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

"What!? You stinky fortune teller, stop talking nonsense... Where did you get the evidence?"

"Dream."

"Huh?" Kitaoka was stunned. She couldn't help but ask back, "You can tell from your dream that we have been reset by Odin's Time Advent?"

Takano spread his hands and said, "I know this reason is indeed far-fetched. Miss Kitaoka, it doesn't matter if you don't want to believe it, but I know my specialness very well, and you know it too, Miss Kitaoka.

Although you have always called me a lousy fortune teller, you have to admit that I am accurate enough in predicting fate, otherwise I would not have predicted the attack of the Kaiqi on you."

"..."

Indeed, although it sounds far-fetched and metaphysical, Kitaoka is very clear that Takano is a person who is extremely metaphysical, and sometimes one has to believe it.

When she thought that she might have been played around with countless times and was fooled around like a monkey again and again, she felt inexplicably irritated, even more irritated than when Akiyama Li was being so harsh on her!

"Ah! In that case, what's the point of us discussing this here? He can go back in time countless times, knows all of us very well, and even all the enhancements were created by Odin himself. Why are we still fighting him?

To put it bluntly, it is possible that we have been discussing this issue countless times in a cycle!"

Kitaoka's words immediately cast the atmosphere of the conversation into one of despair and powerlessness, and several people suddenly became at a loss.

"That's what I'm worried about..." Gao Ye couldn't help but sigh and said, "I'm definitely worried that no matter what changes we make, we won't be able to defy our destiny in the end... just like no matter how many times we reincarnate, we won't be able to defeat Odin..."

"About this..." Shinichi coughed lightly and shared a piece of news with Takano: "Ms. Takano, you don't have to be panicked. Destiny has changed."

"Eh?"

"The fourth knight of death has appeared."

"Nani? Who?"

"The Antelope King was killed by the King Snake. This means that Miss Takano's fourth fate of death has been broken."

Takano was slightly stunned, and then his eyes widened involuntarily, but Shinichi hadn't finished speaking yet.

"Also, I have another opinion about the coming of time." Shinichi suddenly stretched out his finger and waved it, saying: "Why don't you think in reverse? Under what circumstances will Odin go back in time? It is when the battle situation is not favorable to him and he cannot win.

If he could win, would he still need to use Time Descend? Then what does it mean that he went back so many times? It means that the outcome of each battle was very unfavorable to him, forcing him to go back in time and space to start the Knight War all over again.

This shows that in the final battle, we other knights actually had the upper hand! This is obviously a good thing, why are you all sighing?"

Zhenyi's reminder seemed to clear the clouds and bring light to the world, making others suddenly enlightened!

"SO GA! That's right! If Odin can win, he doesn't even need to use time reversal!" Mai clapped her hands in surprise and praised Shinichi: "You are worthy of being Kadoya Shikun! You can actually think of something in an instant that the rest of us haven't reacted to!"

Gao Ye also suddenly realized and smiled bitterly with some embarrassment: "Ah, I also fell into a misunderstanding because of the inertia of thinking. I only thought about the power of Time Coming, but forgot why Odin used Time Coming..."

Kitaoka nodded in satisfaction and said, "As expected of a man I like, he has ideas. That is to say, the rest of us knights have the upper hand in the end. Then, the way for us to break the cycle in the end is actually very clear... That is to stop Odin from going back in time. As long as we can stop Odin from using Time Descend, then we can break the cycle."

Kitaoka's proposal made others nod in agreement. With a clear direction and method, even if there are difficulties, it is enough to excite everyone.

Kitaoka's proposal also made others accept this newcomer who joined halfway.

"Well... me, the manta ray, Kadoya's Daiga, Mai's Ryuki, and Miss Kitaoka's Iron Soldiers, teaming up to take on Odin. Four against one is indeed a huge advantage, and it also explains why Odin had to go back in time."

Mai also nodded optimistically: "Indeed, as long as we unite as one, Odin will be powerless against us. The Knight War cannot continue, so we will naturally have to go back in time. But how to stop Odin from going back in time is really a headache..."

"Well..." Kitaoka once again started thinking, and came up with an idea: "Generally speaking, for an existence that is difficult to deal with with external force, we should try to disintegrate it from within."

"internal?"

"Hmm, we can try to recruit people from Odin's side." Kitaoka proposed his own plan.

After thinking for a while, Manta asked, "The Arbitrator? That guy is an intelligent program. The possibility of him turning against me is not high."

Kitaoka waved his hand and smiled, "Of course I'm not talking about that program. Don't forget, didn't Shinichi say that during the Third War, Odin developed a hidden line in the real world, the mastermind behind the Samsara Society. We can try to contact that guy."

This suggestion made Gao Ye's eyes light up. He nodded and said, "Indeed, it's a good idea...Ah! Damn it!"

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"Kingsnake!"

"What happened to the King Snake?"

Seeing that Kitaoka was still a little confused, Takano immediately gave Kitaoka a brief explanation, saying that Wang She had learned from the bishop the identity of the mastermind behind the Samsara Society.

"Ah... That's indeed a bit troublesome. King Snake didn't hesitate to kill... Do you have any news about the person behind the Samsara Society?"

In response to this question, Gao Ye and the other two froze in their expressions, and could only shake their heads helplessly and said, "No... there is only one uncertain clue... the bishop's daughter, Kojima Masaka."

Chapter 117: The Truth About Akiyama Li

Everyone had a heated discussion about how to deal with Odin. Kitaoka, the newcomer who joined later, had quite a few ideas. Everyone worked together and the goal of how to break out of this cycle became clearer and clearer.

However, as the discussion became more heated, Shinichi and Akiyama Li, who had first raised the topic, fell into silence. The two of them just listened to other people's narrations silently and did not participate in the discussion.

Mai was happily chatting with him for a while, then suddenly thought of something. She bit the small spoon she was eating dessert with and asked Shinichi curiously, "Hey, so, Kadokuni Shi-kun, you met the Judge on the way home last night, right?"

"uh-huh."

Mai clapped her hands and asked, "Ah! In other words, what Ms. Lian said about being taken away was that you, Kadoya Shikun, were entangled by the Judge, right? Ah... Such an important thing, why did you hide it from me after you came back, Kadoya Shikun?"

"Well..." Shinichi made an embarrassed expression and asked Mai: "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

"Of course it's true!" Mai answered without hesitation.

In response to this, Shinichi scratched his forehead and sighed, "Alas... Honest advice is hard to hear... Why did I hide it from Mai? Because I was worried that you would do something irrational after hearing it."

"Ouch!" Mai's cheeks immediately swelled up with anger, and she asked back, "Kadokuni Shikun, are you saying that I'm too impulsive and irrational?"

Faced with Mai's question, Shinichi could only pick up the cup, drink coffee, turn his eyes away and not want to answer, and this attitude made the girl even angrier.

Just when Mai was about to get angry, Kitaoka suddenly laughed and said, "Well, I think she's not too impulsive or irrational, she's just a little bit stupid~"

As he said this, Kitaoka knocked his head.

Mai suddenly looked anxious, and said unconvincedly: "You...what do you mean!? I...I may not be smart, but I am definitely not stupid!"

Seeing Mai's unconvinced look, Kitaoka chuckled and said, "Well, how about we take a vote? Those who think Takahashi Mai is an idiot, please raise your hands~"

As he spoke, Kitaoka set an example by raising his hand first, and the rest of the people looked at each other, thought for a moment, and then started raising their hands as well.

The next person to raise his hand was Shinichi.

Seeing Shinichi so readily choose to surrender to the enemy, Mai's expression suddenly became unacceptable. Her eyes kept asking why.

And after Shinichi, the one who raised his hand made Mai even more unbelievable. After hesitating for a while, Takano pouted and raised his hand.

"What? Miss Takano, you actually!"

"Hehe, I have to be realistic, right?" After learning that her fate had been changed, Takano's complexion became lively and she even started to joke with Mai. Although, in her heart, she actually agreed that Mai was a fool.

For a moment, among the five people present, except for the person involved, Mai, only one person did not raise his hand.

Mai turned her head and saw Akiyama Li sitting there silently without expressing her opinion. Seeing this, Mai was immediately delighted and asked Akiyama Li: "Ms. Lian! I didn't expect that you, who have known me for such a short time, would support me so much!"

Seeing Mai's touched expression, Shinichi couldn't hold back his bad taste and said, "Is it possible that because we have known each other for such a short time, Ms. Lian didn't see your stupid side, so she shouldn't judge you~"

"Kadokuni-kun, please don't make fun of me!!!"

"Hahaha~"

For a moment, the whole coffee shop was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

"Hey~ Everyone looks very happy? Is it some interesting gossip? Do you want to include me?" Just as everyone was laughing, Quan Youxia came late in a maid outfit, looked at everyone curiously and asked.

"Hey~ Youxia, you're working a little late today. You're here so late."

Quan Youxia sighed helplessly and said, "Wow~ I didn't set the alarm, so I overslept. I was also scolded by the store manager just now... You guys are laughing so happily, what's the matter? Let me listen to it and have fun too?"

When Mai saw Tomoka coming, she immediately thought of recruiting people to join her. After all, even Kitaoka could recruit people after explaining the reason, so Tomoka had such a good relationship with everyone, so wouldn't it be easy to persuade them to fight Odin together?

Just when Mai was about to enthusiastically recruit Youxia to join, Kitaoka on the side spoke first: "Oh, you came just in time. We were just voting on whether Takahashi Mai was an idiot. Do you want to express your opinion as well?"

Mai's enthusiastic expression suddenly turned into panic, and she looked at Youxia with prayerful eyes.

Youxia certainly wouldn't care about that, and responded without even thinking, "Why ask? He must be an idiot, and a very childish idiot at that~ The kind who can happily play with a few-year-old kid in a children's park~"

Mai yelled at Youxia with a shameful look on her face: "Don't talk about that kind of thing! Youxia! If you keep doing this, I'm going to be angry! Really angry!"

"Hahahaha!"

The cafe was filled with laughter again.

Finally, with Akiyama Li's intervention, the teasing of Mai ended.

In the end, Li Akiyama comforted Mai, who was so angry that her eyes were full of tears, and told her not to take it to heart. Mai felt Li's care and looked at Li Akiyama with almost gratitude. Her eyes were so sharp that Li Akiyama even felt a little embarrassed.

After the explanation from Takano and others, Izumi Tomoka, who arrived later, also learned about the situation. However, in response to everyone's invitation, Izumi Tomoka made a choice that surprised everyone.

“Ugh… Forget about joining… It still feels too dangerous… I’d better be an ostrich with my head buried in the sand and work honestly in the coffee shop. I will give you all spiritual support and help!”

"..."

Quan Youxia's response was really speechless, but no one criticized her for it. After all, everyone has their own aspirations, and it is understandable that someone would back down when facing a battle where they have to risk their lives.

"Well, since Youxia won't join, then we should have five knights now, Mai's Dragon Knight, Shi's Big Fang, my Sea Ray, Miss Kitaoka's Iron Soldier, and..."

As he spoke, Takano looked at Akiyama Li who had remained silent, scratched his head and said, "Ms. Lian..., right? From the looks of you, since you know so much about the Knight War, you seem to be a knight too?"

"..."

Facing Takano's question, Akiyama Li was in a dilemma for a moment. Should she answer? If she answered, she would have to reveal her identity as a Night Knight, unless she could make up a fake knight identity...

"Sword Knight."

"what?"

Just when Akiyama Li was racking her brains to get herself a knight identity, Shinichi next to her directly mentioned Akiyama Li and began to explain: "Her knight identity is sword knight, blade, and she signed a contract with Golden Phoenix Thunder, but her strength is average and she is not very good at frontal combat."

Seeing Shinichi lie without thinking and make up an identity that sounded quite reasonable, Akiyama Li was quite surprised, but she didn't show it on her face. Instead, she nodded in agreement with what Shinichi said.

Gao Ye nodded and said, "Oh, Golden Phoenix Thunder? I have encountered that mirror beast. It is quite powerful... But the knight under the contract is not good at frontal combat..."

Shinichi continued to speak without changing his expression: "It's not surprising. The strength of the contracted beast is not strongly related to the strength of the knight. Since the contracted beast is very strong, it is reasonable for the knight to play the supporting role to assist the contracted beast in battle."

"That's right..."

Not to mention, just by hearing Zhenyi's nonsense, everyone present was stunned and almost accepted Akiyama Li's identity as the "Sword Rider".

Although Akiyama Li felt a little weird about her sudden identity as a sword rider, she still accepted the vest that Shinichi gave her.

With this, Night Rider Akiyama Li directly transformed into Sword Rider Akemi Ren.

"OK~ In this case, we have five knights as our manpower. Time waits for no one. What we need to do now is to find the daughter of the Bishop of the Samsara Society as soon as possible."

"Looking for someone..." Kitaoka touched his chin and said, "Our company's archives contain a lot of information about local residents in Tokyo. Maybe we can find out who the person named Kojima Masaka is from it."

"Well... then, let's divide it up like this. Mai and Ms. Lian will go to the police station to look for the files. Ms. Kitaoka will arrange for your company's internal archives to search. Kadoya Kazushi and I will..."

"Wait a minute!" Kitaoka said this assignment was inappropriate: "I want to be in a group with Kadoya Shi. Besides, how can you ask the boss to take the archives to look up information on your own?"

After saying that, Kitaoka made a phone call and gave the order to find Kojima Masaka. Then he took the phone back and said smugly, "Humph~ It's just a phone call. Why should I do it myself?"

"..."

Takano was speechless for a moment. He frowned and said, "Okay, then Miss Kitaoka will be in a group with me and Kadoya Shi..."

"I think there's no need to separate, right? If we go to investigate anyway, we have to let Mai and the others find Kojima Masaka's residence first. We don't have much to do before that, so why not just go to the Metropolitan Police Department with Mai and the others to help search."

Shinichi's idea made Takano think about it again, and finally she nodded and said, "Okay, let's go to the Metropolitan Police Department together."

After getting everyone's approval, the five knights didn't waste any more time and immediately left the coffee shop and set off.

At the end of the team, Shinichi and Akiyama Li were following closely behind.

"Thank you for what happened just now." Akiyama Li spoke first, "But I have to say, your ability to tell lies without thinking is really amazing. Jianqi... I believe everything you say."

Shinichi chuckled and responded, "Well, just use your imagination. Making up stories is my forte."

"…Then I am a little doubtful now. How much of your own identity is made up?"

"Huh~ Who knows? But it doesn't matter. We are on the same front anyway~"

Shinichi turned around and asked, "You were the one who didn't say anything during their discussion. Why didn't you share some information with them? After all, as a Night Rider, you should know a lot about Odin, right?"

Shinichi asked Akiyama Li, who just glanced at him calmly and replied, "There's no need for me to attack this hard-won unity."

"Oh? From what you said, it seems that you don't agree with Takano's idea."

"...Odin cannot be defeated simply by relying on numbers... These people who have never seen Odin simply believe that more knights can defeat Odin. Little do they know that Odin's power is not just a one-time thing..."

Akiyama Li expressed her disapproval of the naive ideas of this group of people, which actually made Shin interested.

"Well... I have to say, compared to mine, your identity, Ms. Akiyama, seems to be more mysterious. You know so much about Kitaoka's background, you are full of hostility towards Odin, and you know everything about the behind-the-scenes of the Knight War..."