I'm in a Kamen Rider group, and I've joined a tokusatsu chat group.

Chapter 123 Onodera: Murai? Who's that?

"It should be right here."

Yusuke Onodera stood in front of an entertainment company building decorated with neon lights, looking up at the tall building.

He gripped the poster tightly in his hand, took a deep breath, and stepped inside.

Walking down the company corridor, Yusuke Onodera looked around at the staff with a troubled expression. "With so many floors, how am I supposed to find it?"

"If I had known, I would have sneaked in when the concert started."

"What should we do now?" Yusuke Onodera squatted down to the side, drawing circles on the ground with his finger.

"Hey! Murai, what are you dawdling over there for? Come and help adjust the equipment!" A sharp reprimand suddenly rang in Onodera Yusuke's ears. Before he could react, he felt someone forcefully pull his ear.

"It hurts!"

Yusuke Onodera was in so much pain he almost cried out. He quickly looked up and saw a burly, middle-aged man with an unfriendly expression glaring at him, his hand tightly gripping his ear.

"Who are you?" Yusuke Onodera looked at the middle-aged man in work clothes in front of him with a puzzled and blank expression.

Who is Murai?

My name is Yusuke Onodera, isn't it?

"Damn it!" The middle-aged man was clearly enraged by Onodera Yusuke's pretense of not recognizing him. He released Onodera Yusuke's ear and shoved him with both hands.

Yusuke Onodera frowned, gripping the middle-aged man's wrists with both hands.

"Hey, what exactly do you want?!" he shouted.

The middle-aged man stared wide-eyed, trying to break free from Onodera Yusuke's grasp, but his strength seemed insufficient to contend with Onodera Yusuke.

He struggled, muttering, "You've gone too far, you..."

Just then, a steady footstep sound came from behind.

Yusuke Onodera looked up and saw a middle-aged man in a black suit and gold-rimmed glasses slowly walking towards him. His leather shoes were polished to a shine, and his neatly combed slicked-back hair gleamed faintly under the light.

Upon seeing the newcomer, the middle-aged man's face turned pale instantly, and he hurriedly tried to break free from Onodera Yusuke's grasp.

Yusuke Onodera released the middle-aged man's wrist, and the man quickly took a few steps back, stammering, "President...President."

“There’s another concert on the Spring Festival Gala, so don’t dawdle here. If you’re delayed…” The president pushed up his glasses, “You know, there are a lot of people who want to get into this company.”

"Yes...yes."

The middle-aged man raised his hand to wipe the beads of sweat the size of beans from his forehead and nodded quickly.

After the company president left, the middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Yusuke Onodera and said, "If you don't want to be fired, come and work with me."

Looking at the middle-aged man's back, Yusuke Onodera also gained some understanding of his own identity.

There is also a person in this world who looks exactly like him, but that person is called "Murai" in this world and works for this entertainment company.

Thinking of this, Yusuke Onodera murmured, "Chinatsu... filming..."

Suddenly, a light shone in his eyes. "So, Chika is rehearsing right now. Maybe I'll have a chance to meet her."

"What are you still standing there for, Murai? If you don't want to get fired, get over here right now."

Seeing the middle-aged man shouting, Yusuke Onodera quickly followed him.

……

Inside the Guang Photo Studio

"I'm so tired. Being a teacher really isn't for me." Dongye gently pushed open the door of the photo studio, walked to the sofa, and collapsed wearily.

"Hey, isn't this Mr. Higashino? Weren't you full of energy before? How come you've turned into such a little turtle now?"

Kadoya Tsukasa looked at Higashino Rin with schadenfreude, then clutched his stomach and burst into laughter.

"This is so funny! Hahaha..."

Higashino turned slightly to the side and gave Tsukasa Kadoya a disdainful look.

"Brother Xiaoming, how's the investigation into that girl going?"

"Don't worry, I'll handle it." Tsukasa Kadoya's face showed a confident expression. As long as he took action, there was nothing that Tsukasa Kadoya couldn't solve.

She's just a high school girl, it's a piece of cake.

"Hmm." Tsukasa Kadoya took three concert tickets out of his breast pocket. "Here, take a look."

Taking the concert ticket, Higashino Rin frowned. "This is... a concert ticket? What's so interesting about this?"

"The popular idol—Chiharu?"

“I heard about an urban legend from that group of high school students.” Tsukasa Kadoya stretched.

"Urban legend?"

Looking at the concert tickets, Higashino Rin wondered, "Could this be related to this girl?"

"Bingo, you got it right." Tsukasa Kadoya clapped his hands and stood up. "I heard that everyone who listened to the music of this popular idol, Chika, is dead."

"I see... then it seems to be related to Shocker." Higashino Rin looked at the time slot on the concert ticket, "7 pm, that'll be soon."

"Huh?" Tsukasa Kadoya looked at Rin Higashino in confusion. "Rin, this urban legend is connected to Shocker?"

“Since it’s an urban legend, it must be true. It’s just a conceptual thing.” Higashino Rin smiled.

You should know that what's considered an urban legend in Knights is actually a real event.

Therefore, it can be confirmed that Chika is related to the Shocker organization in this world.

However, it's strange... the Shocker organization in this world doesn't seem to be very keen on causing trouble.

“However, if it's three concert tickets…” Higashino Rin looked around, “What about Yusuke?”

"I don't know. I was thinking of having him go and take a look." Tsukasa Kadoya rubbed his chin and shook his head with a regretful expression.

"May I go, Shi, Rin?" Natsumi walked to Tsukasa Kadoya's side and whispered.

"Huh? You?" Tsukasa Kadoya was taken aback. "This isn't child's play. The world is a deep and complex place, and I can't guarantee anything..."

Without the power of a knight, Tsukasa Kadoya dares not gamble in this world ruled by the Shocker organization.

In his mind, any organization associated with the word "Shocker" was an extremely powerful entity.

Even though he is very strong now, Tsukasa Kadoya cannot guarantee that he can protect everyone.

“I have one too.” Hearing Tsukasa Kadoya’s words, Natsumi puffed out her cheeks and shouted, “Galan!”

"Xia Hai, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting~"

Looking at the Oran that had landed on Natsumi's shoulder, Tsukasa Kadoya frowned.

“It’s Kivala. In that case… Natsumi can become a Kamen Rider too,” Higashino Rin said with a smile.

The little boy on the shoulder stared at the orchid on Xia Hai's shoulder with his dark yellow ring-shaped compound eyes.

Being watched by her nominal father, Ya Lan felt a strange sense of pressure.

"Shi, I don't want to be a burden and hold everyone back."

Looking at Natsumi, Tsukasa Kadoya nodded helplessly.

"Honestly, what can I do? I'm so kind-hearted. I agree."

"That's great, Yalan." Xia Hai breathed a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on his face.

"It's getting late, we should go take a look." Higashino Rin looked at the clock hanging on the wall.

"Yes." Tsukasa Kadoya nodded.

...

"Chinatsu's concert..." Kazami Shiro looked at the concert ticket in his hand, a look of reminiscence on his face. "It has been a while since I've seen Chinatsu."

Seeing the pink watch on the table, Kazami Shiro immediately got up, put on his coat, and left the room.

(End of this chapter)