Love Live and Kamen Rider 45

Divine was truly about to explode with rage. Just as he was wondering how to vent his frustration, the eagle Mlortha gripped the money bag in its beak with its talons and shouted at Divine and his companion.

[Hey! Are you two here to perform a comedy routine? Let me tell you, I'm a very busy guy! My time is worth hundreds of thousands of yen an hour!]

"Who cares if your time is worth hundreds of thousands of yen! Do you have to be so blatant about robbing a bank? I'm in a foul mood right now, and since you're still here, I'm going to take it out on you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Divine flapped the flame wings on his back and charged rapidly toward the eagle Mlortha. Just as he was about to reach it, Divine raised the Flame Feather Blade in his hand for a diagonal slash, but the eagle Mlortha avoided it by soaring upward. However, it was then struck by a blue energy projectile suddenly fired by Silver Phantom. Seeing this, Divine flew upward and unleashed an upward slash at the eagle Mlortha.

Seeing that the situation was turning against it, the eagle Mlortha threw the money bag from its talons toward Divine, then quickly flew toward the high sky, its figure disappearing as it hid within the clouds.

Divine had originally intended to slash at the eagle Mlortha, but instead, he cut a large hole in the money bag thrown at him. Both Divine and Silver Phantom had their vision blocked by the massive amount of banknotes spilling out from the bag, which was exactly what allowed the eagle Mlortha to escape.

When Divine and Silver Phantom tried to look for the eagle Mlortha again, they couldn't even find a single bird feather. Divine turned back and saw Silver Phantom counting a few banknotes in its hand, so he questioned it.

"Where did you get that money?!"

〖It was just money that spilled out of the bag. Rather than letting it fall to the ground for someone else to pick up—and since no one was watching—I simply picked up the bills that were floating near me.〗

"...How much did you pick up?!"

〖Exactly five thousand, master.〗

(Me: What happened to being a Kamen Rider?! What happened to being a superhero?! What kind of mess are you two making?! (╯°Д°)╯︵┻━┻

Senba Gari: I don't have money to pay-to-win for gear, I only have the starter equipment! You want me to go die? ╮(￣⊿￣)╭

Silver Phantom: Master, let's be honest, we're actually running out of money for food, aren't we? →_→

Me: ...Suddenly, I feel a bit sorry for you guys. →_→

Senba Gari: ...Tsk, that's only because I just became a teacher and haven't been paid yet. I wouldn't want to be in this position otherwise ㄟ(▔ ,▔)ㄏ)

A Frantic Day

Near the bank in Chiyoda City, Senba Gari was sitting on Silver Phantom in its motorcycle form, silently watching the people cleaning up the aftermath not far ahead. Suddenly, a melodious ringtone erupted from Senba Gari's pocket. He unlocked his phone and held it to his ear.

"Hello, who is this?"

"Gari, can you tell Aunt Minami why you aren't answering my calls?" Kotori Minami's voice came through the phone, though her tone was gloomy, sending a cold sweat down Senba Gari's back.

"Ah, haha, did I? I, I didn't receive any calls?"

〖Master, I just checked your phone's missed call log. There are five in total. They probably came in while we were fighting just now.〗 Silver Phantom reminded Senba Gari.

After hearing Silver Phantom's words, the cold sweat on Senba Gari's body increased even more.

"Uh, well, Aunt Minami, let me explain!"

Before Senba Gari could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Kotori Minami.

"Gari! I don't care what you're doing right now! You get back here and teach immediately! Do you hear me!"

"Yes! I'll be back to teach right away!"

"Mm, very good, that's better. Beep—"

With that, Kotori Minami hung up the phone.

"Phew~ My god, has Aunt Minami hit menopause? Why is she getting more and more terrifying?"

Senba Gari breathed a sigh of relief, then rode Silver Phantom toward Otonokizaka.

On the way, Senba Gari said to Silver Phantom.

"Phantom, help me look into the recent movements and background of that bird-man. I have a use for it."

〖Understood, master.〗

--Passing by--

During lunch break, under a large tree in the center of the Otonokizaka courtyard, Honoka Kosaka was eating lunch with Umi Sonoda and Kotori Minami.

"Honestly, Gari-nii is missing again?" Kotori Minami said, her mood somewhat dissatisfied.

"Kotori, I'm a bit curious, what kind of person is this new teacher, Senba?" Honoka Kosaka asked with curiosity.

"Honoka, isn't it a bit shameless to ask about a strange boy like that!" Umi Sonoda looked at Honoka sternly.

"Well, I'm just curious about the new teacher. Aren't you curious, Umi?" As she spoke, Honoka kept staring into Umi's eyes.

"Well, I am curious, but it's still a bit..." Seemingly embarrassed by Honoka's gaze, Umi turned her head away with a slight blush.

"Being curious is fine! So, Kotori, hurry up and tell us."

"Hey! Honoka, are you even listening to me?"

"Mm, actually, there's not much to tell. It's just that Gari-nii and I knew each other when we were little because our mothers were friends. I was five when I first met him, and he was only seven. Ever since then, he's taken care of me like an older brother." Speaking of this, Kotori's eyes were filled with nostalgia. "And every time I was bullied by other kids, Gari-nii would always stand up for me. When I was unhappy, he would always make me laugh, so I've always thought of him as a brother. But later, due to some accidents, Gari-nii left here with his father when he was eight."

"Wow, I didn't expect Teacher Senba to be such a good person. I'm so envious of you, Kotori, to have such a great older brother. Don't you think so, Umi?" After hearing Kotori Minami's story, Honoka looked at her with stars in her eyes.

"That's true, but I think Teacher Senba seemed a bit scatterbrained earlier." Umi Sonoda suddenly thought of how Senba Gari had been driven to the brink of a breakdown by the girls in their class earlier, which couldn't help but make her think he was a bit ditzy.

"Haha, is that so? Actually, aside from being a bit black-bellied and scatterbrained at times, he's really a good person." As she said this, Kotori Minami also recalled Senba Gari's scatterbrained performance during his self-introduction to Honoka Kosaka and Umi Sonoda, and she couldn't help but have black lines appear on her forehead.

"Achoo! Strange, who's talking about me?"

Suddenly, a voice in front of them caught their attention. Looking up, they saw Senba Gari walking toward them. When he saw them, he greeted them.

"Yo, it's almost time for class, and you're still here?"

"Brother Gari, where did you run off to just now?"

"Me? I just suddenly had some urgent business to take care of, so don't ask about it, little girl~" As he spoke, Senba Gari placed his hand on Minami Kotori's head and ruffled her hair. Honestly, the texture was really great.

"Alright, class is about to start, you guys hurry back to the classroom. I should head over to the third-year building too." Taking his hand down, Senba Gari said to Minami Kotori and the other two.

"Oh, then Brother Gari, are you going to walk home with us after school?"

"No, I came by motorcycle, and I have other things to do, so sorry about that."

"Okay, let's go, Honoka." Hearing Senba Gari's refusal, a flash of disappointment crossed Minami Kotori's eyes.

With that, Minami Kotori left the area with Honoka Kosaka and Umi Sonoda.

At the entrance of Class 3-A, Senba Gari looked somewhat hesitant. Honestly, he was scared now; if it happened again, he didn't even want to think about it.

"Forget it! What's coming will come!"

Saying this, Senba Gari pulled the door open and walked inside. Turning his head, he saw the entire class staring at him. Of course, Eli Ayase and Nozomi Tojo were looking at him too, though there was an inexplicable smile on Nozomi Tojo's face. He didn't pay it any mind, however, and walked to the podium to look at the girls.

"Hello everyone. I think you already know, but I am Senba Gari, the new World History teacher who arrived today. Please take care of me. Now, let's begin the lesson."

The subsequent class process will be skipped. Along the way, Senba Gari was still feeling relieved that he could catch a break, but then, after class ended.

"Teacher..."

"Teacher..."

"Teacher..."

"I was wrong! I was truly wrong! I shouldn't have held onto hope. I'm really going to go crazy today! Someone save me!"

Looking at the girls surrounding him, Senba Gari cried out for help in a frenzy.

Suddenly, a small hand grabbed him and pulled him out.

Instant kill! Defeated! Seven-HBrute Ghost Samurai Muramasa!

"Phew~ female students these days are truly terrifying. By the way, thanks, you two."

Having run outside the school gate of Otonokizaka, Senba Gari said to Eli Ayase and Nozomi Tojo beside him.

"It's nothing. You helped me before, so consider this me paying you back. Now we're even." Eli Ayase said to Senba Gari in her usual cold tone.

Hearing Eli Ayase's words, Senba Gari helplessly raised his right hand, which was still being held by her, and said.

"Is that so? But could you please stop holding your teacher's hand? Little student Eli Ayase~"

As he spoke, the corners of Senba Gari's mouth curled up as he looked at Eli Ayase. He saw her pretty face flush red, and she hurriedly let go of his hand.

"Oh my, Eli-chi, your face is very red~" At this moment, Nozomi Tojo looked at Eli Ayase's flustered face with a mischievous smile.

"W-what are you talking about? Nozo, you must have seen it wrong!" Eli Ayase said to Nozomi Tojo in a panic.

"Is that so~ So I saw it wrong, huh? Then, Teacher Gari, would you like to escort us two beautiful girls home~" Nozomi Tojo said, looking at Senba Gari with an ambiguous expression.

"Who calls themselves a beautiful girl? Although you two are indeed beautiful girls, I came by motorcycle, and I have other things to do, so I won't be joining you. Bye-bye." With that, Senba Gari ran to the opposite side of the road and rode away on the Silver Phantom.

"Geez, Nozo? What's wrong?" Watching the direction Senba Gari left in with some disappointment, she turned back to see Nozomi Tojo still staring intently at the direction he had vanished, so she asked.

"Ah, ah, it's nothing. Let's go, Eli-chi." Nozomi Tojo pulled Eli Ayase's hand and walked quickly, while secretly thinking to herself, That motorcycle looks familiar. Forget it, there isn't only one such motorcycle in the world; it's probably just a coincidence.

"Nozo, walk slower, I can't keep up." Eli Ayase couldn't keep up with Nozomi Tojo's pace, so she complained.

--An experienced driver passes by---

At the traffic light, Senba Gari stopped while riding the Silver Phantom, waiting for the red light to change, when the Silver Phantom suddenly spoke.

〖Master, the target has made a new move. I have already displayed the coordinates.〗

"Tsk, do monsters have to be this dedicated? They already came once this morning, and now it's dusk! Can't they just stay home and count their money? Why run out again? Aren't you tired? That bird-man." Senba Gari complained unhappily after hearing the Silver Phantom's words.

〖Master, we just took the money we snatched from it this morning, so it has no money to count.〗

"...You'd die if you didn't roast me, wouldn't you!" Senba Gari was speechless at the Silver Phantom's words, but he turned around and headed toward the coordinates it had just displayed.

--Counting money, counting money--

When Senba Gari arrived at the location provided by the Silver Phantom, he saw the eagle Mlortha ransacking a diamond store. Senba Gari got off the Silver Phantom and observed the surroundings. Finding no one else around, he pulled a card with red patterns from his pocket.

"Phantom, I'll leave the outside to you. Manifest!"

As soon as Senba Gari finished speaking, a silver light flashed at his waist, and the silver-white Beast Soul Driver appeared on his waist.

"Transform!"

He then inserted the red-patterned card into the right side of the Beast Soul Driver. The screen of the Beast God Driver displayed the image of a bird-faced, human-bodied Garuda, and at the same time, the Beast God Driver emitted several mechanical synthesized sounds.

〖Vehicle armour appear〗

As the first mechanical sound faded, phantom images of fiery red armor appeared around various parts of Senba Gari's body.

〖Armed〗

Then, after the second mechanical sound, the fiery red armor phantoms armed him.

〖Divine Garuda〗

After the transformation was complete, Divine moved his mind, and the two-piece golden claws locked onto his arms flipped over. Then, Divine charged straight into the diamond store.

"Screech."

"Caw~!"

Divine seized the moment before the eagle Mlortha could recover, raking his claws down its wings, which drew a pained cry from the creature.

[Damn you! It's you again! I'll kill you for this!]

Turning around, the eagle Mlortha spotted Divine and whipped its wings forward, sending a barrage of brown feathered arrows shooting out.

"Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish!"

"Ugh!"

Although Divine shielded his vitals with his arms, several of the arrows struck his body, sending sparks flying in every direction.

I can't move properly in this cramped space. I have to get it outside. That's it! Looks like I'm going to have to do some demolition work.

With that, Divine pulled a card with orange-yellow patterns from the Card Box on his right hip, inserted it into the right side of the Beast Soul Driver, and a series of synthesized mechanical voices rang out.

〖Armor conversion〗

As the first mechanical voice faded, the red armor on Divine's body dissolved into red particles, revealing a black Base Body before orange-yellow armor phantoms appeared over his limbs.

〖Armed〗

Once the second mechanical voice finished, the orange-yellow armor phantoms fully equipped Senba Gari.

〖Divine King Kong〗

"Gravity Magnetic Field."

"Boom!"

Now clad in heavy armor, Divine's brown compound eyes flickered with a brown light as a Gravity Magnetic Field erupted from his center. Everything around him buckled inward, the ground cracked, and the eagle Mlortha was slammed flat against the floor, causing the earth beneath it to fracture as well.

Divine shook his head, feeling a sudden wave of discomfort, then slowly walked over to the eagle Mlortha, drew his right leg back, and delivered a kick straight to its face.

"Bang!"