Master of Kaidan
Chapter 376: No Such Person

Chapter 376: Chapter 376: No Such Person

Looking at Yajima Yurika who had no idea what she had been through, Feng Xue’s expression froze slightly. Then he straightened his posture and flashed a wild smile, saying,

"You still dare to stand in front of me knowing all this?"

"If I don’t, I can’t find out the truth!"

Yurika fluently took the bait but then responded a bit timidly,

"Besides, since you’re already parasitic on me, there’s no point in running, right?"

"That’s true." Feng Xue shrugged, then floated back behind Yurika. As she spun in circles like a dog chasing its tail, he spoke with a smile,

"I’m not teasing you anymore. There are some things I want to ask."

At this point, he paused slightly, then asked seriously with his cloud-and-eye-patterned masked face, "Just a question, how much do you know about your parents’ work?"

"Uh... what? What?!!" Yurika’s emotions suddenly became a bit incoherent, especially when hearing about her parents’ matters; she was even more stunned.

In fact, she wasn’t really interested in the so-called truth. The reason she acted like "I’ve seen through everything" was ultimately to narrow the range of influence.

Over the past half year, she’d witnessed many evil events caused by Kaidan, and the constantly changing Kaidan category at home made her think a lot.

First of all, this high-intensity surveillance was definitely not for her. After all, before "that day," she was no different from an ordinary high school girl. After that day, she had a substitute that allowed her to see Kaidan invisible to ordinary people.

According to common light novel tropes, there were only two possibilities.

One: Kaidan was investigating a Secret Treasure similar to a Saint’s Corpse, and that Secret Treasure was parasitic on her. Her ability to see Kaidan and having a substitute were thanks to that Secret Treasure.

Two: Kaidan was looking for someone or something else, and that person seemed to be hiding near her home. The Kaidan was just lying in wait for that person, and she was merely caught in bad luck.

Either possibility reminded her of that night when the naked man suddenly appeared in her bathroom.

If at first, she merely considered it a Nightmare caused by Kaidan, over time, she had come to confirm everything was real; she just forgot what happened between them for some reason.

Plus, she had already confirmed through the internet that those few coins seemed to be related to a certain assassin organization called "Libra." How could she not figure it out with such a typical light novel opening routine?

In the Eastern Country, Kaidan were antagonists, terrifying entities that brought death, so the likelihood of being pursued by Kaidan was obviously greater if one was a good person.

Of course, she had considered the possibility of a dog-eat-dog scenario as well, but as she mentioned, since she was already parasitized, struggling was meaningless. She might as well ask the necessary questions here while it was relatively secluded, to avoid bringing Danger to others again.

But now, hearing what the other party meant...

"So my parents are really ace assassins in some assassin organization?"

"???" This time it was Feng Xue’s turn to be dumbfounded, wondering how on earth this was connected to ace assassins again.

The person and her substitute just stared wide-eyed at each other until a call interrupted the awkward staring match.

"Yurika! What are you doing here?"

Hoshino Minami’s voice was still full of energy. Seeing her best friend approaching, Yurika’s brow twitched a bit uneasily, looking at Feng Xue. When she saw him hide, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, knowing this guy wouldn’t harm Rinko. She turned to her best friend—

"I’m just wandering around."

"This is not the time for wandering!"

Rinko quickly ran to Yurika, carefully observed her, confirmed there was nothing wrong, and then solemnly said,

"Recently, the actions of the Masked Riders and those Kaidan Hunters from abroad have become more frequent, plus with the Mid-Summer Night Festival approaching, it’s best not to act alone! Otherwise, you could easily get targeted by the Kaidan!"

"Got it." Yurika nodded and walked towards the school building with Rinko, not noticing Rinko’s hand in her pocket clutching a crystal-like card. Using the Kaidan Card, she was observing her own condition.

"Good, no signs of Kaidan, it should be the real Yurika. Recently parasite-type Kaidan have started appearing; if Yurika had also been replaced, I really wouldn’t know what to do..."

Rinko secretly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a bit relieved. Although she was still a bit puzzled why Yurika suddenly appeared in the school’s backyard, considering the slyness of that exchange, it might have been because she received a confession letter?

"Damn, suddenly feeling really annoyed!" Rinko muttered, looking down at her toes, feeling a stuffiness in her chest.

Unfortunately, no matter how upset, a flatboard couldn’t transform into Mount Fuji, so she just resigned herself with a sigh, patrolling the campus with her best friend—

"As the Masked Rider Demon Rider, I’ll definitely protect this school!"

...

The class bell rang, and Yurika returned to her seat, pretending to open her notebook and textbook, and quietly whispered to Feng Xue,

"What do you know about my parents?"

"I know nothing, that’s why it’s strange." Feng Xue’s voice echoed as if inside her skull, making Yurika a bit uncomfortable for a moment, but she steadied her mind, waiting for Feng Xue to continue.

Feng Xue had just collected from Rinko the consultation samples recently gathered by this female rider. Transmitting them back to the main body for later compatibility with the Masked Rider System, he nonchalantly said,

"Your family’s living condition, though not enormously wealthy, should be considered well-off, right?"

"Yes." Yurika nodded. She had long harbored suspicions about it, which was why she even said such a weird response as "ace assassins."

After all, her parents were almost never home, yet there was endless money at the house; this itself was the source of her delusions—

Never mind assassin couples, she had even fantasized whether her parents were some sort of heroes secretly safeguarding world peace.

Well, actually, she fantasized more about them being evil organization executives executing evil plans.

Because, delusions, you know.

Unknown to this, Feng Xue didn’t care about this girl’s delusion problems, and continued,

"In fact, I investigated the entire Eastern Country’s household registration system. Families with the surname Yajima, counting relatives and friends, total less than a hundred people, but among them, there is no trace of your parents, or rather, I can’t find anyone that could be your parents."