Outside Fuji-Q Highland.
"Taking the train would be too slow, and I can't just fly with Jack of Spades's wings. If the battle is intense, I'd waste nearly half my AP before even arriving, and then I wouldn't be able to fight."
Rikuo looked around and found an unmanned jungle.
"Good thing amusement parks are usually built in open areas."
"Since the fountain pen can create an Rouse Absorber, there's no reason it can't create the Blue Spader as well."
Rikuo took out the fountain pen and focused his mental will. The fountain pen drew in the air, and the Blue Spader, with the same color scheme as Kamen Rider Blade, appeared before him.
"Sure enough, since even the Kamen Rider Blade belt is a manifestation of awakening, then all by-products of the Kamen Rider Blade system can be generated through awakening."
Rikuo mounted the motorcycle, and the fountain pen simultaneously transformed, inserting into Ace of Spades, activating the Blue Spader. A card with a stag beetle's phantom appeared in front of the Blue Spader, passing through the phantom.
"Henshin!"
[Turn Up!]
The silver-blue Kamen Rider Blade appeared.
"The speed isn't enough. Fuji-Q is 12 kilometers from Musashino City. Even if I go at my current full speed of 120 kilometers per hour, it will take 6 minutes! I must use 9 of Spades at maximum speed."
Rikuo took out 9 of Spades (Ability: Enhances speed) and swiped it into the Blue Spader.
"Indeed, the Blue Spader doesn't consume AP, but in return, it can only use 6 of Spades and 9 of Spades. Anyway, I'll act first."
Rikuo activated the Blue Spader and sped towards Kichijoji in Musashino City.
"Holy cow, dude, did you forget to turn off your cheat?"
On the highway from Tokyo to Musashino, a hardworking truck driver watched a blue shadow dart past him.
"Too bad it ran too fast; I didn't even have time to photograph it."
But it didn't matter; he would see it in the news the next day.
Rikuo approached Kichijoji and opened Nyamu's Line interface. In the Line video, under a cherry blossom tree in Kichijoji, there was a pink-haired woman with cherry blossom decorations in her hair, wearing a kimono, looking like a Yamato Nadeshiko.
However, her arm suddenly transformed into a vine, and her originally pink hair turned a ghastly white, streaked with blood. Behind her, for every cherry blossom petal that fell to the ground, it turned into a skeletal finger, reaching out to nearby tourists. The surrounding tourists scattered and fled. The woman's vine-like arm wrapped around a group of slow-reacting tourists, hanging them on the cherry tree, seemingly intending to use them as fertilizer.
"A cherry blossom demon? That game 'Onmyoji' messed me up. I should be glad this cherry blossom demon is like an Earthbound Spirit, unable to leave the temple, and hasn't directly harmed humans yet."
Rikuo finished reviewing the general information about the opponent. While speaking, his body didn't stop, and he rushed straight into Kichijoji Temple. With a big leap, he entered from above the temple, intending to directly ambush the cherry blossom tree behind the cherry blossom demon.
'It's clear that her actions are to get fertilizer for the cherry tree, so the cherry tree is most likely her true body. Only a fool would go in from the front. Why not try a sneak attack?'
Rikuo swiped 5 of Spades - Kick Locust (Ability: Increases the power of flying side kicks; AP: 1000).
[Kick!]
"I've been a Kamen Rider for so long, and I've never officially done a Rider Kick."
Rikuo took advantage of the cherry blossom demon's attention being on the main entrance, flying into the air and kicking towards the treetop.
"It's Kamen Rider Blade! Kamen Rider Blade is here to save us! We can rest easy!"
Just then, a bespectacled tourist raised his arms and shouted.
"Goddammit!"
The cherry blossom demon turned around, her ghastly white eyes glaring at Rikuo. The treetop trembled violently, and tens of thousands of white petals gushed out, each petal's edge adorned with fine serrations, forming a strangling net in the air.
Rikuo spun and swung his sword, creating a momentary vacuum zone, and his kick was completely nullified. He could only turn and slash, first saving all the controlled tourists.
"Hide in the main hall. This Anomaly cannot pass through. Don't talk back to me; my head hurts."
Rikuo used his Blay Rouzer to slash the incoming petals, tilting his head to signal the tourists behind him to leave. Despite Rikuo's best efforts to block, some petals still slipped through and embedded themselves in the armor's seams, instantly taking root and sprouting.
Seeing the tourists hide in the main hall, he pulled out 6 of Spades - Thunder Deer (Ability: Supplements the next attack with electricity; AP: 1200) and 4 of Spades - Tackle Boar (Ability: Increases the power of tackles; AP: 800) from the Blay Rouzer's card slot and swiped them into the Blay Rouzer.
[Thunder!]
[Tackle!]
"No matter how strange a plant is, is there one that isn't afraid of lightning?"
Rikuo rolled sideways, dodging the frontal attack of the petals. He threw the Blay Rouzer towards the cherry blossom treetop, then got up and charged, shoulder-tackling the cherry blossom tree demon.
At the treetop, the petals seemed to be struck by lightning, turning completely into ashes, while the tree trunk itself was only scorched, not directly destroyed.
Rikuo's charge also solidly hit the cherry blossom demon. Because its main body was damaged, the petals used for defense instantly disappeared, and it was directly slammed into the wall by the impact.
"It's still alive?"
Rikuo watched the cherry blossom demon climb out of the wall again.
"Joker, why are you attacking me?"
"Here we go again. You've been fighting for ages and only now speak. I thought you were like that wild boar."
Rikuo had no intention of continuing the conversation with the opponent. Taking advantage of the moment the opponent was getting up, he picked up the Blay Rouzer by the tree and charged directly at the opponent.
"Your main attack methods are all useless. I could defeat you with just basic attacks. If it weren't for the bread, I might have instantly killed you!"
Rikuo chose to attack the opponent's materialized Anomaly body rather than its main body. Although attacking the main body would cause greater damage, his remaining AP was only 2000, so he could only choose to use either 8 of Spades (Allows temporary control over magnetism) or 6 of Clubs (Supplements the next attack with ice), neither of which could guarantee a one-hit kill.
"Since you're an Earthbound Spirit, I'll knock you out of the 'door'!"
Rikuo continuously slashed, and the cherry blossom demon, with its combat power severely damaged, could only constantly parry and retreat, quickly reaching the temple gate.
"Joker, don't think this is over! I have a trump card; let's die together!"
The ground exploded, and seven cherry roots, half a meter in diameter, burst out of the earth. Their tips split into mouth-like openings, filled with barbs. The spewed viscous liquid corroded the stone slabs into honeycomb-like holes, rushing directly towards Rikuo.
"You have yours, and I have mine! The Blue Spader is not just an ordinary motorcycle; it can be summoned!"
Rikuo leaped, doing a backflip to dodge the viscous liquid spewed by the cherry roots, which was also the direction of the cherry roots. A motorcycle, the Blue Spader, sped into the temple from above. It trampled the cherry roots, and Rikuo landed on the Blue Spader. He took out 9 of Spades - Mach Jaguar (Ability: Enhances speed) from the Blay Rouzer's card slot and swiped it into the Blue Spader.
[Mach!]
"The outside world is wonderful; I want to take you to see it!"
Rikuo drove the Blue Spader at full speed, ramming into the cherry blossom demon. The cherry blossom demon had already exhausted all its strength, losing its last means of resistance. It was dissipated by the Blue Spader's impact, without even getting a chance to see the outside world.
"What a pity. I wanted to take you to see the outside world, but it seems you don't have that fortune."
Rikuo scoffed, then threw out a blank card. The cherry blossom demon's gradually dissipating form twisted for a moment. The Undead Card flew back into Rikuo's hand.
"7 of Hearts - Bio Plant (Ability: Creates vines for lashing and binding; AP: 1600)? It doesn't seem very useful. It's quite troublesome to deal with, after all, plants have strong vitality, but for attacking, it's not as good as the elemental abilities of the corresponding category 6, and for control, it's not as good as the stunning effect of the lightning attribute. Oh well, better than nothing."
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