Seito University Hospital room

"Where am I…?" Hiiro muttered as he woke up.

"You're awake, Prodigy?"

"Hey, awake already?"

"Examiner… and Schoolgirl… if you're here, then is this Seito University Hospital…?"

"That's right, I heard you had a rough time."

"Yeah, from that time…"

Hiiro reminisced the fight with Para-DX.

7 hours ago

"Well then, shall we begin, Hiiro-sensei?"

"As you wish… I'll cut you down!"

Brave sent a slash towards Para-DX. She avoided all of the attacks with her agile movements, and gained some distance from Brave.

Steeling!

Para-DX tried to use the energy item to defend against Brave's attack.

However…

"Hyah!"

"What…"

Brave used his Energy Item-disabling magic to nullify Para-DX's Steeling energy item, and at that moment, he unleashed a sword flare at her.

"Not bad, I love it… now my heart is boiling!"

KNOCK OUT FIGHTER!

…The strongest fist! Round 1! Rock and fire! …The strongest fist! Round 1! Rock and fire!

"Dai Henshin!"

Dual Up! Explosion hit! Knock Out Fighter!

"Here I come… HAH!" Para-DX, who had transformed into Fighter Gamer, exclaimed and closed the distance towards Brave. Brave fought with skill, dodging the attacks and defending himself with his swords when he couldn't avoid them. However…

"Agh! Uaagh!"

Pain shot through his body, and he dropped his sword as his transformation was canceled.

"What's going on… why…"

"Huh… what's wrong with you?"

Present

"And then told those students to call an ambulance…"

"I see…"

"Why did that happen… the last time I used it, nothing happened…?" Hiiro wondered.

"I know exactly what it is… you're overworked."

"What… did you say…?"

"You haven't slept much in the past few days because of your thesis, and the lack of sleep has lowered your strength and immunity, which is why you couldn't handle the Level 50 Gashat this time."

"I see… so I am at fault here…" Hiiro muttered to himself as he realized that the cause was overwork.

"Yo! You look like you're awake, mister!"

"Hello."

"Hi…"

Gentaro, Yuki and Kengo came into the room where Hiiro was staying.

"You're the student from that time."

"Ooh, you guys called me to inform that Prodigy fainted…"

"Err… who?"

But since it was the first time for Nico to meet these three teenagers today, she wondered who they were, unlike Hiiro, who he fought with in the morning, and Kiriya, who had come in ambulance to pick up Hiiro.

"Gentaro Kisaragi! I'm Kamen Rider Fourze, the protector of Amanogawa High School!"

"I am Yuki Jojima, a member of the Kamen Rider Club and Gen-chan's friend!"

"Kengo Utahoshi."

Gentaro, Yuki, and Kengo introduced themselves to them.

"I see, I am Hiiro Kagami, Kamen Rider Brave, thank you for helping me out that time."

"Don't worry, we're fellow Kamen Riders, right!?"

"That's right, Riders should help each other."

Gentaro and Yuki told Hiiro.

"What brings you here, anyway?"

"Aah, actually, Hiiro-sensei, I need you for something."

"You need me for what?" Hiiro raised an eyebrow.

And then…

"Since you and I are both Kamen Riders, let's be buddies!" Gentaro said proudly.

"Buddies… you mean friends… what is your purpose?"

"There's no complicated purpose in being buddies! Me and Hiiro-sensei! I want to be buddies with you! That's the only reason." Gentaro said.

"It's good, right? You don't seem to have any friends, sensei." Kiriya teased.

"Yeah, that's true." Nico nodded sagely.

"Examiner! Schoolgirl!"

"There, there, Prodigy, we only life once, you'd better make the most of every encounter."

"Ooh! You've got a good point! What's your name!?"

"Kiriya Kujo, medical examiner and Kamen Rider at this hospital."

"Ooh! You're a Kamen Rider too! Then let's be buddies too, Kujo-sensei!"

Gentaro held out his hand to Kiriya.

"Ah, okay!"

Without hesitation, he grabbed Gentaro's hand and they exchanged a few fist bumps in a show of friendship.

"Now you and I are buddies, Kujo-sensei!"

"Aah, since we're friends, feel free to call me Kiriya."

"Alright, Kiriya-sensei!"

And then…

"Yosh, then, Hiiro-sensei! And…"

"I am Nico Hanaya."

"I see! Then Nico! And Hiiro-sensei, let's be buddies as well!"

"Ehh, sorry, I'll pass, I'm not really into that kind of stuff." Nico raised both hands with a weirded out expression.

"Me too, sure you're a Kamen Rider like me, but just because we're both Kamen Riders doesn't mean we have to be friends, for that, no thank you."

Nico and Hiiro both shot Gentaro's offer.

"So cold…"

"I think Hiiro-sensei… it's just like old Kengo-kun…"

"Oi, what do you mean by that…?"

Kengo and Yuki muttered when they saw the scene. However…

"Alright… I'll never give up! We'll become buddies someday!"

"No, why would you do that!?"

"The more stubborn a guy is, the more I want to be his friend!"

"That's absurd…"

Hiiro coughed lightly.

"So, is that what you came to me about?"

"No, there's one more thing, the… what's it called again? …Bugster…"

"Bugster Virus."

"Oh, right, sorry, Kengo, the person infected with it is my fellow student, and I need to help."

"We're from a club called the Kamen Rider Club that protects Amanogawa High School from monsters, so I thought I could do something to help…"

Gentaro and Yuki told Hiiro and asked him to let them see the patient.

"…Fine, then."

"Ooh! Really!?"

"But on one condition, Delinquent."

"D-delinquent… you mean me?"

"Yeah, tell me about that Kamen Rider system you are using, and schoolgirl… you."

"M-me?"

"Do you have something you like?" Hiiro asked Yuki.

"Something I like? Well, there are a lot… I like Sputnik, Apollo 11, Shun-kun and…"

"Enough, then you are Space Student."

"Eh!? I'm the Space Student?"

"Yeah, you, tell me about the Kamen Rider Club."

Hiiro put his lab coat and led the three of them to CR.

Meanwhile

Amanogawa High School

This is a private high school located in a certain part of Seito, and it is a relatively free high school that develops and respects the individuality of its students. It was 15:50 in the afternoon, and all the students were either going home or going to their club activities.

School basement

In a dimly lit space with bright red walls, two monsters were talking to each other.

"So that means that Fourze has finally made contact with the Ministry of Health's Kamen Rider… is that right, Scorpion?"

"Yes, in addition to Fourze causing trouble alone, the Ministry of Health has also become an enemy, making it difficult for us to carry out our plans…" The monster called Scorpion said to Leo Zodiarts.

"You're taking things a little too seriously…"

A man walked into the room and sat down on a round white chair in the middle of the room.

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"Hayami-sama… but I'm afraid that these Ministry of Health's Gamer Riders are so powerful that they may become a threat to us Horoscopes if left unchecked…"

"Maybe right… but, according to my information, they have their hands full with the Bugster and Devil Viruses, and they don't have time to worry about us Zodiarts, so I'm sure there will be some interference, but it should not last long. In fact, we need to hurry up and get the 12 Horoscopes together before they launch a full-scale offensive, and at the same time create an army of Zodiarts, so our plans will continue as before… what do you think, Scorpion?"

"If you say so, Hayami-sama…" Scorpion replied.

"And who is the student you are targeting?"

"That's the thing… it's a little tricky…"

Hayami took out a red switch and pressed it, transforming him into a black-colored monster, Libra Zodiarts.

"Tell me more about it…"

Ah, Gentaro, what will you do when meeting OOO and Ex-Aid? Those two aren't friend material, like at all.

By the way, the kanji that form Seito City's name are Sei (Holy) and To (City), so Seito means "Holy City".