Because He Used a Hastily Made Rider System

The two legs of the mask-wielding beast precisely clamped down on the Face Stealer Kamen Rider's arms from above, while the scissors in its hands pierced down from the top of his head. The sharp points on both sides of the open scissors cut right into the sides of the Kamen Rider's eyes, slicing off the mask with its dual insect and mechanical features as easily as a hot knife through butter.

At the very moment the mask was removed, bursts of sparks suddenly erupted from Kamen Rider's body. Kamen Rider, who had been tightly bound by the Face Stealer's legs, was blown away in a manner reminiscent of a cicada shedding its shell. After rolling several times on the ground, he groaned in pain with his mouth open and eyes closed.

"It actually worked!" The Kamen Rider Face Stealer held up a hint of surprise, then burst into wild laughter.

"Hahahaha! It actually works! Now I'm the nemesis of Kamen Rider! The end of Kamen Rider has come!"

"What should we do?!" Baihe Hua, who was standing to the side, felt a sense of panic as she watched this scene. Not only her, but panic had spread among the onlookers.

Their panic, however, will provide more power to the Face Stealer. If today's events spread, the Face Stealer might even gain powers like the Kamen Rider Buster.

"What else can we do but go for it?"

Feng Xue sighed, knowing she couldn't let this Face Stealer grow up, and it manifested its "form" in front of Baihe Hua.

"Eh?" Baihe Hua was about to speak, but then remembered that she couldn't attract attention, so she quickly covered her mouth. Fortunately, the Japanese often used this gesture to hide sadness, despair, or fear, so it didn't seem out of place in the crowd where despair was spreading.

"Wait a minute, the Kamen Rider have already been defeated. What can you possibly do with your stamina of only 'E'?"

"Don't worry, I'm a long-range controlled Stand, so even if I'm defeated, it won't affect you."

Feng Xue waved her hand and walked towards the open space created by the crowd. As she got further away, Baihe Hua noticed that his body was beginning to change.

The abstract, eye-like markings on its body slowly disappeared, and its originally translucent body, which was mixed with the characteristics of mist and water, gradually took on color, eventually becoming indistinguishable from ordinary human skin.

When he reached the fallen Kamen Rider, he had transformed into a burly young man wearing an ordinary T-shirt, standing 1.95 meters tall, with an extremely ordinary and unremarkable appearance.

"Huh? How come there's suddenly someone else?" Rinka suddenly exclaimed, making Baihe Hua realize that what was supposed to be "Outside of Line of Sight" had now become visible to ordinary people. But what good was that?

Upon seeing the man who had suddenly appeared, Face Stealer's maniacal laughter vanished instantly. He gripped the Kamen Rider mask, his eyes fixed intently on the man.

Although on the surface it seems like Weird Tale someone ecstatic about successfully defeating Kamen Rider, his attention never wavered, but he completely failed to notice when this man actually appeared.

Regarding the focus on the Face Stealer Kamen Rider, Feng Xue casually tore off the Transformation Belt from the fallen Kamen Rider and tied it around his waist. Relying on the [original] Tag of [the First Kamen Rider], he instantly understood how the belt worked.

"So, they use technology to turn the Weird Tale they killed into cards, then release them all at once by crushing them? It looks a lot like the S-Clash Driver, but it seems rushed, with many parts left unfinished... Even for a real person to use, it would be quite a burden. No wonder you have dark circles under your eyes, you're such a pineapple..."

Feng Xue grinned, reached behind his waist, and pulled out a card. His Companion Phantom, the [Rider System], wasn't a fixed standard. He had previously manifested it as a bottle because the Omni-Press Drive was compatible, but he could also pull out transformation cards if he wanted.

The only problem is...

He had not collected any relevant information.

"But it doesn't matter." Feng Xue activated her Phantom Object ability, and the slain minions immediately transformed into streams of data that flowed into the blank crystal card. A pattern filled with all sorts of twisted monsters then appeared on the crystal card.

Seeing this, Face Stealer's vigilance rose again, and he frowned and asked:

Who exactly are you?

"I'm just a Kamen Rider passing by," Feng Xue narrowed his eyes, casually tossing the transformation card into the Transformation Belt. As the background music started playing, he pressed his hands on both sides of the Transformation Belt, looked at the Face Stealer, and said, "You better remember this."

As soon as she finished speaking, Feng Xue pushed with both hands, and the transformation Transformation Belt immediately flashed with a dazzling light. A transformation effect completely different from the previous Pineapple Pineapple Da Knight unfolded, and armor with a dual texture of plastic and metal enveloped his body. At the same time, a mechanical sound effect, utterly different from the Transformation Belt's built-in sound effects and filled with a chuunibyou (delusional) style, also rang out—

"Time to Transform!"

"Demons and monsters!"

"Kamen Rider-- "

"Evil Rider ~~"

Having completed her attire with its somewhat grotesque and adorable armor, Feng Xue glanced at the ukiyo-e style patterns on her body, too lazy to find a mirror, and looked directly at Face Stealer, saying:

"I'm in a hurry, could you please just die already?"

"Ha, you really dare to say that! Well then, let me show you the power of your comrades!"

The mask that had just been Face Stealer was pressed against his face. A bizarre mass of flesh, like rotting flesh, gushed out from the edge of the mask and enveloped the Face Stealer. Then, Kamen Rider, characterized by sharp blades and a pale, slippery, tattered cloak, appeared before him.

Without a word of complaint, Sensing the amplification from his Kamen Rider form, Face Stealer immediately launched an attack. His white tentacles, gleaming with a sharp, cold light, shot towards Feng Xue with an exaggerated effect reminiscent of Itano Circus (Note ①). In this respect alone, he had already far surpassed that defeated Kamen Rider.

But for Feng Xue, attacks categorized as projectiles were completely meaningless. The moment Face Stealer made his attack intention, all the projectile trajectories were already in his mind.

Faced with those dozens or even hundreds of tentacles, he didn't even think of moving an inch; he simply raised his right hand and flicked his finger.

"Smack!"

A sound, not particularly loud but very crisp, exploded in the air. A tentacle deflected at several times its speed as it flew, accurately striking a nearby tentacle.

In an instant, countless tentacles collided and intertwined, finally disintegrating completely less than ten centimeters from Feng Xue, tangling into a heavy ball of yarn, and falling to the ground.

Just as if she had merely flicked away a fly, Feng Xue disdainfully shook her hand, stepped out from under the ball of yarn, and looked at the clearly bewildered Face Stealer, saying:

"Sacrifice, count your sins!"

Itano Circus is a classic animation technique commonly seen in mecha anime featuring a barrage of missiles. It requires exceptional spatial imagination and hand-drawing skills and was created by Ichiro Itano, hence the name. It roughly depicts a series of missiles firing in unpredictable arcs and zigzags as they pursue their target.

It's worth mentioning that while these scenes look incredibly cool, they are extremely difficult to paint. There are numerous examples of masters being hospitalized because of painting circus scenes. Although there are now circus scenes painted in 3D, the effect is not as impactful as hand-painted ones.

If you don't know this, you can search for it on Bilibili; in short, it's a very impressive scene.