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

On the screen, the male and female protagonists are embracing in the rain, with raindrops falling at a rate of 24 frames per second, accompanied by a cello soundtrack that is sickeningly sweet.

Yu Asano never expected the movie to be so bad. The beginning was very grand and the theme was quite profound, but the actual content was just pointless whining.

Asano Yu pressed her face against her left palm, supported herself on the armrest with her left elbow, and turned her body to the left of the empty space.

Hayami Mitsuki sat upright to his right, as if attending fashion week rather than watching this long-titled romance film.

The screen light flowed across her profile, illuminating her slightly furrowed brows.

But Asano Yu always felt that she wasn't criticizing the film, but rather worried about something else.

A faint sucking sound came from the back seat. Asano Yu frowned and couldn't help but steal a glance back.

It seems he finds the movie too boring and has started to read it by heart.

Immediately afterwards, Asano Yu turned around and saw that the couple to her right were already sitting together, with the boy's hand slipping under the girl's sweater.

Asano shifted her gaze back to the screen, where the male lead was saying with a textbook-perfect expression of pain:

Without you, the Tokyo night sky loses its meaning.

Then the female protagonist began to hug him, tears streaming down her face, and they kissed each other on the lips.

Mom...

Just when Asano Yu thought that this movie experience was over, suddenly, the man in the center of the first row stood up.

His movements were slow, with an eerie hesitation and awkwardness. He seemed to have rusty joints. He raised his hand to rub the back of his neck, then arched his back, the outline of his vertebrae clearly visible through his shirt.

Asano initially thought he was just going to the restroom, until the plaid shirt suddenly burst open, revealing a strange, dark blue skin that was not human.

He was like a monster whose muscles and skin were reversed; his arteries and veins were exposed and spread all over his body, which in turn constituted his skin.

Everyone hesitated for a moment, because the lights in the screening room were rather dim, until he used the light from the big screen to leap up the steps to the third row and opened his bloodthirsty mouth in front of a couple—

"Aaaaaah!"

The girl knocked over the popcorn bucket, and the yellow kernels rolled down the steps toward the first row. Then the screams stopped, because the girl's neck had been snapped by the monster.

Because it was too dark, Asano Yu was not sure.

But most people remained frozen in place, their brains unable to process the surreal scene before them, so they simply stopped calculating and operating.

"Run!"

From a corner, someone shouted something, which roused everyone slightly, and they began to surge towards the back door, including Asano Yu and Hayami Mitsuki.

The two stood up simultaneously, but an accident occurred as they left their seats:

I had already seen the baby's legs go weak at the breast.

She stumbled and fell in the corridor, even twisting her ankle because of the dim lighting.

"It hurts so much..."

She whimpered and clutched her ankle tightly with her hands. Asano Yu had no choice but to drag her up from the ground and carry her outside.

Hayami Mitsuki felt her body rise into the air, barely blending into the massive footsteps of the crowd that seemed capable of shattering the heavens.

Everyone was pushing and shoving to get out, which almost caused a stampede. Asano Yu nimbly stepped on a fire extinguisher box on one side and then squeezed out sideways.

The footsteps and screams behind them startled the audience in the other screening rooms. Everyone was terrified by the inexplicable fear and began to rush out.

Avoiding the surging crowd, Asano Yu went upstairs to the tea room and hid Hayami Mitsuki in the tool storage room.

"You'd better hide!"

As he was about to return to the screening room, he was stopped by Hayami Mitsuki just as he stood up—

"Don't go," she said, her voice low but piercing through the screams around her, "I'm scared."

Asano Yu thought she was terrified; a fear of the unknown began to spread in her heart.

The fear was so intense, almost like a performance—yet her trembling was so real that Asano Yu couldn't help but want to stay and hold her tight.

But no, Asano Yu didn't say anything, pried open her hand that was tightly gripping his wrist, and then walked away.

Hayami Mitsuki sobbed on the floor, listening intently as the sound receded, then crawled into a cubicle, took out her phone, and put on her earphones.

"Switch to the monitor in the screening room!"

"yes!"

Koizumi Shin's voice came through the headphones, and immediately afterward, Hayami Mitsuki's phone received a live stream from the security camera in the screening room—

Asano Yu pushed the door open again and stood in front of the strange man.

However, he did not transform. Instead, he picked up the things around him and kept throwing them in that direction, trying to attract attention.

Hayami Mitsuki was quite surprised. For the next five minutes, Asano Yu was playing hide-and-seek with her, constantly restraining her.

Even if he is injured, he will never transform.

"Secretary Hayami... this..."

Koizumi Shin's helpless voice came over. Hayami Mitsuki hadn't expected Asano Yu to be so reckless, wanting to fight a monster with a mortal body—

If this weirdo is really one of those dangerous weirdos, wouldn't you be in big trouble?

"It seems that Mr. Asano is just a particularly warm-hearted, kind-hearted citizen with a strong sense of justice?"

Koizumi Shin gave a wry smile.

"The plan is off. Go back now."

Left with no other choice, Hayami Mitsuki had to abandon her plan and, as the sirens sounded, ordered the Knights Guild members to evacuate.

The plan ended in an unseemly fashion, failing not only to uncover Asano Yu's true identity but also leaving him injured. Now, they still have to spend time explaining what happened at the movie theater...

Just thinking about Hayami Mitsuki gives me a headache.

She had no choice but to take off her headphones, put down her phone, find eye drops in her pocket, and put in two drops.

She continued to squat on the ground and cry.

Until Asano Yu returned.

Panting heavily, Asano Yu arrived at the door of the tea room, clutching his scratched arm. He composed himself slightly, then, feigning great anxiety, he burst through the door.

He saw Hayami Mitsuki flinch, first with fear, then surprise, and finally with tears of joy welling up in her eyes:

"Thank goodness! You're alright!"

As she spoke, Hayami Mitsuki lunged into Asano Yu's arms, knocking him to the ground, and then clutched her clothes and burst into tears.

Asano Yuya pretended to breathe a sigh of relief, remaining restrained and not hugging her, simply waiting for her to stop crying—

To be honest, Asano Yu knew before the movie even started that the monster was harmless, since it was green and a friendly unit, which is why he dared to face it without transforming.

Moreover, the other party seemed very hesitant when chasing him, as if he were being forced.

The reason Asano Yu wanted to return to the screening room was because he knew there were two strange people there, and the other one was a red [Mimicry Monster: lv5 (High Danger)], which was Asano Yu's target.

So he wanted to go back and gain experience, but he couldn't find his target.

Left with no other choice, he could only deal with that friendly oddball and put on a show for someone who wanted to see it.

The girl in his arms gradually stopped crying, and Asano Yu's clothes were soaked. The two looked at each other in silence and just held each other until the police arrived.

If you're going to put on an act, you have to go all the way; that's what they both thought.

After giving their statements and being safely released, it was already 2 a.m. when they started their journeys home. Hayami Mitsuki was walking alone on the slope on her way home.

She kept replaying everything that had happened that day in her mind, and felt that her opinion of Asano Yuu had changed.

Of course, whether Asano Yu is actually that pink knight is still uncertain.

We had no choice but to temporarily abandon the idea of ​​testing the waters and instead observe.

Hayami Miyuki's high heels tapped on the ground, creating a rhythmic beat—one, two, three—the fourth tap hovered in mid-air before falling.

Because someone was blocking the road.

The other party didn't "appear," but rather "blocked" the road.

One second the alleyway was empty, the next the figure was standing there, like an iron stake that suddenly grew out of the concrete.

Standing over two meters tall, with shoulders almost blocking the entire sidewalk, his grayish-white skin and imposing physique were striking.

Hayami Mitsuki recognized it; it was an Orphnoch, and judging from its shape, it should be a tiger-shaped Orphnoch.

That is, Caesar, one of the lucky four-leaf clovers.

Hayami Mitsuki slowly stopped, her handbag slipping from her shoulder to her elbow. She didn't reach for it, but simply tilted her head slightly, as if she were looking for a road sign.

Three seconds later, she spoke:

"Now that the AI ​​company has disappeared without a trace, why don't you slink away with your tails between your legs?"

It seemed that the phrase "tail between your legs" had provoked the other party; Caesar's body began to tremble violently with anger, his fists clenched, and he shouted sharply:

"You bastard! How come it's exactly the same as what he said!"

"With whom?"

"You have no right to know!"

Caesar cursed and ran quickly toward Hayami Mitsuki, opening his sharp claws and pouncing on her like a hungry tiger.

Hayami Mitsuki didn't slack off either. She opened her arms and patted her side abdomen. A blinding white light flashed, and she transformed into the black and gold Kamen Rider Agito.

The moment he completed the transformation, Caesar's blade was already upon him. Hayami Mitsuki easily dodged his full-force slash and instead delivered a whip kick to his back.

However, the force was far from enough—Yasumi Mitsuki also noticed this and immediately leaped backward to create distance.

Since that accident, she has been unable to unleash Agito's full power. Even though she transforms, her combat strength is far less than before.

Caesar noticed this too, and his steps gradually became more unrestrained. He swung his arms, ready to enjoy this powerless struggle.

But before he could take a few more steps, a strange sound of a motorcycle starting up suddenly echoed through the quiet street—

Caesar was walking forward when he suddenly paused, and a grayish-white mist appeared in front of him.

He paused, slowing his pace slightly as he walked towards Agito. When he came to his senses, a bright pink Kamen Rider was walking alongside him, shoulder to shoulder, towards Agito not far away.

"You! You are—"

"I am your partner, Caesar!"

That's what the Imperial Knight said.