"Officer Nakano, he's a Monster!"
The man with the flamboyant hair trembled, clearly appearing somewhat delirious.
"A Monster?"
Sumiko Ozawa felt delighted hearing someone call her "Officer." Traffic police were also a type of police, and they could carry guns. However, that young man looked so cheerful; how could he possibly be a Monster?
(Image Sumiko Ozawa)
"Hey, where exactly is this place? I was clearly just walking on the beach."
The young man looked around. His name was Kitazaki, an Orphnoch executive and a member of Lucky Clover. Inside the silver briefcase in his hand was a driver known as Kamen Rider Delta.
(Image Kitazaki)
He had originally planned to fight a Horse Orphnoch and Kamen Rider Faiz, but both had ended up injured, so he lost interest in taking action.
He intended to take this Rider System back to the Lucky Clover base for others to play with, as he was bored and didn't want to play with it anymore. However, a black hole had suddenly appeared and sucked him in. Kitazaki didn't resist because he thought it seemed interesting.
Then he arrived in this very strange place, where the buildings and everything else seemed quite different from his era.
Clearly, Kitazaki hadn't realized yet that he had been taken by a black hole and transported to another world.
"Hey, handsome, how did you offend him to be called a Monster? You're so clean-cut, good-looking, and young."
A flashy woman in her thirties approached Kitazaki, an unknown glint in her eyes. She couldn't help but reach out and place her hand on Kitazaki's exposed shoulder.
The man with the flamboyant hair was scared out of his wits and shouted, "Don't touch him!"
But just as he finished speaking, the flashy woman's hand touched Kitazaki's shoulder. In the next second, her entire body instantly turned into a pile of sand and scattered on the ground.
This scene left everyone around stunned on the spot. Immediately after, they turned and fled in terror.
Even Sumiko Ozawa was so frightened that she retreated a few steps. She scrambled to draw the pistol at her waist and said nervously, "You... who exactly are you!"
Kitazaki looked at the gun in Sumiko Ozawa's hand and said with interest, "What is that thing? It looks fun. Can I play with it?"
The man with the flamboyant hair shouted from the side, "Monster! He's a Monster! Shoot him quickly! If he touches you, you'll turn into sand just like that woman!"
"Don't come any closer, or I'll shoot!"
Sumiko Ozawa was also terrified. Who wouldn't be after seeing a living person suddenly turn into sand?
She wanted to run too, but her duty held her back. She couldn't run; she could only warn the other party not to act recklessly.
But Kitazaki ignored her and walked forward as if he didn't understand the warning. This made Sumiko Ozawa even more afraid, while the man with the flamboyant hair added fuel to the fire, "Shoot him! Do you want to die and turn into sand?!"
After saying that, the man with the flamboyant hair fled first. Sumiko Ozawa retreated while trembling, finally hardening her heart and firing.
"Bang!"
The gunshot rang out. The man who had been running stopped and turned around, wanting to see if Kitazaki had been killed.
However, to everyone's astonishment, Kitazaki was unharmed. Instead, he was pinching a peanut-shaped bullet between his index finger and thumb.
"Oh? That thing can actually fire something so fun?" Kitazaki became even more interested as he pinched the bullet.
"He... he really is a Monster!"
Sumiko Ozawa was completely dumbfounded. A bullet caught by fingers, and people turning into sand upon contact—she was so scared her legs went weak, and she almost fell, only steadying herself after stumbling back several steps.
"Vroom! Vroom!"
The roar of a motorcycle engine approached. Kitazaki, who was walking forward, turned to look. Seeing a white motorcycle rushing toward him, his eyes narrowed slightly. He turned and braced his hands against the front of the motorcycle, sliding back two and a half meters before coming to a stop.
"It's you!"
Sumiko Ozawa's body trembled with fear. Seeing Shiraishi Shin rush out to help her at this moment, her fear dissipated slightly.
"Hmm?"
Kitazaki looked at the motorcycle he was holding back with some confusion. Even vehicles should turn into sand upon his touch, yet this motorcycle hadn't, which surprised him.
Before he could think further, a pitch-black sole kicked him right in the eyes with such force that Kitazaki retreated three steps in a row.
"Click!"
Shiraishi Shin got off Eternal and took out the Buggle Driver II, strapping it to his waist.
Kitazaki noticed Shiraishi Shin's movements and looked at the belt on his waist, becoming even more interested. "Are you a Kamen Rider?"
"Kamen Rider?"
Sumiko Ozawa was stunned. Weren't Kamen Riders just urban legends? If an ordinary person had said this, she certainly wouldn't have believed it.
But the one saying it was a Monster who could turn people into sand and catch bullets with his fingers. Under these circumstances, he definitely wasn't joking.
Could it be that the person she was trying to arrest and take to the station really was a Kamen Rider?
Shiraishi Shin raised an eyebrow. "Oh? It seems you've dealt with Kamen Riders before."
Being able to tell he was a Kamen Rider just from the driver he wore meant the opponent had certainly dealt with them before. To have fought a Kamen Rider and survived suggested he was likely a powerful elite or even an executive.
"More than just dealt with them. I am one right now."
Saying this, Kitazaki opened the briefcase with a smile and took out a belt and a pistol-shaped phone. He manually put on the belt and said, "Henshin. Let's see if you can entertain me."
A manual belt—this was the Rider System from Kamen Rider 555. He could turn people into sand and use a Rider System.
This guy was Kitazaki, an executive of Lucky Clover from Kamen Rider 555. His strength was in a league of its own within Lucky Clover.
And what he held should be the Delta Belt and the Delta Phone.
Good. He really liked Monsters who came with their own Rider Systems.
A smile appeared on Shiraishi Shin's face. It seemed there was a new Rider System to play with.
[Kamen Rider Chronicle!]
"Henshin!"
[Ten wo Tsukame Rider! (Wow!) Kizame Chronicle! Ima koso Toki wa Kiwamareri! (Wow!)]
A golden clock appeared behind him, and his green goggles flashed with an eerie green light.
Seeing the flashy special effects of Shiraishi Shin's Henshin, Kitazaki's eyes lit up as if he had seen a fun toy.
"Hey, your Henshin is quite interesting. Can you give me your belt to play with?"
Shiraishi Shin extended his right hand. "That depends on whether you have the skill."
Kitazaki smiled confidently. "Fine then, let me show you my strength. Henshin!"
He placed the Delta Phone to his ear. After he said "Henshin," the phone emitted a sound effect.
[Standing by!]