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But Komon did not allow Saijo to do such a thing, and he stood between Saijo Nagi and Riko.
The binding beam of the first generation armor was launched, and the beam that was supposed to hit Lizi was wrapped around the Ace armor. Komon fell straight down.
"What are you doing, Komon! Remember what you promised the captain. I am in command now!"
She was right, Komon did answer that way. But how could he allow others to hurt Lizi?
Binding rays can make the enemy lose their ability to resist, and it also worked on Komon, but he was wearing Ultra Armor after all. Ace Armor was very resistant to binding rays, so Komon broke free after a few seconds and stood up.
"Lonely Gate?"
Lizi, who was originally performing a monologue and turning a blind eye to the Night Raid Team members entering the room, suddenly looked at Ikki Komon.
Their eyes met, and Gu Men only saw confusion in the other person's eyes.
"Why are you here, Gumen?"
Lizi's mind was not very clear, and even her memory seemed to be jumping.
She was having dinner with her family, talking about her graduation project, recent events, and of course Ikki Komon. But suddenly she found that the person they were talking about appeared in the dining room at home.
Lizi was not too surprised, just like when a person is dreaming, even if the scene changes illogically, the person in the dream will not feel abrupt. So Lizi just stood up from the table and stood next to Gumen.
"Let me introduce you. This is the Komon I mentioned. He used to be a member of the rescue team, and he's still working to save people. He's a very good person."
Komon had imagined the scene of Riko introducing herself to her family countless times, but he never thought it would be like this.
The lights in the restaurant were not even on. Lizi introduced herself to the empty dining table seriously, as if her family were sitting in the air.
The scene was so bizarre that even Saijo forgot to speak. Komon swallowed his saliva. He didn't know how to respond. Should he cooperate with Lizi's "acting" or jump out of this "Emperor's New Clothes" game and explain directly to Lizi.
He had a hunch that if he chose the latter, some changes might occur that he would find difficult to bear.
"Komon, don't be fooled by the darkness. False things will never become real even if you indulge in them." Himeya Jun felt a little bit awkward as he looked at Saijo and Komon who were on the verge of a fight.
In this case alone, he thought that Nishijo Nagi's judgment was correct. No matter how you look at it, this 'Saitian Riko' is suspicious enough, and it is not excessive to use binding rays to capture her. But if he puts himself in Komon's shoes, Himeya Jun can understand. If it was Sera standing there at this moment, could he make a calm judgment?
"Saitian Riko is dead, Komon, you've also seen the report."
"But, but there's no body, right?"
The report said that he was missing and judged dead. After all, it was impossible for a corpse to be left behind after being attacked by a monster. All the reports were like this, and it was just Imon deceiving himself.
"What's wrong, Gu Men? You look so bad. Sit down and I'll serve you some soup. You'll feel better after drinking something warm." Lizi said naturally.
They are in different worlds. From Riko's perspective, neither Saijo nor Himeya exist. From the perspective of the Night Raid Team, the family having a happy dinner is just a one-woman show for Saita Riko.
Komon really hoped that was true, and hoped that Lizi and her family were still there. Reason told him that this side was the reality, but if he could choose...
Lights on
In the bright restaurant, Gu Men saw a family sitting there. Li Zi stood up to greet him, his father was a little surprised at his appearance, his mother was surprised but happy, and Li Zi's brother Xiao Long was surprised but kind. It was the scene of his daughter and her boyfriend suddenly coming to the house.
"You can't go that way, Komon!" Himeya shouted.
Energy surged in Nishijo's hands, and she picked up a light wheel formed by an energy arc. The eight-point light wheel of the first generation armor could cut through everything, even the alien beasts could not resist. She threw the light wheel at Saita Riko.
But it was blocked.
Ultra barrier.
The Ace Armor's light-powered defense shield took on the Eight-Point Light Wheel. Komon's affinity for light was even higher than Saijo's, which meant he could better utilize the Ultra Armor's effectiveness.
The Eight-Point Light Wheel that collided head-on with the barrier was deflected after a brief stalemate, broke through the wall of the restaurant and flew out of the apartment, then cut through the neighboring building and flew into the sky to an unknown place.
The noise alarmed Captain Hekura who was on guard downstairs.
"Xijo, what happened? Report the situation!"
"We found Saita Riko and are in a battle." Saijo didn't say anything else, but she glared at Komon fiercely.
"Do you need reinforcements?"
Outside the door, Hiraki and Ishihori are holding Dewey rifles, ready to enter the house at any time.
"Not needed for now." Nishijo Nagi reported and turned off the communicator.
"Ikki Komon, do you know what you are doing? Do you want to defect as well?"
All alien beasts deserve to die, and Nishijo Nagi's hatred for alien beasts goes far beyond the scope of her job responsibilities. If Ikki Komon stood on the side of the alien beasts, she would really attack Komon.
Gu Men didn't know what to do.
When he looked at Lizi, it was a family dinner in a cozy restaurant. Lizi was introducing herself to her family. Lizi's father said he would open a bottle of sake from his collection and have a drink with him. When he looked at Saijo and Himeya, it was a dark room, empty except for Lizi.
Which side is real? Of course he hopes it is Lizi's side, so the distinction between truth and falsehood gradually becomes blurred.
He suddenly felt that the armor on his body was a bit heavy.
He didn't know what changes had happened to himself. The Ace Armor gradually began to reject him and he was no longer as flexible as before.
Komon's stubbornness made Xijo even more angry. She no longer intended to hold back. There was no reason to hold back against the alien beast.
With her hands in a cross shape facing Saita Riko, Nagi Nishijo was going to use the Specium Ray. As for Komon, if he insisted on standing in front of that "alien beast", he deserved to be beaten to death.
But the one who was faster than her was Himeya. Himeya Jun pulled out a strange weapon and shot at Komon before Saijo could.
The weapon fired something similar to a light bullet.
Komon stumbled, but was not injured, but the "warm scene" in front of him disappeared. He returned to the dark room, and Lizi's parents and brother disappeared without a trace.
Even Lizi, who had been looking at him gently and shyly, had her expression disappear from her face, becoming empty and indifferent, just like a doll.
"Gu Men, darkness sometimes disguises itself as light to deceive us. It is indeed difficult to choose between real pain and false happiness, but don't live in illusion."
It is indeed very easy to surrender yourself to the darkness. You don't have to think about the future, revenge, or killing. You just need to vent all your emotions. Being blinded by false happiness and losing yourself will only make you a puppet.
The opposite is to always stick to yourself. When the pain is tormenting your heart, choose to face it instead of running away.
Himeya had experienced this before, and darkness had tempted him. It was the Society that gave him the courage to face reality and fight against the alien beasts, and then Nexus gave him the light.
In the past, Himeya didn't know why Nexus gave him the light. Now he suddenly understood, because many people need the light. He is not the holder of the light, but the transmitter, so that more people can see it. When it is passed from one person to another, the light will not disappear, but will make the original spark become a bright light that spreads across the prairie.
So Himeya also wants to let Komon know the meaning of light. Just like the bond between people, they are tightly connected and will not get lost in the darkness.
"No matter if it's pain or despair, sometimes fate will give up on us at certain times, but at least you can't give up on yourself. You are Ikki Komon, and this can never be changed."
Gu Men gasped, his mind gradually became clear, and he realized what had just happened. Li Zi just stood in the dark, looking at him expressionlessly.
"Why, why does it have to be Lizi?"
"Of course it's because of you."
The voice came from the Night Raid Team's communicator.
The voice was not unfamiliar.
"Staff Officer Kirarasawa?"
The person who was confirmed to have defected just an hour ago had intervened in the night raid team's communication channel. Because he knew too much, the night raid team was defenseless against him.
"Assistant officer, please determine the enemy's position immediately!" Captain Hekura said.
Since they had interfered with the communication, they could of course also trace it in the reverse direction. It was easy for Reiya (Kainar) to do so, and it didn't even take a few seconds.
"Don't bother. If you want to know my location, I can mark it directly for you." Jiliangze said confidently. This was true. He took the initiative to upload his location information, which was exactly the same as the result of Kaina's query.
"This is... the Fortress of Freedom!"
Chapter 542: Dark Puppet Saita Riko
Kiraraze did not run far. He was at the Freedom Fortress, standing high on the huge dam and looking at the reservoir.
The scenery here is nice, surrounded by green mountains and clear waters.
"Assistant, let's dispatch the Night Attack Team Group B and Group C." Togo said.
The night attack team led by Wakura and Mizoroki as deputy captain is the most frequently deployed team on weekdays. They are Group A of the first echelon and are also a permanent elite group.
There are two other reserve teams, which mainly conduct daily training and select outstanding personnel to be promoted to Group A when necessary. After all, Group A frequently faces alien beasts, and casualties in high-intensity battles are inevitable, so they naturally need to be supplemented by reserves.
Now Group A is carrying out a mission, but the enemy suddenly appears and needs to be dispatched urgently. Only the reserve members can be selected.
Kirarazawa Yuu was not nervous at all. He found a concrete block at the dam and sat down. He used the communicator he had stolen from the night raid team before leaving and spoke in the channel as if it were a normal chat.
"Of course it's because of you, Komon, that I chose Saita Riko. It's because your R7 factor concentration is so outrageous."
Before Ikki Komon joined the team, the entire Night Raid Team, including people who had been tested in society for various reasons, had never tested positive for such a high concentration of R7 factor.
That time, when Ikki Komon and Riko's family were attacked and the alien beasts were eliminated, the subsequent memory police force erased everyone's memory. At the same time, the biochemical reaction team also conducted routine inspections on relevant personnel, originally just to prevent infection from alien beast cells.
But I didn't expect to detect an outrageous R7 factor qualified person.
Kirarazawa Yu used his authority to conceal the data, so it did not immediately attract the attention of TLT's top management.
The R7 factor can awaken the Giant of Light, but it can also awaken the Giant of Darkness. The only difference is one's own choice. As long as Ikki Komon falls into darkness, the Dark Giant awakened in him will be extremely terrifying.
"This kind of thing... Just for this kind of thing, you killed Lizi!"
"Such a thing? Gumen, it seems you still don't understand your own worth. The darkness will awaken in you, and you should feel honored to witness the end of this world."
The world will inevitably be destroyed, so what difference does it make whether you die first or later? The Saida family was just liberated earlier than them.
"You are destined to be the executor of darkness, yes..."
Kiraraze was halfway through his speech when he realized that his communication had been disconnected. His communicator had lost the authority to contact the Night Raid Team.
"That's too much, Assistant Officer. You won't even let me finish my speech."
"You've said enough." Ling also kicked him out of the 'group chat' permission in the combat communication, retaining only a single line of contact with herself.
Of course, she would not let Kirasawa wantonly stir up the darkness in Komon's heart. Komon Ikki had fallen into darkness many times in the past timelines she knew. Sometimes he was broken into Mephisto, a puppet of darkness, and sometimes he became Zaki, the mastermind behind the scenes. In the previous timeline that Lingye experienced, he was even the incarnation of the devil Lucifer.
The excessive concentration of R7 factor means that he is a very suitable person, but he could be either a Light Giant or a Dark Giant, the only difference lies in the choice of the person concerned.
This is also the reason why Lingye pulled him into the association very early in this timeline.
But didn't she expect that Lizi would still die? She had clearly arranged the task and asked Goroki to rescue Komon and Lizi's family when they found out they were encountering alien beasts, so why couldn't they be saved?
"Why do you have to do such an extreme thing, Kiraraze, isn't he also a human?"
"Excessive things?" Although they didn't say it to each other's faces, Ling could still imagine his disdainful expression from his tone, "Aren't you the assistant officer who is doing excessive things? Humanity has no hope and is doomed to destruction, so why are you still saying such irresponsible things?"
"This world will definitely be saved? Haha, what's the difference between this and ignoring the wishes of a terminally ill patient who is in great pain and inserting an oxygen tube, and performing CPR even at the risk of crushing his sternum? This is the last resort, can't we be more decent?"
"I have nothing against you, Assistant Officer. But let me be the one to remove the oxygen tube and stop the futile resuscitation."
Kiraraze heard footsteps behind him. Night raiders wearing combat uniforms and holding Deweyt rifles were gathering from all over the dam. He still sat comfortably on the concrete pier, looking into the distance, letting the guns point at him.