And here's the next one everyone!
I bet you're wondering which Luminary is next aren't you?
Well, you'll see soon enough.
I'm really having fun with this story, especially with which auxiliary eyecons Taiki obtains.
I've finally finished deciding, as there were two that were going to go to Ghost and Necrom, but I didn't know who would get which one, yet I finally managed to decide just a little earlier.
I can guarantee you guys this, the riders will have more forms than they did in canon, especially Specter and Necrom, who really missed out on having lots of Luminary forms orignally, but they'll have a few more here, not gonna say how many and which ones though, you'll find out when that happens.
For now, let's start!
Days remaining: 97
"Man… this place is pretty big compared to the last town." Ryuko said as she and Taiki walked on the side of a small road.
"Yeah, with any luck, we'll find one or two Eyecons here, considering how much of that energy is apparently around." Taiki added as he was looking through the Luminary Notebook as he had come to call it.
"I'm not sensing any Parkas, so odds are none of them have been summoned, but if this is a hot spot, means some Ganma are likely active," Yurusen said.
"Right...so we'd better look for any signs that a Ganma is manipulating someone," Taiki mused. "Any suggestions on how to do that?"
"They're ghosts, duh," Yurusen said. "Go look for strange happenings and incidents around town. I'm sure a town like this has to have a rumor mill of some kind."
"Good as any place to start I guess," Ryuko shrugged, idly pulling out a small callendar they had, which they'd marked off so that they knew how much time they had left.
"Well...no choice. To the local gathering area...wherever that is!" Taiki said.
Turns out, the best place where the rumor mill gathered in the town was a ramen stand on wheels that kept going around town constantly, run by a petite woman that was surprisingly strong if she could carry the cart around.
She always kept her ears open when her customers would talk, so she had heard just about everything going on in town, from affairs, to highschool rumors, to the more weird ones. Among them were these weird power outages happening at random.
"Power outages?" Ryuko asked after slurping down some noodles, Taiki having opted out and lied to the woman, saying he had a big breakfast.
"Why yes, lately there have been several times when the power just drops around certain areas. Oh, I hope Sonoda isn't going overboard again," she sighs.
"Sonoda?" Taiki asked with a raised eyebrow.
"He's a nice man, but a little eccentric. His ideas are honestly quite brilliant, but he keeps going overboard so nobody really sees his talent. It's a shame really, he always did idolize great inventors," she explained. "Why...I remember the time he was in such high spirits when he said he found an old light bulb, said it was one of the prototypes that belonged to Thomas Edison."
Taiki blinked a few times at that, glancing at Ryuko, who shrugged, her way of saying Possibly before he glanced to the side, discreetly looking at Yurusen, who nodded in agreement, finally looking back at the woman "So, where does he live exactly?"
"Well...he lives in his lab over near the warehouses," the woman said. "If you see him, do make sure he's taking care of himself. He's not exactly a spring chicken anymore."
"We'll do that. Thanks for the ramen," Ryuko said as she paid for her food and they soon left.
"Well...if that wasn't a clue that we may be able to get Thomas Edison, I dunno what it is," Yurusen said with a chuckle.
"Yeah, from the sound of things, we arrived before the Ganma got to him, so we should be able to this the right way." Taiki said with a relieved smile.
"Or, the Ganma just hasn't finished driving him mad," Yurusen spoke up. "Don't worry though, as long as you get to them BEFORE the sacrifice part, it's perfectly possible to summon the Parka the right way."
"Good to know, but think you can be less dark about it?" Ryuko asked the spirit dryly.
"Nope!" Yurusen said cheerily before popping away.
"She really lifts the spirits, doesn't she?" Taiki said sarcastically.
"Wish I could shove the scissor blade down her throat sometimes." Ryuko shot back as the two made their way towards the warehouse area of town.
"Well, let's just get to it and see where it goes from here," Taiki sighed.
When they got the their destination, well….
"...I'm getting the mad scientist vibe already," Ryuko deadpanned as they looked at the large machine that was being built in the main area of the warehouse/lab. To the side, they also noticed a whiteboard with a man standing in front of it, writing on it, he was wearing a white lab coat over a bright yellow jumpsuit… and he was balding heavily, the only hair left on his head coming out from the sides and the back, being a bright blonde in color, and going all over the place, with a pair of triangular glasses over his face.
And standing right behind the man was what was most likely a Ganma, if the black body and belt was anything to go by. It was wearing a maroon colored parka with a yellow edge that had a lightning bolt motif to it. His head and hands meanwhile were strange antenna like objects, but they looked weird.
Taiki blinked a few times as the Ganma, who he named Denki in his head due to the clear electricity motif, was looking over the man's shoulder, seemingly interested in what he was writing down, before slowly getting up behind him and winding his leg up, picking a nice spot, and after aiming, crashing a powerful spin kick into the Ganma and sending him flying with a yell into a wall at the other end of the room, groaning as he fell to the floor, before a shelf he crashed next to broke and started unloading its contents on his head, ending with a bowling ball.
"What was that?!" Sonoda said in alarm...before he noticed Taiki and Ryuko. "And who are you two? If you're debt collectors, go away. I don't have any money," he said.
Taiki raised his hands up "Woah, woah, we aren't debt collectors, just two kids on a road trip that heard rumors and wondered what the power outages in town were about." he said peacefully.
"Oh, is that so?" Sonoda blinked, calming down instantly. "Sorry about that, I've been working so much on my device, I just can't afford to lose much time on it," he said, before grinning at the device.
"Is that the cause of the power outages? Mr. Sonoda, if it's okay, can I ask what that is?" Taiki asked.
"I'm glad you asked. This my boy, is a teleportation device," he said dramatically...before he noticed Ryuko looking at it curiously. "Please don't stand too close to it, I'm still working out the bugs," he said, gesturing to a bunch of stuffed objects...that had parts of them missing. "As you can see, I'm still working on getting things through in one piece."
"Uh.. right." Ryuko said nervously as she took a few steps back from it, eyeing it nervously in case it exploded.
"Sounds like you've got your work cut out for you," Taiki mused.
"Indeed. But I won't give up or rest!" Sonoda said. "As long as I keep working at it, I will find the way, and once I find that 1% of inspiration, my 99% of hard work will surely bring fruit!"
Taiki blinked at that, before smiling a bit "One of the more famous Edison quotes, I see you're a fan."
The man grinned brightly "One of his biggest! Let me show you." he said as he guided Taiki towards a shelf that contained a phonograph, a VERY old looking telephone, some other bits and pieces, and underneath a small glass dome was an old looking light bulb. "My collection of memorabilia I suppose you could call it, most of these are just replicas of some of Edison's inventions. BUT, this light bulb right here?" Sonoda said as he pointed at the covered light bulb "It's one of his original prototypes. It survived through all the years and is STILL operational to this day. I'd rather not turn it on though, so I don't burn it out."
"Good call, would be a shame if this burned out," Taiki nodded. However, before they could talk further, a banging on the door was heard.
"Sonoda! We know you're in there! Open up!" came a rather gruff voice.
"...those debt collectors you were talking about?" Ryuko asked in a somewhat deadpan tone, to which Sonoda was giving her a 'shhhh' gesture.
Taiki sighed, before looking at the man "Don't worry, we'll take care of them."
"Not like we have any choice really." Ryuko added jokingly as she and Taiki went to the door, nodding at each other, before kicking it open, sending the lead thug, who really did fit the stereotype just that he was tall and muscular, flying and crashing into another warehouse.
The two didn't even bother speaking, and just jumped right at the remaining thugs, quite easily kicking their asses, even though they had so many on their side.
In the end it took a good 10 minutes before they were all knocked out and part of a large pile.
"Well, that's that," Taiki said. "Now, Mr. Sono-" he didn't get to finish as when they turned around...Sonoda was gone...and he also noticed the Ganma was gone too. "...perfect…"
"Well then, guess you'll have to find him all over again," Yurusen said as she appeared with a chuckle. "Better call for some reinforcements," she added as she went to his bag, and out came the Condor Denwor and the Bat Clock. "Go help look for the Ganma," she instructed, to which the both of them flew away.
"Let's try to ask around, maybe someone knows places he likes to go to." Ryuko suggested.
"Yeah, maybe we can find that ramen stand again if we get lucky." Taiki added before the two set off back into town.
"Sonoda? Well...if I remember, he'd often like spending time in the museum. Said it helped him think," the woman said, while Ryuko was eating a bowl of ramen as they asked. "Now are you sure you don't want to eat? A growing boy like you needs to eat," she asked.
"No, its fine. And thank you for the info," Taiki waved off, though inwardly he had to admit, he did kinda want to try...but that'd just be wasting a bowl of perfectly good food if he did. Yeah...being dead sucked.
"Thanks again for the noodles," Ryuko said as she paid for her bowl and the two were soon off again.
"Okay, museum...museum...we forgot to ask where the museum is…" Taiki said.
"Well...let's ask for directions or look for a map," Ryuko suggested.
"Yeah, that's...look out!" Taiki shouted as he pushed them both out of the way, as a sudden blast of electricity.
"That's for the sucker punch from before!" the Denki Ganma shouted in annoyance from where he was standing on a nearby roof, while down below anyone who'd been nearby was now running away due to the sudden explosion.
"Well if its a fight you want, then fine by me!" Taiki growled as he summoned the Driver and activated the Ore Eyecon, inserting it into the driver and closing it.
"EYE! BACHIRIMINA! BACHIRIMINA!" the Driver chanted as the Ore Ghost flew around.
Taiki quickly grabbed the handle. "Henshin!" he called out and pulled before pushing back in.
"KAIGAN: ORE! LET'S GO! KAKUGO! GHO-GHO-GHO-GHOST! GO! GO! GO!"
Quickly summoning the Gan Gun Saber, Ghost jumped and flew towards the Denki Ganma who fired more electricity, but he managed to dodge, while Ryuko took cover. As much as she hated sitting in the sidelines, she knew this was very much out of her league since she couldn't fly, and that lightning would fry her.
Ghost reached the Ganma and lashed out with his sword, the Ganma blocking with his arms, but still getting knocked back a bit, before countering with a blast of lightning, blasing Ghost back a bit, but he quickly regained his footing.
"That...didn't even hurt…" he sighed. Sure it was useful, but it was still an annoying reminder for him. Shaking his head, he quickly got back into the fray, hitting the Ganma with several kicks before slashing with his sword, dealing decent damage.
"So annoying!" the Ganma growled as he tried to counter with a few electric charged punches.
"Whoa!" Ghost jumped back as a few punches almost hit. "Better keep my distance for this one," he frowned as he pulled out the Galileo Eyecon. "Galileo, lend me your power," he said as he replaced the Eyecon in the Driver and pulled then pushed the handle.
"KAIGAN: GALILEO! TENTAI SHIRITAI! HOSHI-IPPAI!"
Now in Galileo Damashii, the view around them turned into that of space, as several meteors flew around Ghost, blocking the Ganma's electric attacks.
"What the heck?!" the Ganma gasped, before he was promptly pelted by the meteors, causing him to fall back. "Okay, this might be a problem," he growled. "Well then...later!" he said, before aiming a blast to the ground, causing an explosion that kicked up dust, and when it subsided, he was gone.
"Wait, what?" Ghost said, blinking in confusion behind his visor "Did… did he just run away from me?"
"It would appear so, that IS certainly jarring… and somewhat disappointing when we just turned the tide in our favor." Galileo responded in his mind.
"Well...he did attack us in the middle of the street…" Ghost mused, before his eyes widened. "He was just buying time!" he realized.
"Hurry back to your friend!" Galileo said quickly as Ghost jumped back down and untransformed.
"Ryuko, we gotta go, he was distracting us!" Taiki said quickly.
"Son of a bitch!" Ryuko shouted in annoyance as she joined him and the two broke into a sprint.
When they arrived at the museum, they quickly asked the guard if he'd seen Sonoda. What they got…
"Sonoda? Well...he WAS here, but he just left. Was running back to the warehouse area while raving about how he'd 'figured it out'. Personally I think he needs to get his head examined," the guard shrugged.
Saying a quick thanks, the two of them were now running back to the lab. No doubt the Ganma had been buying time for Sonoda to find what he wanted. Once they made it back to the warehouse/lab, they were met with the sight of Sonoda furiously typing on a laptop. "Eureka! Eureka!" he shouted almost madly. "Finally...my device is finally complete! Now I have become a man on par with Edison!" he grinned as his body started to glow, along with the lightbulb on the table next to him.
"There it is! He's become a proper medium to summon the Parka!" Yurusen said as she popped out of nowhere.
"R-Right!" Taiki nodded, before they quickly got to the stairs...right before the machine came on.
"Wha?" Ryuko blinked as she felt a tug, while she noticed her scissor blade also seemed to be moving slightly towards the machine. Likewise, Taiki also stopped short, when stuff began coming through the windows and getting pulled into the portal. That's when he noticed it was all clothes...every last piece having the red strings.
"Wait… shit!" he said in realisation as he turned to Ryuko, who was slowly getting pulled towards the machine, trying to stop herself by planting her scissor blade in the ground.
"Fly away! Fly away! You damn Fibers!" came the Ganma's voice as he seemed to be laughing at the sight of the clothes that had the red strings flying into the machine.
"Wait, you're trying to get rid of those?" Taiki muttered in confusion.
"Worry about that later, take care of the machine first!" Yurusen advised him urgently, making him nod.
"Wh-what is this?!" Sonoda gasped. This wasn't how his machine was supposed to work!
Noticing his distress, Taiki glared at the Ganma. "What have you done?!" he demanded.
"He wanted a teleporter, I gave him one, just not quite what he had in mind!" the Ganma laughed. "And now that everything's ready, I'll be taking Edison now!"
"You're a real piece of work you know that?! Using a guy's dreams for your own sick ends!" Ryuko growled, and she idly noticed that she was starting to be able to see and hear the Ganma more clearly.
"He wanted to be a man like Edison, I'm only giving him what he wants. A grand invention that will benefit humanity! One life for an entire race seems like a small price to pay!" the Ganma countered.
"What the hell you bastard… All life is precious!" Taiki shouted angrily at the Ganma.
"Hey, you gotta stop that machine! It's not the teleporter you wanted!" Ryuko said to Sonoda.
"I...It's no good! Once its turned on, it can't be turned off!" Sonoda panicked.
"Are you going to give up?!" Taiki said, catching his attention. "What do you think Thomas Edison would do if he were here right now?!"
"Edison...he...he wouldn't give up!" Sonoda said in realization before going to his laptop and working furiously. He built this thing, and if there was anyone who could stop it, it would be him!
However, as he furiously worked, his body began glowing again, and the lightbulb as well, both resonating.
"It's here! It's here!" Yurusen said in excitement.
"I'll be taking that Parka!" the Ganma said.
"Not on my watch!" Taiki growled as he activated his Eyecon, inserted it into the driver and pulled and pushed the lever. "Henshin!"
"KAIGAN: ORE! LET'S GO! KAKUGO! GHO-GHO-GHO-GHOST! GO! GO! GO!"
The Ganma barely got close to the light bulb before he was hit with a haymaker to the cheek sending him flying down to the lower part of the lab.
"Get the Parka quick!" Yurusen shouted, earning a nod from Ghost, who quickly faced the lightbulb and performed the seal Sennin had showed him. The light bulb glowed brightly, as from it, a Parka emerged. The parka was a silver color with a yellow trim to it, on its hood were a pair of long antennae, and attached to the sleeves were two halves of a lightbulb that seemed to be able of coming together, a pair of yellow eyes shining in the darkness of the hood.
"Ah, it's good to be outside again." Edison spoke as he seemingly breathed in the air, before blinking in confusion "Well now, this is a strange sight to wake up on."
"Mr. Edison!" Ghost shouted, getting his attention. "You need to come with us quick!"
"Pardon?" Edison blinked at the sudden request. Too bad that was all the time the Ganma needed.
"Oh no you don't! You're mine!" the Ganma shouted as he shot Ghost with blasts of electricity, knocking him back, before turning to Edison and lunging for him. "Itadakimasu!" he shouted.
"What in the-?!" Edison barely managed to say before the Ganma grabbed hold of him and then there was a large ball of light before something emerged from it.
What emerged was… well, a monster, first and foremost, it looked like a cross between a battleship and a weird fish with human teeth at the front, with several parabolic antenna sticking out of its body, while walking on 6 mechanical legs.
"What the fuck is that?!" Ryuko gasped.
"That's what happens when a Ganma who already has a Parka gets their hands on an even stronger one on top of it!" Yurusen said in alarm. "It's a Giant Ganma!"
The Giant Ganma let out a bizarre sound before it smashed through a wall and out of the building.
"Hey wait!" Ghost shouted over the railing before growling. "Dammit! Ryuko, help Mr. Sonoda shut down the machine! I'm going after the Ganma!"
"Got it!" Ryuko nodded.
Ghost vaulted over the railing before running out, seeing the Ganma walking on and just destroying everything in its path "Yurusen! Do we have anything for that?!" Ghost asked urgently.
"We do! Come on, Captain Ghost!" Yurusen shouted into the air as she flew out of the hole after him.
Out of the air Ghost's symbol appeared, before something flew out of it.
That something, was a shrunk down black pirate galleon with red eyes and a mouth on it's hull, a large cannon on its front, tattered sails hanging off the masts, and a pair of reptile legs coming out of the hull.
"...okay? How do I use this?" Ghost asked after taking a second to take in the odd appearance.
"Use it in conjunction with the Machine Ghostriker!" Yurusen ordered.
"Right! Striker, come!" Ghost called out as Striker materialized next to to him as he ran, to which he got on quickly. Once he was on, the Captain Ghost flew in front of him, before it began to unfold, revealing what appeared to be some kind of mechanical iguana, with a slot on the back, which Ghost had a good idea what for. Pulling into a wheelie, Striker soon hopped into the back of the transformed Captain Ghost, the two fusing together, as the now iguana-like machine let out a few screeches as it began crawling on the ground...at a speed that was comparable to Striker at that.
"They're the Iguana Ghostriker now!" Yurusen said with glee. "Use this to take out that big guy!"
"Got it!" Ghost nodded as he began directing the Iguana Ghostriker, which soon jumped on a wall and used the walls and roofs to travel faster after the Giant Ganma. However, the target seemed to notice them, and once it got on a high enough roof, began generating a lot of electricity which it fired at them, though Ghost managed to direct his new mech to evade the attacks, slowly but surely getting closer until finally they were on the same roof. The Iguana Ghostriker didn't waste any time, and lunged forward, catching the Giant Ganma in its jaws, and the two began wrestling, while Ghost gunned the accelerator to give Iguana more power, while the Giant Ganma was firing electricity around almost wildly.
Meanwhile, back at the lab, Sonoda was furiously trying everything he could to shutdown the machine. However… "It's no good! No matter what I do, it won't accept any sort of termination command," he said.
"Then what do we do? There's gotta be something else we can do to pull the plug!" Ryuko growled.
Sonoda blinked, before his eyes widened. "That's it! Maybe we can't shut it down with the program, but if we literally pull the plug, there will be nothing to power the machine!" he said with a grin.
"Perfect, now where's the plug?" Ryuko asked.
At that, Sonoda's expression fell a little. "Its...uh...over there," he said, pointing to a plug that was a distance away, and around the machine. "But the machine is unstable! Who knows what might happen if we tried to approach it directly!"
Ryuko grit her teeth as she looked around. Whatever this machine was, it'd be dangerous if she approached herself. Not to mention that plug wasn't in a good angle to… she blinked when she realized that while like her, her scissor blade was being pulled, it wasn't nearly as strong as with the clothes, so… "When in doubt...do something reckless!" she smirked, before getting into a better position.
"Young lady, what are you doing?!" Sonoda asked in alarm.
"Pulling the plug!" Ryuko grinned as she hefted her scissor blade almost like a javelin, but had it a bit off. "Make this work!" she shouted as she threw it. As expected, mid-way through the flight, the hole began sucking it towards it, adjusting its trajectory, but with the speed and angle Ryuko had thrown it...it never got into the hole, instead, it cleared the hole and was now aimed right for the power line, which it speared, cutting the power. Immediately, the machine sputtered, trying to keep up with its command, but with no energy, it soon fizzled out.
Back with Ghost, he'd noticed the light from the portal had gone out. "They did it," he grinned under his helmet. "Well...can't let them outdo me now, can I?" he chuckled before pulling out the Gan Gun Saber, and slashed at the Ganma, causing it to recoil, and give Iguana the opening needed to ram it off the roof, causing it to fall on its back. Seeing the enemy down, Iguana did a bucking movement, telling Ghost to get off, which he did, before jumping down and pulling into a spin, ramming into the Giant Ganma like a buzz saw, the Giant Ganma sparking like crazy before finally exploding, ejecting the Ganma who rolled on the ground looking utterly dizzy, while Edison floated up to near where Ghost was.
"My...that was a horrible experience," Edison said, looking a little dizzy.
"I'm glad to see you're alright ." Ghost said in relief as he went up to the spirit of the great inventor.
"As am I young man, but would you mind telling me what exactly happened?" Edison requested, before blinking when he saw Iguana climb up on the roof "And is that a giant lizard?"
"It's a giant lizard yeah." Ghost said in amusement as Iguana came up to him and he patted his head, earning a low but pleased rumble from the creature "As for what happened, that monster down there is what's known as a Ganma, and he was after you so he could absorb you and become more powerful. Personally I was trying to find you because with the help of you and 14 others, I'll be able to come back to life."
"So, much like me, you are a spirit then?" Edison asked in interest.
"Yeah, I was murdered by someone with one half of a giant scissor, before I got given a second chance." Ghost said with a sigh.
"I see. Well, I wouldn't be opposed to lending a hand to a promising young man such as yourself." Edison said, and Ghost got the impression he was smiling.
"Thank you. Though, I have to ask if you would also be fine with lending me your power to fight?" Ghost asked.
"Of course! You saved me just now, so it's only fair I lend you my power." Edison said jovially, before flying towards Ghost and into the Driver, which then ejected a new Eyecon. This one was yellow in color, the image on top showing a lightbulb with the number 02 over it, and under it was the name EDISON.
"Right, let's fight together, Edison," Ghost nodded before activating the Eyecon, the number '02' appearing on the iris, and then loading it into the Driver.
"EYE! BACHIRIMINA! BACHIRIMINA!" the belt sang as Edison's Parka emerged, floating around him for a bit, before he pulled and pushed the handle. "KAIGAN: EDISON! EREKI! HIRAMEKI! HATSUMEI-O~!" The jingle finished as electricity sparked between the two antenna on Ghost's hood when Edison settled on him, the lightbulb halves moving to become shoulder armor, as he held a hand out and the Gan Gun Saber appeared, before he slid off the usual piece, but then slid it back into the blade only with the edge pointing backwards, revealing a gun barrel, as he tilted the blade down so it had more of a gun shape.
"How many modes does this thing have?" Taiki couldn't help but comment, but shrugged as he figured it wasn't important right now, before jumping down.
On the ground, the Denki Ganma had finally shaken off his dizziness, and Ghost could tell he was glaring at him when they saw each other again. "You just couldn't leave me be, could you?!" he growled.
"What, you thought I'd just let you kill an innocent person and wreak havoc after kidnapping Edison? You have a weird brain if you actually expected that." Ghost said with a sigh, enjoying how the Ganma was getting incensed.
"And I've just about had enough of seeing your dumb face!" the Ganma shot back, and fired wild blasts of electricity.
Ghost moved to dodge, but when any electricity went near him, they instead were drawn to the conductors on his head...and absorbed harmlessly into his Parka, the light bulb on his faceplate even lighting up.
"I wonder if he actually expected that to work on us?" Edison mused in his mind.
"My guess, he probably did." Ghost said dryly… as the Denki Ganma was actually firing more and more electricity, and Ghost was nowhere near close to an overload.
"In that case, let's make him blow a fuse." Edison said with a laugh, and Ghost agreed with the idea as he scanned his weapon over his belt. "DAI KAIGAN!" The electricity in his body soon gathered up the conductors on his hood, before flowing into his weapon as he held it in both hands, waiting for a good amount of charge, before jumping off the roof, lining up his shot, and hitting the trigger "OMEGA SHOOT!" "Science Sparking Shot!" Ghost added to the name of the attack, firing a large blast of electricity from the Gan Gun Saber right at the Ganma, who was helpless to move in time before the blast engulfed him and caused him to overload, destroying both his body and his parka at the same time.
With that done, Ghost undid the transformation and let out a sigh. That...was more tiring than expected. Looking at the Edison Eyecon, he turned to the lab and walked back.
"So that's what happened…" Sonoda frowned as he looked at the Eyecon in his hand. After Taiki returned, he and Ryuko had decided to tell him the full story. After a few moments, he put the Eyecon back into Taiki's hand. "Here, I believe you should hold on to this. You clearly need this far more than I could ever need it," he said with a smile.
"You sure? I mean, yeah, I was gonna ask to hang on to it, but with how much you idolized Edison…" Taiki started.
"Well, yes, but while I DO idolize him, it's not right to try to BE him," Sonoda chuckled. "That's what all this has taught me," he said with a smile. "And besides, you're the one who needs this to come back to life."
"Thanks a lot. To be honest I was worried we'd have to run back to get Edison or something." Ryuko sighed, glad her friend had one less hurdle to go through to come back to life.
"We'll be sure to call you though if we ever need your help." Taiki told the scientist with a smile.
Sonoda smiled back "And I'll be happy to do so. Thanks again for making sure I didn't die." the man chuckled "And good luck on your journey Taiki, I hope you succeed one day."
"So do we." Taiki said with a nod, before he and Ryuko left, with Sonoda wishing them well.
"Well, that's another down." Ryuko said with a light grin as they walked through town.
"Yeah, just 13 left." Taiki said with a light smile.
"And not only that, but I can feel a bit more spiritual energy in town, so I'm pretty sure there's more Ganma around, meaning likely more Luminaries to find." Yurusen said as she popped in suddenly.
"Well then, time for some more ghost hunting." Ryuko said with a grin as she punched her palm.
"After we get some rest." Taiki told her with a chuckle, considering that looking for Sonoda all over town had ended up taking most of the day.
"Fine." Ryuko said with a smirk as the two went to find a place to sleep.
They still had work to do after all.
And there you have it!
Taiki gained another Eyecon in the form of Edison!
You know what? I liked how the show kept a tally of Eyecons, so I want to do that too, just down in the author's note.
So, at the moment, things are like this;
Ghost: Ore, Musashi, Galileo, Edison
Yeah, I'm gonna include the personal eyecons in the list.
Besides, this will help me keep track of who has what Eyecon as well.
And yeah, I'm reusing most of the characters from Ghost.
It works because KLK is set on Earth in Japan, and hey, I even said in the prologue that Taiki and Ryuko were in West Kanto, and are making their way East towards Honnouji.
Obviously, Akari, Onari and Takeru aren't being used here.
But honestly, that's good, because I have issues with Takeru that I don't want to talk about because it'll ruin my good mood.
Anyway, hope to see you in the next chapter!