He focused on attacking the Jyamato closest to him, intent solely on racking up points for the game.
After all, once the game was over, the ordinary people who had died would be reset to life anyway. Therefore, he didn't care about their lives.
This scene drove Keiwa Sakurai and Neon Kurama to despair.
"What do we do... there's no way out!"
Keiwa looked at the height behind him; jumping down was certain death.
"Just hide."
Raven offered a tranquil smile at their plight.
This left Keiwa thoroughly confused. Given the circumstances, how could this guy still be so calm?
Next, Raven swiftly kicked the katana out of one Jyamato's hand, caught it, and began displaying brilliant swordsmanship right in front of them.
"Jyama!"
"Jya!"
Now facing an armed opponent, the Jyamato cried out in distress, routed and thoroughly dismantled by Raven's slashes. Possessing emotions, they quickly realized this was not an opponent to be trifled with and chose to retreat.
"That was so cool!"
"Amazing."
Neon and Keiwa, watching from behind, instantly turned into Raven's devoted fangirl and fanboy. They had suddenly seen a clear path to survival.
However, Raven had no intention of letting the Jyamato escape. He leaped down the steps and reappeared directly in front of the fleeing monsters.
"Jyama!"
"Jyama!"
They stared at Raven in sheer panic.
Raven ignored them. With several swift, merciless strikes, he cleanly severed their heads.
This sight greatly astonished Michinaga Azuma, who had just finished dealing with his own Jyamato in the distance. A mere civilian, a non-contestant, was this powerful?
Keiwa and Neon were also stunned by the headless Jyamato corpses on the ground. Although they knew the monsters were killers, they couldn't help but feel the deaths were somewhat gruesome.
Meanwhile, in the DGP lobby.
Game Master Girori also took notice of the scene.
"Tsumuri, keep an eye on that man. When the world is reset and the next game begins, grant him entry."
Girori instructed the beautiful woman beside him, who was dressed in black and white attire.
"I understand. That man is named... Raven."
Tsumuri picked up her tablet and began investigating Raven's information.
His data in this world quickly appeared: the owner of a café and a martial arts enthusiast. Other than that, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
"We can't let that person keep winning this game, it would become far too boring."
A look of interest appeared on Girori's masked face.
Since becoming Game Master, it had always been Ace Ukiyo winning every competition and becoming the Desire God. This had bored him immensely.
Tsumuri, standing nearby, naturally understood Girori's long-held sentiment. But could selecting this man called Raven truly replace Ace Ukiyo? After all, playing the game required more than just fighting ability.
On the other side, as the game drew to a close.
Ace finally made his appearance. After meeting Raven and the others, he pulled out his Driver and Buckle, transforming into Kamen Rider Geats.
"It's the fox!"
Keiwa watched Geats in the distance from beside Raven.
Geats quickly cleared out a wave of minor enemies, showing off his skills to the group.
Finally, looking up at the fortress in the sky, he retrieved the Magnum Buckle and upgraded to Magnum Form.
He then rode his little bike rampantly through the street, flew into the aerial fortress, and destroyed it.
"He's incredible..."
Keiwa was deeply shaken, watching Geats emerge unscathed from the tail section of the monster fortress in the sky.
Raven also took it all in.
Geats' protagonist was a long-awaited "King of Arrogance" archetype in the Kamen Rider series, appearing with an attitude that suggested he knew everything from the moment he debuted. He was incredibly confident.
Coupled with his canon setting of continuously reincarnating for millennia and retaining his memories, the Desire Grand Prix had likely been cleared by his past selves countless times. Achieving the final victory while he was participating would be extraordinarily difficult.
However, that was only true for ordinary contestants.
Raven remained highly confident. After all, besides being a god, he possessed an incredibly overpowered ability: the Max-Level Learning Ability... This was what gave him the confidence for the game that lay ahead.
Rumble!
With the explosive output of the Magnum Buckle, Ace and the fox-shaped motorcycle he rode executed a powerful Rider Kick from high altitude.
The final boss was instantly blown to pieces.
The outcome of the match was obvious. Geats, who had directly eliminated the boss, had won.
Michinaga, who had only been focused on accumulating points, could only settle for second place.
"Damn it, he won again."
Michinaga spoke with resentment. Now he'd have to go back to working construction again.
"Please wait, what exactly is going on here?"
A bewildered Keiwa caught up to Geats and asked him. He felt terrible looking at the surrounding ruins. These anonymous, animal-faced Riders and the sudden appearance of those monsters—he simply couldn't comprehend it.
"This is merely a game."
"A game?"
"A game that can change the world."
Accompanied by the chime of a bell, Ace turned back and said, "It's starting now, a new world."
As soon as he finished speaking, the ruins and rubble on the street dissolved and were restored to their original state.
Raven, in the distance, also felt a surge of power correcting everything. The dead were resurrected, and everyone's memories of the Jyamato and the Riders vanished.
However, this power could not interfere with him. He was like an undetected system glitch, simply overlooked.
Once the world was restored, he actively withdrew, instantly teleporting away and reappearing in his own café.
The timeline here had reverted to one day prior.
Raven then walked out the door and looked at the street. People were coming and going, bustling with activity. There was absolutely no sign that this place had been reduced to ruins by a battle just moments ago.
But there was one thing that was different from before.
That was...
Posters of Ace Ukiyo were everywhere on the street. Even the advertisement sign outside his café door featured the showy appearance of the man. Passing schoolgirls would stop for a moment, swooning over the poster.
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