher, and the face that was revealed was none other than Mr. Aoyagi...

Back to the present, Commander Aoyagi watched as Fuwa's face turned red and then green. After a moment, he kicked Fuwa.

"G-damn it! I've been working my ass off for years and I'm satisfied with this position. This time, I'm going to go crazy with you, you son of a bitch!"

If the Dawn Incident happens again, I'll have done a great service! If the Dawn Incident doesn't repeat itself…

Commander Aoyagi glanced at Fuwa: "You can go to the Shimizu Bar and sell your ass!"

Upon hearing this, a cheer erupted in the AIMS lobby:

"Sell your ass! Sell your ass!"

Commander Aoyagi stood where Fuwa had just stood and waved his hand, ordering, "Everyone! Immediately order the evacuation of the people via telephone, television, and radio!"

This time, I'll act first and report later! Let those guys in the Ministry of Defense eat shit!

"Roar!!!"

The AIMS team members in the hall suddenly became incredibly energetic, as if they had been injected with adrenaline.

"Eat shit! Eat shit!"

Bu Po also raised his hand and roared in anger.

"squeak"

The hall door opened, and Sister Wang and Brother Lei walked in. Looking at the excited crowd, the two tilted their heads in confusion.

Humans... they really are something the Humagears can't understand...

……

At the end of this episode, the camera focused on Ark.

Pegasus's body was completely covered by black liquid. After a series of changes, Pegasus's body transformed into the appearance of Black and White Ark.

Yes, it's still that incomplete and asymmetrical head.

"Ah~ this look is still the most comfortable for me."

"Hmph... Hmph hmph hmph, You Che, I'll make you regret reviving me! All the humiliation you inflicted on me back then, I'll repay you a hundredfold... no, a thousandfold!"

—End of this episode.

Chapter 262 premieres

After episode 41 ended, a series of discussions about the plot unfolded on the Knight Fan Community Forum.

So, in the end, the plot of Zero-One still boils down to Hiden Aruto fighting Ark?

[You know what, it's really true. If you look at it this way, 01 can actually be summarized in one sentence: the unavoidable stories about Hiden Aruto and Ark.]

[This meme is outdated, upstairs. Now people just photoshop images, like making Hiden Aruto transform into Ark or something.]

(Yes, this student is right. The original Hiden Aruto from Zero-One really did transform into Ark.)

[As everyone knows, netizens post all sorts of ridiculous pictures.]

To be honest, I think if Pegasus hadn't been in the 01 storyline, there wouldn't have been so much trouble.

I actually think Pegasus's story is also a tragedy.

[What tragedy? How did it become a tragedy? Is it because his wife and daughter died that he wants to take revenge on society?]

[Upstairs, Pegasus wasn't planning any revenge on society! Ark's birth was just an accident; he initially only wanted to explore stronger powers.]

"Ah, right, right, and then it triggered the first Dawn Incident, which led to Ark developing self-awareness. After being stopped by the old president, he still didn't stop and continued experimenting. Is that what you said, right?"

[That's too extreme! Does that mean all the mistakes are Pegasus's fault?! Doesn't everyone else have any faults? Even Tianjin Gai added an emotion module to the satellite Ark.]

[Did you even read that carefully? Tianjin Gai did add an emotional module, but that's all he did. He's not responsible for anything else.]

[What's the point of arguing about this? Let me put it this way: Pegasus might have been born even without Pegasus, but definitely not this early, and it certainly wouldn't have caused such serious consequences.]

【Wait...you bunch of damn netizens, how could there be such serious consequences? How could this be the first Dawn Event? You've already decided that a second Dawn Event is inevitable, right?】

[Given how things have come to this, if the second Dawn event hadn't happened, then frankly, I can only say that the writers at Knights' Den are quite anthropomorphic.]

I agree with that. Things have come to this point; if the final ending suddenly turns into the main characters getting a power-up and instantly defeating Ark, then I'd have to admit the screenwriter's dream is over.

[Damn it, you bunch of idiots just want to stir up trouble, don't you? Don't you even consider how much Toei would have to spend hiring extras if they were to actually reenact Dawn Incident? At least a thousand or two, right? Heh, I want to see it too.]

[The person upstairs should be buried; the map is too long to see the end.]

Who cares? Toei is paying for it themselves anyway, as long as we enjoy watching it. If the last few episodes don't have any big scenes, I'll definitely give it a one-star rating.

[Is no one talking about the robotic dogs? If it weren't for those robotic dogs, I feel like the junior manager and his team are all doomed.]

[It shouldn't be that bad. Ark has just recovered; his strength shouldn't be that high.]

But the main characters are also seriously injured.

[Waaaaah, Azu! My Azu!]

[What's there to cry about? Didn't you hear what Yu Che said? My wife Az isn't dead yet; she'll definitely be resurrected later.]

[Hey you, get out of my way! I have diabetes! I'll make him taste the sweetness of diabetes today.]

【You guys are really disgusting! Yaz is my wife! No arguments allowed!】

[Damn, these netizens are truly speechless...]

……

Amidst the predictably off-topic community discussion, episode 42 premiered a week later.

This episode gets straight to the point without any preamble.

At a busy pedestrian intersection, a huge electronic glass screen that was originally playing cosmetics advertisements suddenly showed the figure of Commander Aoyagi.

"Greetings, everyone. I am Aoyagi, Commander of AIMS. Today, at this moment, I have some somber news to announce..."

Meanwhile, on the phones of passersby and on the computer of an office worker drinking coffee in a coffee shop...

Commander Aoyagi's voice or related messages were heard from various networked devices.

"We at AIMS have received information that illegal criminals have taken control of ZAIA's network department, intending to cause the Humagears in this city related to ZAIA to go out of control, in order to create a man-made replay of the Dawn Incident."

The criminals wanted to exploit the city's residents' fear and dread of the Dawn Incident to achieve their nefarious goals!

In the villa in Gai, Tianjin:

"Smart." Yu Che commented, arms crossed, as he watched Commander Aoyagi's speech on a screen in front of him. "He didn't directly mention Ark, but used a similar rhetoric that the public could understand to minimize the impact of the incident. This commander's ability is indeed quite good."

Hiden Aruto hesitated, "But isn't this deceiving the public?"

You Che rolled his eyes: "Where did I lie? Don't talk nonsense."

"Tell me, what's the difference between going out of control because of Ark and being manipulated by thugs through ZAIA's database, causing the Humagears in the city to go berserk?"

Hiden Aruto fell silent.

In terms of performance, there's really no difference, except...

"What about Nayak..."

Yu Che pursed his lips, turned his head and looked at Hiden Aruto with dead fish eyes: "Of course it's up to you to handle, otherwise who else do you want to rely on?"

Hiden Aruto instantly felt an even greater pressure on his back.

Yu Che walked over and patted Hiden Aruto on the shoulder: "Don't put too much pressure on yourself, this is nothing."

Hiden Aruto had a long face.

Then Yu Che continued, "By the way, don't give Ark a chance to self-destruct. I need his data, so understand? Even if you can defeat it, remember to spare its life."

Hiden Aruto finally broke down: "Yutsu-nii! I don't even know how to defeat Ark, you..."

Yu Che smiled slightly at Hiden Aruto: "I believe you can do it."

Hiden Aruto opened his mouth, then sighed helplessly.