"This is a huge building..."

"It is," Aruto confirmed to the two as he and a twenty-three-year old with dyed brown hair stood with Jin and Kouri. "It's a huge company after all."

Kouri hummed. "That's true. I'm more surprised that you two were the ones who came over to pick us up."

The kid smiled. "Well, as a future king, I do need to look after my subjects. You guys count too."

"Huh, does the kid think he can be a king? He's more of a puppy or kitten instead of a king," Jin muttered.

"Jin!"

Aruto just patted the kid as he stared at Jin with wide eyes. "Don't worry. Apparently, it's a thing of his."

"I'm so sorry for him, Sougo. Jin is accustomed to being a jerk to people he just met," Kouri said.

The now-known Tokiwa Sougo blinked. "So... Like Geiz."

"I would say take Geiz and make him much more antagonistic than when you first met him, and that's not even half of it."

"... Wow, that's bad."

"In a nutshell. But he's getting better. He rarely calls his loved ones bad stuff so it's a step."

Izu, Aruto's assistant, just gave a smile as the Humagear said, "I believe that we should be meeting up with the other Kamen Riders now, Aruto-sama."

"Ah, right. Best not to keep them waiting, huh," he agreed. "Come on, you two."

"Right," Jin said. He still had his SeiDriver materialised, though, which Sougo took notice of as he turned to Aruto. "Still apprehensive?"

"From what I can see, yeah," He confirmed. "Wow, when Woz mentioned he was a tough egg to crack, I didn't think he was being literal."

"... Literal?" Sougo repeated.

"I mean, we gotta EGG him back, right? That's a show from Aruto!" The CEO answered.

Izu immediately began explaining the pun, much to his embarrassment, but Sougo muttered, "I feel like I don't get it..."

"That was a dumb joke, Mister CEOmedy," Jin bluntly said. "Even the other idiot can do better."

Izu actually paused her explanation to stare at Jin. "Eh?"

Kouri nearly slammed into a wall. "Jin, what did you just...?"

"He's a CEO. He likes comedy. Isn't it natural to put them together?" Jin felt confused about why everyone was staring at him weirdly. Had he said something wrong...?

"No. Wait wait wait, since when did Akasei Jin do PUNS?" Was Kouri crying?! "I'm so proud, Jin!!"

"W-What- SENSEI, GET OFF!!!"

Aruto and Sougo simply smirked at his embarrassed face, with Sougo holding out his phone to record it while Izu was understandably confused by the scene, but chose to watch with fascination.

"Oh, the sweet taste of revenge~" The Demon King sang. "It feels so exciting~" 

Jin finally managed to pull Kouri off and coughed. "L-Let's get going. I don't want to have to deal with any of this, but..."

"What he means to say is 'Please take mercy on me and save me from this embarrassment.'"

"SENSEI,  STOP PUTTING WORDS INTO MY MOUTH!!"

Now the two Riders were on their knees, laughing their butts off as Jin felt his face turn multiple shades of red, the SeiDriver dispelling itself due to his trust in them increasing slightly. Sometimes, he really questioned his Sensei's decisions!

Just then, the PA system blared to life, "Testing, testing. Would the CEO of the company actually show up to the room he booked? It has been 2 hours. How hard can it be to find a man who acts like a grown up Geiz-kun?!... Oh, and if my overlord is back, welcome back. Please take your time."

"The sheer favouritism..." A voice deadpanned. "Kid, please hurry. Your so-called retainer is annoying."

"Just let me finish my ice cream in peace and we're good," Another said.

"Ah, we're so sorry, Woz, Sento, Ankh!" Sougo apologised before getting up. "Let's go! We shouldn't keep the others waiting!"

"... Did he just apologize to a PA system? He does know that they can't hear him right?"

"Let him stay oblivious, Jin. Let the wolf stay oblivious."

"I'm sorry, let the what stay oblivious now?"

His question was left unanswered as the group soon arrived at a meeting room that Aruto opened up to reveal various people.

"You took your time. Half of the time you took to get one Rider was enough for me to get most of the Heisei Riders. The older ones couldn't make it, sadly," A man with a magenta collared shirt, a black business jacket, and black jeans said while taking a picture of Jin and Kouri. "So these are the new ones, huh?"

"Well, for one, try hunting a whole new Kamen Rider that ISN'T the overlord fated to destroy everything," Sougo snarked. "Second of all, you know where they are. We had nothing to work on. Even the news reports were vague as heck!"

"Got lucky with that Shapeshifter Impull showing up," Aruto muttered. "He showed up and I managed to use Batta-chan to defeat that thing."

"That's what it's called?" Jin frowned. "Makes sense, considering its base form was a kitsune. Didn't show any Core at all."

"Weird..." Kouri blinked. "And all the Impulls should be gone now since you beat Little Albert. Gone through the entire cycle, got rid of his essence... How did that happen? And how were you able to defeat it in the first place? The Impulls can only be defeated by the SeiDrivers and Kokokaito Drivers, and the latter got destroyed after Jin became Healer."

Aruto and Sougo shared a glance before Sougo said, "It's a long story. But... What happened to your other Rider friend?"

"He's an idiot and always disappears whenever I need him. It's a goddamn bad luck streak for me," Jin answered while sitting on a chair with a sigh. "I swear. He does that way too many times. I get stuck on a witch hunt in a different country and he only shows up at the last minute!" 

"Ignore him. He is actually grateful he has friends like him."

"HEY!"

Aruto and Sougo burst out giggling while the others just snorted a bit.

"I think introductions are in order beforehand," A black-haired male spoke up. "Wouldn't that be sensible?"

"True," Jin agreed. "I guess I start because from what I can tell, I'm the most recent Rider. I'm Akasei Jin, formerly Kamen Rider Destiny, but now Kamen Rider Healer. This is my mentor, Shujin Kouri, who is most probably the Impulls' target because he's a fictional avatar of someone in a different world and has a heck ton of Imaginal Energy."

"I see," The male from before hummed. (He did look handsome and had great taste in clothing, Jin thought to himself.) "I am Ukiyo Ace, also known as Kamen Rider Geats."

(He wouldn't be opposed to calling him the handsome idiot.)

"Igarashi Ikki, formerly Kamen Rider Revi!" The one beside Ace said. "I can't really Henshin anymore, but I was recruited to help you guys out, so I'll make sure to try my best."

"Just don't die on us, dino idiot," Jin answered. "Impulls are crazy dangerous and could kill you mentally, rendering you braindead. Trust me, I nearly had that happen to me."

"I am SO SORRY FOR HIM-"

"I'm pretty sure we can deal with it, so don't worry," A man with a black hat said with a smile. "I'm Kamiyama Touma, guardian of Wonder World and Kamen Rider Saber."

"I'm Hiden Aruto, Kamen Rider Zero-One! It's Aruto or nothing!"

"Tokiwa Sougo! Kamen Rider Zi-O! Nice to meet some of you again!"

The magenta person sighed. "Demon Lord, only a few would remember you because of your mechanisms."

"I didn't-"

"Rewriting the world sounds familiar?"

"JUST ONCE. I REWRITE THE TIMELINE JUST ONCE AND YOU NEVER LET ME FORGET IT, KADOYA TSUKASA."

Kadoya Tsukasa? "Huh, not a bad name. Great taste in clothing too. Magenta is pretty underrated," Jin remarked.

Tsukasa looked at him, "I am not pink, I am one hundred percent-"

Then he paused. "... Excuse me, what did you say?"

Some of them gave Jin a confused look as well. 

"Magenta? Isn't that the same as pink?" the one on his other side with the clip in his hair asked.

"Magenta is pretty underrated and people who think magenta and pink are the same are idiots. I would know. People are amazingly picky about colors when selling stuff on the black market," Jin answered. "And no, magenta is a concentrated version of pink or violet, but it's not the same."

And immediately all eyes were on him again.

"B-Black market?!" The doctor stared at him as if he had grown a third head.

"I was a former phantom thief," He deadpanned. "I met Sensei and became a Rider because I stole the Driver from him. I already cut off my contacts, though. Rehab does that to you after you have to question your own existence and kill your living family."

The others continued to stare at him as Tsukasa approached him, and Jin stiffened, about to rematerialise his Driver. Did he have to fi-

"Finally. Someone who sees that I am 100% magenta. Thank you."

Was that sincere happiness in his tone?

Jin blinked. "What, don't tell me people mistake your shirt for pink."

"Yes. They do. Very much so."

"Then they're idiots."

"Ha! Thank you."

Jin snorted. "No worries. Being surrounded by idiots kills the brain cells."

"It's not all that bad," The person beside Sougo said.

Meanwhile, Sougo just coughed, a resigned undertone clear. "Just introduce yourself if you're so excited."

"Very well. I am Kadoya Tsukasa, Kamen Rider Decade and Destroyer of all Worlds."

"Ah, a tsundere who refuses to admit he would never destroy worlds."

"EXCUSE ME?"

Now, Sougo was on his knees laughing again as the three sitting behind him let out their laughter in different ways, such as looking away, smirking, or smiling.

"I mean, we wouldn't be here if you had fulfilled that role," Jin pointed out. "And you have a camera. An old model at that too. I think you probably treasure the worlds and would only endanger them if needed."

Tsukasa was now staring at him, and Jin flinched a bit. 

"... I like him. He has a brain." Tsukasa smirked. "Would even go on a date if I could."

And Jin tried and failed to hide the red flush from forming on his face. 

Was he FLIRTING? 

WAS HE FLIRTING WITH HIM?

Tsukasa's smirk widened upon seeing that, and Jin felt like he wanted to bury himself in a hole.

He would take the witch hunt over this ANY TIME.

(... Maybe the title should go to Tsukasa instead.)

"Anyway, I'm Kiryu Sento, or Kamen Rider Build," the one beside Sougo said. "And then behind Sougo, we have Myokouin Geiz, Tsukuyomi, and Woz."

"Brainy idiot, edge lord, brain cell lady and dumb follower, got it."

"EDGE LORD?!"

"I AM NOT DUMB,  I ASSURE YOU!"

"THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING MY SUFFERING!"

"I have no words to comment on that because you called me brainy, so thank you, but what about hero-"

"Nah, idiot fits better."

"I mean, Sento has the ahoge," the doctor joked a bit. 

The one sitting with Sento laughed. "True! Anyway, I'm Ryuga Banjou! Kamen Rider CrossZ-"

"Protein brawn."

Everyone shared the exact same thought when hearing that, 

It became automated.

Kouri had his head on the table. He wanted to cry. Was he drunk when he decided Jin would be like this? He had to have been! 

"He's not wrong." Sento smirked. 

"OI, SENTO!"

"I'm Hojo Emu, Kamen Rider Ex-Aid," the next one introduced himself with a sheepish smile as they watched Sento and Banjou argue.  

"Clumsy medic gamer, alright." 

"C-clumsy..." Emu placed his head against the wall. How was he so accurate? "Game Over..."

"T-Tenkuji Takeru, Kamen Rider Ghost," Takeru spoke up from Emu's other side. He looked pretty terrified too. What would he even call-

"Cotton candy kid."

And he left it at that.

Kouri still had his mouth open as the next one introduced himself as Kamen Rider Drive, Tomari Shinnosuke, only to be titled "Top Gear", much to his embarrassment. 

Then, Kazuraba Kouta introduced himself as Kamen Rider Gaim and...

"Leader of some sort of alien?"

"I mean, you're not completely wrong."

"You a god or something?"

"Actually, yes, I am."

"Huh, interesting. How do you breathe up there?"

"Altered physiology?"

"How do you not get bored?"

"I mean-"

The man with the leather jacket sighed. "Later, Kouta. We're still introducing remember?"

"Right! Sorry about that."

"It's okay. I'm Souma Haruto, Kamen Rider Wizard."

"Sugar donut addict."

"Thank you."

"... Or maybe sugar addict."

"I'm not addicted to sug-"

"That's the point."

Haruto just shrugged. "Oh."

"Yo! I'm Kisaragi Gentaro, Kamen Rider Fourze who wants to befriend all the Riders!" The man with a pompadour said while holding out his hand as he walked over. "Nice to meet you, Jin-san."

There was a pretty long stare, but soon Jin decided, "Space Idiot. That's all I can guess."

"Thanks!"

"Seriously, these people are insane." Who thanked someone for an insult!?

"I agree," the other one laughed while raising his right hand, revealing a red and green scaled arm as he licked a popsicle. "I'm Ankh, by the way. Currently Kamen Rider OOO."

"Currently?" Something felt... off about the way Ankh had said that... 

"It's a long story," The final Rider said. "But I'm Hidari Shotaro, and this is my partner, Philip and our friend Terui Ryu. Philip and I make up Kamen Rider W and Terui is Kamen Rider Accel."

"Alright, so bird, half-boiled, baby and statue."

"HOW?"

"I'm not half-boiled!"

"I am NOT a baby.”

"I am not a statue, thank you very much."

Aruto wiped the tears from his face after laughing too much at the names as he then spoke, "T-That was funny, but we really have to get back onto that later on. We have a more pressing problem."

"The Impull?" Jin asked. 

"Yep. That thing wasn't really an Impull, though. It was an artificial one. 

"... Hang on, what?"

Suddenly, it made so much sense. No Core, no human host around, heck, he could be defeated by another Rider with a different Rider System! 

"You're saying that...!" Kouri paled. 

"Yes, we're thinking someone created it, and we have a possible candidate in mind..." Tsukuyomi said. 

"Who?" Jin asked seriously. 

Woz's next words made Ankh lose all color on his face. 

"I believe... they're known as the Kougami Foundation."