"Damn it." The panel on the Driver took on a somewhat ferocious appearance. "Do you really want to burn away your life? They're waiting for you too!"
"Ahh, Kain-chan, you know." The man spoke in an utterly casual tone, saying something that made Rei's blood run cold. "If you were me, then you should know I don't have the leeway to live that long. With this much life left, what, am I supposed to become immortal?"
"..." Rei still could not understand what nonsense he was talking about, but hearing Timons treat his own life like a trivial wager still sent a chill down her spine.
"Mr. Timons!" Rei's voice drew Ash's attention. "No matter what you intend to do, life is precious. Please don't treat it so carelessly!"
"I'm your enemy!" Ash nearly laughed when he heard her words. He spread his arms and slapped his chest, producing a crisp sound. "The fact that you still have the spare attention to worry about your enemy just proves I haven't done enough. Kain, give me power. That's an order!"
"...Do whatever you want."
Blood-red energy turned into lightning and flooded from his waist through his entire body. Demonic energy stained his fists with a bloody glow, and Ash laughed freely as power filled him.
This was how it should be.
[Add! Dominate up! Scorpion! Batta! Genomix!]
He slapped both sides of the Driver, and blood-red lightning crawled across the surface of his Rider armor. The immense pressure made the body within instinctively tremble, his legs buckling as he nearly fell to the ground.
After all, this was a transformation device that devoured people's lives. It was only natural that a dual-Genomix form would place an even greater burden on him, but that was precisely why it was more