An Initial "Lesson" for the Fire-Chasing Squad

"Come on, good boy, give me the Build Driver. You have to hand over all of them, okay? I know you have a lot~"

The gentle and loving Mei softly picked up the petite and delicate Luming, and under Kiana's envious gaze, she reached into the absolute territory between her legs and pulled out a black, thick, and long... driver.

As the crowd's gaze shifted from shock to numbness, Mei kept pulling out one Build Driver after another from under Luming's skirt. In the end, Mei simply grabbed Lumeng's two chubby little legs, which were covered in cotton socks, and started shaking them. The remaining belts and a bunch of full bottles poured out from under the girl's skirt like a flood.

Black Seele's lips twitched. "You can actually stuff so much in there? Are you Doraemon?"

The young lady looked at Mei with teary eyes, hoping to evoke her sympathy so she could be put down and retrieve her belt. "Waaah, please leave me a little..."

(Ahem, please see below for more information about this new nickname~❤)

Mei forcibly suppressed the urge to vomit blood, and reached her hand into her skirt again to rummage around. The Desire Driver with the Extreme Fox ID embedded in it and several buckles also fell off.

"No!!!" the young wife cried out, watching helplessly as Bronya took away her original toy. She struggled desperately in Mei's hands, but her insignificant strength was no different from Mei.

"These bottles were all painstakingly collected by me, bit by bit! Some of them even hold the emotions of others. What right do you have to take them? These drives were given to me by a postdoctoral researcher I sponsored! What right do you have to take my things?!"

The young lady's voice sounded both angry and aggrieved, and Kiana felt a headache coming on. "Sweetie, this is for your own good. After all, once you have the power to fight, you'll always put your own safety aside..."

"Screw you!"

Before the white fluffy ball could finish speaking, an angry Luming-chan bit Mei's hand, forcing her to let go. After landing on the ground, she quickly picked up the Desire Driver before Bronya could and slapped it on her waist.

'Entry!'

A transformation scene resembling a capsule flashed by, turning the petite girl into an adult-sized knight wearing a black inner armor and a white fox mask, with a short white scarf fluttering in the wind behind her head.

Sachi pushed Bronya aside, picked up all her buckles from the ground, and decided not to take back the full bottle for the time being. Her body wasn't really suited to using the Build Driver lately, so she would just leave it with them for safekeeping for the time being.

"Please, I came back here happily, thinking of spending Christmas with my family... You guys have completely confused me." The Fox Knight's dim compound eyes swept over everyone present, and with the help of the voice changer built into his armor, Sachi's voice reverted to that of an adult boy.

"Isn't it all because you don't value yourself enough?!" Bronya stood on tiptoe and barely managed to punch his breastplate. "You dared to go into the enemy camp alone when you had no power at all, and now you're in this state. Before coming back, you went off to fight somewhere. How can we feel at ease with you?"

"One thing at a time, this is not a reason for you to take my power at will." Sachi picked up Bronya and put her aside, then stopped very close to Kiana. "Tell me, who came up with this adorably stupid suggestion? It couldn't have been you, could it, my dear 'sister'?"

"The Fox Knight said in a mocking voice."

"... What if I said yes?"

Xing covered her forehead and said with a slightly regretful tone, "Then I would be very disappointed, because my sister's brain not only didn't grow during the time I was away, but it actually regressed a lot. Learn from my Kane- chan, he's much better than you."

The Fire-Chasing Squad's collective killing intent towards Kane increases by 1.

In the distance, Kane, kneeling on an abacus, was in agony. What was this thing? It was much more intense than a washboard. Who recommended it to Julia?

The white-haired girl, who probably won't end up as a "loser" in this story, sat cross-legged on a chair, looking at her boyfriend with amusement. "Tell me, what did you and that Luming do together? Tell me everything!"

Inner monologue: Hmm, Luming-chan's recommended punishment method really worked. That big idiot, she probably doesn't know that Luming actually contacted me a long time ago, right? Sigh, she's even concerned about her partner's love life... Wait a minute, this shouldn't be some kind of tactic for dealing with a love rival, right? I heard that Luming has Shenzhou blood. For my future happiness, I absolutely cannot let my guard down around her!

"Achoo!" Xing suddenly sneezed, then touched her nose through her mask in confusion. "Strange, I haven't caught a cold recently?"

"Ahem, where were we? Oh, it was about my adorably silly older sister..."

"Who are you calling stupid?" Kiana's anger flared up instantly, and she pressed her face close to the ground, demanding, "Am I not telling the truth?"

"That is indeed true, but as I said, one thing at a time—" The boy's voice was unreadable. "Get this straight, I am not a doll treasured in Theresa's closet. You want to take away my power, do you want to imprison me, who is powerless to resist, in the St. Freya Academy?"

"That's not how it is!" Kiana's expression turned visibly panicked. Mei, Bronya, Black Seele silently covered their faces. Idiot, she self-destructed!

"... Ara?" The boy was momentarily stunned, then, amused and exasperated, he grabbed Kiana's shoulder. "Judging from your reaction, you actually have that in mind?"

"We just want to protect you!"

"I am not your puppet!"

My rare good mood has been ruined. She had a pleasant conversation with Mei during dinner, but now...

"To be honest, I'm disappointed, not just with any one person, but with everyone." Sachi turned around and paced around the room, her gaze sweeping over everyone present.

"But, Brother Xing, with your body like this, can't we do those battles?" Wendy mustered her courage, threw herself onto him, her eyes full of pleading.

The boy's gaze softened, and his armored fingers brushed against her hair. "Good girl, it's important to know your place. You have no right to interfere in my battle right now."

"Huh? ×N"

Xing tapped his head, as if a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders. "Hmm, I think it's time to change my attitude towards you, otherwise I don't know what kind of self-destructive things you might do."

"Give me some self-awareness, will you? Even I was fighting a battle that nearly killed me. Where do you get the strength and confidence to think you have the right to interfere? Love? Courage? Without power, they're all bullshit. Oh, I admit that saying this is a bit disrespectful to our beliefs, but I'm sorry, this is reality."

The boy spread his hands and shrugged at them. Before they could confront him, he casually continued, "Besides, even now, with less than one percent of my peak strength—no, not even one-thousandth—I can still easily defeat everyone here. You can't even beat me when I'm low on health, yet you think you can handle a dungeon that I can barely manage at full health? Are you all stupid?"

"Hey, you bastard, don't be so arrogant!" Xing, who had been silently serving tea and water to the side, couldn't stand it anymore. She instantly accelerated time to teach him a lesson, but the next second, the Fox Knight appeared in front of her and grabbed her by the neck, lifting her up.

"Set! Ninja!"

The transformation sound effect rang out a moment later. The Fox Knight, dressed in green ninja armor from the waist down, gently patted the little almond-shaped face that had turned blue, and casually tossed her aside. "When the master is speaking, the maid should not interrupt. Didn't Rita teach you that?"

Seeing the Ninja Buckle on his belt, Wendy's eyes widened, and she frantically searched her pockets. "It's gone! Could it have been back then?!"

"Little brat, don't try to be brave when you're like this. Didn't you say that? Your combat power after transformation is determined by both the user and the armor's performance stats. How can you fight us like this?" Kiana stepped forward and questioned him.

"That's right. A knight's combat strength is determined by both the user and the armor. Our stats are about the same, and speaking of users—" Sachi chuckled and snapped her fingers, "I am far stronger than anyone here. This is not arrogance, perhaps it is, but I just happen to have the ability to back it up."

He glanced at the crowd and said softly, "You are more than hundreds of thousands of years older than me."

PS: What Sachi is saying here is the truth. In the Ultraman crossover episode, Silly Loli didn't write about, he inherited Nexst's light and evolved step by step into Noah before starting the Time War.

"You!"

"What, you're not convinced?" Glancing at the expressions of the Fire-Chasing Squad members, she noticed the varying degrees of dissatisfaction on their faces. Seeing this, Xing, whose face was hidden behind a mask, revealed a smile that was difficult to decipher. "If you're not convinced, come and fight me. It's time for you to truly feel the difference between me and you."

Simulated War Room —

"Hey, let's get this straight, it's not too late for you to apologize to me now!" Kiana stared intently at the seemingly leisurely Fox Knight opposite her. "If a fight breaks out later, I can't guarantee I'll be able to control my strength!"

This brat is standing so far away from me! Does he think I can't see he's trying to use a long-range shooting tactic? He underestimates me!

"Don't worry, I'll control my strength. Use all your power, Kiana Kaslana. Anyway, you can't beat me. Calling out 'that guy' won't change anything." Sachi made no attempt to hide her disdain and contempt, speaking the last part of her sentence in a voice only she could hear.

"Brother Xing, aren't you going to keep holding the Ninja Buckle?" Wendy looked at him nervously from below the stage, handing her buckle back to him. "Kiana's Knight Form excels in close combat, and as things stand, you can't engage in close combat or prolonged battles. If it's the Ninja Buckle, which is known for its agility!"

"Don't worry, we don't need it now, that's why I put it back with you." Xing teased Qingtuan, who was the most loyal to him in the Fire-Chasing Squad, and flicked her forehead lightly, completely ignoring Bronya and Black Seele who were trembling with anger beside him.

"But if it's just Magnum and beats..."

"Don't worry, one Magnum will be enough to deal with my cheap older sister who gets easily carried away with her emotions."

Hmm?! Did something strange get mixed in?

"Mei! They're using flashbangs!" Just as Kiana, who had been fed a mouthful of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection), was about to confide in his wife, he found Mei standing on Sachi's side as a spectator. He immediately became depressed, and his anger level rose at the same time.

You brat, no matter what, you're definitely getting a beating today!

"Seele, prepare to heal! The battle begins!"

Brave Dragon!

Kiana donned the Sacred Sword Driver, which Flame Sword Liehuo, and pulled the Fantasy Drive Book Dragon of Courage from her pocket. She struck her signature transformation pose, and just as she pressed the button to activate the Fantasy Drive Book—

Set! Magnum!

Compared to the flashy moves on the other side, Xing didn't even bother with a pose. He simply inserted the buckle into the slot on the right side of his belt, turned the magazine-shaped dial, and pulled the trigger on the grip. A light armor, mainly white with some red accents, was pulled onto his body by the mechanical arm, and his exclusive gun-type weapon, the Magnum 40X, also appeared on his right hand.

Bang!

To everyone's surprise, he fired several shots at Kiana, who had not yet completed her transformation. The bullets created several craters in the floor, but only one bullet hit Kiana herself— the Dragon of Courage Fantasy Book in her hand.

The red book-shaped transformation device drew a graceful arc in the air before falling to the floor with a crisp sound like a slap, striking everyone's face—except for Sachi.

"Hey, are you crazy? I haven't transformed yet!!" Kiana roared at him, but the only response she received was the cold muzzle of a gun. The Fox Knight's orange compound eyes showed no trace of the boy's former gentleness, only icy coldness.

"You just said the battle has begun. During the battle, the enemy will give you time to transform? Are you playing house?"

Kiana gritted her teeth in resentment, and was about to pick up the drive book on the ground to transform again when a bullet blasted her far away.

"The second **behavior in this battle - please allow me to use these vulgar words, I remember that this Knight System can transform as long as you have a Driver Book, right? You like the Dragon of Courage so much that you can't live without it? Or is it that you only brought it with you today? If it's the latter, then I can barely forgive you."

Like an elder instructing a younger generation, the Fox Knight calmly pointed out her oversights.

"I..." Kiana was so angry she wanted to curse. She quickly reached into her pocket to grab a second book, but the cold muzzle of the gun was already pressed against her forehead.

In that instant, Kiana vaguely felt a sense of fear, a fear called "death," which made her feel as if she were in an ice cellar, her whole body ice-cold.

"Game Over, you lost, Kiana." The boy's calm words rang in her ears, bringing her back to her senses. Looking at the Fox Knight so close to her, she was furious. She shoved his gun away and roared, "You cheated! This doesn't count! Let me transform and we'll have a fair fight!"

"Okay." Xing agreed without the slightest hesitation.

"Rekka Draw Sword! Brave Dragon~! The Rekka Volume! When the Dragon of Courage and the Flame Sword Liehuo clash, the Crimson Sword will pierce through evil!"

The transformation scene is set up in a library-like setting, with raging flames surrounding Kiana. The girl draws her holy sword from her belt and forcefully slashes forward with two sword energies, forming an "X". A bright red dragon emerges from the book and spins rapidly around her. Her basic armor materializes on her body, and the dragon resides in her upper body, Jackie Chan head, shoulder armor, and skirt. The X-shaped sword energy flies back and forms compound eyes on the blank mask.

Kamen Rider Saber: Rekka Volume (Courage Dragon), here I come!

This time, Kiana learned her lesson and chose to strike first. Before the transformation sound effect even finished, she quickly inserted the Flame Sword Liehuo into the scabbard-shaped slot on the left side of her belt and pressed the trigger on the hilt.

"Rekka Iaido!"

Kiana swiftly drew her weapon and slashed forward with a powerful strike. The crimson flames carved a deep trench in the floor as she hurtled towards the Fox Knight.

Meanwhile, Kiana herself took advantage of the skill's cover, dashing forward while reinserting her weapon into the Sacred Sword Driver, preparing to unleash her ultimate attack and avenge her previous defeat.

Hmm, some progress. Looks like you haven't completely lost your intelligence.

As he thought this, he didn't even glance at the Iaijutsu slash. He casually turned to the side, and the scorching sword energy almost grazed his nose as it flew past. The timing was perfect.

As he turned, he also pulled the red charging device behind the Magnum 40X scope to charge up for continuous light bullet firing.

Bullet Charge!

Turn around, pull the trigger, it's that simple.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Seeing Kiana preparing to unleash her ultimate attack, the gunman was not surprised. Multiple powerful light bullets shot out from the gun barrel, hitting Kiana who was charging forward with her weapon in hand and unable to stop her momentum. The bullets sparked and interrupted her ultimate attack while knocking her back.

Given Kiana's personality, there's a 70% chance she'll make a comeback and a 30% chance she'll widen the gap.

Pull out the folded barrel of the Magnum 40X to switch to rifle mode, then remove the Magnum Buckle from the driver and insert it into the front grip.

The Magnum Buckle popped off his belt, and with a slight tremor in his arm, it took perfect positioning as if it were equipped with an automatic locking mechanism. He calmly turned the magazine, and then—

'Magnum!'

Bang bang bang!!!

Kiana, who had regrouped and charged forward again, stared wide-eyed in astonishment behind her mask. What was going on? That attack hadn't even finished charging up, so how did he fire the gun?

The answer is—a short gun stored in the arm armor. On the surface, he was preparing the Magnum Buckle's ultimate move, but in reality, the gun barrel hidden in his right hand popped out the moment he attached the buckle to the weapon, but Kiana didn't notice.

A few bullets are obviously not enough to stop Kiana's forward momentum, but they can buy her a little time.

Fortunately, the current distance is within range where Kiana's slash cannot hit instantly, so—

"Magnum Tactical Blast!"

Boom!!!

A red beam of destructive force erupted from the gun's muzzle, striking Kiana's body with precise aim. The immense impact caused the girl to cry out in pain, and the holy sword slipped from her hand—which was to be expected, since Sachi aimed the sword precisely at Kiana.

PS: The Saber-type knights have a fatal weakness: the sword is both their weapon and their transformation device. If it's lost, stolen, or broken, oh dear~

Before Kiana could even react, a cold sound effect rang in her ears:

Revolve On!

Magnum Strike!

The Fox Knight armor flipped down to his lower body, leaped up, breaking through the rising smoke and assuming a knight kick stance. A red light screen, resembling a magazine, continuously gathered on his right foot, and he mercilessly kicked Kiana in the chest.

Boom!!!

The girl's screams echoed amidst the series of explosions. Her armor shattered under the continuous barrage of fatal blows. Kiana, her face contorted in pain, flew out of the smoke, crashed to the ground, rolled several times, and struggled a few times in despair, trying to get up, but to no avail.

"Don't worry, with the Kaslana Family's constitution, it'll be fine in a bit, just a few bruises at most." Xing calmly blew on the still-warm gun muzzle through his mask, then glanced at the audience. "Next, who's next?"

Both battles ended so quickly that no one had time to react until Kiana, screaming in pain, appeared before them, and the boy spoke calmly. They snapped out of their daze, looking at each other, unsure how to respond.

"If all else fails, let's all work together. It's Christmas Eve, and I need to remotely record a blessing video for the agency. If I miss my work, the consequences will be severe," said the inner Idol Lady.

Black Seele was furious and was about to rush up and teach her a lesson, but White Seele desperately held her back. "Rationality, my other self, have you forgotten the memory of being abused by Brother Xing?"

"I'll do it." Mei immediately helped Kiana up, carefully checked her over, and only felt relieved after confirming that she was alright. She put on the Sengoku Driver, took out the Orange Lockseed, and gracefully and dignifiedly performed a simple transformation pose offstage. Then she fastened the Lockseed to her belt and activated the transformation. The black Gaim body was complete, and the large orange ball cover landed on her head, unfolding into armor that covered her body.

Kamen Rider Gaim (God of War Colors) Orange Armor Form, here I come!

"Wendy, can I borrow your Ninja Buckle?" Without any hesitation, she took the green Ninja Buckle from Qingtuan's hand. Just as she was about to put on the Magnum Buckle, Mei, who hadn't even started fighting yet, couldn't help but ask, "Can you tell me why you chose this buckle to fight me?"

"It's very simple. In battle, you should choose a situation that is as advantageous as possible to yourself. The Ninja Buckle is the most suitable choice for fighting Mei, both logically and emotionally." The boy's tone remained calm.

"Is that so..." Mei's words concealed a hint of melancholy, but she still drew her Musou military sword from her waist and formed a dual-wielding style with the Great Orange Maru in her hand.

"Come on, Sachi, let me see if you've forgotten any of the sword techniques I personally taught you."

Ready—Fight!

The transformation sound effect ended as if it were a command, Mei jumped onto the platform, holding two swords and slowly walking towards the knight who had changed into ninja armor.

The characteristics of the Ninja Buckle: diverse skills, agile speed, and adept at surprise attacks.

Mei quickly reviewed the buckle's abilities in her mind. Even though she knew its contents well, Mei still dared not be careless, because she was facing Sachi.

"Wait a moment."

To her surprise, before the battle even began, Sachi raised her hand to signal, then pulled off the buckle to deactivate her transformation, revealing a sleepy-eyed little girl.

"Ha~ I'm sorry, Mei, I'm so sleepy I can't stand it anymore. Can I take a nap? Ever since I used up too much energy turning my classmates back into humans last time, I've become super sleepy."