A Knight's Journey Begins in Faiz

"Just how much do you know, you rascal?"

Cao Jia has never truly understood Jiang Yang from the beginning. Despite his young age and lack of experience, he seems to know so much.

It seemed as if Jiang Yang knew everything he knew, and everything he didn't know.

"It's only a tiny bit more than you think. Alright, it's still early, shall we talk?"

"What to talk about?"

"Opheno, what do you think of Opheno?"

“It’s a pointless question. The Orphnochs deserve to die. All the Orphnochs deserve to die.”

"Even the kind-hearted Orphnochs are the same?"

Kusaka's expression changed slightly, and he became somewhat displeased.

"Do you think there are kind-hearted bad people? Even if there are, their kindness is just a disguise for their evil deeds."

Jiang Yang could probably understand Cao Jia's thoughts. A rotten orange is a rotten orange, as the famous saying goes, "Orange Brother."

"Why can't they exist? Orphnochs were human before they became Orphnochs; they just became Orphnochs. Who knows, there might be people who, even as Orphnochs, still live as humans? They just happened to become Orphnochs; even so, should they die?"

"Damn it, any Orphnoch must die."

He did not hesitate, nor dared to hesitate. Since that day, this has been his motivation to keep living.

"What if that Orphnoch not only doesn't kill, but instead protects humans and fights against the Orphnochs, or what if that Orphnoch is someone close to you?"

"What do you mean? Has someone turned into an Orphnoch? Truth, tell me it's not the truth!"

As Cao Jia spoke, he grabbed Jiang Yang's collar with both hands, his eyes fierce.

"It's just a hypothesis. Don't worry, the truth is protected, so it's very safe."

Upon hearing this, Kusaka released his hands.

"Although Truth is fine, there's one thing you might have guessed right: someone from Meteor Academy is going to become an Orphnoch again."

Jiang Yang's use of the word "again" reveals a lot, indicating that he is very knowledgeable about the past of Meteor Academy.

"Who?"

"Sawada, it's just a guess, but the probability is very high."

"Sawada, Sawada Aki?"

"I think that's the name. You people from Meteor Academy know more about this than I do. I just received a message that someone from Meteor Academy is suspected of becoming a 'survivor' of the Orphnoch on the night of the hunt."

“That guy…”

Jiang Yang didn't know what Cao Jia was thinking, but it was probably something like that: we must protect the truth, and destroy all the Orphnochs.

“I know what you’re thinking, but if my information is correct, it won’t be easy for that Orphnoch to face Caesar alone. Simply put, you might not be able to beat him by yourself. But don’t worry, I’ll help you. Don’t say anything like this is an internal matter of your Meteor Academy and you have to handle it yourselves.”

"You think we can't do it?"

Jiang Yang shook his head.

"No, I think you can do it, but have you considered how many people will die? Do you want to repeat this?"

"I……"

"It's still early, I'll wander around for a bit, and then we'll meet at that clock tower over there when it's almost time."

Jiang Yang waved his hand and left the group alone.

Caojia was organizing what Jiang Yang had just said.

Although he obtained a lot of information that he couldn't investigate on his own thanks to Jiang Yang, he also couldn't be sure of the information's authenticity because he couldn't investigate it himself.

He didn't know how much of what Jiang Yang said was true, but he didn't dare gamble that it was all fake. So he could only think of ways to deal with the situation if it was true.

“Sawada…”

He pondered what kind of person Sawada really was.

Meanwhile, Jiang Yang was strolling around the amusement park.

He wasn't lying about what he told Caojia earlier, but some things might not have happened yet.

For example, Sawada will indeed become an Orphnoch, but not necessarily now.

It seems that Sawada initially fought against the Orphnoch alongside Saya, but later awakened to become an Orphnoch, which is when he started killing people.

Jiang Yang couldn't remember exactly when it was, but it probably wasn't now.

This is why Jiang Yang wanted Masuda and the others to help him find information about Saya and Sawada.

To be fair, Sawada's awakened Spider Orphnoch was quite powerful, although it was easily defeated by Kitasaki in human form and crushed by Murakami Kyoji.

However, his strength is considered above average among the Orphnochs. If we can recruit him before he kills, he might become a valuable asset.

However, Jiang Yang knew that the success rate was not high. This guy was the kind of person who could make up his mind to kill his own people. How could he be won over by just a few words?

It's okay. Even if we can't win them over, if we can find them in advance, we can eliminate them before they've even adapted to their power.

Masuda and the others said they should be able to contact Saya within the next couple of days, but I don't know how things are going. I forgot to ask yesterday.

Once we find Saya, with all five belts together, Jiang Yang won't believe that we can't defeat Kitasaki.

If all else fails, just go find Hanagata. As long as they can get the Faiz Burst Device, their combat power will reach its peak. At that time, as long as the King of Ultra is not fully born, they can sweep through the dungeon.

Of course, this is just an idealized development.

To be honest, Jiang Yang doesn't dare to go after Hanagata right now. Although Hanagata is an Orphnoch and is said to be the strongest among the kings, Jiang Yang feels that his actual performance is in no way inferior to the king's. Although if they really fought, the king would probably still win.

who cares.

Anyway, we can't afford to offend any of them.

The ixa value is still a bit low.

While Kamen Rider stats are for reference only, and actual combat power depends on performance and special effects, Ixa is, after all, a technology-based Kamen Rider. Therefore, stats do have a significant impact.

Jiang Yang's actions were greedy; his Ixa stats were already quite high. His abilities, however, were rather unremarkable.

While wandering around, Jiang Yang spotted a figure—a burly black man, estimated to be 1.8 meters tall, with a fierce face and a build that clearly indicated he was a weightlifting enthusiast.

Jiang had no doubt that this guy could shatter his sternum with a single punch, given his physique.

However, it was quite strange that such a large man was now playing peacefully with a small dog.

As you can see, no one approached the bench within a ten-meter radius.

Wait, a bench?

Upon seeing the bench, Jiang Yang remembered something, and his facial expression became strange. He looked around but didn't find anything unusual.

"Could it be that nothing really happened this time?"

There used to be some kind of incident every time I went to the bench, but now that nothing's happening, I feel a little uneasy.

"and many more."

He suddenly realized something: it wasn't that nothing was wrong because nothing was wrong, but rather that something was wrong, which is why it looked like nothing was wrong.

According to Jiang Yang's speculation, the burly man in black walking his dog was very likely Orphnoch, perhaps even nine-tenths of the time.

J, or Jay, anyway, it's him, one of the lucky four-leaf clovers, the crocodile Orphnoch, a man with three lives, a dog lover, a dog enthusiast.

The last point isn't just idle talk; J dotes on his pet dog to an extreme degree. The dog is his Achilles' heel and his Achilles' heel. He would kill without hesitation for his beloved dog.

He's not even afraid of death, but his only worry is who will take care of his beloved dog after he dies. Would you say he's a dog lover?