As a weirdo, I like being a Kamen Rider

He walked to the bar entrance, put his hand on the doorknob, and turned back to add, "Don't let those lowlifes kill each other anymore. If someone wants to fill the four-leaf clover spot, they need my approval first."

As soon as he finished speaking, the bar door closed softly. Zhuomo, seething with anger, slammed his fist on the bar counter: "He really doesn't respect us at all!"

Saeko Kageyama looked towards the doorway, her smile fading: "He's openly telling us that Clover is now under his control."

"Is his claim about the stable conversion of orphine credible?" Zhuomo asked.

“Of course not. That guy seemed so guilty when he left; there must be something wrong with him. It seems this new president is a traitor too!” Saying this, Saeko Kageyama narrowed her eyes.

After leaving the bar, the 'smart assistant' sent a message saying, "They won't believe what you just said."

Hearing this, Lin Chen replied in his mind, "I know, all we can do is try to stabilize the situation and wait for the medicine to be completed. I am prepared to suppress it forcefully. I have thought a lot about this these past few days. I am not a god and I cannot do everything perfectly."

We can't continue to be timid and hesitant because of that mysterious witch.

Chapter 201 The Third Belt

Kiba, Inui, and the other two ran deep into the abandoned building materials alley on the outskirts of the city. Only when the chaotic footsteps behind them temporarily subsided did they stop to catch their breath against the mottled brick wall. Kiba deactivated his horse-type Orphnoch form, his left arm aching from the blunt force of the blows.

He turned to look at the pizza shop owner beside him, who was clutching the corner of his apron and still in shock, and said apologetically, "I hope I didn't scare you just now."

The boss paused for a moment, then wiped the dust off his face and slowly shook his head. His voice trembled slightly, but he showed no fear: "I'm not afraid... I understand that feeling of not wanting others to see another side of yourself."

He paused, then lowered his voice even further, "Actually, I'm just like you."

These words stunned both Kiba and Inui. Inui frowned and blurted out, "You're also an Orphnoch? Then why didn't you transform and fight back when that guy was choking you? If you had fought back, you wouldn't have been so passive."

The owner lowered his eyes, his tone tinged with resistance: "I've only changed once. That appearance... I don't even want to look at myself anymore. I opened this pizzeria because I wanted to live a peaceful life as a human. I only like making pizzas. I hate being a monster, and I don't like fighting."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than muffled footsteps echoed from the alley entrance, and three gray-white human figures blocked the exit.

The leader, the scorpion Orphnoch, had a head covered in bone armor, with three thin needles hidden in the crevices of the armor, gleaming coldly. In his right hand, he held a small meteor hammer with spikes, and chains swirled nimbly between his fingers.

The earthworm Orphnoch beside him had a tangled mass of tentacle-like tissue on its head and held a crescent-shaped blade in its hand, the edge of which gleamed with a gray light; the last sea cucumber Orphnoch was covered with protruding blunt spines, its hands hanging at its sides, and its fingertips faintly oozing a translucent gel.

"Looks like these three have reached a temporary agreement." Kiba's eyes darkened, and a gray light began to emanate from his body. "I'll hold them off, you guys run!"

Before the two could react, the scorpion and the earthworm Orphnoch pounced at the same time.

With a flick of his wrist, the scorpion's meteor hammer whistled through the air as it slammed towards the gate of the wooden gate; the earthworm Orphnoch also charged forward, wielding its crescent blade. Kiba transformed into a horse-shaped Orphnoch and met the attack head-on, his fists and feet striking the opponent's bone armor with resounding thuds.

The sea cucumber Orphino, swaying its sturdy body, approached Qian Qiao and the boss step by step. It raised its palm, and a translucent, gelatinous dissolving liquid dripped from its fingertips, instantly corroding fine pits into the cement floor.

Without his transformation ability, Qian Qiao shielded his boss behind him, dodging and weaving using the building materials piled up in the alley. He parried the opponent's swinging arm with his bare hands, but the opponent was still a monster, and Qian Qiao's counterattack was completely ineffective. In fact, after a few exchanges, his arm was burned by the splashed dissolving liquid.

The boss gripped his apron tightly, his whole body tense, but he gritted his teeth and refused to unleash his inner strength—he would rather endure it than revert to the way he hated.

On the other side, Kiba wanted to provide support but was entangled by the two and couldn't free himself at all.

The sea cucumber Orpheus let out a low, eerie laugh, conjuring a large ball of dissolving liquid in its palm, which it splashed straight towards Qian Qiao's chest. There was no way to avoid it; Qian Qiao instinctively turned to the side and raised her arm to block, preparing to take the hit head-on.

Just then, the air in front of the two suddenly rippled. A figure stepped out from the dimensional barrier, raised his hand and condensed a ball of white energy, which slammed into the shoulder and neck of the sea cucumber Ophiono. The immense force sent the sturdy body flying backward with a scream, crashing heavily onto a pile of building materials, scattering brick fragments everywhere.

Lin Chen withdrew his hand and glanced at Qian Qiao, who was standing behind him in a daze.

Qian Qiao was very surprised that Lin Chen would suddenly appear here, while the pizza shop owner exclaimed happily, "President Lin Chen, did you come to save me? Thank you so much!"

Lin Chen ignored the two of them and put the Faiz belt on his waist.

Then, holding the Faiz phone, I lowered my thumb.

"5"

"5"

"5"

After three beeps, an electronic sound effect rang out.

"Standing By"

Align the phone with the card slot in the center of the driver and snap your wrist downwards.

"Transform!"

"Complete!"

The red photon blood vessels, like surging crimson currents, radiated out from the belt and spread throughout the entire torso. Then, the silver-black basic armor followed the trajectory of the photon blood vessels, emerging and fitting in piece by piece from the core of the belt.

Lin Chen slightly moved his neck and felt that Faiz's value was still too low compared to Orga.

Sea cucumber Orpheus struggled to its feet from the pile of building materials, then let out a muffled roar and thrust its palms forward, sending a large mass of gelatinous dissolving liquid, carrying a pungent odor, hurtling towards Lin Chen. Lin Chen shifted his feet, sliding half a step to the side to easily dodge it. The dissolving liquid grazed his shoulder armor, slammed into the brick wall behind him, instantly etching a honeycomb-like scorch mark, and hissing smoke rose from it.

Before his opponent could retract his hand, Lin Chen had already closed in. His right fist slammed into the gap in the blunt spines of his opponent's chest. A dull thud resounded, and the sea cucumber Ophi's body jolted violently, staggering back two steps, a painful groan escaping his throat.

It roared and swung its arms horizontally. Lin Chen neither dodged nor avoided, but raised his left arm to block. Then, he used his right leg to deliver a powerful side kick to the opponent's waist and abdomen. The sea cucumber Ophie could no longer stand and fell heavily backward, crashing into half a stack of bricks.

Lin Chen took out the Faiz cursor from the right side of his belt and fastened the metal device to the armor on his right calf.

With the device secured, the Crimson Drill condensed in front of the sea cucumber Orpheus and firmly attached to it. Lin Chen then opened his Faiz phone and pressed the ultimate command.

"Exceed Charge"

As the mechanical prompt faded, crimson photon energy flowed down the torso's blood vessels, converging at the right ankle, radiating a scorching light. The body sank slightly, the right foot pushing off the ground and launching the individual into the air, transforming into a crimson afterimage, hurtling through the deep red drill with the force of lightning, piercing straight into the core of the opponent's body.

The explosion rang out, and before the sea cucumber Ophie could even scream, it completely disintegrated and turned into sand under the impact of photon energy. Fine dust fell into the dust and then fell silent.

Lin Chen landed, the photon patterns on his armor slowly dimming. He raised his hand to brush away a speck of dust from his shoulder armor. In the direction of the alleyway fight, Scorpion and Earthworm Orphnoch, seeing their companion instantly killed, momentarily disrupted their attacks.

The two feinted with perfect coordination. Scorpion threw out his meteor hammer to force Mugyo back, while Earthworm threw out his crescent blade to distract him. Then, they turned and ran wildly toward the alley entrance, wanting to escape this place as soon as possible.

Lin Chen glanced at the two fleeing figures, then calmly pressed a button on Faiz's phone. Suddenly, a deafening engine roared from the alley entrance. The silver-white Motorized Pegasus roared through the gravel, charging straight into the alley, blocking the only exit. The Motorized Pegasus had already undergone mechanical reconfiguration, and a machine gun was mounted on its left arm, beginning to fire.

Lin Chen walked to the side of the lumberyard, turned his head and said, "You step back first, leave this to me."

Kiba nodded, retracted his Orphnoch form, and retreated to the wall.

Cornered and with no other choice, the two Orphnochs launched a desperate counterattack. Scorpion swung his flail, stinging Lin Chen with venomous needles, while Earthworm used cover to flank and attempt a sneak attack from behind. The machine gun of the mobile Pegasus opened fire again, unleashing a barrage of light bullets that forced Earthworm to curl up and take the hits head-on. Scorpion's attack was also deflected by the barrage of fire.

Lin Chen flipped his wrist and put the punch on his hand, charging his photon blood.

"Exceed Charge"

Kiba and Inui were puzzled as Lin Chen suddenly missed his punch. Then they witnessed a shocking scene: Lin Chen's arm holding the punch disappeared in a flash of gray light, and a slight ripple appeared in front of the two Orphnochs. Faiz's vanished arm reappeared from the ripple and slammed into the bodies of the two Orphnochs.

Two muffled explosions almost overlapped. Gray mist spread through the alley.

The Pegasus retracted its heavy weapons, its body reforming into motorcycle mode, and quietly parked by the alleyway. Lin Chen deactivated his transformation, and the Faiz armor transformed into specks of light and retracted into his belt. He straightened his collar, unbuckled his belt, and tossed it directly to Inui Takumi.

"Don't lose it again." Qian Qiao took the belt. He simply said thank you.

Then Lin Chen turned to the lumberyard and pizza shop owner: "You two should protect yourselves for now. I'll handle the hunting incident."

When the glass door of Kikuchi Laundry was pushed open, Sonoda Mari and Keitaro were tidying up the shirts that had just been ironed.

The cold she had caught a few days ago had healed, and the shop had returned to its usual busy pace. Seeing the travel-worn Kusaka Masato at the door, Mari almost dropped the clothes hanger in her hand and hurriedly went to greet him: "Kusaka! Where have you been all these days? We didn't hear from you at all, and we were all worried sick."

Soga casually placed his backpack on the table, dusted off his coat, deliberately avoiding her questioning, and simply said, "I dealt with some things related to Meteor Academy."

Truth asked about the other members of Meteor Academy.

“That’s good. The other companions have also gained the power to fight and are protecting humanity in their respective places,” Soga replied.

He looked up at Zhenli, his tone unusually soft, yet with an undeniable seriousness: "You don't need to worry about these things. Just be an ordinary girl. You shouldn't get involved in these dangerous things."

Sensei wanted to ask more questions, but Soga changed the subject and asked about the shop's recent situation.

After Keitaro carried the folded clothes to the backyard, leaving only Inui Takumi and Soga in the shop, the gentleness on his face vanished. He leaned against the table, glancing sideways at Inui Takumi, his tone carrying his usual provocation: "I didn't expect you to actually be able to get the Faiz belt back by yourself. You've got some skills, not as useless as I thought."

Inui Takumi was wiping his motorcycle gloves when he heard this, and paused for a moment, but ultimately didn't say anything in defense. He didn't plan to tell Kusaka that Lin Chen had found the belt, and arguing with this person was pointless in his opinion.

At Bar Clover, Murakami Kyoji's face was already grim when he pushed open the door. After hearing Takumi Itsuki's report, he trembled with rage. "What did you say? Lin Chen took the Faiz belt?!" He slammed his hand on the bar, causing ripples to spread across his glass. "You can't even protect a belt? What are you doing?!"

Saeko Kageyama leisurely wiped her wine glass, ignoring his anger, and said calmly, "Murakami, please watch your attitude. We are just partners, not your subordinates. Besides, the other party's strength is undeniable; if he forcibly takes us away, there's nothing we can do."

Murakami took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the surging anger in his chest. He knew now was not the time to hold anyone accountable; having lost power, he had no confidence to rebuke Clover.

He looked up at Saeko Kageyama, his tone turning serious: "I'm sorry, I lost my composure. Let's put Faiz aside for now. Saeko, there's something else I need to ask of you—continue to retrieve the Kaixa belt. But this time, not only the belt, but also Masato Kusaka himself, bring him back as well."

"Catch Yuzuriha?" Tsuo Yilang snapped the Yeats poetry collection in his hand shut, looking puzzled. "Why catch him? It's just a belt. Why not just get rid of him?"

“What do you know?” Murakami lowered his voice. “Besides Faiz and Kaixa, there’s a third knight’s belt. That belt is far more powerful than the first two. Some time ago, an Outer Phineos reported seeing Kaixa fighting alongside a Black Knight, but after investigating for so long, I still can’t find out who the third belt’s user is, nor can I find its whereabouts.”

Most importantly, these belts were clearly made for the king, so why were those few humans able to use them?

He paused, then continued, "Kusaka Masato is Hanagata's adopted son. He must know a lot. As long as we capture him, we won't have trouble getting this information out of him."

Murakami looked at the two men, his tone a mix of pleading and pressure: "This matter can't be accomplished by your subordinates alone; it requires the two of you. Make sure you bring Kusaka Masato back alive."

Saeko Kageyama turned the cleaned cup upside down on the table, a faint smile playing on her lips. "Is that so? I'm quite interested in this secret too." Takuma Itsuki nodded in agreement, accepting the task.

Chapter 202 Accelerate! Accelerate!

Yuka Nagata sat by the apartment window, looking at the scenery outside. After a long silence, she finally spoke: "Yuji, can you help me persuade Mari to... try dating Kaidou?"

Yuji Kiba stood frozen in place, turning to look at her with utter confusion in his eyes: "Yuka, you clearly have feelings for Kaidou..."

“I’m fine.” Yuka lowered her head, her bangs concealing the stinging in her eyes. “The person in Kaitou’s heart has never been me. Mari is gentle and cheerful; they might be happier together.” Her tone was calm. Kiba looked at her forlorn profile and finally nodded—he respected Yuka’s decision, even if he didn’t agree with it.

At the Kikuchi Laundry Shop on the other side, Sonoda Mari sat on the steps, lost in thought. Soga's sudden confession a few days ago had left her unsettled, and just now, Yuka and Kiba had come to her, subtly asking her to give Kaidou a chance. With several things piling up, her mind was in complete turmoil.

Qian Qiao came out of the backyard carrying the clothes that had just been hung out to dry. Seeing her distraught appearance, he stopped in his tracks, which was quite unusual for him.

When asked what had happened, Zhenli recounted her recent relationship troubles.

"But I feel really disappointed that Kiba asked me to do this. Do you think... I might like Mr. Kiba?" Mari said, hugging her knees as she asked herself softly.

“You two are not a good match.” Inui Takumi’s voice rose, without the slightest hesitation. “If you really have to choose, you might as well consider Keitaro.”

Zhenli suddenly looked up at him, her cheeks flushed: "Why is it inappropriate? Why are you reacting so strongly? Could it be... that you like me too, Qiao?"

“How could that be?!” Qian Qiao retorted. “Anyway, you two are just not a good match.”

Unbeknownst to them, their conversation had been overheard by Kusaka. He had come seeking the truth. His hands, hanging by his sides, slowly clenched, his face darkening, his eyes swirling with anger and resentment.

Meanwhile, Kiba tried to persuade Kaidou to face his feelings for sensual truth, but this only made the stubborn Kaidou throw a tantrum and run away in a huff.

Kiba sighed helplessly and quickly got up to chase after him. Just as he turned the corner, a figure blocked his way—it was Kusaka Masato, whose face was grim.

“Kiba Yuji.” Soga stared at him, her tone complex. “I’m very interested in you. Can we talk?”

Just as the two were locked in a standoff, two gusts of wind suddenly attacked from both sides. Saeko Kageyama emerged from the shadows with her rapier, while Itsuki Takuma's long whip swept across the air with a whooshing sound.

"Watch out!" Kusaka reacted quickly, instinctively pulling Kiba back while simultaneously reaching for his waist with his left hand. "Henshin!"