Is there anyone who really wants to be a partner of justice?

"Me? I may be cowardly, or rather, everyone is cowardly sometimes, but at least I am better than you! Because I dare to admit it! And you, Odin, you are a hypocritical person who dares not even admit your cowardice!

You claim to understand human nature and do not trust people's indecision, as if no one in this world can take your place except you.

Odin, answer me if you dare, why would you rather devise such a scam than look for a new Odin to take your place? Don't you know human nature? Don't you know people's hearts?

You who know human nature so well and can see through people's hearts, do you think you are the most unique person in the world? There is no one with a similar personality to you who can inherit your position? You who know human nature so well, can't you find someone you can trust?

Do you really think that other people are not worthy of trust, or do you simply not want to trust them? It is obvious that you are the only one who is unwilling to trust others, but you are pretending that you are right and you are the only one. This hypocritical attitude is really disgusting!"

Facing Nightrider's sharp rebuttal, Odin was a little surprised, but he did not show any hesitation or escape, but responded: "It is never as good as believing in yourself to believe in others.

You asked me if I am unique? My answer is: Yes, I am unique! I can discover the mirror world and create Kamen Rider and Mirror Beast through the mirror world.

When everything is going out of control, I can decisively resolve the crisis and prevent the situation from further deteriorating. I can choose to deal with the aftermath in the loneliness of this deserted mirror world, guarding the world for decades as usual.

I have been able to plan for the survival of the human world for decades without any hesitation, even if I am criticized by others, even if others will know nothing about it in the end. I am the most talented scientist of the last century and the guardian of the human world.

I am unique and irreplaceable! Yeqi, you asked me to trust others, but is there anyone in this world who can replace me? No! "

"Have!"

"Ok?"

"Not only that! Moreover, there are many!" Yeqi retorted without hesitation: "They can be kinder than you, more humane than you, and more humble than you... Is it difficult to guard the mirror world? It does not necessarily require one person to guard it alone. There are too many other ways to manage it.

However, you have never thought about these methods, never considered any of them. All you see is your talent and your greatness, but you have never thought about whether what you are doing now really requires your talent and greatness?

As long as you are a person with a sense of justice and have the power of a knight, you can guard the mirror world for you. But you don't want to admit this at all, and you only use your own efforts to show your greatness and your divinity!

You are not a hero who protects humanity at all, you are just an arrogant, self-righteous person who is unwilling to get along with anyone, is extremely paranoid, and thinks you have saved humanity, so you imagine yourself to be a hypocritical person who is God!

Now, you start to imagine yourself as God, so what about next time? Will you imitate Jehovah and send down a flood to clean up this human world that has disappointed you? You don't believe that others can stick to it like you do, so how can I believe that your perseverance will not change in the future?

Odin! Admit it! From the moment you chose to sacrifice the lives of twelve people, you no longer have the qualifications to protect this world! You are just a hypocritical person who will do anything to achieve your own goals!

What I have to do now is to pull you, the false god, off the altar you claim to be!"

As he spoke, Yeqi drew out the Winged Summoning Sword from his waist, ready to attack Odin, while Odin snorted coldly, summoned the Phoenix Scepter from his hand, and asked Yeqi: "So, after you kill me, have you thought of who will replace me?"

"... Humph, you don't need to worry about it. Even if I can't find anyone, I can do it myself!"

After hearing this, Odin laughed out loud: "Haha! How shameless! You just said that I am not qualified to guard the Mirror World because I have killed people. And you who killed the previous Dragon Rider, what qualifications do you have to replace me?

However, you have a good sense, Night Knight. You are the knight who impressed me the most in these three knight wars. Not only did you dare to face me, but you were also so steadfast when facing me.

Originally, you were not qualified to fight me before the last knight was eliminated, but because you are so special, I grant you this privilege, Night Knight! Fight me with all your might! Let's see if your strength can match your awareness!"

"That's exactly what I meant!" (BGM: Hiroshi Kitani "Revolution")

Ye Qi shouted as he took out a strange card from the card box. It was a card with hollow wings carved on it. The card depicted a whirlwind in motion. It was the survival card: Gale! The moment the card was taken out, a hurricane swept over Ye Qi's body.

Yeqi stretched out the Winged Summoning Sword in her hand forward in the hurricane. Suddenly, a whirlwind passed through Yeqi's hand and wrapped her Winged Summoning Sword. As the whirlwind dissipated, the original Winged Summoning Sword turned into a bat-shaped shield.

Night Rider opened the bat mouth on the shield, stuffed the Survival Wind into it, and then closed it firmly!

"SURVIVE!"

Following the announcement of the summoning machine, a deep blue hurricane suddenly swept around Night Knight. As the strong wind dissipated, Night Knight, who had turned into a survival state, had changed into a more gorgeous outfit.

The color changed from the previous night blue to a brighter sea blue, and the pattern was inlaid with gold, and a cape was draped over the back. Night Rider pulled out the sword embedded in the shield, holding the sword in one hand and the shield in the other, facing Odin, full of fighting spirit!

Looking at Night Knight who transformed into Survival Card in front of him, Odin snorted and muttered, "Survival Gale? Although I am curious about the special method you used to get this card from her, but, hehe, your awareness is enough to match this Survival Card, then, Tata Kaiyi!"

Facing Odin's declaration of war, Yeqi shouted in a deep voice: "Tata, eh..."

Then, he shouted loudly and rushed towards Odin!

Chapter 109: Struggle

"Bah!!!"

After Shinichi put the fried meat in the pan and slid it around, he reached out and picked up the seasonings next to it to prepare the seasoning: salt, MSG, pepper, soy sauce... eh?

When Shinichi saw the last bit of soy sauce dripping out of the small soy sauce bottle in his hand, he couldn't help but be stunned. Tsk, no way, even though I just made braised spareribs yesterday, it shouldn't be used up so quickly, right?

Shinichi shook the small bottle to get rid of the last bit of soy sauce hanging on the inner wall, then threw it back, and the soy sauce bottle hit the trash can right in the arc of a three-pointer.

Alas, I can only say that everything in Japan is designed in a very petty way. A bottle of soy sauce is designed to hold only a little over 100 ml. How many days can it last? It seems that I have to go to the supermarket to buy more after dinner...

As for now...it seems I'll just have to make do with stir-frying it.

Although Shinichi was very dissatisfied with the lack of seasoning, for Mai, a girl who relied on supermarket bento boxes every day, being able to eat a hot and freshly cooked dish was a delicacy she had not experienced for a long time.

The girl took a bite of the dishes on the table like a curious baby, and then tasted them, and couldn't help exclaiming: "Oh my! I didn't know Kadoya Shikun's cooking skills were so good!?"

"Ah... it's just so-so. We're out of soy sauce, so the next few dishes can only be stir-fried."

"Stir-frying is also super delicious! Hey, Kadokuni Shikun, who did you learn such a good cooking skill from? Your aunt?"

Shinichi shook his head and said, "No, if you live by yourself, you have to be nice to yourself. I learned that myself."

"Eh? You learned it by yourself?" Mai was obviously a little surprised, and muttered: "In my impression, those who cook delicious food are usually taught by their mothers, but... Alas, I don't have a mother who can teach me how to cook..."

Shinichi shrugged and said, "This is your illusion. To make delicious food, people must first like cooking so that they will be motivated to make it delicious. If a person likes cooking, then even if his mother doesn't teach him, he will learn it himself.

For example, my mother died very early, when I was about five or six years old? She passed away, but it didn’t affect me from learning how to cook from other people. ”

"..." Mai was stunned by Shinichi's words, and then she apologized awkwardly: "Um... I'm sorry... I mentioned something that made Kadoya Shikun unhappy..."

The girl's apology also made Shinichi a little confused. After thinking about it, he realized that the girl might feel that she had said something wrong, so he chuckled and comforted her indifferently: "Don't worry, I'm not unhappy.

To be honest, I don't have any feelings for my mother. When she died, I was less than six years old. What could I understand at the age of less than six? So I didn't feel anything about her death at that time. Now, I can't recall the details of the past.

I personally don’t feel any sadness or reluctance about her passing. It feels more like a memory of my childhood, a not-so-obvious background.”

"Is that so?" Mai couldn't help but remain silent, and at the same time she felt a little regretful for bringing the topic to this point. She thought the man in front of her was different from herself, with both parents and a car and a house.

But now she realized that the Shinichi in front of her was no different from her own knight.

but……

"But... it feels a bit too cold to just be a background board like this... I believe that Kadokuni Shikun's mother must love you. It's so cold to treat her love like this..."

"Indifferent?" Shinichi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Mai was panicked and quickly waved her hands and said, "Ah, I'm sorry, Kadokuni Shikun, I was a little presumptuous and acted on my own... Don't be angry..."

"No, no, I have nothing to be angry about. As for the indifference... well, how should I put it? I guess I've gotten used to it since I was a child."

"Habit?"

"Hmm." It seemed that it had been too long since he had someone to talk to in his heart. Facing the girl in front of him, Shinichi suddenly felt like sharing something, so he told her about his childhood.

"When my mother passed away, my father said to me, 'Remember, the world will not stop because of someone's departure, and people's lives will not stop because of someone's departure. Look forward.'

My dad is a person who never cries out in pain. He has only one attitude towards any difficult things, which is to just go ahead and resist them. He said this to me with this mentality, and he also hopes that I will not be sad because of my mom's death.

But at that time, I was only five or six years old, I didn’t understand anything, I didn’t understand anything, let alone understand what he said. I didn’t even understand the concept of death. In fact, to put it bluntly, a five or six-year-old child’s concept of parents is very vague in his heart. ”

Shinichi's view on parents surprised the girl. She tilted her head and thought, "Oh, I grew up in an orphanage when I was a child. I have no memory of my parents at all... Anyway, my impression of my parents has always been what I heard from other people. They are the kind of people who can provide me with food and clothing, and can selflessly tolerate me, love me, and take care of me..."

Shinichi looked at Mai who was somewhat imaginative, smiled and shook his head and said, "No, there are very few parents like you are talking about. The concept of parents has always been over-mythologized. In fact, parents are also ordinary people who grew up from children and have various shortcomings.

Selfishness, authoritarianism, impatience, laziness, willfulness... these character flaws will not disappear just because people become parents. On the contrary, these flaws will have an outlet after having children.

If a couple of parents are irresponsible, the pain they bring to their children will far outweigh the happiness. Even my father, who I personally think is very responsible for me, cannot tolerate me or love me. The best he can do is take care of me. "

"Eh..." Mai was a little surprised and couldn't help asking, "Is Kadoya Shikun's father very mean to Kadoya Shikun?"

"No, very good..." Shinichi shook his head and said, "But, as I said before, he is a person who will not cry out when in pain. To him, crying is a sign of cowardice, and bowing to difficulties is a sign of incompetence. If anyone dares to bully you, you should fight back firmly instead of running to your elders crying and complaining.

He has been a tough guy all his life. He is never willing to bow to others, so he doesn't allow others to bow to him. He is unwilling to cry out in pain to others, and he doesn't allow others to cry out in pain to him. My personality has been influenced by him to some extent.

But I don't mean to say anything bad about him. Although he has a very stubborn character and seems a little unkind, he has a strong sense of responsibility and will never refuse his obligations and will complete them conscientiously.

After my mother died, he never thought about remarrying someone else. Instead, he worked hard to raise me and even supported my grandmother on my mother's side of the family because there were no male descendants on that side of my mother's family.

After my grandfather passed away, my grandmother was left alone, and my mother's sisters were too embarrassed to bring her over to join the family. But my father was willing to go. I don't know if it was because he felt he owed her something or if he was just kind-hearted, but he never hesitated to go back for something he could do.

So, although he always speaks in a way that makes people feel that he is talking without any pain, he is really qualified to say it, because he has implemented everything he said seriously, he really puts responsibility first, does not shed tears easily, and never complains about the pain. "

Shinichi's story made Mayi picture in her mind the image of a stern-looking, strong-hearted, upright man. Although Shinichi used a critical tone when talking about his father, the girl still developed a yearning for him in her heart.

Although such a father is a bit iron-hearted and unkind, he has a kind and reliable feeling. If possible, Mai actually hopes that she can have such a solid and reliable elder...

"So...how is uncle doing now?"

"Now? Um... He's been dead for almost seven years."

"Eh?"

In an instant, the reliable and strong body like a giant tower that Mai had just built for Shinichi's father in her heart collapsed!

"how come!?"

"Of course not. Too much steel will break..." Shinichi smiled bitterly, poking the rice in the bowl and explaining, "He has always had problems with his spine. He works as a car mechanic. He drives, repairs, washes cars, carries things, and bends his back. But he just won't cry out in pain. He just endures it when it hurts a little. He only goes to the hospital quietly for treatment when he really can't stand it anymore.

Because of his character that refused to admit defeat and didn't want to cry out in pain, I didn't even know when he had his first attack until I was in high school. There was one time when the pain was so severe that he was lying in bed twitching. In the end, my grandmother took him to the hospital.

The examination showed that it was already in the late stage of spondylitis. According to the doctor, in this case, surgery is necessary and I will have to use a wheelchair. The surgery is not cheap, and the subsequent care will also cost a lot of money. "

"..." Mai was speechless. She had never imagined that such a father who was as strong as an iron tower could have his spine broken so easily...

"What about later... Is my uncle cured?"

"...Heh~" When mentioning this, Shinichi showed an intriguing smile and said, "He didn't choose treatment..."

"Eh!?"

"He was a man who would never bow his head. Even if he was tortured by illness or forced by life, he would charge towards the object of his oppression, even if it meant his death. After the symptoms were checked out, my father cursed the quack doctor for cheating him out of money, and was unwilling to be hospitalized for treatment. He went home with a slightly less painful lumbar spine and continued to work.

Then... probably a week later, it was a rainy day, and he was driving the repaired car to return it to the customer. He didn't come back all day, and the next day, the police notice came that his car overturned that night due to the slippery road due to the rain, and both the car and the driver fell into the ditch on the side of the road, and the car was destroyed and the driver died.

Following his death, he was left with the company's pension and high-value traffic and life insurance... This was how he chose to fight against life."

Chapter 110: Buying groceries and then picking up a mysterious woman.

"..."

Listening to Shinichi's story, Mai completely lost her desire to eat. She had completely lost her appetite, and was replaced by indescribable shock and heartache.

If she hadn't heard it with her own ears, given Mai's simple living environment, she might never have known in her life that there was a person who could be so tough. As a result, Mai, who was speechless for a moment, couldn't help but well up in tears after a while of silence.

Shinichi looked at the girl's sad expression, sighed and said, "There's nothing to cry about. Perhaps, for Dad, what he did is worth rejoicing, because he won a victory over life with his death."

But Mai didn't think so, and lamented: "If I don't have my life, what's the point of victory... Kadokuni Shikun, aren't you sad at all..."

"Of course I was sad, but it was only a moment of remembrance. I lived under his education for more than ten years, and his set of survival rules has completely influenced me, so I did not shed tears for his death.

The world will not stop because of one person's disappearance, and life will not stop because of someone's departure. People always have to look forward, don't they? "

"But, uncle has done so much, and you are so indifferent, Kadoya Shikun..."

"Alas... my father doesn't need tears. If his spirit in heaven saw me crying in front of his tombstone, he would probably open the coffin and kick me. Besides, tears... my grandmother cried enough.

The person who was most sad about my father's death was my grandmother, who felt that she owed him. After my father died, my grandmother not only refused to take a penny of the pension, but also ran to her daughter and begged for money to give my father a decent funeral.

My grandmother did everything that my grandparents and I should have done. At the funeral, it was my grandmother who cried the most. In the end, it was my grandparents who helped hold her back from fainting. Then...it should have been the following year, my grandmother passed away right after my dad.

Shinichi told Mai about this past event in a flat and almost indifferent tone, which made Mai feel a little scared in the face of such indifference, but it was only for a moment, and the heartache that followed overwhelmed it.

The reason why Kadokuni Shikun is so indifferent is that he is used to the separation of life and death. Compared with himself who had nothing from the beginning, Kadokuni Shikun has a happy family, and he loses little by little...

The reason why I am so indifferent...is actually because I have suffered too much, I am used to it...

He would not bow his head, nor would he see others bow their heads; he would not shed tears, nor would he see others shed tears. His uncle had a profound influence on Kadoya Shikun, and the current Kadoya Shikun was exactly the same...

Shinichi saw the girl's eyes gurgling and she was about to wipe tears again, so he quickly interrupted the topic and said, "Ah~ Well, I've almost finished talking. I'll tell you a secret, Mai. I've only talked about these past events with two people, and one of them is you. Sharing this once in a while can make me feel better~"

This topic did temporarily stop the tears in Mayi's eyes. She swallowed and asked, "Besides me...who else?"

"Well..." Shinichi's expression was quite subtle, and he kept it a secret, "It depends on the situation. If you're interested, I'll tell you about it. It's boring to just talk about sad things, so I'll share something interesting with you. When I was in high school, I liked my Chinese teacher and even confessed to her. Do you believe it?"

“Ah…ah? This…Kadokami-kun, you are not kidding, are you?”

"Hahaha, I'm not kidding. I really confessed my feelings."

"Hey... then... did the teacher agree?"

Shinichi replied as a matter of course: "How could I agree? He scolded me without hesitation and asked me to write a 10,000-word self-criticism. Oh, tsk, 10,000 words, handwritten. My hands hurt after writing for three days."

"Three days? Ten thousand words? This... one day..." Mai's train of thought was obviously a little peculiar. She actually paid attention to such details: "And... it's a self-criticism... I feel like when I was in high school, it was very difficult to write one more word in my essays..."

Seeing the awkward expression on Zhenyi's face, Zhenyi laughed and waved his hand and said, "A letter of apology? How can I really write a 10,000-word letter of apology~