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

"Final Attack Ride!!AAA-AGITΩ!"

Agito, transformed from the Crimson Knight, suddenly turned around, his hands relaxed and spread out, the horns on his head unfolded, and light gathered on the ground, finally enveloping his right foot.

His power continued to build up until he finally leaped into the air and kicked the already dying Caesar.

"hateful!!"

Before Caesar could even react, he let out a scream as the powerful kick struck him in the chest, sending him flying like a cannonball through the street wall.

Hayami Mitsuki collapsed onto the cold ground, her gaze fixed on the crimson knight strolling leisurely in the distance.

He had already defeated the tiger-shaped Orphnoch named Caesar, deactivated Agito's transformation, and the driver on his waist had turned back to white. He was now shaking his head and examining the cards in his hand.

Hayami Mitsuki guessed that he was probably a Kamen Rider who could transform into other Kamen Riders through cards, but she still couldn't accept the fact that he had transformed into Agito in front of her.

As the Crimson Knight approached, she struggled to roll over and sit up from the ground, screaming with a disheveled expression:

"Who are you? What do you want?"

Her questioning was not as forceful as expected; it was more like a feeble, impotent rage, partly because she had given up early on, and partly because the Crimson Knight, who had just transformed into Agito, had unleashed Agito's full power.

Just like a child who gets a new toy can't help but explore all sorts of ways to play with it.

Agito was also fully developed in his hands—

Hayami Mitsuki's current Earth Form was easily achieved by the Crimson Knight, and her current Flame and Storm Forms were also effortlessly conjured up by him.

Therefore, Hayami Mitsuki felt only inferiority towards the Crimson Knight in front of her, because she was truly no match for him.

She could only watch as the crimson-clad knight approached her, bent down, straightened his clothes, and then picked her up.

She seemed to understand that the man didn't mean to hurt her, and began to apologize, to complain, and to say random things. Her last memory of him ended with the self-introduction of the magenta knight.

"Decade, that's my name."

Then my memories became less clear.

Hayami Mitsuki felt as if she had returned to her childhood, to that summer before she became Agito.

Like many other children, she played in the community park with a childlike heart, playing with mud balls and hide-and-seek. The slide in the community park was her favorite.

She didn't want to slide down or bother anyone, so she climbed to the top and sat there for the whole day.

Summer vacation is the most difficult time for children because there are too many things they want to do but too few things they can actually do, which often results in either going to tutoring classes or wasting time in the community park.

She was used to this and rarely saw her mother, saying she was handling various business matters at her father's company. She also rarely saw her father, only hearing a few words from her mother, who said she should be understanding and accept his current career.

Back then, the news often reported dangerous things, such as gas explosions in certain areas or car accidents. The most common news stories were probably about people being brutally murdered while walking at night.

Every evening at five o'clock, she would be taken home by her mother, her mother's friend, her father's company secretary, or someone like that, and then sit in front of the TV to watch TV.

Her favorite series is magical girl, and she always envies the sparkly transformations, but this longing only lasts for two days before it disappears.

As for the reason, Hayami Mitsuki had long forgotten. She only knew that she was always only enthusiastic for a short time. Even in the extracurricular classes she had been attending since she was a child, she quickly lost interest. Otherwise, she would not have chosen to spend her time in the community park.

She only vaguely remembered that the magical girl she had seen back then would one day in the future cause her to experience becoming Agito.

She saw "creatures" falling from the sky, the nature of which she didn't know. She initially thought they were "creatures" simply because of the leopard head.

That's why she simply thought it was a "living thing," and then she fell into a coma and was taken to the hospital.

It was in the hospital that she met her father for the first time after a long separation. However, her father, who looked travel-worn, only glanced at the young Hayami Mitsuki for a moment before leaving again.

Hayami Mitsuki felt wronged, but she still remembered what her mother had said, that she should respect her father's career and his choices, and that her father did this so that more people could be reunited.

Hayami Mitsuki couldn't understand grand principles; all she knew was that she felt wronged, and that her body was undergoing some strange changes.

She was discharged from the hospital quickly, but she was no longer allowed to go out—because it was on her way to the park that she encountered that leopard-headed "creature".

She could only watch the DVDs about magical girls that her mother bought, and learn the magical girl's transformation lines over and over again, eventually becoming a warrior of light by accident.

She didn't know why things had turned out this way; she just felt she could change, and so she did.

But it's not a magical girl, it's Agito.

She looked at her body, which had suddenly grown taller, and worried about how to turn back so as not to upset her parents.

But unable to find a solution, she could only curl up in the small blankets in the room, trying to wait for time to smooth out the changes in her body.

Just like how she could endure a series of physical discomforts such as colds, fevers, and stomach aches, and let time take them away, she hid in bed and waited.

But the result was that even when her mother returned home, she was still wearing that ugly black and gold armor—in the eyes of a child her age who liked magical girls, that was ugly.

She preferred a pink suit of armor, but things didn't turn out that way.

Thinking that Hayami Mitsuki was losing her appetite, her mother came upstairs and caught her red-handed. Hayami Mitsuki, who thought she would scare her mother, cried and apologized, but all she got in return was a helpless sigh from her mother.

Then, she saw her father again, and she began to live a life of frequently going out with her father and participating in Donghua activities. She could no longer go to the community park, and she didn't have time to make mud balls. Even the top space of her favorite slide became a scene that she would glance at when passing by and then have to take over by other children.

She had no complaints, but simply began to undergo training and testing, eventually becoming the magical girl she had always dreamed of as Agito.

It was at this moment that she understood why her father was always away from home and how difficult it was for her mother to manage the household.

During her three years of junior high and three years of high school as a knight, she became numb, exhausted everything early on, and was eventually unable to fully unleash Agito's power.

She didn't know why—

When she opened her eyes again, she was faced with a familiar ceiling. It was room 3603, a luxurious single-patient ward on the top floor of the hospital, one of the Hayami family's vast businesses. It was a room she used to frequently use when she was a knight.

She's still using it now.

"Secretary Hayami! You're finally awake!"

An anxious call came from beside me, followed by the door opening and the sound of someone rushing out.

Hayami Mitsuki looked to her right and saw Koizumi Shin.

The 30-year-old woman was visibly emotional, with tears in her eyes.

"I……"

Feeling the hoarseness in her throat, Hayami Mitsuki was unable to make a normal sound.

Seeing this, Koizumi Shin handed her a glass of warm water, which she then drank in one gulp to moisten her throat.

Seeing that Hayami Miyuki's condition had improved slightly, Koizumi Shin immediately reported:

"We have issued a warrant for the arrest of Kamen Rider Decade. The Rider Association will do everything in its power to capture this rider who has harmed humanity!"