Master of Kaidan
Chapter 299: Please, My Other Self

Chapter 299: Chapter 299: Please, My Other Self

"Success!" Feeling the nurtured formation of another consciousness, Feng Xue finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although splitting consciousness again while already separated was somewhat reckless, it was a necessary action.

After all, just this morning, his "Ambulance Demon" in the real world had been unsealed.

It’s not that other rules weren’t unsealed, but in his state as a consciousness, he could only activate this rule that relied solely on consciousness for descent.

In other words, his body, located in another dimension, could not feel this rule.

At first, Feng Xue was somewhat puzzled by this situation, but he soon figured out the crux of the matter—

Ultimately, the Sealed Golden Chest connected to another dimension did not have the reach of Infinite City.

It was like having an online game client on a PC without internet access, naturally unable to connect to the server.

However, Feng Xue wasn’t too concerned about this; if even Infinite City couldn’t reach it, then there was no need to worry about other issues. Compared to this, the main problem was actually returning to Babylon Tower.

Currently, the only phantoms Feng Xue possessed were a few carefully placed Yu-Gi-Oh cards and a Masked Rider three-piece set, which he could pull out from behind no matter where he was. This bare-bones feeling left him feeling very insecure.

Although his real body didn’t have to worry right now, even if "Identity" couldn’t be transmitted into the Sealed Golden Chest, the "Identity" stored in his body was enough for his real body to consume for decades.

But ultimately, he didn’t like this kind of "compromise."

Although there was no evidence, through the recent spread of poisonous insect bodies, he could sense the general distribution of Kaidan around Chiba Prefecture, making him realize that those supernatural tales seemed to be planning something big.

Not to mention whether Hundred Tales harbored hatred towards him because of the death of the Sea Monk, from a purely interest-driven point of view, no organization would let a Lone Traveler who had killed an important member escape justice, especially not when this Lone Traveler held a powerful weapon that could kill an officer in one strike.

Especially after having used the power of "Articles", if they couldn’t kill him, Hundred Tales’ intimidation ability would drastically decrease. In this critical time that required making an example to establish authority, Feng Xue didn’t think he and Hundred Tales had anything to discuss.

Since he had confirmed he was an enemy, disrupting all the enemy’s plans became a matter of course.

But the problem was, his current strength was too weak. Although the hand-crafted Masked Rider System could allow an ordinary person to reach the level of a Hundred Tales squad captain, defeating an officer with phantoms was almost impossible. Continuously possessing ordinary people and using their physical bodies to fight against Hundred Tales also went against his moral beliefs.

So, there was only one option left!

Take action personally.

But in his current situation without complete equipment, rashly bringing out his real body could easily lead to being targeted; returning as a consciousness was the best choice. However, Feng Xue had not yet tried the experiment of letting a consciousness pass through a door, especially now that his real body was in another dimension and the host was in the real world, which made it quite possible that the consciousness might face disconnection risk.

This led him, in this situation of scarce resources, to once again separate a strand of consciousness, descending upon Rinko. This way, even if the consciousness possessing Yayuka self-destructed due to disconnection, the part in Rinko could still retain some functionality.

Now that the consciousness in Rinko had awakened, spurred by a survival instinct, this substitute consciousness could also begin considering matters of returning.

After all, the unsealing of the door was just his speculation based on "current world rules already being unsealed," and whether it was actually unsealed still needed to be handled on a case-by-case basis.

With that thought in mind, Feng Xue slowly disengaged from Yayuka and entered an invisible state, waiting for the right moment—

That moment wasn’t about the absence of Kaidan surveillance, but rather...

"Ding-dong—"

The doorbell rang, and Yayuka, who was doing her homework, immediately got up and walked to the door. When she saw Rinko standing there, she couldn’t help but be a bit surprised—

"Rinko? What brings you here?"

"I came to do homework with you!" Rinko waved her schoolbag as if it were the most natural thing, but out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at the Kaidan perched on the ceiling, thinking to herself:

"Is it a coincidence that Yayuka’s house has Kaidan?"

Her mind raced with thoughts, but Rinko abandoned the idea of transforming into a Masked Rider and eliminating the adversary right away.

First, her combat skills were still lacking, and second, if the Kaidan, which was initially just monitoring, were to be destroyed, it might actually turn into a "real problem" later on!

"The priority now is to investigate whether Yayuka can see the Kaidan... Or rather, if she knows she’s being monitored! However, with the Kaidan watching, I need to be cautious and cannot reveal that I too can see the Kaidan!"

While Rinko was contemplating, Yayuka heaved a sigh of relief, thankful that she had genuinely not been doing her homework, or else her friend might have spotted some discrepancies.

However, if she got too close to her, would that draw the Kaidan’s attention to Rinko as well? Besides, Rinko was keen on Kaidan. If Yayuka told her about it, this careless buddy would probably get overexcited and ask where the Kaidan was...

Thinking this, Yayuka bit her lip and determined to protect Rinko, and—

"I absolutely can’t let Rinko find out that I can see Kaidan!"

"The plan is going smoothly!" Yayuka, with the Heart of Bright Mirror and Still Water activated, gave a thumbs up to Rinko’s astral spirit, Feng Xue, who was behind her. Rinko’s astral spirit Feng Xue nodded slightly, signaling "Leave it all to me."

The two astral beings completed a round of entrusted tasks without their hosts knowing. Then, the Yayuka’s astral spirit, Feng Xue, now fully operating under Hermit authority, silently moved to the bathroom door and took hold of the handle.

The next moment, the world turned upside down.

...

"Back already?" Looking at the familiar, luxurious bathroom, Feng Xue, now only a bundle of Inner Qi, immediately turned to confirm that the bathroom door was indeed fixed open with a locking device. Relaxing, he then began to check the connection between himself and his original body.

Fortunately, the "Ambulance Demon" descent rules allowed him to maintain contact even when his consciousness was split across multiple worlds. This prevented the Inner Qi’s consciousness from dissipating.

"Good, the worst-case scenario didn’t happen. Next up, it’s time to bring the items over!"

Walking to the dressing room outside the bathroom, Feng Xue pulled out an Abnormal Convenient Wrapping Cloth to pack up all the clothes, leaving only the "Yellow Robe" spread on the ground, and began to doze off.

There was no way around it, as there was a 24-hour cooldown for the door’s use, and since he had already temporarily disconnected from Yayuka, relying solely on a bundle of Inner Qi to maintain consciousness, he had to use every means to reduce his consumption before the cooldown ended...