Knight Asylum

"Really? Lian, everyone's physical condition and the treatment data of the past few years have all been handed over to Zhinao Group. The research team of Zhinao Group is analyzing and determining whether it is possible to wake everyone up through resurrection surgery."

Because Qiu Shanlian was leaning against the door of the ward, Reid did not go over to see her, but stood opposite Qiu Shanlian.

"If your life is in danger again, the hospital will arrange a special line to send you to Zhinao Group for resuscitation surgery."

Akiyama Ren's fingers around her arms tightened slightly.

"Thanks--"

Chapter 395: Phantom Demon: Doll? This is not a random killing.

Red's intuition told him that Akiyama Ren was hiding something from him, but out of trust in Akiyama Ren, Red did not intend to ask any further questions. As comrades-in-arms who were ready to fight against Kanzaki Shirou together, he still had some trust in him.

"By the way, tomorrow the Zhinao Group will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially include resurrection surgery in the medical insurance system. The phantom demons will probably attack the scene," Reid exhaled.

"Phantom demon?" Qiu Shanlian frowned.

"Of course, I will deal with these phantoms, but... the trouble is not with the phantoms, but with the magicians. Although it sounds unbelievable, the magicians' goal is the same as that of the phantoms, which is to prevent resurrection surgery from being included in medical insurance."

Qiu Shanlian was stunned and her eyes widened in disbelief.

"Why would the people from the magic country do this? Aren't they the mortal enemies of the Phantom Demon? Shouldn't they stop the Phantom Demon?"

"Who knows, but you know... I wouldn't make such a boring joke."

Qiu Shan Lian was silent.

Red would never joke about that.

"I, should we do this?" Qiu Shanlian's eyes flickered and she stood up straight.

Since Red told him about this, he naturally explained it to the other Mirror Knights including Shinji Kido and Umiyuki Tezuka.

"The magicians will never attack the Zhinao Group from the front like the Phantom Demons did. They will most likely use magic to sneak into the Zhinao Group's building and destroy it. I hope you can stop those magicians, of course--"

Red paused and then gave a wry smile.

"I hope I'm thinking too darkly."

"I understand. Send me the time and place tomorrow... I definitely won't be late."

"please--"

Reid nodded to Akiyama Lian, turned around and started walking. He had somewhere else to go.

After watching Reid get into the elevator, Akiyama Lian lowered her eyes slightly.

"Red, this world is darker than you can imagine, so... this is what happened."

……

After leaving the hospital, Red went back to Selvi Tulia, but did not find Metzger. This surprised Red and made him a little worried. After all, Metzger was still in a state of amnesia in this timeline, and now Qiao was staying in the hospital to look after Rosette. If Metzger was left unattended and wandered around, who knew what kind of danger might arise.

Fortunately, Metzger had her phone with her.

"Red, you're here so quickly. I thought it would take you at least ten minutes to get here from Selvi Tulia," Metzger, who was drinking Ishido Soichi's freshly ground coffee, raised the corner of his mouth.

"of course……"

Reid glanced at Ishido Soichi who was wiping the cup, put his hands on his hips and sighed helplessly.

He really wanted to say that he was worried that something might happen to Metzler, but saying it here would seem like he was implying that Ishido Soichi was not a good person.

"Anyway, at least contact me next time. When I see you're not in the dormitory, I..."

"Are you worried?" Metzger's eyes lit up slightly.

“I’m so worried.”

Red's extremely straightforward answer was like a heavy punch that crushed Mazel's heart. As a life born of greed, she had no so-called morals, so she was very dissatisfied with the fact that Red was busy with other things and could not spend all night with her like in the previous timeline.

She was so dissatisfied that she wanted to cause trouble.

But now she was glad that she had held back.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm not going anywhere," Mazel stepped forward and gently straightened Red's messy collar, "So what happened?"

Ishido was holding the cup and was very tactful not to make any noise.

After thinking for a while, Red repeated what he had said to Xiao Xing.

"Doll costume...huh?" Mazel frowned. "So, it's a symbol, right?"

"Symbol...ha, not that exaggerated," Red scratched the back of his head. To be honest, if he really couldn't think of any results, he would just pick up a random teddy bear suit.

"Of course it's that exaggerated!" Seeing that Red had no self-awareness in that regard, Metzger raised his voice and emphasized, "The doll costume you prepare must be distinctive enough so that people will remember it. Only in this way can they remember what you want to convey."

Red suddenly realized, "So that's what we should do! Thank you!"

After saying that, Red ran out excitedly, but ran back in just a few seconds.

"Metzler, are you going back now, or do you want to stay a little longer?"

Mazel was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood something and smiled helplessly, "It's okay, Red, actually... I have remembered something."

"Is that... the case?" Reid was stunned for a moment, then shrank back and gave Mazel a thumbs up. "If you need me, I will definitely come over!"

"I'll always remember it," Metzger smiled and waved goodbye to Red.

After Red left, Shi Dongsou leisurely put down the clean glass in his hand.

"Really? This is a rare opportunity to make him feel guilty."

"For true love, guilt is a glaring impurity," Metzler took a sip of coffee and smiled calmly, "I'm not in a hurry. I have plenty of time."

"Time~ That's true," Ishido pushed up the color-changing sunglasses on his nose and leaned against the counter, "But it's precisely because we have plenty of time that we have to hurry up and participate, right? Time... passes very quickly. In the blink of an eye, everything will be different."

As he spoke, Ishido Soichi looked towards the refrigerator not far away.

“Only by considering yourself as a human being can you enjoy everything that comes with being a human being.”

Metzger frowned slightly, but didn't care too much, because she knew very well that Ishido Soichi's enjoyment was different from her desire.

The next morning, the gate of Zhinao Group was crowded with people. If the security guards had not set up a safety line, reporters from various newspapers would have rushed into the building long ago.

Murakami Kyoji, who had already resigned, naturally could not appear in such a public occasion, and Lucky Clover was also not suitable to appear, so it was the receptionists of Zhinao Group who came out. They pulled up a ribbon representing that resurrection surgery was officially included in medical insurance.

Everyone looked around curiously, wanting to get a glimpse of the true appearance of the new Intelligent Brain Group after Murakami Kyoji.

And Zhinao Group did not make them wait any longer.

Amid the sound of grand music, the door of the Zhinao Group Building opened, and a figure holding a pair of large scissors appeared in everyone's sight. The reporters present sighed in disappointment, but many children carried on the shoulders of their parents smiled and applauded.

Because the one that appeared was a large furry doll mascot.

The large and round doll head, the limbs that seem quite short compared to the head and the cylindrical body make it look intimidating in the least. It is completely harmless to humans and animals, as if it came out of four comic strips.

The reporters were disappointed, but they also understood that many companies would send mascots to cut the ribbon at their ribbon-cutting ceremonies.

However, those who knew about it began to spew water.

Because standing there is the Ultimate Empty Self.

Q version, Ultimate Kuuga.

The phantom demons hiding in the dark sneered when they saw this situation.

"Hey Medusa, you called all of us here just to kill such a funny thing?" Phoenix said unhappily, "You are not making fun of me."

Under normal circumstances, Medusa would definitely tell Phoenix to shut up, but now Medusa was in a good mood. She was thinking that it was the Intelligent Brain Group after all, and if they dared to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony, they must have prepared a lot of backup plans. But when she looked over, she saw that they were all ordinary humans. As for those Orphinos, she didn't take them seriously at all.

"This is perfect. We Phantom Demons have been too low-key in [S·L]. It's time to show our presence." Medusa crossed her arms and smiled confidently. "When the time comes, you can fight as many powerful opponents as you want."

Isn't this just a random killing?

Medusa walked out of the shadows with her arms open, facing the sunlight.

"My fellow countrymen, the feast of despair is about to begin. The first sacrifice is—"

Medusa raised her finger and pointed at the mascot who was waving to the children in front of the gate of Zhinao Group.

"it's him."

Chapter 396 How can someone who can't even smile protect other people's smiles?

Because Zhinao Group announced a day in advance that it would hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Sylvie Tulia was also paying attention to the ceremony. Everyone in the control tower, from U to the communicators, were stunned by the mascot Kuuga, who was standing in the center of the screen in his transformed shape.

It’s a pity that the only complaining character, Enbe, is currently obsessed with cross-era time research and cannot extricate himself, so he is not present.

But there is an even more important presence here.

"Hey, hey, hey! U! What form of Kuuga is that! I've never heard of it before!" Saiyu rubbed his eyes hard, then stood up and yelled at U who was sitting silently in the highest seat.

U lowered his body very slowly, raised his hands to support his forehead, exhaled a long breath, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"This is really... an unexpected development, hahahaha - it's really interesting, Red, is this your choice? I did see it..."

In order to fight true evil, people must release the evil in their hearts.

The evil released for the sake of battle is always accompanied by a horrific appearance and behavior, which is bound to be hated and resisted by the vast majority of people, even if... that evil protects them.

Such is the price you pay for wearing the monster mask.

The monster's mask cannot be a pillar of hope.

Therefore, I always can't help but feel sorry for myself and can't help but think about it.

Yes, being scared is a normal thing. As long as you can protect people, it's fine. You can use a mask to cover up your sad expression...

[I don’t want that——]

How can a person who is self-pitying and can't even smile protect other people's smiles?

The mascot Kuga leaned sideways and stretched his short, chubby arms toward the crowd, with his thumb raised with a snap, drawing cheerful laughter from the children.

It was more like a joyful parade in an amusement park than a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Infected by the happy laughter of the children, the adults also felt relaxed. Even the reporters who were eager to get big news couldn't help but put down their cameras.

“Yeah yeah—”

Tiandao Shuhua, who was also in the crowd, raised her hands and cheered, then turned her head and looked at Hamamura Miyo with shining eyes, "Miyo-chan, this is really interesting!"

At first, when Hamamura Midori invited her to watch the ribbon-cutting ceremony of Zhinao Group, saying it would be interesting and fun, she was full of questions. She had no idea what was so fun about a commercial ribbon-cutting ceremony, but out of politeness, she agreed.

"Right~" Hamamura Miyo nodded with eyes as bright as the crescent moon, then looked at Ise Lingxiang who was staring at her, "What do you think? Lingxiang~"

"Say, that's true?" The corner of Ise Lingxiang's eye twitched.

At first, she also refused. After all, Hamamura Midori was a phantom. If a phantom invited a magician who didn’t have a magician ring to go out and play... there must be something fishy going on.

But after knowing that Tiandao Tree Flower had agreed to come out to play, she came out anyway. What was the purpose of a phantom demon pestering a human being, which was out of character for him?

She racked her brains and thought she had anticipated all the possibilities, but...

The mascot Kuuga on the stage suddenly jumped up and did a backflip, but it seemed that his body had not yet adapted to this state. He staggered and caused a burst of exclamations from the citizens, but fortunately he managed to stabilize his body, opened his hands, and the onlookers applauded.

Ise Ryoka covered her face.

She really hadn't expected this!

Looking at Hana Tendōju and Ryoka Ise, one was looking at the mascot Kuuga intently, while the other was covering her face and unwilling to accept the reality. Hamamura Midori exhaled lightly and looked in the direction of the mascot Kuuga with strange colors in her eyes.

"Brother, is this the hope you bring?"

Hongshang Fund Building.

"Oh oh - is this what they call a life full of surprises?" Mitsuo Hongo put his hands behind his back and stared at the holographic image of the ribbon-cutting ceremony of Zhinao Group with surprise on his face.

Anku, who was eating a popsicle, looked at Metzler, who was grinding coffee elegantly, "Was this your idea?"

"How could that be? I just want him to take it seriously." Mazel smiled at Anku as if showing off. "It's cute, isn't it?"

"How stupid--" Anku said with an unpleasant sound.

"Ah~ Anyway, I don't think I can get along with you," Mazel shrugged nonchalantly, holding her chin and looking at the mascot Kuuga in the holographic image with a smile.

"I just want him to be happy—"

Hiding outside the crowd, Tezuka Umi looked in the direction of the gate of Zhinao Group and said with emotion, "As expected of you."

"Well! Everyone - it's about time to act."

Tojo Go, who was already in front of the mirror and preparing to enter the mirror world, lowered his head and greeted others with helplessness on his face.

Akiyama Ren silently withdrew his gaze, Sano Mitsuru muttered that Miss Xiaoxing would definitely turn around happily, and Shirodo Shinji, who was trying hard to hold up the camera to take pictures, also reacted and nodded repeatedly.

"Ah, yes, yes! It's time to act——"

As soon as Shiroto Shinji put his hand into his pocket, Tezuka Umiyuki, who was standing beside him, immediately reached out and held down Shiroto Shinji's right hand as he tried to pull out the Knight Card Box. "Shinji, the time you have to move around in the Mirror World is limited. The area you and I are responsible for patrolling is a bit far from here. Let's go deeper before entering the Mirror World."