Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

But that's okay.

Having experienced everything and witnessed all that this man has done so far.

Kota Kuzuha was willing to believe him.

then.

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Choose.

Suddenly, one sentence came to mind for everyone present.

"Will you trust this man before you? Will you entrust the future and history of knighthood entirely to him?"

I heard a sound.

It wasn't something that just happened; it was a sentence that suddenly appeared in everyone's mind.

"Utterly boring."

Tide scratched his head impatiently.

Then, the huge black figure behind him obeyed his movements.

An unparalleled black-gold light wave was instantly shot towards the ground.

Just then.

Kuzuha Kota, who had originally only been a projection, immediately stretched out his hand.

Om-! !

A burst of iridescent colors blocked the black-gold light wave.

"what?"

Tede, who seemed to take a slight interest in this, saw Kuzuha Kota cover the surroundings with his power, enveloping the entire city.

But for him, who is merely a projection, or for him, who is in another world, to do something like this would be an extremely energy-consuming activity.

despite this.

The knights now understood why this man had gone to such lengths to convey such a message to them, in order to force them to make a choice.

"To inherit our history and future...?"

The man who called himself Hibiki, whose real name was Hidaka Hitoshi, spoke first.

"I feel like I've heard this somewhere before, but to put it another way, it's about inheriting our fighting power and consciousness."

“I don’t see anything wrong with it. If it’s this man, even though this is our first meeting… I’m willing to believe him.”

For Hibiki, during this brief period of fighting together, he had already seen through Yan Ming and understood exactly what kind of person he was.

Tendou Souji and Shinnosuke, who were standing nearby, also understood this point.

"...I understand, Mr. Belt, you don't have any objections, do you?"

"As long as it's someone you approve of, I'm naturally willing to believe them."

Although their words may sound brief, their awareness and decisions are genuine.

The Heavenly Dao Chief didn't say much, but instead looked at Yan Ming not far away.

The two looked at each other.

In an instant, as if they all understood something, they nodded to each other.

then.

"…ah?"

Momotaros, who had finally managed to stand up again, looked at everyone with a surprised expression.

"So we're the only ones left without a choice? Seriously! You guys talk so weirdly, it made me think it was some serious drama!"

"Alright, senior..."

"Then, Momotaros, you..."

Ryotaro seemed to want to say something, but—he was stopped by Momotaros waving his hand.

"I don't think there's any need to make a choice at all."

He calmly looked at Yan Ming beside him.

All the days and experiences I spent with him these past few days are still vivid in my mind.

…That's right, there's really no need to make a choice, is there?

"Laozi...the few of us, from the moment we were willing to fight alongside you, we already chose to trust you."

Then, the last one, Yusuke Godai, did not speak.

He simply endured his injuries and stood up again, and then—

He gave Yan Ming a firm thumbs-up.

boom!!

Beside him, the massive protective shield created by Kureha Kota shattered instantly, and along with it vanished the black-gold light wave released by Another Ultimate Kuuga.

As their attacks dissipated, Kuzuha Kota's projection also vanished completely.

"Did you run out of energy for projection? Hmph... If that's the case..."

boom--!!

Once again, waves of black and gold light shot towards the crowd.

The endless darkness seemed poised to devour everything before them, and in that moment when everyone was at a loss—

Light illuminates the darkness.

Those were four more colorful lights that shone from Woz's arms.

"This is…!"

Without the slightest hesitation, and without even opening the book, it flew into the air by itself.

The book flipped its pages rapidly on its own.

Just as the black-gold light wave attempted to completely destroy everyone present, four beams of light of different colors arrived in front of it.

It was as if a protective shield had been created, completely blocking the black and gold light waves.

At the same time, colorful light also emanated from Yan Ming's body.

Buzz—! Almost all the watch faces emerged from his body.

Could it be...?

From Kuuga to Build, 2000 to 2017.

The dials of all the main knights from the Heisei era are completely encircled together, like a giant clock, which not only cancels out the fluctuations of black and gold, but also illuminates the surrounding area with colorful light.

However, Teed burst into laughter upon seeing this.

"Hahahaha! I thought it was something big, but it turns out it's just like this!"

As a super time-jacker, he knew very well what would happen if he merged the nineteen dials together.

The Grand Zi-O Ridewatch is the strongest watch that can gather the power of all the main Heisei Riders.

But... so what if that's the case?

"Don't even mention the Supreme Emperor Zi-O, even if you summoned that Demon King from 2068 who destroyed the future here, he still wouldn't be able to stop me!"

Accompanied by Tide's voice, the enormous Another Ultimate Kuuga launched another attack on them.

It was an overwhelming black shadow.

Like dust sweeping across the world, this time the radiance completely covered the Earth itself.

No, that's not all—

Beyond the Earth's boundaries, it extends into the entire universe, then through spacetime rifts, devouring everything in its path.

There is no chance of turning back. Next, the fully grown Another Ultimate Kuuga will completely devour everything in this worldview, and then continue to expand into more worlds.

It's already the end.

"Hahahaha! Ahahahaha!!"

All life in the entire universe perished, except for Tid's laughter, which echoed in the deepest recesses of the universe...

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boom.

Then, it shattered.

What Teed originally believed was an inevitable, utterly hopeless reality.

Like a piece of glass, it shattered little by little before his eyes.

"What...what is this? What's going on?"

What appeared before my eyes was neither a black world nor a colorful world that had just been covered by twenty dials.

It was a golden sky.

In an instant, a golden light shone forth from in front of him, illuminating not only the Earth's sky but also the entire world.

"what is that?"

When he looked ahead, he saw something unbelievable.

Twenty knight dials floating in mid-air.

However, the situation was completely different from what he had imagined.

"Is that a Knight Watch?! No! Then... what is that? Why does something like that exist?!"

Including Zi-O's control dial, twenty dials floated slowly around it, but Teedo felt a suffocating power emanating from each of them.

That's right.

Each watch face embodies the history and power of its corresponding knight, which means...

"Does the watch face... conceal all the worlds related to this Kamen Rider?"

That's not just the dial.

The more you gaze at the clock face, the more you'll find countless historical echoes reverberating before your eyes.

The dial of Kuuga stores all the worlds associated with Kuuga.

Agito's watch face stores all the worlds associated with Agito.

And then—until Zi-O.

All these knights exist in parallel worlds, potential worlds that could develop, and potential worlds that have already been destroyed—both imaginable and unimaginable.

From the very beginning, the dial has stored more than just power and a limited history.

Everything that represents this knight was included.

just now.

Before Tide lies twenty different worlds, each infinitely vast and infinitely expansive.

But who exactly is in charge of them?

A man waved his hand.

With his movement, all twenty dials came into his hands, condensed and merged—

Something that shone brighter than all the light in the universe was held in Yan Ming's hand.

Those were the weakest and most pathetic beings that Teed should have looked down upon and utterly despised—

The power of Kamen Rider.

Now, ironically, it has become one of the things he fears most.

Sometime later, the injured people stood up again.