The Rider Born of Bonds, Cross-Build! (Part 2)

In fact, when she handed Cross-Z over to Kane, Luming already had a vague premonition that the current situation would occur in the future.

After all, according to the original development of Build, the rabbit and the dragon were supposed to be together.

That sounds a bit odd. Oh well, let's hurry up and deal with this guy. If Kiana and the others see this... I don't have the confidence to stop them from killing Kane.

(Ahem, next up is a recreation of a famous Toei scene, "He felt it was getting worse, so he changed again," which is a Kamen Rider reference. This is to cover up the fact that the Silly Loli, exhausted from updating five chapters in a row yesterday, forgot to play all the transformation sound effects.)

Come on! Build Rabbit!

Wake Up! Cross-Z Cross-Z Dragon!

Let's Up! (Growing Together!) Are You Ready?

The phantoms of the red rabbit and the blue dragon danced around the hero. As he uttered the command to transform, the red and blue knight armor merged with his body, and the phantoms of the two beasts also blended into the armor, becoming pendants attached to it.

Based on the Build Rider Rabbit Dragon Form, the Cross-Z dragon head symbol stands on the top of the head, half of the armor is placed across the chest, and half of the Build Rider and Crozier symbols are printed on the chest.

Inspired by the Hawk Gatling, a pair of Dragon Wings stand on her back and are folded up to serve as a cape; two rabbit ears hang from her waist as a skirt—doesn't this skirt look a bit strange?

Two in one!

An unexpected combination of mysteries!

Rabbit & Dragon! Just a Temporary Match!

'OH-YEAH!'

Forced to perform, Little Te did voice acting on the spot, his electronic, mechanical voice subtly revealing a hint of heartache and sadness, as well as a touch of murderous intent.

The knight born from the bond ignored those unimportant things. A heavy sword-shaped weapon extended from the driver and was grasped by the knight. In appearance, it looked a bit like a larger version of the Beat Closer.

"Twin Beat Twin Beat Crusher!"

The knight pulled the lever three times in succession, then pressed the trigger on the hilt. A high-speed vibrating energy layer appeared around the sword, and at the same time, azure dragon flames climbed up the blade. The knight exerted force with his feet, displaying the super jumping power inherited from the original rider.

Like a gust of wind, the knight instantly appeared beside the Bebelong, forcefully swinging his sword and displaying the powerful strength inherited from Croz. The tough blade seemed unimpeded, easily slicing through its body and splitting it in two.

Before Kane could rejoice, Luming keenly sensed something amiss. She saw that the two halves of the dragon's body that had been cut off did not bleed at all. Instead, limbs grew back rapidly, and two clones of the Bebelong, identical to the previous ones, roared and attacked the knight.

"Holy crap! Is this dragon some kind of earthworm? Luming, how did you defeat it back then?"

"The original Benares didn't have this ability at all; it must have been added by the Jackal!"

As the number of enemies increased, the pressure on the knights also increased. The battlefield changed rapidly, breaking through the wall and rushing to the other side. Little Te sat on Iron Fist and flew to the place where Kane had destroyed the mass -Hazard Ex-Aid. She retrieved the full bottles and was about to pick up the fragments of Danger Trigger when she discovered that there were no fragments of Danger Trigger at all.

"Among the possible analyses... the most likely scenario is that the Jackal added anti-copying features to the Danger Trigger."

After the red-haired doll obtained the results, it flew back to its master on Iron Fist. Although most of the full bottles were still in Jackal's hands, those tasks were not her responsibility as Armed Doll; they should be left to someone with combat abilities.

After all, she was just an ordinary auxiliary Armed Doll, without the powerful strength of the others.

On the knights' side, Kane became impatient as he failed to quickly defeat the enemy. While Luming patiently calmed him down, she pondered a way to defeat the enemy.

In typical anime or novel plots, when the male and female protagonists are both severely injured by a powerful enemy, they unleash their inner power and easily defeat the enemy. However, this novel pursues realism.

Please, two people with low health merging together, and you expect them to unleash a burst of power and instantly kill the enemy? Stop dreaming!

The Bonded Weaponry with Kane only temporarily helped Sachi regain access to the Kaslana Stigmata. As for the rest... sorry, your cheat's cooldown period hasn't ended yet.

Moreover, Yuki vaguely sensed something...

Our attention shifts to the Fire-Chasing Squad—

Facing the giant robot Father, the Fire-Chasing Squad felt the pressure they felt when facing Chiyou. This was not the Father whose size was limited by the Yugi graphics, but the real Father whose first form alone was big enough to rival Ultraman when it was linked with EVA!

"Come on, it's my performance time!"

Kiana flapped her eagle wings and nimbly flew to one of the Father's arms. Then, she quickly used the power of the Journey to the West Fantasy Book, and the fire sword in her hand suddenly grew in size, transforming into a giant sword.

"Big, big, big!"

Kiana slashed hard at the junction of the Father's shoulder and arm, the recoil almost cracking her hand. Damn, this piece of iron is really hard!

Although the Fire-Chasing Squad had mechs, they were all small and looked like children in front of the enormous Father. Mei piloted the Watermelon Mech and switched to Fruit Mode. A huge watermelon rolled to the feet of the Destroying Mammoth. Ai-chan controlled it and kicked it hard. The big watermelon flew out like a football about to be shot, and smashed into the Father with tremendous force.

However, the Heavenly Father simply reached out and gently caught it, demonstrating the immense power of His hand.

"Let go of Mei!" Kiana pulled out the Journey to the West Fantasy Book and switched to the King Arthur Fantasy Book. The Arthur mech reappeared, wielding the King's Greatsword at the Father's wrist. The mechanical giant hand released its grip, Mei immediately switched back to mech mode to leave the Father's attack range.

Cocolia took the opportunity to escape the moment the Father appeared and intimidated everyone. After a brief discussion, the Fire-Chasing Squad decided that Kiana, Mei, and Ai-chan would stay behind to hold off the Father, while the rest of the team continued to venture deeper into the World Serpent base to rescue Sachi.

What? You mean Kane? Who's Kane? Do they even know him?

"Ai-chan, haven't you figured out its weaknesses yet?" Mei asked anxiously through the communication system attached to the armor.

"Ugh, even if we analyze its weaknesses, we might not be able to defeat it. Our current weapons are simply ineffective against it." Ai-chan was controlling the mammoth's attack through programming, was quite distressed. "Instead of hoping to defeat it, maybe Bronya and I should hack into its program... Dr. Einstein designed it to be way too powerful, didn't he? Speaking of which, where does it get its power source? Doesn't it need a Herrscher Core as its energy source?!"

Ai-chan's frantic voice sent a shiver down the spines of Kisame and the other girl. Right, where does this giant thing get its energy?

Kiana jumped onto the shoulders of the Colossus of King Arthur, dodging the attacks of the Father of God while slowly circling behind him. A thick cable inserted into the Father of God's buttocks came into her view.

Beneath the mask, the Kiana smiled heartlessly.

"My brat said that as long as we win, the means don't matter!"

"The ultimate move is complete! King Slash!"

The Colossus of King Arthur swung its sword down, severing the sparking cable. Sensing the anomaly, the Father quickly turned and punched the Kiana. Mei and Ai-chan seized the opportunity to launch a fierce attack, forcing the Father's attack to slow down. Kiana used this opportunity to quickly escape the attack range.

"Didn't I cut off the energy source? Why haven't I stopped moving around yet?"

"Kiana! I told you to study hard before, but you didn't listen. Don't you know there's something called a battery? It can probably keep going for another three minutes."

"Ultraman?!"

Loli group—

Bronya Motorcycle Rabbit through the tunnel. The Humo Adventure cartridge's ability allows her to use the skills of every HOMU in the Yugi, such as dashing forward, double-jumping to attack enemies, throwing banana peels, throwing bombs, and so on...

Wendy, with the high mobility of her Ninja Buckle and her own powers, greatly increased the group's movement speed, while also relying on her ability to sense air currents to be on guard against sudden enemy attacks.

Needless to say, the Black Seele Seele tear apart any enemy who dares to approach them, while the White Seele... just do her job.

Arin Sisters...

"Damn it! Lobster Doctor, can't you make us a motorcycle too?!" Rosalia looked at Bronya and Seele with envy, while Liliya, who shared control of her body, turned to look at Wendy, who could fly, wishing their armor could also fly.

Just then, the four knights at the front suddenly stopped, and Liliya slammed on the brakes, almost hitting Bronya.

The pitch-black knight barged into their world without any warning, his entire body covered in ominous black, with only his compound eyes retaining their color.

"That's... Build?" White Seele stared wide-eyed in astonishment at the somewhat familiar Hazard Ex-Aid.

"How is that possible? That guy doesn't have that many." Seeing the dark figures gradually increasing, Bronya chuckled and took out her weapon.

"Maybe the Jackal tore your Luming Sister into many, many pieces and stuffed them inside... Pfft, look at you, about to cry, you actually believed it?" Black Seele tapped her little head, and claws and scythes formed from the power of the Stigmata appeared beside her, "Hmm, these are still the most useful."

"To dare to imitate Brother Xing's appearance is unforgivable!" Wendy gripped her weapon tightly, her body still recovering from Brother Xing's attack, but she was still capable of basic combat!

Hmm, I can still feel that intense heat on my body... Wendy, don't let your mind wander during the battle! Think about something happy, like how you got Bronya before Brother Xing!

Hey Bronya, have you and Brother Xing slept together yet? No, right?

The person who is intimately connected with Brother Xing is not you, but me, Wendy!

Note: The author is using a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure reference here.

"Let's begin the show in style!" The Vodka Girls was filled with fighting spirit, her sword and pistol ready to strike.

Hmm, speaking of which, you're all in your basic form. Is it okay to trigger overly powerful and Danger Trigger? Even though they're not finished products yet.

——Love Gate——

Bang!!!

As another sword fell, the knight's expression turned grim as he looked at the ever-increasing number of cloned Bebelong around him.

Even using a finishing move that can sweep across an entire area in an instant, we can't completely defeat this monster; instead, its numbers have increased. What should we do?

"Damn it, is this guy unkillable?!"

"Don't panic. Losing your composure will only hasten your defeat. Energy is conserved. Since this thing can infinitely self-replicate and regenerate without showing any signs of fatigue, it means that there must be some device remotely providing it with energy."

Luming's calm analysis put Kane at ease. "Where is that energy-providing device?"

"Come on, dear Kane, I'm not a god, how could I possibly know everything?" Luming glanced at the several thin lines stretching in the same direction into the distance in her black and white vision, without the slightest panic.

"Hey, Luming, did the world we saw just now turn into a black and white picture for a second?"

"Oh, really? That must be your imagination."

"Hmm, that makes sense. After all, it's both tense and exciting to experience something like merging with Luming, so it's not surprising to have some hallucinations..."

"When you get home, you'll kneel on an abacus all night!"

Julia from the Schicksal Headquarters suddenly sneezed. "Author, did you really not write me out to make me a clown? I feel like my childhood sweetheart status is becoming less and less relevant."

—Since ancient times, green plums have never been able to compete with—

Three minutes passed quickly, and the giant Father's movements became sluggish. The two humans and the Artificial Stupidity seized this opportunity to launch an attack. Just as they were about to hit, the Father's movements suddenly became rapid again. The armor on his chest opened, intending to release a destructive beam to destroy the three of them.

Seeing that things were not going well, they hurriedly stopped their attack, but how could they easily take back the arrow that had been released? In the critical moment, Ai-chan controlled the destructive mammoth to forcefully knock the two away, while she herself was placed in the trajectory of the Father's shot and was completely hit by the light cannon.

Under the intense heat of the shot, the Mammoth's body exploded violently, leaving only fragments scattered on the ground.

"Ai-chan—! ×2" Kisame and the other girl cried out sadly.

Jackal's smug voice blared inappropriately through the loudspeaker. "Ha, a bunch of naive and stupid girls who've never seen the world. Did you really think I was some kind of brainless villain from a cartoon? You didn't expect that, did you? That wire was just a smokescreen! I'm a high-ranking official of the World Serpent. How could I still be using such a low-level method as wired transmission? I've been using wireless transmission for ages!"

"I still need to charge it beforehand, otherwise the output per second won't keep up with the consumption," Jackal thought to himself.

"Alas, it's truly a pity. There aren't many artificial intelligences like it, perfectly preserved from Previous Civilization. It actually sacrificed itself to save you all. If only I could study it..." The Jackal's voice was filled with regret. "If you want to cut off its energy supply, you'll have to come to me, but that's impossible, hahahaha!"

Just as the Jackal was laughing triumphantly, a silly voice rang in her ear, "So the device for remote energy transmission is right next to your lab! Wow, that's great! Miss's full bottle is here too, saves me the trouble of looking for it!"

Jackal's neck stiffened like a rusty gear, and Ai-chan in her Kamen Rider Zero-One Rising Hopper Form greeted her with a grin, startling her so much that she jumped back, grabbed her Smoke Gun, and quickly transformed. "You, when did you find me here? No, weren't you already..." Jackal looked at the pile of still-smoking parts on the ground on the screen, "Weren't you blasted to pieces by the Heavenly Father along with your mecha?!"

"Oh, this?" Ai-chan gave her a disdainful look. "Please, what era are we living in? Still having to manually control the mecha inside? Artificial intelligence like mine has long since evolved remote control capabilities! But that mecha took Ai-chan a long time to build, and you just destroyed it like that..."

Ai-chan's calm voice turned irritable, "Ai-chan is going to beat you up!"

"Then let's give it a try, you stupid AI!" Just as Jackal was about to call his men to gang up on Ai-chan, he saw Ai-chan quickly press the key and unleash her ultimate move first.

Rising Impact!

Ai-chan's red compound eyes suddenly lit up, and she roared as she moved at high speed, kicking the Jackal upwards, sending it crashing through the ceiling. She then jumped above it and kicked it down with a single blow. Finally, she used her powerful leg strength to dive at high speed and strike a knight's kick pose.

"Damn it, this guy wasn't even in that mech from the start... he sneaked in and managed to evade all my surveillance and find his way here! Waaaaaah, no! I don't want to get blown up again! The injuries I sustained from that blue-haired girl last time haven't even started yet..."

Boom!!!

Thanks to Ai-chan's meticulous calculations, the Jackal was kicked precisely onto the device, exploding along with it. The loud explosion drowned out the Jackal's cries of pain.

At the same time, the Father's enormous body collapsed helplessly. Sigfried, who had struggled with all his might to control Arahanto to crawl out of the cave, fell into deep thought upon seeing this scene, "Am I too late?"

"It's not too late, Dad! Smash this place to a pulp! Let them stop bullying my little sister! And they even damaged Ai-chan's mecha!"

He dared not disobey his daughter's order, Sigfried pressed the weapon firing button with a beaming smile.

On the other side, the visibly weakened dragon was easily defeated by the knight and showed no signs of resurrection.

"This is the last one."

The knight pulled the longsword, stained with blue blood, from the dragon's corpse, wiped the blade dry with his elbow, and, hearing faint sounds coming from afar, smiled slightly. "Looks like Kiana and the others are doing well too."

The knight pulled out the Polymerization rabbit-dragon bottle and deactivated his transformation. Amidst the intertwined red and blue light particles, the knight's figure split into two. As soon as the Bonded Weaponry was released, the girl's body seemed to lose all its strength and fell forward. Fortunately, Kane caught her in time, preventing the Idol Lady's pretty face from making intimate contact with the ground.

"Ugh, I'll be in bed for a few days when I get back, I'm so tired..."

"I'm so tired too, but as long as Luming is by my side, I have inexhaustible strength! The former clan chief's teachings say that a man's fighting power has no limit in front of a cute girl!"

"If you dare flirt with me again, I'll make you kneel on a washboard for a few more days, okay?"

"Punish me, punish me all you want, I've already developed a resistance to kneeling..."

Why did you start crying while you were talking?

Little Te ran over with her short legs, her face dark, and hurled the box full of bottles with her fist. The box flew towards the boy like a killer tennis ball, but he caught it steadily with one hand, giving her a provocative look that seemed to say, "That's it? Come on, try again!"

If it weren't for Little Xing being right next to you, this machine would have already used its Atomic Burst Fist to take you down!

Ai-chan arrived just then, carrying a panel studded with bottles and Jackal captured by the Fire-Chasing Squad, all located via the Transformation Bracelet's GPS. As if touting her achievement, she tossed the panel and the captured jackal in front of her mistress, saying, "Miss, Ai-chan has avenged you!"

"Well done, Ai-chan!" Luming happily patted Ai-chan's head, and also noticed Te's gloomy Little Te. She smiled and picked her up, giving her a head pat as well.

Kane, with expectant eyes:

Snap! ×2

Ai-chan and Little Te each slapped him, what a greedy guy!

The young woman looked at the unconscious, dark-skinned beauty with a kind smile. "Heh heh, now I can finally get the Danger Trigger, right? Watch me use my Mortal Tribulation Difficult to Cross to copy the data..."

Just as Luming was imagining Lobster Doctor handing her the finished Rabbit Tank Ice Cream, an untimely mechanical voice, neither male nor female, rang out. "Excuse me, Miss Chen Xilumeng, could you please hand her over to me?"

The Raven in its Grease Form had arrived at this place at some point, lazily leaning against the back of a dragon corpse, looking extremely relaxed and showing no intention of fighting. "If you take her into your service, the World Serpent will have a bit of a headache. After all, her brains are still somewhat useful."

"Ah, I'll pay it back, but it'll have to wait a few days." Luming immediately grabbed Kane's hand, ready to transform again at any moment. Little Te prepared his Atomic Blast Fist, and Ai-chan quickly transformed as well. Raven sighed helplessly, "I know you want that enhancement device, but unfortunately, Jackal hasn't finished it yet. Even if you torture Jackal, you'll only get an incomplete Danger Trigger, and..."

Raven looked at the stunningly beautiful woman before it with amusement. "You don't want the people in that manor, the people in Mihoyo Idol Agency, and the people around you to get hurt, do you, popular idol Chen Xilumeng?"

"You!" The girl's eyes widened, her hair stood on end, her pupils turned vertical, and five Stigmata flashed alternately on her body, showing signs of turning back into her original form at any moment.

Dragons have scales that cannot be touched, and the Raven precisely touched those scales.

"Do you know why you can still be your idol without worry? It's because I've hidden your identity and other details Raven Jackal." Seeing her anger, Raven helplessly spread his hands. "Gray Serpent ordered me to infiltrate Jackal's circle to prevent your conflict with her from escalating. Hand her over to me, and I guarantee this balance will continue."

Kane glanced at Raven, then at Luming, a complex look flashing in his eyes. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something but then stopped, unable to utter a word.

"... Alright. Remember this: if they suffer even the slightest harm from the World Serpent, be prepared to experience the power of Flame-Chasers!"

Author's Note—

Sorry, I didn't manage the time and word count well, so I didn't write the rabbit-dragon fusion I imagined. It wasn't exciting at all...

What are your thoughts on this instance? Please share them in the comments.

On a scale of 1 to 10, what score would you give this episode? Be honest!

Ahem, as everyone knows, the author is a fan of multiple characters, so next up is the long-awaited collaboration episode!

(Don't worry, it's a short, lighthearted story.)

(Actually, the recent episodic dramas exhausted the Silly Loli's few remaining brain cells, so she ran out of ideas and released the big show!)

The Ultraman collaboration episode is coming soon! This time, it's happening without any warning!

Go for it, Sachi! In this Ultraman collaboration Movie Version, try your best to catch up with Trigger and experience firsthand the difficulty of this dungeon, which is comparable to Kengo's 72-hour hell!

PS: A reference to Ultraman.