Is there Kamen Rider 01 in Date Away?

"Kotori, have you ever tried the Christmas present I gave you?" Zhenlian, who had just come out of the workshop, saw the unopened gift box on the table and asked with some surprise and dissatisfaction.

Did Kotori reject the gift from Manori without a second thought when she was trying on the headband? This is too hurtful.

"I forgot. Eh~?" Kotori knocked her head lightly with her fist, trying to get away with it.

"..." Zhenlian showed an unhappy expression on her face, like a child in a rage, and then took out the Shining Locust Key.

"Shinning Hopper!"

There was a flash of fluorescent yellow light accompanied by the wind, and when Kotori reacted, she found that her headband had changed from the original black headband to a pair of swallowtail butterfly shaped headbands.

"Ah! What are you doing, Zhenlian?"

Seeing Manren holding her black headband and smiling playfully, Kotori rushed over angrily.

However, due to the size difference between the two, Shinrei lifted Kotori up with just one hand. Shinrei said with a smirk, "What's the matter? We've tasted enough classics, how about a change of taste?"

"Let me go! And, give me back my headband!"

With her feet off the ground, Kotori waved her fists and feet in an attempt to hit Shinren, but due to the size of her body, she was unable to do anything to Shinren at all at this distance.

"If I don't use some special means, how can I make you accept my gift obediently? How about it, do you like my gift?" But Zhenlian had an attitude of "I won't let go until you express your opinion."

Kotori blushed: "The headband you gave me can never surpass the headband my sister gave me... Well, just count it as one of my favorite things. After all... I like you!"

"Ah?" Hearing this, Zhenlian froze in place, and the hand that was holding Kotori's collar loosened.

"I said I like you!" Although Hudie Qinli's face was red, she still stuck close to Zhenlian's face and said word by word, "Don't make me repeat it for the third time!"

"Ah?"

Seeing that Shinrei still couldn't understand the current situation, Kotori felt that it would be useless even if she repeated it for the third time. So Kotori stepped forward, hooked Shinrei's neck, and put her lips on Shinrei's lips.

Kotori's lips were soft, like pudding, and Shin could smell a sweet and fragrant scent like strawberries.

This wonderful feeling was short-lived, not even ten seconds, and Kotori gave in. While wiping her lips with a handkerchief, Kotori said, "I know you're not slow, you just like to play dumb. But now that I've done this, it's useless for you to play dumb, right?"

It seems that although Kotonori Kotonoha is also a capable and tsundere commander, she seems to be more outspoken in her emotions and even has a tendency to run away from love.

However, before Shinren could savor the moment, Shiori's knuckles had already landed on Shinren's two temples.

"Don't have any improper thoughts towards Kotori, Man-rei-kun!" Shiori had a dark face but a kind smile on his face, and began to rotate his knuckles on Man-rei's temple.

"It hurts! I'm dying, dying, dying!" The piercing pain from her temples made Shinren struggle and beg for mercy, "Koto...Kotori, your sister is going berserk, stop her!"

Looking at the two people who were "loving each other", Kotori stuck out her pink and tender tongue at Manreya: "I won't help you, stupid Manreya brother!"

postscript

Late at night, Zhenlian was still in the workshop improving her nano-metal locust key.

Kotori (patting Manreon's head gently): Manreon-nii, we're on hold! Now is the postscript Q&A session!

Zhen Lian (covering her head): It hurts... If you don’t sleep so late at night, you’ll either be careful or you’ll have the body of a baby for the rest of your life.

Kotori (holding her head high, looking proud): Don't worry about it. This is a postscript space where both time and space have been distorted. Don't even think about whether staying up late will affect your growth. Even if I blow you to pieces here, you'll still be alive and kicking in the next chapter.

真怜

Chapter 1: Nightmares from the Past

What the eyes see is a bloody world blurred by blood.

What I smelled in my nose was the hot and burning smell of the burning streets.

What I heard were the miserable cries of the AST members who were being tortured and dying.

This is Dawn City, and it is also the battlefield between him and Ark. The girl in front of Qixiong has white hair; her right eye is purple, but without any highlights, like a purple crystal covered with a layer of dust; and her left eye, which should be white, has a black sclera, and the pupil emits a dark red light.

She had no expression, but her whole body exuded a sense of despair. And the Ark driver she was wearing on her waist was

She is Death, who was possessed by Ark and transformed into Ark's white wolf form.

She stood in the air like a god, looking down at all living beings like a god. No, using "all living beings" is not accurate. The current Dawn City has become a living hell. Except for a few AST members who barely survived, there are no "living" creatures at all.

"Have to use this? Sorry, Zea."

"Hellrise!"

[Innocent people, I hope you will never forgive me. This is my mission, and also my sin.]

【! ! ! 】

At this moment, Zhenlian suddenly jumped up from the floor of the workshop. Looking at the familiar environment around her, Zhenlian covered her aching head and muttered to herself: "What I just saw... was it the memory of Hiden Qixiong?"

Ever since Wang was separated from Zhenlian's body, Zhenlian would occasionally dream about past events, and most of them were extremely disturbing nightmares.

Looking at Zhenlian's pajamas that were almost soaked with cold sweat, it was enough to see how Zhenlian was tortured by the nightmare last night.

And this dream seemed to be reminding Zhenlian that the Dawn Sky Disaster was inextricably linked to him, or maybe... he was the culprit that caused the Dawn Sky Disaster, a disaster that killed and injured as many as 40 people.

Shiori had asked Manren before if he wanted to try to find memories of the past, but every time Manren evaded the question by saying, "I'm living a comfortable life now and there's no need to recall the past."

Now think about it, do I really not care about the past, or am I avoiding the sins I committed in the past?

The thought of this made Zhenlian feel upset. After cleaning up the floor, Zhenlian changed out of her pajamas and put on her daily casual clothes. After simply drinking two bottles of nutrient solution from the infirmary to fill her stomach, Zhenlian walked in the corridor of the Ratatosk underground facility.

At this point, Shiori should be receiving a physical examination in the infirmary. Even though it has been nearly half a month since Shiori went berserk, Shiori is still dragged away by Kotori for a physical examination every time.

"Good morning, Shiori, Reine, and Kotori."

After opening the door of the infirmary, Zhenlian walked in while greeting.

The entire medical room is divided into two parts by a huge glass, and there is a huge medical instrument on the opposite side of the glass.

The girl with long blue hair lying in the giant medical display device that scans the whole body is none other than Itsuka Shiori, a strange girl with the ability to seal elves; the junior high school girl next to the instrument has beautiful red hair, which is tied into cute twin ponytails with a pair of butterfly headbands; and the silver-gray-haired woman who is operating the instrument on Manren's side is Fraxinus's analyst Murasame Reine.

"Reine, is Shiori okay?"

"At present, Shizhi's spiritual power channel is very stable, and it is highly likely that he will not go out of control for a second time." After saying that, Lingyin lay on the table like a cat, staring at Zhenlian.

"Um... Lingyin, what are you doing..."

"I have the disease of 'I feel tired if I don't drink the coffee made by Zhenlian'."

"..." Seeing Lingyin using the tricks of a little girl to act like a spoiled child, Zhenlian suddenly felt a little embarrassed, "Um, who told you that I like this?"

"Xiaozhi, I said we could try this."

"I understand. Get up quickly." Zhenlian covered her forehead and said helplessly - in a sense, Lingyin is not as serious as she looks.

"Manre-kun, it's almost two o'clock in the afternoon. It's getting late. You should change your bad habits of staying in bed and staying up late!" Shiori, who walked here from the room on the other side of the glass, saw Manre, frowned, and criticized her seriously.

After the previous battle against Ace, Zhenlian got the Eden Drive and the Thunderfire Destruction Phoenix Key. In order to make these two evil things work for them as soon as possible, Zhenlian worked overtime to analyze them.

However, in conclusion, the Eden Drive's destruction of the transformers was designed to leave no one alive. After Shinren made these modifications, the Eden Drive became its prototype belt - that is, the 01 Drive that Shinren often uses.

Working overtime only gave her an extra belt. Now that she thought about it, she might as well find an axe to chop the belt into pieces, then jump on it and stomp on it.

"Brother Zhenlian. You look worse today than usual. Would you like a Chupa Chups to refresh yourself? It's mint flavored."

Although staying up late and staying in bed is normal for Shinrei, Kotori still noticed that Shinrei's condition today is worse than before. So she said it half-jokingly, took out the pearls in her mouth, and made a gesture of "giving it to you".

"Thanks for your concern. It's just a nightmare." Shinren didn't care that the Chupa Pearl was just taken out of Kotori's mouth. She took it and put it into her own mouth. "Thanks to your lollipop, I'm much more awake now."

Kotori has been wearing the butterfly headband given by Manori recently, and the black headband given by Shiori has been kept by Kotori. After all, she had experienced the previous incident of it being torn to pieces, so she probably won't take it out easily again.

Although the style of Kotori with a butterfly headband is not much different from that of Kotori with a black headband, she seems to be more...straightforward when it comes to dealing with Shinreen. In the past, it was unimaginable that Kotori would do something like pushing Shinreen's head into the toilet, but Kotori can do it with a butterfly headband.

For example, the shared lollipop this time.

Holding a mint-flavored Chupa Chups, the refreshing taste spread in her mouth, and Zhenlian's mind suddenly became much clearer - it would be better not to tell Shizhi and the others about the specific content of the nightmare. Let the past be the past. What is important is the present and the future.

"Hmm? Kotori, what are you doing?"

Seeing Kotori looking at her with some dissatisfaction, Shinren felt a little puzzled - could it be that Kotori was just talking and didn't really intend to give the Chupa Pearls to Shinren?

"A cute girl gave you her favorite Chupa Chups, but as a boy you didn't show any appreciation at all. That's a poor performance." Kotori looked at Manori angrily, dissatisfaction written all over her face.

"Okay. Thank you very much. Good boy..."

Shinren said this while patting Kotori's head. Although Kotori didn't seem to mean this kind of "expression", she still had an expression of "I'll accept it reluctantly" with her eyes closed and enjoying it.

"stare……"

However, when Shinren was stroking Kotori's head, he noticed the goosebump-inducing gaze coming from Shiori behind him.

"Mare-kun..."

"Well, this is just a simple pat on the head, there's really no other meaning."

“I want one too!”

"Eh?"

Before Shinrei could react, Shiori leaned forward like a cat waiting to be patted. Seeing Shiori's eager look, Shinrei couldn't refuse and began to pat Shiori's head.

Looking at Lingyin who was enjoying Zhenlian's head patting service, he said, "Zhenlian, can you take me with you?"

"You three..."

A few minutes later

After giving head pats to the loli, the girl, and the mature woman, Manre and Shiori were about to walk out of the Ratatosk underground facility to buy ingredients for dinner when a pair of twins with orange hair rushed over from the other side of the corridor.

"Kukukuk, even if Xixian is very outstanding, the winner of this competition is me, this is a fact that is set in stone!"

"Speed ​​up. Even if Yakuya is great, Yui will get to Manreya before Yakuya!"

Seeing the two running so fast that they were almost raising the wind, Shinrei almost wanted to hide behind Shiori and use her as a shield. Fortunately, the Yamai sisters did not knock Shiori and Shinrei away as Shinrei imagined, but braked suddenly when they were about to collide.

"Zhen Lian, this is the "Tales of Time and Space" you lent me earlier!"

"Return it. This is the "Three Colors Thief" that Zhenlian lent to Yuxian before!"

Yakuya and Yui both handed him the comics Shinrei had lent them, and Shinrei was so scared that she almost fell to the ground. After asking, I learned that they were both planning to return the books, and then it inexplicably turned into a competition of "see who can return the book to Shinrei first".

After hearing this, Zhenlian really felt that it was necessary to restrict these two scoring-crazy sisters.

At 3 pm, the two walked out of the supermarket and started their way back home. As the number of elves continued to increase, the food supply of the Gokawa family also continued to increase. Therefore, it was unknown when Shiori began to feel overwhelmed by the burden of food, and Shinren's status as a pack animal also changed from occasional to regular.

"Manren-kun, it's very dangerous to walk while reading comics." Shiori, who was carrying two large bags of food, frowned as he looked at Manren, who was holding the food while flipping through the latest issue of "Shou Blast".

"Ah! Silver Bullet is actually being serialized again!"

"Mare-kun!" Seeing that the other party didn't listen to him at all, Shiori's dissatisfied tone became even heavier.

"Sorry, sorry, I'm just a little excited to see that "Sliver Bullet" is being serialized again. Hahaha..." Zhenlian laughed awkwardly twice and put "Weekly Blast" back into the shopping bag.

"But Manre-kun, you just said that "Sliver Bullet" has been serialized again?" Seeing Manre-chan put the comic back into the shopping bag, Shiori also started talking about the topic that Manre-chan had just mentioned.

"Huh? Shiori, do you read this comic too?" Manren asked with some confusion. After all, it is really hard to associate a girl like Shiori, who is a Yamato Nadeshiko type, with this kind of passionate comics.

"I've seen it before, I've seen it before...haha..." Shiori smiled awkwardly. The last time he read this comic was when he was in elementary school. At that time, Shiori was still in the dark history period of the "Black Witch" and his second-year syndrome. Shiori didn't want to talk much about that time that he couldn't bear to look back on.

However, at this moment, the two of them stopped at the same time. The reason was very simple - a young girl was lying on the ground not far away.

Chapter 2 The Girl Who Fell to the Ground

Not far in front of Mane and Shiori, a girl with short gray hair was lying on the ground. Her dying appearance made it hard not to think of Olga Itsuka in "Iron-Blooded Orphans".

"Zhenlian-kun, this is..."

Looking at the girl lying on the ground in front of him, Shiori felt a little worried, while Zhenlian squatted beside the girl and observed: "Identification completed. It is a humanoid creature, and it is not dead yet."

"Anyone with a discerning eye can see this information, is she okay?" After Shizhi made a small complaint, he came forward to check on the girl's condition.

"and many more."

Shinren suddenly stopped Shiori. Shiori asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Maybe he needs help."

"You are too naive, Shiori. Pretending to need help to erode other people's kindness, I'm tired of this trick when I was fighting under the bridge, although I was really starving at that time." Zhenlian picked up a branch from the side and poked the girl tentatively, "Don't play dead, let me tell you in advance that we have no money, don't try to blackmail us."

"..."

Even though the girl had no wounds on her body, her breathing was very steady, and her clothes did not look like a homeless person, the only problem that could be considered a problem was the "gurgling" sound coming from her lower abdomen.

It can basically be confirmed that this guy is pretending to be dead.

"Mare-kun, there's no need to be so suspicious. What if they really need help?"

"Okay, let me finish the final appraisal before I consider whether to help her." After saying that, Zhenlian stood up from the girl's side.