Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

They appear in this world with the ability to manipulate time at will.

The moment Yan Ming's transformation ended, the girl who had fallen on the asphalt road in the distance stood up again.

"Ahem... Huh? This is... actually quite interesting."

After regaining her footing, the blonde and lovely girl looked at the figure in silver-purple armor directly in front of her with some surprise.

"This look? Don't be ridiculous, don't tell me this is a tokusatsu movie shoot? Haha!"

Bang! From behind the girl, the six syringe-like objects floated up again.

They then suddenly attacked Yan Ming's direction, and not only that, but strange streams of light began to flash in front of all the syringes.

A total of six syringes, or six bursts of light, hurtled towards Yan Ming like missiles.

"Watch out! That guy's attack!"

Upon seeing this scene, Akemi Homura, who had just stood up from the ground, shouted anxiously, trying to warn Yan Ming.

However, Yan Ming simply strolled along calmly.

A stream of purple energy converged on his right fist.

As he walked, Yan Ming raised his clenched right fist, and the purple light grew increasingly intense and dazzling.

He slammed a punch, imbued with immense energy, into the ground.

boom--!!

Then, the energy waves transformed into impacts, spreading out in all directions.

The ground shattered, and dozens of huge cracks continuously split from beneath his feet—yet in an instant, it returned to its original state.

In just a moment, all the bursts of light that were attacking him vanished.

"Waaaaah—!"

Homura Akemi and the girl standing opposite him both raised their hands to shield themselves.

In contrast, Yan Ming lightly touched the ground with his toes and swiftly arrived in front of the girl.

"What? You're kidding, so fast—!"

The magical girl's shocked voice had barely faded when...

Yan Ming's fist was already swinging towards her.

In an instant, a punch, devoid of any mercy, landed, undoubtedly intended to send the girl flying.

"It's a lie!"

Clang! It was blocked.

A monster that looked like a flower, with its left half blood-red and its right half pure white, used its thick petals as a shield to block Yan Ming's punch.

"How is that possible!"

The person most shocked by this scene was not Yan Ming, but rather Akemi Homura.

As a magical girl, she could clearly sense what kind of monster the other party had summoned.

"It's a witch... How could such a thing happen?!"

Because... because of the witch, even though they had already been...

"Don't worry."

A voice followed, spoken by Yan Ming, who was still striking the witch's shield summoned by the girl with one hand.

His voice sounded both calm and fluent.

"Leave it to me."

"Oh? You're the one who can handle this? You're still spouting nonsense at a time like this, huh? Hehe~"

The magical girl smiled and looked at Yan Ming.

"Do you even know what's going on right now? Big brother, speaking of which, you two aren't exactly in a very close relationship, are you? Otherwise, why would you suddenly go and save that woman? You two seem really close!"

"It's a real shame, though, that you're about to collapse here."

In an instant, the six syringes fired six bursts of light at Yan Ming. At the same time, the flower witch summoned by the girl also began to move.

From its arm-like position, a pair of claw-like things extended directly out and attacked Yan Ming without mercy.

Their path was blocked in every direction, and they were attacked by the enemy from above and behind.

Is it beyond saving? After all, a normal person wouldn't even be able to escape in this situation.

—Pfft.

Then, blood gushed out.

As the magical girl's expression froze on her face, she felt... a stinging sensation throughout her body.

Looking ahead, the armored man who had been standing there had long since disappeared.

But that's not all... What?

The witch he had summoned had somehow been cut into hundreds or thousands of pieces.

As the girl lowered her head and slowly looked at her arms and body…

Unstoppable blood gushed from his body like sharp arrows.

"Puwaaaa—"

Unable to control herself, she coughed up blood due to the excruciating pain; even with her magical girl constitution, she was still severely injured as a result.

How could that be... Where did he go?

As if suddenly remembering something, the girl turned her head hastily—she saw a person wearing silver-purple armor standing behind her.

Not only was the opponent unharmed, but he also had a strange-looking longsword in his hand, as if a face was carved on it.

Thump—the girl fell to the ground, while the witch she had summoned vanished in the explosion in an instant.

As she struggled to get up due to excruciating pain, footsteps approached her.

Clang—! Then, the sword landed right next to his head.

Yan Ming was right in front of her.

Not only that, he also stepped on the girl's abdomen, showing no pity whatsoever. Instead, he applied a little force, causing the magical girl's body to churn violently, and she vomited up everything in her stomach.

"Tell me, how did that witch appear, and how did you summon her?"

That wasn't a question at all.

It was like the atmosphere during a severe interrogation; the other party was only questioning him unilaterally. However, the man behind the armor didn't show much emotion; his tone was calm... yet it was definitely full of unknown threat.

very dangerous.

This man, just by looking at him for the first time, already exudes an unusual and eerie feeling. No one, regardless of who they are, would want to be his opponent.

Seeing that the other party did not react, Yan Ming then stepped to the side with his right foot.

click-

"Guwaa ...

"You still have twenty-three more that you can use to break them."

Homura Akemi froze on the spot.

She had considered all sorts of possibilities... but she never imagined that Yan Ming would do such a thing to the girl in front of her.

But for Yan Ming, he needed to know the information about this place.

When he was in this world, he had already used his power to rewrite the laws of the entire world... making all the witches disappear and preventing all magical girls who wanted to do evil from using magic. These were things he rewrote himself. Even now, this universe should still be operating according to these laws.

Therefore, he needed to know how this magical girl had managed to summon a witch that shouldn't exist.

However, just as he was considering whether to try reading the other party's past timeline records to examine their memories and see if he could obtain corresponding information—

A scene flashed before my eyes.

…That was a predicted “future”.

The instant he foresaw this future happening, the anomaly occurred in reality.

boom!!

First, a very strange distortion suddenly appeared behind Yan Ming.

It is a distortion of spacetime.

Yan Ming's actions, however, were completed even faster than his thoughts.

Bang—!! He turned around, gripped the sword on his right, and swung it horizontally behind him.

Although the distortion of spacetime behind him was instantly corrected by him, the sensation at his feet became completely different.

The magical girl who was being trampled underfoot disappeared.

The environment around Yan Ming suddenly became eerily quiet.

—Clang!

In the next instant, he raised his strongest ultimate sword and used the blade to block something that suddenly came at him.

With a whoosh, Yan Ming's body slid backward for nearly several meters. He planted his feet firmly on the ground, yet sparks still flew violently.

Someone is pressing their fist against your face.

"really interesting."

That was a man.

A man dressed in black and red, with black hair and black eyes, with a somewhat unkempt appearance, yet exuding an air of madness.

He was pressing his right fist firmly against the sword.

"In a world like this, I can't believe I can still meet Zi-O."

Bang! Yan Ming swung his sword, unleashing a powerful impact that shot mercilessly toward his opponent.

However, the man easily dodged it.

To be precise, he retreated rapidly, and then, just as the sword energy was about to rush towards him—he raised his hand.

Spacetime is distorted, the continuity of time is disrupted, and time immediately stops flowing.

In contrast, Yan Ming also raised his hand immediately.

Time, which had been frozen in place, resumed its normal flow.

"what?"

The man's eyes widened in surprise, but the sword energy that had been stopped suddenly attacked without warning.

boom--!!

A violent surge of power exploded outwards, but because the power was absorbed, it did not cause much damage, only stirring up a cloud of dust.

The dust instantly dispersed, and the man's image reappeared perfectly intact.

Not only that, the magical girl who had disappeared earlier was now lying beside him.

The man glanced at the girl lying beside him, and then—the girl's entire body began to be enveloped in golden light, and in just a short moment, she was completely healed.

But—while others might not be able to see it, Yan Ming could see it clearly.

As if restrained by some unseen force, her injuries slowly dissipated... even the six syringes that had just been knocked away all turned over.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch... Luckily I can heal my injuries, otherwise I would have been in excruciating pain..."

"...Time can be reversed."

After determining the characteristics of the other party's abilities, Yan Ming then looked at the man standing in front of the magical girl.

The sword slowly pointed at the other person.

"Who exactly are you?"

"...Don't you recognize me?"

Seeing Yan Ming's appearance, the man looked somewhat surprised, but at the same time he also noticed Yan Ming's voice.