The villain knight doesn't want to be a hero

"What!?" Li Teng's heart trembled when he saw Lin Qiao's appearance.

"Platinum of...!"

puff!

Just when he was about to call the Platinum Star, the slender black tentacles that had been buried under the sand suddenly popped out from deep in his wrist.

Like lightning, it pierced Li Teng's body from behind.

Although facing an armor-covered target like NightRogue, it would be difficult to break through the defense with the power of the tentacles, but it would be completely different if the target was a human.

The slender shot directly penetrated Li Teng's spine and came out from the chest.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

The severe pain and despair made Li Teng let out a heart-shaking scream.

Affected by this, the Platinum Star summoned by it also completely collapsed in the air like melted butter.

"I said I'm going to blow your head off with one punch, right?"

It changed from the previous state of lying weak and pretending to be dead.

Lin Qiao's eight eyes glowed with dazzling red light, and she pounced on Li Teng like a spider pounced on its prey.

He pinched his neck with one hand and pressed him firmly to the ground, while the other hand was raised high, with some kind of dark red flame burning extremely violently on it.

When Li Teng realized something, his eyes were full of despair and panic, and he struggled harder... But it was all in vain.

As an ordinary person, he was completely unable to resist Lin Qiao as a Kamen Rider.

"Now it's time to hit the road!"

"Ahhhh...!"

boom--!

The flaming iron fist of destructive energy fell, and Li Teng's screams stopped abruptly.

On the sand dune, a dark red energy group exuding violent power spread instantly.

And when everything disappeared, a huge sand pit appeared in the center of the dune.

The surrounding fine sand continues to fall...but it seems that it will take a while to fill it up, or restore it to its original appearance.

Chapter 19 Sending blessings to artificial humans

[The remaining number of people...one person]

[Congratulations on winning this competition, you will be the official user of the system...]

"Annoying."

Listening to the voices that kept ringing in my head, I felt a little impatient.

The content is nothing more than an introduction to the system and traveling to other worlds to complete tasks. This kind of thing should be written in Chapter 1 of other novels.

[Recovering your body has begun, and restrictions on the range of activities have been lifted]

[Will you return immediately? 】

[If you choose No, you will get one hour of stay time]

"....no."

[Received, the forced return will start in one hour, the timer has started, please be prepared]

After saying this last sentence, the system's voice completely disappeared.

However, just as the system said to restore the body, Lin Qiao's original broken armor was also rapidly recovering, and the fatigue and weakness disappeared.

In just a few seconds, the whole person seemed to have returned to his peak state.

At the same time, the blue light curtain in the distance that had always given him a strong sense of oppression also disappeared.

"Is this... the end?"

He whispered in a low voice that only he could hear.

But there’s really no real sense of it.

He looked at the surrounding terrain, which had become much lower, and where Li Teng had been before, but now there was not even a scrap left.

Lin Qiao sighed and picked up the smoke gun and smoke sword that were left not far away.

Then walked back to A2——

The beautiful white-haired android was already lying quietly on the sand, her joint-locked hands tightly holding the arrow that pierced her core, never letting go.

Even though its owner tried to summon it back, the depth of penetration did not change at all.

“…”

Miracles didn't happen.

The stand-in is the embodiment of the power of the spirit, and also the embodiment of the power of the soul... Do artificial humans made of code and steel really have souls?

Have it?

There's none?

To be honest, Lin Qiao didn't really want to dwell on this issue...nor was she in the mood.

"...System, can I take her away? Or repair it on site?"

[The system space function is not activated, you cannot take away items that exceed half of your body weight or that are larger than 70% of your own volume]

[And the system's repair function can only be used for users or within the system space]

To put it bluntly, it doesn't work.

"....You are such a waste."

He gently picked up A2 from the ground and patted the sand on her body.

Lin Qiao silently pulled the trigger of the smoke gun, and thick smoke instantly enveloped the two of them.

When the smoke dissipated, the two of them had left a dead desert and returned to the ruined city full of greenery.

Because it was the first time to use the teleportation function of the smoke gun, I did not return to the underground shelter where the two of them lived together before.

But that's fine too.

At least that dark, small place wasn't suitable for her, and it wasn't the place she should go.

Holding A2's body, walking in the middle of the road in the ruined city - there was no need to hide, neither he nor A2.

Somewhat confused, not knowing where to go.

The sky above our heads was already covered with dark clouds.

Finally, Lin Qiao stopped under a tree.

He bent down and put down the artificial man holding the empty arrow in his arms, letting it rest naturally against the tree trunk.

Her expression looked so peaceful and peaceful.

Surrounded by a sea of ​​blooming white flowers, it looks white and beautiful - it is a flower called Tears of the Moon.

There seems to be some kind of legend.

But so much time passed that Lin Qiao could no longer remember the content of the game.

Tick-tick-tick-tick-tick...

The light rain began to fall in drizzle. Although the tree crown above the head assumed the function of an umbrella, some raindrops still fell.

Lin Qiao, who had released her transformation, knelt silently in front of the beautiful artificial man and didn't speak for a long time.

There were obviously many things I wanted to say to her...but when it came to my lips, I didn't know what to say.

——But continuing like this is not the answer.

After all, the system only left him an hour.

One hour.....

I obviously wanted to leave this apocalyptic world as soon as possible and didn't want to stay for even a second longer, but at this moment, I felt that an hour was too short.

"...Hey, A2, I win..."

"Although the process was a bit rough and I was beaten a bit badly, I won..."

After being quiet for a while, he said in a low voice.

Having said that, there is no joy in my heart as a winner, but an unusually heavy feeling in my heart.

He couldn't say anything like "I would rather not win, but also want you to live." That was too hypocritical, and it was equivalent to trampling on everything A2 had done for her.

"Actually, I quite like you A2. Although we don't spend much time together, you are usually cold and rude when you speak..."

"But overall, I still like it very much, but if there are some disgusting things, I really can't say it out loud."

Puchi laughed out loud.

Lin Qiao picked a blooming white flower - Tears of the Moon - from her hand and inserted it into the side of A2's hair.

"I've wanted to do this before. Although they are all white, they really suit you."

real.....

But then, I don’t know whether it was raindrops on my face or something else, dripping from the corners of my eyes.

It's useless to say all this.

It's just like after graduating from high school, a classmate who hasn't been in contact for a long time suddenly sends a message saying that he likes the other person - it's so confusing that he doesn't know what to say.

"So if you think about it carefully, I'm really bad. I can only say these boring things at times like this..."

But whether it was a momentary impulse or something else, it no longer matters.

It's too late after all.

And besides that, he really didn't know what to say.

Gently use your fingers to wipe away the raindrops left in the corners of the artificial man's eyes.

Even though new raindrops would fall after a while, he still enjoyed it.

"But to be honest, I am still a little scared now, whether it is the problems I will face in the future or problems related to myself..."

"Maybe one day in the not-too-distant future, my feelings will disappear completely."

In fact, I already have a certain feeling now.

As the previous danger level increased, his feelings were indeed diminishing.

So much so that the sadness he felt now was nothing like the sadness he felt before.

"But, even if one day my emotions will completely disappear, I will completely become a planet devourer without emotions."

"But I still think I'm so lucky to have met you when my relationship was at its most complete."

"I'm really so lucky..."

He was so lucky that he didn't deserve the treatment that he, the unlucky guy who got hit by a car when he went out, deserved.

"Also, I'm really sorry..."

Because of me, you were involved.

He stood up from the ground, and the time left by the system was coming to an end.

clang!

The one-handed sword and giant sword that originally belonged to A2 were inserted into the ground in front of her, making it a simple tombstone.

"Maybe I will encounter other dangers in the future, in other worlds, but I will survive."

"No matter how despicable the means are, I will use all means to survive."

"I will never let anyone else take the life you risked your life to save!"

"absolute!"

Otherwise, I would be so sorry for you if you handed over this life so casually.