Thanks for the invitation. I'm in Type-Moon, inheriting the legacy of Zi-O.

The tram hummed as its engine roared to life, and the bright red doors opened.

...but no one came out.

Nianzhuo looked at his empty body; the blue restraints had disappeared halfway there.

There was no sense of relief in my heart, only an emptiness that kept falling.

Falling, falling, falling endlessly.

It felt like sinking into endless darkness...

“……………………” Raising his hands, Nian Zhuo called upon the power that belonged to him.

—What 'once' belonged to me.

However, neither the system, the driver, nor the dial appeared in his hands.

He is now like an empty shell with the ability but no way to use it, at the mercy of others.

"If he catches up with us..." Nianzhuo's hands gradually loosened, his eyes seeming to be covered with fine sand.

A crisp, clicking sound rang out.

A red and white watch face fell to the ground from Nian Zhuo's chest.

“This is it again—” After picking up the watch face that had fallen to the ground and turning it over, Nian Zhuo’s eyes began to flicker.

"How...how could this be..."

The dial is engraved with Den-O's face.

However, the time below had begun to blur and even become illusory.

“No, no, Ryotaro…” Gripping the watch face tightly with one hand, clear 'drops of water' flowed from Nianzhuo’s eyes, which seemed to be covered by dust.

He dared not think too much about it, and did not want to think too much about it. Why would Ryotaro suddenly give him the Den-O watch face, and now the year on it was blurred, what did that mean? Nen-cho did not want to think about it at all.

“Mr. Nianzhuo…” someone gently shook my shoulder.

Mashu and Ritsuka both looked at me with very worried expressions.

I must--

"...Yes, I'm fine." Nian Zhuo clenched his hands, quietly put the watch face into his pocket, and shook his head at them. "I'll be fine now."

“Hmm…we’ve arrived, Mr. Nianzhuo.” Mashu looked at the increasing number of Chaldea employees outside, and together with Ritsuka, she put Nianzhuo’s hand on her shoulder. “At least, stand up first, Mr. Nianzhuo.”

"The Holy Grail has been retrieved, and the Singularity can no longer exist... At least, we've won, Mr. Nencho." Ritsuka's energetic voice turned somber, and her eyes no longer held the usual joy of victory.

"Did we win...?" Repeating Ritsuka's words, Nianzhuo just wanted to sleep soundly. Although the wound on his chest had stopped bleeding, the persistent pain was still tormenting his nerves.

"Alright, go ahead." Behind him, the train conductor's mature voice carried a hint of strange emotion, but Nian Zhuo, whose body and spirit were almost exhausted, didn't want to think about it anymore.

Watching the three people walk out of the car, the driver watched as the cane in his hand gradually turned into a blur and disappeared, revealing a rather helpless smile.

"Really... don't let us down, kid."

I just stepped out of the car and onto the ground of Chaldea.

Nianzhuo turned around, wanting to say goodbye to the train conductor.

There was nothing behind them; the long train had vanished completely, as if it had never existed.

"...Goodbye, thank you, Captain." Swallowing hard, Nianzhuo, supported by Ritsuka and Mash, walked towards the Chaldea staff who had been waiting for a long time.

In an instant, the scene before Nianzhuo's eyes changed.

A huge, dark bat-like shadow was projected onto the wall behind the Chaldea staff.

Then it vanished in an instant.

"What just happened?" Nianzhuo rubbed his eyes.

"I guess I just misread it." He shook his head.

A familiar face - Kamen Rider Kiva

Several days have passed, but Nianzhuo still hasn't woken up from the infirmary.

Nianzhuo fainted immediately after returning to Chaldea.

...and then Mary, who had rushed over looking anxious, almost fainted.

Immediately afterwards, Nianzhuo was sent to the infirmary.

Although she was a Heroic Spirit, no matter how much magic Mary poured into her, the huge wound on Nian Zhuo's chest showed no signs of healing.

—This is not good news.

Today is the fourth day since Nianzhuo fell into a coma, and there is still no sign of him waking up. His magic power is running smoothly.

—Mary was writing in her journal at Nianzhuo's bedside.

“Um, Director Mary…” Mashu gently placed a glass of water beside her. “You’ve come for four days in a row… Are you really alright?”

“…It’s alright, thank you, Mashu.” Mary shook her head, looking at Nencho’s hand that she was holding. “But what else can I do…”

Tick-tock, tick-tock—the digital clock on the wall rang, and Mary looked up at her watch before standing up.

"I have to go. There's still a lot of work to do." Rubbing her slightly sore eyes, Mary draped a shawl over herself over the chair, glanced at Nian Zhuo who was still unconscious, and said goodbye to Mashu. "Then, I'll leave Nian Zhuo in your care."

"Yes, please take good care of yourself." Mashu nodded and sat down in the chair in Mary's place.

"..." Without replying, Mary looked somewhat forlorn as she walked out the door.

But she did not leave immediately.

Leaning against the wall, I looked at the red marks on my wrists from pinching myself.

"...What should I do now?" He had already done everything he could to avoid bringing shame to the Animusfia family, and now...the only person he could confide in had fallen into a coma.

"Help me, Nianzhuo..."

No one responded.

As the water droplets slid down, Mary finally composed herself and walked alone towards the control room, the place where she, Olga Mary, should be.

However, Nianzhuo is now somewhat confused.

He knew that Mary had stayed by his side, and hadn't missed a single day of those four days.

But his body seemed completely out of his control, and no matter how much he struggled, he couldn't wake up.

"Could it be that my soul actually left my body?" His thoughts started to wander again, but Nian Zhuo himself didn't laugh at his own joke.

"What can I do now? The watch face was smashed by that damn bastard, and my body is now in a 'pineapple pineapple' state. Ryotaro, he..." He didn't dare to continue, nor did he want to face the facts that were already right in front of him.

"Seriously, I can't stand it anymore." Suddenly, the space began to shrink and change rapidly.

An unfamiliar male voice suddenly exploded in Nianzhuo's mind.

"Wait, who?!" Looking around, Nianzhuo discovered that the scenery around him was changing rapidly.

Shrinking and shrinking, until finally Nian Zhuo even broke away from that blue planet.

"What is this...?!" Suppressing his unease, Nianzhuo seemed to realize that the other party wanted to take him somewhere.

As the sun and moon revolve, the planet before us undergoes a transformation.

Nian Zhuo was actually pulled across the dimensional barrier by the other party and arrived in a different time and space.

"Ah... Ahhhhhh!" Immediately afterwards, Nianzhuo's body was forced to accelerate its fall towards that blue planet that was now different.

The rapidly changing scenery made Nianzhuo close his eyes, and then all was silent.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a dark red palace.

“Where is this…” Standing up, brushing off impossible dust from his clothes, Nian Zhuo pondered what kind of place this was.

"Welcome to my world, Nianzhuo." Suddenly, the red carpet beneath their feet extended beyond the steps in front of them and continued upwards, reaching deep into the foot of the throne hidden in the darkness.

The surrounding lights came on.

The blue werewolf.

Green half-fish man.

Purple-clad warrior.

It was all too familiar; all of this was all too familiar to Nianzhuo.

Because he had seen them before on a certain otherworldly knight, though it wasn't them.

So--

On the throne, with his wrist against his cheek, the man raised his head.

"I am Kiva, the King of the Night, Red Wataru."

(Final Chapter) I will become the Emperor

"Xiao Du..." Nian Zhuo rubbed his eyes, not expecting to suddenly arrive here. "Am I dreaming...? Did you bring me to this world?"

"Hahaha, who else could it be but me, Nianzhuo?" Gently, he placed a violin beside the throne, crossed his hands, and gazed at the young man he already knew. "Well, then tell me about yourself."

"My business?... No, do you know me? Xiao Du?!" At this moment, Nian Zhuo belatedly realized that he had never met Kiva before, so why did Kiva call out his name directly?

"Of course I know, because after I met you, Shi came to my world and I learned your name." He said casually, but then Xiao Du waved his hand to make the surrounding monsters retreat.

“However, Nianzhuo, I still need to confirm it one more time.” Wataru’s expression turned serious. “Nogami Ryotaro, Kamen Rider Den-O… did he really sacrifice himself?”

"..." The smile on Nencho's face was stolen the moment he heard Ryotaro's name.

"………………" Hongdu didn't say anything either, but he got the answer from Nianzhuo's face.

My hands clenched unconsciously.

"So, he gave you his power?" If that's the case, then there's still hope...

“…Hmm.” With great effort, Nian Zhuo squeezed the words out of his throat and took out the red and white dial that had become blurred.

However, in just a few days, the year on the Den-O watch face became incredibly blurry, and even the color gradually faded.

"Looks like that guy was behind this." His knuckles cracked as he closed his eyes, pondering after learning from Tsukasa Kadoya about the lurking monster. "As expected, he'll have to pay for this debt."