Tokusatsu: How come this knight drama is different?!

Upon arriving at Time and Space Cafe, Wan Jinmo saw that his manager was not sitting at the computer playing games, but was sitting with his arms crossed, looking displeased, against the wall.

Opposite him sat a middle-aged man with a serious expression.

"You...who are you?" Wan Jinmo stammered.

The middle-aged man looked at Wan Jinmo, his eyes lowered slightly, and then calmly said, "I am... the commander who has been giving you missions, Zero."

Wan Jinmo froze on the spot, then subconsciously blurted out, "Weren't you shattered into pieces?!"

The commander's face darkened instantly.

You Che looked at Wan Jinmo speechlessly: "Are you stupid? Who grows into a motorcycle? He just created it to keep himself company..."

"Ahem." Commander Zero coughed.

You Che rolled his eyes.

Wan Jinmo had already come to his senses: "Ah, right, right, it was the motorcycle that broke, the main body won't be damaged..."

Wait! You're...?!

"what."

"Quick! Come with me! Something's happened to Ning Meng!"

As he spoke, Wan Jinmo was about to pull Commander Ling away.

But Commander Zero stopped them.

“Before that… I have something to tell you.” Commander Zero looked at Wan Jinmo and slowly spoke, “Your shop manager… Mr. You Che… is the previous commander-in-chief of the Crypto Organization, and all Crypto agents are under his command.”

Wan Jinmo was stunned for a moment, then looked at You Che in disbelief.

You Che grinned and made a peace sign, almost as if he were showing off.

Wan Jinmo's brain completely shut down.

When he finally came to his senses, the first question he asked was:

"You must be kidding me?! How old was he when he became Commander-in-Chief?!"

You Che's smile froze on his face instantly, then he glared angrily at Wan Jinmo: "Can't I not look old?!"

Wan Jinmo instinctively shuddered, as if he could hear You Che roaring, "I'll dock your pay!"

"Um, don't be so nervous. I know about your situation. Well, actually, rescuing Ning Meng is quite simple, but... do you really think you're in the right state to go and rescue someone?"

Wan Jinmo looked at You Che, while You Che held a cup of coffee to his lips, his eyes fixed on Wan Jinmo.

Wan Jinmo seemed to see through the shop manager's eyes, as if the man had read all his thoughts...

“I…” Wan Jinmo hesitated.

You Che waved his hand: "Sit down first, let me tell you a story."

Wan Jinmo: "??? Huh?"

"Sit down," Commander Zero said, frowning.

“…Oh.” Wan Jinmo sat down obediently.

"The story begins a long, long time ago, long, long ago..."

"Will it take that long?" Wan Jinmo asked anxiously.

"Stop talking nonsense! Listen to me!"

You Che glared at Wan Jinmo, then began to recount the struggle between nightmares and humans.

After World War II, taking advantage of humanity's post-war weakness and the large number of people who controlled supernatural powers dying on the battlefield, which created a vacuum to suppress them, the frequency and harm of those nightmares gradually increased.

In this context, the cipher organization Code emerged.

This is a global organization, and its initial purpose was singular: to solve the disasters caused by nightmares.

However, as the saying goes, everything is in flux.

"...More than forty years ago, I officially took office as the commander-in-chief of the Crypto Organization, in charge of all the operations of the Crypto agents."

Wan Jinmo's eyes widened, and he was about to speak when You Che glared at him angrily: "If you dare mention my age again, you can forget about your salary for the rest of your life—this month, next month, and the month after that!"

Wan Jinmo shrank back weakly.

Yu Che continued, explaining that after he came to power, due to the deteriorating situation, he proposed an idea:

Learn from the barbarians' strengths to subdue them; use magic to defeat magic; use nightmares to fight nightmares.

"...And so, the Dream Capsule was born."

Wan Jinmo took out the dream capsule, somewhat incredulous, and murmured, "So...that's how it is..."

He said he always felt that Zez's power and those nightmares had a similar feeling.

"That's not all. At first, the development of the Dream Capsule went smoothly, but it encountered a bottleneck when it came to practical application."

Because not everyone can use the Dream Capsule.

Through Yu Che's narration, Wan Jinmo seemed to see the scene where, in the face of adversity where they had nothing, Yu Che and many of his predecessors were constantly searching for new methods to save those ravaged by nightmares and prevent nightmares from coming to the real world.

The dream capsules were manufactured, but they couldn't be used, which gave the researchers a major headache.

Until an accident during an experiment.

During an experiment with dream capsules, a nightmare inside the capsule broke free of control and attacked a researcher. However, a new power emerged within the researcher, directly crushing the nightmare.

Thus, You Che and his companions learned that there were originally some people...

Nightmares exist within them, perhaps hidden in a dream space deeper than the subconscious, but there must be such people.

Thirty years ago, a young man joined the research department and began to study this phenomenon in a research group. He also began to try to create the first Kamen Rider belt, with the Dream Capsule as its core.

The good news is that after two and a half years of hard work, the first set of Rider Belts was successfully manufactured. The bad news is that none of the team members were able to successfully transform with it.

Finally, the researcher with the Nightmare Power within him had a sudden inspiration: could it be a matter of power compatibility?

So he put on the belt and, with his own power, condensed a dream capsule that belonged to him, and successfully transformed.

"...Thus, the Code Dream Agents were born."

Now it's Commander Zero's turn to narrate.

After successfully confirming this, the cipher agents began searching for humans who already possessed the Nightmare Power within them.

They were very lucky and quickly found two candidates.

These are the original code agents, Agent 1 and Agent 2.

However, the good times did not last long.

Twenty years ago, when Commander Zero successfully created the Mimicry Armor, this suit of armor could still transform into a warrior with combat power similar to that of a Kamen Rider even without the power of Nightmare within it, thus breaking the balance.

Yu Che leaned against the table and shrugged: "So I got kicked out. Well, it's just a power struggle. It's not surprising that a commander-in-chief like me, who's so engrossed in research, got tricked by those guys."

Commander Zero sighed: "Ever since Commander-in-Chief You Che left the organization, the cipher organization has changed."

Number 1 and Number 2 also left one after another. Number 3 fought on the front lines for several years before being wounded and leaving the organization. Number 4, Knox, took his place, but was abandoned by the organization a year ago...

As for numbers 5 and 6…

Commander Zero shook his head: "The two of them are too weak. They would even need to join forces to deal with a Nightmare."

So...we found you.

Wan Jinmo opened his mouth and then fell silent.

"Snapped"

You Che suddenly slapped Wan Jinmo on the back, causing Wan Jinmo to cry out in pain.

"Why that look? What do you think I'm telling you all this for?"

Wan Jinmo looked at You Che with a mournful face: "For, for what?"

You Che rolled his eyes: "Are you stupid? I'm telling you, no matter how much infighting there is within the Crypto Organization, that's an internal matter for the Crypto Organization! Why are you thinking so much about it?!"

Your mission, from beginning to end, has only one thing!

That is……

Get rid of those troublesome nightmares, and then... save those who are hurt by them.

Do you understand?!

Wan Jinmo stood there stunned, then his eyes gradually brightened.

He nodded heavily, and was about to run back to sleep when he suddenly seemed to remember something and turned to look at You Che: "Manager, why haven't you told me your identity after all this time?"

You Che's face darkened instantly, and he grabbed a cup from the table and threw it at Wan Jinmo: "Get out! Go save people right now!"

Wan Jinmo shrank back and then quickly ran away.

Then, Yu Che's furious roar came from the coffee shop behind him: "Deduct the cost of the cup from your salary!"

Wan Jinmo stumbled and almost fell, but the confusion in his eyes was gone, replaced by seriousness.

After returning home and lying in bed, Wan Jinmo nodded earnestly and then closed his eyes...

Yes, I fell asleep instantly, just like always.

And this time...

Wan Jinmo did not go directly to the dream world to save Ning Meng.

Instead, he entered his own dream space and then looked around.

"Are you still going to hide? I already know you exist."

Wan Jinmo looked at the scene in his dream and spoke in a deep voice.

"...Hmph hmph hmph, hahaha!"

A deep laugh was heard, and then a real Nightmare, whose suit looked extraordinary and was definitely a boss-level monster, appeared out of thin air.

As his foot touched the ground, black flames engulfed the entire space.

However, Wan Jinmo simply looked at the other person intently, without the slightest fear in his eyes.

"Hmph, it seems the kid has really grown up~ So? What do you want?"