"Find Different?" Li Yu picked up the Gashat and played with it.
"Yes, this is my divine talent!" Dan Kuroto crossed his arms over his chest, leaned back, and wore a mysterious smile on his face.
"Your plan is about to begin?" Li Yu put away the Gamer Driver and the Gashat.
"Yes, tomorrow I will hand over the Gamer Driver and Gashat to CR."
"I've secured an 'Invited Doctor' identity. Do you need me to cooperate from the inside?"
"That would be excellent, but then your Rider form wouldn't be able to act with me, would it?" There was a hint of regret on Dan Kuroto's face.
"Small problem. I've almost finished a new Gashat myself. I'll just use that then. Could our esteemed Game Master please grant me permission to create games?" Li Yu asked with a playful grin.
"What! You made a Gashat yourself? Your talent..." A rare mix of excitement and surprise appeared on Dan Kuroto's face, but he stopped when he saw Li Yu's confused look. "Permission is certainly no problem. Make whatever you want."
After a brief discussion of the plan with Dan Kuroto, Li Yu got up and left, heading into his studio to capture the fleeting inspiration and quickly design his own Gashat.
It was nearly five in the afternoon. Li Yu, who hadn't even had lunch, finally finished the Gashat he was working on. Looking at the game character design on it—a masked figure hidden in darkness—Li Yu smiled with satisfaction. He went out for a walk, had a big meal, and then returned to his studio to begin preparing the next Lv.1 Gashat. After one successful attempt, he was clearly much more proficient. In just over three hours, he completed the first step, but what game to make stumped him again. With a 'let's try it' mentality, he reviewed past Kamen Riders, and his eyes lit up when he thought of one. He then coded for another two hours before taking a shower and going to bed. After all, according to the information provided by the system, tomorrow was his first day as an 'Invited Doctor' officially going to Seito University Hospital, and he needed to maintain a proper, energetic image.
---Dividing Line---
"What? You're the Invited Doctor sent by the higher-ups!" In the director's office of Seito University Hospital, Li Yu looked helplessly at the astonished director.
"Director Kagami Haima, are these documents I brought problematic?"
"No, no, it's just that you look a bit too... young. I heard you've been researching game disease for five years, so I thought you'd be at least in your thirties. Truly young and promising, young and promising! It's an honor to work with you!"
Li Yu's mouth twitched. While watching the TV show, he already felt that Kagami Haima was a bit... but experiencing it in person was especially pronounced. He really couldn't stand it...
"Please take me to CR."
On the way.
"There's only one person in CR right now. No, not exactly a person. My son is on his way back and will arrive tomorrow. The only current member of CR is busy looking for a suitable person to become a Kamen Rider."
"Understood. I can go the rest of the way myself. I won't trouble you." Seeing CR right in front of him, Li Yu quickly tried to dismiss him.
"No trouble at all, no trouble at all."
Watching Kagami Haima leave, Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't stand that kind of flattery. By the way, are Kagami Haima and Kagami Hiiro really father and son? The difference is too great!
Pushing open the door to CR, the sole figure inside turned at the sound.
"Eh?"
"Hello, we meet again." Li Yu smiled and greeted Kariya Asuna. "Hello, my name is Li Yu."
"I'm Kariya Asuna. Are you the Invited Doctor? Yes, it should be like this..." Kariya Asuna clenched her fists.
"What did you say?" The latter half of her sentence was a bit quiet, and Li Yu didn't catch it clearly.
"No, nothing. Did the director tell you about my identity?"
"Not yet, but I can probably guess... You're a Bugster, but with a benign prefix."
"You really knew!"
"Why are you so sure I would know, huh?!"
"You're an expert in game disease, so it's not strange for you to recognize a Bugster at a glance, is it?"
"That makes a lot of sense..."
"Alright, I'm going to find Genius Gamer M. Do you want to come along?"
"Don't suddenly change the subject!" Li Yu rubbed his forehead in exasperation.
"Okay, let's go then." Kariya Asuna dragged Li Yu out, oblivious.
An hour later.
"Stop looking." Li Yu looked at the still energetic Kariya Asuna and couldn't help but marvel that the physique of a Bugster and a human couldn't be compared. "I know where Genius Gamer M is."
"Eh? Really?" Kariya Asuna excitedly ran to Li Yu's side, then became a little suspicious. "If you knew, why did you only say so now?"
"I just remembered." Li Yu shrugged. Even he didn't believe that, but Kariya Asuna did. "Genius Gamer M, real name Hojo Emu, is currently a pediatric Intern Doctor at Seito University Hospital."
"Nani?! He's in our hospital?" Kariya Asuna was stunned. If Genius Gamer M was in the hospital, wouldn't her searching outside make her look very foolish?
"That's right, so quickly go back..." Li Yu's words were cut short by Kariya Asuna's ringing communicator.
"Hello? What! Okay, I understand."
"What's wrong?" Li Yu asked curiously, watching her hang up the call.
"A patient with game disease has appeared! Li Yu, let's go back quickly!"
"Okay!"
Inside CR.
"Excellent, you two are back!" Kagami Haima said excitedly, grasping Li Yu's hand.
"Where's the patient?"
"Over there."
The three of them entered the patient's room, where two people were already present, one lying down and one sitting, the sitting person's face full of worry.
"Who is he?" Kariya Asuna quietly asked.
"He's Dr. Hojo from Pediatrics. He said this is his patient, so he insisted on coming in."
"Hojo Emu?" Li Yu was stunned. Was this some kind of butterfly effect? Hojo Emu had arrived at CR early because of him.
"Eh? Do you know me?"
"It's like this, this patient's illness is quite special... so you absolutely must become a Kamen Rider." Kariya Asuna's words were startling. Since she already knew Hojo Emu was Genius Gamer M, she decided to be direct.
"Are you kidding? This kid?" Kagami Haima said indignantly.
"I don't see any problem."
"I think so too." Hearing Li Yu's words, Kagami Haima immediately put on a smiling face.
"A Kamen Rider?" Hojo Emu looked at his hands, somewhat lost. He then looked up at the patient's pained expression and immediately made up his mind. "For the patient's smile, I can definitely do it. What do I need to do?"
"Use this!" Kariya Asuna took out a briefcase. She opened it. Inside were, of course, the pink and green Gamer Driver and the pink Gashat. "When the Bugster Virus appears inside the patient, use these to separate it, and the patient will return to normal!"
"Then how do I make the Bugster Virus appear?"
"Now it's my turn!" Li Yu adjusted his non-existent glasses. "There is only one truth: just make the patient feel enough pressure!"
"..."
"..."
"What's wrong?"
"Too chuunibyou, Li Yu-san..."
"Eh? Is it? That's so hurtful..."
"Never mind, it's not important. Let's take the patient out. I have a plan." Stared at by everyone's strange looks, Li Yu calmly changed the subject.