Is there Kamen Rider 01 in Date Away?

"...Then I'll tell you the reason, and you are not allowed to laugh."

"Ok!"

Unlike her previous heartless self, this time Zhenlian was obviously having trouble speaking: "When I sealed Yoshino before, I saw you were covered in wounds... To be honest, I was scared. I was afraid that you would die. Now I feel useless and a waste... Because I rarely interacted with others before, I don't know why I feel this way..."

"Pfft..." Shiori couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard what Zhenlian said.

"Hey, you said you wouldn't laugh?" Seeing Shiori's reaction, a "well" instantly appeared on Manei's forehead.

“No… I just didn’t expect that you, Manrei, could be so cute.” Even though he knew that Manrei was angry, Shiori was still smiling, and even tears were about to come out.

"Forget it, forget it. It's up to you." Zhenlian rolled her eyes in despair and prepared to turn around and leave.

But suddenly Shiori hugged Zhenlian and said, "Thank you, Zhenlian-kun. Thank you for saving me. I don't blame you. Zhenlian-kun has tried very hard. I know that. Don't worry, I will never die in order to prevent you from feeling that way again."

"Thank you……"

Before Manren could finish her words, Shiori's lips were already on Manren's face.

Before Manren could react, Shiori took a few steps back and said, "Okay, cheer up. Let's go home and have dinner."

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the girl and the scenery around her formed an extremely beautiful picture.

"Oh... Yeah."

Zhenlian touched the place on her face where she was kissed, and looked blankly at the girl in front of her who had a healing but slightly shy smile.

Chapter 1 Cooperation

Today, the elf resistance force AST held a meeting at the garrison base in Tiangong City.

Kusakabe Ryoko in the middle had a solemn expression on her face. The elves in Tengu City had been appearing more and more frequently recently, but AST had not produced any decent results. The pressure from above was driving her crazy.

"Everyone, I want to announce something to you today. Everyone has witnessed the number of elves appearing in Tiangong City. In order to better fight against the elves in the future, the higher-ups have specially arranged for a new member to come here."

"new member?"

This sentence immediately made the AST members feel uneasy and they started whispering. Some were curious, while others thought that the higher-ups were doing something unnecessary.

The conference room became quiet again after Kusakabe Ryoko waved her hand.

"This new member's proficiency in manifestation devices ranks among the top five in the world, and he has also killed elves on his own."

This sentence caused everyone to become agitated again. After all, even if the opponent could take out ten AST members alone, he might not be able to kill a single elf.

This reaction was also within Kusakabe Ryoko's expectations, and she then looked towards the door of the conference room: "Come in."

"Yes!"

A voice responding to Kusakabe Ryoko came from outside the door. It was not as sophisticated as everyone imagined but an unexpectedly cute and childish voice.

"My name is Takamiya Mana, please give me your guidance!"

The girl who came in had blue hair tied into a neat and simple ponytail. She looked very smart. The most unforgettable thing was that she had a teardrop mole under her left eye.

But the most surprising thing is that she looks exactly like a junior high school student.

While everyone else was discussing, Origami just kept staring at Mana.

[So similar...]

That’s right, Mana Takamiya is completely the junior high school version of Shiori Gokawa.

--split line--

In an abandoned factory in Dawn City, Mie was concentrating on operating an instrument, and at the center of the instrument was a huge red ball of light. This was the Ark that Mie talked about all the time.

Ark looks like a ball of light that can be easily created using computer software, but if you look closely, you will find that Ark's glowing red ball is covered with dense lines, and through the translucent body of the ball, you can seem to see something constantly jumping in the middle.

Looking at Mie who was completely absorbed in operating the instrument, Xun lay on the carpet on the side boredly, playing with the key in her hand. Her key was dark pink, with a falcon etched on it, and "Flying Falcon" printed on it in standard font.

Xun is a little confused now, they are obviously partners of elves, but Metsu would force Yoshino to wear the Extinction Sublimator even though he knew that she was unwilling. Ark and Metsu have always taught Xun that humans and elves are incompatible like water and fire, but Tohka can be in a good relationship with Shiori who is a human.

All these cognitive contradictions made Xun feel that his little head could no longer contain them.

"finished."

At this time, Mie stopped the work in his hands and pulled out a blood-red key from the slot on the instrument. Etched on it was the extinct creature dodo.

"Is it a new key? Do you need me to find the user?" Xun got up from the ground. After the precedent of Yoshino, she no longer wanted to call that quasi-elf a friend.

"That's not necessary. I've already chosen the user of the dodo. Come in."

Mie shook his head slightly, and then seemed to say something to someone in the shadows.

A girl with short black hair came in next. She had a dull look on her face and her eyes were lifeless, like a doll.

"Her name is Assassination, and from now on you two will be partners."

Mie patted Assassin's head, and Assassin obediently made a cat-fist gesture: "Assassin~"

"Wow, so cute!" Xun instantly turned back into the happy child he was before, asking assassin all kinds of questions.

But almost at the same time, Mie Xuner immediately became alert, took out the Extinction Sublimator and entered combat readiness.

"Sorry, we don't accept guests here." Mie had already put the Extinction Sublimator on his waist and issued a final warning after taking out the Stinging Scorpion Key.

"Ah, ah, you two are really scary. My apologies."

In the darkness, a young girl walked out.

The girl's black hair was tied into two ponytails, one long and one short. The black and red Gothic outfit made her look aggressive yet seductive. What was even more incredible was that her left eye was actually a golden watch face.

"Nightmare, if you hadn't come to join Ark's army, I wouldn't have been able to guarantee that you would have gotten out alive."

After seeing clearly who was coming, Mie's hostility increased instead of decreased. After all, the opponent had the title of "the most evil elf". It would be best if such a guy could become a teammate, but if he became an enemy, it would definitely be an annoying battle.

"Greetings, Miss Mie, Miss Xun. I have no ill intentions, I just want to cooperate with you two."

Like a well-educated young lady, Kuang San lifted her skirt and gave the two hostile people a noble salute. If they hadn't seen the large and strange shadow under Kuang San's feet, Mie and Xun might have really considered negotiating with her.

"Sorry, cooperation has conditions." Mie laughed contemptuously. After all, their top priority was to get Lei's key back as soon as possible.

Hearing this, a careful smile appeared on Kuang San's face: "I will give you an offer you can't refuse."

Chapter 2 New Transfer Student (Part )

"What happened?"

"This, this, this...what is going on!?"

Shinren and Shiori, who were returning home together as usual, stood frozen at the door of their house as if struck by lightning, because today a building suddenly appeared out of thin air next to the Goka family as if by magic!

That’s right, there was nothing next to the Gokawa family last night, but now an apartment suddenly appeared like magic!

"I mentioned before, the special residence for elves. This is it."

Compared to the two surprised people, Kotori was very calm, as if the extra thing next to the Gokawa family was not a building but a small ant.

"Can such a building be built overnight?" Zhenlian went up and knocked on the wall of the building to confirm that this was not a holographic projection or something like that.

Although it has long been known that Ratatosk is an organization with great wealth and advanced technology, it is still more or less frightening that something similar to what happened in a comic can actually happen in reality.

When Zhenlian thought that others could complete a building overnight while she was still worrying about tomorrow's food money, the huge gap gave her a headache.

"Come on, Yoshino, you can do it!"

Suddenly a familiar funny voice appeared, and then a girl wearing a sunhat quietly poked her head out from behind the apartment door.

With her aqua blue hair and the funny rabbit puppet in her hand, it is obvious that she is the elf that was previously sealed by Shiori - Yoshino.

"Um... Shiori... Mana, good afternoon..."

With Yoshina's encouragement, Yoshino mustered up the courage to greet the two.

"Ah, it's Yoshino." Shiori spotted the elf peeking out from behind the door, and walked over to touch her little head with a smile, "Are you adapting to the new environment? If you need anything, you can always ask me for help."

"Ok!"

Shiori touched Yoshino's head, and the two cute girls smiled. It was a very beautiful picture no matter how you looked at it. This also made Shinren realize that the saying "Girls all like cute little creatures" was not a rumor, but naturally someone would disrupt this picture.

“Wow, Manrei has been staring at Shiori and Yoshino! Is she jealous? She is jealous! Which one does Manrei want, being patted on the head by Shiori or patting Yoshino’s head? Hehehe…”

Shionai started dancing with her hands again, saying something that misinterpreted Manrei's meaning.

"You rabbit..." Zhenlian squatted down unhappily and poked Shiona with her finger neither lightly nor heavily.

But instead of shutting up, Shionai became even more aggressive: "Help! Manren is going to molest Shionai after Shionai tells her the truth! Hehehe..."

「This guy… why am I arguing with a puppet? He’s like an idiot…」

When Shinrei was about to stop, Yoshino spoke up: "Well... if Shinrei wants to touch it... you can... the pudding before was delicious... can Shinrei bring the dead sheep to play with us in the future?"

Looking at the angel-like Yoshino, Manrei suddenly felt healed. To be honest, Manrei really couldn't believe that Yoshino and Yoshina were one and the same.

[This is just a very ordinary pat on the head. I am not a lolita control. I am not a lolita control... Shariputra, color is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from color, color is emptiness, emptiness is color...]

While silently reciting the Heart Sutra in her heart, Zhenlian forced herself to reach out and touch Yoshino's little head with a calm mind.

"Man's hands... are big and warm and give me a sense of security." Yoshino closed her eyes and seemed to be enjoying Man's head patting very much.

Suddenly, Zhenlian felt something extra on her head. She turned around and found Shizhi touching her head with a smile.

“This way, Shinrei-kun can enjoy touching Yoshino’s head, and he can also enjoy being touched on the head by me. It’s resolved peacefully.”

Shiori's slightly mocking smile made Shinren begin to wonder if she was also enjoying it.

However, she had saved him before, and he had kissed her without her consent. These two debts probably could not be paid off by this little prank and ridicule. What's more, Zhenlian herself suffered no loss, so she chose to enjoy it silently.

So there was a weird scene of three people standing in a row touching each other's heads.

Then this scene was witnessed by Tohka who came out of the apartment.

"That's so cunning! I want to join in too!"

"Holy shit! Are you guys done yet?"

--split line--

A crushing defeat, a complete crushing defeat!

Origami looked at the nine companions lying beside her and clenched the briefcase and rifle in her hand. Opposite her was a girl who looked to be in junior high school.

Mana's previous statement that "I am better than anyone here" naturally caused dissatisfaction among the AST members who considered themselves elites, so this one-on-ten competition began.

At first, Origami didn't want to use a powerful weapon like the briefcase rifle to deal with Mana, but the opponent didn't care at all. So under the encouragement of the AST team members and Mana's attitude, Origami used this weapon of unknown origin.

But it turned out that Origami's concerns were completely unnecessary.

The ten of them are no match for Zhen Na!

A few minutes later

"You're actually pretty good, Sergeant Origami."

At some point, Mana, who hadn't changed out of her wiring suit yet, appeared next to Origami and handed her a bottle of sports drink.

"Thank you."

Origami simply took the drink, but her eyes never left Mana.

They look so much alike! They look like they were carved from the same mold as Shiori.

Mana, who didn't notice the gaze, drank his drink by himself. "To be honest, I'm surprised. Whether it's the energy bullet that brushed past me or the blade that was only a few millimeters away from me, no one has been able to get close to me for a long time."

Her tone was very bland, not sarcastic, but more like a blogger reviewing a movie.

Origami gritted her teeth and said, "Can you tell me how I can become as strong as you?"

"You want to ask me what to do..."

"I heard you defeated an elf by yourself."

"Killing elves, I guess that counts." Mana shrugged, not seeming to care much about the record of "killing elves" that caused a commotion among AST members.

"That guy? Could it be Magia?"

"Magia is much cuter than that guy, but the code name is..."

Just when Mana was about to say the code name of the elf, both of them were hit hard on the head. When they turned around, they saw Kusakabe Ryoko staring at the two girls with a dark face.

A lot of expensive equipment was damaged in the previous competition, and the two of them probably won’t have a good time in the future.

--split line--