Starting with the Decade Driver, Messing with School Beauty

Dopants, the monsters appearing in Kamen Rider W, are humans who transform using Gaia Memories. Depending on the Gaia Memory used for transformation, they gain different abilities and forms.

The Lava Dopant, as the name suggests, has abilities related to flames. Its specialty lies in unleashing fire attacks on opponents, incinerating them into ashes amidst blazing flames. While it lacks close combat abilities, its long-range firepower is formidable.

Now, surrounding Qing Mu are eight Lava Dopant monsters.

With this many Dopants, if left unchecked, they could easily destroy an entire city.

After transforming into Lava Dopant, all eight of them wasted no time and spewed forth a torrent of flames directly at Qing Mu. The intense heat from the flames distorted the surrounding space.

Qing Mu couldn’t withstand the attack head-on and used all his strength to leap out of the encirclement. Then, he took out his weapon, the Ride Booker, and aimed it at several Lava Dopants before pulling the trigger.

*Boom!*

*Boom!*

*Boom!*

The energy blasts had immense power, knocking down three of the Lava Dopant monsters. The remaining Dopants changed their direction and continued to release fire attacks toward Qing Mu.

Unable to match the firepower output, Qing Mu had no choice but to evade carefully.

“Who sent you, and what do you want?” Qing Mu questioned.

“Give up resistance and surrender. We won’t kill you. Other than that, we won’t tell you anything,” the enemy responded with a rigid tone, leaving Qing Mu almost chuckling.

“You guys have some courage. Do you really think I can’t handle you? Just got my new powers, might as well try them out and get a feel for it.”

While dodging their attacks, Qing Mu took out the Faiz Rider card and tossed it into the Decade Driver.

**Kamen Ride! Faiz! Complete!**

His body emitted a crimson glow as Qing Mu transformed into Kamen Rider Faiz.

Then, he quickly inserted the Accel Form card into the Decade Driver.

**Form Ride! Faiz! Axel!**

Qing Mu upgraded into Kamen Rider Faiz Accel Form. With the Faiz Axel on his left wrist activated, a gentle press of the button would increase Qing Mu’s speed a thousandfold, beyond human comprehension.

The opponents clearly didn’t realize the terror of Faiz Accel Form, foolishly continuing to unleash their fiery attacks at Qing Mu.

“To deal with you, I don’t even need ten seconds.”

Qing Mu exclaimed before pressing the button on Faiz Axel.

【Start！Up！】

Sound effects filled the air as Qing Mu entered the acceleration state.

In that moment, Qing Mu experienced an unprecedented sensation. The movements of the Lava Dopants appeared slower than snails, and the high-speed fireballs seemed almost stationary. The surroundings appeared to slow down by hundreds of times, creating a surreal feeling.

“So, this is what it feels like to be in the acceleration state? I used to watch it on TV, and now I’m experiencing it firsthand. It’s truly astonishing,” Qing Mu remarked while in the accelerated state.

In less than half a second, Qing Mu completely adapted to the sensations brought by the acceleration state. Next, he took out the Final AttackRide card and tossed it into the Decade Driver.

**Final! AttackRide! Fai-Fai-Fai-Faiz!**

When using the Final AttackRide card in Kamen Rider Faiz’s base form or Faiz Accel Form, Qing Mu could execute Faiz’s signature finishing move, the Crimson Smash.

*Rapid, echoing sounds.*

Almost simultaneously, a red, conical energy effect appeared above the heads of each of the eight Lava Dopants. Following that were the sounds of successive attacks.

**Time Out!**

The accelerated time was deactivated, and Qing Mu turned his back to the eight Lava Dopants.

At this point, the eight Lava Dopants remained motionless. Qing Mu glanced at the time displayed on Faiz Axel.

“Three seconds. Eight Crimson Smashes. Not bad. It’s a pity there were fewer opponents; otherwise, I could try out Takumi’s Crimson Twelve.”

As Qing Mu finished speaking, a series of explosions erupted. The eight Lava Dopants were engulfed in the fiery explosions.

In that instant, Qing Mu, with the boost from Accel Form’s speed, unleashed eight consecutive Crimson Smashes, attacking all eight Lava Dopants. Due to the incredible speed, in the normal time of the real world, it appeared as though Qing Mu simultaneously attacked all eight Lava Dopants.

Upon defeating the eight Lava Dopants, Qing Mu’s progress toward the initial task reached 15 out of 30. He was now halfway to obtaining the Ultimate Form Rider Card, getting closer with each victory.

Qing Mu exited the Faiz Rider card from the Decade Driver, returning to his normal Kamen Rider Decade form. He turned his attention to the motionless Lava Dopants on the ground, their bodies lying still in the aftermath of the fiery explosions.

Qing Mu was somewhat surprised by what he saw. “How did they all die? Aren’t Gaia Memories supposed to protect the lives of their users? Even if I defeated them, their Gaia Memories should have shattered. Why did they all die? Could they have been using T2 Memories?”

In the original Kamen Rider W series, Gaia Memories were categorized into T1 Memories, T2 Memories, High-Class Memories, and Common Retail Memories. T1 Memories and T2 Memories could be used to transform into either Kamen Riders or Dopant monsters, while High-Class Memories and Common Retail Memories were exclusively for Dopants.

Using T1 Memories, High-Class Memories, or Common Retail Memories to transform into Dopant monsters would only damage the Memory itself, leaving the user unharmed. However, T2 Memories were unique in that if a Dopant transformed using them were defeated, the user would die instantly, but the T2 Memory itself would remain intact.

In simple terms, other Memories protected the user, while T2 Memories protected the Memory itself. To distinguish T2 Memories from other Memories, it was as simple as checking the color of the connection port, which was blue.

Qing Mu hadn’t paid close attention earlier and had assumed that the Lava Dopants were using ordinary Lava Memories, not T2 Memories.