As a weirdo, I like being a Kamen Rider.

The sun hung high in the sky, warming the tree-lined paths of Smart Brain Academy.

The dappled sunlight filtered through the layers of sycamore leaves and fell to the ground, making people dizzy.

Lin Chen, dressed in his uniform, walked unhurriedly along the stone path with his hands in his pockets.

He appeared to be carrying out his daytime patrol as required, but his peripheral vision was constantly scanning his surroundings.

A faint ripple of spiritual energy spread out, encompassing all movement within a radius of fifty meters.

The days of secret training made his control over his body more and more precise. Even in human form, he could control the force and speed of every step just right.

Occasionally, we encountered students in school uniforms along the way, chatting and laughing in twos and threes.

Interspersed among them are several faint fluctuations of the Orpheus factor, all of which are very well converged, clearly the result of long-term discipline within the academy.

Lin Chen ignored this and simply followed the predetermined route, slowly walking towards the detached building where the photography department was located.

The tree-lined path next to the photography department is quieter than other places.

The sycamore trees on both sides are lush and form a natural canopy. When the wind blows, the leaves rustle and carry a faint fragrance of grass and trees.

As soon as he rounded the bend, Lin Chen paused almost imperceptibly.

Within his spiritual power, he detected a familiar aura.

He looked up.

Under a sycamore tree not far away, a high school student wearing a white school shirt was holding a black DSLR camera and repeatedly pressing the shutter button on the girl next to him.

The girl was wearing a light pink pleated skirt, holding a bunch of daisies in her hand, tilting her head slightly and smiling, her eyebrows and eyes curving.

The boy holding the camera was slender, with wispy bangs obscuring his eyes and eyebrows, and his fingers deftly adjusted the camera settings.

Lin Chen recognized him as the one who had transformed into Faiz in the garden that night.

His pupils contracted slightly, a hint of understanding flashing in his amber eyes. Although he only became a fan of Kamen Rider in the new decade, he had some knowledge of Kamen Rider Decade. After all, there was always online debate about whether Decade or Zi-O was stronger. However, he later heard that it was a poorly executed series, so he didn't delve into it further.

He knew about the Faiz arc in the Kamen Rider Decade TV series, where the user of Kamen Rider Faiz was a student at the academy. Seeing him today wasn't surprising.

He didn't stop walking; he continued to walk slowly towards the two of them.

When the distance closed to ten meters, Onoue Takumi seemed to sense something and suddenly looked up.

The camera in my hand suddenly stopped moving.

The moment their eyes met.

Time seemed to have been paused.

Onoue Takumi's eyes widened in surprise.

He recognized the security guard in front of him as the mysterious man who appeared that night, transformed into Faiz, and instantly killed two Orphnochs.

Their eyes met in mid-air.

Lin Chen remained calm and continued walking forward.

Onoue Takuya pretended to be nonchalant, but Yuta Yuri, who was next to him, still noticed something was amiss.

"Skilled? What's wrong?"

Yuri Tomoda noticed the strangeness in the person next to her, put away her smile, followed his gaze to Lin Chen who was walking towards her, and asked softly.

Do you know that patrolman?

Her voice broke the stillness in the forest.

He shook his head slightly, scratched his temple with his finger, and said casually:

"I don't know him, I just thought his eyes looked a little strange, nothing more."

He deliberately pulled Youli a few steps to the side to make way for Lin Chen.

But their eyes met again the moment Lin Chen passed by.

A complex emotion flashed in his eyes.

Lin Chen kept his eyes straight ahead and walked steadily past the two of them.

After Lin Chen passed by, Onoue Takumi pulled Yuta Yuri along and quickly walked towards the other end of the tree-lined path.

His steps were much more hurried than when he arrived.

After walking a few meters, Takumi Onoue couldn't help but deliberately glance back.

Lin Chen was still walking slowly with his back to them, his black figure blending into the dappled shadows of the trees, showing no sign of anything amiss.

Lin Chen did not turn around and continued patrolling along the established route.

But Takumi Onoue already had a plan in mind. He wanted to find out the true purpose of this tiger-shaped Orphnoch and prevent it from harming Yuri and her classmates.

Oogami Takumi.

A plan quickly took shape in his mind.

The daytime patrols were uneventful.

There is no out-of-control Orphnoch.

There were no abnormal energy fluctuations.

Only endless peace.

Night fell as expected.

The inky sky enveloped the entire academy.

The streetlights lit up one after another, casting a dim yellow glow that distorted the shadows of the trees on campus.

Taking advantage of the shift change by the disciplinary team, Lin Chen deliberately avoided his patrol time and quietly slipped out of the dormitory building.

He didn't transform; he remained in human form, his figure blending into the night as he moved like a ghost towards Onoue Takumi's dormitory.

He spread his mental energy to its maximum, firmly locking onto that familiar aura.

Sure enough, not long after,

Takumi Onoue then slipped out from downstairs in the dormitory building.

He carried the backpack containing Faiz's belt, looked around warily, and after confirming that no one was around, quickly walked towards the back of the mountain.

His steps were light, yet still carried the awkwardness of youth, far from the ease and control of Lin Chen.

Lin Chen followed far behind, keeping a distance of about 100 meters from him.

He would not be discovered, yet his every move could be clearly captured.

He memorized all the surveillance cameras along the way, and with every turn and every dodge, he precisely avoided their view.

Their mental abilities allowed them to detect spies in the shadows in advance, bypassing all surveillance points.

Takumi Onoue hurried along and eventually disappeared into the dense forest behind the mountain.

Lin Chen slowed his pace and followed him inside.

He concealed himself in the dense shadows of the trees and stopped behind a large tree not far away.

His gaze was fixed on the figure on the open ground.

On the open ground, Takumi Onoue was locked in combat with a lizard-like Orphnoch.

The lizard-shaped Orphnoch was covered in bluish-green scales, had a slender body, and moved with extreme agility.

Its sharp claws gleamed with a cold, eerie green light as it lunged at Tail, hissing and growling.

Takumi Onoue has transformed into Faiz.

The silver-black armor gleamed coldly in the night, and the red photon veins flickered slightly.

Although his movements were still somewhat clumsy, they were much more skillful than they had been in the garden that night.

Lin Chen's gaze sharpened slightly.

He immediately realized that Onoue Takumi's fighting moves were deliberately imitating the moves he made when he transformed into Faiz that night.

The angle of the punch, the posture of blocking, and the footwork of dodging all bear some resemblance.

The imitation was clumsy, failing to grasp the essence, and the control of power was still lacking, with each punch accompanied by unnecessary swaying.

Clearly, Lin Chen's battle that night had a profound impact on Onoue Takumi.

Lin Chen leaned against the tree trunk, watching the battle with great interest, but did not immediately make a move.

He could sense that this lizard-like Orphnoch was just an ordinary low-level species, and its strength was not particularly great.

Despite his clumsy movements, Takumi Onoue gradually gained the upper hand thanks to the advantages of the Faiz Armor.

Sure enough, not long after,

Takumi Onoue seized the lizard-type Orphnoch's weakness and, using the armor's strength, punched it hard in the chest.

"Bang!"

The lizard-like Orphnoch was forced to retreat repeatedly, its green scales shattering and black blood seeping from its wounds.

It let out a mournful roar, its body swayed, clearly severely injured and unable to resist, lying on the ground convulsing.

Tail-up Takumi, panting heavily, walked step by step toward the lizard-shaped Orphnoch.

He raised his hand and ripped off the Faiz cursor from his waist, preparing to insert it into the instruction memory and unleash his ultimate move to finish off his opponent.

It's now!

Lin Chen's eyes turned cold, and he no longer hesitated.

The moment his figure flashed out from behind the tree, the Orpheus factor within his body surged wildly.

Silver-black scales quickly emerged from the sides of the neck and wrists, spreading along the skin to the whole body, making a soft rustling sound.

A sharp claw blade, about an inch long, flicked from his fingertip, gleaming with a chilling light.

Sharp tiger ears stood up from the top of its head, and its amber pupils instantly narrowed into thin slits.

An aura of bestial power belonging to a high-level Orphnoch instantly spread from his body, causing the surrounding vegetation to droop slightly.

In the blink of an eye, Lin Chen completed his transformation into the Tiger Orpheus form.

His figure was like a faint shadow, accompanied by a whistling wind, and he instantly rushed to the open space.

Just as Takumi Ogami inserted the instruction memory into the cursor, he heard a noise behind him and turned around abruptly.

Then he saw a silver and black figure rushing towards him.

The familiar tiger-shaped Orphnoch form made his heart skip a beat.

It was that high-level Orphnoch that I barely managed to escape from in the woods that night using my ultimate move!

He instinctively adopted Faiz's defensive stance, crossing his arms in front of his chest, his whole body tense.

The red photon blood vessels lit up instantly, ready to receive the attack.

But Lin Chen's target was not him.

Just as Lin Chen approached Onoue Takumi, he slightly shifted his body to the side, avoiding his defense.

The tiger's claw, carrying a fierce force, swept across like lightning and slammed hard onto the head of the lizard-like Orphnoch lying sprawled on the ground.

"Bang!"

A dull, loud bang rang out.

The lizard-shaped Orphnoch's head was instantly smashed, and black blood gushed out.

Its body twitched a few times, then quickly turned into sand, turning into a pile of black ashes, which vanished without a trace when blown away by the night wind.

[Ding! Defeat a common-level monster (lizard-type Orphnoch), gaining 10 evolution points.]

The system notification sound rang clearly in my mind.

Lin Chen retracted the tiger's claws and slowly turned around.

His amber vertical pupils were fixed on Faiz, without a trace of killing intent in his eyes, but rather a hint of feigned fear.

He is very clear.

Takumi Onoue was afraid of his tiger-type Orphnoch.

If we show the slightest hostility at this moment, it will inevitably trigger a direct conflict, not only exposing our strength but also disrupting our subsequent plans.

Only by feigning fear and making Onoue Takumi believe that he is only hunting Orphnoch and has no intention of being his enemy can he continue to hide his identity and pave the way for the subsequent interception.

Looking into Lin Chen's eyes, Onoue Takumi's tense nerves relaxed slightly.

He still didn't lower his guard, his hand gripping the cursor tightly, watching the tiger-shaped Orphnoch in front of him warily.

He couldn't figure it out.

Why is this high-level Orphnoch here again?

Why would it suddenly attack and kill this lizard-like Orphnoch?

Is it a coincidence?

Or was it premeditated?

Countless questions swirled in his mind.

The man and the monster faced off in the open space.

In the darkness, only their heavy breathing and the rustling of the wind through the leaves could be heard.

After a while.

Lin Chen slowly took a few steps back.

His amber-colored vertical pupils remained fixed on Faiz, tinged with a lingering sense of apprehension.

He then turned around, transforming into a faint shadow and quickly disappearing into the dense forest.

Only a faint, beastly pressure remained, slowly dissipating in the open space.

Only after Lin Chen's figure completely disappeared into the night did Onoue Takumi slowly lower his crossed arms and release his defensive stance.

He took a deep breath; his back was already soaked with cold sweat.

He looked down at the black bloodstain on the ground, then looked up in the direction where Lin Chen had disappeared, his eyes filled with doubt and confusion.

What exactly is the origin of this tiger-shaped Orphnoch?

Why would you let yourself off the hook?

And why would they hunt Orphnochs just like me?

He silently tightened his grip on the Faiz belt at his waist, the silver-black armor gleaming coldly in the night, and turned to walk out of the dense forest.

But after what happened that night, a layer of lingering wariness had been added to his heart.

Deep in the dense forest.

Lin Chen deactivated his tiger-type Orpheus form, and the silver-black scales slowly disappeared, transforming him back into a human.

He leaned against the tree trunk, a satisfied smile curving his lips.

Acquired 10 evolution points.