"Boom!"
A green electronic screen instantly covered him from head to toe, and a large amount of green electric current covered his body. Immediately after, Shiraishi Shin was equipped with a set of highly oppressive rider armor, and the huge golden clock behind him appeared and then slowly dissipated.
"Kamen Rider Cronus!"
Shiina Mahiru covered her mouth with her fair, tender little hands. Seeing her boyfriend Henshin with her own eyes on the spot—to say she wasn't shocked would definitely be a lie, but while shocked, a touch of pride couldn't help but well up in her heart.
After all, her boyfriend was a Kamen Rider, possessing powerful transcendent strength and being a hero to humanity. However, worry also arose, because heroes are often accompanied by injuries.
Shiraishi Shin looked at Shiina Mahiru and was about to say something, but he immediately sensed that there were others nearby, and they were acting furtively. He immediately shielded Shiina Mahiru behind him, looked in the direction behind him, and said, "Who is there? Come out!"
The reason he could discover the person hiding in the dark was because the moment he performed Henshin, the surrounding space would automatically generate a Game Domain. Within the Game Domain, he could be fearless against others' time stops and could also use time stops to control others himself.
Furthermore, the five antennas on his head allowed all nearby moving object reactions, which only he could see, to appear within Shiraishi Shin's visor, and automatically set tracking markers.
If someone were just passing by normally, that would be one thing, but he could clearly sense that the other person's movements were furtive; at a glance, they didn't look like someone just passing by.
As Shiraishi Shin's voice fell, a woman walked out from behind a tree on the left. Because of her slender figure, her body had been perfectly blocked by the tree.
Shiina Mahiru recognized the other person and said, "Yoshimoto-san, is it you?"
Shiraishi Shin also recognized the person; it was a girl from his class who usually had low presence and belonged to the fringe figures in school.
But at this moment, Shiraishi Shin instinctively noticed that the other person's expression was not right.
Yoshimoto glanced at Shiraishi Shin and said, "I didn't expect the class monitor to be a Kamen Rider. This is truly unexpected, but my target is Shiina Mahiru. She is too much of an eyesore!"
As she spoke, Yoshimoto took out a Zodiarts Switch from her person.
"Zodiarts Switch?"
Seeing the item in the other person's hand, Shiraishi Shin understood what was going on. He said, "You say Mahiru is an eyesore because you are jealous that she is prettier and more popular than you, and completely different from a little transparent person like you, right? How ugly. A person's appearance is determined by heaven. Even without a good appearance, as long as one has a sincere heart, one can live a good life. Why compare yourself as the last-place student to the true first-place student? It's just self-imposed imprisonment."
"Shut up! Even if you are a Kamen Rider, I have corresponding powerful strength!"
After speaking, Yoshimoto pressed the switch with her thumb. Enveloped in a burst of black mist, she transformed into a Zodiarts related to a dog; it was Canes Venatici.(I'm not sure if this is really Hound Zodiarts or not, because as far as I know, the user of Hound Zodiarts is male—but this one seems to be female. Still, based on the description, it does seem like Hound Zodiarts… ahh, I don't know anymore, I'll just assume it is Hound Zodiarts.)(Also, Hound Zodiarts is Canes Venatici, by the way.)
(Image Hound Zodiarts??)
"She Henshined too!"
Shiina Mahiru watched in surprise as Yoshimoto transformed into a Zodiarts. She had performed a Henshin just like Shiraishi Shin, only Yoshimoto had transformed into a Monster.
"Shin, be careful. Please don't get hurt."
Now that she knew Kamen Rider Cronus was Shiraishi Shin, her heart could no longer be as calm as when looking at a stranger. Worry naturally arose in her heart; after all, this was the person she liked. Even as a Kamen Rider, he could still get hurt when facing a Monster.
"Don't worry, I am the strongest."
Shiraishi Shin's confident tone also made Shiina Mahiru feel much more at ease.
"Hah!"
The Canes Venatici Zodiarts took out a chain as a weapon in her right hand, with a weight at the tip of the chain. After swinging the chain a few times, she smashed it toward Shiraishi Shin's chest.
Shiraishi Shin did not dodge or evade. After the weight hit his chest, apart from a few sparks exploding due to the collision, he himself remained motionless.
"This kind of attack doesn't even count as tickling. In front of the powerful Cronus, no enemy is an opponent."
Cronus's stats were high, which meant his armor defense was also extremely high. The armor parts worn on his wrists and feet could perfectly block a 100t attack.
Other parts of his body might not have defense as good as this explosion-proof coating, but the armor could also completely ignore ordinary impacts of tens of tons. The base stats of Kamen Rider Fourze basically did not exceed five tons, so one could imagine that the stats of ordinary Monsters, which were of the same origin as him, were about the same.
Even if they used weapons to increase their strength, it would at most increase it by two or three tons. Even if Shiraishi Shin stood there and let her attack, she couldn't break his defense even if she hit him for a whole day.
Many people say that stats are for reference only and are not as strong as the setting, but when stats are high to a certain degree, one force can break ten thousand laws!
"What!"
Canes Venatici was stunned. She had used a weapon to smash him, right? Even a concrete wall could be broken directly, so why, when hitting Shiraishi Shin, did the other party not move at all? Where did the action and reaction of force go?
Just as she was about to retract the chain, Shiraishi Shin grabbed the weight with his left hand. With force in his palm, that immense grip strength directly crushed Canes Venatici's signature weapon with his bare hands.
Her own weapon was just crushed like that? Is this real or fake?
This scene further shocked Canes Venatici's worldview. As Shiraishi Shin took every step forward, she was scared into taking a step back. This kind of oppressive feeling from a strong person made her suffer extremely.
"Go to hell!"
She steeled her heart, extended her arms outward, and fired hundreds of black spikes directly from her chest. Shiraishi Shin walked forward without any defensive actions, just bracing himself against these spikes that didn't even count as tickling, which hit his body with a clattering sound.
And every spike that missed and hit the ground would cause an energy explosion.
"Ah!"
Canes Venatici looked at Shiraishi Shin, who was walking over with ease and calmness, bracing against the long-range attacks she had unleashed with all her might. She was almost scared to tears.
Unable to injure the other party in the slightest even after using all her strength, she screamed in a breakdown and then turned around, trying to flee using her own relatively excellent speed.
But in Cronus's eyes, it was just like slow motion. He stomped his foot, and the ground was immediately stepped into a pit. In an instant, it was as if he had teleported, appearing in front of Canes Venatici, with his back to her.
When Canes Venatici couldn't react in time to brake and rushed behind Shiraishi Shin, he turned around and kicked.
After his right foot traced a graceful arc in the air, he kicked directly at her temple, sending her flying on the spot. After flying backward for three meters, Canes Venatici exploded in mid-air at a low altitude, then transformed back into Yoshimoto's form, rolling onto the ground in a disheveled state, with even the transformation device, the Zodiarts Switch, falling to the side.
Shiraishi Shin walked forward with a cold snort, while saying, "Daring to bluster before me with such low stats, you're asking for a beating."
"Ugh... Ah!"
Yoshimoto lay on her side on the ground, mouth open and eyes closed, but seeing Shiraishi Shin walk over, she stared straight at him. Immediately after, a shocking thing happened.
Only to see Yoshimoto's body suddenly release a white light. This white light lasted only half a second, but her appearance after the white light made Shiraishi Shin somewhat shocked.
Because of that green, insect-like, pupa-like appearance—isn't this an Worms!(Worms from Kamen Rider Kabuto)
(Image Worms)