Is there Kamen Rider 01 in Date Away?

"Um... may I ask who you are..."

"It's me! It's the glacier! We've seen it before."

[Oh no, it's the guy who approached me in the first year of high school...Is he harmless now?]

"That's...very impressive, Hikawa-san."

However, as soon as these words came out, the boys next to him couldn't sit still anymore.

In school, Shiori, Origami, and the Yamai sisters all showed their affection for Manrei without reservation, and Shiori has always been very obedient and maintained the same way of getting along with Manrei. In addition, Manrei usually seems to care about nothing, so everyone feels that "Shiori and Manrei are just ordinary friends, I definitely still have a chance."

"Shiori, I performed very well just now. How do you feel about coming over here?"

"My move of throwing the ball just now was so cool, wasn't it?"

"And me, and me!"

No matter if they were from the same class or different class, acquaintance or stranger, they all surrounded Shizhi in a circle, making Shizhi extremely embarrassed.

[Oh no… I feel so uncomfortable, my head hurts so much and I feel dizzy. I am losing consciousness… Zhenlian-kun, save me…]

His vision was blurry, his brain was sluggish, his body was hot, and a strong sense of fatigue spread throughout his body. These symptoms were like a serious illness. If this continued, Shiori would definitely faint on the ground.

Shizhi felt her legs go weak and she fell forward involuntarily. However, her face did not touch the cold ground, but the warm embrace.

At the critical moment, Zhenlian pushed through the crowd and caught Shiori who was about to faint.

"Hey, Hiden, what are you doing? Don't take advantage of me!"

"You all only care about yourselves. Didn't you notice that Shiori is about to faint?" Zhenlian picked up Shiori in a princess hug, put away her cheerful attitude in front of the physical examination teacher, and sternly asked the group of boys, "Get out of the way, I want to take her to the health room."

"Why do you get all the benefits? If there's any gift, it should be me..."

Perhaps because they thought, "It's just a cold and fever, it won't kill anyone," and that sending Shiori to the health room would increase his favorability, several boys came forward to snatch her away.

"I said, get out of the way!"

Seeing Zhen Lian's eyes that were as cold as the blade of a knife, they felt as if their hearts were grabbed by an invisible big hand. They were so scared that they stood still, and even their feet made way for them without listening to their brains.

Looking at the back of Zhenlian holding Shiori walking away, several boys murmured as if they had survived a disaster.

"What was that look just now? It was so scary."

"Is that... murderous intent in your eyes?"

Chapter 4 Transition Chapter

Something is very wrong with Shiori now...

Looking at Shizhi lying on the bed, with an ice towel on his forehead, and looking very sick, Zhenlian was thinking, because just now, when Shizhi was struggling to climb up by holding the bed rail, the stainless steel rail was actually broken directly!

In order to prevent the patient from falling off the bed, the railings around the beds are very sturdy. Zhenlian confirmed that the broken railing was solid, and it was completely ruled out that the unscrupulous merchant might have used hollow steel pipes to make up the problem.

In terms of strength, Shiori is usually no match for Yoshino and Nanashi. But now he has burst out with such strength in such a weak state.

It's just like an elf.

Shiori has previously shown the angels of Tohka and Yoshino, but these were all released in the hope of protecting themselves or others. This kind of active skill turning into a passive skill is something that has never happened before.

Zhenlian had wondered before whether it was really okay for Shizhi to carry so much spiritual power of spirits in a mortal body. And this question had never been answered, but today Zhenlian finally got the answer - there was a problem, definitely a big problem!

"Mare-kun...my forehead hurts so bad..."

Hearing Shiori's weak moan, Zhenlian, who had just glued the broken stainless steel fence together, hurriedly removed the medical towel that had become scalding hot on Shiori's forehead and applied a new ice towel.

"This temperature... I feel like there's no need to disinfect this towel, right?" Zhenlian hurriedly threw the scalding towel into a basin filled with ice water to cool it down. Being able to heat up the cold towel to this degree in such a short time, if it were an ordinary person without spiritual power, he would have already rushed to the Santuo River to pay homage to the blood sacrifice and cried bitterly.

"elder sister!"

As a familiar female voice sounded, the curtain beside the bed was quickly pulled open, and a girl in a black and red commander's coat ran to the bed eagerly, almost knocking off the railing that Zhenlian had just glued down.

"Kotori... why are you here?" Although the high fever made Shiori's vision blurred, she still relied on Kotori's appearance and voice to recognize that the person coming was her commander's sister.

Kotori looked at Shiori lying on the hospital bed, her eyes filled with anxiety and seriousness: "Just now I received calls from Manrei, Tohka and Origami at the same time, saying that you had a fever and fainted. And you accidentally used the power of the elves. Your condition looks a little bad..."

"What's wrong with me... I've been feeling weird since this morning..."

"Anyway, now we have to get you back to Ratatosk!"

--split line--

In a room in the DEM Japan branch, DEM Executive Director Westcott sat comfortably on a leather sofa. The candles lit on the dining table in front of him filled the entire space with an intoxicating aroma.

Westcott gently shook the goblet in his hand, and the high-grade brandy inside swayed gently with the shaking of the goblet. However, the wine glass opposite him showed no signs of being moved on the table.

The reason was not that the other party was unwilling to show his favor, but that the person Westcott was dating was the blood-red ball of light in the huge instrument, the spiritual power aggregate that symbolized all malice - Ark.

The current Ark is different from before, with only some vein-like patterns. If you look carefully, you can easily see a girl with long gray-white hair sleeping in the light ball like a fetus.

"You are so beautiful. Even though you haven't fully woken up yet, you are still so beautiful."

After taking a sip of the brandy in the glass, Westcott put the cheap candy on the table into his mouth to taste it. Even though Tobiichi Origami, this extremely perfect natural reversal spirit, was sealed by Shiori and contained by Ratatosk. Even if this precious sample, which might never be seen again, was lost, it did not affect Westcott's current joy.

In order to turn the elves around, they must be driven to despair. Therefore, once an elf is captured, it is inevitable to subject it to various inhuman tortures, but there is only one elf that is an exception, and that is Ark.

Perhaps it was because birds of a feather flock together. The first time Westcott saw Ark, he knew that this elf was definitely his confidant.

“I’m really looking forward to drinking fine wine with you while watching the real hell on earth. Hahahaha!”

Just as Westcott was laughing loudly, the door of the room opened and a girl with long platinum hair and wearing an OL uniform walked in.

"I'm extremely sorry to disturb your tryst, but next time when you're having fun, please pay attention to see if there's anyone knocking on the door. My dear boss?" Alan said dissatisfiedly after knocking on the door for a long time.

"I'm sorry, my dear Alan." Westcott stood up from the sofa while apologizing, but there was no trace of repentance on his face. He then took out another glass and poured in brandy. "Would you like a glass, Alan?"

"It is expressly written in the company that drinking is not allowed during working hours, Ike." Even though he knew that the company rules had no binding force on the boss, Allen still vented his dissatisfaction in this way. What if Westcott got drunk and asked Allen to help clean up the table?

"Alcohol makes my brain cells active."

"If your brain is really active, how about you deal with those annoying documents yourself?" Allen frowned and began to read the contents of the document in his hand. "Not long ago, Nililu Island sent a message."

Hearing the name of Nillilu Island, the slightly tipsy Westcott raised his eyebrows - Alan had captured an elf before, and that unfortunate elf was imprisoned there.

"Did you succeed in reversing material A?"

"No, but the predicted success rate is as high as 75%. The researchers on Nililu Island asked for your opinion on whether to start the Material A reversal plan."

Westcott touched his chin and smiled mysteriously: "75%, that's not bad. It's time for us to make our own reverse body."

"Not only that, the man from Ratatosk also sent us a message. He hopes to advance the reward we promised him."

"Ah, that guy." Westcott found it funny when he thought of the collaborator of Ratatosk - Woodman, Woodman, I didn't expect that your organization whose main purpose is to protect elves would have a guy who would use elves as bargaining chips to trade with DEM.

"Although he promised to give me an elf as my deposit. But now that the hunter is going to go out, as the financier, I naturally have the obligation to help him prepare the bullets." After saying that, Westcott picked up Ark's new work in the past few days. It is not difficult to see that this belt is the same as the Destruction Thunder Driver and the Extinction Driver. It is based on the 01 driver. On the basis of the original, it has an additional blue-purple frame, and the transparent part is full of crack-like patterns.

While picking up the belt, he also called out his name as if introducing himself.

"Eden Driver!"

Chapter 5 The Executives

In a room in Ratatosk's underground facility, Kotori was sitting in the middle of a round table with a serious expression. The whole room was very quiet, as if some important meeting concerning the safety of the world was being held here.

However, what was inconsistent with the extremely serious atmosphere was that the people meeting with Kotori were a group of puppets, including mice, bullfighting, cats, squirrels and foxes.

If ordinary people saw this scene, they would probably laugh at Kotori, a junior high school student, playing house with puppets. In fact, this is not Kotori's personal hobby. Under each puppet in front of her is a wireless amplifier, and the other end of the amplifier is the high-level executives of Ratatosk in various parts of the world. The theme of this meeting is how to deal with Shiori who is overloaded with spiritual power.

[Commander Gokawa, could you please explain the current situation? ]

The crying mouse puppet shook its body, and its loudspeaker emitted a deep voice that was very consistent with its virtual image.

[Didn't you assure us at the beginning that the possibility of Gokawa Shiori going berserk was very low? ]

"There is absolutely no problem with the data itself, and I did not want this situation to happen. I will take full responsibility."

Faced with such questions, Kotori naturally could not panic like an ordinary junior high school student. She replied in a very calm voice.

[Responsible? How can you be responsible? There is the spiritual power of eight spirits in Gokawa Shiori's body. If an explosion occurs, the casualties caused by it, how can you be responsible for it? ]

The drooling bull puppet twisted its body in anger, and the voice of blame kept coming out of the loudspeaker. Just by listening to the sound, Qin Li could imagine the other party drooling in front of the microphone.

[Calm down a bit, this is an emergency. I believe Commander Gokawa has done his best. And we are not without countermeasures. It is precisely for such situations that we prepared the satellite Dainslef. Isn't it? ]

On the other side, the ugly cat doll made a sarcastic sound, which seemed to be excused for Kotori, but in fact it made Kotori's blood pressure rise.

[But now Gokawa Shiori means something special to the elves. If we kill her, it might cause a large-scale reversal among the elves, right? ]

[This is true under normal circumstances, but this is a special case. ]

[Then what should we do with the spiritual power we have collected with great difficulty...]

[I can’t care about so many things now. I must prioritize eliminating the danger. 】

【It is undeniable.】

Watching the puppets discussing the plan to deal with Shiori, although Shiori will indeed cause an explosion that is no less than the Eurasian air disaster, from the perspective of the commander and rationality, it is indeed necessary to launch an annihilation measure.

But besides being the commander of Fraxinus, Kotori is also the sister of Gokawa Shiori. From this perspective, Kotori cannot agree with their attitude of using Shiori's life as a tool and throwing it away. If possible, Kotori really wants to tear apart the group of puppets in front of her who are making annoying remarks. However, she cannot do this because it will only put her in a more disadvantageous situation and will not serve any purpose.

[Commander Gokawa. After our unanimous discussion, you will handle the matter of Gokawa Shiori. I believe you will definitely make the most fair and just decision, right? ]

The ugly cat puppet put extra emphasis on the word "most", which is really annoying.

[Since the solution for Gokawa Shiori has been decided, why not discuss the matter of the quasi-elves? ]

At this moment, the pirate fox puppet that had been silent before made a sound. Previously, Ratatosk thought that the quasi-elves were just weak monsters like Magia that could be dealt with by AST alone, and even the Thunder of Destruction was considered to be a guy that was only slightly more difficult to deal with than Magia.

However, the recent events have made Ratatosk unable to sit still. Hiden Shinren defeated the strongest magician Allen Mathers in Ormi Island, and defeated many excellent magicians in Kagamiyama City. Hiden Shinren burst out with a power that is no less than that of the reverse body, and the strength of Kamen Rider Destruction Thunder that appeared in the ruins of Dawn City is also beyond that of ordinary elves.

These "results" really fail to convince the argument that "quasi-elves are just inferior versions of elves."

[Yes. Did the quasi-elf named Hiden Shinren do anything strange? ]

The bullfighting puppet asked nervously. From the current point of view, Gokawa Shiori is of extraordinary significance to Hiden Shinren. If Hiden Shinren knew that they were the murderers of Gokawa Shiori, he didn't think it would be difficult for Hiden Shinren to take their heads off.

"You can rest assured about this. He didn't do anything strange."

[No. I still strongly request that Zea be kept at Ratatosk's headquarters. We must not allow Hiden Shinren to become stronger!]

Crying Mouse knows that Zea has the ability to create a key that can be provided to quasi-elves. If Hiden Shinren becomes any stronger, it will be hard to guarantee that he will not become a more troublesome existence than the now runaway Gokawa Shiori.

[Why do you want to do such a boring thing? Knowing the origin of the previous Magia transformers, aren't you curious about humans turning into quasi-elves? Maybe quasi-elves will become a more popular product than magicians and manifestation devices? ]

【…】

【…】

【…】

[It is indeed necessary to conduct research, and we are not short of samples. ]

As soon as the fox puppet said this, there was an immediate silence, and everyone seemed to start analyzing the pros and cons.

Hearing this, Kotori really couldn't stand it anymore. Hiden Manren had done her best and even risked her life to protect Shiori and the elves, and had paid so much to become stronger. But just because of this, she was going to be targeted and even an experimental specimen.

[Don't even think about attacking my sister and Zhenlian! ]

Just when Kotori was about to roar like this, the squirrel puppet - Elliot Woodman, the chairman of this round table meeting, spoke.

[That's enough, Lord Ais. This meeting is to discuss the issue of Gokawa Shiori, you have gone off topic.]

【Understood, Lord Woodman.】

[Also, Commander Gokawa. I hope you don't misunderstand. We are not here to kill your sister, but to do our best to prevent that "what if" from happening.]

"!"

[I’m counting on you, Commander Gokawa. ]

"learn!"

The old man's voice coming from the squirrel puppet gradually calmed Kotori's anger, and she took on this important task very seriously.

After the round table meeting, Ratatosk's senior executive Ace sat on the sofa and admired the scenery outside the French window: "These idiots, they only think about the elves. They completely ignore the value of quasi-elves compared to those uncontrollable factors. Obviously, Magia, Raider, and Kamen Rider are the most perfect and stable weapons of war. Just wait, Commander Gokawa. One day, I will take away everything you have."

After saying that, Ace revealed the Eden's Extinction Key in his hand.

Chapter 6: Shiori's Rampage (Part )

In the infirmary of the Ratatosk underground facility, Shiori was lying on a hospital bed. Her school uniform had been changed into a hospital gown, and electrodes were attached to many parts of her body. The device connected to the electrodes displayed her electrocardiogram. A needle was also inserted into the vein in her wrist to inject the medicine in the bottle into her body.

Looking at Shiori's appearance, Zhenlian couldn't help but feel a pain in her heart as if it was being cut by a knife, and even felt like crying.