I, Madoka Kaname, am just a Kamen Rider passing by

Her jet-black hair fell to her waist, her pearl-like eyes were gleaming with a faint light, and her delicate and pretty facial features, although not perfect, could at least score 80 points out of 100. She was a standard oriental beauty.

Sitting next to her was a "cute" boy dressed in black combat uniform and an eye mask. Although his appearance was deceptive, the boy still saw the boy's Adam's apple that was not hidden at a glance.

"Is there something wrong with you two? Or is there something strange on my body?"

The girl looked down at her collar and cuffs.

Obviously, there was no trace of sauce or wine on it.

"Humph, it's nothing."

The handsome man, who was probably a young man, turned his head away arrogantly, and the black-haired girl just said "sorry" to her apologetically.

But after a few seconds, the black-haired girl sitting there spoke first: "Lin, did you know that the vase on your table contains rosemary?"

"rosemary?"

"In Italy, rosemary means respect and remembrance. During funerals, people throw sprigs of rosemary into the graves of the deceased to show respect and remembrance for the deceased. Although rosemary is a good flower and spice, it is not suitable for placing on the table as a decorative flower."

"I see. I'm enlightened. But I'm not a superstitious person. Besides, normally, no one would care about this kind of eccentric knowledge, right?"

"That's right. I just said it out of emotion. Don't take it seriously. But in this world, putting rosemary on the table doesn't matter."

"In this world?" Li Lin chewed on the words of the black-haired girl with a confused look, while the girl just put on an expression of "I really admire you".

With a long sigh, the black-haired girl pointed her finger at Li Lin's chest and spoke word by word.

"You are already dead, Li Lin."

Chapter 184: The Masked Rider Dies Twice

"I... am already dead? Stop kidding! I am still standing here, fine!!"

Raising his eyebrows for the first time in a long time, Li Lin loudly questioned the black-haired girl in front of him.

"If I'm really dead, then what are we talking about now? Ah, although I have a good temper, I really hate the word death. You who haven't even experienced death, how can you be qualified to talk to me about death?"

No matter how a person chooses to end his or her life, it is not something that people who have not experienced death can understand and judge based on their imagination. Because no matter what, those people have lived.

Death is not a topic that can be easily brought up and then put down.

Even though his hands were stained with the blood of countless intelligent beings in the universe, Li Lin still hated this word the most.

Sing the praises of the beauty of life, keep smiling no matter how desperate the situation is, and stride forward with courage; this is the true praise to humanity.

A beautiful life is worthy of respect. Don’t take your precious life so lightly. Not everyone can extend their life and be resurrected in various ways like Danrito.

Don't make dying sound so easy, asshole.

The black-haired girl was not angry at Li Lin's questioning. She just smiled softly at her, like a gentle sister looking at her useless sister, but still willing to tolerate her eyes: "You can't be so arbitrarily deny others, but this is you, the nature of this impulse has not changed at all. Besides, I have the qualifications. In fact, it's not just me, this person has the same qualifications as me. To be precise, everyone who visits this world is given this right... But this is really a sad privilege that makes people unhappy."

"This world, the rights given to me... That face, um, have I seen you before somewhere... Oh, yes, I remember..."

It was as if an electric current penetrated the nerves and reached deep into the brain, awakening Li Lin's dormant memories.

The confusion was swept away, and as if he remembered something, Li Lin looked around.

The streets are very quiet today.

However, she still found what she was looking for.

"Where are you going, Lin?"

"I'm going to take that bus... I remember it very clearly. After talking to a bald uncle at the station, he was driven back by a strange charlatan, and I got on the bus. There's also a very important person waiting for me. Ah, by the way, do you have any change? I don't have any coins on me."

"I remember now. I have to go. I have to go back to Madoka."

However, just as Li Lin took the first step, the black-haired girl's lost voice sounded in her ears.

"Have you forgotten that this is the final stop, you can't go back."

"..."

In silence, as if he understood the girl's words, Li Lin lowered his gaze and head, his entire face hidden in the shadow of his hair.

"Is there no other way?"

"Yes, there is nothing we can do."

At this moment, Li Lin's pupils shrank as if she had noticed something, and she took a step back in surprise.

"...Wait a minute, why do you know my name, and that familiar voice, could it be that..."

The black-haired girl nodded when she heard that, and the young man sitting next to her sighed: "Ah, I finally noticed it, stupid brother. Maybe it's better to call you sister now. It's been a long time." He took off his eye mask, and an electronic prosthetic eye emitting red light kept flashing in his eye socket.

"Lian, Mo Bai."

Li Lin's voice was trembling, and the two people in front of her looked at each other and smiled helplessly.

"Well... it's us, and, Lin, welcome to hell."

Qiu Yuelian and Liu Mobai shrugged.

"This is the worst possible encounter, isn't it? Three people who became Kamen Riders, but the destination they finally reached is hell."

Looking up at the sky where only black and white colors intertwined and overlapped, Liu Mobai seemed to be sighing about something.

"Kamen Rider... No way, could it be that you two are also..."

Following Li Lin's tentative words, Qiu Yuelian opened the storage box at her feet, with the squeeze driver and the purple crocodile full bottle quietly placed inside. Liu Mobai raised his left hand, and with the sound of insect wings vibrating, a red rhinoceros beetle, Kabuto Zecte, flew into his hand.

The crocodile king and the armored warrior, the honest man and the bully king?

What kind of weird combination are you guys?

"It seems like you two have been hiding a lot of things from me, so, at that time, you, Lian, were faking your death, right?! You were definitely faking your death, right?!"

Kamen Rider ROGUE would die because of being shot by terrorists? I don't believe it. The most important thing is, it turns out that my childhood sweetheart and brother are both Kamen Riders, and I am the only one who is foolishly kept in the dark? !

"In short, Mo Bai and I have been through a lot of things. I'm sorry, Lin."

it has started.

This woman started to change the subject! I was so sad for you back then!

However, there is no point in dwelling on this matter now.

"...I think I know."

Then, before he finished speaking, Li Lin turned around, waved to the two of them, and walked towards the direction where the bus was coming.

"Where are you going? Didn't I tell you? No one can leave here..."

"Huh? Don't be so decisive. I've been to hell once before, but I didn't see you guys that time."

The street was unusually quiet, to the point of being abnormal.

All that the sight can capture is a world deprived of color, left in black and white.

——She had been here before.

She had some impression of the world after death, but as Li Lin traveled to Madoka's world, that memory gradually faded away.

As she talked with the two, the scene after her first death gradually appeared before her eyes.

"At that time, someone did send me back, along with my belt. Ah, I see. It was that man, Riku."

It was the first generation Kuuga who showed her the way back, and when Li Lin at that time asked him about it, he answered like this.

[My world already has a very good successor. There is no need for me to fight any more.]

"Having said that, can you really find the way you came here? It's almost impossible to return to the world you came from."

Generally speaking, the souls that take that bus to this destination cannot return to their own world. Most souls that try to go back will forever wander at the crossroads of death and life until their own existence and will are completely exhausted and turned into dust.

That's why the two said that going back was impossible.

"Is it impossible? Well, we have to try, right?"

"Wouldn't it be better to stay here? With us."

Although it was indeed worth celebrating to be able to see the two people after a long time, after considering that this place was hell, Li Lin gave up the idea.

"I'm sorry... I have an appointment with others, and I have a reason why I absolutely cannot stop here. Even if no one shows me the way this time, I can still find the right path with this bond. As a Kabuto, you are not qualified to stay here, Mo Bai, so I am the elder sister, and you can only be the younger brother."

If you are a knight and don't have some idealism, how can you have the nerve to call yourself a Kamen Rider?

——Besides, Madoka is still waiting for her.

Her story can't end here.

PS: When did you get the illusion that the heroine of this book would die?

How can there be so much preparation for a heroine who is shot dead in the end? Even the author Feilu wouldn't write like that, right?

Chapter 185: The Man Returning from Hell

——There are still people waiting for me, I won’t stop, Takamiya Mio! I have crawled back from hell!!!

Although he wanted to say such a cool line, Li Lin, who said goodbye to Lian and Mo Bai, soon had to face a very realistic problem.

"Is anyone there? Can anyone tell me where this is?"

However, countless translucent souls just passed by her silently, without any intention of stopping to watch.

As if the sky was about to fall, inorganic blue polygons slowly fell from the air. When the polygons touched Li Lin's shoulders, they immediately turned into light-like dust particles and spread everywhere until they disappeared into nothingness. Looking into the distance, there was only an endless golden beach and a flawless blue sea of ​​stars.

Countless cracks, symbolizing the entrances to various worlds, stand on both sides of the road. Countless souls with almost no consciousness fall into the cracks by accident from time to time, and go to that world to reincarnate as humans... However, there is also the possibility that they will become strange species, so there is no guarantee about that.

This is the crossroads of the world, the intersection connecting various dimensions. Only non-existent souls can pass through here. It can be said to be a privileged passage exclusively for the dead.

After death, souls in different dimensions who are unwilling to ascend to the heaven of electronic entertainment, nor willing to fall into the hell of the underworld, but still have strong desires and obsessions, will step into this realm until their edges are worn out by the endless road of exploration, and their former humanity is completely dissipated under the endless torrent of time. Finally, they fall into a certain world by chance like zombies and repeat the process again.

The cycle of reincarnation continues until one reaches the eternal paradise.

By the way, this is a path that discriminates against the living, an absolute realm that the living cannot enter.

Beings with a physical body cannot come here.

Once a living person is involved here, he will probably die tragically in an instant. The last time, Li Lin was in a daze, holding the Kuga belt sponsored by Rick and traveled to the body of Madoka in Madoka's world.

It is much more difficult for living people to break through the barriers between dimensions with their subjective consciousness than to travel through time with their souls. Of course, in Li Lin's cognition, there are also worlds that are exclusive and worlds that welcome outsiders. The former is represented by the famous Type-Moon world, while the latter are represented by dungeons, small gardens, game life (not six thousand years ago), and mentally retarded goddesses who are dedicated to a better world (they can't wait to actively recommend it or even immigrate from Earth to another world).

How much time had passed exactly? In a world without any support or reference, it was difficult just to maintain one's own existence.

Locking a person in a small dark room for a long time, not giving him anyone to communicate with, and not telling him when he can be "free" in the true sense, with only despair that seems to have no end, would make anyone collapse.

The arrival of collapse is only a matter of time. Unless one has the iron will of the Count of Monte Cristo and the belief that one can open a path through the dark wilderness, it is only a matter of time before one gets lost at the crossroads of this world and loses his humanity.

Last time, at least we had Boss Rick to help us find the way. Even though we took the wrong road in the end, it was still a good result, right?

Li Lin lamented his poor sense of direction, while looking around, trying to find a crack in the world of battle.

But it is really hard to tell the difference between these almost identical entrances, except for a few that are too obvious, such as "the crack with big scarlet eyes tied with a bow", "the crack that exists as an ethereal flame", "the crack where the roars of wild beasts and the sounds of little girls are often heard", "the crack where the devilish laughter reminiscent of the Xia Jiao performance is constantly heard", and "the crack where a middle finger with blue veins all over it and an unusual presence is raised".

It was full of déjà vu, making Li Lin feel as if he had seen something similar somewhere before.

"My friend, you look like you could use a little help."

The face could not be seen clearly, and like other souls, all that was left was a light gray outline and a faint sense of existence.

"Help? Who are you? I don't need help from someone like you who came from nowhere."

Taking a few cautious steps back, Li Lin stared closely at the soul, of which only an outline remained, with the barely discernible curves of a female body.

Although she really needed to find the entrance to the battle world as soon as possible, it did not mean that she was willing to trust a strange soul that she knew nothing about.

"Ah, I'm sorry. It's been a long time since I last talked to anyone... Let me introduce myself. My name is... Yamada Sawa. Sorry, it's such a long time ago that I almost forgot my own name."

Lifting up the hem of her skirt, which was so pale that it was almost invisible, the girl who called herself Shahe bowed slightly to Li Lin.

"That name... If I remember correctly, you are Kurumi's best friend who passed away thirty years ago."

The girl responded playfully, “That’s right.”

"I smell a familiar scent on you, it's the scent of my best friend Tokisaki Kurumi... You seem to know her too, which is why I took the initiative to talk to you... I don't have much time left, so I will find a way to send you back to that world..."

However, before Sawa could finish her words, she was quickly interrupted by Li Lin.

"Wait a minute, since you can send me back, that also means you can go back yourself, right?!"