Chapter 164: The Dark Hero Makes an Appearance, Second Stage Ghost Hand True Body
At this moment, all the doubts in Kawasaki Saki's heart were finally answered.
Why did her sister like Yoru so much after only meeting him once?
Why did her sister ask her about her opinion of "Mask" so many times?
And the reason her sister chose to call Yoru immediately when discovering the train failure in that incident.
It turns out...
It was like this.
From beginning to end, the hero "Kamen Rider" her sister Keika admired, and the Big Brother she liked to stick to the most, were actually the same person!
Meanwhile.
Those large trucks had already driven to a distance of less than ten meters from Keika standing there.
Their target wasn't actually this little girl blocking the road.
But this huge Ferris wheel in front of them, accommodating dozens of tourists.
An amusement park with such good business naturally had safety insurance for every entertainment facility inside.
However...
The person in charge of the amusement park couldn't have foreseen that several heavy trucks loaded to the brim would crash into the Ferris wheel with full force!
If they really hit, there would be only one consequence.
The Ferris wheel would collapse, and among the tourists riding the Ferris wheel, probably only those at the bottom would have a chance to survive.
The rest would definitely die.
At this critical moment, a touch of burning pitch-black flame caught Keika's eyes.
Other tourists further away saw the originally clear sky suddenly darken.
A pitch-black lightning seemingly falling from the sky landed in front of that little girl.
When they saw clearly, they realized it wasn't lightning at all, but a person wearing a black coat and a pure black mask.
"Big... Kamen Rider!"
Seeing Big Brother transformed into "Mask" appear in front of her, Keika, who was just at a loss with panic in her eyes, instantly relaxed.
In her heart, whether it was "Mask" or Big Brother...
He is the best in the world!
"Wall."
Yoru's left arm, together with the black coat, directly protected the petite Keika into his arms.
His right hand reached forward, softly murmuring a word.
Under the public gaze, a huge black wall appeared out of thin air, blocking in front of those large trucks.
Bang!!!
Several large trucks loaded to the brim, even exceeding the limit, with accelerators pressed to the bottom, crashed into the black wall at an extremely fast speed.
This sudden collision even made the ground of the entire amusement park tremble.
The front of the large trucks deformed and caved in after hitting the hard black wall.
The bundled logs loaded on the vehicles also fell to the ground.
Under such a collision, the several trucks were directly scrapped. The fronts turned into twisted shapes. Needless to say, the drivers sitting inside had been crushed into deformed meat paste.
Scarlet blood dripped down the gaps in the steel onto the broken ground, forming a dark red river.
All tourists watching this scene, as well as Kawasaki Saki sitting in the Ferris wheel, fell silent.
Everyone's gaze was gathered behind that huge black wall.
What happened?
No...
That little girl, and that suddenly appearing mysterious person...
Are they still alive?
Probably... impossible...
Looking at the several large trucks that had become a lump due to the huge impact, and the hard ground cracked under the collision force, everyone felt very heavy in their hearts.
Even if not hit directly, it's like the principle of trenches on a battlefield.
Many soldiers hiding in trenches didn't die from being hit by shrapnel, but were forcibly killed by the shockwave when shells bombarded the cover.
And the collision scale produced by these large trucks full of heavy logs, still running at full speed, was even fiercer than shells.
How could they survive?
"Oil... oil is leaking!"
Sharp-eyed onlookers saw that the previous collision and deformation caused the fuel tanks of the large trucks to break.
A pungent smell of diesel gradually spread in the area.
For large trucks running long distances like this, the capacity of the fuel tank is much larger than that of a simple family car.
The diesel leaking from the fuel tank quickly gathered into a river, mixing with the blood on the ground, exuding the smell of approaching danger.
"Step... step back!"
Among the tourists present, obviously there were some who had witnessed serious traffic accidents. They immediately panicked, pulled their friends, and fled into the distance.
First, it was the fuel tank leaking.
And in the vehicles, there were not only machines but also live electrical circuits.
Just one spark...
Would cause a huge explosion.
Zzzt...
While the tourists were fleeing frantically, wanting to retreat to a safe distance, a spark burst out from a broken wire interface.
Normally, this little spark couldn't cause any waves; even if it hit a person's body, there wouldn't be any painful feeling.
But at this moment, it fulfilled that saying.
A single spark can start a prairie fire.
At this instant, time seemed to slow down a lot.
Kawasaki Saki's pupils shrank slightly, her vision suddenly magnified dozens of times. She could clearly see that dazzling spark slowly falling towards the gasoline on the ground.
No matter how time stretched, ultimately, the spark fell on the gasoline.
Boom!!!
In just a short moment, accompanied by a deafening explosion, a rising sea of fire ignited.
"Come out."
When the dazzling fireball burning as bright as the sun burst out, this voice with an unusually calm tone was clearly audible.
The moment the two words were uttered, those tourists who had already retreated dozens of meters away, with eyes full of fear, shock, and dread, suddenly saw a monster up to six or seven meters tall appear in front of the Ferris wheel.
That monster had no lower body. The upper body looked like a magnified version of a human body. The left side was ink-black, and the right side was pale white, distinctly separated.
Moreover...
It had no head, only an empty neck, the cross-section very smooth.
The moment the monster appeared, it immediately leaned forward, extending both pale and pitch-black arms, making a hugging posture, and at a speed almost invisible to the naked eye, pulled the erupting flames into its embrace.
Bang!!!
The violent explosion sound became much muffled under the cover of the monster's body.
The ground of the entire amusement park trembled for a good while.
Through the gaps covered by the monster's body, tourists saw a dazzlingly bright light, like the sun in the sky falling to the ground.
Although the fragments of the truck explosion were completely enveloped.
The flames produced by the ignited gasoline were like maggots attached to the bones, winding around the body of that headless monster, quickly rising into a burning sea of fire several meters high.
The heatwave from the high-temperature roasting made the air twist.
"That is..."
"That little girl..."
"This time... she won't survive..."
Looking at that burning sea of fire, the tourists in the distance all showed complicated looks.
In such an explosion and high temperature, how could any human survive?
Just as everyone thought this, and Kawasaki Saki in the Ferris wheel also felt despair, they saw a figure wearing black clothes slowly walk out from the sea of fire.
The high-temperature flames seemed to have absolutely no effect on him; even his footsteps were unhurried.
"Disappear."
As Yoru softly murmured these two words, the pale ghost hand... no, now evolved into the second-stage black and white headless entity, its huge body slowly dissipated in the air.
Watching this mysterious person wearing a black coat and a pure black mask walk straight out of the sea of fire, let alone being injured, not even the clothes on him were damaged at all, the tourists were all dumbfounded.
"Th... this guy... is he a monster!?"
"Wait a minute... what was that thing just now?"
"Did I see wrongly?"
"No... I saw it too, a huge black and white headless monster appeared!"
"Wait... this is 'Mask'!"
"'Mask'? The one rumored on the internet?"
"This guy... actually exists!?"
....
Although due to the Kyoto Municipal Kindergarten, the violent gang, and the sudden train failure incidents, the legend about the mysterious person "Mask" had spread on the internet, after all, only a small number of people had heard of it.
Among them, those who truly believed in the existence of "Mask" were even fewer.
After all, Kuchisake-onna (Slit-Mouthed Woman) and Hachishaku-sama also had related urban legends, with richer settings; even their past and present lives, and the reasons why they wandered the streets, were stated clearly.
Could it be that there are really Kuchisake-onna and Hachishaku-sama in this world?
How is that possible.
But until witnessing it with their own eyes, they knew.
"Mask" wasn't just an urban legend.
At this time, Yoru lifted the hem of his coat.
Only to see the petite Keika hanging on him like a koala, well protected by the clothes formed by evil spirit power, without a single trace of burns on her body.
"Alright, come out."
"Mmhmm~"
Keika nodded obediently, came out from Yoru's black coat, and smiled sweetly.
"Thank you, my hero~"
"Mmhmm, go to a safe place and wait."
Yoru patted Keika's small head, smiled and said a sentence, then his figure suddenly disappeared from the venue.
Kawasaki Saki in the Ferris wheel cabin, seeing her sister safe and sound, finally breathed a sigh of relief as if a heavy burden was lifted.
Just now, she had a very strange feeling.
It was as if at the moment the sea of fire rose, someone was whispering something in her ear.
But when she came back to her senses and saw "Mask"... no, saw Yoru-san taking her sister away safely, that faint voice disappeared without a trace.
Was it an illusion?
Or was I so nervous that I had auditory hallucinations?
"Truly dangerous."
Hearing the suddenly appearing smiling voice of Yoru, Kawasaki Saki trembled all over in fright, only then realizing that unknown when, the opponent had already returned to the Ferris wheel cabin.
Moreover, he also closed the door smoothly.
"You... you..."
Kawasaki Saki looked at Yoru's relaxed face, opened her lips. For a moment, she seemed to have a thousand words but didn't know where to start.
Finally, she had only one question.
"Keika... already knew your true identity?"
Unexpectedly for Kawasaki Saki, facing this question, Yoru just shook his head.
"Your words are not quite rigorous."
Kawasaki Saki looked slightly puzzled.
"Where is it not rigorous?"
Yoru smiled and said softly.
"First of all, unlike that sexy double chin in Gotham City, the code name 'Mask' given by the Police Department and those insiders isn't my true identity, it can only be considered... um... a disguise when working part-time."
"Working part-time?"
Hearing this, Kawasaki Saki showed a bitter smile.
"You call this, working part-time?"
"No difference."
Yoru replied nonchalantly.
"Both involve getting paid, and in the process, improving one's own skills. And it's also during spare time, of course it counts as working part-time."
Immediately after, he spoke again.
"So, the word 'true identity' you used is not quite accurate. I am just an ordinary, slightly handsome high school boy."
Kawasaki Saki sighed and complained.
"Your definition of ordinary is really different from mine. You are completely not ordinary at all."
Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished this sentence, Yoru suddenly nodded repeatedly, his tone full of approval.
"Sure enough, as expected of Kawasaki-san, actually able to see through my disguise of pretending to be ordinary? It seems you also discovered, actually I am the Son of Destiny, chosen by heaven, possessing uninhibited aptitude, saving Kyoto city from water and fire, turning the tide when it falls, supporting the collapsing building, Kyoto city's Number One Yellow Butter (Eroge) Shooter, a professional exorcist with no record of defeat, the natural enemy of Shuraba, the destroyer of factional disputes and stock speculation, the King of the Harem...."
"Stop, stop, stop!"
Seeing Yoru speaking more and more outrageously, Kawasaki Saki hurriedly raised her hand to interrupt his spellcasting.
"The first part is fine, but what the hell is Yellow Butter Shooter? Why is there a King of the Harem? What is all this!"
While feeling speechless at Yoru's abstractness, Kawasaki Saki also felt a sense of relief.
As expected.
Yoru is still that Yoru, abstract personality, always saying some very outrageous words.
"Mask"....
Was indeed just an identity disguise of the opponent.
Did this change anything?
No.
Yoru was still that person she was familiar with, who helped her, although always unforgiving with his words, but actually had a very gentle personality.
Thinking of this, Kawasaki Saki suddenly thought of the most important question.
"Then... the internal members you mention every time you hold a meeting..."
Yoru nodded and smiled.
"Correct, those few are all people who know the truth. The specific situation is somewhat complicated."
Kawasaki Saki glanced out the window. Due to the sudden incident, the Ferris wheel had stopped running.
The tourists on it were just left hanging in the sky like this.
"We have plenty of time now; tell me about it."
"Sure."
...
Half an hour later, with the control of the police who rushed to the scene and the assistance of the staff, the passengers trapped on the Ferris wheel finally returned to the ground.
Seeing Kawasaki Saki come out of the cabin, Keika immediately ran up, hugged her, and asked with concern.
"Sister, are you hurt?"
Kawasaki Saki smiled and shook her head, dotingly stroking her sister's head.
"You're the one, aren't you hurt?"
"I'm fine, the righteous Kamen Rider protected me."
Keika, Kyoto city's Number One Solo Fan.
Book: The "Mask" I Push (Oshi).
Yagami Soichiro, who was investigating the scene, inadvertently saw a very familiar face among the passengers coming down from the Ferris wheel, couldn't help walking over and asking curiously.
"Yoru-kun? You are here today too?"
"Chief Yagami."
Yoru nodded slightly, smiled and greeted, pointing to Kawasaki Saki and Keika aside.
"Yeah, with my friend, bringing her sister out to play."
"Friend?"
Looking at Kawasaki Saki's outstanding appearance and tall figure, Yagami Soichiro froze for a moment, then frowned tightly, sighing helplessly, thinking this young man standing in front of him was also a playboy (Sea King).
The daughter of the world-class pianist Touma Youko, and now this girl with a model-like appearance.
Two-timing, right?
Just as Yagami Soichiro thought this, Kawasaki Saki walked over holding her sister's hand, gave him a curious look without asking much, just revealing a gentle smile, a blush appearing on her pretty face, and said softly to Yoru.
"Then... we will go home and wait for you first?"
"Sure."
Yoru responded casually, and then, under Yagami Soichiro's shocked gaze, uttered a sentence that completely caught the opponent off guard.
"If you have any other questions, you can go ask Kazusa, but she might not understand. Anyway, wait until I get back."
"Mmhmm, okay."
After Kawasaki Saki left, Yoru turned his gaze back to Yagami Soichiro. Looking at the dumbfounded expression on the opponent's square face, he chuckled.
"Chief Yagami? Are you ok?"
Yagami Soichiro belatedly came back to his senses, his gaze looking at Yoru already becoming very complicated.
"Um... the Touma student I met last time, also lives at your house?"
"Yeah."
Yoru looked unconcerned and replied with a smile.
"Isn't it summer vacation now? My house is quite big, so I invited a few classmates to stay over."
Yagami Soichiro nodded noncommittally, having only one evaluation in his heart.
Consider yourself awesome.
Good grief, not to mention two-timing, one of them is the daughter of a world-class pianist, let's not talk about that.
The key is, stepping on two boats in the open, and even living under the same roof.
No, do current high school students play this wild?
As for the possibility that it was just pure friendship between Kawasaki Saki and Yoru?
How is that possible.
Yagami Soichiro had been young too.
Pure friendship, a boy and a girl riding a Ferris wheel alone?
Nonsense.
Yagami Soichiro composed himself, looked at Yoru, and asked in a deep voice.
"When the incident happened, you were relatively close. Did you see any suspicious figures?"