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Chapter 20 - Raven vs. Takumi Inui

"Talk about getting exactly what you asked for. I have to beat Takumi Inui to the punch and save Mari Sonoda."

Following the location data provided by the System, Raven swiftly moved through a narrow alley and quickly completed his transformation. The System mission had come at just the right time, and he liked the reward.

Transformed, Raven utilized his superior jumping ability to leap onto the rooftops, rapidly traversing the distance. In no time, he arrived near Mari Sonoda.

He saw Mari looking terrified and running non-stop. The groceries she had just bought were scattered across the ground, and she was eventually cornered by the Scarab Orphnoch in a dead-end alley.

"Takumi, an Orphnoch is attacking me..." With nowhere left to run, Mari huddled behind a trash can and frantically called Takumi Inui.

On the other end, Takumi immediately dropped what he was doing, grabbed his Driver, and sped toward the location on his motorcycle.

"This is a dead end. You can't run away. Hand over the Faiz Driver right now."

The Scarab Orphnoch slowly walked down the alley, speaking without any rush. Mari Sonoda held her breath, praying it wouldn't find her.

"I see you..."

The Scarab Orphnoch had already spotted Mari's hiding place and was deliberately drawing out the moment. Just as he was slowly advancing toward the trash can, a purple blur whizzed down from the rooftop.

Swoosh!

One of the Scarab Orphnoch's arms was cleanly severed, and blood sprayed out as if poured from an open tap.

"Aargh—!"

Before he could even register what had happened, intense pain flared through him.

Mari, utterly confused, cautiously peeked her head out halfway, only to witness a shocking sight.

A dark purple Rider was hoisting the Orphnoch high into the air. With a powerful tug of his arms, a gruesome scene unfolded.

The Scarab Orphnoch was brutally torn in half, its intestines and organs spilling out onto the ground with a sickening splash. The image was enough to scar Mari Sonoda for life.

"Phew, good thing I made it."

Raven spoke with a sense of relief after consuming the energy from the Scarab Orphnoch's remains. He intended to go say hello to Mari Sonoda. After all, she was the female lead of Kamen Rider 555. Though his attention had primarily been on Yuka when watching the series, Mari's actress had once shocked him after he accidentally watched a certain art film she had starred in where she showed everything that wasn't supposed to be shown.

"Don't come near me!"

However, as Raven approached, Mari was completely terrified and ran away, despite the fact that it was a dead end.

"Am I that scary?" Raven paused in his tracks.

Screech—!

Just then, Takumi finally arrived and witnessed the scene. He breathed a sigh of relief that Mari was unharmed. He quickly input the transformation code and attached the Faiz Phone to his Driver, completing his transformation.

He had mistaken Raven for the Orphnoch attacking Mari.

"Takumi!" Mari cried out, relieved, as if she had found her savior.

"Looks like a misunderstanding. Oh well, this is a good chance to test out Faiz's power."

Raven, seeing the situation, grew interested. After all, he had been fighting low-level Orphnochs that were no match for him, easily killing them instantly every time.

Takumi also noticed that this "Orphnoch" looked quite different. Its color wasn't the signature gray-white of the Orphnochs, and it even wore a Driver. But he couldn't concern himself with details now. He charged forward immediately.

The moment Faiz closed the distance, Raven moved, engaging him in fierce combat.

The Amazon fighting style was savage. Coupled with Raven's powerful self-healing ability, he barely bothered with defense, opting for an all-out, hit-for-hit, life-for-life approach.

Takumi felt the full force of this. After taking several punches, even with the protection of his armor, he felt battered and miserable. Yet, when he attacked Raven, his blows seemed to do no damage at all.

"Is that all you've got?"

Raven punched Faiz backward over ten meters. He was starting to feel a surge of excitement, the primal wildness within him threatening to break free.

While Faiz was still far below him in fighting power, his defense was decent. Unlike the low-level Orphnochs, he wasn't easily torn apart. Plus, Takumi Inui, the user, was himself an Orphnoch, making him quite resilient.

Raven didn't have to worry about accidentally killing him instantly.

"Takumi!" Mari, watching from a distance, was distraught. She never expected Faiz to be utterly dominated in a fight.

What kind of monster was this?

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