Kamen Rider, but with a wild start.

Then, before them, the boy's figure gradually dissipated into a ray of light, and just like that, incredibly, he disappeared from this world with a glimmer of hope and mystery.

Just like when Akane was thrown out of the coffee shop by Jiro, this guy appeared just as abruptly.

What a strange person.

……

Chapter 24 People in 2014, still wild and untamed

Kino regained consciousness.

Before him was a familiar data space, the electronic tablet from which he had first woken up.

He came back in 2014!

Feeling more comfortable in this era, Kino excitedly went online and watched a few short videos to satisfy her cravings!

After relaxing a bit, Kino checked the status of the electronic tablet, and what he saw left him speechless.

who am I?

where is this?

What should we do now?

Upon returning this time, Kino felt that his control over the electronic tablet he was inhabiting had changed somewhat.

He projected his consciousness directly onto the tablet without any instruction, and then he saw the outside world, no longer in the previous viewing mode with only one screen.

Then he tried to make the electronic tablet fly.

Kino surveyed his surroundings. It was an abandoned factory-like place, with a bunch of cobbled-together mechanical equipment scattered around.

In short, it had a dirty and chaotic feel to it.

But why is he here?

The function of those devices also seemed familiar. Kino's memories were slowly returning, and the next moment he saw a familiar red belt placed on the experimental table.

"Savage Lord."

A voice suddenly came from behind him. Kino turned his gaze and saw a mechanical mutant standing in front of him.

The number on the other person's chest is 004.

Mechanical Mutant No. 004 – A mechanical mutant absolutely controlled by Tenjuro Banno, who copied Krem and possessed his knowledge, and is the culprit who created the "Banno Driver" and the "Sigma Sphere"!

"Lord Manye, the preparations are complete, and we can begin at any time," said the mechanical mutant 004 calmly.

"..."

Kino's mind went blank for a moment.

He only went to the Kiva world, and Shijima Tsuyoshi directly handed him over to the mechanical mutants?

But a little thought reveals that Shijima Tsuyoshi wouldn't do that. The mechanical mutant 004, implanted with the "Domination Program," is absolutely obedient to Banno Tenjuro's orders. Without his instructions, 004 would not act on its own.

So the current situation is...

"Give me the belt."

Then Kino gave a response.

In the original series, Tenjuro Banno was willing to help Tsuyoshi Shijima in order to find an opportunity to infiltrate the Drive base, steal data, and then steal the Drive drive.

It's that belt on the lab bench right now.

Although the mechanical mutant 004 didn't know what else he was supposed to do before the experiment, it completely obeyed the instructions, picked up the red belt, and handed it to the electronic tablet.

Kino tentatively reached out his hand, and instantly two tendrils of light, like electronic cables, emerged.

Then he touched the drive.

[Included in "Kamen Rider Drive"]

In the 2014 edition, on the back of the page, in front of "Kamen Rider Mach," a red rider with a tire hanging on his body appears.

Surprisingly, regardless of the order in which they were recorded, the main rider was listed before the secondary rider, even though Mach came first...

Seeing that there was another chance to travel through time on the cover of the chronicle, Kino breathed a sigh of relief, after all, it meant that he had gained another life!

"Alright, let's begin!"

Kino withdrew the tentacles of light and said.

Before this, Kino had hesitated between having Shijima make a body for him or having the mechanical mutant 004 appear, but now it seems that someone has already made the choice for him.

Mechanical Mutant 004 silently placed the belt back on the experimental table, then started the equipment, and then looked at Kino again.

Kino looked at it too.

Then the room fell completely silent.

Mechanical Mutant 004: Stare—

Kino: "..."

After a long while of staring at each other, an electronic tablet and a robot finally realized that Tenjuro Banno wanted him to build the "Banno Driver" himself.

Kino calmly replied, "You can handle the rest of the work yourself. I believe you, with Kurim's brain, are capable of doing it well!"

Upon hearing this, the mechanical mutant 004 paused for a moment, but without hesitation, he began to operate, slowly replicating a belt exactly like the Drive driver on another experimental table.

Kino flew over curiously to take a look.

Whether it was due to the influence of his memory or some other unknown reason, although he had an impression of this knowledge in his mind, it was still just a vague impression.

If he were to actually do it himself, he'd be afraid of creating a body like a female bodybuilder.

"How much longer?" Kino suddenly asked.

"Please wait patiently, it will be ready soon."

The mechanical mutant 004 responded without batting an eye, then suddenly remembered something, raised its hand and took out a chip, saying, "Does this program need to be implanted into Kurim's body?"

"Not needed for now."

"Ok."

So the mechanical mutant 004 put the virus program away again, without bothering to investigate the fickle nature of "Wild".

Kino found a place to lie down on the tablet and then said, "Wake me up after you're done."

Mechanical Mutant 004 nodded silently.

……

Kino returned to the data space.

He summoned the "Kamen Rider Chronicles" and flipped to the page for "Kamen Rider IXA," then tentatively reached in and rummaged around.

He pulled out the IXA belt.

As expected, once the progress bar is full, it's no longer a one-time use belt!

Kino wanted to try putting on the belt here, but after trying for a long time, he couldn't find his body anywhere, even though he could sense that he had a body.

It really does take a physical body!

Or should he use the Ghost belt?

After verifying that the IXA belt could still be removed, Kino put the belt back into the Chronicle and then tried to unleash his senses in this data space.

After he woke up here, he was very comfortable navigating the data world, which is why he could often break into other people's firewalls and networks to peek at their gossip.

Now, after calming down and focusing on the experience, Kino has finally discovered something different.

This is……

In himself?

Kino suddenly opened his eyes, and the surrounding data space quickly dimmed, changing from bright light to a dark and gloomy deep blue ocean.

A string of binary data flew in from all directions, coalescing into a huge, mechanical-looking face in front of Kino, but it was more like a mask than a face.

Kino looked at the face meaningfully: "It really is you, Banno. Your consciousness wasn't replaced by me at all!"

The mechanical face trembled, staring at Kino with a mixture of anger and apprehension.

"Who exactly are you?"

"Why does everyone ask me this question? So don't worry about it. You just need to know—"

Kino said with a smile, "I'm just the Kamen Rider who's going to destroy you~"

……

Chapter 25 Golden Drive!

Banno Tenjuro was furious!

Banno Tenjuro's impotent rage...

Kino looked around the mechanical face with great interest, and then confirmed that no matter how angry Banno was, it really didn't affect him.

After discovering that he was with the mechanical mutant 004, and ruling out the possibility that Shijima had sold him out or that 004 had acted on his own, the only remaining possibility is that it was Banno Tenjuro's own will.

Now that Kino has the Kamen Rider Chronicle, he's no longer worried about being sent away by Shijima with an axe.

So what he's thinking about now is how to get Banno Tenjuro killed with a single axe blow as quickly as possible.

Although we could simply let things continue as they are, since he was born here, why should we let it go?

"What's your purpose?"

After failing to drive away Kino's consciousness, Banno Tenjuro looked at the driver being copied by 004 outside and became somewhat anxious.

After Kino left last time, Banno Tenjuro, now free from suppression, immediately contacted the mechanical mutant 004 and asked him to prepare for the experiment.

Because he wasn't sure when that strange "consciousness" would reappear, all he could do was transfer his consciousness out of the tablet as quickly as possible.

"Banno, you had 004 copy the Drive Driver so that you could have a body, achieve super evolution, and then freeze the world, right?" Kino said leisurely.

"How do you know these things?" Banno Tenjuro stared intently at him.

“I live in the same place as you, so why would I not know? Isn’t my purpose quite obvious?” Kino laughed.

Upon hearing this, Tenjuro Banno was suddenly jolted: "Your goal is also 'Gord Drive'!"

"Gord Drive" was clearly the super-evolved body he had prepared for himself, but now this guy who suddenly appeared was going to take over his place. The more Banno Tenjuro thought about it, the angrier he became, and he immediately started to resist with his mind!

The entire data space was in turmoil.

Kino was jolted awake, and in an instant, his consciousness stirred, and the previously dark space brightened again. Meanwhile, the mechanical face of Banno Tenjuro, composed of data, began to disappear.

"Wait...wait!"

Feeling that irresistible pressure return, Banno Tenjuro shouted in defiance, "We are one now, there's no need for this life-or-death struggle, I—"

Kino was too lazy to listen to the rest.

Now that it has been confirmed that Tenjuro Banno's will still exists, we can simply chop the tablet to pieces with an axe after he transmits his consciousness into the "Gord Drive".

He happily left the data space and checked on how the mechanical mutant 004 was finishing the belt.

……

"It's finished."

Mechanical Mutant 004 brought over a silver-black Drive.

Because it's a copy, it can be directly called a recolored Drive belt, but the color is really ugly.

"What kind of taste is this? Change it to gold!"

Kino gave orders without any hesitation.

Upon hearing this, the mechanical mutant 004 silently put the belt back on the experimental table, and then operated the equipment to change the color of the belt. Kino also quickly flew over to supervise its operation.

"Wait! Don't go all gold, that's so tacky. Put a gold trim here... Right! Put a gold emblem on the display screen... Right!"

The crest of "Gord Drive" is exactly the opposite of the crest of "Kamen Rider Drive," one facing left and the other right. In the end, the finished belt is closer to the design of the Drive driver, except that the silver-red shell was changed to black and gold by Kino.

While directing the operation of the mechanical mutant 004, it's unclear whether it was because of the earlier confrontation with Banno Tenjuro, or because Kino was intentionally sensing the fluctuations in the electronic tablet, or perhaps because Banno Tenjuro's emotions were simply too intense at the moment—