Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider (東島丹三郎は仮面ライダーになりたい)

Ninety-eight... ninety-nine...

One hundred!

I-I can't keep going.

Two hundred three! Two hundred four!

Two hundred five!

Two hundred six! Two hundred seven!

You all right?

Y-Yeah...

Dammit, it still hurts! Shit!

Guess I oughta work on my baseline before transforming into a combatant, huh?

How the hell are you two so strong, anyway?

It's obviously because...

we train every day.

Like, every day? How long have you been livin' like this?

I couldn't give you an exact date, but it's been over ten years.

Ten...?!

You wanted to join Shocker, right? Didn't you train for it?

Well, that was more part of the gangster routine.

You guys are way more serious about this than I ever was about joining Shocker.

Well, Shocker is destined to be defeated by the Riders, after all.

Yeah. The training would've gone to waste.

What the hell was that?!

- Thanks for the food. - Thanks for the food.

I'm amazed you two don't get sick of this stuff.

I'd kill for some real meat.

You're a needy one, aren't you?

Meat, huh...

Well, there are options.

Seriously?! Where are they?

A living chicken?

If you can bring this bird down, we'll have chicken hotpot tonight.

Didn't they do this in Rocky?

This bird looks like he's seen better days.

Not sure he'd taste good even if I caught him.

You'll understand once you get started.

Get to it, then.

I've always wanted to try this, to be honest.

It's supposed to be great reflex and lower body training.

Get a move on.

You sure this isn't too easy?

You'd think so, right?

But for the record, I've never been able to catch him.

Gotcha.

Ow! Whoa!

Ow, ow, ow!

That hurts!

Yow, knock it off! Are you kidding me?!

What the hell?! Wait a sec! It's trying to kill me!

Make it stop!

This really is a good way to train your reflexes and lower body.

Isn't it, though?

No!

D-Damn.

A gangster, getting his ass handed to him by a rooster...

Are you gonna be okay? You seem to be running a fever from all those scratches.

I'll manage.

I feel like that bird taught me a lesson.

What lesson?

That I'm a small fry.

The kind of wimp who can't even take down a rooster!

Looking back, all I've done for the past 44 years was... survive.

Never had any hopes. Just learnin' how to give up.

And in the end, I couldn't even protect the men who'd dedicated themselves to me.

I've got nothing now.

I don't have anything, either.

Likewise.

But you two do!

Something that's crucial to really living!

Right in here!

And that's what I'm missing.

I dunno how to put it into words, though.

H-Hey!

Are you really going out in that condition?

Right now, I'm like a frog who's been half-swallowed by a snake,

but hasn't realized it yet.

So, where are you going?

To train myself to death.

What's that supposed to mean?

I'm weak! Weak! Weak! Weak!

I'm supposed to be their aniki?!

And a gangster?!

What a load of shit...

No wonder I can't even beat a bird!

I'm gonna work at it until I find what I'm missing.

He said he was gonna train until he dies, but...

It's been three hours, and he still hasn't come back.

You all right?!

He's foaming at the mouth.

O-One hundred ninety-seven... one hundred ninety-eight...

O-One hundred ninety-seven... one hundred ninety-eight...

One hundred... ninety...

I-I ain't done yet!

Dammit. I'm not gonna...

I'm not gonna stop until I get where I'm going!

He's looking better lately.

Yeah.

Hey.

Wanna do some light sparring?

Sure.

Keep it light, okay?

I'll try to.

He's pretty fast.

But!

Gotcha!

That was a good one!

Yeah!

Couldn't see it coming, could you?

I guess.

This punch...

Will be how I take down the bird!

Not Shocker?

This is it.

I can't believe Shocker's sponsoring an event like this.

Let's go.

I've been meaning to ask, Yukarisu...

What's with that outfit?

This is how all men look to me, except you!

So, I'm sure no one will notice!

Let's go.

Is this gonna work?

Th-The show will begin in ten minutes.

Roger Wilco!

See what I meant? It's the perfect disguise!

Come on!

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I can't wait to find out!

And I've heard a rumor...

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