"Ready!"

"Fi-s-t-O-n!"

ROOK's body trembled slightly amid the electronic sound effects of rain, and he looked directly at Xia Chuan, who was wearing a fist gun and buckled on the white Ixa armor.

The hazy rain not only did not affect Ixa's dress, but made it look even more sacred under the lightning, as if it were a divine paladin who was about to judge sin.

"Ha! So what if I transform?!"

ROOK growled, moved his shoulders, spread out his sharp claws on his arms, and fired like a machine gun again.

One claw stab after another burst through, trying to attack Xia Chuan like he did Hong Yin.

"Bang bang bang!"

Xia Chuan's gaze slowed down, and he instantly raised his arm armor to block all the claws.

It was not allowed to attack the key nodes of ixa.

"ixa!"

After inserting the whistle in the falling rain, Natsukawa pulled out the fully charged Ixa fist gun with a click.

The brief fight just now made him understand that other attacks would not have much effect on ROOK, and it was better to directly use the special attack, which could cause serious damage even if he could not be killed, so it would be much easier to fight again.

"Zizzi!"

Xia Chuan stepped through the heavy rain, the fist gun in his hand crackling with electricity.

There are two ways to attack the fist gun. One is to emit energy bullets, but they are easier to dodge. The other is to directly attack the target's body and concentrate all the energy on one point.

This version of the Ixa system has insufficient attack capabilities and a single attack method, making it unsuitable for energy bomb attacks.

"asshole!"

ROOK's attack failed. After lowering his body slightly, he roared through the rain curtain and attacked actively.

He was also fighting against Ixa, and he didn't believe he couldn't beat him this time.

"Bang--!"

There was an electric explosion in the heavy rain on the road.

Continuous raindrops exploded.

Yuri Aso also had to avoid looking in the dazzling light. When he looked back again, only Natsukawa Ixa was left in the rain, and the lion-tooth vampire ROOK was nowhere to be found.

"Kill, kill?" Yuri Aso stared back at Xia Chuan.

This is ixa...

"not yet."

Xia Chuan quietly looked into the depths of the heavy rain, released the transformation, and the Ixa armor automatically converged into a half cross, and disappeared together with the belt.

"But he shouldn't be able to run far. The trauma just now won't be easy even if it's ROOK."

"Feel sorry."

Yuri Aso hesitated to speak, biting his lip with a complicated expression, not sure if it was rain or tears on his face.

"I just..."

"Can understand."

Natsukawa shook his head and went to a roadside izakaya to take shelter from the rain with Yuri Aso.

The commotion just now caused all the customers to run away. The store was completely empty, and even the boss didn't know where he had gone.

Looking at Aso Yuri who was curled up and hugging his arms, Natsukawa casually handed over the coat hanging by the counter.

"Fear is normal. You don't have to force yourself. Only by admitting your weakness can you become strong."

"Tingyin said," Yuri Aso didn't put on his coat, wiped the corners of his eyes and asked Xia Chuan, "You knew from the beginning that I couldn't change? You did it so that I could see clearly..."

"I just don't want you to bother me all the time."

Xia Chuan still couldn't find the boss, so he could only take out a few coins to pay the bill.

"Mr. Kaminaga."

"Go back, don't catch a cold..."

Natsukawa put away his wallet and was about to find an umbrella and leave, but when he turned around, Aso Yuri suddenly threw him into his arms.

"Can you... let me hold you for a while?"

Aso Yuri's voice was choked, and his body trembled as he leaned against Natsukawa.

For a moment, Natsukawa could neither walk nor stop, his face was tense, and inexplicably, the image of Asami Hiroko gritting her teeth, staring, and getting angry flashed through her mind.

hiss!

"Sorry, I seem to be a little willful because of Ixa."

Yuri Aso couldn't control her emotions and shed tears, and hugged Natsukawa tightly with her arms.

"The president is right, Mr. Kaminaga is indeed the best candidate to wear Ixa..."

"Wow!"

Xia Chuan opened his mouth, and suddenly a shimmer appeared on his body. An even stronger feeling of exhaustion surged into his heart again, and Hiroko Asami's continuous shouts rang repeatedly in his ears.

"Kaminaga!"

illusion?

Xia Chuan regained consciousness from fatigue and raised his hand only to find that he was constantly fading, as if he was about to disappear from this world.

"Mr. Kaminaga?"

Yuri Aso also noticed the situation and hurriedly released his hands, trembling as he watched Natsukawa's body become transparent.

"How, how could this happen?! Mr. Kaminaga——!"

"Bang!"

Ixa's fist gun fell to the ground and rolled to Aso Yuri's feet.

…

"Kamiyaga?"

In this world, Asami Hiroko’s shouts started again outside the door.

Xia Chuan woke up suddenly and sat up. He looked around the bedroom furnishings and then lowered his head to check the shuttle machine on his waist.

He actually came back halfway.

However, the connection with the copy of "Kiva" has not disappeared, but the shuttle has fed back the information of cooling down for several days.

It seems that this time the shuttle is not a failure.

"Kamiyaga?"

Asami Hiroko knocked on the door in confusion, and when she was about to call again, the door opened with a click.

"What are you doing?"

Seeing Natsukawa sweating profusely, Asami Hiroko peeked into the room with a strange expression.

"So much sweat..."

"I used the shuttle once."

Xia Chuan wiped his sweat and said.

"But why do you have the key to the villa?"
Chapter completed!