Preparations-Battle! (1)

"Mei! I'm going to training. Make sure dinner's ready and wait for me to come home~"

At the St. Freya Academy, a vibrant white fluffy ball waves goodbye to her lover, but little does Mei know that this Mei will be forever.

At the next corner, the girl's movements faltered. She felt a sudden lightness in her body, her vision blurred as she leaned forward. Before losing consciousness completely, she saw a headless body gushing blood and a deep voice:

"You don't deserve all of this, K423."

The girl's head was severed from her body and fell straight to the ground. Her head rolled several times on the snow, and the gushing blood stained the white snow red.

The man in black seemed used to this, wielding the sword with the purple hilt and golden blade that had killed the girl. Dark purple flames flew from the sword, burning her body to ashes.

After doing all this, the man in black turned and left, his figure gradually disappearing into the darkness.

—Friendly reminder: the chain of razor blades I mentioned before is still a ways off; it hasn't even left the appetizer yet!

"No!!!"

Luming was jolted awake from her nightmare. One hand instinctively reached out, as if trying to save something. She was drenched in cold sweat, and her rapid breathing revealed her intense emotions.

"Had a nightmare?" The tipsy Lobster Girl barely managed to lift her head off the table, pulled out a bottle of milk and handed it to her. "Here, drink this and go back to sleep. How can you fall asleep while eating a meal?"

"Kiana, Kiana, Kiana..." Distracted, Lu Meng paid no attention to her. She kept repeating the insect's name in a daze. While taking out her terminal to make a call, she activated her transformation bracelet to remotely locate Kiana's terminal position and rushed over at high speed.

Damn it, why isn't he answering the phone? Could it be... no, it's just a dream. I'll just check, just check. That idiot's definitely alright, definitely alright. I don't want to scare myself...

The girl, who is emotionally unstable, is currently in a very unstable state. The four Stigmata are faintly shimmering through her skin, as if she is about to forcibly revert to her original form at any moment.

Bang!!!

The Magical Girl who fell from the sky landed like a boulder into the still steaming hot spring. In the humid air, she smelled a faint scent of blood.

P. S.: Don't get me wrong, it wasn't broken. Someone was just having too much fun, cough, too much pleasure, and accidentally scratched their partner's skin. I won't say who it was, to save her face; even the author doesn't know.

"Could it be that there's more than just Kiana..."

Her body trembled uncontrollably; she had never been so terrified, not even when facing Zaki.

After hesitating for a moment, she gritted her teeth and followed the lingering scent in the air, swimming towards the depths of the hot spring until she witnessed the "horrific" scene with her own eyes.

At that moment, Luming —no, Sachi—suddenly had the idea of World Destroyer.

"Damn it, I was worried about you guys even when I was sleeping, and here you were, here, here... doing such a despicable, shameless, and disgraceful thing? Doing it together is one thing, but doing it in a group... I'm absolutely furious!"

The instigator stormed off, leaving the women, exhausted and unconscious, lying on the shore.

"Hey, stupid mom. Oh, what a coincidence, the old man is with you too? Hurry up and come to the hot spring to rescue them! Kiana and the others must have eaten something wrong today, they locked themselves in and are trying to commit suicide! Quickly, get more people to break in, or it will be too late!"

Before leaving, Luming made a point of locking the door from the inside, reinforcing the walls, and even casting a spell to create a super shield above the ground. She also used the simulated Star of Eden to add a gravity field to the ground.

Half an hour later—

Theresa and Fu Hua, who rushed into the hot spring with full force, along with Durandal who helped bring her adjutant back, and Rita who finally returned, fell into deep thought as they looked at the scene before them.

Wendy, who left early, and Ji Lin, who went home to sleep with Luming, escaped unharmed.

P. S.: Both Sachi and Luming are very cunning, so please don't mess with them. Luming in her female form is okay, but Sachi in her male form... good luck.

Frustrated, I flew back to Tesla's lab and residence, took off my Leg Ring, and woke up the sleeping Ji Lin, asking her to help me move the Lobster Girl was drunk and had committed a heinous crime, to the bed in the bedroom. Just as I was about to start tidying up the messy table, the thoughtful Little Te had already cleaned the table and thrown away the trash.

"You did a great job, Little Te. It's so good to have you by my side."

Luming picked up Little Te, who was reaching out his little hands for a hug, and embraced the red-haired doll. The cold body temperature under the winter sun gradually increased.

Heating mode has been activated.

"How many features did the doctor add for you?"

"According to incomplete statistics, there are a total of..."

"Stop!"

Find Little Te's charger, unplug the cord and plug it into the socket. Then place Little Te, which automatically shuts off, on the charger, and she will recharge herself.

Luming took out the Star of Eden disguised as a watch. It was already very late, but she had slept a lot today. Although it wouldn't interfere with her sleep, she decided to do something else.

Speaking of which, while I was waiting for my takeout, I think the Desire Driver and Core ID were left for the Doctor to maintain. Where did she put them again?

Holding her nose, she walked into the messy lab. Seeing the chaos before her, the little girl's face darkened again. She was a germaphobe! Last time, she'd only shaken hands with Kane a little longer, and she'd washed her hands with disinfectant when she got back! She'd even taken a long, long shower!

P. S.: Kane himself was put in a breathing mask, stripped naked, and thrown into super disinfectant.

A ramen noodle box carelessly tossed aside, clothes mixed with white stockings and not yet washed, a strangely shaped robot resembling a victim, mountains of garbage bags, and this foul smell...

"No, my OCD is kicking in!"

As she spoke, Luming reached into the wormhole that suddenly appeared beside her, connected it to her Fourth-Dimensional Pocket, pulled out a smart broom, tied on an apron, put on a mask, put on her shoe bag, and put on a headscarf...

"Too flashy doesn't seem right, it's just cleaning." She looked at her outfit and muttered to herself, then unsealed the Omnitrix from Judah, spun it a few times, and then slapped it down.

In a flash of green light, the Fox Ear Ninja, who hadn't appeared in a long time, emerged from the filth. She held her breath, her leg muscles tensed, and then—

The Breath of Sweeping - The Seven Forms - If you can't sweep one room, how can you sweep the world?!

In the blink of an eye, the once filthy floor was transformed, mountains of trash were automatically bagged and thrown into the garbage truck outside, and haphazardly placed items were neatly arranged in their proper places.

After doing all this, Yuki, in her Nightshade Heavy Mist form, wiped the sweat from her forehead, glanced at the still green mechanical device on her chest, and patted it again to deactivate the transformation.

Looking at the newly renovated room, the loli, brimming with a sense of accomplishment, proudly puffed out her still undeveloped chest. "Hmph, luckily I came here once before and have some memory of it, otherwise I would have had to rely on my instincts."

Okay, time to find the belt. It should be in the detection device. Let me look for it...

Luming placed the enlarged Judah on the floor, used it as a stepping stone to reach the chair, climbed up, then jumped onto the table, laboriously lifted the lid, and immediately saw the familiar Desire Driver.

"Hmm, found the belt. Hmm, the feel is a little different? Did the Doctor upgrade it?" Luming picked up the Desire Driver, which felt a bit strange, and examined it carefully. Finding nothing different or unusual, she stuffed it into her skirt. Oh well, all belts are the same, as long as it's not defective.

Look for it, the ID Core is...

"That's outrageous! Using it to weigh down cup noodles?!"

Miss Young Wife, on the verge of tears, found her ID Core in the corner of the living room, along with the Magnum Buckle and Beat Gashat, which had also been used to weigh down instant noodles. She decided to ignore the two small buckles for now and beat up that stinky lobster first!

Just as Luming Lady was striding aggressively toward the bedroom, she inadvertently saw the huge pile of unwashed clothes and stopped in her tracks.

Okay, let's wash her clothes first, otherwise they'll start to smell.

Damn, not counting the clothes I changed out of after soaking in the hot spring today, how long has this lobster been accumulating dirty clothes?

With a look of disgust, Luming Lady stuffed her outer clothes into the washing machine. Wearing a disinfectant mask, she patiently and carefully washed the Lobster Girl's underwear while imagining herself beating her up.

Hmm, what's this bag mixed in with the dirty clothes?

Luming curiously opened the bag, revealing two exquisitely packaged boxes and an unpackaged gift box.

"Hmm, the packaging is so exquisite, it must contain something very important. Maybe I shouldn't open it." With this thought in mind, Luming carefully put the box back into the bag, zipped it up again, wiped the outside of the bag with a clean towel, sprayed some perfume, and was about to find a place to hang it up when, coincidentally, the caster of the Little Te base of the charging device started spinning, and the unlucky little crayfish crashed headfirst into the floor with a crisp sound.

Just as Luming was feeling sorry for Little Te and was thinking about whether to give her artificial skin, two beams of light shot out from Little Te's half-closed electronic eyes, showing a video in front of her.

In the scene, Tesla is busy in the laboratory, using various tools to work on an exquisitely crafted longsword. After a while, he looks up wearily and says, "Finally, the Rising Sword is completely finished."

After saying that, she took out an orange buckle similar to the blue buckle inlaid on the hilt of the Rising Sword, pressed the button, and the weapon turned into data and flew into the buckle. "It can be considered basically perfected. The upgrade device of the Desire Driver - Command Twin Buckle".

P. S.: Never mind, let's just call them Gemini, it sounds better and it's also the generally accepted name among Knights fans.

She took out a gift box she had prepared beforehand from the drawer, put in the Jet Buckle, carefully wrapped it, and then nodded with satisfaction. "OK, now the Christmas present for Rabbit Assistant is settled. Knowing her as I do, she'll definitely love this kind of mechanical armor!"

"Hmm, how about giving her this too? It suits her personality quite well." Tesla opened the safe and took out a Golden Fever Buckle that had been made long ago but whose data had been continuously being entered. "Just one buckle allows her to freely use all the weapons that have been made so far. It's perfect for that stinky rabbit who's good at switching between different combat styles. But if I give her too much at once, will it fuel her greed? No, I have to feed her slowly!"

Despite saying that, Tesla still carefully packed the Fever Buckle as well.

"Hiss, there's this too." Tesla, with a pained expression—no, a pained look—took a buckle with a motorcycle handlebar attached from the safe. Luming's pupils suddenly contracted. What was that?!

"It was originally intended for me to use, but I accidentally set the stats too high when it was being built. If it were Luming, no, if it were Xing, she would definitely be able to handle it, right?"

Tesla deliberately designed the Booster Buckle and Magnum Buckle to form a double-sided gold ring combination, and the thruster's exclusive weapon, the Propeller Vanguard, which can transform into a fox. Tesla understood the real reason why he wanted to create this powerful buckle in the first place, but he was just too embarrassed to say it.

While there is certainly an element of competitiveness involved.

"I can make another Booster Buckle, but I don't know when Rabbit Assistant's body will recover, and she's so reckless, always risking her life. I should just give her this one..." Tesla muttered to himself as he placed the same Booster Buckle into the gift box, but stopped halfway through, shaking his head vigorously. "No way! Why should I give her the buckle I worked so hard to make? Besides, this thing is so unstable; it almost broke my back the first time I used it. With her small frame, if something happens to her, a bunch of people will come after me. Forget it."

Tesla muttered to himself, opened the drawer, and stuffed the half-wrapped gift box into the deepest part.

"Alright, let's continue..."

The video ends here. Luming stood there for a long time, holding Little Te, with complex emotions flashing in her eyes.

PS: Although we have weathered countless storms, sincerity will always be the only magic weapon to touch General Xing's fragile heart beneath his tough exterior!

After a while, a barely audible sob was heard. Little Te, who was pretending to turn off her phone, felt an unknown liquid fall on her head. She didn't react, because—

"The emotion test results show that 80% of the emotions are joy and emotion."

In the pitch-black bedroom, the red-haired beauty was fast asleep, lying on the bed with her blanket wrapped around her. Ji Lin had covered her up properly, but Tesla seemed to have a bad habit of pulling off the blanket.

Saliva dripped from the corner of his mouth, soaking into the pillow. The lobster mumbled sleepily, "Hehe, you stinky Bird's Nest Head, have you seen how powerful this genius is?"

A ray of light shone on her face. Luming tiptoed open the door, tiptoed carefully to her bedside, and was met with a strong smell of alcohol, but Luming did not find it repulsive.

She climbed onto the edge of the bed and gently kissed the forehead of the doctor who was always worried and tired.

P. S.: Please do not bring any dirty thoughts into this, as that would tarnish Luming's good intentions.

Thank you, this is the best Christmas gift I've ever received.

Little Te, who had secretly followed them from outside, watched this scene quietly, his face expressionless.

After Luming left, the Crimson Kite Bird Ecological Reserve —

"Atomic Burst Fist!!!"

Frustrated, Little Te frantically spat "Ora Ora!" at a large, unlucky rock, causing such a commotion that all the pandas and Crimson Kite Bird that were roosting nearby that night had nightmares.

I can't understand it!...

Why did Little Xing do that? Why didn't she kiss me? Why did this machine engage in such intense, incomprehensible, and meaningless venting?

I just can't understand it!!!

—Is it sweet? Are you happy? Silly child, it's time for the main course—

"Waaah, why did we do that kind of thing last night?"

Kiana was on the verge of tears. Although she had finally reached that point of deep communication with Mei, why did everyone in the hot spring end up like that? That was one thing, but why did Aunt Flo and the others suddenly come to check on her? The key was that they first looked anxious, then shocked, confused, suddenly realized, and looked like they wanted to laugh but were forcibly holding it back. This change of expression left Kiana completely dumbfounded.

In short, everyone is now completely wiped out, and to make matters worse, Durandal even saw it...

"Aaaaaah! Why is this happening?! I don't want to live anymore!!!"

The white fluffy creature, who had come alone to a small island next to the Crimson Kite Bird Reserve to clear its head, let out a loud roar, on the verge of tears. What is social death? This is social death! It's instantly disqualified from choosing a partner at the St. Freya Academy, okay?

Hmm, why does this sound like something I've said before?

Just as Kiana wished a bolt of lightning would strike her from the sky and send her to another world for reincarnation and adventure, taking Mei and the others with her, a clear, cold voice, neither male nor female, rang out from behind her without warning:

"No problem. Since you are determined to die, I will grant your wish."

A mysterious figure shrouded in black robes suddenly appeared, wielding Sword of Darkness that exuded an ominous aura, and slowly approached Kiana.

"Who are you?" Her body's instincts screamed a warning to her. Kiana didn't hesitate at all. While summoning the Sky Ranger Armor, she immediately put on the Sacred Sword Driver, neatly inserted the Dragon of Courage Driver Book, stared intently at the man in black in front of her, and prepared to transform and fight at any time.

The man in black's gaze lingered for a moment on the Sacred Sword Driver and the Flame Sword Liehuo contained within it, then quickly looked away. Facing Kiana, who was paying close attention, he took out a purple drive book similar to the Dragon of Courage.

"That is?!"

Ignoring Kiana's exclamation, the man in black activated the Dragon of Evil Drive Book, scanned it with his Dark Moon Dark Sword, then inserted it into the small purple belt that suddenly appeared at his waist, tapped the hilt of the sword to activate the belt, and turned to the second page of the Drive Book.

"Dragon of Evil! Once, a unique divine beast gave birth to it, giving birth to darkness that shrouded the world~"

"Evil Guidance! Dark Moon Dark Sword! Moonlight! Darkness! Slash! (A sharp blade cannot be conquered!) Jaaku~Dragon! Translated by Moonlight! The dark dragon stripped of light, ruthlessly dominated by the black sword!"

"Dragon of Courage! Once upon a time, a legendary beast obtained power enough to World Destroyer!"

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

A dark knight, predominantly purple in color, with a sinister appearance and clearly a villainous character, appeared. Kiana was surprised, but at the same time as the knight transformed, she drew her fire sword and transformed as well. The two sword energies swung by the two sides collided fiercely in mid-air. Two dragons, almost identical except for their color, also flew out of the book. After fighting in the air, they returned to their respective masters to help them complete their transformations.

The sword of fire and the Sword of Darkness clashed fiercely, sparking a shower of sparks. The two knights, with their contrasting personalities, engaged in a fierce One for One battle in the winter snow. In addition to the physical contest, Kiana vaguely sensed that when their blades met, their beliefs seemed to intertwine as well.

So, who will win in this shootout? And where did this person come from? Why does he have this Knight System? And why does he want to kill me?

Kiana didn't think about any of that. All she knew was that all she had to do now was fight, fight, and win. That way, she would get the answer she wanted.