Starting with Firefly, Speedrunning Through Worlds — Part 31

Girori swiftly authenticated and logged in using his thumbprint.

[Glare! Log-In!]

(Glare! Log In!)

Immediately afterward, he took out the matching Providence Card and swiped it along the side of his belt.

"Transform!"

[Glare, Log In! (...?)×N Install! DOMINATE A SYSTEM: GLARE! Install! DOMINATE-A-SYSTEM! GLARE!]

(Install! Dominate the System! Glare!)

Accompanied by an incomparably cool, lofty authorization voice effect, five purple rings formed behind him. After floating above his head, they began moving about freely and irregularly.

Purple streams of light flashed continuously.

As the five rings scanned across his body, his form seemed to undergo a data-like ascension...

Kamen Rider Glare had arrived!

This was the power of the game administrator—no, it should be called privilege.

This belt could not only invoke a portion of the Creation Goddess's power, but also freely establish the rules of the Desire Grand Prix.

As long as one obtained this belt and the administrator's fingerprints, they could even hold a Jamato Grand Prix like Beroba, or some other kind of Grand Prix.

Of course, this belt's most important value still lay in the Creation Goddess's power.

Without this belt, even the producer could not make the Creation Goddess grant wishes.

With this belt in hand, many things became much simpler.

At that moment, Sam appeared before Girori and threw a punch at him.

The transformed Girori immediately swung out an arm. The three spherical devices on his body formed a triangular barrier in front of him.

Clang!!

The collision caused the surrounding air to explode.

Girori's body jolted with discomfort, but he still steadied himself. However, the ground beneath his feet had already cracked apart completely.

If he had not already transformed, and if Kamen Rider Glare did not possess stats beyond imagination, who knew what would have happened to him.

In most circumstances, Glare could block any attack.

"Sam of the Stellaron Hunters, I admit that you are powerful."

"But you should never have offended the dgp. You will never know what kind of power lies behind the dgp's operations."

"Your strength may be enough to deal with those Riders, but unfortunately, you're facing me."

"Let me see who you really are."

As he spoke, Girori raised his left hand and flicked it haughtily.

The next moment, the remaining two control devices on his Rider armor detached as well. Together with the previous three, all five spherical control devices floated around him.

These things could invade a Rider system, forcibly control it, and turn the opponent into a puppet.

Of course, that was generally only usable against weaker opponents. Against someone of equal strength, controlling them was extremely difficult.

Besides invading systems, they could also serve as super floating cannons, unleashing devastating attacks.

"Execute!"

Sam did not waste words with him and simply attacked directly.

The propulsion system activated, and he charged at Girori at extreme speed.

Facing Sam's attack, Girori merely stood with his hands behind his back, looking as though he did not regard the Stellaron Hunter before him as a threat at all.

The control devices beside him swiftly formed five layers of defense, intercepting Sam's attack.

Then, with a thought, the five control devices transformed into floating cannons and began bombarding Sam.

Every strike was enough to easily destroy a high-rise building.

Very quickly, Sam was completely engulfed by the floating cannons' attacks.

The Battle Has Only Just Begun

"So strong!"

"Is this the game administrator's method?"

Watching the power Girori displayed after making his move, Kurama Neon could not help but speak out.

That kind of power was simply not something Riders like them could compare to. Wasn't that basically cheating? He was using privileges to destroy everything outright.

Could Sam, the Stellaron Hunter who had seemed so overwhelmingly powerful before, really be defeated?

Involuntarily, Kurama Neon began to worry a little for Sam.

"The game administrator..."

Beside her, Ukiyo Ace raised a hand to shield himself from the aftermath of the explosions, his gaze fixed firmly on Girori's position.

His goal was connected to the Desire Grand Prix's management. Perhaps he would have to face them someday, so it was necessary to understand their strength in advance. But this Kamen Rider, one that possessed privileges beyond the rules, seemed to have abilities that simply defied reason. He was afraid it would not be easy to deal with.

However, he believed that the Stellaron Hunter Sam would not be defeated so easily either.

A trace of anticipation appeared in Geats's eyes.

"This is what happens when you offend the Desire Grand Prix's management."

Staring at the area being bombarded by floating cannons, Girori stood calmly in place with his hands behind his back.

The Desire Grand Prix had lasted until now because it had never lacked confidence.

However...

"Protocol One, execute!"

[BHF—Heavenly Fire!]

As the mechanical male voice sounded, the Stellaron Hunter Sam had somehow appeared in the sky. With a meteor kick, he crashed down toward Girori.

Noticing that the Stellaron Hunter had appeared and seemed completely unharmed, Girori's expression remained unchanged, though some of his contempt had faded.

He raised his right hand and clenched it toward Sam, who was attacking him. The control systems that had transformed into floating cannons instantly returned to his side, becoming layer upon layer of super barriers.

[Five Layers of Firewall!]

Sam's kick slammed into the barriers. Though it shattered the first two layers, the third remained intact and blocked him.

"...As expected, he won't be easy to deal with."

Seeing that his attack had failed, Sam sighed inwardly.

As expected of Kamen Rider Glare.

In every aspect, it could crush ordinary Riders. It was not merely privileged—its ability stats were also extremely powerful.

Attacks like this would have a hard time defeating him.

But if he used even stronger attacks, innocent people would be caught in the blast. For a moment, Sam did not know what to do.

He could only keep this up for now and wait for an opportunity.

After successfully blocking Sam's attack, Girori launched another counterattack.

With a cold snort, he pressed his thumb against his Driver. The fingerprint scan completed, and his ability activated!

[Hack!]

[Beginning Decryption!]

The cold mechanical voice of the Rider rang out as Girori began making his move.

Compared to that comical game administrator who came later, Girori was far more proficient with Kamen Rider Glare's abilities.

"Stellaron Hunter Sam, let me see your true face now! Under Glare's system, there are no secrets."

As he spoke, Girori immediately activated every function of the control system!

The spherical system device floated before him and locked onto Sam. Then...

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Five beams instantly engulfed Sam's position with unstoppable force.

Deafening explosions roared as waves of fire surged and smoke spread, while shockwaves swept outward.

But Girori did not underestimate this Stellaron Hunter. Rather than stopping, he intensified the attack, repeatedly raising the floating cannons' output.

Every strike shook the earth and mountains.

The nearby Riders and Jamato had already been completely caught up in the attack, unable to offer any resistance.

"Let's go."

Faced with such an assault, Ukiyo Ace did not dare linger. After saying this to Kurama Neon beside him, he prepared to leave first.

The commotion was far too great. It felt as though this place would soon be completely destroyed by Kamen Rider Glare's attacks.

"But..."

Kurama Neon hesitated slightly.

She had not expected things to develop like this. After the administrator entered the battle, the game's rules no longer mattered.

It had completely become their battlefield.

Looking at the battle she had no way of joining, Kurama Neon felt worried, but she still rationally left the area with Ukiyo Ace.

Meanwhile, Girori's methods had only just begun.

Once he increased the control system's output to a certain level, every attack became widespread destruction. Only then did he begin what he truly intended to do.

Girori's goal was not merely to defeat this Stellaron Hunter. He also wanted to use the control system to invade Stellaron Hunter Sam's interior and completely take control of him.

Then, he would obtain the result he wanted.

What exactly was the Stellaron Hunter before him?