Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

In this city nowadays... where magical girls and witches are mixed together everywhere?

Although the situation is the same all over the world nowadays, Homura Akemi's identity is that of a magical girl.

She didn't want her parents to know her identity, but what if they didn't stay with her and she encountered danger elsewhere?

Are they hoping other magical girls will save them? That's a possibility, but it's only a possibility.

Moreover, if they live with me, wouldn't that mean they're more likely to get involved in dangerous situations?

what to do…?

On one side are their dearest parents, and on the other... there are all sorts of difficult situations to resolve.

Da da—

Suddenly, a slight sound came from outside the window.

"oops…"

Homura Akemi's parents couldn't help but look out the window, and at that moment—

The rain started to fall.

"As expected... it really does rain in this kind of weather."

"Wait, was that just reported on the news? Takihara City... Unnatural weather conditions are occurring on a large scale around the world. All residents are urged to stay home and take shelter?"

"Really? Of all times, at a time like this... that's incredible."

Dad and Mom were discussing the news that had just been broadcast, but Homura Akemi seemed to understand something, and she raised her head and slowly looked out the window.

She was silent.

But at the same moment, he slowly stood up.

"...Dad, Mom."

And so, the girl gazed at her parents before her and spoke her heart out.

"I... need to go out for a bit."

"Eh?!"

"Get out...out? At a time like this...? Xiaoyan, are you serious?!"

Naturally, the parents were looking at their daughter with disbelief, something that Homura Akemi had already guessed.

Even so—

"sorry."

She slowly took off her glasses.

The expression revealed after the glasses used for disguise were removed was Homura Akemi's usual demeanor.

He was resolute, yet seemed to be hiding something.

"Because I have... things I have to tell others, so..."

It wasn't night, but the sky was darker than the dead of night.

Shi Lun Yanming stood alone on the rooftop.

The wind started to pick up unnaturally a bit earlier, and now it's starting to rain.

The torrential and fierce rain seemed to be... foreshadowing something.

Soaked to the bone by raindrops, Yan Ming's hairstyle remained strangely intact, but he didn't seem to care at all about his soaked clothes.

He gazed at the distant sky, where the sun was buried by endless dark clouds, and countless bolts of lightning flashed across the clouds... in various regions of the earth.

That would definitely not be a situation caused by a natural disaster.

Yan Ming was certain of this idea. At this time, he should have gone to meet with Woz and the others as soon as possible and then gone up to the clouds to find out what was going on, but he stayed where he was.

Because someone is walking towards him.

Then, a panting sound was heard.

Yan Ming turned around and saw a girl standing on the rooftop just like him, breathing slightly out of breath.

The two were simultaneously engulfed by the torrential rain, the sound of exploding raindrops echoing in their ears.

—A dark magical girl soaked by the rain.

Then, as if in contrast, the people standing opposite each other on the rooftop... even though they were soaked to the bone, still exuded a calm and nonchalant air.

It was as if there was nothing in the world that could frighten him.

"Aren't you going to use an umbrella?"

"Still in a nonchalant tone," Yan Ming said, looking at her.

"Even if you've become a magical girl, you'll still feel uncomfortable like this."

Homura Akemi slowly raised her head, brushed aside the dripping water droplets from her long black hair, and looked at the man in front of her.

"What are you going to do?"

The girl stared at the other person without looking up at the sky, but even without looking, she could feel the powerful, suffocating energy swirling in the sky.

That wasn't the witch's energy, but... it was far more terrifying than the witch's aura.

"Just like usual."

The other party said these words casually.

"I will defeat the enemy in front of me and then restore peace to everything. It's that simple."

"This kind of thing..."

"This is something you've been doing all along." These were the words Homura Akemi wanted to say, but they stuck in her throat.

That's right... just as the other party said, it's just something we do all the time.

"It's your side of the story. Today is the day your parents are coming back to visit you, right? Although I don't know how long you'll be able to stay together, shouldn't you be enjoying this time?"

After a brief silence, Yan Ming looked into the girl's eyes.

"Stop thinking about complicated things, just enjoy your life right now, what's wrong with that?"

"...!"

Previously, all the entanglements and thoughts about the dangers of witches and the identity of magical girls were seen through by Yan Ming at this moment.

Homura Akemi looked at him in disbelief, but then slowly lowered her head.

"If my mom and dad knew I was a magical girl, they would definitely..."

"They won't know, and no one else will get hurt, not even you."

"It's that kind of talk again... You always say things with such certainty, even though you have no idea how dangerous it really is..."

It was like this during Witch's Night, and it was like this whenever we encountered danger afterward, just like now... This man always manages to do things beyond my wildest imagination.

Miracles don't exist—that was what Homura Akemi originally thought, but until she met him... she had witnessed miracles more than once.

But this time—it's really different.

Although I don't know why, a very sharp voice in my heart is desperately telling me this.

It's very dangerous, it could even... kill you.

She had witnessed countless times that the people around her might die, or even that they would definitely die, yet she still couldn't control her emotions.

Because it's this man right in front of me—

He saved his most loyal friend, changed the cycle of reincarnation that he had no chance of winning, and saved his own life.

I can still stand here now entirely because of him.

Have you noticed something?

The young man looked at himself and spoke again.

"This place seems to be the place where we first met."

Back then... I stood on this very rooftop when I faced the Witch's Night, and I am standing here now...

They were all standing in the same building.

"At that time, when I saw you, you were sad, and your face was always filled with an unconcealable despair."

"Compared to you back then, you really have changed a lot."

The more I talked, the more turbulent my emotions became.

The girl moved closer to him and hugged him tightly.

Although Yan Ming couldn't see the girl in his arms from this angle, her soft body was trembling slightly.

"…I."

Homura Akemi's voice trembled slightly.

But... she is very strong.

"I... was saved by you, our world, and Madoka... have always been saved by you, but I want to save you myself, just like you did..."

"So...you absolutely must come back before we get to that...you're not allowed to leave..."

"I've made a promise to you."

As if in response to the girl's words, Yan Ming raised his head—revealing an absolute expression in the rain.

At that moment, it was as if all the sounds in the world had disappeared.

"Believe me, absolutely no one can beat me—"

Because of me, I was born to be king.

--boom.

When the sound came again, she stood there.

My body was completely dry, and my clothes had somehow dried as well.

Moreover… he was holding a pure black umbrella in his hand.

The black-clad magical girl stood alone on the rooftop of the battlefield where she had reincarnated countless times, gazing at the black sky beyond.

Trembling, it shed warm tears.

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"...They're here."

The world was covered by endless blackness and rain, just like the rain that God used to wash away sins in the Bible.

No one else remained at that spot on the street, but they stood there resolutely.

Heavy rain, flashing neon lights and building signs, and a dark sky.

The next moment, Woz, who had been leaning against the wall, suddenly opened his eyes.

Something's coming!

They all became focused.

The wind and rain grew increasingly violent, and in an instant, an indescribable crack appeared in the terrifying sky—

Something is popping out.

Suddenly, a streak like fire appeared in the black sky, followed by a cloud of black smoke.

A dark gold train and a train with a skull on it appeared there.

"The God Train, and the Ghost Train."

So it really won't be destroyed so easily?

When Woz looked around, Gates and Ryotaro had already come to his side, followed closely by the four Otherworldly Gods.

"They're those two trains we dealt with before..."

"Tch... What's the big deal? Let's all go at it together and smash it to pieces again!"

"This is the first time I've ever really acknowledged you... Red-haired devil."