After the mysterious voice disappeared, Kiana felt a weight in her right hand, as if something new, magenta-colored, had appeared.
"Isn't this... the Decade Driver?"
Kiana was stunned for a moment before realizing who the owner of that voice was!
"Kadoya Tsukasa..."
Kiana whispered the name, her voice slightly hoarse, as she slowly stood up, leaning on the vending machine behind her.
[Kamen Rider: Who was that voice just now?]
[Caeluslana: It looks like only those watching the livestream and the Group Owner could hear it?]
Kiana slowly limped toward Spider Man.
Higashijima Tanzaburo landed a final punch on Spider Man's face, but the opponent grabbed his arm and threw him towards Kiana.
Kiana managed a difficult jump to the side, avoiding Higashijima Tanzaburo, and then reached for the card box that had appeared at her waist without her noticing.
Pew pew pew~
Kiana folded the card box into a gun shape and fired at Spider Man.
Powerful energy shots struck the opponent, sending up showers of sparks.
Attacked by the Card Box Gun, Spider Man retreated several steps, lowering his defensive arms, and stared at Kiana with his terrifying compound eyes.
"Who... exactly are you?"
"I am just..."
Kiana subconsciously murmured, then placed the Decade Driver she held in her other hand onto her waist.
Belt straps materialized out of thin air on both sides, encircling Kiana's slender waist.
Seeing this, Higashijima Tanzaburo, Yuriko, Ichiyo, and Mitsuba, who had returned wearing his Rider Man cosplay, all stared wide-eyed at Kiana.
"I'm just a passing Kamen Rider. Remember that, This Young Miss!"
Lightly wiping the blood from her mouth, she returned the card box, which had reverted to its box state, to her waist and pulled out a card.
Clang clang~
"Transform!"
Her index finger lightly tapped the card surface twice, then she precisely tossed it into the driver slot at her waist, pushing the driver's sides casually with both hands.
A sound effect suddenly rang out.
Kamen Rider! DECADE!
Several silver shadows quickly overlapped Kiana's body.
Kiana's figure disappeared, replaced by a suit actor wearing a magenta helmet, with a pair of emerald green compound eyes on the sides, and dressed in a magenta suit.
"R-Rider... Rider Ri-Rider...!"
Higashijima Tanzaburo's eyes bulged, snot running down his face as he pointed at Kiana in shock, incoherent.
"Rider..."
Yuriko reacted the same way.
"It's actually a real Kamen Rider...!" x2
The Shimamura brothers were also frozen in place. Yukaris, upon seeing this, chose to hide behind Mitsuba.
Although this world doesn't have Kamen Riders, they do have Tokusatsu dramas!
She knew that Kamen Riders could take out small fry like her—a single punch for each one.
"Now, let's start over~"
Kiana picked up the card box, folded it into the shape of a long sword, rubbed it in her palm, pointed it at Spider Man, and spoke in a slow, slightly lazy tone.
[Kevin: This is too cool. When can I borrow this toy to play with? Mei will definitely be captivated by me!]
[Kamen Rider: So I really am Kamen Rider, huh...?]
"K-Kiana?"
"Mhm, wait until I deal with Spider Man, then I'll let her explain it to you personally, Uncle~"
Kiana waved her hand at Higashijima Tanzaburo behind her and slowly walked toward Spider Man.
"Arrogant! How can Kamen Riders exist—"
Thump—!
Before Spider Man could finish speaking, Kiana rushed forward and sent him flying with a side kick.
The powerful force caused Spider Man to break several trees before slamming hard into a residential building.
From the wall of the residential building, mixed with smoke and dust, a green evil light shone, and countless flying needles shot toward Kiana.
Kiana wielded the Card Box Sword, knocking down all the flying needles with a seemingly effortless posture.
Kiana then suddenly launched a slash backward, and with a ripping sound, the chest of the ambushing Spider Man gained a diagonal green scar across his torso.
"So... so strong. Is this... a real Kamen Rider?"
Besides shock, Higashijima Tanzaburo felt mostly excitement.
He felt that one day, he could be as strong as Kiana and fight against evil forces!
After being slashed, Spider Man was clearly confused.
This was the first time he had encountered such a situation; aside from his fellow monsters, he had never sustained such severe injuries.
Secreting white fluid from his mouth, Spider Man let out an angry roar at Kiana.
"Too weak. I'll finish you in the next move."
She opened the Card Box Sword, took out a card, and placed it into the driver.
Final Attack Rider!
Kiana bent her knees and leaped high into the air.
D—D—D—DECADE!
Several silver Decade Card phantoms appeared between Kiana and Spider Man, and then Kiana performed a flying kick maneuver.
The magenta figure zipped through the card phantoms, delivering the final kick to the locked-on Spider Man, who couldn't escape.
Boom—!
Spider Man fell to the ground with a resulting explosion; the entire monster was shattered by the kick.
Kiana slowly stood up, then pulled the sides of the driver, the Decade Card popped out, and she returned to her original appearance.
Subsequently, a card imprinted with Kamen Rider Ichigo gathered with soft light in Kiana's palm.
"No wonder the card box only had Decade Cards and Attack Ride cards; turns out the objective is to collect the entire set again."
Kiana played with the Ichigo card unexpectedly for a moment, then put it back in the card box.
This matter had nothing to do with her; collecting cards was the job of Higashijima Kiana... or rather, the group member Kamen Rider.
"Hmm... I think everyone in our group needs a title, otherwise it feels too troublesome to call people."
[Wangshang Funeral Parlor Workhorse: Seconded.]
[Gojo Kiana: Seconded.]
"...K-Kiana!"
"Hm? What's wrong, Uncle... why are you looking at me with such a perverted gaze..."
Kiana heard Higashijima Tanzaburo call her, but when she turned around, she saw his face flushed as he stared intently at her driver.
"Let Uncle see it, no, just touch it... just once... please! This is the only request I'll ever make in my life!"
Although this wasn't Ichigo's belt, it was a real Kamen Rider belt, seen with his own eyes!
To be able to touch it once—he would have no regrets in this life!
Several other people also held the same childlike expectant gaze.
"Yuriko-jie can, but the others should forget it..."
Cold sweat ran down Kiana's cheeks; she stepped back, looking very embarrassed.
Ding ding~
At that moment, Kiana heard the sound of Nihon Police riding bicycles, and she immediately turned and ran away.
"The police are here! Run first, it'll be hard to explain if we get caught!"
The others were all adults and understood what would happen if they were discovered, so they quickly followed Kiana's route and started running.
Mitsuba grabbed Yukaris, who was still dazed, and followed them.
When Kiana reached a safe place, she immediately sat down against the wall.
"I can't go on, my body seems to be overdrawn to its limit. I'll leave the rest to you~"
Kiana's voice was slightly weak.
[Kamen Rider: Okay, I'll take over now. I should be able to... endure this pain. Thank you for helping me get through the crisis.]
"I'm really sorry for leaving your body covered in wounds..."
After Kiana finished speaking, she tapped the return button.
After Higashijima Kiana agreed, their visions shifted, and they both returned to their respective bodies.
Higashijima Kiana had overestimated her own endurance.
Higashijima Kiana, back in her own body, felt fatal stinging pain all over, and immediately let out a terrible shriek.
"Aah—!!!"
After screaming, she fainted, and then a silver wall appeared and swept over her body.
The driver and the card box completely vanished.
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