Nyamu was already facing Rikuo, and Rikuo naturally heard her heart-wrenching shouts.
"Holy crap! World-class vocals! Tachibana-san? You've also transmigrated?"
Rikuo looked at the long-legged ghost that appeared behind Nyamu.
"Looks like it took the bait. This appearance looks like the long-legged person from the long-limbed and long-armed Anomalies in 'Wakan Sansai Zue'. It's a shame it threatened a passerby. Never mind, prepare for battle."
He pulled out his fountain pen, which transformed into the Blay Buckle, inserted the Ace of Spades, and assembled the belt in one smooth motion.
"Henshin!"
[Turn Up!]
A cold mechanical sound announced the appearance of the silver-blue Kamen Rider Blade.
"Looking closely, isn't this an acquaintance? Isn't this Nyamu?"
Rikuo, while taking out Undead cards from a storage box and placing them into the Blay Rouzer's card slot for easy use, ran towards Nyamu.
"Wah wah wah! There really is a Kamen Rider! Kamen Rider-san, please save me!"
Nyamu's tears scattered in the wind. Although she was a fragile high school student now, she felt she hadn't run this fast even during her middle school physical tests. Her ruby-like eyes saw Kamen Rider Blade rushing towards her, and, like grabbing a lifeline, she shouted with all her might. Unfortunately, she was speaking in the Kumamoto dialect, which Rikuo, not being a local, understood even less.
"Alright, alright, stop shouting. You're giving me a headache."
Rikuo's hearing was already enhanced by the Rider system, and listening to her heart-wrenching shout felt like it resonated within his armor.
"Listen to me, Nyamu, hold on tight to me later. I'll take it down in one hit."
Rikuo had already planned his combat strategy. The opponent's combat power was clearly average, so he would use a quick and decisive attack to resolve it. He grabbed the running Nyamu with the hand holding the Blay Rouzer, preventing a repeat of the previous hostage situation.
[Mach!]
[Fusion!]
"Now, count up your sins!"
Rikuo swiped the 9 of Spades (Ability: Enhances speed) AP cost: 1600, and the Jack of Spades (Ability: Allows Blade to assume Jack Form; Enables flight) AP cost: 2400. Then he tossed the Blay Rouzer aside and struck Kamen Rider W's signature pose.
Golden-brown wings unfolded behind Blade, and Rikuo, using the momentum of his run, soared into the air.
"Wah wah wah, I'm flying! Kamen Rider-san, please don't let go of me!"
"Alright, alright! Big sis, stop screaming!"
Nyamu watched herself get further and further from the ground. Although she felt safe in Blade's arms, her excited emotions couldn't stabilize for a while.
"Joker, aren't you s…"
"Blah blah! You guys wouldn't think I'm really weak, would you? You report every Anomaly you see! You noob, stop pretending to be some important NPC!"
Following Rikuo's taunts, his figure passed through the long-legged person. The two wings, gleaming like guillotine blades, showed their sharpness.
The long-legged person was cut in half at the waist, its body gradually fading.
"If you're weak, practice more! If you can't handle losing, don't play! The past is the past! Now is now!"
Rikuo finally felt the satisfaction of instantly defeating a monster. The previous two times, once it was a mechanic monster and he didn't have any Undead cards (except for the Ace of Spades for transformation), and once he couldn't win head-on, so he relied on speed and flexibility to take a hostage.
Rikuo threw a blank card towards the long-legged person. As the Anomaly twisted, the Undead card flew back into Rikuo's hand.
"The 5 of Spades - Kick Locust? (Ability: Increases the power of flying side kicks; AP cost: 1000) Not bad, now I have all the 'Raizu-den' cards."
Rikuo paused to think for a moment and did not de-transform in front of Nyamu.
"Are you still live-streaming?"
"Ah ah! I forgot all about it!"
Nyamu looked at her live-stream room on her phone and saw that the bullet comments had changed from worry to "Nyamuchi-chan's dialect is so cute," "She's cute even when she's flustered," "Kamen Rider is so cool," "Is this real," "Mom, I'm flying," and "Pretend to be AC and it'll make you fly."
The number of viewers for the live stream also surged, from 2-3,000 at the beginning to 50,000, and her follower count increased from 280,000 (she had 320,000 when she first appeared in the show, but this is still the beginning of MyGO!!!) to 310,000, and it would likely continue to grow as the hot topic spread.
"Can you point the live-stream camera at me? I need to give some warnings."
"Yes, Kamen Rider-san."
Nyamu walked back to Rikuo with her selfie stick, pointing the camera at both of them, and even made a peace sign in front of the lens.
"Konnichi Nyamu Nyamu! Kamen Rider-san has a few words to say, everyone in the live stream, please listen carefully!"
"Hello everyone in the live stream, I am Kamen Rider Blade. I don't have much to say, just two points of warning: try to stay indoors after 5 PM every day. If you absolutely can't, please avoid places with few people; and absolutely do not play supernatural-related games or do ghost-hunting activities. As you just saw, Anomalies are real, and I won't always be there when everyone encounters danger."
Rikuo looked at the Undead card in his hand and thought of another point, holding it up to show.
"If you encounter, or already possess, this type of card, please hand it over to me. Um, you can contact Nyamuchi. The name of this card is Undead card, and its existence will attract Anomalies. If you don't want to be targeted by things like what you just saw, please private message Nyamuchi."
Rikuo chose not to reveal the information that Undead cards have abilities. Although some people might figure it out from watching the live-stream recording, it could at least deter some people from collecting them. As for Nyamu, she was Sakiko's future teammate after all. Although she often annoyed Sakiko, she was, in a roundabout way, a future ally.
"Nyamuchi, could I trouble you to act as an intermediary to collect them? Don't worry, I will be present when receiving the cards."
Nyamu wouldn't miss out on such a massive surge in popularity!
'This is truly traffic coming directly to me, Lucky! I must make good use of this wave of traffic to earn a fortune this time!'
"Of course, Kamen Rider-san! Can I add your LINE?"
"It's not impossible, but you have to turn off the live stream first. I have some things I want to tell you privately."
Nyamu obediently said a simple goodbye to her audience and then closed the live stream. Rikuo first went to inform Tanaka Ninosuke that the matter was resolved and he could go back.
"Nyamu, is the live stream off? Don't secretly record any video or audio."
"It's off, Kamen Rider-san. I don't do one-off deals. Let's reintroduce ourselves, my name is Yuutenji Nyamu."
Rikuo also de-transformed, revealing his true face.
"My name is Kamiyama Rikuo, and just now, I was Kamen Rider Blade."
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