Finally, he arrived at Higashi-Ikebukuro Central Park.
Kamiyama Rikuo felt as though it had only been a short while since he last wanted to test his cards.
'It feels like a long time has passed. As a Kamen Rider, I still don't fully understand my abilities or transformation conditions...'
Rikuo began to feel that as a youth of the new century, a fighter of the proletariat, a half-price kami, the one and only Kamen Rider, the savior of the world, a fan of the kami of the new world... Sakiko's husband! He was a bit derelict in his duties.
Tomori looked at Rikuo's meaningful smile, and for the first time, she felt a sense of fear from this man.
"I feel that Rikuo-kun needs to become human more than I do."
"Oh, not bad! You can even retort now! It seems spending time with me can definitely improve your social skills, Tomori."
"...Hmm, what Rikuo-kun said seems to be true?"
Tomori felt that after becoming human, she understood humans even less. Perhaps this was the price of growing up?
Rikuo pulled out a storage box from his pocket. (Incidentally, although not mentioned, Rikuo and Tomori had already gone shopping during lunch break. If I say they have it, then they have it.)
"My turn! Draw card!"
Rikuo quickly blindly selected a card from the storage box, gripping it between his index and middle fingers. He turned his head to look!
"Hmm, it's the king of spades. My apologies." (The King of Spades - Ability: Allows Blade to assume King Form. Currently, there isn't even a corresponding Queen of Spades, let alone the final form that requires collecting 13 cards of the same suit.)
He silently took out another card from the storage box, this time secretly glancing at it.
"My turn! Print card!"
"6 of clubs - Blizzard Polar! Use Extreme Freeze!"
...
"Use Blizzard!"
...
"Ice Blast!"
...
"What kind of ray was that?"
Tomori watched Rikuo shout out a bunch of incomprehensible words. In short, respect, understanding...
Rikuo felt that it must be a problem with the cards!
'No, if this continues, my perfect image in Tomori's heart will be ruined! Let me think, I must use it next time. Since it's a sealed card, this move must work.'
"Key of darkness, reveal your true power before me! Rikuo, who has made a pact with you, commands you, seal release!"
Rikuo threw the card into the air and began chanting a forbidden spell. However, the card had actually already fallen to the ground when he recited the first part of the spell.
Tomori silently picked up the card, watching Rikuo spin in circles beside her (Sakura spun the camera, Rikuo could only spin himself).
"...Actually, I can also perform a return."
Rikuo covered his face, feeling that his dignity had probably fallen here.
But the lovely Tomori didn't care about these things. After picking up the card, she observed it.
"Hmm, Rikuo-kun, I see a lock at the top of each card. If you want to gain power, you need a key. Is it possible that if you act as the key, place your hand on the lock, and think of the corresponding ability, you can use it?"
After observing, Tomori felt that Rikuo must have had his intentions in doing so. Moreover, the left side of each card had a string of English letters that seemed to be the ability, so she summarized the theory above.
"Hmph, Tomori, you don't need to understand so much about Kamen Rider. Riders are not that simple. How could it succeed with just a casual try? What the heck?!"
Rikuo raised his proud head! Then he lowered it, seeing the freezing mist surrounding Tomori in front of him.
"Tomori, quickly throw the card away!"
Rikuo remembered the side effects of the rider system, and seeing Tomori in front of him trigger the card's ability, he couldn't help but feel nervous.
"Hmm? Rikuo-kun, I feel like it's not a big problem."
Watching Tomori in front of him slowly retract the freezing mist, Rikuo finally relaxed.
'It seems it's just as Tomori analyzed. Because Blade represents destiny, one must use their own resolve as a key to unlock the shackles of destiny, right?'
"Tomori, how do you feel?"
Although Rikuo had resolved some questions about the abilities, the most urgent matter at hand was Tomori's condition.
"I feel a little cold?"
Tomori's small hands felt herself all over for a while, finding no other abnormalities.
"Cold, huh?"
'Thinking this way, does using a corresponding ability result in a corresponding backlash? Is this the price of fighting destiny?'
Rikuo took out the remaining 2 cards that could theoretically be used directly:
Jack of Spades - Fusion Eagle (Ability: Allows Blade to assume Jack Form, grants flight);
2 of Hearts - Spirit (Ability: Soul).
'In Blade, a single J card cannot unleash its ability; it can only evolve into Jack Form by fusing with its corresponding Q. But as a J card, it shouldn't be only this powerful.'
Rikuo decided to use jack of spades first. The soul ability of 2 of Hearts would probably not be obvious, so he could try it anytime.
The card emitted a blue light, and a pair of wings appeared behind Rikuo. He could also feel that the wings were like his limbs. There was no sense of unsuitability when using them.
"Holy crap, a birdman!"
Rikuo thought that flying would involve directly controlling a force field to fly. Instead, it generated a pair of wings for him.
"Based on the mass of the human skeleton, this wingspan is absolutely impossible to fly! Em, it seems the Rider System is heavier, never mind, you don't need to know so much about Kamen Rider. But if you calculate it this way, the power of these wings should be very great! According to the body weight corresponding to the wingspan and the weight of the Rider armor, the power level corresponding to these wings should be at least that of a Quetzalcoatlus with an 11-meter wingspan!"
Rikuo thought, picked up a stone from the ground, and threw it into the sky. The wings flapped, and the stone split into two halves, with a very clean cut.
"It seems that the sharpness is also unusually high, it can be used as a guillotine. Now, both flexibility and combat power are combined!"
Tomori watched Rikuo's transformation in front of her.
"Rikuo-kun, is this what you wanted to show me?"
"Yes, each of these cards has its corresponding ability, but the cost is also written behind the ability. I collect them because I don't want them to harm ordinary people."
Although it was in a corner of the park in the evening, Rikuo was still afraid of attracting unnecessary attention, so he retracted the jack of spades's ability.
"But, isn't Rikuo-kun also an ordinary person? Since there are such cards, there should be corresponding struggles, right? Isn't it very dangerous for Rikuo-kun to collect these himself?"
"But, I am a Kamen Rider."
Rikuo took out his fountain pen. This time, the fountain pen did not resist, immediately transforming into the Blay Buckle. It flowed along the card, becoming a belt, and inserted the ace of spades.
"Henshin!"
A light screen with a beetle on it autonomously passed through Rikuo. The one standing in front of Tomori was no longer just Rikuo. He had another name, though currently unknown, yet still resounding: Kamen Rider Blade.
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