Chapter 154: Masked Rider Etarnal

Yuansai Saeko's entire soul let out an instant wail, and the great serpent that had three heads severed in the distance was also reclaimed by Jiang Xia.

The power contained in Earth's memory unit is useless, but it still has a slight effect on Earth's permissions, at most something like from 100 to 110.

Then, a brilliantly multicolored little snake appeared in Jiang Xia's hand; it is the Eight-Headed Great Serpent after its power was extracted, produced by him.

In a state of bewilderment, it burrowed into Yuansai Saeko's body; on Yuansai Saeko, it became increasingly beautiful, coiling around her body.

What Jiang Xia just inserted into her body is another usage of Devil.

It was originally meant to punish those sinful souls, after all heaven and hell are always opposite; the more beautiful heaven is, the more painful hell becomes.

If one can endure it, one will still suffer endless pain.

But one can also obtain considerable power, and the Eight-Headed Great Serpent becomes the vessel of that power, periodically halting the pain.

If Yuansai Saeko can master this little snake, she can master the power of pain.

Of course, Jiang Xia also endowed it with the ability to see through souls, and it is quite sensitive.

The souls that Yuansai Saeko killed seem to have become vengeful ghosts, tearing at her wildly.

The museum is deeply entrenched in Fengdu; it's unknown how many have died because of memory units, and all of this is inseparable from Yuansai Saeko.

She cannot escape this pain.

Yuansai Saeko's eyes widened to the extreme, yet she could not see anything clearly.

Everything around became hazy, the surroundings began to spin continuously, and the world seemed distorted in her eyes.

Faintly she heard some words: "This is the path you chose, but your luck doesn't seem good."

Inside the base, a shadow materialized out of nowhere; Jiang Xia returned to the base with all of the Yuansai family's core members.

Jiang Xia stepped forward and handed the unconscious Yuansai Wakana to her mother, Yuansai Fumin.

The previously defunct clay doll memory unit was reactivated by the power of Eden, and the ultimate power surged once more within Wakana's body.

Within the base, there is a method to rapidly shorten her awakening time, allowing her to instantly become a container capable of bearing ultimate power.

Of course, the Gaia Impact project has now been cancelled; Jiang Xia now only needs to be a person with great power.

Then, the pain‑stricken Yuansai Saeko, who could not stand, had her body controlled by Jiang Xia and was placed in a room.

This memory unit is extremely powerful, albeit rather painful; however, the twisted‑hearted Yuansai Saeko should be able to endure its force.

As for Yuansai Ryubei, his fate could be terribly tragic; being torn into pieces by Yuansai Fumin might be a fitting end.

Yuansai Ryubei is not without feelings; he even values family deeply, but for the grand goal of Gaia Impact, he treats all his relatives as tools.

To avoid guilt, he transferred his emotions onto a brush, calling it the Demon's Tail—how absurd.

Aside from Philip, who left the Yuansai family early, there is no normal person left in the Yuansai household.

…

Before the Yuansai family's downfall.

Lightning flashed, a roar boomed, and the sky instantly grew gloomy as angry black clouds gathered.

Fengdu.

Ya Shuzi, clutching a small bag, moved together with Zuo Xiangtao, searching for the sudden Gaia memory units.

"Those guys from Conglomerate X!"

Zuo Xiangtao muttered under his breath; these Gaia memory units have caused a lot of trouble in the city.

The previously defeated contaminants reappeared, leaving them in a frantic mess.

Although Fengdu had enjoyed a fairly peaceful period, now chaos erupts again, and many people are actively using Gaia memory units amid the turmoil.

Fortunately, the ultimate power is strong enough to defeat several hard‑to‑defeat contaminants one by one, yet this period still gave them a lot of hardship.

"Zuo Xiangtao, be careful," Ya Shuzi warned.

Now Zuo Xiangtao is doing rope‑free climbing; although called climbing, it's merely a derelict building just over three meters tall.

A memory unit sits on the glass at the building's top; it's not very high, but falling would still cause injury.

Clang!

Zuo Xiangtao scooped with his hand, leapt forcefully, and retrieved the memory unit from the high glass.

But at a cost, the thing beneath his feet was smashed as he used it as a stepping board.

He gave a light leap and dropped straight from three meters, landing safely.

This is the boost from the Ace Memory Unit; even without transforming into W, his physical condition now far exceeds that of an ordinary person.

"Philip, this is the 19th T2‑type Gaia Memory Unit."

He placed his hand over the W‑drive at his waist and communicated telepathically with Philip.

"There are 26 Gaia Memory Units in this batch; we still lack seven.

Coincidentally, six of them are memory units related to the W system," Philip said.

"Based on the addresses of those seven, they are constantly moving and may already be in someone's possession,"

"Got it, I'll be careful; that means contaminants could appear at any time, right?" Zuo Xiangtao said.

"Hmm."

"Hoo‑hoo!"

Fine rain drifted; the previously gloomy weather now could no longer be held back.

Zuo Xiangtao handed the obtained memory unit to Ya Shuzi; he has no other storage spots on his body, so it's easy to lose.

He scanned the surroundings, confirmed nothing abnormal, and then prepared to take Ya Shuzi back to the detective agency.

But he instinctively sensed something off; Zuo Xiangtao looked ahead and saw a man in a black‑red coat appearing in the drizzling rain.

"Philip, check this—who is this guy? He makes me feel very uneasy."

The moment Zuo Xiangtao saw him, it was as if a beast had fixed its gaze on him, his hair standing on end.

"Zuo Xiangtao, your feeling is correct; this guy's background is terrifying—he is Never, and wherever they go, that place turns into hell."

After Philip looked up the information, his gaze instantly became solemn.

"Are you the Kamen Rider of this city? You really look quite weak; can you hand over what that girl is holding?"

Dadao Keji leisurely walked up to Zuo Xiangtao, accompanied by a deathly aura, the kind of danger that could tear you apart at any moment.

The opponent's target is also the T2 Memory.

"Are you a mixed body?"

"No, I am a Kamen Rider who brings salvation; I need the power of 26 Memories to turn the people of this city into beings like me, which is their honor."

Dadao Keji revealed a smile, as if telling Xiangtao the beauty of becoming a monster.

"Kamen Rider is the hope of this city's people, not a self-proclaimed title of a combat expert."

Zuo Xiangtao suppressed the anger in his heart and said.

"I am the new hope of this city, without doubt."

"henshin (transformation)"

Pure white armor draped with a jet-black cape, Kamen Rider Etarnal faced off against the black-white-green trio, W wielding the prism sword in its ultimate form.

The sounds of fists and feet kept ringing out; the ultimate form W, which had been overwhelmingly dominant against ordinary hybrids,

Whether in punches and kicks or weapons, they were almost completely suppressed by Kamen Rider Etarnal.

"Long, come quickly, Xiangtao, Xiangtao's about to be beaten to death!" Yashuzi shouted tearfully at the phone to Zhaojing Long.

"Take care of yourself, Chief." Zhaojin Long urged urgently.

While Yashuzi was on the phone, a huge blue blade of light sliced through the air and directly struck W's body.

The evenly matched battle was suddenly broken with a boom, sparks flying, as the blade of light and fierce blue flames together struck W's armor.

Bang!

W in its ultimate form was directly knocked flying to the ground, although it had not de-transformed.

But W felt a powerful strength, enough to overcome the power of the ultimate W.

Zhaojing Long looked at W being continually suppressed and exclaimed:

"What a powerful guy."

"hen~shin."

The just-completed Accel transformation directly knocked Etarnal away and used the engine sword to block the blue blade of light drawn from the Eternal Dagger.

"A new Kamen Rider?" Etarnal's hand ignited blue flames, then he dealt a heavy punch to Zhaojing Long's body.

"No, I sensed something."

Feeling the sensation this brand-new knight gave him, Dadao Keji's expression beneath the mask was unusually strange.

What exactly is this faint, elusive feeling?

"ACCELMAXIMUMDRIVE!"

The burning engine sword and the Eternal Dagger collided, leveraging the power of the extreme drive, actually suppressing Etarnal and then delivering a heavy slash to his body.

"So that's how it is, hahaha."

Dadao Keji, who had been knocked flying to the ground, wasn't angry at all; instead, he burst into loud laughter.

"This city isn't just a test site for the Gaia Memory, after all—there are monsters like me."

"Monster, what do you mean?"

Zhaojing Long looked at Dadao Keji, puzzled.

"Haven't you noticed your body is different? Like those golden eyes of yours."

Dadao Keji stood up, gripped the Eternal Dagger in reverse, and shouted maniacally:

"That's proof of being a monster—we're the same, of the same species!"

At that moment, the Devil that Dadao Keji had been carrying on his person suddenly blazed with light, and he gripped it tightly.

"As I thought, I wasn't mistaken—I'm not the only monster, and even your modification time predates mine."

Dadao Keji revealed the Devil in his hand and happily said to Zhaojing Long:

But Philip beside him, upon seeing that Memory, instantly became furious.

"Where did this Memory come from?" Philip demanded firmly, gripping the prism sword.

"Let me think... it seems to have come from an attack, but that's none of your business." Dadao Keji waved his hand.

"Philip, what's wrong with you?" Inside the consciousness space, Xiangtao cautiously said to the grim-faced Philip.

"I've seen that Memory before in the research institute where my mother works." Philip stared fixedly at the Memory in Dadao Keji's hand.

"Then just now, this guy said he got it from an attack, and you've been with me lately—so doesn't that mean...!"

Zuo Xiangtao arrived at an unbelievable conclusion.

"The institute was invaded, the Memory was stolen—it's very likely that my mother, she, she's already!!!"

Philip's pupils trembled, he clenched the prism sword tightly with one hand.

(End of chapter)