Chapter 228 Liang, resurrection!
Kawahara felt that Ashihara Ryo had a really rough fate.
Maybe some people have to go through certain things when they are born. Even at this point, he could still die in the river.
But Ashihara Ryo cannot die.
Kawahara brought the person from the backyard to the attic.
Sakaki Aki, who was left in the restaurant on the first floor, was feeling dazed when the voice of the man who had just left suddenly came from the stairwell on the other side of the cafe.
"Ms. Sakaki Aki, I need you to come upstairs for something."
"what?"
Sakaki Aki turned her head and looked towards the stairs in confusion again.
But after Kawahara said that, he returned to the attic without looking back, as if leaving no room for Sakaki Aki to refuse.
Sakaki Aki's expression changed. She gritted her teeth, stood up, walked tentatively to the stairs and looked up.
This is a restaurant full of warmth and life, and the brightly lit wooden staircase does not look like it leads to a scary place.
After thinking about what she had just heard and her purpose, she took a deep breath and walked up.
Shoichi Tsugami, who was behind the bar, naturally heard Kawahara's call. He stared with wide eyes as he watched Sakaki Aki walk up to the second floor, and his little head immediately imagined something incredible.
"We are alone... No way!"
As if he had made up his mind, Sho Tsugami pretended to pack a plate of food and followed him upstairs stealthily.
……
The upstairs is obviously the store’s own living area.
On both sides of the corridor were rooms with closed doors, and at the end there was a small staircase leading to the attic. Sakaki Aki mustered up the courage to walk over.
"that……"
As she spoke, she looked around and saw a pale person lying on the bed.
Sakaki Aki knew this person.
After all, they were just discussing each other's whereabouts, but now, this person was lying silently on the bed with his eyes closed, looking like a corpse.
"what--"
Sakaki Aki was frightened. She screamed and fell to the ground, staring at Awihara Ryo on the bed with wide eyes.
At this time, Shoichi Tsugami came up stealthily. After hearing Aki Sakaki's shout, he immediately rushed into the room with a righteous look.
"Ms. Aki, I'm here! Mr. Kawahara, even if you like Miss Aki, you can't--"
"tie!"
Kawahara hit him on the head with a bang.
This guy is a real headache when he's not serious.
Shoichi Tsugami covered his forehead with his hands, grimacing. When he looked over with a resentful look, he happened to see Ryo Ashihara lying soundlessly on the bed.
"Eh? Mr. Ashihara?!"
Shoichi Tsugami took a few steps forward in surprise, and Awihara Ryo's condition made him quickly realize something, and he immediately shrank back in fright.
"What's wrong, Mr. Ashihara?"
"What do you think?"
Kawahara's eyes approached him dangerously, "Okamura and Ashihara have been missing for two days, and you don't have any news at all. After all, you are their senior, right? Before I left, I specifically asked you to pay attention to not let Ashihara die, but Shoichi, you really disappoint me!"
Being approached step by step, Tsugami Shoichi retreated to the wall with a frightened face, and quickly blocked the fruit tray in front of him: "I'm sorry! But I really don't know what happened!"
Kawahara stared at him silently for a while, then looked away and looked at Sakaki Aki who was even more frightened beside him.
"Ms. Sakaki Aki--" Kawahara spoke.
"No, no, no...it has nothing to do with me. I didn't kill him! I didn't even know he was dead!"
As soon as he opened his mouth, Sakaki Aki hurriedly tried to refuse, fearing that she would be killed to silence her if she was involved in this matter.
Kawahara simply said: "The reason why you are being hunted by Unknown is because of the awakened power of light in your body. Now you have a chance to give up this power. Do you want to give it up?"
"What?" Sakaki Aki was stunned when he heard that.
"I can't let Ashihara die, so I want you to give him the "power of light" in you. Without this power, you won't be hunted by Unknown in the future." Kawahara said calmly.
"..."
Sakaki Aki vaguely understood something. She lowered her head with a flickering look in her eyes, and leaned against the door nervously: "How do I know if what you said is true..."
She was indeed afraid of the death threat from the monsters, but she also had fantasies about powerful forces in her heart.
If possible, Sakaki Aki would rather have the ability to protect herself.
Kawahara narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at her.
Tsugami Shoichi suddenly realized: "So Miss Aki is also a psychic? By the way, Mr. Kawahara, if you want to save Mr. Ashihara, can I use the power of light in you——"
"No!" Kawahara rejected him outright.
"Eh? But..."
"If you make trouble again, get out!"
Kawahara glared at him, Shoichi Tsugami pursed his lips a little aggrieved, and continued to stick to the wall.
Although Shoichi Tsugami is a careless person in every aspect and behaves like a lazy fish, the people who can evolve and control the power of light are precisely those who have pure minds and ask for nothing.
And he is Kamen Rider Agito!
Maybe we will have to rely on him to explode in the final battle against the Black God.
Kawahara looked at Sakaki Aki and said, "I'm not asking for your consent. Anyway, your purpose in coming to us is to seek shelter. So, we can directly remove the power of light in your body. This is the way to solve the problem once and for all."
Sakaki Aki lowered her head with a gloomy expression and remained silent. Kawahara didn't wait for her to answer and directly raised his hand towards her.
If Awihara Ryo was not dead yet, he wouldn't mind giving them enough time to hesitate, but now he was in no mood to deal with it slowly.
As if she had seen his unquestionable attitude, Sakaki Aki quickly nodded: "Okay! I do!"
Although it seemed like no matter what she responded, it wouldn't change the outcome, but if she at least took the initiative, she wouldn't be treated so harshly, right?
Sakaki Aki faced him nervously.
On the back of Kawahara's raised left hand, a pitch-black symbol appeared. It was a "warrior" emblem with four horns.
With the experience of transforming Hajime Aikawa in the Blade world, it is now very easy for Kawahara to extract the "power of light" from Aki Sakaki's body.
However, this seemed to be somewhat painful for Sakaki Aki herself, as if something inside her body was torn apart. She was caught off guard and covered her head and screamed in pain.
"Ms. Aki!"
Shoichi Tsugami was worried and wanted to help, but Aki Sakaki's struggle made it difficult for him to get close.
The dazzling light filled the entire room, and then a ball of white light floated out from Sakaki Aki's abdomen. Kawahara grabbed it and pressed it on Ashihara Ryo.
This power is actually not enough to revive Awihara Ryo.
But Kawahara only used it to replenish Ashihara Ryo's remaining light power.
The real resurrection depends on himself.
Kawahara's gaze fell on his left hand. The Aguru rune on the back of his hand was transformed from the black card of "Power of Creation". At this moment, it emitted a golden light, allowing the silent body of his subordinate to gradually revive.
The pale and gray face of Awihara Ryo began to regain color, and the fingers that were placed weakly on the bed also curled up slightly.
And then the next moment.
He suddenly opened his eyes!
Swah——
Ashihara Ryo sat up in an instant!
The pupils in his wide-open eyes shrank slightly, as if he had been suffocating for a long time, and then he suddenly took a deep breath.
"cold."
A light voice came from the side.
Awihara Ryo, who had a blank look in his eyes, seemed to come back to his senses at this moment. He slowly turned his eyes and focused on the person who made the sound.
Then the man asked him seriously: "Are you awake? Do you still remember what one plus two equals?" Awihara Ryo: "..."
Before Ashihara Ryo could react to the addition and subtraction, he suddenly felt an explosion in his body, just like the prelude to his awakening as a "monster", the kind of torture that tore his bones and tendons and made his flesh boil!
“Ahhhhh——”
Ashihara Ryo suddenly grabbed his chest and struggled in pain, which made Sakaki Aki, who was sitting on the ground, look horrified!
Because this person's entire body is undergoing changes!
The skin on his body was dyed a strange forest green color, and overlapping sharp horns grew out from his forehead. His eyes exuded a creepy blood red, then expanded to occupy half of his face, turning into huge compound eyes like those of an insect.
Gills' beast form replaced Ashihara Ryo, but the changes did not stop there.
As Awihara Ryo screamed in pain, sharp heel claws extended from the joints of his shoulders and limbs. The muscles on Gills' chest split to both sides, and a shining golden cylindrical gem was embedded in the surface of his body.
The gem in the middle of the "Transcendence Factor" belt around his waist also changed from dull green to bright gold.
——The Philosopher’s Stone!
The Philosopher's Stone was finally condensed, which means that Ashihara Ryo has awakened into the complete form of Gills!
The process of biological transformation is painful.
But if you persevere, you will be greeted with a vigorous and powerful new life.
The complete form of Beyond Gills stood in the room, breathing heavily like a wild beast. The hideous and ferocious posture brought a strong visual impact to the two people present!
Only Kawahara's face darkened as he looked at the messy house and the collapsed bed.
"Is that all right?"
He looked at Gills sinisterly.
Ashihara Ryo was silent for a while, and then Gills's posture faded away like ripples on water, and he returned to his human appearance.
But Awihara Ryo still looked at his hands in confusion: "What am I doing..."
Kawahara said expressionlessly: "I gave you the power of light from other superpowers, which made up for the missing power in your body and allowed you to evolve into a complete form that surpasses Gills. - But this is not important. Now tell me how you died."
"……what?"
Before Awihara Ryo could digest the shock of coming back to life, his thoughts froze.
He looked around at everyone present.
In addition to Kawahara, who remained calm, and Shoichi Tsugami, who had a strange look on his face as if he was watching a stage play, there was also a girl in the room who was huddled in the corner with a look of fear on her face.
When Awihara Ryo saw her, his eyes suddenly fixed.
"Sakaki Aki——"
"Wait! Mr. Ashihara, don't tell me that the person who killed you has anything to do with me. I know nothing! I... I just gave you my superpowers!"
As soon as he shouted angrily, Sakaki Aki quickly took the initiative to get rid of the relationship, looking at Kawahara nervously while speaking.
Upon hearing this, Awihara Ryo couldn't help but pause.
Kawahara glanced at Sakaki Aki, and then continued to say to Ashihara Ryo: "Ignore her, tell me what happened to you first."
Ashihara Ryo frowned and said, "Sakaki Aki should have told the others on the Rising Sun about our existence. At that time, I was attacked by a woman who claimed to be a passenger on the Rising Sun. Although I'm not sure if it was the person you mentioned to us at the beginning, the woman said at the time that she was-"
Having said this, Awihara Ryo clenched his fists, and there was a hint of fear in his eyes.
"Angel of Water."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden bang from the side.
When I turned around, I saw Tsugami Sho falling to the ground, looking dazed.
Kawahara glanced at him: "Is the floor slippery?"
Hearing this, Tsugami Sho shook his head and said, "No...it's just...it feels a little weird..."
He widened his eyes in horror and covered his head.
As a survivor of the [Daybreak Incident], Shoichi Tsugami lost all his memories in the storm. Although he was stimulated by his "sister" to remember who he was, he still rejected the things in the storm.
Because he was too scared, he subconsciously didn't want to recall what he had experienced.
After hearing about the existence of the "Angel of Water", some images seemed to flash through his mind, but after a burst of pain, he still couldn't remember anything.
So Shoichi Tsugami returned to normal.
“That sounds amazing!”
Tsugami Shoichi frowned and asked seriously: "So, Mr. Ashihara, you and Ms. Kana were defeated by that angel?"
"Yes, at that time we..."
Awihara Ryo, who agreed with this, was suddenly stunned.
He suddenly remembered something!
He turned around and grabbed Kawahara's arm and said anxiously: "No! Kawahara, we have to find Okamura quickly, she was taken away by humans!"
……
Ashihara Ryo was indeed attacked by the Angel of Water.
But he was attacked alone.
Shortly after Kawahara left this world, Ashihara Ryo learned the whereabouts of his missing father and received a notebook from his dead father that recorded the contact information of the survivors of the "Dawn Incident".
Knowing that those people may awaken super powers, Ashihara Ryo and Okamura Kana decided to visit those people together.
The first person they found was Aki Sakaki.
But Sakaki Aki's attitude was ambiguous, and Ashihara Ryo had little patience, so after dealing with her for a few days, they were ready to contact the second person.
During this period, they teamed up with Shoichi Tsugami to fight two zebra monsters.
Ashihara Ryo's physical defect became more and more serious, and the battle with the Zebra Angel temporarily blocked their plan to contact the second person. Okamura Kana wanted to take him to Kanto Medical University Hospital, but the two of them had an accident on the way back after parting with Tsugami Shoichi.
"Those people used anesthetics when we weren't paying attention and took Okamura directly into a car and left!" Ashihara Ryo said gritting his teeth.
"And you won't just fall down, right?" Kawahara added.
"..."
Those people didn't take Awihara Ryo away.
After all, Ashihara Ryo's power was originally incomplete, and it became even weaker after fighting with the Zebra Angel. He didn't look like a super-powered person who could fight with angels.
Tsugami Shoichi then said guiltily: "I'm sorry, I should have let me take you to the hospital."
"Their target is Okamura, not me." Ashihara Ryo said speechlessly.
"Right……"
"I plan to ask you for help later."
Awihara Ryo rubbed his forehead.
But on the way to find Shoichi Tsugami, he was intercepted by a strange woman. With a gloomy face, she mentioned a bunch of strange things such as Aki Sakaki and Agito, and finally revealed the identity of the Angel of Water.
Ashihara Ryo vaguely understood who she was—the high-ranking angel hidden among the passengers of the Rising Sun!
Not to mention that Kawahara had once told them not to confront Mizunogomi head-on, even Ashihara Ryo himself didn't have the strength to fight anymore, so of course he turned around and ran!
Then his retreat was blocked by the killer whale angel.
So Ashihara Ryo was forced to transform into Gills and start a battle.
As bad as it gets, it was no surprise that Ashihara Ryo was defeated and thrown into the river!
Thinking of this, Awihara Ryo looked at Sakaki Aki with a bad expression.
It is difficult for anyone to feel at peace after dying.
Sakaki pursed his lips and said, "Since you are going to look for the other people on the Dawn one by one, I just told everyone about your existence in advance. As for other things, I really don't know."
After the terrifying experience of encountering the "monster", the survivors of the Dawn decided to comfort each other and keep each other warm.
Therefore, Ashihara Ryo's father has the contact information of all the people, because the other party is also a passenger on the Ryokan.
"The sudden exposure of the Water God at this time should have nothing to do with Sakaki Aki."
Kawahara suddenly whispered something.
Unlike ordinary angels, the six archangels basically act step by step according to God's instructions.
Without the signal from God, even they would not go out to deal with humans at will, just like the God above water in the original trajectory did not go out so quickly, let alone ambush Gills who would die sooner or later.
It was as if he deliberately didn't let Awihara Ryo go to report the news.
Kurokami's strength and decisiveness this time made Kawahara clearly feel the meaning of those words -
"God will not easily compromise with the power of light this time."
...(End of chapter)