Rider Build: Starting in Next Form

On a tree not far from the 9 to 5 Hall, Woz watched Tokiwa Sougo walk into the hall and felt a little moved. The Demon King still remembered him. He slowly looked up at the sky.

"Nexus, an unfathomable fellow, a knight who existed in the era of Rider Build, but why hasn't His Majesty the Demon King mentioned him in the future?"

The matter hadn't escalated to the point of needing to alarm Oma Zi-O, so Woz decided to continue observing. If Nexus intended to harm His Majesty the Demon King, a ruthless glint flashed in Woz's eyes. "I hope you genuinely want to help His Majesty the Demon King become Oma Zi-O, otherwise I will eliminate you at all costs and guide His Majesty the Demon King down the path to becoming king!"

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On weekends, many busy office workers relax from work stress, while others continue to work hard, making the most of every minute to organize the documents that need to be organized. On the streets and sidewalks, people and vehicles are as dense as a tide.

But at a certain moment, all the moving objects were stopped.

Time stop...

"I heard you got really messed up by Nexus, and you even ran away after being tested. You seemed pretty composed at the time, but who knew... you have such a cute side!" Ur stepped out from the chaotic crowd, looking at Aura who was walking towards him with a smug expression.

Still dressed in the same silver clothes, Aura's previously calm face suddenly turned ashen. She crossed her arms and retorted sarcastically, "The way you mock people is really... really ugly."

"Hahahaha~" Ur was also amused by Aura's sudden change of words. "I specifically reminded you before."

"I will definitely avenge this!" Aura frowned and clenched her fist. "That guy will definitely fall at my feet!"

As soon as Aura finished speaking, an invisible wave swept through again, freezing Aura and Ur in place. The power of time within their bodies began to flow, barely allowing them to maintain consciousness and facial expressions. Ur's expression changed, and apart from his face, he was completely unable to move even the slightest part of his body.

"This is!"

While Ur could only barely move his face, Aura slowly turned her head toward the direction from which the footsteps came, and saw a purple figure. "Swartz?!"

A man dressed in purple walked towards the two of them and casually took the chocolate bar from the hand of an ordinary person whose time had been stopped.

"As expected of Aura... her observation skills are sharp."

"Ul, would you like some chocolate?" Swartz walked up to Ul and stroked his hair as if comforting a child.

"Don't treat me like a child, Swartz!" Swartz's soothing gesture infuriated Ul, who wanted to slap his hand off his head, but his body was frozen in place by time stop and he couldn't move at all.

"As long as you are happy."

"But the river of history is slowly flowing towards Oma Zi-O. Our goal is to stop the course of history and establish a new king of time. Don't forget that." Swartz said this to the two of them, grabbed Ul's hand, stuffed the chocolate into it, and then turned and left.

With Swartz gone, the effects of time stop disappeared, and time resumed its flow.

The two of them leaned forward and almost lost their balance.

Aura watched Swartz leave with disdain and said, "What arrogance! He won't even exchange information with us. I hope he suffers a great loss at Nexus's hands."

Ul stared wide-eyed in the direction Swartz had gone, then glanced at the chocolate in his hand. Since there were no trash cans around and he couldn't just throw it away, he could only swallow his anger…

Nine to five hours a day.

Tokiwa Junichiro was on the phone with a customer, but something seemed off...

"I mean, my family owns a watch shop. We don't do audio repairs. Um... well, of course we do have audio systems with built-in clocks, but the main function is still the audio system, and the clock is just an accessory. Uh... okay, then I'll come and fix it. I'll come and pick it up. I'll hang up now."

Tokiwa Junichiro hung up the phone with a helpless expression at the end.

"Are you a guest?"

Just then, Tokiwa Sougo, who had just finished school, returned home and saw his uncle looking helpless as soon as he entered.

"Hmm, they said they wanted me to fix their old stereo, even though we're a watch shop."

"Hmm... Uncle, let me ask you something, why do you keep taking on jobs that people don't want to do repairs?"

Tokiwa Sougo asked doubtfully, "If my uncle wanted to refuse those deals, he should be able to, right?"

"Ah, no, it's not that I don't want to fix those things. To be honest, I just prefer fixing clocks." Tokiwa Junichiro picked up a black clock, turned around and went into the repair shop in the back room, planning to go back to collect the old stereo later.

Just then, Tsukuyomi and Gates came out of the inner room.

"You two are here too? You don't need to keep an eye on me today, right?"

"I have something else to do," Tsukuyomi said, holding up her tablet.

"Could it be an Otherworldly Knight?"

Tokiwa Sougo guessed.

"What kind of intuition is this? How can it be so accurate?" Gates said. "That's right. We suspect that the recent series of school disappearances is related to Another Rider, so we plan to go and investigate."

“Then I’ll go too. By the way… where’s Senpai? He didn’t come today?” Tokiwa Sougo peeked inside and saw no one except his uncle who was working.

"It seems he has something on his mind and wants us to go check on him." Tsukuyomi recalled Luo Yuan's two expressions that morning: one of excitement before receiving the news, and the other of interest after receiving it.

"Wait for me a moment." Tokiwa Sougo became interested. After glancing at his current clothes, he turned around and went into the inner room to change. Wearing a school uniform and carrying a backpack was not suitable for going out or fighting.

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In the villa.

Luo Yuan sat calmly in the small garden, holding a chair and sipping a cup of tea. If it were night, one could vaguely see a faint silver glow emanating from his body.

At that moment, an invisible wave swept by, and the few pedestrians walking on the street froze in their tracks.

"What a rare guest~ Miss Time Jacker, where did you get my contact information? Did you get it from Sougo or Tsukuyomi through Time Stop? What do you want from me? Do you want revenge?" Luo Yuan looked calmly at the unfriendly-looking Aura in front of him.

Chapter 265 The Common Ground Among the Attacked

"You're really annoying! You keep asking questions as soon as we meet." Aura walked to a chair not far from Luo Yuan and sat down, looking directly at Luo Yuan.

“Swartz is back. That guy’s power is the strongest among us. Nexus, you’re finished. When he defeats you, I’ll be laughing at you.” As she spoke, Aura seemed to already see Luo Yuan’s unwilling expression. She stood up from her chair, but instead of approaching Luo Yuan, she used her time power to accelerate her departure. Clearly, she remembered how this guy had ignored her time stop not long ago.

The vines growing on the fence at the edge of the villa have changed slightly, showing signs of being... trampled?

"Swartz?" Luo Yuan stroked his chin. Having watched the entire Zi-O series, he naturally knew very well who Swartz was and what his purpose was.

However, since that guy hasn't shown his fangs yet, let's leave him alone for now...

But did Aura come specifically to remind him? Could that guy really be that kind? Luo Yuan himself didn't believe it.

I suspect they have some other purpose, like wanting to make Swartz suffer a loss.

"If you want to use me as a pawn, then you should be prepared to be punished. As for now... let's go see what the situation is like."

With the effects of the time stop gone, Luo Yuan stood up from his chair, stretched slightly, and, carrying the newly developed Sun and Moon Driver, headed straight for the school where Kamen Rider Fourze was born: Amanokawa High School.

After Luo Yuan rode away on his Miracle Blazing Warrior (motorcycle form), a figure ran back. However, upon seeing the heightened fence, the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily. Standing at the villa's entrance, Aura gazed intently in the direction Luo Yuan had left, "Don't disappoint me."

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Amano River High School.

Tokiwa Sougo, Geiz, and Tsukuyomi were wearing the school uniforms of Amanokawa that had been prepared in advance; the matter they were investigating was definitely not to be revealed to outsiders.

Therefore, dressing up as a student from Tennokawa High School is definitely the right thing to do. This way, blending in won't arouse suspicion from other students, and it will also make it easier to gather information.

“I investigated female students who had run away from home and obtained this information.”

Tsukuyomi took out her tablet, which contained a lot of information that she had collected and organized.

“All the disappearances over the years have occurred at Tennokawa High School, so I think the same thing might happen here again,” Gates said, arms crossed.

"But how are we going to monitor so many people?" Zhuang Wu felt a chill run down his spine at the thought of the huge workload and unconsciously scratched the back of his head.

Leaving aside the male students who have never been attacked, a high school has at least several thousand female students.

Even if we include the seniors, let alone just the three of them, it still wouldn't be enough.

"Furthermore, based on the information from the previous two Another Rider transformations, Nexus pointed out that those attacked by Another Riders would most likely have one thing in common, and the missing girls also had one thing in common: they were all 18 years old and all Libras." Tsukuyomi swiped across the tablet, bringing up another set of detailed information on the birth dates of all the victims.

“I see.” Tokiwa Sougo nodded thoughtfully. Another Rider targets people who go far in a single direction, such as swimmers and basketball players.

The outcast Exidot, however, has his eye on a small, thin young man whose body is the size of his son's heart.

However, private information such as birthdays and zodiac signs is only likely to be known by close friends. Imagine a stranger suddenly asking someone for their birthday and zodiac sign; the person might not tell you.

Not to mention Gates's menacing appearance; he might even cause trouble and get kicked out by security.

“Then let’s hack into the school’s server and find the information of students who meet the criteria,” Gates proposed a simple and direct idea.

"No need for trouble, there's an easier way." Tokiwa Sougo suddenly smiled as if he had thought of something, and ran into the teaching building, climbing two or three flights of stairs.

"Hey, Zi-O?" Geiz and Tsukuyomi saw Tokiwa Sougo's actions, exchanged a glance, and followed him.

Sougo glanced at Geiz and Tsukuyomi who had followed behind him, then turned around and lunged at Geiz. But Geiz was no ordinary high school student; he was a warrior fighting in 2068, and he easily dodged the attack.

Tokiwa Sougo tumbled down from the fourth floor to the third floor in one go.

"Sigh... what are you trying to do?" Gates looked a little helpless. How could an attack of this level possibly work on him?

"The infirmary...it hurts!" Tokiwa Sougo cried out as he lay on the ground, which also alerted the two of them.

Gates's speechless expression became even more pronounced. What kind of solution was this?

However, in order not to let down Zi-O's sacrifice, he still pretended to be flustered and anxious and ran to the infirmary.

Tsukuyomi followed closely behind, her face filled with panic, "Doctor, something terrible has happened! My friend has fallen down the stairs!"

"No way? I'm coming right now!"

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"Is this Zi-O's goal?"

After the doctor left the infirmary, Gates looked at the computer on the desk. The computer in the infirmary was connected to the school's server and could view students' information in a basic way. Although it wasn't very detailed, it was enough for them to find their targets.

"We need to quickly identify the targets we need to protect and try to resolve this before Nexus arrives. We can't rely on that senior for everything." Tsukuyomi entered keywords such as 18 years old and Libra, continuously filtering the target group.

Soon, the results came in: the computer screen only showed one person.

"Got it, Class 3-A, Karin Yamabuki."

Although they successfully located the person they were protecting, Tsukuyomi had a vague feeling that something was wrong. The chances of finding only one 18-year-old Libra girl in a high school who fit the criteria were too small. Had someone noticed the commonalities among these missing persons? Or had something else gone wrong?

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In the corridor on the third floor of the teaching building.

Luo Yuan, who had changed his clothes using the clothing and transformation energy bottle, was walking among them when he suddenly heard a sound coming from not far away.

"No fractures, you're fine. Your friend was very worried about you."

"Excuse me."

Be careful.

"I don't think I'm a friend in their eyes." After the doctor left, Tokiwa Sougo muttered to himself with a self-deprecating smile, shook his head, and just as he walked down the corridor, he ran into Luo Yuan. "Senior, you've arrived."