Kamen Rider Date A Live

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Chapter 267: Using Ties to Move Towards the Future (Part 2)

Chapter 267: Using Ties to Move Towards the Future (Part 2)

[Shido was calling me, so I'm going ahead!]

After feeling the call of that bond, Kotori explained to everyone, and then decisively separated her consciousness from the energy body!

Without Kotori's consciousness, the energy body dissipated directly, and at the same time, a crimson stream of light emerged from it, disappearing in the blink of an eye!

[They're moving so fast, really in a hurry... But they've already used this move, which means Shido's side is also entering the final stage.]

Seven Sins sighed for a moment, then guessed at Shido's current situation.

[Hmph! Perhaps. But since we haven't gone back yet, it means Shido-kun's battle isn't over. Going back now might even be able to help!]

Yoshina responded to Nanami's words while letting out a strange laugh—but Yoshina's words made the other girls feel that Yoshina was not wrong. Since they had not returned, it meant that Shido's battle was still ongoing, and since the battle was still ongoing, Shido could not be left to fight alone.

In the past, Shido fought for them all by himself. Even though the Shido they know now is not the Shido they know, he is still Shido. In addition, even though they have only spent a short time together, the girls can all feel that this Shido is not much different from the Shido in their own world.

The same gentleness, the same strength, and the same... need for them.

Now, in response to the Shido that needs them, the girls are flying rapidly toward the last battlefield that has not yet ended.

—————This is the dividing line of the final battlefield!—————

[I've been fully awake for ages! You idiot! You still haven't finished dealing with this battle?!]

The moment the link was established with the original substance agitω, a crimson streak of light rushed from afar and instantly crashed into the original substance agitω's chest. At the same time as it entered the original substance agitω's chest, a furious curse, devoid of any mercy, came from the original substance agitω's body.

Immediately afterwards, the weapon of Primal agitω changed. A ball of flame emerged from the number five orb, enveloping the entire greatsword and making it appear for a moment as if it were made of flame. However, this scene lasted only a few seconds before the flame suddenly contracted and merged into the greatsword. At the same time, behind Primal agitω, a ball of transparent flame began to burn, change, and quickly transform into a human shape.

"Really... you're still as ruthless as ever. But that's precisely why I need your help, Kotori—because my power isn't for me to be a hero by myself, but for me to stand by your side and fight alongside you, Kotori."

Agitω, who was used to Kotori's scolding, replied with a smile. He didn't take Kotori's scolding to heart and just smiled in response. His last words made Kotori blush.

[They're clearly better than us, why are they saying such embarrassing things (muttering to themselves)... Ugh! Okay, okay! Anyway, since things have come to this, let's just give it our all!]

"Okay! Kotori!"

As the two finished their conversation, the transformation of the greatsword behind and in the hand of Primal agitω had already ended—at this moment, the greatsword in Primal agitω's hand had changed from gold to a blazing crimson, and crimson flames were burning on the sword, surrounding the entire greatsword.

Behind the original agitω, a figure formed entirely of transparent flames appeared, holding the Scorching Demon Slayer, with a slightly flushed face.

Seeing the original substance agitω change again, the copy of the original substance agitω felt a sense of foreboding. At the same time, it increased the output of the freezing air and not only created a large number of ice pillars that fell from the sky to try to pierce the original substance agitω, but also began to condense azure ice energy in its hands, obviously preparing to launch the freezing air cannon.

"Interesting... But how long will this level of attack be effective in my and Kotori's Martiandays mode?"

Even with large shards of ice descending from above and two freezing air cannons poised to fire in front of her, Primal agitω remained calm and composed, clearly not taking the attack seriously at all.

[Enough talk, you idiot! Go for it! Don't forget, do you really have enough time to maintain this form? Be careful, something unexpected might happen!]

Compared to the original agitω, Kotori is more direct, gripping the Scorching Demon Slayer tightly, looking like she's ready to fight at any moment—but the words she says are completely different from her current fighting spirit, as she's worried about the original agitω—as expected, she's a tsundere!

Kotori's arrogant words made the original agitω smile slightly, responding to Kotori while taking action.

"Ah, I understand, Kotori!"

As soon as the words left her lips, an immense amount of spiritual power materialized into crimson flames on the sword in Agitω's hand and on the wings on its back. At the same time, Kotori, behind Agitω, had already converted the Scorching Demon Slayer into cannon mode and aimed it at the cloned Agitω.

A barrage of icicles rained down from the sky, capable of piercing the original agitω into a pincushion in mere seconds—provided they could penetrate its armor. However, the original agitω clearly wasn't in the mood to play the masochist and take the hits; just as the attacks were about to strike, it retaliated!

"Dance of Heraldry—"

As the original agitω spoke, the wings on the back of the original agitω began to flap, shattering the flames that were originally burning on the wings and turning them into endless fire stars that flew upwards. The intersection and circling of the fire stars formed a beautiful fire barrage, which crashed into the equally endless ice pillars, leaving marks on the ice pillars. Then, a scorching demon-slaying pattern appeared, but a nine-horned dragon totem without any trace of fear appeared among those marks.

On the other side, seeing the original agitω making a big move, the copy of the original agitω clasped its hands together, and the two balls of deep cold air merged together. Then, almost without hesitation, the copy of the original agitω released this freezing air cannon at the original agitω!

【I'm not just some decoration—remember this! You piece of trash!】

Seeing the incoming attack, Kotori revealed a wild smile, uttering provocative words, but her movements did not falter or slow down in the slightest. She perfectly coordinated with the actions of Primal Agitω, without disturbing her opponent, and raised the Cannon Mode of Scorching Demon Exterminator to fire the Flame Cannon!

boom!

The massive fireball detached from the muzzle and crashed straight into the azure-blue freezing air cannon that emitted an astonishing chill!

It's strange, though. Normally, both the weapons and Kotori herself appear as transparent flames behind Agitω, but now, during an attack…

The moment the cannon fire was launched, the transparent flames took on color and solidified instantly. At that moment, no matter how you looked at it, Kotori, who was floating behind the original agitω, was undoubtedly a physical entity!

However, the moment the cannon was fired, Kotori's figure returned to its original transparent flame form. But the flame cannon that was about to collide with the freezing air cannon in front of her undoubtedly proved that what happened just now was not an illusion.

boom!

The flame cannon with scorching heat and the freezing air cannon with deadly low temperature collided with each other, and for a moment they were locked in a struggle, neither gaining the upper hand!

Meanwhile, accompanied by the previous dazzling barrage of bullets, the original agitω, now adorned most of the ice pillars with new special emblems, raised its massive, burning greatsword high, reversed its grip, aimed downwards, and fired!

hum!

As the Primal agitω wielded its greatsword, all the emblems emitted a crimson glow and a soft hum!

"Flame Demon—"

The crimson emblem began to release crimson dotted lines that linked together, forming a densely packed scene in the blink of an eye!

At the same time, the original agitω changed to holding the greatsword with one hand and raising it high into the sky. At the same time, the flames that had been burning on the sword burst out, splitting into two flames that flowed into the crimson pattern formed by the emblem!

"Double Dragons Perform Martial Arts!"

boom!

All the emblems suddenly erupted, burning with raging flames that engulfed the ice pillars that housed them. They then connected with the flames of emblems in other directions, eventually forming two enormous fire dragons. Their very existence was a calamity, causing the surrounding atmosphere to begin to distort severely. Any creature that existed here would be instantly vaporized, leaving nothing behind.

"Go, Twin Dragons! Burn the enemy to ashes!"

Although it appears that Primal agitω is indeed commanding the fire dragons, how could these two fire dragons, which are entirely composed of fire energy, possibly possess sentience? Primal agitω's words are merely a matter of momentum; in reality, Primal agitω is controlling the two fire dragons through its emblem, moving its massive fiery bodies, opening its blazing mouths, and attacking the clone Primal agitω!

At this moment, the copying essence agitω, which was being hindered by Kotori's cannon fire, was unable to retaliate—but for the copying essence agitω, which had no concept of a real body, that is, the evil of this world, being unable to retaliate was nothing but a joke.

boom!

Endless black mud gushed out from behind the replicating proto-material agitω and gathered high above it, instantly forming two black mud dragons, just like the two fire dragons that had attacked!

"Hooohoooooooooooooooo!!!"

The two black mud dragons that just appeared were different from the fire dragons, which were composed entirely of fire energy. Agitω could tell at a glance that these two dragons both possessed a portion of the consciousness of the evil of this world. They could be said to be avatars of the evil of this world... Moreover, unlike the one that was currently copying itself in the face of Kotori's attack, the power displayed by these two black mud dragons was the essence of the evil of this world—cursing all of humanity's evil!

"So you're planning to attack me from both sides... I see. You've certainly become much smarter. After all, no matter what, I'm still human in terms of race. The power you copied from Tohka and the others can't defeat me, but remembering that I'm no longer a Heroic Spirit but a human—so you want to destroy me with a curse?"

Looking at the two black mud dragons confronting his two fire dragons, Primal agitω showed no fear, only a slight smile.

"Kotori, I'll leave the clone to you for now. As for the two dragons... I'll handle them!"

The moment the original agitω finished speaking, Kotori, who was about to listen to the original agitω and fight the copied original agitω, suddenly found her body twisting along with the original agitω, like a malfunctioning television set, displaying a string of gibberish.

[This is... Hey, time's almost up, do you even have time to farm for coolness? Hurry up and finish this—use Explosive Spirit with me later, so we don't cause trouble for others.]

Originally, Agitω only intended to respond and was about to call for the other girls' help, but after hearing Kotori's last words, Agitω froze. Although she didn't turn around to ask, she stopped what she was doing. After controlling the fire dragon to entangle the attacking black mud dragon, she ignored the visually stunning four-dragon battle taking place above, turned her back to Kotori, and asked her in a serious tone,

"...Hey, Kotori, are you sure? You know, using this already has serious side effects, and now you're in this unstable state...Do you want to die?"

[...Hmph! Stop joking! If we're talking about that, you womanizing scoundrel would be the one to die first! Anyway, it's better for me, your little sister, to handle the troublesome things my idiot brother does. Stop worrying me, let's go!]

"…………All right."

It's not that I don't want to stop Kotori's determination, but I can't refuse her decision—if it weren't for me, this familiar stranger, how could Kotori have made such a decision? And now, all I can do is protect Kotori!

"Come after I defeat those two black mud dragons—please stall for time, it won't be long."

The moment after he finished speaking, Primal agitω flapped its wings, creating a gust of wind that crashed into the two black mud dragons.

"I'm sorry, evil of this world. Right now, I'm in a really bad mood!! So, you just—disappear completely!!"

boom!

Crimson flames clung to the sword, burning fiercely, while the four dragons clashed. Primal agitω arrived in front of the Black Mud Dragon and swung the greatsword down!

The crimson greatsword, wreathed in crimson flames, effortlessly severed a Black Mud Dragon!

However, the severed body of the Black Mud Dragon turned into a pool of dark, dull mud the moment it was severed, and was directly covered by the original substance agitω!

Die! Die! Die! All humans, die!

I hate it! I hate it! I hate it! May this world and humanity disappear!

Why! Why! Why! This kind of humanity, this kind of world, I'd rather just destroy them completely!!!

【I'm innocent! I'm innocent! This hopeless world and its people, die completely, disappear!!】

I will curse! I will curse! I will curse this world! I will curse humanity!

The instant the original substance agitω was enveloped by the black mud, countless acts of malice against humanity and the world invaded the consciousness of the original substance agitω, and in the mind of the original substance agitω, they kept replaying the innocent deaths, wrongful deaths, and bullying caused by human malice towards each other. Before their deaths, they expressed their unreserved pure malice towards humanity and the world, cursing humanity and cursing the world!

These curses echoed constantly in the mind of the original agitω, attempting to infect it with this malice, but—

"If it were the old me, I definitely wouldn't have been able to stand this malice that keeps echoing in my mind, and I would have been affected by it."

Even with the malicious curse constantly echoing in her mind, Primal agitω spoke in the same tone as before, as if completely unaffected by the malice—and at the same time, crimson flames erupted from Primal agitω's entire body.

"The future me already possesses this level of awareness: to fight against all evil and good!"

"Whether it's malice without reason or malice filled with negative emotions—I'm sorry, none of that matters to me right now!"

boom!

The intense, boiling flames burned away the black mud that enveloped it!

"what!"

The moment it broke free from the black mud, Primal agitω locked its gaze on the other remaining black mud dragon. Its crimson greatsword burst into flames, and it leaped in front of the other black mud dragon, slashing down with its sword!

Clang!

At the same moment that the Black Mud Dragon was severed by the Primal agitω, the flames burning on the Crimson Greatsword spread out simultaneously, burning the Black Mud Dragon to ashes the moment it was severed!

"Resolved... Ugh!"

The moment after Primal Agitω finished off the two Black Mud Dragons, just like before, Primal Agitω's body instantly became illusory, and garbled text flashed across Primal Agitω's body, but then returned to normal—and the same thing happened to the other girls who rushed over.

[What, this is!?]

"Oh dear... it looks like it's almost time for us to go back to our original world. I wonder if we'll make it in time for one last meeting with Shido-kun."

[This is not the time for leisurely chatting! Speed ​​up! Head towards Shido's direction, hurry!]

The girls, noticing the changes within themselves, knew this wasn't the first time such a situation had occurred, but a sense of urgency arose within them, prompting them to increase their flying speed—however, what these girls witnessed upon arrival was the final blow that would end everything.