Chapter 400

The smoke and dust filling the sky were instantly cleaved apart.

It was an army, a terrifying army—the Twelve Constellations army that belonged solely to me, Gamou Mitsuaki.

Gamou Mitsuaki stood at the front of this army, dressed in a neat black suit; he looked so elegant he didn't look like an old man at all.

"Virgo, you are the universe I created with my own hands, but I never thought that one day we would point our blades and arrows at each other."

Gamou Mitsuaki felt an extraordinary sense of regret as he looked at Emoto Kuniteru standing opposite him. Originally, the two of them could have explored the true meaning of the universe together, and perhaps even met the Giver together.

But now, everything had been shattered. Just a moment ago, they were still close friends of many years and companions on the same path.

At this moment, however, they had become enemies who would fight to the death. Today, it was destined that only one of them could survive.

After Gamou Mitsuaki finished saying his last words to Emoto Kuniteru, he turned his head to look at Jiang Xia, who stood before the crowd, and said to him:

"Before I saw your figure, I felt an extraordinary sense of regret. Fortunately, at the very last moment, you still came. This is the gift I have prepared for you."

Jiang Xia watched the Twelve Constellation executives who were gradually surrounding them, suddenly gave a light laugh, and said:

"A nice gift. Among these Twelve Constellations, only a few are replicas; the others are the original bodies transformed by the people themselves."

"You must have used your influence over cosmic energy to indirectly control the minds of these Star Disciple transformers using Supernova, and finally made them serve you. An exquisite design."

Although he wore a look of praise, there was not the slightest surprise in his eyes.

Jiang Xia had known about this matter for a long time, and the source of the news was not any mole he had sent out, but Libra.

During the school trip incident when the barrier was destroyed, he read Hayami Kohei's memories and learned about the replicas. This was what he called an interesting event.

The day he went to find Gamou Mitsuaki for a drink was not because he had nothing to do and was wandering around, but because it had a specific purpose.

And the root cause of this matter went back to the moment Jiang Xia pressed the switch in Scorpio's hand.

Gamou Mitsuaki sensed the vast and powerful energy and felt wary.

Gamou Mitsuaki was not afraid of Kisaragi Gentaro and Sakuta Ryusei, and he didn't think the people supporting them from behind were much of a trouble either.

With the power possessed by the Kamen Rider Club, they couldn't threaten his plan at all. On the contrary, they could allow the Twelve Constellations to quickly awaken and adapt to their abilities, just like a catfish swimming in water.

The only thing he feared was Jiang Xia. Only the existence of another powerhouse of the same level could threaten him. That was why Gamou Mitsuaki had been preparing—preparing another force that could change the course of the battle.

And the implementation of this plan was after the Kyoto stele was destroyed, because it required a massive amount of cosmic energy.

Regarding the Twelve Constellations army, Gamou Mitsuaki only told Libra, who possessed the Laplace's Eye. Even Leo only understood after the plan was completed.

As for Virgo, Emoto Kuniteru, because of the leak of the barrier news, plus the fact that Hayami Kohei's special ability had already vaguely sensed the abnormality of Virgo's position, he hid the news.

Since suspicion had arisen in his heart, the crime was already confirmed.

Taurus, Aquarius, and Capricorn, the three Twelve Constellations who were originally causing trouble at school, had already been controlled the moment they awakened, sleeping as weapons.

As for the switcher of Scorpio, Sonoda Sarina, after the school trip incident ended, she was bestowed with special power by Gamou Mitsuaki, lost her consciousness, and subsequently lost her role as a mole.

Emoto Kuniteru, who was already under suspicion, possessed powerful cosmic energy himself. Gamou Mitsuaki was not confident he could fully control him, and if Virgo really was a traitor, the army plan would definitely encounter obstacles.

Therefore, excluding those who were vacant and those who had already been sent to the Dark Nebula for exile, Gamou Mitsuaki used the data from the constellation switches to create replicas with 70% of the original's ability, but without switchers, to complete the plan.

People who are already under suspicion will be seen as traitors no matter what they do. This is not a prejudice, but a form of caution.

Gamou Mitsuaki, who had left himself a way out, thus survived the explosion that was enough to shatter the body of the Sagittarius Star Disciple, because Aquarius among the Twelve Constellations possessed ultimate recovery ability. Of course, it could recover the Sagittarius who had already been defeated.

Gamou Mitsuaki smiled. Today was truly a good day. The traitor among them was about to die, and his own dream was just one step away.

Jiang Xia, whom he once regarded as an opponent, now had to submit under his feet and sink along with this country. This was truly the best blessing for a smooth journey.

The sense of exhilaration in his heart had reached its peak. Now, no one could stop him from opening the Dark Nebula.

No one could eliminate an army of monsters composed of Twelve Constellations with attack, defense, healing, support, and a bunch of messy abilities in just a few minutes.

Looking at Jiang Xia and his Kamen Rider Club, Gamou Mitsuaki sighed softly. In the end, he was the only one embarking on the journey. He would tell the Giver well about this loneliness in the universe.

He turned around, and the radiance of Sagittarius permeated his body. The powerful body of Sagittarius passed through his army, like a general ascending to the throne as emperor after winning a battle, while these people from the Kamen Rider Club were the rebellious subjects trying to stop him from ascending the throne.

Many years ago, the person who discovered the Core Switch on the lunar surface would eventually head to the universe.

"Kasei, I used my own method to complete the dream, but although your son inherited the Fourze system you developed, he was defeated by me. This is the gap between us."

Gamou Mitsuaki thought silently in his heart and summoned the Dark Nebula again.

Gamou Mitsuaki floated up. He succeeded; the Dark Nebula was opened smoothly, and those who blocked him were also silent and motionless under the deterrence of his army.

This was the end.

"Teacher, it seems we can't stop Gamou, but at least I can save you all."

Kisaragi Gentaro looked up again at the sky that had turned pitch black and the constantly rotating Dark Nebula, and inserted the No. 40 switch into the holy sword in his hand again.

At this moment, a deep blue spatial portal opened behind the crowd.

"Kisaragi, what do you want to do?" Jiang Xia turned his head to look at the spatial portal behind him, then looked at Kisaragi Gentaro, who was slightly lowering his head, "Tell the truth."

This was a typical sign of refusing to answer. Lowering the head the moment the question was heard, or shifting the gaze away and not daring to look into the other person's eyes, were all signs of wanting to hide the facts.

"Gentaro, if you don't explain clearly what you want to do, we won't leave!" Sakuta Ryusei said loudly.

In fact, he had already roughly guessed the truth, but he had never hated the tacit understanding between him and Kisaragi Gentaro as much as he did at this moment.

"Kisaragi, tell me." Ge Xing Xian Wu spoke.

"I have an idea." Kisaragi Gentaro raised his head to look at the Chairman who was ascending. "I'm thinking, how large can the range of the spatial teleportation I use the Cosmic Switch to open actually be? If I can push my power to the limit, can I stop all of this?"

"Then you should know the result this matter will bring." Jiang Xia said, looking into Kisaragi Gentaro's eyes. "Yeah, I know." Kisaragi Gentaro said softly, "I'll probably die."

His eyes were full of gentleness and hope. This was not the look of someone whose life was coming to an end, but rather like those infants who were ignorant of the world but full of curiosity—so pure, so longing.

His plan was simple: let everyone here return to the Jade Rabbit Cabin through the spatial portal. This way, regardless of whether the Chairman's plan succeeded or not, at least the friends and teachers he could see now would survive.

And he would stay behind alone. He still needed to save the people on Earth, since the Dark Nebula would generate a huge impact force during the teleportation process that could even destroy the surface.

But as long as he used the power brought by Fourze's Cosmic Form to open a spatial portal of the same size as much as possible, and then used teleportation to connect the impact force to space, he could save the world.

However, this method had great risks, because the spatial portal had to be opened directly below the Dark Nebula, which meant opening a super-large spatial portal close to the ground.

The Twelve Constellations executives who couldn't fly would also be teleported to space by this move, but the teleportation position opened by Fourze in Cosmic Form could not be moved, and the opening distance could not be too far apart.

So the best way to fight was to use the Cosmic Form to fly into the air the moment the Dark Nebula was ready for spatial jumping, hug the Chairman, enter the spatial portal with him, and then perform space-time distortion while avoiding the impact force.

But Kisaragi Gentaro knew very well that the Cosmic Switch had a limit. There was only one chance, and once the Cosmic Switch overloaded, he was afraid that even the Fourze transformation couldn't be maintained.

At that time, he and the hugged Gamou Mitsuaki would already be on an interstellar journey. Even if the human body that had received cosmic energy was tough, it was impossible to withstand cosmic jumping, so he would die the moment he performed spatial jumping.

And once it failed, the impact force would descend on the surface, and at that time, Kisaragi Gentaro would also be the person closest to the impact force.

So this plan wasn't that he might die, but that he would definitely die.

"I understand what you mean. Although the probability of success is almost unbelievably small, I believe you can definitely do it."

Jiang Xia looked at Kisaragi Gentaro. Being able to come up with such a way to solve the problem, he already possessed all the conditions to become a Knight, and possessed the ability to create miracles.

What is a Knight? Even in the most desperate situation, one can force a path out, fighting for justice and for life.

"Teacher, please leave here immediately. Leave the rest to me."

Kisaragi Gentaro chuckled when he heard Jiang Xia's praise. He rarely received praise from the teacher.

If he weren't facing such a situation, he would definitely have jumped up with joy.

"Sorry, Kisaragi, this plan is rejected. Your life is very important to everyone. Let adults solve adult matters themselves."

Jiang Xia gently patted Kisaragi Gentaro's shoulder, then walked toward the Twelve Constellations executives. As he moved forward, gold like the sun slowly appeared in the depths of his eyes.

He looked up at the deep sky and then looked down at his feet, scanning this world that looked like hell.

The crimson thunder disappeared, and the world was silent. Under this huge pressure, even the wind and rain stopped.

"Do it." He said softly, his tone flat and gentle, but it sounded like he was giving an irresistible order.

Following his order, a wild wind swept in. The sound of the wind pressure from the blades cutting through the air blew against the monstrous waves, and a deafening roar sounded inside the enemies in front of Jiang Xia.

"Puchi!"

Hidden under the terrifying and ferocious appearance, the blade like a scorpion tail was slowly being pulled out.

Golden blood still remained on the sharp surface. Finally, the tail, which looked like it was cast from the most exquisite jade and had a golden glow at the end, slowly returned under the outer robe with golden patterns.

"This is impossible! You were clearly controlled by me! When did you break free! Why did you betray me!"

Gamou Mitsuaki clutched his chest, his powerless body falling from mid-air, roaring angrily at Scorpio.

At this time, a large hole had already cracked open in Sagittarius's chest. Looking from the hole, one could even see the scenery behind.

Gamou Mitsuaki's chest was pierced. In this situation, even Sagittarius, who was at the pinnacle of Star Disciples, could no longer perform spatial jumping through the Dark Nebula.

The Dark Nebula would bring impact force the moment it teleported, and the reaction force was equally astonishing. An uninjured Sagittarius could withstand it, but now it was almost certain death.

A leaking balloon cannot float in the air. This strike successfully shattered Gamou Mitsuaki's ideal.

"Control? I was never controlled by you, let alone breaking free."

Scorpio jumped lightly and returned to Jiang Xia's side from the Twelve Constellations team.

While Gamou Mitsuaki was floating in the air and the Twelve Constellation executives wanted to attack Jiang Xia, Scorpio, or rather Sonoda Sarina, who had originally been controlled by cosmic energy, concentrated all her power on her scorpion tail and pierced Gamou Mitsuaki's chest with one strike.

She was a mole from the beginning. During that week of the school trip, she had even received Jiang Xia's power, so of course she wouldn't be controlled by Gamou Mitsuaki's cosmic energy.

This was also the goal Jiang Xia wanted to achieve.

"Well done, you saved the world." Jiang Xia looked at the rejoined Scorpio and introduced her to Kisaragi Gentaro and the others: "She is also a mole lurking by Gamou's side. Like Virgo, she has been providing us with important information about the Star Disciples."

"Gentaro, long time no see. Did you skip class while I was away?" Scorpio spoke in a gentle female voice.

"This voice is, Sonoda-sensei!" Kisaragi Gentaro was completely stunned by the scene before him, "Wait, then your leave of absence during this time was for???"

"That's right, it was to defeat Gamou Mitsuaki." Sonoda Sarina held up a finger and shook it.

This was her exclusive action during class. Now Kisaragi Gentaro completely believed it.

Of course, Sakuta Ryusei and Ge Xing Xian Wu were equally surprised. Their homeroom teacher was actually a Constellation Apostle, and also a mole, and was the Scorpio who spread the switches on campus at the very beginning.

How many more moles sent by their teacher were by Gamou Mitsuaki's side! They were completely confused. What was going on? Wasn't Gamou Mitsuaki the Chairman? How could two moles be mixed into the twelve carefully selected executives, and both were there from the start? He was simply being played around.

Libra was just as broken as Gamou Mitsuaki, because it was he who guided Sonoda Sarina to evolve from Canis Minor to Scorpio during high school. Who would have thought that the person he led with his own hands would betray him.

This was the same feeling as Gamou Mitsuaki knowing that Virgo was a traitor.

Hayami Kohei watched this scene and roared hysterically at Scorpio:

"Sonoda Sarina, do you still remember that I am your teacher? How dare you betray me!"

"Of course I remember, but when I learned the truth after the switches were collected, you were no longer my teacher, but an enemy I must eliminate." Scorpio said expressionlessly.

Of course, Jiang Xia hadn't forgotten the Aquarius who could recover injuries, so he added some ingredients to Scorpio's tail. Otherwise, wouldn't Scorpio's betrayal have been in vain? (End of chapter)