Knight Asylum

Because I thought it was cool, because adults all said it was not possible, and because I felt that I had discovered the truth of this world, so with the encouragement of my friends, I took a brave step and got a tattoo. I protected it carefully as if it were a treasure and missed the best opportunity to remove it. Then, suddenly one day, my friends who said it was a symbol of friendship suddenly said in tacit understanding that they had removed the tattoo long ago.

It's not you who's wrong, it's the world. You can easily get support and a cheap sense of security. You don't have to pay anything, you can do cheap things, and still think you're noble.

Having been used to doing such things, she could only be so cheap. She wanted Reid's trust and the sense of security that came with it, but she habitually wanted to get such trust and security for free, without wanting to give anything in return.

As she ran, Ise Ayaka came to a factory abandoned in a corner. This factory used to be very large, but because of cutting corners, it gradually lost the trust of its customers. In the end, all that was left was this rusty abandoned factory where only stray dogs would come, just like her now.

"What's your expression?"

"At this point, who do you expect to forgive you and tell you that you are not wrong?"

A familiar yet unfamiliar voice came from behind the abandoned machinery, and several dirty glass windows were like a pair of eyes staring at Ise Ayaka.

Ise Ayaka shuddered and waved her hands nervously.

"Who are you! Come out! I'm not afraid of you!"

"You're not afraid of me? Really? But it doesn't matter. The result is already determined. But it really took me a lot of effort."

The sound came from all directions, as if he was not here, yet everywhere.

"The hope and despair of today's high school students are too cheap. Is it because they have suffered too many setbacks? Or is it that today's high school students really don't take themselves seriously. They despair at every turn and regain hope at every turn. There is no pillar of hope at all, and naturally there is no pillar of hope to break. My job is getting harder and harder. I originally thought so, but the actual situation is just the opposite of what I thought."

"You are really too cheap. So cheap that I only need one method to deal with you."

Ise Ayaka was stunned, her pupils dilated, and beads of sweat oozed from her forehead, "You, what are you talking about! I, I don't have the qualifications to be a magician! You found the wrong person!"

"You found the wrong person? Hahaha - who told you that you found the wrong person? Ah ~ you admitted it to others yourself. It was a prank. If you had just persisted, hahaha - now even if you go for help, no one will believe you."

Ise Ayaka's legs went limp and she sat on the ground. She could feel something breaking apart bit by bit.

"Ah~ Let me think about it, where was I talking about just now? Right, to deal with you cheap people, there is only one way. First, let you know the existence of the pillar of hope, and then you cheap people will naturally rely on that pillar, not wanting to pay anything, and then simply lose that pillar."

"Don't say it, don't say it anymore!" Ise Ayaka covered her ears tightly, but it was too late. The memories of the past surged up uncontrollably, tearing at the already blurred pillars in her heart. She could even feel something awakening inside her body.

"In the end, I just need to remind you that you are beyond help. That's enough."

A crack appeared on Ise Ayaka's face, with a deep purple light shining through it. More cracks spread. Ise Ayaka looked at the cracks spreading on her body with great horror. She screamed and covered the cracks on her body, trying her best to maintain the so-called pillar of hope, but the more she thought about it, the faster the cracks on her body spread.

"No, no! I don't want to disappear!"

"You don't want to disappear? Who in this world wants you to stay? Stop talking nonsense and disappear from this world right now!"

"Then stay!"

A roar sounded from behind Ise Ayaka. Ise Ayaka, whose eyes had been split in two by the crack, was stunned. She slowly turned her head, and a black shadow split the sunlight in two and fell on her.

Reid exhaled heavily and stepped into the rusty factory. Around his waist, a spiritual stone appeared on the Aguru belt and emitted a soft light.

"You still have many reasons not to disappear."

"Reason?" Ise Ayaka asked stupidly, the cracks on her body no longer expanding. "What reason?"

"Think about it yourself!"

Reid shouted mercilessly, passed by Ise Ayaka and stood in front of her.

"I'm not going anywhere until you've thought it through and done it."

The dazzling sunlight fell into Ise Ayaka's eyes, which were split in two by a crack, and the past events emerged one by one.

"I have to go apologize to that clerk."

The eye that was split in two by the crack was pieced back together.

"anything else?"

"And the teachers, they were just simply concerned about me, but I took their concern for granted and even laughed at them."

"anything else?"

"I stole a lot of stuff and had to work to pay it back."

"anything else……"

Ise Ayaka opened her mouth, lowered her head and smiled bitterly, "I can't finish talking about it, and I can't remember it clearly, but I will find those who remember it, and then make it up to them. By the way, the first thing I have to do is to say sorry..."

"I shouldn't have called you a monster."

The cracks with purple light that almost shattered Ise Ayaka healed at an extremely fast speed and finally disappeared completely.

Red chuckled and gave Ise Ayaka a thumbs up with his back turned, "I accept your apology, but..."

Red's smile gradually turned cold.

"I don't know how you got from being a police inspector to being here, but I will never forgive you, Detective Sudo."

"You were the one who killed Okada Keizo, right?"

Ise Ayaka was stunned, "Detective Sudo?"

After a brief silence, Takashi Sudo walked out from behind the rusty steel machinery. He was still wearing a well-fitting suit, but his expression was extremely distorted. He no longer looked like the good detective who smiled naturally as before.

"How persistent are you? Don't you have any taboos against eating such scum? How many times do you think she has said similar things? At this point, how many people do you think still believe what she says?"

"As long as there is one person in this world who is willing to believe her, she still has a chance to change. Even though it's tiring, I will be her last chance."

Reid took out the restraint belt prepared by Seleu from behind and threw it around his waist. The red belt opened the moment it landed on Aguru, and black sticks stretched out from the belt.

"But Detective Sudo, I will beat you up first, and then I will drag you to the police station and let you face the punishment of the law."

"Sanctions? A weirdo actually said he would use the law to sanction me?"

Sudo Masashi held his forehead and laughed a few times, then took out the black box from his pocket and pointed it at the mirror on the side. A belt flipped out and buckled around Sudo Masashi's waist.

"I am the chosen knight! Unlike a monster like you!"

"Henshin!"

Sudo Masashi's eyes narrowed and turned, and the black box in his hand was buckled into his belt. Several shadows flipped out of the surrounding mirrors and overlapped on Sudo's body to form a steel black and gray armor. The crab emblem in the center of the black box lit up, and the black and gray armor on Sudo Masashi's upper body fell off, revealing an orange-yellow color.

"See? Unlike a monster like you, this is what a true knight should look like!"

"Knight? Who did you get this from?" Red frowned, crossed his arms and swung them, clenching his left fist and holding it at his waist. "Forget it, after I knock you down, I will slowly ask you."

"Henshin——"

With Aguru's spirit stone as the center, a soft light lit up and swept out, but before that, all the black sticks extending from the restriction belt attached to Aguru fell down, and countless tiny nanomachines flashed strange light signals and mixed into the energy released by Aguru.

Under the influence of the energy released by Yaguru, Reid's body began to transform at the cellular level. The golden horns stretched out upwards, and the silver fangs bit down. White air flowed out of it. It was not the ultimate darkness, but a body as red as fire.

"Defeat me? You're nothing but a monster!"

Masashi Sudo shook his head, his eyes flashed a bloody and violent red light, and he stepped forward with his fist raised.

"How can a monster defeat a knight?!"

Reid raised his hand to block, dazzling sparks exploded, and was pierced by the punch that followed, and steel and flesh collided with each other.

As a criminal policeman, Masashi Sudo has undergone very rigorous combat training. He dodged Red's punch by leaning sideways, grabbed Red's left arm with his right hand and raised it up, while his body quickly dived behind Red, grabbed Red's left arm with his right hand and pressed Red's neck with his left hand, instantly subduing Red. It was a standard grappling method.

Under normal circumstances, Red would have probably been controlled, but the battle with Gamego had greatly improved his combat awareness, and the presence of the restraining belt saved him from having to worry about the aftermath of the battle, so Red immediately thought of a way to escape from being captured. He pretended to resist, supported himself with his right hand, rolled sideways to break free, and the moment he landed, he swung back like a pendulum and threw a punch.

Masashi Sudo was surprised that Red could break free. He didn't have time to dodge and immediately swung out his arms armed like crab claws.

"boom--"

Sparks exploded, and Masashi Sudo and Red retreated at the same time. Because they were flesh and blood, Red looked much more embarrassed than Masashi Sudo, who was protected by armor.

"See - the power of a knight!" Sudo Masashi waved the weapon on his arm proudly, "How can a weirdo like you beat me!"

Reid ignored Sudo Masashi's provocation, but swung his arms up and down in a somewhat incredible manner, carefully feeling the power of Kuuga after being restricted.

"It's incredible. I didn't expect it to be so much weaker. But, that's great. Now I can fight without any worries."

"Weakened... so much? What do you mean?! Are you trying to say you're showing mercy! Stop kidding me!"

Bloodshot appeared in Sudo Masashi's eyes and his consciousness gradually became blurred. The only thought left in his mind was to kill Red. With a gasp like a wild beast, Sudo Masashi roared like an angry bull and ran towards Red, with the armored blades on his arms like crab claws opened, wanting to chop off Red's head directly.

Red seemed to be frightened and stood there motionless. The blade flashing with cold light fell on Red's neck in the blink of an eye.

"Won--"

The collision of the flashing cold blades produced a dazzling flame. Red was no longer in front of Sudo Masashi. Before Sudo Masashi could react, he felt a huge force hitting his ribs. His feet were empty and the world was spinning. He saw the red Kuuga on the ground looking up at him, and Kuuga's fist slowly lowered.

"RED!!!"

In response to Sudo Masashi's roar, Reid threw a ruthless punch. Before Sudo Masashi landed, he spun in the air like a windmill and fell hard to the ground with his face down.

Damn it! Damn it! It shouldn’t be like this, but it seems like this!

Sudo Masashi dug his ten fingers into the ground little by little, grabbed a handful of dust, and stood up shakily.

"It shouldn't be like this!"

While Red was approaching, Sudo Masashi threw the dust in his hand at Red. The dust hit Red's red eyes but was completely unable to stop Red's movements. He punched hard and dazzling sparks exploded from the armor on Sudo Masashi's chest. Red no longer held back and beat Sudo Masashi at close range so that he had no chance to fight back.

Faces flashed before Sudo Masashi's eyes: Okada Keizo, Ise Ayaka, Hamamura Midori, a beautiful woman, his boss, and finally stopped at a hand holding a black card box.

【Want to know what you really look like? 】

Masashi Sudo raised his arm with difficulty, but before he could swing it, he was kicked away by Reid. He rolled on the ground for several times and hit a mirror heavily. The mirror shattered on the spot and hit Masashi Sudo's body.

"Absolutely... that's not the case..."

Sudo Masashi supported himself on the ground with his hands, and his image was reflected in the fragments of the mirror on the ground.

The self who was in a high position and respected by others disappeared, and the mirror clearly reflected his current miserable appearance.

"Ah...Ah!!! No - this isn't me! The real me! It's definitely not like this! I'm...the chosen one!"

Masashi Sudo smashed his reflection in the mirror with a punch and stood up shakily. The cold metal shell seemed to come alive and began to stretch and expand. His body began to swell abnormally, tentacles protruded from the helmet, white foam gushed out, and the black box on his waist strangely sank into Masashi Sudo's flesh and blood bit by bit.

"Hey - Masashi Sudo! Take off the card box! Something is wrong!" Red felt a chill and rushed over, but before he could get close, a gust of wind blew Red directly to Ise Ayaka's position.

Ise Ayaka reached out to hold Reid's back and looked at Sudo Masashi, who was already over two meters tall, with horror on her face.

"What's going on?! He looks like... a weirdo?"

"Roar--"

The huge biological claws covered with various holes smashed down, and a humanoid monster in the form of a crab opened its arms and let out an irrational roar. Masashi Sudo seemed to have become the flesh and blood of this monster-like body.

A weirdo still has his own rationality, but Masashi Sudo's current appearance is more like a monster than a weirdo.

"Hey - Sudo Masashi, you're still -"

Before Red could finish his words, the crab monster charged straight towards Red. With no time to dodge, Red could only raise his hand to push Ise Ayaka away from behind. At the moment of collision, the huge force made Red feel as if he was hit by a train. The hideous barbs pierced deeply into his body, bringing him unspeakable pain.

"Roar--"

Masashi Sudo, who had turned into a crab monster, suddenly raised his body and knocked Red away and into an abandoned steel pipe.

Scorching steam gushed out from its ferocious mouthparts, and its irrational eyes looked at Ise Ayaka who was slumped on the ground, with its ferocious crab claws opened.

Reid, noticing Sudo Masashi's actions, immediately lifted up the steel pipe and rushed towards Ise Ayaka, but at this moment, a slender figure appeared at the gate of the dilapidated factory that was supposed to be deserted.

"Ah~ What's going on?"

Sudo Masashi, who was originally facing Ise Ayaka, immediately turned around and roared as he rushed towards the figure closer to the door.

"not good--"

Reid was startled and immediately rushed towards Sudo Masashi, but he was still a step too late. Sudo Masashi had already rushed in front of the other party and raised the crab claws in his hand.

But at the moment the crab claws fell, a huge ice cone broke through the ground and pierced through Sudo Masashi's body.

"Mr. Detective, this look suits you very well—"

"Click——"

More ice cones broke out from Sudo Masashi's alien body and crushed him to pieces. The person in front of Sudo Masashi raised his hand and shook his hair, walked out of the broken ice crystals and appeared in the sight of Reid and Ise Ayaka.

"Brother~ Long time no see~ You look very cool now——"

Under the astonished gazes of Reid and Ise Ayaka, Hamamura Miyo smiled lazily and nonchalantly.

Chapter 84: Just to Become Less Cheap

Reid immediately became alert.

He remembered Ming Hai's speculation that the website was a platform used by phantoms to screen humans with the qualifications to become magicians. The more photos and videos there were, the higher the probability of having the qualifications to become a magician. Hamamura Midori had a total of six sets of videos and photos. If she had more than five sets, it was certain that she had the qualifications to become a magician.

Hamamura Miyo disappeared and appeared in front of them again.

"You're already a phantom demon, right?" Reid blocked Ise Ayaka behind him.

"Ah~ Brother, you don't have to look at me like that. I am Hamamura Midori," Hamamura Midori raised her hand and pointed at herself, "I just have a little more powerful power."