A Knight's Journey Begins in Faiz

Kaidou's experiences had driven him to the brink of ruin, and if left unchecked, he might perish.

Jiang Yang still remembers that when he was watching Faiz, Kaido was one of his favorite Orphnochs, and he admired his talent. Jiang Yang even listened to that guitar piece before the college entrance examination.

While letting Haitang become an Orphnoch isn't a good option either, it's at least better than it is now.

As for becoming an inhuman alien.

Having watched so many tokusatsu dramas over the years, Jiang Yang was quite certain that he wasn't one of those rigid thinkers, and he wasn't actually that averse to alien races. Of course, not all of them were.

He still disliked some races, such as the greedy ones and the Amazons. Jiang Yang rejected these uncontrollable alien races.

The food was served and placed on the table in the hall. Jiang Yang sat to the side and waited. Everything was going according to plan. Now, all that was left was to wait for the actors to appear.

He glanced at the time; there were still twenty-six minutes left until noon.

"It's almost time."

About fifteen minutes after he said that, the door bell rang clearly and a man and a woman entered the store one after the other.

Jiang Yang recognized the people; it was none other than Xiao Ma and Yuka, or more precisely, Kiba Yuji and Nagata Yuka.

"Welcome! Are you two together?"

"Yes, um, we're waiting for someone."

"Okay, this way please. You can call me if you want to order."

"Thank you."

The two sat quietly in their seats, but it was obvious to anyone with eyes that they were somewhat distracted.

"It's alright, Yuka. As long as you explain things clearly, everything should be fine."

Jiehua nodded but didn't reply.

Jiang Yang figured the new team members wouldn't arrive for a while, so he asked the owner for two lattes.

I placed the latte on the table for two.

"We didn't..."

"This is the boss's treat."

Jiang Yang pointed to the boss, and the two looked in that direction. They saw the boss with a big smile on his face, although the smile looked forced no matter how you looked at it.

"That, thank you."

"You're welcome."

As Jiang Yang spoke, he placed the tray on a table to the side and then sat down next to the two of them.

"that."

Yuka subconsciously moved away from Jiang Yang, and Kiba was also somewhat puzzled.

"That's right, I have a dream."

"Eh?"

"I want to help those who are in trouble in front of me as much as I can, so when I saw your situation, I couldn't help but come closer. If it's okay, could you tell me what's on your mind? Although I may not be able to help much, perhaps I can offer some advice from an outsider's perspective."

Since the coffee had just been served, the two couldn't very well refuse it outright, especially since Kiba was a kind person.

"Well then, I'll leave it to you. Actually, it's like this: we both have a senior, a senior in a certain sense, who wants to teach us some things, um, about the future. But his ideas don't quite align with ours."

So you're hesitating about what to do—to obey or to refuse?

"I have decided to refuse."

Jiang Yang nodded.

"What? It's already decided. Although I don't know who your senior is or what he plans to ask you to do, since you've made your decision, don't hesitate. Tell him your decision loudly and move forward in the established direction. The future is your own choice."

"The future is a choice you make."

Kiba repeated the sentence, then seemed to have figured something out, and the expression on his face relaxed.

"Thank you, you're right. I want to ask what to do now."

"That's good. By the way, my name is Jiang Yang. It was a pleasure chatting with you."

"Yuji Kiba, me too."

I feel like we could become good friends.

"Friends...?"

Kiba hesitated for a moment, and just then, someone else pushed the door open and entered. This person was none other than Shinjo, the god in charge of cameos and plane crashes.

Okay, jokes aside, what we're talking about is Orphnoch.

Kiba and Yuka's expressions turned serious once again upon seeing who it was.

Seeing their expressions, Jiang Yang nodded and stood up.

"This guest..."

"I'm looking for them, and also, a cup of black coffee."

He pointed in the direction of the lumberyard.

"OK, just a second."

Jiang Yang walked up to the boss.

"Boss, a cup of black coffee."

Then he lowered his voice.

"Here it comes, do it that way."

The boss's expression froze; he knew what this meant—the thing had arrived.

He made the coffee in the blink of an eye, then pretended to glance down at it.

"Oh dear, we're out of coffee. Jiang Yang, keep an eye on things in the shop, I'll go get some spares from the back."

Jiang Yang almost burst out laughing at his boss's clumsy acting. Although he had never seen a monster before, his boss was really playing along.

Only after the owner left did Jiang Yang bring the coffee to the three of them.

"Here's your coffee, sir."

"Ah."

Xincheng simply nodded, appearing remarkably composed.

But the thought of that guy's infamous plane crash scene made Jiang Yang unable to hold back his laughter. To prevent himself from laughing, he turned his back and walked towards the bar, but didn't go far.

"Did you suddenly call me out because you've figured things out?"

“We refuse; we can’t do that.”

The Xincheng team member, who was drinking coffee, stopped mid-air and slowly put the coffee down.

"We don't know what the point of adding more companions is, let alone attacking innocent people."

"Don't think about those unnecessary things. You'll get used to it, it'll happen quickly."

As he was speaking, he prepared to get up, and at that moment, a hand landed on his shoulder, and a tremendous force pressed him back down.

"Sir, it's wasteful to leave without finishing your coffee. We don't recommend that you do that, especially since you haven't paid yet."

Toda was a little confused. Although he was in human form and his strength was far less than that of his Orphnoch form, he was still a strong adult. This guy could suppress him with one hand. Could he be an Orphnoch of executive level?

It is said that high-level Orphnochs can already use the power of Orphnochs in human form.

"who are you."

"Hey passerby, could you please give me some face and not cause trouble here?"

The one pressing down on Toda from behind was Jiang Yang, who was eavesdropping. He didn't know why he did it; he just found it interesting and reached out.

"Of course not."

Toda transformed into an Orphnoch in his position. This time, Jiang Yang was unable to suppress his opponent and quickly retreated two steps to create distance.

Orphnoch the squid's weapon is a hammer that looks like a hammer but may actually be a pen that can spray ink from the top to kill people.

Originally, Squid Orphino's first target was Jiang Yang, but Jiang Yang retreated and jumped behind the bar. As a result of his retreat, the unlucky one was Haitang, who was showing off his food next to him.

Poor Kaido, he died at lightning speed before he even finished his meal.

"Duck, oh le wah duck."

Yuji Kiba shouted "No!" as he dragged Yuka out of the store, bumping into an unlucky guy who was about to walk into the store.

The guy cursed at the woodyard for a few minutes, then turned around and saw Squid Orpheus. He screamed and collapsed to the ground with weak legs.

Jiang Yang had a bad feeling. He didn't expect an outdoor enthusiast to come to the store at this time. He immediately prepared to go forward to rescue him, but he was too late. A little bit of sticky ink had already covered the guy's face.

There is no hope.

"Boiled!"

Jiang Yang cursed under his breath, then decisively pulled out his ixa. Killing someone right in front of him? This guy was too arrogant.

As it turns out, people are hypocritical, and Kaido was the unlucky one.

"Ready! First!"

Bathed in golden light, ixa was fully dressed.

Without thinking twice, Jiang Yang stepped forward and unleashed a powerful punch. The force of the blow sent Squid Orpheus flying, crashing through the shop door and hurtling out of the store.

"I'm sorry, manager, I don't have the money to compensate you!"

After saying this, Jiang Yang looked towards the door and noticed a man and a woman standing there. They were Qian Qiao and Zhenli.

"boss!"

When Qiaoye saw the person lying on the ground, for some reason, he mistook him for the boss. Then, he looked at ixa in the shop.

"Who are you?"