blogombal Chapter 71: I transform with Sugar Man cells, so who would dare say I'm not a Kamen Rider?
Chapter 71: I transform with Sugar Man cells, so who would dare say I'm not a Kamen Rider?
"Welcome everyone to Samurai Helmet Kid's offline tasting event—"
Upon seeing someone enter, the samurai-armored young man on the screen spoke up, his voice clearly altered by a voice changer, carrying an exaggerated enthusiasm for business: "Today we've prepared tons of super delicious limited-edition desserts for everyone, please enjoy them to your heart's content—"
"Huh? Is there only one customer? Where are the other taste testers?"
But soon, Samurai Helmet also noticed something was wrong. His terminal showed that all the guests had checked in and entered, but in the huge villa hall, long tables covered with white tablecloths were lined up and desserts were laid out in full, but only one guest was standing alone in the center.
Where did those who were invited go?
"Of course, it's because all the guests are me."
Shen Yi answered casually, his gaze lazily sweeping around the villa. The Red Queen had intercepted all the guests' verification URLs long ago, unlike the original plot where those unlucky guys were delivered to her door.
Honestly, it's just that the Sugar People don't understand human society enough. If the Strommark family knew how to use hostages as leverage, they could have forced Sakura to surrender long ago by turning those innocent humans into acrylic sheets.
Not surrendering?
Just like the master of tripping!
For example, Gabe's junior, the masked hero Sleepy, was threatened in this way, which led to the ZZZ Mewtwo Driver being banned.
"Found it, Boss."
Just then, the Red Queen projected a 3D structural diagram onto Shen Yi's glasses, clearly marking the location of the bedrooms inside the villa.
"Transformation."
Without wasting words, Shen Yi placed the bracelet on his waist, and the phantom of the dragon head belt flashed on his waist. The pure white, exquisite Heavenly Dragon Armor instantly covered his entire body, and the crimson armor lit up in turn at the shoulders, chest, and knees.
Lightning Kick!
He slammed his right foot into the ground, golden electricity exploding beneath his foot, and his entire body transformed into a blur as he crashed straight into the bedroom wall.
boom!
He kicked the wall down, and amidst the flying debris, a figure sitting in front of a computer was clearly visible.
It was a sugar man, dark brown all over, with huge rhinoceros beetle-like horns on his head, his body covered with hard, carapace-like skin, and several pairs of wings on his back. At first glance, it looked as if a giant rhinoceros beetle was perched on his head, and his abdomen was, of course, the sugar man's signature ferocious belly.
"you--"
Before the other person could even utter a word, Shen Yi's leg, crackling with electricity, had already struck him squarely in the chest. The rhinoceros beetle Sugar Man was sent flying, smashing through a pile of computer equipment and sending sparks flying.
"Damn it, are you that new Sugar Man Hunter?"
The sugar man named Rupert struggled to his feet, a noticeable dent appearing on his carapace, from which a dark, viscous liquid slowly seeped.
"It seems the Stormac family has already noticed me?"
Shen Yi raised an eyebrow.
Despite their ferocious appearance and savage-like nature, the Sugar People's social system, in terms of technology and combat power, far surpasses that of humans. It's just that the lower-class Sugar People are more like free farmers in the Middle Ages.
For example, these temporary workers dispatched to the human world maintain contact with the Stormmark family through a special communicator. They can only exchange dark snacks with the Stormmark family each time they capture a human. This is how they got their nickname "Sugar Man Hunters".
Moreover, since Kenzo Suga had already collaborated with Nieluub Strommark, the second brother of the real Suga, it was only natural that Shen Yi would be targeted by the Strommark family after Suga's death.
"Of course, I've heard you're very capable."
Rupert Pitt is clearly not a fool for thinking of stealing accounts to lure netizens, and even thoughtfully preparing food for them.
He clutched the dent in his chest, panting as he backed away, assuming a posture ready to fight back to the death. Then—he turned, smashed through the window behind him, and took flight.
Poison Ivy!
But Shen Yi was faster. He slammed his hands down on the ground, and emerald green wood-based magical energy surged wildly from his palms. Instantly, countless thick vines burst forth from the ground outside the villa, coiling around Ru Peter's hands, feet, and torso like living snakes, pulling him violently down from the sky.
Click!
The vines were suddenly torn apart. Rupert tried to struggle, but found the severed vines oozing a faint purple glow, clinging stickily to his body. The toxins rapidly seeped into his body, instantly slowing his movements. His legs buckled, and his massive frame crashed to the ground.
The vines wrapped around Rupert Pitt, slowly tightening and enveloping him in a giant human cocoon. Shen Yi lifted the vine bundle with one hand, and the Wings of Wind suddenly unfolded behind him, sending him flying out of the villa and speeding towards the research institute.
"Who is this guy?"
As the research institute's doors slid open to the sides, Haiyue 9, who was temporarily staying there, had just found a few stones she liked and was about to start eating when she saw the vine cocoon that Shen Yi was dragging in her hand, and the sugar figure wrapped inside. She was filled with questions.
"A temporary worker."
Shen Yi dragged Ru Peter into the laboratory and secured him to the lab table before removing the vines and armor from his body. He looked at Haiyue 9, who had followed him in, and raised an eyebrow. "You might find the scene that follows a little unsettling. I advise you not to watch."
"What do you mean?"
Haiyue9 frowned, feeling that she had been underestimated.
"What I mean is, I want to dissect this guy and then piece him together into something like a creature that's full of life."
Although Haiyue 9 is different from the other sugar people in the Stormmark family and has no ill will towards humans, he is still a sugar person after all. From his perspective, what Shen Yi is about to do is equivalent to transforming a human into a dog—undoubtedly, this is an extremely low SAN value thing to do.
This was one of the reasons he had previously persuaded Haiyue 9 to go to school. After all, Shen Yi wasn't some kind of demon and didn't want Haiyue 9 to witness her kind being transformed into something else.
In the early stages of the Origami Warriors story, the warriors' transformation was not based on their stunning battle suits, but rather on the direct fusion of spirit cells with their bodies to obtain the power of the spirits.
The advantage of this system is that after fusion, the warriors possess the power and reflexes of the elves, and even their combat consciousness is integrated into it. However, the disadvantage is that the elf cells will gradually erode the host's brain, leading to irreversible bestialization.
Of course, this fusion can be interrupted later on, and the elf cells can be forcibly extracted from the host's body and turn back into elves. However, in that case, the origami warrior will no longer be able to transform.
That is why the ancient dragon race developed exquisite battle armor, allowing humans to cast spells using their own power.
But now, Shen Yi plans to do the opposite!
He wants to integrate Kenzo Ayaga's technology with the Origami Warriors' spirit technology, and build a "cut-off switch" in the transformation system—allowing the spirit cells to fuse with the user only during transformation.
Once the transformation is canceled, the spirit cells will be automatically extracted from the host's body and reassemble into an independent spirit form.
When I transform, I come with Sugar Man cells. Who would dare say I'm not a Kamen Rider?
In short, this transformation system is somewhat similar to the Bat Belt from the Kamen Rider Luna series, except that it doesn't provide the power of a Demon Emperor, but rather the power of Sugar Man.
"Is that so..."
However, Haiyue9 is clearly very receptive, saying that it's nothing.
This may be because the Sugar People themselves lack a strong sense of kinship. After all, even among the Sugar People, there are those who can create familiars and those who cannot. It's hard to say that the reason why Izanagi was modified by his uncle was because he himself could not create familiars.