Rider Build: Starting in Next Form

The location of the battle wasn't far from the Kamen Rider Corporation, and they arrived there in no time.

Two club members opened the door to the Kamen Rider Club. On the right wall, there was even a poster and photos of the first generation of Kamen Rider club members. They glanced at the photo of the 40th Kamen Rider, Gentaro Kisaragi.

"He was our senior, and he graduated a long time ago."

"Our club has been searching for the Kamen Rider who is considered an urban legend, and we never expected to actually encounter him at school one day!"

"If the founders of our club knew that we met Kamen Rider, how envious they would be!"

Two of your club's seniors are Kamen Riders.

"Where is he? Do you know where he is now?" Luo Yuan asked.

"If you're looking for Gentaro, unfortunately, he's currently searching for students who have run away from home and hasn't been seen at school much lately. Is there something you need from him, classmate? Do you want to join the Kamen Rider club?"

A teacher wearing overalls walked in from outside the door. His hairline was extremely receding. He was the advisor of the Kamen Rider Club.

The heavier student was taken aback when he saw the teacher, then explained, "Teacher, he's a real Kamen Rider!"

"A real Kamen Rider?" The teacher looked at Luo Yuan suspiciously upon hearing this, walked up to Luo Yuan, and intended to observe him more closely. However, after seeing the Nexus watch hanging on Luo Yuan's waist, he suddenly remembered something and excitedly exclaimed, "Ah, that's it!"

He quickly ran to a table with a small silver box on it. He took out a key and opened it. Inside the box were many things, such as baseballs and photos, and an orange and white watch was lying among them.

"Look!" The teacher excitedly held up the watch and showed it to Luo Yuan.

"As expected, it is the Knight Watch of the Forty Knights."

"This was given to me by Gentaro. He said that a very powerful person would come in the future, so you should give this to him. That's what he said." As she spoke, the teacher even imitated Gentaro Kisaragi's actions at the time.

"The person he was talking about, you must be him, right?" It's a Kamen Rider, and he's wearing this type of watch, it's definitely him!

Chapter 268 Faiz Knight Watch

"Thank you very much, this thing is indeed very useful to me." After accepting the Forty-Rider Watch, Luo Yuan thanked him and left.

Finding a secluded spot, Luo Yuan's consciousness sank into his mind, where he saw an orange-white progress bar on the screen that was already full.

[Host has completed the sign-in requirements: Obtained the Forty Watch. Rewards: Forty Watch, Faiz Watch.]

A watch exactly the same as the one on Luo Yuan's hand, and a gray watch appeared in Luo Yuan's pocket.

"Oh? Not only did they give you the Forty Knights, but they also gave you Faiz's watch? That's not bad."

After putting away the three watches, Luo Yuan's Chuangqi phone in his pants pocket suddenly rang. He took it out and saw that it was a message to meet at a certain location.

Following the directions in the information, Luo Yuan leisurely walked to a coffee shop. As soon as he arrived, he saw that Zhuang Wu, Geiz, and Tsukuyomi had already set up a table for four, and he was the only one missing.

"You're so slow," Tsukuyomi said, looking at Luo Yuan with a wistful gaze.

“Some important matters were delayed for a while.” Luo Yuan sat down next to Tokiwa Sougo. “Well then, let’s talk about the current situation.”

"Sorry, I lost track of that girl." As he spoke, Tokiwa Sougo glanced cautiously at Gates across from him, afraid that he might suddenly lose his temper.

"The battle was over when I arrived, and I didn't get any useful clues." Gates looked terrible, somewhat resentful of his own incompetence.

Zi-O at least got involved.

"I'm in a similar situation. I haven't found any concrete or useful clues about the keyword 'meteor,' but based on the numbers you saw on the Another Riders during the battle, we can only deduce that the source of this Another Rider is in 2011." Tsukuyomi's expression wasn't very good either; the trio hadn't made much progress in their summary.

As for Nexus... well, forget it, he's probably lost track of him too.

Otherwise, he would have brought everyone here by now.

“The most important thing right now is the Rider Watch. We haven’t seen the corresponding Rider yet, and the Rider Watch is even more…” Geiz suddenly stopped speaking, staring wide-eyed at the orange-white watch that Luo Yuan took out of his pocket.

Sougo and Tsukuyomi also have the same expression as Gates.

Why did you achieve so much more than us, even though you arrived so much later?

Gates quickly took the knight watch from Luo Yuan's hand, turned the dial, and tried to activate it... Yes, it was a real watch!

"Where did you get it from?" Gates asked in surprise.

"Just lucky. I happened to run into someone connected to this Knight event, and they gave me this watch. I'll give it to Sougo to use," Luo Yuan said nonchalantly, fiddling with his Nexus watch.

Just good luck...?

Damn! After spending so much time, the result is worse than luck? What were they doing before?

The three of them suppressed their heartache and did not inquire about the specifics, fearing that asking would only make them feel more bitter.

"Here you go, Zi-O." Geiz tossed the Rider Watch in his hand to Tokiwa Sougo with a stiff face.

Only the corresponding Rider Watch can defeat the corresponding Another Rider. Since Nexus has said so, it means that Another Rider will be left to Zi-O this time.

"Oh... Oh! Thank you, senpai." Tokiwa Sougo quickly caught the flying Rider Watch and happily put it away, determined to make a good impression later.

“Now things are simple. Sougo and Nexus will go to 2011 to eliminate Another Riders. Gates, you keep an eye on that girl in case she gets attacked by Another Riders again.” Tsukuyomi breathed a sigh of relief. Now that things had progressed this far, he no longer needed to gather any more clues about the incident. He could just rush over there in one go.

"I understand." Gates had no objections.

"Wait a minute, I won't go this time. Sougo and Gates go together, and Tsukuyomi and I will stay in this era to find that little girl." Luo Yuan said, changing the order.

"Me and Zi-O?" Geiz was surprised. Why would he let two people who didn't get along go together?

"Hmm... just in case you scare that little girl away again?"

"I understand." Gates nodded dejectedly.

Seeing Gates's expression, Tsukuyomi couldn't help but laugh. It was rare to see Gates looking so defeated!

Gates glared at her, and Tsukuyomi returned the glare defiantly before silently creating some distance between them.

Gates took a deep breath to calm himself down and said, "Zi-O, let's go!"

Tokiwa Sougo silently gave Tsukuyomi a thumbs-up in approval, but suddenly his neck tightened. It turned out that Geiz had grabbed his neck with his elbow. "What are you dawdling for? Hurry up! Destroying the Another Riders is the most important thing right now!"

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, Gates, be gentle!" As Gates pulled him out of the coffee shop, Tokiwa Sougo cried out in pain, attracting the attention of many people inside. Gates had no intention of letting go.

As the two figures gradually walked away, looking at the two figures who were no longer so hostile, Tsukuyomi tilted her head and said, "Their relationship seems to have improved quite a bit."

"Hmm, that's not bad either. Alright, let's go!" Luo Yuan said, standing up and walking outside.

"Yes, go protect Yamabuki Karin."

…………

On the way to Karin Yamabuki's current address.

Tsukuyomi also expressed her thoughts: "Nexus, I always feel that there's something wrong with Karin Yamabuki."

"Yes, your feeling is right. When I was fighting the Another Forty Knights, Karin Yamabuki saw the Another Forty Knights being injured and her face showed a look of reluctance several times."

This answer surprised Tsukuyomi for a moment, and also puzzled her.

Shouldn't ordinary people feel fear and dread when they see Another Rider?

The Otherworldly Knight isn't some cat or dog, so why would a girl inexplicably feel sorry for him when she sees him injured?

Luo Yuan continued to explain, "When Zhuang Wu and I arrived at the scene of the suicide, we saw that Yamabuki Karin was unusually calm when facing the Outcast Forty Knights."

"Furthermore, the fact that she's the only one in that school who meets the criteria is also suspicious. She might have some kind of connection with the Otherworldly Knights." Tsukuyomi's eyes lit up as the numerous suspicious points she had gathered earlier began to connect.

"That's right, you can try searching for news about Yamabuki Karin, emmm... the time is probably around 2003."

Although she didn't quite understand Nexus's words, Tsukuyomi did as she was told.

Soon, the tablet displayed a news article from more than ten years ago.

Chapter 269 The Man Who Was Already Dead

The gist of this news article is that Karin Yamabuki died in a car accident 15 years ago, but her body disappeared the next day.

At the same time, her classmate Sakuma also disappeared.

That's not all. What's even more surprising is that Karin Yamabuki looks almost exactly the same as she did in a photo from 15 years ago. There's absolutely no other being who has the exact same appearance and name.

"This...? 15 years? Wasn't this Another Rider born in 2011? Could it be another trick by the Time Jackers?"

Tsukuyomi's face contorted in a grimace. After finding this news, her carefully organized thoughts were thrown into disarray again, with even more information that she couldn't sort out in a short time.

The date information on the Alien Knight is indeed 2011, but...

Luo Yuan continued, "Sending the two of them to 2011 was also to verify one of my guesses, a guess about whether the Another Rider that appeared this time could be eliminated. When I found this news before, I had already thought that the starting point of this incident might not be 2011 but 2003. The Another Rider was born in 2003, but other changes occurred in 2011."

Seeing that Tsukuyomi still looked confused, Luo Yuan made a comparison.

"Hmm, think of it this way: if you replace and refurbish all the parts inside a broken clock, but if you do that, is the clock still the original clock?"

Listening to Luo Yuan's analogy, Tsukuyomi felt as if a flash of inspiration had passed through her mind, and her thoughts seemed to have been clarified. "You mean that Another Rider was born in 2003, but in 2011, the Time Jackers inserted a new Another Rider Watch into it, giving it a new body."

"The reason why Karin Yamabuki has been able to live until now is because someone is forcibly prolonging her life, and that person is very likely Sakuma, who disappeared at the same time as Karin Yamabuki."

Tsukuyomi looked at Luo Yuan with a questioning gaze.

Luo Yuan nodded, finally realizing what was going on. "That's right. Next, we just have to wait for news from Zi-O and Geiz. But before that, we need to meet the real source of this incident: Yamabuki Karin."

“Okay, let’s go!” Tsukuyomi nodded.

…………

Soon the two found a very remote house, surrounded by trees and without any other buildings, which looked rather desolate.

There were piles of discarded iron bars and other things at the entrance, and there was only one path leading to the entrance.

"This is even more suspicious." Tsukuyomi had already drawn her Faiz pistol. How could an ordinary high school girl live in such a deserted place?

Luo Yuan nodded in response to this necessary sense of vigilance, and the two went inside. The house was reasonably tidy. Yamabuki Karin sat blankly on the bed, seemingly lost in thought.

"Little girl, how does it feel to live for 15 years by relying on the lives of others?" Luo Yuan's words struck Yamabuki Karin as if a thunderbolt had struck her heart.

"How...how did you know?" Yamabuki Karin's pupils contracted, her face filled with pain and frustration.

"Can you tell us everything?" Tsukuyomi's face showed an expression of "I knew it."

Now it's time to unravel the whole mystery.

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2011, the era of Forty Riders.

In a dimly lit room, the furniture was arranged very neatly, and a girl lay on a bed as if she were "sleeping".

A man, looking dazed and as if he might collapse at any moment, walked to the girl's side, stretched out his hand, and a pale blue light emanated from his palm, but the light dimmed and disappeared after a few seconds.