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

After school, in the living room of the photo studio.

"Want to ask me for combat skills?"

After taking a sip of coffee, Kazushi Kado looked at Madoka with a strange look. After noticing the strange look in her eyes, he tilted his head in confusion. Is there something strange about her?

I am just asking the senior knight for advice on fighting techniques, right?

"Yes, that's right. Even though I have gradually mastered the feeling of fighting after several battles with witches, I still feel that I am still far from it."

"Hey, I'm Decade. If you want to learn how to fight, go find Yusuke who is also a Kuuga like you!" Kadoya said this to Madoka, and Yusuke Onodera, who was cleaning on the second floor, poked his head out when he heard it.

"Sir, is there anything you need from me?"

"No, nothing..."

"Yeah...Madoka is here too."

"Hello, Senior Onodera." Sitting on the sofa, Madoka smiled and nodded to Yusuke Onodera. That attitude made Kadoya Kadoya, who was watching, show a subtle expression.

As a senior knight as well, why is it that Kuuga in this world smiles when facing Natsu Mikan and Onodera, but is so naughty when talking to Kadoya Shi? Well, there is no need to be angry. After all, the knight in this world is still a child, and is much stronger than the younger knights he met before.

Since when, the knights in the parallel world have become more and more strange, the proportion of young knights has become more and more, and the Kamen Riders who fight with firm will have become a rare species. Most of them are guys who live a disorderly life and date three or four girls of the same age at the same time. There are also some trash who speak ill of their predecessors. God knows how these guys, who are completely discrediting Kamen Rider in Kadoya's opinion, became knights.

In the previous world, there were actually idiots who flirted with Natsu Mikan in front of Kazushi Kazuya, so that Kazushi had to add an extra task during his journey.

For example, using a friendly beating from a senior to correct the younger generation's distorted values.

"Well, that's true. By the way, Shi must have seen many Kuugas in other worlds, right?"

Madoka recalled the scene she encountered in her dream last night, and couldn't help but ask Kadoya Kadoya this question. The Ultimate Kuuga in the dream was an individual with independent consciousness. Perhaps the other Kuugas had similar troubles as her?

If there is a similar situation, it means that there is a way to deal with it!

“As for Kuuga, I’ve seen him quite a lot. If we were to count which knight has the most knights in the parallel world, it would definitely be Kuuga.”

There's nothing we can do about it. Among Kamen Rider, Kuuga is the true friend of newcomers. Apart from the Sengoku Drive and Lost Drive which have almost no side effects and usage restrictions, the rest have user restrictions and bloodline restrictions, and require transformation surgery and special factors in the body to use them. But if the minimum lower limit and self-healing ability are taken into consideration, Kuuga is undoubtedly the first.

What's more, the omnipotent spirit stone and sealed energy can easily adapt to and be compatible with any type of ability system. The Kuuga in different parallel worlds can basically evolve into a peculiar form unique to that world. At least the number of Kuuga cards in Kadoya Kazuya's hands is almost as many as the total number of other knights.

"So......"

However, before Xiaoyuan could tell her about her dream about Ultimate Dark Eye last night, the cell phone in her pocket suddenly rang.

Although she was a little unhappy, Xiaoyuan knew very well that the person who would call her at this time would definitely not be Furuko who had not yet finished get off work or Chiku who lived next door. Without a doubt, the only one who would contact her now was Homura Akemi.

By the way, since discovering that Kadoya Kadoya lived across the street, Madoka left her knight suit and motorcycle at the photo studio.

"Huh? There's a witch in the hospital, and she's a snack witch?"

If it were any other witch, Madoka could have safely handed her over to Mami. Although she was fragile inside, she was the strongest in the Five Colors Team in terms of head-on combat. Unfortunately, this witch had a special meaning to Mami. According to Homura, in so many reincarnations, Mami died the most times at the hands of the Dim Sum Witch.

Basically, it can be said that as long as Madoka does not become a magical girl and in the world line where Mami has to deal with the Snack Witch alone, her death has almost become a foregone conclusion, like some kind of invisible and intangible curse.

"Oh? Witch, I'm a little interested."

Chapter 30: Redemption That Never Comes

The roar of engines echoed through the streets.

Under the setting sun, a rider in black and another rider in magenta armor drove their motorcycles towards the hospital.

There is no doubt that the two people are Kaname Madoka and Kadoya Shi.

"This motorcycle of yours is not a real TRCS-2000, right?"

Perhaps he was a little bored on the way to the hospital, or perhaps he was just out of curiosity and noticed that the motorcycle driven by Madoka was different from the TRCS-2000 driven by us in other worlds. So Kazuya suddenly went around from behind to the side of Madoka and rode side by side with her.

"Well, it was modified by Homura Akemi using a US military motorcycle. After all, I don't have the support of the Japanese Metropolitan Police Department in this world."

After being processed by the voice changer built into the helmet, Madoka's originally tender and weak voice has disappeared. What comes from under the helmet is a cold and indifferent female electronic voice that makes people unable to feel any emotion. Faced with such a weird voice, Kazuto Kadoya under the mask of Decade just rolled his eyes.

Even the settings such as changing the color upon entering the password and turning the handlebars into keys were not implemented due to Homura's lack of technical ability, but its actual performance as a means of transportation does not have any flaws. According to Homura, even if the motorcycle is hit by a witch, it will not be damaged at all, and the romanization abbreviations of Madoka and Homura's names are also engraved on the body of the motorcycle.

When Madoka first noticed it, she asked Homura to erase that part, but she refused and insisted on turning the car into a token of their love.

“As expected, Kuuga is the same in every world.”

Hearing this, Kamen Rider just smiled and nodded.

"Hmm? What do you mean?"

Turning around, Madoka, who was driving at the same time, looked at Kadoya Kadoya in confusion.

“No matter which world’s Kuuga is in, there is always a friend behind him who knows his true identity and silently supports him. Yusuke is the same.”

"But Miss Yashiro is dead..." Besides, Onodera didn't treat the other party as an ordinary friend at all.

"Hey, Kaname Madoka, how did you know about this?!"

It was definitely not an illusion. The Sora of this world had always seemed strange to Kadoya Kadoya, whether it was the fact that he knew the truth about the magical girls when other magical girls in this world were still in the dark, or that he knew all the information about Gurongi who had never appeared in this world, even when he answered the phone not long ago.

Even the affairs of the knights from other worlds seemed to be very clear to Madoka. Kadoya didn't think that uncle Narutaki would tell Madoka so many irrelevant things. After all, that guy was only good at provoking the knights from other parallel worlds.

What's more, only he, Natsu Mikan, and Yusuke knew about Miss Yashiro's death.

Moreover, Kazushi Kadoya saw very clearly that when Madoka answered the phone before, her expression was not the surprise at the appearance of an unknown enemy, but rather an expression of "the plan is going according to plan" and she was slightly relieved. In other words, she had known about the existence of the so-called snack witch for a long time and had even been "looking forward to" it for a long time.

Could this kid be the real mastermind behind this?

In the past, Kazushi Kadoya would not easily doubt the main rider. After all, no matter which world it is, those who can become the main rider must have remarkable qualities. But until recently when he encountered various weird young knights and monsters, Kazushi Kadoya couldn't help but become wary of new knights.

The Joker in a certain world has a long history of bad deeds. He directly colluded with the mastermind behind the scenes and even imprisoned underage girls and abused underage boys. That guy's belt is still in the hands of Kazushi Kadoya... In Kazushi Kadoya's opinion, that world is really strange. It is still a feudal empire system and has props called imperial tools, but there are Lost Drives and Gaia Memory.

"Who are you, Kaname Madoka?

"Who knows? Anyway, Shi and I are not enemies. I can swear on the name of Kamen Rider... If you really want to know the truth, wait until the matter of Witch Night is over, please."

"Okay, I roughly understand, but if it's an enemy, I will never show mercy, understand?"

"Well...by the way, we have arrived at our destination."

The moment they drove into the main entrance of the hospital, the normal scenery in their eyes began to collapse and distorted into indescribable weird postures.

……

The complex scenes kept changing, like a scene in a hospital, with various shapes of medicine bottles appearing around, and many seemingly exquisite and delicious, but living pastry-shaped familiars that had lost their vitality were piled up at the feet of the two people.

"Is this the witch's barrier? It feels different from what I imagined. I thought it would be like the mirror world of Dragon Rider, but I didn't expect it to be such a distorted and ugly scene."

Gently wiping the cream and jam stained on the blade with his hand, Kamen Rider looked at the familiars lying on the ground with disgust, feeling that he would not be able to eat snacks for a month.

Although he had fought against various monsters, Kazushi Kadoya was still not used to fighting with living pastries.

"Hey, you haven't transformed since just now, what are you doing?"

Looking at Madoka, who had been sitting on the motorcycle and watching the game from behind, Kadoya Kadoya's tone was slightly dissatisfied.

"Nothing... I just happened to be thinking about the story of this witch. Let's go first, and we'll talk about it after it's resolved."

"You really do know something about this witch's story, Kaname Madoka."

"..."

Baijiangzhu.

That was the name of the Snack Witch when she was a human.

This witch used to be a lolita, living with her mother. Her family was very poor and she often had no food to eat, so she loved food very much. Later, her mother was diagnosed with a terminal illness, but perhaps out of consideration for her future growth, neither the doctor nor her mother told her. The naive girl thought that only if her mother ate delicious cheese would she get better, so she made a wish to Kyubey for a piece of delicious cheese, but before the girl could deliver it, her mother had passed away.

As for why I bring this up... because if it were in the original world line, the real Madoka Kaname would make a wish in the end, so that all the witches in the past, present, and future would be redeemed and allowed them to live as humans again in the new world. However... the current Madoka is unable to sacrifice herself to save strangers.

In her view, it was a miracle that only an idealistic saint would try to achieve.

Lowering her head, Xiaoyuan stared at her hands helplessly.

These hands are very powerful, and can even defeat witches that ordinary people cannot match. However, the range that these hands can protect is ultimately only the area around oneself, and cannot reach people farther away.

——I’m sorry, I can’t give you salvation.

It was just a moment of depression, and Xiaoyuan immediately hid the helplessness in her heart in an invisible corner.

She has no time to feel lost now. Although she has gotten rid of Homura Akemi to keep an eye on Mami to prevent her head from being bitten off, Madoka won't feel at ease if she doesn't personally deal with the Snack Witch. What's more, this incident is the best opportunity to gain Mami's trust.

Chapter 31 After work, let’s go eat cake together!

It's really a happy feeling.

Or maybe it could be said that Mami is really lucky.

A few years ago, the girl who should have died with her parents in the car accident became a magical girl who protects people in secret and symbolizes "love and justice". The reality she faces is just like the protagonist in the children's cartoons broadcast on TV during prime time in the evening.

Mami Tomoe is a gentle, serious and reliable senior in school. In private, she is actually a magical girl who "protects" ordinary people. Now she has lovely juniors who are about to become her companions fighting alongside her. These two happy things together are like a dream.

I am no longer alone.

The world favors her.

Although Mami went through a lonely time after parting with Kyoko, her encounter with Sayaka made Mami more confident that her future will be smooth sailing. And according to the basic routine, the next step will be reconciliation with Homura Akemi and Kyoko's return.

Even though the girl named Kaname Madoka has no intention of becoming a magical girl now, who knows, she might make a wish reluctantly in the end?

That's right, in Mami Tomoe's opinion, according to traditional magical girl stories, these are the most normal developments.

Now, if we were to describe Mami Tomoe in a down-to-earth way, one sentence would probably be enough.

That is...

—She swelled up, like a pufferfish that fills up with gas and becomes spherical.

Being able to become a magical girl... is really awesome.

Asami thought of this, a happy smile appeared on her face. At the same time, she pushed open the door leading to the deepest part of the barrier. This was her first chance to show her true strength in front of her juniors. So, she would give a good performance to the juniors who were about to become magical girls.

As a magical girl, how does she destroy the enemies of humanity?

"After this work is finished, let's go eat cake together, Sayaka, and Kyubey should come too."

Mami, who had her back to Sayaka, suddenly turned around and said this to the girl and Kyubey. However, except for Sayaka who happily agreed, Kyubey, who had been smiling from beginning to end, did not express anything. Perhaps it was an illusion, but at a certain moment, Kyubey looked at Mami with a strange look in his eyes.

That look, it's like...

Looking at the dead.

......

The huge square was empty. The giant witch and the piles of familiars were nowhere to be seen. There were only a few wooden chairs surrounding a round table, and on the table was a small and cute doll. There was nothing else.

The atmosphere was very strange. There was only one small puppet in this huge space.

Asami thought about it carefully. She didn't encounter a large number of familiars along the way. It seemed as if they were killed by other magical girls. Could it be that Homura Akemi was also involved?

Let's just leave it at that.

Instead of thinking about where the other familiars have gone, it is better to defeat the witch. After all, as long as the witch herself is destroyed, the familiars that serve as accessories will naturally dissipate.

So, let’s get to work.

For Mami, being a student is her identity and being a magical girl is her job, a job that allows her to temporarily forget the emptiness of her life. Since her parents passed away, the lonely Mami could only feel the reality of being alive when fighting witches, but that feeling became thinner with the passage of time. Most of the witches were nothing but a mob in front of her, and she couldn't even resist.

Asami threw the silver-white flintlock in her hand into the sky. The exquisite flintlock that looked like a work of art instantly turned into golden spots of light and exploded in all directions. The tiny spots of light quickly gathered around her after flying away. As she raised her hand, these spots of light quickly expanded and extended to become the shape of flintlocks. Then some of the spots of light flying into the sky also changed into the same posture, leaving no blind spots and completely surrounding the motionless puppet.

How many are there?

Sayaka, who was watching from a distance, looked in surprise at the girl who was standing in the center of the gun array like a queen.

"Fire!"

The next moment, the crisp sound of finger snaps and the girl's voice echoed in the space.

then.

Thunderous gunshots rang out at the same moment, and the light bullets falling from the sky around the girl gathered together and fell on the center of the square like a rainstorm.

There was no hesitation, let alone any mercy.

Magical girls never show mercy when dealing with monsters like witches.

Monster, no sympathy needed.

However, the ragdoll-like witch seemed to be able to move easily in the rain of bullets because of her petite body. Even if she was occasionally grazed a few times, those were just insignificant wounds that could be easily recovered in the next moment. However, Mami, who noticed this scene, just smiled and waved her hand, and a golden ribbon emerged from the void and quickly wrapped around the witch who was still playing with the bullets.

"That's the end of it."