There is no tragedy in Kamen Rider

Momoi Reiko was full of confusion. After interacting with Kanzaki Yui today, she felt that she was indeed a human being.

"Lingzi, I can't be wrong. She gives me the same feeling as the monster in the mirror world. Please investigate her carefully next time."

Takahashi Toru turned and looked at Momoi Reiko, his eyes filled with unquestionable and absolute confidence.

Looking at Takahashi Toru's expression, Momoi Reiko could only agree half-believingly.

……

Night, Minglin University.

Shinji Seito and Yui Kanzaki watched as the Meilin University gradually darkened and walked in, heading for the building where the 'Silver Masked Man' was rumored to have come from.

In the dark corridor, Shinji Makoto and Yui Kanzaki were checking carefully and vigilantly with flashlights.

"Yui, what do you think of that man wearing a mask? You think he's a knight, too, right?"

Seeing this, Yui Kanzaki nodded.

"Shinji, I think that guy should also be a knight. But I think it's better for you to turn off the light in your hand first, otherwise it will be easy to be exposed."

Listening to Yui Kanzaki's advice, Shinji Makoto could only smile awkwardly as he looked at the corridor illuminated by himself, and then turned it off.

Boom!

After the flashlight disappeared, the figures of the two were immediately swallowed up by the dim corridor, and then the strange sound was heard.

Ding~clang~clang~whoosh~ding~

"this is……"

"Strange noise? It sounds like someone is fighting?"

Shinji Seito reacted immediately, and then took the two of them closer to the place where the sound came from.

Somewhere on a familiar window sill to Akita Michiko, two men in black robes and silver masks were fighting with weapons.

There was no pattern in the fight between the two men, but every attack was made with the intention of killing the other.

Clang!

The man holding two axes resisted the other man in black robe. After blocking his weapon, he used the other axe to hit his neck.

Boom!

When the fatal attack came, the man in black robe fell down immediately, but the strange thing was that no blood flowed out of his body.

The man with two axes watched the man fall to the ground and die, then he removed a pin from his chest and pressed it against himself.

"Oh hello! Is anyone there?"

Hearing the sound coming from the corridor, the man with two axes immediately ran to the other side of the corridor. The figure of the man who fell to the ground gradually disappeared.

Shinji Seito and Yui Kanzaki kept rushing towards the direction where the fighting sounds came from, and soon arrived at the windowsill that Michiko Akita was familiar with.

Looking at the black-robed man lying on the windowsill in the corridor, the two of them ran up immediately.

After turning on the flashlight, Shinji Seito immediately saw the broken mask on the face of the black-robed man lying on the ground.

"Oh hey. Are you okay? What happened to you? Cheer up!"

Shinji Seido shouted loudly, and Yui Kanzaki on the side frowned as she looked at the man who did not respond but just kept gasping for breath.

……

The next day, inside the newspaper office.

Toru Takahashi and others were eating delicious food while listening to Shinji Makoto and Yui Kanzaki talking about what they encountered during the investigation last night.

In fact, it is mainly Makoto Shinji who is telling the story. After all, Kanzaki Yui is a bit introverted and not a professional, so Makoto Shinji's story will be more accurate.

Momoi Reiko was listening to the story and was slightly stunned when she saw that there was no tension on Takahashi Toru's face.

Yesterday, Toru Takahashi asked him to investigate Kanzaki Yui, but Kanzaki Yui did not show any emotional fluctuations in front of him, and he did not know why.

Although Momoi Reiko was very surprised by Takahashi Toru's reaction, she did not ask any more questions and turned to ask Makoto Shinji.

"Shinji, do you know the identity of the victim?"

After listening to Momoi Reiko's words, Makoto Shinji put down his bowl and chopsticks, took out the notebook in which he had made notes, and began to search.

"A third-year student at Meilin University, his name is Naoya Mikami. He is a member of the Matrix, the online gaming club at Meilin University."

Seeing this, Yui Kanzaki opened the notebook she had prepared and read it out accurately. On the contrary, Shinji Makoto was still flipping through the pages of the notebook.

After listening to what Kanzaki Yui said, Momoi Reiko couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

"Yui, you've done a great job. Please continue investigating further. Please."

"Okay, I understand. Then let's start with the Matrix Club."

After Momoi Reiko finished speaking, Makoto Shinji finally turned to the page where he had recorded the story.

But everyone was eating in tacit agreement at this time. Seeing this, Makoto Shinji could only say awkwardly, "We will investigate immediately."

This time, Takahashi Toru said nothing after finishing the sandwich in his hand.

……

In the afternoon, after their investigation proved fruitless, Shinji Makoto and Yui Kanzaki returned to the newspaper office filled with anger.

Looking at the expressions of the two men, Toru Takahashi immediately poured two cups of tea and handed them to them.

"Drink some tea to relieve your internal heat. Having internal heat is very unhealthy for your body."

Yui Kanzaki nodded with a smile and thanked him, then took the tea and took a sip. Shinji Makoto, on the other hand, drank the tea in one gulp with his anger still not subsided.

Looking at the appearance of Makoto Shinji, Takahashi Toru could only sigh that he had the foresight to cool the tea a little, otherwise Makoto Shinji's tongue would probably suffer.

At this time, Shimada, who was sitting in front of the computer, turned around and shouted to Takahashi Toru and the others.

"Everyone, I got an email."

Hearing this, Takahashi Toru and others gathered around and focused their attention on the opened email.

After the email was opened, a man in a black robe and wearing a silver mask immediately popped out. Seeing this, Makoto Shinji excitedly said, "This silver mask is exactly the same as the one worn by yesterday's victim!"

The video was playing continuously. The man in the silver mask and black robe used his beast-like claws to scratch the screen, revealing the words "Kill You".

Seeing this, Momoi Reiko crossed her arms and said, "Are they trying to intimidate us? They want us to stop interfering in this matter. But this makes it clear that the Matrix Club is hiding something."

Takahashi Toru looked at the word 'Kill You' flashing on the screen and spoke.

"In that case, we will target the Matrix Club. I hope the mastermind hiding behind this won't run away in fear."

Chapter 9: Shibaura is stunned

Late at night, after their investigation yielded no results, Shinji Makoto and Yui Kanzaki rushed back to the cafe.

As soon as the two parked their motorcycle, they saw a frightening scene.

Akiyama Ren was seen holding Tezuka's face in one hand and clenching her other hand into a fist, ready to teach Tezuka a lesson.

Seeing this, Shinji Seito immediately spoke up to stop Akiyama Ren's next move.

"lotus!"

Looking at Yui Kanzaki and Shinji Seito who were walking over, Akiyama Ren could only put Tezuka down with some dissatisfaction, and then walked into the cafe without saying hello.

Looking at Akiyama Ren's appearance, Shinji Seito could only walk up to Tezuka and apologize embarrassedly.

After the three of them arrived at the restaurant, Yui Kanzaki walked to the counter, while Shinji Makoto and Tezuka sat on the chairs.

Akiyama Ren, who was angry alone, sat alone in front of the counter.

"Tezuka..."

Shinji Seito was just about to tell Tezuka about the things about Meilin University and let him reason about it, but he stopped when he saw Tezuka take out a match.

Tezuka took out a match and struck it. After the match caught fire through friction, he placed it in front of him.

The flames burned fast and hot, but Tezuka's eyes never moved.

The match burned out, and Tezuka looked away. Then he looked at Makoto Shinji and said mysteriously: "Shinji, what you are pursuing now will lead you to meet a new Kamen Rider."

After hearing this, Shinji Seito's eyes widened immediately. Akiyama Ren, who was sitting on the counter, couldn't help but look over when she heard the new knight appeared.

Ding-ling~Ding-ling~

Just at this time the phone rang. After Shinji Seito answered it, he heard the voice of Momoi Reiko from the newspaper office.

"Shinji, Shimada used the threatening email he sent to us to hack into the sender's computer. Guess what we found?"

There was a hint of excitement on Momoi Reiko's lips, while Shimada, who was sitting on the chair, showed a proud smile.

“A game! Several people wearing silver masks fight each other until only one person is left. They recreate the contents of the game in the real world.”

"There are three screens in the computer game. The first one is in the school; the second one is the building under construction, and the last one is the sunrise pier."

After Momoi Reiko finished explaining what happened, she hung up the phone with Makoto Shinji.

Takahashi Toru, who had listened to the whole process, drank the tea in his hand and said, "Lingzi, you two stay in the newspaper office. I'll go to Sunrise Pier to take a look."

After hearing what Takahashi Toru said, Momoi Reiko agreed without any hesitation and also gave some encouragement.

"Takahashi, you didn't go during the investigation. Now that we have determined the location, you must catch them!"

Takahashi Toru agreed reluctantly as it seemed to be encouraging but actually sounded like he was being lazy.

Shimada, who was confused, was cheering Takahashi Toru on.

……

Sunrise at the pier.

Two men wearing silver masks were fighting in a bonfire, holding different weapons in their hands. There was a camera not far away recording everything.

Beep~beep~

The camera in the distance made a sharp sound, and the words 'GAME OVER' were displayed on the screen, indicating that the game was over, and the two people surrounded by the campfire fell to the ground and could not get up.

There was a "da da da" sound coming from the container in the distance. A man in a black robe but without a mask came over, and looked at the two men lying on the ground with excitement on his face.

buzz~

The roar of a motorcycle was heard in the distance. Shinji Makoto looked at the two people lying unconscious on the ground, parked his car immediately and ran over.

"Oh hey! Are you okay? Wake up."

"Why? Why did this happen?"

Shibaura looked at Makoto Shinji's movements and walked over, and said loudly with a prelude expression on his face: "Of course it's because I'm a genius!"

"you are?"

Shinji Seito looked at the face under the black robe and the familiar arrogant voice and immediately recalled the man he and Yui Kanzaki met when they went to the Matrix Club to investigate.

"How could you be? What are you laughing at?"

Shinji Seito couldn't understand why Shibaura, who was also a member of the Matrix Club, was not caring about his friends but laughing loudly.

Facing Makoto Shinji's questioning, Shibaura just smiled and said, "Don't worry about that kind of people. Just let them be."

Shinji Seito's expression became increasingly uglier as he listened to Shibaura's strange words that showed disregard for other people's lives, but Shibaura just continued to speak regardless of his mood.

"They're still so young and they think life is boring, so I gave them some fun."

"Fun?"

"That's right. So I made a game for them, but it's not just a game. I analyzed human psychology and applied it to the game. After they become addicted to the game I made, they will want to pursue more intense stimulation. Just like my plan, the game cannot meet their real needs, so they started a real battle."

"But they are dangerous guys anyway."

As Shibaura continued to explain himself, Makoto Shinji's expression became worse.

"Why would you do that, man?"

"Haha. It's fun to do this! And it will prove that I'm very good."

After listening to what Shibaura said, who was indifferent to life, Shinji Seito finally asked a question with a slight tremor.

"Could it be that you are a knight?"

"Eh. What a surprise. If that's the case, you're also a Kamen Rider."

Shibaura's face finally showed a hint of surprise besides madness. Before, he only thought that he was the only Kamen Rider.