Chapter 194: with translation of chapter title

Heavenly Dao Chief looked at Yiche sitting in the Saer Restaurant and said frankly,

The Heavenly Dao Chief indeed has no ill will toward that YellowBee Knight, except for that time when they spoke out of turn and were reprimanded by them.

But judging by Yiche's appearance, it doesn't seem like they slipped out of the hospital without permission.

The YellowBee Adept is still wearing a white hospital gown and has a patient wristband on their hand.

"Delicious, not beneath my perfect harmony."

Yiche ate the rice made by the Heavenly Dao Chief in big bites, praising it.

After he woke up, YingShan also told him about ChaoYue Jia Dou.

Yiche immediately deduced, upon hearing it, that ChaoYue Jia Dou must be in contact with the organization's upper echelons.

And the pursuit of Jia Dou might just be a test by headquarters,

Even though a knight who transcends eras is present, there is no need for them to act.

However, this also made Yiche realize that the YellowBee Knight who transforms by themselves is not indispensable to the organization.

"Yes, if you can't even defeat Jia Dou, there's no need to speak of confronting ChaoYue Jia Dou."

The Heavenly Dao Chief said, "So you call that knight ChaoYue Jia Dou."

The Heavenly Dao Chief understood that Yiche deliberately revealed that name to them; it must be a ZECT secret, so why tell them.

And it seems Yiche harbors a slight resentment toward ChaoYue Jia Dou.

This is natural; originally, it was thought that only they were the knight protecting humanity.

The emergence of Jia Dou already broke the norm, and now ChaoYue Jia Dou appears.

Unlike Jia Dou, the appearance of ChaoYue Jia Dou has severely affected the method of perfect harmony.

And ChaoYue Jia Dou, of all things, is in contact with the organization's upper echelons, according to YingShan's description,

Once ChaoYue Jia Dou appears, all members of the Miying Squad must cooperate with his actions, which Yiche, who has always believed in team combat, cannot accept at all.

In a team, there can be only one leader, and it must be the outstanding one.

This is why they secretly slipped out of the hospital: to prove themselves, to defeat ChaoYue Jia Dou,

and the first step is to defeat Jia Dou, using his permanent disappearance as the price, to climb upward.

These past days, whenever he thinks of YingShan's words, his hands clench tightly.

The command of the Miying Squad must be theirs; no one can take it away.

Yiche swallowed the last bite, looked at the empty room, where only Tiandao, dressed in a chef's uniform, was working inside the restaurant, and said:

"Is your restaurant only staffed by you? I left in such a hurry last time and haven't thanked the manager for lending me the kitchen."

Although his mind was near madness, he still asked politely.

"The manager is very busy, has no time."

The Heavenly Dao Chief removed the chef's outfit that originally belonged to Jiang Xia, changed clothes, and prepared for battle.

Hearing the Heavenly Dao Chief's words, Jiang Xia, who was adjusting the belt in the underground laboratory, smiled.

The Heavenly Dao Chief was right; in reality, Jiang Xia truly needs time to forge new weaponry.

Although cross‑temporal defenses are good, they can also trap one in an awkward state of being unable to attack, which is not what he wants.

Those bullets, while capable of leaving a YellowBee half‑dead, cannot bear the energy within Jiang Xia,

after all, they are merely ordinary steel‑forged bullets.

However, weapon production has clearly fallen into a dilemma, with no progress for many consecutive days.

Clearly, the design for the belt and the extraction of Alien Insect power could be completed in a single night.

Jiang Xia has been pulling all‑night shifts for a long stretch, yet progress is minimal, leaving him somewhat fatigued.

Crafting a weapon that can traverse time is indeed a rather troublesome endeavor.

Jiang Xia watched the constantly flickering data on the display, and a vague silhouette of a red longsword emerged.

Compared with the slender, art‑like longsword of the Magic Emperor Sword, the display showed a heavy sword.

And according to Jiang Xia's design, it can accommodate various types of power and amplify them.

However, strictly speaking, it is only a blueprint for now; whether it can be realized remains uncertain.

A massive sun barely peeked over the slightly dim horizon.

The sky above Yiche and Tiandao was tinged orange‑red by the rising sun.

As time passed, half of the solar corona rose above the horizon,

gradually illuminating the previously dark night sky, heralding a new morning.

Beside it, the river surface perfectly reflected the half‑sun corona's shadow, merging with the sky to form an immaculate sun.

"Do you really want to fight me?"

The Heavenly Dao Chief's face was bathed in the rising sun, the bright light illuminating everything around.

Yiche said, "One Kamen Rider protecting humanity is enough; I will defeat Jia Dou."

They not only want to defeat Jia Dou, but also to defeat ChaoYue Jia Dou; within the organization, they should be the strongest.

"No matter how brightly the stars shine, their light cannot surpass the sun."

The Heavenly Dao Chief exhaled slowly, gazing at the azure sky, and said lightly,

"I am the sun, the sun that can incinerate Alien Insects completely."

Yiche turned to look at the Heavenly Dao Chief, their eyes revealing unwavering resolve.

Obviously, they do not accept the Heavenly Dao Chief's comparison of themselves to a star.

They should be the strongest.

However, their steadfast gaze, paired with the white hospital gown they wear, appears slightly comical.

The Heavenly Dao Chief watched Yiche's current actions and seemed to suddenly understand something.

A flash of insight, and in their mind the words spoken by Yiche kept surfacing.

Yiche's every move flickered through the Heavenly Dao Chief's mind as if a movie were playing.

Tiandao began continuously summarizing Yiche's behavior logic and actions.

Trust and assistance toward companions, steadfastness to organizational orders, dissatisfaction with surpassing Jia Dou, and consequently the impact on the ideal of perfect harmony.

Moreover, this feeling made Yiche, who was originally in the hospital, restless, and they secretly ran out of the hospital just to ease the impatience and unease in their heart.

Watching Yiche prepare to transform, the Heavenly Dao Chief thought, and a hint of enlightenment rose in their heart, because they seemed to understand how to truly see through a person's inner self.

The Heavenly Dao Chief's own observational ability is extremely strong, even causing everyone around them to praise them endlessly.

Whether family or comrades, almost everyone holds them in extremely high regard.

Yet in a sense, the Heavenly Dao Chief is also very lonely,

Always quoting grandma's sayings, treating their younger sister as more important than their own life, all of which shows the shadow cast on their childhood.

Unlike Rixia Bu Xi, the Heavenly Dao Chief's psychological shadow is overly obscure, and the Tiandao grandma who adopted them is an even more extraordinary person,

Coupled with their own extraordinary talent, it has forged the Heavenly Dao Chief's long‑standing super confidence.

Moreover, their strength has always placed them on the victorious side.

But this does not mean the shadow in their heart disappears; instead it gradually hides beneath that dazzling sunlight, becoming a true shadow.

In the end Tiandao falls into solitude, perhaps because their pride prevents them from bothering to explain the truth.

So they would rather fight Kagami in Knight form than stop to answer questions properly.

Originally they should have kept winning, until finally, in a near‑death state, they truly attained enlightenment.

But due to an accident, they arrived at a restaurant and met Jiang Xia.

That gaze that sees through everything made the Heavenly Dao Chief doubt their own observational ability for the first time.

And they began to crazily study and train their physique, wanting to complete their Evolution.

Up to now, the Heavenly Dao Chief seems able to experience that feeling.

The ability to interpret a person's myriad behaviors has already been mastered by them.

Although it is still far from the near‑mind‑reading foresight ability, it seems they have already touched the threshold.

It's just that seeing through others is easy, but understanding one's own heart is probably not an easy task.

At least, now the Heavenly Dao Chief has already learned this ability.

The Heavenly Dao Chief looked at the present Yiche, suddenly burst into an unabashed laugh, and that laughter left Yiche particularly puzzled.

That laugh was not mockery of his self‑proclaimed sun, nor derision of his hospital gown, but a kind of joy and excitement.

When Yiche asked why they were laughing, the Heavenly Dao Chief merely waved a hand and gave no answer.

"Over‑pursuing perfect harmony, thereby losing one's own path and falling into a blind vortex of seeking power,

you are truly too easy to understand, Yiche." the Heavenly Dao Chief thought.

"Transform." The Heavenly Dao Chief placed the Jia Dou insect device into their waist.

The Heavenly Dao Chief's current goal has changed; defeating Yiche is only one of their purposes.

Their present aim is to completely deconstruct Yiche's thoughts about this man, just as Jiang Xia did to them.

The first step requires some stimulation directed at Yiche.

(End of chapter)