[Predicted Target Destination: Chiba City, XX District, XX Chome, Izumi Residence!]
“Fuck!
My home base is being attacked!!!”
Hearing the system’s piercing alarm sound and the predicted destination, Minoru Kuroe jumped up from his seat in shock.
This sudden, massive commotion drew side-glances from the other passengers in the train car, who stared at him as if he were a lunatic.
However, Minoru couldn’t care less about the gazes of the people around him at this moment; his brain was spinning at high speed.
“Calm down!
Calm down!
Let’s see what I can use!”
Drenched in cold sweat, Minoru frantically searched through the novice rewards in his system inventory.
“Transformation Phone…
Faiz Pointer…
Faiz Shot…
Auto Vajin…”
“…None of these are useful!”
Inside the system space, the headlights of the quiet Auto Vajin flickered slightly, as if issuing a silent protest.
“…..”
Finally!
Minoru’s eyes landed on an object sitting in the corner.
[Faiz Axel Watch]!
“Found it!
The Axel Watch!”
With this…
Speed would be enough, and stamina would be enough.
It was just that with so many people on the train, he couldn’t exactly smash open the train doors and leap out directly.
Minoru forced himself to calm down.
Before stepping off the train, the only thing he could do was call them first.
At that thought, Minoru yanked out his phone, his fingers rapidly dialing the landline to the Izumi household.
There was no other choice right now; he could only notify Mrs.
Izumi to take Sagiri and run first, stalling for as much time as possible.
“Beep…
beep…
beep…”
The line ringing on the other end sounded like a deadly countdown at this moment, making Minoru burn with anxiety with every passing second.
“Pick up!
Pick up the phone!”
Finally, after four or five rings, the call went through.
“Hello, this is the Izumi residence.”
Mrs.
Izumi’s gentle, completely unguarded voice came through the receiver.
“Mrs.
Izumi!
It’s me, Kuroe!”
Minoru didn’t bother with pleasantries, speaking in a hurried, urgent tone.
“Listen to me!
Don’t ask anything right now!
Don’t bring anything!
Take Sagiri immediately and get out of the house right now!
Run as far away as you can!”
On the other end of the line, Mrs.
Izumi was clearly startled by Minoru’s pressing tone, sounding somewhat dazed and at a loss:
“Huh?
M-Mr.
What happened?
Why should…”
“Just run first!
Hurry!
I won’t harm you!”
*Clatter!*
A heavy sound of something hitting the floor came from the receiver; it seemed Mrs.
Izumi had heeded his words and immediately dropped the phone.
Sure enough, talking to smart people saved effort—there wasn’t even a need to hear a second follow-up question.
Minoru put down his phone and snapped his head toward the train doors.
Just in time, the train began slowing down, about to pull into the next station.
*Screech—*
The moment the doors opened a crack, Minoru shot out like an arrow released from a bowstring, sprinting wildly across the platform.
“System, pinpoint that Orphnoch’s exact location!”
[Ding!
The target is two hundred meters from the Izumi Residence!
Estimated arrival in one minute!]
“Damn it!
Still too fast!”
Minoru rushed out of the train station, glancing at the empty, deserted alleyways around him, his gaze instantly turning coldly fierce.
Even though the Axel Watch had a strict 10-second limit, relying on the super speed of the Axel Form, taking a gamble would definitely get him there in time!
With a thought, Minoru yanked the Transformation Phone out of the system space, his thumb rapidly pressing “5-5-5” and the [ENTER] key.
[Standing By!]
“Henshin!”
Accompanied by the mechanical standby chime, he shoved the phone forcefully into the driver unit on his waist.
[Complete!]
Dazzling red Photon Streams instantly flooded his whole body, and the black-and-silver Faiz armor assembled in the alleyway!
Immediately after, Minoru ripped the chip off the [Faiz Axel Watch] on his left wrist, inserting it directly into the slot on top of the Transformation Phone.
[Complete!]
Accompanied by an even lower, deeper sound effect, the armor on Faiz’s chest instantly spread open to both sides, revealing the complex mechanical structure within.
At the same time, the red Photon Streams covering his entire body converted at this moment into high-output, brilliant silver, and that pair of yellow compound eyes turned crimson like blood!
Kamen Rider Faiz · Axel Form
Minoru took a deep breath, forcefully pressing the activation button on the watch.
[Start Up!]
“Beep…
beep…
beep…”
The ten-second countdown officially began!
In Minoru’s vision, the entire world seemed to have been put on slow-motion in this instant.
Leaves falling in midair hovered in place; the movements of pedestrians on the distant streets were as slow as static sculptures; even the sound of the wind had completely vanished.
Zero-frame acceleration—that’s Rider tech for you!
Kid!
[Warning!
Target is one hundred meters from the Izumi Residence!]
…
At the same time, at the Izumi Residence.
“Sagiri!
Hurry!
Put on your shoes, we’re leaving right now!”
Mrs.
Izumi didn’t even have time to change clothes, nor did she manage to grab her wallet or keys.
She scooped up Sagiri, who was still dazed in front of her drawing board, messily slipped a pair of shoes onto her daughter’s feet, and wearing slippers herself, rushed toward the entryway with a panicked expression. This story is hosted at novelping dot com.
Though she didn’t know why Minoru sounded so anxious on the phone, Mrs.
Izumi’s intuition told her that something huge had definitely happened!
Mr.
Kuroe was a good person; he would never joke about something like this!
“Mom…
what’s wrong?
Where are we going?”
Sagiri, held in her mother’s arms, looked at her mother’s terrified face and gripped her mother’s clothes in fear as well.
“Don’t be afraid, Sagiri, Mom is taking you to find Big Brother Kuroe.”
Mrs.
Izumi took a deep breath, her trembling hand grasping the doorknob of the security door.
It wasn’t too late yet; there were still pedestrians on the street.
As long as they rushed out now and ran to a crowded area, or went to find the police, they would be safe!
*Click.*
The security door was pushed open violently.
However, when Mrs.
Izumi clearly saw the scene outside the door, her pupils shrank violently!
Under the lingering glow of the setting sun, a tall, burly Black man stood outside the iron gate of her yard, his hands in his pockets, a cruel sneer on his face.
“Beautiful lady, in such a rush, where are you planning to go?”
The Black man grinned, exposing a mouthful of stark white teeth, mocking her in broken Japanese.
“You…
it’s you!
What do you want?!
I’m telling you, I’ve already called the police!”
Mrs.
Izumi shielded Sagiri firmly behind her, her voice shaking uncontrollably.
“Called the police?
Hahaha…”
The Black man looked as if he had heard a hilarious joke.
Then, a ruthless expression surfaced on his face, a eerie grey-white light flashing in his eyes.
“The police can’t control me!”
Along with the fall of his words, grey-white patterns suddenly surfaced on the Black man’s face.
Immediately after, his body rapidly expanded and mutated; his original human skin was covered over, turning instead into a grey-white, hard exoskeleton.
In just a few short seconds, a grey-white monster with sharp double horns, resembling some kind of ferocious beast, appeared right before the Izumi mother and daughter!
“Mon…
monster!!!”
Mrs.
Izumi’s legs went weak, and she collapsed despairingly onto the floor, while Sagiri burst into loud tears from the terror.
The Wild Boar Orphnoch unleashed a deafening roar, raising its arm to shred the yard’s iron gate to pieces, advancing step by step with heavy strides.
“3…
2…
1…”
[Time Out!]
Accompanied by the electronic voice of the watch countdown finishing.
[Exceed Charge!]
“Bzzzt~”
Suddenly, a sound effect that didn’t sound harsh at all resonated behind it.
The Wild Boar Orphnoch initially didn’t want to bother with it.
However, the intense sense of crisis that followed forced it to turn its head to look behind.
Looking back, what met its eyes was a cone-shaped structure formed by red block-like objects, and the pointed tip of the cone was aimed right at its back!