As a weirdo, I like being a Kamen Rider

"oh--!!!"

Amidst earth-shattering battle cries, the final battle has begun.

Thirty figures moved simultaneously.

The Showa Rider and the Heisei Rider, their enormous bodies leaping into the sky at the same moment.

Wizard's Infinite Magic Circle, Fourze's Cosmic Drill, Gaim's Kakudou Daio-maru, Black and RX's Knight Kick... Thirty different colored ultimate beams of light condensed beneath their feet, transforming into thirty streams of light that pierced through the heavens and earth, simultaneously bombarding the platinum-gold giant tiger in the center from all directions!

The giant tiger's amber compound eyes reflected that dazzling light.

Photon blood surged wildly from the Tiger Tail Greatsword, causing the blade to swell to its maximum size. Instead of retreating, he shattered the void with his four legs, his massive body transforming into a platinum-gold meteor, charging head-on into the thirty knight kicks!

"Roar--!!!"

With a powerful swing of its tail, the giant lightsaber drew a white-gold arc that swept across the battlefield, colliding fiercely with the thirty knight kicks!

boom!!!

A blinding light erupted from the point of impact, engulfing both the sky and the earth.

Immediately afterwards, a teeth-grinding cracking sound rang out.

Click.

The sky was like a giant mirror, with countless dark cracks spreading from its center.

Snap! Snap!

The second shattering sound was even more piercing. The entire world could no longer withstand the force of the impact, and in the final explosion, it shattered completely.

The light went out.

Darkness descends. All returns to nothingness.

The darkness remained silent for an unknown period of time, seemingly a moment, yet also seemingly an eternity.

Then, light shone in the void.

Streaks of light rose from the ruins of the shattered world, like fireflies returning to their nests, flying towards their respective dimensions. They pierced through the eternal darkness and disappeared into the depths of the endless void.

Just then, a unique light suddenly shone.

A figure slowly emerged from the platinum-gold light. It was W's God Mode, covered in crystal armor, with the Xtreme Memory on his chest radiating a pure glow.

He raised his hand, his palm making a precise grasp amidst the myriad streams of light.

"I never expected...that this would be the final outcome."

Shotaro's and Philip's voices overlapped, emanating from beneath the Xtreme armor.

"But it's okay."

The crystal armor slowly closed its hands, gently protecting the point of light in its palms, while the platinum data stream wrapped around it like a cocoon.

"At least, we've achieved our goal."

The light surged, and W's compound eyes shone with a dazzling silver glow in the void.

"Then... let's begin the surgery!"

Chapter 247 The Sealed System

Lin Chen suddenly opened his eyes, as if he had been forcibly pulled back to the real world from the bottomless depths of water.

His heart pounded wildly in his chest, and cold sweat instantly soaked his back. He instinctively placed his palm in front of him; thankfully, it wasn't a tiger's claw, but his own five fingers, which he could clearly feel.

This realization brought him a sense of relief, but he was immediately gripped by an even deeper chill in the next second.

Evolutionary memory is indeed a treasure trove, but it's also a huge pitfall. No wonder the system keeps emphasizing that the three major attributes shouldn't have too much of a gap.

In the final moment, when he clashed with the knight kicks of the thirty knights, it was no longer his own consciousness that was controlling his body; he could only watch helplessly as "himself" grew stronger and stronger in the battle against the knights.

"Huh...huh..."

Lin Chen propped himself up on his arms and slowly sat up, only then realizing that he was lying on the marble floor. He looked around at his surroundings.

A thin layer of dust had settled on the sloping wooden beams, and the afternoon sun cast dappled shadows on the floor through the stained glass. Oak bookshelves lined the slanted wall, and all of this exuded a familiar yet strange feeling.

"woke up?"

A steady voice came from behind him.

Lin Chen turned his head. He saw a figure sitting in a carved European-style wooden chair with his back to him in front of the French windows.

Holding a white porcelain coffee cup in his hand, he took a leisurely sip.

Lin Chen frowned as he looked at the retreating figure: "...Sawaki Tetsuya?"

Upon hearing Lin Chen call his name, the man slowly turned around.

He gently placed the white porcelain coffee cup in his hand on the round table in front of him. Sunlight streamed through the stained glass, casting interplay of light and shadow on his composed face.

"He's been waiting for you for a long time," Zeki Tetsuya said. "You've been sleeping soundly, your brow furrowed, and you occasionally let out a low growl like a wild beast... What's wrong with you?"

Lin Chen did not answer immediately. He lowered his eyes and stared at his clear reflection on the marble floor.

Lin Chen, of course, knew who "he" Zeki Tetsuya was referring to. Toma...?

Previously, in that false world, Shotaro himself said that his body was swept away from the gap between worlds by an unknown force.

If it was Toma who made the move, then everything makes sense.

But why did he do that?

Seeing that Lin Chen had fallen into deep thought again as soon as he woke up, Zeki Tetsuya did not speak again.

Lin Chen didn't get lost in his thoughts for long. He then remembered Zeki Tetsuya's concern earlier.

"Sorry." He rubbed his temples and stood up from the cold ground. "It was just... a nightmare."

"Really? Come and sit down." Zeki Tetsuya didn't press Lin Chen about what nightmare he had, showing great tact.

Lin Chen sat down in the chair next to him and asked directly, "Where is he? Why isn't he here?"

Upon hearing Lin Chen's question, Ze Mu Tetsuya replied, "Who knows? After all, no one can fathom what that person is thinking."

"Really? Then do you know why I was brought here?" Hearing Zetsuya's answer, Lin Chen didn't press further. Instead, he wanted to know if Zetsuya knew anything about what Toma wanted to do by bringing him here.

“I only know a little,” Tetsuya Sawaki said, picking up his coffee. “He said that he was very pleased with your actions in that world, which turned those who had become Orphnochs back into humans. He believes that you have endorsed his philosophy—that humans should just be humans.”

Hearing this, Lin Chen shook his head and said helplessly, "It seems he has misunderstood."

"Isn't it good that it's a misunderstanding?" Zeki Tetsuya couldn't help but say after hearing Lin Chen say that.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore." Lin Chen interrupted the topic and asked him, "Have I arrived in the Agito world again?"

Tetsuya Sawaki looked at him, smiled, and said, "No. The real you should wake up now. I'm just conveying a message for him—your trial is about to begin."

Lin Chen was stunned: "What do you mean?"

But then his head spun, and he fell unconscious again. Zeki Tetsuya watched as Lin Chen's body, sitting in the chair, turned into specks of light and gradually disappeared.

He couldn't help but mutter to himself, "What a lucky yet unlucky guy."

...

Lin Chen's consciousness emerged from the darkness, speechless. A dream within a dream?

Slowly, my hearing returned first; a rhythmic electronic ticking sound echoed in my ears, like a heartbeat or the reading of some instrument.

Next came the sense of touch. He found himself suspended in the air, his limbs enveloped in some kind of viscous liquid, with oxygen tubes inserted between his mouth and nose, and each breath carrying the pungent smell of disinfectant.

He suddenly opened his eyes.

His vision was distorted by a layer of transparent reinforced glass, outside of which were stark white operating lights and rows of flickering monitors. He was immersed in a cylindrical glass jar, with tiny bubbles floating in the pale green nutrient solution, and several black data cables hanging from the top of the jar, connecting the back of his neck to his spine.

laboratory.

The moment this thought flashed through my mind, a piercing alarm suddenly blared!

"Woo-woo-woo-woo-"

The red warning lights spun wildly, turning the entire laboratory a blood-red color.

Outside the glass jar, several figures in white coats panicked in front of the control panel, dropping their tablets to the ground and shattering the screens.

"The test subject has woken up!"

A man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, his face ashen, pointed at Lin Chen, whose eyes had opened inside the glass jar, his voice trembling with terror: "Quick! Sound the highest alarm! Notify the combat personnel!"

"Impossible... His brainwaves should have been locked in his subconscious..."

"Stop talking nonsense! Go and call for help!"

The doctors in white coats rushed frantically toward the door.

Lin Chen, inside the jar, coldly observed all of this.

He raised his hand, clenched it into a fist, and then—

boom!!!

He shattered the reinforced glass in front of him with a single punch! The pale green nutrient solution poured out like a waterfall. He stepped out of the experimental chamber, walking through the broken glass and puddles. Water droplets dripped from his clothes, making a crisp echo on the metal floor.

"Where is this place...?"

Lin Chen twisted his neck, his gaze sweeping over the white coats slumped on the ground, his voice low and menacing, as if it came from hell:

"Looks like you've been used as test subjects. I can sense it. You guys are Orphnochs, aren't you!"

The doctors in white coats, slumped on the ground, did not answer.

Grayish-white patterns suddenly appeared on their skin, spreading rapidly across their faces like a spiderweb. Their bodies twisted and deformed, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen Orphnochs of various shapes surrounded Lin Chen.

"Attack! This is a valuable asset of the company. We can't let him escape!" The leader, Orphnoch, roared as he pounced, his claws aimed straight for Lin Chen's throat.

Lin Chen remained expressionless, stomped his right foot on the glass shards on the ground, and crashed into the enemy ranks like a cannonball.

He didn't transform, nor did he use any memory; he simply punched the first Orphnoch to charge at him in the chest with his bare body. With a crisp "crack," the grayish-white body flew backward like a rag doll, crashing into the metal control panel behind him and turning into a pile of sand.

"too slow."

Lin Chen flicked his wrist, his gaze sweeping over the remaining Orphnochs: "I didn't expect my body to fall into the hands of you nobodies?"

The remaining Orphnochs looked at each other, fear finally overpowering their instincts. They let out unwilling roars, but retreated one after another, some even turning and fleeing towards the security door deep inside the laboratory.