Neon still didn't know what was happening outside. She watched as Tsumuri picked up the chest and delivered it to her hands. Neon immediately looked down, noticing the logo had changed. It was no longer the Desire Grand Prix but the Golden Fruit Grand Prix.
Raven smiled slightly. He wasn't worried about Neon's safety in the Golden Fruit Grand Prix at all. After all, he was protecting her; nothing could possibly happen.
"What exactly is this Golden Fruit..." Neon had a belly full of questions, as the entire competition seemed to revolve around obtaining this item.
"I will answer that question later in a unified fashion. Let's go first." Raven motioned for Neon to leave with him.
"Wait a minute! I need to pack some clothes." Neon immediately blushed.
She went directly to the walk-in closet in her bedroom and began selecting items carefully. She didn't hesitate to take out some lingerie right in front of Raven. She deliberately chose some very revealing items, along with many brand-new, high-end stockings.
"How many pieces of clothing is that?" Raven, who had been waiting with Tsumuri for quite a while, couldn't help but ask.
"Waiting a little longer won't hurt, will it..."
"Or do you not want to see me wear them?" Neon made a seductive face. This time, she was determined to impress Raven and ensure she didn't lose out to Tsumuri in terms of beauty and sex appeal.
"Ahem."
"Then hurry up." Raven neither denied nor confirmed her question.
Tsumuri, seeing this, secretly gave Raven a resentful look, expressing her disdain.
Finally, when Neon was ready, Raven stood in the middle, and the two women affectionately linked arms with him. Together, they vanished.
…
Over the following period, Raven successively gathered many former Desire Grand Prix contestants, totaling nearly one hundred people. This included characters who would only appear later, such as Lopo and Nadge-Sparrow. He even brought Sara Sakurai into the game.
Soon, all the contestants were gathered in a large hall.
As the founder of this contest, Raven briefly explained the differences between this game and the Desire Grand Prix. First, the prize had changed: instead of creating one's ideal world, the goal was now to compete for the Golden Fruit.
Naturally, he had to introduce the Golden Fruit itself.
"This is the ultimate prize, the Golden Fruit!" Raven summoned it into his hand.
Everyone gazed at the golden-glowing fruit in Raven's grasp, completely mesmerized.
"This is the Golden Fruit. The one who ultimately obtains it will possess the power to change everything and realize their ideal world!" Raven explained to everyone.
At these words, many former Desire Grand Prix contestants boiled with excitement. This was far more direct than relying on someone else to grant a wish! Everyone was tempted by the lure of the Golden Fruit.
"So that's the Golden Fruit?" Takeshi Asakura (Ouja) watched the golden fruit in Raven's hand from within the crowd.
"Looks interesting. I guess I'll play along."
"I just need to defeat all the other contestants, right?" Ouja said, looking down on everyone else.
"The one who gets it will be me!" The Masato Kusaka smirked with a healthy smile. If he obtained the Golden Fruit, he could be fully resurrected, return to his original world, and exterminate all the Orphnoch.
"Tch, you've been irritating me since we got here. Why don't we fight now?" Takeshi looked at Masato with interest, pulling out his Rider Card for transformation.
"I'm not afraid of you." Masato said, refusing to back down. He didn't mind getting rid of this competitor right now.
He reached for his Kaixa Phone and unhurriedly keyed in the transformation code 913.
"Standing By!"
He then folded the phone, placed it in the Driver at his waist, and pressed down, calmly declaring, "Henshin."
Seeing the two of them begin their transformations, the surrounding contestants quickly moved aside. They noticed that the Drivers of these two were different from their own.
"Complete!"
Once the Driver successfully activated, lines of yellow Photon Blood began to form the Photon Frame on Masato's body, completing the armor with an intense flash of light.
Kamen Rider Kaixa made his dramatic entrance!
At the same time, Takeshi also transformed into Kamen Rider Ouja.
Even though Raven hadn't announced the start of the game, the two most notorious villains of the Rider world were now like barrels of gunpowder, ready to ignite at any moment.
"What's going on with those two...?" Keiwa, standing near Ace, was startled by the short-tempered Ouja. Even Masato gave him a deep sense of unease.
"They must be Kamen Riders from other worlds," Ace stated.
Michinaga, though saying nothing on the surface, swore in his heart to obtain the Golden Fruit and defeat all the other Kamen Riders.
"The game has not yet begun! Contestants are forbidden from attacking each other!" Tsumuri quickly crossed her arms, reminding Ouja and Kusaka.
Seeing this, Mastato halted his aggressive stance.
"I've had enough! If we're going to fight, let's fight now. Wouldn't it be easier to just defeat everyone here?" Ouja pointed his sword at the surrounding contestants, clearly intent on killing everyone right there.
A maniac is a maniac, after all.
"Very well, I won't waste any more time. The first round of the game, the Rider Battle Royale, officially begins!"
Raven snapped his fingers, randomly teleporting all one hundred Kamen Riders to a vast, enclosed island.
The island was massive, featuring dense mountain forests and numerous abandoned structures. Raven had specifically chosen it as the arena for the Rider Battle Royale. Raise Buckles and other strengthening items would occasionally appear in item boxes scattered across the island.
"For the next three days, your objective is to eliminate contestants until only twenty people remain."
As everyone was still reeling from the sudden change in scenery, Raven's voice echoed in all their minds.