Self-cultivation of Kamen Rider ZIO

Chapter 561 Game Library

Santo University Hospital.

Inside a ward with the surname "Iida" written on the door.

There is a father and son playing games happily together.

Tokiwa Sogo watched through the door and window for a long time, then raised his hand and pushed the door open.

The father and son in the ward looked towards the door when they heard the sound, and they couldn't help showing a look of surprise after seeing Sogo Tokiwa.

During this period of time, Tokiwa Shogo often appeared on TV reports in order to attract hatred.

What is wiped out today, what will be destroyed tomorrow, the commendation continues, the achievements continue, and the limelight is the same for a while.

Therefore, the child really did not expect that a detective star like Sogo Tokiwa would pay a sudden visit.

And although the lord was prepared when he sent the anonymous letter, he never thought that Sogo Tokiwa would suddenly appear in front of him...a strange person like this, so isn't he not afraid at all? ?

As far as he knew, the young man had no extraordinary powers.

The reason why he was hated by the cult was only due to his resourcefulness.

With this in mind, Iida lightly patted his son on the head, and smiled at him: "Be good, Dad is going... to enforce justice."

Iida Keisuke was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that the detective star was contacted by his father, and he was really going to become the hero's partner as he suggested.

"Ok!"

Iida Keisuke nodded vigorously, with a big smile on his face, proud and proud.

"Dad! Come on!"

He clenched his fist and made a cheering gesture to his father.

Iida smiled, and finally patted his son's head lightly, stood up, his expression changed, and he walked towards Tokiwa Sogo with a tense expression.

During this period, Tokiwa Sogo never said a word.

He only looked at Keisuke Iida with soft eyes when he saw Iida started to walk towards him, nodded at him, turned and left.

But after turning around, the softness in Tokiwa Sogo's eyes disappeared instantly.

Only the coldness that seems to freeze everything remains.

Just like his mood at the moment.

Tokiwa Sogo led Iida all the way up to the rooftop of the sick building.

"Squeak-"

With the opening of the roof door, the pure white sky shines in, and the cold wind of early winter blows, gently disturbing the rows of pure white sheets that have been washed and dried.

They are so white, like snow.

However, looking at those gently shaking pure white sheets, Iida's heart was suddenly filled with the chill of winter.

He thought he was mentally prepared and enlightened enough, but at this moment, looking at the back of Tokiwa Sogo who stopped not far in front of him, a strong unspeakable uneasiness suddenly surged in his heart.

The strong unknown turned into intense fear and enveloped him.

Iida suddenly thought, is this person in front of him really just an ordinary person?
Finally, Sogo Tokiwa spoke.

"Because of your unsigned anonymous letter, I asked someone to investigate you a little bit."

This is obvious. The anonymous letter written by Iida has neither a signature nor a mailing address. If there is no investigation, it is impossible for Sogo Tokiwa to find this place.

Iida nodded to show that he knew.

"Ah."

Saying so, Tokiwa Sogo turned around and looked at Iida who was coming up behind him.

"Since you're mentally prepared, I'll just say the result."

Tokiwa Shogo's gaze moved and met Iida's gaze.

And when Iida and Tokiwa Shogo's eyes with ice-cold scrutiny met, he seemed to be stared at by some terrifying existence, his whole body was cold, and at the same time, he had a feeling that he had been completely See through the sense of unease and fear.

"Two years ago, you listened to the instigation of the cult, and since then you have been away for a long time. Not only did you not accompany your sick son, but you also cut off contact with you except for paying the basic medical expenses on time. No one can contact you. So much so that your son's disease, which could have been cured by using advanced medical technology, missed the best time for treatment, and has become the current state where there is almost no hope of cure."

Tokiwa Shogo's words, like a hand stretched out from the underworld, locked Iida's neck, grabbed his body, and wanted to drag him into the deepest hell.

"It took you two years to gain the power of a weirdo, and you were able to keep your son alive by transforming him into a weirdo, but your son rejected you because your son yearned for a hero.

"During the two years you were missing, it was the hero's dream that allowed him to survive the torment of illness until now. Therefore, he would rather die as a human being than actively become an evil weirdo in order to continue his life."

As Sogo Tokiwa expected when he was writing the short called Kamen Rider Zi-O, it served as a good publicity boost.

People are not incapable of making the right choices.

Their poor, may just be a reminder.

One, a reminder of what is right and what is wrong.

"Your son's choice made you very tangled and at a loss. You wanted to be alone, but at this time, your son's attending doctor found you, and he was finally able to have a good talk with you face to face. He From the perspective of a bystander, ruthlessly and coldly, he told you everything, including the fact that he was sure to cure your son."

When Tokiwa Shogo said these words, he was very calm, just like the doctor he said in his mouth, everything started from cold objectivity, without the slightest personal emotion.

"You gave up on reality, so reality also gave up on you, not only that, it also gave up on your son, because reality also gave up on your son... This fact completely broke down your psychological defenses and made you become very confused.”

In Iida's ears, Tokiwa Sogo's voice gradually became lofty and ethereal.

Because Iida is being dragged into a deeper abyss by Tokiwa Sogo's words, as if sinking in the deep sea.

But Tokiwa Sogo still stood where he was, on the surface of the sea.

"You are confused, and you have come to a fork in your life again. Your son's expectations made you take a step in one direction, but you quickly retreated, because, on that road, you gave up on saving your son. hope.

"So, should we comply with the son's expectations, give up the treatment, turn to the light, or disregard the son's wishes and forcibly transform him into a weirdo?

"You are confused, that anonymous letter with only a reminder message is not only the result of your confusion, but also the result of you handing over the right to choose.

"In that case, let me give you another choice."

Tokiwa Sogo dragged Iida into the abyss with words, but opened a window above him.

Behind the window is the warm sunlight, which seems to be within reach as long as Iida raises his hand.

"Exchange your future for your son's future..."

Tokiwa Sogo gently opened the window above Iida, and reached out to him in the light.

"Do you want to?"

Iida subconsciously grabbed the hand that was reaching out to him, and was pulled out of the abyss.

In a daze, he saw two phantoms slowly separating from Tokiwa Sogo who was standing against the light, one on the left, covered with cracked and mottled chains, with arrogant eyes and a wanton smile on his face; On the right, his arrogance is hidden, his deep eyes seem to be able to accommodate everything, and his expression is calm.

And Sogo Tokiwa, who is in the middle, has a cold expression, eyes full of suspicion, and an indifferent scrutiny of the world.

Iida stared blankly at this scene, just like a mortal who is about to sell his soul to the devil in myths and legends, half fearful, half half hopeful and murmured:

"what should I do?"

The devil showed a smile of fulfilling the contract, and whispered softly.

"It's very simple. Didn't the sect you joined preach that the real world is just a virtual game that you can't quit? If that's the case, then take me to see what the reality in your sect's eyes is like?"

Hearing this, Iida couldn't help showing a little astonishment on his face.

Because, no matter how he heard it, he felt that what Tokiwa Sogo meant was not like asking him to help destroy the Virtual Sect of Life, but as if he was attracted by the idea of ​​the Virtual Sect of Life. He wanted to understand and visit the Virtual Sect of Life before making a decision Do you mean to join it?
At the same time, when Iida's mind was rolling with this thought that stunned him, neither Iida nor Tokiwa Shogo noticed that at this time, there was a person in a pure white dress that no one could see The girl was standing behind Iida, holding a future mobile phone in gun mode in her hand and pointing steadily at Iida's back, but she looked at Sogo Tokiwa without blinking, her eyes were full of worry and distress.

So, under the urging of the strong death crisis that hit him again, as if he would die immediately if he didn't agree to Sogo Tokiwa's words, Iida quickly broke away from the shock, nodded and agreed to Sogo Tokiwa's request
"Okay, I see."

He denied the outrageous idea in his heart, but he affirmed the speculation that Sogo Tokiwa was not an ordinary person.

The dense pixel blocks spread out around Iida as the center.

Game field, expand.

Game of Life, join.

Scene transition.

Afterwards, Iida pointed to the orderly arrayed screens in mid-air that were playing various scenes, and said to Tokiwa Shogo: "Here is the real-world game library of the Virtual Sect of Life.

"Here, the image played on each screen is a person's life in the real world.

"There was in the past, there is in the present, and even in the future."

(End of this chapter)