Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

It's like... a spot.

Buzz… She heard a sound at that moment.

The girl slowly raised her head and looked at the object called the Soul Gem that was placed on the table.

Now... its color has become very strange.

It was like black mud, turning from a bright pink to an appallingly black color.

"What are you doing, Xiaoxian? Didn't I invite you to dinner?"

"Mother…"

She couldn't make a sound.

Completely unaware of what had happened, the girl wanted to tell her mother about her situation, but she didn't even have the strength to call out.

So tired...and so cold...

Even my vision began to darken, and something seemed to be wrapped up inside me, gradually beginning to leak out.

pat.

Only then did the girl see and hear clearly.

The sound came from its own soul gem... and a crack appeared in it.

"You're kidding... right?"

What... is going on?

After accepting the advice of a man named Teedo, she became a magical girl and gained the power to change her life at will, getting whatever she wanted, whether it was money or academic performance.

But she had never heard of the Soul Gem she possessed actually... being able to shatter or anything like that.

And ultimately—

What exactly is that gemstone used for?

"—Waaah!"

Crack—another crack appeared.

The girl's eyes trembled slightly, and then, instead of losing her strength, she suddenly stood up.

"What are you doing? How many times have I called you—"

"Mom...Mom...!"

And so, the girl's mother also witnessed this scene.

When she opened the door, the person she saw was no longer her daughter.

Instead, it was an ethereal, indistinct figure shrouded in black smoke.

She was slowly reaching out, trying as much as possible to touch herself.

"Help...me, I'm in so much... pain...what...why...?"

—Click.

The soul gem that had been placed on the table shattered completely.

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On the roof of a building in Mitakihara City.

Tede and Yuzuki stood together, both looking in the distance.

Black light kept emerging from within the city.

One after another, the number gradually increased from just a few to dozens...

"It's started."

Jieyuehua watched all this and then attached something black to her soul gem.

—Buzz.

As if it had absorbed filth, her originally black gemstone instantly became translucent.

"So that's what you were after."

Teed did not respond.

He simply took the Seed of Sorrow from Yuzuki's hand, casually tossed it downstairs, and slowly walked away.

"According to you, the man named Shilun Yanming seems to have altered the rules of this world, causing magical girls in this world to lose the possibility of becoming witches."

"But... those are just magical girls from 'this world'."

A smile appeared on Jieyuehua's lips.

"I believe that from today onwards, the image of magical girls in the public eye... will undergo a huge change, right?"

All of this marks the beginning of something entirely new—

That was a completely new kind of despair belonging to this world.

Volume 9, The Demon King Appears: Chapter 405 Is This the Real Purpose?

The day passed just like that.

Then, it was morning.

It seems that everything Gates and Woz said after that was relayed to Yan Ming, including what happened in the Ghost Train space.

"Speaking of which, it's true that a train capable of disrupting the timeline is coming."

A listless Gates was sitting on the sofa drinking milk.

Why is there no sound at all?

"What... do you want something to happen, Gates-kun?"

"How could that be... I was just thinking that if that guy Teed was going to do something, there should at least be some kind of commotion, right?"

Ever since Zeronos claimed to have detected traces of the God Train within this region of time and space, Gates has been extremely vigilant about it.

However, until yesterday when they told Yan Ming about these things, it seemed that everything in the world was still peaceful.

What on earth is going on...?

"It can't be that Teed is planning to give up."

He yawned and continued nonchalantly.

"And that guy, we've been hiding somewhere all this time, it's been so hard for us to find him—"

"Wait."

Just then, Yan Ming, who had suddenly walked over, interrupted him.

"What's wrong?"

Gates stared at him with some surprise, while Woz... seemed to have sensed something.

Yan Ming, on the other hand, was staring intently at the television.

The news broadcast there is this morning's news.

"You mean, magical girls might not be the heroes of justice they're rumored to be?"

After considering a certain possibility, Yan Ming picked up the remote control again and changed a few channels.

However, almost every channel was broadcasting the same content... A reporter was interviewing a man who looked like a scientist.

"That's not what I meant. It's just that, according to our recent investigation, the magical girls living in our city seem to be... fluctuating in terms of power."

"Huh? Then may I ask... what does this mean?"

Gates and Wozniak were glued to the television, and Yan Ming had the same expression.

I had a vague feeling that something was about to happen.

"Based on the research data from several magical girls we met who were willing to cooperate with the investigation, well... the unknown energy possessed by magical girls seems to undergo drastic changes under certain specific circumstances."

"What specific situation are you referring to...?"

"It's not quite clear yet, but based on speculation, it's very likely that it's caused by fluctuations in the magical girls' emotions. However, it's not yet clear what kind of emotion would cause this phenomenon."

"I see... So, do you think the large-scale attacks on the crowd by witches that happened last night are also related to these magical girls?"

"No connection has been found so far. On the contrary, most of the magical girls are fighting to stop this, but—"

The scientist-like man stroked his chin, looking somewhat hesitant.

"...In my personal opinion, there seems to be some kind of incredible connection between magical girls and witches, although we haven't figured out exactly what it is yet."

"At the same time as the large-scale witch attack, we also detected a large-scale burst of energy fluctuations similar to those of magical girls."

"Huh—? Then could this be...!"

"No, no, the actual energy value only appeared for a fleeting moment, so the analyzed data seems incomplete. We can't completely confirm that the information between the two is the same type. Besides, the magical girls have indeed made considerable contributions to protecting the safety of our people..."

Although the scientist continued to say things like that that were in favor of magical girls, the audience had basically stopped paying attention to that.

All people hear and receive are a few isolated pieces of information from those words.

There is a connection between witches and magical girls.

Upon realizing this, both Gates and Wozniak's expressions turned grim.

"Check your phone, Gates!"

Gates quickly pulled out his futuristic phone and connected to the internet of this era—

Inappropriate comments about magical girls have spread across all forum-like websites.

Or rather... these are all reasonable statements in the eyes of the public.

"Are you kidding me..."

Gates was dumbfounded as he kept scrolling through his phone, looking at all the comments from netizens.

"It's only been one night. Didn't these guys treat magical girls like idols yesterday?"

Even Wozniak couldn't say anything about this situation.

And Yan Ming, after considering all the circumstances and all the states—

He seemed to understand something.

"Woz."

He didn't look up, still staring at his phone as he asked Woz beside him.

"How powerful is Oma Zi-O exactly?"

This sentence changed the atmosphere of the entire room.

Gates looked at him, somewhat bewildered, while Woz calmed his expression.

"...I can't describe the exact strength either. Even this book can't fully record all of Oma Zi-O's power, but...at least it can theoretically interfere with all of spacetime."

Is that really the case?

"Absolutely true! Because the part recorded in this book states that Oma Zi-O's true power is capable of rewriting and destroying all of spacetime—"

"True power...?"

Yan Ming immediately raised his head.

"At that time, what I showed was only an incomplete state... Could it really match what you said?"

"Varied--"

"In the past, when I used that power for a moment, I couldn't control it perfectly. Even if I let the excess power out, it only interfered with the single spacetime at that time... Is that possible?"

If that's the case... if that's the case, then the situation is completely different.

Although Oma Zi-O's power is, as the name suggests, the strongest, Yan Ming is indeed unable to use such a powerful force now.

The incompleteness of the force means that it cannot achieve the original true strength and quality when used.

That means... the world where one cannot become a witch, and where power and laws have been completely rewritten—is the universe where Yan Ming and his companions live.

If she is a magical girl who came here from another timeline, or a magical girl who became one through means from another world.