Temporary Partner (4)

The blood is boiling.

Damaged mecha parts flew past his eyes, and his heart pounded so hard it felt like it was about to burst out of his body.

The flames are burning.

The blue dragon flames danced freely in his hands, and the intense heat filled him with immense excitement.

I am now invincible!

He even had a strange feeling that, wearing this armor, he might be able to compete with Durandal.

Bang!

Raven, transformed into Night Rouge, seized the opportunity to join the battle. With her two purple bat wings spread, she flew up and kicked Kane, who was having an unbearable time, in the face.

The air seemed to freeze for a moment. As the girl watched, as expected, the knight's figure transformed into a blue streak, tracing a perfect parabola in the air.

"Mood index: 3.2".

Xing silently covered her forehead. Had she set her expectations on Kane too high? He seemed to lack practical experience. She should observe him for a while longer to confirm whether he was qualified to use Cross-Z.

"You despicable bastard!" The boy, who had been slapped in the face, leaped up from the ground, pointing the tip of the Beat Closer's sword at the Raven, and shouted angrily.

"Young man, there's no such thing as morality on the battlefield. As long as you can win, any method will do." Raven said slowly, brandishing his Smoke Gun like a seasoned veteran.

"Damn it, watch how I deal with you!" The fearless Kane charged at Raven, but Raven had no intention of engaging in a heated battle. Using the high mobility of the Bat -Fullbottles, Raven kept increasing the distance between them and kept retaliating with Smoke Gun.

"You coward who only knows how to launch sneak attacks, do you dare to fight me up close?!" Kane, who was the main target of the firepower, had no choice but to hold his weapon horizontally in front of his chest and assume a defensive posture to resist the attack, trying to provoke Raven.

"OK."

Without any warning, the black Bat Rider appeared before him, its yellow bat-like goggles gleaming eerily.

One punch.

A solid punch landed on Kane's vulnerable abdomen, sending Kane flying and crashing into the wall, creating a large, human-shaped hole.

Kane barely managed to crawl out of the hole, the intense pain forcing him to kneel on one knee. "So, so strong..."

"I'm strong?" Raven flashed in front of him and kicked him back into the hole. "It's because you don't know how to use the power of this armor! If it were her, I would be the one lying here!"

PS: If you're in your normal, undamaged state, this volume is practically effortless. You can easily clear it solo with your base form alone, and transforming into it is even easier.

"Ready go!" Dragonic Finish!"

Shut up!

Kane burst out of the cave, rapidly turning the joystick with his right hand. With a roar, blue dragon flames erupted from his right bowl, which slammed heavily into Raven's chest.

Unfortunately, Kane felt as if he had hit thin air; he didn't feel any real impact at all.

Sure enough, the next second, "Raven's" body turned into smoke and disappeared. Kane's alarm bells went off. Before he could react, another foot kicked him in the back. The boy drew a perfect parabola in the air and fell heavily to the ground.

"Emotional index 3.6. Hmm, she didn't revert to her transformation after being hit so many times, her willpower is commendable." The OMO girl, who was leaning against the wall, was leisurely eating melon seeds. If it weren't for the bright red bloodstains on her clothes, one would almost think she was watching a show.

That said, if Kane were to switch sides and join her, would her original plans still go as intended? After all, it seems Kane has had some kind of conflict with his family...

Fortunately, he fell into deep thought, while the battle on the other side continued.

Kane fully demonstrated the Kaslana Family's tough and resilient tank physique. Even after being hit several times, he still managed to flip over and jump up from the ground, pointing at Raven's figure and cursing, "You bastard, if you're so tough, don't dodge!"

Although he received strict training from a young age, his practical combat experience was still insufficient, so when facing such an agile enemy, he was unable to utilize his strengths and could only passively take hits. However, given a little more time, figuring out a way to break the deadlock would not be difficult.

But will he have that time?

"Fine, I won't dodge. I'll just wait for you to come and hit me." Raven straightened his back and stood there motionless. With a snap of his fingers, the mechs in the distance prepared to fire their ammunition.

"Hmph, I knew you loved to play tricks." Kane sneered, and just as he was about to destroy the ammunition during the firing process, he noticed something.

The combat analysis system mounted on the mask indicated that the missiles' trajectories would not intersect with his, but rather...

"Luming!"

Without time to think, he rushed to his companions, racing against death, and finally arrived in front of the girl a second before she was hit.

Fortunately, she leaned against the wall, one hand covering her still bleeding abdomen, but her face showed no sign of pain. Instead, she smiled quietly, a reassuring and calming smile of confidence.

In those heterochromatic eyes, which resembled jewels, he read a message: "I believe you."

Boom!

After a loud bang, Raven looked at where the two had been standing. Thick smoke billowed out, and a deep crater appeared.

The Raven turned around, about to leave, when it suddenly sensed something. Looking up, it saw a blue knight holding a white-haired girl, standing on the top of a low-rise building in the soft moonlight, with a Beat Closer weapon planted beside him.

Kane looked at the girl in his arms in confusion. "How... how did I do that? I shouldn't have been able to dodge it. I was only thinking of at least pushing you out of the way, but..."

"Hey, are you planning to just hold me like this? The one below and I both mind~" Xing tapped his head armor, saying with a hint of dissatisfaction, but still showed a confident smile, "Hmm, mood index 4.0, not bad, not bad."

"Huh?" Kane was puzzled. What was the deal with the power and speed he had just unleashed? Could someone please explain it to him quickly?

He jumped off him, dusted himself off, and pulled the Cross-Z Dragon from the Driver, taking the Build Driver with him. "The power of the Fullbottles changes with the fluctuations of the user's emotions. Your desire to save me just now reached its peak, so the Dragon Fullbottles responded to that power. Congratulations, you are now qualified to use it."

"Then why did you remove it?" Kane glanced nervously at the Raven and other enemies below, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that they did not rush up immediately.

Sachi handed the Cross-Z Dragon to him, then took off his own Grip Driver and put it on the boy's body. Feeling the residual warmth on it, the boy's face couldn't help but turn red.

"Huh? Emotional index 4.5? I didn't do anything?" The girl tilted her head, puzzled, but didn't think too much about it. She pressed down on the wrench-shaped actuator, then gently pushed him down in the chest. "Henshin~"

"So it was to replace it with an even stronger one..." Kane's mouth twitched wildly as he was in freefall. Why didn't you say so earlier? You scared me half to death!

"Crushed! Flowing! Overflowing! Dragon in Cross-Z Charge! Buraa!"

A large beaker with an iron stand appeared, and an unknown solution gushed out, submerging his body and forming the Jelly Dragon's basic armor. Then, a blue gel-like substance sprayed out, forming his mask, shoulder armor, and chest armor.

The translucent blue dragon-head-shaped breastplate shimmered, and the yellow compound eyes lit up beneath the jelly-like dragon-shaped mask. Two Dragon Gel- shaped shoulder armors sat on his shoulders. Kane felt this even more powerful force and couldn't help but become even more excited.

(I didn't even realize I'd used up both of the newbie protection periods at once. Hmm, it seems to be Sachi's, which means...)

The side effects of the Grip Driver fueled his fighting spirit; all he wanted to do now was defeat all the enemies in front of him, nothing else mattered!

"Hmph, it's just a different form, how much stronger can it be?" Raven sneered, and was about to attack when he suddenly felt a blur before his eyes, and a fist slammed heavily into his body, causing Raven to disappear like a shooting star in the sky.

"I used too much force..." Kane said regretfully, looking at the shooting star. He had only thrown one punch, and it wasn't enough to vent his anger!

"But it doesn't matter!" He clenched his fists, his knuckles cracking, and walked toward the rest. "I'll take it out on you guys to vent my pent-up anger!"

'Twin Breaker!'

A jelly-like substance gushed from the nozzle on his left wrist, forming a weapon. He rotated the barrel, extending a blade. Following the mask's guidance, Kane plunged the Cross-Z Dragon into the Twin Breaker.

"Cross-Z Dragon!" Ready Go! Let's Break!"

An unstoppable blue shockwave shot out from the tip of the Twin Breaker's sword, pulverizing all the enemies in front of him. After confirming that no one was left behind, Kane pulled out the Dragon Gel, his body went limp, and he almost collapsed.

"This, this force is really strong, I feel like my body has been hollowed out..." The boy clutched his waist, thinking that if he were to become a knight, he would have to pay more attention to exercising in the future, otherwise he would suffer from kidney deficiency sooner or later.

Snap, snap, snap—

Kane turned around at the sound, and the girl clapped her hands gently, celebrating his victory with steady steps, showing no sign of being seriously injured.

"Well done." That was her affirmation.

"Hehe, thanks to the driver you gave me." Kane scratched his head sheepishly, then suddenly remembered something, quickly stepped forward, and looked anxiously at her abdomen, "Luming, is your injury alright?"

"Don't worry, I won't die. I'll just put some medicine on it when I get back." Xing patted her slightly bulging chest, looking completely unconcerned.

"Indeed, it's no problem for us Kaslana, just a gunshot wound." Kane breathed a sigh of relief, took off the Grip Driver from his waist, and handed it and the Dragon Gel to Sachi. "Thank you for letting me experience what it's like to be Kamen Rider for a while. Here, take this back."

She glanced at him unexpectedly. "Hey, don't you want it? You might never have the chance to see it again."

Kane nodded, his eyes filled with reluctance. "Indeed, I wanted to keep it the moment I transformed, but I can't have what doesn't belong to me. What belongs to me, even if someone takes it away, I will eventually take it back through my own efforts."

The girl stared at him in astonishment for a while, then put away the Grip Driver and Dragon Gel. She closed her eyes, rested her chin on her hand, and seemed to be thinking about something.

"Oh, right, and this too." Kane looked longingly at the mechanical dragon in his hand. "It seems to really like me, and it's so cute. I really want a mechanical pet. What a pity."

He handed the Cross-Z Dragon to Sachi, who opened her eyes, revealing a pair of pure blue eyes without a single flaw.

"Oh."

The girl reached out her hand, and the boy's eyes widened.

It wasn't an empty hand with outstretched fingers begging for something, but a hand holding something, ready to hand it over.

The Build Driver, predominantly black with red accents, lay quietly in her palm.

"It's yours." Sachi patted his cheek with the Build Driver, waking the dazed white fluffy ball of fur.

"What... what did you just say?" Kane asked incredulously, almost thinking he was dreaming.

"I said—" Sachi grabbed his hand and placed the driver in it, "This is yours!"

"Hey, really?" Kane jumped up excitedly, his face filled with uncontrollable elation. Seeing this, Xing slapped him on the head, forcing him to calm down.

The girl withdrew her hand, rubbing it disdainfully against his clothes a few times. A faint red feather flashed in her palm. "Don't be too happy yet. This is only a temporary assessment that you've passed. If your performance is unsatisfactory after this, I will immediately take it back, understand?"

"Yes, sir!" Kane immediately stood at attention, chest out, stomach in, and gave a perfect military salute. "As you command, sir!"

"Don't call me 'sir'!" Xing, her face dark, lightly tapped him on the head (because too much force would hurt herself), and said helplessly, "Call me 'partner'."

"Okay, partner!" The boy was as happy as a child, even though he was a child.

On the way back, Kane was like a chatterbox, excitedly talking non-stop until the user of the Falcon Gatlinger pressed his head against his head, at which point he finally shut up. Even then, he couldn't stop for a moment, excitedly punching through the roadside wall.

If he were to look back, he would find that all the damage caused by the battle had vanished.

——Love Gate——

"Little guy, tell me, where did you go with that brat? Why are you only coming back so late?"

"Sister Natasha, please let me explain..."

In Natasha's room, the gray-haired mature woman pinned the white-haired girl to the bed, licking her neck. The scent of cherry blossoms and the irresistible allure of the touch made Natasha unable to resist.

He slipped his hand under the girl's skirt, letting go of the overburdened area amidst her moan, his fingertips tracing patterns on her flat, smooth stomach. "Little one, your skin is so beautiful, I'm almost jealous. What brand of skincare products do you use?"

"That thing has never been used." Xing, whose tail was being held by her, was powerless to resist and could only barely stay conscious, unaware that this would only bring her greater suffering.

Natasha lifted her dress, revealing her flat stomach without an ounce of fat. "Little one, I've heard many people like to draw something here. Do you want me to draw something for you?"

"Absolutely not! This is my bottom line that cannot be violated!" The girl struggled desperately. Hey, I still have the ability to bite people and plant tattoos. If you dare to draw this on me, I'll plant one on you first!

Little did she know that in the near future, the poor girl would look at the red lines on her abdomen and cry sadly.

PS: It's Stigmata, cough, it really is Stigmata!

Next episode, Kamen Rider Build – "The Idol's First Live Broadcast! The Panda is Here!"

(Note: One episode may consist of several chapters)

"Brother Dawei, why am I livestreaming my daily activities today?"

"Luming, this is to help you connect with everyone. Keep it up!"

At Mihoyo Studio, the girl looked troubled.

"Wow, it's an adorable giant panda! I wish I could get up close and personal with it... Huh?"

At the zoo, the girl stared in disbelief at the large, fluffy ball of fur so close to her.

"Hey, you're not allowed to lay a hand on the national treasure!"

In a laboratory, Build, in his octopus-lamp form, repelled Blood Stalk and looked at the innocent panda who had been anesthetized and placed on the experimental table.

Author's Note—

I originally wanted Xing to sing a song to cheer Kane on, but considering her personality, I figured she wouldn't do that for someone she'd just met, even if that person was very valuable to her.

By the way, did you notice any details?