Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

And so, very simply, towards the left wall.

—I gave it a light tap.

Boom—!! Then, the entire train suddenly began to shake violently.

"Waaaaaahh ...

"Ugh, I feel so dizzy—I feel like throwing up!!"

"Stop right now—!"

These magical girls couldn't even speak clearly because the entire train was shaking so badly that the lights were constantly flickering, and the seats were flying up and down everywhere. All the girls couldn't stand up and were flying back and forth in the carriages.

All of this was the result of Gates casually punching the train car.

The only thing still holding on is Yuzuki Hana.

However, she could only stand still; the other magical girls... were almost all lying on the ground.

Some vomited repeatedly due to extreme dizziness, some fainted, and others were injured as a result.

Of course, Gates didn't care about any of this.

He looked directly at the girls and pointed the chainsaw at them.

"If you don't want to get hurt, get out of the way over there."

With just one sentence, all the magical girls looked at him with completely different eyes than before.

fear.

Although it was just a simple slam into the wall, the damage it caused was beyond what all of them could have imagined combined.

Even more terrifying.

The aura emanating from this man... was terrifying.

These magical girls—to put it bluntly, they are just a group of junior high school students who suddenly gained strange abilities. Some of them didn't even go to junior high school because they dropped out, while others thought they were very knowledgeable about so-called social etiquette.

Gates, however, was only focused on preventing what was about to happen.

He had just tested the train and discovered that even a power of the level of the resurrected Gang Lie seemed unable to affect it.

No, this shouldn't have much to do with the output of force; it's simply because this train has the characteristic of ignoring the laws of physics.

But no matter what, he didn't have time to continue playing with these kids.

Anyway, they were all already terrified—Gates thought. If anyone still dared to disagree, he would just knock her out. These magical girls were just a bunch of little girls. Giving them a lesson and letting them know their place was enough.

As a result, the girls, who had never experienced the true atmosphere of a battlefield, were completely overwhelmed by Gates's imposing aura and dared not move an inch.

They could only watch in terror as he approached.

"...!"

And at that very moment, something even Gates hadn't anticipated happened.

Bang——! !

Suddenly, from behind him who had just walked by—

A black mist rose up.

"what?"

By the time he realized what was happening, it was too late.

Gates immediately turned around and saw that in the center of the group of magical girls, the black mist began to materialize.

It's exactly the same scene as when those Dark Knights materialized!

"What...what is this?!"

"It's pitch black, what... what is this?!"

As mentioned before.

Inside this ghost train, warriors materialized from the spirits of the dead would occasionally appear.

This dark figure is one of them.

It takes shape almost instantly, and then instantly becomes a physical entity.

A silver monster.

Like a scorpion, it has silver biological armor all over its body, a whip-like tail, and a shield on the back of its left hand.

"...Huh?!"

Most of the magical girls were so frightened by what they saw that they almost dared not breathe.

Worm.

This is an existence that was once copied from a man's body and memories, and was brainwashed by his memories of being human, and continues to fight as Kamen Rider Sasori.

But now, it is merely a monster that knows how to kill.

A terrifying, suffocating sense of oppression, and a completely unconventional creature's appearance.

All of this caused all the girls to look at it in terror and scream.

The venomous scorpion insects, on the other hand, chose the nearest person as their target for slaughter.

It raised its tail high and thrust it directly at its opponent.

"Hey—Danger!"

When Gates shouted, what he saw standing behind him was the magical girl named Yuzuki Hana.

Although she was almost always by Teed's side, that was not the reason why Gates would stand by and watch a human being die.

Using the speed of the resurrected Gale, she can be rescued with ease.

—Then, just as Gates was about to change form.

Time suddenly stopped.

Buzz—!! Everything, from the magical girls to everything else, froze in a burst of iridescent light.

Including the venomous stinger of the scorpion-like insect that was about to strike the other party.

"what?"

Gates looked ahead in utter astonishment, while the attacked girl... Yuzuki Hana, stared ahead in disbelief.

That's right.

A man shielded her from the blow.

"...It's you?"

A super timejacker named Teed appeared directly in front of her and completely blocked the poison spikes in front of her without being harmed, using the frozen time.

Why did you... come here?

"Huh? Ah... the reason is quite simple."

Tede gave a dejected, yet enigmatic laugh.

"Of course I'm here to save you... or rather, to save you, right?"

(I apologize for the irregular updates these past few days due to the upcoming Spring Festival. Please forgive me!)

Volume Nine: The Demon King Appears: Chapter 400 Another Time-Space Train Rushing By

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There was simply no time to react—Yuehua understood everything the instant she saw the situation before her.

The body of the dead, created due to the characteristics of the ghost train... its speed was unimaginable, and it came directly in front of him and launched an attack.

The moment the attack was about to strike was, in fact, a fleeting instant.

But in Yuzuki Hana's eyes at this moment, it seemed to slow down.

Everything in life flashed before her eyes, like a revolving lantern, causing all sorts of thoughts to flash through Jie Yuehua's mind in this short period of time.

In this situation, he was certain to die.

So what was I thinking about at the very end?

—She was thinking about something related to the man named Tide.

From childhood to this age, everything that has happened so far can be described as a tragedy.

However, after that... he ended up being taken in by that Teede instead.

Wandering with him in this new world, constantly doing things that he takes for granted as harming others, and then... up to now.

Why did I have to pull myself out of that world? Why did I have to stay by his side and work with him?

She couldn't think of a single reason. Although Yukiko had always been by Teide's side helping him, she never thought that he would regard her as a proper person.

Props, chess pieces, himself and the other magical girls he contracted—they were all just that.

...Heh, don't I know this all along? Why do I still have this strange feeling?

Could it be that I naively thought he would save me because he wanted to protect or rescue me?

That's just Teed's personality; someone like him is destined never to help anyone personally.

That's right, that's how it should always be.

—Until Yuzuki Hana witnessed this scene with her own eyes.

When he saw the man named Teed suddenly appear in front of him and subdue the strange man with one hand.

Why...? Why is this guy here?

Hasn't he always treated himself and the other magical girls as pawns? If he's just a pawn to be used and discarded, then why bother coming all this way to a place like this?

"The reason is quite simple, there's no special reason. The main thing is that I came here to rescue you."

These were the words spoken by Tede himself, a response to Yuzuki's current confusion.

"Or rather, I came here specifically to save you... is that right?"

He did it specifically to save himself.

It's not about seeing oneself as a pawn to be discarded at any time, but about choosing to save oneself.

Her face showed an expression as if her beliefs had been violently shaken, and she simply straddled the ground.

The magical girls behind him all looked surprised.

"You bastard—!"

"Oh, you're still here."

Shifting the perspective to Gates, he did not approve of Ted's current behavior and still looked furious.

Teed simply waved his hand dismissively.

"Since you enjoy meddling in other people's business so much, I'll find you some more fun."

Buzz—! In an instant, time, which had been frozen in front of us, resumed its flow.

Those were scorpion-type alien insects that were able to move again.

Now, the moment Tide lifted the time freeze, it charged straight toward Gates.

Boom—!! The silver body slammed into Gates, while Tide waved his hand.

A power, like a red light wave, directly enveloped him and the girls behind him.

"Shall we stop here for now?"

"You spineless coward, trying to run away again?!"

"You can't say that, future warrior."

With the help of the dim light, Gates could vaguely make out the expression on Tide's face.

That was a beaming smile.

"I have already achieved my purpose in coming here. There is no need for me to have any more disputes with someone like you."

The glory faded.