Kamen Rider from the ancient times

They are not time robbers, but time managers.

"Kamen Rider Time—"

"The History of Kamen Rider—"

"It's all under our control, the audience!"

The man in the red robe standing on the high place spread his arms, and his loud voice spread throughout the entire square. The crowd, who were like puppets, immediately started shouting as if they were being pulled.

"Timekeeper!"

"Timekeeper!"

"Time Manager—"

It was like a religious carnival, with people shouting excitedly as if driven by some irresistible force, their extreme enthusiasm tinged with an eerie and dark atmosphere.

Tokiwa Sougo stared in astonishment at the suddenly bustling crowd, noticing the unspeakable disgust and strange heat in their eyes.

These people were excited, shouting, and surging. The sounds from all directions converged into a wave that rushed towards the three people below the platform, surrounding them with no way to escape. Even the surrounding air became restless because of this noise.

If this were a ritual, then those who had stumbled upon this place at this very moment would seem to have become a sacrifice.

"What's wrong with everyone...?"

"it's wired……"

Tokiwa Sougo took small, quick steps to get closer to the other two.

As a destroyer of a world despised from beginning to end, Tsukasa Kadoya observes the emotions of these people and senses a familiar feeling of "expulsion".

Kawahara completely ignored the people around him, staring coldly at the person on the platform.

As the crowd's emotions intensified, the man in the red robe on the high place lowered his hand slightly, and instantly, everyone fell silent as if a pause button had been pressed.

He demonstrated his dominance over the people, and finally, his condescending gaze fell upon Tokiwa Sougo.

"I am the real Tokiwa Sougo!"

"..."

Tokiwa Sougo was stunned for a long time after hearing this before he realized what he had said.

"what?"

Tokiwa Sougo's eyes widened suddenly. He looked at the man in red robes, then quickly looked at Kadoya Tsukasa and Kawahara, pointing to himself as if eager for confirmation.

"It's just a name, don't worry about it," Tsukasa Kadoya casually remarked upon seeing this.

"wrong!"

However, the man in the red robe then opened his arms even more arrogantly and said, "I am the real Tokiwa Sougo, and the real Demon King!"

This time it seems to be more than just a name issue.

Unlike the relationship between Oma Zi-O from 2068 and ZiO from 2018, although the man in the red robe calls himself Tokiwa Sougo, he has completely severed himself from the identity of "high school student Tokiwa Sougo".

He and Tokiwa Sougo are completely different people.

"Tokiwa Sougo—!"

The man in the red robe paced slowly on the high platform, and at this moment he grinned maliciously and pointed at the eighteen-year-old high school student below.

As if sensing something, Tokiwa Sougo staggered back a step in fear, looking at the man who looked nothing like himself with suspicion and uncertainty.

The sharp sound drilled into his mind.

"Why were you chosen by Swartz—"

"Why did you become king—"

"Why are you able to gather the power of Heisei Kamen Riders—"

That's all because—

"You were just a substitute for me from the very beginning!"

"You are nothing more than a replacement I chose from the children born in 2000! Our true purpose as time managers is to use you to steal the power of the Heisei Kamen Riders and to gather the history of all Kamen Riders into one person!"

"But in the end, you won't be the one. You've been a fake king from beginning to end! Hahahaha—!" As if he had finally achieved the outcome he wanted, the man in the red robe opened his arms and laughed loudly. His mocking and triumphant laughter echoed sharply throughout the entire square.

Upon being told the truth, Tokiwa Sougo stared wide-eyed, frozen in place, seemingly unable to accept the outcome.

Before this, not only were Kamen Riders fictional characters created in a TV series, but now even his childhood dream and his identity as "Kamen Rider ZiO" are fake?

No longer staring at the man in the red robe, Kawahara finally turned to look at him.

Looking at Tokiwa Sougo, who remained unresponsive, Tsukasa Kadoya lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, feeling that his own experiences could also be used to comfort this junior.

After all, in some ways, Tsukasa Kadoya's experience of becoming Kamen Rider Decade is very similar to that of Sougo Tokiwa at this moment.

They are both called destroyers of the world, both have false identities, and both bear the trust of Kamen Rider.

If Tsukasa Kadoya's collection of "Rider Cards" is a conspiracy by the Dai-Shocker organization, then isn't Sougo Tokiwa's current collection of Rider "Rider Watches" also a conspiracy by the Time Administration Bureau?

But before Tsukasa Kadoya could even choose his words carefully, Kawahara spoke first.

However, the person he was talking to was not Iwa Sougo.

"So, what do you plan to do after gathering all the Kamen Rider powers together?" Kawahara asked indifferently.

"Ha~"

The red-robed man on the high platform didn't get to see Tokiwa Sougo's breakdown. He chuckled listlessly, glanced at Kawahara, and then turned and sat back on his throne.

He casually propped his head up and said, "The Time Jackers were just a link in the chain that we used. After Swartz failed, Teed did succeed a little bit."

—Teed succeeded?!
What did he do to make the plan succeed?
Kawahara was suddenly startled, his thoughts racing, and he seemed to realize something in a daze.

The smile on the man in the red robe widened: "From Kamen Rider Kuuga in 2000 to Kamen Rider ZiO who possesses all the power of the Heisei era, all the Kamen Rider timelines have converged into one world."

"That's right, this is the world!"

"They exist in the memory of this world."

"So……"

The man in the red robe slowly raised one hand, as if he were pulling something, and stared at Kawahara with an extremely malicious smile.

"Our Time Management Bureau only needs to erase everyone's memories of the Heisei era, erase everything from that era, and then the history of Kamen Riders starting with Kuuga will cease to exist!"

If everyone's memories in this world are erased, even Shingo Hisanaga would lose his memories, then even singularities would be unable to restore history.

Because history, which no one remembers and leaves no trace of, is destined to remain forever unknown!
Sougo Tokiwa's sudden感慨 at that time seemed to be about to come true—"What if one day, the history of Kamen Rider truly disappears from everyone's memory..."

Kawahara stared intently at the person above him, his eyes slowly turning dark.

The next moment, the golden lightning that erupted from his body suddenly struck the platform above, but when it touched the red-robed man, the immense power vanished instantly!
"Wow—"

Kawahara was slightly startled and looked down at his palm in surprise.

The object held in the red-robed man's hand was a driver's watch with a knight's head on it; it was this object that had directly blocked that force.

But it wasn't surprising that the attack was blocked. What really made Kawahara feel uneasy was that the power he had just used seemed to have been completely ineffective!
"it's useless!"

The man in the red robe stood up again and declared loudly, "The time and history of the Heisei Riders are controlled by our 'Time Management Bureau.' Any power of the Heisei Riders is useless to me! Even the Golden Fruit that rules this world is utterly useless!"

After saying this, the man in the red robe snorted coldly and started the control watch in his hand.

『Barlckxs!』

Rider Time!!
Kamen Rider Barlckxs!

As the name of the watch was announced, the man in the red robe assumed a transformation stance similar to that of Tokiwa Sougo.

Intersecting time wheels appeared behind him, like the wings of time unfolding from both sides of the ring. Accompanied by the sudden reversal of the pointer, he appeared before everyone in a dark form, much like Kamen Rider ZiO!

"I've had enough of this farce!"

Kamen Rider Barlckxs looked down at the three below from his high position—

"So let's get started. I'm going to reset the history of all Heisei Kamen Riders and create a new Kamen Rider that is truly under our control!"

...(End of chapter)