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

Asano Yu took the elevator up, but wasted a lot of time as many people came and went.

Half an hour had passed since I received the message and arrived at Hayami Mitsuki and Kirishima Chinatsu's room.

Asano Yu gently knocked on the door, waiting for a response from inside.

A moment later, a series of hurried footsteps could be faintly heard, accompanied by the sound of something being kicked and falling to the ground. Asano Yu guessed that she must have accidentally bumped into something.

After waiting for a moment, Kirishima Chinatsu finally opened the door, and the panting girl appeared behind it.

Kirishima Chinatsu's cheeks were slightly flushed, and her forehead was even a little swollen, so it was easy to see that she must have bumped her head.

"Are you alright?"

Asano Yu asked a symbolic question, to which the girl responded with a silly grin.

"It's okay!"

She rubbed her forehead and answered with a smile.

I thought that was the end of it, but then she suddenly added—

"I stepped on a bag of potato chips when I got out of bed, and my head hit the ground and almost broke. It's nothing serious!"

"Is this really a small matter?"

Asano Yu was startled, but since she was a solu, a slime-like non-human life form, it should indeed be considered a minor matter.

In short, after receiving her affirmative answer once again, Asano Yu followed her back into the room and sat down by the window.

After settling Asano Yu in, Kirishima Chinatsu turned around, took a disposable plastic cup from the drinks area, and poured him a glass of water.

It's real water, called "water" with zero additives and high nutrition. Although it's labeled as a beverage, it's actually water. At least, it tastes like water to Asano Yu.

Therefore, he looked with some surprise at the small display case containing drinks and snacks, which were all junk food labeled with words like "healthy" and "nutritious"—

Can you believe that potato chips are covered with the words "green," "healthy," and "all-natural," and also have the signature and portrait of a nutrition PhD you've never seen before?

In short, the Japanese really love this kind of thing...

Asano Yu shifted his gaze to Kirishima Chinatsu, who was slowly sitting down beside him.

"Do you really believe in these kinds of nutritious and healthy products?"

Asano Yu wasn't sure if she had conveyed her meaning, so she made a quotation mark with both hands as she said it, hoping that Kirishima Chinatsu would understand.

But Kirishima Chinatsu paused for a moment, thought for a second, and then replied:

"Most of them were brought by Hayami-neechan. I remember Hayami-neechan saying that they were all brought by sponsors."

Kirishima Chinatsu didn't know the origin of the play's materials, only that Hayami Mitsuki wanted to save some money, so she brought all of these things over.

Of course, the things I bought in the afternoon weren't wasted; they'll be stored in the hotel's cold storage, awaiting tomorrow's filming assignment.

However, now is not the time to discuss these things.

"Let's get down to business."

Chinatsu Kirishima took out the piece of paper she had just seen—the one with the drawing of Levi.

From Asano Yu's current perspective, although the Levi drawing on this paper is a mess, it does capture Levi's characteristics, so he can't say that Kirishima Chinatsu's drawing is bad.

"Hayami-neechan went to a meeting, so she asked me to ask you if you had encountered this knight."

When Kirishima Chinatsu was dragged to the bathroom, she confessed everything, including how she was forced to become a slime to escape pursuit.

Once everything was explained, Hayami Mitsuki forgave Asano Yu and Kirishima Chinatsu for their slacking off—after all, there was indeed a reason for it.

Before the police arrived, Kirishima Chinatsu and Hayami Mitsuki pulled up all the records of the Knights Association in the room in an attempt to find the knight.

Unfortunately, there have only been two pink-clad knights so far: one is Decade, and the other is the one we have now.

So, having no leads, they had to abandon the investigation and instead contacted Shin Koizumi, asking her to investigate the recent frequency of uncertified Kamen Rider appearances in various regions.

The results revealed a significant number of uncertified Riders throughout Japan, indicating that with the emergence of Decade, the number of Riders outside the Rider Association is constantly increasing.

This is something to think about.

After all, there has never been such a large-scale case of uncertified Kamen Riders appearing in the history of the Kamen Rider Association. This indicates that with the appearance of the magenta Kamen Rider named Decade, the number of Kamen Riders throughout Japan is increasing, and at the same time, monsters are also appearing frequently.

There should be some connection between these two.

However, before a conclusion could be reached, he was forced to go downstairs for questioning by the police.

The Knights Association also cooperates with the police; in fact, all government agencies in Japan cooperate with the Knights Association. After all, this is a matter closely related to the operation of society and the safety of the people, so the government is indispensable in many emergencies.

This time was no different. The secretary of the Okinawa branch of the Knights Association contacted the local police and informed them of Hayami Mitsuki's address. As a result, Hayami Mitsuki learned about the disaster in the underground parking lot immediately and asked the police to seal it off.

"Yes, this is the Kamen Rider I met—he is Levi, the two-in-one Kamen Rider."

"Leavis?"

Kirishima Chinatsu was somewhat taken aback as Asano Yu snatched the pen and paper from her hand and added a stroke to the paper already covered with childish and strange Levi's doodles—

In no time, Asano Yu drew Weiss as well, and added in some character information that he knew.

"How does Yu-kun know so much? Can you gain so much information just from fighting him?"

Kirishima Chinatsu was amazed by how lifelike Asano Yu's drawing of Weiss was. With just a few strokes, he not only captured Weiss's appearance but also his spirit!

Moreover, Asano Yu also wrote down the special features of Weiss and Levi's "hero paired with a devil" on the paper, which surprised Kirishima Chinatsu even more.

But that's not all. Asano Yu also took the opportunity to redraw the Levi's drawing by Kirishima Chinatsu, making the style more consistent and the details much more refined!

And it looks even closer to the Kamen Rider who was chasing him!

"Wow! Yu-kun, you're even this good at drawing?!"

Kirishima Chinatsu always thought that Asano Yu couldn't possibly be omnipotent, but now it seems that Asano Yu can do everything perfectly except for his terrible photography skills!

"He said it himself, and this Kamen Rider can use the power of other people to transform into their shapes."

"Just like Yu-kun?"

"No, no, no, I'm transforming into them, and Levi is more of a tribute," Asano Yu found it difficult to explain verbally, so he continued drawing. "For example, Levi can transform into 01's form, and I just fought against his transformed grasshopper form."

"Locusts? Ah! Senior 01?"

Kirishima Chinatsu glanced at it and noticed that Asano Yu's drawing of Weiss suddenly had a locust mask and scarf. She immediately recognized the characters as several of her seniors, such as Number One, Number Two, and 01.

"senior?"

On the contrary, Asano Yu was somewhat surprised. He had no idea how many Kamen Riders he knew in this world, and he never expected that 01 was actually a Kamen Rider certified by the Kamen Rider Association.

Kirishima Chinatsu nodded vigorously and answered very respectfully:

"Yes! 01-senpai! The Kamen Rider senpai who's active in Kyoto, so it's possible to obtain his power?"

"I guess so. Anyway, he can gain the power of many animals, but he just looks more like 01. I don't know any more details. When I fought him, he used the forms of a mammoth, a Tyrannosaurus Rex, a falcon, and a grasshopper..."

Although Asano Yu knows more information about Levi, he can't and shouldn't say it now. After all, he is Asano Yu now, not the netizen who sat in front of the computer and debated with various Kamen Rider fans in his previous life.

So pretending not to know is the safest approach, but you can't be completely ignorant either; just throw out some less crucial information.

"I understand. I'll write it down and tell Hayami-neechan when she gets back—"

Chinatsu Kirishima decides to carefully preserve the piece of paper written by Yu Asano.

"Oh, right, but I also encountered a knight named Croz Z. Do you have any leads?"

Asano Yu suddenly remembered that she had met Duanmu Jun down below, and a plan suddenly came to her mind—

"Who?"

"Is that the knight who was in the news, with dragon elements, and blue and gold colors? Didn't your Knights Guild register him?"

"N-No...Chinatsu doesn't know~"

Kirishima Chinatsu looked away guiltily, not daring to meet Asano Yu's gaze directly.