Masked Rider: Infinite Journey

Tian Yuan, who was being questioned, immediately came to his senses and pointed diagonally upwards and said, "This direction, two floors up."

"Thank you!"

Time was urgent and there was no time to say more. Lan Guanghong crossed his hands above his head, then pushed hard with his feet, breaking through the ceiling and flying upwards like a cannonball.

"Amazing!"

After sighing, Tian Yuan retracted his envious gaze and directed the troops behind him to continue the rescue.

And according to the previous instructions, Blue Light Red quickly broke through two floors and came to a room full of fitness equipment and...Kamen Rider peripherals?

Blu-ray Red:?

"hi~hi~hi! Kamen Rider Timons!" George Karisaki, who was holding a big bag and stuffing knight figurines into it, saw Lan Guanghong coming to rescue him, and his eyes lit up.

"You've arrived just in time! Quick, help me tidy up that belt over there!"

Blu-ray Red: ???

"Are you kidding me? This base is crashing and you're here packing up your toys?"

"Come on! What toy? This is my treasure!" George and old Karisaki pushed up their glasses in the same way: "Anyway, if you don't want to help, please get out of the way. I don't need your rescue!"

George said this with full confidence. As the chief scientist of Phoenix, he had already built multiple escape systems for himself, enough to deal with various emergencies.

Unfortunately, Lan Guanghong doesn’t know.

boom!

He struck George on the back of the neck with his palm, knocking him unconscious. He dragged the other's limp body and shook his head helplessly.

The first meeting with Karizaki's son was not smooth.

However, at least the person was rescued, and Karizaki can rest assured now.

...Not long after, Ikki and Daiji brothers also joined the rescue team. With the joint efforts of the group, they finally rescued all the people who were still alive in the base.

boom!

The Phoenix base crashed into the sea, causing huge waves and violent spray hitting the shore.

However, the Phoenix members standing on the shore did not dodge. They braved the waves and watched the base sink to the bottom of the sea.

Leading the charge was Commander Wakabayashi.

"Cough, cough..."

Even in the wounded area far away from the coast, George was inevitably splashed with sea water in the face. Although he was not injured, he woke up after coughing twice.

As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw the last bit of the base's tail sinking.

George: "..."

"NO!!!" He hugged his head in pain and cried out in grief.

Wakabayashi turned around and looked at him in surprise.

——Well, Dr. Karisaki is not as heartless as he seems. He still cares about Phoenix very much.

Commander Wakabayashi didn't know that George was just feeling sorry for his treasures that sank along with the base.

"Humph, that's outrageous." Lan Guanghong also glanced at George, then continued to say to Yihui beside him: "Ask Da Er the reason tonight and tell me. That's it, I'm leaving first."

After saying that, he patted Ikki's shoulder and slipped away.

"Hmm?" Weiss rubbed his chin, looking at the blue-glowing figure in confusion, "Why is he so anxious? Suspicious!"

"What nonsense are you talking about, Whis? How could the master be suspicious!" Ikki patted the back of Whis's head, then canceled his transformation and prepared to comfort the lost No. 2.

……

Not long after, Lan Guanghong and Falia's nest.

"henshin!"

Blu-ray red fingers flipped the card over, then inserted it into the belt, and finally pushed the two sides together with both hands to close it.

[Kamen Rider——Decade!]

"Oh, that's amazing, it looks just like the real thing." Lan Guanghong took off the modified painted belt from around his waist and praised it with a happy look on his face.

With her arms behind her head and her legs on the coffee table, Falia looked at him with disdain: "So, you stole all my treasures?"

"Nonsense, how can this be called Mao? This..."

"You asked me to borrow it, right? Really? When do you ever return something you borrowed?" Falia looked at the figures and belts scattered on the floor, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of a familiar little doll.

"Hmm? This!" She stood up from the sofa, ran over here, squatted down, and picked up the doll on the ground. The heavy and slightly cool feel in her hand showed that the material used to make this thing was definitely not ordinary.

No wonder George dared to throw it directly into his pocket without worrying about damage. It turned out that he was not in a hurry, but because these things themselves were of high quality.

Falia played with it for a while, then held up the doll and asked Lan Guanghong, "Hey, do you think this is the knight who looks like you?"

"Oh, Black." Lan Guanghong took it and looked at it carefully. He found that the workmanship was extremely fine. The joints were wrapped with special materials. It looked like a miniature knight.

He picked up several other puppets and took a look. The workmanship was equally fine, without any cutting corners. Even the details in the compound eyes were clearly visible.

"Hiss~, are all of them handmade?!" Lan Guanghong took a breath, shocked by George's cooking skills.

In this case, it is not difficult to understand why he looked so sad on the beach.

"Find a chance to return it to him. After all, I'm not a devil." Lan Guanghong finally made a difficult decision.

If it was an ordinary mass-produced toy, it would be fine if it was damaged. At worst, George could just buy another one with his own money.

However, these were obviously treasures that he had painstakingly crafted, and he was not a wicked person. Lan Guanghong would feel uneasy if he took these treasures for himself.

After putting these things away again, Ikki called.

"Master, I have a general understanding of Phoenix's affairs."

"Oh, so what happened?"

"It was Ortega who escaped, and for some reason he still had the Seal of Kif. He used it to transform some of the team members into powerful demons, causing them to self-destruct and destroy the engine, which led to the fall of Phoenix."

"What? Keef's seal?"

Something strange appeared again!

"One more thing. The government is holding people accountable for what happened today, and Commander Wakabayashi might be asked to apologize."

"The second brother was so angry that he smashed the TV at home."

Blu-ray Red: ???

Chapter 38 (Revised) Transformation in the Sunlight

"...In summary, due to my negligence, Phoenix has suffered heavy losses. I would like to express my deepest apologies to everyone."

On the screen, Wakabayashi bowed towards the camera, then slowly straightened his back, with no trace of apology on his stern face.

"From now on, I will resign as Commander-in-Chief of Phoenix, and future affairs will be handed over to the new commander."

After saying that, Wakabayashi turned around and walked off the stage. Then, an old man with a sinister face came on stage and stood where Wakabayashi had just spoken.

"Good afternoon everyone, I am the new Phoenix Commander-in-Chief - Akaishi Hero!"

Akaashi placed his hands on the table, an evil grin on his face.

Then there was a lot of babble, but Lan Guanghong didn't listen at all.

"This guy has 'I'm a bad guy' written all over his face. There's definitely something wrong with him!"

"Yeah, he does have problems." Karizaki beside him rubbed his eyes: "I met him when I was in Noah. In fact, he is the general manager of the Demon Project, but he rarely shows up. Usually, Dongshan is in charge."

"And..." Karisaki leaned forward, carefully watching Akaashi on TV for a while, and said with certainty: "He looked like this thirty years ago. After so much time, he hasn't aged at all!"

"Huh? Why didn't you tell me earlier about such a suspicious guy?"

"I don't know. I thought he had died of old age."

"..."

ding dong~

The doorbell broke the staring match in the room. Lan Guanghong glared at Karisaki again, then stood up and walked to the door.

"Who?"

"Mr. Lan Guanghong, I am Chigusa Yamagiri from Phoenix. I have been ordered to invite you to the new Phoenix headquarters."

"what's up?"

"I don't know. I'm just following Commander Akaashi's orders."

"Oh." Lan Guanghong thought about it and felt that the other party probably wanted to test him.

After all, as the former head of Noah, he must know that Lan Guanghong had been an experimental subject. However, he probably didn't expect that there would be people in this world who had slept for thirty years and were still alive, and who would not age like him.

Just like Lan Guanghong also wants to find out Akaashi's true identity now, both sides want to dig out each other's background as soon as possible.

Hence, this invitation.

"Sure, let me change my clothes."

Although he said he was changing clothes, Lan Guanghong actually just returned to the living room and took out his belt and seal of sin.

——Falia went out to work today, so even if he took the belt, he couldn’t turn into Dimons, so it would be better to leave it at home.

"Please help me watch my things until Falia or I come back."

Everyone in Karizaki was shocked: "Hey! What if they do something bad to you? You can go another day!"

"It's okay." Lan Guanghong bared his teeth and showed a healthy smile: "As long as there is sunshine, I will never fall."

Karisaki:?

Wait, this sounds familiar to me!

Before Karizaki could remember where he had heard this, Lan Guanghong opened the door and left.

Phoenix's car was parked right at the door. It was a military-style car with a completely opaque back seat.

Sitting in the dim rear compartment, where they could neither see the scenery outside nor hear any sound, Lan Guanghong smiled playfully: "Why, are you afraid that I'll know the location of your new base?"

"No, it's just that all our new cars are of this model. Please forgive me."

"Hmph~" With an ambiguous snort, Lan Guanghong closed his eyes and stopped talking.

After a long period of bumpy ride, the car slowly stopped.

Lan Guanghong jumped out of the car and squinted his eyes to look at the surrounding environment.

In the silent, desolate abandoned factory, there was an indescribable unpleasant smell in the air.

"Hey, hey, hey, this doesn't look like the Phoenix headquarters at all."

"Sorry, the new headquarters is still under construction, so I have to ask you to meet here." Akaashi, wearing a pure white commander's uniform, appeared from the corridor above and said with a wicked smile, "Nice to meet you, Subject 071."

As he spoke, he waved his hand and asked Chigusa and others who had brought people to step aside.

"That's a really annoying name." Lan Guanghong narrowed his eyes and looked at Akaashi: "So, you are the one who is causing trouble behind the scenes?"

"You were the one who took the Kif statue, right? What's your relationship with it? Are you father and son?"

"Haha, if you can survive today, it's okay to tell you." Akaashi waved his hand, and a figure walked out from behind him.

Seeing the familiar figure in tattered green clothes, Lan Guanghong frowned: "Orutga?"

"You guy!"

The enemies were extremely jealous of each other. Facing this enemy who destroyed everything he had, Oruta didn't say much, but directly took out the seal of sin and stamped it on himself.

[Anomalocaris]

The scarlet energy that was condensed to the point of being almost tangible enveloped Orutga's entire body. With a roar from him, the energy completely poured into his body, turning him into a green demon with huge spikes.

The scarlet mist surged around him. This powerful energy reaction reminded Lan Guanghong of Frio who ran out of control in the hot spring hotel.

"Level 4? And a conscious Level 4."

"Feel the power of Lord Kif." Akaashi pointed at him, and Ortega jumped down from above without hesitation and rushed towards the blue light red.

Lan Guanghong dodged the enemy's attack by moving sideways. The opponent then drew his weapon and swept it towards his chest. He quickly put his arms in front of him to block.

boom!