Knight Asylum

This has nothing to do with being the chosen one.

Masato Kusaga staggered back several steps, fell to his knees with a thud, supported himself with his left hand, covered his lower abdomen with his right hand, and gasped heavily. The armor on his body was automatically removed because it detected that the wearer was over-exerting.

"The gap is actually... so big... why?"

Masato Kusaga raised his head with difficulty and looked at Reid in front of him.

"Why are you... so strong?"

Red took off his belt, tilted his head and thought seriously for a while, then raised his finger, "If I don't become stronger, how can I save everyone?"

Kusaga Masato's breathing stagnated, and he stared blankly at Reid in front of him. After a long while, he slowly lowered his head and said, "I lost."

Red scratched his hair, squatted down, and stretched out his hand to Kusaga Masato in a straightforward manner, "Golden Fruit."

Masato Kusaga clenched his fists subconsciously, but all his reluctance and hysteria finally turned into a sigh. Masato Kusaga didn't play any tricks anymore and handed the golden fruit, the belt and the card to Red.

Looking at the golden fruit belonging to Yoshinaga Miyuki in his hand, Red felt it was a little unreal.

Whether it was Yoshinaga Miyuki's act of handing over the golden fruit to Sosaka Masato, or Sosaka Masato's decision not to use any tricks at this moment and keeping his promise to hand over the golden fruit, these were somewhat contrary to their own way of behavior.

Kusaga Masato shuddered, sat back, and lay on the ground with his hands open. "Now... I really have nothing left."

Red tilted his head to look at Kusaga Masato for a while, then looked up at the sky, "Aren't you still alive? As long as you are still alive, you can't be left with nothing. You must be able to get something."

"is it?"

Kusaga Masato closed his eyes and stopped talking.

Seeing that Cao Jiayato had completely stalled the car, Red hesitated for a moment and looked at Sonoda Mari. Sonoda Mari pursed her lips, struggled for a while, then shook her head at Red, with no intention of getting out of the car.

Seeing that Mari Sonoda was so persistent, Red did not force her. He put on his helmet and drove out of the overpass before complaining.

"Are you...a mother who hopes her child can get up on his own?"

"No, I'm not your mother!" Sonoda Mari raised her fist and poked Red's waist, then buried her face in Red's back, "I just hope that Masato can return to a normal life."

"[Normal]? In this city, being normal is a luxury."

……

"Masato Kusaga, do you know what the key to winning a war is?"

Masato Kusaga slowly opened his eyes. If the burning cigar had gone a little lower, it would have burned a hole in his eyeball.

"Strength," Masato Kusaga looked directly at the cigar that was within reach.

"No, it's luck," Montana stood up, spread his hands, and spun the cigar between his fingers. "No matter how well prepared you are, a small accident can overturn everything. Sometimes...ah, when you are unlucky, you may even be hit by a meteorite."

"what do you want to say?"

"You were able to obtain the golden fruit of category Q, which was able to overturn everything. Unexpectedly, at least at that moment, fate favored you and you had the possibility of winning—" Montana pinched the cigar and dropped it in his mouth, "But you gave up and even handed over all your original cards. Now you are completely out."

"Fate did favor me incredibly at that moment, so..." Kusaga Masato retracted his arms and sat up, "I didn't give up, and I made my own choice, and - for you, is this really a bad choice?"

Montana blew out a smoke ring, "Why do you say that?"

"You expect Red to get the final golden fruit."

"..."

"What's wrong? Can't you answer?"

"No, I'm just a little confused. Why would you ask such a simple question?" Montana put down his cigar and rolled his eyes. "So I was wondering if you're out of your mind."

"Is that so?" Kusaga Masato sighed deeply, "Then why did you come to us?"

"Of course I want to use you."

"You... are truly a villain, although I have no right to say that about you, Si." Kusaka Masato supported himself on his knees, stood up, and staggered to the motorcycle.

"Where do you want to go?" Montana raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.

"There's nothing I want here, and nothing belongs to me," Kusaga Masato put on his helmet, "Maybe I'll leave [S·L]."

"I see," Montana nodded thoughtfully, "Goodbye then."

"Before you go, I have a question—"

Masato Kusaga raised his hand and pulled down his goggles.

"What will become of Red in the end?"

Montana was stunned, then turned to look at the sky with a cigar in his mouth.

"I do not know either."

Chapter 1202 I Was Afraid Too

"The Heart Category Q was successfully recovered - I really want to shout this out, but the Heart Category Q alone is obviously not enough. The most important Heart Category K is still missing."

Reid raised his hand and placed Kusagaya's belt on the table.

“I also recycled this.”

Kiryuu Sento raised his eyebrows, picked it up and played with it curiously for a while before putting it down. "It looks like the prototype of the belt used by the members of Meteoric Academy."

"Heart category K?" Wanzhang Longwo put his hands behind his head, thought for a while and blinked, "Such an important fruit, could it be on U himself?"

Reid frowned and thought for a while before shaking his head. "It's unlikely. For U, mastering all the golden fruits of the spade suit is enough. What he wants to see is the process, not the final result—"

Red folded his arms across his chest, leaned back on the chair, and looked up, lost in thought.

Why didn't U choose to snatch all the golden fruits of the red color?

Spade Type K is the only undead beast that is not under control, but the risk of dealing with Spade Type K is much higher than dealing with Yoshinaga Miyuki, the weakest type Q.

U can directly eliminate Yoshinaga Miyuki, and use the power of the Golden Fruit of Heart Category Q and Heart Category K to directly complete the final evolution, and then kill Spade Category K who is in a playful state.

Because you think the golden fruit of the human undead beast is too dangerous?

This is one of the reasons.

But there must be other reasons.

Red thought of [Aikawa Hajime].

"Everyone, there is a place I want to go. I roughly know where the heart that determines the fate of mankind is?"

Jacaranda.

Aikawa Hajime lowered his head helplessly and murmured subconsciously.

"Another undead beast?"

But when he turned around, Hajime Aikawa saw Red.

Red tilted his head, "Yo-ah, it's just a simple Yo, not a U."

Aikawa Hajime's mouth twitched, "What's the matter?"

Without waiting for Red to answer, Kurihara Tianyin let out a long "ah".

"Ah——that masked big brother! Please take a picture with me!"

"Okay - but you'd better not take it out. After all, my reward is quite high," Red smiled and made a scissors hand gesture.

Kurihara Haruka wanted to say something but stopped herself. Finally, she shook her head helplessly and did not stop Kurihara Tenon.

As an adult, she would not be naive enough to think that pie would fall from the sky, so she specifically asked Kitaoka Hideichi and Shirodo Shinji why they came to help her and her daughter.

The burning of the farm was like the end of the world for the Kurihara family, but for [S·L], it was just an ordinary little thing.

Kitaoka Hideichi had no intention of hiding anything and said Reid's name very straightforwardly.

Haruka Kurihara had also thought about whether Red wanted to get something from her family, but the reality and science fiction was that there was really nothing in her family that could be missed by someone of Red's level, and Red seemed to simply know that her family was in trouble and gave them a fair chance.

There was no money spent, nor was there any use of force to suppress the protest; the only thing they did was introduce a powerful lawyer.

“Hajime-nii-san – I’m counting on you!”

Seeing that Kurihara Tenon was in high spirits, Aikawa Hajime had no choice but to pick up the camera and carefully take pictures of Kurihara Tenon.

While Kurihara Amane was happily running around with the photos, Reid and Aikawa Hajime came to the backyard of Jacaranda.

"Just ten minutes ago, a man named Masato Kusaga came here and asked me if I had the Golden Fruit of Heart Category K. If you are here to ask the same question, you can go back. I don't have the Golden Fruit of Heart Category K," Aikawa Hajime didn't intend to beat around the bush and went straight to the point.

This surprised Reid somewhat.

Although they have the same appearance, Aikawa Hajime and U are two completely different people.

"I did have the same question, but I feel like it's unnecessary—"

Reid took out the Gold Fruit of Heart Category Q from his arms and threw it in the direction of Aikawa Hajime.

"This, I'll leave it to you."

Aikawa Hajime reached out and caught the Gold Fruit of the Heart Category Q. After taking a quick look at it, his brows furrowed, “What do you mean by this?”

"Nothing special. Now most of the red heart-type golden fruits are in your possession. You may need this golden fruit," Red grinned. "You have someone you want to protect, right?"

Aikawa Hajime tightened his fingers and looked at Reid expressionlessly, "I'm not the person you know."

"Well, of course I know. You just happen to look a lot like U." Red raised his finger and bent it. "Did you become a monster and be contained, or..."

Aikawa Hajime's pupils shrank.

"To fight as a knight."

Aikawa Hajime lowered his hands and tilted his head to look aside, "I'm not like you. I can only turn into a monster and fight."

"Huh? Why?"

Aikawa Hajime let out a long breath, "I can only use the power of the undead beast and transform into an undead beast to fight."

"so?"

"So, I have never become a so-called Kamen Rider. I have always been a monster," Aikawa Hajime said, and he directly drew a card and turned into Chalice. "In this state, I will never be able to fight as a knight."

Red blinked, suddenly realizing, "Ah~ Are you worried about the difference between the physical changes and the technological armor?"

Aikawa Hajime was stunned. He felt that his question should not be so vulgar, but there seemed to be nothing wrong with Red's description.

"That kind of thing shouldn't make much of a difference, but it's normal for you to be confused," Red crossed his arms over his chest, sighing and nodding, "But, I was also confused at the beginning. I was worried every day that the energy tentacles growing from the belt would spread to my brain and turn me into a monster that only knew how to kill."

Aikawa Hajime was stunned again. He remembered that Red should fight with a high-tech belt.

"Ah~ This belt is just a spare. Actually, before that, I used another belt. Due to some special reasons, that belt became a part of my body. Every battle transforms my body, making it closer to a Gurongi-like existence. And... the worst thing is that the belt I'm wearing seems to be a prototype. It has big flaws and can easily go out of control and turn into the so-called Ultimate Darkness—"

Reid grinned awkwardly.

"To be honest, during that time, all I could think about was that since I was going to turn into a monster and lose control anyway, I might as well do as much as I could before that, and then find a dangerous guy to die with me."

Aikawa Hajime fell silent.

"And then, thanks to someone, I understood one thing—"

Red gave Aikawa Hajime a thumbs up.

"There is nothing to be afraid of. No matter what changes happen to our bodies, we are still ourselves. Just imagine what we want to be like and work hard!"

Chapter 1203: The Ruler's Stele Reappears

"...So? You just gave away the Heart-Type Q-Gold Fruit that you obtained with great difficulty? And you gave it to Aikawa Hajime who looks almost identical to U?"

Qiao held his chin and let out a long breath.

"You are acting too intuitively, aren't you?"

Red crossed his arms across his chest, his expression gradually becoming serious. It was the first time that Qiao saw Red look so serious, so she subconsciously raised her head back, "Why, what's wrong? Do you think I said something wrong?"

"Coincidentally, I must emphasize one thing."

"What's the emphasis?"

"It's not difficult to get the Heart Type Q Golden Fruit!"

Qiao raised his fist expressionlessly and punched Red in the face.

Kiryu Sento on the side took a sip of the canned coffee and said, "I think Red's choice is correct. The birth of Aikawa Hajime cannot be a coincidence. U currently occupies all the golden fruits of the spade suit, and judging from the current situation, it is difficult to regard him as a companion. He... knows our abilities and fighting habits very well. With the Devil and Desire Grand Prix eyeing us, fighting him will be very disadvantageous for us, so..."

"Only the red heart that has just been lit and is beating can fight against the spades that have been dyed black and are no longer able to move...?"

Kiryuu Sento said as he let out a long sigh.

"Is it the trump card that will turn the tide, or the joker that will be the last straw? Ha... A gamble where even fate doesn't know the outcome? It's really a headache."