Kamen Rider: Evolution

At that moment, Kazumi Saruwatari suddenly sensed something. He took out the Lost Full Bottle he had brought with him, the one he had snatched back from Evolto.

Originally, it still needed refining, but to my surprise, Saruwatari Kazumi discovered that this Lost Full Bottle had already been refined.

Then, he suddenly remembered that his body had become lighter, and now he realized that it must have been during that time of refinement.

"Was this also part of your plan, Jiang Xia?" Saruwatari Kazumi fumbled for the Lost Energy Bottle in his hand.

As for why he didn't guess it was Zhan Tu, he knew very well that it definitely wasn't Zhan Tu who did it. Zhan Tu wouldn't have come up with such an idea, and the armor and the concept were all proposed by Jiang Xia. Who else could it be but him?

Chapter 584 Confrontation

The third level of Pandora's Tower.

Kiryu Sento, Banjou Ryuga, and Hyose Gentoku finally broke through the mechanical soldiers' defenses after a great deal of effort. Not only were there mechanical soldiers on the second floor, but there were also densely packed enemies on every floor's staircase.

Even so, they still managed to enter the third floor, which is the closest to the top floor. Once they can get through it and take care of the enemies on the stairs, they can face Evolto directly.

"So these are mimics of those two guys?" Hyose Gentoku looked at the figures gradually emerging from the darkness and said to Banjou Ryuga and Kiryu Sento, "Leave this to me, you two hurry up and I'll catch up with you soon."

The two figures gradually emerged from the darkness, their bodies similar yet symmetrical.

They were once part of Namba Heavy Industries, the Gear Brothers.

Both of them have transformed; one is a knight with a white gear covering his left side, while the other is a knight with a blue gear covering only his right side.

Ice World Gentoku knew them; they had even once been Kamen Riders of West City, participating in the representative battle to attack East City. So, of course, he wouldn't allow them to use their mimicry.

The rules of the tower climb are time-sensitive; the faster you climb, the more lives you can save. If Evolto were to get bored and throw a black hole at the country, everything would be over.

"I understand, let's go." Kiryu Sento nodded reassuringly to Hyose Gentoku. He wasn't worried about Gentoku's safety at all, because the new equipment he had invented had already been given to him, enough to raise his combat power several levels.

The mere mimicry of the Gear Brothers is not enough to threaten Ice World Illusion.

I confidently continued climbing the tower with Kiryu Sento and Banjou Ryu, leaving Hyose Gentoku alone here.

He took out the squeeze drive, put it on his waist, and filled the purple alligator bottle.

"Transform!"

Large glass beakers surrounded the figure of Iceberg Huande, purple liquid gushed out, turning into purple droplets that fell from above. Giant purple crocodiles rose from both sides, suddenly swallowing Iceberg Huande's body and spinning it around, making a terrifying tearing sound.

"For the greater good, let us sacrifice ourselves!" Iceberg Illusion clenched his fist, and purple energy surged forth, roaring as he charged toward the Gear Brothers.

At this point, the gear brothers, who were mimicking each other, had already exceeded their limits and had no emotions or flaws.

Therefore, he showed no fear in the face of Ice World Illusion's roar, but instead charged forward.

Gear Brother suddenly lunged forward, his body lifting off the ground.

Ice World Illusion, its fist burning with purple flames, slammed into the chest of the charging Gear Brother. The attack tore through the air and created a surging shockwave.

Faced with such a fierce attack, Gear Brother's body suddenly shrank back, and his whole body began to spin rapidly like a giant pendulum.

Ice World Illusion was stunned. It turned out that the younger brother, Gear, had grabbed his older brother's legs and was spinning him around like a weapon.

At that moment, Gear Brother suddenly stretched out his arms, and a blade of light suddenly extended out. Caught off guard, it slashed hard at Himuro Gentoku's chest, sending him flying and crashing to the ground.

Can they cooperate perfectly without saying a word?

Ice World Illusion wiped his mouth and got up from the ground. This was a completely different level from the Gear Brothers he knew before. They were very strong now, and he couldn't defeat them without using the new equipment.

"You've already undergone a second human experiment, but your strength doesn't seem to be that great."

At that moment, a teasing voice came from the shadows. Ice World Gentoku looked up and saw a man wearing the same suit as the Prime Minister of West City, with a dark red tie. He pushed up his white glasses and slowly walked behind the Gear Brothers. More importantly, he was wearing the Evolution Driver on his waist.

“Inland Sea,” Bing Shi Huan De said softly, his lips slightly parted.

"Will you also become my enemy?"

“Of course.” Utsumi smiled wickedly and placed the energy bottle into the Evolution Driver.

"Transform!"

Two different colored, blood vessel-like energy channels suddenly spread out from the evolution driver like branches, then abruptly contracted, transforming into a sharp purple bat armor covering his body.

"I'll make you die here today!" Utsumi gathered purple energy blasts in his hands, walked up to the Gear Brothers, and shouted fiercely, "Die!"

Hyōse Gendō instinctively raised his arm to defend himself, but the attack from the Inner Sea did not come.

Uchihachi, who was standing in front of the Gear Brothers, suddenly turned around and punched each of them in the abdomen with all his might.

The Gear Brothers were slightly taken aback, and then the enormous force from their abdomens blasted them both away. They staggered back several steps, instinctively clutching their abdomens, their bodies crackling with electricity, before kneeling on one knee.

“Inland Sea, you…” Ice World Gentoku was silent for a few seconds, then asked in confusion, “What are you trying to do?”

“Evolto is the origin of the Knight system. The existing human Knight systems are absolutely no match for him, so I asked him for the Evolution Driver.”

Utsumi habitually pushed up his glasses, but forgot that he was in his transformed state and didn't have glasses.

"This is the only way to avenge Chairman Namba. Only Sawa understands that I would never betray Chairman Namba."

"So you were just pretending to betray us, your real purpose was to get the Evolution Driver," Hyose Gentoku said, getting up and standing next to Utsumi.

“I’ve installed a fatal weakness in the current gear system. Using the corresponding energy bottle will render the attack ineffective. I notified Saya before the battle started, and judging by the time, she should be here by now,” Utsumi explained.

"So that's how it is. You were the one who called back to the base and sent those two girls over here without regard for their safety." Kazumi Saruwatari casually walked down the stairs from the second floor, toying with two energy bottles in his hands.

"It's over so quickly?" Hyōse Gendō looked at Sūwatari Ichikai in confusion. He had only just begun, and the other side had already finished fighting.

"Yeah, it's over. And I didn't see Jiang Xia on the second floor either. He probably finished even faster than me." Sarutobi Kazumi tossed the energy bottle in his hand and threw it directly at Hyōse Gendō. "Catch, bearded man."

“But it seems that Jiang Xia didn’t come to this floor.” Bing Shi Huan De raised his hand to catch the energy bottle that was thrown to him.

“They probably went up along a different route.” Kazumi Saruwatari shrugged, leaning against the wall. “Let’s finish this quickly, then we can go after them together.”

"Jiang Xia, who is that? Is there such a person?" Utsumi asked doubtfully. In order to gain Evolto's trust, he had emptied out Namba Heavy Industries' entire resources. Although they should be able to win, they shouldn't have won so easily.

"Our new ally, a very reliable ally." Ice World Gentoku tossed an energy bottle to Utsumi. "You for your Namba Heavy Industries, I for love and peace, let's win this battle together."

"Okay, don't hold me back." Utsumi inserted the bicycle energy bottle into the Evolution Driver.

"I should be saying that to you: take them down at once." Bing Shi Huan De replaced his shark energy bottle with his crocodile bottle.

Both of them unleashed their ultimate attacks simultaneously.

"BIKE!"

"SHARK!"

The Gear Brothers exchanged a glance, one raising his left hand and the other his right, lightning simultaneously erupting from their palms.

Enormous white, purple, and bright blue gears coalesced from the lightning, resembling the center of a giant cutting machine, emitting a heart-pounding creak.

The attacks from both sides erupted simultaneously. The two gears, like spinning darts, constantly changed direction in mid-air, slashing towards Ice World Gentoku and Inner Sea with unpredictable trajectories.

Meanwhile, Hyogoro Gentoku and Utsumi each raised their right fists and unleashed their ultimate attacks based on energy bottles in almost identical postures.

Suddenly, a sound of water emerged from the ground ahead, and soon a huge, bottomless whirlpool of seawater appeared on the ground.

A giant, azure shark leaped from the whirlpool, its gaping, frosty white teeth flashing through its enormous mouth.

The two spinning gears were swallowed whole by the shark, but that wasn't the end of it, because its target was never the gears.

The giant shark swung its tail, opened its bottomless maw with rows of teeth, and swallowed Gear Brother whole.

Because the shark blocked his view, Gear Brother could only see the shark swimming past him. After the shark's figure flashed by, two attacks that looked like bicycle wheels combined came out directly from behind the shark and hit Gear Brother head-on.

"Boom!"

The giant shark and the gear-like creature exploded simultaneously, engulfed in flames.

"Phew, it worked." Bing Shi Huan De let out a breath.

"Let's go up together." After successfully eliminating the Gear Brothers, Kazumi Saruwatari gave Utsumi a deep look.

This guy really did betray Evolto. The reason he stayed here wasn't to wait for us to go up together. Now that the situation is critical, there's no point in waiting downstairs anymore.

He made this decision because he still didn't trust Utsumi after hearing the whole story.

If this were a trap, he would have fought alongside the bearded man, but now it seems the energy bottle is real, and so is the weakness.

“Okay, let’s go up together,” Bing Shi Huan De said.

While they were basking in the joy of victory, they did not notice the red liquid that splattered after the Gear Brothers exploded.

The red, viscous liquid was torn into pieces by the explosion, but even so, the debris was still struggling to crawl on the ground.

And their speed was astonishing; they reunited and gradually formed a red figure sitting on a stone platform in the distance.

"Hey! You guys seem pretty relaxed." He greeted the three of them, holding a black Lost Energy Bottle in his hand.

“Evolto!” Kazumi Saruwatari’s relaxed expression instantly turned serious.

"The only remaining Lost Energy Bottle is in your hands, right? Can you give it to me?" Evolto, appearing in the same form as Isurugi, pointed at Saruwatari Kazumi.

He witnessed the entire battle firsthand and saw that the Lost Energy Bottle had been refined.

With the addition of the one generated from the defeat of the Gear Brothers, all ten Lost Energy Bottles have been refined again, allowing them to complete their ultimate evolution.

Kazumi Saruwatari, who had been called upon by Evolto, took out the last black Lost Bottle from his pocket and showed it off: "You want it, but I can't give it to you."

"Transform!"

"Steam the blood!"

Kazumi Saruwatari transformed directly into his Perfect Kingdom form. This was Evolto, and he couldn't afford to be careless. If he didn't use his strongest form right away, he might not have another chance, as he could be instantly killed at any moment.

"That's really a shame."

Evolto watched as Kazumi Saruwatari charged towards him. The instant the attack made contact, Evolto's body transformed into a crimson slime, leaping into the air at a speed that Kazumi Saruwatari couldn't even react.

Ice World Gendo clenched his fist, emitting purple energy fluctuations, and threw a powerful punch at Evolto, who had reverted to his original form.

But the moment he attacked, the red slime suddenly bent its body to dodge the attack and wrapped itself around Himuro Gentoku's arm like a snake, moving quickly.

"Not good!" Bing Shi Huan De tried to react, but it was too late.

Evolto, now transformed into a long red snake, instantly ran onto Hyose Gentoku's shoulder, then compressed his body and leaped up like a spring.

Now, Hyōse Gendō realizes that Evolto's target wasn't him, but rather that he was closer to the target.

“Inland Sea, I’m going there!” Ice World Illusion shouted.

"Nani!" Utsumi only managed to utter one curse before his body suddenly stiffened, and he froze on the spot. Not only that, he also felt his head being jumbled up.

At this moment, Ice World Gentoo clearly saw Evolto twist his body and completely merge into the body of the Inner Sea, and red viscous liquid suddenly seeped out from the surface of the bat armor.