Chapter 836: This Armor Is Truly Handsome!

Ying turned her head and glanced at Ge Lei Xiu.

Ge Lei Xiu looked at Kesi Mo's knight armor, and the pale violet eyes lit up.

Then she stretched out her hand and gave Kesi Mo a standard thumbs‑up.

The gesture itself is simple: extend the right hand, curl the four fingers into a fist, thumb up.

But as she made the gesture she tilted her head slightly, the ice‑blue hair sliding across her cheek; her expression remained calmly earnest, her tone steady, and she said, in a manner like announcing an art award that had passed all judges, "Cool."

Ying's Fox Ears twitched slightly.

She looked at Ge Lei Xiu and saw that after speaking, Ge Lei Xiu still held the thumbs‑up pose, thumb perfectly upright, the foot wrapped in white silk lightly tapping the inflatable plastic surface to keep balance.

Ying fell silent for a moment.

She didn't learn this gesture from her.

Ying rarely gives a thumbs‑up; such an outward praise doesn't fit her character at all.

So who did Ge Lei Xiu learn it from?

Ying mentally scanned everyone she had interacted with today who also met Ge Lei Xiu: herself, Heimu, Kesi Mo, Big Yellow Duck.

None of them would give a thumbs‑up.

She furrowed her brow slightly and decided not to think about it for now.

Heimu crossed arms, watching Kesi Mo fully clad in the Kamen Rider armor; the corners of his mouth twitched twice, and finally he couldn't hold back, letting out a light chuckle.

It really is a Kamen Rider.

When she previously said "Kamen Rider," it was somewhat joking.

Now the joke has become reality.

A complete knight armor, from belt buckle to energy cape, its colors perfectly matching Kesi Mo's own elements, even includes a transformation voice; although it's only a single "Henshin," that "Henshin" must have come from nowhere, because there's no amplification equipment on this sea!

She began to suspect that Aha's pleasure entry might secretly hide an entire Kamen Rider set.

Kesi Mo stood at the duck's stern, the ice‑blue armor emitting a faint cold glow in the sea's soft light.

She looked at everyone through the visor; Ge Lei Xiu was giving a thumbs‑up, Ying's mouth twitched but her expression remained calm, Heimu crossed arms and watched her mouth curl slightly.

Everyone's attention focused on her armor.

Her heartbeat finally slowed from the near‑explosive pace.

This armor is truly handsome!

The ice‑blue pauldrons rose high, the energy cape fluttered gently in the sea breeze behind, and the joint movement was exceptionally smooth when she raised her hand.

She subtly rotated her wrist under the visor, watching the energy layer at her claw tips draw thin orange light strands through the air.

Alright, at least this armor perfectly fulfills the fantasy deep inside Kesi Mo that she's never dared voice, the shameful memory of practicing transformation poses before a mirror, things she's never told anyone.

The only drawback is, she turned into a girl?

But it doesn't matter; at least now, wearing the armor, no one can tell.

She lowered her head under the visor to glance at the two arches of her chest armor bulging out, then quickly averted her gaze.

Heimu stepped forward, extended a finger and tapped Kesi Mo's chest armor twice.

The fingertip striking the armor produced two crisp metallic sounds.

At the same time, the System Panel popped up at the edge of her view with scan results: armor structure intact, energy circuits stable, perfectly matching Kesi Mo's biological data, no Corrosion residue, very safe!

She withdrew her finger and nodded.

"All right. No major issues."

She gave the concise conclusion, then turned and walked back to the front of the duck.

The Magic Staff tapped the duck's underside again, and the duck‑ship accelerated after a brief slowdown.

The black spot in the sky grew larger, from a needle‑size dot to a fist‑size one, and a faint white halo could be seen slowly rotating around it.

Kesi Mo sat back at the duck's stern.

The armor's weight pressed a noticeable dent into the inflatable surface, but this time she sat much steadier; the shoulder structure of the armor gave her a very logical outward support.

And Ge Lei Xiu still sat beside Kesi Mo.

The two small feet wrapped in white silk were placed together on the inflatable plastic surface, knees slightly bent.

She kept watching Kesi Mo, who, after the transformation, remained seated in the armor, back perfectly straight, hands on the knees, posture dignified as if being punished.

Ge Lei Xiu tilted her head, ice‑blue hair sliding across her cheek, and said in a naturally caring calm tone, "Kesi Mo, why don't you take it off?"

Kesi Mo's back stiffened slightly within the armor.

This is the problem she fears most right now.

The armor can't be removed; taking it off would expose all the features beneath the clothing that don't belong to the original.

Especially now that Ge Lei Xiu sits beside her, those pale violet eyes staring unblinking at her.

She raised her hand, claw‑shaped fingertips fluttered twice in the air, and in a soothing tone of "I've already thought of a proper reason" said, "Stay on guard. This area may not be safe."

Ge Lei Xiu tilted her head, blinked, then nodded.

She seemed to accept the explanation, or perhaps thought Kesi Mo looking handsome in the armor, so she just let it be.

Kesi Mo exhaled slowly beneath the visor.

That's a relief.

She quietly closed her eyes behind the visor, feeling the armor's inner lining—a soft material that automatically conforms to the body's curves.

The lining covered her body seamlessly, without any gaps.

As long as she doesn't remove it, no one will notice.

Her warm orange eyes, through the visor's transparent material, gazed at the endless white sea ahead, while inner thoughts streamed like a barrage at dozens per second.

Stay on guard; that reason holds up.

But the reality is simpler.

If they were to take off the armor in front of Ge Lei Xiu, Kesi Mo imagined that scene, and their heartbeat skipped a beat.

The little Ge Lei Xiu who used to run around with a paintbrush has now become a calm and composed girl; if one saw her like this now, Kesi Mo decided to wear this armor for the rest of their life.

She secretly looked at the backs of the three people ahead from behind her visor, then lowered her head to glance at her own armor.

Nice-looking.

The rolling comments in her mind shifted from a triple meltdown to repeatedly admiring her own armor, and the two orange Light Bands on her visor unconsciously brightened several notches as she lowered her head to examine herself.

If I had put this on before becoming a girl, it would have been even more perfect.

Kesi Mo silently swallowed that thought.

Anyway, with the armor on, no one can tell.

Before she figured out how to change back, she would be living in this suit of armor.