Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger

4.5 Monster Challenge

"Are you sure we should be here, Tennouji-san? We could watch the battle from the lab, you know," Kanako said to Helen as they reached the rooftop of the tallest building near the racing stadium where the Tarean attack was currently happening.

But Helen didn't say anything for a while and Kanako understood the reason why. The said Vessel Support followed the direction where Helen was looking. She was surprised to see the number of victims even from her position.

"Something tells me that one of the Seitengers is about to gain something important from their battle with this Triske Monster," Helen said softly as she faced Kanako.

"What exactly is your purpose in coming to the Mizuhashi mansion?" Kanako bluntly questioned the girl who only eyed her blankly. "You seem to know a lot about the Tareans and the Vessels. It also appears that you're not just a normal Vessel Support to me if you are one."

Moments later, Helen just smiled that caught Kanako off-guard for a little while before she eyed the stadium once more. "I guess I do give off a suspicious impression to most of you, huh?"

"Well, you can't help it if it was like that. You suddenly appeared to Erika-chan when you haven't even communicated with her for the past years since you two separated."

"You're wrong on that part," Helen immediately reacted. "Erika and I were communicating even after the fire. She was the one who first reached out to me, especially when Hideoki-san decided to take them in and raise them as his children."

"Then... why didn't you appear to her if it was like that?"

Helen sighed and looked at the sky for a short while. But even from there, Kanako couldn't help noticing the girl's eyes seemed to have a deep sadness lingering in them.

"I have a different mission, one that keeps me away from home and from my friends most of the time." Soon after, Helen changed the subject of the conversation. "Though the Seitengers are indeed progressing, the worst has yet to come for them."

Kanako frowned at Helen's words, more on the last sentence rather than the sudden change of the topic. "What do you mean?"

"The fast progress of the Seitengers would soon force the Great Shadow Defenders to take actions on their own if this continues," Helen stated gravely.

Of course, Kanako was aware of the Dark Emperor's retainers and their possible abilities if she were to base it on the records she had read ever since she was young. But from the way Helen said those words, it seemed that the records didn't fully state the capabilities of their enemies. If that were the case, then the hard time was yet to come not just for the Seitengers, but for the rest of the people who were supporting the chosen Vessels.

'The worst is yet to come...If that was the case, then...' Kanako couldn't help thinking of those words over and over before facing the somber-looking Helen eyeing the racing stadium as if observing the situation from there. 'This girl...'

Just what was the extent of Helen's knowledge with regards to the Vessels and everything related to them? Though she could understand why Itsuki was suspicious of Helen from the start, for some reason Kanako could feel that there was something more than what Helen was telling her about the possible worst scenario that was about to come. But if this girl could help them defeat the enemy in any way at all, then perhaps...

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The dangerous tension that SeitenWater initially felt from SeitenFire soon escalated, only making the red warrior charge toward the Triske Monster who was standing up from the attack that was thrown at it earlier.