Is there Kamen Rider 01 in Date Away?

In the bathroom, Hanyu Shinren rinsed her mouth desperately, hoping to rinse out all the cake crumbs without leaving any.

Kamika, who was leaning against the toilet door, spoke up: "Hanyu, can I call you that? From the gangster you just met to eating cake even though you knew you would feel sick. You seem to be trying hard to imitate someone. Can you tell me who he is?"

"Sorry, no comment."

Yuzuru Shinji took off her glasses and washed her face with cold water. Looking at her wet face in the mirror, she felt inexplicably angry at her disheveled appearance.

After reading Hiden Shinrei's memories, Hanyu Shinrei would compare herself with Hiden Shinrei from time to time, and the more she compared, the more she felt incompetent.

Even though I made the same choice as an ordinary person, I still feel inferior. Hiden Manren and I are like two brothers. Even though our parents don't have any requirements for scores, the younger brother got 60 points and the older brother got 100 points. In the younger brother's heart, I am inferior to my older brother.

Although Hanyu Shinren is not able to fully understand Hiden Shinren's idea of ​​"coexistence", he still believes that Hiden Shinren's choice of compromise must have more or less been due to his willful nature.

Feeling inferior because of Hiden Shinrei, she tried to move towards her. However, she couldn't even eat dessert, let alone stand up to Origami and the others when they were in danger.

The more they compared, the more Hanyu Shinrei could personally and practically experience the gap between him and Hiden Shinrei. Now he felt more and more that everyone wanted Hiden Shinrei instead of him, Hanyu Shinrei, and even he felt that it was Hiden Shinrei who should be standing here instead of Hanyu Shinrei.

"Really?" After hearing Hanyu Manren's rejection, Kamika sighed softly, "I'm sorry, I said unnecessary words."

"Wait..." Hanyu Mayu began.

Hanyu Manren made up a story.

He and Shiori used to be good friends, they were like family. But for various reasons, he lost his memory, and now he has his own family, even his abilities and personality are much worse than before. Recently, he has slightly recovered his past memories. From the perspective of the present, he should stay in this family; from the perspective of the past, he should return to Shiori when Shiori is in trouble.

So he was caught in this dilemma.

"I see, that explains why you know the key and other things. And your previous actions were all imitating your 'past self'." Kamika nodded thoughtfully, "Actually the answer is very simple. There's nothing wrong with being yourself. Shiori once told me that if this is the life that Hiden-kun wants, she will do her best to protect it. And I'm by your side now, Shiori, so don't worry!"

Although these few words could not change Hanyu Marin's wish for Hiden Marin to be happy, when she learned that even someone as ordinary as herself had the right to exist, Hanyu Marin couldn't help but burst into tears and dripped onto the sink.

"Thank you."

But in a corner where no one was paying attention, a monster with flames on its body was watching them: "It has been confirmed, those women are the 'obstacles' that prevent Hiden Shinren from achieving happiness. As long as I get rid of them, I can go back to the past."

Chapter 16: The Demonic God

It is now 6:30 in the afternoon. The sun sets early in early winter. Tiangong City is now a world of night. You only need to look up to see the beautiful stars in the sky. The air is slightly cold in winter. Even if you wear thick clothes, you need to blow gently on your ungloved hands to keep warm.

Looking at the screen, which showed four people having a strange date in Tiangong City's Gaodai Park, Kotori frowned slightly.

Among these four people, the girl with sea-blue hair has the power to seal the spiritual power of elves, the girl with chestnut hair is a quasi-elf who can transform into Kamen Rider 01, and the white-haired girl is a high-risk existence known as the Elf Hunter. In contrast, the black-haired boy with glasses looks very ordinary.

"The favorability level is rising steadily, although it has not yet reached the level where it can be sealed. However, there will be many opportunities in the future. Overall it is pretty good." Kotori muttered to herself as she looked at the numbers, then shifted her focus to Hanyu Marie and frowned.

Although it was their first meeting, Kotori inexplicably felt a sense of hostility towards this strange boy. It wasn't the kind of hostility that she felt as a DEM enemy, but when she looked at him, Kotori's mind couldn't help but imagine her sister throwing herself at him, which was really uncomfortable.

If, based on this, he were allowed to act arrogantly in front of Kotori, then Kotori would definitely punish him with the Chupa Chups Kick without hesitation.

However, according to Kamikami, this boy named Hanyu Shinrei seems to know a lot about the sublimation key. So he is temporarily included in Fraxinus's list of key targets, but according to the information query, this Hanyu Shinrei does not seem to have any intersection with Destruction Thunder.

All in all, he is still a character full of question marks.

Looking at the beautiful night view, Kamika took a deep breath and stretched: "Splendid! As expected, I love this high-rise park the most."

"I didn't expect the temperature to drop so much at night. I was really careless for not wearing gloves today." Origami blew warm air gently into her palms, then turned to Hanyu Mahiro, "Rei-kun, could you please hold my hand?"

"Yeah." Hanyu Shinren, who was thinking about other things at the side, came back to her senses and nodded awkwardly. She held Origami's hand. Although it was a little cold, she could feel it clearly, as if it was her own happiness that she could hold with her own hands.

[This happiness... is so good, I really don't want to lose it. Is it destined that my happiness and that of Hiden Manren cannot coexist? ]

Yuzuru Manren couldn't help but recall the scene in the room last night.

That night, as the sound of quicksand was heard, countless white sand particles appeared from nowhere and gathered into a human shape, but its appearance was upside down, and the part below the waist was actually floating above the head, approaching Hanyu Shinrei little by little.

"Tell me your wish, I will help you realize it no matter what it is, and there is only one price you have to pay."

Although she was scared, after getting the sand monster's promise that it would fulfill her wish, Hanyu Shinren made a wish to it, "Let Hiden Shinren also be happy."

After saying "the contract is established", the strange man who called himself the Demon God immediately transformed from the sand into a physical body and jumped out of the window and left.

Everything was so supernatural and bizarre that now Hanyu Manren just regarded last night's experience as a nightmare caused by too much pressure.

But the dream was still so real, the sound of the flowing sand and the whispers of the demon god seemed to still linger in Yuzuru Shinren's ears. Every time it echoed, it gave Yuzuru Shinren a terrifying feeling of chills.

"Actually, I've always wanted to say something to you, Hanyu-kun." Shiori walked up to Hanyu Manren, "We don't mean to take Origami away from you. Please believe us, your happiness will remain unchanged after the problem is solved."

"I...I..." Hanyu Shinrei turned her head away without looking directly at Shiori. Having seen Hiden Shinrei's memories, he could understand what Hiden Shinrei meant to her, but she finally chose to let go because of Hanyu Shinrei. Hanyu Shinrei couldn't imagine how much pain and struggle the girl had gone through.

The more Shiori shines like the sun, the more Hanyu Marie feels her own mediocrity and selfishness, as if she were being burned by her light.

Origami, who didn't know that she was the "problem" mentioned by Shiori, showed a slightly dissatisfied look: "Rei-kun, Gokawa-san. What happened between you two? Why did you keep it secret from me?"

"Well... I'll tell Origami everything after this is resolved."

"It is true that after the matter is resolved. But for me, the 'matter' to be resolved is you, Gokawa Shiori!"

"Who? Where? Dem?"

No one knew where the voice came from, and the person who came seemed to have murderous intentions towards Shiori, which immediately made everyone alert. Kamikoenka immediately protected Shiori behind her.

"Shinkoi… ummm!"

However, just when everyone was extremely alert, Shiori uttered a sound of pain. At this time, everyone discovered that Shiori was pierced from behind by a flame-shaped blade. The man holding the blade even lifted Shiori up with the blade as if showing off his prey. Shiori, whose feet were off the ground, quickly lost his luster in his eyes.

"This is……"

Origami and Kamikaze looked at Shiori who was stabbed in shock, not only because of the enemy's sudden attack, but also because of the enemy's appearance.

The hand holding the blade emerged from Hanyu Shinrei's chest! It didn't stand behind Hanyu Shinrei and pierce through him and Shiori together, but stretched out from Hanyu Shinrei's body without any support, just like a model in a game.

"In this way, the contract has taken a big step toward completion." Just like cell division, a strange man walked out of Hanyu Shinrei's body.

This monster's body is covered with hard dark red scales. The shoulder armor on his left and right shoulders are like two small volcanoes, emitting blazing flames. His two-meter-tall body makes Shiori look like his prey. He holds a flame-shaped long sword in his hand. His overall image is like the dragon man in the classic RPG game.

"The contract has been completed, and now it's your turn to pay the price." Ignoring the shocked crowd, the Fire Dragon Demon God looked down at Yuzuru Shinren and said emotionlessly.

"No... this is not what I want!" Hanyu Manren looked at Shiori, who was hanging on the blade and dying, with trembling eyes, "My wish is to make Hiden Manren happy, why would you do such a thing!"

"Hmph, I don't care about your word games. You are Hiden Shinrei, aren't you? Your wish means nothing to me. All I want to do is go back to the past as soon as possible. This is the Demon God." The Fire Dragon Demon God swung his knife lightly, and Shiori was thrown aside like a sack, and then it walked towards Hanyu Shinrei step by step.

"What is this? Is it a biological weapon of DEM?" Seeing the sudden intrusion of the alien demon, Kotonoha anxiously ordered, "Hurry up and spread the leaves of the world tree to protect my sister!"

Although the data on the screen showed that Shiori still had weak signs of life, he would not die if he had Kotori's spiritual power. However, the purpose of the comer was obviously to take Shiori's life. If it noticed that Shiori was not dead, it would definitely go back to finish him off.

And there is an even more deadly threat on the scene, that is Origami Tobiichi who is helping Shiori stop the bleeding. Once Shiori shows the ability to recover, Origami will immediately feel the spiritual power belonging to Kotori, and then she will become a dangerous spirit hunter again.

Then the situation will become completely chaotic and even irreversible. Shiori is not like Kurumi who can use her clone as a shield. Once the conditions for Origami to cancel her spiritization are met, it means that she will completely lose the way to seal Origami.

"Gokawa-san, you have to hold on! I'll stop the bleeding for you right away!" Origami immediately ran to Shiori, tore off the cloth from her clothes and bandaged Shiori's wound.

But suddenly, a faint light appeared in the darkness, and several sharp metal blocks flew out and surrounded Shiori, and released a barrier, isolating Shiori and Origami from the inside and outside.

This is Fraxinus's tactical unit that can independently deploy arbitrary fields. It was originally deployed to protect Shiori from the attacks of the spirit origami. Fortunately, it also has medical functions, so it is not a big problem to treat Shiori.

"What have you done!" Shen Lianhua put on the forced sublimation device in anger and put the sublimation locust key into it, "HENSHIN!"

As she leaped towards the Fire Dragon Demon, the silver-gray locust turned into armor and attached herself to her body. She then punched the Fire Dragon Demon in the face, sending it flying several miles away.

"Don't bother me." The Fire Dragon Demon God threw several fireballs directly at Shenlianhua.

[It’s fire! ]

Shenlianhua endured the dizziness and chills to avoid the flying fireball and approached the Fire Dragon Demon God.

"That woman is not dead yet? Cutting off her head is the best way to confirm it." The Fire Dragon Demon God stabbed the ground with his fire knife. A wall of fire rose from the ground and completely isolated Shenlianhua.

"Don't...don't hurt Itsuka-san!"

Looking at the Fire Dragon Demon God who was approaching step by step, Origami immediately punched at the Fire Dragon Demon God's throat.

No matter which country you learn the martial arts from, there is a big premise that the opponent must be human. The throat, eyes, crotch, and abdomen are all vulnerable places for humans, and even human-shaped elves cannot escape this rule. But Origami's enemies do not seem to be within this range.

The punch hit the hard scales, but not only did the opponent not react at all, but Origami's fist began to bleed.

"You're in the way." The Fire Dragon Demon God slapped Origami away, then chopped off the leaves of the World Tree that were protecting Shiori with a single knife, and then raised the fire knife high towards the unconscious Shiori.

"Wait a moment!"

"Huh?" After hearing Yuzuru Shinrei's voice, the Fire Dragon Demon God turned around and looked at him, only to see that Yuzuru Shinrei had been pushed to the edge of the high-rise park. Behind him was an almost vertical hillside. As long as he jumped down, Yuzuru Shinrei, as an ordinary person, would surely die.

"Since you said you had a contract with me or something, then you must have some connection with me, right? If you do anything to her again, I'll jump."

Hanyu Shinren looked at it firmly, as if to tell the other party that she was not joking.

"Don't forget that you and Hiden Shinren are now in the same body. It doesn't matter if he also died in vain because of your heroic behavior?"

Hearing this, Yuzuru Shinrei showed obvious hesitation, which was exactly what it wanted. Its tail instantly stretched out and tied Yuzuru Shinrei up and pulled him to his feet.

"I advise you not to have any small thoughts, kid."

--split line--

In an instant, the blazing flames filled the world in Kamika's eyes, and with her vision distorted by heat convection, she saw the Fire Dragon Idemon God walking towards Shiori step by step.

But because of her fear of fire, her legs went weak and she sat on the ground. She couldn't even stand up, let alone rush through the wall of fire. The raging flames seemed to have trapped her in the fire two years ago. The sea of ​​fire and the burns all over her body were like chains that still bound Shen Lianhua.

"Move...I...move! I'm useless!" Shenlianhua pounded her legs hard which had become completely soft and numb, but her legs still did not respond at all.

【I want to protect the people I want to protect! 】

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

Shenlianhua reached out and took out the sword from the briefcase, then stabbed her own white thigh with force!

Suddenly, a horrible wound appeared on her originally smooth thigh, and scarlet blood gushed out. The pain, like an electric shock, stimulated Shen Lianhua's nerves crazily, and her face was distorted in pain.

But it was this pain that brought her back to consciousness and overwhelmed her fear of fire.

"Rising Utopia!"

"Rider Kick!"

Pulling the forced sublimator twice, enduring the pain and fear, Kamika passed through the wall of fire and gave a knight kick to the Fire Dragon Idemon God who was holding a sword towards Shiori.

However, perhaps because the move was too loud, the Fire Dragon Demon dodged sideways, and the kick did not hit his head, but instead kicked off the small volcano-shaped part on his left shoulder.

"You bastard..." The Fire Dragon Demon God covered the wound on his shoulder and turned to attack Shenlianhua.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Origami, who was knocked aside, ran over to check on Shiori's condition, but she saw a scene that no one wanted her to see.

The blue flames licked the wounds on Shiori's body, and as the flames went out, Shiori's injuries recovered.

"It hurts... I was just attacked by something." Shiori covered his chest and climbed up, but saw Origami. At that moment, Shiori almost had heart and lung arrest.

“Elf…Aaaaaaaa——!”

Origami's pupils shrank as she uttered that word blankly. She looked up at the night sky with empty eyes, her body twitching constantly and roaring loudly.

An extremely strong and high-pressure spiritual energy rushed straight into the sky, foreshadowing the imminent arrival of the elf hunter Devil.

Chapter 17 Greater Despair

"Woo..."

In a room of the Elf Apartment, Tohka was in a daze holding a pillow made of soybean flour bread. Tohka was not the only one in the room. Yakuya and Yui were playing video games on the TV. The dynamic background music of Mighty Brother XX filled the whole room with a lively atmosphere. Next to it was the manga "Love Hero" that Yui brought over and hadn't finished reading. Yoshino and Nanashi seemed to be talking about Nanashi's new puppet, which looked like a monkey and was dressed as a train attendant. Nanashi said the puppet's name was Coupon.

On the table nearby were takeouts from BISTROT Jurer and Dinosaur Curry, because the only two people who could cook today, Shiori and Kamikami, were not at home.

Today, Kotori, Shiori, and Kamikoichi said they had something important to do, so everyone gathered in Tohka's room.

Tohka didn't know why but she always felt like something was missing. But she was full and knew where the three people who were not there had gone.

Ever since the new transfer student came to the class, Tohka has felt a strong sense of uneasiness, as if she had forgotten a lot of important things.

Seeing Tohka's bitter face, Miku quietly emerged from behind the sofa.

"Tohka, what's wrong with you? Is it because Shiori-chan and Kamikoinka-chan are not at home?"

"No. I don't know why..."

Tohka now felt that her feelings were extremely difficult to describe, and she really couldn't explain them with her limited vocabulary.

However, Miku threw herself on Tohka without any hesitation.

“Hiss, hiss, hehe… Even a confused Tohka is still something I can’t stop, hehe…”

Miku hugged Tohka and twisted her body in the hope of burying her face in a place that would make Tohka worse.

"Ah! Stop it! It's itchy, Miku!"

"It's okay. You know what? Our agency has a new idol named Kirara Kirara. Come with me and appreciate this kid's new song."

"No!"