Rider Build: Starting in Next Form

The next second, a person appeared in front of him without his noticing, wielding a guitar-shaped weapon and slashing out, forcing him back.

"What a devil does, a devil cleans up." The man wielding the guitar-shaped weapon is named Todayama Hidezo, and he is none other than the current Kamen Rider Todoroki.

He planted the guitar in the ground, and with his right hand pulled the clasp of the tuning peg on his left wrist. The golden ghost head slid upwards, revealing three strings.

With his right hand, he plucked the three strings of the tuning peg, and a sound transformed into black waves that rippled and undulated.

He raised his left hand to forehead level, and a ghost head mark appeared on his forehead.

A bolt of lightning struck, and blue ghost flames ignited on his body. He swung his arm to the side, and the ghost flames dissipated, revealing the figure within. He had transformed into Kamen Rider Todoroki!

"Take this!" Todoroki picked up the sound attack weapon, Sound Strike String - Thunderclap, which he had stuck in the ground, and charged towards Another Hibiki.

"It's not Hibiki!" Ul frowned, intending to leave immediately.

"Don't worry, the Hibiki you've been longing for should be here soon." Luo Yuan looked down at the Hibiki and Todoroki fighting fiercely below.

It was described as a fierce battle, but in reality, it was Todoroki dominating Another Rider Hibiki. This is understandable, since how could a young man who had only recently acquired Another Rider powers possibly defeat a real demon who had been training for a long time?

Chapter 466 Special Training for the Man Who Claims to be Hibiki

"Why are you telling me this?" Ur asked, his face filled with confusion and wariness.

Why would Nexus, an enemy, tell him this information?

"Because even if I told you, it wouldn't have much impact on the outcome," Luo Yuan said calmly.

below.

Seizing the opportunity, Todoroki plunged the tip of the Thunder Sword into the abdomen of Another Hibiki. A red light shone on the tip of the sword, binding Another Hibiki's movements.

"Sonic Strike - Thunderous Shock!" The Oni attached Sonic Strike - Thunderous Shock to the Thunder and began to play a passionate tune.

The clear sound, as Hibiki played, transformed into a powerful force and was infused into Hibiki's body.

This power caused the otherworldly Hibiki to wail in agony.

But just as the performance was about to reach its climax, a fireball suddenly appeared out of nowhere and struck the demon at his feet, interrupting his ultimate attack.

Caught off guard, the demon was knocked into the nearby green belt, where it quickly regained its footing.

"What do you think you're doing?!" Todoroki shouted at the location where the fireball was launched, then turned his head and noticed the Another Hibiki trying to escape, and immediately gave chase.

"Wait a minute!" Zi-O stretched out his hand, but the person had already run far away. He sighed helplessly, leaving behind a bellyful of questions.

"What do we do now? Your friend attacked us and doesn't seem to be planning to give you a chance to persuade him." Gates took off his watch, deactivated his transformation, and looked at Sougo helplessly.

Let's use the simplest solution: defeat them directly.

Sougo thought silently for a moment, then took off his watch and deactivated his transformation. "Now let's look for other clues. If necessary, I'll deal with him myself."

But when it came to clues, the two felt a headache coming on again. The only clue they had about Hibiki had gone cold; the other party had become a different kind of Hibiki...

"It seems there's something wrong with your information; Hibiki hasn't appeared," Ul said calmly, with a hint of schadenfreude in his tone.

"Really? Let's keep watching." Luo Yuan looked down and saw a man in an orange jacket and plaid pants walking towards the spot where the fireball that someone had launched earlier had been.

Kiriya Kyosuke, the current Hibiki, or more accurately, an ordinary oni who has inherited the Hibiki legacy but has not yet been able to inherit the title of Hibiki.

“He is…” Ul looked at the calm eyes of the person beside him and had already guessed what was going on.

“That guy wasn’t a Hibiki, it was a Todoroki,” Kiriya Kyosuke said as he walked over.

"Who are you?" Zhuang Wu asked.

"Me? I am Kiriya Kyosuke, Hibiki."

"They actually came." Ul muttered to himself as he looked down at Kiriya Kyosuke, who called himself Hibiki. He turned to look at Luo Yuan, but there was no one beside him.

…………

Nine to five hours a day.

When Woz saw Sougo return, he quickly covered and hid the cake he had prepared for the Demon King's birthday with a glass dome and a red cloth, as it wasn't the right time yet.

In the living room outside the restaurant, Luo Yuan sat in a chair, fiddling with Hibiki's watch.

Not far away, Sougo and Geiz were explaining the Another Riders and Time Jackers to Kiriya Kyosuke, who had been invited by the two, and nodded from time to time as he listened to their explanation.

“Another Rider… So that guy was controlled by your enemies.” Kiriya Kyosuke stroked his chin, a hint of worry flashing in his eyes.

The Otherworldly Hibiki is clearly an enemy he cannot handle in his current state.

“They probably want to lure you out and then try to steal the Hibiki Rider Watch from you,” Tsukuyomi sighed and said.

They could guess what the Time Robbers were thinking, and the other party did not hide anything from them.

"A Knight's Watch?" Just as Kiriya Kyosuke uttered his question, Sougo took out his own watch.

"That's how it is, don't you have it?"

"I'm sorry, I've never seen this before." After examining the Zi-O watch in Sougo's hand for a few moments, Kiriya Kyosuke asked tentatively, his words a mix of truth and falsehood, "You guys collect this too?"

Zhuang Wu nodded without any suspicion.

With only four watches remaining, he will be able to obtain the final power.

"If I had that watch, I could give it to you. Of course, I wouldn't give it away for nothing. I need to make sure you're qualified to be ghosts." Kiriya Kyosuke stood up, a smile playing on his lips. He put his hands in his pockets, walked to the side, and glanced back at Sougo and the other two.

He glanced again at Luo Yuan, who was sitting to the side playing with something he couldn't identify, but who showed no interest in his words. He seemed not to believe him at all.

But it doesn't matter. As long as we bring Zhuang Wu and the other two into the picture and gain their trust, we can take control of the situation.

"To be a ghost?" Gates chuckled dismissively. This guy must have misunderstood.

After receiving a watch from their senior, they are usually able to use its power directly. When did these restrictions come into play?

“That’s right.” Kiriya Kyosuke turned around and looked at the three of them, saying seriously, “The power of the demons can only be inherited by those who have been tempered throughout the ages. I’m here to give you special training.”

"Eh?"

"You can start by practicing playing the taiko drums." Kiriya Kyosuke crossed his arms, secretly delighted. This was the first time in his life he had met such a naive person, who looked completely fooled.

"Taiko?"

“That’s right, we demons use taiko drums to purify the earth, drive away evil spirits, and bless living beings,” Kiriya Kyosuke said, making several powerful gestures in succession.

Woz, who had been sitting in the restaurant, pondering his blessing words with a listless expression, perked up at the mention of "blessing." His previous dejection vanished, and he pushed open the restaurant door, walking up to everyone. "Your Majesty, Demon King, come on! I will not lose to anyone when it comes to blessing! I will definitely master how to play the taiko drum perfectly!"

As he spoke, Woz excitedly grabbed Kiriya Kyosuke's shoulders and shook him, thinking that this might be the best way to bless His Majesty the Demon King!

"Who are you?!" Kiriya Kyosuke was also taken aback by Woz's enthusiasm.

“A blessed ghost!” Woz said without hesitation.

Everyone almost couldn't hold back their smiles; as expected of Woz.

Even Luo Yuan, who was sitting to the side fiddling with his watch, almost dropped it, quite shocked.

Kiriya Kyosuke's lips twitched. Had he chosen the wrong partners? If he hadn't witnessed their battle from the shadows earlier, he really wouldn't have believed that these people were actually Kamen Riders.

As for the remaining person sitting to the side fiddling with something in his hands, Kyosuke Kiriya also noticed him. He was the same person who had been chatting with the boy in blue on the overpass. Since he got along well with the others, he must also be a Kamen Rider. Kyosuke Kiriya decided to extend an invitation to him.

Chapter 467 Drumming Training for Ordinary Ghosts

“You’re one of their teammates, right? Then train together. As long as one of you can…” Kiriya Kyosuke was stunned before he could finish speaking.

Luo Yuan pressed the button on his watch.

"Hibiki!" (Hibiki)

A purple will-o'-the-wisp burned in Luo Yuan's palm.

Kyosuke Kiriya could never be mistaken about that unique aura of power!

This is the power that Kamen Rider Hibiki, whose master used countless times!

"Who are you?! Why do you possess the power of the Hibiki?!"

"Sougo, you guys go train with this kid and see how it goes. I'm not going to get involved." Luo Yuan ignored Kiriya Kyosuke, extinguished the ghost fire in his hand, and said to Sougo.

“Okay, senior, I also want to try to master the power of Hibiki faster after obtaining the Hibiki Watch.” Sougo was very envious of Rakuen’s ability to utilize the power of the Rider Watch.

Now that he has the opportunity, he naturally wants to give it a try.

However, standing next to Sougo, Kiriya Kyosuke felt a little uneasy. He opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

This man possesses the power of Kamen Rider Hibiki, so could it be that he has already seen through my lie? But if he has seen through it, why doesn't he reveal himself?

If this kid next to him trusts this man so much, doesn't that mean many of his plans can't be carried out?

The more he thought about it, the more confused he became. Finally, under that gaze that seemed to see right through him, Kiriya Kyosuke led Sougo and the others away from the Nine-to-Five Hall.

No matter what, he still had to give it his all, for the sake of his misguided apprentice.

"Kamen Rider Hibiki..." Luo Yuan murmured.

…………

Inside a temple.

Kiriya Kyosuke leaned against a pillar, listening to the sound of three people playing drums not far away.

The music was chaotic and utterly melody-less, making listeners feel irritated and eventually causing them to wander off to a more distant place with headaches.

He took out a notebook he always carried with him from his pants pocket and looked at the photos tucked inside.

Most of them were photos of him and his master when they transformed into Hibiki. But when he pulled out the bottom photo, which was a photo of him and his apprentice, Koya Tsutomu, Kiriya Kyosuke sighed.

In the training ground, after knocking for a while, Sougo and Gates couldn't continue. They slumped to the ground, looking at the ceiling, utterly dejected.

Only Woz, who was in an unusually high state of mind, was still excitedly banging on the drumhead with two drumsticks.

Seeing Woz still excitedly banging away, Sougo gritted his teeth and stood up. "No, I can't give up yet. I have to save A-Mian!"

"A-Mian, is he your friend?" Kiriya Kyosuke put away the photo and walked over.

"Yes, Tsutomu idolizes you a lot. When he graduated from elementary school, he wrote in his yearbook that he wanted to become a powerful demon like you. That was his dream." As he spoke, Sougo inexplicably recalled his childhood, remembering how he stood up for Tsutomu when they were classmates and he was being mocked by others.

"His dream..." Although a ripple of emotion stirred in Kiriya Kyosuke's heart, he remained outwardly calm. "And what is your dream?"

"I want to become king. We became friends because of our similarly peculiar dreams, so I will definitely defeat the Otherworldly Hibiki and bring him back!" Sougo said firmly, picking up his drumsticks and striking them.

"You really are a strange person. But if you don't pass the test, even if I have the watch, I won't give it to you." Kiriya Kyosuke scrutinized Sougo a few more times. "I'm going out to take care of some things. You guys continue practicing."