When do you think I started doing backstabbing?
"That kind of shamefully straightforward technology is even earlier than 20,000 years!"
"Talk too much!"
Phantom threw out crimson energy bombs from his gauntlet that could restrain the opponent. These attacks from different angles came to Ash, but were "bounced" by the man as easily as an Eastern player. After avoiding the last light bomb that slid crosswise along his chest, Ash raised his head and saw Phantom attacking from above his head.
Those are just bait, this is my real killing move!
"Hmph, finally here comes a guy with some talent."
Not bad, in front of the "aura" that I deliberately released with all my strength, you actually withstood and even took the initiative to attack me? Hahaha, just based on this self-confidence, he is also a worthy opponent.
The fingers that had already been resting on Card Case tapped on the outer shell, and the sword hilt that popped out from the crisp sound of the rhythm just slipped into the palm of Ash.
Phantom seemed to have already sensed the threat when it came to the top of his head and slashed it from top to bottom with his hand knife. The sound of the blade automatically unfolding from the card box was like the opening horn of a new battle.
Then, there was a flash of silver light——
From Ash's hand, from Ash's sword.
The "picture" painted by the light of silver and red is such a secret of beauty.
"Hmph."
After just a flash, Ash put his back to the opponent squatting on the ground and put the card box back on his waist without looking at it.
"Did you miss?" "Phantom", who is known for his strong skills in the Phantom Empire, even if he increased his speed to the extreme, it could not exceed the moment when Ash attacked. Just when he wanted to turn around immediately and reorganize his offensive, a sudden pain from his shoulder made him react.
"What..."
The bright red color quickly spurted out from near the neck like a faucet turned on.
"What!?"
When was it attacked? It was obvious that the blows the two of us had just missed each other... did he bypass my hand at the last moment and stab my shoulder?! Is this really what human warriors can do?!
Now, Phantom has truly experienced the horror of Ash with himself.
"Kamen Rider..." He covered his shoulder, which had finally healed and stopped bleeding after using his power. The deflated Phantom had a ghastly expression, with a little panic and confusion. "Who the hell are you?!"
As an enemy... as a guy that Phantom Queen hates, it is indeed true!
"Didn't I say it all?" Ash's movements were very casual, and his tone was also very casual, as if he was just doing a trivial thing casually, but the light from the green compound eyes behind the pair of barcode masks was... hot and intense.
"Just a passerby."
You are still asking this question now. It seems that you have really not reviewed the plots of the tokusatsu dramas on TV... It is not incomprehensible if you think about it. After all, except for children who have not forgotten their dreams, who would believe that Kamen Rider and Ultraman actually exist?
"It's okay if you can't remember it. You really haven't remembered it."
After twisting his arms and neck like a warm-up, Ash doesn't feel any difficulty or fatigue at all... To be honest, how long has it been since he felt like he could take advantage of the start and look down on all sentient beings from all sides?
Ah, no, no, no - I'm the kind of "hardcore gamer" who aims for high-level challenges! If you become addicted to this kind of fun game, it will not be cool at all.
"Pretty Cure hasn't even done this, so you still--" Pulling out the short knife soaked in deep light from the sheath on his back, Phantom's eyes were extremely dangerous and alert. "The first opponent who forced me to draw my sword!"
"I'm deeply honored, the same." In response to the opponent drawing his sword, Ash also drew a few new cards from the card box on the side with a sound like an engine cylinder. "I don't allow you to let go."
It's rare that I have the opportunity to overwhelm my opponent with my performance.
If you want, hold on a little longer.
"If I were to fight you, wouldn't it be better to use this Kirby?"
Chapter 29 The battle the girl witnessed
"If I were to fight you, wouldn't it be better to use this Kirby?"
Just as Ash was talking nonsense, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed in the back of his head, causing him to instinctively and quickly move his body to one side.
Then, Phantom, who was still a short distance away after pulling out the knife, suddenly disappeared like a shear and suddenly appeared in front of Ash without any warning. The light-edged dagger, which was stronger and faster than before, wanted to take Ash's head directly!
He leaned back and naturally raised his foot to kick Phantom, but what he felt on his leg immediately disappeared. Phantom kept disappearing and reappearing around Ash, attacking him from dazzling different angles like twinkling stars!
Teleportation combined with a sharp attack? The fault tolerance rate is greatly reduced, which is really a troublesome ability.
Ash's response to this kind of attack that escapes with one blow and makes people unable to defend against it is also very simple - no matter where he comes from, I just go from one place! The powerful punch struck directly in front of him and the shock wave shook Phantom away, leaving him no chance to sneak attack him from other angles.
The last teleportation disappeared from in front of him, but at this moment, Ash suddenly felt his hand loosen.
"Humph, I've observed it a long time ago!"
Holding the two cards snatched from Ash at the last moment, Phantom, who had been frustrated for the whole game, finally smiled. It turned out that this was his real purpose.
"Like Pretty Cure, you use cards to change forms and fight. In this case, I just want to prevent you from using the cards!"
Banishing your cards before you change into a stronger form and use your special move is my winning formula.
"Well, your method is indeed very useful." Ash, who had the card taken away, was not anxious. Instead, he raised his hand to signal him to take a good look at the card in his hand. "However, the card taken away is not very useful."
"Nani?!"
Phantom, who reacted after the reminder, quickly focused on the card in his hand. What he saw on it were two Rider, one red and one purple respectively, posing in poses.
"[Ore Sanjou (I, come on)!]"
"[Kotaewa Kiite Nai (Your answer is not important)?]"
The answer is not important... Who asked you!?
What is this kind of card that doesn't look serious at first glance? This is a scam!
"When I felt that you suddenly disappeared, I put these useless cards at the front of the queue as trial bait." On the opposite side of him angrily throwing the cards on the ground, Ash magically moved the cards that had been pressed into his palm in advance.
"The better card I'm talking about is this one."
On top of this card is a silver-gray galloping man.
"You guy!"
Phantom, who was so angry that he could even understand Iona's mood not long ago, waved his hand vigorously, and cut out a blood-red light blade like the waning moon from the knife and flew in the direction of Ash.
Ash, who was about to avoid it again, used the corner of his eye to glance at an individual who was still lying on the ground. He stood still with a sound and put the card into his belt.
"Boom——!"
The huge fireworks that erupted in front of the immobile Rider completely burned and submerged his body, until several shadows overlapped and flew out from the explosion to cover Ash.
"Ugh..." The girl who had witnessed the reappearance of Ash and fell into a coma due to loss of strength was slowly waking up amid the huge explosion.
The first thing the girl who was still unconscious saw was the man standing in front of her, using the shadow of Rider overlapping his body to protect her from the aftermath, and the invigorating sound effects that reached her ears.
"[FormRide (Form Control) Faiz Axel Form (Accelerated Form)!]"
Skillfully using the invincible transformation time to block the opponent's attack, several bright red rays of light climbed up Ash's body and turned him into a brand new Rider full of technology. The silver-white armor on the chest then unfolded upward to reveal the core mechanism. The photon blood in the whole body changed from thunder to silver, and even the bright yellow compound eyes also turned into rippled red in this form.
Although teleportation is not a rare ability, it is indeed troublesome. However, I have a way to deal with it.
Can your spatial manipulation level rival my current speed?
"Great..."
Seeing Rider really appearing in front of her, the girl's eyes were completely filled with tears.
She couldn't figure out whether her tears were falling out of joy for him or out of sadness for herself.
"Still alive!"
All the emotions that the girl had been accumulating since that day turned into sparkling tears that fell to the ground one by one.
"Obviously still alive..."
At this point, the girl had no idea what he was thinking.
Anyway, I am too weak now to catch up with him...
It just happened to be different from what the girl thought. The man who stood up explained for her sake.
"How did you feel about the battle with him just now? Was it because hatred made you impatient and unable to exert more power?"
"Think about what you're fighting for, Pretty Cure."
Ash, who was standing in front of the girl, shook his raised right hand and made a burst of noise, then raised his left hand equipped with a bracelet in front of him and pressed the timing button on it.
"Then, take a look."
"The way a true warrior should fight."
"[Start Up!]"
When the structure of Rider's body began to shine the brightest, the numbers on the Faiz accelerator watch also began to count down from 10 to 0, as if symbolizing the end of the countdown.
"You've changed again, let me see what you are -"
"Mr. Phantom~" Before he could finish speaking, Ash even interrupted his harsh words with honorifics. "Just let me play with you, so get ready."
Although the words are the same as a reminder, this is not the same process as the referee raising a flare gun and shouting "Ready" at the beginning of the game, but... a cat-and-mouse banter.
"Because it's only ten seconds."
Ten seconds? What do you mean————!?
Phantom, who had just been interrupted, was interrupted again. This time, what was interrupted was his running thoughts. After the huge blow, he looked at the sky that suddenly fell in front of him, and his pupils suddenly trembled. Only then did Phantom realize what was happening now.
I've been attacked?! When, from where - "Guwa!"
The man who was hit hard again from behind only had time to scream instinctively before he was hit by another high-speed moving Ash's gravity-accelerated Shenglong Punch and flew higher into the sky.
Chapter 30: Twelve Rings of the Crimson Electric Drill
"[Start Up!]"
When the watch sound sounded for the first time, he was still standing in front of the girl, but in the blink of an eye, Rider was already standing in front of Phantom, throwing the first punch, then the second punch, the third punch, and then countless more punches!
When this accelerated form was turned on, Ash, who almost fell forward on the ground, had turned into a light that surpassed the wind and sound. In Iona's blank vision, it was as if a layer of invisible silver-gray Phantom formed a barrier and shrouded this absolute field.
And this area is completely filled with that person's figure.
He was running with all his strength... No, this man was simply galloping at full speed!
"Damn it—gu!"
Phantom wanted to do something, but whether it was mobilizing the power of his limbs, driving the energy in his body, or wielding a light knife, he who was once invincible could not even touch the corners of his enemy's clothes.
In this case, use teleportation!
Unable to catch the enemy at all, the determined Phantom immediately flashed continuously and changed his figure in the surrounding environment. However, he never expected to see behind the scene, Ash under the mask excitedly stretched out his tongue and licked his dry lips.
Now, aren't you fooled?
The whole person is attached to the ground like a spider in the shadow. The accelerating light keeps flashing on Ash's limbs and follows him in the next direction. The only trace is the afterimage stream left in the air.
Faiz accelerates to a speed of 1,000 times, which may still be difficult for enemies who can teleport uninterrupted and leave no traces.
However, this is the limit of Faiz.
Not my limit!
"Now - Guwa!"
Phantom, who had just teleported out of the way, didn't have time to be proud. The sole of his shoe with a flashing "Φ" kicked him in the back of the head from behind. His body fell forward uncontrollably and his chaotic pupils didn't even have time to tremble. He saw the enlarging fist in front of him, followed by Ash's uppercut, which hit Phantom's face hard.
"How-guwa!"
Phantom, whose panda eyes flashed again, screamed again before he had time to calm down his chaotic aura. The uppercut from Ash's hand was deeply imprinted into his stomach, knocking him away even from the attraction of gravity.
Phantom, who did not believe in evil, continued to teleport despite the pain, but the strange thing was that no matter how he flashed, he would be caught by the other party first. It was - it was like I was sending myself to Ash's fist again and again!
What's going on, how could he see through me!?
At a speed that could not be seen by Phantom, whose eyes were splitting, Ash at this time was like a humanoid spider crawling darkly in Phantom. After quickly adjusting its position to restrict the opponent to an area, it used its limbs together to jump continuously at high speed in the space using various movements that were difficult for humans to achieve.
Then, through what was observed in the previous battle with him, even Phantom himself did not realize that the distance of his "flash" actually followed a certain pattern, and when Ash became familiar with this pattern.
No matter how Phantom flashes next, it is just a fly jumping on the web in Ash's palm.
Constant attacks, constant speed! In less than a second, Phantom endured a number of beatings that had never been achieved in the first half of his life.
"Want--!"