Of course, as the Light Screen footage continued to play, whether Sasuke would still want to become a host was another matter entirely.
Most likely not. After all, once a rebellious, chuunibyou teenager truly gained the power to control his own fate, he would often veer toward another extreme and become the kind of guy who believed, "Women only slow down the speed at which I draw my sword."
And once he grew older, he would suddenly remember all the wonderful girls he had missed out on because of his chuunibyou phase, leaving him full of regret and wistfulness.
Yeah, just look at those guys who spent all day obsessed with games. Even when girls practically threw themselves at them, they remained unmoved, and even complained that the girls were interfering with their gaming.
As for the real-world Sasuke, watching his counterpart in the Light Screen footage slaughter enemies with such outrageously cool swagger truly began to change his mindset.
That dazzling posture blooming amid slaughter was simply too handsome, too cool—far too perfectly targeted at Sasuke's weak spot. It gave him the illusion that a Kamen Rider transformation device had been placed before him, and that he could become a Kamen Rider just by picking it up.
In front of a Kamen Rider transformation device, what the hell did women, family, or dreams of becoming a host matter to a rebellious chuunibyou teenager? Wasn't being a Kamen Rider far better?
By the same logic, while that unbelievably cool "himself" in the Light Screen footage was not a Kamen Rider, if he had the chance to become like that, what meaning was there in clinging to everything he currently insisted on?
Of course, for Sasuke, strength was merely a bonus. What mattered most was that the "himself" in the Light