A Knight's Journey Begins in Faiz

Jiang Yang was completely bewildered. Just moments before, as his Holy Sword Judgment was about to strike, he felt an extremely dangerous sensation. Although he had a rough idea that Faiz had used the Acceleration Watch, this sense of crisis was far too ominous.

Jiang Yang was alright; he knew about the acceleration mode. But Kiba and Yuka were completely terrified.

You can't see anything at all. You only know that the other party has launched an attack, but you can't see how it was launched, from what angle, or in what way.

If you can't even see it, is there anyone who can defend against this kind of attack?

"Is this the true power of Faiz?"

With this power, it would be no difficult task for Faiz to purge the traitors from the Orphnoch.

To be honest, he was terrified.

"Where's the other one?"

Jiang Yang did not see the ashes of the lobster Orphnoch after its death.

"It seems so, it fell into the water."

"what?"

Turning my head, I saw that the water was murky and the lobsters were in the water. How could I catch them?

This guy probably won't survive.

There was no other way, so he gave the order in his mind, instructing Hanzo and his men to search along the river and, if possible, to confirm whether the enemy was alive or dead. If they were not dead, then they should finish them off.

After that, he deactivated his transformation.

Seeing that Jiang Yang had deactivated his transformation, Qiao also unplugged the Faiz phone, and Yuka and Kiba also returned to their human forms.

"It's you!"*2

Yuji Kiba and Takumi Inui both exclaimed in surprise upon seeing each other's appearance; they never expected that the other person would be an Orphnoch (faiz).

In Kiba's eyes, Inui Takumi should be a good-for-nothing who only knows how to take advantage of his younger sister (Mari), while also taking advantage of her, with slightly scum-like traits, and who has recently started to turn over a new leaf.

In Inui's eyes, Kiba Yuuji is a naive, rich, and easily fooled young office worker. Although he has a good heart, he is the kind of person who is easily deceived.

The moment they met, a sense of contrast arose spontaneously.

"We can talk about this later. There are more important things to do now!"

Jiang Yang temporarily interrupted their deep gaze.

"Haitang!"

Kaidou lay on the ground unconscious. He was the one who had taken the most hits and was the most seriously injured in the fight.

To Jiang Yang's surprise, Haitang fought until he lost consciousness, rather than running away halfway through.

"They're still alive, let's load them onto the truck first."

They put Kaido on the car at the timber yard.

"Let's take the first step."

"Well, come right away."

After watching Kiba Yuji drive away, Jiang Yang turned to look at Qian Qiao.

"Ask anything you want, we're open for a limited time to answer your questions."

What exactly do you want to do?

"I thought you were going to ask me who I am."

Lately, everyone keeps asking "Who are you?" or "What kind of person are you?" Jiang Yang is getting used to it.

He even wondered if he should prepare a death sentence like Brother Xiaoming, or just say, "Kamen Rider passing by, remember this!"

After thinking about it, I decided against it. It just doesn't feel right to call oneself a Kamen Rider simply because one can transform.

Think about why you came into this world.

He sighed, shook his head, and realized he had gone off-topic.

"A purpose? Of course there is one, otherwise I wouldn't do something so dangerous. But if you ask me what my purpose is, that's a secret. Just consider me a riddle teller. Anyway, just remember one thing: I'm not an enemy to you. Trust Tai Li, oh no, trust me."

"That's too cunning of you. How am I supposed to ask you that?"

"Ask whatever you want, but I can't guarantee I can answer. Well, I'll definitely tell you what I can."

Take a deep breath.

"Then tell me, what is your relationship with them?"

"You mean those three? Well, we'd say we're friends, right? Don't worry, if we're going to categorize them, they'd be the good Orphnochs. Not all Orphnochs have to die, right?"

Jiang Yang said that he still couldn't become General Duanmu. Otherwise, who cares who he is? A promise is a promise, and I'm too lazy to talk or listen. Understand?

But that's not something I want to do.

"This one……"

"Alright, don't think too much about it. Some things will become clear when the time is right. You can't rush it. Come with me to their place later so we can get to know each other."

"I reject."

He felt embarrassed when he thought about what Mari had said to Kiba. He didn't care before because he didn't expect to run into Kiba again, but now...

"Alright, alright, let's go anyway. I think it's best to talk things out. I can sense that you two are the same kind of people, and you should be able to become good friends."

"No way, who would be friends with him?"

"Who could it be? Anyway, it's not me. We're already friends. Fine, just go. I don't want you two to end up fighting over some trivial misunderstanding."

Don't say it's impossible; it's too easy for you two to misunderstand each other.

"If I sneak up on you from behind, knock you unconscious, steal your Faiz belt, then attack him with the Faiz belt, and when you wake up I tell you he's the one who attacked you and stole the Faiz belt, and that I got the belt back for you, what do you think will happen next?"

"I…"

"Anyway, there's no way we'll sit down and have a proper talk, right?"

"No, you talk like you know me so well. I won't fall for such tricks. In the end, who would try to drive a wedge between us, and for what purpose? What's the point of this?"

They make it sound so real, you think I won't be fooled? How many times have I been fooled already?

"Of course there is. Let traitors and enemies fight each other, and then reap the benefits yourself. Wouldn't you do something like that?"

"Ah~ ah~, I know, I know, I'll go, okay? What about you? Aren't you going?"

"Of course I'll go, but I have something to take care of before that. You go ahead."

After finally persuading Qian Qiao to leave, Jiang Yang mounted the War Lion and set off in the opposite direction.

Hanzo has found traces of the Lobster Orphnoch; the creature survived three electric drills.

Jiang Yang was certain that the other party was only clinging to life and would probably die soon, but there was still time to wait. To avoid any unforeseen complications, he decided to go over and see if he could finish the job beforehand.

"Speaking of which, it seems that a Hanzo disappeared in this direction just now."

There was a Hanzo who had lost contact with him, and it was suspected that he had been eliminated, but unfortunately he didn't pay attention to the situation at the time.

I don't know if it was an accident or some other reason.

There was a sense of foreboding.

Just in case, he still sent some of the remaining Hanzos to investigate whether there was anything at the location where the previous Hanzo had died.

If it were someone else, they would probably say it was just a misperception or something, and then put it out of their mind. Then, when they encounter trouble in the future—like getting beaten up, losing their wife, or suffering some kind of huge loss—they suddenly remember it was a premonition they had ignored and feel extreme regret.

Jiang Yang has something to say about this. You already had a premonition, is it so hard to take some time to verify it?

Okay, so you were busy at the time, so you didn't do anything because you were busy, right? And then you forgot about it as soon as you were done.

To put it bluntly, he was too careless. Even if he didn't use a special move like Cautious Hero to defeat slimes, he should at least not ignore his intuition.

Anyway, Jiang Yang wouldn't dare to do that; he wasn't powerful enough to ignore these potential dangers.