Kamen Rider, but with a wild start.

But if all of this could be changed...

Kino suddenly said to him, "Heart, although what you need is intense battle, you are too lenient in dealing with mechanical mutants. You can't possibly control those unruly mechanical mutants, because they are instinctively attracted to similar emotions."

Heart's expression suddenly turned sharp: "What right do you have to judge mechanical mutants like that! Don't forget that mechanical mutants possess evil hearts, all thanks to you!"

Kino felt that he seemed to have missed the point of his words.

"This guy is so indecisive, 004, transform into his appearance and show him!" Kino immediately commanded.

Heart: "..."

004, who had just transformed back into a beautiful girl, turned around and became Heart again, wearing a red leather coat.

“Speak like him!” Kino made the decision.

Heart: "..."

004's expression softened instantly: "We are friends, we will definitely help you, so please calm down."

Standing before him was someone who looked exactly like him, and that person then used that face to make expressions that the person himself was completely unaware of. Even Heart's expressions became incredibly varied.

Medic, completely enraged, lunged at him: "Enough! Enough! There's only one Lord Heart, and you're not allowed to look like Lord Heart!!"

At this moment, Heart seemed to understand what Medic meant by "nausea."

"See? You're so indecisive. You have the demeanor of a leader but lack the decisiveness. There's absolutely no way you can lead the mechanical mutants toward evolution," Kino said, shrugging.

Even though Heart forcefully resets flawed mechanical mutants, it's only to give them a second chance; it never intended to actively restrain their behavior.

They probably thought this was the freedom they deserved.

But in reality, this is just throwing a bunch of uneducated brats out into the wild and letting them suffer the harsh realities of society.

Although Heart has been a "human" for fifteen years, a small portion of the remaining 107 mechanical mutants only became human a year ago, while most of them only learned to be human in the last six months.

In the end, those who cannot learn how to be a decent human being will all perish.

After Kino finished speaking, Heart's expression darkened slightly. Seeing this, he stopped talking and looked at 004 beside him.

004's imitation was so good that it was almost indistinguishable from the original. Kino looked it over with great interest.

It seems this ability is not just about being able to change one's appearance at will.

"Change back."

The beautiful girl with white hair and twin ponytails has reappeared.

It looks much better now.

Kino sighed and asked, "By the way, do you know what kind of emotion you need for your current evolution?"

004 tilted its head in a cute but expressionless way as it pondered. Kino then realized that this guy actually had a "three-no" attribute (no emotion, no feelings, no attitude) and was a little curious about what kind of feelings it had gotten from the otaku.

"I don't quite understand..."

However, 004 shook his head.

She raised her hand to her chest and whispered, "At that time, the emotions I felt from that human were very complex. I was attracted, it was like wanting to get closer to someone I liked? But it wasn't liking... Perhaps it was an urgent desire to become that person. I felt expectation and longing, and also liking..."

Kino listened to her rambling for a while, then recalled the strong emotions that otaku in the world of anime and manga would exude.

"Ah~"

Kino suddenly realized: "It's 'longing'!"

Otaku choose to play a character because they like that character, and they also fantasize about actually becoming that character.

This is indeed a complex emotion.

It seems 004 can forget about super evolution anymore.

So Kino waved his hand and said, "004, then go and experience this feeling on your own first. I'm busy now, I'll call you over later to do something for me!"

After saying this, Kino was about to find a place to test Chaser's belt when 004 suddenly called out to him urgently.

"Savage Lord!"

"Ok?"

Kino looked back in confusion.

The white-haired girl with twin ponytails looked at him sincerely: "I have already reset and evolved, Lord Manno, could you give me a human name?"

Kino paused for a moment, then looked at Heart and Medic on the other side.

He pointed at each of them with his fingers very seriously: "In that case, Heart, Brain, Medic, and you—Blood!"

The last word popped out as he mimicked firing a gun. Kino casually picked a name, then turned and ran off impatiently.

……

Chapter 38 is a dog

Kino distanced himself from the three mechanical mutants, took out the Chaser Driver and Signal Motorcycle he had stolen, and eagerly put them on his waist.

However, before the experiment, he specifically opened the "Kamen Rider Chronicle" and then stopped at the page for "Kamen Rider Chaser," which had been included not long ago.

Kino inserts the signal Chaser into his belt.

'Signal Bike!'

Rider!

"Chaser!"

As similar tire-like light effects swept up and down, Kamen Rider Chaser, with his silver-purple appearance, covered Kino's figure. Then, on the [Kamen Rider Chronicle] page, Kino watched as the progress bar instantly filled up from its hollow state.

Knowing that he returned to 2014, Kino transformed into Kamen Rider IXA again, which means that the belt is no longer disposable.

It could perhaps be described as permanent.

The only difference between "one-time" and "permanent" is the progress bar at the bottom of the page. Unexpectedly, he could obtain it completely simply by wearing the belt himself.

Thinking of this, Kino flipped to the "Kamen Rider Drive" page again, and was surprised to find that the progress bar had actually moved a little bit.

Why is this happening?

What happened before this?

Looking at what happened between him and Tomari Shinnosuke today, it seems that they met and then went together to deal with a few mechanical mutants.

Could it be because they fought together?

Although the specific method is not yet clear, Kino was still very surprised to see that Kamen Rider, who could no longer wear the belt, could still walk into Toujou.

After all, some Kamen Riders use belts that are not external drivers, but rather their own special characteristics. If you can't get the belt, it means that even if you collect it, you will only have one chance to experience it.

Kino cherishes this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

If he hadn't thought the chance of permanently including "Kamen Rider Drive" was so rare, he would have definitely conjured one up right there and now!

and many more……

The reason he chose to ambush the Hunter's belt even after the Poetry Island had just appeared was mainly because the Hunter seemed easier to approach.

But after Kino took the belt, even if he returned the Chaser Driver, Shijima would still be extremely wary of him, especially since he not only stole two of his lives but also rode off with the Mach Driver...

However, if he transforms into Kamen Rider Drive and approaches Mach...

Trade a temporary, one-time Drive credit for permanent inclusion in Mach.

A small profit, but no loss!

Thinking of this, Kino became happy again.

He then deactivated the transformation, took out the Chaser Driver from the Chronicle, put it on, and checked the effect.

The Kamen Riders permanently included in the Kamen Rider Chronicles not only come with belts, but also with other form power items, such as IXA's Holy Sword and Whistle. This time, Chaser naturally also includes a complete set of Signal Motorcycles.

Although Kamen Rider Chaser in the show doesn't have many derivative forms, in principle his driver is compatible with all Signal motorcycles, including even gear-shifting motorcycles.

So the three mechanical mutants in the base heard mechanical sound effects coming from inside the room.

'Shift Car!'

'Shift Car!'

'Shift Car!'

……

004, who had acquired the name Blood, sat quietly in front of the computer, staring blankly at the data on the screen. Medic, who was not far away, was already annoyed, and the constant noise from inside made him even more annoyed.

"When is that guy going to take me to complete my super evolution? I've already cleared out all the excess emotions in my body, so why haven't I super evolved yet?"

Medic looked anxiously at his hands.

The emotion she initially received from that human girl was "love," and she believed that she already loved Heart very much. However, even though she stayed by Heart's side all this time, she couldn't bring that emotion to its peak.

"Medic, don't worry."

Heart gently took her hand, intending to comfort Medic and express her belief in her ability to succeed, but then the words Kino had used to attack her the night before suddenly popped into her mind.

What? He only achieved his Mega Evolution by borrowing Shinnosuke Tomari's will...?

To be fair, when Heart evolved, he was indeed moved by Shinnosuke Tomari's inner monologue, which brought his emotions to a peak.

So Heart swallowed back his words of advice.

At this moment, the indoor sound effects finally stopped, and Kino walked out looking refreshed.

"Savage!"

Medic immediately stood up and looked at him.

Kino waved his hand: "Don't rush, oh, I forgot to tell you something—although Heart let Brain escape, right? But that kid still went to help you finish that last thing last night~"

As soon as the words were spoken, the expressions of the two mechanical mutants changed slightly.

Heart was surprised that Kino knew about his actions before he arrived, and that saying this meant that Brain's whereabouts might still have been exposed.

Medic was somewhat surprised that Brain actually did the job for her; she thought that coward had already run away.

Before restoring Brain's body, Medic's request was for him to help send "the humans she cloned" to the hospital. However, before she could take the people to carry out the plan, Kino came to her door and caught her off guard.

Because the human cloned by Medic was in a car accident, although the fatal injury has been healed, he has been in a vegetative state with impaired consciousness.

Brian's hyper-evolution later stimulated Medic, finally reminding her of the human she had hidden for so long. She hoped that the awakening of this human would purify the polluted emotions in her heart and lead to hyper-evolution.

The girl's consciousness often murmured the name "Xiang".

Medic believed that the name was the key to the girl's awakening, so he deliberately publicized the girl's situation in the hospital to bring out the person named "Xiang".

“The commotion that girl caused at the hospital has already reached the Special Investigations Division. Although your goal is to get ‘Sho’ to appear and see her, there’s really no need to go through all that trouble,” Kino said.

“What do you know?” Medic asked hesitantly.

"Because 'Xiang' is not human."

Kino looked at her strangely: "It's a dog."

Medic: "...A dog?"

Shouldn't the thing that human beings care about even when they are unconscious be the person they love most?

After all, the emotion she received was love!

Medic stared blankly for a few seconds, her eyes trembling, when suddenly she remembered something, turned around sharply, and ran out of the base.

"Medic?!"

Heart was slightly startled, realizing that she was too emotional at the moment, and worried that something might happen, so she quickly chased after her.

Kino glanced casually at the two who had left, showing no intention of restricting their movements. The reason the two had stayed there without running away was simply because they were too dense to think straight.

He turned and walked towards the beautiful girl with white hair and twin ponytails.

“004… Oh, it should be Blood now. Since you’ve been reset, I’m going to install another program inside you. Lie down over there.”

Kino took Blood's place in front of the computer and began programming again.

Blood obediently lay down on the experimental table, her hands folded in front of her chest and abdomen, letting the electronic cables protruding from the equipment connect to her body.

For Kino, 004, which comes with the "absolute obedience" command from the factory, is very useful. So, on top of this underlying logic, if he adds a program similar to the triggering of a key command, 004 can become an absolutely rational combat weapon.

And that instruction is—Sigma!