Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

A red projection, like that of an electronic clock, appeared behind him.

He raised his weapon high, concentrating his energy into a single point.

It has ended.

Then, a crimson streak of light flashed across everything in an instant.

Boom! The entire carriage was instantly filled with a dazzling red light.

"Whoaaaaaah—!!"

"Ugh...!"

The magical girls were once again completely defeated.

This time, they were utterly defeated. The magical girls responsible for ranged combat at the back of the carriage were blown away, while the magical girls closest to them were blasted away head-on.

Although it looks very powerful, Gates actually reduced his strength.

'I don't want to kill these brats over something so stupid…'

Swinging his weapon around, Gates turned around and looked directly at the magical girls.

"I've said it before, I want you to stop this train, no matter what it takes."

At this moment, the magical girls' gazes towards Geiz changed completely.

It became filled with shock, and... fear.

It's unimaginable why a man who seemed so ordinary before... would change like this?

"Is this guy... a monster?"

How could an ordinary human possibly defeat a magical girl on their own?

Putting aside the fact that the young man's behavior in his human form just now had already exceeded the limits of normal humans... what's going on with this posture now?

Red...armored figures? This isn't a tokusatsu drama!

"Damn it... what are you trying to do?"

"I don't want to do anything."

Pointing his weapon at the girls who could no longer fight, Gates spoke calmly, word by word.

“Since you’re not going to stop this train, then I’ll do it myself.”

"... "

That's what they say, but in reality, the girls themselves had no idea how to stop the train.

"...That's right!"

At that moment, the magical girls seemed to have thought of something.

They quickly looked around... trying to find something, or rather... someone.

"Wait, where did that guy named Yuzuki Hana go?"

If that's the case—! The other magical girls also quickly realized what was going on.

"Are you kidding me..."

"That guy, is he gone?"

"Where did they go? At this critical moment... they didn't abandon us, did they?!"

"How is that possible? On a train like this, there's nowhere for that guy to escape!"

The magical girls' discussion also caught Geiz's attention.

Yeah... Where did that girl named Yuzuki Hana go? I didn't see her at all when I was fighting those magical girls.

That's strange. Clearly, that girl's strength and combat level as a magical girl should be much stronger than the magical girls here, so why doesn't she go into battle herself?

A bad feeling. This feeling involuntarily surfaced in Gates' mind.

This is no longer just a reaction to being afraid of the supernatural... The longer I stay on this train, the more likely something bad is to happen.

This train must be stopped as soon as possible.

When Gates had this idea in his mind and was already planning to take action—

boom!!

Behind Gates' body, a violent burst of sparks erupted.

"Gurgle...?!"

That was an undeniably devastating blow.

Caught completely off guard, Gates was suddenly sent flying backward, his entire body rolling around on the ground.

"Who is it!"

Fortunately, the attack didn't cause any serious damage.

Although it hurt a lot, Gates quickly got up, adjusted his weapon to bow mode, and aimed it forward.

The dark carriage was empty except for the magical girls.

…wrong.

In that seemingly bottomless dark corridor, other figures gradually emerged.

A figure standing upright on the floor, formed from something as deep and shadowy as itself.

Is it... a person?

"How is that possible...?"

As Gates stared at the so-called "people" appear, the expression on his face gradually began to freeze.

The three dark figures completely coalesced into human form, and were thus stained with vibrant colors, gaining physical form and no longer merely wandering spirits in the underworld.

That's right.

Since it is a ghost train, and a time-space train that wanders in the space of the dead, its passengers are naturally not just the living.

The figures of the dead, who were once defeated in different worlds, reappear on this train with an almost impossible probability.

"…ah."

It was blackish-purple, and then its body turned a deep purple.

Standing in front of the other two black figures, the man who had first materialized spoke as if in a sigh.

The warrior, his body clad in purple armor, twisted his neck, grasping a golden object resembling snake fangs in his hand.

"It must feel good to be alive, right? I've almost forgotten when was the last time I dragged a living person into hell."

Purple...Kamen Rider.

At first glance, Gates did not recognize the person's identity.

However, he could clearly sense the aura emanating from the other party.

It's dangerous... It's a situation where you feel oppressed by whatever is in front of you, like a ferocious beast.

"Alright, I don't care what the situation is... I just want to know one thing."

He lightly rubbed the weapon in his hand.

He said with a slight smile.

"Can this battle satisfy me?"

Kamen Rider Ouja - Takeshi Asakura.

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In the darkness... in the impossible time and space of the dead, I return as a spirit.

Volume 9, The Demon King Appears: Chapter 397 The Kamen Riders of the Dead

Woz is still inside the Time Demon.

However, he has now racked his brains to stop the ghost train.

"...How can we stop that train from moving?"

Ghost trains, as the name suggests, are time-traveling trains that resemble ghosts.

Not only can it freely travel through alternate dimensions that only the dead can access, but it can also ignore all physical phenomena under normal conditions. This means that it is impossible to destroy this train by relying on pure physical attacks.

And ultimately—

In the past, both the God Train that could devour history and the Ghost Train before us should have been destroyed in the history of Den-O.

Why can it reappear now...?

"We must first consider how to stop it."

Woz continued to look at the data calculations on the Time Demon.

Using the Time Demon's system, which is capable of interfering with spacetime and dimensions themselves, Woz can directly calculate where the Ghost Train's final destination is.

However, because the space of the deceased is too unusual and complex, Wozniak cannot calculate the value using vectors in a normal space.

But that's not really a problem.

"As long as we use the power of the Galactic Ending Dial to assist us, there will be no problem."

The Galaxy End Control dial he held in his hand also possessed the power to manipulate space. Using it, he could help the Time Demon God calculate the final coordinates of the corresponding alternate dimension.

Calculate the other party's final destination, then go there in advance, and use the power of the end of the galaxy to eliminate the exit of the other dimension, and you can completely stop the ghost train from harming the world.

This series of operations is very time-consuming, so Wozniak hopes Gates can be of some help inside the train...

"...Huh?"

Then, suddenly.

Just as Woz was concentrating on using the Time Demon's system to calculate the spacetime coordinates.

Through the observation port on the left side of the cockpit, that brief, fleeting moment—

It seems I've seen something.

"Is something behind me?"

Buzz—He immediately stopped the Time Demon's advance and turned to look behind him.

At this moment, Wozniak finally saw it clearly.

Near this space called the Dead, there is another… completely different spacetime portal.

Through this portal, Woz could even see clearly what the interior environment was like.

It is a world like a desert, and... a sky of iridescent colors.

In that desert, there was a train that was completely immobilized.

"No way...?"

Woz recognized the train immediately.

A red and white time-travel train.

"Den-O's...DenLiner?"

No… that’s not all.

At the entrance to DenLiner, there seemed to be another enormous train slowly approaching.

That's a... dark green time-travel train.

It looks just like a green bison.

Now, it is gradually passing through this spacetime portal from the direction of DenLiner.

And it moved directly toward Woz's side.

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Inside the ghost train, Gates encountered a being that resembled a ghost.

It was Kamen Rider Ouja who should have died...