In the face of the researcher's question, a glint of fury and killing intent flashed in Raven's downcast eyes.
If not for the System, he would have truly been reduced to a mere bio-weapon, manipulated at will.
Just because he was undocumented, his death in this world wouldn't matter to anyone, allowing these people to conduct their experiments with impunity?
He couldn't just let this grudge go.
At this moment, even with the golden armband suppressing the urge to go berserk, Raven genuinely wanted to kill these people to vent his rage.
But for now, he chose to hide these emotions.
He replied, without betraying anything:
"I feel great."
"Yoshi, it seems the experiment... went very smoothly."
Upon hearing Raven's reply, the leading researcher finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The people around them broke into applause, celebrating the successful completion of the experiment.
Outside the lab, Yugo Tachibana finally relaxed as he watched the scene.
While an Amazon Origin was undeniably powerful, the risk of it going berserk was extremely high.
If Raven showed even the slightest sign of instability, they would have been forced to destroy the successful test subject they had worked so hard to create. The cost of that would have been immense.
The main reason they took such a huge risk to create a controllable Amazon Origin was to use it as a biological weapon. Besides being better at hunting the stray Amazons beyond their control, it was also meant to show their strength to the company's senior executives.
"What's that?"
Raven slowly got up from the operating table, his gaze fixed on an open box nearby that contained a Driver.
He immediately recognized it as the first-generation Rider belt from Amazons.
It looked like it was prepared for him.
"That is your Driver. We'll have you go to a specialized test area shortly for a full assessment," the bald researcher replied.
"Oh."
Raven said indifferently. He walked over without hesitation and naturally picked up the Driver.
The people watching from a distance were immediately gripped with anxiety.
"Wait... don't use it here..." the bald man urgently yelled.
The lab was relatively small compared to the outside, and it contained explosive experimental gases.
If he transformed here, the consequences would be dire.
"Is that so?" But Raven had no intention of listening to them.
He immediately affixed the Driver to his waist, then gently turned the crank.
Sigma.
Immediately, a surge of purple light erupted from the Driver's two eyes.
Then, Raven spoke softly in a low voice: "Amazon."
"This is bad! Run!"
The researchers didn't have time to think; they immediately turned, flung the lab door open, and scrambled outside.
Outside, Yugo Tachibana's face also changed dramatically.
But before he could speak, a massive explosion erupted!
BOOM!!!
A powerful blast of fiery air, centered on Raven, utterly destroyed the entire lab, turning it into an inferno!
Tachibana was also startled and was quickly escorted by his subordinates to a safe distance away from the lab.
At that moment, a figure gradually emerged from the lab's sea of fire and turned around.
It was a Rider predominantly colored purple, with black gauntlets on its limbs and two silver-white compound eyes on its head. Its body details bore slight dinosaur characteristics.
Kamen Rider Sigma (Neo Sigma) was born!
Outside, everyone descended into chaos.
"Chief, Subject D appears to be out of control!" the terrified researchers immediately reported to Yugo Tachibana.
"He completely ignored our instructions and used the Driver inside!"
"There's a risk of him going berserk! Everyone here could die!" several researchers shouted at Tachibana.
At this very moment, the controller that held Raven's life was in Tachibana's hand. No one but he could stop the Amazon Origin's life activity.
"Damn it... we finally succeeded..."
The still-shaken Tachibana wore a look of distress.
After all, Raven was the only successful Amazon Origin out of so many experiments. He possessed infinite potential.
To kill him now, without even saving a single cell, would be too great a loss.
He was unwilling to abandon his only successful test subject.
He wanted to at least keep him alive to lock up and study.
"Chief, make a decision now. Otherwise, we'll all die!" someone urgently cried out.
While Tachibana was still hesitating, a squad of combat personnel, armed with special ammunition designed specifically for Amazons, had quickly surrounded the burning lab.
"Leave this to us," the assembled combat team told Tachibana and the others.
They only waited for Raven to emerge.
Then, they would use concentrated firepower to take him down.
Tachibana, clutching the controller, still didn't press the button, placing his last hope in the combat team.
Click...
Inside the lab, Raven still hadn't made his next move; he was still getting used to his new power.
"Is this the power of the Driver..."
He murmured to himself.
He could feel an extremely savage power being suppressed inside him.
But if he were to unchain it, he would lose his own mind and become a killing machine.
Thankfully, with the combined suppression of the golden armband and the Driver, the Rider form he was in felt stable, with no risk of him losing control.
In fact, his performance data in all aspects surpassed that of Kamen Rider Alpha and Kamen Rider Omega, transformed by Jin Takayama and Haruka Mizusawa, respectively.
"Now, it's my turn for revenge."
Raven looked up at the outside, finally stepping out of the lab's ruins.
"Open fire now!"
The squad leader of the combat team, concealed in the shadows, immediately took aim at where Raven had appeared.
"Yes, sir!"
The rest of the personnel responded instantly.
Since their weapons were loaded with the newly developed special ammunition for Amazons, they were all brimming with confidence.
At that moment, bullets flew out in a torrential, seemingly endless stream.