Self-cultivation of Kamen Rider ZIO

"Now, I have my hands on the future."

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"Snowing."

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"It seems that even if [I] turn the hand of time back to its original track, [variables] will still exist."

"Is this...the reason why you showed up?"

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"See? This is hell..."

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"Snowing……"

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"Is there really no good change at all?"

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"It's snowing again..."

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"Time is starting to run amok, and history is gradually getting out of control."

"We have almost collected the information, but is it going to snow again? It seems that the last piece will be left for next time."

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"...Wait a minute, which snow is this now?"

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"Now, I have my hands on the future."

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"Snow……"

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"No, something's wrong, it doesn't feel right, something must be wrong!"

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"Snow……"

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"...my hand...the future..."

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"Is this the first time I've fought him? Something's wrong...it feels so familiar...ah, my watch! My watch is getting hot!"

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"I remembered!"

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"snow……"

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"Snow……"

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"Snow, snow, snow, snow..."

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"Loop! It's a loop! I, no, the entire time and space I am in is trapped in an endless loop!"

"This can't go on like this!"

"Even with this watch, I will still lose my memory periodically!"

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"...hand...the future..."

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"Snow……"

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"I understand that the more I change the past, the more the future will slide into a deeper abyss. Him and I are not absolute opposites. I have to help Him. I have to connect Him to the future!"

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"Snow……"

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"That man... Time Robber, Swaruz, I remember him... I still remember him, I have not forgotten..."

"Time is responding to me, not this violent, twisted, crazy cyclic timeline, but the real time... No, that's not right, it's the other side of Him... He also has [desire], He... He is here Saying, saying... uh, want relief? "

"...Very good, it seems that my idea is right."

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"surface……"

"Snow……"

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"I saw that there is another me in this time and space, right at the connection point of the cycle..."

"Is this watch given to me by him?"

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"Snow……"

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"The Sword of the Gods..."

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"The Demon King..."

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"letter……"

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"surface……"

"... Even without this watch, I am still me."

"If the runaway of this world is inevitable, then go berserk, but the direction of its runaway is up to me."

"Xiao Xu, I will take it to the end of the world, and then you and I will be reborn there."

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"……future……"

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[1999]

"...The future is left to you."

In this short moment, countless identical and different memories flooded into his mind, but Kusakabe Souji did not feel any discomfort.

【Kabuto! 】

The hour hand ticked, and the Kabuto knight watch in his hand started on its own. A warm power flowed into his body, flowing throughout his body, protecting him and bearing everything for him.

And when Shimobe Souji opened his eyes again, the childishness of the boy in his eyes had completely disappeared, replaced by a depth and maturity as deep as the sea.

This is really an unusual birthday.

The fourteen-year-old Kusakabe Souji couldn't help but look up at the sky while holding the Kabuto knight watch.

There, there is a light that shines on everything no matter how the timeline changes.

sun.

He squinted his eyes and stared intently for a while, then withdrew his gaze and looked forward.

"General Secretary?"

A couple walking in front turned around and called him suspiciously.

At this moment, the wave of memories that had receded suddenly surged up again, slamming into Kusakabe Souji.

"Father...Mother..."

Kusakabe Souji's pupils trembled slightly and he inhaled. When he exhaled the breath very naturally, he stepped forward without any abnormality.

"I'm fine, I just got a little lost in my thoughts... Well, there are a lot of things, but I can solve them, so let's go quickly now and don't keep Xiaoxu waiting for a long time."

Next, I'm afraid he will be completely busy.

So, at least today, I don’t want to keep my sister waiting any longer.

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a few days later.

Not just through memory, but through action. After an in-depth investigation of this timeline, Kusakabe Souji discovered that this world has not experienced a protozoan or zerg meteorite incident.

After comprehensively considering the information he had now, Kusakabe Souji began to look for someone.

Tachikawa Daigo.

Kusakabe Souji found him in the hospital.

This was the first time Kusakabe Souji saw Tachikawa Daigo when he saw a human being.

He was lying on the hospital bed extremely weak, and he was already dying.

cancer.

Since the day of diagnosis, Tachikawa Daigo's life has entered a countdown.

Perhaps it is for this reason that Tachikawa Daigo likes those new and young lives very much.

Just looking at the children's energetic appearance, he felt sincerely happy, as if his body, which was full of diseases, became lighter.

Since their acquaintance, Kusakabe Souji would often visit Tachikawa Daigo and tell him some stories that seemed absurd and bizarre, but were horrifying to think about.

Timeline closures exist.

As an important member of the development of the knight system, protozoan Daigo Tachikawa will definitely appear.

Therefore, before the life of human Daigo Tachikawa comes to an end, the meteorite carrying the protozoa will definitely come to the earth... and that day is not far away.

...Tiandao House.

Standing in front of the door, Kusakabe Souji couldn't help but fall into memories.

Thinking about it carefully, this seems to be the first time that I have visited my grandma as a guest as "Kusakabe Souji".

In other words, he has experienced many firsts in this world.

This made him sincerely feel that his time had indeed broken out of the cycle and started to move forward.

Just as he was thinking about it, the door opened before Kusakabe Souji knocked on the door.

The person who appeared in front of Kusakabe Souji was an old woman.

She was wearing a well-fitting dignified kimono, with her white hair neatly combed behind her head, and her cold and clear eyes were looking straight at him.

She seemed to see something in Kusakabe Souji's eyes. There was a moment of confusion in her eyes, but she immediately returned to calm.

Behind the old woman, a cute little head quietly poked out, looking at him curiously.

"..." Kusakabe General Secretary.

It's grandma and Shuhua.

After a brief silence, Kusakabe Souji was about to speak when he saw his grandma making way for the entrance.

"come in."

Even so, grandma continued to go out.

Not only that, she also left Shuhua in the care of Souji Kusakabe with great confidence.

At the entrance, the boy and the little girl looked at each other.

After a while, the little girl said crisply: "Grandma said that I am a girl who walks in the way of heaven, loves trees and flowers, the way of heaven, trees and flowers, brother, how about you?"

Hearing this, Kusakabe General Secretary subconsciously raised one hand, but stopped midway.

He said: "General Director, my name is Kusakabe General Director."

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Since then, Kusakabe Souji would occasionally visit the Tiandao family.

This is paving the way for convincing grandma later.

But grandma seemed to have really seen something, and she never took the initiative to ask him about his purpose... Even though he showed an unusual familiarity with this family, and even said some words she had said before, she never asked I took the initiative to ask, but I was not surprised and accepted it calmly.

Even a year later, when the meteorite carrying the protozoa fell to the earth, and Souji Kusakabe asked to have a private conversation with his grandmother, the style of painting was completely different from what he had originally imagined.

persuade?

Explanation?

Serious Q&A?

No, none of those things.

That day, their conversation was so concise that no one else could understand it, but it felt inexplicably powerful...

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"Soon, someone will come to pick you up and leave Shuhua. I hope you can agree to this."

"Who is coming?"

"do not know."

"Where are you going?"

"do not know either."

"Okay, I agree."

"?" Kusakabe Headquarters.

Seeing Kusakabe Souji couldn't help but be stunned, grandma smiled.

"Those who know the truth will not be fooled by illusions."

For a moment, grandma's eyes became extremely bright and proud.

"Your name is [Soji], right?

"Walking the way of heaven, the general is in charge of everything.

"This has always been my expectation for you, and I hope you can always carry it out."

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That was the last time Kusakabe Souji went to the Tendo family.

Then Soichi Kusakabe lost his job.

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hospital.

Ward Garden.

Sitting alone on a bench and looking at the sky, Tachikawa Daigo turned his gaze and looked at the giant strange insect that suddenly appeared here. He was stunned for a moment, and then, a strange smile could not help but appear on his weak and pale face.

"Monsters that mimic humans, monsters that identify with human hearts, and people who defeat monster hearts...

"Ha, so it turns out that the stories Souji told us are true?"

He watched the green monster's figure gradually change into his own, smiled in relief, then relaxed his body, leaned back on the chair, and slowly closed his eyes.

“If I hadn’t gotten sick, if I could have continued to live, what kind of future would I have had?

"This answer is left to you to verify...the other one, [me]."

The human Tachikawa Daigo died, and his vitality disappeared.

As for the protozoal Tachikawa Daigo, a look of struggle suddenly appeared on his expressionless face.

Then he turned around suddenly and found that a red knight figure was standing behind him, with compound eyes as clear as the sky watching him calmly.

"You...who are you!?"

The red knight slowly raised one hand and pointed to the sky.

"Grandma said, I am the one who walks the way of heaven and is the general manager of everything. The way of heaven is the general manager."

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"Negishi has already started developing the knight system, right? Where is the experimental subject? Have you found it?"

"What, do you want to be a 'volunteer'?"

"not the right time yet."

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"You're right! Negishi really did that! The experimental subjects turned into protozoa! Why? Didn't he say that protozoa should coexist peacefully with humans? Transforming all humans into protozoa is what he calls [peace] coexistence]?

"hateful!

"If that's the case, then what's the point of changing our clan's name to [Protozoa]?

"How is this different from Zerg!?"

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"I can't do anything. I want to leave the institute."

"You can change all that."

"There's nothing I can do."

"Sure, as long as we're together."

"Ha, I don't even believe in the leader anymore, how do you expect me to believe that you won't change? There is a saying among humans that people who are not of my kind will have different hearts. Chief Tiandao, I don't believe you."

"Really? Then, Tachikawa Daigo, what if I also become a protozoa?"

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"Are you really going to do this?"

“In a world like this, without power, nothing can be protected.

“Grandma said, whatever you get, there must be a price.

"I will be...

“No, I am the general trend.

"And this is the price I have to pay."

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“Let’s make a deal.

"I will give you my life as [Kusakabe Souji]. In exchange, you must play me from the heart and protect my family."

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"I heard your family is leaving the country today...with him."

"Really? Help me, Tachikawa, I'm going to send them on their last journey."

"Your body..."

"It doesn't matter. Compared with what I'm carrying, the injuries caused by this experiment are nothing to mention."

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airport.

"As expected, you are all here... Swaruz, Negishi."

【Kabuto! 】

Turning the dial and activating the knight's watch, Souji Kabuto transformed into Kabuto and saved his father.

"...Okay, Swaruz, you will definitely do that when you see me acting like a man of heaven, right?

"After all, it's you."

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"Negishi, add this logic to the bottom layer of the knight system you are developing - only zerg can use the knight system!" Swaruz said to Negishi in a cold tone.

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In the bathroom, looking at the figure gradually approaching from the mirror world, and the figure of Hyper Kabuto behind him reflected in the mirror in the real world, Souji Tendou showed a sincere smile on his face.

"Hello, [my] future."

He finished speaking with a smile, then handed over the Kabuto Knight watch in his hand and returned to the lightless cell again.

Wear an armored face.

Trapped in chains.

Bear the pain of experiment again and again.

Because the usage rights of the Knight System need to be restricted more precisely, the experimental subjects must be both humans and protozoa.

In the early days, Negishi's protozoa resources were very few, so he was not willing to directly use his men as experimental subjects.

Therefore, protozoa transformed from humans have become the first choice for experimental subjects.

And because the experimental subject "Iron Armored Face" has always lived tenaciously, no matter what kind of experiments he suffered, he did not die, but the other experimental subjects will soon break down, so later, even the other experimental subjects did not need to .

In this way, the knight system continued to develop around the "core" of the armored man.

Revision.

It is the history of the knights of the Kabuto line, which is constantly unfolding with Souji Tendo as the cornerstone.

Kabuto Souji no longer needs the Kabuto Knight watch to be his anchor.

The history of knights in this world itself is his anchor. (End of chapter)