In Fuuto: Starting as a Kamen Rider 01

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A barely perceptible look of disgust and weariness flashed in her eyes.

"He is powerful, he is ruthless, and his words are the ironclad rules of the family, which no one dares to disobey."

"I used to think that was the ultimate form of power that could be achieved, a peak that everyone had to look up to."

"But I was wrong."

She spoke those three words slowly and clearly, with a sense of complete awakening.

Her gaze was intense, as if she wanted to see right through Su Chen's soul.

"Your appearance has allowed me to glimpse a completely different possibility."

"A kind of truly free and powerful feeling that I never imagined."

"You are not bound or controlled by any established rules."

"You disregard those so-called traditions and authorities."

"You use your own power to create and define rules that belong exclusively to you."

“You are more domineering, more unfathomable, and more awe-inspiring than my father.”

Her voice trembled slightly with excitement, filled with an almost worshipful fervor.

"That is the true, all-encompassing, absolute power!"

She suddenly bent down.

Her cheek was almost touching Su Chen's earlobe.

Her warm breath, accompanied by her unique orchid-like fragrance, gently brushed past Su Chen's ear, carrying a hint of dangerous provocation.

"What I admire is not worldly love between men and women."

She spoke her heart out clearly and slowly, each word a vow.

"It is not so much an extreme yearning for your absolute power and domineering will, but rather a willing submission."

She pronounced the word "surrender" very lightly, yet with an unmistakable firmness.

"I despise all forms of weakness."

Her tone was filled with undisguised contempt and disdain, chilling to the bone.

"I despise people like Kirihiko, who can't even control their own destiny and are only swayed by their emotions."

Mentioning that name almost made her utterly disgusted.

"I believe that only by uniting with a true strong person like you, only by standing by your side, can I realize my ambitions."

"Only then can I truly feel the meaning and value of my existence."

"Only then can I escape this rotten cage of the Sonozaki family!"

This is an extremely distorted, almost pathological, desire.

This is the manifestation of her admiration for absolute strength, which has been amplified and catalyzed to the extreme.

She didn't aspire to be on par with Su Chen, to be on equal footing; that would be a desecration to her.

She only wished to become an indispensable part of his grand ambitions.

It became the sharpest, most deadly, and most loyal weapon in his hands.

Su Chen listened quietly to her shocking "confession".

His expression remained calm throughout, as still as a bottomless ancient well.

There was no surprise, no emotion, not even the slightest ripple.

It was as if everything she poured out was nothing more than a pre-written script.

He had already conducted a detailed and meticulous profile and analysis of Sonosaki Saeko's personality traits and psychological state through the precise calculations of the super artificial intelligence Ark.

Her personality is composed of...

Driven by her ambition.

Her paranoid tendencies.

Her extreme worship of power.

Everything was exactly as he had predicted and calculated, without the slightest error.

"I understand."

Su Chen slowly stood up from the sofa.

His movements were unhurried, exuding an innate elegance and a sense of control.

He casually picked up the untouched glass of wine in front of her.

That glass of wine stood there quietly from beginning to end, just like her resolute determination.

He gracefully handed the wine glass back to her.

Her fingertips trembled almost imperceptibly at that moment.

Unintentionally, I touched his slightly cool fingertips.

The icy touch sent a chill through her, followed by an even more intense surge of electricity.

"Your 'loyalty'."

Su Chen's voice remained calm, yet it carried an undeniable weight, like a final verdict.

He gave her a long look.

"I accepted."

There were no empty promises of eternal love.

There is no tender affection between parents and children.

This simple promise is as unalterable as a golden rule.

Yet, like an invisible contract, it was quietly formed in the air.

It proclaims the existence of a cold queen of the underworld and an unfathomable technological demon king.

They officially formed a secret alliance that belonged only to the two of them, a alliance that was cold and icy, yet harbored endless dangers and possibilities.

The foundation of this alliance is not trust, but interests, power, and mutual ambition.

At this moment, Sonozaki Saeko willingly becomes the most fatal piece on his chessboard.

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Battle Dolls Dedicated to the Queen

"A verbal alliance is the most fragile thing."

Su Chen's voice was calm, yet carried an undeniable penetrating power, echoing in the spacious office.

He slowly walked to the inner part of the office, where the walls were the same color as the rest of the room, and there was no flaw to be seen.

He pressed a spot lightly, and a hidden button, almost imperceptible, sank in.

"Click."

A soft click of a mechanism unlocking was heard.

Then, the entire wall, the seemingly solid wall, slid silently to one side as if it were a phantom.

Behind the wall was not the expected storage room, but the entrance to a passageway that gleamed with a dark metallic sheen.

A cleverly designed secret elevator awaits quietly.

The elevator's interior exudes a cold, high-tech feel, contrasting sharply with the office's elegant style.

"follow me."

Su Chen turned to the side and made an inviting gesture to Sonozaki Saeko.

"I want to give you a present."

A mysterious smile played at the corners of his lips.

"A gift that will show you my sincerity."

These words, like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, stirred up ripples in Saeko Sonozaki's heart.

Gift.

Sincerity.

These two words, spoken by Su Chen, carried an unusually heavy weight.

Who is Saeko Sonozaki?

She is the eldest daughter of the Sonozaki family, a proud ice queen who has seen all kinds of hypocrisy and is well aware of the essence of exchanging benefits.

But at this moment, she couldn't read any hypocrisy in Su Chen's eyes.

There was only one kind of profound, all-seeing tranquility.

She suppressed the surging doubts and desire to investigate within her.

This man, Su Chen, always manages to easily shatter her perceptions and make her feel an unprecedented sense of uncontrollability.

She nodded slightly, said nothing, and strode forward, following Su Chen into the secret elevator that led to the unknown.

The elevator doors closed silently, isolating the outside world from everything.

A slight feeling of weightlessness came over me as the elevator descended at an extremely fast speed.

It is not the depth of a typical basement.

As Sonosaki Saeko made her own assessment, her heart involuntarily quickened.

She could sense that she was being led to an absolutely secret core area.

Finally, the slight hum of the elevator stopped.

"Ding."

The elevator doors slid open to both sides again.