Is there Kamen Rider 01 in Date Away?

--split line--

April 11th, night.

After Kamika on Fraxinus finished drawing the last stroke on the design, she heaved a sigh of relief: "Huh... It's finally done."

The design drawing shows a silver-gray grip. According to the relevant information of the Metal Cluster Locust Key, the new parts were developed according to the design of the assault grip, which can theoretically solve the problem of the Metal Cluster's runaway.

Just as Shen Lianhua was about to get up and go back to the bedroom, she suddenly changed her expression, grabbed the Authorized Destroyer beside her and pointed to the shadows beside her: "No one is allowed in here, Kuang San."

"Ah, I've been discovered." The shadow squirmed as if it had life, and then Kuang San slowly walked out of the shadow and politely raised her skirt to Shen Lianhua, "Hello, Miss Shen Lianhua. I saw that you didn't close the door, so I thought this place was open to the public."

"Oh no... I forgot..." Shen Lianhua screamed a little, and immediately looked at Kuang San cautiously, "No, this is not the point. Kuang San, what is your purpose in coming to me?"

"Oh, I almost forgot. I came here specifically to introduce a new friend to Miss Kamikami." Kurumi seemed to be enlightened by Kamikami and showed a look of sudden enlightenment.

Afterwards, the shadow under Kuang San's feet reacted again. Kamika was nervous as she pointed the muzzle of the gun at the shadow. No one knew who the "friend" that Kuang San was talking about was.

"Don't touch my glasses!"

"Eh?"

It was different from what Kamika had imagined. Several white hands pushed a young boy out from the shadows. The boy was in a rather embarrassed state as he tried to snatch his glasses back from the hands of the prankster's clone.

"Mr. Manrei, this is the transformer of Kamen Rider 01 - Miss Hiden Kamisama Koika. I hope you two have a good time together. I will take my leave now."

After that, Kuang San walked into the shadows again and disappeared, leaving behind only the confused Shinrenka and Zhenlian who was tidying up the clothes messed up by Kuang San's clone.

A few minutes later

Perhaps because of some errors caused by the changes in the world line, Zhenlian felt that some details of Tiangong City seemed to have changed.

For example, the place where he and Kamikoichi were now was originally a pastry shop called Charmant, but now it was a colorful pastry shop called Goshiki. The store manager was also changed from the muscular bald pastry chef to a kind old lady named Goshikida.

"Grandma, give me two colorful sundaes! I have a voucher." Shenlianhua ordered the restaurant's signature dishes very familiarly. It was not difficult to tell that she must be a regular customer here.

"No, no, a cup of sugar-free American coffee is enough for me." Zhenlian waved his hands hurriedly. Now he would feel nauseous if he ate anything slightly sweet, let alone a sundae. He didn't want the kind old store manager to clean up his vomit.

"I see." Kamika nodded, and then began to introduce herself. After that, she extended her hand to Zhenlian in a friendly manner, "My name is Hiden Kamika, please give me your guidance."

"Fly...Hanyu Manre."

Seeing that the person sitting in front of him was a young girl and not the man he had imagined, Zhenlian's anger disappeared, and was followed by an indescribable feeling of tiredness.

After all, the other person is in a sense the same as herself in the second round. When Manlian looked at Kamikaze, who had the same eye and hair color as herself, she felt mixed emotions.

However, it is certain that no matter whether it is a man or a woman, the person opposite is definitely not an enemy of Zhenlian. After a brief introduction, Zhenlian also shook hands with Shenlianhua in a friendly manner.

Bang!

The big wrench that Zhenlian was going to use to fix the opponent fell from under her clothes, and the red-painted wrench was so conspicuous on the ground. Suddenly, the whole dessert coffee shop was filled with an awkward atmosphere.

Zhenlian could only silently put away the wrench on the ground and explained stiffly: "Um... please don't be nervous. I am actually a car mechanic. This wrench is used to tighten the screws on the car. It makes sense, right?"

"I see. That makes sense."

Instead of awkwardly reconciling, the other party nodded very seriously. This small action made Shinren wonder if she was the same species as Tohka.

"Hanyu... can I call you that?" Kamika looked straight into Manren's eyes, "May I ask what is your relationship with Kurumi? And are you human?"

"That's not important. Actually, I want to know, what's your relationship with the elves and Shiori?"

Manren changed the subject very abruptly. After all, it was impossible for her to tell Kamikoichika that he was Kamen Rider 01 from the first week's world, and that he and Shiori went back five years to change the world, etc.

These fantastic things cannot be solved with just a few words, not to mention that whether you can convince the other party is a big problem.

If it can't be solved, then let's just avoid talking about it.

"Me? I thought I had a pretty good relationship with them."

Fortunately, the somewhat dazed Kamika was easily diverted to the topic and began to answer Shinren's questions.

"As for Tohka, we often eat sweets together. She is also a frequent customer of this store."

When there was a sugar shortage, I once secretly ate Shixiang’s soybean flour bread.

"As for Yoshino, I often play puppet shows with her."

Manren once told Yoshino a bedtime story, but she fell asleep first because she stayed up too late.

"I have a pretty good relationship with Kotori. By the way, I also have a position at Fraxinus now."

Manren is just a figurehead on Fraxinus, and when she has nothing to do, she will argue with Kotori.

"Even though Yakushiya is a bit naughty, he is very obedient as long as you communicate well with him."

In order to prevent Yakuya from messing around in the studio, Shinren put a sign on the refrigerator saying "Yakuya is not allowed to enter".

"Xixian and I read romance comics together, so we can be considered book friends."

Zhenlian and Yuxian once exchanged comics with each other, and then it developed into a war of spoilers for each other, and finally ended in a quarrel.

"Miku's manager has been asking me recently if I want to be an idol, and she herself wants me to be in a group with her. It's really a headache."

After practicing singing with Miku a few times, even the clingy Miku commented, "Singer, why did you sell your soul to the devil?"

"As for Nanashi, she's just a little bit unconfident, but I help her put on makeup every day, and she's become much more confident now."

Manren doesn't know how to put on makeup, so Shiori is always responsible for Nanashi's makeup.

[It was almost a complete defeat——! ]

Zhenlian suddenly felt as if her knee had been shot, almost making her fall to her knees.

"Are you okay...wait!"

Seeing that Zhenlian looked hurt for some reason, Shenlianhua asked him about his condition with some concern, but then she realized something was wrong: "Wasn't it me who asked you the question? Why am I the one answering it?"

"That's not important. Excuse me, have you solved the problem of the metal cluster going berserk?"

"Oh! You ask that!"

As expected, Shenlianhua was fooled again. She took out a design from her bag and said proudly, "This is a new accessory I designed! It will definitely solve the Metal Cluster Locust's rampage problem!"

Zhen Lian took the blueprint and glanced over it roughly: "The values ​​here are wrong. They are totally insufficient to suppress the violent output of the metal cluster. The structure is not stable enough. It will probably be scrapped after a few minutes of fighting. And they forgot to add the function of unlocking the belt. In this way, the 01 driver can only use the metal cluster key..."

Watching the young man in front of her borrow a pen and ink from Grandma Ba and start to modify the design draft, Kamikochika not only did not stop him, but instead moved closer to watch and humbly accepted criticism.

[Why? I should have stopped him from changing the design at this time, why did I trust him for no reason? Hanyu Manre, who are you? ]

"It's done. There should be no problem now." After making the last revision, Zhenlian stretched and touched his coffee unconsciously.

"Yeah!"

The hot coffee immediately spilled onto Shenlianhua's sleeves, scaring her so much that she screamed.

"Sorry! Roll up your sleeves quickly, be careful not to get burned!" Shinren immediately helped Kamika roll up her sleeves that were soaked with hot coffee, but what caught her eye was not the girl's fair and smooth skin, but a flesh-colored scar.

"This is!"

"I'm sorry for embarrassing you." Shenlianhua hurriedly covered the wound. "To be honest, it seems that I was left with a large area of ​​burns all over my body during the Dawn Disaster. As a girl, I am more or less concerned about it."

"I'm sorry." Seeing Kamika's uncomfortable expression, even though she had never met her before, Shinren still felt a little sorry.

"It's okay. Shiori saved me, and now I'm not that sensitive anymore." Kamika smiled and shook her head, "It's really strange. This is the first time we meet, but I feel like we've known each other for a long time, as if there's some strange connection between you and me."

[That's because I'm Kamen Rider 01 in the first episode. ]

However, Shinren still noticed the word "rescue". It was estimated that it would not be as easy for Kamikami to join Shiori and the others as it was for her.

"Shinkoinka!"

At this time, a familiar voice sounded. For some reason, Zhenlian felt like she was electrocuted.

"Shiori, here!" Kamikoenka happily greeted Shiori who came out to find her.

"I'll take my leave now."

Not knowing how to face Shiori in the second round, Manren immediately fled from the sweets cafe in a panic as if running away.

However, there was only one exit of the store, and I don’t know whether it was fortunate or unfortunate that Manren bumped into Shiori.

"Hi..." Because of Hanyu Manre, Manre had an extremely complicated feeling towards Shiori.

"You are……?"

However, Shiori's words hit Shinren's head like a sledgehammer, and Shinren felt that she couldn't stand steadily.

"Sorry...sorry to bother you..." The confused Zhenlian evaded Shiori in a panic, fled the place as if running away, and disappeared into the night.

Chapter 6 He is Hanyu Manrei

"Where is this..."

Zhen Lian felt a headache, and when she opened her eyes, she felt that the surroundings were pitch black, there was nothing, even the feeling of the soles of her feet touching the ground did not exist. This was an endless darkness, and also a dark void.

"My hand is back?"

Zhenlian was surprised to find that his right hand was white and slender, just like a girl's. Not only that, when he rolled up his trousers, one of his legs was also in the same condition.

Normal people would be horrified when seeing their limbs become like this, but Zhenlian felt strangely relieved because he was sure that he was Feidian Zhenlian.

Da da da……

"who!?"

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps in the darkness. The footsteps were not loud, but they were particularly clear in the absolute silence.

Unknown sounds in the darkness always trigger the fear engraved in the genes of living things. Zhenlian is no exception. He stares vigilantly at the direction where the sound comes from, making a posture that allows him to escape as quickly as possible, "waiting" for the arrival of the owner of the sound.

However, the person who came was not a scary monster, but a boy. The boy was wearing a school uniform, which Zhenlian had seen before. She had worn this uniform and origami to go to school before.

However, the clothes are not the most important thing. The key is that the boy's facial features are exactly the same as Zhenlian's, but his hair is black and more meticulously groomed than Zhenlian's; his pupils are blue, and his eyes are not as fierce as Zhenlian's, but have a faint softness; with black-framed myopic glasses, it is not difficult to tell that he is a more bookish type.

Seeing the real person is an extremely absurd thing for everyone. Even for Zhenlian, who changed the past through the Twelve Bullets and came to the second round of the world, it was unexpected.

"Are you me? No, you are Hanyu Manre!" Manre recognized the other person immediately. The other person was herself in the second round, the one who did not become Kamen Rider 01, did not wander alone for a year, but was adopted by the Hanyu family.

"Do you... want to return to Gokawa Shiori and the elves?" Hanyu Manre raised his head and asked Manre expressionlessly. However, Hanyu Manre, who was originally with Hiden Manre, seemed to be confirming this fact rather than asking.

"Yes. That's natural. I want to go back."

"If we want to go back to the past, we have to transform back into Kamen Rider 01. Then we have to change the timeline again."

"This..." Hiden Manren was speechless after hearing Hanyu Manren's question. After a long while, he could only give a vague answer, "Maybe."

"After I change back, will I disappear? Or will I lose my home?" Having said this, Hanyu Shinren, who had been expressionless all this time, revealed a look that seemed both angry and sad.

"..." Upon hearing this question, Hiden Shinren fell silent. He could neither give an ambiguous answer like "maybe" or "probably not", nor could he give a definite answer like "yes".

Hiden Shinren couldn't deceive Hanyu Shinren, he knew it very well.

"Why!" Yuzuru Shinrei grabbed Hiden Shinrei's collar with both hands and asked in a nearly interrogative tone, "Why must I sacrifice everything I have to fulfill your wish! Why? Just because you are the first round Shinrei and I am just the second round Shinrei who shouldn't have existed in the first place?"

"Why must I help others take bullets! Why must I be severely injured by the enemy many times! Why must I be entangled by Alan! Why must I risk my life to use the Metal Cluster Locust and the Forced Sublimator to fight even if there is danger!"

After another machine-gun-like interrogation, Hanyu Shinren showed an uncomfortable expression: "I am just an ordinary person now, an ordinary person who can't even beat a small gangster. Gokawa Shiori already has Hiden Kamisama Renka by his side, I... we don't have to fight anymore!"

Silence, only silence.

Hiden Shinren was speechless after being asked by Hanyu Shinren, and could only grit her teeth and speak cruelly: "I'm sorry, you have your wishes, and I have mine. I really won't be your enemy unless it's absolutely necessary."

"Huh? Are you my enemy?" Hanyu Shinrei loosened her hands that were tightly grasping Hiden Shinrei's collar, revealing an angry and amused expression, "Hiden Shinrei, have you got something wrong? I am you and you are me. The reason why I appear in front of you is precisely the best proof that you no longer care about Gokawa Shiori."

"Eh?"

Before Hiden Shinrei could react, Hanyu Shinrei put her hand on Hiden Shinrei's chest. With just a slight push, Hiden Shinrei fell to the ground, feeling a sense of weightlessness, as if she had fallen into an abyss.

……

Jingle bell bell bell…

In the darkness, Zhenlian heard the sound of an alarm clock. After opening her eyes, the ceiling that came into her sight seemed familiar even though it was only the second time they met.

Although last night's dream had reached the level of a nightmare in terms of content and atmosphere, Zhenlian did not feel any discomfort. Instead, she felt a sense of comfort as if the problem had been solved.

After getting up and washing up, Zhen Lian looked at himself in the mirror - black hair and a pair of blue pupils. For some reason, he felt more and more comfortable with himself in the mirror, as if the chestnut-colored hair and half-purple and half-blue appearance were just a strange illusion.

After washing up and returning to the room, Zhenlian saw two things on the bedside table - one was a pair of black-framed myopic glasses, which she always carried with her because she was a little nearsighted; the other was a piece of chocolate she bought last night, which she only took a bite of and then stopped eating.

Zhenlian put on her glasses skillfully and threw the chocolate into the trash can.

"Good morning, Dad and Mom. Origami, good morning."

Walking out of the bedroom and into the living room, Manren greeted his parents who were enjoying breakfast at the dining table. Now he wouldn't be at a loss for words when facing his parents. He also greeted Origami who was going to transfer to Raizen High School today. Now he wouldn't mistakenly call Origami "Tobiichi".

Everything seemed natural, as if it were supposed to be that way.