Bright white light poured through the gap in the curtains.
Yao Yuen slowly opened her eyes, her head still heavy, but she could clearly hear someone speaking softly nearby.
"Awake."
The voice was calm, cold, and handsome—it was Human-form Gu Xing.
"Ah—who is this person?" Yuen jumped in surprise, instinctively switching to her familiar dialect.
"He is Gu Xing," Peh Chin Yoh frowned, hands in his pockets, looking helpless.
Yuen looked around: "Eh? Where is this?"
Ma Zhengjin leaned against a chair, tone calm: "At my place."
Yuen's eyes widened: "Eh?!"
Chin Yoh chuckled: "You sure can sleep… three whole days."
"Don't talk nonsense, just hush," Yuen rolled her eyes.
"Okay, okay," Chin Yoh raised his hands in surrender.
Gu Xing stood up, serious: "Now we must head to China and eliminate the remaining monster soldiers."
"How are we getting there?" Chin Yoh asked casually.
Ma Zhengjin's face darkened instantly: "Of course by plane! Unless you want to take a train?"
Gu Xing handed them tickets: "Here, your tickets."
Chin Yoh snatched them: "How did you buy these?"
Gu Xing shrugged: "Used your IC card."
"I swear—!"
"Wow! A plane!" Chin Yoh looked up, eyes sparkling like a child.
"Can you not look like you've never seen one?" Yuen complained.
"You don't understand—eh, why are you sitting next to me?!"
"Not happy, so I'll pout."
"Fine, fine, I'll pout too!"
After takeoff, the cabin was quiet—until—
"Ah—ah—!"
A passenger suddenly convulsed, body twisting wildly, screams tearing through the air.
"It… it's turning into a monster!" passengers panicked and scattered.
Chin Yoh sprang to his feet: "I'm going!"
He and Yuen quickly summoned their drivers; Ma Zhengjin fastened his own to his waist.
"Gu Xing, evacuate the passengers!" Chin Yoh shouted.
"OK!" Gu Xing responded.
All three shouted together:
Chin Yoh: "Transform!"
Yuen: "Transform!"
Ma Zhengjin: "Transform!"
The drivers' voice effects sounded:
BAI-X! SUPER! (Rider · Ascended Form)
D-X! (Xing-Source)
POLICE! YOU ARE POLICE MAN! SAVED EVERYONE! THANKS!
Three beams of light shot across the cabin, and the three riders charged toward the monster!
The monster's power had clearly increased; with a swipe of its claws, all three were sent flying.
Chin Yoh gritted his teeth: "Yuen!"
He threw the Earth Key to D-X.
Driver command:
D-X! LAND FORM! (Xing-Source · Earth Bear Form)
The monster roared, gathering energy cannons in both arms—
BOOM!!!
The energy cannon tore through the cockpit, splitting the plane in half.
"This is bad!" Chin Yoh growled.
Driver command again:
BAI-X! FIRE WATER EAGLE SHARK! (Rider · Fire Water Eagle Shark Form)
Chin Yoh's palms gathered a water sphere, flinging it toward the scattered passengers.
The huge sphere became a soft water cushion, slowly lowering the passengers safely to the ground.
However, the riders themselves crashed heavily—
"Ah—!"
"Are you okay?!" Yuen scrambled up.
"I'm fine."
Police Rider pressed through his pain, standing firm.
The monster sneered: "Rider! Your power has ascended. Now, it's time to take everyone around you as well!"
"Stop right there!" Gu Xing rushed forward.
"Shut up!" Strange Man roared, "I defeated you a thousand years ago; this time, I won't make the same mistake!"
His body twisted, expanded, and cracked—
In an instant, it transformed into a gigantic, terrifying monster.
"What—?!" the three riders gasped.
APUNEH! (Monster language: "Charge!")
Countless monsters surged from all directions!
Chin Yoh shouted: "Yuen! Zhengjin!"
"Yeah!" The three riders charged into the swarm.
Strange Man suddenly grabbed Chin Yoh by the neck, lifting him high.
"Ha ha ha ha! I will become the new Rider! I will rule the world!"
Police Rider saw Chin Yoh's energy being drained and charged forward, raising his sword—
But Strange Man spun suddenly, claws piercing his abdomen!
"Zhengjin!!"
Chin Yoh struggled violently.
Strange Man sneered: "Human wisdom… Gu Xing, you have completely lost."
Gu Xing gritted his teeth: "You—"
Strange Man enhanced the suction again, and Chin Yoh's energy began being violently drained—
Darkness was closing in.