"Could he be someone sent by Dai-Shocker?"
Thinking of this, Daiki Kaito couldn't help but glance at the Diendriver in his hand. This was the very item he had stolen from Dai-Shocker's secret research facility. Perhaps the Dark Decade had attacked him specifically for this.
Suddenly, the situation on the battlefield shifted yet again. While everyone was locked in a chaotic melee, several indiscriminate attacks rained down upon them.
BOOM!!!
The sudden explosions forced everyone to cease fire.
"Grrr-ah!"
A feral roar echoed from the distance. A new Rider figure, wielding a bow-shaped blade, came sprinting toward them. It was Kamen Rider Chalice!
"That guy is..." Kazuma Kendate, who had been unceremoniously knocked to the ground by his two "friends," looked up.
"The legendary Kamen Rider..."
"Chalice?" Sakuya Hishigata and Mutsuki Kuroha spoke in unison.
Before they could even react, Chalice engaged all three at once. In a matter of mere seconds, he completely overwhelmed them. Seizing the opening, he snatched the Blay Buckle from Kazuma, forcing him out of his transformation.
"What a troublesome subordinate," Decade remarked, watching from the sidelines in an impossibly flamboyant sitting posture. He stood up, drew his Ride Booker in Gun Mode, and aimed at Chalice, who was already moving to strike the other two.
Bang! Bang!
The shots drew Chalice's attention. "Are you the Rider who will bring destruction to this world?" Chalice demanded.
"I don't think there's a Rider with more heart than me, Mr. King of Hearts," Tsukasa Kadoya replied, delivering his now-iconic meme line.
"Lies and nonsense!" Chalice lunged at Decade.
Decade met the charge head-on. Seeing the two clash, Mutsuki Kuroha decided to launch a sneak attack on Chalice's back to avenge his earlier humiliation. However, his plan backfired, he succeeded only in drawing all of Chalice's aggro onto himself.
Chalice abandoned Decade and turned his fury toward him. He slashed a card through his signature weapon, the Chalice Arrow.
"BIO PLANT"
Instantly, several highly aggressive vines lashed out, hurtling toward Leangle. Terrified, Mutsuki Kuroha pulled a move straight out of Kamen Rider Ouja's playbook—a "Guard Vent" maneuver—grabbing Garren from the side to use as a human shield.
The unfortunate Garren was ensnared by the vines and ruthlessly battered by Chalice.
"You bastard!" Mutsuki watched from a distance, too afraid to close in. The sheer power of the legendary Rider terrified the rookie.
Just then, a Finishing Move sound effect rang out without warning.
[FINAL ATTACK RIDE!]
[DE-DE-DE-DECADE!]
Tsukasa Kadoya froze. I didn't do anything.
In the sky, a series of dimensional cards aligned in a row, locking onto Leangle. A pitch-black figure tore through the cards, delivering a devastating kick right into Leangle's chest!
BOOM!
A massive explosion erupted, sweeping up Garren who was trapped nearby. Both Riders were forcibly dematerialized, leaving the two men lying on the ground in a pathetic heap.
As the smoke cleared, the figure's identity was revealed.
"How interesting. How can you have a Rider Battle Royale and not invite me to join in?" Raven said teasingly as he landed.
Back at the studio, Natsumi was still exhausted and resting, so he had slipped away for a moment. With almost all the Riders of this world gathered in one place, it was a golden opportunity to harvest some cards. Besides the primary Riders, he was quite interested in some of the secondary ones, like Chalice and the rumored "Strongest Rider."
"Another one?" Chalice was stunned. He looked at Decade, then at this Dark Decade. "Whatever! I won't let any of you lay a finger on this world!"
Fueled by a burst of overconfidence, Chalice marked both Decades as enemies, intent on wiping them both out. The Paradoxa Undead, Kamata, moved to stand beside him.
"Don't get it twisted. I'm not with this guy," Tsukasa Kadoya said, immediately distancing himself. "He's the Destroyer of Worlds!"
Raven smiled faintly. In a flash, he aimed his Ride Booker and fired at Decade.
Bang! Bang! Bang!!
Caught off guard, Decade took several hits to the chest and was sent flying back into a pile of rubble.
"He's right," Raven said, turning his gaze toward Chalice and Kamakura.
"I don't care who you are!" Chalice switched his Chalice Arrow to Scythe Mode and charged at Raven, with Kamakura following close behind.
The two masterminds of this world had joined forces, yet Raven handled them with effortless grace.
"Too weak," Raven muttered. "Haven't you obtained the power of the Joker yet?"
Even while fighting them in close quarters with his Ride Booker in gun mode, Raven remained perfectly composed.
"You... how do you know about that?!" Chalice was shaken to the core, his deepest secret exposed so casually.
Raven didn't bother answering. Instead, he delivered a roundhouse kick that sent Chalice flying. Without even looking back, he fired a blind shot behind him, accurately striking the Paradoxa Undead as it attempted a sneak attack.
Bang! Bang! Bang!!
"Gaaah!"
The concentrated fire tore into the Undead, leaving both Chalice and Kamakura severely wounded and nearly unable to fight.
The sheer gap in power left the spectating Daiki Kaito in awe.
"In that case, let me spice things up a bit. Let's see how much you can really handle." Daiki inserted a card into his Driver to transform, then summoned three "enforcers."
Kamen Rider Ryuga, Kamen Rider Dark Kiva, and Kamen Rider Orga.
All were famous "Dark Riders"—the aces of his collection.
"Hyaaah!"
As these figures entered the fray, Kazuma and the others were utterly bewildered. Is this turning into a Rider mosh pit?
Orga swung his weapon down toward Dark Decade's shoulder. Raven didn't even flinch. He turned his head slowly, casting a cold glance at the attacker. For some reason, even as a summoned puppet, Orga felt a surge of genuine primal fear.
THWACK!
The next thing that awaited him was Raven's merciless fist.
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