"Damn it..."
Takumi, having been utterly overwhelmed, gritted his teeth and forced himself back up. He moved to his motorcycle, grabbed the handlebar, and yanked it out. It instantly transformed into the Faiz Edge, a razor-sharp blade.
Now armed, he regained his courage and charged back at Raven.
Raven, sticking to his all-offense, no-defense style, took several solid cuts from the Faiz Edge. Blood sprayed out.
Unlike the armor on Faiz, the Amazon Rider's external shell was simply hardened cellular structure—it was his own flesh and blood. Therefore, it was normal for him to bleed when struck.
However, the wounds healed almost instantly. Raven grew even more exhilarated with the fight and struck Faiz down onto the ground once more.
"You're not the only one with a weapon..."
He placed his hand on the Driver's Battler Grip and sharply pulled it outward.
Shing!
A longsword, coated in thick, dark red viscous blood, materialized.
"Come on..."
Wielding the weapon created from his own cells, Raven pressed his advantage, launching a barrage of attacks on the weakened Faiz.
"This guy... he's too strong..."
Takumi's body was struggling. Since he began fighting as Faiz, he had never faced such a powerful opponent.
"Keep fighting!"
Raven was slightly disappointed that Faiz wasn't as tough as he had been a moment ago. He knocked the Faiz Edge from Takumi's grasp, then brought his own sword down hard onto Faiz's chest plate.
"Ugh!"
Struck as if by lightning, Takumi was sent flying backward, his transformation releasing mid-air. He landed heavily in a pile of full garbage bags.
The Faiz Driver tumbled onto the ground nearby.
"No—!" Seeing this, Mari Sonoda was frantic. She rushed over without hesitation to the unconscious Takumi.
Raven finally stopped, seeing his opponent defeated. The longsword made of hardened cells dissolved at his will, reverting into the grip and clicking back onto the Driver.
His gaze now settled on the Faiz Driver on the ground.
"I'll take this back and play with it for a few days."
Honestly, of all the Riders, the technologically advanced Faiz series was his favorite. He wasn't going to miss the chance to personally examine it. At worst, he could always return it to Takumi later.
He picked it up.
Next, he walked over to Takumi's motorcycle and took the safe box from it as well. He figured it was a small penalty for attacking him without checking first.
Mari was powerless to stop him and could only watch as Raven stole the Driver.
Leaving the alley, Raven couldn't wait any longer and immediately claimed his mission reward from the System.
Ding!
[Reward has been sent.]
As the System sounded, a cool-looking motorcycle materialized out of thin air right in front of Raven.
It was the Junglaider (Sigma Upgrade Model).
Unlike the original red version driven by Haruka Mizusawa, Raven's model was specially upgraded. The bike's base color was purple, and the headlight resembled his Amazon form. Furthermore, by gripping the handlebars, he could connect with his own Amazon cells and freely change the bike's appearance and color.
"This is awesome."
Raven gently stroked the chassis, absolutely delighted with the bike. After securing the safe box, he hopped on.
He gripped the handlebars, and instantly, with a thought, the entire bike's form changed. It shifted from its distinct and flashy Amazon style into a common, ordinary-looking motorcycle. This was his version of a disguise.
"Woohoo!"
Starting the engine, Raven eagerly sped off down the road.
A Rider needs a motorcycle. What good is a Kamen without the Rider part?
He felt that now, he was truly a complete Rider.
....
At the Smart Brain headquarters.
"I can't believe we failed again. Do we really have no choice but to call on those people?"
Kyouji Murakami had just received news of the Scarab Orphnoch's death. Lately, they had lost numerous Orphnochs trying to retrieve the Faiz Driver. If this continued, he would quickly lose his authority.
Reluctantly, Murakami made his decision.
Smart Lady, standing beside him, felt a flicker of excitement. She had only heard tales of the Lucky Clover members but had never personally met them. She only knew they were the most powerful Orphnochs.
The strongest among them was said to be Kitazaki, the Dragon Orphnoch. Next was Saeko Kageyama, the Lobster Orphnoch. Followed by Itsuro Takuma, the Centipede Orphnoch, and Jay, the Crocodile Orphnoch.
Each of them was naturally awakened Original Orphnoch, capable of using their special Orphnoch abilities even without transforming. They were truly on a different level than ordinary Orphnochs.
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