Super God Academy: Kabuto

He Xi stared intently in the direction where Hyperion had disappeared, a look of undisguised shock appearing for the first time in her eyes, which had held countless secrets of the universe. She slowly turned her head to look at Lin Yu, who stood calmly beside her.

"That is...?" Her voice carried a subtle, almost imperceptible fluctuation.

"Another form of Kabuto." Lin Yu's answer was concise and clear, as if he were stating a perfectly ordinary fact.

"Then who is he?" He Xi pressed, her tone turning sharp. "Is there someone else who possesses power originating from the same source as you?"

Lin Yu's gaze remained fixed on the distant sky, now ablaze with color from the explosion, his voice calm and unwavering:

"Another me."

He paused, then revealed an even more startling fact:

"From...the future."

"The future?" He Xi's brows furrowed completely. This answer clearly touched a blind spot in her knowledge base. "What do you mean? Explain clearly."

Lin Yu finally withdrew his gaze and looked at the Kabuto insect device floating in his hand. Its horn was shimmering slightly, as if it were resonating with some being in a distant time and space.

"Kabuto possesses the ability to travel through time and return to the past," he began to explain, his tone as if stating an established physical law. "And its ultimate form, Hyper Kabuto, is like a 'hole' in the structure of spacetime."

He stretched out his finger and drew a line in the air:

"The future is not a straight line; it's more like a tree that keeps branching out. Every choice, every chance encounter, will give rise to a brand new branch, leading to different possibilities. And Hyperion possesses the ability to go back to a certain point in the 'past,' change certain choices, and thus reverse the course of the 'future.'"

His gaze once again became distant:

"Theoretically, within the same spacetime loop, it is not allowed for two completely identical 'me's' to exist. But..." He gently touched the Hypa worm that had appeared beside him, "It was it, as the singularity and beacon of spacetime, that briefly distorted this ironclad rule, allowing the 'past' me and the 'future' me to achieve a miraculous coexistence at that point in time just now."

At this point, a glimmer of complete understanding flashed in Lin Yu's eyes. He looked down at his companions, whose fates were inextricably linked to his own:

"I finally understand... why the Kabuto insect device ended up in my room in the first place."

That was no accidental gift; perhaps it was an anchor precisely cast into the latitude and longitude of time by a will from the future.

"Truly... an incredible power." After a long while, He Xi finally recovered from her shock and sighed softly. Even with her tens of thousands of years of experience, she was still astonished by the ability to manipulate time and space so skillfully.

The instant her words fell, a red figure appeared before Lin Yu without warning—it was Hyper Kabuto, who had returned. The two faced each other silently, their icy blue compound eyes and deep black pupils meeting in mid-air. No words were spoken, yet it seemed as if they were engaged in a silent battle transcending time and space. The next second, Hyper Kabuto's figure vanished again like a phantom, as if he had never appeared at all.

He Xi's gaze shifted from the spot where Hyperion had disappeared to Lin Yu, her eyes filled with inquiry and deep thought.

"I have something to attend to," Lin Yu said calmly, and then the Kabuto insect device fell into his hand. "Henshin."

Amidst minimalist electronic sound effects, red armor covers the entire body.

【Cast Off!】

Kamen Rider Kabuto glanced at Tsuruhi and then vanished in a streak of light.

He Xi stood alone, gazing in the direction where the two had disappeared. She chuckled helplessly and shook her head. "They're all so secretive. Fine, I'll head back too." The silver-haired figure then merged into the micro-wormhole, leaving the battlefield still shrouded in smoke.

On the other side, the battlefield in Tianhe City.

"Qilin! Are you alright?" Sun Wukong flew down from the sky and asked anxiously. He was a step too late, but seeing that Qilin was safe and sound, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm fine, Brother Monkey." Qi Lin shook her head, her face was a little pale, but her eyes remained firm.

Liu Chuang, carrying the God-Slaying Axe, excitedly approached, his face full of admiration: "Qilin, your brother... your brother is amazing! Just that one sword strike! Swish, that huge cross-shaped ship was gone! Just like a sword immortal from mythology!" He patted his chest forcefully and declared with boundless pride, "I've decided! From today onwards, I, Liu Chuang, will be codenamed 'Great Wall One'! I will become a hero like your brother!"

Just then, Ge Xiaolun's weak voice came through the intercom: "I...I have a big thing here...can someone...help me..."

"I'm here!" Sun Wukong responded immediately, then instructed Qi Lin and Liu Chuang, "Qi Lin, you lead the team to clean up the battlefield and eliminate the remaining Taotie soldiers. I'm going to help Xiao Lun!" After saying that, he flashed and transformed into golden light, rushing towards the area where Ge Xiao Lun was.

Qi Lin gazed at the devastated city and took a deep breath. Lena's voice came through the intercom.

"Everyone, in squads, eliminate the remaining enemy!"

"yes!"