Chapter 411: The Most Special Bottle

Behind a screen in the school hospital, Harry, Ron, and Draco lay on three side-by-side hospital beds.

After a while, Zhang Qiu hurried in. She pulled a chair and sat by Harry's side, asking anxiously: "I came back after finishing the call at the embassy. Now the most important thing is, are you sure the one who attacked you last was a magenta Rider?"

"Right, and he also extracted some kind of thing from me. I feel like I've lost the ability to transform again."

"This must be a trap," Draco hid his gloating very deeply, making a look of regret and hatred. "That mysterious person had been looking for 1 a long time ago. That pink Rider must have followed the Moon Rider in. He can turn invisible."

"Right, he should have also turned invisible and ran away at the end," Ron said, holding his head. "At that time, I vaguely saw a silhouette."

"First of all, it can be determined that the Rider who attacked Harry is called Decade. His special ability is to copy the abilities of other Riders. My master has been suspecting why he handed over the belt so readily back then. Now it seems that it is very likely that he had already secretly copied a belt."

"Then could the mysterious person who gave me the belt be Decade?" Draco asked. "He is obviously trying to extract something from 1, so he kept asking me if I had seen 1."

"1, why am I 1?" Harry also couldn't figure it out.

"When you first came into contact with the Sorcerer's Stone, were you harboring the intention of protecting others?" Zhang Qiu sighed. "As the actual first contact person, plus the anchoring of fate, the special nature of 1 fell on you."

"What special nature does 1 have?" Harry couldn't understand.

"The first Kamen Rider, his name was not Kamen Rider 1, but just Kamen Rider. This was originally just a legend that could theoretically exist. My uncle didn't expect anyone to really transform into 1, because this represents the foundation and origin of the entire Kamen Rider series. 1 is the concretization of the concept of Kamen Rider itself."

"Then what he extracted from me, could it be this special nature..." Harry said with lingering fear.

"Yes, but no need to worry. Just now my uncle told me that what they extracted from you should be the 'Rider System' energy bottle, and once an energy bottle is finalized, it can be replicated."

"Replicated?"

"Right, the factor that truly restricts the mass production of the Rider system has always been not the output of belts and bottles, but the adaptability between people and bottles," Zhang Qiu explained. "The special feature of the 'Rider System' bottle is that its adaptability is extremely strong, with over 70% compatibility with anyone."

"Then the matter is very clear," Harry sighed. "Who would pursue mass-produced Kamen Riders? I'm afraid it's only Yanayev."

"Yes, he had already assembled a wizard army to begin with. If they were also equipped with mass-produced Masked Riders... it's simply unimaginable." Zhang Qiu also revealed a troubled expression.

"Ah?" Draco obviously didn't understand.

"Let me explain the whole process of the matter, or my deduction," Harry sighed. "From the beginning, after Yanayev bought the Rider system, he immediately started seeking mass production..."

"But if he just wanted mass production," Ron interrupted him, "wouldn't it be fine to give everyone a belt and two empty bottles?"

"No, that would only create a bunch of colorful, uncoordinated scattered soldiers. He wants everyone to transform into the same Rider, so that he can exert the disciplinary advantage of the army."

"And if the form after transformation can be finalized, the cost of making belts can also be greatly reduced," Zhang Qiu added.

"Yes, this is also a point... That's why Yanayev would spend a lot of money to buy Cross-Z, because he couldn't find two elements with high adaptability at the same time, so the puzzle of mass-produced Riders is single-bottle transformation technology + Rider System bottle."

"So the person who kept writing to me is a Soviet?" Draco said in surprise.

"Right, that's why he let you help find 1," Harry sighed. He hadn't thought in this direction at all before the information about 1 appeared.

"And this time, it's obvious that the Soviet used the Moon Rider. The Moon Rider must have learned from the vampires that Snape was not there, so he decided to come and find the diadem—although I don't know what he wants the diadem for. He shouldn't know exactly where the diadem is, so he chose to threaten us. After Decade appeared, the Moon Rider chose to escape, which actually shows that they shouldn't know each other."

"And Decade didn't make things difficult for us, it was really a narrow escape," Draco exclaimed.

"I think Ron's initial guess was right. Decade must have followed the Moon Rider, and the Moon Rider followed us. He was troubled by not being able to get into the Room of Requirement, so he could only wait for us to come out at the door."

"He couldn't have stood in the corridor openly, right? Unless..."

"The Moon Rider's transformer is an insider," they said in unison.

Harry's expression was unusually complex. He knew there was a vampire in the school: Nikola Karnstein. But that was just a shy little boy. Could he be the Moon Rider? This possibility is very small.

No, impossible. Harry soon remembered the stadium attack. Nikola and the Moon Rider appeared at the same time. Obviously, they were two people.

"Not necessarily," Harry shook his head. "The Moon Rider's transformer can disguise himself as an insider. He just needs to put on a Hufflepuff robe, who would recognize him?"

"But how did Decade avoid people's eyes and ears?"

"He also has invisibility ability in Rider form, which is what Ron noticed," Harry explained. "He might have started suspecting me a long time ago, so when he noticed the Moon Rider was going to trouble us, he chose to follow the Moon Rider."

After a brief silence, Zhang Qiu spoke: "Perhaps that's it. After all, our Sorcerer's Stone contact experiment is not a confidential matter, and Harry's first-year experience has long been spread. Plus, everyone knows you are one of the anchors of fate, so it is very possible that Yanayev suspected you were 1 from the beginning."

"So he gave the belt to Draco," Ron thought. "He must have wanted to use Draco to test Harry."

Draco's face was even worse at this moment—thinking that he could obtain the Rider system was also because of Harry, which made him feel like a fishbone in his throat.

"And Slughorn also asked about Harry's transformation form," Zhang Qiu touched her chin. "Perhaps it was someone in his relationship network who asked, because he himself seems to know nothing."

After all the doubts were discussed, Zhang Qiu accompanied them for a while, then said goodbye and left.

The three people in the hospital ward didn't have many common topics, but at this moment, having been beaten to the point of canceling transformation in the same room, and suffering similar injuries, they could at least sigh together.

Harry's sigh was the most sorrowful. He originally thought he could finally unlock the Rider transformation, but because of the special nature of the Rider form, he fell into a trap that the Soviet had laid for a long time. But it's okay, at least it was confirmed that his most compatible energy bottle was the Rider System bottle, so he could try to capture one to use after the Soviet put it into mass production.

Ron and Draco, Harry looked at the two people on his left and right again. Their progress was minimal. He really didn't know when they would truly grow up and be able to scare Yanayev's Rider army with this Rider power, just like Dumbledore and Voldemort scared Yanayev's wizard army.

Is this possible? It's not very likely, right? Harry sighed. At this moment, he had already started a race with Yanayev—unless he hoped that Ge Xuan Jun left a backhand to deal with Yanayev, but he was probably more willing to share the world with Yanayev.

Harry took another look at the two rivals beside him, standing back-to-back. Another question arose in his heart. Or, when will I be able to regain my own Knight power and take on the role of the deterrent for Britain?

Time passed in a blink of an eye. Although the three didn't communicate much during their hospitalization, Harry could feel that the mutual disgust between Ron and Draco had indeed slightly eased. After being discharged from the hospital, they should also consider a matter worth noting: the Christmas dance is just around the corner, and the dance partner has not yet been settled.

To be precise, it is Ron's dance partner who has not yet been settled. Harry can always be with Zhang Qiu. He is just thinking about whether Ron will invite Hermione, or whether Hermione will invite Ron for the first time, or whether Ron will be willing to choose to compromise with reality and accept dancing with another girl without Hermione.

They can wait a little longer, because on December 16th, a wave of transfer students is about to arrive.

On the morning of the 15th, Harry and Ron got together to watch the brand-new list of exchange students, and after browsing three times, they didn't find Elena's name.

"Here," a light voice came from behind, and then someone pulled Harry's sleeve out.

"Oh, you two," Harry looked at Ginny and Ivy who were smirking. "What's the matter?"

"This year's exchange includes boarding activities. I want to bring a classmate home, and spend Christmas together. The old Sir is not here, so... just assume he agrees?" Ivy said with expectation.

"Me too," Ginny said, grabbing Ron's hand.

"Forget it, whatever, you're happy," Harry didn't intend to be the one who spoiled the fun.

"Me too," Ron shrugged and repeated.

Looking at the two who left jumping, Harry and Ron realized one thing at the same time: this year's exchange students are still fifth-year students, which means... no one will board at Hermione's place.

Ron started to giggle, while Harry started to worry. Donald obviously changed his strategy, and he had to be vigilant. ===== CHAPTER 412 =====