Not long after returning to the laundry shop.
Mari was still thinking about the Ryusei School incident.
In addition, the last words Nishida had said to her really bothered her, so she called her classmate, Rina.
She learned that their group had already arrived in Tokyo.
They agreed to meet the next day at a park in the city's outskirts.
The following day, Mari rode the Auto Vajin out by herself.
However, Takumi Inui and Keitaro Kikuchi, who had learned what was going on and were worried about her, followed behind in their car.
They were delayed slightly due to a traffic jam midway.
When they finally arrived at the destination, they saw that Mari and the people from the Ryusei School were being attacked.
The attacker was Takuma, who had transformed into Faiz!
"Takumi, what's going on?" Keitaro didn't yet know that Smart Brain was the one secretly directing the Orphnochs. Seeing this, he was instantly baffled. "Didn't you guys return the Driver to the Smart Brain people?"
"Damn it, what that guy said was true after all!"
Takumi quickly unbuckled his seatbelt and rushed toward the scene without a second thought.
In the distance, Takuma, transformed as Faiz, kicked the vehicle the Ryusei School group was using, sending it crashing into a stone pillar.
Bang!
He then punched through the glass, forcefully dragging the middle-aged man driving out, along with the car door.
Takuma gripped the man's neck with one hand and lifted him up.
"Teacher!" Mari and the others screamed.
The man who had been seized was the teacher from the Ryusei School.
"Where are the other two Drivers? Tell me now, or this old man dies!" Takuma snarled.
"Q-quick… run!"
The middle-aged teacher, clutched in Takuma's grasp, yelled with all his might.
Just then, the Auto Vajin, which Mari had ridden, sensed the danger. It automatically began its transformation into its robot form and punched Takuma from behind.
Bang!
Takuma was forced to release the man he was holding, and after regaining his balance, he was promptly sent flying by another punch from the Auto Vajin.
"You bastard!"
Seeing this, Takuma tried to forcibly take control of the Auto Vajin, but found it completely ineffective.
The other party seemed to have a higher-priority clearance.
It recognized the person, not the belt.
And so, poor Takuma was subjected to a barrage of fierce blows from the Auto Vajin, which ultimately knocked the belt off him.
It landed right in front of the approaching Takumi Inui.
"Takumi!"
Seeing Takumi and Keitaro appear in the distance, Mari, who was with her classmates from the Ryusei School, quickly called out.
The few classmates around her then watched as Takumi picked up the Driver from the ground, skillfully entered the transformation code, and completed the transformation.
"It's you again, you scoundrel!" Takuma, upon seeing Takumi, spoke with rage.
The last time he had met Takumi, he had been weak and nearly killed by him.
He hadn't forgotten that grudge.
Thus, Takuma immediately transformed into his Orphnoch form.
"This feeling is much better."
As the weakest of the three Drivers in terms of basic data, the Faiz Driver was essentially a limiter for Takuma to wear.
It was better to fight in his true form.
So, carrying both new and old hatred, Takuma charged toward Takumi.
"Is that the Takumi you told us about, the one who's always fighting with the Driver?" a girl wearing glasses, standing next to Mari, couldn't help but ask.
"Yes!" Mari nodded.
She had discussed many things with the Ryusei School group in the RV earlier, including how she and Takumi had been constantly attacked.
"Does that guy really have no side effects from using the Faiz Driver?"
A young man with long hair looked at Takumi, and a hint of jealousy immediately flashed in his eyes.
"Cough, cough…"
At that moment, the teacher, who had just been helped up from the ground, coughed up a large mouthful of blood.
Clearly, he had sustained severe injuries.
"Teacher! Hold on, we'll take you to the hospital right away!" Mari and the girl next to her named Rina cried out in worry.
"It… it's too late… Actually, on the day of the class reunion… that day… all of you…"
Before he could finish his sentence, the teacher passed away, leaving the others utterly bewildered.
Meanwhile, in the battle, Takumi had also fallen into a disadvantage. Facing the opponent at full strength this time, he was no longer able to fight back.
"Ugh!"
A whip strike sent Faiz flying, and he rolled miserably onto the ground.
As for the Auto Vajin, having used up its energy for this sequence of transformations, it could only revert to its motorcycle form.
Just then, a black and white figure approached from the distance.
It launched a ranged attack, driving back Takuma, who was trying to close in on Takumi Inui.
"Who is it?"
Takuma quickly looked over.
The black and white Rider figure was fully revealed.
It was Kamen Rider Delta!
"The Delta Driver! Perfect timing, looks like I'm lucky today, haha!"
Takuma, not yet aware of the seriousness of the situation, immediately let out a triumphant laugh.
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