Refusing Tentacles, Starting With You and Me

Atop the building, a young girl with light purple hair gently brushed her hair after hearing Gu Yu's words.

"Eh, this young man actually knows who I am. Yuno feels a little bit touched."

"And..."

Glancing sideways at the three girls who had moved to the top of another building, Yuno suddenly smiled happily and waved at them.

"Mei, Kiana, it's so good that you're still alive."

"Yuno..."

Looking at the girl before her, Raiden Mei suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

The girl named Yuno had been classmates with Raiden Mei and Kiana Kaslana before this Honkai outbreak.

After the incident at ME Company broke out, Yuno was one of the few classmates who did not persecute Raiden Mei.

However, it was less that she didn't persecute Raiden Mei, and more that this quiet girl was simply not interested in harming others.

It was precisely because of this that Raiden Mei, despite not having spoken much with Yuno before, had a good impression of her.

"Mei, fall back."

"Sister Mei, be careful!"

However, her two companions had clearly sensed the true meaning hidden within Yuno's words.

Although Kiana appeared foolish and slow-witted, the innate bloodline of the Kaslana family allowed her to easily discern the malice hidden in Yuno's eyes.

And Bronya, as an assassin, saw through Yuno's attitude towards the three of them at that moment.

This was no longer a simple matter of malice.

The malice contained in the eyes of Yuno, Raiden Mei's old classmate, was not malice, but killing intent.

"Eh, Kiana, you make me sad when you act like this."

Seeing Kiana staring at her with extreme vigilance, Yuno pretended to be sad and covered her eyes.

"Ah, we can still communicate?"

Gu Yu, on the ground, asked indifferently as he continuously unleashed flames.

"Let's make a deal. Everyone pretends we never met and goes their separate ways. If we really fight, it won't be good for anyone, right?"

"Yeah, Yuno doesn't seem to have the confidence to easily kill you, little brother."

Focusing her attention on the red-armored swordsman before her, Yuno looked at Gu Yu with a hint of helplessness.

"What should I do? Your suggestion, little brother, is indeed a bit tempting for Yuno..."

"Just kidding, you idiot!"

After saying this, Yuno's expression suddenly turned cold.

"You fell for it..."

"You mean to say 'You fell for it, idiot', right?"

"Idiot... Eh?!"

Gu Yu, on the ground, suddenly leaped lightly to the ground ten meters away without any warning.

And on the ground where Gu Yu had just stood, countless Honkai Energy vines pierced out from the ground.

"Your killing intent is so obvious, did you really think we wouldn't notice?"

As early as when he was confronting Yuno, Gu Yu, due to the super-perceptive abilities of his Flame Form, had easily sensed Yuno's attitude towards everyone.

If this girl had only been infected by Honkai Energy and had not yet completed the erosion, she would have shown some signs of struggle upon seeing her classmates.

But now, judging by her behavior, she had been largely infected in body and mind by Honkai Energy.

Gazing at the pseudo-Herrscher on the building, Gu Yu silently took out a card.

[KamenRide Garren]

"I chose this form earlier to quickly release flames."

"Now that I'm temporarily safe, this is indeed more suitable for this battle."

After switching to Garren's form, Gu Yu discarded the dissipating Flame Saber and directly grabbed the weapon that appeared in the void: [Wake Gun].

"Your heart has already been eroded by Honkai Energy?"

"If your own consciousness isn't strong enough, I can't really help you."

"Enough nonsense!"

Seeing that Gu Yu had easily dodged her attack, Yuno stopped her pretense and looked at everyone with a fanatical expression.

"Raiden Mei, Kiana Kaslana, and the guy in the strange armor below..."

"You three contain a lot of Honkai Energy. I'm going to kill all of you and then drain the Honkai Energy from your bodies!"

"Only by doing this can I become stronger!"

After saying this, the ground where Gu Yu stood suddenly began to shake.

And in the next second—the area where Gu Yu was located was directly filled with an uncountable, massive amount of Honkai Energy vines.

"Ah, this is giving me a headache."

Staring at these vines, Gu Yu tilted his head and took out a card he had prepared long ago.

"The vines are all poisonous; breaking through defenses means death."

[AttackRide Rock]

"You... you even know this?"

Watching Gu Yu toss a card into the Driver, Yuno, who heard this, had a cold glint flash in her eyes.

"As expected, you have to die!"

Then, she snapped her fingers lightly, directly ordering the vines to charge at Gu Yu.

"With so many vines, how many more can you burn?"

"Die here for me!"

"Ah, why bother burning them."

After the emblem of the Tortoise Undead attached itself to him, Gu Yu looked at the surrounding vines and slightly raised his right hand.

"As if there's only one way to counter this brainless attack method."

[AttackRide Rock], this is the Undead ability Kamen Rider Garren obtained after sealing [♦7 Tortoise Undead].

Its effect is petrification and the generation of barriers.

Normally, this card is used to petrify the body, thereby strengthening defenses.

However, Gu Yu now knew that what he needed was not just defense, but a way to permanently deal with these Honkai Energy vines.

Therefore, he came up with another way to use this card.

As he slightly raised his right hand, a visible gray light suddenly enveloped the space around Gu Yu.

After the gray light flashed, everything it touched was instantly petrified.

The concrete road, the floors of houses, the cars stopped on the road, and even the scattered Meele were all turned into stone at that moment.

And the Honkai Energy vines that were trying to strangle Gu Yu naturally turned into stone under the ability of the Tortoise Undead.

Although the petrification effect made the Honkai Energy vines harder, it also caused them to lose their extending characteristic.

The originally incredibly flexible vines instantly turned into a pile of stone, blocking any subsequent vines that were not petrified.

"You...!"

Seeing her attack being resolved in one blow, Yuno was stunned on the spot.

As a newly awakened pseudo-Herrscher, she had never encountered such a situation.

Empowered by the Power of the Herrscher, she could easily defeat not only Meele but even Honkai Beasts.

But why...

--Why couldn't this guy just die obediently?!

Seeing all the vines blocked, Gu Yu aimed his Wake Gun at Yuno's body through the gaps.

[AttackRide Scope]

[AttackRide Bullet]

[AttackRide Rapid]

After swiping three cards in succession, Gu Yu unhesitatingly aimed at the girl's body and pulled the trigger.

"Alright, you've caused enough trouble. Now, it's my turn to counterattack."

"First, get down from there obediently, brat!"

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