On how PhDs become human evil

"You've changed so much in just a few months. I can hardly believe you're the Fafnir I remember."

"For you, it's only been a few months since you last saw me, but for me, it's been decades since I last came back. It's normal for things to have changed so much."

No, this is absolutely abnormal. A normal person would not break down the imaginary space into half its original state.

However, looking at Bai Jie who was focused on repairing the imaginary space, Himeko suddenly smiled.

"why are you laughing?"

"I just remembered some things... You really are the Fafnir I remember."

"Huh? What's with this all of a sudden?" Bai Jie scratched his head. "Did something go wrong during the treatment? Or did they not treat your brain properly?"

"I'm perfectly healthy right now!" Himeko rolled her eyes at him. "By the way, aren't you going to pick up that one over there? Siegfried Kaslana, even though you killed her instantly, she's still a Herrscher of Corruption."

"Emmmmmm, the Herrscher of Corruption, no wonder it's so embarrassing."

First there was Flying Fish Ball, then Siegfried; these two generations of Herrscher of Corruption are honestly quite embarrassing.

"Alright, I've beaten him up twice, so I'm pretty much over it now. Could you please go and pick him up, Himeko?"

After nearly a century, Bai Jie's resentment towards Siegfried had mostly dissipated. Besides, he had already abducted Siegfried's wife and daughter, so he decided not to continue suppressing him and give him a way out.

(Wait, the Kiana in this world is my wife, and the Kiana in the other world is my daughter... Why do I feel like the relationships in my family are getting a bit messed up?)

Section 431, Chapter 14: Oma Zi-O Joins the Battle

"Ugh, it's this world again. This world is really full of disasters."

On the coast of Naples, Italy, Fujimaru Ritsuka slumped weakly on a coffee shop table, her brows revealing an unconcealable distress and speechlessness.

Several tens of minutes ago, she arrived in this world, which Alaya and Gaia said was plagued by human evil deeds, through spiritual teleportation. After arriving in this world, Fujimaru Ritsuka spent the first ten minutes gathering information.

Although it was called intelligence gathering, it was mostly information that Young Gilles told her using the Omniscient Star. All she did was check her location and the time.

Having learned her location, the current time, and combined with the information provided by Young Gil, Fujimaru Ritsuka came to a very tragic conclusion—this world is a parallel world to the one where she first met Bai Jie.

"Parallel world, human evil... If I still don't know who my opponent is this time, I might as well just find a block of tofu and smash my head against it."

Although Fujimaru Ritsuka had never personally experienced Haku's ferocious fighting power, judging from the fact that Zero was transformed into a cute girl after being rubbed and abused by Haku, Haku's skill in magic was definitely no less than that of Roman, the King of Magic. In fact, according to Roman, he couldn't even reach Haku's level.

In other words, Fujimaru Ritsuka is facing the strongest magician of all time, the King of Magic, whom even Grand Heroic Spirits admit are inferior to!

The Chaldea team had already been on the verge of annihilation twice by dealing with Tiamat and Goetia. Although the current Chaldea has made tremendous progress after a long dimensional journey and has developed methods to combat human evil, those methods are ultimately based on magic. Whether they will be effective against the Magic King, Haku, remains to be seen.

"If all else fails, we'll have to let Ti's mother go. At worst, she'll just hold him like a child for a few days. If that still doesn't work, we'll release Goetia and have him prepare the Humanity Burning Cannon."

Long before arriving in this world, Fujimaru Ritsuka met with the Honkai Will and reached many agreements, such as the number of methods Fujimaru Ritsuka could use. And just in case, the Honkai Will allowed Fujimaru Ritsuka to use her biggest trump card, the Humanity Incineration Cannon.

"Speaking of which, Hong Kai and the others are so slow."

Looking at her watch, Fujimaru Ritsuka muttered anxiously. Those old friends she had called from the Land of Light were another trump card in her hand.

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Kamen Rider World, 2068.

In the End World, covered by vast yellow sand, a gray mosaic door appeared out of thin air, and as two people walked out of the door, the mosaic door disappeared again with incredible speed.

"I'm still not used to this era. I'm immediately hit with a mouthful of yellow sand as soon as I arrive."

"If you don't like it, then don't come. Even without your help, the Doctor won't be in any trouble, right?"

Upon hearing this, Tsukasa Kadoya couldn't help but smile helplessly: "Well, although that guy can indeed handle everything by himself, he's still a friend, so let's try to make things easier for him."

"Besides, don't you think it's a good thing to have the doctor owe us a favor?"

Hai Dong Da Shu couldn't help but laugh immediately: "Hehe, Shi, you really know how to joke. Do you really care about the doctor's favor? I think you're just bored and want to meddle."

"Don't tell anyone."

Shrugging, Tsukasa Kadoya looked at the open space in front of him and called out, "Old man, like you heard, are you going to get involved this time?"

"Boom!"

The dull ticking of a clock echoed across the open space, and suddenly a massive group of statues appeared before the previously empty eyes of Tsukasa Kadoya and Daiki Kaito. These statues displayed the stone figures of the twenty Heisei Kamen Riders. At the very front stood a boy posing in his transformation stance, and directly below him was an inscription—"Tokiwa Sougo's First Transformation Statue."

"Click click click..."

Footsteps echoed around the statue, and in the eyes of Tsukasa Kadoya and Daiki Kaito, the King of Time appeared in the yellow sand.

Glancing at Tsukasa Kadoya and Daiki Kaito, Oma Zi-O slightly raised his head and chuckled: "Heh, you actually came to me, who's already quite old. Have you run out of options, Decade?"

"At your age? I can't believe you dare to say that, old man." Tsukasa Kadoya said with a wry smile, "I don't believe that as the king of time, you can't turn back your physical condition to when you were young."

Even after his abilities were exposed, Oma Zi-O didn't lose his composure. He had been in charge of the Kamen Rider world for fifty years and had almost no friends. However, Tsukasa Kadoya happened to be one of them, as he would occasionally share his experiences from other worlds with him, some of which even piqued his interest.

If it weren't for suppressing the Time and Space Administration and waiting for his younger self to grow up, Oma Zi-O would probably have already embarked on the journey to another world.

As for his advanced age... just like Tsukasa Kadoya said, he is the King of Time and can return to his youth at any time. However, given his state of mind, he would definitely appear mature beyond his years.

"Om-!"

A golden clock appeared beneath his feet, its hands spinning rapidly counter-clockwise. After several dozen seconds, the clock disappeared, and Oma Zi-O deactivated his transformation.

The person who appeared before Tsukasa Kadoya and his companion was not a seventy-year-old man, but a young boy who looked no different from an eighteen-year-old boy.

"Hmm, is your young body a bit frail? How I miss those times, when I was so vulnerable too." Oma Zi-O stretched his body and said, "So, Decade, tell me, what kind of opponent do you have this time that I can really enjoy?"

"It's not easy to find an opponent of that caliber who can give you a good time. This one will at best help you relieve some boredom," Tsukasa Kadoya laughed. "However, the opponent is that group from the Land of Light."

The Land of Light.

Upon hearing this name, Oma Zi-O immediately laughed: "Haha, the Ultra Warrior who maintains the peace of the universe, huh? I really miss something. Interesting, indeed interesting, I'm intrigued."

Since becoming Oma Zi-O, Tokiwa Sougo has been an invincible existence in the Kamen Rider world. Although the Time and Space Administration has been secretly causing trouble, they only use small tricks and dare not confront him head-on. This has resulted in him rarely having a real battle in the past fifty years.

What? The resistance? Tokiwa Sougo has to be careful with his strength when dealing with those guys to avoid accidentally wiping them all out. In fact, even though Sougo has released more than a dozen Pacific Oceans' worth of water, the resistance is still no match for him and has even been wiped out by him several times.

It must have been tough for Zhuang Wu.

Now, if he were to face the Ultra Warriors, Sougo felt that he would be able to experience what battle truly meant after a long time.

"Lead the way, Decade."

Oma Zi-O, embark on the journey to another world!

Section 432, Chapter 15. Ritsuka: Kai, go marry Jugglus Juggler!

"You guys are way too slow!"

Inside that same Italian coffee shop, looking at her old friends lined up in front of her, Fujimaru Ritsuka angrily yelled at them like a high school girl who had been stood up for hours.

"Weren't you all so eager to fight monsters? You could use time travel whenever you wanted, but when I need your help, you just leisurely fly over here?"

"Don't be so angry, Fujimaru. It's normal for there to be a slight error when flying across the world. Besides, we're only two hours late. It's no big deal."

"Zero, you rabbit, shut up! Are you just going to leave your ultimate armor as a decoration?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka glared at Zero, who was speaking, and Zero quickly shrank back in fright.

Seeing Zero's cowardly appearance, Hibino Mirai couldn't help but show a shocked expression. It was the first time he had ever seen Zero, who was fearless, so afraid of someone. Even his father, Seven, couldn't do that.

"Hehe, Mebius-senpai, you don't know this, do you? Zero-senpai seems to like Fujimaru-san."

Asakura Riku quietly leaned close to Hibino Mirai's ear and whispered something.

"You brat, Lu! What nonsense are you spouting! How could I possibly be interested in a guy who has absolutely no femininity!"

"Smack!"

Zero had barely retorted to Asakura Riku when Fujimaru Ritsuka smeared a plate of cake in his face with a dark expression.

What do you mean she has no femininity at all? At most, she's a little bit good at fighting, but other than that, she's just an ordinary high school girl, the kind who would be happy for weeks if you gave her a fancy handbag.

As for femininity, Fujimaru Ritsuka simply disdains to use it. If she were to get serious, Fujimaru Ritsuka would make sure Zero knows what a true Yamato Nadeshiko is!

Ignoring Zero's resentful gaze, Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at Hibino Mirai: "Memi, where's Gai? He's the only one who hasn't arrived yet."

Considering combat strength and relationships, Fujimaru Ritsuka only called Zero, Mebius, Geed, and Orb this time. As for Ginga and X, Fujimaru Ritsuka hesitated for a moment and still didn't call them. Although they were supposed to come to help, it wouldn't be good to scare their will to break if so many Ultramen capable of destroying stars were called in at once.

Scratching her hair, Hibino Mirai hesitated for a moment before telling the truth: "As for Orb, we were with him for half the journey, but when we were halfway there, Orb was suddenly entangled by someone. He told us to go ahead and that he would be there soon, so he left with that person."

"Is Orb being harassed?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka frowned.

"Has that guy's habit of borrowing so much money and not paying it back finally been discovered? The creditors are coming to his door to collect?"

As a notorious debtor in the universe, Orb possesses cards from almost every famous Ultra Warrior, and he often borrows power from two random people during battles.

This is actually a harmless matter. The Ultra Warriors all recognize Orb's abilities, and he doesn't use his power for evil purposes but is dedicated to maintaining universal peace. Therefore, lending out some of his power is perfectly acceptable.

However, Fujimaru Ritsuka inadvertently mentioned, "Orb, when are you going to return the card you borrowed from Grandpa?" This sentence acted like a chain reaction, immediately reminding those whose powers Orb had lent them, "So, you can get your power back after lending it out!"

Then Orb was pursued by a debt collection team of nearly a hundred Ultra Warriors. He wandered the universe for nearly a hundred years, and only managed to pay off most of his debts by constantly doing odd jobs.

However, as long as it's a battle, you'll definitely need to borrow power, so Orb's debts haven't decreased much at all, and people come to collect the debts every now and then.

Therefore, it's hard for Fujimaru Ritsuka not to think that Orb is being chased for debts again.

"Um, Fujimaru, we don't really mind Orb borrowing our power. It's not really like we're pressing for a debt."

Zero weakly raised his hand.

"But Senior Zero, weren't you also part of the debt collection team back then?"

Asakura Riku naively stated the truth, which made Zero feel as if he had been shot in the chest.

(Jiede, you really don't give me any face! Just wait and see how I get back at you!)

Ignoring the little drama unfolding on Zero and Geed's side, Fujimaru Ritsuka sighed softly: "If it's not about collecting debts, then who else could Orb be bothered by? If he really fought, he wouldn't be any less formidable than you Ultra Brothers."

“I know, I’ve seen the guy who’s holding Orb-senpai back once before, and Zero-senpai has seen him too, right?” Asakura Riku raised his hand. “That guy seems to be an old friend of Orb-senpai’s, I think his name is Jugglus Juggler.”

(Jugglus Juggler...no wonder.)

As Orb's best friend and rival, Jugglus Juggler is like a stalker, following Orb wherever he goes and causing trouble at the drop of a hat, making him a walking troublemaker.

On the other hand, he often teams up with Orb to fight. He might say, "I will never help you, Orb," but then in the blink of an eye, he and Orb are fighting monsters with perfect teamwork. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a textbook example of tsundere.