Self-cultivation of Kamen Rider ZIO

[August 2019]

A time portal, surrounded by a clock, opened, and Tokiwa Sougo slowly stepped out.

"I'm back--!"

Tokiwa Sougo closed his eyes, took a deep breath, opened his arms, and carefully felt the warm welcome that the world was giving him.

The Demon King has returned to his loyal Zi-O world.

A wisp of emerald green wind swept across his face, giving Tokiwa Sougo a flamboyant, almost grotesque, look.

Tokiwa Sougo knew that this was a unique love that Mother Earth had given him.

He was very happy.

To express his gratitude for this unique love, Tokiwa Sougo took out his W Knight Watch and added two more seals to the Earth Well. Then, looking at the thick layers of seals that had accumulated, he smiled happily... Yes, it was clear that he was genuinely happy.

After a moment, Tokiwa Sougo straightened his messy hair, took out the sealed cell phone from this world, and turned it on.

then……

Buzz buzz buzz——!!!
Ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong—! ! !
The vibrations and beeping sounds continued incessantly.

Tokiwa Sougo experienced firsthand what it feels like to be bombarded with information.

As he watched the endless stream of missed calls and new email notifications from his junior and homeroom teacher, Tokiwa Sougo's expression slowly froze on his face.

He finally remembered what he had overlooked in the world of Amazons...

—It's an exam!!!
Tokiwa Sougo, the high school senior who thought everything would be fine once the holidays started, has finally skipped his graduation exams too!
Tokiwa Sougo covered his face and head in his hands.

Is he going to have to take a makeup exam?
Do not!
Tokiwa Sougo felt that his graduation exam could still be salvaged.

After all, he wasn't in the Zi-O world during this time, so theoretically, as long as he changed the time of his return...

With this thought in mind, Tokiwa Sougo took out the Zi-O second-order table and activated it.

【Zi-OⅡ！】

A silver-white clock, tinged with gold, unfolded behind him, its hands reversing direction.

Da da da--!
With the click of the clock hand turning backward, the world shattered like a mirror.

Darkness, and then it was filled with light again.

……

……

A time portal, surrounded by a clock, opened, and Tokiwa Sougo, having just stepped out of the portal, pulled his foot back in.

He peeked out and looked around, and a slight crease immediately appeared between his brows.

He didn't open the time portal directly to the day of his graduation exam; instead, he only reversed time to the moment he had just returned to his original world.

The history of "Tokiwa Sougo returning to the Zi-O world" remains unchanged; time has simply been rewound to the beginning of this history.

[This shouldn't be happening...]
Tokiwa Shougo was thinking.

On the day of the exam, he was not part of this world's "history." Therefore, theoretically, by eliminating the point of return, he could use that day as a starting point to continue his fixed timeline in the Zi-O world...

Thinking of this, Tokiwa Sougo suddenly paused, and then couldn't help but tap his brow hard.

He's confused...

Memory is time.

"I am the greatest observer of my own history..."

Da da da!
Accompanied by the illusory sound of clock hands reversing, the world shatters once again, like a mirror.

At the same time, Tokiwa Sougo's "memory of return" also shattered.

Darkness was filled with light again, and the world was rebuilt.

……

……

[August 2019]

A time portal, surrounded by a clock, opened, and Tokiwa Sougo slowly stepped out.

Just as he was about to declare his return, a silver-white clock tinged with gold appeared in his eyes. The power of time involuntarily filled it, the hands turned, and his ability activated on its own. In his premonition, he observed a future with another possible timeline.

"..."

Tokiwa Sougo's lips twitched slightly, then he raised his hand to his forehead.

"What is the Demon King busy with after saving the world?"

The answer is...

"I'm busy preparing for my graduation exams." Now that time has settled into history, fragmented memories return to Tokiwa Sougo's mind in another form.

"Ugh……"

With a sigh, Tokiwa Sougo, who had lost all interest in announcing his return, went to the examination hall listlessly, and vaguely made up his mind... If he didn't become the top scholar, it would be an injustice!

【Ghost!】

—Heroic spirits, aid me!!!
……

……

at the same time.

In a corner, a curtain of aurora swept across.

Swartz, who had reclaimed the outlier Kabuto watch, also returned to the Zi-O world.

He looked around to make sure he hadn't entered the wrong world, and without lingering at the current point in time, he quickly reopened an aurora curtain and stepped into the [history] of this world.

……

……

[2008]

Swartz took a quick look around and found that the world was a little too peaceful.

He also discovered several couples of humans and vampires... This should have been a taboo not allowed by the vampire race, but Swartz observed for a while and still did not see the Queen, who was in charge of judging such sins, come to deal with it.

It's as if the taboos between humans and vampires no longer exist.

The problem is, according to the timeline of Kiva's history, now should be the time when the conflict between humans and the Fangbloods is most likely to erupt...

This shows that Kiva's history has taken an unknown turn.

Has the Otherworldly Kiva route been born?

But he clearly hasn't chosen a candidate for the Outcast Kiva yet...

Swartz frowned in thought.

Perhaps it's because... the time he chose the outcast Kiva was before this point in time?

Suddenly, Swartz found himself missing Ur and Aura.

He thought that if Ur and Aura were still around, he could be an observer, taking everything into account and having a comprehensive view of the situation, instead of being an executor in the middle of the game as he is now, with some things he can't see.

But it's too late to think about all this now.

The Demon King will not give them the chance to become Time Jackers again.

What's more, it seems they've all left this world now...

……

……

After a long voyage, Ur and Aura, each piloting a Time Machine, finally arrived at their homeland—the Kingdom of Time.

This once-dark world of eye demons has now been completely reborn.

But as Ur looked at this world, what came to mind was still the memory of when he assisted the alien Ghost.

He still remembered the time he and Denton tried to revive the world through transformation...

As Ur reminisced, suddenly... the image of Zi-O beating up Another Ghost overshadowed all the other memories.

Ul: "..."

Damn it, I still feel so resentful when I think about it now!

In comparison, Aura was not as sentimental.

She had nothing to miss about the world of the Eye Demons, so she focused more on the present-day Kingdom of Time.

She and Ur arrived at the capital of the Kingdom of Time.

Then, in the prayer plaza with the statue of Zi-O, I saw a little girl wearing a white dress and a princess crown.

Their blood ties made them feel an instant connection upon first meeting.

"elder sister?"

The little girl called out affectionately, with a hint of doubt in her voice.

But when Aura looked at the little girl who looked so much like herself, her heart couldn't help but pound wildly.

The power of time, tracing back through her bloodline, led Aura to utter a title completely incongruous with the little girl's age.

"Mom!?" (End of Chapter)