Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

"The person I'm really worried about is Xiaoyuan."

"what?"

"If witches reappear in this world, what will happen to Madoka's side?"

If the witch reappears, the magical girls' situation might become dangerous again.

More importantly, Madoka, this girl burdened by countless causes and effects, if the witch were to return to the world—

Will her ultimate magical girl future come true again?

"I don't want that kind of thing to happen again."

Homura Akemi clasped her hands tightly together.

That was the fear of possibly becoming hopeless again in the future.

Even though all the dangerous things will not happen again, and the most hopeless future has been avoided, what will happen to Homura Akemi if she really becomes a magical girl again because of this?

The girl thought, "Maybe I'll go back to the past and be reincarnated again."

However, after experiencing such a warm and safe time, she became even more afraid of this potentially dangerous future.

If we could go back in time, would everything that has happened in this world up to this point have disappeared?

Xiaoyuan and I experienced student life in a safe world for almost the only time.

The only world where no one else has died in succession.

And, the only time in this timeline, he met someone who could save him and Madoka.

If I could go back in time again, would all of this still happen as usual? Or would it all disappear like a dream after I went back in time?

I... dare not imagine it anymore.

The more I think about these things, the more my heart aches, as if it's taut and tight, that... deep feeling of suffocation.

She didn't want to lose her current life, didn't want Xiaoyuan to continue facing a future where progress might be altered, and didn't want to lose the people she knew and everything she knew.

They had finally managed to save themselves and Xiaoyuan from their endless cycle of reincarnation...

So... the girl dared not think about what would happen if all of this happened again.

At that moment, a delicious aroma wafted into my nose.

Homura Akemi slowly raised her head and found a bowl of rice placed in front of her.

"Eat."

After taking off his kitchen apron and putting it aside, Yan Ming sat down next to him.

"You no longer need to think about those dangerous and absurd things. Just enjoy your life now."

"But, Xiaoyuan, she..."

"We will protect her and her future. No one can change any of this."

Yan Ming said these words in the calmest tone imaginable.

"Similarly, I will never let you go back to that kind of endless, hopeless life again."

"...!"

"What you need to do now is to live your life well, to be an ordinary student, an ordinary girl, and to live the same life as other people your age. This is your future, and no one can change it."

After saying all that... I still don't know how to answer you in the end...

Akemi Homura suppressed the emotions that were about to well up inside her. She bit her lip, picked up the rice bowl in front of her, and put a bite of food directly into her bowl.

"Why…"

"what happened?"

"Why is your cooking so delicious...?"

When she looked up at herself, Yan Ming could see this scene.

A hint of tears glistened on her pretty face as the girl suppressed her emotions and pretended to chew the food she had just eaten.

"If only I could have met someone like you sooner."

The sentence, spoken softly, reached Yan Ming's ears at a volume so low that only Yan Ming could hear it.

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In the gaps between time.

Just as Tide was casually sitting on the train resting.

"…I see."

He glanced casually to the side and saw three people walking towards him.

"So you've finally come knocking on our door?"

The Time Jackers – Swartz, Ur, and Aura.

The three men, each with a somber expression, walked up to Tide.

"I've finally found you."

Swartz sneered and immediately raised his hand—the Time Spear he had condensed was fired directly.

"Now, you thief, it's about time you died!"

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There was almost no warning whatsoever.

Suddenly, a fatal blow flew from Swartz's hand.

However, Teede didn't care at all.

He casually raised his hand, and spacetime distorted, time stopped, and just like that, the attack from Swartz was stopped in place.

"Oh dear? I didn't expect you to have gotten into trouble with someone else."

The magical girl standing next to Teed seemed to enjoy the drama immensely, clearly ready to watch the show unfold.

"What... there are other guys?"

"It doesn't matter who's around this guy, Swartz is in a bad mood right now anyway."

As Ur and Aura spoke, Swartz stepped forward.

He grabbed Tide by the collar and glared at him menacingly.

"Hand over the Another Rider Watch that you stole from me right now, immediately."

"Interesting. What would happen if I refused?"

"That's how it will turn out."

Whoosh—! The moment he raised his hand, a shockwave sent Tide flying.

However, Teed had already adjusted his position and landed on the ground when he was knocked back.

Clang.

Just then, he heard two other voices coming from beside him.

One was a strange figure with alternating green and black colors, and the other was a Frankenstein's monster with alternating red and blue colors.

Outlier W and Outlier Build.

"Go get him! Take the Another Ethereal watch back from him, and then kill him!"

The other riders swarmed out, but for Teed, it was no big deal.

Buzz—! Time stood still once again.

Not only were the two alien knights in front of them immobilized, but even Aura and Ur behind them were rendered unable to move.

"Hello…!"

"How can this be... We're all time juggers... Why are we... unable to resist time stop...?"

"There are also different levels among those who are time-travelers. The stronger a person's control over time is, the more powerful their time abilities will be."

Raising his hand, Tide said casually.

"What, didn't your master tell you this principle?"

The only person who could still move was Swartz, and if you include the magical girl who wasn't included in the time-stopping range from the beginning and Teedo himself, then there were three people.

In the current situation, even if Another Riders are deployed, they can still be stopped in place with a wave of Teed's hand. Even if I use the same time ability to dispel them, Teed will still have the opportunity to stop them again—it's just something he can do with a wave of his hand.

"So you're determined to oppose me?"

One is the king of the Time Clan, and the other is a super Time Jacker.

Judging solely from their abilities regarding time, they seem to be roughly equal.

But Teed smiled and looked at Swartz again.

Behind him, a golden light appeared out of nowhere.

"What--?"

Swartz reacted quickly and immediately used his time manipulation ability to warp spacetime behind him, forming a shield.

boom! !

It is a golden masked man.

He had a total of ten golden faces on his body, and a golden blade of light extended from the tip of his right hand as he swung it. If Swartz hadn't blocked it, he would probably have been killed by now.

At that moment, Swartz quickly dodged the attack.

Sparks flew, and the golden masked man appeared beside Tide in an instant.

Teed himself had his hands in his pockets, his face still showing that extremely lazy look.

"Those Other Rider watches, even if you put them in your hands, will eventually rot from start to finish. Have you ever used their power to accomplish anything you wanted, even once?"

"...Do you think you can take down the current Zi-O all by yourself?"

Swartz had no idea what the so-called Time Jackers were.

However, after fighting against Tokiwa Yanming, he realized just how vast the difference was between the current Zi-O and the former Tokiwa Sougo.

If this guy named Teedo had gotten away with it in a parallel universe by suppressing Tokiwa Sougo, then when facing Shirin Yanming, he wouldn't even know how to spell the word "death".

"Just shut up and watch."

Ten-Faced Demon Gorugos.

The once powerful being that suppressed Decade and Amazons is now being bossed around by Teed, just like his subordinate.

It's unclear how many similar monsters the opponent can summon. Swartz doesn't have much power at his disposal right now because he can't act rashly in the final stage of preparing the plan. He can't even use his most proficient Another Decade power.

not only that.

If you look at Teed vaguely, you can see that there are nearly a dozen or even dozens of different golden phantoms floating behind him.

"snort--!"

Swartz could only glare fiercely at the other party in the end.

"If you really think you can defeat Zi-O with this level of power, then do as you please. I want to see just how much more capable you really are!"

In contrast, even after Swartz said that, Teed just looked at him indifferently.

"Let's go."

"--Well!"

It wasn't until Swartz waved his hand that Ur and Aura behind him regained control of their bodies.

"Is this...is this really okay? Swartz, that guy still has the Another Kuuga's control dial!"

"The Another Kuuga's watch face has not been enhanced, and our current goal is not those scattered Another Riders, but a much greater goal."

"The greater goal is...?"

Swartz didn't speak. He gave Tide a deep look before leaving this time and space with the two people beside him.

"That's the only way it can be."