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The warehouse is on the first floor.
The air was thick with the pungent smell of gunpowder mixed with death.
The dozen or so elite members of the NEVER forces brought by the Locust Woman couldn't even send out a complete distress signal.
They only saw a flash of purple at the edge of the second-floor platform before their world was completely swallowed up by a golden stream of light that descended from the sky.
That streak of light was Kamen Rider Hiro (Wakana).
She was like the queen bee who ruled over death, patrolling the mortal realm.
Every elegant high-speed dive and every swift, sudden ascent leaves a long-lasting golden trail in the air.
The trajectory was as brilliant as the dawn's first light.
But what it brings is eternal darkness.
Golden light flashed.
A NEVER soldier had just raised his gun, trying to lock onto the target who was so fast that only a blur remained.
The next instant, his pupils suddenly contracted.
The last thing he saw was a toe, gleaming with golden light, that had pierced precisely through the core of his chest.
His strength was instantly drained, and he collapsed to his knees, his life force completely cut off.
In another corner, three soldiers stood back to back, attempting to form a makeshift defensive line.
The gun muzzle spat out futile flames.
Compared to Kamen Rider Shin's supersonic mobility, those flying metal bullets were as slow as dust floating in water.
She didn't even flinch.
Between the trajectories, however, danced a waltz of death.
The golden light flickered three times.
The three bodies collapsed to the ground almost simultaneously.
Her attacks were so fast that even the visual nerves couldn't react effectively.
The weapons that the NEVER soldiers were so proud of looked so primitive and ridiculous in front of her.
That wasn't a weapon at all.
It was just a wooden stick that a child was waving.
Less than sixty seconds.
It didn't even last a minute.
There was not a single enemy standing on the ground.
All the henchmen were easily wiped out by Wakana alone, in a manner that was almost like an artistic performance.
On the metal platform on the second floor, the locust woman's situation was more desperate than death.
She is enduring a crushing blow from the soul level, a blow that is deeper than physical destruction.
Kamen Rider Metsu (Saeko)'s attack had not a single superfluous movement.
Every strike was ruthless.
Every strike was fatal.
The locust woman's once-proud, sturdy carapace was now riddled with holes and scratches that revealed deep bone.
That was the masterpiece left by the scorpion's tail piercing through.
The purple poison had already seeped into her limbs and bones through the wounds, damaging her nervous system.
Her powerful leaping ability, which allowed her to scale skyscrapers, had now become a joke.
With each exertion, the intense pain and numbness deep within her muscles nearly drove her to the brink of collapse.
Each leap was so clumsy and slow, and the landing was even more pathetic.
Her once sharp claws, capable of splitting stone tablets, have now become limp due to muscle paralysis.
The attack it unleashed couldn't even ignite a spark in Kamen Rider Metsubou's armor.
"Why……"
"Why is this happening..."
As the locust woman desperately dodged the ever-present purple phantom, she forced out an incredulous roar from deep within her throat.
Her mind was in complete chaos.
These two women.
The two "young ladies" of the Sonozaki family.
In her past memories, one was a puppet forever hiding in her father's halo, and the other was a naive fool who was obsessed with radio programs.
Aside from their surname, they are good for nothing.
But now, after they put on those cold masks, why do they become so powerful?
So...cold-blooded and ruthless.
"Because you are too weak."
227 Kamen Rider Metsubou's voice, like the Siberian chill, responded to her question without a trace of emotion.
The sound pierced the locust woman's eardrums and struck at her pathetic pride.
“Weakness is itself a kind of original sin.”
What Saeko said was exactly the same sentence that Su Chen had used to describe Ba Niu.
Those words once sent chills down her spine.
And now, she bestows that same tremor, intact, upon the colleague before her who was once arrogant and even dared to mock her.
These words were like an invisible hammer, shattering the locust woman's last psychological defenses.
All her pride and ambition turned to dust at that moment.
All that remains is endless resentment and madness.
"Aaaaaah! I'll fight you to the death!"
She let out a desperate roar, completely abandoning all defense and dodging.
She gathered all the remaining energy in her body, without reservation, into her claws.
The body's shell cracked open with countless fissures due to the excessive surge of energy, from which dark green light spilled out.
Like a maddened beast, she abandoned everything and charged towards Kamen Rider Metsubou.
This was her last and only attack.
It was a desperate, all-or-nothing struggle, a cornered beast's fight.
However, her resolute determination to burn her life seemed utterly ridiculous in Saeko's cold, compound eyes.
That's ridiculous...
Faced with the opponent's chaotic and flawed attack, Kamen Rider Metsubou didn't even take a single step back.
She simply raised her long, slender right leg slowly, with an elegant yet deadly gesture.
A dense, purple, highly toxic energy, like boiling magma, began to gather and compress wildly at her toes, emitting a heart-pounding hum.
Also at the same time.
Above the warehouse dome, Kamen Rider Xun, having dealt with all the henchmen, had his golden compound eyes already locked onto the huge flaw below, completely exposed by his madness.
She didn't hesitate at all.
Its wings flapped suddenly, compressing the air instantly and producing a loud bang.
Her body transformed into a golden arrow that tore through the darkness, descending from the sky with a speed surpassing any previous attack.
The two sisters, one on top and one on the bottom.
One is poised to strike, the other is swooping down.
Their combined attack is about to bring this battle, and this traitor's ambition, to a final and cruel end.
Chapter 96: The Betrayal's End, Sisterhood Blooming in the Wind
The locust hybrid let out its final roar.
The voice was no longer a lofty declaration, but the mournful cry of a dying beast, filled with hysterical madness.
She channeled all the remaining energy in her body into the blades on her arms, and dark green steam spewed from the gaps in her armor. She transformed into a blurry afterimage and resolutely lunged at Sonozaki Saeko.
This was her final counterattack, a desperate gamble to take everyone down with her.
However, the two sisters had already reached a mutual understanding in front of her.
Saeko didn't even look at her younger sister behind her; her entire focus was on the oncoming enemy, her eyes as cold as an abyss.
Just then, a clear and melodious shout pierced the tense atmosphere.
"elder sister!"
In mid-air, Kamen Rider Hiro (Wakana)'s golden wings suddenly spread open, with dazzling electric light flowing from the edges of each wing.
The air around her was instantly ignited.
The air seemed to groan in despair, as if it were about to collapse.
Her speed was pushed to its limit once again in an instant.
The person was no longer a physical entity, but a golden meteor that tore through the darkness.
It started later, but arrived first.
Time seemed to be stretched at this moment.
The hideous face of the locust hybrid, and the sharp blade about to touch Saeko, became incredibly clear in Wakana's vision.