At the opening ceremony, I transformed into Time King and manifested my divine power before everyone

"I'm glad you like it." Xie Xiaoxiao squinted her eyes and chuckled softly.

Ye Feng put down his teacup and asked bluntly, "What exactly did you want to see me about?"

Xie Xiaoxiao sat on the sofa, head down, her index fingers intertwined and twirling, looking like she wanted to say something but didn't know how to start.

Ye Feng could tell from Xie Xiaoxiao's expression that the matter she was looking for was probably not trivial.

"You can speak freely without any worries. Given our relationship, as long as it's not something that would put me in a particularly difficult position, I can help you."

"Since you've put it that way, I won't hide it anymore, Ye Feng... I want to choose you."

These words startled Ye Feng, who quickly retreated tactically and tightened his clothes.

"Huh? What do you mean by that?"

"It means exactly what it says, I want to choose you."

"You..." Ye Feng looked Xie Xiaoxiao up and down. Apart from being ordinary, her appearance, height, skin and everything else were top-notch and amazing.

but....

Ye Feng just happens to like things that are grand and epic.

"I treated you like a brother, and you actually coveted my good looks?"

"What the hell? I'm lusting after your good looks? What are you talking about..." Suddenly, Xie Xiaoxiao reacted, grabbing a cushion from the sofa and throwing it at Ye Feng: "What nonsense are you spouting? I said I chose you not because I want to marry you, but because I want to stand on your side! To help you!"

Ye Feng caught the cushion Xie Xiaoxiao threw to him, and hugged it as a pillow, letting out a sigh of relief: "Oh, is that so? I thought you had some other thoughts about me."

"Hmph! Who has feelings for you! Look at yourself, how could I possibly have feelings for you..."

Although Xie Xiaoxiao said she had no feelings for Ye Feng, her tone was clearly somewhat hesitant.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about that now. Tell me, what's your current situation?"

Xie Xiaoxiao slowly said, "More than ten years ago, Kashu Technology Company signed a strategic contract with S.H.I.E.L.D. The other contents of the contract are not important. The most crucial clause is that if an enemy that S.H.I.E.L.D. cannot deal with appears, Kashu Technology Company must do everything in its power to help S.H.I.E.L.D.

"So, does that mean...we're enemies now?" Ye Feng pointed to himself, then to Xie Xiaoxiao.

"This is why I called you here today. Kamen Rider Zi-O is an enemy of S.H.I.E.L.D., but I don't want to be your enemy, so I plan to break the contract between ZS.A. and S.H.I.E.L.D.!"

"Tear up the contract with S.H.I.E.L.D.? I doubt it'll be that easy."

Based on Ye Feng's experience interacting with the current members of S.H.I.E.L.D., this is a good starting point.

The people from Sky.H.I.E.L.D. all act like they're all high and mighty.

They wish they could look down on everyone.

How could we easily allow someone to break the agreement?

"Of course it's not that easy. According to the contract, if we unilaterally want to break the agreement, then Kashu Technology will have to transfer more than 95% of its core assets to S.H.I.E.L.D. free of charge!"

"Good heavens, over 95% of the core industries are being transferred free of charge. What's the difference between that and giving them away for free? What if you don't agree? Are they going to just forcibly take them?"

"They can!" Xie Xiaoxiao said through gritted teeth, "You may not understand S.H.I.E.L.D., but it's a special organization jointly established by various countries, possessing a unique status that transcends the laws of any nation! If they really want to forcibly seize Kashu Technology's assets, not only us, but even the Great Xia government can't stop them!"

Ye Feng thought of the domineering nature of S.H.I.E.L.D.

But I never expected S.H.I.E.L.D. to be so domineering.

I couldn't help but ask, "What makes them so awesome?"

"Because they possess military power that surpasses the entire world! Currently, H.I.E.L.D. has over 20,000 Kamen Riders! You're Kamen Rider Zi-O, so you should know how terrifying 20,000 Kamen Riders is! And this number is increasing year by year. Our company, ZS, alone can produce over four figures of Kamen Riders for them every year!"

"What the hell? Your Kashu Technology Company can manufacture Kamen Riders? You have such amazing technology?"

"Currently, our company, KASHI Technology, has mastered the manufacturing methods for three types of drivers: the Lost Driver, the Zero-One Driver, and the Birth Driver. The Lost Driver from the Yamashiro branch is the one that our company, KASHI Technology, mainly provides."

"Since your company can manufacture Knight Drivers themselves, why don't you get one and play with it yourself? If you encountered such a dangerous situation this morning, you wouldn't need me to save you."

If Xie Xiaoxiao keeps one of the drives for herself to play with.

Xie Xiaoxiao was probably the one who would shine in front of everyone at the opening ceremony that morning.

Xie Xiaoxiao looked troubled.

"I wanted to come too... but it was no use."

"Why isn't it working?"

"Although our Kashu Technology Company has the technology to manufacture the Rider Driver, we don't have the technology to manufacture the core transformation device! With just the driver, without the transformation device, the driver is just a piece of scrap metal."

"So... does that mean that although you can create the Lost Driver, you can't create the Gaia Memory; although you can create the Zero-One Driver, you can't create the Prototype Key; although you can create the Birth Driver, you can't create the Cell Medal..."

"That's how it is... the technology for manufacturing transformation items is tightly controlled by S.H.I.E.L.D."

"Can't you guys research it yourselves? With the driver, it shouldn't be too difficult to reverse engineer transformation devices, right?"

"Researching the technology isn't difficult; the challenge lies in how to hide it from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s eyes."

"What do you mean? S.H.I.E.L.D. is monitoring you and forbidding you from researching transformation devices?"

"Any force cooperating with S.H.I.E.L.D. that dares to secretly reverse engineer the technology for creating transformation items... once discovered... the consequences... do you know what happened to Tesira Technologies, which was wiped out overnight two years ago?"

"I know, the technology leader of the Great Eagle Country, a super conglomerate ranked among the top ten in the world..." Ye Feng realized at this point.

"So...the collapse of Tessila Technologies overnight was orchestrated by S.H.I.E.L.D.? But didn't the official explanation be that their boss, Ma Sheng, was burning through money on his Mars landing project, which ultimately led to the company's downfall?"

Xie Xiaoxiao gently shook her head: "It's because of the Mars landing, but not because of burning money. It's because Ma Sheng discovered some things on Mars but was unwilling to hand them over, intending to keep them for himself. This was discovered by S.H.I.E.L.D., which led to the collapse of Tessila Technology. It is said that even now, S.H.I.E.L.D. is still hunting down Ma Sheng's son, trying to take the things back from him."

"Holy crap... so persistent? What did they discover...? No... Mars... emmmm....."

Ye Feng had a bad feeling.