Is there Kamen Rider 01 in Date Away?

As if responding to its master's order, the body of the Demon-Slaying Axe turned into flames and disappeared, and the handle was retracted into the body, covering Kotori's hand. The whole thing looked like a cannon on a battleship.

Then the flames around Kotori were sucked into the muzzle and finally aimed at Kurumi.

"You bastard..." Kurumi bit her lip tightly, "Fourth Bullet! And there are 'us'!"

Under the command of the original body, all the clones gathered around Kuang San, and at this moment, an expression that had never appeared on Kuang San's face appeared before.

"Wait a minute, Kotori..." Shiori was about to step forward to persuade Kotori to stop, but was stopped by Manren.

The next second, a column of flame spurted out from the muzzle of the gun, drawing a straight line of fire in the sky above Raizen High School. If it weren't for Zhenlian's stop, Shizhi would have been engulfed in the flames.

The muzzle of the gun was emitting white smoke like a machine working at high load, and the air was filled with a burning smell that was unpleasant to smell.

All the clones around Kuang San disappeared, Keke Di was pierced, and his left arm also disappeared. The wound was burned and not a drop of blood flowed.

Even though Kurumi was completely unable to fight, Kotori didn't seem to have any intention of stopping, and mercilessly pointed the muzzle at Kurumi again: "After I finish you off, I will send you to hell."

“Stop it now—!”

Shiori stood between Kurumi and Kotori without hesitation and spread his arms!

[This idiot aaaaaa——! ]

Zhen Lian wailed in her heart. Standing in front of the gun barrel now was just a way to save herself the cremation fee!

Even as flames condensed into the muzzle of the gun, Shiori and Kotori showed no signs of stopping.

【Shit! 】

Shinren cursed in her heart, then rushed towards Kotori, and then used both hands to pass through the flames around Kotori.

The flames licked Zhenlian's skin, and immediately dense blood bubbles appeared on her skin, which turned into charcoal color at a speed visible to the naked eye. Even so, Zhenlian still placed his hands on the gun.

hiss...

Black smoke came out of Zhenlian's palms, but Zhenlian could not feel any pain because her pain nerves were completely necrotic, so she had no intention of stopping.

"You bastard, sister-con, tsundere twin-tailed loli! Wake up now, ahhhhh!" Facing the scorching flames, Zhenlian screamed heartbreakingly.

"Really... Really?" Kotori seemed to have just woken up from a dream, with confusion in her eyes. After realizing the current situation, Kotori was a little flustered, "You guys run away--!"

"That's not necessary!" Zhenlian licked the burnt skin on the corner of her lips and pushed hard.

Suddenly, a pillar of fire appeared from the rooftop of Zen High School and shot straight into the sky.

Chapter 2 The Date is the Commander

Flames, lots of flames!

The streets were burning, the towns were burning, and the world in Shiori's eyes was burning.

The extremely high temperature made my whole body ache, the thick smoke like a city wall made it impossible to see anything, and the black smoke prevented my lungs from getting any fresh air.

"Kotori..."

Shizhi crawled forward desperately, crawling towards the little girl in the middle of the sea of ​​fire.

The little girl was wearing a white kimono and had a pair of ornaments on her head that looked like demon horns, but even so, Shiori could still recognize her as his sister.

“Wuwu…Sister…Sister…”

"Koto...Kotori..."

Shiori called out Kotori's name, and then nothing happened.

When I woke up again, what caught my eye was the ceiling of Fraxinus' infirmary.

When he got up, he saw Tohka sleeping on the bed. On the bed next to him was a person with his face and arms wrapped in bandages.

Although he couldn't see his face clearly, Shizhi knew very well that he was Zhenlian. Seeing Zhenlian like this, Shizhi felt extremely distressed and guilty.

"Xiaozhi, are you awake?"

At this time, Reine, wearing a military uniform, walked into the infirmary, followed by Yoshino and her good friend Yoshina.

"Oh my, Shiori is safe and sound, that's really good, really good news! But it might be a bit bad for Manren."

“You’re all right… I’m so glad… Yoshina… Don’t be like this, Manren will be fine…”

"Shiono and Shiona are here." After a simple hello, Shiori asked Reine anxiously, "Mare-kun, is he... okay?"

"Such a close contact with the Burning Demon Slayer will destroy Zhenlian's hands, and a large area of ​​his body will be severely burned. There is also the risk of disfigurement."

"how come……"

"But fortunately, before Tokisaki Kurumi escaped, she fired the Fourth Bullet at Shinren. Although the rewind time was short, it allowed Shinren to recover to the extent of mild burns. This is a blessing in disguise."

"That's great..." Reine's description of the situation made Shiori feel relieved, but then he had more questions, "Where are Kurumi and Metsu? What happened to Kotori? Tohka should be fine now, right? And Origami and Mana. Everyone in the school..."

Suddenly, Shizhi's head was held in Lingyin's arms. Lingyin stroked Shizhi's head like a mother to calm her down a little: "Be good... everything will be fine..."

"Um……"

This motherly embrace did help Shiori calm down a little, and Reine only let go of the embrace after Shiori waved his hands to indicate that he was about to suffocate.

Yoshino, who was standing at the back, covered her cheek with her hands but observed the situation through her fingers.

After confirming that Tohka was fine, Origami and Mana were sent to the hospital, Kurumi and Metsu escaped, and no one died in the school, Shiori's tense state relaxed and he collapsed on the bed again: "No one is hurt, that's great..."

"Not at all..."

"Mareyasu, are you awake?"

The mummy Zhenlian on the bed next to him woke up at some point and stood up to remove the bandages on his face and hands.

Although his face and arms had been healed by the Four Bullets, they still left a few reddish burn marks.

“My Ascendant Locust and the two Extinction Keys I obtained were all taken away by Mie! And my Briefcase King Sword… my sword…”

Zhenlian roared madly, like a non-African mobile game player who had all the cards drawn wrong and guaranteed to win, and was having a seizure on the bed, as if he had a sudden serious illness.

In terms of equipment alone, he was the biggest loser in this battle, and the biggest winner was naturally the Thunder of Destruction, who recovered two sublimation keys and the Heavy Legion Key.

"Pfft... It's great that Mane-kun is so energetic." Seeing Mane "sick", Shiori couldn't help but laugh out loud, but the smile gradually disappeared, "I was really afraid that Mane-kun would die. I'm very sorry, Mane-kun, because my impulsive behavior hurt you..."

If it weren't for Kurumi's fourth bullet, then Manren would probably still be in the ICU. When Shiori thought of Manren's burns and bandages all over her body, he couldn't help but want to cry.

Seeing Shiori like this, Manren was a little at a loss. She thought of many things like "It's not your fault" or "You don't need to apologize", but she didn't know what to do.

Finally, he lay down as if giving up. "What you and I did was of the same nature. We both acted rashly. There is no question of whether I am right or wrong. It's just that you believe in the bond between you and Kotori, while I believe that I have the ability to stop her. If you are really sorry, don't make that expression. It's so ugly. Smile a little more. I quite like to see your smile."

After saying this, Zhenlian turned over and faced away from Shiori and the others.

[Ah, I said it... My brain hasn't been working well lately. I don't know if I was infected by the Shirakura Horseshoe virus of Tenmachi. I actually said such an embarrassing line.]

"Mare-kun... Yeah, I get it."

However, when Shiori heard these words, his face flushed slightly, and he had an expression that showed tears but also a smile because of being moved and happy.

Lingyin looked at Shizhi with such an expression, and a feeling of nostalgia arose in her heart. She had once shown such an expression, and she told herself that it was an expression of happiness.

After the atmosphere eased a little, Lingyin told Zhenlian that the briefcase and Wang Jian had been recovered, which made Zhenlian feel a little relieved.

--split line--

There are two completely different worlds on both sides of the glass in the lounge of the aerial ship. The side where Shiori and Shinji are is filled with densely packed precision instruments, like a laboratory; the other side is a small room with simple and tidy furnishings, where Kotori is tasting black tea.

Fortunately, at this time, Kotori was wearing only ordinary home clothes instead of the white kimono spiritual attire.

"Kotori..."

Shiori was calling out Kotori's name, but Kotori didn't respond.

"Ori, the sound here is one-way, Kotori can't hear us."

"And this glass seems to be one-way glass as well." Zhenlian came to the conclusion after a brief observation.

After confirming Reine's identity, the door to the lounge opened, Shiori walked in but Shinren did not follow.

"Well, is it really okay for you not to go in, Shinrei?"

"This is a matter between two sisters. I, an outsider, would just sit there awkwardly. Ms. Murasame, if there is nothing else, I'll go back." Manren said as she prepared to turn around and leave.

Seeing the direction Zhenlian was walking, Lingyin reminded him, "Zhenlian, the infirmary is in the opposite direction."

Zhenlian stopped and turned around: "Who said I was going to the infirmary? I want to go to my laboratory."

"Wait, you need to rest for at least two more days before..."

"Ms. Murasame, the production of the Authorized Destroyer has not been completed yet, and I have never used those repaired keys. I absolutely cannot unleash their power 100% now. I no longer have my Sublimation Locusts, and I can't use my Shining Locusts. There is still a lot to do, and I don't have time to sleep now." A tired smile appeared on Manren's face, but there was nothing he could do. After all, he was the only one on the entire ship who knew the key, and only Manren could do this.

"To be honest, I really want to know why you chose to carry the Extinction Key with you instead of the Sublimation Key?"

"Why?" Zhenlian touched his chin. It must be said that the extinction key was unfamiliar to Zhenlian in his existing memory, but Zhenlian still felt a familiar feeling, so he made a joke, "Who knows? Maybe I used the extinction key before I lost my memory."

After saying that, Zhenlian left.

During the conversation between the sisters, the elder sister was full of worries and the younger sister pretended to be cheerful, but the atmosphere still became heavy.

There is no doubt that Gokawa Kotori was born as a pure human in the Gokawa family, until the fire in the Heavenly Palace five years ago. Kotori became a fire spirit and became the main cause of the fire in the Heavenly Palace.

It was also at that time that Shiori showed the power of sealing spirits for the first time, and Kotori was discovered by Ratatosk and became the commander of Fraxinus.

But even so, the two still could not remember the details of the day of the Tiangong fire, as if the memory had been erased by an eraser.

But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that almost all of Kotori's spiritual power has been reversed. After Kotori, who has full spiritual power, has a hard time controlling her emotions after becoming an elf, and she even has a constant urge to destroy.

So there is only one solution now, date Kotori and then let Shiori seal it again.

--split line--

In the laboratory, Zhen Lian finished the last bottle of Libaojian and devoted himself to the research and development of the Authorization Destroyer again. Suddenly, he picked up the Authorization Destroyer cautiously and turned to point at the person behind him.

"Zhenlian-kun, it's us!"

"Rei, calm down."

Shizhi and Lingyin, who were pointed at gunpoint, immediately raised their hands to show their surrender. Compared to the panicked Shizhi, Lingyin was unnaturally calm.

"It turns out to be Ms. Shiori and Ms. Murasame. Don't just come in without saying goodbye." Manren put away the Authorized Destroyer and said helplessly.

"Sorry, um...Mare-kun is going on a date with Kotori the day after tomorrow, um... "

"No." Zhenlian answered neatly and turned back to her homework. "There will be no problem with what Kotori said. You two sisters have such a good relationship, it should be easy to seal it, right?"

"This... cannot be denied..."

"That's true," Reine agreed with what Manaru said, "but unlike Tohka and Yoshino, this date is between you and Kotori."

"What?"

Manren was a little suspicious if she had heard it wrong. It was obvious that sealing spirits was Shiori's ability, and she was just a bodyguard. It made no sense to let him go on a date with Kotori.

"I know you're confused, I'll explain it to you." Lingyin spoke before Zhenlian asked, "You know, the success of sealing the spirit is not just based on the spirit's favorability towards Xiaozhi, but also depends on comprehensive data such as stress value and emotion value. And Kotori's stress value and emotion value are not optimistic recently, so the seal is also very unstable under such circumstances. As for the reason for the abnormal data, it's you, Zhenlian."

"Huh? What are you talking about? This..."

Shinren was about to retort, but suddenly remembered that she had stolen all of Kotori's Chupa Chups and secretly added green peppers to her dinner, among other crimes. Then she thought about the fact that Tohka was at risk of spiritual power reversal if she couldn't eat soybean flour bread for a long time, and she was suddenly speechless.

"This... This is totally irrefutable..." Zhenlian covered her forehead. Since it was her own problem, she couldn't push the responsibility onto Shiori. "Okay, I get it."

"Then the date for the day after tomorrow will be arranged at the water park in Tiangong City."

"Hmm...hmm?" Zhenlian nodded, but suddenly noticed the words "water park" and felt something was wrong.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with Zhenlian?"

"Mare-kun seems very nervous."

Shinren's strange behavior attracted the attention of Reine and Shiori. Under their gaze, Shinren waved her hands and said, "It's okay. I've never been to a water park before, so I'm just a little curious. Haha..."

After the two left, Zhenlian was no longer in the mood to work: "Why must we go to the water park!"

[I can’t tell them about my health problems and that I can’t swim…]

Chapter 3 Why Origami Fights

After giving the instructions, Mana and Shiori went to the Self-Defense Force Tengu Hospital to visit Mana who was hospitalized.

But even though she revealed her identity as Mana's sister, the receptionist still politely refused. According to the other party, Mana's situation was special and she refused all outside meetings.

It was not difficult for the two to guess that the so-called special situation was the treatment with the manifestation device. Now it was estimated that no one other than AST could see Mana.

Now the only choice is to leave.