Knight Asylum

But Ise Ayaka herself knew very well that at this moment, no one would believe that she was really in danger, let alone save her.

Just when Ise Ayaka was completely in despair, the door blocked by the desk exploded, electric arcs flashed, and a figure rushed into Ise Ayaka's room and punched the intruder on the head. The intruder, who did not expect that someone would actually come to rescue Ise Ayaka, roared angrily and wanted to grab Ise Ayaka who was sitting on the ground, but was pressed against the wall by a huge force. With a loud bang, the glass and the wall collapsed together, and the intruder flew out with the flying glass, and the soft moonlight finally illuminated the dim room.

"You're fine."

A familiar voice sounded beside Ise Ayaka's ears. Ise Ayaka's dead heart trembled, and she raised her head excitedly with tears in her eyes, "Rui..."

But the excited call was blocked in her throat by what Ise Ayaka saw.

Inhuman red eyes, a hideous body that was between muscle and armor, everything she saw made her nerves scream and warn her, "He is not human."

Under Ise Ayaka's dull gaze, the light of the Aguru Spirit Stone dissipated with Kuga's posture. Seeing Ise Ayaka still slumped on the ground with messy hair, Reid bent down and stretched out his hand towards Ise Ayaka, but before he touched Ise Ayaka, Ise Ayaka screamed and shook off Reid's hand, then pushed the ground with her feet and shrank into the corner.

"Weirdo, you're a weirdo! Stay away from me!"

sorry……

With tears in her eyes, Ise Ayaka raised her hands and covered her ears tightly, closing her eyes tightly.

She knew that it was Red who saved her, but when she saw Red transformed back from a monster, she could no longer feel at ease from Red. It was not that he turned back into a human, but that the monster was put back into a human shell. The shocking feeling made her stomach cramp and she wanted to vomit.

Red looked at his right hand that was slapped open, hooked his fingers and clenched his fist, stood in front of the big hole made by his punch, and looked down, "Qiao--Did the weirdo catch him?"

"what?"

Qiao, who had become Faiz, was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and shouted, "What weirdo? There is no weirdo coming down! There is only a pile of rocks and glass!"

Red was completely stunned. His fist could feel the touch of the other person's head. He was sure that the punch had hit the intruder and had indeed knocked him out. However, Qiao, who had been lying in ambush below, said that only stones and glass went down.

Escaped? But how did he escape?!

Reid turned his head and looked around at the situation in Ise Ayaka's room, his expression looking a little ugly.

Rather, how did this intruder get into this secret room?

With a bunch of questions in mind, Red and others welcomed the next morning. Ise Ayaka was like a walking corpse, not saying a word. This reaction made Qiao very angry. He wanted to teach Ise Ayaka a lesson many times, but was stopped by Red in the end.

"So what are you going to do?" Qiao scratched his hair in annoyance and simply sat back down, shouting at Ise Ayaka who was standing in the corner with her head down, "The attacking monster has not been caught, are you going to keep guarding this ignorant brat?"

Red glanced at Ise Ayaka and shook his head helplessly, "Go to the police chief."

Qiao stared at Red for a while and then raised his hands above his head, "I'll listen to you. How do you plan to go? We only have one car."

"Let's walk. The police station isn't too far away."

Qiao shrugged, stood up, straightened his clothes, pushed the door and left without even looking at Ise Ayaka. Reid looked at Ise Ayaka, hesitated for a moment, raised his hand, and before he could say anything, Ise Ayaka lowered her head, picked up her schoolbag and walked out in a hurry.

"Well... at least it's cooperative."

Red scratched his face and followed him out.

He was not surprised that Ise Ayaka would react like this. Kuuga's appearance was similar to Gurongi, and a normal person's first reaction would definitely be that he was a monster, not to mention Ise Ayaka who was nervous and frightened by a monster.

On the wide road, under the bright sunshine, the atmosphere between Red and the other two was extremely tense and awkward. The source of all this was Ise Ayaka who was walking in front of Red and Qiao. Qiao, who couldn't stand it, absolutely ignored Ise Ayaka and asked, "Red, how does the belt that woman gave you feel?"

Reid was stunned, and subconsciously touched the belt around his waist, "It feels unexpectedly reliable."

The situation was urgent yesterday. In order to avoid being killed instantly with a punch along with Ise Ayaka, he deliberately wore the belt prepared by Seryuu to limit Kuga's power. The effect was better than he expected. It reduced the energy output of Aguru while preventing Kuga from turning back into a white form. He was able to repel the enemy without hurting Ise Ayaka.

"It seems that woman is not bragging," Qiao said with both hands folded across her chest, and then immediately sighed, "Then I can only follow her arrangements from now on."

"There is nothing we can do about it. After all..."

"Ah——Isn't this Ise-chan?"

Red and Qiao turned their heads and saw two brown-skinned high school girls holding lollipops not far away, waving in the direction of Ise Ayaka with surprise on their faces, "Want to go to school together?"

Ise Ayaka opened her mouth and was struggling with how to start when Qiao Benmei angrily shouted at the two female high school students, "We are going to the police station now, do you want to come with us?!"

After being called out by Qiao, the two high school girls who had been united with the group of hot girls yesterday suddenly changed their expressions and subconsciously took a step back. Ise Ayaka, who noticed the actions of her two good friends, dimmed her eyes and lowered her head.

"W-what? Why are you so loud?!"

"I-we didn't do anything! Don't be afraid, Ise-kun! They won't do anything to you!"

After encouraging Ise Ayaka, the two female high school students turned around and walked away quickly, fearing that someone would catch up with them and drag them to the police station.

Qiao snorted in dissatisfaction, "What... I thought you were such good friends."

"Okay, let's go."

Reid raised his hand and patted Qiao's shoulder.

Because of the episode of encouragement from Ise Ayaka's good friend, the whole journey was extremely silent. Fortunately, the police chief was not far away, but new problems soon arose. As soon as Ise Ayaka entered the police chief, many police officers frowned and looked quite dissatisfied.

This is also a very normal thing. Because of Ise Ayaka's prank, more than 40 plainclothes policemen stayed up all night guarding around Ise Ayaka's house. After the act, they were watched by a group of high school girls as amusement. Ise Ayaka was also aware of it and kept her head down without saying a word.

Chapter 82 The Biggest Victim

Unable to bear it any longer, Red took the initiative to step forward to block the glaring sight from the police officers and asked.

"Excuse me, is Officer Sudo here?"

"I'm in - what can I do for you?"

Masashi Sudo came out with a very ugly and even scary look on his face. Red felt helpless and embarrassed. Sudo Masashi's reaction was within his expectations. Sudo Masashi had already guessed the reason why they came to his house. No, probably everyone present had expected it, so they used their glaring gazes to make him give up that idea.

Reid let out a long breath, "Yesterday, Ise Ayaka was attacked by a monster."

Everyone immediately showed a look of "as expected" and walked away, leaving only Sudo Masashi, who patted his neck and complained helplessly, "Red, you should have heard their conversation yesterday."

"heard it."

"This is a bad prank of theirs, they are treating us as a joke!" Sudo Masashi's voice was getting louder and louder, and he was getting more and more excited, but no one felt that anything was wrong, because given the current situation, they regarded their responsibility as more important than their lives, while those high school students treated their responsibility as a joke. Once was not enough, so they did it twice, and now it's the third time.

"But this time, she didn't lie. I also saw someone break into Ise Ayaka's room."

Reid reached out to comfort Sudo Masashi, but Sudo Masashi immediately took a step back, his tone becoming more and more agitated and merciless.

"Why are you speaking for her like this? Do you really understand her? Do you know what kind of person she is? Let me tell you what she has done!" Sudo Masashi turned around, pulled out a file, and began to read the contents aloud in front of everyone.

"Being late, skipping classes, smoking and drinking, staying out all night, these things that students shouldn't do are commonplace for her."

"On April 2018, , I and my accomplice were caught stealing perfume at the Trade Center and I falsely accused the other person of molestation!"

"On the 8th of the same month, she and her accomplice followed the store clerk who caught them stealing and falsely accused him of being a pervert on the train, causing him to lose his job."

"On May 2018, , haha—I was found by my teacher to be engaged in compensated dating in Xingxiu District."

"On June 2018, , she committed an escort scam in Xingxiu District. But this time, she hit a wall. If a police officer hadn't passed by, she might not know where she was bought. The police officer was injured in order to protect her and her accomplices and needed immediate treatment. So what were they doing at that time? They were taking pictures! And then they left!"

As Sudo Masashi read aloud, the police officers' eyes became more and more disgusted. Even the ordinary citizens who came to the police station to handle business were whispering and pointing in the direction of Ise Ayaka. Ise Ayaka turned pale and staggered back a step, covering her ears tightly.

"Red, do you know what she usually posts on the Internet? All kinds of borderline photos, wearing those shameless clothes under her school uniform, and she's proud of it!"

"She is a pest of society! A scum! Why are you pretending to be innocent? Come, let everyone see the tattoo under your clothes. Don't you often show the roses on your chest online?"

Masashi Sudo became more and more excited as he spoke, and he simply reached out to strip Ise Ayaka's clothes off. Even though the other police officers around them knew that they shouldn't do this, they still chose to remain silent.

"no, do not want--"

"What don't you want? Do you think anyone will believe you now?" Sudo Masashi grabbed Ise Ayaka, who stumbled and fell to the ground in order to dodge. Looking at Sudo Masashi's right hand getting closer and closer, Ise Ayaka's pupils dilated, and she thought of the intruder last night and closed her eyes tightly.

But the pull she expected did not come. Ise Ayaka opened her eyes carefully, and Sudo Masashi's right hand was in front of her and was pulled back little by little.

"Detective Sudo, you've gone too far," Reid grabbed Sudo Masashi's wrist, his eyes narrowed slightly, "You look a little strange today."

"Strange? I think you're weird, Reid. Why do you favor her to this extent?" Sudo Masashi shook off Reid's hand, straightened his clothes, and smiled contemptuously, "Is it because of her young body?"

"Hey - what do you mean?"

Qiao frowned and spoke in a bad tone, but Sudo Masashi just waved his hand indifferently.

"Nothing - I just wanted to remind you."

Red stared at Masashi Sudo for a while, then looked at the other police officers, and their eyes gave him the answer.

"Then there's no way."

Red held his waist with one hand, scratched his face and smiled helplessly. This helpless smile also gave everyone the answer. Red bent down and extended his hand to Ise Ayaka, "I will protect you."

Veins bulged on Sudo Masashi's forehead, the other police officers looked around, and Ise Ayaka stared blankly at the man in front of her who was willing to protect her even in this situation. She subconsciously reached out her hand, but the moment it was about to touch Reid's fingertips, a cold gaze attacked her from Reid's direction. Ise Ayaka, who was already in a trance, was refreshed, and the appearance of Reid, who had transformed from a Kuuga back into a human, appeared before her eyes again.

What she could see were no longer Red's gentle and clear eyes, but the red, inhuman eyes that she could not understand.

Those monster eyes watched her along with the others, waiting for her to die.

"Snapped--"

"Monster! Don't touch me—"

Ise Ayaka screamed and raised her hand to slap away Reid's right hand that was extended to her. Under the cold gaze, Ise Ayaka pursed her lips, stood up and ran out.

"What did I say just now? Okay, everyone, just ignore it and give the little girl some face. Just pretend she wasn't here today." Sudo Masashi turned around and waved to the others, then shouted to Red, "Red, your kindness shouldn't be wasted on someone like this."

After saying that, Sudo Masashi walked away. The other police officers looked at each other and went back to do their respective tasks, as if nothing had happened.

Qiao was a little discouraged and bumped Red with his shoulder, "What should I do?"

Red exhaled and scratched his hair. He didn't know what to do. He should chase after her, but considering Ise Ayaka's current mental state...

No, he shouldn't make any excuses at this time. He was not a perfect saint. The two rejections made him somewhat tired and overwhelmed.

Just when Red was confused and didn't know what to do, his cell phone rang. It was Ming Hai who called.

In the bright toilet, the man staggered like a drunk, holding on to the sink. He gasped and looked up at the mirror in front of him. He was smiling confidently in the mirror, and his face was full of smiles. He couldn't help but laugh too, and gradually his face became consistent with the one in the mirror, but his face was a little pale, as if he was losing his color.

The man took out the black box from his pocket with his right hand trembling. A crab-like emblem protruded from the originally flat surface of the card box. Starting from the four corners of the emblem, the color was drawn from somewhere, and the black color gradually turned into orange-yellow.

"Sure enough, I am... the chosen one."

The man grinned and pointed the black box with the crab emblem in his hand at the mirror in front of him.

Red walked outside the police station and answered the phone.

"Hello? Uncle, what's going on?"

"What happened over there, Red?"

Ming Hai keenly heard the fatigue in Reed's tone.

"No, it's nothing. I... will get over it," Red pinched the bridge of his nose and then raised his fingers and shook them left and right.

"Really? I understand. I have found out the identity of the deceased regarding the murder case in the territory of the Yagui tribe."

"Huh? Can it be done? Don't the police and Selvi Turia accept deaths in the territory of the Tooth Ghost Tribe and there is no way to monitor it?" Reid asked in surprise.

This is why the Fanggui tribe is called a restricted area for humans. Neither the public security that maintains the laws within [S·L] nor the human rescue organization Servier Turia can extend their hands into the territory of the Fanggui tribe.

"I have some connections. The Tooth Ghost Tribe has a strict ruling class. In the eyes of humans, the Tooth Ghost Tribe does not take human lives seriously, but the Tooth Ghost Tribe's king has signed a contract with humans. If a Tooth Ghost Tribe hunts without the king's permission, the king will personally execute the death penalty. Therefore, the Tooth Ghost Tribe's territory has an inspection agency directly under the king, similar to the police. They will secretly register every human who enters the Tooth Ghost Tribe's territory, including when they entered and when they left, with details down to the minute. However, due to various reasons, the Tooth Ghost Tribe's inspection agency has never cooperated with humans, so only a small number of people know of its existence."

"The man who was dismembered that Ise Ayaka witnessed was called Okada Keizo. He was a janitor at Amanokawa High School. He was fired a while ago because he was caught secretly taking photos of high school girls and posting them on certain websites."

"Secretly taking photos?" Reid frowned.

"If it was just a simple profit from secretly filming, it would be fine, but there is something wrong with Okada Keizo's account. It is too clean, but the deposit is a bit outrageous. It doesn't seem like it can be made by secretly filming and selling photos and videos."

"So Okada Keizo was still doing something else? And this thing couldn't go on after his secret filming was exposed, so his collaborator killed him to silence him?" Reid frowned. Among the messy information, it seemed that something was connecting, but some key elements were missing.

"From the scene and the rough handling afterwards, it seems that this was a spur-of-the-moment murder," Ming Hai said calmly, "Red, do you know a weirdo like Huan Mo?"

"I know. He's a monster similar to Orphino, but his birth requirements are more stringent and his relative strength is stronger," Reid pinched his nose. The word 'phantom demon' was like a fishing net, pulling out the key elements from the messy information.

"I checked the URLs where the cleaners sold photos and videos, as well as the disappearances related to phantoms that occurred at Amanokawa High School during the period when the cleaners started selling videos and photos. Over the past six years, the female high school students who disappeared at Amanokawa High School and were later found to have turned into phantoms were all the biggest victims of Okada Keizo's secret photography. There were more than five sets of photos and videos of them that were secretly taken, and after the last set of photos and videos were released, those female high school students disappeared and reappeared as phantoms."

Ming Hai paused, and his voice became extremely heavy.

"The Phantom is screening female high school students with magician qualifications in Amanokawa High School through Okada Keizo. There is also a middleman between the Phantom and Okada Keizo to filter out the suspicious parts. That person must know very well what the extent will be before launching an investigation and involving Selvi Turia's containment team. This person is very cautious. The birth of the Phantom requires people with magician qualifications to be completely desperate, and our intervention will hinder this process. Reid, has anyone been trying to get you to ignore Ise Ayaka these days?"

All the information combined together, and Red felt a surge of anger in his heart, but his voice calmed down instead.

"How many photos and videos were taken of Uncle Narumi, Hamamura-san, and Ise-san?"

"Hamamura Miyo is in Group 6, and Ise Ayaka is in Group 9. It has been confirmed that both of them have the qualifications to become magicians."

"Qiao, you go find Sudo Masashi! I'll go after Ise Ayaka!"

Reid's pupils shrank sharply and he turned around to chase in the direction where Ise Ayaka ran. After a moment of hesitation, he snorted and turned around to rush into the police station and shouted.

"Masashi Sudo! Where's Masashi Sudo!"

Chapter 83 You still have reasons why you can’t disappear, but you have to think about it yourself

No one would believe me, no one could help me.

But I brought this upon myself.

Ise Ayaka covered her ears. She didn't know where she could run to, but now there was nothing else she could do except running. Running on a strange road, everything in the past that was even more strange than this strange road appeared before her eyes.