Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

Professor Sebastian originally only possessed the first four abilities; the final ability was something Yan Ming discovered through his own comprehension.

So... Yan Ming is now confident that he is more skilled than Sebastian, who taught him this knowledge.

"Then what should I do?"

"...At least not much can be done right now."

Yan Ming directly said something that was somewhat hurtful.

"Want to become stronger? That's not something you can accomplish in an hour or a day or two. All I can do is tell you these ways of thinking. Whether you can become stronger through them depends entirely on yourself."

"As the name suggests, awareness refers to your state of mind during combat. You need to develop it yourself through combat. You already have some basic combat awareness. As for techniques, I can guide you a bit."

"Bodily strength and intelligence... these both require constant self-training and accumulation to improve. As for abilities, that refers to the abilities you can use after becoming a Kamen Rider. Can you master them all? Can you understand them all? That's what I mean."

Possesses perfect combat awareness.

It possesses sufficiently detailed technology.

They possess relatively strong physical bodies.

Possessing quick wit and adaptability.

And...to be able to truly master all the abilities one possesses.

Only by mastering all five points can one be considered qualified in Yan Ming's eyes.

Of course, all of this seemed like a mystery to Dian Si.

"Don't understand? That's okay. Just remember what I said, and you'll understand someday."

"...Yes, yes..."

It feels like I'm back in high school, spending every day and night learning with my teachers in class...

"He really loves to put on airs."

Gates, who was sitting on the side watching the show, simply scoffed.

"But that guy does have some skill, even if he's just a newbie..."

"Are you afraid of my Demon King?"

"What did you say?"

Upon hearing Wozniak's words, Gates jumped up like a cat with its fur standing on end.

"Are you kidding me! That kid hasn't even touched the Zi-O II Watch! You think I'm afraid of him? That's... that's really funny..."

"Wow, really? That's amazing! I don't believe it."

"You bastard—!!"

As the saying goes, "If you hold back for a moment, you'll only get angrier; if you back down, you'll die of anger."

Gates felt a surge of anger rising within him from Woz's provocation!

"Alright, we'll see about that!"

Watching Gates rush forward with righteous indignation, Wozniak secretly put on a 'masterful' expression.

"Hey! You two can stop now!"

Just as Yan Ming was about to instruct Dian Si on some more professional movements and techniques, Gates suddenly walked up.

"Mr. Gates? What's wrong with you...?"

"The situation has changed; I'm the one who's going to fight that guy now."

"Huh? E ...

Dian Si was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

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Then, just as Gates had said, it was his turn to play.

At this point, Dian Si had already deactivated his transformation. Because the Shining Locust has the ability to overdraw its power, and he had just used some of it, his waist and legs were still a little sore.

"You've worked hard, Lord Diansi. Your strength has earned the recognition of my Demon King, which is something to celebrate."

"Oh, thank you..."

Despite being praised by Woz, Dian Si was not happy at all.

because…

"Mr. Woz, are those two really alright...?"

"Don't worry about it."

While drinking cold water through a straw, Woz said with a smile that seemed to think things were getting out of hand.

“Gates has extensive combat experience and is more than a worthy opponent for my Demon King.”

No, no, that's not what I meant.

"It's also top-notch material for being a punching bag."

"Sand, sandbag?!"

The scene then shifts to Yan Ming and Gates.

Gates stood before him with a somewhat serious expression, while Yan Ming reached for the driver.

He removed the Decade armor in one swift motion.

"...What are you doing?"

"Using this method isn't fair to you. Let's have an equal duel."

As he spoke, Yan Ming took off the two watch faces and casually tossed them to Gates.

"What's wrong with you...?"

Gates caught it immediately and frowned as he looked at Yan Ming.

"Isn't the point to fight on equal footing? Why don't we just use the most basic power?"

"Yes, this is already an equal contest."

"what?"

Yan Ming looked calmly at Gates and continued.

“You use the Knight Armor, I'll use this form, only then can it be considered an equal duel.”

"You little brat..."

In Gates' eyes, this meant, "I can beat you even in my basic form."

He immediately felt the veins on his forehead throbbing.

"Then you'd better be prepared, or you might get beaten to tears later!"

"please."

"You fucking—!"

Gates looked as if he had been humiliated, and immediately glared at Yan Ming with a ferocious expression.

Thus began the "fair" duel between the two knights.

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Volume 4, Knights' War: Chapter 82 - A Result of Sincerity and Compassion

Gates and Yan Ming looked at each other.

At the same time, Gates also checked the two watch faces he had just received.

'Build and Faiz's watch faces...'

Although it's not one of my usual watch faces, it doesn't matter.

Gates accepted the watch face, then took out his own transformation watch face and looked at Yan Ming with great arrogance.

"Be prepared to pay the price for your arrogance."

Yan Ming remained silent.

That unflappable demeanor, always appearing completely calm no matter what, was what truly annoyed Gates.

"Geiz!"

He took out the watch face and attached it to the drive belt at his waist.

"Transform!"

"Rider Time! Kamen Rider! Geiz!"

A dark red light flashed, and Gates instantly transformed into a knight with immense power.

He rapidly approached Yan Ming.

In the form of hand-to-hand combat.

"Haaah—!!"

A fist wrapped in scarlet energy slammed straight toward Yan Ming.

But Yan Ming didn't even use his sword.

He easily deflected Gates's attack using only his left hand.

Gates was taken aback for a moment, but he did not give up.

He lowered his body and attacked Yan Ming with a sweeping leg kick.

Yan Ming simply hopped aside and dodged, then launched a series of kicks at Gates' chest.

The red knight who was hit rolled over on the ground instantly.

But everything so far is still within Gates's plan.

"The Rigorous Axe of Time (Zikan Zax)!"

He took out his weapon at some point, switched to bow mode, and fired directly at Yan Ming.

Several crimson streaks of light shot straight at me.

Instead of using weapons to defend himself, Yan Ming dodged all the arrows by simply moving his body.

Faced with the final energy arrow, Yan Ming immediately raised his right leg and made a back kick motion on the spot.

The arrow was instantly kicked back the way it came.

It landed right in Gates's hands, knocking his weapon away.

"You bastard!"

Gradually, Gates also began to realize that he would only find it difficult to fight in this form.

Zi-O and Geiz are both riders with very similar stats in their base forms. If there is such a large difference in their combat power, there can only be one reason.

The reason is the problem of the person who transforms.

In other words, he was indeed no match for Yan Ming in terms of skill, which was why...

"Tch...that's impossible!"

Gates shouted something as if to reassure himself, and then got up from the ground again.

Yan Ming simply waited for him in the same spot.

"Build!"

He took out the red and blue watch face and put it on his belt.

"Armor Time! Best Match! Build!"

Armor covered his entire body.

Gates slapped his fist against his palm, took a step forward, and charged towards Yan Ming again.

—At supersonic speed.

boom!!