Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger

4.6 Battle's Damage

Inside SeitenFire's suit, it can be seen that Shuichi's eyes were closed before they snapped open once he finally made a decision. In a hurry, he ran in the direction of the parked motorcycle before jumping to avoid Motross' beams firing at him. When he was able to ride the vehicle and started its engine, he took out his bladeless HyakuReiDer and pointed it towards Motross now coming at him. The said device emanated a red glow surrounding the silhouette of a lion's head that came out of it.

"Lion Laser!"

A red laser attack with the silhouette of a lion's head was soon fired toward Motross and soon after, he began riding the motorcycle. This time, he was able to catch up with the monster who also started the race.

"Racing was something that Shuichi-san was proud of, even before," Itsuki commented before noticing that his sister was regaining consciousness. "Erika!"

Misae was also regaining consciousness and was able to stand up with the help of Eichirou. "So it's a bad idea for this monster to use racing as a device to create chaos. It ended up gaining a formidable enemy in Shuichi because of that."

"But he still shouldn't let his guard down," Erika said right after that. "Motross is also serious when it comes to racing. Even if it means destroying everything that got in its way."

"That means all we can do for now is to watch how the events will unfold, huh?"

The others nodded in agreement. It would be a mistake for them to disturb the duel between two racers like that.

But dealing with Motross' speed was something that Shuichi would never consider a piece of cake, especially when the lower part - the motorcycle part - of the monster was sending out beams towards him so that he would be defeated and beaten. Even though he was able to send out beams using his HyakuReiDer, it wasn't enough.

'Does this monster call itself a great racer when it's cheating like this?' SeitenFire could only think of that as he continued firing Lion Laser just to block the beams coming towards him while driving the motorcycle.

Before he could even think about how to attack the monster again, another beam was sent toward him. He was supposed to fire another laser attack, bigger than the last to block it. But all of a sudden, the red warrior got distracted by a sudden flash of red light coming from the lotus symbol on his helmet.

"What?!"

It wasn't just him who was surprised by that flash. Even the other Vessels couldn't hide the shock they felt because of that. From their far position, both Kanako and Helen had also felt the same thing as it was happening.

"What is that light?" Kanako couldn't help asking.

"Could that be...?" Helen only muttered with a frown.

The sudden event caused too much distraction, not just for SeitenFire but also for Motross. The said monster fired an even larger beam after the previous one toward the red warrior once more.

"Die!"

Though he tried to veer away from the oncoming beam, the sharp turn done just to avoid the oncoming attack had only made SeitenFire lose his balance and topple down together with the motorcycle. When he got up, his eyes widened upon seeing the beam about to hit him. He was able to cast a larger fire spell using his HyakuReiDer to block it somehow. But the intensity of the attack made him unable to hold out much longer. Not to mention that he was already weak because of the previous attacks that the monster did on him. In the end, the beam hit both him and his motorcycle, despite his efforts to protect it.

"Shuichi!"

"Shuichi-san!"

The other Vessels dashed towards the injured Shuichi whose transformation was now disabled and was only forcing himself to get up but to no avail. He lost consciousness soon after.