Bat Man had been hit five times and was in a bad way. He lay on the ground, struggling to get up, but the bleeding holes in his body made it too painful for him to stand.
"This gun's power is actually quite good."
Shiraishi Shin looked at the blaster in his hand; if his aim had been better and he'd landed a few more shots, Bat Man would likely have been killed on the spot.
The blaster could only store 12 shots of energy. After using them up, putting it back would automatically recharge it, and quite quickly too—basically one shot every ten seconds or so.
Shiraishi Shin walked forward with a calm stride.
Bat Man's face turned pale with shock, and he forced himself to stand up. He spread the fingers of his right hand, and visible fluctuations appeared on his palm.
Then, he slashed his right claw forward fiercely.
A gust of wind-tearing energy transformed into a long-range attack, sharp as a blade; an ordinary person would be easily torn into three pieces like tofu.
Shiraishi Shin turned to the right to dodge, then opened the center of the belt to press the command memory.
The delta blaster in his hand switched to Pointer Mode, and emitted a sound effect:
"Ready?"
"Check!"
"Exceed Charge!"
After the voice input, the delta pointer gun emitted a sound effect, then fired a purple triangular cone that instantly reached Bat Man and pinned him in place.
"Ahhhh!!"
Severely wounded, Bat Man couldn't dodge at all and was pinned by the purple triangular cone, unable to make any moves.
This loss of control made Bat Man scream.
"Am I going to die here today?!"
Bat Man was filled with terror.
When he had previously learned that Man-Spider had been taken out, he had scoffed and secretly cursed Man-Spider as trash.
He had thought that if he had encountered the Kamen Rider, he surely would have been able to defeat him, but reality had taught him a harsh lesson.
However, Shiraishi Shin continued to twist the knife:
"For a Shocker Kaijin, you seem even worse than Man-Spider."
Upon hearing this, Bat Man was shocked.
"Spi... Man-Spider was also taken out by you?"
"Heh."
Shiraishi Shin chuckled without saying anything more.
After hooking the pointer gun back onto his belt, he leaped up, extended his right leg, and delivered a flying kick towards the enemy pinned by the triangular light cone.
After hitting Bat Man, his figure blurred and vanished, then passed through to land behind him.
"Boom!"
Bat Man exploded instantly, and a purple Delta triangle (Δ) symbol appeared at the site of the explosion before dissipating.
With a flash of white light, the delta suit on Shiraishi Shin disappeared.
He took the belt off and weighed it in his hand, feeling like it was a pity to discard but tasteless to keep—it wasn't cool, and didn't really suit him.
"You've been watching for a long time, it's time to come out."
Shiraishi Shin looked to the side.
That's right; shortly after he had Henshin-ed into Delta, someone had come and hidden nearby to watch, just like he had watched Thunder Raiko fight the two male Shocker Combatmen earlier.
As soon as Shiraishi Shin finished speaking, a man wearing a red leather jacket and leather pants, looking to be about twenty-five or twenty-six, walked out from behind a nearby tree.
"As expected of a Kamen Rider, to think you could actually discover me."
The man's expression was calm; he didn't seem very surprised to see a Kamen Rider or Shiraishi Shin as the one who transformed, as if the appearance of a Kamen Rider was already within his expectations.
Shiraishi Shin looked at the other man's clothes and his capable demeanor that was completely unlike an ordinary person's.
He had some guesses, but he had to follow standard procedure, so he said:
"Who are you?"
"Don't question me!"
Terui Ryu's face wore a look of seriousness and arrogance.
Shiraishi Shin turned and walked away.
Terui Ryu raised an eyebrow, took a few steps forward, and said:
"Wait!"
"I'm not used to talking to arrogant people, and I don't want to know you either."
Having said that, Shiraishi Shin trotted away.
"..."
Terui Ryu opened his mouth, but in the end, he could only stand there and watch the other party leave.
"A Kamen Rider different from Kamen Rider W, and quite strong too. I didn't expect this city to be so chaotic—Dopants, Shocker Organization... but none of that matters. I only have one goal!"
Terui Ryu clenched his fists and then turned to leave.
Back to Shiraishi Shin, he had already put the delta driver back into the system space and continued jogging back home.
Just as he arrived home, he smelled cooking oil and eggs.
He changed his shoes at the entryway and walked inside.
Sure enough, his girlfriend, Shiina Mahiru—who had given him her "first blood" last night—was in the kitchen, wearing an apron and frying eggs.
Hearing footsteps behind her, Shiina Mahiru turned around and said:
"Shin-nii is back?"
Shiraishi Shin came up behind Shiina Mahiru and wrapped his arms around her waist.
He lowered his head and pressed his face against Shiina Mahiru's cute, fair, and delicate face, saying:
"Yeah, I'm back. Why didn't you rest a bit more? Breakfast is simple; I could have made it."
Shiina Mahiru enjoyed Shiraishi Shin's closeness and said gently:
"I couldn't sleep anymore, so I thought I'd make breakfast first. But it's a bit too late to make a bento now."
"It doesn't matter. If it's too late, it's too late. We can just eat at the school cafeteria at noon; it's the same."
"That's fine too. Oh, hurry and move away; it's hard to move like this. If the fried egg burns later, then you'll have to eat it."
Shiina Mahiru said this in a coquettish tone.
Shiraishi Shin chuckled, but he did let her go.
"I'm going to take a shower in the bathroom. I just finished exercising and I'm a bit sweaty."
After saying that, he took out his change of underwear and headed to the bathroom to wash up, feeling completely refreshed.
When he came out, it was just time for breakfast: milk, bread, fried eggs, and ham.
The breakfast was very average.
"Mahiru, are you… still in pain?"
Shiraishi Shin had heard that the pain of a girl's first time was very intense and would last for a while, though he didn't know if it was true or not.
Shiina Mahiru replied:
"Although it was very painful at the time, it doesn't hurt much now."
"That's good."
Shiraishi Shin felt relieved.
After finishing breakfast, the two of them cuddled for a while before leaving the apartment for school.
"That's the angel underclassman from the first year, why does she seem even more beautiful and moving today?"
"It must be an illusion. She's the same person; she looks the same to me."
"She feels more elegant and charming to me. Never mind, maybe I saw it wrong."
"Shiina-san, your skin seems fairer and more tender. Did you use some good facial mask or other skincare products?"
"Shiina-san, I feel like you're even prettier today."
After the two of them entered the school side by side, quite a few people gathered around, most of them girls who surrounded Shiina Mahiru.
Shiraishi Shin was immediately pushed out.
He shrugged helplessly, gave Mahiru a wink, and left first.
However, it was still early before class, so he didn't head straight to the classroom.
Because once he entered the classroom, it would definitely be noisy and incessant, which was annoying.
There were still over ten minutes before class officially started, so he chose to go to the rooftop of the teaching building to sit for a while and have some peace and quiet.