Knight Asylum

"Hululu——"

"Crunch, crunch -"

Now she has become a casual, cute and lively girl.

"Hmm? What's wrong?" Sonoda Mari, who was chewing dried fish with her bare hands, raised her head. "Don't you have an appetite?"

"Ha... no, I always feel that your food tastes especially delicious?" Reid sighed, holding his forehead with his hand.

The college students around her had the same set meal as Sonoda Mari's in front of them, and like Sonoda Mari, they mixed everything together and slurped it up.

"Eh - because it's really delicious," Sonoda Mari blinked.

"It seems to be the case," Red picked up his coffee and took a sip, "Speaking of which, why did you suddenly come to look for Kusaga Masato? You don't even know what kind of person he is now, which means you haven't been in touch for a long time."

"Well..." Sonoda Mari pursed her lips, her movements became awkward, and her expression was a little frustrated, "Actually, something happened."

Red's intuition told him that what came out of Sonoda Mari's mouth was not a trivial matter, and it was probably very serious, so Red thought about it and decided not to ask any more questions.

But Sonoda Mari was only depressed for a moment, then she recovered, put her elbows on the table, leaned forward and moved her face towards Red, "Speaking of which, what is that?"

"That?" Reid raised his eyebrows.

"That's it, the belt that fell out of your bag? It looks very cool. Where did you buy it?" Sonoda Mari pointed at the bag that Reid put aside, her face full of curiosity.

"Well..." Reid paused and subconsciously looked away.

Although there are various signs that Faiz's belt is not as dangerous as Agul, Servier Turia still defines Faiz's belt as a containment object. They are allowed to run around with it, but that does not mean they are allowed to talk about it. What's more, Faiz involves the Intelligent Brain Group, the Enoch Group, Servier Turia, and even the Lucky Clover of the Intelligent Brain Group have begun to take action to take back the belt.

So he definitely couldn't tell the truth to Mari Sonoda, but seeing how interested she was, if he answered that he bought it, the lie would become bigger and bigger, and Red couldn't help but think of Hanagata.

"It's considered a human being, entrusted to me. Okay, eat quickly. I won't give it to you," Red replied and immediately put the backpack where Mari Sonoda couldn't see it.

"Hey——A stingy man can't find a girlfriend~"

Mari Sonoda rolled her eyes and stretched out her voice. Just as Red was about to complain that it was not your turn as a little kid to care about it, he saw Mari Sonoda staring at the entrance of the cafeteria, the color of her face fading at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if she had seen a ghost.

Red immediately realized that something was wrong and stood up to look over. At the door of the cafeteria, a man was standing there quietly. He was wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and was meticulous with a hint of arrogance. He held a collection of poems in his left hand.

Lucky Clover Takuma Ichiro! ?

Damn it! He actually came to me on his own initiative! Did he find out that Faiz was here? Or...

Reid couldn't help but look at Sonoda Mari, who was slowly standing up from the dining table, with her right leg pulled back, as if she was ready to run away.

"What are you still standing there for? Go!"

Just as Red was weighing his options, Sonoda Mari suddenly shouted, bent down, put Red on the ground, threw the backpack into Red's arms, took Red's arm and walked quickly towards the exit on the other side of the cafeteria. Although he had many questions, Red still chose to leave the cafeteria first. Fighting was inevitable. There were so many people here. Even if he limited Kuuga's strength with an additional belt, those who should be hurt would still be hurt by one punch. It would be terrible if Orphino went on a killing spree in the cafeteria.

Having made up his mind, Red took the initiative and grabbed Sonoda Mari's arm and ran towards the parking lot.

Zhuoma Yilang raised his hand to support his eyes, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and followed.

Why did Sonoda Mari want to get involved with me?

Red was thinking as he pulled Mari Sonoda towards the parking lot.

He is not so narcissistic as to think that he is charming enough to make Mari Sonoda pester him in a fraudulent way. Although the time is short, he has gained a certain understanding of Mari Sonoda through their contact. She is cheerful, energetic, and has a girlish heart, but not to the point of being a fangirl. It is also obvious that she has something on her mind.

"Wait a moment!"

Just now, when Sonoda Mari saw Takuma Itsao's reaction, it was very similar to his. They both thought that the Lucky Clover was looking for them.

"Wait a moment!"

He did it because he had the Faiz belt on him and he also knew that the Intelligent Brain Group had sent the Lucky Clover to track the belt. Why did Sonoda Mari do that?

"Wait a minute! I can't breathe!"

Mari Sonoda's cry successfully brought Red back to his senses. Red slowed down and let go of Mari Sonoda's wrist. Mari Sonoda staggered back a few times, supported her knees with her hands, took a few breaths before looking up and staring at Red with resentment.

"Who... are you?" Reid picked up the backpack containing the Faiz belt and shook it towards Mari Sonoda, his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Here, I—be careful!"

Mari Sonoda shrank her neck, but before she could think of a reason, her face changed and she pushed Red down hard. Although Red called Sonoda Mari a little kid, Sonoda Mari, who was about 1.65 meters tall, was not short for a woman. With this collision, even Red was knocked to the ground. A light bullet fell to the ground, the floor tiles exploded, and fragments swept out like bullets. Red's pupils shrank, he let go of his backpack, hugged Mari Sonoda, and turned sideways to avoid the fragments. The backpack that was released was thrown under the car by the impact.

Reid glanced at the ground that looked like it had been hit by a rocket launcher, and helped Sonoda Mari to stand up, his face looking a little ugly. If that happened to an ordinary person, he would be seriously injured if he was lucky, but he might be directly blown to pieces if he was unlucky. Sonoda Mari's face also looked a little ugly, but she was not looking at the big hole on the ground, nor was she looking at Takuma Itsuki who was walking over with a collection of poems, but at the backpack that was thrown under the car. Her eyes were flickering, as if she was hesitating about something.

"Eh——You were able to dodge it. You're more capable than I thought."

Zhuomu Yilang adjusted his glasses, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, a black death mark appeared on his face, and he walked with a gentleman's pace. His body was twisted into a hideous gray-white color, and his body was covered with barbs like embracing arthropods.

“But that’s as far as it goes.”

Reid took a look at the surroundings. They had already arrived at the parking lot. It was noon and there were not many people around, so they could fight without restraint.

Reid glanced at Mari, let out a long breath, and remembered the horrified expression on Ise Ayaka's face when she first saw him, Kuuga. He raised his hand to block Mari Sonoda behind him.

Although I don’t know what level Lucky Clover is among monsters, since he is the highest-ranking executive of the Brain Group, he must be strong. Maybe he can be as good as Gamego.

Have to use afterglow!

Red slowly narrowed his eyes, raised his hand and waved it away, a golden arc of electricity flowed out from the corner of his eye, and Red, who was concentrating on transforming into the Afterglow Sublimation Form Ultimate Kuuga to decide the outcome in an instant, did not notice that because of his behavior, Sonoda Mari showed a look of being moved and determined to entrust everything to her. At the same time Red waved his hand away, Sonoda Mari took out a belt from her backpack that was similar in style to Faiz, but with a golden edge and looked more advanced.

"Click——"

The inexplicably familiar touch around his waist made Red startled. He lowered his head subconsciously, and the familiar buckle caught Red's eyes.

Wait a moment……

Mari Sonoda turned her phone around, quickly pressed 913, and pressed her thumb heavily on the "Enter" key.

【Standby——】

The slightly heavy and strange mechanical sound brought Red back to his senses. Red reacted and was about to stop Mari Sonoda, but Mari Sonoda had already quickly closed her phone, put it into her belt, pressed it, and even considerately shouted for Red.

"Henshin!"

Golden photon blood surged upward along both sides of the phone.

【Error】

"Eh?"

Mari blinked and looked down at the belt in confusion. Before she could figure out why the belt reported an error, the belt, or to be more precise, the photon blood, exploded violently, blowing both of them away. Sonoda Mari was okay as she was just thrown out, but Red was in a worse situation as not only was the back of his head blown off, but he also hit the guardrail.

Even after being strengthened by Yaguru, Red's body in the non-ego state was still a human body, just stronger than an ordinary human. The back of his head collided with the guardrail, and the momentary pain and the subsequent dizziness made Red unable to get up. He fell to the ground, unconscious, and blood flowed down his hair.

"Red? Hey--Red!"

Mari Sonoda didn't expect this to happen. She was stunned for a moment, then anxiously grabbed Reid's body and shook it hard.

"Hahaha - are you guys kidding me?" Takuma Ichiro covered his forehead and laughed a few times, then bent down to pick up the belt that bounced to his feet, and looked in the direction of Sonoda Mari and Reid with ill intent.

When Mari Sonoda noticed Takuma Itsuki's gaze, her shoulders trembled, and she grabbed Red's body tightly, her face flushed, and she dragged Red away from Takuma Itsuki with difficulty.

Takuma Itsuki showed a cruel smile, held the belt and took a step sideways towards Sonoda Mari, but as if he remembered something, he raised his hand to adjust his glasses, the cruel smile gradually faded, and he turned and left.

Seeing Takuma Itshiro leave, Sonoda Mari breathed a sigh of relief and slumped down on the ground, looking at Red who was lying on her lap with a streak of blood on his hair. Sonoda Mari pursed her lips and carefully pushed aside the hair on the back of Red's head. She was already prepared, but what she saw made Sonoda Mari exclaim in surprise.

Mari Sonoda, who was surprised by Red's wound, did not notice that a blue coin with a killer whale pattern rolled out of Red's pocket and rolled towards the teaching building in the shadows.

Chapter 94: Knee pillow? How about a different posture?

This soft touch...

Red slowly opened his eyes, and the feeling on his cheek was as soft as a pillow, but with a warm touch that a pillow didn't have, which made Red feel a little dazed. But before he could think about what was under his head, everything in his vision began to spin, and his stomach twitched and he wanted to vomit.

"are you OK?"

The blurry vision began to become clear, and Sonoda Mari's face appeared in front of Red. She was looking at Red with worry on her face, but it was probably not Red's illusion. There was a hint of guilt in Sonoda Mari's worry.

Red rolled his eyes and sorted out the situation. They were still in the parking lot, Mari Sonoda was sitting on the steps, and he was resting his head on Mari Sonoda's thighs. And based on his series of reactions after waking up, he probably had... a concussion.

"I'm fine. How long have I been unconscious?" Red stood up, holding his forehead and shaking it from side to side. "Where's that person?"

"About forty minutes, I took the belt and left," Sonoda Mari sat down next to her, gently rubbed her calves, put her hands on her knees, and lowered her head carefully, "I'm sorry, I didn't know it would turn out like this..."

Reid stared at Sonoda Mari for a while and then sighed deeply, "I know, it's not your fault."

"I'm really sorry!"

Sonoda Mari stood up suddenly, bent over towards Reid, and pulled up her backpack. "If I cause you to suffer such a loss again, my conscience will be unbearable. So, although we have been together for a short time, thank you for taking care of me. Goodbye."

After saying this, Sonoda Mari turned around with a determined expression and took a step forward.

Seeing that Mari Sonoda was so strong, and that she had not yet recovered from the aftereffects of the concussion, Red did not stop her at the first moment. But the moment she picked up the backpack at her feet, Red instantly woke up, slowly stood up and looked in the direction of Mari Sonoda.

"Hey--"

Mari Sonoda shuddered and stopped where she was, but did not turn around. Instead, she pulled the strap of her backpack guiltily.

Red unzipped his backpack with a forced smile, and sure enough, the Faiz belt inside was missing.

"Truth...where are the things in my bag?"

"What, what is it? I don't know. I'll take my leave now. Bye!"

After saying that, Mari Sonoda wanted to run. Of course, she didn't run a few steps before Red grabbed her by the collar and dragged her back. Sonoda Mari subconsciously raised her hands to resist, but Red didn't give in. He grabbed Mari Sonoda's wrist and pressed her against a bus in a wall-dong position, looking down at the panting Sonoda Mari with an expressionless face.

"who are you?"

Mari Sonoda originally wanted to look Red in the eye unyieldingly, but when she looked at Red's eyes so close to her and noticed their ambiguous posture, Mari Sonoda blushed and twitched her right hand that was handcuffed on the bus with some discomfort.

"Can you... change your position?"

It was only then that Red noticed that their posture could easily lead people around them to misunderstand their relationship.

"boom--"

"it hurts--"

Mari Sonoda's slightly chubby face was ruthlessly crushed by the glass, and even more ruthless was Reid, who stood behind her, clasped her hands together and lifted her up.

"What are you doing! Hand! My wrist injury hasn't healed yet!"

The pain in her shoulder made Mari Sonoda couldn't help but complain loudly. In order to relieve the pain, Mari Sonoda kept standing on tiptoe, and Reid would lift her wrist appropriately every time. As a result, she had to stand on tiptoe to avoid her shoulder from being broken with a snap.

"You slashed the back of my head! And this is more in line with our relationship, a thief and a policeman."

Reid reached out and fumbled around, then opened Sonoda Mari's backpack, and sure enough, the Faiz belt was inside.

"I thought I would turn a blind eye to you since your belt was stolen. Why did you steal my belt?" Red reached out and pulled Faiz's belt out.

"That's not your belt, it was made by my father!" Sonoda Mari blushed and tried to break free.

"Your father did this?"

Red immediately remembered Huaxing who gave Faiz's belt to him, and his expression gradually became serious.

"Your father is a flower shape?"

Mari Sonoda's heart skipped a beat. Red's tone was too serious, so serious that she had a premonition that something bad had happened to her. She immediately shut her mouth and tilted her head back, looking as if she would rather die than surrender. But for Red, this was enough.

With his left hand, Reid held down Mari Sonoda, who was trying to break free, and hung the belt around his shoulder. With his right hand, he took out his cell phone. This time, the front desk clerk did not deal with him perfunctorily, but directly connected him to Selvi Turia's command tower. U's voice came from the phone.

"Have you found Professor Kagawa?"

"We found a clue. Professor Kagawa recently received an investment and moved to a new location for research. The investor is Hongshang Fund. Qiao has already gone to Hongshang Fund to investigate," Reid quickly explained the situation.

"Really?" U's calm voice showed a hint of annoyance, but no matter who it was, even other sponsors would feel annoyed after finding out that the Hong Shang Foundation was a participant, because no one could be sure what Hong Shang Mitsuo's purpose was, but in the end Hong Shang Mitsuo would always achieve his goal, without exception.

"And now... there is an unexpected event that I don't know whether it is good news or bad news."

Red glanced at Sonoda Mari.

"I met Hanagata's daughter, Sonoda Mari. She had a belt, but due to some accident, it was taken away by Lucky Clover."

As soon as he heard about the flower shape, U immediately straightened up, crossed his fingers, and looked extremely serious.

As the founder of Zhinao Group, Huaxing is extremely cunning.

Hanagata has no children, but he once established an orphanage called Ryuseijuku and raised the orphans there as his own children. It couldn't be a coincidence that Sonoda Mari appeared near Reid with a belt in her hand; there must be some other purpose.

Does he want Servier Turia to protect Mari Sonoda from being hunted by the Intelligent Brain Group?

Or do you want to force Servier Turia to increase its efforts to secretly deal with the Intelligent Brain Group?

"I understand, Reid. The situation is a bit special. You will be in charge of Sonoda Mari for the time being," U exhaled and waved to the communicator below.

"Ah? Uh, this guy wants to steal Faiz's belt," Reid widened his eyes, while Mari Sonoda, who also heard the content of the call, relaxed her body and shook her head with some pride.

"Why is the Fazi belt with you?"

"Ahem - an accident," Reid said awkwardly.

"Forget it, Red. We are a human rescue organization. In simple terms, we are firefighters. Firefighters are mainly responsible for rescue and cannot arrest ordinary citizens without permission. Well, that's about it."