As the three of them entered the school, they saw many people gathered ahead. When they got closer, they realized that the other students were all surrounding the two people in the middle.
"That's Kujou-san from the first year, known as the 'aloof princess.' She really lives up to her reputation; she's as beautiful as a princess."
"That guy is Senior Ando from the second year, right? He was supposedly the previous most popular student, but now Shiraishi Shin has taken that title."
"Isn't that Ando? He's stopping a first-year junior. Is he going to confess?"
"Fair skin, beautiful face, and the rare addition of silver hair. No wonder Ando is interested. I wonder if he'll succeed."
"I bet a pack of spicy strips that he'll be rejected."
"I bet two packs that he'll succeed."
The surrounding students were all whispering. Shiraishi Shin and the other two, who had just arrived, understood what was happening: a second-year senior was publicly hitting on Alisa Kujou.
Shiraishi Shin watched with interest. Alisa was a woman he was close to winning over, and he wouldn't let another man snatch her away midway. He just needed to watch this guy get shot down.
Ando confidently tossed his neat hair, then greeted Alisa from his best angle: "Good morning, Junior Alisa."
Alisa looked at the man in front of her, who was no different from a clown, and calmly said, "Good morning. However, please call me Kujou. Don't presume to get close to me right away."
Ando's eyelids twitched twice. This junior was really giving him no face. He let out two awkward laughs and said, "I'm Ando from the second year. I've long heard Al—... Kujou-san's name. You're an excellent and diligent person. I've wanted to get to know you for a long time. How about it, is there a chance for me to have lunch with you?"
After speaking, he put his hands in his pockets, thinking he looked cool, but Alisa's answer in the next second made him somewhat break down.
Alisa refused expressionlessly: "No thanks. I'm not used to eating with strangers, nor is it possible for me to exchange contact information with strangers. Also, I'm sorry, Senior, but I'm not interested in you. If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave."
With that, she walked past Ando, carrying her school bag.
"Gah!"
Ando, who had been confident that this attempt would not fail, became a mere background figure. As the former most popular student, he was very popular among girls, and still was. This was the first time he had been rejected so coldly by a girl, which dealt him a heavy blow.
"Oh, isn't that Classmate Shin and Student Shiina? They're coming to school together today too."
"Classmate Shin is so handsome! He feels more masculine and taller than Senior Ando. I really envy Student Shiina."
Hearing someone mention Shiraishi Shin, Alisa, who had been walking forward, stopped and looked back. Indeed, it was Shiraishi Shin and Shiina Mahiru walking together.
With a hint of jealousy, she whispered in russian, "I want to walk to school with you too."
However, she didn't specifically wait for Shiraishi Shin, as that would be too deliberate, so she went to the classroom by herself first.
On the other side, Jojima Yuuki happened to meet Utahoshi Kengo at the school gate. Seeing Shiraishi Shin walking ahead, she quickly said, "Kengo, look, Junior Shin is over there! Let's invite him to join us now."
"Yosh!"
Utahoshi Kengo nodded, and then the two of them jogged to catch up with Shiraishi Shin.
Utahoshi Kengo spoke, "Junior Shin, if it's convenient, we have something we'd like to talk to you about."
Shiraishi Shin glanced at Jojima Yuuki, understanding what they wanted to talk about, so he said to Shiina Mahiru and Tabata Hidenori, "You two go to the classroom first."
"Alright."
The two didn't ask further and left directly.
Shiraishi Shin, meanwhile, followed Utahoshi Kengo and the other to an empty spot nearby.
Shiraishi Shin spoke simply, "It seems you're the one most familiar with the Zodiarts. Go ahead, what do you want to talk about?"
Utahoshi Kengo opened his mouth, but before he could speak, a voice that gave him a headache came from the side.
"Yo, Kengo, Yuki, and Shin, why are you three together? What are you talking about? Let me join in."
Shiraishi Shin turned around. The person who came was none other than Kisaragi Gentaro, the pompadoured student who was attacked by the Orion Zodiarts yesterday.
Jojima Yuuki greeted him, "Gen-chan, you're here too. It's about what we talked about yesterday. We're now preparing to invite Junior Shin to join us in dealing with the upcoming Zodiarts."
"Oh, I see. Shin, I'm a Kamen Rider now, just like you. Look, this is the Fourze driver! It lets me Henshin into Kamen Rider Fourze!"
Kisaragi Gentaro excitedly took out his Henshin driver. It was a white device with a small electronic screen in the middle, two red switches on either side, and a handle on the far right. He probably pulls this handle to Henshin.
"Hey, don't take that out in public!" Utahoshi Kengo immediately warned him. After seeing Kisaragi Gentaro put it away, he couldn't help but roll his eyes at him.
At the same time, he felt extremely unwilling. This Fourze driver was originally left to him by his father, but Utahoshi Kengo's physique was too weak. He tried to Henshin yesterday, but couldn't due to his poor physical condition.
Kisaragi Gentaro also accidentally stumbled into the Rabbit Hatch after following Jojima Yuuki, and after some events, Kisaragi Gentaro became the temporary Fourze Henshin user.
Because he had already tried it yesterday and could successfully Henshin, for the sake of the bigger picture, Utahoshi Kengo could only let Kisaragi Gentaro become the Fourze Henshin user.
After hearing the story, Shiraishi Shin glanced at the grinning Kisaragi Gentaro. This guy was truly a winner in life.
Tanzaburo Tojima, whom he met two days ago, had yearned for Kamen Rider for over thirty years and even trained to become a strong man for it.
Yet Kisaragi Gentaro, who only had a superficial understanding of Kamen Rider, received the Rider Henshin device on his first day transferring to Seirei Academy. How should one put it? This must be fate.
Kisaragi Gentaro invited, "Shin, join our Kamen Rider Club! Let's deal with those Zodiarts together and bring peace back to the school."
Jojima Yuuki asked curiously, "Kamen Rider Club? What's that, Gen-chan? Why don't I know about it?"
Kisaragi Gentaro scratched the back of his head and said, "I just named it. It's our secret base, and we are all members of the Kamen Rider Club."
Utahoshi Kengo debunked him, "Don't be silly. What Kamen Rider Club? I don't acknowledge it."
"Don't say that. Anyway, don't we all not have clubs? And based on our current identities, calling it the Kamen Rider Club is both apt and suitable. What's wrong with acknowledging it?"
"I just don't acknowledge it, even if you talk until the sky falls."
Watching the two bicker, Shiraishi Shin interrupted, "Sorry, I have my own club, so I won't be joining yours. As long as we're united on the same front, joining or not joining makes no difference."
The three continued to persuade him for a few more sentences, but seeing that Shiraishi Shin still had no intention of joining them, Utahoshi Kengo and the others did not continue to pester him. Because Shiraishi Shin's words also made sense: if they were united on the same front, even without joining together, they could still protect the school against the Zodiarts.