The café was quiet. During this time, Saeko Kageyama naturally wasn't idle; she had lowered her head, unwilling to let any opportunity to become a 'juice presser' slip away. Raven was quite helpless and had no choice but to let her have her way.
It wasn't long before gunshots rang out from the nearby police station.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Ah—I'm not a monster! I'm human... I'm human!"
After Masahiko Minami was taken near the police station, he didn't immediately maintain his Amazon form. Officer Sawamura, who happened to be passing by, discovered him and brought the unconscious man into the office. However, when Masahiko woke up, his intense hunger immediately triggered his instincts. He lunged at Sawamura, biting and mauling the officer alive before consuming his flesh.
The people around were terrified by Masahiko Minami's cannibalistic act. The police officers quickly opened fire, attempting to attack. But right in front of them, Masahiko transformed into an Amazon. This led to the scene unfolding now.
He was in a semi-berserk state, still possessing his original consciousness but only able to watch as his body was controlled by instinct. While attacking the police officers, he desperately screamed that he was not a monster. For Masahiko Minami, who utterly hated the Orphnochs, this was the most cruel torture.
"Nooo...!"
After virtually massacring the entire police station, Masahiko Minami rushed onto the streets and began attacking citizens.
It was then that Raven finally prepared to intervene. He patted Saeko on the head; she was still nestled on his lap. Saeko looked up with a crestfallen expression, a white residue visible at the corner of her mouth.
Raven calmly put his weapon away, stepped out of the vehicle, and promptly fastened the Delta Driver around his waist.
"Henshin."
"Complete!"
After speaking the transformation command and inserting the Delta Phone into the left side of the belt, the silvery-white Photon Blood instantly covered Raven's body. Just like that, he transformed into Kamen Rider Delta.
Raven leaped forward, kicking Masahiko Minami away just as he was about to attack a woman with a child.
"Look at yourself now. Do you still think you're human?" Raven sneered at the downed Masahiko Minami.
"I'm not a monster... I'm human!" Masahiko Minami kept repeating the phrase, but the Amazon's savagery still consumed his mind, driving him to attack everything in sight.
Raven could, of course, resolve this Amazon, Masahiko Minami, in an instant, or even directly control him. However, this was a performance, and he needed to cooperate with the other party to put on a good show.
So, he grabbed Masahiko Minami and tossed him toward a distant, densely populated plaza.
"Ah! A monster!"
The crowd was immediately terrified by Masahiko Minami's appearance.
It was then that Raven, from a distance, fired a beacon with the Delta Shot, forming a triangular light cone that locked onto Masahiko Minami. Following up, he soared into the air and brought his Lucifer's Hammer crashing down upon him!
Boom!
A massive sound and tremor echoed across the plaza.
The citizens who had been fleeing couldn't help but stop and turn back to look. They saw that the monster had been eliminated, and a black-and-white Rider stood before them.
"What is that? It's so cool!"
"It looks like it has the Smart Brain logo!"
Citizens in the crowd discussed. And after executing Masahiko Minami and completing his performance, Raven quietly took his leave, his good deed concealed.
The next day, the near-total annihilation of the Nakano North Police Station was a headline across almost all news outlets.
Finally, news circulated that the monster attack incident was connected to a secret underground laboratory run by the National Police Agency in the suburbs. To quell the situation, the NPA was forced to issue a public apology, utilizing the traditional 'bowing craftsman' spirit to shoulder a significant portion of the blame.
Under Smart Brain's subtle guidance, public opinion began to shift. The disappearances caused by Orphnochs were now largely blamed on the National Police Agency and the person in charge, Masahiko Minami. At the same time, people were arranged to destroy all files related to Yuka Osada at the police station.
Only then did Raven finally feel at ease. With those troublesome police officers gone, Yuka no longer had to live in fear.
Several months passed in a flash.
Because of the order Raven had given to Smart Brain, almost all Orphnochs were forbidden from attacking humans to increase their numbers. This led to a nearly ninety percent reduction in deaths caused by Orphnochs.
Only a few outliers, those who neither wished to live as humans nor be managed by Smart Brain, remained self-willed, continuing to attack people everywhere. Smart Brain promptly added these individuals to a blacklist of targets that needed to be eliminated. People were arranged to contact Takumi Inui and have him use the Faiz Gear to destroy these human-attacking Orphnochs.
This cooperation between Takumi Inui and Smart Brain could only be established under Raven's direction, ensuring Takumi would continue fighting as Faiz in the future. Initially, Takumi was very resistant, always suspecting that Smart Brain had ill intentions. However, as time went by and the number of attacks on humans genuinely decreased significantly, he began to trust what Raven had said. In the end, because he couldn't bear to abandon the Faiz identity, he chose to continue fighting.
During this period, Raven lived a remarkably laid-back life as the café owner. He enjoyed the daily ministrations of the two beautiful girls around him. Even Saya, who he had long pursued, finally took that final step with him after a significant amount of time. Furthermore, he didn't forget Saeko Kageyama, visiting her home every few days—entering fully loaded with 'ammunition' and returning the next day with an empty 'magazine.'
Ding!
[Progress detected as complete. The Host may now choose to traverse the next Rider World.]
"Progress?"
[Whenever the Host remains in a primary Rider World until the end of its storyline, the progress bar fills. The Host can then choose to depart for the next world.]
"Can I choose where I go? And can I come back after I leave?" Raven was very concerned about this, as he didn't want to abandon his massive enterprise at Smart Brain. He still needed Hanagata and the others to help him upgrade belts and research Amazon cells.
[Currently, you can only travel to a Rider World at random. However, any world where the Host has completed the progress bar can be returned to at any time.] the System replied.