Kamen Rider, but with a wild start.

The mechanical mutants that haven't evolved to the second stage aren't actually that powerful. The reason Kamen Rider Chaser found it difficult to deal with them earlier was mainly because there were just too many enemies.

There aren't even enough mechanical mutants to go around against four Kamen Riders.

Because Kino is frantically stealing kills.

Seeing that things were not going well, the mechanical mutant 052 took advantage of the gap to escape into the distance. Kamen Rider Mach shouted "Stop!" and chased after it while firing his gun.

Kino looked over there, quickly took out a flute whistle and inserted it into his belt, then held the sword upright with both hands.

『Ixa Calibur Rise Up!』

In an instant, it was as if a fiery red sun rose slowly from behind Kamen Rider IXA, and the IXA Holy Sword emitted a holy light.

At this moment, Kamen Rider Mach, running towards the mechanical mutant 052, inserted a signal motorcycle, and the front wheel firing gun accumulated energy and was ready to fire.

However, in the next moment, a golden sword aura swept past his side and instantly exploded on the mechanical mutant 052. Stimulated, Kamen Rider Mach also subconsciously pulled the trigger, but the light bullet only hit the exploding flames.

Mechanical mutant 052 has been resolved.

Shijima Tsuyoshi: "..."

Shijima stared blankly at the flames for a long time before turning his head to look behind him, staring at Kamen Rider IXA, who had stolen his enemy twice.

"Who exactly are you?!"

Unable to contain his anger any longer, Shijima walked over in a huff. Hearing the commotion, Kamen Rider Drive turned around and quickly grabbed him, who looked like he was about to start a fight.

"It's alright, Gang! We've already eliminated all the mechanical mutants," Tomari Shinnosuke comforted him.

"Nissan, who are the people you brought here?!" Shijima Takeshi was still full of resentment.

If the first kill steal could be attributed to accident, then this time, when he was determined to get the kill, it was definitely intentional and accidental!

Kino glanced with interest at the noisy Shijima, and then, while they were talking, picked up the Signal Axe he had just placed on the ground and walked toward Kamen Rider Chaser.

"I'm sorry I used your weapon earlier."

Seeing that all the enemies had been eliminated, the Hunter, who was about to deactivate his transformation, looked at him upon hearing this.

Kino stood close to Kamen Rider Chaser and kindly handed the Signal Axe back to him.

The hunter glanced at the unfamiliar knight before him, raised his hand to take his signal axe, but in the next moment, he sensed something was wrong and suddenly lowered his head.

Then he saw that Kino's hand was already on his waist.

"Thanks for your hard work!"

Kino skillfully flipped the switch with one hand to activate the Chaser signal, deactivating the motorcycle and disabling the transformation, while his other hand grabbed his belt and yanked it off!

A light effect flashed across the Hunter's body, and he was passively deactivated with a look of astonishment on his face.

[Included in "Kamen Rider Chaser"].

Subtitles flashed before Kino's eyes.

To his delight, Kamen Rider Chaser indeed represented Kamen Rider Chaser, and the chronicle did not exclude him from the list simply because he and Kamen Rider Mach used the same belt.

After grabbing the belt, Kino turned and ran, saying, "Thanks! I'll borrow this for a while, then I'll give it back to you!"

He had already observed the surrounding layout beforehand, so Kino directly got into the Mach Rider parked on the side of the street, excitedly twisted the throttle and sped off!

The hunter: "(???)...?"

The hunter, who was stunned in place, widened his eyes slightly. By the time he realized what was happening and tried to retrieve the belt, Kino had already ridden away on his motorcycle.

At that moment, Shijima Tsuyoshi and Tomari Shinnosuke, who were not far away, noticed the commotion and looked over. They saw that the Hunter had his belt pulled off and was looking dazed, while Kamen Rider IXA was holding a very familiar Mach Driver in his hand.

More importantly, that guy also rode away with his Mach!

"Hello--!"

Shi Dao was so startled that he rushed forward.

"Wait...wait a minute?!"

Kamen Rider Drive realized what had happened and quickly gave chase, but IXA disappeared after turning the corner on his motorcycle.

When Kamen Rider Mach, who had caught up with the rider on the street, realized he couldn't catch him any longer, he kicked a stone block in frustration, then took out the Mach Signal Motorcycle and deactivated his transformation.

Shijima Tsuyoshi's face was full of frustration. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the helpless-looking Chase beside him. With the old and new grudges of being robbed of a kill and motorcycle by the white knight, he angrily shoved Chase hard.

"Are you an idiot?! You actually let that guy take your belt and signal chaser like that!"

"……sorry."

The hunter apologized earnestly with a stern face.

Shijima then looked at the even more bewildered Kamen Rider Drive.

"Get in Nissan!"

"what……"

Shinnosuke Tomari deactivated his transformation, scratching his head with an embarrassed expression as he walked over: "I'm so sorry, I didn't know he would suddenly do something like this..."

Although it seems there were some warning signs.

Shinnosuke thought back for a moment—Kino had indeed said before that his goal was to hunt, and later he also said that Kamen Rider Chaser's transformation was very cool.

He initially thought the other person was just saying it casually.

Even after Kurim's reminder, he had considered the possibility that the other party might suddenly launch a sneak attack on them, but he never expected that they would simply pull off the Hunter's belt and run away.

And even Shijima Tsuyoshi's motorcycle was taken away...

“Shinnosuke, this isn’t the first time he’s taken the belt,” Kurim suddenly reminded him again.

“That’s true in a way, but I think they’re still quite different,” Shinnosuke Tomari said hesitantly.

Although Tenjuro Banno had previously taken advantage of the situation to steal the Drive Driver, his violent methods at that time were completely different from his act of sneaking away from the Hunter and stealing the belt this time.

Furthermore, Shinnosuke Tomari is quite confident in his own judgment in some aspects. He does not consider it a matter of intuition, but rather a conclusion drawn from details.

"Nissan, what are you talking about? What is that guy's identity? Is he another Rider Driver created by Dr. Harley?" Shijima asked, full of doubt.

"No... I don't think that Kamen Rider was Dr. Harley's doing."

Shinnosuke Tomari scratched his head, looking a bit annoyed. "Sorry, just now, there are some things I haven't confirmed yet, so I can't tell you."

Shijima Tsuyoshi's expression immediately darkened.

What is it that Tomari Shinnosuke thinks he can't tell him yet?

Shijima Tsuyoshi's expression turned grim as he realized something, but seeing Tomari Shinnosuke's earnest gaze, he knew that continuing to pester him like this would probably be pointless.

"Never mind, I'll go find it myself!"

After gritting his teeth and saying those words, Shidao looked around, turned around, got into the Tracker, and sped away.

The hunter hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward.

After watching his knight machine being ridden away by Shijima Go, the Hunter turned to look at Tomari Shinnosuke, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "Shinnosuke, what is that person's relationship with Go?"

"That person..."

The reason Shijima couldn't reveal Kino's identity was because the former was prone to impulsiveness when faced with this matter, but there was no such risk in the pursuit.

Sighing, Tomari Shinnosuke revealed the truth: "He might be Banno Tenjuro."

But it's a different kind of wildness.

……

Chapter 37 White-haired Twin-tailed Beauty

Kino happily returned to the base.

A girl who seemed to have been waiting for a long time bowed to him at the door, her face expressionless: "Lord Manno".

Snap...

Kino was so frightened that his knight belt fell off.

Just now, Shijima and the other two were completely dumbfounded and at a loss, and now Kino is shocked and at a loss!

The girl in front of me was wearing a light gray winter version of a school uniform. Her long white hair was tied into twin ponytails and hung down in front of her shoulders. Her appearance and age were those of a beautiful girl, but there was a sense of incongruity that she did not exist in the real world.

It felt like stepping into a two-dimensional world.

"You...004?"

It took Kino a long time to come to her senses.

The white-haired girl with twin ponytails nodded.

Kino: "..."

He originally thought that after handing over this request, which was difficult to fulfill in the real world, to 004, the other party would wander around for quite some time.

And only one day has passed...

Then, noticing something, Kino turned around and saw Heart and Medic standing not far from the base.

Medic has woken up and is very happy to have regained her former angelic appearance. She is currently holding Heart's arm affectionately and leaning against him, but the look in her eyes when she looks at Kino is full of disgust and contempt.

Heart didn't react much, only explaining, "004 came back this morning."

Basically, not long after Kino left, 004 came back and, after hearing that Kino was gone, waited here temporarily.

Seeing this 004, both Heart and Medic felt a little strange, especially the latter, who exaggeratedly complained to Heart about the demands made by Kino.

However, Heart's gaze towards Kino only became a little stranger.

Kino twitched the corner of her mouth, quickly accepting the fact that "a burly uncle was transformed into a white-haired beauty," after all, mechanical mutants are just that diverse.

But he was a little distrustful and said, "004, I want to know where you found this girl? What was her condition when you copied her? Did she have albinism? Or did you just run off to the other side of the ocean overnight?"

004 confessed earnestly: "Not long after I left here, I arrived at a place where humans gathered. There were many white-haired humans there. I searched around and finally found a girl with pigtails. Then I took the opportunity to copy her."

Kino: "???"

What kind of people have a lot of white hair?

004 frowned and continued, "But after I finished copying her, I discovered that the human I copied didn't have white hair at all!"

Kino: "..."

He seemed to understand: perhaps the white-haired, twin-tailed beauty didn't exist in the real world, but she definitely existed in the world of anime and manga. That's why 004 accidentally ended up at the anime convention!

The people at the comic convention weren't actually white-haired; they were just disguised as characters with white hair and twin tails...

Thinking this, Kino looked at 004, who was dressed as a white-haired beautiful girl, and wondered if this guy had also learned to wear a wig like humans.

"but……"

However, 004 changed the subject again: "After copying that human, my abilities seem to have changed as well. I can now change my appearance to whatever I want according to my inner desires."

As he spoke these words, 004's figure blurred and flickered, and then he transformed into Heart's appearance.

Heart, who was not far away, raised his eyebrows slightly.

But Medic, seeing this, widened his eyes and immediately exclaimed angrily, "This is disgusting! You're not allowed to look like Lord Heart!"

“Medic…?” Heart was taken aback.

"No... I didn't mean Heart-sama was disgusting—anyway, 004, you're not allowed to become like Heart-sama!" Medic glared at him resentfully.

However, 004 turned a deaf ear.

Kino rubbed his temples: "I think I understand now, 004, you should change back."

Mechanical mutants can acquire corresponding abilities after replicating humans, and these abilities are the power granted to them by the emotions they felt at the time.

Just as Medic gained the ability to "heal" after copying the girl, 004 has unexpectedly gained a new power after being reset.

Is this supposed to be a "disguise"?

Heart stepped forward, staring intently at 004, and said, "The mechanical mutants before this have never changed. No matter how many times they are reset, they almost always repeat the same mistakes. It's as if they are forever bound to the same place by the emotions of the first human."

Heart said this with a hint of sadness in his voice.

004 was previously a henchman of Tenjuro Banno, who secretly copied Kurim, thus gaining Kurim's knowledge and brain.

Although Heart didn't know Kurim's temperament very well, he understood that the current 004 was different from before, as evidenced by the fact that the other party had gained new abilities after the reset.

If all mechanical mutants could be changed, then they wouldn't still not have gathered the agreed number, and the number of mechanical mutants would not have decreased with each trial and error.