Kamen Rider from the ancient times

This isn't the first time Decade has been eliminated.

But this time, after the entire world was shrouded in a thick, dark curtain of darkness, Narutaki sensed an immense sense of crisis.

what happened?
Why does this happen?

thump—

thump—

A deep sound seemed to pierce through the battlefield, and Narutaki's heart pounded like a heavy hammer, his panic rising with each beat as he instinctively searched for the source of the sound.

Suddenly, as if realizing something, his gaze abruptly locked onto Tsukasa Kadoya over there!
"Ahem...!"

With his strength waning, Tsukasa Kadoya knelt on the ground, panting heavily. Although he was on the verge of death from the direct hit of Agito's Knight Kick, he didn't seem flustered at all.

But the two people opposite him were in despair.

"Don't worry."

Gazing at the man before him who looked exactly like himself, Tsukasa Kadoya sighed softly, unable to express his feelings. He seemed to see himself again after losing his memories and then regaining them.

That is questioning, resisting, or even being hostile to one's own existence.

However, Shi's feelings were more of a sense of bewilderment and disappointment with the world; he didn't understand how he was supposed to live here.

So after discovering that there was another world outside, Shi felt that all he had to do was escape to another world.

But is it really enough to just leave?
Do not--

What scholars truly need is self-affirmation.

Then Tsukasa Kadoya took out a white Decade Driver from his person and solemnly handed it to Tsukasa, his expression filled with a tragic and resolute air.

"Be your true self, my other self! Whether it's protecting the world or just wanting to protect someone, the rest is up to you!"

"I……"

The man stared in shock at the driver in his hand.

This thing could give him unparalleled power and confidence, and it could also give him a real feeling of being alive. He deeply longed for and was addicted to this power.

But if it's obtained this way...

He felt his mood become very somber.

"Cheer up!"

Xia Hai's voice, trembling with tears, suddenly cried out, "Please! No matter which soldier it is, they will never fall down easily!"

It was as if the man suddenly realized something.

He looked at the person opposite him seriously and asked, "Are you at ease entrusting everything to me? You must have already lost a lot since you came into this world. Are you really willing to stay here like this?"

Tsukasa Kadoya gave him an affirming smile: "I believe you can do it, because you are Tsukasa Kadoya too!"

As long as it's Tsukasa Kadoya, he absolutely has the ability to do anything!

He was that confident and arrogant.

thump—

The taxi driver paused for a moment, seemingly wanting to say something, but suddenly, a heartbeat like the tolling of a bell resounded loudly from the void, and Tsukasa Kadoya, who was lying on the ground, was jolted!
His once bright eyes were now covered in darkness, and then his body lost all strength and fell to the ground.

Shi and Xia Hai instinctively tried to support him, but at that moment the space seemed to freeze, and everyone's movements and thoughts became incredibly slow.

Without warning, a pitch-black mass appeared in the direction where Tsukasa Kadoya fell, instantly swallowing him up like a black hole.

Boom-!
As the last heartbeat subsided, the momentum in the entire space instantly returned, and the taxi driver, who had been leaning forward, stumbled and missed.

The person in the seat was gone; Tsukasa Kadoya had simply vanished before their very eyes.

"how come……"

Xia Hai stared blankly at the empty ground.

As he disappeared, the oppressive atmosphere that had been weighing on the world seemed to vanish, the gloom slowly dissipated, and the sense of breath that had been almost taken away from everyone returned.

Narutaki suddenly gasped for breath and came to his senses. He was drenched in sweat and breathing heavily, still shaken.

As the suffocating sense of crisis subsided, he focused his gaze on the spot where the other Tsukasa Kadoya had disappeared, and seemed to vaguely understand something.

I see……

That Decade was indeed extraordinary.

But now it seems that the problem has been completely resolved?
That's all!

Narutaki slowly exhaled. After the extreme fear dissipated, the excitement and thrill of defeating Decade (or even the more powerful Decade he had guessed) came one after another, so much so that he couldn't help but burst into maniacal laughter!

"Hahahaha—! Even the mighty Decade has been defeated! The fate of these worlds is destined to be in our hands; no power can stop Shocker's great conquest!!"

Narutaki shouted loudly with his arms outstretched.

As he declared, the Shocker fighters and monsters in the square snapped out of their daze and began to cheer wildly.

Not far away, a somewhat disheveled taxi driver suddenly looked up, his gaze piercing through the layers of strange legions, finally locking onto Narutaki's figure.

He gripped the belt tightly with his fingertips.

The magenta Decade Knight card was already inserted into the driver, waiting for him to put on the belt and become another Decade.

Then, like another version of yourself, you continue to face this vast army.

"scholar……"

Xia Hai reached out and grabbed Shi's sleeve with worry.

But soon, her wrist was gripped and pressed down by the latter, and when Xia Hai looked up, she saw Shi giving her a familiar, reassuring smile.

At this moment, it seemed that there was nothing to be afraid of anymore, so she couldn't help but smile.

Shi pushed Natsumi behind him, then stepped forward, looking solemnly and fearlessly at the countless monsters in front of him, and raised his hand to put the Decade Driver on his waist!
"So--"

He placed his hands on either side of his belt, his gaze hardening as he met Narutaki's from across the room.

"I will protect this world!"

"Henshin (Transformation)!"

As the last sentence fell, Shi pushed the driver hard with both hands, and the sound of metal clashing seemed to trigger something.

boom--

A sudden, howling wind swept across the land!
Although the arrogant Shocker freaks no longer took Decade seriously, they temporarily stopped their cacophony of cheers.

However, no transformation armor light effect appeared.

The determined taxi driver simply maintained his pre-transformation posture, his eyes fixed intently on the enemy opposite him.

It seems like nothing happened.

scholar:"……"

The scene fell silent. After exchanging glances for a moment, the Shocker monsters, who had been waiting in ambush, burst into even more ear-piercing laughter!
scholar:"………"

But Narutaki did not let his guard down in the slightest.

His expression turned even uglier.

The darkness that had just dissipated suddenly returned, and a suffocating oppression instantly froze the entire battlefield, making all living things seem to be restrained and unable to move.

It wasn't that time had stopped them, but rather that the terrifying aura prevented them from making the slightest move.

Narutaki was drenched in cold sweat.

Rumbling--

In a daze, the sound of a huge object roaring could be faintly heard in the pitch-black sky. The taxi driver, who was also being suppressed, sensed something and looked up in astonishment, only to see a bright golden light appearing and disappearing in the darkness.

As if being scrutinized by some unfathomable being, the entire world fell silent until the void of darkness swallowed everything in an instant. Shi and Narutaki finally saw that thing.

In the darkness, there seemed to be an enormous, gear-like wheel turning, as if it were rushing in from an unreachable distance, or as if it had already been hovering above their heads.

"How can it be!"

Narutaki screamed, his face contorted in pain, "This timeline isn't connected to that world at all! This is outside of this world! How could it possibly cause—"

Narutaki, who was talking to himself, suddenly realized something. His voice was choked by the fear that came over him, and he looked at Tsukasa Kadoya in horror!
“That Decade…”

The Decade that was just destroyed was not the Decade that Shocker defeated in another world.

Instead, it is Kamen Rider Decade from that uninterrupted "sacred timeline"!

That guy deliberately got defeated!
Therefore, Kamen Rider Decade's destruction outside the world caused him to attract the attention of that being, and the great journey of the Shocker organization, which had painstakingly dominated several timelines, was destroyed in an instant!
At this moment, Narutaki, who had finally figured it out, was filled with rage!
"Damn Decade!!"

boom--! !

Darkness completely engulfed the world amidst Narutaki's angry roar, plunging everything—from the Shocker monsters that had invaded the world to the humans and all other creatures—into darkness in an instant.

"scholar!"

Xia Hai called out anxiously amidst the howling wind, then a hand in the darkness grabbed his arm and pulled him into the other's embrace.

Shi quickly looked up and saw the enormous golden gear rushing towards them. He then hugged Xia Hai, lowered his head, and closed his eyes. The next moment, the dazzling golden light swept past them.

Rumbling--

Behind the Wheel of Time, a golden river drags countless tentacle-like timelines, with Shi and Xia Hai at this moment as the singularity, and dozens more timelines of different colors merge into the gold.

The Kamen Riders from the parallel worlds controlled by the Shocker organization emitted light, then transformed into specks of light that merged into the world behind Shiro.

Then the howling wind gradually faded into the distance, and the void of darkness seemed to recede as well.

The man tentatively opened his eyes to look.

All around him was a white curtain that wasn't too bright, and the scenery was slowly emerging before his eyes, eventually turning into a real city and blue sky with white clouds, which reappeared in his world.

It is a peaceful and tranquil city without monsters.

The man was still somewhat dazed when he suddenly realized something and looked down again.

The white Decade Driver at his waist briefly became transparent, seemingly about to disappear, but then inexplicably solidified again.

He couldn't help but take off his belt and take a look.

"scholar?"

Xia Hai's hesitant voice rang in my ears.

Without waiting for Shi's response, she opened her eyes and looked around. The fact that the city showed no signs of damage surprised her.

What exactly happened just now?

What about those monsters?
What happened to the enemy who was just about to destroy their world?

Shi gazed at the Decade Driver in his hand, which belonged to another Shikata Kadoya, and sighed thoughtfully, "Ah, I think I understand now."

"What?" Xia Hai stared at him with wide eyes.

"Their world has been reset."

The man looked up at the sky with an ambiguous expression.

All the worlds and Shocker Knights that were previously under the control of the Shocker organization have been reset.

Because of the actions of another Kamen Rider, Decade, their world's timeline merged into that unfathomable, unknown spacetime, and the will that controlled that void spacetime—

The history of Kamen Rider cannot be allowed to disappear.

Those manipulated Kamen Riders may have already returned to their original world, and history will begin anew from this moment on.

What a terrifying will!

With almost no power to resist and no opportunity to do so, the unfathomable and uninterruptible will of the void effortlessly altered the entire world on the verge of destruction.

and so--

Is this the purpose of another version of myself?
Shi looked at the Decade Driver that had been left in his hand, took out the identical Rider Card, and seemed to be staring at the magenta Rider on the card from afar.

Although he still didn't quite understand why his other self did this, Shi already knew what he should do from now on.

His history will begin now.

Because behind him are the timelines of the Kamen Riders from those reset worlds.

……

"What about our world?"

Xia Hai, who was gazing at the blue sky and white clouds, suddenly spoke up.

Upon hearing this, the taxi driver's heart skipped a beat. His gaze fell on Xia Hai's thoughtful face, and he recalled the newspaper he had seen that morning.

The Natsumi before them did not belong to this world, and those who found the "Hikari Photo Studio" were all trying to escape their own world.

But nowadays, taxi drivers no longer want to run away.

Xia Hai will one day have to return to her own world and face everything she once wanted to escape.

The scholar knew this was difficult.

So he pinched Xia Hai's round face and smiled, "Our world is still the same, because Xia Mikan and we have protected this world together, and we will continue to protect more worlds in the future."

Xia Hai pouted angrily as her cheeks were being pulled, but this only made her cheeks rounder and fuller.

Xia Hai began to resist.

But just as the thumb was about to poke, Shi dodged as if he had anticipated it, and then stood aside with an even more mocking smile.

Just like Tsukasa Kadoya, who is always arrogant and conceited during his travels.

The taxi that would have made this world feel depressing has changed.

"...So what?"

"what?"

Suddenly lost in thought, Xia Hai was jolted back to reality by the sound beside her. She looked somewhat awkwardly at the taxi driver who had approached her to speak.

Shi smiled and said, "I was just saying, I'd like to visit Natsumikan's world sometime, what do you think?"

Xia Hai suddenly stammered, "My...my world...? There's nothing to see there..."

"But I'm a little worried. Our world should be connected by timelines now. I wonder if those Shocker members who disappeared just now went to other worlds. What if Natsumi Kan's world is destroyed too?"

"That kind of world destruction would be—"

Xia Hai, who was about to blurt out something, suddenly stopped herself. The sunset glow on the horizon spilled onto the square, which had been ravaged by battle and destruction, and also reflected the rosy glow on her cheeks.

The man stared at her intently.

Xia Hai's eyes seemed to well up with tears, and after a long while she said, "If Shi really wants to go, then let's go together!"

Go save her world...

The square had become lively again in the evening. All sorts of people laughed and passed by them. This was a place where crowds used to gather that Xia Hai was very afraid of, as if he could see the mockery hidden behind everyone's mask.

Even though she was afraid of these things, Natsumi would take the initiative to help others during her travels with Shi, because she could draw such courage from the people around her.

When she ran away out of fear, no one reached out to her except for the magenta Kamen Rider who suddenly stood in front of her.

Decade——

He was her savior.

...(End of chapter)