The First Kamen Rider
Just as the two were exchanging words like a comedian, an unsettling noise came from the ceiling. Baihe Hua instinctively tried to look up, but suddenly felt a chill on her neck. She then realized that her stand-in had her neck choked in a rear-naked choke position, leaving her unable to move.
"Don't speak, just repeat what you want to say in your mind!"
A cold, emotionless voice rang in her ears, Baihe Hua couldn't help but shiver. However, she managed to calm herself down and kept repeating in her mind:
"What's going on?"
"There's a strange creature clinging to the ceiling, I don't know if it's Weird Tale cricket, a bird under the skylight, or Tenjōname. But it doesn't really matter to you." Feng Xue's inorganic voice brought a strange sense of terror, making Baihe Hua tremble involuntarily.
However, she still forced herself to stand up calmly, walked slowly to the sofa, and casually leaned back. But her eyes swept over the top of her head, and then, the strange figure appeared in her field of vision.
The thing was roughly humanoid, covered only by a tattered cloth. Its skin was a moldy bluish-black, and its two eyes, each the size of an adult's fist, seemed to bulge out of their sockets. The pupils, the size of mung beans, trembled slightly as they locked onto her. The mere instant their eyes met, she felt an irresistible urge to scream.
"Sigh, TV programs these days are getting worse and worse!" Baihe Hua sighed in a slightly monotonous tone, slowly shifting her gaze as if searching for the remote control. At the same time, she silently repeated in her mind at a tremendous volume:
"Can't we just kill him? Like we killed that One-Eyed Monk during the day!"
"Are you stupid?" Feng Xue moved off Baihe Hua and sighed.
"These guys are clearly conducting a coordinated investigation. During the day, there are many people and many eyes on campus, so if someone suddenly disappears, they won't easily suspect you. But now you're the only one in your family. This guy came to check and then disappeared. Do you think they might rather kill the innocent than let the guilty go free? Or do you expect me to use my E-level endurance to deal with hundreds or thousands of Weird Tale? Do you have some misunderstanding about your own digestive capacity?"
"But that thing is really disgusting to look at!" Baihe Hua kept complaining in her mind, while picking up the remote and changing the channel.
"There's nothing we can do about it being disgusting; at times like this, we can only wait for it to leave on its own." Feng Xue sat casually next to Baihe Hua, watching TV with her. Baihe Hua said with some concern:
Are you really not going to be seen?
"Didn't I tell you? My ability is 'The Unknowable.' Not only humans, but even Weird Tale can't see me."
Feng Xue's words were true, but not because of any ability, but because he currently lacked any "visible" attribute.
Ultimately, the Gu Poison Body is nothing more than a conscious Internal Force. Baihe Hua "senses" him rather than seeing him.
Just as one can roughly imagine what one's hands are doing even with eyes closed, the Gu Poison Body is like an extension of the host's limbs. Therefore, the Feng Xue in Baihe Hua's eyes is actually more of an image that she has imagined in her mind. As for the conversation, it is a direct communication through mental interaction, rather than actual sound and vibration.
To see the Gu Poison Body, one must raise their own density to a level sufficient to interfere with reality and use energy vision techniques such as Qi Gazing Technique. Otherwise, even if someone also possesses Gu Poison Body, they cannot see the other's Gu Poison Body without interfering with reality.
As for now, he is merely maintaining a state that is relatively perceptible to Baihe Hua. Even if observed by the Qi Gazing Technique, at most he can only sense that the life essence on Baihe Hua's body is relatively rich.
"Is that so?" Baihe Hua didn't doubt Feng Xue's statement. She just tried her best to focus on the TV program, but Feng Xue could hear her thinking "Have they left?" from time to time.
"Not yet." Feng Xue looked at the monster clinging to the ceiling and leaned closer. Logically speaking, the Weird Tale in the Hundred Tales should all be nonexistent before they become Weird Tale, but so far, he has not seen many of the Weird Tale the Hundred Tales that look like humans. At most, they can be said to be "initially humanoid".
"Is it because the Midsummer Night Festival creates a flawed Weird Tale, or does choosing to become a non-human Weird Tale always result in this?" Feng Xue scratched his head and began to recall the Weird Tale of passersby when he challenged the Tower of Babel. However, he quickly gave up on this activity because he then remembered that he had viewed things through a biased lens back then.
"If it's the former, that's fine, but if it's the latter, I'll have to be more careful about choosing non-human Weird Tale in the future." Feng Xue secretly made a note in her Weird Tale -playing manual (no offense intended, just a metaphor), and continued to observe this strange-looking thing.
"Since it didn't stick out its tongue to lick the ceiling, it shouldn't be Tenjōname. The Spirit Cricket should be considered a relatively strong member of the Lost God lineage. Even if it didn't become a cadre, it wouldn't be sent down to do this kind of menial work."
While analyzing the different types of Weird Tale, Feng Xue returned to Baihe Hua's body and began to mobilize her life essence, circulating it along specific paths in her meridians.
"Gurgle..."
A rumbling sound came from Baihe Hua's flat stomach again. The girl's expression turned somewhat helpless, but she still sighed, got up, grabbed a handful from a whole box of Calorie Mate, put it on the coffee table, tore open a small packet, and started eating.
Time passed second by second. Baihe Hua had already eaten three meal replacement biscuits, but the Weird Tale on the ceiling still showed no sign of leaving. Meanwhile, Feng Xue had quietly rubbed a small ball of light and tossed it towards the monster on the ceiling.
The ball of light silently merged into the Weird Tale it, the whole process being incredibly smooth. However, even with this level of efficiency, the Gu Poison Body would most likely still be unable to hatch.
After all, Weird Tale are different from humans. Whether it's the body that resembles protein or the energy within its own body, everything is encapsulated by [consciousness]. Compared to humans who wouldn't even notice if a few hairs were missing, the Weird Tale, which can clearly see the countdown to their lives, have control over their own [consciousness] as precise as Scrooge's knowledge of the amount of gold coins in his vault. And the weaker they are, the more meticulous they need to be, and the more ruthless this control becomes.
If it were someone who had to count down the days, they could be even more precise, down to two decimal places!
Faced with such a host, the Gu Poison Body would likely be detected as soon as it began to hatch.
However, not hatching also has its uses; whether used as a remote-controlled bomb or as a positioning system, it is excellent.
The only drawback...
Well, it might be a bit expensive.
But...
"In order to overthrow the tyranny of the Hundred Tales, we must first make Baihe Hua suffer!"
Will there be any Progenitor Supernatural Tale... regarding Stands...?
This can be discussed together with the previous Kamen Rider Progenitor Supernatural Tale.
In short, these two Hundred Tales, essentially a "collective" rather than a "single".
Just like how each Weird Tale Hundred Tales is different, the same goes for Stands and Kamen Rider; each has its own unique setting.
In short, playing as an individual with an existing, fully-established setting will awaken the Progenitor Supernatural Tale, while creating an original setting within that framework will not.
For example, if the protagonist were to impersonate Star Platinum, The World, or Crazy Diamond, it would indeed be possible to awaken a Progenitor Supernatural Tale. However, since he would be playing a completely original character, not only would no one be able to see the Stand, but even if it were revealed in the future, it would only be a new Stand Weird Tale rather than the awakening of Progenitor Supernatural Tale.
The same applies to Kamen Rider. Each Kamen Rider is independent. If you play Tsukasa Kadoya, you awaken Tsukasa Kadoya. If you play Zi-O, you awaken Grand Zi-O. At most, you might add Oma Zi-O, but there won't be any more connections.
The S-Clash Driver used by the protagonist should have been released several years later, but there is no related setting in this timeline. Moreover, he transforms into the "non-existent" Kamen Rider Orca. Therefore, there is no corresponding Progenitor Supernatural Tale. Instead, he is given the Trait of "the First Kamen Rider" because he was "the first to appear in reality".
The same applies to martial arts. If Feng Xue had played someone like Guo Jing, it would have awakened the Progenitor Supernatural Tale. But he created an original Martial Arts Master, so he himself is the first Weird Tale.