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

"You? You are!"

Tiger-shaped Orphnoch was so frightened that he retreated repeatedly, never expecting that the murderer who killed his compatriots would appear beside him in such a simple and unpretentious way—

It's like they're on the same side.

"Don't make such a fuss!"

Asano Yu raised his hand, wanting to hook his arm around Caesar's shoulder, but Caesar dodged to the side and then adopted a very cautious defensive stance.

Seeing Asano Yu shake his head helplessly, Caesar tentatively asked:

"What exactly are you here for?"

It seemed that Caesar questioned him because Asano Yuu didn't attack him immediately, which gave him a strange feeling.

"Didn't I tell you? I'm your partner!"

Asano Yu reiterated the reason for his appearance, then looked at Agito in the corner.

Agito was completely unable to comprehend the current situation and could only stare wide-eyed at the magenta Kamen Rider and the tiger-shaped Orphnoch in front of him.

Duanmu Jun told her that this color is called magenta, not some kind of flashy pink, so she wrote "Magenta Knight" in the Knights Association's Unknown Creature Files, and she never expected to encounter it today.

They were on the opposite side, not on their teammates.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

"I need to talk to her about something. As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Although I also hate you Orphinos, I can cooperate with you for the time being."

Asano Yu spoke, he slowly walked down the slope, gradually approaching Agito.

Seeing this, Caesar followed Asano Yu at a half-step slower pace. He had absolutely no faith in the Kamen Rider before him, because Kamen Riders had always been their enemies.

But Caesar wasn't stupid. If he turned against this pink knight now, he would have to face two knights for the first time. Only a fool would do something so unprofitable!

However, he remained cautious, keeping a close eye on the pink knight while keeping a watchful eye on the trembling Agito out of the corner of his eye.

To be honest, this Agito was the weakest he had ever seen. Strangely, he clearly remembered that a long time ago, his great predecessor Orpheus had once engaged in a righteous three-on-one battle against a certain Agito—

As a result, he was defeated by Agito.

Back then, he even criticized someone for being outmaneuvered in a three-on-one fight and getting killed, implying they didn't know how to play. A few years later, he was also hunted down by an Agito.

That Agito was extremely cruel; he smashed right through the wall in no time, without even a thought of protecting the building.

In the end, Caesar was defeated and fled in disarray, but fortunately escaped death.

However, he felt that this Agito in front of him looked familiar. Where had he seen him before?

His thoughts continued when a blinding light suddenly appeared before him. He looked up and saw the pink Kamen Rider locked in combat with Agito.

Asano Yu transformed the card box into sword mode and began slashing at Agito's arms, thighs, and other parts of his body.

Hayami Mitsuki was puzzled by the Crimson Knight's unprovoked attack, but she was quite adept at dodging.

Even though she can't even unleash one-tenth of Agito's fighting power now, dodging the Crimson Knight's attacks, which are devoid of any strength or speed, is a piece of cake.

The person in front of me was attacking me like an elderly couple strolling in a park—slow and inefficient, hardly even qualifying as an attack.

This reminded her of when she was a child, she would go with her father to participate in the company's sports meet. A group of elderly men and women in their sixties and seventies who were still sticking to their posts would slowly raise their hands to play table tennis with a similar force.

Therefore, dodging the opponent's attacks was not a problem for her at all.

However, this offensive made her start to think:

Is this person really capable of defeating four strange people in a row?

"Wait a minute, how did you beat Justin and Quinn if you're this bad?"

Caesar also had doubts. Although Justin and Queen weren't among the strongest of the Lucky Clover members, they were still Orphnoch members who had survived many battles, so their strength wasn't weak.

How could he be defeated by an old man dressed in bright pink Kamen Rider?

Are you kidding me!

Caesar was furious and charged forward!

He kicked Asano Yuu and Hayami Mitsuki together with a thunderous kick, then slammed his fist into Agito!

Each of his claw strikes was accompanied by a whistling sound that tore through the air, and beneath his tiger-shaped head armor, his murky blue eyes gleamed with the ferocity of a predator hunting its prey.

Agito dodged with agile movements, but this was already Hayami Mitsuki's full strength. She knew she couldn't keep hiding forever, so she prepared a counterattack—

He dodged to the side, then turned and delivered a whip kick, but still couldn't hurt the opponent in the slightest!

Seeing this, Tiger-shaped Orphnoch suddenly accelerated, turning around in the opposite direction and delivering a straight kick. Just as the kick was about to strike her abdomen, Hayami Mitsuki had already closed her eyes as if awaiting death—

However, she didn't expect to be kicked away and vomit blood. Even the fallback maneuver she had prepared after a moment's thought was useless.

Realizing she was unharmed, Hayami Mitsuki opened her eyes and found the Crimson Knight clinging to Caesar's leg, standing between herself and him.

"What are you going to do?! Didn't you say you were going to help—"

Caesar questioned sharply, but before he could finish speaking, Asano Yu raised his leg and kicked Hayami Mitsuki in the shoulder—

This kick sent her flying, crashing heavily to the ground.

After rolling twice on the ground, Hayami Mitsuki was forced to deactivate her Agito Earth Form and revert to her human form, lying on the ground barely clinging to life.

It was only then that Caesar realized that the pink knight actually wanted to do it himself!

You truly are my comrade-in-arms!

The simple-minded and muscular Caesar's entire plan that the pink knight might be the enemy suddenly vanished at this moment.

He looked at Hayami Mitsuki, who had deactivated her transformation, and at her lying on the ground. Suddenly, he remembered Agito, the girl who had chased after him in his memory—it was the woman in front of him.

However, back then, Hayami Mitsuki was a junior high school girl, but now she's become a spineless coward.

Thinking of this, Caesar immediately fell forward to the ground, landing on all fours like a toad, then revealed a ferocious smile, staring wide-eyed at Hayami Mitsuki who was breathing heavily.

"Hahaha! That's the kind of expression I wanted to see!"

"I've always wanted to see that defeated look on your face! You used to chase me around and beat me so badly! How did you end up looking so pathetic now? Hahaha!"

For some reason, Caesar suddenly stepped forward and started mocking her, but Hayami Mitsuki completely ignored him, staring intently at Asano Yu as if she were cursing and complaining about something.

"Don't look at me like that. Blame yourself for being so careless in your work—"

Asano Yu gently kicked Caesar in the backside, sending him flying.

Helpless, Caesar had no choice but to give up the best viewing spot to the pink knight who had kicked Agito to pieces, while he himself was plotting how to devour Hayami Mitsuki later.

"You're a Kamen Rider too! How could you do something like this?!"

Hayami Mitsuki's mouth was filled with the taste of rust. She spat out a mouthful of pus and blood, realizing that her current physical condition was really too bad.

"Then you shouldn't have orchestrated a fake monster attack to drag innocent people into it!"

"How...how did you know—"

"I also know that six people were injured in the stampede, one of whom is in a coma due to serious injuries—are you aware of this, Miss Agito?"

Asano Yu obtained all this information from the police, while Hayami Mitsuki, who was supposed to be with him listening to this information, went out to make a phone call under the pretext of feeling unwell.

What kind of call was it?

A phone call announcing the defeat in battle.

So Asano Yu was very angry. It didn't matter that Hayami Mitsuki was a Kamen Rider, and it didn't matter that she planned an attack to lure him out, but it did matter that innocent people were hurt!

"W-what?"

Hayami Mitsuki was unaware of this matter. She had received an urgent call from Koizumi Shin to discuss the follow-up actions, which was why she temporarily left Asano Yu.

Innocent people will get hurt—this was a warning she had received from Duanmu Jun long ago, but she never expected things to be more serious than she thought…

Her tired brain could no longer function, and her eyes gradually became vacant.

"Wow! Is that true?"

Caesar smiled and immediately understood why the pink knight would help him. However, he did not expect that the pink knight would actually reach out and grab Hayami Mitsuki's body.

He grabbed the oversized men's shirt and yanked it violently with both hands—beneath the black crop top was the Agito's driver.

"You are no longer worthy to use this."

The crimson knight grabbed the belt and yanked it off, startling the girl who tried to stop him with both hands, but her delicate white hands were completely unable to stop the crimson knight.

She could only watch as the belt was removed, and then the flashing light turned into a card.

"KAMEN RIDE"

A series of electronic sounds, accompanied by the roar of a motorcycle starting up, rang out again. Hayami Mitsuki and Caesar both stared wide-eyed as they watched the card with the image of Agito being inserted into the Decade Driver's slot—

"AGITΩ"

The twisting vortex started changing from the driver at the waist, and eventually it turned into the Agito driver, and the red-clad rider suddenly transformed into Agito!

"What?"

"How did you manage to become Agito?!"

Caesar cried out in surprise before Hayami Mitsuki could, then watched as Agito slowly walked towards him, pushing forward with both hands—

"FORMRIDE"

"AGITΩ FLAME"

With another push and pull, Agito in flame form suddenly appeared, leaving Hayami Mitsuki completely astonished.

Keep in mind that she's already giving it her all just using her Earth Form, and she wouldn't even dare to dream of using her Flame Form, which she used to transform into so easily.

But now?

Her Agito had been taken from someone else, right in front of her!

"Why?! Why can you become Agito?!"