Self-cultivation of Kamen Rider ZIO

Chapter 373 A Cup of Coffee

“Welcome to~~”

Pushing open the store door, as soon as Gates stepped into it, he heard a familiar voice.

Looking up, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"Mr. Yuto!"

Gates subconsciously shouted.

"Huh? Gates!?"

Hearing this shout, and seeing Gates' face clearly, Sakurai Yuto was stunned for a moment, and immediately burst into a pleasant smile on his face.

"It's really been a long time..."

At this point, Sakurai Yuto looked at Gates' young face, and his voice suddenly changed.

"No, it's true for me, but for you, we should have just parted, right?
"When did you return to this world?"

"Yesterday, we came back yesterday evening."

"I see……"

Hearing this, Sakurai Yuto nodded thoughtfully, and then greeted him.

"Stop standing at the door, come in quickly."

"Ah."

Gates responded, and under the guidance of Yuto Sakurai, he came to an empty seat and sat down.

Then Sakurai Yuto walked to the bar and said to the proprietress:
"Airi, bring me two cups of your best coffee."

"Okay, is your friend here?"

"Well, a very nice junior, long time no see."

Looking at the unconcealable smile on Sakurai Yuto's face, Sakurai Airi also couldn't help but smile.

"Then go and entertain him, I'll send it to you later."

"That's fine, then please."

"Well, let's go."

Under Sakurai Airi's urging, Sakurai Yuto quickly returned to the table where Gates was sitting, and sat down opposite Gates.

After sitting down, Sakurai Yuto looked at Gates's face that was the same as he remembered, and still couldn't help sighing.

"Time is amazing.

"For me, we haven't seen each other for more than twenty years, but for you, the difference between us is just yesterday."

"Yes."

Hearing this, Gates couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"I haven't seen you in a blink of an eye, Mr. Yuto, you are so old."

"old……!"

Hearing Gates' emotion, Sakurai Yuto twitched the corners of his mouth, and suddenly said angrily.

"Can you chat? What do you mean you are so old?

"I'm a handsome old man at the right age. Why do you make me sound like I'm about to die?"

"Uh... sorry."

Gates quickly explained.

"That's right, Mr. Yuto, as you know, I actually came to this world 50 years later, when I was ruled by King Omashi. In our era, if I can live to be more than forty years old, it is already considered a long life. gone."

Hearing this, Sakurai Yuto, whose original intention was only to tease Gates, fell into a silence where he couldn't laugh.

"The era of the Demon King..."

After a while, he sighed softly.

Forty is a long lifespan, which shows just how bad the future Gates is living in can be.

However, no matter how he thought about it, he who had already had an encounter with Tokiwa Sogo, couldn't imagine how that gentle young man who aspired to be king would create such a dark era?

Therefore, he couldn't help asking Gates at this time:

"Is the fiercest and most vicious demon king who will rule the world in the future—Omo Shiwang, really the future of the Tokiwa Shogo we know?"

"……I have no idea."

Hearing this, Gates was silent for a moment and shook his head.

"However, I have already decided!"

Speaking of this, Gates raised the corner of his mouth, looked at Sakurai Yuto's eyes brightly and firmly, and said.

"I want to be his friend and witness his road to becoming king! Fight with him! Work hard together!
"I believe that if we are with him now, we will be able to create a better future!

"And during this process, if he goes in the wrong direction, then I will definitely stop him! Even if it means risking my life, I will not hesitate!

"I've made up my mind!"

After listening to this passage, Sakurai Yuu, who was looking at Gates, also gradually raised the corners of his mouth.

"The past gives hope...you're right, there's really nothing to get lost in."

Sakurai Yuto's previous doubts were swept away.

"I also believe that if it is the current Zhuangwu, he will definitely be able to create a brand new future and become the most benevolent and benevolent devil king!"

Sakurai Yuto laughed.

"However... Having said that, I'm a little curious. When did you figure it out? When we parted, you were still so repulsed to admit it."

Gates has nothing to hide about this.

"For a while, chat with another [me]."

It’s just that what Gates said made Yuto Sakurai unable to react for a while.

"???"

And after he fully understood the meaning of Gates' words, the corners of his mouth couldn't help shaking.

[what is this?Could it be that you in the different world are still the CP of you and Shi Wang? ]
I don't know why, when thinking of the setting of Kamen Rider manga in another world, Yuto Sakurai couldn't help but have such an idea in his mind.

At this moment, Sakurai Airi came here with a tray, and put two cups of coffee in front of Gates and Sakurai Yuto.

"Please use."

After speaking, Sakurai Airi smiled and left.

And Sakurai Yuto was also able to break free from that somewhat strange thought.

"Try it, this is Airi's best coffee, and most people can't drink it."

Sakurai Yuto made a "please" gesture to Gates.

And Gates looked at Yuto Sakurai and the cup of coffee in front of him with some hesitation.

He still has a lot of psychological shadows about the "bitter to sweet" cup of coffee he drank at the Star Coffee Shop last time.

But it was really hard to refuse at this time, so in the end, Gates bit the bullet and picked up the coffee cup and took a sip.

"so bitter!"

The unexpected bitter taste immediately filled his sense of taste, causing Gates to let out a small groan.

Seeing Gates' embarrassment, Sakurai Yuto couldn't help but burst out laughing, the laughter gradually became smaller, and finally turned into a chuckle of nostalgia.

"Looking at you like this really reminds me of myself."

Sakurai Yuto picked up the coffee cup, took a sip, and smiled.

"Well, it's really bitter, but even a person like me who doesn't like bitterness can taste the mellow aroma after getting used to it, which means it's really a good thing.

"The so-called time sees people's hearts, and it's just like that."

"Yes...that's it."

Gates heard the words, looked down at the coffee cup in his hand, raised his hand, and took a sip, but he still felt...

"so bitter!"

"Haha! Isn't that natural? How can this kind of thing be so easy to get used to?"

Sakurai Yuto laughed.

"I used to hear Airi talk about how mature I am in the future, how I drink bitter coffee without changing my face. I still don't understand, and I feel that I can't compare with him, but after merging the memory of that guy, I found, oh, really What is..."

Speaking of this, Sakurai Yuto couldn't help laughing.

"That guy, it's because he's mature that he can drink bitter coffee without changing his expression. He's obviously pretending to be calm in pursuit of Airi. Without his love for Airi, he can't drink it... ...I'm different!"

Having said that, Sakurai Yuto took another sip of the coffee in his hand, and continued to laugh.

"Before I met Airi, I had already practiced in advance, so I was really calm."

Next, Yuto Sakurai didn't tease Gates anymore, nor urged Gates to drink the coffee in his hand, but began to talk about his good memories of these years in a gentle voice.

In those memories, there is no strange demon god, no time and space travel, and naturally there is no battle.

Go to college, graduate successfully, chase your dreams, become an astronomer, fall in love, get married, have your own little princess...

Plain and happy.

Yuto Sakurai is telling such a story.

After hearing the story, Gates came back to his senses and found that the coffee in the coffee cup in his hand had been drunk before he knew it.

(End of this chapter)