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

Asano Yu leaned against the railing outside the convenience store, swallowing the hay in his hand under the cover of night, his gaze sweeping across the coastline on the other side of the road.

The sea remained calm, but Asano Yu felt that something strange was surging on the surface.

After a long wait, Asano Yuu finally met an old friend, Duanmu Jun, who was also drenched in sweat.

He came from the direction of the hotel, but not from the convenience store side, but from the other side of the road.

He stood at the end of the zebra crossing in front of Asano Yu, waiting. Even though there were few cars at night, he still stood properly with his hands in his pockets.

Asano Yu turned her head to look at the countdown in the upper right corner and found that it was 53 seconds, meaning that the light was green a few seconds ago.

Duanmu Jun will then be under hard control for nearly a minute.

So Asano Yu chewed his food, raised his arm, and shook the drink in his hand, meaning to ask Duanmu Jun if he needed some water.

The other person nodded, so Asano Yu turned and went inside to buy water.

Although he himself did not like this senior-junior culture in Japanese society, Duanmu Jun would always give him money and never give him change. Asano Yu then developed a path dependency that doing so would allow him to earn more money, so he would turn around and buy it for him.

As usual, he selected his food first and then paid, but this time he bought two extra chicken cutlets from the deli section, which he then charged to Duanmu Jun's account.

Once the staff had heated it up and brought it out, Duanmu Jun was already waiting in Asano Yu's original spot.

Those were just two railings on the roadside used to park bicycles, only about 1.2 meters high, enough for two people to lean against as a chair.

"Here," Asano Yu handed over the drink and food at the same time, but Duanmu Jun only took the drink, "and move to the side a little, senpai's butt is a bit too big."

"This is the result of my long-term fitness journey!"

Duanmu Jun corrected him, saying that he believed his buttocks were a symbol of health, so he was unhappy that Asano Yu bought two chicken cutlets, believing that the grease and dough on them were the enemy of muscles, so he had no appetite at all.

Moreover, he had just been brutally beaten by a knight named Decade who transformed into Agito, so he didn't seem like someone who could eat anything—

Ok?

He suddenly realized that the time between his encounter with the two unknown knights and his fight with the Imperial Knight was not short. So when exactly did Asano Yu start eating here?

Duanmu Jun remained calm, moved slightly to the other side, and then bent down to pick up the vegetable salad that Asano Yu had placed on the ground—it wasn't heated, so it was impossible to tell how long it had been there.

"Here you go," Duanmu Jun said, exchanging the salad for a drink, then casually reminded him, "Remember to tell me how much it costs later. You can have these two chicken cutlets."

"Thank you, senior!"

Asano Yu nodded with a smile.

Duanmu Jun was always generous, and he was able to get an extra treat for free.

Then Asano Yu picked up two bamboo skewers with his left hand, stacked two fist-sized pieces of chicken cutlet, bit into both pieces of chicken cutlet, turned his left hand to the left and his head to the right, easily separated the chicken cutlet from the bamboo skewers, and spat it onto the salad bento in his hand.

This is a chicken cutlet salad bento!

Duanmu Jun was speechless for a moment. Only when Asano Yu began to enjoy his meal did he start to wonder again when Asano Yu had appeared here.

After all, he had initially gone to investigate after finishing his night training because of the muffled thuds coming from the hotel, only to witness a chaotic battle between two groups of knights.

On one side is a pink knight, and on the other side is a villain as dark as mist.

He immediately understood which side he should help.

However, since he was unsure of the other party's background, he chose to wait and see. After all, it was unlikely that two people could not defeat one.

But unexpectedly, the muscular rider smashed both the pink and green Kamen Riders with a single punch, forcing him to join the battle. He then witnessed the rider transform into Decade.

Duanmu Jun didn't know much about Decade. At first, he thought that Decade was an enemy who had hurt Hayami Mitsuki, since both of Hayami's secretary's coma and the theft of the driver were related to Decade.

However, Hayami Mitsuki says that these things have nothing to do with Decade, and that Decade actually helped her in her dream—

Therefore, the Knights Association withdrew the arrest warrant.

However, it is a certainty that Decade attacked Hayami Mitsuki, so many people in the Knights Association are holding their breath in anger.

Regardless of whether Kamen Rider Decade was a good guy or a bad guy, he hurt Hayami Mitsuki, which was an insult to the Knights Association. The indignant knights always discussed in private whether they could find Kamen Rider Decade to take revenge.

Duanmu Jun hadn't expected that Emperor Knight would appear here, so he was immediately blinded by anger and rushed up to fight him.

But no one could have imagined that he, who initially had the upper hand, would suddenly lose the battle after his opponent transformed into Agito, and he was brutally beaten!

"By the way, didn't you hear any strange noises just now?"

Duanmu Jun noticed that Asano Yu had already eaten a fried chicken cutlet, so he tentatively asked.

"What?"

"You're sitting here, and nothing strange has happened? I was running along the beach just now, and I kept hearing strange noises. I thought there was something wrong with my ears!"

Duanmu Jun was still pretending to be running along the beach. Of course, he did run for a while, but he definitely didn't just run.

Duanmu Jun's question was not because he suspected Asano Yu had participated in the battle just now—of course, that was a possibility, but Hayami Mitsuki had already tested him last time.

Even now, Duanmu Jun still believes that Hayami Mitsuki's decision was wrong. No matter what, the safety of civilians should not be taken lightly!

But right now, he's just a little curious about when Asano Yu appeared here.

It's impossible not to hear the sounds from below the hotel and the underground parking lot at this distance, so if Asano Yu is deceiving himself, it means he might be involved.

He certainly didn't want to doubt his reliable junior, but it would be absurd if he were truly so oblivious that he hadn't noticed anything at all.

"It sounds like it's from the hotel area. Didn't you hear it while you were eating here?"

"So this is a hotel?"

Asano Yu knew perfectly well that the other party was trying to get information out of him, but his expression remained calm, as if nothing had happened.

"I thought it was the sound of waves!"

"The waves?"

Duanmu Jun frowned, looked in the direction Asano Yu was pointing, and then listened carefully. There was indeed a muffled sound of waves crashing against the shore, very similar to the sound of the battle in the hotel's underground parking lot.

Only then did he realize that he had initially thought it was the sound of waves, which was why he was a step late.

"Oh, it was just ocean waves..."

He could only temporarily give up asking questions, the sound of waves crashing against the shore echoing in his ears, along with Asano Yu's voice rejecting Salad's words.

Duanmu Jun felt somewhat melancholy, because the clues had once again been lost.