Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

"Zhuang Wu...Master?"

His subordinates, seeing that Tokiwa Sougo seemed to have no reaction for a long time, wondered if there was something wrong with his body again because he had just been resurrected.

But Tokiwa Sougo immediately turned around.

And he looked at them with a motivated gaze.

"From now on, time managers will act with new things as their primary objective."

"New things? What, what do you mean by that?"

"Chase down this man named Shilun Yanming."

While zooming in on some basic information about Shirin Yanming on the screen, Tokiwa Sougo continued.

"Although it's unclear why this guy became Zi-O, and also unclear why Oma Zi-O and Tokiwa Sougo disappeared, but..."

"What can be confirmed is that Oma Zi-O and Tokiwa Sougo are the biggest obstacles for us Time Managers so far. Now that they have all disappeared, it will naturally be very helpful for us to control all timelines at will in the future."

"This is simply divine intervention... and since that's the case! I cannot allow any new obstacles to appear before me!"

"But, but sir, this man named Shilun Yanming, if I may be so bold, is still only..."

"You mean he hasn't even gathered all the powers of the Heisei Kamen Riders, so he's no threat at all... is that right?"

As if he had guessed his subordinate's thoughts, Tokiwa Sougo looked at him with a cold smile.

"Never underestimate your opponent. Let me tell you, even if it's just a possibility... even if this guy hasn't become Oma Zi-O yet, just because he is Zi-O, I've already decided to completely eliminate him!"

"Lord Sougo, this person named Shirin Yanming is currently located in a coordinate system that is not in the Kamen Rider world at all."

"So what? Does that mean we can't find him just because we cross the world of a bunch of puppets?"

Tokiwa Sougo waved his hand, indicating that he had made up his mind.

This guy absolutely must be eliminated.

"How are my subordinates doing?"

"Uh...we're all here? What's wrong?"

"Are you an idiot? I'm not talking about a bunch of useless worms."

He looked at his subordinates with disdain.

"Zonjis and Zamonas, those two guys were taken care of by Zi-O and those damned Heisei Riders, right?"

"Well... that seems to be the case, right? But something seems a bit off with Zonjis..."

"No matter what, their DNA is still in the computer. Extract it and then resurrect them both."

If we want to deal with Zi-O, then we must have enough power.

Although Tokiwa Sougo believed that his Balox power alone was enough to defeat the current Zi-O.

But as the saying goes, "better safe than sorry."

Having already suffered at the hands of guys like Tokiwa Sougo and Oma Zi-O, he no longer dared to underestimate anyone associated with Zi-O.

These people are freaks... Have you ever seen a monster who was almost dead, then flew into the sky, mumbled a few words, and then conjured up a monster with his bare hands that could instantly kill all the knights?!

"In short, I have made up my mind that once these two people are resurrected, I will have them come to see me directly, and I will explain the situation to them."

"As ordered!"

The subordinates had many doubts, but none of them dared to disobey Tokiwa Sougo's words.

He gazed at the universe outside the glass window.

Slowly, a murderous intent appeared on his face.

"Shilun Yanming... Hmph, although I have no grudge against you, I'm sorry."

"You're about to die there completely."

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Volume 5 of A Certain Magical Index: Chapter 144 - A Second Meeting with Aleister

The perspective returns to Shi Lun Yan Ming's side.

After resolving today's issues, it seems no one noticed what happened in the Misawa Juku building earlier today. It appears Yan Ming has minimized the extent of the riot.

But that's not enough.

For Yan Ming, there is still a very important thing to do next.

"Gates, Woz, you two go back to the apartment first."

"What, you have something else to do again?"

Upon hearing this, Gates and Wozniak both stopped and turned to look at him.

"If that's the case, why don't you just tell us directly? Wouldn't it be better if we went with you to resolve it?"

“Gates is right, my Demon King. As the saying goes, many hands make light work. With us all together, there’s no problem we can’t solve.”

"Hey... what do you mean I'm rarely right? Are you trying to mess with me again?!"

It seems the relationship between the three of them is getting better and better.

However, Yan Ming simply shook his head at their suggestion.

"No, I'll go alone."

"Huh...?"

"This is not a difficult problem to solve. I just need to meet someone, a private meeting."

It seems that Yan Ming doesn't intend to have anyone come along.

Given this, Gates and Wozniak could only look at each other and then sigh.

"If you encounter any trouble, remember to call us."

"Please be careful, my Demon King."

"Well, I will."

After saying goodbye to the two, Yan Ming nodded and walked directly into a nearby alley.

There was no one there, and no one else could possibly see what he was doing.

To avoid causing trouble with his actions, Yan Ming deliberately chose this relatively secluded corner.

Then, he took out the Decade driving dial and gently pressed the button.

A curtain of aurora, as white as mercury, appeared directly in front of me.

Thinking that he wouldn't need to trouble Kihara Tamaki again, he walked straight inside.

When Yan Ming came out again, he was in front of the place he had been to before.

That building, which was pitch black everywhere, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face when you stepped inside, and had no doors or windows.

Yan Ming slowly walked to the deepest part of the room and came directly to the incubation tank filled with strange liquid.

"...That's really interesting."

A moment later, a magnetic voice, indistinguishable as either male or female, came from inside.

"How come someone who isn't a space-type ability user can enter my building so easily after only being here once?"

"Any place I've been to once, I can go back to an unlimited number of times without any hindrance."

Yan Ming looked directly at the man floating in the jar in front of him.

He is the overarching chairman of this academy city, Aleister Crowley, the highest-ranking person in the city.

Everything that happens in this city is inextricably linked to him.

"So, what brings you here?"

Aleister's voice showed absolutely no emotional fluctuation.

"Although I had been thinking of looking for you, I didn't expect you to come looking for me first."

"And why are you looking for me?"

"You should know very well what you've done today, right?"

When this matter was mentioned, Yan Ming couldn't help but twitch his eyebrows.

“I should say this, Shilun Yanming, I hope you won’t do anything that bothers me…”

"Helping others escape danger and stopping outside magicians from harming innocent students—these are things that have been troubling you all along."

For some reason, Aleister felt that these words, coming from Yan Ming's mouth, seemed to carry a hint of sarcasm.

The other person looked straight at him with those calm eyes.

What exactly happened in this city?

"You mean what happened today? It's nothing."

Aresta remained unmoved.

"Most of what you're experiencing today isn't unusual for this city; it's just normal stuff."

"So, ignoring ethical issues like morality and directly creating clones like that, and letting magicians from outside wreak havoc on ordinary people in this city, is something you consider very common."

There was a huge change in his aura.

Aleister looked at him again, and before he knew it, Yan Ming had produced the black and white driver in his hand.

Although it wasn't on his waist yet, he could sense from the other person's aura that he had begun to harbor hostility towards him.

"...Do you intend to fight me?"

no respond.

The only response Aleister received was Yan Ming staring intently at him with eyes that showed no sign of panic.

"Please restrain your anger a little. I have no intention of fighting you... so I will reveal everything to you."

After hearing this, Yan Ming lowered the driver in his hand slightly.

"Go ahead and speak."

This really is… Aleister suddenly felt that the person in front of him had his own unique characteristics.

Just standing here, unaware of my own strength, I can already exude such a sense of oppression.

How can someone who looks so young possess such outstanding talent and strength?

"Those 20,000-plus clones weren't created to be killed; the Absolute Ability Project was just a facade."

"My real purpose is to use the failure of the Absolute Ability Project to send these clones to various parts of the world under the pretext of making use of their surplus value. They are my needles and threads."

"In this way, my plan can be expanded to every corner of the world, instead of being limited to this small city."

"So what exactly is your plan?"

This is the key point.

"You should have already met people from the realm of magic... and my ultimate goal is to completely destroy the concept of 'magic.'"

To completely destroy magic?

After learning about Aleister's current plans, even Yan Ming couldn't help but feel slightly surprised.

This world is composed of two camps: the scientific side and the magical side. To destroy magic would mean reducing the world to one dominated only by science…

But why do that?

"Why do this... the reason is simple."

Aleister seemed to have guessed what Yan Ming was about to say; in fact, most people would ask the same question next.

“I once lost everything because of magic.”

"Everything I possessed, my reputation, the people I loved, everything in my life... everything that belonged to me was taken away by a scourge called magic."

"In order to prevent this thing from harming others as it has harmed me, I need a plan to completely eradicate magic... I need something that is completely opposed to magic."

From a scientific perspective.

This is why Aleister became the chairman of the city council, and this is why he created things that represent the scientific side, such as espers and Academy City.