Targets and Costs

"We may have found a high-value target—"

In the lavishly decorated room, the young man had just removed the magnetic patches and leads from his body after getting out of the nursing bed. Without caring about anything else—not even putting on an outer garment—he rudely shoved aside the nurse holding the scanner, picked up the communicator beside him, and said a few words.

Clearly, he had no intention of revealing anything more important over such an insecure call.

Someone hurried over shortly afterward.

"Kaito, what happened?"

The newcomer wore a loose yukata and had a pair of protruding ears, but the well-proportioned, solid muscle lines beneath his clothes showed that he exercised regularly. He looked to be only in his thirties or forties.

Judging from how he waved for the other caregivers to leave as soon as he entered, he seemed more like the owner of the room than "Kaito."

"Mr. Tayanoki! I found this in that special instance dungeon modeled after Tokyo—"

The young man was clearly extremely excited. He impatiently swiped through an app on his phone and showed the newcomer a piece of information.

[Name: Kuuga Control Watchhead (Growing Form)]

[Type: Item/Concept Armament]

[Description: Kamen Rider Kuuga, born from the power of the Ultra-Ancient Spirit Stone, had his existence buried within a fault line of history. The Watchhead, reborn after shattering, retained only the white form symbolizing the beginning—]

[Additional Notice: After acquiring ownership and paying 2,000 Universal Points and one Rare Grade Exchange Card, this item may be taken out of the current mission world and treated as a normal exchange item.]

[Remark: "Watch more Kuuga!" ~Thumbs up]

Noticing the details within, the guest addressed as "Mr. Tayanoki" could not help widening his eyes.

As the senior pioneer at the start of the Heisei