The Second Generation of Knights Encountering Demons Reappears

Sleeping Kogoro: Look! I said that the abominable uncle is the boss of the side story! Considering that Toyokawa Shoko has become the director at such a young age, this guy must have failed in the power struggle of the consortium, and then was liquidated by other senior executives, so he had to flee and disappeared for 1 year. Now he is back for revenge!

World's No. 1 Cute: That's not right. According to your theory, since Toyokawa's father was driven away, how could her daughter take her position? It's good enough if the family doesn't fall into decline, right?

Sleeping Kogoro: Ah this.

Yang Ruzhi: And if he really came back for revenge, why would he attack his daughter's subordinates? Wouldn't it be better to assassinate other senior executives directly?

Basic reasoning: In fact, the real culprit of this case has already surfaced. The trick can be easily seen from the time of the incident, but we don't know her motive for doing so.

【Once she recalled that man, her memory would inevitably bring Shoko Toyokawa back to that rainy day——

That day, Shoko Toyokawa, who chose to run away from home, met Mobius holding an umbrella in the pouring rain.

The discovery was a girl about the same age as her, but the words of this snake-like cunning and charming girl that day completely changed Shoko Toyokawa's life.

"So, what is your choice?"

The moment she answered this question, the weak Shoko Toyokawa died.

...

"Shoko-chan? Shoko!"

"Hmm?"

A voice that did not change much from that day sounded in her ears, and Shoko Toyokawa's thoughts were pulled back to the present.

She turned her head and looked into Mobius' eyes, and the latter's eyes were filled with concern and confusion.

"It's rare that you would be in a daze... No, it's no wonder, after all, you remembered the man."

After thinking about the key, Mobius shrugged.

"But since you already have a clue, I wish you can solve this problem as soon as possible. By the way, this is for you."

As he said, Mobius handed a watermelon lock seed to Toyokawa Shoko. Unlike ordinary watermelon lock seeds, the color of this one in front of him looked lighter, giving people a feeling that it was not yet mature.

"This is a replacement for the watermelon lock seed you lost. The new watermelon lock seed is still being made. You can use this previous trial work for now." 】

Fruit King: No wonder it's different, it turned out to be a trial work.

It's just heavenly sound: You, Mobius, actually gave others melon eggs (wrong)!

ZIO Second Generation: Is your melon ripe? @Infinite Snake

Infinite Snake: You are deliberately looking for trouble (annoyed)!

Lord of the Land: It's over, Dr. Mobius is getting more and more abstract.

The dead fish eyes of the teacher: I evaluated it as surfing the Internet.

Pioneer: Rushing everything will only hurt you!

【“Don’t we have the Genesis Driver now?”

Noticing that the lock seed Mobius gave her was not the energy lock seed for the Genesis Driver, Toyokawa Shoko looked puzzled.

But this doubt made Mobius feel a little speechless.

“Hey, are you going to die, my Shoko-chan? I don’t even know what the side effects of this test phase thing are. You or Sid, how dare you use it casually...”

“I believe in your talent, Dr. Mobius.”

Mobius was interrupted by Toyokawa Shoko’s decisive words. After a slight silence, she rolled her eyes at him unhappily.

“Even if you praise me like this, I can’t increase the production of mass-produced Zhanji Drivers. I said, this is the limit of what I can do now.”

“No, I don’t mean that...”

“Okay, okay, go and do your own thing if you have nothing to do!”

Before Toyokawa Shoko continued her direct attack, the impatient Mobius had already driven her out of the office.

Shoko Toyokawa looked at the watermelon lock seed in her hand helplessly, and finally she could only shake her head and leave.

What she didn't see was that Mobius behind the door had actually been looking at her all the time until his figure completely disappeared from her sight.

And on her face, there was no longer the rich expression as before.

...

After clarifying the goal, Shoko Toyokawa rushed to the underground parking lot of the World Tree Consortium without stopping, thinking of going back to look for her father's information immediately.

However, as soon as she stepped into the parking lot, her excellent eyesight allowed her to see the unconscious driver lying next to the car.

"!"

The alarm bells suddenly rang in her heart, and Shoko Toyokawa took out the melon energy lock seed and Genesis driver at almost the fastest speed to prepare for transformation.

But the enemy hiding in the dark was well prepared. Almost at the moment she put on the driver, a crack opened in the blind spot of her vision, and a vine stretched out like a venomous snake, wrapped around the melon energy lock seed in Shoko Toyokawa's hand, and brought it into Helheim.

Then, a bright red figure rushed out of Helheim, waving the apple reflective shield in his hand and smashing it hard at Toyokawa Shoko's face.

"!?"

Toyokawa Shoko exclaimed, the enemy's series of operations were a sure kill, leaving the enemy no chance to breathe.

If it were an ordinary person, he would probably die on the spot and be beaten into a pulp by the armored knight's terrifying wrist strength.

But unfortunately, Eden's target of this attack was Toyokawa Shoko!

In a flash, Toyokawa Shoko still reacted at the last moment.

She jumped up with both feet, and after the whole person flew into the air, she immediately adjusted her posture and kicked the shield without dodging.

The moment her feet touched the shield, Toyokawa Shoko felt that a huge force almost broke her legs, but she had no time to pay attention to the piercing pain. Instead, she took this opportunity to relax the muscles of her whole body and try to relieve the force.

Like a light feather, Toyokawa Shoko used the Apple Reflection Shield as a pedal, and the whole person was carried away by this force, thereby pulling away from Eden.

After rolling on the ground for several times to completely relieve the force of this attack, Toyokawa Shoko, who was covered in dust, felt that her whole body was about to fall apart, and her originally decent clothes were also scratched with many marks.

But she did not hesitate for a moment, her amber eyes were extremely clear, and almost at the same time as Eden came forward to chase her, she took out the Battle Drive and Melon Lock Seed again and completed the transformation.

The melon shield guard and the apple reflector collided, and a loud bang resounded throughout the underground parking lot, shattering all the nearby car windows.

Zangetsu was pushed by Eden and plowed a dozen meters on the ground, and was knocked into a car.

Eden pulled out the sword on the shield and was about to finish off the opponent, but was kicked in the abdomen by Zangetsu, who had recovered his breath, and flew backwards and smashed into another car.

With the unparalleled saber unsheathed, Toyokawa Shoko cut off the car shell that restricted her hands and feet with a sword, but when she looked closely, she found that the opponent's figure was no longer in the car.

"Did he hide using the cracks?"

Thinking of the opponent's ability, Toyokawa Shoko kept alert to the surroundings while panting and adjusting her breathing.

But soon, the hostile sight completely disappeared from the scene, because of the arrival of another footsteps.

Marika, the armored knight transformed by Maki Nishikino, was attracted by the alarm in the parking lot, and immediately stepped forward to inquire about the situation after seeing the tragic scene.

Shoko Toyokawa explained to the other party, and only after confirming that Eden seemed to have left because he was afraid of the two-on-one situation, did she finally relieve herself and untransform.

A little fear flashed in her eyes, and Shoko Toyokawa realized again that the situation was urgent.

The enemy was in the dark, and we were in the light. Even Shoko Toyokawa was almost in trouble this time. If it dragged on, everyone in the World Tree Consortium would become unsafe.

While thinking, she declined the suggestion of Maki Nishikino to escort her. At present, everyone in the World Tree Consortium might be the target of the enemy, and the safety of Mobius was also the top priority. Shoko Toyokawa could not let a high-end combat force like Maki Nishikino leave the base camp.

Therefore, she could only ride the lock vehicle alone and return to her mansion.

She staggered and opened the door.

As she expected, this place seemed to have been looted by robbers, and all kinds of items were turned over and thrown on the ground at random.

Seeing everything, Toyokawa Shoko sighed deeply, ignored it and walked straight to the study.

The situation here is more serious than outside, but because the other party is not aware of the mechanism in Toyokawa's house, the hidden secret compartment has not been found, and Toyokawa Shoko's real goal this time is placed in it.

Thinking of the identity of the Kamen Rider, the memory began to flash back uncontrollably.

Toyokawa Shoko opened the secret compartment that she thought she would never open again in her life, and took out the report that her father had seen in the past memory-the operation of the Angerboda breeding facility.

"...Why didn't I notice it before?"

The finger slid across the yellowed page, and the name of the report was reflected in Toyokawa Shoko's pupils.

——No, did I really not notice it?

Trying hard to force herself to face the weakness that has never been completely erased in her heart, Toyokawa Shoko covered the cover of the report with her hand.

As if venting, the slender white fingers gradually exerted force, wrinkling and deforming the thin cover of the report, and finally violently tore it off, revealing the address of the so-called Angerboda breeding facility recorded on the first page.

In fact, this facility named after the mother of the Lord of the Underworld happened to be built on an island that she felt familiar with.

"Sure enough, I was just running away, it's really... not good enough."]

807: The Legend of the Moon Slashing, the end

[Looking for the address recorded on her father's relics, the silent Toyokawa Shoko took a helicopter to the island she had visited once in her childhood.

It was different from what Sankaku Hatsuka said yesterday, and it was also different from Toyokawa Shoko's past memories.

This island, which was once immersed in beauty from her perspective, is now only left with desolation and loneliness.

The facilities that came into view had been abandoned for a long time. The knee-high weeds had even completely blocked the roads that were supposed to exist, making Toyokawa Shoko's eyes even more gloomy.

She walked in the "wreckage" that was once called a town, and walked straight towards the surrounding forest.

Not long after, the destination appeared in front of Toyokawa Shoko.

It was a welfare home called "Angerboda". Just like the uninhabited island today, it had also been abandoned. The rusty gate and the layers of iron chains wrapped around it even made the atmosphere of time here look older than the town itself.

This was indeed the case. According to the information Toyokawa Shoko saw in the report, all the facilities on this small island were made by Toyokawa's father to hide a welfare home.

Looking up at the old villa looming on the hillside above, Toyokawa Shoko took a deep breath, stretched out her hand to push open the abandoned door that had been in disrepair for a long time, and walked towards the long-abandoned building in front of her.

On the surface, what Toyokawa Shoko saw inside was a welfare home full of warmth.

The supporting amusement facilities such as slides and swings, although old, are full of warm interior decoration, and the walls are full of childish graffiti...

Everything is so beautiful, just like Toyokawa Shoko's past memories, just looking at it can imagine the children playing happily here.

——But, is it really like this?

The more glamorous the appearance, the colder and more serious Toyokawa Shoko's face.

She kept walking, and the memory in her mind began to emerge again——

That was the scene when she knew the existence of Helheim under the guidance of her father.

Through her father's narration, she understood what kind of danger the demonic domain named Helheim contained, and that it would bring unimaginable disasters to mankind in the future.

After understanding everything, Toyokawa Shoko felt the weight of her surname for the first time in her life.

Noblesse Oblige.

As her father said, the nobler the position, the more responsibilities one has that cannot be avoided.

For the first time, Toyokawa Shoko came up with her own thoughts from the bottom of her heart.

What she thought was just torture training and learning in the past has real meaning at this moment. Perhaps her birth was to take on this responsibility.

The empty and hollow life gained faith and strength.

After sorting out her thoughts, Toyokawa Shoko disbanded the band she had formed.

Destined to confront Helheim, Toyokawa Shoko is no longer suitable to stay with her friends. Her greed for warmth will only make her weak.

Saying goodbye to her past self, Toyokawa Shoko is determined to embark on this destined lonely road.

—— She is Toyokawa Shoko!

—— If sacrificing everything about herself can be exchanged for the fulfillment of this responsibility, then she will make the sacrifice without hesitation!

She was so sure that she worked harder than ever to perfect herself, believing that "Toyokawa" would always be on the right path.

However, the irony was that the man who made Toyokawa Shoko perfect broke the mirage of "perfection" he had built in Toyokawa Shoko's cognition with his own hands...

"Crack!"

The sound of the wood strip breaking brought Toyokawa Shoko's drifting thoughts back to reality, and her pupils began to gather again. The blocked basement door in front of her was kicked open by her feet. The cold darkness behind the door was like a hungry monster, opening its mouth to invite prey to enter and fall into the trap.

Without hesitation, Toyokawa Shoko walked down the stairs and finally saw the truth of the Angleboda Welfare Home.

Neatly arranged restraint beds, surgical instruments scattered on the ground, bottles and jars tilted here and there, oxidized yellowed experimental reports, and the inconspicuous black stains that were not immediately cleaned because they splashed into the corner.

Everything in sight was so familiar and strange.