I want to become a Kamen Rider

【"KamenRide: Decade!"】

A deep, reverberant electronic sound rang out.

Countless card-shaped lights and shadows appeared out of thin air, spinning and overlapping rapidly around Tina Hiiragi. Accompanied by the "whoosh" sound of cards flying by, magenta armor parts were precisely covered on her body as if attracted by a magnet.

When the light completely faded, the figure standing there had sharp lines on its head armor, and its compound eyes gleamed with a cold light. It was none other than Kamen Rider Decade, the arrogant figure on the card, whose entire body was covered in magenta, silver, and black armor.

"There are even sound effects."

Fan Kang stood still, witnessing the entire transformation process. He didn't rush to act, but first complained about the sound effects before casually raising his right hand and lightly rubbing his thumb and middle finger together.

"Snapped!"

A crisp snap of fingers.

Crimson, molten lava-like flames erupted and rose from beneath his feet, forming a massive ring of fire. The flames fiercely licked the air, and the heat distorted his vision.

The boy stepped across the ring of fire, and an ancient warrior with a crimson background and golden horns replaced his original form, standing on opposite sides of the desert amidst the swirling flames and crimson knights.

Beneath his feet stretched endless golden sand dunes. He casually touched a spirit stone, and his armor changed from crimson to purple. Then, having completed the transformation, Titan Kuuga calmly extended his right hand, which was covered by armor, and simply beckoned to the crimson Imperial Knight opposite him—Hirai Mai Tina.

"Go ahead and hit me, I won't fight back."

"Minister... there seems to be a card in the card slot."

"?"

But Tina Hiiragi didn't attack immediately; instead, she hesitated and reached for her waist.

What does it mean if there's a card in the card slot?

"After transforming into this pink knight, in addition to the card slot used in the main belt, there is an extra card in the spare card slot at the waist."

This doesn't make sense.

The card for Kamen Rider Decade is a normal magenta Kamen Rider during the day, but at night it becomes an Another Rider, which is illogical, but the reason cannot be figured out for a while.

"Whose card is it?"

"Your card."

"mine?"

"Yes, it's Kuuga."

Tina Hiiragi pulled the card out of a spare card slot on the side of the driver. The card reflected the sunlight, and the pattern on it was clearly visible.

The card previously given to Tina Hiiragi has been retrieved. The dark knight who unleashed the final flames in the snowstorm was too dangerous, so Tina Hiiragi has not been able to obtain any power from Kuuga since then.

Now, she used Kamen Rider Decade's card, and after swiping one card, she got an extra one. Is that reasonable?

Is Kuuga the only one?

"Only emptiness remains."

"You...try it."

As instructed, Tina Hiiragi reinserted the Kuuga card that had appeared out of thin air into the main card slot in the center of the driver.

【"KamenRide: Kuuga!"】

The rousing electronic sound effects rang out again.

The driver burst forth with a crimson and gold light, and countless rune energy lines representing Kuuga's power enveloped Decade's magenta body.

The light flows, covers, and reshapes.

When the light faded once more, standing beneath the sand dune was no longer the crimson-clad Kamen Rider Decade, but a figure clad in crimson and gold armor, with compound eyes as red as fire—Kamen Rider Kuuga.

Aside from the difference in their belts—his belt contained spirit stones, while Tina Hiiragi's belt contained a purple Aberrant Rider Driver—the Kuuga before him was exactly the same as the Kuuga he knew.

He fought for thirty years as a fake, and then, in his current form, he fought relentlessly until now, glimpsing the flames beyond the ultimate. Fan Kang asked himself if there was anyone in this world more familiar with Kuuga than him.

Even he couldn't see the fake or imitative elements in the other "empty self" before him. He even had a vague feeling that the power came from him.

"Can it change its form?"

"...Um, Minister, three more cards have appeared."

Tina Hiiragi hesitated for a moment, then held up three cards in front of him again: Azure Dragon, Pegasus, and Titan.

Then, after waiting and trying for a long time, he still couldn't get the fourth card. There was no ultimate card unless he returned the Dark Knight that he had confiscated from Hiiragi Tina.

Fan Kang looked at what was in front of him with some confusion.

What is this? Account theft right in front of you?

Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Echoing Demon of the Warring States Period

On the scorching sands, two figures clad in purple Titan armor stood at opposite ends. Sunlight cast long, thin shadows onto the golden dunes, as they faced each other.

Two "empty selfs".

This scene is quite puzzling. Fan Kang, who always considers himself a pragmatist, has once again given up thinking. He is not avoiding the problem as he did before, but intends to put it into practice.

After all, unlike the many mysteries surrounding the origin of the extraterrestrial behemoth, the mystery of its rebirth, and the Xiao Feng who may be involved in time travel, what is before us can be verified.

He slowly raised the Titan's Greatsword, a symbol of pure power, its heavy blade reflecting the blinding sunlight.

Tina Hiiragi's heart immediately went on alert as she looked at the knight who was now exactly the same as she was:

"Minister, you wouldn't be going to..."

"You'll know once you fight."

Titanic took its first steps.

It wasn't a charge, nor a sudden advance, but rather a steady, heavy march towards the "Kamitsu Kaito" opposite them, step by step. Each step caused the sand beneath their feet to slightly sink, producing a dull thud. The thick purple armor reflected a cold, hard luster under the blazing sun, radiating an unparalleled sense of oppression, like a moving mountain.

It's not that he can't accelerate or run. For Fan Kang, who has reached the end of the long road, there is not much difference in speed between the Titan form and the Azure Dragon form. Many times, switching forms to fight enemies is more out of habit formed over decades than out of real need.

Suppressing her own power was to maintain consistency with "Kuuga," the form that Mai Tina Hiiragi transformed into.

In the middle of the desert, two Titan swords with almost identical designs clashed violently under the blinding sunlight.

clang--! !

A deafening clang of metal clashing echoed across the sand dunes. Huge sparks shot out like a waterfall from the point of impact, instantly illuminating the swirling dust around them.

Then, the greatsword in Decade Kuuga's hand flew backward, falling into the sea of ​​sand and embedding itself upside down. Immediately afterward, a clear, teeth-grinding "crack" sound rang out—the incomparably sturdy Titan greatsword broke in two.

As Titan Kuuga, their strength, speed, and defense should be the same, but... the difference between the transformed individuals may be even greater than the difference between Ultimate Kuuga and Titan Kuuga.

The fact that he didn't disintegrate Hiiragi Tina with a single sword strike was already a result of him deliberately suppressing the power of his transformation to be lower than that of a regular Titan Kuuga.

"..."

Fan Kang walked to the sandpit that had been created, reached out, and pulled up Hiiragi Tina, who was still somewhat dazed and stuck in it. He patted the sand off her shoulder armor, trying to comfort her:

"At least it's confirmed that the power granted by the card is genuine, so your beating wasn't for nothing."

"If you can't comfort people, then don't! Minister, you're too cruel! It's clearly a new form, why isn't there even a protection period?!"

Hiiragi Tina deactivated her transformation, her purple hair was somewhat disheveled, and her small face was covered in dust and resentment. She pointed at Fan Kang and loudly accused him.

Fan Kang ignored Hiiragi Tina's complaints and reached out his hand to her.

Hiiragi Tina was very unhappy after being beaten up for no reason:

"what?"

"Bring it here."

Pointing to the Alien Knight Driver on the girl's body, Fan Kang said calmly:

"It's my turn to play...it's my turn to test."

Were you just about to say 'It's my turn to play'?

"I do not have."

As if she had caught something, Tina Hiiragi was about to turn around and shout at the others present when a "kind" hand was placed on her shoulder.

"Everyone come quick! Look! This guy just..."

"Think about your comics."

"..."

Forced by the intimidating power, Tina Hiiragi wisely deactivated her transformation and handed the Alien Rider Driver to Fan Kang.

The process is the same as always.

A sinister black light erupted once more, twisting and swirling. However, when Fan Kang transformed into the nearly three-meter-tall, grotesque black monster, the atmosphere in the arena suddenly tightened. There were no screams of pain, only a chilling, abyss-like silence. The monster stood atop the sand dune, emanating a cold and violent aura, far more terrifying than Hiiragi Tina's transformed form, causing the onlookers to instinctively take a step back.

Fan Kang carefully inserted the magenta Decade card into the driver's slot.

"Kamen Ride!"

"Decade!"

A dazzling magenta light erupted once more, rapidly covering and reshaping the outline of the alien monster within it. As the light faded, the world destroyer, Kamen Rider Decade, clad in magenta armor and exuding an air of arrogance, reappeared on the sandy sea.

Up to this point, nothing had changed from what he had seen before, except that he also reached out expectantly to the card slot at his waist—the place where Hiiragi Tina had found the Kuuga card.

My fingertips touched the card.

More than one.

He pulled it out and spread it on his palm, which was covered by crimson armor.

Four.

The image on the card was not Kuuga as expected, but... Hibiki.

Standing to the side, Tina Hiiragi, who had been watching him intently the whole time, frowned, her pretty face thoughtful. She looked at the cards, then glanced at Mizutani Mikoto, who stood quietly not far away:

"Minister, considering your deep master-disciple relationship with Mizutani Mitsuyoshi, is it possible that the type of card that appears in the Decade card slot is determined by 'affinity'? Or rather, the depth of the bond?"

"Probably not."

In front of Hiiragi Tina and Mizutani Migen in the distance, Fan Kang took out all four cards.

He held up the cards, pointed to one of them, and showed it to Mizutani Migoko from a distance, while asking:

"Yuyan, this form... can you use it now?"

Generally speaking, Kamen Rider Hibiki has three forms: Normal Hibiki, Hibiki Red, and Armored Hibiki.

When they first met, Mizutani Migen was already able to use the final form of Kamen Rider Hibiki, Armor Hibiki. It was not unreasonable for her to challenge him so arrogantly at that time. While most contract riders were still figuring out the power they had just acquired, she, with her years of experience as a martial artist, had already pushed the power of Hibiki to its peak.

Her declaration that she would become the strongest Kamen Rider wasn't out of arrogance; it was simply because she met him.

Mizutani Migen stood there, a barely perceptible softening crossing her usually aloof face as her bond with her master was mentioned. But when she saw the figure depicted on the fourth card in Fan Kang's hand, she froze. Confusion replaced the softness, clearly written on her face:

"Master, that posture is still too difficult for me right now."

If we consider only goodwill or the bonds formed, then Fan Kang, who has saved the lives of many contracted knights, should theoretically be able to use the powers of at least dozens of Kamen Riders.

Even if we take a step back and assume that only Mizutani Migoko's bond was recognized, the power of Kamen Rider Kuuga and the sword that he had already mastered should have appeared in the card slot, but it wasn't there; there was only Hibiki.

Looking at the four cards that shimmered with different luster in the sunlight, Tina Hiiragi leaned closer and asked curiously, "What are you talking about? What's that really powerful card? I don't think I've ever seen 'Bento Girl' use it before."

Fan Kang held up the four cards side by side, sunlight shining through them and illuminating their different postures:

First image: Simple ghost armor, with agile posture.

The second image shows Xiang Guihong, wielding two sticks, exuding an even stronger aura.

The third image shows Hibiki in his final form, clad in armor, wielding a long sword, standing proudly.

The fourth card: Clad in heavy, ferocious demon armor, with massive shoulder armor, and wielding an exaggeratedly designed and incredibly heavy greatsword, he resembles a demon god. This is a pose that even the user of Hibiki himself could not master, yet it appeared in his card slot after he transformed into Decade.

“This one,” Fan Kang said in a deep voice, pointing to the last card, the heavily armored knight, “is Sengoku Hibiki.”

Chapter 80 Purple (4K)

For what reason was it that after becoming Decade through the Decade Card, he was able to use a power that even the original user of Hibiki's transformation couldn't use yet, a power that was even greater than the final form?