Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

Do you think there might be small fish and shrimp in the stream?

"This... there should be some, right?"

Such clear stream water should theoretically be able to harbor some small life forms, but this world is a post-apocalyptic environment with extremely scarce natural resources, so Yan Ming couldn't say for sure what the specific situation would be.

"Ah! I see it!"

At this moment, Anya happily pointed to the middle of the river.

“There are little crabs and shrimp there! Anya saw them!”

Actually, it wasn't just Anya; Yan Ming saw it too.

The stream wasn't deep or long, maybe only about five meters wide, so Anya could clearly see the small animals in the middle of the riverbed.

It was a small crab and a very small shrimp.

I have to say, this kid has a really sharp eye.

"Does Anya want those little shrimp and crabs?"

"I want it! But... from this distance, I really can't catch it—"

The moment Anya finished speaking, Yan Ming stood up.

He leaped towards the stream as if doing a backflip.

At that moment, Anya showed an expression of utter astonishment, her eyes widening and her mouth agape.

Yan Ming, in a somersaulting motion, reached out his hand the instant he passed the stream and grabbed something from the water.

A moment later he landed on the other side, and then leaped back.

"So handsome!!"

Ignoring Anya's extremely surprised whisper, Yan Ming squatted down slightly in front of her and spread his hands.

He held a very small crab and a very small shrimp in his hands. The crab seemed a little too frightened and didn't dare to pinch Yan Ming.

"Waaaaaah...!"

Looking at the two small animals in front of her, Anya's expression immediately brightened with joy.

"Yay! It's little crabs and shrimp! Anya! Wow, so cool! (So excited!)"

She took the two small animals from Yan Ming's hands. Seeing Anya so happy that she was dancing with joy, Yan Ming couldn't help but smile gently.

Do you like small animals?

"Mmm, they're so pretty! So cute! Anya loves little animals like these the most~~"

"I see... Hmm?"

Yan Ming nodded, but soon he became somewhat puzzled.

After observing the two small animals for a while, Anya went back to the river and released them.

"...Don't you want to keep them forever?"

"I don't want to."

After washing her hands briefly by the river, Anya returned to Yan Ming's side with a smile.

"Although the little crab and shrimp Anya like it very much! But... their home isn't here."

Anya gazed at the flowing river and spoke from the bottom of her heart.

"Ania doesn't want to catch the shrimp and crabs just for her own sake, otherwise their parents will be very sad. And if Ania is caught by someone else, her parents will definitely be very sad too!"

“Ania doesn’t want to upset the animals’ parents, and… this river is their home. Just because Anya likes them doesn’t mean she can take them away by force.”

"That's wrong! Anya, you need to be a good child. You can't just think about yourself; you need to think more about everyone else!"

Yan Ming was stunned and stood there for a moment.

These were clearly just innocent words from a child, but... he couldn't help but project them into this world.

This world should have been a normal and orderly world, where people should have been enjoying their lives and their happiness... until one day, all of that was taken away by a sudden disaster.

Does the mastermind behind all this really have the right to take away other people's happiness?

This is the home of all people in this world, the place where everyone belongs... Why should it be turned into this monstrosity because of other people's selfish desires?

What did the people of this world do wrong? They just wanted to live, they just wanted to get back their normal lives.

How many kind and lovely children like Anya are forced to sacrifice their future because of this damned apocalypse?

Yan Ming had already imagined all of that.

That's why he made up his mind.

Grandfather clenched his five fingers tightly.

"Ania".

"Hmm...? What's wrong, Brother Yan Ming?"

"If I told you that if one day the world could go back to the way it was before anything happened, and the bad guys who did these things would be punished... would you be happy?"

"If the world returns to normal, then... will all the older brothers and sisters who used to play with Anya come back?"

Yan Ming remained silent.

He didn't know what those people had gone through, or whether they could be saved. Some might have been turned into Kamen Riders, others into monsters... or they might have died completely.

It was clearly just a young girl's simple wish, yet Yan Ming couldn't give her even a decent, definite answer.

"But... even if my older brothers and sisters don't come back, Anya... will still live on strongly."

Why...why would you say something like that?

"Because Anya doesn't want to make her parents sad."

She spoke her true innermost thoughts.

Even if all the older brothers and sisters who used to play with Anya can never come back, Anya will stay by her parents' side and try her best to live on, for tomorrow's life, and even more so for her older brothers and sisters...

“Ania…you…”

"I'm sorry...brother, Anya shouldn't have said such...strange things..."

Before he knew it, the girl in front of him had tears in her eyes and her voice was trembling with sobs.

"It's just... Anya really...misses all the older brothers and sisters who used to play with her...really...sob..."

Yan Ming held her in his arms and gently stroked her little head.

"…It's fine."

He gently stroked Anya's hair.

But Yan Ming's eyes at this moment... revealed an unparalleled coldness.

"Even if I can't bring back those who sacrificed their lives in the tragedy, I must change this shitty world and change the future of the people living in this era."

"I will definitely save this world, just you wait and see..."

"No one, no matter who they are, can stop me."

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"…This is?"

Sitting in the room, Woz looked at the book in front of him with some surprise.

He quickly flipped it open, and the golden light slowly revealed a tangible image.

Silver, gold.

Something like a phantom overlapped and merged into a silver-black surface... but then slowly dissipated.

"Could it be... my Demon King... you've already...?!"

Wozniak felt a chill run down his spine.

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Volume 4, Knights' War: Chapter 85 Infiltrating the Enemy Camp

After that, Yan Ming summoned all the knights together.

"What did you say?"

After hearing what Yan Ming said, Gates immediately showed a surprised expression.

You said you wanted to save the world?

Yan Ming looked at everyone present, including Kusaka Masato, Denji, and Gates.

"You are all knights who came to this world for unknown reasons, but through your actions, you have all made the choice to protect the people here."

“But doing this alone won’t save them… The monsters and knights will clash with each other, and that clash will further impact the people who are barely surviving in this world.”

“These days will never end. Simply staying in the same place to protect them will not change anything.”

Yan Ming looked at everyone in front of him and announced his decision.

"Only by bringing down the culprits who caused all this and making all the perpetrators pay the price can we truly save the people here."

"...Are you serious?"

The first to voice his doubts was naturally Kusaka Masato, and Yan Ming had long anticipated this would happen.

"With so many knights and monsters outside, do you think we have any hope of defeating them?"

The monsters and knights of this world are endless.

Even if you wipe them all out, they will just revive after a while.

"No, their source is that tower. If we destroy that tower, we can cut off the source of the monsters and knights."

"But what if those Dark Knights are all in that tower? Mr. Yan Ming, are we going to fight alongside them all?"

"of course."

Everyone present was taken aback, but Yan Ming answered without hesitation.

"It's okay if you don't plan to help me. It's fine even if it's just me and Woz."

“Mr. Yan Ming…”

"No matter what, I will do this. Whoever is in that tower, I will make them pay for it."

His voice... remained unwavering, as if he had been fully prepared and convinced of his beliefs from the very beginning.

This immediately astonished both Dian Si and Gates.

As for Masato Kusaka's words... I vaguely sensed a certain familiarity.

The young man named Yan Ming in front of me seemed to overlap with the person in my memory.

'Kiyoshi Inui…this guy really is remarkably similar to you.'

"Are you really that confident in your abilities, Shilun Yanming?"

"This has nothing to do with strength. Even if I had no power at all, this thought would always fill my mind."

"I see..."

Masato Kusaka closed his eyes, thought for a moment, and then opened them again a second later.

"In that case, I'm willing to go along with your idea."

"Huh?!"

"Masato Kusaka? You..."

Dian Si and Gates showed completely different reactions to him.

Wozniak, on the other hand, showed an expression of utter astonishment.

"Why? I thought you would definitely refuse to help my Demon King."

"Don't get me wrong, I really didn't intend to help this guy, it's just... being stuck in this world like this and not being able to do anything is really not a good thing."

What Kusaka Masato said, but what he really thought, no one knows.

"Since we're going to be doing nothing anyway, why not try to change the world? I'm not happy with this world either. If you want to do it, I'll bet on you."