The Strange Cat from Fuuto

Upon seeing Gao Siwu and her group, Inves roared, his eyes flashing with ferocity, his feet stomping restlessly on the ground, and his head, adorned with hideous horns, lowered towards Gao Siwu and her companions.

"Ashi!"

"I know!"

At Gao Siwu's shout, Grape Boy took the lead, his blue Grape Dragon Cannon spewing flames as several round energy bullets whistled towards Deer Antlers Inves.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

The ferocity of the deer-shaped Inves, whose bio-exoskeleton armor bore bullet holes, was fully unleashed. With a roar, it charged towards Grape Boy with heavy steps.

"Boom!"

Grape Boy, who had little combat experience, was knocked away before he could react. Gao Siwu, seeing this, cried out in alarm, "Ashi!"

"I'm fine, Sister Xiaowu!"

Grape Boy quickly got up, feeling the tightness and pain in his chest, but responded casually.

"Ow!"

Another roar, and a white tiger-shaped Inves leaped out of the woods beside Gao Siwu. "Another one?!" Gao Siwu's face turned pale instantly, and he involuntarily took a step back. One Inves had already brought them great danger, and now another one had run out, making the situation even worse.

"ah..."

"Hey hey hey..."

"Hahaha....."

A series of eerie laughs rang out as a group of lower-ranking Inves emerged from the bushes and approached the group.

"besides..."

One of the girls collapsed to the ground; this was no longer a situation that could be handled, but one that was certain to kill her.

Mitsumi Kureshima had just acquired the driver and hadn't had time to familiarize himself with its performance. Coupled with his lack of combat experience, he was absolutely unable to handle this situation.

Just as everyone was about to fall into despair, Gao Siwu inadvertently noticed a black spot that was different from the surroundings.

Which one is...?

With surprise in her eyes, Gao Siwu looked at the group of people being watched by the monsters, gritted her teeth, and lunged forward, grabbing the black figure and fastening it around her waist.

Chapter Sixteen: Silly Orange, your protagonist halo is gone!

"My destiny has been changed!"

The otherworldly scene that DJ Sagara could see vanished instantly, his expression changing drastically. What should have been a three-way standoff, with two sides clashing for the Golden Fruit, turned into chaos.

In the chaos, a wisp of flame appeared and burned everything away; the raging flames filled DJ Xiang Le's entire field of vision!

"What is this flame?!"

Panting heavily, DJ Sagara leaned against the wall behind him. His eternal life had made him forget the concept of time, but in all his long lifespan, he had never seen such domineering and greedy power.

Ignoring all resistance, it greedily and wantonly devoured everything within its reach.

"I need to find out what went wrong!"

DJ Sagara, who had disappeared from the spot, immediately performed a spatial jump, heading to the other side of the Helheim Forest.

At the same time, in the Helheim Forest, just after Gao Siwu fastened the Sengoku Driver she had discovered, a red knight's head appeared on the driver's knight display panel.

They encountered the first Inves because of this driver, the driver that was being guarded by this Inves.

This is their only hope for survival. With the cover of two Kamen Riders, the group's chances of escaping and surviving will greatly increase!

"I remember it was..."

Recalling what Grape Boy had done before, Gao Siwu tore off the lock-shaped fruits that could be found everywhere in the forest.

Holding the fruit in her hand, feeling the smooth, warm texture of the peel, Gao Siwu swallowed hard.

But just as she was being tempted by the fruit, the power from the driver transformed it into a bright red lockseed.

"strawberry?!"

Looking at the markings on the surface of the lock in her hand, Gao Siwu muttered to herself, but seeing that Grape Boy was struggling alone, Gao Siwu pressed the switch on the lock.

"Ichigo!"

A uniquely magnetic male voice rang out, and at the same time, water-like energy surged from all directions in the forest, converging and merging to form a strawberry-shaped armor part.

"And that's it!"

After embedding the lock into the driver groove on her waist, Gao Siwu casually pressed down the lock head.

"Lock On!"

Once the lock was in place, Gao Siwu pushed the Cutting Blade on her waist, cutting the lock in the middle to reveal the bright red strawberry cross-section inside.

"Soiya!"

The strawberry armor parts fell rapidly from above and landed on Gao Siwu's head. Water-like energy flowed out of the automatically opening armor and wrapped around Gao Siwu's body, forming a yellow and orange riding suit.

"Ichigo Arms, whoosh whoosh, Spark!"

The armor parts fit Gao Siwu's body perfectly, and two strawberry-shaped kunai automatically appeared and landed in Gao Siwu's hands.

"This is the power of the Sengoku Driver, this is the power of Kamen Rider!"

With a burst of excitement, Gao Siwu clenched her fists and charged towards the struggling Grape Boy, wielding kunai in both hands.

"Ashi, let me help you!"

Just as Gao Siwu went to help Grape Boy, DJ Xiang Le watched with a gloomy expression as the slender figure charged back and forth in Inves.

"No wonder her fate was changed; it turns out she participated in the battle!"

DJ Sagara, who usually keeps his emotions hidden, spoke with barely concealed anger: "Who exactly disrupted all of this? The chosen ones of the Daughter of the Beginning are not allowed to participate in the battle!"

"It looks like we need to discuss this with those two again!"

DJ Sagara took two steps back and disappeared from the spot, then hurried to the throne room in the Fimsim ruins.

On a street in Sawame City, a petite figure emerged from a spatial rift that appeared out of nowhere, head bowed. Behind her, a figure watched her leave before quickly departing, seemingly reassured.

Under the watchful eyes of many outside the spatial rift, Sugar ran away quickly, giving those who wanted to inquire about the news no chance whatsoever.

"Damn it, this little girl is too clever!"

"I wanted to ask that properly!"

"Forget it, let's keep an eye on it. It'll come out again eventually!"

.....

Amidst whispers, Sugar ran into a narrow alley. Standing at the alley entrance, she glanced at the strange yet familiar environment within the spatial rift, an environment filled with a wild and untamed atmosphere.

Will we ever meet again?

Her little hand clutched a locket in her pocket, a gift from Miku for self-defense. A rare look of longing appeared on Sugar's face.

"We'll definitely meet again!"

In the forests of Helheim, just as Miku, having left the spatial rift, was about to find a victim to persecute, a deep and authoritative voice rang in his mind: "Miku, an unexpected incident has occurred. Return to the Throne Room immediately!"

Miku stopped and scratched his head in confusion, muttering to himself, "Could it be because of that non-human who participated in the survival game?!"

"Were there any beings other than humans participating?"

"Ok!"

"I understand, but it's not related to this. There's something else going on. Please come back soon!"

Bai Ya's voice gradually faded from Miku's mind. Miku sighed and looked at the knights fighting in the forest in front of him.

"What a pity, we could have had some more fun!"

As Miku murmured, his figure faded away, disappearing like a bubble as if he had never existed, leaving only the usual deathly silence of the Helheim Forest and the sounds of knights fighting in the distance.

Helheim Forest, the ruins of Fimsim, the throne room.

Miku, whose figure appeared out of thin air, decisively deactivated his transformation, slapped his clone aside, and jumped onto his throne.

"Why did you call me here in such a hurry? Did something happen?!"

The cat, perched on the throne, first glanced at Iggy, who was sleeping soundly hidden among the vines, and then spoke up to ask a question.

"That's what I want to know too!"

DJ Sangaku gave a cold snort of annoyance. Miku looked at DJ Sangaku in surprise. In his memory, this guy always had a smiling expression. Was he on his period today?!

"What's wrong with him?!"

Miku looked at Baiya questioningly, awaiting an answer. Baiya leaned back on his throne and said calmly, "According to the serpent, the future he could glimpse has vanished, turning into chaos!"

"what?!"

With a shocked scream, Miku immediately turned to DJ Sagara, "What exactly happened? Explain yourself!"

"Just as Bai Ya said, the future I could see has vanished, leaving only chaos and embers after it was burned to ashes!"

DJ Sagara can observe otherworldly scenes that others cannot see. Miku knows that the otherworld he observes is actually a microcosm and projection of the real world. Everything in that world is something that actually happened in this world and then projected onto it.

This is also the origin of the three-way standoff at the very beginning of the Gaim storyline, and it is also an interpretation and foreshadowing of the future!

In the battle for the Golden Fruit, the Chief Brothers were eliminated first due to their actions and ideas, and could only watch, while Silly Orange and Proud Banana waged war to compete for the final ownership of the Golden Fruit!

Do you know why?!

"Hmm!" DJ Xiang Le nodded and said, "The original chosen one of the Daughters of the Beginning participated in the survival game. By engaging in the battle, she lost her nobility as a chosen one of the Daughters of the Beginning. In other words, the moment she picked up a weapon, she had already lost her qualification!"

"There's such a rule?!" Miku looked at Baiya in disbelief. "Was it like this back then too?!"

"That's right. The existence of the Daughter of the Beginning is equivalent to the guide of the Man of the Beginning and the custodian of the Golden Fruit. Generally, the Daughter of the Beginning chooses the final winner and shares the power of the Golden Fruit with him to create a new world and propagate a new race!"

"Therefore, Gao Siwu, who was originally a shoo-in for the title of the Daughter of the Beginning, was automatically disqualified by the rules because she participated in the battle!"

DJ Sagara picked up where Miku left off, saying, "That's right, that's why we've gathered you all here this time. The chosen one of the Daughter of the Beginning has lost her original purity and is no longer qualified after being defiled. At the same time, the chosen ones of the original Man of the Beginning have also lost their qualifications."

"Holy crap...."

Amidst frantic scratching of its head and flying fur, the cat asked in distress, "Then how do I do this?!"