Love Live and Kamen Rider 40

"Please, I beg you, give me power! This is my only request, so please, lend me your strength!"

As he spoke, Senba Gari inserted the orange card into the right side of the Beast Soul Driver. Suddenly, a miracle occurred!

On the liquid crystal display of the Beast Soul Driver, an image of a Diamond ape with its fists colliding appeared, and then the driver emitted several synthesized mechanical sounds.

〖Vehicle armour appear〗

As the first mechanical sound faded, orange-yellow phantom armor manifested around various parts of Senba Gari's body.

〖Armed〗

Then, after the second mechanical sound, the orange-yellow phantom armor fully equipped Senba Gari.

〖Divine Diamond〗

His entire body was covered in heavy armor. The black reinforced skin and the orange-yellow armor featured irregular, earth-like patterns. His legs were encased in heavy orange-yellow greaves, while his hands were covered by orange-yellow gauntlets that left only his fingers exposed. He wore heavy shoulder pauldrons, and his helmet was shaped like the head of a Diamond with brown compound eyes.

"Bang!"

Divine looked at the Mole Mlortha charging toward him. His brown compound eyes flashed with a brown light, and simultaneously, Mole Mlortha felt a massive gravitational force pinning it heavily to the ground, making it almost impossible to breathe.

Divine stood up from the ground and slowly walked toward Mole Mlortha. With every step Divine took, the ground shook. When Divine reached Mole Mlortha, the creature suddenly felt the gravity vanish. Divine then lifted Mole Mlortha high into the air with one hand and delivered a heavy blow to its stomach with the other.

"Boom!"

Mole Mlortha was sent flying by Divine's punch, crashing through numerous stone pillars and walls along the way. Finally, it flew completely out of the ruins of the department store and collapsed onto the ground outside.

Mole Mlortha appeared before everyone, but it didn't notice its surroundings, staring in terror at the hole it had just been punched through. Everyone else followed its gaze toward the opening.

An orange-yellow armored figure—Divine—slowly emerged from the hole. Divine inserted a card featuring a pattern of a fist striking a rock into the gauntlet on his left hand.

〖Kill weapon〗

〖Energy storage〗

〖Heavy grinding〗

As the three mechanical sounds rang out, Mole Mlortha knelt on the ground in terror, begging Divine for mercy.

[P-please, spare me! I won't do it again!]

Watching Mole Mlortha's desperate plea, Divine said with disdain.

"Hah, spare you? Why didn't you think about the people you killed before? Why didn't you spare them! So, let the power of the earth put an end to your sins."

Divine then slammed his left gauntlet, which was flashing with intense orange-yellow light, heavily into Mole Mlortha.

"Bang!!!"

The light of an explosion erupted, scattering dust and fragments of Mole Mlortha into the air.

In the distance, on the roof of a building, Hagoromo Gitsune, dressed in a cherry-colored kimono, watched the scene quietly. Suddenly, behind her appeared a voluptuous woman with a fiery figure, wearing exceptionally revealing clothing and sporting purple hair that reached her waist. However, she kept her eyes tightly shut, as if she were blind.

Hagoromo Gitsune turned to look at the purple-haired woman and spoke.

"You took the initiative to come here and find me. Is there something you need, Medusa?"

Hagoromo Gitsune turned around, her expression blank, and looked coldly at Medusa with her purple eyes.

Although Medusa kept her eyes tightly shut like a blind person, she could still hear the coldness in Hagoromo Gitsune's tone. She didn't seem to mind, however, and spoke with a playful tone.

"Oh my~ Hagoromo, dear, don't be like that. I missed you, so I came to see you. Is that really so wrong~"

Hearing Medusa's words, Hagoromo Gitsune let out a soft laugh before scolding her.

"Hah, Medusa, I will warn you one more time: stop trying to get close to me! I have no affection for any of you! And I am already tired of you all!"

"Oh my~ Hagoromo, dear, don't be angry. If you don't want to see me, I'll leave right now. However, there are some things I simply must say."

Seeing that Hagoromo Gitsune was starting to get angry, Medusa prepared to leave, but she left a few words behind for her.

"Hagoromo, dear, I advise you: it would be best if you didn't harbor delusions of changing all of this. We cannot decide our own fates, because our fates were decided by someone else long ago."

With that, Medusa vanished from the spot, leaving Hagoromo Gitsune alone. Hagoromo Gitsune turned to look at Divine, who stood in the distance beneath the glow of the explosion, and whispered to herself in a voice only she could hear.

"Already decided, huh? No, perhaps he is the hope that will end all of this."

Then, Hagoromo Gitsune also vanished from the spot.

--Scene Change--

On the ground, people stared in disbelief at the armored figure in orange-yellow. Just a moment ago, he had defeated that Mole monster with a single punch. More importantly, the design of this armored figure was almost identical to the Kamen Rider from a great battle ten years ago.

As the fire faded, the figure of Mole Mlortha had vanished, and Ainosuke appeared in everyone's sight. A black diamond-shaped crystal floated out from Ainosuke's chest, shattered into fragments, and dissipated into the air. Divine pointed at Ainosuke lying on the ground and spoke to the police officers maintaining order nearby.

"Hey, officers over there, that guy is the culprit who caused this building to collapse. As for how he did it, you just saw it, didn't you?"

"Ah, ah, understood. Hey, you lot, take him away for medical treatment!"

The officer, seeing Divine pointing at Ainosuke, was stunned for a moment before quickly signaling the medical staff nearby to take Ainosuke away.

Just as Divine was preparing to leave, a male reporter with fluffy gray hair and brown eyes stopped him. Divine asked in confusion.

"Excuse me, is there something you need?"

"Hello, I am Ryo Ukawa, a reporter for Kanda News. Could you please tell me your name?"

Ryo Ukawa looked at Kamen Rider Divine with excitement, constantly inching closer to him.

"Ah, um, Divine, Kamen Rider Divine, may I ask what exactly is going on?"

"Oh, oh, a Kamen Rider? Could it be that Kamen Rider who disappeared ten years ago!"

"How would I know? Also, I'm leaving, don't block me, wait, who are you?"

Kamen Rider Divine had been prepared to ignore this strange reporter and was just about to leave when a little girl with soft, golden hair grabbed his hand, forcing him to stop.

"Arisa!"

In the distance, Eli Ayase noticed her younger sister Arisa had suddenly run up to Kamen Rider Divine and grabbed him, so she rushed over to Arisa's side and spoke to Kamen Rider Divine.

"I'm sorry, I didn't keep a close eye on my sister, I've caused you trouble."

Seeing that Eli Ayase and the others had made it out safely, a heavy weight lifted from Kamen Rider Divine's heart. He crouched down, patted Arisa on the head, and asked, "Well, it's no problem. So, little one, was there something you needed by pulling on me just now?"

"Um, Mr. Knight, could you please save the big brother? He fell into the underground with the monster to save Arisa and sister Nozomi."

"Oh, you mean him? Don't worry, he has already been rescued by my partner, so there's no need to worry."

Kamen Rider Divine said this while patting Arisa's head, thinking to himself at the same time.

Because I am standing right in front of you, little one.

"Really? That's great! Sister, did you hear that? The big brother is okay."

Arisa hugged Eli Ayase in excitement. Seeing her sister so happy, Eli Ayase thanked Kamen Rider Divine, though she didn't notice the corners of her mouth curling up slightly.

"I see, um, thank you."

"Alright, I'm leaving now, otherwise it's going to be a real hassle."

As he said this, Kamen Rider Divine turned to leave and called out to the vicinity; a moment later, a silver-white motorcycle slowly approached from the side.

"Phantom!"

〖Master, you finally came out.〗

When Kamen Rider Divine sat on it, the voice of Silver Phantom reached him.

"Yeah, and I'm starving to death, let's get out of here quickly."

〖Understood, Master. Also, Master, you've gotten heavier.〗

"That's none of my business."

"Kamen Rider Divine, is it."

Nozomi Tojo walked up to Eli Ayase, looked at the distant Kamen Rider Divine, and spoke thoughtfully.

First Meeting the Unicorn in a Dream

In a sky swept by wild winds, Senba Gari was lying quietly on a white cloud. The fact that his chest was rising and falling rhythmically indicated one thing: this guy was still sleeping.

[Hey, hey, kid, wake up! The sun is already hitting your butt!]

"Hmm?"

A voice reached Senba Gari's mind, and he slowly opened his eyes. He looked up, and what met his gaze was a jade-green unicorn. It had a pair of jade-green wings on its back, silver-white eyes, flowing, silky white mane, and a spiral silver horn on its forehead. Seeing this, Senba Gari's mind cleared instantly.

"Whoa, how did I end up in a strange place again? And who are you?!"

[Me? I am one of the forms of the Beast Soul Driver, the Hurricane Soul, the Unicorn. How about that? Pretty impressive, right?]

As it spoke, the Unicorn held its head high, wearing an expression that screamed, "I'm awesome."

"Oh, I see."

Senba Gari stared with dead fish eyes, looking at the Unicorn calmly. However, his calm reaction only made the Unicorn feel uneasy.

[Hey! Kid, do you have to be so calm?! At least give me some kind of reaction!]

"Please, I just dreamed of Diamond one last time, and the time before that I saw Fenrir in my dreams. I'm telling you, except for Garuda, why do you all love to drag me in here while I'm sleeping?!"

As he said this, Senba Gari flipped the table in front of him. (Where did you even get a table? [?_??] Senba Gari: Please, this is the world of a dream, so in a dream, anything is possible. ╮(‵▽′)╭)

[Uh, ahem, well, you know, since you humans like to add that whole "dream revelation" thing to your stories, we just wanted to give it a try.]

Seeing the veins beginning to bulge on Senba Gari's forehead, the Unicorn explained awkwardly.

"So you're just messing with me for fun, is that it?"

Hearing the Unicorn's explanation, the veins on Senba Gari's forehead didn't fade; instead, they multiplied. At the same time, his eyes were obscured by his black bangs, and black mist began to rise from his back. This scene made the Unicorn break out in a cold sweat, so it hurriedly said, [Uh, th-that, calm down, calm down! I'm here because I have something to ask of you, and you want my power, right? So please, just calm down.]

"Oh, alright, I've calmed down. Give me the power."

Hearing the Unicorn's words, the black mist behind Senba Gari dissipated, as if nothing had happened at all.

However, the Unicorn, having witnessed the entire process, thought to itself with a sigh of relief.

Holy crap, why are humans so terrifying nowadays? Damn you, Garuda, Fenrir, and that big oaf Diamond, you set me up!

Then, looking at Senba Gari, who acted as if nothing had happened, the Unicorn's mouth twitched slightly, and it said speechlessly.

[I'm saying, do you have to be so blunt? Forget it, just turn your head and look over there.]

Senba Gari followed the Unicorn's words and turned his head, discovering a massive tornado in front of him. Right in the center of the tornado, a jade-green wind eye symbol hung silently in place. Senba Gari then turned his head back to look at the Unicorn, puzzled.

"Is there something wrong with that tornado you want me to look at?"

Upon hearing Senba Gari's confusion, the Unicorn conjured a jade-green bow and placed it in front of Senba Gari, saying.

[See that wind eye symbol hanging in the middle of the tornado? As long as you use this bow to hit that symbol from here, I will hand my power over to you.]

"Oh, so you'll give me your power as long as I hit that wind eye symbol?"

[Mm, that's right. But can you actually hit it?]

At the same time, the Unicorn looked at Senba Gari with a provocative gaze.

"Whether I can hit it or not, I'll only know after I try!"

After speaking, Senba Gari took the jade-green bow placed before him into his hand, and then.

"Hey, Unicorn, where are the arrows?"

[Ah! I forgot.]

Hearing the Unicorn's words, Senba Gari looked at it with a twitching mouth.

[Ha, haha, an accident, just an accident.]

The Unicorn looked at Senba Gari awkwardly, then conjured a quiver of arrows in front of him.

Senba Gari then held the bow in his left hand and an arrow in his right, nocked the arrow, pulled the string, and released it.

"Whoosh."

Although the arrow had been fired, it was swept away by the winds surrounding the wind eye symbol. Senba Gari tried to fire another arrow, but he failed again.