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Chapter 25 - Only a Phone? How to Transform? Surprise Incoming!

[Livestream Chat Barrage]:

— Caesar, Delta, Emperor of Heaven, Emperor of Earth… there are that many transformation devices?!

— What the hell? Faiz is already this powerful, and it's the weakest belt?!

— Listen up! Faiz may be weak in its base form, but it has tons of power-up gear. Like that Accel Form just now—who else can match that speed?!

— Yuuto, Yuuto, do the other Rider belts look the same as Faiz's?

— Yeah yeah, tell us what the others look like! What color phones do they come with? I'm heading to the toy stall right now!

"Water friends, no need to rush."

Yuuto Kagami smiled calmly, gesturing for the chat to quiet down.

"I've just finished introducing Faiz."

"Next up…"

"Let's talk about Kaixa."

"Kaixa's transformation device is very similar to Faiz's. It's also a flip phone—but this one's decorated with gold patterns."

[Chat Barrage]:

— Gold patterns?!

— So they all look like phones? That's perfect, I'm heading out to hunt one down!

— Flip phones, huh? Maybe I can find one at a secondhand electronics market.

— Wait… Kaixa's belt design sounds oddly familiar…

— You too?! I swear I've seen it somewhere recently!

Just then, someone watching the stream—Xu Jia—froze in place.

A thought struck him like lightning.

He instinctively looked down at the toy phone he had been clutching tightly since earlier...

Gulp.

Xu Jia swallowed hard.

Meanwhile, other viewers noticed his sudden reaction—and the chat exploded.

[Chat Barrage]:

— Hold up. Something just clicked. Gold patterns? Similar to Faiz? Why does that sound so damn familiar?!

— Dude! You're onto something! Remember earlier? That Xu Jia guy—didn't he buy a phone like that?

— Wait wait wait… Are you saying... HOLY SHIT!!!!

— Bro, I was racking my brain trying to figure out where I'd seen it! It was right there, earlier in the stream!

"Fan… Yuuto…"

Xu Jia looked at Yuuto Kagami nervously, hope and tension written all over his face.

"You're saying the phone in my hand… is actually the Kaixa Gear?!"

Yuuto Kagami gave a warm smile and nodded without hesitation.

"That's right."

Boom!

Xu Jia's eyes widened to the limit. His pupils contracted.

A look of uncontainable joy exploded across his face.

[Chat Barrage]:

— HOLY CRAP! This guy just hit the jackpot!!

— I now officially envy every lucky bastard equally.

— Damn… I finally get the saying: "Afraid my bro is living rough, but more afraid he's suddenly driving a Range Rover."

— I was just feeling bad for him missing out on the Faiz Gear, and now you tell me he got Kaixa instead?!

— Forget what I said before—this guy isn't living in the same dimension as us anymore.

— What a plot twist! He thought he missed out… but actually stumbled into something even better!

But just as envy flooded the chat, someone raised an important point:

[Chat Barrage]:

— Hold on! Don't celebrate too early!

— Remember what Yuuto said? In the Kamen Rider 555 world, a full transformation set requires both the phone and the belt!

— That's right! No belt = no transform!

— But Xu Jia only has the phone. He doesn't have the Kaixa belt!

That hit like a bucket of cold water.

The tone of the chat instantly shifted.

[Chat Barrage]:

— Shit, you're right! I was so busy being jealous I forgot about that…

— So what, he's stuck again? Can't transform without the belt?

— Damn, this plot's got more twists than a drama series!

— First misses Faiz, then gets Kaixa, now has no belt… this is emotional whiplash!

— Poor guy, seriously.

— Wait, wait! Don't forget—Yuuto bought two belts earlier at the toy stall!

— YES! One of them had gold patterns on it! That's definitely Kaixa's belt!

— Still, Yuuto bought it, not Xu Jia. It's not his. He still can't transform!

— Oof. That's rough, bro.

Just as the chat spiraled from hype to despair—

Xu Jia realized the same thing.

"I… I only have the phone…"

"I don't have the belt…"

Clutching the Kaixa phone tightly, his expression darkened.

He remembered clearly—Yuuto Kagami had said you need both to transform.

And both belts… were in Yuuto Kagami's possession.

"Here. Take it."

Out of nowhere—

Yuuto Kagami casually tossed something across the room.

Xu Jia instinctively caught it.

A closer look—a silver belt with golden patterns.

It was Kaixa's transformation belt.

"T-This… Yuuto?"

Xu Jia's voice trembled as he looked at him, overwhelmed.

"What are you waiting for?" Yuuto Kagami grinned.

"Kaixa's transformation code is 913. You don't need me to teach you the rest, right?"

"...Or what, don't tell me you don't want to become Kaixa?"

"No! I do! I really do!"

Xu Jia shook his head like a madman.

He quickly fastened the belt around his waist.

His hands trembled as he flipped open the Kaixa phone.

He was so nervous, his fingers couldn't even hit the buttons properly.

But no one laughed.

Not a single viewer mocked him.

Because deep down, everyone watching thought the same thing—

If that were me… I'd be shaking even worse.

Huff… huff…

Xu Jia took deep breaths, forcing himself to calm down.

Finally, with hands slightly steadier,

he punched in the code:

Beep beep beep!

"Standing by!"

Then—

He slid the phone into the belt.

"Complete!"

Golden photon lines erupted from the belt—

Wrapping around Xu Jia's entire body.

A blinding light flashed.

And then—

The transformation began.

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