Crossover Anime: This is not pure love at all

The grayish-white sand, like fleeting life, peeled away from Kuroe's scarred body.

He knelt on one knee in the ruins, panting heavily.

The physical attributes, which had been gradually increased to 120 points, were finally approaching their limit after being consumed by thousands of alien insects.

I've finished the energy-restoring potion.

My vision began to blur, and the hissing of the alien insects seemed to fade into the distance.

what……

Kuroe Minoru lowered his head, looking at his wolf claws.

The surrounding insects seemed to sense the gray-white werewolf's weakness. They stopped attacking and slowly began to tighten their encirclement, quietly waiting for their prey to breathe its last.

Should I say I regret it? Should I not have impulsively put myself in their shoes?

Now, not only is he going to die, but Yui and Sagiri might not escape unscathed either...

Strangely, despite the fact that it was at this critical moment, Kuroe Minoru's mind was unusually calm, eerily calm.

He remembered the last moments of his past life.

Loneliness, fear, anger, regret, violence, anxiety...

"...I see."

He was just a dead man who couldn't even protect himself.

It seems somewhat ridiculous that I only realized this now and faced my own heart.

His sense of justice was nothing more than a desperate attempt to prove something out of resentment.

How hypocritical, Kuroe Mitsukoshi.

"Oh……"

Kuroe Minoru's consciousness began to fade, and his body became unsteady.

Why pretend to be a hero?

Kuroe Minoru slowly closed his eyes.

He was prepared to burn away his last bit of life, dragging the monsters before him down with him.

At least... at least give them some time to escape.

Then, let God decide what happens next.

Maybe God will even allow him to travel through time again?

Just then.

A pair of soft arms wrapped tightly around him from behind.

Hei Jiangshi froze.

He is now in the form of a wolf-type Orphnoch! His entire body is covered in hard and cold gray-white armor, and sharp bone spurs grow on his shoulders and back.

Those bone spurs were incredibly sharp; with just a little force, they could cut a deep gash into tender skin.

But the girl behind him seemed completely oblivious to the pain, still pressing her delicate body tightly against his back.

It's Yui

Yui Yuigahama's voice, trembling with tears, rang in his ears.

"You should leave quickly... Kuroe-kun..."

"You should just leave, don't worry about us... You didn't need to risk so much to save us..."

"I'm sorry... I backed down just now, but I really wasn't afraid of you!"

Yui pressed her cheek tightly against his body, hot tears streaming down her face, each drop landing on the bone spur behind his shoulder.

The scorching heat seeped through the cold armor, penetrating bit by bit into something.

Yui's voice was soft, but it gradually became firm.

No matter what you become, I will love you.

I like you as a person, not your human appearance!

"Even if... even if you're actually a monster, it doesn't matter... the only person I've ever loved is you..."

"..."

The girl's confession, amidst the smoke of gunpowder and the howls of alien insects, seemed so fragile, yet so deafening.

"Yui..."

Suddenly, a faint, dark green shadow of the black river stone appeared on the ground.

In the illusory image, he was shirtless, staring blankly at the girl who was tightly hugging him from behind.

So, even if you become this ugly and disgusting Orphnoch, there will still be people who would want to hug you?

So, Yui didn't actually fall in love with him because he was genetically modified?

Kuroe Minoru was stunned, but before he could fall into deep thought, a pair of small hands suddenly appeared in his field of vision and gently covered his sharp wolf claw, which was covered with green fluid and grayish-white gravel.

Kuroe Minoru turned his head to look.

Izumi Sagiri gripped his ferocious claws tightly. Although her face was still pale and there was still blood on her forehead, she managed to raise the corners of her mouth and give Kuroe Minoru a bright smile.

"Brother Hei Jiang, I just... saw everything."

Sagiri's voice was soft and sweet, yet exceptionally clear.

"I saw it all: you switched me with someone else and then blocked those giant bugs for yourself."

In an instant, in Sagiri's eyes, the back of the monster covered in blood, facing the swarm of insects alone to protect her, slowly overlapped with the image of the Kamen Rider in her memory, riding a motorcycle and kicking away the wild boar monster like a god descending to earth.

So it was the same person.

"Thank you, Brother Hei Jiang..."

Sagiri gripped his fingers tightly.

"Thank you, Mr. Kamen Rider."

"..."

Kuroe Minoru stared blankly at Sagiri in front of him, while feeling Yui's embrace from behind.

The dark green phantom slowly dissipated.

Is that so?

Yes...that's true...

A gentleman judges by actions, not intentions...is that what they say?

"Ta-da!"

Just then, a prelude full of excitement and explosive power suddenly rang out in Kuroe Minoru's mind, no, in the sky above this ruin!

It is a fully automatic background music player.

Moreover, this time the theme song played was "Be The One" from "Kamen Rider Build".

「このまま歩き続けてる……」

(And so we continued on...)

Kuroe was taken aback at first.

Now?

I'm almost burnt out, why is this lousy system only starting to play background music now?

Could it be that……

Kuroe Minoru's heart skipped a beat.

Then, he lowered his head and looked at his wolf paw, which was being held by Sagiri.

"Tick-tock".

A hot tear slid down Yui's cheek from behind, down the bone spur on his shoulder, and landed on the smooth, grayish-white armor on the back of Kuroe's hand.

Time seemed to slow down at that moment.

Illuminated by the surrounding towering flames, that crystal-clear tear actually formed a tiny reflective surface on the armor.

It's like a... mirror.

Kuroe Minoru's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Be The One! Be The One! All right!"

The game reaches its most exciting climax with background music playing.

Looking at the tear on the back of his hand, reflecting the firelight, Kuroe Minoru suddenly smiled.

"I'm sorry, Yui, I was overthinking it."

"besides--"

He slowly straightened his massive, swaying body.

"I will never forget what Mr. Kamen Rider said."

"Sagiri, if you call me... I will definitely come."

"Um!"

Yui thought he was going to leave as she asked, and with a sad smile, she let go of his hand.

But the next second.

The enormous, greyish-white wolf slowly stood up.

"Buzz—"

Kuroe Minoru's wolf claws suddenly slashed through the void, and a starry sky card box engraved with Lunayara appeared out of thin air in his palm.

"Kamen Rider will not run away from a battle."

"I will rescue every single one of you, and then wipe out these vermin!"

Kuroe Minoru held up the card case, aiming it at the reflection of the tears on the back of her hand.

A silver V-belt buckle appeared out of thin air, automatically extending and closing around his waist.

"Henshin!"