Kamen Rider, but with a wild start.

"boom!"

Mechanical Mutant 099 – Confirmed Destroyed!

……

Kino watched the dust drifting on the beach in silence until the roar of a motorcycle came from the shore. He turned his head and saw Kamen Rider Mach chasing after him on the Mach.

As soon as Shidao got off the motorcycle, he picked up the front wheel firing gun and walked over.

"Didn't you put on quite a show in front of everyone? Why did you come here to eliminate the enemy? I thought you were going to let everyone witness your first battle!" Shijima said with a sneer.

"You've seen the stage, that's enough."

Kino looked away again: "After all, there are too many mechanical mutants there, which can easily trigger stress."

Do you care about these things too?

Shijima stared at him intently.

Kino didn't say anything more.

When the slower-arriving Tomari Shinnosuke and the others arrived, this was the scene they saw.

The two stood facing each other on the beach, some distance apart, with a heavy atmosphere permeating the air, like a powder keg ready to explode at any moment.

"Just……"

Tomari Shinnosuke couldn't help but feel a little worried.

As soon as Kino took the first step forward, Shijima Tsuyoshi's body tensed up instinctively, and he gripped the revolver in his hand tightly.

Even Kurim was worried that the two would fight, since he had never been able to figure out what Kino's attitude towards Shijima was.

However, just as Kino was about to approach Kamen Rider Mach, he took out the Golden Gearbox and returned to his human form, and the "Gord Drive" driver on his waist turned into light and disappeared.

Kino walked past the stiff Kamen Rider Mach and calmly went to the roadside to get into the Mach.

His action stunned Shijima, and it took him a while to come to his senses before he took out the signal Mach and deactivated his transformation.

Shijima turned around to look, and Kino had already started the motorcycle engine.

"Your dad cares about a lot of things~"

After saying this, Kino grinned and pointed at Shijima, then twisted the accelerator and sped away.

Shijima stared at his retreating figure, bewildered, until the roar of the motorcycle gradually faded into the distance. At that moment, he finally realized something and his eyes widened in surprise!

"Wait—that's my Mach!"

The island of Poetry just let out a sharp, explosive sound!

And Kino's laughter still drifted from afar.

"You're mistaken~ This is actually my Mach-Controlling machine!"

……

Chapter 70 Unofficial Knights

Kino deliberately drove away to control the Mach.

It wasn't to bully Shijima Tsuyoshi.

He parked the car on a riverbank, then rummaged through the Mach and found Shijima Tsuyoshi's single-room travel bag, followed by a camera.

However, Shijima Tsuyoshi, being a professional photographer, caused Kino to get his hands on the equipment only to find himself embarrassed and unable to use it.

Because the equipment is too high-end...

He tried taking a picture of the riverbank and grassland in front of him with a camera, and the final result was actually comparable to Cilang's photography skills.

However, considering that even Jiro couldn't use a Polaroid properly, Kino felt that he was still stronger.

At that moment, Blood appeared not far away. Her eyes lit up and she quickly ran forward, handing Kino a Polaroid photo that had already been developed.

"Father!"

Kino took the photo and looked at it. He raised an eyebrow slightly and glanced at Blood, who was full of anticipation, with some surprise.

In the photo, a golden-bodied warrior stands in the center of a magnificent stage, with colorful spotlights cascading down, as if coating him with a layer of blazing white light.

The built-in filter effect of the instant camera blurred the edges of the photo with a cool tone, and the high contrast delicately outlined the golden contours. After that, the overexposure and the fragmented shadows became mere embellishments.

This is his—Kamen Rider Gord!

Kino's eyes sparkled with excitement!

There's nothing messy or disorganized, and there's no lack of focus; this is a photo that completely centers on him!

But I never expected that his first photo would be "Gord Drive". I originally thought it would be a secondary rider of some Kamen Rider.

Kino smiled happily.

He then opened the [Kamen Rider Chronicle], and on the first page, which did not belong to any Kamen Rider year, there was a chapter for "Kamen Rider Gord"!

This is why the "Gord Drive" disappeared from his body after he deactivated his transformation.

Kino was actually quite panicked at the time.

With so many Kamen Riders present, he had to remain calm, so he waited until the Mach was driven away before quickly checking the situation.

Strangely, although Gord was identified as a "Kamen Rider" and included in the series, the number of times he traveled through time in the [Kamen Rider Chronicle] did not increase at all.

He had a vague feeling about this.

Could it be—

"An unofficial knight?"

Kino knew that there was such a thing as "Side Story Warriors" in Super Sentai. Unlike "Initial Warriors" and "Additional Warriors", Side Story Warriors were indeed "side stories" that were separate from the main series.

Therefore, chronicles are probably in a state of acknowledging their "existence" but not acknowledging their "authenticity".

Although the truth cannot be confirmed yet, the fact that the "Gord Drive" can be directly included in the chronicle is good news for Kino.

This way, even if he goes to other Kamen Rider worlds, he can continue to use this belt!

I never imagined that making my own belt would have such benefits!

Kino was especially happy with today's harvest.

Just then, the roar of a motorcycle came from the road above the riverbank. Blood, who was squatting next to Kino, quickly stood up on guard.

……

Shidao had just taken off his motorcycle helmet and was looking at the figure sitting on the grass with some annoyance.

Shijima Tsuyoshi's feelings about this person's existence were complex. If it was true, as Banno Tenjuro had said at the time, that this person was born from the kindness and innocence that he had rejected.

Will he become the second Tenjuro Banno?

Can this person really be trusted?

Shijima had little memory of his father from a young age, because his mother had already left Banno Tenjuro with him and his sister shortly after his birth.

Later, after learning from Dr. Harley that the "mechanical mutants" that caused the global freeze were created by his father, Shijima felt indescribable anger and embarrassment, but he also returned to Tokyo with a glimmer of hope.

He attempted to use Banno Tenjuro's knowledge of mechanical mutants to work with him to eliminate all of them, believing that this would still salvage the situation.

However, the facts proved him to be incredibly naive.

Just as Man Ye said at the time, perhaps he also became a "naiveté that the other party didn't need" and was abandoned.

That person was truly wicked.

Why would you do something like this?

Shijima suddenly shouted, his words carrying a hint of ambiguity, as if he wanted to get to the bottom of things.

Kino turned around and saw that Shijima was riding a Tracker, clearly the poor Hunter had his knight machine stolen by the other party again.

"Ah, I almost forgot..."

Remembering this, Kino said, "I was saying before that I wanted to perform surgery on Chase, after all, the feather circuit on his chest—"

"After 099 was destroyed, the feather circuit malfunctioned and fell down," Shijima Tsuyoshi answered quickly.

"Oh, I see. What a pity."

"...???"

Seeing his travel bag next to Kino, Shijima gritted his teeth in annoyance, rushed over, picked up his bag, and then snatched the camera back from Kino's hand.

After checking that his camera was probably undamaged, he closed the lens cap and put it back in his bag. Then, he turned around and saw Blood staring at him fiercely without any attempt to hide it.

A world of difference from her obedient and compliant self before!

Upon seeing this white-haired girl with twin ponytails, Shijima Tsuyoshi felt a lump in his throat again.

"Blood is your person. Did you deliberately keep her by my side before? Just to use me again?" Shijima Tsuyoshi questioned through gritted teeth.

"That's a real injustice! You were the one who barged into my lab that day and found Blood resting on the bed. What could a mechanical mutant without even an evolved form do when it encountered a Kamen Rider? To survive, it had no choice but to stay by your side," Kino said innocently.

"........."

Shijima listened to this sophistry in disbelief.

But he quickly realized: "Then why does Chase know about this too?!"

Kino patiently explained, "Because Chase asked me, but you didn't. You just grabbed the person and ran away! As for Chase knowing the truth but not telling you, how am I supposed to know what he's thinking?"

Shijima Tsuyoshi: "..."

Shijima realized with despair that the sentence sounded strangely familiar—the Hunter, who knew certain information but kept silent, seemed to have said the same thing.

Because... I didn't ask!

But what kind of reason is that?!

He froze, gritted his teeth, clenched his fists as if he wanted to punch someone, and finally took a deep breath to calm himself down.

Kino looked at him with amusement: "Tsuyoshi, that's why we shouldn't always dwell on things that are in the past. The ending is good now, isn't that enough?"

Shijima felt that these words were somewhat familiar.

He said with a complicated expression, "Back then... when we were dealing with Brain, were you the one who offered us help?"

"Of course!"

Kino wouldn't deny his contribution: "I originally wanted to work with you to resolve this matter, but I didn't expect Banno to cause trouble. I had no choice but to come up with a new plan to eliminate Banno."

Kino paused here, then glanced at Shijima Tsuyoshi: "You're not upset that I killed Banno Tenjuro, are you?"

"No."

Shi Dao Gang shook his head.

He then paused for a moment before saying, "I know that Banno Tenjuro is beyond redemption now that he has reached this point. Perhaps his disappearance is the best outcome."

As if touching the most embarrassing and desperate place in his heart, Shijima Tsuyoshi looked somewhat confused and couldn't help but sit down on the grass next to him.

“My mother never mentioned him before, and Dr. Harley and Kurim were unwilling to tell me the truth, so I naively thought that maybe he had just acted impulsively and made a mistake, and that he could make up for it if he sincerely wanted to repent.”

Shijima gave a bitter laugh: "But I never expected that the person in this world who is even more evil than the mechanical mutants is him."

His father was indeed beyond redemption.

But he was the son of such a person.

Kino raised an eyebrow: "Even after learning the truth, Kogeko was able to quickly cheer up and continue working hard. You're so conflicted. You're really too fragile!"

Shijima Tsuyoshi, who was grieving: "..."

He turned his head in disbelief to look at the person next to him.

Kino then smiled and continued, "Didn't I say that—since the past can't be undone, but the future holds infinite possibilities, stagnation won't bring you any happiness?"

Shijima paused for a moment, then looked at Kino with a complicated expression: "You and him are indeed different."

That person will only mock him as a failure.

Previously, these people would shout the standard line "Barbara" whenever they saw him, but now they finally see that he is indeed different from Barbara, and Kino is very satisfied with this.

So he patted Shijima Tsuyoshi's head with a righteous expression: "So you can trust me! Tsuyoshi, from now on, your dad will protect you!"

"What?! That's disgusting!"