I said you are all war criminals

The mechanical snake slid down from Hai Ling's shoulder. "If you don't want this, then let me carry the curse beads and follow you... I can't use the curse during the day, but my transformation is no problem at all. There's no reason for you to let me leave you."

As it spoke, the snake coiled itself around Hai Ling's thigh again and asked in a cold voice, "Or is there something you want to do... that requires you to avoid me?"

"Okay, you can stay if you want."

Hai Ling forced a smile, "What other secrets could I have?"

The mechanical snake seemed satisfied with this answer. It wrapped its body more tightly around Hai Ling's thighs, and its cold metal scales almost embedded in Hai Ling's flesh.

The cold metal scales clung tightly to Hai Ling's thighs. As the mechanical snake moved, the sharp barbs on the edges of the scales dug deep into her flesh, causing a stinging pain. Hai Ling gritted her teeth, forcing herself to hold back a sound. The mechanical snake's cold body wrapped around her even tighter, as if to completely imprison her. Its scarlet electronic eyes flickered, as if enjoying the pleasure of this control.

At this point, Hai Ling began to think about how to get rid of this cold "monitor".

In any case, if you can't avoid this mechanical snake, then nothing can be started.

The story is also good.

The future life is also good.

"correct,"

The mechanical snake suddenly spoke again, "That curse master is called Shiina Riki, right? She's your classmate?"

“…A friend.”

Hailing said in a calm voice, "I won't let you threaten her."

The snake spun on Hai Ling's thigh, rubbing its scales against her flesh bit by bit. "No, I just want to remind you of one thing... While you were still hesitating, the girl had already killed a curse master. So, you actually have another choice."

"To prove the art of resurrection, you don't need to resurrect someone yourself."

"Shiina Riki's success in resurrecting someone, or his failure in resurrecting someone, is also a kind of evidence."

The mechanical snake said, "You can go and help the girl."

37

Chapter 37 Foreign Aid.

Shiina Riki had a sweet dream.

She dreamed that she married the lamp.

It was a stupid dream, because Lixi knew that he had no romantic feelings for Deng... Lixi just wanted Deng to be happy.

To Li Xi, Deng is... someone who needs protection and respect, not a lover.

But she still had that dream.

That stupid dream.

"……lamp."

Li Xi was half asleep and half awake, pressing his chest.

The remaining fragments of the dream swirled in her mind.

Ironically, in her dream, she was wearing a black wedding dress, while Deng was dressed in a snow-white suit. This absurd scene made her feel a wave of discomfort. She rubbed her eyes, trying to dispel the strange feeling brought on by the dream. Although the dream scene was sweet, she knew clearly that her feelings for Deng were not love, but a sense of responsibility to protect him.

She had to protect the lamp.

She looked around and found herself in an unfamiliar room. A guitar in the corner, childish curtains, stuffed animals scattered on the bed... This was definitely not her room. Could it be... Chihaya Aine's room?

After the fight yesterday, Aine wouldn't have just left her there. Besides, this place doesn't look like a police station cell.

Li Xi propped himself up and was about to get out of bed to open the door, but the door opened by itself.

The person who walked in was not Chihaya Aine as expected, but... Hakuno?

Why is he here?

"Good morning,"

Hakuno said in a natural voice, "What a commotion last night... How did you transform?"

"……You knew already?"

Li Xi bit his lip, "How much do you know?"

Hakuno smiled, "Don't underestimate the police... Your identity was exposed last night. There's a huge online rumor going around saying that the Kamen Rider's true identity is actually a beautiful high school girl!"

Hearing this, Li Xi suddenly relaxed.

If things were really as Bai Ye said, then there was no point in being anxious. Moreover, if the police really knew Li Xi's identity, then Li Xi would never believe that he had not been arrested yet.

Say.

"All the nearby cameras must have been destroyed. Even the police wouldn't be able to find out my identity just like that..."

佢。

Li Xi said, glaring at Shirano, "Wait, how did you find out that I was Kamen Rider... No, before that, how did you know that I became [Kamen Rider]? That's the name I only learned after I transformed!"

Compared to these, "why Bai Ye appeared here" is a trivial matter.

Li Xi stared at Bai Ye, waiting for her to give an explanation.

"This one……"

Chihaya Aine emerged from behind the door, smiling slightly awkwardly. "Actually, it was me who asked Mr. Hakuno to come. I was the one who told him about the Kamen Rider incident."

The reason why Chihaya Aine asked Hakuno to come over for help was that when Riki, Hakuno, and Xiangzi were arguing last time, Aine was watching from the side.

Aine is not stupid either.

She could see that even though they were arguing, they still cared about each other.

and……

I'm afraid they all want to resurrect the same person.

As for whether Hakuno would believe her, Aine thought that since Hakuno believed in black magic, there was no reason for him not to believe in curses, right?

…Although during the argument, it seemed that Riki didn’t believe in black magic, while Hakuno didn’t believe in curses.

"Anyway, I figured I'd at least get an adult to help... so I called Mr. Hakuno over."

Aine said in summary.

To be honest, Aine didn't actually trust Hakuno at all.

However, Aine also knew very well that both herself and Riki were just students - students, not adults. There were many things they simply "didn't know" and therefore had no way of considering.

If it was just the stage of "whether to curse others", Aine thought that even without adults around, it wouldn't be a problem. So at that time, Aine didn't specifically explain the situation to Hakuno, nor did she plan to let Hakuno join the team... But now the situation is different.

The sight of the curse master transforming into a monster made Aine clearly realize that this was not a situation that a student could resolve.

So, even if Aine doesn't believe Hakuno, she can only go to him and ask Hakuno for help.

"The worst..."

Li Xi slapped himself on the forehead, his face gloomy, "Why did you come here..."

"Because I'm an adult, and you're just children."

Hakuno said, sitting down on the bed where Riki had just slept. "I've already heard Aine roughly about the curse. Anyway, let's first determine the most important thing."

Bai Ye continued, "How much charge is there in your mantra beads now?"

"...about one tenth. It seems that cursing one Curse Master is worth more than a thousand men."

Li Xi answered.

"So, do you know the number of Curse Masters?"

Bai Ye asked again.

"How do I know how many curse masters there are..."

Li Xi scratched his hair irritably, his tone filled with frustration. "I only know that they seem to be collecting mantra beads... They say they can make wishes come true or something."

Hakuno nodded, interlacing his fingers in front of him. "Your cursed bead is called 'Abandoned Channel', right? Apparently, it's one of the Seven Wonders of this Institute."

"Seven Wonders? What the hell is that..."

Li Xi looked confused.

"Ah, it's normal that you don't know."

Hakuno waved his hand. "Anyway, it's just some urban legend or something. It's said there are nine of the Seven Wonders of the Institute..."

Li Xi couldn't help but complain: "Nine kinds are called seven majors? What kind of nonsense is that?"

"Who knows? Maybe there were only seven at the beginning, and then two more were added. Or maybe other legends got mixed in, or maybe one legend got misinterpreted as two."

Bai Ye shrugged, "The point is, since the 'Seven Greats' are incredible, it's very likely that there are only seven Curse Masters."

Hearing this, Riki and Aine were stunned. Aine asked cautiously: "Mr. Hakuno, what do you mean..."

"I mean,"

Bai Ye's tone suddenly became serious, "Even if you cursed all the other curse masters, it wouldn't be enough to revive the lamp."

"……I know."

Li Xi lowered his head.

"It's simple arithmetic,"

Bai Ye sighed, "Your mantra beads need to be fully charged to revive the lamp, and each mantra master's mantra beads can only provide one-tenth of the energy at most. Even if you kill all seven mantra masters, you will only have seven-tenths. You still need three-tenths."

"I told you, I know!"

Li Xi roared out.

Bai Ye ignored Li Xi's roar and continued, "So, what are you going to do? Give up the resurrection lamp?"

Li Xi suddenly raised his head, his eyes burning with anger, like a beast forced into a desperate situation.

"Didn't you say that for the sake of the lamp, I wouldn't regret killing ten thousand or one hundred million people? Was that a lie?"

She almost roared as she said this, her saliva spraying onto Bai Ye's face.

Bai Ye calmly wiped his face with the bottom of his palm, his tone still calm.

"I've told you before, Riki, you're not Takamatsu Touma... Now I'll tell you again, you're not Hakuno either."

He paused, a subtle flash of complex emotion in his eyes. "If you can't do it, I think you should seek police protection."

"Lixi. A high school student like you shouldn't be caught up in such a brutal fight."

38

Chapter 38 Intelligence Bai Ye.

Hakuno studied Riki's face.

Li Xi's face is actually not much worse than Deng's, especially the teardrop mole at the corner of the eye, which can almost be said to be beautiful.

……but.

Bai Ye is not the kind of guy who judges people by appearance.

What he was looking at was Li Xi's essence.

"You, don't really like lights that much."

Hakuno pointed out the crux of the matter directly in a sharp voice.

Aiyin was shocked. Although they had only known each other for a short time, she knew how much Riki valued Deng.

Maybe Riki would jump up and punch Hakuno.

Just like it was in the beginning.

...But Li Xi just closed his lips tightly.

In this way, it is Bai Ye's one-man show.

"It's scary, isn't it? Turning into a monster is scary, wanting to kill someone is scary, and killing someone is scary too. Ultimately, becoming someone you're not is scary."

Hakuno said, "Takamatsu Tou is scary, isn't he?"

Hearing this, Li Xi's expression finally changed, "No, I'm not afraid of the lights——"