Kamen Rider: Evolution

"As you can see, this is what I came here for. Time is short, so you and Maya will come with me to Delan Castle."

Hongyin raised an eyebrow, turned to look at Maya, and agreed, "Okay, let me see what we've prepared."

Meanwhile, the castle of Delan descended from the sky, crawling on its belly, using its wings as steps.

Jiang Xia led Hong Yin and Maya into the castle, winding through several turns before bringing them to a corridor.

The narrow corridor was lined with valuable portraits on both sides, and the crimson lights automatically turned on the moment Jiangxia stepped in.

"This is... the treasure vault of the Fangblood Demon clan?" Maya clearly frequents this place; she has lived here for hundreds of years and knows all the buildings here like the back of her hand.

Hongyin, who was following behind her, was also shocked by the luxury here.

Everything here is a priceless antique; you could live comfortably for a lifetime just by living along this corridor.

With a gentle touch of the wings of the Tooth Bat II, the door at the end of the corridor slowly rose.

"The treasure vault of the Fangblood Demon Clan is so huge, and all these things look incredibly powerful." Hongyin followed Jiang Xia on a tour of the place.

"These things are useless. They are used by the Blood Demon Clan to absorb life energy. Humans basically have no use for them."

Jiang Xia opened another inner door inside the treasure vault, saying, "This is the place I brought you here for."

"This is... the energy core of the Ghost Clan?" Maya asked, looking at the floating object on the platform.

The rooms inside this treasure vault are completely different from when Maya last visited. All the items are gone, replaced by a design resembling a research lab.

"Ghost Clan, what's that?" Akane asked Maya curiously, looking at the energy core floating on the table.

After all, although Akane had seen many Fangbloods and even had a Fangblood wife, she knew absolutely nothing about the origins of Fangbloods or the things related to the demon race.

Afterwards, Maya also gave Akane a brief explanation about the Thirteen Demon Clan.

"If ghosts really exist in this world, does that mean I can become a ghost after I die?"

"Unfortunately, the probability of a human naturally becoming a ghost is extremely low. Even if you happened to witness it, you wouldn't become one." Jiang Xia ruthlessly interrupted Hong Yinye's fantasy.

"You transformed into Dark Kiva, and your soul and body were corrupted by the power of the Demon Emperor. So even if you are lucky enough, you can only disappear due to the shattering of your soul."

"It's nothing. Even if I become a ghost, I can't do anything. I should just enjoy this time," Hongyin said with a smile, since he didn't have any expectations anyway.

His fantasy after his disappearance is that his best friends and lover will remember him and his music together at his tombstone.

However, upon hearing Jiang Xia's words, Maya, who was standing to the side, did not seem so disappointed. Instead, she looked at Jiang Xia thoughtfully.

"So what did you call us here for? Knowing I don't have much time, you still came to waste my date with Maya." Akane pulled Maya to sit down on a chair nearby.

“Transform your soul into an artificial ghost,” Jiang Xia said, pointing to the core floating on the table.

“This is something I got from the collection of the Fangblood Demon King. He likes to collect the descendants of his races, and I have already modified that ghost race.”

"Man-made? Is it even possible to do something like that?" Maya asked in surprise.

"Yes, Akane's body is beyond saving. Most of her life energy has been drained, and she was forced to transform into a human body, which has caused her body to collapse."

But his soul can still be saved; I can use the modified energy core to do so.

Jiang Xia drew the energy core over, "However, this method has a drawback: after Hong Yinye's body completely collapses, the reincarnation ritual will be activated."

Unlike true ghosts who can possess anyone at will, artificial ghosts can only possess those with whom their previous bodies were related by blood.

"In other words, after you are reincarnated, you can only possess your son, namely, Kurenai."

"Ghosts have no physical form, so you can't touch any matter in this world except when you possess someone. But the advantage is that you can enter other people's dreams."

For example, as long as Maya is asleep, you can enter her dream.

What you can do specifically depends on your understanding of your own abilities. I've finished speaking. Do you have any last words?

"No, wait, I'm not dead yet. When can we begin?"

Hongyin was also immediately excited, after all, she could continue to be with her wife and children, even if it was just in her soul.

"Now." Jiang Xia pressed the energy core directly into Hong Yinye's chest.

"Jiang Xia, something feels off to me."

The moment the Ghost Clan's energy core entered Hong Yinye's body, he felt as if his entire body had been shattered, and his originally slightly handsome face instantly turned pale.

“I forgot to tell you, live body modification is very painful, but you’ve been a Dark Kiva, so this should be a piece of cake,” Jiang Xia said.

"Jiang Xia, you bastard! Why didn't you tell me something so important earlier?" Hong Yin also lay on the ground in pain, curled up like a caterpillar.

"Maya, it's your turn next," Jiang Xia said, looking at Maya.

"I?"

"The blood in your body has been depleted. Now I will help you restore it. After you are restored, you will also be able to see the Ghost Clan."

Jiang Xia took out a crystal ball from his pocket, which was half transparent and half bright red. This was the other half of the energy that was left over from saving his friend.

At this moment, the royal seal of the Fang Blood Demon clan appeared on Jiang Xia's right hand, and colorful patterns also appeared on his face.

A faint glow emanated from inside the crystal ball, then transformed into beams of light that pierced directly into Maya's body.

Maya's previously depleted bloodline was once again activated by the life energy of her own kind.

And new bloodlines began to be born anew, and the rock-like shell of the pearl oyster reappeared on her body.

However, she no longer possessed the power of a queen, because the queen's power belonging to the Fangblood Demons had gone to find the next successor.

"That really hurts." Hongyin also got up from the ground, drenched in sweat, her clothes completely soaked.

However, he soon discovered that the feeling of being weak and dying that he had been experiencing all the time had disappeared.

"Thank you, Jiang Xia."

"It's just a matter of reciprocity, no need to take it too seriously."

"I have one more thing to entrust to you for safekeeping."

Jiang Xia led them away from the treasure vault to a wall engraved with a golden Kiva mark, with a bat-shaped indentation in the middle.

It was Fang Bat II's turn to make a move once again.

As the body of the second Fang Bat gently merged into the Kiva seal, the golden seal instantly emitted a bright light.

With a loud rumble, the wall began to shake and slowly rose, revealing a golden bat with red compound eyes, sleeping inside, as if it were made of amber.

After doing all this, the second Fang Bat returned to Jiang Xia's side. Once the stone gate was completely stable, the outer layer of amber melted away like water.

The bright red eye inside the amber slowly lit up.

"I slept so well. Father, is someone going to use the Kiva armor?"

The newly awakened Fang Bat III looked at Fang Bat II and said.

Chapter 116 Sealing the Second Fang Bat

"No, your partner hasn't been born yet." Fang Bat II looked at Fang Bat III, who seemed to have just woken up, and swung his wing at him.

"This is the current King of the Fangbloods, and this is the Queen of the Fangbloods. This is a human with an extremely strong will," FangBat II introduced the people present.

“So that’s how it is. Then my partner is the King and Queen’s unborn child,” said Tooth Bat III, flapping his wings.

"No, your partner is the Queen and this ordinary man's child, named Hongdu, a boy."

"???"

Can the Queen of the Vampires have children with an ordinary person? And the King is right there. For a moment, didn't you think its father was getting senile?

Because the relationship between fangbloods and humans is purely that of humans and food, their reproductive isolation is greater than that between humans and monkeys.

Countless human-vampire couples have fallen in love, but apart from Wataru Kurenai, there hasn't been a single naturally born hybrid.

It is clear that the hybrids of humans and vampires are truly anomalies among anomalies, with the Demon Emperor Bat being a prime example.

“I will be the king’s partner in the future, and the king’s child will not be the queen’s child,” said the second Tooth Bat.

"You don't need to know anything else, just be obedient."

“Alright, Father.” Fang Bat III obeyed his father’s instructions and rested on Maya’s hand.

The relationships are a bit messy, so I'll just leave them alone.

The children born to the king and other women are given to their fathers, while the children born to the queen and a common man are given to her.

It was born into a prestigious family of toothed bats, but it had never seen such a chaotic relationship before.

Even in the history of vampires, this is quite rare.

“Jiang Xia, is this the origin of the Kiva Armor? So it was you who gave it to Xiao Du.” Hong Yin suddenly realized.

"Consider this my birthday gift to Hongdu, since he's currently dating my daughter."

In the blink of an eye, Jiangxia dropped another bombshell.

"what!!!"

"Watari actually has a girlfriend, and she's with your daughter. Does that mean she's with Yuri's daughter?" Akane was also stunned.

He felt he had never been so surprised in his life, except for the time he met Maya.

Not only is she about to be transformed into a ghost, but her son and her friend's daughter have inexplicably gotten together, and her son is currently just an embryo.

"Yes, I only found out recently, because I just stabilized Yuri's condition."

"I'm almost certain that Xiaohui is my daughter. It's a sad fact, but it's true," Jiang Xia said.

He genuinely hadn't expected Aso Yuri to be entangled with him for so long, so when he saw Aso Megumi, he didn't think much of it.

He treated her as he remembered Aso Megumi—just an ordinary human warrior, nothing special.

But thinking about it now, it really is a bit outrageous. History is a circle, and it will eventually play tricks on you in unexpected places.

However, he was fortunate to have encountered Kurenai Wataru. Otherwise, if he had been with Nago, he would have immediately drawn his sword and killed Nago Keisuke.

Afterwards, Jiang Xia whispered something in the ear of the second Fang Bat, asking it to tell Maya the message alone.

Hongyin stared blankly at Delan Castle, which had already turned into a small dot in the sky.

Maya looked at Akane Otoya now and burst out laughing.

"Mayo, do you think I was dreaming just now?" Akane asked, equally confused.

"No, I heard what you just said too. Our child, Hongdu, is indeed with a girl named Asou Megumi, and that girl is the daughter of our friend Jiang Xia. Now you understand."