Is there Kamen Rider 01 in Date Away?

Chapter 16: Present and Past (Part )

Chaos and weightlessness were the first feelings the two had after being hit by Kuang San's Twelve Bullets. This feeling was like falling into a swimming pool filled with jelly, with the whole body going limp and falling continuously.

It was unknown how much time had passed before they both opened their eyes.

"Where is this..."

Shiori was the first to open his eyes. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and got up. What he saw was not the flames of the laser explosion, nor the dust of the city falling apart. Instead, he saw the sun, the streets, the flowers and the grass. Everything was normal, as if Origami's destruction of the city was just a nightmare.

"Where is this..." Shiori was shocked by the scenery in front of him, and judging from the slightly hot temperature around, it didn't seem like November at all, but more like summer.

Although it didn't feel real at all, the intact city in front of her and the summer environment around her reminded Shiori that she had really been sent back to five years ago by Kurumi.

[No, where is Zhenlian-kun? ]

Shiori looked around but couldn't find Zhenlian. Just as he was about to look around for the boy who traveled through time with him, he felt that his buttocks were not touching the hard road or the hot asphalt road, but something that had a certain hardness but still retained elasticity.

"Hey, how long do you want to ride on me..."

"Hey! Manrei-kun! I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I didn't mean it."

It was only at this moment that Shiori noticed the resentful sound coming from the object he was sitting on. Shiori then noticed that Shinren was now riding on him, and he stood up hastily, apologizing non-stop.

“Looking at the billboards around us, we’re really at the point where we were five years ago.”

Zhenlian looked around briefly. Although this place was exactly the same as Tiangong City, there were still many differences upon closer inspection - the surrounding billboards were still promoting outdated products, and the TVs in the windows of the TV stores were promoting a newly debuted idol group, but in the memories of the two, this idol group had long been disbanded.

"Hey, Tokisaki Kurumi. Are you looking at us?"

Manren suddenly struck the same pose as DIO, and uttered the voice of Kannazuki at a very high decibel into the air in front of her.

……

However, after a few seconds, there was no response, and now the two were on the street. Passers-by were looking at Zhenlian and Shizhi and pointing at them, and the air was suddenly filled with an extremely awkward atmosphere.

"Mom, what kind of animal is that?"

"That's trash, baby."

Listening to the sarcastic whispers of passers-by, Shiori blushed and pulled on Manreon's sleeve: "Manreon-kun, this is a street!"

Pulling the bull rider, Shiori shielded his face while struggling to break out of the crowd, and finally pulled Zhenlian to an empty alley.

"It seems it's useless." Zhenlian didn't seem to realize what he had just done in the street, but continued to look for a way to communicate across time and space.

"Mare-kun, Kurumi is five years later. We can't contact her."

"There's a grocery store over there. I'll go there and write a letter."

"Mare-kun——!"

[Hehehe...Mr. Zhenlian is really brave. I really have to admit defeat.]

【! ! ! 】

As the two were arguing, Kurumi's voice reached their minds.

"Kyousan, is that you?"

Shiori looked around, and after confirming that the elf girl with heterochromatic eyes was not hiding in a shadow, he tried to communicate with the voice in his head.

[That's right. I'm still in Amamiya City five years later. I used the Nine Bullets to be able to talk to you two. Not only that, I can also switch perspectives whenever I want, just like VR. Now I'm sharing Ms. Shiori's perspective. So if you two are intimate, I can also be intimate with Mr. Manre in the first-person perspective at the same time, hehehe...]

"Mare-kun and I wouldn't do such a thing!"

When Shiori heard Kurumi telling dirty jokes, his face started to turn slightly red.

But Zhen Lian remained calm in the face of Kuang San's flirting: "Don't interrupt, let me confirm the situation first - we are indeed in Tiangong City five years ago, and judging from the surrounding elf-like Tobi, it is very likely that she has not yet arrived here. Kuang San, let me ask you, do you really not know what Origami did five years ago?"

[I don’t know anything. ]

There was a hint of grievance in Kuang San's voice. Just by listening to it, Zhen Lian could imagine Kuang San pretending to be innocent in front of her.

Unable to obtain effective information, they can only rely on their own analysis.

"The biggest question now is who did Tobiichi mistake for the murderer of her parents."

Neither Manri nor Shiori believed that Origami would go back five years and make random shots without thinking. Now we can only guess that Origami accidentally killed her parents when she wanted to kill the "murderer".

"As far as we know, the spirits that appeared in the Tengu fire five years ago are Kotori who has just become a spirit, Origami who came back from five years later, and... Kamen Rider 001."

When I compared the spiritual waves before, I did find a very similar spiritual wave reaction to the sublimation locust. At that time, Zhen Lian, who didn't have a forced sublimator, didn't suspect me. Now thinking back, wasn't that spiritual wave from 001?

Manren covered her head in distress when she said this - could it be that Origami thought 001 was the murderer of her parents and then launched an attack, and Origami's parents were affected by this disgusting development that made her blood pressure soar?

However, Kotori was quite far from the place where Origami's parents were killed, so it seemed that she was the only suspect...

"There is still one."

"what?"

Hearing Shiori's words, Mayune raised her head.

"There was another elf at the scene of the Tiangong fire. It was Phantom. The fire in Tiangong City was caused by Kotori's elf transformation. I think Phantom must have been misunderstood by Origami."

Upon hearing this, the two people from five years ago and Kuang San in the present moment immediately saw the breakthrough point.

Now that we have the idea, we just need to take action. We just need to find the Phantom in advance, and either talk nonsense or force it to stay, as long as we don't let it get close to Origami's house.

Before arriving at the park where Kotori had transformed into an elf, Shiori used a fake witch to temporarily transform himself into the appearance of an elementary school student in order to avoid arousing suspicion from the neighboring Mrs. Sanjo.

However, it was Shinrei who was considered a pervert who was plotting against Shiori, and she almost sent him to the police station. After some explanation, she let Shinrei go, and now Shinrei knew why she looked at her like a pervert when she first met Mrs. Sanjo.

Although he had made up his mind not to do anything unnecessary, when he saw the little Kotori reaching out her hand to the red spirit crystal, the bloodthirsty look of Kotori after she turned into an elf seemed to reappear in front of Shiori's eyes.

When he thought of this, Shizhi couldn't help but tremble all over.

If I act now, Kotori won't become a spirit and can live as a normal girl...

At this time, Zhenlian put his hand on Shiori's shoulder.

"Shiori, I understand your feelings. But time is something we really can't control."

At Zhenlian's reminder, Shiori also slightly loosened his fist.

If Kotori had not transformed into a spirit, she would not have become the commander of Fraxinus, Shiori would not have been discovered to have the power to seal spirits, and everything that happened afterwards would not have happened.

Now Shiori can only choose to forcibly suppress his desire to stop his sister from becoming an elf.

After witnessing Kotori's transformation into a spirit, Amamiya City was instantly turned into a sea of ​​fire because of Kotori's flames.

The two of them could only harden their hearts and ignore Shiori and Kotonoha, choosing to stop the Phantom from approaching Origami's parents.

“Phantom! What on earth do you know about me?”

Looking at the Phantom that was gradually moving away, Shiori shouted at it with all his strength.

Who is Shiori Gokawa? Why does she have the power to seal spirits? Why did Phantom create spirits? Why did Westcott call Shiori "Takamiya"?

With these question marks, Shiori shouted out loudly.

As if hearing Shiori's voice, Phantom descended from the sky, and it was unclear whether it was facing the two of them directly, and it made an indistinguishable voice: "Who are you? How could it be you? Phantom... Is that what you call me?"

"Who are you? Tell me, what is your relationship with Zeya?"

Zhenlian walked forward, and thinking of Zeya's appearance that was extremely similar to Phantom, Zhenlian felt that he could not miss this opportunity to resolve the doubts.

"Zeya? I haven't seen that girl for a long time. I wonder how she is doing now?"

Without answering their questions, the Phantom muttered to itself. Then the mosaic on its body dissipated like mist, and a girl stood in front of them.

The girl had long, straight and smooth black hair and ruby-red pupils, but this was not the most important thing. What was even more shocking was that she looked exactly like Mayumi, or to be more precise, like Mayaya!

“This attitude is…”

"I can only use this appearance to communicate with you temporarily, but judging from your reactions, you probably don't know who this face belongs to yet, right?"

Chapter 17: Present and Past (IV)

In the burning Tiangong City, the sounds of explosions, burning, and collapsing buildings have become the norm in this devastated city.

boom!

At this moment, a huge explosion sounded. Along with the sound, a figure flew out like a cannonball, so fast that to others, her flying trajectory was not a parabola, but a line parallel to the ground.

"hiss……"

After blocking the laser from the Savior Demon King, Mie flew out and used the arm of the briefcase slashing bow as a brake, thrusting it into the ground. Instantly, gravel flew and dust rose up, as if a high-speed Formula One car suddenly stepped on the brakes. Although it effectively slowed down, Mie still rolled on the ground several times before barely stopping due to the strong inertia.

"What a troublesome opponent! 01, you owe me a big favor."

Mie wiped the scarlet blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, then used the scorpion tail stinger unit in his right hand to tie up the car beside him, and threw it hard at the pursuer who was in the distance but moving at a fast speed.

As the car was flying in a parabola in the air, several black feathers flew in from a distance. The lasers fired by the black feathers directly penetrated the car, and in an instant the car was ignited by the gasoline in the fuel tank and exploded into pieces.

At the moment the car exploded, Mie immediately exerted force with both feet and sprinted forward.

However, this was just a bait thrown out by Mie. With the help of the smoke screen created by the car explosion, Mie could launch a surprise attack and catch Origami off guard.

Several black feathers flew out quickly, firing lasers at Mie's vital parts. In the air without any support, Mie had absolutely no way to dodge these lasers.

[Tsk, the reaction is faster than I expected. ]

Mie immediately pulled the lever of the briefcase bow and fired an energy arrow to one side. With the help of the recoil of the energy arrow, Mie's body in the air made a rapid short-distance displacement, barely avoiding the laser and avoiding the fate of having a hole in his body.

However, a laser still grazed Mie's arm, leaving a charred wound on his arm. Even Mie was so stimulated by the piercing and burning pain that he broke out in cold sweat.

At this time, Origami appeared in front of Mie. Mie could see that Origami's face, which looked like a dead person, now had a hint of "murderous intent".

【! ! ! 】

"The Savior Demon King..."

Origami's dry lips moved slightly, and as the last syllable came out of his vocal cords, four black feathers appeared out of thin air and moved in front of Mie. One second later or half a second later, these cold black feathers would mercilessly pierce through Mie's body.

As expected, any skill is meaningless in the face of absolute power. The opponent is using the inverted form of the Demon King, while Mie is using the forced sublimator and the ordinary key. The difference in equipment between the two sides is completely different.

Was he going to die? Whatever, Mie thought that he had no attachment to this world, so it didn't matter if he died here. The only thing that puzzled Mie was perhaps why he agreed to Zhenlian's request in the first place.

But the next second, Hei Yu did not penetrate Mie's body.

"Destroy——!"

A familiar voice sounded, awakening Mie who was waiting to die with his eyes closed.

Mie opened his eyes, and what he saw was red. Yes, red, like the red of fire.

Xun actually rushed in between Mie and Heiyu, using his body as a shield to block Heiyu's fatal attack.

The powerful impact force caused the two of them to move backwards quickly. Even though their bodies were pierced, Xun could still feel that the black feather that pierced his body was not just a cold weapon. Almost subconsciously, he pushed Mie away.

The next second, a black laser pierced through Xun's body, and a violent explosion followed. In the sea of ​​​​hot fire, Xun, who had undone his transformation and was covered in blood, fell down.

The fiery red feathers fluttered in the air, and the faint red light emitted slightly illuminated this night full of despair; the wings of the firebird dissipated and withered in the air, as if it was the countdown for the god of death to take people away.

The swift burning falcon seemed like a phoenix reborn from the ashes, but it was only “like”.

"Xun... Xun——! How dare you!" Lei, who witnessed everything, looked at Xun who fell to the ground in a daze, and the next second turned to Origami who was standing beside him.

A blood-red thunderstorm erupted from Lei's body. The crackling lightning seemed like Lei's rage, illuminating this long night of despair in an instant. She clenched the Valk saber in her hand and rushed directly towards Origami.

She didn't care who the other party was, how much stronger the other party was than her, or how to deal with the other party. The furious Lei had only one idea, to make this guy who hurt his sister pay a thousand times the painful price.

"Xun..." Mie walked towards Xun who was lying in the sea of ​​fire in a daze, and helped her up slightly. Although Xun's body was extremely hot after the close-range laser attack, Mie could feel Xun's temperature was dissipating, and her body temperature was dissipating rapidly.

"Why...why do you want to protect me...I am just Ark's abandoned pawn."

Mie originally thought that the emotion that drove him was just doubt. Since the Ark spokesperson, whose orders were supreme, was not likely to do anything unnecessary, Xun broke this rule.

But Mie soon realized that the emotion that drove him was not doubt, but another kind of emotion, a feeling that made his heart seem to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand, a feeling that made him want to cry.

"Isn't this natural..." Even though he could feel the wings of the god of death wrapping around him, Xun still forced a smile with his face covered in blood and dust, "Not just for me... for Lei too, destruction is always more important than Ark's orders... because we are family..."

Xun raised her hand tremblingly, not knowing whether she wanted to hold Mie's hand or gently stroke Mie's face. But no matter what her purpose was, her hand finally fell down weakly as if all the strength had been drained away.

“Swift… Swift——!”

"Violence Dsytopia!"

"Purgatory Thunder Gang!"

On the other side, Lei rushed towards Origami almost in a straight line. No matter whether it was the oncoming black feather or the blazing black laser, Lei never retreated or dodged. He deflected the laser and chopped the black feather into pieces.

Even though he was burned all over, Lei still didn't stop. Before Origami could react, Lei rushed in front of her at lightning speed and swung the Valk Saber hard to chop her.

But at the same time, Origami's hand pierced into Lei's abdomen like a blade. In an instant, Lei felt a piercing pain in his liver and stomach, a pain that was enough to cause shock.