Self-cultivation of Kamen Rider ZIO

This was a very strange question for Keisuke Nago and Megumi Aso.

"We haven't lost our memory, so why wouldn't we remember?"

Yes, how could a person not remember things that happened in the past if they haven't lost their memory?

However, in Another Rider's timeline, people can forget the past without losing their memory.

Because history has been changed.

The history of Kiva itself has been erased.

Therefore, the fact that people still remember Kiva's history in the timeline of Another Kiva is an anomaly.

So, is the reason why Keisuke Nago still remembers it because of the Knight Watch?

Thinking this, Tokiwa Sougo first glanced at Aso Megumi with a rather helpless expression: "Megumi-nee, it seems you really didn't take what I said before to heart at all..."

Then, he turned his gaze to Keisuke Nago, took out his Zi-O Rider watch, and asked, "Mr. Nago, do you have a Rider watch of this style on you?"

Keisuke Nago stared intently at Sougo Tokiwa's Zi-O Rider watch for a moment, then reached into his pocket and slowly took out a watch of the same style—the IXA Rider watch!

[really!]
Tokiwa Shougo secretly said.

"So, what exactly is this watch?" Nago Keisuke asked.

He also discovered one day that he suddenly had such a watch on him.

He couldn't even throw it away.

No matter where he puts the watch, if he suddenly remembers it at some point, he will inevitably reach into his pocket and touch it.

Every time he has to fight alongside the Fang Vampires, Keisuke Nago can't help but feel a sense of confusion. He wonders if he's doing the right thing, and if it's even necessary for him to continue fighting as an IXA.

But every time he touched it, touched this watch, the confusion in his heart would be suppressed.

Because the person in need was right in front of him, and his sense of justice wouldn't allow him to ignore it.

He gripped the watch tightly in his hand, just as he had always held onto the justice in his heart and never let go.

He always longed for a world where justice prevailed, so he needed power.

Tokiwa Sougo saw the doubt in Nago Keisuke's eyes, and he also saw him unconsciously clench his fist.

"IXA Knight Watch".

"……what?"

"Its name."

Tokiwa Sougo explained.

"Actually, Mr. Nago, you've already vaguely sensed it, haven't you? This knight's watch is the IXA itself, the embodiment of the IXA's history."

Keisuke Nago is not unable to give up his IXA Knight Watch.

What he truly cannot let go of is the sense of justice in his heart, and the ideal world he, as IXA, wants to realize.

"The timeline we are in now is actually an alternate timeline where Kiva's history has been erased and replaced."

At this point, Tokiwa Sougo glanced at Aso Megumi, signaling her to listen attentively.

"Therefore, in this alternate timeline where history has been altered, the Kiva you remember does not exist."

"And the only things that can remain unchanged despite the changes in the timeline are things that are also part of history."

"It is precisely because the IXA Knight Watch anchored your memories, Mr. Nago, that you, like others, did not lose those memories of [history that no longer exists] as the timeline changed."

These words caused Keisuke Nago's pupils to dilate involuntarily, and his face showed uncontrollable astonishment and regret.

"So I really changed history!? Is it because I changed history that this abnormal world was created!?"

Upon hearing this, Tokiwa Sougo tilted his head in confusion before realizing what Nago Keisuke was talking about.

"no no……"

He was about to explain when he was interrupted by a scream.

"what--!"

It's Megumi Aso.

"Wait! Tokiwa, were all those things you said actually true? Wasn't that just your chuunibyou (delusional) persona?"

It wasn't until now that she realized, or rather, truly understood, the truth behind Tokiwa Sougo's words.

"Hey, I've been serious from the very beginning, okay?" Tokiwa Sougo sighed and shrugged at Asou Megumi.

"Besides, when we first met, didn't you say you believed it too?"

"But I was just saying that in the heat of the moment..."

Asou Megumi muttered something under her breath, feeling guilty, but still pretended to be confident and asked.

"Then why do I remember Kiva? I don't have that kind of knight watch!"

When Keisuke Nago reached into his pocket, Megumi Aso couldn't help but reach into her own pocket as well, but clearly, her pocket was empty.

"This is what I'm about to say, and it's my answer to Mr. Nago."

Tokiwa Sougo leaned back and pushed away Aso Megumi's head, who was leaning in with wide eyes to ask a question, with one finger.

"This alternate Kiva timeline was not created by you, Mr. Nago, but by an organization called the Time Jackers who replaced Kiva's history with alternate Kiva."

"So my mission to go to the past and change history actually... failed?"

Nago Keisuke asked, frowning.

"Do not."

Tokiwa Sougo has a different opinion on this.

"I think you should have succeeded."

Next, Tokiwa Sougo carefully questioned Nago Keisuke about his time-traveling actions, which further confirmed his hypothesis.

"Yes, Mr. Nago, you have successfully changed the history of Tanabashi."

Although he still didn't know why Tanabashi died, at this moment, Tokiwa Sougo was basically certain that while Nago Keisuke changed Tanabashi's history, Swartz also chose to make Tanabashi an Outcast Kiva to change Kiva's timeline.

Thus, the opposing forces of these two timeline changes led to the anomaly of this Kiva timeline.

As one of the parties involved and a former IXA candidate, Akane was naturally not immune to the anomaly.

Although Tokiwa Sougo believes that even in the official history, Aso Megumi is Akane Otoya's daughter, it is ultimately just a guess, because there is no concrete evidence of it in the official history.

But in this alternate Kiva timeline, Asou Megumi, who actually became Akane Otoya's daughter and, in a sense, occupied Akane Wataru's destiny position, is practically a bug existing in history.

"...So, Sister Xiaohui, as a bug, it's perfectly normal that you're a little different from ordinary people."

Megumi Aso: "..."

This explanation is worse than no explanation at all.

They should just expel her from the human race, wouldn't that be better?

Furthermore, can she simply assume that all of this is her bastard father's fault?

Aso Megumi thought through gritted teeth.

Finally, Tokiwa Sougo looked at Asou Megumi, whose face was quite ferocious and who seemed to be thinking about something, and Nago Keisuke, whose eyes were empty and who also seemed to be thinking about something, and clapped his hands to bring them back to their senses and draw their attention.

"Now, let's fix this bug."

With a smile, Tokiwa Sougo took out the Zi-O second-order table and started it.

【ZI-OⅡ！】

Past! Future!
The Zi-O second-order clock split open, transforming into two clocks that disappeared into the bodies of Megumi Aso and Keisuke Nago, respectively.

"Let me see if there exists a parallel Kiva timeline outside of this alternate Kiva timeline, extending from the point of divergence where Nago Keisuke altered history!"

Dang!!

The clock of time struck with a thunderous roar.

"Ha! I saw it!"

Tokiwa Shogo laughed.

"bring it on……"

"Come over here..."

"With this chart, with my history, I aim to guide you and anchor your existence!"

"So, come on over..."

"Kiva!!" (End of Chapter)