Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

"What...what are you planning to do? Weren't you going to build a house?"

"There's no need to build new ones; waste recycling is also a technology."

Yan Ming pressed the button on the watch face to activate Decade's ability.

As soon as he finished speaking, an enormous curtain of aurora appeared before everyone's eyes.

It slowly passed through that corner area.

Then, to everyone's astonishment, a wooden house appeared where they had passed through.

"This, this is—!!"

Gates stared wide-eyed in utter astonishment.

"Isn't this the shelter you built before?!"

Yan Ming didn't say much. After checking the sturdiness of the shelter and finding no problems, he put away the dial.

The villagers who came to watch were all dumbfounded.

The Aurora Veil ability allows you to freely travel back and forth once you've been there or know the actual spatial coordinates.

Yan Ming felt that leaving the previous shelter there would attract the attention of passing Kamen Riders and monsters, making them realize that someone had once lived there, which might lead them to this place.

So we simply made use of the waste.

They used the Aurora Veil's power to move the entire old shelter, which was no longer needed, here in one go.

Now all we need to do is stabilize the foundation and everything will be fine.

"Wow, that's amazing... Is this the power of Kamen Rider?"

The onlookers immediately started discussing the spectacle.

"That thing just now looked like mercury! It's amazing!"

"It looks so scary..."

"Yeah, it looks impressive, but if they wanted to use that ability to destroy our village, it would be a piece of cake, right?"

"It feels really dangerous... I try to have as little contact with them as possible."

"Seriously... why get involved with Kamen Rider? What is the village chief thinking?! These guys with terrifying power could destroy our village!"

"By now, many of our comrades have been captured by those so-called Kamen Riders, haven't they? I really don't know what the village chief is thinking."

"But, but, Mr. Shoichi is completely different from those knights who only know how to attack us, isn't he?"

"It's hard to say, who knows if he was pretending on purpose."

"It's also possible that they deliberately gained our trust and were planning to kill us all sometime... We can't deny that possibility."

"After all, Kamen Riders are a group of terrifying monsters, just as terrifying as those weirdos... I never want to have anything to do with them in my entire life! Absolutely not!!"

"Hey! They'll hear us! You're being so rude!"

Yan Ming glanced behind him. The villagers seemed to realize that their conversation had been overheard, so they quickly left.

Gates, Masato Kusaka, and Tsugumi didn't say anything either.

"It seems the people here really have a deep misunderstanding of us, my Demon King."

"Just do your best, Woz."

"Ok."

Woz bowed as always, and then the group went together to help Yan Ming reinforce the shelter.

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It was over in about ten minutes.

Yan Ming borrowed a few more chairs from Na Zhu, and the first floor was completely transformed into a reception room. In the future, when there were important matters to discuss, they could close the door and talk here.

Yan Ming closed the door and then looked at the people in the room.

"Thank you for your hard work, but our battle is not over yet."

"You bring this up right off the bat? Can't you take a break?"

"I hope you will not question the authoritative words of my Demon King. As his servant, you should obediently bow your head like a dog and say yes, Mr. Gates."

"Oh, I see... Wait, who are you calling a dog?!"

Seeing that the two seemed about to start arguing again, Kusaka Masato couldn't help but look at Yan Ming.

"These two guys have always been like this, is that okay?"

"This...it should be fine. Actually, this might actually be a sign of a good relationship, haha..."

This was a helpless statement from Dian Si.

Yan Ming stood directly in front of the table and sorted out all his thoughts.

"...I don't think Finnis and the others are dead."

"Eh?"

"What's going on? Didn't you destroy the tower those guys were in with your own hands? How can you say such things?"

The individuals responded in different ways.

Woz narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Yan Ming.

"I actually agree more with my Demon King's idea."

"What's the reason? The storyteller."

"Because the feeling I got from that Time Jacker seemed different from how I felt when we met before... Also, I'm not a storyteller, I'm the historian in charge of the celebration."

Is there a difference? Kusaka Masato couldn't help but think to himself, which manifested as a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth.

"Time Jacker Finis, firstly, she should have already been destroyed by my Demon King and Kamen Rider Zero-One, secondly..."

Wozniak's expression turned slightly strange.

"Secondly... she seems to know a lot of things that she shouldn't know."

"What…?"

"In short, just like my Demon King said, we shouldn't let our guard down with her."

"Moreover... there's that Dark Knight named Luo Zi, and Bo Yingzhi, who is also a Dark Knight, is by his side. These are all problems we will need to face next."

Since Finis said that Luo Zi and Bo Yingzhi were also her subordinates, then these two would definitely come looking for them again later.

But by then... we'll have to face the issue of protecting this village.

Thirty-eight children are manageable, but protecting a village with so many people all at once...

Even Yan Ming seemed to find this somewhat troublesome.

So what do you plan to do?

Kusaka Masato crossed his arms and looked at Yan Ming.

"You're going to save the world, right? Then what should you do next? You need to have a goal, right? You can't just keep killing all the Kamen Riders and monsters in the world one by one, can you?"

And then, just as Masato Soga was asking this question—

Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"…Enter."

Then the door opened, and the person who came in was Tsugami Shoichi.

"Huh...? Why is everyone sitting or standing around the table, and in such a serious atmosphere...? Are we having a meeting?"

He opened the door and walked in, then smiled optimistically at everyone.

"I'm here to let everyone know that it's almost lunchtime!"

"Yeah...we still need to eat."

"Today's meal includes fish and shrimp that I specially caught from the river! There aren't too many people in the cafeteria yet, and the portions are enough for everyone, so hurry up and eat while it's hot!"

The group looked at each other and then nodded.

"Let's talk after we finish eating."

"Especially you, my Demon King, you need to replenish your strength. You only ate a little bit after you were exhausted before, so take this opportunity to have a good meal."

What delicious food is there...? Yan Ming couldn't help but think this, but at the same time, he felt a wriggling sensation in his abdomen—

Ah, my stomach is growling.

However, well... okay, let's eat first.

Everyone headed towards the cafeteria.

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Nobody noticed one thing.

On a distant hilltop, a black and blue sports car was parked.

Bo Yingzhi tapped the tablet in his hand and immediately revealed a smug smile.

"Everything is under my surveillance."

Volume 4, Rider Wars: Chapter 101 Malice Towards Kamen Rider

There were hardly any people in the village canteen.

It seems that the people living here didn't intend to have any contact with Yan Ming and his group because they heard that Yan Ming and his group were planning to come for a meal.

Well, this is a good thing for Yan Ming and the others, but it feels a bit inappropriate for them to do this.

Eat something quickly and then leave the cafeteria to make room for other people.

"Sorry to keep you waiting!"

After Yan Ming and the others took some food, Tsugami Shoichi brought a large basin of food directly to them.

It contains both vegetables and meat, but most of the meat is just shrimp or fish.

"Everyone must be starving after so many battles, right? Eat more so you can keep your energy up!"

Yan Ming and the others couldn't help but look at Tsugami Shoichi, and what they saw made him somewhat stunned.

"What's wrong... why is everyone looking at me like that?"

"Tell me, how did you come into this world?"

The person who asked the question first was Masato Kusaka.

"We don't know much about your situation yet, so let me take this opportunity to explain it to you briefly."

"Ah... even if you want me to explain something, I'm not really sure."

Shoichi Tsugami was racking his brains trying to figure out what to say.

"I'm not entirely sure how I came to be in this world. I was studying cooking abroad, but when I got back to my apartment that afternoon, everything suddenly went black, and when I opened my eyes again, I was already in this world. The groceries I had just bought were all gone..."

"There's no need to make a fuss about something as trivial as the groceries you bought going missing!"

Gates sighed somewhat helplessly, while Kusaka Masato continued to ask him questions.

"Besides that, how did you end up in this village?"

"Well... when I came to my senses, I realized the motorcycle was beside me. As I was riding it around, I suddenly sensed a familiar presence nearby..."

Familiar smell?

While everyone else was puzzled, Woz looked directly at the other person.

"You're not talking about the reaction to the Unknown, are you?"

"Huh?! Why, how do you know this, sir?"

Wozniak opened the book beside him as if he had just realized something.

"According to this book... Kamen Rider Agito, Shoichi Tsugami, possesses the 'Power of Light'... that is, the power of Agito, who in the past fought against the minions of the Dark Force, an entity akin to a creator."

"Those subordinates were called unknown life forms by the police, also known as angels or venerable ones. In short, some of the people who were captured should have been transformed into this kind of monster. It just so happened that when they attacked this area, Tsugami Shoichi, who possesses the power of Agito, sensed them."

"That's my feeling... And there were a lot of monsters around here back then, and many of them, like Kamen Riders, were attacking the people here. The villagers were all very surprised by this, even though the nearby satellite debris could block most of the monsters' and Kamen Riders' radio signals..."