On the street.
A group of red-clad Jyamato wielding long swords were mercilessly attacking passersby. Raven walked down the road, observing everything with an air of composure. Though he hadn't finished Geats, he knew this was all just a reality show for people from the future, and this space-time could be manipulated and reset by them at will.
"Help!"
In front of him, a beautiful girl, the heroine Neon Kurama, was being chased by several Jyamato and ended up running toward Raven.
Seeing the supremely calm Raven, Neon instinctively ran toward him. After all, handsome men naturally attracted beautiful women.
"It's her." Raven found it amusing that the heroine was rushing toward him without hesitation.
"Hurry and run! There are so many monsters over there!" Neon immediately grabbed Raven, who looked like he was about to keep walking forward.
"I know," Raven replied with a slight smile, watching the approaching Jyamato with a calm demeanor.
In order not to reveal overly astonishing abilities right from the start, Raven did not use his divine power. Relying only on his hand-to-hand combat skills, he easily knocked down a few Jyamato and successfully scared the rest away.
"Wow! You're so amazing!" Neon stared, dumbfounded.
Facing monsters with swords, he could so easily take on three at once? From a normal person's perspective, this was truly powerful.
Seeing this, Neon immediately made up her mind. She absolutely had to cling tightly to this powerful asset. After all, given the current situation, staying by his side was the only chance she had to survive.
She reached out and clasped Raven's hand, looking as cute and beautiful as possible. "Onii-chan, you'll protect me, won't you?"
She was very confident in herself. As a famous online idol with millions of fans, perhaps this man had watched her streams before.
"I'm going toward those dangerous areas up ahead. Are you sure you want to keep following me?" Raven asked, his expression unchanged despite Neon's blatant seduction attempt.
"I... I still want to follow you!" Neon hesitated for a moment but decided to stay. Due to an unknown reason, transparent walls had appeared nearby, isolating them from the outside. The area had essentially become a hunting ground for the monsters. At a time like this, there was no use in trying to run away.
"Then let's go together." Raven continued walking forward.
Before long, they encountered a figure frantically fleeing in a small alley: Keiwa Sakurai. Many Jyamato pursuers were hot on his heels.
"Hey! Run away quickly! There are a lot more behind me!" Keiwa immediately warned Raven and Neon, who were walking toward him.
Just as Raven was about to intervene, a series of attacks rained down from above, repelling the Jyamato. The three looked up to see a Rider with a white bear face, wielding a green crossbow.
"Panda?" Keiwa stared blankly up at the rooftop.
Rumble!
Just then, a nearby wall was suddenly smashed through, and a purple, bull-headed Rider burst out, violently attacking a few of the Jyamato minions. He quickly wiped out several of them.
"This time it's a bull?" Neon was also surprised.
Raven looked at the scene with a knowing smile. It seemed the time he arrived was right at the beginning of the first episode's plot. That meant the Desire Grand Prix game was already drawing to a close. Soon, the male lead, Ace Ukiyo, would appear to end the game.
He would become the Dezashin (God of Desire) for an unknown number of consecutive rounds. And a new game would soon begin.
Just as Raven was thinking this, the System's voice suddenly appeared.
Ding!
[System Mission Issued.]
[The host must participate in the Desire Grand Prix as a contestant and win three consecutive rounds.]
[Mission Complete: Reward - Dimensional Travel Ability]
"Oh? That sounds quite good."
Dimensional Travel, a power similar to what Tsukasa Kadoya possesses, allowing free travel through any parallel world. Although he could already travel through time and space using the System, this ability would make it much more convenient.
"Then, I'll temporarily join this game as a contestant." Raven decided.
After Buffa and Da-Paan eliminated the Jyamato minions, Raven, Neon, and Keiwa followed them and accepted their protection.
On a safe rooftop.
Keiwa collapsed on the ground, exhausted. At this moment, Da-Paan also untransformed, revealing a young man.
"H-Hello. Thank you for saving us just now. I really appreciate it," Keiwa said to him.
"Ah, I'm a firefighter. It's just my instinct to prioritize saving people," Da-Paan said awkwardly.
"Easy to say. The 'saving people' you speak of is just to earn points, right?" Buffa, who had just cleared another wave of minions, dragged his chain-saw weapon across the ground, making a harsh, grating sound as he walked toward them.
"Please don't lump me in with you."
"What's the difference? Stop pretending to be a good person." Buffa walked to the side and also untransformed, revealing the figure of a young man, Michinaga Azuma, the man behind Buffa.
While they were bickering, Keiwa realized that they seemed to know something more. He couldn't contain his curiosity any longer and loudly questioned them: "Who exactly are you people? What in the world is going on?"
"This world is about to be destroyed," Michinaga said.
Just as he spoke, a huge dark shadow slowly flew across the sky: a massive airborne fortress.
"This is bad!" Da-Paan instantly tried to transform.
However, a massive tentacle shot out from the ship and struck him down, shattering his buckle core on his belt.
At the same time, a large number of Jyamato appeared out of nowhere in a corner of the rooftop.
"Ah!" Neon was startled, quickly gripping Raven and hiding behind him.
Facing the sudden influx of monsters, Michinaga transformed immediately, but he had no intention of saving the others.
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