Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

"The good thing is that the spell of the Falling Angels has not been fully cast yet, so we have a chance to defend ourselves. Otherwise, even I, as a magician, or Kanzaki, as a saint, would have been completely transformed into someone else."

"As for now... we are trying to stop this magic before it is fully cast. The only chance to stop it is now."

"No, no, come to this, who exactly are you? Although you say you're some kind of magician or something, you also claim to be a student in Academy City? And you seem to know a lot about the three of us? Could it be that you've been spying on us all along?!"

"Please don't get too excited, Mr. Meikoin Geiz. I was just following the information given to me by others."

Tsuchimikado simply adjusted his glasses and continued looking at the crowd.

"In short, I can guarantee that these three people are definitely not the ones who cast this spell."

"...Question one, why are you so sure they are not spellcasters? Question two, if they are not, then why are they able to maintain their current posture?"

The girl named Misha seemed to have started to antagonize them again.

“I cannot let those guys who might be the casters of the Fallen Angels spell get away with it, so if you don’t have a good enough reason to explain it, I will still choose to kill all three of them.”

"You brat... what are you saying about killing us? Aren't you underestimating us a bit?"

Gates was clearly getting fed up with her.

However, Yan Ming stopped him directly, while keeping a close eye on the girl named Misha in front of him.

Not right.

An unparalleled sense of incongruity emanates from this girl…

"Since you want to know why we won't be affected, then I'll explain it to you properly."

Under everyone's astonished gaze, Yan Ming directly uttered these words.

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Volume 5 of A Certain Magical Index: Chapter 149 Invaders from Another Dimension

"What? There's something besides Imagine Breaker that's completely immune to Angel Fall?"

Both Tsuchimikado Motoharu and Kanzaki Kaori looked at Yan Ming with surprise.

However, it is clear that Gates and Wozniak did not know the truth of the matter.

Even so, Yan Ming still looked at them calmly.

He then took two watch faces out of his pocket.

"First look at this. With this, I can manipulate space at will."

"oh--?!"

"Like this."

He held the Decade control dial in his left hand. After pressing the button, several aurora curtains appeared on the ground not far away, and all the pebbles on the ground fell onto Yan Ming's table.

"Then there's this. With this, I can manipulate time at will."

The watch held in my right hand is the Zi-O Ride Dial II.

After I casually pointed at the stones, they flowed back along the path they had just taken, returning to the aurora curtain and falling back to their original positions.

Just as they were about to fall, a burst of iridescent color caused all the pebbles to freeze in place.

"How... how did they do that?!"

"As you can see, I possess the ability to manipulate limited time and space to some extent."

After immediately putting the two watch faces away, Yan Ming offered an explanation.

"So, I sensed something was wrong the moment the Angel's Fall was activated, and I activated my ability in time to protect the three of us."

"Uh…"

"Now you understand why the three of us can maintain both our appearance and inner qualities, right?"

Indeed...it seems so, doesn't it?

Everyone witnessed Yan Ming's performance just now. He could manipulate time, reverse time, and pause time. This truly demonstrates his ability to control time and space.

"Although it's an incredible ability, it might actually be able to counteract the effects of the Falling Angel..."

"Question one: What proof do you have that your abilities negated the effects of the Angel's Fall spell?"

"I can't prove that, but similarly, you can't prove why Imagine Breaker, or your defensive spells, are able to maintain their current state, can you?"

Misha, who had been asking Yan Ming a question, fell silent.

This is like trying to prove why Imagine Breaker can erase supernatural powers, or why a magician's magic effect is fire.

Because their conclusion was that Imagine Breaker could erase supernatural powers, and the magic effect was fire, so that's it, there's no particular reason why, and Yan Ming was the same.

There's no way to delve too deeply into the details. Why can Imagine Breaker erase supernatural abilities? And why is the magic created using various effects fire...?

They couldn't explain such detailed issues clearly.

If their problems can be acknowledged even though they can't be explained clearly, then why can't Yan Ming's situation be acknowledged by them?

Misha couldn't explain it for a moment, because if Yan Ming were to explain it, it would mean that she herself would also have to explain why she was able to protect her current identity with the defensive spell.

"Furthermore, we know nothing about the concept of magic. We have been living in Academy City before this... and we don't know anything about it."

“That… does make sense, after all, you don’t even know a little bit about magic.”

Tsuchimikado and Kanzaki exchanged a glance; they couldn't find any other points to discuss.

At that moment, Gates grabbed Yan Ming's arm and pulled him to his and Woz's side.

"I'm saying, is the reason our bodies haven't changed really because of you?"

"Of course not, I made that up to fool them."

Yan Ming shook his head helplessly.

"I don't know exactly why our bodies weren't replaced, but at least we need to clear our names first. And all three of us know very well that the one who cast the 'Fallen Angels' spell wasn't us."

"That's true..."

"I see. As expected of my Demon King, such a shrewd judgment!"

In short, the content that Yan Ming made up did indeed deceive them. After all, in their eyes, Yan Ming had complete control over both spatial and temporal abilities.

"Then, where is the real caster?"

"This is what we need to investigate next, Shang. We'll be spending a lot of time with you from now on!"

"Seriously? I finally got a vacation, and the problem is with me..."

Seeing Touma Kamijou, Tsuchimikado, and the others, Gates and Woz both turned to look at Yan Ming.

"So, my Demon King, what's our next plan—?"

"By staying by their side, we'll definitely know what to do."

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So, in order to find out everything, Yan Ming, Gates, and Woz also followed Kamijou Touma.

They checked into the hotel where he was staying and worked together to develop a more detailed plan.

The first step is to understand the specific situation clearly.

"So, you were originally a magician, but for some reason you had to come to Academy City to become a spy?"

"That's how it is, meow~"

Motoharu Tsuchimikado, Touma Kamijou's classmate, is a Level 0 Level 0 esper in Academy City.

However, aside from these identities, he is also a member of the Church of Necessary Evil, a British Puritan magical society.

However, he seemed completely unconcerned about his identity and told Yan Ming everything directly.

"However, at the same time, I also need to meet some of those important figures in Academy City. Oh, right! You must have met one of them, Yan Mingjun."

Tsuchimikado took a sip of the soda on the table and continued.

"Aleister Crowley, the chairman of the board of directors of Academy City, is a big shot I often meet with. Yan Mingjun, I heard that you also met with this chairman a few times not long ago?"

"It is."

"How was it? How did it feel to meet with such an important person?"

"A person who speaks only riddles."

"Uh…"

These comments slightly caught Tsuchimikado off guard, but he merely twitched the corner of his mouth and didn't say anything more.

"I care more about you than that kind of guy."

"Me? I'm just a little spy, what's there to care about, meow."

"Your identity is now that of a power user and a magician, respectively."

I remember Touma Kamijou once said that if a Devil Fruit user uses magic, it will cause immeasurable damage to their body.

So, if Tsuchimikado Motoharu's body is modified into that of an esper, and he then uses magic...

"That's exactly what you think."

He smiled helplessly and lifted the corner of his shirt.

—His abdomen was covered in black bruises.

It looked as if his inside had been blasted by some kind of biological bomb; Tsuchimikado's right abdomen was ripped open, an injury that didn't look like it would happen under normal circumstances.

"When the Angel's Fall was triggered, I had to cast a spell in an emergency to deal with it, and the side effects caused by that directly resulted in my body becoming like this."

"If it happens two or three more times, or if I use magic again next time, I guess it'll be my brain or my heart that explodes, hahaha! Anyway, it's not that bad~!"

Even though it's their own body that's being affected, and they're losing their original magical abilities, how come they don't complain at all?

No, that's probably how all spies are, right?

Although Yan Ming had not met many spies, his experience from reading the autobiographies of various related figures and conducting on-site investigations and personal investigations allowed him to understand this point.

To exist as a spy, one must be prepared to give up everything.

"I can help you with the treatment."

"Uh...what?"

Without waiting for Tsuchimikado to react, Yan Ming got up and left.

The next instant, Tsuchimikado felt a slight pain in his abdomen.

He lifted his clothes and looked at his injuries with surprise.

Healed.

It's exactly the same as before... when I was injured.

"I hope you're not acting as a spy for anything bad."

After finally regaining his senses, Tsuchimikado stared at the person slowly walking away in the distance.

"...I will."

He murmured softly.

His expression instantly transformed into one of utmost seriousness, a stark contrast to his previous nonchalant smile.

"I acted as a spy... originally to protect important people."

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"I see, so even you've come here."

Kamijou Touma and Yan Ming walked together.

It's already afternoon, and they'll be going to dinner soon.

During this time, Yan Ming met Kamijou Touma's parents, cousin, and the owner of the inn.

Because of the fall of the angels, their appearances were all altered and became very chaotic.

The shop owner's appearance changed to resemble Stiyl, his mother's appearance changed to resemble Index, and his cousin's appearance changed to resemble Misaka Mikoto.

As for Index's appearance... she has become Touma Kamijou's classmate, with blue hair and earrings.

At least for Touma Kamijou, the idea of ​​a girl he spends every day with suddenly turning into his otaku best friend, a big, masculine guy, is absolutely disgusting.