Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

The ten-faced demons around him immediately vanished, and Teed lazily yawned, continuing to sit on the edge of the King's Train.

"Even the famous Time Prince Swartz in the parallel world of Zi-O only reached this level in the end. One by one, they were limited by their own intelligence or by the worldview of Kamen Rider."

The magical girl standing to the side witnessed everything.

Although she was already the embodiment of the incredible, what had just happened was even more amazing than the concept of a magical girl itself.

A few people who can control time at will, Teed who can summon unknown monsters at will, and a train that comes from nowhere and can travel through time and space.

When everything came together, a question began to vaguely arise in her mind.

“I’m telling you.”

The girl walked directly to Tide's side and asked him a question with a playful air.

"Why did you bring me into this world?"

"…May I have your name."

Name? At this point, the girl couldn't help but blink.

Come to think of it, he's never asked my name before... Why is he only asking now? Is it just because he's not interested? But if that's the case, why ask me now?

Without much thought, the girl eventually told Tide her name.

"—Yuehua."

"Oh...that's your name?"

"You're really strange... Normally, people ask each other's names when they first meet, why do you wait so long to ask them?"

Yuzuki Hana… This magical girl, who was brought from another parallel world, noticed a strange expression on Teedo's face.

He seemed excited and expectant about something.

"I've investigated the people of your world. It seems that when you became magical girls, you made a contract with a race called Kyubey, and you even made a wish back then, right?"

"Yes, that's correct."

As Yukiko was speaking, her expression fell slightly silent.

However, Teed didn't care about that at all.

"From now on, I can grant you more wishes."

"…ha?"

"But you have to help me accomplish something, something that only someone like you can accomplish."

"Why are you suddenly saying things like this again...? You're like someone from a pyramid scheme, first you lured me in, and then you inexplicably started pushing your own ideas."

What a strange guy... Yuzuki Hana was at a loss for words.

But no matter how you look at it, you have no other choice.

"...Even if I say no, you'll just kill me anyway, right?"

"That depends on my mood."

"What's the difference! Okay, I'll help you with your tasks, but you also have to fulfill the wishes I need."

At that moment, Tide smiled.

"W-why are you making that weird smile? Huh...? What are you doing now—"

Under the astonished gaze of Yukiko, Tede slowly stood up and raised the hand with the black pattern tattooed on it.

Press your palm in front of your eyes, as if using it to replace your left eye.

Immediately afterwards—

On the back of Tide's hand, an "eye" opened.

Except that its eye was red.

An eye, resembling a bloodshot vein, seemed to grow from the flesh of the back of the hand.

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The next day arrived.

Last night, after having dinner at Yan Ming's apartment, Akemi Homura immediately returned to her own apartment.

Then... everything returned to normal.

Good morning, Yan!

"It looks like the teacher is going to do a surprise inspection today! This is a piece of news we finally got from the tabloids!"

"Okay, thank you, I understand."

As she walked along the road, her classmates passed by, greeting Homura Akemi warmly. She, unlike her usual cold demeanor, responded with a gentle smile.

In reality, Homura Akemi didn't know how to face these people, even though she had seen them hundreds, even thousands of times.

Nearly half a month has passed since Yan Ming resolved the witch's matter. During this time, Homura Akemi has been trying her best to live a life closer to that of a normal female middle school student.

Since there's no need to face the witch anymore, we can let down our guard and face others with openness.

Since there's no need to fight anymore, I can soften my cold personality a little and not look at people so frighteningly.

But so much time and so many cycles of reincarnation have passed that she has almost forgotten how to interact normally with these people.

From now on, Homura Akemi's life can finally be considered back on track.

This is the kind of life I want...

She unconsciously said this to herself, but still walked along in a somewhat absent-minded manner.

"Be careful when you walk, long, straight black hair!"

A familiar voice came from behind me.

She blinked at the blue-haired girl, Sayaka Miki, who was about the same age as her.

And the pink-haired girl she had been dragging along.

"Sayaka... and Madoka..."

"Why are you looking at us so surprised? Xiaoyuan and I are just here to school as usual, there's no need to make such a fuss."

"Alright, Sayaka, stop teasing Homura!"

Madoka Kaname, the girl who has always been like his only partner for a long time, has always been so understanding.

"What's wrong, Xiaoyan?"

"Ah...it's nothing."

Madoka waved her hand in front of Homura Akemi, which snapped Homura back to reality as she was pondering something.

The two couldn't help but exchange a glance, both looking at Homura Akemi with somewhat surprised expressions.

"You didn't work too late last night as a magical girl and you're exhausted now, did you?"

"No... I was just thinking about some things from the past."

"Things from before? Could it be something that happened before you transferred schools? If that's the case, quite a few strange things have happened during that time!"

"Yes! It's a pity that Senior Yan Ming isn't here right now. It would be so nice if he were here too..."

"That's what I think too! Didn't he say that he and you had been fighting evil together for a long time? I'm really curious about how you two actually fought evil!"

"Come to think of it, magical girls are amazing, but Homura always says she's fighting when she becomes a magical girl... but what exactly is she fighting against?"

"Senior Yan Ming is the same. He's wearing such cool armor, like a robot, but he has no idea what he's supposed to do."

Because the world was altered, all memories related to witches were lost.

Homura Akemi didn't deliberately fabricate lies to cover up these things, and in fact...

"Xiaoyuan... are you alright?"

"Huh? Why...why would you suddenly ask that?"

This sudden problem left Madoka and Sayaka at a loss, but Homura Akemi felt a sense of relief.

Nothing unusual happened...

"No, I just made a mistake, there's nothing to worry about."

"What? You're being a bit too neurotic."

"Don't say that, Sayaka. Maybe Homura just suddenly remembered something important and then suddenly forgot it."

"Yes, yes! I've been there too. I suddenly remember I have to do something, but then I forget about it the next second!"

After chatting about various topics, the girls went to school together to begin their lessons for the day.

"is this okay?"

Gates, standing on the roof of another building, couldn't help but yawn.

"If two grown men like us stare at a young girl so closely, people might think we're stalkers, right?"

"Solving that kind of thing should be a piece of cake, shouldn't it?"

Woz approached, while continuing to observe the situation at Mitakihara School.

"…etc."

Wozniak suddenly grabbed Gates's hand.

The two of them took out a prop that looked like a cell phone and used it to look in the direction of the school—

"I remember this person was... a magical girl?"

A blonde female student walked directly toward the back gate of the school.

At the same time, right behind her was another familiar girl.

"That guy... wasn't he the one who was with that Time Jacker yesterday?!"

Volume Nine: The Demon King Appears: Chapter 370 - Witch-like Seductive Words

"Ugh, another boring day."

The morning passed quickly, and it was lunchtime for the students.

Sayaka and Madoka got up from their desks together, and Sayaka stretched as if she was sleepy.

"Because I was in a rush to leave this morning, I didn't eat breakfast properly, and as a result, the whole morning was filled with boring classes... It was so dull!"

"But Sayaka, didn't you just tell me yesterday that there might be pop quizzes soon, so I should study hard from today onwards?"

"Well...it doesn't specifically refer to the morning! Can't I start in the afternoon?"

Sayaka's face flushed slightly when her lazy thoughts were exposed.

"How about we have dinner together later? I think a new pizza place just opened nearby, and I've heard the reviews are pretty good!"

"Huh? But my mom brought me lunch as usual today..."

"Is that so? This morning when you came to school, I didn't see you carrying your lunchbox as usual. I thought you had forgotten—"

"Oh no, I didn't bring my lunchbox! Look, it seems I forgot to bring the food Mom made today...!"

Ah... I knew it. Sayaka shook her head helplessly at Madoka's reaction; it was just as she had guessed.

"…that."

Huh? Is someone calling us?

Sayaka and Madoka looked over together... The person walking over was the girl with long, straight black hair, just like always.

"Little, Little Flame?"

"Homura Akemi? What's wrong? Why are you suddenly looking for us? Could it be...?"

Even though Homura Akemi had walked up to the two of them, she still couldn't open her mouth.

The words I wanted to say kept echoing in my mouth, but I just couldn't say them.

"I knew it."

"Huh? Sayaka, do you know why Homura wants to see us...?"

"What else could it be? This guy just wants to eat with us, but he just can't bring himself to say it! Is that right?"