"Takumi! Is that really you!"
Mari first drove back a group of Riotroopers with a barrage of wild firing from an M4, and now she noticed Takumi Inui taking off his mask.
"Mari, it's me…" Takumi had a headache and was extremely confused by the unfamiliar memories swimming in his mind.
Seeing the Riotroopers attacking again, Mari quickly grabbed Takumi and ran, stopping next to a junkyard piled high with car parts. Mari frantically dug through the scrap. Finally, she pulled out the Faiz Driver she had hidden long ago.
"Here! Hurry up and transform!" Mari said joyfully to Takumi.
"Yeah." Takumi gave a firm nod. He skillfully put the belt on, then looked at the Riotroopers who were circling on motorcycles.
"Speaking of which, you guys really gave me a hard time last time. Now it's our turn!" Takumi said vengefully.
He opened the Faiz Phone, entered the transformation code 555, and pressed the enter key above. The transformation standby sound began.
"Standing By."
Takumi closed the phone, raised it high, struck a transformation pose, and shouted the classic "Henshin," then placed it into the driver on the belt.
"Complete!"
As the belt activated, the red Photon Blood formed the frames over Takumi's body, and with a dazzling flash of light, Kamen Rider Faiz successfully made his debut!
Thus, under the cover of night, the famous scene of the "Crimson Smash 12 Combo" was about to unfold.
In the distance, Raven had arrived, drawn by the noise, and witnessed the scene.
Takumi first leaped up, kicking a moving Riotrooper off his bike, then attached the Faiz Pointer to the device on his calf. He then activated the Axel Watch on his wrist.
"Complete!"
Instantly, Faiz's chest armor opened, exposing the core, and the red Photon Blood over his entire body boiled, turning silver, just like Delta. Simultaneously, his compound eyes turned red. This was Kamen Rider Faiz Axel Form!
By sacrificing defense and continuous use, his performance was drastically boosted, with speed comparable to Kaixa's Super Acceleration, though its duration was short. It also accelerated the consumption of the Orphnoch factor, which is why it only lasted ten short seconds before forcibly reverting to Normal Form.
Takumi pressed the Axel Watch and began his performance.
"Startup."
The moment the acceleration began, the 10-second countdown started. At this point, even Raven couldn't clearly follow Faiz's movements; his speed was comparable to Kitazaki's Dragon Orphnoch form. Before Raven could fully react, the Riotroopers were locked onto by over a dozen Crimson Smash targets, exploding almost simultaneously!
"Timeout."
As the time expired, Faiz reverted to Normal Form.
The remaining Riot Troopers tried to flee, but the Auto Vajin suddenly sprang out from the nearby mountain of scrap. It landed in front of Takumi. Takumi pressed a button, switching it to motorcycle mode, and mounted it, quickly eliminating the remaining enemies.
"That's great, Takumi!"
Mari was overjoyed to see her long-awaited Faiz return.
News of the event quickly spread through the camp. The members of the resistance gathered, looking at him with disbelief.
"Is he really the rumored savior?" everyone discussed.
Takumi, unaccustomed to being crowned a "savior," was highly uncomfortable and quickly denied the title.
This prompted the belt-coveting Mizuhara to say sourly, "If you're so reluctant, then give the Faiz Driver to me. I'll use it."
"Hold on a second! Why should we give it to you?" Mari immediately shouted at him.
"I've been thinking about this for a long time. First of all, ordinary humans cannot transform," Mizuhara said, looking at Takumi, who was distractedly drinking hot water. "Takumi Inui, perhaps you're an Orphnoch."
"What are you talking about? How could Takumi be an Orphnoch?" Mari was the first to object.
"Yeah, Takumi and we go way back," Keitaro added.
Takumi, however, merely flinched slightly, holding his cup, and offered no explanation.
"He's right. Aside from Orphnochs, the only people who can use those belts are the Ryusei School students whose bodies have undergone modification surgery."
Just then, a deeply discordant voice came from the doorway. Everyone looked over and saw Masato Kusaka. After narrowly escaping death earlier in the day, his condition had mostly recovered.
"Takumi Inui isn't a student from the Ryusei School. So there can only be one explanation: he's an Orphnoch."
This statement plunged the room into a heavy silence.
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