Self-cultivation of Kamen Rider ZIO

Chapter 529 If It Was Me...

"..."

Looking down at the Zi-O watch that Sogo Tokiwa handed over to him, Gates was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately asked Sogo Tokiwa.

"how about you?"

"I?"

Hearing this, Tokiwa Sogo smiled, and that smile was indescribably complicated.

"Do not worry about me."

He shook his head.

"The key to my trial has nothing to do with pure strength, so you need it now more than me."

After the words fell, Sogo Tokiwa handed the Zi-O watch in his hand to Gates again.

"Accept it. You are going to protect this world instead of me who left. How can you be controlled so easily?"

"...I get it, I'll always carry it with me."

After a moment of silence, Gates raised his hand and took the Zi-O watch from Sogo Tokiwa's hand.

"do not worry."

Gates looked into Sogo Tokiwa's eyes and solemnly promised.

"I will definitely protect this world!"

"Well, I believe you."

Sogo Tokiwa, who also looked into Gates' eyes, nodded seriously and replied with a smile.

Then, he looked in the direction of the restaurant.

Seeing this, remembering that Sogo Tokiwa said before that he would say goodbye to everyone before the trial, Gates took a deep breath and stood up voluntarily.

"If there's nothing else, I'll go upstairs first."

He finished speaking a little bluntly, and was about to turn around when he heard Tokiwa Sogo's voice sound again.

"and many more."

Looking at Gates who cast a puzzled look at him, Tokiwa Sogo pointed to the knight watch pedestal on the table.

"Take that, too."

Tokiwa Shogo said pointedly.

"When it's time to use it, don't hesitate."

Hearing this, he took a deep look at Sogo Tokiwa, Gates did not hesitate this time, but nodded very simply.

"it is good."

Having said that, Gates actually didn't understand what Sogo Tokiwa implied.

He thought that the point of Sogo Tokiwa's words was that Sogo Tokiwa entrusted those knight watches to him for safekeeping.

But it doesn't matter, until that moment, Gates will naturally understand the true meaning of Sogo Tokiwa's words.

I saw Gates step forward, picked up the knight watch stand, turned around, and walked upstairs.

At this moment, Woz, who had already helped Junichiro Tokiwa clean up the kitchen, was walking out of the restaurant.

en route.

Their eyes met for a brief moment, and then they staggered away without a trace, passing each other.

Gates continued upstairs.

Woz approached Sogo Tokiwa step by step.

"My Majesty the Demon King..."

Before the body arrived, the praise of Woz's aria had already sounded first.

"Please rest assured, with me watching, nothing will happen to Gates!"

"Yes, I feel at ease with you here."

Tokiwa Shogo did not refute Woz, but followed his words and nodded with a smile.

"but……"

He asked Woz jokingly.

"I'm gone, do you really want to stay?"

The answer is obvious.

"Of course I don't want to!"

Woz looked distressed.

If possible, what he wanted to do the most, of course, was to stare at his king every step of the way.

He is the recorder of the history of the Demon King.

He didn't want to miss every moment the Demon King needed to remember.

However, compared with these, Woz wants his Majesty the Demon King to pass the trial safely.

In Woz's view, the biggest obstacle to whether Sogo Tokiwa can pass the test is not the test arranged by Menyashi, but Gates who was entrusted by Sogo Tokiwa to his back.

He doesn't trust Gates.

Especially after Men Yashi intervened, he didn't trust Gates even more.

You know, before, Men Yashi had just persuaded him to betray his Majesty the Demon King.

Thinking of this, Woz suddenly felt his teeth itch.

The lesson from the past is right in front of us, so, in order to make the world welcome back its king, even if he doesn't want to, Woz will choose to stay and stare at Gates.

Just like what he said before, if Gates dared to live up to the king's expectations, then he would never let him go!
Seeing Woz who suddenly became easy to understand, Sogo Tokiwa smiled and fell into deep thought.

He quickly reviewed the whole process of talking with Gates just now, gathered his thoughts, and said:
"Hey, Woz, if, I mean if... just like I met another me, if there is another you, do you think he will help other people who have obtained the power of the time king?"

"impossible!"

After Woz finished speaking resolutely, his eyebrows frowned tightly.

In the old Woz's view, the people he was loyal to fell into two categories.

His Majesty the Demon King, and His Majesty the Young Demon King.

In the eyes of Woz now, the people he is loyal to fall into three categories.

Your Majesty the Demon King, my Majesty the Demon King, and other young Demon Kings.

Obviously, there are no other people who have obtained the power of the King of Time.

This is one of them.

The second is...

Under normal circumstances, the possibility of another him being born in other time and space is extremely low.

But Sogo Tokiwa's expression at this time definitely didn't look like he was joking.

"My Majesty the Demon King, may I ask, have you discovered anything?"

"You can say that."

Tokiwa Sogo nodded, then shook his head again.

"But I don't have any direct evidence, so I can't say whether it's right or not."

Sogo Tokiwa told Woz.

"Before, when I asked Gates what special attention should be paid in the process of meeting the mentor, Gates subconsciously glanced at you, and then he was controlled when he was about to answer... ..."

At this point, Tokiwa Sogo paused, but couldn't help but sneered.

"You know? When I traced the power that controlled Gates, I felt the same power as the Zi-O watch. Not only that, but the force that was added later prevented me from completely eliminating the mysterious man's attitude towards Gates. The power of the influence caused by Zi-O's memory is actually the same power as the Zi-O watch...

"Heh, including me in the mirror world, this is the third share.

"I'm curious, where does the remaining third Zi-O power come from after removing the possible alien Zi-O power?
"Woz, is there anything in your book about this?"

"..."

Woz was silent for a moment, shaking his head.

He was familiar with the Advent Calendar of Encountering Demons, and he can be sure that there is no relevant record in his book.

Rather, up to now, the original historical future of Sogo Tokiwa mentioned in that book has almost completely collapsed.

But Woz is not disappointed by this.

Because, apart from that, no matter how you look at it, Woz feels that he is witnessing and recording an ongoing "Demonic Advent Calendar".

So, after shaking his head, he said:
"I see, I'm going to make sure that the person who controlled Gates before is not another me."

"Well, thank you for your hard work."

"It's my pleasure."

After the words fell, Woz bowed slightly to salute, then turned and left.

Watching Woz leave, Sougo Tokiwa turned his head, looked at Junichiro Tokiwa who was walking towards him, raised his hand, pressed his chest lightly, then waved with a smile.

"Uncle, are you free?
"Shall we chat for a while?"

……

……

While Shogo Tokiwa and Junichiro Tokiwa were chatting, Woz, who left from [-] to [-], was thinking hard about what he should do to complete the task assigned to him by Shogo Tokiwa...

After thinking for a while, Woz began to change his mind.

"Suppose, after I leave my Majesty the Demon King and come to such a world that is the same as but different from the world where my Majesty the Demon King is in, where is the place I want to see the most?"

As soon as he thought of this, Woz's heart suddenly appeared a step and ramp of the overpass.

(End of this chapter)