Kamen Rider, but with a wild start.

They're all a bunch of arrogant brats.

He casually reached into his pocket, gently lifted his suit jacket, and put the Sengoku Driver on his waist, while his other hand took out the Melon Lock Seed.

But just as Wu Daogui was about to activate the Lock Seed, an energy blast suddenly shot toward his side!

"boom!"

Bullets that exploded against the wall and pillars sparked.

Wu Daogui, who hadn't expected this, was blasted by the energy shock that was right next to him. He instinctively rolled to the side, but the bullet that followed landed next to his hand that was bracing him on the ground.

"Bang! Bang!"

The shattered shards of floor tile sliced ​​across his flesh, and the stinging pain caused Wu Daoguihu's grip to loosen, causing the melon seeds to fall to the ground.

"Too slow! Too slow!"

Kino had already jumped off the stage, charging towards his position while firing his gun, his voice filled with joy.

"The real enemy killed you the moment you took out your belt. You're still here slowly transforming according to the procedure. It's so easy to let your guard down!"

"..."

Who on earth set up a stage here with such fanfare and then performed all sorts of name-calling actions before the transformation?!

Wu Daogui, who was being mocked, gritted his teeth and rushed over to pick up the melon seed lock. However, a bullet exploded directly on the seed lock and sent it flying.

He groaned and clutched his hand, which had been cut by the sparks. He immediately turned his head and saw Kamen Rider Mach leap and grab the Melon Lockseed.

"succeed!"

Kino held the melon seed firmly in his hand with satisfaction.

It can only be said that although Wu Dao Gui Hu is very powerful in all aspects, he is too naive. As a result, the unparalleled Zangetsu was successfully sealed away!

So what's next?

After the Lockseed was taken away, Takatoro Kureshima decisively ran behind the cover, and the next moment, the shells scattered around the World Tree Tower were aimed at Kamen Rider Mach in the center of the helipad.

"Da! Da! Da! Da!"

The dense artillery fire came crashing down, but Kino had no intention of just standing there as a target. He dodged and rushed to the back of a pillar on the rooftop.

In the end, he and Wu Daogui happened to hide in positions to the south and north respectively.

The passage leading downstairs is in the power room on the side of the helipad. If Wu Daogui wants to leave this place, he will have to expose it first.

Kino remembers that the "Energy Lock Seed" had not been developed at this time, and it would not appear until at least after the "Helheim Forest Intrusion Incident". Without the Melon Lock Seed, the most powerful Kamen Rider Zangetsu would be sealed away.

Even if the World Tree Group sends out mass-produced Shadow Guards, Kino is confident that he can escape unscathed after seizing the belt.

Indeed, opportunities must be created by oneself.

Kino praised himself for his cleverness!

But now, the wall behind him was about to be blown apart by concentrated fire. After assessing the situation, he took out a signal motorcycle and plugged it into the driver.

'Signal Bike!'

『Signal Koukan!』

'Kaksarn (spread the word)!'

call out!

Kino raised his gun and fired a beam of light, which then split into several energy bullets that destroyed the surrounding machine guns.

After the bombing outside stopped, Wu Daogui sensed that something was wrong and immediately moved to a more distant location.

However, the next moment, an energy blast traced a curved trajectory around the cover and exploded directly in front of him.

'Signal Bike!'

『Signal Koukan!』

"Magarl (Turn)!"

Kamen Rider Mach's right shoulder signal light switched to a turn symbol. Kino accurately pinpointed the location where Kurejima Takatora was escaping, and the shockwave from the explosion stopped his movement.

"boom!"

The heatwave from the explosion hit him, and Wu Daogui rolled over in a disheveled state, landing on the edge of the rooftop, his sharp gaze fixed on the approaching white knight.

Knowing that running away was pointless, he propped himself up and said expressionlessly, "Your target has always been me?"

Although Wu Dao Guihu is indeed not very cunning.

But he is quite perceptive.

It turns out that the other party really did see him as prey from the very beginning, and they were the kind of people who had no sense of martial ethics.

Kino nodded and smiled, "Because you're Kamen Rider Zangetsu, I really like the Kamen Rider you transform into, so can I borrow your belt to play with for a bit?"

—Kamen Rider?

Wu Dao Guihu was slightly puzzled and was about to say something when Kamen Rider Mach, who had walked up to him, stopped and raised his front-wheel-firing gun, pointing it at Wu Dao Guihu's head.

You don't need to answer.

Kino said with a smile.

In an instant, Wu Daoguihu broke out in a cold sweat.

……

Inside the World Tree Tower.

Sengoku Ryoma, who saw this scene on the monitor, also changed his expression slightly. Although he felt that Wu Dao Guihu's ideas had gone against his own, he still needed the latter to provide him with more experimental data. At least now was not the time to make Wu Dao Guihu disappear.

Sengoku Ryoma picked up the "Melon Energy Lock Seed" and the "Genesis Driver" from the table, and while quickly walking out of the laboratory, he directed the Shadow Guards to move out.

Looking at the Genesis Driver in his hand, Sengoku Ryoma's lips curled up, and a dark glint flashed in his eyes.

"Although it's not a perfect experiment, I'm sure you can understand it now, right? — Takato."

……

At this moment, Kino was squatting in front of Kureshima Takato.

"I really don't understand you guys."

He sighed helplessly, "Every time you ask me why I do this, but when I politely ask if I can borrow your belt to play with for a bit, you say no. What else can I do but forcibly take it from you?"

With a gun pointed at him, Wu Daogui looked on expressionlessly as he pulled the Sengoku Driver from his waist.

Before this, Wu Daogui had indeed wanted to ask the other party "why do this", but this person actually cut him off and answered first.

The Kamen Rider Chronicles unfolded before Kino's eyes.

[Included in "Kamen Rider Zangetsu".]

Now both of Wu Dao's brothers are together!

Logically speaking, he had already achieved his goal and could now simply travel through time and leave. However, after hesitating for less than half a second, Kino disbanded the Mach stance.

Then he grinned and put on the Sengoku Driver in front of Takatora Gojima.

Wu Dao Guihu looked at him in surprise. He didn't expect that this person would actually put on the belt right there and then, even though he hadn't treated the defeated Gaim and the other two like this before in the South Plaza.

According to the intelligence gathered by the World Tree Group, this person was completely stepping on Sengoku Ryoma's landmines—stealing the belt and then losing it.

It is a purely provocative and boastful act.

Therefore, the research team analyzed that the medium used by the opponent to transform came from another Rider system, but it is not yet certain whether the opponent also drew on the power of Helheim.

The reason why Wu Daogui took the initiative to meet the enemy was to capture them and study the system.

However, he died midway through his journey...

Therefore, seeing Kino wearing the belt, Kureshima Takatora realized what was happening and said calmly, "You can't do it. The Sengoku Driver has an initialization panel. If you're not the first user..."

Melon!

The sound effect of the Melon Lock Seed being activated rang out, and the Sengoku Driver responded to this power, with the Zangetsu verification icon appearing on the initialization panel on the left.

Wu Daogui stopped abruptly, staring at Kino in shock.

"How could this be..."

The initialization panel's functionality has already passed testing. As the first experimenter to use the Sengoku Driver, Takatoro Kuroshima knew very well that only he could use this driver. Even Sengoku Ryoma, who created the "Soldier Driver," could not pass the panel's authentication.

How did this guy even do that?!

Having run off the rooftop and witnessed this scene, Sengoku Ryoma was equally shocked, followed by an increasingly twisted rage.

Could it be that the Knight System on the other party broke through his research?

—Unforgivable!

Clearly, after Kino put on the Sengoku Driver, he not only NTR'd Takatoro Kurejima, but also Ryoma Sengoku.

He rested his chin on his hand and thought for a moment: "Um, Takatora, do you usually have any lines when you transform into Zangetsu?"

Wu Daogui: "..."

Surprisingly, Wu Dao Guihu instantly understood the meaning of the "line" the boy was talking about—it was nothing more than the grand spectacle when the other party transformed into the White Knight.

But who is Wu Dao Guihu? Does he seem like the kind of person who would have a chuunibyou (middle school syndrome)?

Wu Dao Guihu remained silent. After much deliberation, Kino regretfully discovered that such a powerful Kamen Rider did not have a name to announce. Therefore, he had no choice but to abandon the lines and directly fasten the Lockseed into his belt.

Just as the crack appeared above his head, Kino suddenly sensed something and stepped aside, only to be hit by several bullets in the spot where he had been standing.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Wu Daogui, who was standing close by, paused for a moment as a bullet grazed past him, exploding into a shower of sparks all around.

Kino hid behind the iron frame and looked in the direction from which the attack came. When he saw that among the shadowy guards who were firing their guns was Sengoku Ryoma, he immediately felt that it made sense.

After all, Sengoku Ryoma also wanted Wu Dao Guihu dead, so his reckless attack was somewhat malicious.

The latter waved his hand, and several shadowy guards rushed straight over, while Kino had already cut off the hilt of the Sengoku Driver.

Lock On!

"Soiya!" 』

Melon Arms!

Unrivaled in the world!

A barrage of bullets rained down, but were all deflected by the energy field emanating from the melon armor. The white piloting suit condensed on Kino's body, and then, along with the spilled melon juice, covered him with another layer of armor.

—Kamen Rider Zangetsu!

Kino swiftly drew his peerless military sword from his waist, knocking back the first shadowy guard who was charging forward with a single strike. He then used two more strikes to block the attacks of the other shadowy guards, and even managed to seize the opportunity to counterattack with ease.

The battle over there was unstoppable, and Senji Ryoma quickly approached Wu Dao Guihu.

"Guihu, are you alright?"

Zhanji Lingma asked, seemingly with concern.

Wu Dao Guihu did not pursue his actions of allowing the shadow guards to attack at will, and even said apologetically, "I'm sorry, the driver was taken away because of my negligence."

“That guy seems to be more troublesome than we thought. Guihu, I’ve finished the Genesis Driver and the Melon Energy Lock Seed, but they haven’t been systematically tested yet,” Sengoku Ryoma said, staring at him.

"You actually finished it? You've worked hard these past few days, Ryoma. In that case, let's treat this as a test."

Takatoro Kureshima only hesitated for a moment before accepting the Genesis Driver.

Sengoku Ryoma was very satisfied with his performance.

Long ago, it was precisely because of Kureshima Takatora's unconditional trust and decisive attitude that Sengoku Ryoma was willing to fight for the other's ideals.

As it turned out, Sengoku Ryoma later discovered that his "ideal" and Wu Dao Guihu's "ideal" were not the same thing at all!

Then there's nothing to discuss.

……

At the top of the World Tree Tower.

As Kino was defeating the insignificant Shadow Guards one by one with his sword, he suddenly noticed something and turned around to see that Kureshima Takatora, who was not far away, had already put on the Genesis Driver.

Perhaps because of the sneak attack, when Kino looked over, Kurejima Takatora had already activated the Energy Lock Seed with lightning speed.

But in reality, Kino was stunned for a long time when he saw the Genesis Driver, and he never even thought about the sneak attack.