On how PhDs become human evil

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Bai Jie nonchalantly chopped her on the head with a chop. "You're a Valkyrie, your stamina is way better than mine, so naturally you have to do more. I'm just a researcher, my stamina is much less, right, Zhan Tu?"

"Yes, I agree with the doctor on this point. Let the muscular idiots handle the physical labor."

The two Kamen Riders, both engaged in scientific research, reached a consensus at this moment.

Salome patted Shigure Kira on the shoulder and advised, "Try to think more positively, Kira. There's a saying in China that goes something like this... A higher-ranking official can crush you."

“Salome..…”

After resting for a while, Kiryu Sento stood up and asked, "So what? Now that we've taken out all the Herrscher cores, what are we going to do with these little girls? If we leave them unattended, something bad will happen."

"Anyway, let's have them taken back to headquarters first. I remember Theresa said she wanted to set up a Valkyrie Academy in Japan, so these people can be her first batch of students."

Bai Jie said this.

"Well, I've already called headquarters. A plane should be arriving in a while. Until then, let's—"

"Boom—!"

Bai Jie had only spoken halfway when a deafening clap of thunder rang in everyone's ears. Immediately afterward, a flash of green light appeared above their heads, followed by a brief delay of a few seconds...

"Boom!"

The entire Tower of Babel was instantly shattered into countless fragments! A biting blizzard swept through the area where everyone was!

(Wait! This isn't your average blizzard...it's a tornado!?)

In Bai Jie's eyes, what was rushing straight toward them was an ice and snow tornado that seemed to reach straight into the sky like a towering skyscraper!

"Damn it... Shigure Kira! Help me push the blizzard back!"

"Push it back? How do we do that?"

Shigure Kira's voice rang out from the other side, filled with anxiety. Clearly, this tornado-level blizzard was beyond her comprehension.

With barely managing to move his frozen hand, he took out the silver [Weather] memory and activated it. In an instant, a tornado of the same level swept out from Bai Jie's center, forcefully pushing back the oncoming blizzard!

"Now—Shigure! Use [Persephone] at maximum power!"

Upon hearing Bai Jie's furious roar, Shi Yu Qi Luo immediately drew the weapon from her waist.

It was a longsword with black and white sides, each side engraved with the Snow Wolf Squad's emblem and various patterns. Judging from its quality, it was definitely a good sword, but the most crucial part, the blade, seemed to have never been sharpened.

This was obviously intentional, since the sword wasn't designed for slashing but for control; it's more like a staff than a sword.

This throne of the gods, named after Hades in Greek mythology, possesses the power to materialize the concept of the four seasons, thereby causing various natural phenomena.

And naturally, winter blizzards are also something it can control!

"O wind god of the far north, heed my command, bring harsh winter to this land and world, stir up the cold wind, and let everything return to eternal silence!"

Under Shigure Kira's incantation, the blizzard that was originally struggling with Bai Jie's tornado suddenly blew back in the direction it came from. Taking this opportunity, Bai Jie also controlled his own tornado to merge with the blizzard.

A real blizzard tornado!

"Boom—!"

A scene resembling a massive avalanche appeared on the snow-covered plains of Siberia, so large that it made people wonder if it was the end of the world. Countless coniferous forests and surrounding creatures were buried in the ice and snow.

Panting heavily, Shigure Kira immediately knelt on the ground, leaning on her sword, and the light on the [Persephone] in her hand dimmed considerably.

"Although I went ahead to relieve the pressure, it must have been really hard on you to forcibly control the Herrscher-level blizzard. Shigure, take a rest for a while."

"How can we rest... We're in the middle of a battle right now, aren't we? Speaking of which, where are Salome and the others? Are they alright?"

"Don't worry, Sento and I are protecting them very well." Bai Jie looked at Sento, who had just finished transforming again, and Shub, Patrick, and Salome, whom he had brought over with his wind.

"Alright, we've temporarily thwarted the surprise attack, but the enemy is still watching—right? Those two brats up there!"

As soon as Bai Jie finished speaking, the fierce winds that had been blowing through Siberia for years stopped instantly, and then two figures appeared in the sky.

They were two women, dressed as if it were the height of summer in the frigid region of Siberia.

"Although it was just a casual strike, to be able to block it... that's quite good for an ant." The one who spoke was the woman on the right, and judging from the wind around her, it could be confirmed that she was the Herrscher of Wind of this generation.

"Sister, God said that even ants should be attacked with all our might. You should have been able to kill them with that attack just now."

This time, it was the black-haired girl on the left who spoke; the lightning just now was probably her doing.

Looking at the two figures in the sky, Bai Jie couldn't help but laugh: "The Herrscher of Wind and the Herrscher of Thunder, I never expected that these two Herrschers of this generation would actually be sisters, hahaha... hahahahahaha!"

"Huh? Ant, what are you laughing at?" The Herrscher of Wind frowned as Bai Jie's laughter made her extremely unhappy.

"What am I laughing at? Isn't this something that's easy to understand? Or did your gods not tell you that humans these days, when facing two Herrschers, are simply—not even afraid!"

Boom! ...

It was like the roar of a dragon in mythology, or the doomsday horn when a natural disaster struck. And in this sound, the sky was suddenly occupied by a crimson magic circle that weighed half a kilogram and was five hundred meters long!

In this Siberian region, one should feel the cold, but under this magic circle, a feeling of heat spread from the depths of everyone's body.

Staring at the massive magic circle enveloping the two of them, the Herrscher of Wind turned deathly pale: "What...what is this?! This power...impossible!"

She sensed the threat of death from within that magic circle, but how could this be? She was a Herrscher! An apostle of God!

"You, you just asked me why I was laughing, right?" Bai Jie said with a ferocious expression, laughing like an old man. "I'll tell you, the reason I'm laughing is because I can take down two Herrschers in one go!"

"Space-based Great Wall Cannon - FAF - "

"Pfft—!"

A sudden sound rang out, and Bai Jie's thoughts came to an abrupt halt as he looked at the metallic spear that had pierced his chest.

Metal... I see...

"I knew you were the most threatening one, let's take care of you first!"

Silver-gray powder drifted through the air, and a blonde girl appeared before everyone with an incredibly sunny smile, holding in her hand the spear that had pierced Bai Jie's body.

"You are......"

"Hmm, I bet you've already guessed it, but I still want to introduce myself!" The blonde girl suddenly pulled out her spear, leaving Bai Jie, who was bleeding profusely from his chest, lying on the snow. Then she spun around on the spot, made a peace sign next to her eyes, and said, "I'm a Metal Herrscher from Australia! Nice to meet you!"

The fourth Herrscher appeared before everyone.

P.S.: Update

P.S.: You guys say the protagonist hasn't suffered a setback yet, so let him suffer one!

P.S.: Arknights has a new event, I'm wondering if I should pull on the new banner...

Section 171, Chapter 31: The Father-in-Law and Son-in-Law Fight Side by Side (laughs)

The Herald of Metal, the Herald of Wind, the Herald of Thunder, and the Herald of Domination from before.

Four Herrschers have appeared in just Siberia!

The three Herrschers unleashed terrifying Honkai energy, and a pressure as overwhelming as a tsunami surged towards Kiryu Sento and the others. In an instant, Shigure Kira and the others felt as if they had fallen into a world of ice, their bodies becoming extremely cold and unable to move.

Invincible.

It takes humanity a huge price to defeat just one Herrscher; if three Herrschers were together, there would be no chance of winning!

(Lady Cecilia, Shigure Kira, I might—)

"BOOM!!!"

Just as despair rose in Shigure Kira's heart, the world-destroying magic circle in the sky, which had been gradually dissipating, suddenly burst out with an even more dazzling and ominous blood light!

The Space-Based Great Wall Cannon Fafnir is still operational!

"Impossible! They clearly killed that white-haired guy!" The Metal Herrscher stared incredulously at Bai Jie lying at her feet. "What trick did you play—"

The Metal Herrscher didn't continue speaking because Bai Jie, who was lying on the ground, suddenly rushed up. The projected Void Grip covered his arm in a second, and the punch, enhanced by the enhancement magic, didn't care that the opponent was a woman and slammed heavily into her chest!

boom--!

The Metal Herrscher was immediately sent flying like a ball.

"Asking me what tricks I played? Isn't that a simple question?" Bai Jie grinned. "Since you didn't finish me off, how could I possibly die, little girl?"

Even if she finished him off, Bai Jie wouldn't die. This body, composed of all the evil in the world, is completely immune to physical attacks. If you really wanted to kill Bai Jie, it would be better to have the Herrscher of Thunder do that.

Amidst the churning of black mud, the hole in Bai Jie's chest was gradually filled in. Touching his repaired body, Bai Jie looked at Kiryu Sento and asked, "Sento, can you handle these guys?"

"Does that mean I have to fight three of them by myself?" Kiryu Sento couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. "You really know how to give me trouble, senpai. I can't win."

"Come on, that 'Oh, it's nothing special' look in your eyes completely betrays you!" Bai Jie mercilessly exposed his acting skills. "Besides—you're not Kiryu Sento, are you?"

With a slight tremor, Kiryu Sento shrugged helplessly and approached the three Herrschers.

"I was planning to play around for a little while, but well, there's nothing I can do now that I've been exposed."

For some reason, Kiryu Sento's movements suddenly became flamboyant. A blood-red, jelly-like object suddenly shot out from his body and condensed into a middle-aged man wearing glasses on the snow not far away.

After the crimson jelly flew out of Kiryu Sento's body, Kiryu Sento immediately shuddered: "Huh? What... happened to me?"

"Yo, long time no see, Sento. I borrowed your body for a bit."

"You are... Evolto?!" Kiryu Sento's gaze towards the middle-aged man immediately became incredibly complex, a gaze that held both the eyes of an undying enemy and the eyes of someone akin to a comrade-in-arms. "Why are you here? Shouldn't you be..."

"That's true. I'm also looking for the reason. But let me have some fun before that. I've been feeling really lonely since we parted ways."

As Evolto spoke, he took out the Evol Driver and casually conjured two full bottles.

【Cobra! Rider System! Evolution! Are you ready? 】

"Transform!"

【Cobra! Cobra! Evol Cobra! Fuhhahhahhahhahha! 】

Dark red gears formed a wormhole-like device, which then compressed violently before bursting out from within, giving the initial impression of a red Kamen Rider named Cobra appearing before everyone's eyes.

—Kamen Rider Evol Phase 1

"One, two, three... Perfect for a warm-up!"

With a flick of his hand, Evolto entered the realm of divine speed. His red afterimage stretched out in an instant, and before the Herrscher of Thunder, who was flying in the air, could react, a punch enveloped in starlight slammed her down.

"boom--!"

"One."