Unable to pay off my debts, I had no choice but to become a Kamen Rider.

Hayami Mitsuki watched Asano Yu stuff large and small bags into the mall's lockers, then carefully folded the combination lock twice and put it into her wallet.

It's fortunate that the locker is big enough to hold so much stuff, otherwise I probably would have had to eat lunch on the street.

The two left the university at around 9:30, took a train to Shibuya, and then transferred to the JR line to Shinjuku.

The two found a shopping mall that was close to the movie theater to kill time.

Asano Yu and Hayami Mitsuki didn't do much couple strolling or playing around; instead, they spent their time in the mall's cafe.

Asano Yu is looking for a part-time job at the mall, while Hayami Mizuki is drinking handmade coffee at an open-air café on the third floor. During this time, the two have become like classmates who are not so close, each having their own things to do.

More than an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

After tidying up some unimportant items, the two walked into the nearby Shinjuku Musashino Cinema.

As a famous 24-hour cinema, Shinjuku Musashino Cinema often screens classic films and sometimes independent films, making it very popular among movie fans.

So even at 11 p.m., there are still quite a few people here.

The audience members in the same show as the two were mostly in pairs, and they all seemed to be couples.

They were either holding hands or linking arms, while Asano Yu and Hayami Mitsuki seemed somewhat out of place in the middle.

Because the two of them had rather unique postures, one with both hands in their pockets and the other with both hands in their pockets.

The only way they communicated was by elbowing each other, then looking in the direction the other person's chin was pointing.

That's it.

However, Hayami Mitsuki was still too eye-catching. Even though she was wearing Asano Yu's shirt, her slender figure and beautiful face still attracted attention.

Several men got their ears pulled by their female companions for glancing at something too long; it was quite comical.

However, it seems that quite a few girls are looking at her; indeed, good-looking people attract others regardless of gender.

The two waited a moment at the ticket counter, collected popcorn and cola using their pre-booked ticket information, and then headed straight to the screening room.

However, Hayami Mitsuki was surprisingly a bit slow:

"You go in first, I'll go to the restroom."

Standing in front of the screening room, Hayami Mitsuki suddenly took a step back, pointed in the direction of the emergency exit, and before Asano Yu could even answer, she lowered her hat brim and quickly left.

Asano Yuko thought that the big ice block was probably not shy, but probably needed to pee, so she went to find a seat first.

On the other side, Hayami Mitsuki began to take frequent deep breaths. Her steps toward the restroom became heavier and heavier, and she finally managed to breathe a sigh of relief after hiding in a stall.

She sat on the toilet seat, her hands supporting her forehead, her breathing accompanied by strong heaving of her body—

"Cheer up..."

She started to encourage herself, trying to regain some of the decisiveness she had when making plans, but she couldn't.

Duanmu Jun is right. It's really not suitable to do things that require others to take risks, let alone innocent ordinary people.

They genuinely had no idea what would happen next in the movie theater.

Although the Knights Guild has more than the power to handle this incident as an accident, it will inevitably have an impact on those involved...

Hayami Mitsuki was starting to have second thoughts.

"Buzzing—"

However, a phone call came in using the Knights Guild's internal line, so Hayami Mitsuki had to answer it immediately:

"Secretary Hayami, everyone around is ready and we can begin the mission at any time!"

She is the deputy commander in charge of this operation to lure the pink knight. Since Hayami Mitsuki had to get involved herself, all the arrangements outside were handed over to this capable assistant, secretary Koizumi Shin.

Koizumi Shin was a senior who joined the Knights Guild earlier than him. If Hayami Mitsuki hadn't been an Agito, he probably wouldn't have been able to sit above her.

The ranks of secretaries were also divided into different levels. The highest rank was the Grand Secretary-General, who oversaw all the work of the knights nationwide. He was also known as the Grand Secretary-General and was once the No. 1 Knight.

Number One has now retired from the Knights and taken over as the Grand Secretary-General of the Knights Association, responsible for various coordination tasks.

Each of the subordinate districts has its own secretaries who are responsible for the operation and leadership of the Knights Association in their respective districts. The Hayami family has always been a member of the Knights Association and a member who has made outstanding contributions.

Therefore, Hayami Mitsuki obtained Agito at a very young age and began to frequently appear on the battlefield and in the Kamen Rider Association as a Kamen Rider.

Like her, Kamen Rider Kiva was also a child prodigy. Both children took on too many adult responsibilities at a young age, and as a result, they gained a lot of respect.

While other elementary school students dreamed of becoming magical girls, Hayami Mitsuki was busy being a Kamen Rider, enjoying painless height increase, and then brutally tormenting monsters.

During her three years of junior high school, Hayami Mitsuki maintained excellent grades while also taking time to become Agito and save humanity, but an accident occurred during her high school years.

After that, he stepped down from the front line and became a secretary, leveraging his family's past achievements and background as a former Agito. He then demonstrated his abilities at several events, eventually becoming a secretary in the Tokyo area.

Koizumi Shin was already a senior colleague, and everyone thought she would naturally become the secretary, but Hayami Mitsuki snatched the job away.

However, Koizumi Shin did not feel unhappy. On the contrary, he wholeheartedly assisted her, and she agreed to this mission without hesitation.

"Okay, let's proceed according to plan. I'll keep Asano Yu occupied and see if he slips up..."

Hayami Mitsuki's voice was weak and listless, because when she was setting up the plan, she had treated herself and everyone in the movie theater as hostages.

They invited a strange-looking but kind-hearted person to act as an actor, planning to have him attack the movie theater, or more precisely, the screening room where they were.

She would be responsible for stalling Asano Yu, and if necessary, push him to a place that seemed deserted but was actually full of surveillance cameras, in order to catch him in the act of transforming.

This plan is obviously premature, after all, what if Asano Yu is determined to hide his identity?

So Hayami Mitsuki made a backup plan: to transform into Agito and then attack Asano Yu.

The plan was simple, but difficult to execute. Duanmu Jun also believed it was inhumane and therefore did not intend to participate.

Hayami Mitsuki herself didn't have a definite answer, because Agito hadn't responded to her for a long time. She could now force a transformation, but it would be accompanied by intense pain.

"Okay, morning secretary! Best of luck."

After leaving a meaningful wish, Koizumi Shin hung up the phone. Hayami Mitsuki tidied herself up a bit, touched up her makeup, and then returned to the screening room.

Asano Yu stood near her seat and guided her to her seat. The two sat down close together and looked at the big screen.

"It's so quiet..."

Asano Yu couldn't help but sigh, because he felt there was a strange atmosphere in the air.

Hayami Mitsuki didn't rush to answer. She looked around and confirmed that her colleague in the front row, right in the middle, was still sitting upright in his seat.

He was the weirdo he had arranged himself, a friendly weirdo hiding in human society just like Kirishima Chinatsu. This time, he specially put on the face of a wanted criminal to assist in this plan.

Hayami Mitsuki's wandering gaze certainly struck Asano Yu as odd, but it wasn't exactly surprising, since Asano Yu had already taken photos with his camera before she left.

Guess what?

There are two strange people in this movie theater.