Chapter Forty-Eight: Sometimes, All It Takes Is a Bad Day

Kill the alien Faiz again, after saying goodbye to Woz, Kewen also returned to his office, he was still maintaining his demeanor in front of Wolds just now, and at this moment he collapsed on the chair as if he had lost his strength, and put the apple Faiz eroded by the alien Faiz on the table, looking at the two conspicuous rust stains on it, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. By constantly fighting, until you can exchange it with the power of the knight in your body?

I have to say that this trick is subtle and makes Ke Wen speechless, unlike any conspiracy he played before, it is a conspiracy. Even if you know that there will be problems, you must act on it. If the alien knight makes trouble, he must move, because of its particularity, only he can kill it completely, but every time he kills, the alien knight will erode his knight's power and constantly transform.

Until the end, he became an alien knight, and the other party became his own appearance, enjoying flowers and applause, and properly killing people. In this regard, Ke Wen has no way, the particularity of the alien knight can only allow Ke Wen to use the power of the corresponding knight to fight, and other knights can't even cause damage, this particularity makes Ke Wenming know that it is a trap, and he has to get it, not to mention, ignoring the help he needs in front of him has never been something he will do.

"Replace me, be me, and then crush my soul? Come on, you play a game of chess with people's hearts, then I will play with you with people's hearts, win or lose, it's up to us how we play, Dr. Manhattan. ”

Thinking back to the idea of the Superhero Foundation that Carla came to talk to him about before, Kewen also had some thoughts in his heart, since they are all playing chess, let's make a big one, he wants to see how Dr. Manhattan, who created the alien knight, will deal with it. But at this time, Kewen still didn't understand that when he thought that Dr. Manhattan was behind the creation of alien knights, Dr. Manhattan was just helping, and his opponent was someone else.

Ke Wen, who didn't know it, also picked up the phone and dialed the office of the consortium B Comic Company in New York.

On the other side, Steppenwolf, the new god of the Apocalypse Star who led the birth of the alien knights, was also sitting in the secret room that belonged to their Apocalypse Star, watching the Apocalypse Star Mother Box engraved with ten knight logos float in the air again, and the logo belonging to Faiz lit up, and at the same time, the alien Faiz, who had been jointly killed by Kewen and Woz, was conceived from the mother box again. And just as Woz had thought, the ugly spikes on the alien Faiz were erased, and the folded armor became smoother.

It's just that after this rebirth, the alien Faiz also let out a painful howl, and then he half-knelt on the ground, his hands on the ground, and the armor on his body squirmed like a creature, slowly disappearing, revealing the appearance before becoming an alien knight. William Munn, the middle-aged man who tried to be a hero in the Metropolis, was chosen by the mother box after his death and transformed into the alien Faiz, becoming a puppet of Steppenwolf, and at this moment, he was half-kneeling on the ground, beads of sweat the size of beans dripping from his forehead, looking at the man sitting there, his eyes were full of horror.

"What did you do to me!" The middle-aged man who came back from the dead questioned Steppenwolf.

Because at this time, there are three memories in his blank mind, one is the memory of being shot, and the other two are the memories of being killed by Kewen alone, and the one who was killed by Kewen and Wads together just now. That feeling of losing one's life, it's like a nightmare, everything is lost, no one cares about themselves, and there is absolute darkness that you don't even perceive.

"Yo? You've regained consciousness? It's really interesting, the power of this Kamen Rider. ”

Steppenwolf looked at William, who was glaring at him at this time, and he was also interested, he still didn't seem to know enough about himself, the power of Kamen Rider, the test subject.

"I say, what the hell have you done to me!"

For the Steppenwolf who ignored him, William shouted angrily again, and the transformation that had been lifted just now was also because William's excited emotions at this time once again turned into tentacles that extended out of his body and wrapped him.

【Faiz! 】

"Are you going to make a move on me? Interesting! ”

Putting down the swaying red wine glass in his hand, Steppenwolf also stood up and engaged in a one-sided assault with Faiz, an angry and transformed alien. In just a few minutes, the alien knight who had eroded part of Cowen's Faiz power was disarmed and transformed by Steppenwolf, lying on the ground with his mouth open and his eyes closed, unable to get up again, and was unilaterally crushed by Steppenwolf, William was also honest, lying on the ground, waiting for Steppenwolf to give him an answer.

"Well, obedient?" Looking at William, who was beaten honestly by himself, Steppenwolf shook his hand, and then continued: "Just like you see in your mind, you died, I saved you and made you a hero, I think you should still have memories in your head, no thanks." ”

Steppenwolf's words reminded William of the first time he died, saving the little girl, and then turning the guys who took his life into a pile of sand. At this time, he realized that he had killed someone, and that feeling of being above others and depriving others of their lives at will was really addictive, and at the same time as killing people, he could also feel that something in himself was replenished.

But at this moment, William did not feel happy, he looked at the face in the glass, that plain face, but reflected his own face as an alien Faiz, ugly and hideous.

"You call it a hero?!"

"Of course, kid, what's your name?"

"William."

Steppenwolf, who had received the answer, also crouched down and looked at the mirror with William. "I know what you're thinking, you think it's ugly, but William, before the butterfly became a butterfly, it was also an ugly caterpillar, the process of beauty is never smooth, you need to transform, and this transformation requires you to keep fighting Kamen Rider, keep dying, and keep being reborn, and finally, you will become Kamen Rider, a hero admired by all."

"Fighting Kamen Rider? Why! ”

"Because your strength comes from Him, and with Him, you will always be ugly, and no matter how many people you have saved, you will not be praised. Think about it, William, what happened to the little girl you saved? Well? ”

Steppenwolf's words echoed in his ears like a demon's whisper, and the middle-aged man named William remembered the memory that he had tampered with. The little girl who was saved by herself, watching herself slaughter this group of criminals, there was only fear in her eyes, and the words she shouted in her mouth were monsters, not heroes, the police who came, and the girl's parents, also protected the little girl behind her, glaring at herself.

The policeman took out his pistol and kept asking him to raise his hand and lie on the ground, no one listened to his explanation, only cold guns and ugly words. Therefore, he was furious, and he killed all the people who misunderstood him and even wanted to arrest him, including the little girl who had just been rescued by himself, and turned into dust in front of him.

"No, it's not me, I didn't kill anyone, it's you, everything is your fault!"

Looking at his hands, the middle-aged man collapsed, pointing to the Steppenwolf standing behind him, as if he had found a cathartic channel, and threw these memories that came to his mind, those murders he committed, to him. It's just that he only sees indifference and ridicule in the eyes of Steppenwolf, mocking his own shirk and evasion.

"Oh, I'd love to admit it, but kid, from beginning to end, I have only done one thing, which is to respond to your request and bring you back to life, and the rest, is your own personal will in action. In addition, whether you agree or not, you don't have a choice. ”

"Why!"

"Look at your hands, you don't think that the resurrection has no price, do you?"

Looking down, William also saw a little dust falling on his hands, just like the people he had killed.

"Ahhh What's going on! What did you do to my body! ”

The sand that fell from his hands made William feel the fear of death again, and tried to pick up the sand scattered from his hands and put it back into his body, but it was just sand and had no effect.

"As I said, I just responded to your request and brought you back to life. As for the condition of your body, to put it simply, you are a bucket with holes, and the life energy that resurrects you is only enough to last you for a while, and when the time comes, you have to absorb the life energy of others to replenish it, otherwise, you will become a cloud of sand like the person you killed.

Of course, there is also a one-and-done solution, which is what I said, replacing Kamen Rider and making him become you, including the side effects on you. Think about it, William, you only need to sacrifice some people, you can become a superhero in your mind, flowers, applause, the girls you like, will appear next to you, and there is only one thing you have to do, fight with Kamen Rider, now, tell me, your choice, William. ”

Standing there, the condescending Steppenwolf looked at the middle-aged man who had been completely defeated by his own psychological defense, waiting for his answer, a puppet who only knew how to carry out orders, and a warrior with a clear purpose, but there was a world of difference. Moreover, he also wants to see what choice a person who wants to be a superhero will make in the end.

Kneeling on the ground, William Munn, the middle-aged man who had always been ordinary, faltered. He began to recall his life like a marquee, when he was a child, a little transparent in a class, and when he grew up, he was a middle-aged man who did nothing, and the decadence of day after day made him a greasy uncle, looking at the well-dressed life of his peers around him, and the applause of flowers and flowers harvested by those superheroes, he always thought about a question in his heart: Why not me?

Then there was the Yamojo crisis, he was infected, he was cured, he had superpowers, he felt like he could be a hero. Then, there was a shooting, a resurrection, a vicious speech and threat, and he wondered: Why me? Obviously, he has the same superpowers, he can help others, why does he have to die, why does he have to be targeted, since he can't be the superhero he wants, then, as Steppenwolf said, replace a superhero!

Thinking of this, he laughed, he laughed maniacally!

"Hahaha! In that case, there's only one answer, and I'm Kamen Rider! Transform! ”

【Faiz! 】

Countless tentacles stretched out from his body, wrapping and wrapping William in the form of an alien Faiz again. But William, who transformed into the alien Faiz again, has an inexplicable majesty, which makes Steppenwolf feel the danger, so he also laughs.

"Aha! So, humans are really interesting creatures, so let's go hunting, Faiz, and become a Kamen Rider! ”

Nodding to Steppenwolf, in the two battles with Kewen, he eroded part of Kewen's Faiz power, and also left the secret room in an accelerated state, but unlike before, the impact of the physical acceleration explosion on the surrounding environment, this time the alien Faiz, only speed. Such a performance made Steppenwolf continue to laugh loudly, looking at the image of Ke Wen on the screen, and said slowly.

"So, what should you do, Kamen Rider, Kewen~"