Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

"That's true... but so what? What can we change?"

"There are so many things that can be changed."

in one breath.

Yan Ming quickly pulled Kakine Teitoku, who was almost hit, to his side, shouting as he did so.

"Your primordial matter can create anything, right?! Then hurry up and make me a mirror! The bigger the better!"

Mirror…?

Although he didn't understand what Yan Ming was planning to do, Kakine Teitoku wouldn't doubt him.

In just a moment, a pure white mirror, over fifty meters in size, appeared in front of them.

Yan Ming did not hesitate.

He kicked the huge mirror, shattering it into tens of thousands of small fragments.

The fragments of the mirror echoed throughout the space, some pierced by the rain of arrows, others burned to ashes.

"Hahaha! What's going on here? Are they going crazy because they're desperate?"

The demon's mocking laughter echoed in my ears.

However, Yan Ming had no time to care about such pointless nonsense at the moment.

He planted his two swords in the ground and pointed his hands diagonally to the left and right.

—A strange deep purple hue flashed within the compound eyes of the purple three-dimensional characters.

Boom boom boom boom—!!!

Something that no one, whether it was a demon or Kakine Teitoku, could comprehend happened.

world.

Enveloped by a giant mirror image.

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That is an infinite space that transcends the concept of geometry.

In the boundless darkness, countless shards of mirror drifted endlessly in mid-air.

However, there are many differences.

"why?"

First, the demon stared at his hands in shock.

"Why... did my ability fail? I should be able to control everything in this space!"

"No longer."

The voice came from behind.

The silver-purple demon king stood there, atop a pedestal made of countless overlapping mirrors.

"Look closely at yourself in the mirror; you are no longer in the same space."

Just as Yan Ming said, when the demon looked at one of the shards of glass, he discovered that the mirror contained the space where he had just released countless showers of light.

This is the opposite world of that space.

“You truly were the master of that space; you could easily do whatever you wanted.”

"But now, it's time for the person in charge to take over."

clack clack-

Yan Ming slowly raised his hands from both sides, as if he were grasping something invisible.

The city emerged from this darkness where there was nothing.

Completely different from Academy City, the city that only existed in Yan Ming's imagination was superimposed by countless mirrors, appearing in the world one after another in impossible forms, like alternation and inversion.

The buildings intertwine and combine to form circles, quadrilaterals, hexagons, three-dimensional spaces, and the concept of the impossible, creating a continuous and resonant effect.

The things that make them up are all transformed from the ungenerated matter created by Kakine Teitoku.

A city in pure white.

Under Yan Ming's arbitrary control, everything changed according to his will.

"Impossible... Even with that guy's help, you absolutely couldn't have done this!"

"It's fine here."

The skyscrapers are connected together, forming a huge throne that is over 500 meters tall.

On the pure white throne.

The Demon King stood there.

He is not only the king who dominates the realm of time and space, but also... the king who dominates the world within the "Mirror".

"As long as there is a mirror, there will be a world that exists in the mirror. As long as I think it is a mirror world, then it will become like that."

"And then... this is the world I rule."

The Demon King waved his hands, and buildings overlapped in the sky like a kaleidoscope, splitting the earth apart. What emerged from the earth was a city where people lived.

But what emerges from within the city is the line where the sky meets the sun.

Imagination and wonder, impossibility and miracle.

"You should figure out who you're really up against, you monster."

monster?

Who...who exactly is the monster?!

Seeing the terrifying space that was attacking him in an instant with infinitely changing forms, the demon was immediately filled with unparalleled astonishment.

In this land called the Mirror World.

No one can escape the so-called Demon King's grasp.

Volume 5 of A Certain Magical Index: Chapter 196 Fighting for Those You Protect

An infinitely changing space.

Infinitely overlapping mirror images.

The creation of Zi-O II is the result of the combination of half the power given by the Demon King in the Mirror World and the Demon King in the real world.

This contains the power to rule the entire Mirror World.

Besides being able to manipulate time at will, Yan Ming can also rule over everything in the Mirror World and freely control the entire space that is equivalent to the real world.

Nevertheless, it is still necessary to draw the opponent into this space.

Therefore, Yan Ming had Kakine Teitoku create such a huge mirror using the material of the unknown element, and then he shattered it in one fell swoop.

The purpose was to scatter the lenses into every corner of that space, thereby covering everything around them.

Only by doing this can the demon be forcibly pulled into this world silently and without the other party's will.

To leave this mirror world, one must return to the original entry point.

just now.

For a demon that has completely lost its way, can it really find the original entrance and exit?

boom!!

The buildings collided with each other, causing the white roulette wheel to twist.

The demon with three pairs of wings flew continuously through the space, trying to find an entrance through the gaps in the building and escape.

But that was completely useless.

"What…"

Despite escaping the crowded building, it could only see endless skyscrapers stretching ahead.

The skyscrapers, like clasped hands, enveloped its body, and even the inverted city above it seemed to be pressing down on it.

Forced by this incredible phenomenon, it had no choice but to fly towards the underground.

However, the ground continued to extend deeper and deeper.

As the ground expanded, the demon saw that sharp, blade-like discs popped out from the left and right sides.

It had to land on the roulette wheel in front of it.

The enormous roulette wheel stretched infinitely the instant the demon descended upon it. Yet, despite the increased length of the wheel, the surrounding buildings did not extend in distance, and the extended wheel did not touch those buildings.

When the demon looked closely at what lay beneath it, it finally saw what kind of land it was.

"clock…?!"

The enormous wheel beneath its feet is, in essence, an enormous white clock.

The minute hand of the clock points to its feet, the hour hand moves at a very slow pace, and the second hand—

It was closing in on him at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the very tip of the second hand... a golden blade of light, with a sharpness capable of cutting through everything in the world, hurtled towards them at lightning speed.

"—!!"

The demon looked ahead in shock, and he quickly formed an invisible protective shield with the wings on his back.

But in an instant, it was cut by the light blade.

Seeing that its defenses had been breached, the demon quickly retreated and used its fiery wings to unleash a beam of light exceeding 500,000 degrees Celsius.

However, its attack was still neutralized.

Now, the minute hand always rests at his feet, the hour hand moves along with the minute hand, and the second hand always moves in his direction.

Once the second hand gets close enough to touch him, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Was it all the work of that time-manipulating guy?!"

This is a mirror world. Once you are pulled into this world, the other party will be able to control everything.

He can control everything here at will; he can create countless buildings and make mirrors overlap continuously, thus creating an attack range with absolutely no blind spots.

For example, like right now.

When the demon realized that its attacks and defenses were no match for the blade of light, it desperately tried to dodge in all directions, but it could not destroy either the building or the entire clockwork-like structure.

Moreover, because it's being chased by the second hand, it can only run clockwise, but once it's completed a full circle...

This will result in the addition of new second hands.

Over time, this process was repeated, and the number of second hands continued to increase. Each light blade possessed the power to completely cut through all his defenses and attacks.

We've been cornered.

Now, there is only a small space left for the demon to stand, less than half a meter away.

The surrounding area was now filled with golden light blades.

The light blade continued to approach him at a constant speed, and what was most terrifying was that if he went any further, it would continue to circle the clock once more.

Finally, the spot where it stands will unleash a final beam of light, completely filling the empty space on the clock face.

A force that cannot be defended against or attacked will completely annihilate it.

What should I do?

The demon looked around in disbelief. Now, his feet were less than three numbers away from twelve o'clock.

After I crossed the twelve o'clock distance.

The final beam of light will pierce it completely.

What should we do?!

There is absolutely no way to avoid it, no way to fight it; it is a certain death that is inevitable no matter what.

Although it possesses countless methods to create substitutes—after all, it was through a substitute that it managed to evade Yan Ming and Gates's combined attack last time—

In a situation where you are completely surrounded, what good is a stand-in?