Kamen Rider from the ancient times

Shotaro casually rested one hand on Philip's shoulder, and when he saw Kawahara looking over, he gave him a wink with two fingers together.
Kawahara chuckled and summoned a silver-gray vortex next to Shotaro, startling him so much that he reflexively jumped to the side.

"Whoa, that was close!"

"You guys don't have anything else to say, right? Hurry up and go back. This world needs to recover as quickly as possible!" Kawahara said, arms crossed.

"You're treating me a bit differently, Hara-san!" Gentarou Kisaragi exclaimed.

“That’s true, but we really shouldn’t stay here too long, Gentaro.” Hino Eiji patted him on the shoulder to comfort him.

Gentaro Kisaragi lowered his head in frustration, then suddenly looked up with a radiant smile, gave Kawahara a thumbs-up, and said, "Then we'll see you again at Amanokawa, Hara-san!"

After saying this, he solemnly saluted Shotaro Hidari and Eiji Hino, then turned around and strode towards the vortex!
“That’s for Futo,” Kawahara said with a smile.

"Ah..."

Gentaro Kisaragi stumbled, scratching his head sheepishly as he looked at Kawahara: "Um..."

Only then did Kawahara open the road back to the Heavenly River for him.

Then, Gentaro Kisaragi made a gesture to everyone in a pretentious manner before stepping into the time tunnel.

Shotaro was watching from the side when he suddenly felt the shoulder supporting his elbow move away. Turning his head in confusion, he saw Philip rubbing his chin and approaching the silver vortex with a curious expression.

"Hey Philip, there's not much to research about this, is there?"

"I have a feeling that this..."

Philip tilted his head, his expression unreadable, and after staring at it for a while, he reached out and touched it.

The moment his finger touched the edge of the vortex, a powerful suction force emanated from within, and Philip's figure vanished from the spot.

Then, as if by an invisible bond, before Shotaro, who was standing not far away, could react, he was suddenly pulled into it!
"what……?"

Shotaro's bewildered voice still lingered in the air.

Compared to those who would leave after a while, drawn by the main rider, W stayed by their side for a very short time.

Then, only Hino Eiji remained, gazing clearly at Kawahara.

He waited patiently for a while, but when he still didn't see Kawahara open a time-space portal for him, he couldn't help but cast an inquiring glance.

Kawahara suddenly stepped closer to him, his strange eyes, one black and one red, staring intently at him, making Hino Eiji nervously look around as if searching for an escape route.

"Um... Kawahara-senpai?"

Hino Eiji chuckled awkwardly, trying to find something to talk about to break the strange and oppressive atmosphere.

"Hino Eiji?"

A gentle smile played on Kawahara's lips. Amidst the latter's tense nerves, he asked in a seemingly casual tone, "Have you seen me before?"

"Eh?"

Hino Eiji, who hadn't expected this to be the question, paused for a moment before finally realizing what was going on. He chuckled awkwardly and quickly ran away from the other side of Kawahara to create some distance.

Hino Eiji quickly replied, "No, that was really the first time I met Kawahara-senpai at Amanokawa. I'd only heard about him from other people!"

Kawahara's eyes flickered slightly: "At that time, besides you, were there any other people present?"

Hino Eiji paused upon hearing this.

He hesitated for a moment but then answered truthfully, "Yes, there is a Kamen Rider from the future. He traveled through time to help me."

The "Future Core Medal" that Hino Eiji used at the time was brought by the other party. However, after hearing that Kawahara was also present, the Kamen Rider ran away after giving him the coin, which is why Hino Eiji was late.

"Yeah……"

Kawahara lowered his head thoughtfully, looked at his palm, and then waved a vortex to the side.

Hino Eiji glanced at the time-space portal, then looked at him with some confusion: "Kawahara-senpai?"

“I don’t intend to control what happens in the future right now. I just need to know that I’ll be a part of that future.” Kawahara smiled at him.

"future……"

Hino Eiji seemed a little confused, but upon hearing the last sentence, he subconsciously touched his shirt pocket.

His fingertips slightly tightened around a perfectly intact core coin.

The future at that time included...

As if encouraged, Hino Eiji smiled as he recalled the past, and then nodded affirmatively to Kawahara.

"Ok!"

……

After seeing off the three-person team, Kawahara gazed at the blue sky where the dark clouds had completely dissipated, then turned back and walked towards the spot he had just been standing.

Yusuke Godai and Kouta Kazuha remained where they were, chatting with the demon and the demon king. Besides them, there was also Ryotaro Nogami and his group of other demons who appeared out of nowhere.

And a man who seemed detached from the world, exuding the air of a noble young master simply by standing quietly.

Tendou Souji – Kamen Rider Kabuto!
As Kawahara approached, the man with naturally curly hair suddenly turned his head and looked him over with an ambiguous expression.

"Ah... Mr. Kawahara is back!"

Unable to bear the disturbance caused by the several other demon gods, Nogami Ryotaro spotted Kawahara immediately, then quickly pushed through the crowd to reach Tendou Souji and gestured to him.

"Tendo, Mr. Kawahara is the one who can bring us back to our original world!"

"I see."

Tendou Souji said calmly, "So, you are the ruler of this world?"

Kawahara, who had been walking over, paused in his steps: "Let me put it another way. I didn't intend to directly control this world. Once the timeline is restored, the future of this world will evolve on its own."

"Oh?"

Tendou Souji raised an eyebrow slightly, then took a step forward and leaned closer to Kawahara, his eyes, which appeared even more profound due to being hidden by his bangs, staring intently at him.

"But can you really do that? Grandma said—the world revolves around yourself! You can witness the future yourself. I don't think you can let go of all this." Tendou Souji curled his lips.

"Kamen Rider said that humanity's freedom and future belong to themselves," Kawahara said calmly.

"..."

Tendou Souji looked at him for a moment, then slowly withdrew his gaze, chuckled softly, and turned around: "Take me back~"

He himself was the one who couldn't open the time-space portal.

But it was acted as if he were giving orders.

Kawahara didn't say anything more, raised his hand and opened the vortex to the side, and Tendou Souji walked in slowly, as if he were going home.

He then looked at Ryotaro Nogami beside him.

Actually, Kamen Rider Den-O didn't need Kawahara to send them away, because the Time Train can freely travel between different time periods. The reason they're still here is because...

Ryotaro Nogami looked behind him and laughed, "It seems that Futaros also wants to leave with us. He wants to ride the Time Train with Momotaros and the others."

However, Fengtalus dared not come forward to make the suggestion himself.

He was always a little intimidated by Kawahara.

Ryotaro Nogami thus became a good messenger. It just so happened that Imagin were often associated with Den-O, so it was understandable that Futaros wanted to stay with its own kind.

"Since he wants to come with you, then take him along. Anyway, I don't know how this guy got out of here. Let's see what else he can do out there," Kawahara said meaningfully.

Although Kouta Kazuha said that Fuutaros was an Imagin born from his emotions and belonged to this world, Kawahara himself had no such awareness. One Joker was enough before, why does he need another Imagin now?

Let's just release them!

Kawahara and Nogami Ryotaro didn't speak loudly, but for the Imagin, this level of eavesdropping was no problem at all. After getting his approval, the five Imagin secretly started playing around excitedly again.

The Otherworldly beings are not at all averse to new members.

Momotaros was already pleased to have such an Imagin descendant who idolized Den-O (himself), while Urataros was indifferent to it. Kintaros, on the other hand, welcomed it normally, while Ryutaros was looking forward to finding even greater fun.

After bidding farewell to Kawahara and the others, the Time Train Electric Journey flew out of the void, picked up Nogami Ryotaro and the Imagin, and then left.

Up to now—

All the Kamen Riders that needed to be sent away have been sent away.

Kawahara looked at Godai Yusuke.

Why was he kept until now? Because Kawahara didn't urge him, and Godai Yusuke didn't bring it up himself.

"Very good!"

Yusuke Godai beamed: "Seeing that Mr. Kawahara has made so many friends and like-minded Kamen Riders outside, knowing that you are not fighting alone, is good!"

Kawahara was taken aback upon hearing this.

So you stayed just to see this?
As if coming to his senses, Kawahara slowly revealed a knowing smile on his face and nodded to Godai Yusuke.

"Yeah, of course!"

He was never fighting alone.

Even if they wanted to do so, they never had the chance, because whenever there was a crisis, these Kamen Riders would spawn in droves.

A spacetime vortex appeared beside Yusuke Godai. He stood before the flowing silver-gray light and gave Kawahara his signature thumbs-up. His smile and the smile on his face were as pure and warm as ever.

"Then my adventure must continue!"

"Go for it, Godai!"

After softly uttering these words to Godai Yusuke, Kawahara watched as his figure disappeared along with the light emanating from the vortex.

The surroundings became quiet.

Even though there are actually a few people left here.

"So why are you still here? Do you want to see how many people I know, Kota Kuzuha?" Kawahara turned around to look.

"Um……"

Kuzue Hirota pondered for a moment, his expression now appearing much more serious: "Actually, I always feel that this whole thing is strange, as if there's something I haven't done properly."

Kawahara frowned slightly upon hearing this: "What do you mean?"

"I'm not quite sure either. I only have a subconscious premonition about the future. Perhaps I won't be able to truly understand until the timeline of this world is completely restored," Kuzuha Kota said thoughtfully.

“Speaking of which, the Time Jackers organization was originally created by Swartz, right? Could it be his conspiracy?” Tokiwa Sougo suddenly spoke up.

“There are so many parallel universes that are different yet similar. Not all Time Jackers are the work of Swartz, just as there are many different Oma Zi-Os in the world,” Tsukasa Kadoya said leisurely.

“That’s right, even ZiO has different individuals!” Meikoin Geiz rarely agreed with Kadoya Tsukasa.

"So maybe it's Oma Zi-O's conspiracy~" Tsukasa Kadoya chuckled.

"Huh?!" Gates' eyes widened suddenly.

"what……"

Tokiwa Sougo, who had been criticized by both of them, fell silent for a moment.

There's no denying that there are many versions of Oma Zi-O—at least the Oma Zi-O in 2068 before Meikoin Geiz's time travel was a completely different experience from the current Tokiwa Sougo.

And not all ZiO characters have reached the same "Kamen Rider" ending as Tokiwa Sougo.

Kuzuha Kota watched their bickering with amusement, then said to Kawahara, "So, I want to use your spacetime abilities to send me away."

Kawahara's eyes flickered: "You want to..."

Before he could finish speaking, Kuzuha Kouta nodded in understanding.

"Let's see if we can find that thing!"

—That sacred timeline.

In fact, Kouta Kuzuha had never seen the so-called "unalterable timeline," but as he just said, many things were premonitions in his subconscious.

He knew that such a thing must exist in space and time.

But even the Origin Man couldn't access that thing with his own power, so Kuzuha Kota wanted to go and see it through Kawahara.

As long as Kawahara's will does not resist, he has this opportunity.

Kawahara hesitated for a moment before nodding.

"I understand, you can go now."

He opened a spacetime portal to leave this world. Kuzuha Kouta nodded to the other three, and then his figure transformed into the form of the Holy Origin Man in a burst of light.

Kuzuha Kota disappeared into the vortex.

The three remaining people don't actually need Kawahara's help to leave.

Meikoin Geiz may not have any special abilities, but he is bound to Tokiwa Sougo, and the follow function will naturally be activated as long as ZiO leaves him.

As for Tsukasa Kadoya...

Although this guy claims that the world is controlled by Kawahara, he kicked Another Den-O back from the Aurora Veil without any hindrance!

"Now you can tell me what's going on."

Kawahara crossed his arms and looked at Tsukasa Kadoya: "Since you have nothing more to ask me, what else do you want?"

Tsukasa Kadoya rubbed the camera hanging around his neck with his fingertips, his ambiguous gaze falling on Kawahara.

"Actually, before..."

As he spoke, his tone shifted, but he looked at Tokiwa Sougo, who had been verbally abused and left speechless.

"I've already died once."

"..."

Tokiwa Sougo, who was being stared at, was taken aback and subconsciously pointed to himself—Huh? I did it?

"It was that time in your world."

Tsukasa Kadoya added slowly.

Sougo Tokiwa inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.

—It's good that he didn't hit him.

Kawahara's expression changed slightly as he looked at Tsukasa Kadoya, whose demeanor had become even more relaxed and unpredictable than before. He gently stroked the golden talisman on the back of his left hand with his clasped fingers.

Then he said in a completely flat tone, "Oh, it's not like we haven't died before, what's there to brag about?"

Tsukasa Kadoya: "..."?
...(End of chapter)