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

"Asano!"

Duanmu Jun waved his arm toward Asano Yu, as if he was particularly happy to see him.

Asano Yu, who had just arrived on set, had no idea what his senior meant. Seeing him wave, he ran over eagerly.

Asano Yu was a newcomer and not particularly well-liked, because he was introduced by Hayami Mitsuki, which is commonly known as getting in through connections.

Many veteran actors were quite opposed to this tall, handsome man who suddenly squeezed in, and the other actors playing knights also felt that Asano Yu was there to steal their jobs.

However, Asano Yu's acting skills can't be described as garbage, they're more like cat poop.

In short, it's absolutely rotten.

So many people thought Asano Yu was there to steal their jobs, but he ended up making a huge mess.

Previously, some people even thought that Hayami Mitsuki brought a pretty boy into the crew to train him, but who knew that he would be made to play the role of a suit monster and suffer a great setback during filming.

The person who initially broke the ice was Duanmu Jun. He naturally struck up a conversation with Asano Yu and then took her to a party, which helped ease tensions with her other colleagues.

"Good afternoon, Senior Duanmu."

Asano Yu greeted them first, then stood in front of Duanmu Jun, who was slightly shorter than him.

Duanmu Jun sized up Asano Yu. The two were actually about the same height, except that Asano Yu was a little taller.

He looked Asano Yu up and down, his gaze settling on the loose short-sleeved shirt he was wearing.

"Tsk tsk tsk, how can someone on a date dress so casually?"

He clicked his tongue, then picked up a brown paper bag from the ground. The bag was shriveled and probably didn't contain much, but when he handed it to Asano Yu, he realized that it was actually a complete set of casual clothes.

"It was a gift from a previous brand. I only wore it during that interview. I'm giving it to you now."

Duanmu Jun smiled as he stuffed the things into Asano Yu's pocket, then patted him hard on the shoulder.

He received Asano Yu's LINE message last night while driving home in Meguro Ward after finishing a mission. He was in his car when he saw his junior's plea for help, and he immediately became alert.

Asano Yu is busy working to earn money every day, and he's also busy studying when he has free time. How could he possibly go on a date with a girl?!

Therefore, Duanmu Jun felt he should help more.

Although his suggestion last night was somewhat frivolous, it reflects the reality of life for young people today. After all, he had many such encounters when he was a print model.

However, Asano Yu's outfit was not very sophisticated and was not suitable for a date, so Duanmu Jun brought over his own clothes.

He had thought of this in advance. Even if Asano Yu was dressed very well, his actions were not useless. He was just giving her an extra piece of clothing!

Even if Asano Yu hadn't dressed up properly, this outfit of hers would still have come in handy.

"Can I borrow my cosmetics later? Even just a little whitening will do, okay?"

Duanmu Jun put his arm around Asano Yu's shoulder, seemingly very happy that he could go on a date today, but only Asano Yu himself knew that today's date was more like a bodyguard mission, destined to be anything but easy.

Just as the two were enjoying their time together, a somber complaint drifted over:

"You still have time to chat?"

A sense of melancholy and loneliness, as if mixed with all the malice and resentment in the world, drifted out from behind the two of them.

Asano Yu and Duanmu Jun were both startled. When they turned around, they were surprised to see the president's daughter with a fierce look in her eyes, wearing a crop top!

My apologies! I thought it was some kind of Sadako from who-knows-where!

Hayami Mitsuki stared intently at Asano Yu, her eyes filled with endless resentment. She seemed to have overheard their conversation and was now interrupting them.

"Instead of chatting, why don't you go back and memorize your lines? Have you finished memorizing today's script?"

She didn't say anything to Asano Yu, but went straight to lecturing Duanmu Jun.

Duanmu Jun thought to himself, "Asano Yu also did it, so why am I the only one being scolded?" He could only nod and bow dejectedly before heading to the lounge.

Then once again, only Asano Yu and Hayami Mitsuki remained outside.

"Ha...come here."

Hayami Mitsuki let out a long sigh, seemingly somewhat helpless, then beckoned with her finger, signaling Asano Yu to follow.

The two arrived at the stairwell as before. This time, Hayami Mitsuki was wearing a baseball cap, a crop top, and slim-fitting light-wash jeans, showing off her incredibly hot figure.

Her healthy abdomen showed no excess fat and even revealed her abs, but Asano Yu adhered to the basic etiquette of not looking at what was improper, so he glanced at her and then stared at her face.

It was the same familiar stairwell, where the two met quite often.

"Haa..."

She sighed again.

Asano Yu noticed that she was rubbing her nose and looked very tired.

"So you're going on a date with Chinatsu today? I had no idea she was so repressed..."

Hayami Mitsuki hasn't spoken to Kirishima Chinatsu much lately; the only two phone conversations she's had were related to Asano Yu.

Ever since she transferred to Tokyo Metropolitan Aoyama, she seems to have been very busy, and her weekly life report has become somewhat perfunctory.

But in the end, did she just want a boyfriend?

It seems she really has been watching too many cartoons. I should have known better than to expose her to so much anime culture; it's purely a negative effect.

"It's not repression, there's another reason."

"What could be the reason?"

"I'll tell you after this is all over."

Because neither Kirishima Chinatsu nor Hayami Mitsuki knew that the school idol Lucky Clover of Independent Aoyama High School was most likely Orphino.

We'll probably only know the specifics after Asano Yu goes there today.

However, it's highly likely that it's not going to happen.

"Sigh, Chinatsu said the same thing. Then you take good care of her."

After speaking, Hayami Mitsuki left the stairwell first, dragging her body, which had been tormented by Kirishima Chinatsu all night, back to her workstation.

I don't know what got into this girl. I told her to Google it, but she came back and told me that she talked on the phone until 2 a.m.!

Damn! How come these high school girls have so much energy!

Asano Yu watched the other person leave, swiped his card, and then quickly left. Independent Aoyama High School dismisses students at 4 PM, leaving only time for club activities and cram schools, so Asano Yu had to hurry over.

Today was a special day, so we took a taxi as suggested by Kirishima Chinatsu. It was very expensive, so expensive that Asano Yu's heart was bleeding. Even though Kirishima Chinatsu said she would reimburse him, he still felt like his heart was being torn apart.

On the way, Asano Yu felt that special feeling from last night more than once. He knew that this was a feeling that only strange people would have when there was someone nearby, but he couldn't deal with it immediately.

And this feeling becomes more pronounced the closer you get to the school.

He started shaking his leg more and more often in the car, but he still took the time to change into the clothes that Duanmu Jun had given him. They were very stylish, like the kind of clothes idols would wear for street style photos, and he even paired them with a set of jewelry.

It's a pity that I didn't let Duanmu Jun do my makeup.

In short, Asano Yu arrived at the gate of Independent Aoyama High School within the stipulated time and saw Kirishima Chinatsu standing under the signboard.

However, before he could get close, four people came out of the school and lined up in a row, almost blocking the entire road.

The girl on the far left is a girl with a high ponytail. She is the only female among the four and should be the classmate that Kirishima Chinatsu mentioned last night.

The man on the far right is a bespectacled man with slanted bangs. He's reading a book while walking, no wonder he's nearsighted.

The one in the middle has a buzz cut, is tall, and if he dyed his hair red, he'd look like Sakuragi Hanamichi; the last one has his hands in his pockets, shaking his head.

At the same moment these four people appeared, the surrounding students began to scream "Oh ho ho!" and swarmed around them—

That's an exaggeration, there's even a battle cry to hear here.

But what era are we living in? There are still school bullies like this. Isn't that a bit too pretentious?

Asano Yu was about to criticize the four people's pretentiousness when, unexpectedly, all four of them simultaneously pulled out red and black money-spitting guns from their shoulder bags and fired ten-thousand-yen bills bearing Shibusawa Eiichi's name at the people around them.

"Oh my gosh!"

Asano Yuu couldn't hold back either.