Like a Meteor Streaking Across the Night

Finally, the survivors enshrined the belt, erecting a monument and setting up a shrine in its honor. The demon that killed the knight never appeared near the village again, though tales of its reappearance in other places could still be heard occasionally—but that's another story...

As a story clearly targeting Kamen Rider came to an end, the candlelight before the Weird Tale flickered violently, the Tag began to crumble, and the flame grew weaker.

Finally, amidst a crackling sound, the Supernatural Tale Fire, bearing only a few Tag befitting the storyteller, slowly detached from the candlestick and landed on the storyteller.

His body writhed, a pair of bony horns pierced his forehead, and his once well-proportioned body began to swell, his abdomen bulging and his fangs protruding, making him look exactly like the evil spirit in the story.

As he placed the extinguished candlestick back on the tatami mat, an image of a demon appeared on the north wall, as if slowly drawn by someone, on the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons Picture.

"I see. Essentially, it's about fusing the Supernatural Tale Fire other Weird Tale to create new Weird Tale. Although it still involves the Progenitor Supernatural Tale, its power can be gradually increased, and it will be ranked in the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons Picture. Even if the Main Body dies, as long as someone tells the story again, the Weird Tale can be inherited. The strange image of the Weird Tale is also to fit the Tag in those Supernatural Tale Fire?"

Feng Xue observed each story but did not take any action, because although these Weird Tale were about Kamen Rider, they were not enough to warrant him taking any risks.

As the image of the demon fully appeared, a new candlestick suddenly lit up in front of him. Within the flames on that candlestick were rather appealing Trait such as [greed], [plunder], [evil], and [hero].

And that being was clearly very satisfied with the Trait for this flame, a confident smile on its face, as it searched its memory for a suitable story—

"Kamen Rider Kamen Rider Feiqian is one of countless Kamen Rider. He is not one of those maverick legendary riders, nor does he have a cool look. He is just a middle-aged man who accidentally obtained the power of Kamen Rider."

"Kamen Rider are such powerful beings, with physical abilities far exceeding those of ordinary people, all sorts of superpowers, and they can even defeat Weird Tale and become heroes of humanity."

"At first, Kamen Rider Feiqian was very enthusiastic about this knight game, but as time went on, he found that defeating the Weird Tale did not bring him any benefits. The people he saved did not reward him, and the time he spent defeating the Weird Tale made him reprimanded by his superiors."

"And so, he fell from grace. He began to use the power of Kamen Rider for evil purposes. From that moment on, he was no longer Kamen Rider, but a monster known as 'Alien'."

"But Kamen Rider Feiqian didn't care about that. He gained wealth through his power and lived a better life. However, his actions also attracted the attention of other Kamen Rider."

"Finally..."

Listening to the dignified yet useless, classic announcer's voice, as if telling a midnight story, about an "Mutant Knight," Feng Xue basically guessed the direction of the story. Compared to the previous ones, this Weird Tale with the clear characteristic of "mutated from Kamen Rider" was obviously more aggressive and targeted.

So he decided not to wait any longer.

[Difficult to understand] power, activated again.

As the power was activated, Wu Na, who was telling the story, suddenly stopped speaking fluently. However, this sudden panic did not stop him from speaking.

For today, they have made countless preparations based on the possible Trait that might appear in the corresponding sub-venues, and have memorized hundreds of scripts.

Even though he suddenly couldn't understand the meaning of the story at this moment, he still maintained a normal speaking speed thanks to his previous rote memorization.

However, the originally immersive broadcasting style has become somewhat less emotional, giving it an awkward, AI-like feel, as if the speaker is reading aloud.

As the slightly harsh tone spread, the Hundred Tales executives who had been quietly watching the meeting immediately noticed something was wrong. After a brief commotion, many eyes turned to Feng Xue.

However, the first thing that Feng Xue found difficult to understand was the one he attributed to himself, so these Weird Tale simply couldn't explain when or how he activated his powers.

Without evidence, they couldn't determine if there was any clear betrayal and were bound by the power of the Phantom Object. Even though they were 98% certain that this sudden anomaly was related to Feng Xue, and even though they were willing to kill the innocent rather than let the guilty go free, no one made a move.

Even the Horned Youth who recruited him couldn't make a move.

Because the ability to Choice Cane is such that "members not higher than that level cannot take hostile actions," those of the same level cannot either.

Therefore, in the entire venue, only the legendary leader at the very top of the Hundred Tales was capable of breaking through the shackles of this Phantom Object and launching an attack on Feng Xue.

However, the mysterious leader didn't seem to be present, or perhaps... the other party didn't intend to make a move.

"Is it because you're worried that the Phantom Object might have some other properties? Or is it to guard against other hostile forces?"

Feng Xue secretly speculated in her heart, but paid no attention to those murderous gazes. She calmly maintained her [incomprehensible] power and then distracted herself by browsing various live streams.

Just as he was focusing on the evacuation of the people from Dongyan, three Weird Tale emerged from among the Hundred Tales officers who had been watching.

One of them was covered in black hair, with only one eerie eye showing. Another looked like a monk but had no hands or feet and could only move by his two large earlobes. As for the last one, he looked like a hunched and thin old man, but his shriveled chest was heaving violently, emitting a series of piercing heartbeats.

The black-haired monster reached out and covered the earlobe monk's forehead with its other hand, while placing its other hand on the gaunt old man's chest.

The next moment, the dry recitation became full of emotion again, and the story that was incomprehensible before suddenly became clear.

Startled, Feng Xue immediately withdrew the incomprehensible explanation and then concealed his power using his Hermit Authority. As his gaze swept across the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons Picture, he quickly located the names of the three Weird Tale—

Enlightenment, mind, awareness.

A monster transformed from a child who possessed great wisdom but was abandoned in the mountains due to a congenital disability.

A monster capable of manipulating people's hearts and imposing its own will on others.

A monster capable of seeing through thoughts and revealing them.

"It seems like Hundred Tales has done a lot of preparation for this ceremony. They've even come up with this kind of unconventional combination that forces people to understand the story. It seems like it'll be a bit troublesome to do things secretly!"

With the story of the Mutant Knight who could steal the power of Kamen Rider and create more of their kind reaching its midpoint, Feng Xue finally made her decision.

Although nothing appeared to have changed on the surface, a shooting star streaked across the night sky thousands of meters above.