A Knight of Ruin: Emperor Rider Awakens
Chapter 22

Apologies for the Many Who Were Born

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After Raiden Mei and Kiana changed their clothes, the two slowly walked out of the house.

Raiden Mei's expression was still normal, but after Kiana's gaze met Gu Yu's for a second, she turned her head away with a 'hmph'.

"Alright, I originally planned to go to a place with weapons to see if there was anything I could use as defensive equipment for you two."

Looking at the countless Honkai Beasts and Meele outside, Gu Yu glanced at Bronya before continuing.

"But now, considering that some old lady might be lurking somewhere waiting to ambush us. I think it's better to be simple and brutal."

"Simple... brutal?"

Upon hearing this, Raiden Mei frowned slightly.

"What... are you planning to do?"

"Let's go downstairs first."

As the four of them filed into the lowest level of the apartment, Gu Yu took out a card and directly threw it into the Driver.

[KamenRideOOO]

"Being simple and brutal is actually very simple."

[FormRideOOOGataKiriBaCombo]

With his entire body switched to emerald green armor, Gu Yu ignored the three's attempts to stop him and walked directly out of the apartment, exposing himself to the Honkai Beasts and Meele.

"Directly blast through this area... well, that's obviously impossible."

Controlling the power of the GataKiriBa Combo, Gu Yu immediately split his transformed body into fifty, and then instructed the other 47 clones to attack the Honkai Beasts and Meele.

The Honkai Beasts, who had initially intended to attack the living beings, saw the emerald green figures rushing towards them and immediately abandoned their original targets, beginning to pursue and fight these figures.

"Huh... Huh?! You can play like this?!"

Seeing the GataKiriBa Combo army battling the Honkai Beasts, Kiana's eyes suddenly sparkled.

She was naturally playful, and if the group hadn't been in danger before, Kiana might have already asked Gu Yu to lend her the belt to play with.

However, now, watching those forty-odd clones slaughtering their way through the horde of Honkai Beasts, the girl's playful spirit was completely ignited.

"Alright, calm down."

Gu Yu, who was being stared at by Kiana, felt as if he were being eyed by a pack of wolves and suddenly shivered.

"We'll talk about anything after we escape Changkong City. As for now..."

Controlling his main body and clones, Gu Yu walked directly to the side of the three girls.

Then-- he completely ignored their wishes and scooped Bronya, Mei, and Kiana into his arms in a bridal carry.

"Huh?!"

"Pervert!"

"Lecher, let go of Bronya!"

Feeling the three girls' bodies start to struggle non-stop, Gu Yu said coldly.

"I'll listen to all your complaints later, but for now, before those clones all die..."

"--We must break out of here first!"

I originally planned to write more, but I was tripped up by my own bad habits.

When I write, I always like to switch out to read forum posts, and then...

I saw a brother angrily criticizing me for having a twisted sense of morality, saying the protagonist didn't have knightly spirit and that I should remove the Kamen Rider tag, calling me disgusting.

I'll tell you, my expression at the time was exactly like this??????

Over the past few years, I've personally seen many newcomers on various platforms discussing four words: knightly spirit.

At first, I thought, ah, Kamen Rider has become popular, and there are more fans. Our efforts from joining years ago haven't been in vain.

But somewhere along the line, the term "knightly spirit" started to change.

What is Kamen Rider?

Tsukasa Kadoya believes that those who fight for human freedom are Kamen Riders.

And other Riders?

Some protect, some fight for the future, some save, and some fight for a greater cause.

These are all beautiful things, and I believe that those who become Kamen Rider fans will naturally like the Riders who fight for these things.

But somewhere along the line, this term changed.

A group of people, shouting the slogan of knightly spirit, directly invaded other people's domains.

"How can you be like this--your protagonist doesn't deserve to be called Kamen Rider, you have no knightly spirit!"

"You're just a monster with the power of a Rider, you don't deserve to be called Kamen Rider."

Admittedly, in some fanfictions, there are indeed protagonists who misuse power, and it's normal for some people to be angry about it.

But... isn't that just an excuse for some fans to spray people randomly?

Using "TMD" constantly, joking with fellow readers, and spewing hateful words—is this what someone who understands the knight's code should do?

Shouldn't the knight's code involve self-discipline before disciplining others?

Let me use my protagonist, Gu Yu, as an example.

What has he done so far?

He faced the Lightning Herrscher—to survive.

He saved Mei—because she was innocent.

He fought Honkai Beasts and simultaneously intercepted the Honkai Beasts attacking Kiana and Mei—for his own safety, while also protecting the two girls.

Although these two Herrschers could easily crush these Honkai Beasts when they went berserk, the protagonist at least didn't do anything wrong in this part of the story, right?

After escaping the scene, the protagonist told the two to rest while he kept watch—prioritizing others' rest, no problem there, right? (It shouldn't be at the point of mistreating the protagonist yet.)

Bronya attacked, and he knocked her out—defeating an enemy, nothing to say about that.

Cocolia attacked, and the protagonist pretended to threaten her. After failing, he made Cocolia believe he had the Conquest Gem, drawing the danger to himself—looking at it this way, even if he doesn't have the knight's code, he at least didn't betray anyone, right?

He brutally killed the Titan and directly blew up Cocolia's helicopter—defeating enemies, nothing to say about that.

Up to this point, after analyzing for so long... even if the protagonist doesn't have the knight's code, he's at least not someone with a twisted sense of morality, right?

Um, so, why am I being attacked...

I'm very confused.

Why can someone spew profanity while accusing a protagonist who hasn't done anything wrong, and an author who hasn't written much darkness, of having a twisted sense of morality?

Didn't our nine years of compulsory education teach us to be polite to others?

Then why does he, someone who doesn't read carefully and directly curses at fellow readers and the author, have the audacity to say I have a twisted sense of morality?

I can't figure it out, I really can't.

Because of this stupid thing, I've been depressed for half the day.

This update is so short for this reason as well. I'm really... sorry...

I'll sort out my mood and continue this evening.

If you like this book, remember to add it to your bookshelf to avoid losing it next time.

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