The hospital room of Barris Government Hospital was filled with the familiar scent of disinfectant—
yet tonight, there was an unusual calm in the air.
CHIN YI XIN slowly opened her eyes.
Soft light reflected in her pupils.
"…Where's GA LIN?"
DOCTOR CHIN answered gently,
"Right beside you."
She turned her head and saw MANG GA LIN still asleep, resting near the bed.
A faint smile curved her lips.
"…Thank you," she whispered.
At that moment, TEOH KUI strolled into the ward.
The instant he noticed she was awake, he shoved a lunch box toward her.
"Eh? You're awake already? Come, eat."
The four gathered beside the bed.
TEOH KUI ate noisily, stuffing food into his mouth—
when suddenly, something kicked his backside.
He froze.
Slowly turning around, he met a pair of bright, lively eyes staring straight at him.
"FUCK! HUNTU!"
("Ghost!!")
He yelped and fell backward onto the floor.
YI XIN couldn't help herself—she laughed softly.
"…You can smile?"
DOCTOR CHIN laughed as well.
For the first time in a long while,
the hospital room was filled with warm, genuine laughter.
Far away—
The Star Saint closed his eyes, sensing the fluctuations of human emotion.
"…Ah. I can feel humans."
The Star Deity nodded.
"Isn't that normal?"
The Star Saint shook his head.
"No.
What I feel… is human desire."
He opened his eyes.
"Send the Constellation Monsters.
And send XIN YI."
The Star Deity stiffened.
"Why?"
A mysterious figure replied calmly,
"No one understands humans better…
than humans themselves."
He handed a Driver to TEH XIN YI.
"What's this?"
"A Psyche Driver.
It will help you defeat them quickly."
XIN YI mounted her motorcycle, her gaze cold and sharp, and shot out of the base like a streak of darkness.
Meanwhile—outside the hospital.
GA LIN and TEOH KUI mounted their motorcycles.
DOCTOR CHIN climbed onto another.
GA LIN glanced back.
"Yi Xin, who's carrying you?"
"…You?"
"…I guess that works."
"You got a helmet?"
"…No."
DOCTOR CHIN casually tossed one over.
"Don't come back too late."
"Mm."
GA LIN sped off into the night, YI XIN behind him, the wind howling past them—
Suddenly—
A monster appeared ahead.
With a single palm strike, it smashed the motorcycle aside.
Both of them rolled across the asphalt.
"YOU AGAIN!"
They sprang up, snapping their Drivers into place.
"STARS RIDER!"
"CHINESE STARS!"
"Transform!"
"Transform!"
GA LIN roared—
"STARS UP! GEMINI!"
YI XIN followed—
"STARS UP! RACCOON FLAME!"
The two Riders charged forward, clashing violently with the monster.
Suddenly—
The monster pulled out a Memory Gun.
A precise shot.
"Ah—!"
Middle Rider was blasted away, crashing to his knees.
Star Rider's eyes burned with fury.
He unleashed a finishing strike, forcing the monster to retreat, badly wounded.
"Yi Xin!"
— Inside Yi Xin's Consciousness —
YI XIN found herself standing in a strange, enclosed space.
"…This is… your mind?"
"Yes," a voice replied.
"The part of you that refuses to accept."
"What do you mean?"
Painful memories surged—
the burden, the fear, the endless responsibility.
Yet within that darkness, she also saw something else—
GA LIN.
STAR RIDER.
A steady, unwavering light that had never abandoned her.
— TEOH KUI vs. TEH XIN YI —
Elsewhere—
TEOH KUI sped toward the battlefield when suddenly—
A girl stepped directly into his path.
"Oi! You crazy?! Trying to die?!"
XIN YI's eyes burned with manic intensity.
"Whether I die or not, I don't know—
but killing you? That I'm sure of."
They raised their Drivers.
"PSYCHE TRANSFORM DRIVER!"
"ZHONG KUI TRANSFORM DRIVER!"
"Transform!"
"Transform!"
Weapons collided mid-air.
Sparks exploded.
"Who the hell are you?"
"Don't know myself.
I'll tell you—when you're in hell."
TEOH KUI chuckled darkly.
"Hah. I like stubborn girls."
He switched instantly—
HOLY ADVENT! NAZHA HOLY!
Flaming spear and divine rings rained down.
XIN YI grinned wildly, claws flashing like a hurricane.
She struck—
TEOH KUI was blown out of his transformation, skidding across the ground.
"Damn it!"
XIN YI解除变身, crouching beside him.
"Not bad-looking, kid."
She picked up his license and glanced at it.
"Eighteen.
Two weeks till New Year.
Looks like you'll be spending it in the underworld."
TEOH KUI cursed helplessly.
She tossed the license back.
"Goodbye."
She leapt away, vanishing into the night—
leaving TEOH KUI shaking, clutching his two licenses.
"…What does she want?"
— GA LIN & YI XIN —
Back on the battlefield, GA LIN helped Star Rider to his feet.
"Yi Xin."
His eyes were resolute.
YI XIN looked at him, then nodded softly.
The darkness of the past no longer bound her—
it had been pierced by courage, by protection, by someone who never gave up.
The night wind howled.
The echoes of battle had not yet faded—
And a new crisis was already forming.
TEH XIN YI.
The Thirteenth Constellation.
The Stars Crisis was entering a far more dangerous phase.