"Squeak——!

Parking the car in front of an apartment building, Xia Long checked the address and immediately ran into the building.

"Riko!"

The whole building seemed empty, most of the residents were not at home, and occasionally a few elderly people who took out the garbage looked curiously at Xia Long who was shouting.

"I'm sorry."

After stepping up several stairs in a row, Xia Long appeared in front of the house number marked on the note.

"Riko, are you there?"

The door was not closed, Xia Long squeaked open with a slight push, and suddenly a dull smell came.

Entering the living room in silence, Charon finally found a studio full of paint.

Red, green, black and dark are intertwined, and all the images are full of strange and terrifying atmosphere, most of them are all kinds of perverted xenobiological beasts, as well as the remains of dead corpses, and human fear distorts the face of the ground.

The whole studio depicts an inner world full of fear.

"These ...... Was it all drawn by Riko? ”

Thinking of the time spent painting with Riko at the zoo, Xia Long's face was complicated.

"What the hell is going on?" Looking at the chaotic paint on the floor, as well as the broken group photo frame that fell on the ground under the drawing board, Xia Long muttered.

He finds that he knows too little about Riko, and even if he fuses the memories of the lonely door, he is only limited to dates and phone calls.

"I have to find Riko as soon as possible!"

Glancing at the strange paintings around him again, Xia Long didn't stay long, and immediately turned around and walked out of the room.

"Volt-"

After a while, Xia Long drove to a stop in front of the zoo where Riko often came, and the animals were still leisurely and cute, but Riko's figure was not there.

"Aren't you here too?"

"Didi!" At this moment, Berege's voice sounded, and an emergency dispatch order appeared on the screen.

"It's ...... at this time"

After a pause, Charon closed Bereg, reversed the steering wheel, turned the head of the car and drove towards the base.

Was Riko taken away by Mizorugi?

Driving on the road, Xia Long's thoughts fluctuated.

There are some things that he doesn't want to happen, but they happen, and he seems to feel the irresistible trajectory of fate that hangs over Lonemen.

"Fate can definitely change ......," Xia Long stepped on the accelerator.

"Hum—"

The scenery outside the car window was rapidly receding, and it had begun to connect into blurred lines, but Xia Long continued to accelerate.

Hurry up!

With his hand on the steering wheel, a blurry picture faintly flashed in front of Xia Long's eyes.

Xenobiotics, Riko's family, roars, frightened cries......

"Lizi......" Xia Long forcibly suppressed the pain and anger from the depths of his body.

The vague fragment gave him an unacceptable message that Riko's family had probably been killed by Xenobiotic Beasts half a year ago, and if this was true, then ......

If Riko was killed half a year ago, who is the one who has been accompanying the lonely door?

"Sneer——!"

After driving through a corner, Xia Long's eyebrows suddenly jumped, followed by an extremely strong sense of threat.

"What?"

Reflexively slammed on the brakes, Xia Long turned the steering wheel repeatedly, and the body trembled slightly before slamming into the inside guardrail in a long arc.

"Ahem!" Relieving himself from the violent changes, Xia Long drilled out of the deformed body and looked back, beside the scorched black marks brought by the friction of the two tires, the entire road was missing, and the heat was rising.

"This is ......" Xia Long followed the sense and looked towards the mountain forest, only to see a strange giant lower his arm and look at him.

Faust!

Taking out the Diwaiter gun from the car, Xia Long looked at the dark giant solemnly.

The extremely evil aura, just looking at it from the ground, the sense of oppression faintly made him lose his breath and blood.

"Human," Faust said with contempt, "stop making useless resistance, accept fate, submit to me, and you will have the power of immortality!" ”

"What a joke!"

Xia Long raised his spear, clicked aim, and was about to attack, when he suddenly saw a young figure out of the corner of his eye.

"Himeya?" Xia Long looked carefully, only to see the young man holding a glowing dagger-shaped transformer in his hand, looking at Faust solemnly.

"Get out of here! Faust is the enemy I'm going to deal with! Ji Yazhun turned his head, gritted his teeth and stepped forward to pull out the transformer, and his body was suddenly shrouded in light.

"Khooth!" As the surging brilliance converged, Nexus's silver body appeared in front of Faust, and after blocking Faust's attack, he immediately switched to a red form to expand the Meta Realm.

"Huh, troublemaker!" Faust stopped his attack and calmly watched the Meta Realm unfold, "Do you think this will defeat me?" ”

With a cold snort, Faust smiled evilly and looked at Xia Long on the ground.

"The game is on!"

"What?" Xia Long put down his spear and watched closely as the two huge figures were wrapped in a hemispherical golden energy shield.

This is the field of the expanded Meta, but ......

"Wow!"

Under Xia Long's gaze, the gold suddenly changed to black and red, and the intense crimson light expanded, enveloping him in an instant.

"Dark Realm!" When he reacted, he found that he had appeared in the realm, and a fierce battle between the two giants broke out not far from him.

"Bang!" For humans, it was like the aftermath of the disaster that hit Xia Long's vicinity from time to time, and under the explosion of light bombs, Xia Long even felt a little difficult to breathe.

It was Faust who deliberately directed the attack to his side!

Dodging the blast again, Charon found that Nexus had stopped his attack because he had noticed him.

"Damn!"

Seeing that Nexus was in a difficult situation, Charon immediately switched to Divet's powerful attack mode, aiming at Faust's empty leg and shooting.

"Leave me alone, defeat him first!" Another shot in Faust's leg, and Charon yelled at Nexus.

"Bang!" With Charlon's help, Nexus nodded, and with a single punch sent Faust, who had an unstable center of gravity in the empty door, sending the situation around.

"You guy......" Faust looked at Xia Long angrily in pain, and raised his hand to attack, but was stopped by Nexus.

"Frightened!" In conjunction with Charlon, Nexus punched several times and then kicked Faust away, hitting Faust directly into the shoulder with a flashing blade.

"Uh-"

Unable to avoid the point, Faust snorted and looked at Xia Long with his shoulders covered.

"Click!" Xia Long raised his gun and was about to continue the attack, facing Faust's black eyes, Lizi's weak face suddenly appeared in his mind, and the finger that fired the gun paused, and he couldn't press it down.

"Why ......"

The muzzle of the gun was pointed at the giant, and Xia Long's fingers trembled.

This feeling......

"Humph!" After only a moment's hesitation, Faust took the opportunity to counterattack and wound Nexus, holding Nexus from behind.

"Lizi......" Looking at the smiling dark giant, Xia Long's voice trembled, "You're Lizi, right?" ”

Riko is dead...... I've always been with the lonely door...... Is it actually Faust?

Tightening the spear in his hand, Charon saw the red light on Nexus' chest start to blaze, and reaimed at Faust.

"Riko?"

After a pause, Faust looked at Xia Long in a daze.

"Am I Riko?"

Faust spoke in confusion, his black eyes motionless as he looked at Xia Long on the ground with his gun pointed at him.

"Click!" Suppressing the pain welling up in his heart, Xia Long aimed at the giant tightly, his fingers paused in front of the attack button.

The atmosphere was stalemate for a while, and at the moment when Xia Long decided to shoot, Faust suddenly let go of Nexus and pounced on Xia Long with a movement.

"Bang!" In a hurry, Xia Long dodged and rolled to dodge, and when he raised his gun to fight back, he found that the giant's body was lying above his head, and it shook violently with a muffled sound.

"What's going on?" Xia Long let go of his spear and looked over Faust's body, only to see an alien beast appear in the realm at some point.

"Beep! Beep-" Faust looked at Xia Long in pain as the red light flashed.

"Could it be ......" Xia Long's face changed, and he put down his Diwaiter gun and looked at the giant tightly.

"Lonely Door-kun......" Riko's weak soft voice came, "I'm sorry......"

"Riko!"

Xia Long stepped forward, watching as the xenobiotic pushed the giant away and unleashed its hideous claws, followed by a stream of light sprayed like blood on Faust's back.

"Riko!" Feeling the aura of Faust's sharp decline, Xia Long gritted his teeth and looked at the giant xenobiotic beast that continued to attack him.

The mutated mouse-like form, like the small xenobiotic beast he saw that killed Riko's family, was an enlarged version.

"Xenobiotic!" Lifting Diwait, Xia Long aimed at the xenobiotic beast with a calm face and pressed the fire button.

"Bang ——!"

……

TLT's Fort of Liberty base.

"Failed?"

In the command room of the information operations center, Kira Zeyu stared at the screen.

One of the screens in the center shows all of the information of Kazuki Lonely Gate.

"Some things are predestined," said the boy as if to himself, "and your presence may not be able to prevent it from happening...... Do you want to continue? The world may usher in darkness early because of you. ”

With his hands crossed in his chin, the boy narrowed his eyes: "The future I see is chaos. ”

……

On the side of the winding mountain road, Xia Long silently held Lizi, who was covered in blood, and gently placed it on the ground.

Xenobiotic has been killed by Nexus, but ......

"I still have a lot to say to Gumen...... I don't regret meeting Lonely......"

Riko's eyes were filled with tears, but a gentle smile appeared on her face again.

"A lonely door who works hard to protect others."

"Lizi......" Xia Long pressed tightly on his chest, it hurt, it hurt like never before, more than all the injuries he had suffered in the previous battle.

From the desperate grief of the lonely heart.

"Actually...... I found out a long time ago," Riko said softly with tears in her eyes, "You're not alone......"

"Please, don't let Lone-kun get hurt," Lizi slowly reached out to Xia Long's cheek and said weakly, "Is that okay?" ”

"The lonely door will be fine, and Riko will be fine, because," Xia Long held back tears and squeezed Liko's hand and squeezed out a smile, "Where I came, everyone believes in miracles...... As long as you believe, there must be hope. ”

Gritting his teeth, Xia Long tried to mobilize his energy.

"Khooth!" The phantom of the Evolution Instrument condensed with a little bit of brilliance, constantly trembling, and seemed to collapse at any time, which seemed very useless.

But this glimmer of light is the only hope he has for Riko.

"It's not recovered yet, but it should be enough."

Xia Long carefully stretched the phantom above Lizi, and suddenly a faint brilliance spread on Lizi's body.

Be sure to succeed!

"Whew~" Xia Long let the sweat flow through the corners of his eyes, motionless, nervously waiting for the light to completely envelop Lizi, until he finally took Lizi into a stream of light and poured back to the phantom of the evolution instrument, he was slightly relieved.

"Wow-" As the halo flashed, the Evolutionary Instrument disappeared back into Xia Long's arm.

After entering the system space, Riko will fall into a deep sleep for the time being, but she still needs to find a way to save Riko......

Standing up, Xia Long silently looked at the blood remaining on the leaves on the ground.

"Lonely ......" Ji Yazhun endured the pain and walked to Xia Long's side.

"Mr. Himeya," Xia Long came back to his senses and turned to face the young man, "can you tell me?" What is this light that you are getting? That ruin...... Why do you have dreams like that? ”

Ji Yazhun took out the short gun from his arms, gasped and shook his head: "Your question is also what I want to know, why did I get this power, and what I fought for, I don't know very well, but ......"

After summoning the sarcophagus, Ji Yajun continued, "When I rescued you, I seemed to feel the meaning of this light...... The past cannot be changed, but it may be possible to change the future. ”

"Wow!" After a while, Ji Yazhun was taken away by the sarcophagus in the light, and only Xia Long was left in the woods.

After pausing for a while, Xia Long let out a breath and walked towards the road.

After opening Bereg, Xia Long contacted Kazukura: "Captain, I'm a lonely ......"

……

A few days later, Xia Long walked in the zoo in civilian clothes.

Because of Riko, even though he didn't show any abnormalities, Kazukura deliberately let him rest for a few days considering his condition.

According to Kazukura, it was Xia Long who calmly made people worried.

Xia Long didn't say much about Kazukura's misunderstanding, because the existence of the system space is unknown to the people of this world, and even the hidden darkness probably wouldn't have thought that he might be able to save Riko.

"Family Portrait ......"

Looking at the parents and children coming and going in the park, as well as the animal families who looked leisurely in the enclosure, Xia Long thought of Riko's graduation work again.

Camels, giraffes, lions, elephants, and monkeys are all models for Riko, and Riko has painted beautiful scenes of these animals.

In my memory, Riko even said that she wanted to draw the lonely door into it.

"It will happen, sooner or later."

Xia Long sat on the bench where Riko often painted, took out the amulet made by Riko herself, and nodded gently.

He could feel that the fate line belonging to the Lonely Gate had begun to shift slightly, but this was only the beginning.

"Maybe I came to this world to be alone." Looking at the cute handmade ornaments in his hand, a thought popped into Xia Long's mind.

"Riko!" At this time, there was a sudden shout in my ears.

"Riko, wait a minute!"

Xia Long came back to his senses and looked up, only to see a little girl with a light-colored hat and two braids running over here.

"I'm the first!"

"Don't be in such a hurry, the animals won't run away, Riko."

"Because I have to watch all the animals, it's too late."

is a family of four, parents, and a pair of siblings.

Xia Long smiled and watched the family happily stand in front of the fence and take a group photo.

"Well, I'm sorry," the man said after noticing Xia Long, "Can you help us take a group photo?" ”

"yes, okay." Nodding, Xia Long took the camera to help the family take pictures, "Stand still, laugh, eggplant ......"

The last time I took a photo was when I first arrived in Kobe City.

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome." After the shooting, Xia Long returned the camera to the man.

Seeing the family happily rushing to the next location, Xia Long couldn't help but feel a little envious in his heart.

"Family."

Gumen also has a family, but he has never been in touch, and he has not returned to his hometown to visit.

After picking up his mobile phone and flipping out the address book, Xia Long was hesitating whether to dial or not, and his eyelids suddenly jumped violently.

"Yo, it doesn't look sad at all."

A voice came from behind, Xia Long frowned and looked back, and found that it was a cold young man dressed in black.

"Lonely Door," said the young man as he walked to the bench, the corners of his mouth raised, "I am Mizoro Mumaya, your enemy. (To be continued.) )