"What is going on? There's another Driver!" Keitaro then asked, "Is the person who sent the message someone you know, Mari?"
"Yes, it's Inukai-kun. He's a student from the Ryusei School, just like me," Mari nodded.
"He wants to meet you at the amusement park," Keitaro said, reading the message. "This must be related to the Driver."
"It seems that way," Mari was utterly confused. She had just gotten rid of the Faiz Driver, and now another one showed up.
"Well, Mari, you'd better hurry. And Takumi, you go with her," Keitaro instructed them both.
"Why do I have to go..." Takumi grumbled reluctantly.
"If Mari goes alone, she might be in danger." Keitaro gave Takumi a shove.
And so, before they could even enter the house, Mari and Takumi were back on their bikes, rushing toward the amusement park.
When they reached their destination, they found the man named Inukai sitting alone on the carousel. Mari stepped forward to greet him, but before she could get close, Inukai's body began to burn with blue flames, and he turned to sand.
"Look out! There's an Orphnoch nearby..." Takumi reacted instantly, hurriedly pulling Mari away.
As they reached the edge of the amusement park, Jay, now on his third life, appeared before them. This time, he had left his beloved dog at a pet shop, and he looked ready to die. Two successive failures had seriously undermined his standing in the Lucky Clover. If he failed this mission, the only recourse was to commit suicide to atone.
"Damn it, we don't have the Driver now..." Takumi's face was bitter.
Jay said nothing, transforming into the Crocodile Orphnoch's Violence Mode and walking toward the two.
"Mari, you run! I'll hold him off!" Takumi charged forward recklessly, attempting to halt the Crocodile Orphnoch's advance with a Shoulder Ram.
But Jay's target was Mari Sonoda, a member of the Ryusei School on Murakami's list. With a swing of his arm, he effortlessly tossed Takumi several meters away, then quickly pursued Mari.
Just then, a yellow and black armored Rider on a distant tower used his weapon to shoot at the Crocodile Orphnoch, who was about to attack Mari, forcing the creature to retreat.
Takumi immediately looked in the direction of the gunshot. Before he could react, the Rider leaped down from the high tower, delivering an aerial kick to the Crocodile Orphnoch's shoulder armor.
The newcomer was the user of the Kaixa Driver, Kiyotaka Nishida, a classmate of Mari's from the Ryusei School.
If this were the Crocodile Orphnoch's First Form, such a kick would have definitely left him seriously injured or dead. But he was now in his Complete Form, reinforced by two power levels.
"Gah!"
The Crocodile Orphnoch let out a roar, sending Kaixa flying back over ten meters. The monster had now entered a completely berserk mode. He was even mistaking the distant Kaixa for Raven's Sigma form. All the vengeance for the two lives Raven had taken from him was now being vented upon Kaixa!
Faced with such a terrifyingly powerful Crocodile Orphnoch, Kaixa, upon getting to his feet, drew his weapon, the Kaixa Blaygun, and fired continuously at the charging Orphnoch.
Bang! Bang! Bang!!
But the attacks were useless against the Crocodile Orphnoch, who continued his relentless assault in his berserk state. Seeing this, Kaixa immediately switched the Blaygun to its Blade Mode. Photon Blood flowed out from the barrel, eventually forming a long sword!
"Yaah!"
Kaixa raised the sword and clashed directly with the Crocodile Orphnoch.
"I have to defeat the Orphnoch!" Despite the seemingly overwhelming strength of the monster before him, he shouted defiantly.
Sadly, the Violence Mode Crocodile Orphnoch remained superior, aggressively overwhelming Kaixa. The Crocodile Orphnoch brought his massive sword down on the front of Kaixa's body, sending the helpless Rider flying backward. Kaixa crashed to the ground right in front of Takumi and Mari.
His transformation was forcibly deactivated.
"Nishida-kun!"
Mari stared in utter disbelief. This Rider, just like Faiz, turned out to be her classmate!
"Ma... Mari... tell our teacher... and everyone else... I'm sorry..."
Nishida's body was already undergoing rapid sandification. He vanished completely before Mari could even process his words.
"How could this happen..."
Mari stood frozen in place. Meanwhile, Takumi stared down at the Driver on the ground and then up at the Crocodile Orphnoch stalking toward them.
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