Love Live and Kamen Rider 28

After being let in by the gatekeeper, Senba Gari walked around and noticed that there seemed to be an unusually large number of cherry blossom trees here.

"No wonder Mom likes this place so much; after all, it has the cherry blossoms she loves, and the style is the complete opposite of that ridiculously extravagant UTX."

Looking at the cherry blossom groves on both sides of the path, Senba Gari sighed with emotion, when suddenly a girl's voice reached his ears.

"Hey! Who are you! Don't you know that boys are forbidden from entering Otonokizaka?!"

Turning around, he saw two high school girls. One was a girl with a blonde ponytail and blue eyes, possessing an air of both Western and Eastern elegance, while the other had purple twin-tails, emerald eyes, and a curvaceous figure that put other girls to shame, all while wearing a constant, smiling expression.

"Hey! I'm talking to you! How did you get in here?!" Seeing that Senba Gari didn't respond, the blonde girl questioned him loudly.

"Ah, ah, sorry. I've been working away from home and only just returned these past few days, so I came here to take a look at the alma mater my mother used to attend."

Startled by the blonde girl's shout, Senba Gari snapped back to reality and explained himself after seeing her angry expression.

"Hmph, is that so? Regardless, please leave. This is an all-girls school, and males are prohibited from entering."

"Oh, is that right? Alright then, goodbye."

Seeing the serious look on the blonde girl's face, Senba Gari had no choice but to leave helplessly.

After seeing Senba Gari leave, Nozomi Tojo turned to Eli Ayase.

"Eli-chi, what's wrong? Why would you be like that to a stranger?"

"I didn't want to, Nozomi, but I really don't know how to find the boy who saved Arisa. I'm just so frustrated right now."

Eli Ayase had originally wanted to use the USB drive the police gave her to find that boy. When she and Nozomi Tojo watched it, she cried—yes, she cried, and Nozomi Tojo beside her also had red-rimmed eyes.

That boy had fired his weapon to save Arisa when she was in despair, and comforted her when she was helpless. He could have easily abandoned Arisa and fled to save his own life, and no one would have blamed him, but he didn't. Instead, he stayed behind to hold off the monster, letting Arisa escape alone.

Even though they were complete strangers, he was willing to stay behind alone. Seeing the boy being swatted away by the monster time and time again, only to stand back up in front of it, she had already started crying. If it weren't for him, Arisa might have died. But when she watched the rest, the camera signal had been lost. When the signal returned, the boy had already vanished. The key point was, why didn't it capture his face!

Because all they knew was that the other party had black hair, Eli Ayase felt incredibly depressed.

"Well, Eli-chi," Nozomi Tojo said, pulling Eli Ayase back to reality, "Actually, I think the boy you just chased away looks a bit like the person who saved little Arisa."

"Eh! Nozomi, why didn't you say so sooner? Ah~ forget it, it might not even be him anyway. Yeah, yeah, that's right, that must be it." Eli Ayase blushed, trying to find a way to save face.

Ah~ Eli-chi is so cute when she's like this, Nozomi Tojo thought to herself.

"Ah, today is really unlucky. Come to think of it, that blonde girl looked so familiar." Senba Gari muttered to himself as he walked.

"Help! Someone help! My bag was stolen!"

"Hanayo-chan, stop calling out, get up quickly, nya!"

Looking toward the source of the sound, he saw a girl with short brown hair and glasses sitting on the ground, while another girl with short orange hair was trying to help her up. Not far from them, a delinquent was holding a lady's handbag and preparing to speed away on a motorcycle.

"Hey, are you two alright?" Senba Gari ran up to the two girls and asked.

"We're fine. By the way, senior, can you get Hanayo-chan's bag back?" the orange-haired girl pleaded with Senba Gari.

"Sure, just wait here for a moment." After saying that, Senba Gari turned and chased after the delinquent.

"Thank you, senior!" ×2

"Heh, looks like there's still something to do today."

A mischievous smile played on Senba Gari's lips as he watched the delinquent in the distance.

It was about to go down!

"Heh, looks like there's still something to do today."

A mischievous smile played on Senba Gari's lips as he watched the delinquent in the distance.

But the other party had already started riding the motorcycle down the road.

"Oh no, senior, the bad guy is about to get away, nya!"

The orange-haired girl beside him looked at the delinquent who had already left and said anxiously to Senba Gari.

However, Senba Gari simply walked toward a trash can, picked up the lid, grabbed one end, and assumed a standard discus-throwing stance.

Alright, let's look, aim at the sleazy guy in front, 3, 2, 1, launch! Perfect, a direct hit, the target has lost the ability to fight. This duel is a victory for Senba Gari.

Cough cough, alright, ignore that slip of the tongue, the real show starts now.

"Most people would just grab it and run, but you, you're actually riding your motorcycle leisurely like you're out sightseeing."

Looking up at the departing delinquent, Senba Gari poured all his strength into his right arm and forcefully hurled the metal trash can lid toward the delinquent's head. (Kid, you've really trained yourself a fearsome arm. Senba Gari: Hey, that's enough out of you.)

"Bang." That was the sound of the lid hitting the delinquent's helmet. Then, the unlucky motorcycle hit a raised stone on the road, and the bike, the person, and the bag all flew into the air. (Is this the legendary triple-flight!!! Senba Gari: No one will think you're mute if you don't talk!!!)

"Clang." That was the sound of the lid hitting the ground.

"Thud." That was the sound of the motorcycle falling over.

"Plop." That was the sound of the unlucky delinquent hitting the ground.

"Pat." That was the sound of the brown-haired girl's bag hitting the ground.

Senba Gari twitched his mouth as he walked toward the girl's bag, bent down, and picked it up with incredibly fluid movements. (Kid, honestly, how long have you been practicing? Senba Gari: ... (Click) Sound of a pistol being cocked. Wait, wait?! ∑(°Д°ノ)ノ What are you doing? Help, help me! (Bang!) The author is dead, but the updates continue.)

"Wow~ Senior is so amazing, nya~"

The orange-haired girl helped the other brown-haired girl over to Senba Gari.

"It's alright, take it."

Senba Gari turned around and handed the bag back to the girl with short brown hair.

Suddenly, that unlucky delinquent stood up, his helmet falling off his head to reveal what was underneath.

A green mohawk, buck teeth, and earrings in his ears—yep, a total punk, confirmed, ahem.

But his eyes were hollow, and he glared at Senba Gari and the two short-haired girls with a ferocious expression.

"Senior! Look out! Behind you!"

The girl with short orange hair pointed at Senba Gari's back in terror.

"Hm, not good, you two need to leave, quickly."

Senba Gari turned around and saw ominous black energy radiating from the delinquent. He immediately shouted at the two girls. This black energy felt incredibly familiar to Senba Gari, because it was...

"Mlortha!"

Senba Gari stared at the delinquent with a grave expression, while the people in this area had likely already fled.

"You two should leave as well," Senba Gari said to the two girls still by his side.

"But..."

"Let's go, Hanayo-chan, we'll only be a burden here."

"Senior, please be careful, nya."

The girl with short brown hair seemed hesitant, but she was pulled away by the other girl with short orange hair. She called out to Senba Gari before they hurried off into the distance.

Gradually, the black energy enveloped the delinquent, and as it dissipated, his figure had been replaced by an ugly creature.

It resembled a humanoid giant rat, clad in grey ancient armor, with short claws, a thin, long pink tail, scarlet eyes, and large buck teeth that seemed capable of biting through steel.

"Squeak~!!!"

Then, Rat Mlortha charged straight toward Senba Gari.

Seeing Rat Mlortha rushing at him, Senba Gari dove to the side, and Rat Mlortha just barely grazed past him.

After rolling on the ground a few times, Senba Gari landed on one knee.

"Looks like it's time to get to work again."

He pulled a pitch-black card from his pocket. Both sides of the card featured red patterns: the front displayed the image of the bird-headed, human-bodied Divine Garuda, while the back featured a geometric diamond pattern.

"Appear!"

As soon as he spoke, several silver beams of light suddenly wove together from Senba Gari's waist to form a uniquely shaped belt, and then the silver light intensified.

The Transformation Device for Kamen Rider Divine, which he had used in Akihabara that day, appeared once again on Senba Gari's waist.

"Transform!"

Senba Gari inserted the card into the right side of the belt's Transformation Device, and the LCD screen on the belt displayed the same red bird-headed, human-bodied Divine Garuda pattern as the card.

Subsequently, the belt emitted a synthesized mechanical voice.

〖Vehicle Armour Appear〗

Then, phantom images of fire-red armor appeared around various parts of Senba Gari's body, followed by another synthesized mechanical voice.

〖Armed〗

Once the second mechanical voice finished, the fire-red armor phantoms fully equipped Senba Gari.

〖Divine Garuda〗

As the third mechanical voice faded, a fire-red figure stood in the spot where Senba Gari had been.

Kamen Rider Divine, reporting for duty!

"Now, let the hunt begin!"

The red figure and the grey-black beast.

The battle was now on the verge of breaking out!

Gaia Descends

The once bustling street was now completely empty—oh wait, there were still two figures there.

The fire-red armored figure and the grey-black beast were both staring intensely at each other.

At this moment, Rat Mlortha suddenly moved, its actions extremely swift as it charged toward Divine.

"This guy's prototype must be a rat, and since its arms are relatively short, its attack methods should be its teeth and tail."

Seeing Rat Mlortha charging at him, Divine didn't rush to dodge. Instead, he analyzed the characteristics of Rat Mlortha; after all, knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to victory—a lesson one of his seniors had taught him.

Seeing that Divine didn't move, Rat Mlortha assumed he was too scared to react, so it opened its mouth wide, its two large upper and lower buck teeth poised to bite down hard on Divine.

"Snap." But just as it was about to bite down, Divine used both hands to forcefully prop open Rat Mlortha's jaws, one hand pushing up and the other pushing down.

Now, Rat Mlortha couldn't close its mouth, as it remained held open by Divine's hands.

"Heh, little guy, daring to show up in front of me? What's wrong? Scared now?"

Divine pried at the jaws of Rat Mlortha with all his might while taunting it.

However, Rat Mlortha did not panic; instead, a hint of mockery appeared in its eyes before its tail suddenly whipped fiercely toward Divine's waist.

Oh no! I was careless!

The moment Divine saw the look in Rat Mlortha's eyes and its subsequent movement, he lifted his left foot and kicked directly at the creature's stomach.

"Screech!"

"Ugh."

Although Divine managed to kick Rat Mlortha away, he was still struck by its tail, leaving a shallow whip mark across his waist.

"Damn it, I actually forgot that this thing was born from the expansion of the dark side of a human heart, so it's no surprise it possesses human-like thinking."

"Squeak, squeak-squeak, squeak-squeak-squeak."

Looking up, he saw Rat Mlortha mocking him, its long, thin tail flicking back and forth behind it, looking quite pleased with itself.

"Bastard! You'll get yours in a moment; you've forced me to get serious."

Divine reached into the Card Box on the right side of his belt and pulled out a card. The card was entirely black, with red patterns on both sides. The back featured a diamond motif, while the front depicted a strange, fiery-red military saber. Upon closer inspection, the blade was etched with feather patterns, and the bottom edge of the card had regular, grooved indentations that perfectly matched the slot on top of the Transformation Device.

Divine then slid the card horizontally across the top of the Transformation Device, and the device emitted two dull, synthesized mechanical sounds.

〖 Weapon appeared 〗

〖 Flow flame plume blade 〗

The weapon card in Divine's hand turned into flames, taking the shape of a blade in his right hand. As the flames dissipated, the appearance of the weapon was revealed.

It had a long, wide blade with red feather patterns etched into the silver-white steel. The handguard was shaped like a pair of half-folded wings, with a flame-shaped red gemstone set in the center.

Divine gripped the Flame Feather Blade with both hands, channeled a portion of his spiritual power into his legs, and erupted with unprecedented speed, charging right in front of Rat Mlortha.

"Squelch."

Divine raised the Flame Feather Blade and slashed down at Rat Mlortha, sending a shower of sparks flying as he carved a deep gash into its body.