"I will fight fate, and I will win for you to see!"
Although Kamiyama Rikuo was spouting chuunibyo Kamen Rider lines, he didn't feel the slightest bit of embarrassment, because he could feel the power his senior brought him through these words.
[Ace of spades synchronization rate 100%.]
Just then, the fountain pen also activated, emitting a cold electronic sound. The belt disassembled from the middle, transforming into the Blay buckle. Without hesitation, Rikuo attached the Blay buckle to his waist, and cards gushed out like a spring, flying towards both sides of his waist and connecting to his lower back.
Rikuo loaded the Rouse Card [Change Beetle (ace of spades)] into the Blay buckle.
"Henshin!"
[Turn up.]
A cold mechanical sound emanated, and a human-sized card light screen appeared in front of Rikuo. This light screen happened to be the entrance to the cubicle.
Togawa Kiyotsugu, standing nearby, hadn't yet recovered from seeing this scene.
"What is this?"
"Oji-san, you're too old to be fighting. Leave it to us young people. Although it's a bit embarrassing, I still want to say, a hero cannot flee in the face of battle!"
After speaking, Rikuo rushed towards the door, opening the cubicle door, and the light screen twisted as he passed through it. Stepping out of the light screen, he was no longer just Kamiyama Rikuo; he was also Kamen Rider Blade.
The Corporate Slave Ghost looked at the blue-silver knight walking towards him and actually felt an urge to flee.
"Blade, impossible, isn't Blade already dead?"
Although the Corporate Slave Ghost was questioning, he didn't stop his movements; his infinitely extending tie was attacking Blade. Anything touched by the tie transformed into invitation letters, each bearing the words [Invalid Meeting Invitation].
"Is it still a mechanism kill? Didn't he say abilities couldn't be used in the meeting room? It seems Togawa-jisan's information is incomplete."
Of course, this attack couldn't threaten Blade. With a jumping power of 33m, Blade dodged the attack with a sidestep.
"Anyway, for Togawa-jisan's safety, let's first move the battlefield."
Blade summoned the Blay Rouzer from his belt.
"Although there are no cards, having a weapon is better than having none."
Blade leaped, dodging the tie's horizontal sweep, and landed next to the ghost. Unsure if the Blay Rouzer could bypass the tie's transformation rules, he didn't rush to attack the tie with it. He performed a three-hit combo, but the ghost was indeed a ghost, completely intangible.
"How do I fight this? Is the beginner monster this hard?"
Blade, finding his attacks ineffective, no longer lingered in battle and chose to enter the cubicle first to draw the ghost away. The ghost followed closely, seemingly driven mad by Blade's appearance.
"Corporate slave, corporate slave, what are corporate slaves most afraid of? Think, quickly."
Blade thought of a strategy while fleeing.
"The old saying goes, within three steps, there must be an antidote. The Corporate Slave Ghost's mental field manifests as a company, and as a corporate slave, what he fears most should also be the company."
Around the corner, Blade saw a copier.
"I've got it."
Blade ran to the computer at his speed of 5.7 seconds per hundred meters, opened a WPS document, typed in [Voluntary Pay Cut Application,] and immediately started the copier.
"I'm not sure what corporate slaves fear most, but they definitely fear pay cuts, especially voluntary pay cuts."
Blade aimed the copier at the ghost and began printing. The ghost clutched his head, beginning to groan in pain.
"Boss, don't fire me! I'll voluntarily take a pay cut, work overtime, stay on, go on business trips, and work shifts!"
Seeing the effect, Blade continued to print.
"You just damaged the office environment. According to company policy, you must pay 10 times the compensation. Please complete payment before the end of the workday."
After speaking, Blade picked up the Blay Rouzer and began a combination massage on the ghost. At this point, the ghost had become semi-materialized, allowing the Blay Rouzer to deliver effective attacks. The ghost's color began to gradually fade.
"Continue to increase power. Entering and exiting the office at will during a meeting will be treated as a major violation. Leaving your post for no personal reason during normal company working hours at 8 o'clock will be treated as absenteeism."
Blade racked his brain, launching a mental attack.
"Your remaining annual leave days are 0, and your five social insurances and one housing fund policy are terminated."
Blade began to prepare his final attack.
"And the most important point is that you have no labor contract."
In the final leaping strike, the Corporate Slave Ghost ended his tragic ghostly life. As he died, he exploded into a [Cervical Spondylosis Diagnosis,] a [Mental Damage Compensation Calculation Sheet,] and an [Application for Labor Arbitration.]
"So I… was free all along…"
In the silence, only the corporate slave's last sigh remained.
"Is the pressure on Japanese corporate slaves really that terrifying?"
Rikuo sighed in his heart.
"Oh, right, sealing. How do I seal this?"
Rikuo had no other way. To prevent any residue of the ghost, he used the Blay Rouzer to gather the three documents, took out a blank card from the Blay buckle, and threw it at the materials. The materials twisted, transforming into the blank card, on which appeared jack of spades - Fusion Eagle… "Why is a corporate slave a eagle card? I suspect you're implying something. He's a corporate slave, he can't fly, and the ability he just displayed has nothing to do with flight."
Rikuo was full of complaints in his heart, holding this jack of spades in confusion.
"Is it… over?"
Sakiko's father, Togawa Kiyotsugu, walked out of an adjacent cubicle, looking at the knight the young man had transformed into.
"It seems I, an old man, can live a few more years. This time, I can't let Sakiko down."
From the passbook Sakiko's father had just taken out, it was clear that Togawa Kiyotsugu was actually working, and perhaps all the money he had taken from Sakiko was also in the passbook. He just chose to return early to pretend to be decadent. Perhaps this father wanted to wait until Sakiko, still stubborn but unable to cope, before revealing the truth.
The mental world gradually collapsed, and Rikuo also dispelled his Blade transformation.
"Well then, I must take my leave, Togawa-jisan. Keep your passbook safe. I hope when I see you in reality, you will have made peace with yourself."
Rikuo spoke Togawa Kiyotsugu's surname, indicating that he knew him.
"Even with family, you need to communicate more. A girl's youth is only a few years; perhaps she'll soon become a boring adult. Why spend it in bitterness?"
Rikuo began his least favorite activity, lecturing, but at this moment, perhaps he could also understand the feelings of those who liked to lecture.
"Anyway, life has only just begun. If you don't die, keep moving forward."
"Oh, and remember to keep my Kamen Rider identity a secret. I'm quite afraid of trouble."
Rikuo spoke rapidly, making his final farewell before the world collapsed.
"Oh, young man, I haven't asked your name yet. How do you know me?"
"Really, Oji-san, you don't even know me? I've lived next door to you for a while. Alright, my name is Kamiyama Rikuo, and now you can also call me Kamen Rider Blade."
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