"It's useless. You have no idea what kind of enemy you are facing."
Watching Man-Spider rush forward recklessly, Shiraishi Shin's heart remained untroubled. Compared to ordinary Kaijins, he was a BOSS-level enemy.
Before Man-Spider could get close enough to launch an attack, Shiraishi Shin raised his hand and fired a basketball-sized energy fireball.
It struck the unresponsive Man-Spider and exploded, sending him flying. He lay on the ground with his spider fuzz charred black and wisps of green smoke rising from his body.
"This..."
Shimamura Ichiyo, Mitsuba, and Yukarisu, who didn't know Shiraishi Shin well, watched the scene in a daze. That was a spider Kaijin! They had thought that even for a Kamen Rider, they would first have to be evenly matched, trade blows, and then decide the winner with a finisher after both were wounded.
Who would have thought that Kamen Rider Eternal, transformed by Shiraishi Shin, would hold such a complete advantage? Fighting Man-Spider took almost no effort. Especially now, after using a Heat item, he had become a messenger of flames, not only able to manifest fire at his feet but also fire energy fireballs.
"Playing dead?"
Shiraishi Shin's golden compound eyes flashed with golden light, seeing through Man-Spider's attempt to play dead on the ground. He immediately removed the Heat Memory from his body, inserted it into the slot on the right side of his belt, and slapped it.
[Heat! Maximum Drive!]
After activating the Maximum Drive, Shiraishi Shin raised his right hand high, leaving only his index finger pointing up. Immediately, a small red dot like a grape appeared, which then instantly expanded into a six-meter-wide circular fireball.
Although Eternal's overall stats and setting strength were far inferior to Cronus, he had many more abilities. Besides the eternal memory used for transformation, he had 25 other memories, equivalent to possessing 25 types of superpowers.
There were memories for boosting overall stats, various elemental powers like fire, ice, and water, and even memories to control weather like wind, rain, thunder, and lightning. There were also memories for cloning, mimicry, space, barriers, acceleration, propulsion, flight, and gene alteration. In terms of versatility, Eternal definitely had more to offer.(My dear readers, is the Eternal's power really that strong or is it just an exaggeration?)
"So hot!"
"Hiss, get further away!"
After the fireball formed, the temperature in the air skyrocketed instantly. The moisture in the surrounding area was completely evaporated, and space itself began to warp. Okada Yuriko and the others found it extremely stifling where they stood and quickly moved further away before they felt better.
"Go report to hell. Remember, the one who kills you is the Shinigami, Eternal!"
Shiraishi Shin leaped fifty meters into the air and pointed his index finger downward. The massive red fireball on his fingertip flew straight toward Man-Spider below.
Man-Spider, who had intended to play dead to lure his opponent into a sneak attack, didn't expect Shiraishi Shin to not only see through it but also manifest a finisher. When he felt the scorching heat, he pushed himself up by his knees and looked at the fireball above his head—several times larger than his body—and lost all will to resist.
Because he was already heavily injured, he couldn't run and couldn't block. He could only wait for death as if resigning to fate.
The fireball didn't explode, but it directly melted the ground where Man-Spider was, creating a large crater several meters in diameter and seven meters deep.
"Hiss!"
The people in the distance gasped. They slowly approached; even though the temperature here was still very high, it couldn't stop their curiosity.
They stopped three meters away from the crater, unable to get any closer. Looking at the red residual heat inside the melted pit, they swallowed nervously.
Among them, Yukarisu was shivering with fear, her eyes filled with terror as she looked at Shiraishi Shin.
Even the Kaijin Man-Spider was suppressed and then easily killed. To kill a lowly Shocker Combatmen like her, wouldn't he just need one slap to spin her head around two and a half times?
Shimamura Mitsuba felt Yukarisu's fear and put his arm around her shoulder to comfort her. "Don't be afraid, Yukarisu. You're not a bad person. He shouldn't make a move against you."
"B-but, I just summoned Shocker Combatmen and wanted to kill you all, and Shiraishi Shin was among you."
She couldn't help but be afraid. Who told her to court death by summoning those Shocker Combatmen just now? Moreover, it seemed Man-Spider had come because of that. Heaven knew if this Kamen Rider Eternal would kill her, so Yukarisu was extremely terrified right now.
Shiraishi Shin nodded to himself after seeing the kill points on the system panel. Since drawing Eternal, he had gained 5 points for killing the Orphnoch King, then 2 points for scorpio, 1 point for the Money Dopant, 2 points for the Nazca Dopant, 1 point for the Scarab Orphnoch, and now 1 point for this Man-Spider, totaling 12 kill points. With another 18 points, he could draw another Rider System.
He then stopped paying attention to the dead Man-Spider and looked at the Shocker Combatmen around him who weren't dead yet, several of whom had already woken up.
Shiraishi Shin raised his right hand, palm up. A ball of fire flew into the air and then turned into over twenty small wisps of flame. These wisps intelligently sought out those Shocker Combatmen, and when they landed on them, the high temperature of five or six thousand degrees instantly evaporated them.
Finally, he turned his golden compound eyes toward Yukarisu behind Shimamura Mitsuba.
"Eek!"
When Yukarisu saw Shiraishi Shin looking over, she was so scared that cold sweat poured down, and she even started crying from fear.
Shimamura Mitsuba spread his arms, also feeling immense pressure as he said, "Sh.. Shiraishi-san, please spare Yukarisu. I guarantee she won't be loyal to the Shocker Organization anymore. Right, Yukarisu?"
Yukarisu nodded repeatedly. "Yes, yes, yes! I'm sorry, I was wrong. I like Mitsuba and I'm willing to become his wife. I'll never have any contact with the Shocker Organization again. And I've never killed anyone before; at most, I just taught them a lesson. This is true! If I'm lying, may lightning strike me!"
She said these words to save her life, but they were also the truth.
Shimamura Ichiyo spoke up, "It's true, I can testify. We can hold a wedding ceremony for them in a moment."
Tanzaburo Tojima took off his Rider mask and said, "I think that works."
Okada Yuriko also said, "Shin, the two of them really are in love. Look..."
Shiraishi Shin looked at Okada Yuriko, pulled out the eternal memory, and the rider armor on his body turned back into fragments, detached, and dissipated. He said, "Since Teacher Okada has said so, I will give you a second chance."
To him, it didn't matter whether he killed Yukarisu or not, and seeing that the two were indeed in love, he might as well fulfill their wish. After all, he was a compassionate Kamen Rider.
His words caused the other four to look at Okada Yuriko because, in their eyes, Shiraishi Shin had given up on attacking Yukarisu precisely because of her words.
Shimamura Mitsuba even thanked her, "Teacher Okada, thank you."
Yukarisu also cried as she thanked her, "Teacher, thank you, waah..."
"Ah? No... no need to thank me. I didn't really do anything."
This left Okada Yuriko a bit dazed. She then looked at Shiraishi Shin with a complex expression, while Shiraishi Shin responded with a smile. Facing this smile, her heart was continuously stirred by him.
Who could refuse when such an outstanding man took the initiative from time to time?