Back at the Café.
Raven parked his motorcycle in front of the shop. He then walked inside, carrying the safe box that held the Faiz Driver.
Yuka was currently bent over, her short skirt hiked up, diligently sweeping the main area. As Raven passed, he couldn't help but catch a fleeting glimpse of a color he shouldn't have seen.
He wondered if Yuka was doing this on purpose. With her current hearing and sense of smell, she surely would have known he was back. Why would she be so unguarded, bending over so low?
"Ah, Mr. Raven, you're back so soon."
Yuka finally turned around, her small face slightly flushed, looking pleasantly surprised to see Raven. Her gaze immediately fell upon the safe box in his hand.
"What is that?"
"This? I borrowed it from someone to play with for a few days," Raven said casually. He opened the box and took out the Driver.
He planned to satisfy his Faiz craving for the next few days and use it to hunt Orphnochs.
"Is this also a transformation Driver?" Yuka asked, immediately connecting the Faiz Driver to Raven's own Amazon Driver.
"Yes, this is the Faiz Driver." Raven nodded.
The Faiz Driver and the Amazon Driver are vastly different. The Faiz Driver provides armored protection and can be used by humans with only a minimal Orphnoch mark, with the power primarily originating from the Driver itself.
The Amazon Driver is different. The Driver merely acts as a limiter to prevent the wearer's Amazon Origin body from running rampant after transformation. The power comes from the Amazon himself, not the belt. Because of this, Raven is always subtly influenced by the deep-seated primal ferocity inside him whenever he transforms, becoming more bloodthirsty and savage. He becomes a completely different person the moment he finishes a transformation.
Raven was estimating whether he should try using the Faiz Driver for a while.
He took the Driver and walked alone into the backyard, intending to test the transformation. He didn't even need to read the manual inside the safe box. After all, he had seen the transformation sequence countless times on television.
He put on the belt, opened the flip phone, and dialed 555. Then, he slotted the phone into the device at the center of the belt.
With the iconic, soulful phrase, "Standing By," followed by the voice saying "Complete," he achieved his first successful transformation into Faiz!
Having devoured and absorbed several Orphnochs, Raven now possessed the Orphnoch genes, which perfectly met the conditions for using the Driver.
Following a flash of light, Raven successfully transformed.
Yuka, watching from the side, was stunned. The figure before her was a new Kamen Rider, completely different from the one she was used to. It must be said that Faiz was much more comforting and less likely to frighten people than Amazon.
"So this is the power of Faiz..."
This was Raven's first time experiencing the power of another Driver. He could clearly feel that his Amazon power was completely dormant. Overall, his strength was much lower than when he transformed into Amazon Sigma.
However, because he wasn't activating his Amazon cells, Raven's combat awareness was crystal clear. He wouldn't get carried away with excitement mid-fight or feel the urge to brutally dismember his opponent. His final combat strength would solely be determined by the Faiz Driver's limits.
"All things considered, it's not bad. At least I don't use up my internal cells during a fight, which prevents me from getting overly hungry." Raven was quite satisfied with his first experience using the Faiz Driver. Both the Faiz and Amazon Drivers had their own advantages and disadvantages.
"I wonder what the Delta Driver, rumored to be the strongest of the three Drivers, feels like," Raven's thoughts quickly drifted to the next belt.
If he remembered correctly, the current user of that Driver was Saya Kimura, a classmate of Mari Sonoda's from the Ryusei School. She was a girl with a fragile appearance but an immensely strong will. Unfortunately, because of her pure kindness, she would meet a tragic end.
Saya Kimura was the female character Raven admired most in 555, second only to Yuka.
Regardless, he couldn't let such a good girl die a miserable death again. However, Raven had no idea where she was at the moment, as the timeline hadn't reached that point in the story yet.
"Forget it. Why worry about that now? As long as I keep an eye on Takumi and the others, Saya will naturally appear." Raven concluded.
"Yuka, I'm a little hungry."
After fiddling with the belt and then deactivating the transformation, Raven felt the familiar pangs of hunger. His recent fight with Takumi, even in Amazon form, had drained a significant amount of energy.
"Okay!"
Yuka, who had been sitting nearby watching Raven with an almost obsessive gaze, happily ran toward the kitchen. She felt fulfilled and happy whenever she could do something for Raven, no matter what it was.
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