"Kanata, after you shot Tatenashi-san, we took her to Mikado-sensei's hospital, and now we're here at the Inter-Middle venue."
"B-big..."
The Another OOO in front of me was on a completely different scale from the Another Build I had fought before.
It walked on four legs instead of two. It looked like a chimera, a jumbled mess of all the animals from the Core Medals. It's a cliché, but it fits.
...No, it's not just the animals from the Core Medals. I feel like it's mixed with animals that have no relation at all, even ones that don't exist in reality.
"Do you have the OOO Watch?"
"No, I don't. I don't have it, but..."
I shake my head at Decade's question.
But if it's the same as Another Build, I should be able to get it by fighting. I don't know how it works.
"...I see. It's really different from the one I know..."
Decade mutters something.
"But I'm not going to wait for that."
"Yeah, I can't wait either."
It's more important to minimize the damage than to get the power of OOO.
Just as Woz said, Decade is here. From his tone, he knows about OOO and can probably transform. If we cooperate, we should be able to defeat it with less damage.
"Alright, let's go."
Decade takes out the OOO card and shows it to me. He probably wants me to get in sync with him.
"You two! What in the world is that thing?!"
"Victor! Watch out!"
A girl in armor, with a fierce expression, rushes up to me and Decade. From her tone and her blonde ringlets, she's clearly a high-class young lady.
I don't remember talking to her much, but I've met her before. It's Victoria Dahlgrün, who was also at the dinner party the other day. Beyond her, there's Eremia, glaring at Another OOO with a sharp look in her eyes.
Of course. The Inter-Middle finals are being held at this venue right now.
Victoria and Eremia don't realize who I am. It's natural, since we haven't really talked and I'm transformed into a Rider.
"Explain what that monster is—!"
"No, now is not the time to worry about—!"
"You two, watch out!"
Eremia's steel arm punches a foot that was about to trample us, changing its trajectory.
"You, the masked... Rider? Person! Is that monster something that needs to be taken down no matter what?!"
The masked Rider person? Ah, I guess I am covering my face, and the word "Rider" is on my face...
Eremia doesn't let her guard down while she's saying that. Her 500 years of combat experience makes her that way.
"Yeah! As you can see! We came here to defeat that guy!"
I shout so my voice doesn't get drowned out by the roar from Another OOO. Still, the two of them don't realize who I am. In the extreme conditions of the battlefield, they don't have the luxury of worrying about that.
"Then I'll cooperate too! Is that alright with you, Victor?"
"Hmph! It can't be helped! We'll ask for an explanation after everything is over!"
Victoria points her halberd at Another OOO.
"It's settled. Let's go."
Kamen Ride! OOO!
Taka! Tora! Batta! Ta-To-Ba! Tato-ba! Ta-To-Ba!
Decade transforms into OOO.
Did he wait for us to get organized? He's surprisingly considerate.
"His appearance changed...?"
"Is that transformation magic?"
"The monster will revive unless that person finishes it off, so be careful!"
The two of them were surprised, but they immediately nodded at my words.
Perhaps triggered by Decade becoming OOO, Another OOO's target narrows down to us.
The first one to move forward was Eremia.
She has experience fighting four-legged animals, so there's no hesitation in her movements.
"(Just stop its movements! The legs first!)"
"I won't fall behind!"
Eremia seems to have decided to aim for the legs first. Victoria follows a beat later.
Decade OOO uses the leg strength of the grasshopper to get on its back.
I switch my Zikan Girade to gun mode and get into a shooting stance.
"Against a monster, I won't hold back!"
Eremia is wrapped in the magic of "Eraser." Without hesitation, she unleashes its ultimate power.
"You'll regret sullying our match!"
Victoria's halberd forms a blade of electricity.
The two of them relentlessly destroy Another OOO's legs. Eremia's palm erases more than a third of its thick legs, and Victoria's slash severs them.
My gunshots also shave off the base of its legs.
However, the wounds immediately close up.
"!"
"What is this...!"
The two of them aren't surprised by the wounds healing. It's because when the wounds heal, silver medals—Cell Medals—cover the wounds like parasites.
Just giving it a little damage seems to make it recover like this.
But it doesn't matter if it regenerates. Either way, this thing can't be defeated without using the power of OOO.
What we need to do is attract its attention as much as possible to create an environment where Decade OOO can move easily.
"It's okay! Keep attacking—"
Another OOO stomps its feet on the spot.
The next moment,
"—!!"
An invisible pressure crushes Eremia and Victoria. I hurriedly jump backward.
"Ugh..."
"What...?"
A pressure strong enough to render two powerful people immobile. From a distance, it looks as if space itself is being distorted.
This is...
"Gravity manipulation, huh...? Could it be the power of a combo...!"
It's not strange. Another Build used the power of Best Match. So, it's not surprising at all that Another OOO would use the power of a combo.
Furthermore, a green electric shock is radiated from Another OOO's back. Decade, who was attacking from the back, is blown away.
The electric shock scatters everywhere, destroying the venue. The destruction creates rubble.
"Dammit!"
Before I can help the two people being crushed by the super gravity, I have to do something about the rubble raining down on the fleeing people!
It's just rubble, so I can destroy it, but it'll be difficult to shoot down all of it when it's coming from all directions...
Just then, I get support fire from an unexpected direction. When I look in the direction the bullet flew from, I see a familiar figure.
"Kuro!"
Kuro responds with her eyes and nocks another arrow. The fired arrow becomes a red trajectory and then splits, shooting through the rubble.
"As expected..."
Near Kuro are the members of Team Nakajima and the Yagami Dojo. As I thought, they were here at the venue.
And,
"Get outta here!"
With a cheerful shout, an incredible heat wave envelops Another OOO. It burns its flesh, and the parts that can't maintain their form scatter into silver medals.
It's a heat-based cannon attack. And one on the same level as Nanoha-san's. The only one who can fire something like this is—
"Leader! It's dangerous...!"
"You idiot! A weird princess is fighting! There's no way I can just evacuate!"
As I expected, it's the Artillery Boss, Harry Tribeca. He jumps down from the spectator stands to the ring. He's wrapped in light in mid-air and transforms into BJ.
And in his left hand, magic is gathering.
"Take another one!"
Harry's heat cannon attack, "Gun Blaze," is fired again. It hits, but this time,
"What...!?"
When the explosion clears, Another OOO, which was wrapped in burning wings, spreads them. The damage is clearly less than before.
"Phoenix's wings, huh...!"
The burning feathers separate and rush toward the new combatant—Harry.
"Whoa!"
Harry frantically tries to defend against the raining attacks. But Harry, who's not good at defense, is slow to react.
"This!"
"Hmph!"
Me and Decade become shields. We deflect the attacks with our weapons.
"Oh, hey. Thanks."
"Don't mention it. But to block the Artillery Boss's attack..."
"Yeah. That attack was pretty good, though..."
Surprised by Another OOO's power, we whisper to each other.
Just then, another girl runs toward us.
"Harry-san!"
"Oh! It's the idiot Else! Weren't you evacuating?!"
"Idiot?! Stop it, even at a time like this! Besides, you jumped into the ring when I was about to evacuate!"
Else Tasmin, who was Eremia's second, seems to have come back.
"Decade, I think you get it now, but everyone here is pretty powerful."
"Yeah. If we combine everyone's techniques..."
As we're making a plan, light bursts at Another OOO's feet.
The two who were being crushed unleash the magic they had stored up at once. Another OOO's body lifts up, and the gravity attack weakens for a moment.
The two of them escape in that gap.
"You've done it!"
She stabs the ground with her halberd. Then, a giant magic circle appears. This is the technique she used in her match with Kirin, which makes lightning rain down.
"Hundredth Style, Divine Lightning!"
Another OOO generates stag beetle lightning from its entire body to counter Victoria's lightning.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaa!"
We can't get too close to Victoria's overwhelming magic. Her full-power magic overpowers Another OOO's lightning and damages it.
GYAAAAAAAAAA!!!
"!"
Another OOO creates a turtle shell and uses it as a shield to block the electric shocks.
"Then I'll use a drill to shave it off!"
I activate the Build Watch.
Build!
Armor Time!
Best Match! Build!
Armor and drills are equipped, and I transform into Build Armor.
"Masked Rider person! I'll match you!"
Eremia flies with me.
"Let's go!"
"Yeah!"
Finish Time! Build Vortex Time Break!
I get on the graph and slide.
"Speer Faust!"
My drill and Eremia's steel arm smash the shell. Then, arrows rain down from the sky, weaving between us. It's Kuro's curved shots.
I leave the area on the graph, but Eremia seems to be planning a follow-up attack. She lands on Another OOO's back.
"!"
From inside the broken shell, a long, thin tentacle flies out. It's an electric eel. It stretches out to grab the landing Eremia, but...
"—"
Eremia's eyes change.
She twists her body in mid-air and strokes the tentacle with her palm. Then that part is completely gone.
It's "Eremia's essence," which manifests when she feels her life is in danger.
However, the代价is that she chooses to attack rather than evade. Normally, it would be a problem-free choice. A normal creature would die if its torso were cut in half.
However, the thing she's fighting now is a monster.
From even further behind the swept-away electric eel, a giant tyrannosaurus jaw grows rapidly and closes in to swallow Eremia.
Without a second thought, Eremia swings her hand.
"—"
Eremia and the tyrannosaurus deflect each other's attacks.
The power of the Putotyra Combo, which has the impossible power of "nothingness," is on par with the power of Eraser.
In that brief moment, a triceratops head collides with her from the side. Eremia somehow receives the two horns that were thrust out and lands at a distance.
Seeing that, I breathe a sigh of relief.
"That was close..."
"Zeke! Don't get too close carelessly!"
Victoria also raises her voice to warn her.
"I'll restrain it somehow! Everyone, attack!"
Else uses her specialty bind magic to stop its movements.
Several magic circles appear around Another OOO. From them, handcuff-shaped binds fly out.
Not only its limbs, torso, neck, and face, but also small protrusions are wrapped in iron rings.
But a restrained beast won't stay quiet.
"Ugh... Everyone! As fast as you can, please...!"
Sweating, Else urges us on in a strained voice.
If it's going to stop moving!
Even without saying anything, we were preparing to attack.
I set the Zi-O Ride Watch into the Zikan Girade.
"Let's do it."
Finish Time! Zi-O Suresure Shooting!
"Yeah. Let's try to wear it down."
Final Attack Ride! De-de-de-Decade!
Decade loads a card.
"Delinquent girl, I'm counting on you this time!"
Victoria is wrapped in electricity.
"You don't have to tell me!"
Harry shouts with a spirited voice in his specialty field.
"Everyone, let's go."
Eremia's magic is also concentrated at her fingertips.
"It's alright, I can time it."
Kuro, in the spectator stands, also nocks a twisted arrow.
And,
"Canonne Kugel—Fire!"
"Gun Blaze! Full Burst!"
"Tenth Style, Lightning Bolt!"
"Fake Fake Caladbolg III!"
Furthermore, I fire the Suresure Shooting, and Decade fires the Dimension Blast.
The attacks, which can easily destroy even the turtle shield, hit Another OOO repeatedly.
"Alright...!"
Decade, judging that he has dealt enough damage, takes out one card.
Final Attack Ride! O-O-O-OOO!
"Hah!"
Decade OOO uses the grasshopper's power to jump high, almost to the ceiling of the stadium. He spins once in the air.
A red feather is on Decade OOO's back, and red, yellow, and green rings are formed in the air. He plummets toward the rings.
"Take this—!"
The Tatoba Kick hits Another OOO's wide-open mouth—a little above its nose.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaa—!"
"Go for it!"
I couldn't help but shout.
From the point of collision of the two OOOs, a tremendous amount of Cell Medals overflow along with sparks. The destroyed parts are rapidly being repaired.
And then—the stored desires overwhelm the power of the kick.
GYAAAAAAA!!
"Ugh!"
Decade OOO is blown away by Another OOO's roar. He couldn't finish it...!
He's slammed into the ground, and his transformation into OOO has been undone, returning him to his original Decade form.
As for Another OOO, the Cell Medals immediately cover the wound, and it returns to its original state.
If he needs more power than that, he'll have to go into Complete Form, but...
Just as I was thinking that,
"That's...!"
But just before it completely returns to normal, a single ray of light shoots out from Another OOO and lands in my hand.
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