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

Asano Yu and Duanmu Jun were stopped by the police at the entrance to the hotel lobby on the first floor when they entered the hotel.

The police officer, speaking with a distinct Okinawan accent, questioned Asano Yu and Duanmu Jun about why they were still out so late, seemingly trying to pry something out of the two of them.

Unfortunately, Asano Yu and Duanmu Jun's excuses were almost perfect, and the police had no reason to suspect them. Even if they checked the surveillance footage, they could only see strange people wearing strange clothes fighting in the elevator.

So this actually has nothing to do with the two of them.

Therefore, after briefly emphasizing what happened at the hotel, the police allowed Asano Yu and Duanmu Jun to leave.

The two rode in another elevator that was not blocked, slowly ascending. However, Duanmu Jun pressed the button for the sixth-floor rest area, while Asano Yu pressed the button for the twentieth-floor hotel room area.

As Asano Yu pressed the button for the twentieth floor, Duanmu Jun couldn't help but ask:

"Aren't you going to the meeting?"

Duanmu Jun remembered that the message seemed to have been sent in a group chat.

Although Hayami Mitsuki had also privately messaged him, explaining that there were two issues: one was the overt one, namely the underground parking problem, and the other was related to the Knights Association.

Thinking about it that way, it's reasonable that Asano Yu didn't go along.

After all, only a portion of the crew members were from the Knights Association, and those who received private messages from Hayami Mitsuki were mostly members of the Knights Association.

But Asano Yu was unaware of this turn of events. He paused for a moment, then turned to look at Duanmu Jun, noticing a scrutinizing gaze in his eyes—

Could I have been exposed here?

No!

Asano Yu immediately turned his head and finally squeezed out a name:

"Chinatsu... she... uh, Chinatsu wants to talk to me about something."

In desperation, Asano Yu had no choice but to use Kirishima Chinatsu as a shield. Although it sounds ridiculous, Asano Yu was not lying, because Hayami Mitsuki said that Kirishima Chinatsu would be responsible for communicating with him.

Therefore, he is not afraid of any lie detector.

"Ms. Kirishima?"

Duanmu Jun stroked his chin and began to think for a moment.

As a member of the Knights Guild, he naturally knew that Kirishima Chinatsu's true form was actually a Solu, an alien life form that the Knights Guild had been monitoring and observing. Therefore, he knew about Kirishima Chinatsu.

This includes her previous clashes with the Orphnoch group known as the Lucky Four-Leaf Clover.

Asano Yu was also present at the time, supposedly to be a rented boyfriend.

It's nothing, Duanmu Jun can understand. It's just that the fact that he thought Asano Yu had found a girlfriend was false made him a little disappointed, especially since he was prepared to give a speech at Asano Yu's wedding.

It turned out to be fake.

The object is not a person yet.

Who can I complain to about this?

However, Duanmu Jun was still aware that the friendship between Asano Yu and Kirishima Chinatsu had actually exceeded the original assessment of their Knights Association. Even after the matter of the Lucky Four-Leaf Clover was resolved, the two still met frequently.

Even for this filming trip to Okinawa, she volunteered to come along, even putting aside her exam preparation.

The crew was naturally happy to have another beautiful girl on the team, so it didn't matter even if they didn't know she was Solu, since Kirishima Chinatsu was a friendly weirdo and harmless.

But why did he choose to chat with Asano Yu separately?

Duanmu Jun couldn't understand it, but considering that her relationship with Asano Yu was unusual, and that Hayami Mitsuki had given her tacit approval, he shouldn't ask. He should ask her after things were over.

"Well, there's nothing I can do about that. If anything important was discussed in the meeting, I'll let you know."

Duanmu Jun gently patted Asano Yu's shoulder and left the elevator when it stopped on the sixth floor, leaving Asano Yu alone.

He walked slowly forward to the private room that Hayami Mitsuki had reserved in advance, where most of the people were waiting.

Everyone was wearing pajamas. The boys' pajamas were actually just short-sleeved shirts, and the tops and bottoms weren't even matching, so they looked very ordinary. The girls had hoodies or jackets hanging over their pajamas.

Hayami Mitsuki, dressed in a light gray tracksuit, stood in front of the television in the private room, her expression grave. After Duanmu Jun took his seat, she spoke very decisively:

"The police came to the hotel today, everyone knows that, right?"

"Hmm, but it has nothing to do with us, right?"

"Yeah, yeah, I heard there was a car accident in the underground parking lot? And an explosion too?"

"Is it really that scary?"

……

There were many voices discussing the matter, but some of them were pretending not to understand.

For example, Duanmu Jun glanced at the direction of the conversation and, seizing the opportunity, added:

"I was jogging outside when I heard a series of loud bangs. I never imagined it was a car accident and an explosion! It was terrifying!"

The acting was a bit over the top, but that's typical Japanese acting. Even when eating the most ordinary salad, the Japanese have to feign surprise and shock. Now, they're just short of covering their mouths and saying:

"Boom! Doni? The First!"

"Going for a run so late? You really love sports, Duanmu-san!"

Someone he knew made a joke, but Duanmu Jun didn't think he was being sarcastic, so he added:

"Yes, after all, regular exercise is good for your health, and I didn't have a chance to run all day, I only had time to film until tonight!"

His explanation was very simple, and it also contained an element of promoting night running to others, but the person ignored him and turned to look at Hayami Mitsuki.

"The car accident and explosion have nothing to do with us, of course, but the police cordoning off the scene will affect our filming schedule, and our car also seems to have been damaged."

Hayami Mitsuki called the crew over, and the only thing they could talk about was filming. But with the police arriving and the incident in the parking lot, the planned filming had to be stopped.

Because there is indeed a scene that needs to be filmed in a parking lot.

In addition, the crew's vehicles also appeared to have been damaged.

In short, we have to find another way to plan the next stage of filming.

"According to the previous plan, we were supposed to continue filming for a few more days before we could take a break. But given the current situation, we can't film much more. We'll film the dialogue scenes tomorrow, and then we'll take a break early—"

"Great!"

Cheers erupted, but Hayami Mitsuki didn't seem optimistic. After giving some instructions on things that needed to be resolved before returning, she dismissed everyone, leaving only a few members of the Knights Guild behind.

Her expression was grave as she pointed at Duanmu Jun—

"Who told you to get into a fight without reporting it to them first?! Why did you provoke them in the first place?!"