Kamen Rider ZZZ from the American comic book world

Kamen Rider ZZZ from the American comic book world

Author: Cipher Number Zero

Summary:

Captain Rogers and Professor Jones thwarted Hydra's plot.

The missiles that destroyed Raccoon City in 1998 came from Stark Industries.

Li Ai, who had traveled through time, fell into deep thought as he looked at these old messages. So he went to chat with his classmates and unexpectedly learned that one of them had died in his sleep, and he was also troubled by nightmares.

The evil spirit Freddy, who lingers in the dream, tries to take everything from him. At the critical moment, something incredible happens to him, turning him into Kamen Rider ZZZ, who can also control the dream.

Freddy: Is reconciliation still possible now?

Li Ai: At this very moment? You must be joking.

A Nightmare on Elm Street, Resident Evil, Strange Harvest, Monster Files, MCU... This world is incredibly crazy.

"I am in position, and I will begin the mission."

Li Ai watched as the enemies before him spun the capsule, transforming into Kamen Rider ZZZ...

Chapter 1 The Nightmare Begins

Late November, 2008, America

Springwood Town, a seemingly ordinary little town.

Ring ring ring————

When the school bell rang at the town's only high school, some students went to participate in extracurricular activities, while others went to play with friends. But Li Ai, who was only seventeen years old, just wanted to rest.

He hadn't had a good night's sleep for several days.

He splashed cold water on his face in the bathroom; the tap water, mixed with a slight disinfectant smell, made him feel a little more refreshed. Then he looked at himself in the mirror.

Li Ai has clear facial features, well-proportioned features, a slightly straight nose, and a few strands of wet black hair sticking to his forehead. Combined with his wheat-colored skin, he gives the impression of a very handsome Asian man.

If his handsome face is merely a slender feature, then his physique is a crucial factor in supporting that face.

He is 1.87 meters tall and weighs 90 kilograms. He is well-trained and has no excessively large muscles; instead, his physique is defined by clear lines left from years of exercise.

After turning off the faucet, the Asian teenager turned and left the bathroom, found his personal locker, and was about to listen to music on his recently purchased Nokia N95 when a clear voice called out to him.

"Li Ai, do you have any plans for tonight?"

He turned around and saw a girl with golden curly hair, holding textbooks in her arms, talking to him.

Nancy Thompson is the daughter of the Springwood sheriff. She has many friends at school. She is bright and cheerful, with beautiful sapphire eyes and a youthful charm.

"Do you need me to help you with your homework? Or is there a party at your house?" Li Ai turned to look at Nancy, but the weariness in her eyes was impossible to hide.

"I need you to help me review the lessons from the past two days," Nancy said, looking equally tired.

"I haven't rested well these past few days. I've been sleepy in class and can't concentrate on anything. You know I still want to go to university."

Although America is known for its joyful education, it is not lacking in people who want to improve themselves.

Nancy comes from a conservative family and is a traditional Roman Orthodox Christian. Her parents want her to go to university in the city and then find a decent job in New York or another big city. So she has to take the SAT exam to get her a ticket to university.

Under her influence, Nancy also became quite ambitious and often sought help from this excellent student whose report card was full of A+ grades.

"You didn't get enough rest either?" Li Ai felt the same way; his mental state was just as bad, but his learning ability was better, so his learning progress didn't fall significantly behind.

"Stop talking, I've been having nightmares," Nancy said as she put books she didn't need into her locker.

"You also dreamed that you were in an abandoned factory, and you could hear the screeching sound of sharp objects rubbing against pipes?" Li Ai casually mentioned what she had dreamed about last night.

Upon hearing this, Nancy was slightly taken aback. She looked at her classmate in confusion and asked in surprise, "How come you had the same dream as me?"

"You had this dream too?" Li Ai frowned slightly.

“Yes, it’s been like this for several days, every single day.” Nancy’s brows furrowed tightly.

"Then I only had that dream last night. A few days ago, I was hit by a car, electrocuted, captured by aliens and dissected to death." Li Ai recounted all the nightmares that plagued her as if they were her own treasures.

“You’re worse off. I just keep having the same nightmare over and over again.” Nancy felt that her classmate was worse off than her.

"I hope it's just a dream." Li Ai shook her head, then said to Nancy, "I'll go home and get something to eat first, then I'll come to your place tonight."

“Your mom is away on a business trip again, leaving you home alone. I think it would be nice to go to your place.” Nancy smiled brightly.

Upon hearing this, Li Ai waved her hand and refused, saying, "If you stay at my house for too long, Sheriff Thompson will apply for a search warrant. It's safer for him to go to your house, and I'll feel more at ease."

Everyone in the school knew that Sheriff Thompson doted on his only daughter, and even bad students who had shady dealings with people outside the school didn't dare to get close to Nancy.

“Okay, then let’s go to my place.” Nancy smiled helplessly. “See you at my place at eight o’clock tonight.”

"it is good."

The two then returned to their respective homes.

Li Ai pushed open his bedroom door, turned on the light in the dark, tossed his backpack aside, went to the kitchen to find a few slices of bread, heated up some semi-finished meat patties, and simply made do with today's dinner.

He ate unhealthy fast food with bottled water, and his thoughts became incoherent.

Li Ai is a time traveler. In his previous life, he was an orphan who was admitted to university with the help of others. Because he had received a lot of help from outsiders, he was also quite willing to help others in his previous life. However, after growing up, he realized the limits of his abilities and became much more restrained in his personality.

After starting work, he didn't have much entertainment on weekdays, but he maintained the habit of watching anime. His favorite series was "Kamen Rider," and he watched every single one. His favorite character was Kamen Rider ZZZ, who could fight in dreams. He even spent money to have a suit custom-made for him.

During holidays, he would wear a costume to attend comic conventions. After one such convention, he encountered human traffickers abducting children. He bravely intervened and saved the children, but was stabbed several times. In the end, he was run over and killed by a ruthless accomplice of the human traffickers.

When he opened his eyes again, he had become a boy living in a small town in America, and through some clues, he realized that he had come to another world.

The news about Captain America Steve Rogers in her early childhood reading materials, the Raccoon City incident, and Tony Stark's disappearance a few months ago... these seemingly random occurrences constantly stimulated Li Ai's nerves.

This world is fraught with danger, and he doesn't know if he will be able to live a peaceful life.

The cheat codes that time travelers are required to have haven't appeared in recent years. Li Ai just has excellent physical fitness. He once broke his arm while playing, but he recovered completely in just half a month.

This was not enough to make him proud, because he could be injured with just a dagger or a small-caliber firearm, and overall he was not beyond the realm of ordinary people.

But one thing continued to bother him: Li Ai had almost no memory of her childhood in this life, relying entirely on her mother's oral accounts, which he found a bit strange. He planned to investigate the truth when he had enough strength in the future.

His full name in this life is Leah Scott. He comes from a single-parent family, lives with his mother, and has never met his biological father.

Because single-parent families are common in America, Li Ai didn't ask too many questions. His mother, who raised him alone, was a private psychologist. She was busy with work and often needed to travel for business to communicate with patients in person, but her salary was not low. She once said that she could pay for his full education at an Ivy League school without him needing to take out a loan.

After gathering his thoughts, Li Ai tidied up the table. Seeing that it was almost time, he prepared to go find his classmate Nancy.

Before leaving, he also had to check the mailbox at the door, because many things in America require an address to be mailed, so in order to avoid paying the wrong fees and incurring late fees, Li Ai needed to check the mailbox every day.

No bills came in today, but he found an unsigned manila envelope.

"A prank?" Li Ai frowned as she opened the letter and took out a piece of paper.

The letter paper was rough, and the content was written in red ink.

One, two, he will come looking for you.

Three, four, lock your door.

Fifth, sixth, cover yourself with your blanket.

Seven, eight, breathing will stop.

Nine, ten, you will always suffer from insomnia.

Chapter 2 The Dream Demon Freddy

The strange contents left Li Ai completely bewildered; he thought it was just a prank letter.

Because there will always be unreliable people who make these things to prank their neighbors, and sometimes they even include gory pictures and vicious curses.

Compared to that, a string of nonsensical words seems quite mild.

He casually folded the letter, threw it into the trash can, and then went to Nancy's house.

It was late autumn, and the night breeze was already a bit chilly. Li Ai wrapped his jacket tighter around himself and walked for more than ten minutes before arriving at Nancy's house.

Ding--

After a crisp ringing of a bell, heavy footsteps came from behind the door. A middle-aged white man opened the door and carefully examined Li Ai.

"Oh, it's you." The man nodded, then smiled with relief. "Come in, Nancy has been waiting for you in the study for a long time."

“Thank you, Sheriff Thompson,” Li Ai said to the man who was still in his police uniform. He then went inside the house under the man’s gaze and found Nancy in the study on the second floor.

"You're finally here!" Nancy's face lit up with joy as she quickly walked to Li Ai's side and then asked in a low voice, "My dad didn't give you any trouble, did he?"

"Don't worry, the sheriff does give good citizens some preferential treatment," Li Ai said with a smile.

"That's good." Nancy nodded with a sigh of relief, then pulled Li Ai to the desk and said, "I'll leave the rest to you, good student."

"It's a small problem, listen carefully..."

After some time, Nancy's mother brought a plate of cake into the study.

"If you're tired, have some cake. I know you two haven't been sleeping well lately, so I put in some cherries to help you sleep."

"Thank you, Auntie," Li Ai said casually, but he didn't plan to eat much. These white snacks were all too sweet and didn't suit his taste.

Li Ai only ate a few cherries, and even Nancy didn't eat many.

Nancy pinched her stomach and joked, "I'm still very conscious of my figure; eating too much cake will make me fat."

"Are you preparing for the graduation ceremony in advance?" Li Ai asked, glancing sideways.

"Yes, I saw a really pretty dress."

As they spoke, a wave of drowsiness washed over them. The two of them hadn't had a proper rest for several days, and now they felt like they were about to bang their heads on the ground.

"I'm going home now." Li Ai quickly got up. If he slept at Nancy's house, Sheriff Thompson would be very unhappy with him.

Sweet dreams, Li Ai.

Goodnight, Nancy.

After saying goodnight to each other, he left the study. Seeing how considerate his daughter's classmate was, Sheriff Thompson offered to drive Li Ai home, saving him some time.

Li Ai returned home, locked the door, went to his room, lay down on the soft bed, and set an alarm.

Then, a strong drowsiness came over her, and Li Ai's eyelids trembled. Before long, she fell into a deep sleep.

His consciousness gradually became hazy, and after an unknown amount of time, he heard a series of piercing metallic scraping sounds.

blah-

When Li Ai opened his eyes again, he found himself in an old factory. The machines were running and emitting faint flames. He walked along the rattling grate walkway, heading deeper into the factory.

The metallic scraping sound grew increasingly piercing, and he began running through the factory, but the sound followed him relentlessly.

Li Ai found a large door, pushed it open without hesitation, and locked it, thus briefly escaping the piercing sound.

He nervously looked around and found that it was a room with no way out, and he noticed two shadows on the wall.

One was tall, the other slender; the two intertwined endlessly. Finally, the tall shadow raised its clawed hand and tore the slender shadow to shreds.

Li Ai was so engrossed in this scene that she dared not breathe.

After tearing the slender shadow to shreds, the tall shadow detached from the wall, coalesced into a human shape in the room, and raised its claws toward Li Ai.

Li Ai hurriedly dodged, but the sharp claws tore his shoulder, leaving four bloody marks on his shoulder from which blood continued to flow.

The dark figure vanished abruptly, followed by a burst of arrogant laughter.

"Ha ha ha ha!!!!!"

Li Ai could only cover her ears, trying to block out the piercing laughter.

Ring ring ring————

A ringing bell shattered the piercing laughter. Li Ai opened her eyes; her hair and clothes were soaked with sweat.

Just when he thought it was a nightmare, he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder. He pulled open his clothes and saw four bloody marks.

This injury was clearly sustained in a dream, so why did it carry over into reality?

Li Ai was filled with doubt. He knew that supernatural events existed in this world, and that gods and demons probably existed as well. But why was he being targeted?

He temporarily suppressed his doubts, found the first-aid kit he always kept at home, treated his wound simply, and then took out his phone to make a call to the top of his contact list.

"What's the matter?" A cool female voice came from the other end of the phone.