Rider Build: Starting in Next Form

Hearing Zhuangwu's scream, Gates eased his strength slightly, but his speed remained unchanged.

"How arrogant..." Luo Yuan smiled slightly upon seeing this scene. "Only Black Woz remains until the birth of Zi-O 3. But given Sougo's personality, it should be an easy task."

"I don't quite understand what you mean. Why did you specifically add the word 'black' when you mentioned my name this time?" Woz suddenly appeared and walked to Luo Yuan's side, frowning as he asked in confusion.

His intuition told him that Nexus might already know some things about the future.

But how is this possible?

At this point, even the Omaguchi Descent Calendar in his hands, which records the original history, can no longer accurately predict what will happen in the future.

"Well... judging from the current timeline, you should know soon." Luo Yuan didn't give a direct answer. With the New Year approaching, Sougo's Oma Zi-O power will begin to awaken, and the other Riders should appear soon as well.

Leaving Woz still pondering those words, Luo Yuan put on his headphones and leisurely headed towards his villa.

Woz stood there, a vague unease creeping into his heart. "What did Nexus mean by that?"

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Nine to five hours a day.

Luo Yuan looked at the restaurant's decorations with a slightly bewildered expression, making sure he hadn't mistaken the place. He glanced at the 2022-shaped balloons on the wall, then at Zhuang Wu sleeping on the table, and Tokiwa Junichiro busy in the kitchen. His lips twitched involuntarily.

Because of the new year, Luo Yuan chose to sleep with Meng Huan and Meloetta to recover his energy. But when he opened his eyes, he inexplicably entered Zhuang Wu's precognitive dream.

"Luo Yuan, you're here too! I'll wake up Sougo right away to celebrate the new year." Tokiwa Junichiro came out of the kitchen with a cake and placed it on the dining table before shaking Sougo awake.

"Hmm... Uncle, Happy New Year! Senior, Happy New Year!" Zhuang Wu yawned, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and sat up listlessly.

"Sougo, happy 2022!" Luo Yuan gestured for Zhuanggo to look at the balloons on the wall next to him.

"Senior, please don't joke with me. This year is clearly 2019." Zhuang Wu looked over, clearly unable to hold back his laughter. This preparation is really thorough.

"Sougo, what are you talking about in your sleep? It really is 2022." Tokiwa Junichiro touched Sougo's forehead with some concern. His temperature was normal; he didn't have a fever.

"Really?" Zhuang Wu was stunned. His uncle would never lie to him, so was this for real?

"Of course it's true. You've been taking the graduation exam for three years, but you've failed the retakes every time. Could it be that you've been too discouraged? Sigh, why don't you go out and see someone to clear your head?" Tokiwa Junichiro looked very worried, while Sougo, who was listening to this, looked even worse.

"Three, three, three... three years!!! Didn't you pass?!" Zhuang Wu almost knelt down when he heard this. Did they have to be so ruthless?

Which subject is it? Physics? Chemistry? Or something else?

"Let's go, let's go out and check out the streets first. Maybe we'll see something interesting." Luo Yuan felt a little sorry for Zhuang Wu. He hadn't even received his diploma in three years, which was rather tragic.

"Senior, wait for me." Zhuang Wu hurriedly changed his shoes and followed. His mind was a complete mess, and he had many questions he wanted to ask.

What exactly happened during those three years that he was unaware of?

As soon as I stepped outside, I saw people coming and going on the street, and all sorts of screens hanging in the air, playing all kinds of advertisements.

With the technological level of 2019, this was not possible.

"No way? Is it really 2022?" Sougo muttered to himself with a bitter expression. His last memory before falling asleep was going to the shrine with Gates.

But at this moment, all the posters and advertisements on the street were marked with the year 2022, and Sougo couldn't find any excuse to deceive himself, his face was very bitter.

Chapter 325 Kamen Rider: Ninja Another Woz

"Senior, what exactly is going on?"

Luo Yuan did not respond. Just then, several strange men dressed in black with ferocious faces jumped out from nowhere, holding weapons that were hard to tell whether they were knives or sticks, and looked at the "ordinary person" in front of them with extreme hostility.

One of the strange men swung his weapon at Luo Yuan's head.

"Senior, watch out!" Zhuang Wu shouted, his body involuntarily moving as he tried to block the attack.

At this moment, a blue light shield shaped like water ripples suddenly appeared behind Luo Yuan, directly blocking the attack, then blasting the monster away, accidentally injuring two others, and bending a street lamp by the roadside.

"How tragic..." Tokiwa Sougo looked at the strange creature that flew away with pity. He had forgotten that even without transforming, his senior's strength was terrifying.

The other strange creatures charged forward fearlessly.

At that moment, a man wearing a motorcycle helmet came up to the two of them and quickly repelled the strange man who was charging at them.

"Are you guys okay?"

"Who are you?" Tokiwa Sougo asked curiously. In his memory, those who had the courage to get involved in this kind of thing were basically Kamen Riders.

Sougo's eyes were filled with doubt, but Luo Yuan had a smile on his face. The person in front of him was the future rider from another timeline of Zi-O, one of the three elements that made up the resurrected Geiz: Kamen Rider Shinobi (ninja).

"I am Rentaro Kamikura, protecting the unarmed in the shadows." The man wearing a motorcycle helmet removed it and coldly said to the monsters in front of him, "You haven't used your power for good!"

He took the ninja gourd hanging on his clothes, pulled out the stopper, and poured it onto his waist. Purple liquid gushed out of the gourd and transformed into a belt and a metal plate shaped like a shuriken.

"Transform!"

"The metal plate is placed on the driver," Rentaro Kamizura said firmly.

A scroll flew out from the metal plate and then transformed into a giant black steel toad. The materials and equipment that spewed from its mouth were combined with Rentaro's body, completing the transformation!

"Who goes there? I am a ninja!"

"Ninja, come on!"

"The character '忍' (nin) means a blade hanging over the heart! Kamen Rider Ninja!"

After making his hand gesture, the ninja turned and charged at the monsters, skillfully using his various abilities to toy with them.

"Oh!!! It's a Kamen Rider I've never seen before!" Tokiwa Sougo's eyes seemed to light up. Could this be the Kamen Rider of 2022? He looks really strong!

Luo Yuan remained silent, quietly watching the battle between Kamen Rider Ninjas, while the notification sound of checking in echoed in his mind.

[Host detected watching a Kamen Rider Ninja battle. Sign-in complete. Reward: Ninja Rider Watch.]

As expected, this is not just a simple precognitive dream... Luo Yuan listened to the notification sound and looked at the ninja watch glowing purple in his hand, muttering to himself.

With the arrival of the new year, Sougo's power has begun to awaken.

"It seems the other Woz should be arriving around the same time," Luo Yuan muttered to himself, fiddling with his Chuangqi phone.

"Another Woz?" Sougo looked puzzled and was about to ask when his body suddenly became illusory.

"Looks like you're about to wake up too. See you in 2019, Zhuang Wu." Luo Yuan's body gradually became ethereal, and it seemed that the time for the dream was almost up.

"See you in 2019?" Tokiwa Sougo's eyes widened in confusion. What was all this about? Wasn't it 2022 already?

The ninja who had just dealt with the last monster looked at the two men in surprise, especially the white-haired man, who was holding something he recognized very well that contained ninja power.

"Hey, you two...!"

Before he could finish speaking, Luo Yuan and the other two had already vanished from the spot, leaving behind a Kenzo Rentaro who was starting to doubt himself and whose expression had frozen.

He's not afraid of people, he's not afraid of weirdos, but ghosts and the like...

Rentaro Kamizura felt a chill run down his spine and quickly left the eerie place.

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2019 1 Month 1 Day.

Luo Yuan, lying on the bed, slowly opened his eyes. At the same time, a purple light bloomed in his right hand, which then transformed into a watch—the watch of Kamen Rider Ninja.

"You're back." Luo Yuan yawned, glanced at the alarm clock on the bedside table, it was only two o'clock in the morning, and the two little ones on the left pillow were still fast asleep. After thinking for a moment, Luo Yuan casually put the watch on the bedside table, lay down again, and closed his eyes.

Since I rarely get to sleep, I'll just keep sleeping...

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At the same time, in another location.

Beneath a certain bridge, green energy currents surged about, and various kinds of garbage were piled up on the ground, including a large, broken clock.

A green time tunnel shaped like an electronic watch screen appeared in mid-air under the bridge, and the year number on it finally locked onto 2019 after a series of changes.

Time Machine!

A Time Machine, glowing with a green fluorescent light, flew out of the time portal and landed on the ground.

As the Time Demon Machine's chest hatch opened, a figure dressed in gray and white stepped out. In the night, the green fluorescent glasses on his head were extremely conspicuous, and he held a strange book that also emitted fluorescence but appeared to be high-tech.

A series of information about the current era flashed across the screen of the glasses.

If any of the other members of the group were standing here right now, they would definitely be able to tell at a glance that this person looks exactly like Woz, with almost no difference except for his clothes and hairstyle.

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As an airplane flew across the night sky, an invisible ripple appeared, freezing the plane in place.

On the rooftop of a building below, Swartz leaned against the railing with one hand, gazing at the distant city at night.

At this moment, his face was no longer pale, and the injuries he had suffered had largely healed after a long period of recuperation.

"Nexus, you have really done something big. The course of history has actually changed because of you."

"Swartz, have you found the watch for the future knight that you mentioned in your letter? Don't lie to us again, or don't blame us for being impolite!" Ul and Aura also arrived together, both looking at Swartz with a hint of curiosity in their eyes.

Chapter 326 The Birth of an Unorthodox Ninja

"First of all, I have some news to tell you. One of Nexus's parallel universe counterparts was once an ally of Oma Zi-O. There's no need to continue investigating his past to avoid doing more harm than good."

Swartz took a dark purple watch out of his pocket and approached the two men.

"What? How did you find out about this?" Ur asked in surprise, as they hadn't received any information whatsoever.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Here, Ur, consider this watch my compensation. Happy New Year." Swartz took Ur's hand, placed the watch inside, and patted Ur's head with his other hand. "Now we're even."

"How could that be? You sent us to our deaths!" Ul scoffed at the watch Swartz had given him, furious at Swartz's attitude, which was like treating him like a child!

“As long as Nexus’s bottom line isn’t crossed, he most likely won’t kill you. I’ve basically figured that out. Also, the Time Machine can no longer travel to the future. You two should understand what I mean.”

After saying this, Swarus walked back to the railing, a meaningful smile playing on his lips.

"What do you mean by this?" Aura glanced at the watch on Ul's hand, then casually looked away.

Swartz glanced at Aura out of the corner of his eye, smiled, and without responding, disappeared from the spot.

But after Swartz left, Ul took a closer look at the watch on his hand. The ferocious image on the watch face made him frown. Was this the future Rider Watch that Swartz had mentioned in his letter?

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Morning, 2019.

In a small alley, four thugs brutally beat up a young man who had intervened to help, and then casually threw him into a nearby garbage dump.