Hero? I'm just here to borrow power!

In the preceding hours, the young man had also received combat photos and videos of the green "Kamen Rider" from various parts of the Demon Clan.

The stronger a person is, and the purer their dragon blood, the more they can perceive the unfathomable power of the other party from those vague records. This young man, who is the "Dragon King" of the Fierce Demon Clan, is arrogant and violent, but he also understands that he is definitely no match for Kamishiro Byakuya in a one-on-one fight.

"What's the difference between dying by my hand and dying by Shindai Byakuya's hand?" the young man asked coldly without sheathing his sword.

“Of course there’s a difference.” The king seemed to smile, his voice coming through the mask. “I may not be a match for the Godslayer, nor may the two of us combined. But what if its opponent becomes the whole of Japan?”

"What do you mean?" The young man's fingers, which were gripping the knife, twitched slightly.

"I need your help." The voice that echoed in Maybach was like the venomous tongue of a viper.

#I've been a bit busy lately, so my update schedule hasn't been very consistent. Sorry about that. I'll try to adjust the update schedule in a couple of days. Thank you all for your support.#

Black Moon Tide: Chapter 128 Kicking the Door

Throughout the millennia-long, dark history of the conflict between hybrids and dragons, they have always acted as guardians of secrets, stubbornly refusing to reveal the secrets of the dragon race to ordinary humans in the sunlight.

This does not originate from the unspoken, noble rules established by the "underworld" in some tokusatsu drama or superhero comic to protect ordinary people in the "surface world".

The most fundamental reason is cold and realistic—many hybrids do not actually regard ordinary humans as their own kind.

They are stronger, smarter, and longer-lived than ordinary humans; they are true beneficiaries of the caste system, which is determined by bloodline.

Unlike Angers, a madman who dedicated his life to slaying dragons out of deep-seated hatred, most of them wanted to defeat dragons primarily because they wanted to take their place and become the new dragon race in this world.

Just as the dragons enslaved their hybrid ancestors millions of years ago, these new generation "dragons" also fantasize about enslaving the fragile and numerous humans after completely annihilating the old gods.

Therefore, for thousands of years, the war between hybrids and dragons has been shrouded in the mists of history and has never been known to ordinary people in the secular world.

However, this ancient rule, which has been maintained for thousands of years, has been ruthlessly broken today.

Ten hours ago, the war between the Oni Clan and "Kamishiro Byakuya" ended with the complete defeat of the Oni Clan.

The ordeal of the "Red Guard" motorcycle gang is merely a tiny microcosm of this war.

Several thousand hybrids and gang members belonging to the Oni Clan were ruthlessly and completely annihilated in a single night by Byakuya Kamishiro, who had transformed into a green "Kamen Rider".

Under the terrifying supersonic mobility of Kronos and its unpredictable, teleportation-like pinpoint strikes, the massive organization that had once troubled even the Snake Clan collapsed overnight.

Those gang members who personally experienced the war and survived by kneeling and surrendering at the first opportunity later told the executive bureau of the Snake Clan in trembling voices that it was not a war at all.

"It was a massacre."

A gang leader with a scar on his face, who used to fight gang wars without batting an eye, now cowered in a corner like a frightened rabbit, his teeth chattering uncontrollably. "To be more precise, it's a natural disaster, like...like a typhoon or an earthquake, you understand? You have no way to fight back, you can only watch it tear you apart."

From beginning to end, those thousands of hybrids and gang members failed to truly harm a single hair on Shindai Byakuya's head. Their bullets, their incantations, and all their resistance seemed as laughable as children's games in the face of that green figure.

However, although the Oni Clan had been completely routed, the war was not over. Herzog, the man hidden behind the "King's" mask, pressed the last and most insane piece on the chessboard.

A formation of four Mitsubishi F-2 fighter jets roared through the skies above Kyoto in perfect formation.

Their sleek fuselages, painted in low-visibility marine camouflage, resemble four deadly scalpels against the gloomy sky. This level of fighter formation is only likely to be deployed in the event of a major disaster or the threat of war in Japan.

They are armed with AGM-154 JSOW Joint Standoff Weapons under their wings. This advanced glide-guided bomb can be launched from tens of kilometers away. Its BLU-97/B cluster munition warhead can instantly cover an area the size of a football field, unleashing hundreds of deadly submunitions for carpet-like area destruction without blind spots. It is the perfect weapon to counter high-speed moving cluster targets.

Normally, such fighter jet formations would only patrol the border of Shikoku, Japan, but at this moment they appeared in the airspace of the ancient city of Kyoto, like vultures circling over their prey.

"White-headed old man, white-headed old man, no target indicator unit has appeared on the ground. Repeat, no indication on the ground."

"Big Dove, Big Dove, White-headed Old Man received. Command post instructions: if the target unit is spotted, fire can be opened at any time. Attack authority has been delegated."

The patrolling fighter jet formation was communicating via military-encrypted radio channels. Inside the cockpit, the pilots stared intently at the radar screen, their eyes sharp as eagles.

"Ootoko, Ootoko! Suspected target detected! After comparing with ground reports in Kyoto City, the target is confirmed as 'Kamishiro Hakuyo'! The target is moving towards the 'decoy' position at supersonic speed! My God, it's almost out of my radar range!"

At that moment, one of the wingmen in the formation suddenly sent out a confirmation signal, his voice filled with disbelief and horror.

At the same time, upon receiving radio contact, the lead aircraft, codenamed "Big Dove," immediately pushed the control stick, tilted its fuselage, and chased after the direction from which the target signal appeared, like a raptor.

"Kumagai Base! Kumagai Base! Target signal has disappeared from my radar! I repeat, target signal has disappeared from my radar! Unable to attack! Unable to attack! Target unit to be intercepted, requesting ground support!"

While desperately calling out to the ground command base, Daigo piloted his fighter jet at full speed in the direction where the incredibly fast target signal had last disappeared.

At this moment, Bai Ye was speeding along the Mingshen Expressway at a speed of 1000 m/s. His body was enveloped in a light green energy flow, and he turned into a blurry afterimage, leaving a long white sonic boom cloud in the empty highway.

At this moment, with the help of energy items, his speed is even faster than when he was driving his personal vehicle, the Motorized Pegasus. However, doing so is like anaerobic exercise, which will consume a lot of his physical strength.

But he doesn't need to go full speed for long, because he has already locked onto the movement signal of the man named "King General". In just six or seven seconds, he can get in front of the man and crush him like an insect.

While data transmission in the gaming field is convenient, it cannot accurately lock onto targets that are moving at high speeds. Therefore, Bai Ye chose this more primitive and direct method.

In fact, Bai Ye has already eliminated three or four men who were suspected to be "King Generals". After the complete defeat of the Demon Clan, his only target now is the King General, which is Herzog's true form.

But this cunning man had planted several decoys within the Ghost Clan. Every time Bai Ye killed the man who called himself "King General," he would discover that the corpse was just a Shadow Dancer who had been deeply brainwashed by Herzog.

The method to distinguish Herzog's real body from his double is also quite simple.

Herzog was inherently suspicious and extremely afraid of death. He would never dare to inject those alchemical potions that enhanced his bloodline and had huge side effects into his veins. However, his Stands were different. In order to ensure the Stands' combat power, Herzog had already transformed them into monsters whose combat power was no less than that of high-level Deadpools. By distinguishing the alchemical potion residue in the Stands' bloodlines, Bai Ye destroyed Herzog's Stands time and time again, and then went to track Herzog's next move.

Although Herzog, whom Bai Ye killed time and time again, was actually a stand-in, Bai Ye felt like he was being led by the nose by the other party, but he did not feel frustrated.

If anyone is to blame, it's the Snake Clan for being utterly useless. After confronting the Demon Clan for so many years, they couldn't even find a trace of the King. As a result, Byakuya had no choice but to rely on brute force to break the deadlock.

However, Herzog's Stands are finite, while White Night can track and kill them indefinitely.

In TRPGs, which are role-playing games also known as "tabletop role-playing games," there is a gameplay mechanic called "kicking the door."

In other words, when a player's character is powerful enough, they can give up on complex puzzles and tedious clues. All they need to do is face the challenge head-on and defeat one enemy after another.

At this moment, Bai Ye held this simple and straightforward idea in mind.

In terms of scheming and intrigue, Bai Ye admits that he is indeed inferior to Herzog, who has been in Japan for twenty years and has been laying out his plans. However, he is able to use absolute brute force to break through the opponent's schemes one by one.

At this moment, Bai Ye, following Herzog's trail, arrived at this highway leading from Kyoto to Tokyo.

This is the fourth suspected target of "King General". Instead of hiding in the heavily guarded city, the target chose to drive to this empty Meishin Expressway.

What Bai Ye didn't know was that the Meishin Expressway and all surrounding roads had already been closed by the Japanese government under the pretext of a "major traffic accident." Japanese police and Self-Defense Force engineering units were frantically setting up roadblocks around the area, and an invisible net had been quietly spread.

At a speed of one kilometer per second, Bai Ye instantly caught up with the black Maybach carrying "King General" who was fleeing for his life. Bai Ye's figure flickered and appeared on the roof of the Maybach like a ghost. He didn't even bother to look at who was in the car. He raised his right leg, which was covered in green armor, high and then slammed it down!

"boom!"

That top-of-the-line luxury car, known for its sturdiness and safety, was like a can being stepped on by a giant; it was instantly kicked apart by an irresistible force, turning into a blazing fireball that tumbled and crashed over the roadside guardrail.

Inside the carriage, the "King General" was struggling to crawl out of the twisted, burning carriage. His body had become highly dragon-like, his skin covered with black scales, and his back sprouted hideous bone spurs, turning him into a hideous monster.

However, Bai Ye didn't even glance at it before kicking it into countless flying pieces.

"Still a stand-in... Never mind, next one."

Thinking this, Bai Ye was just about to activate the datafication system again to find the next target.

However, at this moment, something strange happened!

The sky was torn apart by a sharp whistling sound. Sixteen supersonic glide bombs, from outside Bai Ye's sight, arrived in an instant like the scythe of death! They attacked from different heights and angles, blocking all of Bai Ye's possible escape routes!

In the brief moment that Bai Ye paused for less than a second, these sixteen weapons, representing the pinnacle of modern military technology, turned the entire Meishin Expressway into a raging sea of ​​fire!

Black Moon Tide: Chapter 129 Single-handedly destroying the entire Japan (Part 1)

A true schemer never puts all his eggs in one basket.

That's what Herzog thought. Or rather, that's what he always did.

For the past two decades, he has manipulated the mixed-race society of Japan under the two completely different identities of "Tachibana Masamune" and "King Shogun," making them kill each other while he remained calm and collected.

But this doesn't mean that he only has the Snake Clan and the Fierce Demon Clan in his hand.

The Japanese government, this seemingly fragile yet enormous state apparatus built by ordinary people, is also his backup ally... or rather, his backup weapon.

While White Night waged war against the Oni Clan, Herzog abandoned the underground organization he had painstakingly built up over a decade without hesitation.

Kamishiro Byakuya's strength is undeniable. Even with the help of some mixed-race individuals, the mob-like gang could never be a match for someone of such extraordinary stature. They couldn't even effectively stop him.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to choose a new ally.

During his twenty years in Japan, Herzog was able to use his cunning and alchemical skills to infiltrate the Snake Clan and the Demon Clan undetected, and eventually seize supreme power.

He was also able to quietly extend his reach into the heart of the Japanese cabinet.

However, unlike the Snake Clan, which is a hybrid underworld organization written as such but read as a makeshift operation, twenty years is not enough time for Herzog to completely seize control of the Japanese cabinet with just a few doubles.

However, it is still possible to secretly replace a powerful Japanese cabinet minister with a clone of a shadow dancer who has been deeply brainwashed.

The White Night's attack on the Fierce Ghosts, which lasted for more than ten hours, could not possibly have left no trace.

Even with the Snake Clan's all-out cover-up, some surveillance cameras, dashcams, and even ordinary people's mobile phones still captured the apocalyptic scene brought about by that green figure.

These blurry yet powerful videos are Herzog's bargaining chips to leverage the entire Japanese state apparatus.

His plan, like the Noh theater represented by his mask, was intricately linked and extremely insidious.

First, he staged a scene where "terrorists" attacked a Japanese cabinet minister.

With the help of the puppets he had placed in the cabinet, a group of mixed-race individuals with extremely unstable bloodlines, whom he had prepared in advance, successfully infiltrated the heavily guarded Japanese Diet building.

During the cabinet meeting, in front of all the dignitaries, they injected themselves with the terrifying alchemical potion "Monotov Cocktail," instantly transforming into mindless Deadpools.

Without the aid of alchemical weapons, conventional firearms have extremely limited effectiveness against this monster.

This group of invincible assassins wreaked havoc in the Diet, which symbolized the highest power in Japan. Several ministers who had disagreed with Herzog's puppet ministers were brutally murdered and torn to pieces.

The urgently mobilized armed police and elite Self-Defense Force army troops were unable to eliminate all of these fearless monsters in a short period of time.

Given that there were other important ministers in the Diet building who had not yet escaped, the Japanese military and police could not use any weapons of mass destruction.

Those SWAT team members who risked entering the Capitol to engage Deadpool in a street fight all perished.

For the Japanese cabinet, these immortal monsters were terrifying enemies that had never appeared before and were beyond their comprehension.

Just then, a mysterious boy named "Kazama Ruri" appeared.

Dressed in a magnificent samurai outfit and wielding an antique-looking long sword, he resembled a Japanese samurai who had stepped out of an Edo-era ukiyo-e print. Ignoring the warnings of the armed police and the army, he moved with the agility of a ghost and stormed into the blockaded parliament building. In just ten minutes, he had slain the deadly servants in the parliament building, who had even stumped the Self-Defense Forces.

Thus, the secret of mixed-race individuals was completely exposed to the Japanese government in the most bloody and violent way.

Subsequently, Kazama Ruri, posing as the second son of the Minamoto family of the Hebi-Hachi family, used the excuse of "abandoning darkness for light" to reveal the existence of the Hebi-Hachi family, a thousand-year-old organization, to the still-shaken Japanese government.

At the same time, he submitted carefully edited videos of Operation Kamishiro White Night to the Japanese Ministry of Defense, calling them "super humanoid weapons" secretly manufactured by the Hebihachi family, and slandering the Hebihachi family as a complete terrorist organization that wanted to overthrow the Japanese government and then rule the world.

Of course, the huge blame for the attack on the Capitol was also rightfully pinned on the Snake-Headed Eight Family.

Given that the Japanese Defense Minister was a puppet controlled by Herzog, and that several highly respected cabinet ministers had just been brutally killed in an attack by a "hybrid monster," the Japanese Prime Minister and other cabinet ministers, without any hesitation, swiftly approved a full-scale counterattack against the Snake-Headed Eight Families.

While freezing all of the Snake Clan's funds in the country and beginning a large-scale seizure of their businesses, a plan specifically targeting the "super humanoid weapon" Kamishiro Byakuya—"Amaterasu Incineration"—was born.

Time returns to the present.

The Meishin Expressway had been reduced to a raging inferno, but the sixteen powerful glide bombs were merely a means to destroy the highway, create obstacles, and restrain White Night.

On the infrared radar display screen in the F-2 fighter jet cockpit, White Nights immediately launched an operation after the explosion.

Without slowing down at all, he crashed through the wall of fire made of burning gasoline and vehicle wreckage like a cannonball. The flying burning debris and the shockwaves of the explosion seemed to have no effect on him. However, the huge obstacles in his path successfully steered him off the highway, slightly reducing his speed, and he rushed into the designated ambush area—a treacherous mountain road near Koka City, Shiga Prefecture.

The moment Byakuya arrived and escaped the inferno, the Ground Self-Defense Force electronic warfare unit, which had been lying in ambush, immediately launched full-band jamming, plunging the entire area into absolute chaos.

The Self-Defense Forces were unsure whether the White Night's armor would be affected by electromagnetic interference, but they took every possible measure to hinder the White Night's attack.

"All units, fire! Fire! Fire!" After the electromagnetic interference was activated, the attack order was transmitted to every fire unit through the pre-deployed, interference-free fiber optic communication network.

In an instant, the once silent forests on both sides of the road seemed to come alive.

Dozens of Type 91 portable surface-to-air missiles, concealed beneath camouflage netting, streaked with long plumes of white smoke as they hurtled toward their target from different angles. Almost simultaneously, dozens of pre-built firing positions in the mountains flashed with deadly light.

The Type 01 light anti-tank missile traced a straight and deadly trajectory, the shells of the 84mm recoilless gun formed a dense barrage, and even the MAT anti-tank grenades used by individual soldiers roared out from the hands of the infantrymen. The explosions and violent shockwaves once again completely engulfed the location where Bai Ye was.

Under such saturation attacks, unless the target is an adult dragon king-level life form, any hybrid will be reduced to ashes under such powerful firepower.

This time, however, two dazzling high-energy beams shot out from the center of the explosion. Faced with the sudden attack by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, Bai Ye launched a fierce counterattack for the first time.

The two beams of light that tore through the night sky swept across the entire mountain forest in an instant.

Several of the most hidden army firing positions, along with the soldiers and weapons inside, were instantly turned into molten iron and exploding fireballs by the terrifying heat.

Behind them, half of a small hill was also cleanly severed by the high-energy beams fired from the Kronos armor, leaving behind half of scorched earth churning with lava.

The reason Bai Ye didn't retaliate immediately when he was hit by the glide bomb was because he hadn't detected the attacker's exact location.

The involvement of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces was clearly not in his plan, but the defensive capabilities of the Kronos armor far exceeded the expectations of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.

Within his own game domain, Kamen Rider Chronos' resistance to all physical attacks increases exponentially over time.

Neither the glide bombs of fighter jets nor the anti-tank missiles and artillery barrages of the army have the ability to truly penetrate the armor of the Kronos.

A green light shone in Bai Ye's eye armor, and he instantly sensed the origins of these enemies thanks to the powerful motion sensing capabilities of the Kronos armor.

"The army? I see. So Herzog was colluding with the Japanese government?"