Knight Asylum

Xiao Xing was stunned for a while before she reacted. She widened her eyes in disbelief and asked, "Is it really possible?"

"This is [S·L], anything can happen... If this is really the case, it's not a bad thing," Reid scratched the back of his head.

In fact, he didn't believe what Tendou Souji said at all, but he was willing to believe in Tendou Souji as a person.

Seeing what Red was thinking, Xiao Xing no longer held back and gently held Red's arm, laughing softly, "Isn't this good?"

“It’s never wrong to trust someone.”

"That's... true. I hope so." Red let out a long breath. "But the matter has not been resolved yet. There are still three mirror beasts in the mirror world eyeing the flowers of the Heavenly Dao Tree. We have to resolve it as soon as possible..."

Before he could finish his words, a cell phone rang. Red took it out and saw that the person calling was Umiyuki Tezuka.

"Speak of the devil," Red answered the phone with a smile, "Tezuka, how's it going?"

"Red, I found a Mirror Knight who is willing to help us. Next we need to find a third one. I hope you can be present when we negotiate with that third person."

Chapter 327: Qiu Shanlian's vital parts were exposed

Because the safety of the flower of the Tendao tree was at stake, Red immediately went to the meeting point of Tezuka Umi no Sou without any further delay, and Xiao Xing was also very considerate and said that she could go back to Kusakabe Xu's shop first.

After all, distant water cannot put out a nearby fire.

Xiaoxing's thoughtful behavior made Red both moved and ashamed. He immediately said that he would compensate Xiaoxing in the future. Xiaoxing simply accepted Red's promise and returned to Kusakabe Xu's hotel with a smile.

"Red, over here!"

As soon as Red arrived at the agreed coffee shop, Umi Tezuka, who was sitting in the corner, immediately stood up and waved to Red.

Red tilted his head. Because of the angle, Red could only confirm that there was a person sitting opposite Tezuka Umiyuki. When he got closer, Red couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Shinji!?"

After shouting, Red felt a little embarrassed. This third timeline seemed to be no different from the first timeline, but there were many loopholes. As someone who had experienced it, he had no impression of it at all. He only reacted to many things after they happened to him.

Maybe he had no contact with Shinji Kido in this timeline.

Shinji Shiroto, who had been shrinking his body, shuddered, raised his head, and waved awkwardly, "Hello."

Red tilted his head.

He had already figured out Shinji Shirodo's character in the first timeline. Now Shinji Shirodo's reaction clearly showed that he knew him, but he was very cautious and even a little wary.

This is a bit strange. In this timeline, he is an official employee of Sylvie Tullia, while in the first timeline, Shinji Kido dealt with him quite naturally.

It's not a second timeline.

Red narrowed his eyes slightly and sat down next to Shiroto Shinji. Without giving the latter a chance to dodge, he raised his arm and hooked Shiroto Shinji's shoulders tightly, pushing Shiroto Shinji into the corner.

"Shinji, you... don't you have memories of the previous timeline?"

"Cough——" Shinji Shirodo, who wanted to struggle, coughed heavily, and turned his eyes away little by little, not daring to look at Reid, "Ha, huh? You, what are you talking about, what timeline, hahaha..."

"Ha... Shinji, have I ever told you that you can't lie at all?"

Red grinned and let go of Shinji Shirodo.

"What happened in the previous timeline? Why did you become a Mirror Knight? Is everyone at the ORE newspaper okay?"

Since Shinji Kido is here, he is most likely the Mirror Knight that Umiyuki Tezuka asked for help. Given Shinji Kido's personality, he doesn't have to worry about being backstabbed when defeating the Mirror Beast.

But most people who can become Mirror Knights have some connection with people who were corrupted into Mirror Beasts in the previous timeline.

The only person Red could think of who could be the Mirror Beast that could transform Shinji Kido into a Mirror Knight was someone from the ORE newspaper.

Shinji Shirodo opened his mouth, lowered his eyes slightly, hesitated for a moment, then took out a knight card box with a dragon logo from his pocket and placed it on the table.

"Everyone... is fine. I do remember what happened in the previous timeline. In the previous timeline, you were..."

"Grunge, right?" Red sighed, reaching out and gently patting Shirodo Shinji's back. "Thank you for your hard work."

“No——” Shinji Shiroto’s eyes were sore and he shook his head vigorously.

Tezuka Umiyuki, who was sitting opposite Reid and Shiroto Shinji, took a sip of coffee leisurely, looked up at the clock on the wall, and nodded slightly.

"It's almost here."

As soon as he finished speaking, a man in a black windbreaker with cold eyes pushed open the door of the coffee shop, looked around, and his gaze stopped on Tezuka Umiyuki. He frowned and did not approach immediately.

"Here here—"

Tezuka Umiyuki smiled and waved to the man. Reid and Shirodo Shinji stood up and looked at the man in perfect sync.

Looking at the two heads that suddenly appeared, the man's eyes jumped violently.

Are these guys really reliable?

The man was a little skeptical.

"Akiyama Lian? It's you..." Reid was a little surprised, but felt that this was reasonable.

In the previous timeline, he didn't have much interaction with Akiyama Ren, but it was deep enough.

Akiyama Ren is not a bad person at heart. She had many opportunities to kill Sonoda Mari directly, but she did not do it. It was clear that the Akechi Brain Group gave Akiyama Ren the task of killing Kitaoka Hideichi, but Akiyama Ren chose to confront him head-on.

It's like he never intended to win from the beginning.

And Akiyama Ren's reason for fighting is different from others.

To save his girlfriend.

Akiyama Lian's eyebrows jumped when she didn't expect that someone here actually knew her. After hesitating for a long time, she frowned and came to the coffee table, looking like someone who is not easy to mess with.

Any normal person would be frightened by Akiyama Lian’s aura, but in a sense, everyone present was not normal.

No matter how hard Akiyama Ren tried to make his eyes look cold and fierce, three pairs of eyes were staring at him as if waiting for him to introduce himself.

The waiter passing by was hesitant to speak.

"Akiyama Lian——"

Finally, it was Akiyama Lian who couldn't hold it anymore, but she didn't want to sit with Reid and the others at all, so she immediately pulled out a chair at the table next to her. However, before she sat down, a large group of guests came in.

"Um... sir, can you sit with your friend?" The waiter stepped forward and held down the chair that Akiyama Lian had pulled out, his face full of embarrassment. "It's rush hour now."

Tezuka Umi moved his butt with a kind look on his face.

Akiyama Ren's cheeks trembled violently, and after a stalemate with the waiter for three full seconds, she compromised and sat down next to Tezuka Umiyuki with a grim face.

"Ahem..." Shiroto Shinji coughed heavily and raised his right hand, "My name is..."

As if unable to bear Shiroto Shinji's silly expression, Akiyama Ren interrupted him impatiently before he could finish his words.

"I have no interest in who you are. I'm here just to tell you that I won't cooperate with you. Give up!"

After saying this, Qiu Shanlian stood up and prepared to leave.

Shiroto Shinji was stunned for a moment and then stood up and shouted, "Wait a minute! You bastard!"

Having a good temper doesn't mean that he will laugh and not resist when being bullied.

"Don't get excited, don't get excited—"

Reid and Umi Tezuka stood up at the same time, one grabbed Akiyama Ren and the other stopped Shirodo Shinji.

"Shinji Kido, Umiyuki Tezuka, Reid, and Ren Akiyama," Umiyuki Tezuka introduced the four people present very quickly and briefly, then smiled apologetically at the waiters who were looking over.

"Lian, I think you can listen to what we have to say first. It's not too late to refuse if you think it's not acceptable—"

Reid reached out his hand, and Akiyama Lian's face froze instantly, and Reid pulled her back stiffly.

Normally he would have just walked away, but Red had hit him sorely.

That’s right, it’s——

He put the Knight card box in his pocket.

Chapter 328 Mr. Akiyama Lian, you don’t want to…

Under the threat of Red's threat, Akiyama Ren had to sit back down, but her expression became even worse. Tezuka Umiyuki had no choice but to give up her seat and squeeze into a row with Red and Shiroto Shinji.

"Let me say this first—"

Qiu Shanlian crossed her legs with her arms across her chest, her eyes extremely cold.

"No matter what conditions you offer, I will not cooperate with you."

"Your girlfriend will soon have to move out of the intensive care unit because no one pays for the follow-up treatment costs, right? Even with the welfare construction of the Hongshang Foundation, the cost of living in the intensive care unit is not a small amount. We can solve this problem and ensure that your girlfriend and your girlfriend's classmates will not move out of the intensive care unit," Tezuka Kaiichi went straight to the point.

Qiu Shanlian's eyes twitched. She didn't say anything, but put down her crossed legs.

Shinji Shiroto, who was originally staring at me with an expression that said I am not easy to mess with, was stunned and his eyes widened. "Your girlfriend is now--"

"It has nothing to do with you," Akiyama Lian raised her voice unhappily.

"I'm just concerned," Shirodo Shinji muttered, but he wasn't angry.

"Lian, we are not trying to threaten you with this. Just treat this as a deal. There is a girl being targeted by three mirror beasts. The three mirror beasts will work together. We need at least three mirror knights to get rid of the three mirror beasts." Tezuka Umi crossed his fingers. "Of course, whether you are willing to help or not, the medical expenses for your girlfriend and her classmates will be solved."

"We have already hired a powerful lawyer to sue Qingmingyuan University and ask them to bear the medical expenses for all students who fell into a coma due to the experimental accident, including your girlfriend."

"This is a reporter from ORE Newspaper. They have promised to report the truth of this matter. The matter between your girlfriend and her classmate will never be covered up. The lawyer will seek justice for them."

Shinji Shirodo blinked his eyes, let out a long "ah", and immediately nodded vigorously at Akiyama Ren and took out his press card.

Qiu Shan Lian folded her arms and remained silent.

In fact, he was just being stubborn from the beginning. No matter whether Tezuka Umiyuki's promise to pay for the medical expenses was true or false, that was his only hope and he could only choose to believe it. But what he didn't expect was that Tezuka Umiyuki not only wanted to pay for his girlfriend's medical expenses, he also planned to seek justice for his girlfriend and classmates and make Seimeiin University take responsibility. He even found reporters.

If you just want to fool him, there is no need to go to this extent.

"I see. Where is that girl now?"

Seeing that Qiu Shanlian finally gave in, Reid also breathed a sigh of relief.

"The girl's name is Tiandao Shuhua. She is now with her brother. She is safe for now, but the mirror beast will not give up its prey easily."

"Then act quickly—"

Akiyama Ren stood up without hesitation, and Shirodo Shinji also waved his arms up and down with great enthusiasm.

Red, who didn't want to drag this matter on, nodded immediately. After Tezuka Umiyuki paid the bill, four people on four motorcycles came to the restaurant of Kusakabe Xu's family. After parking the cars, they hid at the corner. Four heads popped out from top to bottom to peek at Kusakabe Xu's family store.

"Um... do we really need to be so cautious?" Shiroto Shinji, who was at the bottom, complained weakly while holding onto the wall. "With the intelligence of the mirror beasts, they shouldn't realize that we are ambushing them."

"Shinji, you seem to know a lot about Mirror Beasts?" Red, whose head was ranked second to last, asked casually.

"Well..." Shiroto Shinji scratched his face, "I have fought with Mirror Beasts a few times, so I know them quite well."

"Really? Shinji, how many mirror beasts did you defeat?" Reid was a little curious.

Akiyama Ren and Tezuka Umiyuki also looked curiously at Shinji Kido who looked like a good guy.

After all, they will have to cooperate with each other to deal with the three mirror beasts who are good at fighting together. Before the battle, they need to understand each other's strengths so that they can determine the subsequent tactical arrangements.

"Uh - let me think..."

Seeing Shinji Shirodo looking embarrassed, Akiyama Ren couldn't help but sigh.

"It's not much anyway..."

"About forty or so."

"Cough--" Akiyama Ren coughed heavily and looked at Shirodo Shinji as if she had seen a ghost.

Even Red was shocked. According to his calculations, Shinji Kido should have only been a Mirror Knight for a short time. If Shinji Kido really killed more than forty Mirror Beasts, it would be equivalent to Shinji Kido fighting with Mirror Beasts every day, and it is very likely that he would kill several Mirror Beasts a day.

"You, you are kidding me, right?" Akiyama Lian's eyes twitched. "There is no need to deal with so many mirror beasts to raise contracted beasts."

"This is not... a question of whether to raise them or not." Shiroto Shinji scratched his head and slowly lowered his right hand, staring deeply ahead. "If left alone, many mirror beasts will die. I want to prevent these tragedies, not just because I have the power to prevent them..."

"So, I want to do everything I can to avoid some tragedy."

Shinji Shirodo paused, scratched the back of his head and smiled awkwardly and innocently.

"Although it may sound a bit self-righteous, I really hope you can help me. One more person means more strength."

Akiyama Lian's eyes moved, and she crossed her arms and turned her face away. "Do you think this is a special effects film? Fighting against mirror beasts is never an easy task."

"That's true..." Shirodo Shinji was not disappointed but looked towards the restaurant of Kusakabe Xu's family, "But I will fight."

Tezuka Umiyuki looked at Shirodo Shinji and then at Akiyama Ren. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a shrill voice and his face suddenly changed. Shirodo Shinji and Akiyama Ren stood up at the same time and took out the knight card box from their pockets.

"Is the Mirror Beast coming!?" Reid reacted immediately.

"Yes, it's those three guys. Can they really not hold back any longer?"