Higanbana Makes a Grand Entrance

After Yae Sakura fully awoke from her seal, she realized that everything around her had changed.

Her old home, Yae Village, had long since vanished into the river of time.

And she herself no longer existed as a human.

Like a wandering spirit, she aimlessly roamed Changkong City.

Without realizing it, this Pseudo Herrscher gradually moved towards a certain area.

Even though she didn't know it herself, her body was being drawn by Honkai Energy.

And at this very moment, the place where Honkai Energy was most concentrated in Changkong City was precisely where Gu Yu and the others were.

In the midst of intense battle, Honkai Energy overflowed on the battlefield.

Even though Gu Yu's Stigmata absorbed a lot of it, the remaining Honkai Energy still caused the unconscious Yae Sakura to gradually approach this location.

Seeing the cherry-haired Miko walking towards them from not far away, Gu Yu took two steps forward, shielding everyone behind him.

"Be careful."

"Bronya understands."

After controlling Project Bunny to bring her companions to a safe location, Bronya gazed at the Miko walking towards Gu Yu.

"This one is not friendly."

"Yeah, it's a bit strange."

Ever since Kiana mentioned feeling a chill earlier, Raiden Mei had been paying attention to the surroundings.

Having practiced swordsmanship for years, she could easily tell from Yae Sakura's movements and steps that this young woman was no ordinary person.

Even without mentioning that the young woman could freely walk around Changkong City, where Honkai Energy was overflowing and filled with Meele and Honkai Beasts, Raiden Mei could tell that she was definitely a powerful swordswoman.

Whether it was her pace, her breathing, or her posture, the Miko was unconsciously guarding against everything around her.

If someone were to attack the Miko carelessly, she would instantly draw her Katana and kill the enemy.

"Pseudo Herrscher... Yae Sakura."

Watching the vacant-eyed girl approach him, Gu Yu frowned slightly.

"There is nothing here that you seek."

Gu Yu had not forgotten why Yae Sakura had willingly sacrificed herself in the original story.

In the Honkai Impact 3rd manga, Theresa only learned months later that Yuno, a Pseudo Herrscher, was still in Changkong City and came to resolve the issue.

During the battle, Theresa, underestimating her opponent, fell into Yuno's trap and was severely wounded by Yuno's Herrscher poison.

Yae Sakura, chasing Kallen's scent, saved Theresa. Moved by Theresa's unintentional words, she eventually chose to turn her Herrscher Core into a Stigmata and gave it to Theresa.

However, now, Gu Yu had turned Yuno back into a human from a Pseudo Herrscher ahead of time.

And Theresa, whom Yae Sakura had mistaken for Kallen's reincarnation, was not here either.

Then...

After hearing Gu Yu's words, Yae Sakura asked indifferently.

"Yes, what exactly am I seeking?"

"Perhaps, what I seek..."

At this moment, Gu Yu looked at the cherry-haired Miko before him, his pupils suddenly constricting.

"--Is precisely your body!"

Just moments ago, Yae Sakura had seemed lost in thought, her eyes vacant and wandering.

But in an instant, she had drawn the Katana at her waist and slashed directly at Gu Yu.

"Zzzzzzz."

It was a shame, but after unleashing the slash, Yae Sakura suddenly realized...

--Her seemingly certain strike had been blocked by the enemy on the spot.

Before Yae Sakura, Gu Yu raised his left wrist, manifesting partial armor. He had barely managed to block the slash with armor forged from God-given Ore.

"One after another, you don't know how to restrain your killing intent before attacking?"

"Henshin!"

The moment his transformation was complete, Gu Yu drew his Card Holder Sword and unleashed a powerful swing.

"Next time you attack, I suggest you temper your killing intent a little, Miss Yae Sakura."

"No, perhaps I should address you as..."

"Corrosion Herrscher—Higanbana."

Just now, when Gu Yu sensed Yae Sakura's killing intent, he had already guessed a possibility.

In the original story, Yae Sakura had indeed suppressed Higanbana. They were like two coexisting Herrschers, with Yae Sakura being the dominant one.

And Higanbana, who should have been the more prominent Herrscher, could only resort to deception, helplessly coaxing Yae Sakura to give up her resistance and let it control her body.

But Gu Yu hadn't forgotten that the original plot was always just the original plot.

From the moment he transmigrated, the entire story had already become a mess.

Bronya, who wouldn't have lost her memory originally, now seemed to have truly forgotten her true identity.

Yuno, who should have died at Theresa's hands months later, had now been saved by him.

Since these plot points had already changed – who knew if Yae Sakura could still suppress Higanbana like in the original story.

Therefore, Gu Yu, who had kept a close eye, was able to summon the God-given Armor using the new ability [Partial Armor Manifestation], which he had just evolved by absorbing Honkai Energy, to block this slash at the critical moment.

"Interesting, in this era, someone actually knows me?"

After the attack missed, Higanbana, controlling Yae Sakura's body, narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Kid, the Honkai Energy absorbed by the Stigmata in your hand seems to be quite a lot."

"Compared to Sakura's body, your body seems more suitable for me to use!"

Sensing that the enemy in front of him was not someone he could easily defeat, Higanbana sneered and released a massive amount of Honkai Energy.

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"Under my power..."

"You will fall along with Sakura!"

"Heh, I think I understand the situation."

Seeing the pitch-black Honkai Energy around Higanbana, Gu Yu directly gathered the Honkai Energy onto the Knight Emblem on his right hand.

"If you want to change the battlefield, just come at me."

The next second, the Honkai Energy from Higanbana's body infected the entire battlefield.

And in the vision of Kiana and the others, both the pink-haired Miko and Gu Yu, who had just completed his transformation, stood still on the ground like statues.

PS1: First, I apologize. The writer's block today is even worse than yesterday. I had to organize the timeline before I could figure out how to write the next ten thousand words.

PS2: But I still shamelessly ask for votes! 13/26

[Long post warning! Crazy rambling warning! Those who don't want to read can skip.]

[Also, the word count for this chapter is the normal update count. The following... is because PS cannot be uploaded. When will the 500-word limit for PS be removed...]

First, regarding Kiana's craving for the belt...

Didn't I say this before?

But for some reason, some readers still find it strange and uncomfortable. Where did I indicate that the belt would fall into anyone else's hands...

Let me explain the setting first: the belt is bound to the Stigmata, and others cannot use it. It's the kind that cannot be pulled off.

[Large-scale Heisei Kamen Rider spoiler warning, XDM who don't want to see it, please be careful]

Those who pay attention to this are probably those who have watched Kamen Rider. Then let's think about it, what happens when one Kamen Rider in the series hands over their belt to someone else.

Let's take a few examples from the old decade:

Yuusuke Godai Kuuga -> Yusuke Godai Kuuga. Yusuke was killed by an archaeological team and didn't awaken. Daguba removed the belt, and Yusuke took it.

Ren Aikawa G3 → Toru Hojo G3. Toru Hojo threatened the superior officers of the Metropolitan Police Department and framed Ren Aikawa, causing him to lose his G3 transformation rights.

Ren Akiyama Knight → Shinji Kido Knight. The former died protecting the latter. Ren Akiyama asked Shinji Kido to continue fighting in his place and entrusted him with the Card Holder.

Takeshi Hongo Faiz → Yuji Kiba Faiz. Takeshi Hongo temporarily gave up fighting and entrusted the belt to his reliable good friend Yuji Kiba.

Takeshi Hongo Faiz → Masato Kusaka Faiz. The former was ambushed and fell unconscious, and the latter took the belt.

Masato Kusaka Kaixa → Yuji Kiba Kaixa. The latter ganged up on the former, killed him, and snatched the belt.

Tsukasa Kadoya Zect → Go Kiryu Zect. The latter snatched the former's transformation device.

Yaguruma Sou THE BEE → Kagami Arata THE BEE. The former disregarded his teammate and lost his transformation qualifications.

From these situations, the cases of belts changing owners are basically as follows:

The original owner died in battle, the original owner was ambushed by others and lost their transformation qualifications, the original owner gave up fighting and abandoned the belt, the original owner's transformation device was directly snatched by someone else, the original owner themselves had a mental breakdown and couldn't transform.

Substituting this here means Gu Yu died in battle, Gu Yu was ambushed and lost his transformation rights, Gu Yu gave up fighting, Gu Yu's belt was snatched by someone else, Gu Yu himself had a mental breakdown and couldn't transform.

Hmm... I'll talk about it together with the next point.

I didn't handle the plot from yesterday well, so I apologize first.

But speaking of which, if you think carefully about Yuno's character.

She almost fell during a great disaster, was rescued, and then found that her entire family was gone and her hometown was gone. Her own body had extraordinary talent due to the invasion of Honkai Energy...

If you just change her gender and put her into the Kamen Rider worldview, as long as your three views aren't skewed... you know what I mean. jpg

If you don't understand, I'll give you a few names and you'll know.

Shinnosuke Tomari

Ryū Terui

Fuwa Kan

If I were to use this character to betray the protagonist, it would undoubtedly be a poison pill. Do I look like the kind of fool who would do that?

It seems... I actually kind of do?

Damn it, then I really need to explain this properly.

It's important to note here that while novels (fanfiction), TV shows (tokusatsu), and game scripts (Honkai Impact 3rd story) are all considered "plots," they are vastly different due to their mediums.

Why do I say that?

If the plot of a Kamen Rider series is bad, at least you can still watch the actors' performances, admire the character designs, see the Rider suits, and enjoy the fights and special effects.

Even if the plot of Honkai Impact 3rd has issues, the character models and art can still strongly retain players.

With these two mediums, even if the plot falters, other aspects aren't entirely worthless.

This is why you see people simultaneously cursing Zi-O while still buying its transformation belts, and criticizing the Honkai Impact 3rd writers while continuing to spend money.

It's not that these fans are idiots; it's because even without the plot, these things still have aspects worth spending money on.

But webnovels are different, my friends. Webnovels are just text. If the plot collapses, then there's truly nothing left.

In such a situation, if I were to write about the protagonist dying in battle, being ambushed and losing his Rider belt, falling into despair and giving up the fight, having his belt stolen, and then being unable to transform because he's gone completely insane...

Webnovels operate on an instant payment system. If I dared to pull such a toxic stunt, you guys would absolutely leave on the spot. I'm confident about that.

Writing webnovels, for those who aren't skilled, is like walking a tightrope. If people below are shouting and demanding plots that will never happen...

Well, if you guys are going to be like that, I really don't know what to do.

PS3: Since some people have questioned why I wrote the sound effect as [KamenRide] instead of [KamenRider]...

I'll say no more, here's the image.

The MASKEDRIDER on the image is the term for [Kamen Rider] from the old decade. Starting from the new decade, this English term has been uniformly changed to [KamenRider], and after that comes the Rider's name, like Decade.

The card name is [KamenRide] written below the black line. I think anyone who has heard the sound effect will understand.

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