The Strange Cat from Fuuto

"How boring, but it does have some use!" Emerald, unimpressed, took the driver from Inves and fastened it to her waist. Seeing the automatically extending belt, Emerald scoffed again, "What a tedious trick!"

Jade plucked a fruit from the tree and watched as the fruit transformed into a lock in its hand.

"Then let me dominate this game!"

"Transform!"

.........

In a corner of the forest, Ao Jiao and his teammates were taking a rest.

But the group looked more like they had fled in panic and found a place to rest and recuperate.

Everyone had scars on their bodies, especially one short young man who had a hideous wound on his chest.

Peko, are you alright?

Ao Jiao held his teammate in his arms. Peko, after breathing heavily for a while, opened her eyes and gave a bitter smile, saying, "We're not dead yet, but at such a heavy price, we finally got this thing!"

Peko took a Sengoku Driver out of her pocket. "Now, Kaito, you can participate in the survival game!"

After entering the Helheim Forest, Baron and his group searched for the Sengoku Drivers for a long time without success, since all the Sengoku Drivers near the entrance had been taken away by the director and his subordinates!

As they ventured deeper into the forest, Ao Jiao and the others from Baron realized how dangerous it was. The creeping vines on the ground carried an intoxicating fragrance that could cause people to unconsciously fall into a coma. Once unconscious, they would be wrapped and covered by the vines, becoming fertilizer.

If they hadn't stumbled upon a pitiful creature being dragged away by vines, the Baron group would probably have followed in his footsteps.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg of this forest, with hordes of low-level Inves, high-level Inves that hunt humans indiscriminately, and water sources that are inaccessible.

These have become stumbling blocks, or even guillotines, preventing successive generations of humanity from advancing.

After more than three hours of exploration, Ao Jiao and the others finally spotted a Battle Drive, only to find it guarded by a superior Inves.

After trying various methods, Aojiao and his companions finally managed to obtain a driver thanks to Peko's desperate cover.

"this...."

Looking at the Sengoku Driver that Peko had shoved into his hands, Ao-chan hesitated for a moment, but after seeing Peko's miserable state, he took a deep breath and decisively pressed the driver against his waist.

"Crack!"

The belt automatically engaged, and Aojiao's unique knight portrait appeared on the knight display panel.

"We've finally managed to snag a ticket for you!"

"Ok!"

Ao Jiao nodded listlessly and plucked a fruit from beside him. The fruit turned into a banana seed after he got his hands on it.

"Hurry up and transform, Kaito!"

"I know!"

When Aojiao pressed the Lockseed button, he heard a ringing sound from the Lockseed: "Banana!" Armor parts composed of water-like energy floated above Aojiao's head.

"Transform!"

After spinning the Lockseed once in his hand, he arrogantly embedded it into the core groove of his waist driver.

Then, without hesitation, he pressed the Cutting Blade on the drive.

Banana-shaped armor parts fell from the sky and landed on the arrogant guy's head. "Come On!" The silver and red driving suit covered his clothes.

"Banana Arms!" As the song played, the armor parts separated and snapped onto Ao Jiao's body. "Knight of Spear!"

"Is this the power of the Sengoku Driver?"

Ao Jiao clenched his fist, his tone filled with pride and satisfaction. He had finally taken a solid first step toward the world and goals he longed for.

"Roar!"

With a roar, Inves, who had been chasing and intercepting Baron and his group, jumped down from the cliff behind them.

"Stop fighting!"

With a startled cry, Zack covered the retreat of his teammates behind him. Aojiao grabbed, and the Banana Lockseed's exclusive weapon: the Banana Rifle appeared in his hand.

"Damn it, it's time to turn the tide!"

After pressing a button on the banana-shaped lance, the lance automatically extends. Although the muzzle looks somewhat blunt, combined with the strength of the armor, it can easily pierce through steel plates several tens of millimeters thick.

With his lance raised, Ao Jiao stomped the ground and charged forward, thrusting his lance straight at Inves.

"boom!"

Sparks flew as the lance and the armored exoskeleton clashed. Ao Jiao clearly had the upper hand in this attack, effortlessly forcing Inves to retreat, a flash of anger crossing his eyes.

"You made us suffer so much chasing you before, now I'll make you pay with your life!"

With his hands gripping the gun barrel, Ao Jiao suddenly exerted force from his waist and abdomen, sending the power through his muscles to his arms. As he swung his arms, he lifted Inves high into the air.

"Fly!"

With a cold snort, Ao Jiao bent her legs and sprang up like a spring, sending Inves flying into the air.

"Snap, snap!"

The sound of cutting the cross-section of the lock rang out, followed by a chant: "Banana Squash!"

The banana-shaped lance flickered rapidly with energy, and as Inves fell, the focused and aloof banana thrust the lance upwards with lightning speed.

The energy beams from the lance formed a yellow banana, piercing Inves's body like a ballpoint pen piercing through white paper.

"what!!!"

With a groan, Inves's body suddenly exploded, bursting into a ball of sparks, with the remaining dust and ashes falling from the sky.

"Humph!"

Turning his body, Ao Jiao, with his lance pointed diagonally, stood proudly amidst the swirling ashes.

"Slap, slap, slap, slap..."

Applause came from behind the bushes, and a knight clad in emerald green armor slowly emerged.

"who are you?"

"I...am...the...one...who...killed...you!"

Like a toddler learning to speak, the emerald-green knight struggled to utter a single sentence, then reached out with both hands and grasped two bladed scythes with sharp edges.

"A simple and boring language!"

The green knight, whose voice had become more fluent, uttered a sentence. Ao Jiao warily placed his lance across the web of his left hand, watching his opponent with suspicion.

What are you talking about?

"I have no interest in talking to a dying man!" The emerald knight, whose speech was becoming increasingly fluent, said with utter contempt, "You monkey, you might as well just wait to die!"

With a disdainful attitude, contemptuous words, and an inexplicable sense of superiority in every move, the green knight was none other than Emerald, who transformed using the Sengoku Driver emitted by Miku.

Furthermore, the Lockseed it transforms into is the Kiwi Lockseed, and those two bladed wheels are the Kiwi Armed's exclusive weapons.

Emerald, who had already killed more than one person along the way, used her hypnotic abilities to acquire the Japanese language.

Although he stumbled a bit at first, his expertise in strategy and mental acuity allowed him to become proficient very quickly.

"Insanity!"

Ao Jiao snorted coldly at Jade's attitude. Seeing that the other party did not come with good intentions, Ao Jiao launched an attack decisively.

With a banana in hand, he charged forward, running swiftly, and in the blink of an eye, the proud banana was close to the jade.

"A child's way of fighting!"

With a sneer, Emerald dodged the shot by sidestepping, then swung her arm, sending the strange blade wheel slashing at Ao Jiao's chest and flying him away.

Staring in astonishment at Ao Jiao, who had returned even faster than he had rushed out, Zack, Ao Jiao's right-hand man, said with concern, "Stop fighting!"

"Don't worry about me, I'll handle this guy, you guys go first!"

Ao Jiao, using her lance to support herself as she slowly rose, gritted her teeth and stared at Emerald. Emerald scratched her temple and said nonchalantly, "With your childish fighting style, who can you possibly defeat?"

"childish?"

With a sneer, Ao Jiao charged at Emerald again, "I'll show you what you call a childish fighting style!"

"Naive brat!"

Jade, who had casually tossed the blade wheel away, stood still, watching Ao Jiao with a leisurely air. The blade wheel not only struck Ao Jiao at an extremely tricky angle, but also left a shallow cut on his body.

"Oh no!"

With his charge halted, Ao Jiao bit his lip and silently launched another attack. After slicing through Ao Jiao, the blade wheel returned to Emerald's hand.

"It's no use. No matter how hard you charge, you can't stop my attack!"

As he spoke, the blade wheel flew out of his hand again, spinning rapidly along the ground as it approached Ao Jiao, leaving a slash mark on his chest from bottom to top.

"asshole!"

Seeing the jade handling the situation with ease, Ao Jiao angrily slammed his fist on the ground. Just then, a dark red figure squatted on a tree, scratching his chin in confusion.

"Where did this guy, dressed entirely in green, come from? His strength is passable, but he's a bit too much for Ao Jiao to handle!"

"Are you going to intervene?!"

As Miku watched the blade wheel fly towards Aojiao again, this time aiming for Aojiao's neck, he leaped down from the tree.

"We should still try to manage it; after all, we can't let Aojiao's journey end before it even begins!"

Chapter Fourteen: No...don't go!

"Shh!"

With a whooshing sound, a blurry figure appeared in front of Ao Jiao in an instant, raising his hand and shield to block the blade wheel thrown by Emerald.

"clang!"

As the blade wheel collided with the shield, Miku subtly turned his left hand to one side, sending the spinning blade wheel flying diagonally.

"call....."

Having put aside his playful mood, Miku involuntarily tensed the muscles in his left arm slightly. The force contained in the blade wheel just now was so great that it almost made him lose his grip.