Knight Asylum

Enbei turned his head stiffly and looked at U who was sitting in the highest commander's position and drinking coffee.

"How to do?"

Looking at the display indicating that the call was over, Red sighed and put the phone back into his pocket.

Hiroshi Izawa was delighted when he saw Reid end the call. Even Qiao didn't know what to say at this critical moment.

[Unable to send message]

Looking at the content displayed on the phone screen, the beautiful lady in the suit frowned. After trying a few more times with the same result, she simply put away her phone and looked in the direction of Red. "Although the Zhinao Group only accepts Aofienno in principle, there are always exceptions. Your name is Red, right... As long as you kill this man and give me the belt, there will be an exception."

As she spoke, the beautiful lady in the suit raised her hand and pointed in Qiao's direction.

Qiao's expression was a little stiff.

"Red! Just kill this guy, just kill one person! You will be able to survive!" Izawa Hiroshi also urged anxiously, "The Brain Group has a lot of technology that Selvi Tulia doesn't have! We will always find a way to solve your problem!"

"Yes, as long as you perform well enough and climb to the position of Clover, all the services of the Orpheino Group will be open to you," the beautiful woman in a suit crossed her arms and raised her chin, but her eyes were always fixed on the belt on the ground.

Reid looked at Hiroshi Izawa, then looked at the beautiful woman in the suit who bent down to pick up the manual, then put the accessories on the ground on the belt one by one, and lifted the complete belt.

Qiao sighed with mixed feelings, as if she had made up her mind. Just as she was about to speak, she saw Red put the belt on her.

"Hiroshi Izawa... sir, are you a bad person who always talks about killing people but is actually joking, or are you a weirdo who really thinks killing people is a trivial matter and plans to do it?"

Reid quickly scanned the contents of the manual and threw it away. He flicked his right wrist to open the flip phone and pressed his thumb heavily on the 5 in the middle of the phone's buttons.

Hiroshi Izawa's expression changed and he immediately took a step back, but the beautiful woman in the suit showed a meaningful smile.

"We have to cherish this second life that we have finally obtained, but... others may not be so lucky to have a second chance," Red raised his thumb and pressed it heavily on 5, raising his eyes slightly.

"You... you have to think it through!" Izawa Hiroshi shouted while holding the trident, "What kind of result do you think you will get? In their eyes! You are a monster!"

Reid pressed button No. 5 again, and a line of light lit up on the flip phone's screen, and a heavy mechanical sound came from the phone.

【Standby】

"I am a human being. I was, I am, and I will always be a human being."

Reid closed the cover of his phone and inserted the phone into his belt through the buckle. In the bright red light, photons and blood rushed upward. Hiroshi Izawa took a step back, and the memories before his death once again appeared before his eyes.

dying!

【Error】

"Ok?"

Red was stunned and looked down. The surging photon blood seemed to be blocked by something and stayed in his lower abdomen. Before Red could react, a shock was released from the belt. Red flew backwards and fell heavily against the wall. The belt was also thrown out and fell to the ground.

Red fell to the ground with a thud, holding his back and coughing heavily a few times, while Hiroshi Izawa also sat down on the ground with a thud, and even turned back into a human form, staring at Red blankly, with the corners of his mouth beginning to pull to the sides, revealing a weird smile.

Once again, he clearly felt the approach of death and his expression went out of control. Until just now, he didn't have the courage to kill anyone. Even though he had the body of a monster, he was still the despicable and pretentious self inside, so he kept instigating Red to kill people for him. But now, he was completely awake and understood a truth.

You are about to die, why do you care whether others can live or not?

Only those who have not experienced death can calmly say that they are not afraid of death, and Ofinoch is someone who has experienced death.

The beautiful woman in the suit walked forward with disdain to retrieve the belt, and began to imagine her life after donating the belt to Zhinao Group. But before she took a few steps, a pair of legs came into her sight, and the belt that was related to her beautiful life was picked up.

The beautiful lady in the suit looked at Qiao who picked up the belt with impatience, and the dark mark of death on her face began to deepen. She didn't intend to watch the same scene twice.

Qiao glanced at Reid who was standing up with the help of the wall, took a deep breath and put the belt on himself, threw away his phone and stared at the beautiful woman in the suit, then pressed his thumb on the number 5 button three times very quickly.

【Standby】

"You seem to know what will happen if the unsuitable person uses this belt?" Qiao closed the phone with force and raised his hand to smash the phone into the buckle, narrowing his eyes.

The beautiful woman in the suit suddenly had a bad premonition and leaped forward. Her slender body immediately transformed into Ophiino with rose features, and her braid made of thorns lashed towards Qiao.

Qiao put the phone into his belt with great effort, and bright red photon blood quickly surged up to his hunched body, glowing red.

【Complete】

The armored right hand stretched out and grabbed the fallen thorns. The red light faded little by little and disappeared. In its place was an armored warrior with a black background, silver-white armor, and red stripes like blood vessels.

Red's mouth dropped open, he didn't understand why he failed while Qiao succeeded in using the belt.

"Yeah, it feels good."

Qiao moved his shoulders and pulled hard with his right hand, and Rose Ophieno flew directly towards Qiao. Looking at the oncoming Rose Ophieno, Qiao turned around and kicked Rose Ophieno in the stomach. Rose Ophieno, who was still immersed in the shock of Qiao's transformation with the belt, was kicked directly into the wall.

"Damn it! Hey! Hiroshi Izawa! If you want to become a member of the Brain Group and want to live, kill this man! Get the belt back!"

Rose Ophio struggled to stand up from the wall and yelled in the direction of Hiroshi Izawa.

Of course, she didn't expect Hiroshi Izawa, the failed Ofinho, to be of any help from the beginning. She just hoped that shouting like this could divert Qiao's attention, but Qiao seemed to have the same opinion as her, thinking that Hiroshi Izawa didn't dare to attack, and didn't even turn his head.

But just when Rose Ofiino was cursing Hiroshi Izawa as a waste in her heart, Hiroshi Izawa suddenly stood up, a black mark of death appeared on his face, and he transformed into Thornfish Ofiino. The trident hit Qiao's back directly, dazzling sparks exploded, and Qiao staggered and fell out, and Rose Ofiino immediately stood up and whipped Qiao a few times.

Qiao, who was originally at an advantage, was immediately put at a disadvantage after being attacked from the front and back.

Just when Hiroshi Izawa was about to continue attacking, Reid endured the pain in his back and stood in front of Hiroshi Izawa.

"Are you human, or a monster?"

Reid let out a long breath, staring into Hiroshi Izawa's eyes, and around his waist, Aguru's belt appeared.

"Red! Stop it! I can handle it on my own!"

Qiao noticed the changes in Red, and remembered what Ida said in the recording. His face changed and he immediately rushed towards Red, but before he took a few steps, he was whipped by Rose Aophie Enoch and had to defend himself.

"Shut up! Don't ask me such simple questions! What else can I be but a weirdo! But you! Are you a weirdo! Or a human? If you are a human, then die here!"

Hiroshi Izawa held the trident in both hands and smashed it towards Reid without hesitation.

"Bang-"

Dazzling sparks exploded, and Reid slowly raised his eyes illuminated by the sparks. Under the influence of Yaguru, his arm muscles underwent a qualitative change and formed muscles similar to armor.

"You are indeed a weird——"

Before Hiroshi Izawa could finish his words, Reid raised his arm, leaned forward and swung his right fist to hit Hiroshi Izawa's face hard. While Hiroshi Izawa was dizzy and relaxing the power of the trident, he clenched his left fist and swung it out to hit Hiroshi Izawa's face again, making Hiroshi Izawa retreat repeatedly.

Qiao, who had forced Rose Ophino back with one punch, turned around anxiously, but Red had disappeared, and standing there was a creature that was completely unknown to Qiao.

Weird is the most appropriate adjective, but Qiao can feel Red's presence from those extremely dazzling red eyes.

"I am, human."

White Kuuga, Reid clenched his fists in the direction of Izawa Hiroshi.

"Have you ever looked in the mirror? You don't look like a human being at all!"

Hiroshi Izawa's body slowly floated upwards, and half of his body turned into a fish tail. With a swing of the fish tail, he rushed straight towards Red at an extremely fast speed as if sprinting in the water. He clasped Red's shoulders heavily with both hands and pushed Red into the wall. He continued to apply force, and tiny cracks spread around with Red as the center.

"You say——"

Chapter 13 How about we run away?

Serbia is facing the biggest crisis since its establishment.

Firmly believing this, Enbei led his men to the Enoch District and kicked open the door of the director's office. Several researchers who were being scolded by Jingtian immediately made way. Jingtian raised his eyebrows slightly, leaned back on the back of the chair, and shook his head slowly.

"Isn't this Staff Officer Enbei? Is the work in the command tower finished so soon?"

"Jingtian! Stop playing dumb! You used your safety quota to release Orphino, who should have been locked up in the holding area, to attack Red, right?" Embe raised his hand and slammed it heavily on the table, staring into Jingtian's eyes like an angry lion.

"Huh? Safety spot? I don't know what you're talking about?"

Ember took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, flipped his wrist, and turned on the recording.

[Shut up! I am now a member of the Brain Group! ]

Hiroshi Izawa's voice echoed in the spacious director's office. This short sentence contained information of extraordinary significance. Several researchers standing aside turned their heads away as if it had nothing to do with them, and were secretly observing Ida out of the corner of their eyes.

This is not just a crisis for Servitua, it is also a crisis for Jingtian.

The exposure of the security quota led to the discovery of the deal between Servieri Turia and Hanagata by the Intelligent Brain Group. Either of these events would be enough to bring down Ida.

But contrary to everyone's expectations, Iida did not panic and get up to make a phone call. Instead, he asked, "This is really bad, but Chief of Staff Enbei, is it really okay for you to come and question me at such an urgent moment? Izawa Hiroshi is already like this, you don't think I can call him back with just one phone call, right? Sending a rescue team over now may still be in time - at least..."

Iida narrowed his eyes slightly.

"You can retrieve a containment object that wants to escape. Of course, this presupposes that you have the ability to retrieve that containment object."

Enbei's face turned dark and veins bulged on his forehead.

The detainee who wanted to escape that Iida mentioned was most likely Red, and just as Iida said, if Red wanted to escape, even if it was White Kuuga, there would be a detainee team who could formally detain him and take him back.

"But this is indeed my problem. We have the responsibility to deal with it. I will call the containment team to handle it right away." Ida raised his hand and pressed the communication device on the side, shaking his head at Enbei with a look of regret, "But unfortunately, according to the agreement, you will lose the ownership of Kuuga."

Several researchers suddenly realized that Jingtian's target was Reed's ownership. Then they saw Jingtian's deep eyes and thought of Jingtian's rather radical behavior this time, and they felt a chill.

From the beginning, Iida did not expect Hiroshi Izawa to kill Red, so Iida wantonly put pressure on Hiroshi Izawa, who was in a similar situation to Red, to make Hiroshi Izawa collapse and turn to the monsters. He wanted to influence Red's thoughts and make Red decide to escape. As for causing the Intelligent Brain Group to discover the cooperation between Selvi Turia and Hanagata...

Hiroji Izawa didn't know what was in the box, and the mission file given to Hiroji Izawa was probably tampered with. For the Intelligent Brain Group, this might just be a simple attempt to gain a small advantage. Even if Orphino from the Intelligent Brain Group really discovered what was in the box and realized this transaction, he probably wouldn't be able to pass on the information, and might not even be able to leave alive.

And the Intelligent Brain Group could not do anything about this matter, and might even distance itself from the attacker Orphino. After all, on the surface, it seemed that the Intelligent Brain Group unilaterally wanted to covet Selvi Turia's prisoners.

Embe also reacted, and he thought more. The containment troops affiliated with Enoch had probably surrounded the area by now. As long as the containment troops started to act, it meant that the containment had begun. Regardless of whether Red took action or not, Red would be locked up in the containment area as a containment object, and Selvi Turia would also lose ownership of Red.

Embe's face was tense, he turned around and rushed out, and his right hand loosened the communication device. He leisurely turned his chair around and faced away from several Enoch researchers who were standing aside as if they were being punished.

The researchers swallowed hard and dared not speak.

"What's wrong?" Jingtian slowly turned his chair and looked down at the researchers. "Haven't you been taught a lesson yet? Why don't you get back to research!"

Iida suddenly raised his voice, and the Enoch researchers, who were already feeling guilty, immediately turned around and fled in embarrassment.

Jingtian snorted coldly and looked at the most recent research report on the table. After a brief silence, he raised his hand and swept all the research reports into the trash can at his feet.

Outside the dim and narrow bridge tunnel, the seemingly uninhabited wilderness fields began to surge up and down like waves, with an unusual black color spreading through them. One by one, the shelter staff wearing full-coverage helmets and fully armed crawled out, pointing their weapons in the direction of the bridge tunnel.

"Captain, the Ophino factor has been detected. They have already started fighting. When do we start?"

The man who was crawling in front narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Don't worry, wait for the director's signal."

In the dark and narrow bridge tunnel, dazzling sparks exploded.

Qiao clenched his fists in front of his head, and rushed to Rose Orpheus despite the attack from her. He flew up and kneed Rose Orpheus into the wall, then swung his arms and punched Rose Orpheus on the head one after another.

"Why!"

Rose Ophio was dealing with the situation in a panic while yelling unwillingly, but what answered her was Qiao's increasingly heavy and swift fists.

At the same time, the fishman-like Izawa Hiroshi raised his hand and swung Red, who was embedded in the wall, and was thrown out by the huge force. However, Red adjusted his body very quickly in mid-air and stepped on the wall. He exerted force with his legs and kicked forward, accompanied by a huge crack that bloomed like a spider web. The white sky fell like a white meteor, and Izawa Hiroshi, who was right below, had no time to react and was kicked into the ground by Red. But it was not over yet. A huge force poured into the earth, and Izawa Hiroshi's body sank into the ground like a train that had derailed and crashed into the ground. Under the impact of the terrifying force, he plowed straight towards the exit of the bridge tunnel, and countless tiny pieces of gravel flew down.

Reid slowly stood up and looked at Hiroshi Izawa who was embedded in the ground and unable to move for a moment, and had no intention of chasing him.

"Ha ha ha ha--"

The shrill laughter echoed in the bridge tunnel. Hiroshi Izawa pulled his body out with difficulty, stood up and looked at Reid, with the white Kuuga reflected in his eyes.

"Why don't you ask me what I'm laughing at?"

"I think I know what you're laughing at."

The appearance of Hiroshi Izawa was reflected in the red eyes of the white sky that seemed extremely deep in the dim environment.

"You are already a monster. No one will understand you." Hiroshi Izawa raised his hand and pointed at Reid. A lot of ash fell down his arm. "You will regret it soon. What awaits you is only—"

Before Hiroshi Izawa could finish his words, his body suddenly shook and froze in place. His lively expression was frozen like a portrait. A breeze blew in through the bridge hole with a slight golden edge, and Hiroshi Izawa's body collapsed and turned into dust like a statue made of sand swallowed by the sea tide.

At the same time, he cleverly opened the command memory on the phone, combined it with the cursor, and installed it on the side of his right leg.

As if knowing what Qiao was going to do, Rose Ophio immediately turned around and tried to escape, but Qiao had already opened his phone and pressed the Enter key.

【Exceed Charge】

The red light spot followed the path of the photon blood and fell into the cursor on the side of the right leg.

Qiao took a step and jumped towards the fleeing Rose Ophieno. A red cone-shaped pointer fell from the cursor. Qiao kicked through the red cone-shaped pointer at an extremely fast speed, carrying Rose Ophieno's body with him. When they landed, Rose Ophieno froze in place. A man kicked her body. Flames emerged from her body and countless fine ashes seeped out. Rose Ophieno looked at Qiao in front of her and was about to say something when she froze in place and collapsed, leaving only a ? mark.

Qiao raised his hand and touched the belt around his waist, then turned slowly. On the other side of the narrow bridge tunnel, there was a white sky. Red also turned around and looked over.

Qiao, who was wearing armor, and Red, who was wearing armor made of flesh and blood, looked at each other across the narrow bridge.

The fingers that were touching the belt tightened slightly, and after a brief silence, he slowly spoke.

"How about we escape?"

Along with the sound of chaotic footsteps, the light that penetrated into the narrow bridge hole was obscured by black shadows. Fully armed shelter personnel rushed in from both sides. The captain of the shelter team was stunned when he saw Qiao and Reid, but quickly made a judgment and raised his hand.

"Surround Z-01!"

The containment personnel wearing full-coverage helmets, who seemed to be copied and pasted, spread out extremely quickly and surrounded Red, pointing their guns at Red's joints and vital points.

He should have waited for Iida's signal before taking action, but the sudden horrible noise and the terrifying silence that followed changed his mind. If he waited any longer, the temptation would expand, and the moment he looked into the eyes of White Sora, a chill ran down his back. The last time he had such a feeling was during a vicious containment incident caused by a Ge-class Gurongi. Even now, he often dreams of that night.