(It’s later than I thought. I need to go back soon…)
Not long before Yuugo faced against Glonas’ monster armor beast form, Raiha walked quickly towards Luminous Academy.
She was asked by the guards to visit their station so they could ask her about being attacked by Black Veil, but she felt flustered because it took longer than she expected.
The guards were all busy dealing with the Friends of the Night Society, so she politely declined when the guard asking her questions offered to escort her back to the academy.
She was wearing her regular clothes, not her school uniform, and she figured she could get back before the sun set if she hurried… But her chest hurt when she found herself in a deserted city.
(There’s no one… Everyone is wary of the Friends of the Night Society…)
She knew it was late in the day, but there would normally still be some people around.
Raiha figured everyone was at home, fearing the rampage of the Friends of the Night Society. With that unbearable feeling in mind, she faced down, but then…
“Found you, criminal.”
“…!?”
A low voice that seemed to echo from the ground reached her ears.
Raiha raised her head, and saw a jet black monster armor beast with its wings spread widely landing… She gulped when she saw Black Veil.
No way, she thought. She must be truly unlucky to have come across him repeatedly.
…Or perhaps Black Veil saw through the crime she carried with her, and targeted her to judge her… But suddenly, out of nowhere, Ryuuga appeared as if to protect her.
“R-Ryuuga…!?”
“…So you really are after Utsusemi. I’m glad I rushed here.”
“You again? Have you come to get in the way of my execution of justice?”
“…Don’t ask me questions.”
Ryuuga looked at Black Veil with sharp eyes as he responded with his familiar words.
The situation was volatile as they looked at each other, and Ryuuga was the first to speak.
“Don’t bother running away this time. I know who you are.”
“…!?”
This clearly shook Black Veil.
Raiha was also surprised, and she asked Ryuuga if it was true.
“Black Veil’s identity… H-how, Ryuuga!?”
“…I felt something was off. And unraveling his true identity led me to the answer, that’s all.”
Ryuuga glared at Black Veil as he responded.
And he began explaining his process, to show he was not bluffing.
“My first question was, why did Black Veil attack us?”
“Wasn’t it because we are students of Luminous Academy?”
“No. None of us were wearing our uniforms, and we didn’t enter that meeting. There was no way to know we were students of the academy.”
“Ah…!”
Raiha’s eyes opened wide once that was pointed out.
Yes, they were careful to hide who they were because they were wary of the Friends of the Night Society.
Without their school uniforms, they would not know they were students of Luminous Academy. Not to mention that they left quickly with Sakura and Mary, so the Friends of the Night Society members should have no idea they were there.
“What if they found out who Sakura was and deduced we were all from Luminous Academy?”
“Then Amamiya would have been targeted first. But that day, Black Veil’s first target was…”
Said Ryuuga while turning to Raiha.
He thought it was strange how Black Veil targeted Raiha despite not knowing she was from Luminous Academy, and from there he began to little by little make his way to the answer.
“I mistook it because people related to Luminous Academy began being attacked the next day, but… That wasn’t it. Black Veil was after you from the start.”
“I was the target…!? B-but why…!?”
“Ehn told me the answer. Last night, she was attacked because she was with Cross and injured. But Cross, who committed a bigger crime, got away with only minor injuries. Isn’t that strange?”
Cross said Ehn protected him, but Black Veil let Cross go after attacking Ehn, despite him causing a big incident by running wild with a magic sword.
This was clearly odd. Normally, he would attack Cross after Ehn went down.
Raiha looked at Ryuuga after realizing why that did not happen, and stated the answer with a trembling voice.
“He was not after Cross… He was after Ehn?”
Ryuuga silently nodded. She still wondered why Black Veil himself would attack Ehn, but Ryuuga had the answer.
“That day, in the restaurant… You denied Black Veil’s justice. That’s why you were targeted.”
“…!?”
Raiha gulped with surprise. Yes, that day they said…
‘Even if Black Veil is just, I don’t think that gives him the right to condemn others.’
‘I think what Black Veil is doing is taking the future away from those people.’
Raiha was shocked at Ryuuga’s implication that it was all it took for them to be attacked, as Ryuuga faced the monster armor beast again.
“This means Black Veil was there. And he’s someone with the means to look into where people with a record can be found. Like someone whose job it is to check up on prisoners after they’re released.”
“S-so Black Veil is…!?”
Ryuuga looked at Black Veil with piercing eyes.
He hid under the armor of self-righteous justice, but Ryuuga figured out who he really was, and stated his real name.
“Isn’t it about time you revealed yourself, Black Veil? Or rather, probation officer Garland?”
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Ehn told me the answer. Last night, she was attacked because she was with Cross and injured.
Got*
Tokutasu Reference Time~☆!!!
On top of the Cygnus Zodiart, there is also a reference to Commander Dopant from Kamen Rider Accel V-Cinema as well, being a corrupted police officer who was hellbent on killing every criminals after one kill his wife and wielding the power to create more mook.
Ryuuga really is Kamen Rider Accel!
Nice deductions as always, Kamen Rider Accel!