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

"Hey buddy, four fried pork chops, two packs of cigarettes, and a bottle of strong liquor, the old brand!"

Around one o'clock, two portly office workers arrived together, one human and the other an oddball, their arms around each other's shoulders.

"Okay, please wait a moment."

As Asano Yu responded to the other party, he began to operate the machine in the deli section with some clumsiness, and re-fried the pork cutlet.

This is the store's rule, and they don't care about whether it's healthy or not. After all, they've heard that there's a fried chicken store in Japan that has been using the same barrel of oil for decades!

In short, Asano Yu was flustered by this sudden change, and his movements became somewhat clumsy. It took him about three minutes to gather all the items the customer needed and hand them out.

Immediately afterwards, a mother brought in her child, who was clearly a freak, to buy snacks.

The child has crystal-clear, stained-glass skin and looks like a starfish. He is staring longingly at the candy shelf next to the cashier.

Dude, how did you even get born?

Unable to find an answer to his questions, Asano Yu quickly withdrew his strange gaze and began to inquire about the other party's needs.

"I'd like a green apple flavored lollipop."

The human woman smiled and ruffled the head of the fanged vampire child, then pointed to the candy shelf.

Upon hearing this, Asano Yu helped him retrieve the candy he couldn't reach and handed it to the gentle human mother. The child gave him a bright smile, his teeth like tiny diamonds.

"Thank you, brother!"

Asano Yuu paused for a moment, initially not wanting to respond, but then she thought of the shop manager standing beside her with a kind smile, so she could only force a smile:

"No...you're welcome."

"Great! I'm going back now. Don't let me see you slacking off again!"

After issuing the final warning, the store manager turned and walked towards the door leading to the lounge, opened and closed it, and disappeared from Asano Yu's sight.

He was finally alone in the shop again.

However, he suddenly felt something was strange. Was the woman who took away the tooth-blooded vampire child a little too young?

The child looked to be at least seven or eight years old, but the girl looked to be only in her early twenties.

Even in Japan, where people can get married at 16, isn't that a bit too young?

And normally, there shouldn't be any mothers bringing their children out at this time, right?

Asano Yu frowned, glancing at the clock in the store that read 12:30, feeling slightly uneasy.

For the remaining half hour, there were no customers, only one or two cars passing by. Then, as the clock struck one, two policemen suddenly walked in. They were wearing uniforms different from the one worn by the officer who had disciplined the delinquent youth earlier, and they approached Asano Yu with serious expressions.

"Wasn't there a human woman with a vampire child just now?"

The older man pulled out his identification from his breast pocket and showed it to Asano Yu.

Asano Yu frowned, squinting as he made out the identification badge belonging to a member of the "Knights' Association"—

He didn't actually recognize the Knights Association, nor did he know if it even existed, but since it was written there... he could only assume it was the "person" the shopkeeper had mentioned earlier, the one who would "take care of things."

Therefore, the conflicts between monsters and humans, and between monsters themselves, should be handled by this organization called the "Knight Association".

Asano Yu's gaze passed over the identification documents in front of them and looked at their waists. Both of them were wearing Drivers; the one on the left was Steel Fighter, and the one on the right was 01. Asano Yu recognized them.

Seemingly noticing Asano Yu's gaze, the two placed their hands on each other, as if ready to transform at any moment.

"Yes, yes, I arrived around 12:30, bought a lollipop and left."

Asano Yu could only answer truthfully, and then he saw the two members of the Knights Association looking troubled.

"Damn it...couldn't you have stopped me?!"

The young man with the 01 belt cursed, then turned around and paced back and forth in the store, as if the two people were indeed suspicious.

"Sorry, young person who's just started working—"

The steel bucket in front of him took back the ID, slapped 01 hard on the back of the head, and immediately made him apologize to Asano Yu.

"I'm sorry, I was too emotional."

01 At this point, he was quite polite.

"I'm sorry, but that human woman is a wanted criminal who specializes in kidnapping children of other races. This is her third victim so far. However, because her whereabouts are unpredictable and she commits crimes at random times, we have been searching for her for a long time."

Steel Bucket began to explain and showed a wanted poster.

Asano Yu looked at the person in the portrait and realized that he looked exactly like the woman from before.

"Do you know which direction she went after she left?"

Gangdou pressed on, but Asano Yu really had no recollection of it, because the person had walked to the left after leaving, but it was uncertain whether they would continue to walk to the left afterward.

Immediately afterwards, the two knights spotted the deli section on the side and ordered two servings of fried hot dogs to fill their stomachs. Taking advantage of this moment, Asano Yu asked:

"Can I ask a question? Oh! Of course, you can ignore me if you don't want to answer!"

"Tell me about it."

Since it was waiting to heat up, Kabuto showed no signs of getting bored.

"How can I join the Knights Guild? I think you guys are so cool..."

Asano Yu asked, feigning excitement, while operating the oil pan to refry the food.

Upon hearing this, 01 became even more enthusiastic, and while eating yakitori skewers, introduced them as follows:

"That's not difficult! As long as you can transform into a Kamen Rider and possess certain characteristics, you can participate in the assessment! For example, if you can enter the Mirror World, you can become a prison guard!"

"Hey! Why say so much!"

Steel Bucket stopped 01's introduction, his expression not very good.

Although these are common knowledge, there are always exceptions, especially now is not the time to talk about this.

So he stopped the younger man from drinking and answered in a more formal manner:

"You can get detailed job information from your local police station. If you are interested in applying, you can also participate in the annual assessment. You can find other information online."

After saying that, they took the hot dog sticks that belonged to them from Asano Yu's hands and turned to disappear back into the night.

Asano Yu was stunned for a moment. Shouldn't the original ecosystem have been about monsters kidnapping human children? How did it turn into humans kidnapping monster children?

In short, Asano Yu was somewhat surprised. Suddenly, he felt a flash of bright light, and when he came to his senses, a car was rushing towards the two knights standing at the store entrance, and in the process, it crashed into him, who was standing behind the ATM.

isn't it? !