Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

How many times have we experienced a scene like this so far?

Another Ryuga, Another Zi-O, Another Diend… all sorts of enemies are ultimately defeated by him and his companions, even though Geiz suffers severe injuries and nearly loses his life in the process.

He will continue to fight.

"What can you possibly accomplish with your current strength?"

Zamonas raised the time crossbow in his hand and aimed it at Gates' body.

With just a slight pull of the trigger, this dying human will perish here.

"Without the power of Geiz the Resurrected, and without the power of the other Riders, they can't do anything without Zi-O. Hmph! A stray dog, utterly useless!"

"What's the point of living for someone like you?"

Perhaps I am seen as that demon king's lackey, or even as something useless.

But let others say what they want.

Gates straightened up again, fully aware of the meaning behind his fight.

It wasn't to defeat the Demon King, nor to prove anything about myself.

But...

In his mind, the faces of all the people he knew from the past slowly appeared before Gates.

To protect the people they care about.

To find those I have truly trusted... to fight alongside those I now trust, and to save more lives.

Even if I'm trapped in all sorts of dead ends, as long as I remember these reasons for fighting, then there's no problem.

No matter how dire the situation, he can always raise the sails again and bring the situation back to life.

This is the true meaning of "resurrection".

And those who can do this... are the so-called "resurrected ones".

"Why aren't you dealing with him yet?"

"I know... Well, I'm pretty much done playing around with this."

then.

Aiming at Gates' body, Zamonas mercilessly pulled the trigger, and countless golden light bullets pierced through Gates' flesh.

Blood and flesh were flying everywhere, and fragments of internal organs could even be seen scattered on the ground.

But Gates' expression remained unchanged.

Strangely, he did not feel the pain of his body being torn apart.

It was as if a very gentle force was slowly awakening within me...!

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then.

Having already dealt with all the remaining enemies in the distance, Woz noticed something at that moment.

"This is--!"

He felt... a vibration coming from his arms.

Woz quickly opened the book he was holding, only to see a dazzling light rising from it.

Light that alternates between orange and blue.

After the light broke free from the book, it flew slowly away in the distance in the form of a sphere of light.

After sensing this power, Woz immediately understood something.

"Could it be that Gates, he...?!"

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Physiologically speaking, Gates is already dead.

However… his soul still lingers within his body.

Moreover, that burning soul, through his unwavering consciousness, is radiating an even more dazzling, scorching light from his body!

"What...this is?!"

Even the two knights in front of them were shocked.

Under their watchful eyes, an enormous amount of energy exploded from Gates' body, the impact of which made it impossible for them to get even a fraction closer.

Something fell from the sky.

Gates instinctively grasped it in his hand, and a vortex of orange-blue burst forth.

Those things condensed in the brilliance in his hands, and thus formed a kind of substantial prop.

A watch face.

Shaped like an hourglass, it has two parts, an upper and a lower section, and the interior displays two different colors: orange and blue.

And what about Gates?

His injuries, which covered his entire body, were completely healed in less than a second.

"This is impossible!"

That scene shocked both Zamonas and Zongis.

Once back on the ground, Gates' expression calmed down, and the emotional turmoil in his heart gradually subsided.

I finally understand everything.

The real reason why he has been unable to summon the resurrected Gates all this time is because he needs to rediscover his own true nature.

Even when faced with a seemingly insurmountable predicament, they will inevitably be able to turn the tide and revive their advantages.

With that in mind, Gates raised the watch face in his hand and pressed the button directly.

"GeizReve·Goretsu!"

That is the powerful dial that houses the true savior, capable of changing the world with its own consciousness.

Gazing at the two enemies before him, Gates fitted the basic watch face and the watch face of the resurrected Gates together into the driver on his waist.

"Oops!"

After seeing clearly what Gates was holding, Zamonas and Zongis quickly moved closer to him.

One person used a flying kick, while the other used a punch, both swinging their fists and feet at Gates in an attempt to stop his transformation.

But the orange light instantly enveloped the world.

An hourglass-like electronic dial appeared behind him, instantly forming a protective layer that transcended any single space-time, accompanying Gates' movements.

The orange and black watch strap completely blocked their attacks and instantly sent them flying.

A powerful force continuously enveloped Gates' entire body.

And after all those watch straps were completely shredded—

The true savior has come to visit this earth at this very moment.

"Rider Time! Kamen Rider Geiz!"

"RE·V·I·VE Goretsu! Goretsu!"

Within a radius of several hundred kilometers.

A massive, orange-black energy shook the surrounding world, without interfering with any city or individual; it simply released all its power into the earth.

The boundary between the sky and the ground is thus distorted, creating a fault in the spacetime dimension.

Black undershirt, orange armor.

It evokes images of a massive and impregnable fortress.

His entire body exuded a passionate aura, and the core of his helmet had been replaced with the same orange indicator strip, with golden three-dimensional text completely covering the helmet.

The savior slowly raised his head.

Kamen Rider Geiz Revive: Fierce Form.

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A warrior possessing ultimate power that surpasses everything, representing the form of the savior's "guardian" realm.

Here we grace the world with our presence.

"Gates the Resurrected...!"

Upon witnessing this form, both evil knights instinctively felt a sense of foreboding.

They did not believe that their strength was insufficient to defeat a mere resurrected Gates.

But...why? Why do I still feel a deep sense of shock upon seeing this form?!

"So what? Even in this form, I can still crush you completely!"

Zonggiston, whose strength and defense were primarily physical, immediately clenched his fists.

The bio-armor behind him then activated, spewing out something like internal jets.

This is a way to release excess power from the body, so that the main power is not lost, and the physical strength can even be increased exponentially.

The current Zongis is far from the usual state he was in before.

"I'm going!"

Zongis rapidly approached Gates, each step he took causing the earth to tremble.

Then--

His powerful punch was caught by the orange-black savior with one hand.

What?!

Zongis looked at the other man in shock. He tried his best to turn his arm, but found that his fist could not break free from Gates's grasp at all.

This scene reminded him of how he had just broken Gates' arm.

Now—it's practically a replay of that scene.

The resurrected Gates twisted his right arm, violently spinning Zongis's body 360 degrees.

"Cough—!!"

His arm was snapped off in one go.

However, before Zongis could even feel the pain, Gates had already raised his left hand, concentrating even more intense power into it.

He delivered a powerful punch to Zongis's abdomen.

Boom! ...

The aftershocks of the force were enough to break through the distant clouds.

Struck by this attack, Zongis was sent flying backward, crashing into the distant mountains and disappearing into the deepest part of the earth.

"What terrifying power this is..."

Zamonas looked at Gates in disbelief.

Zongis's physical strength surpasses that of Zamonas, yet—even with such strength, he was still sent flying by a single punch from Gates.

What would happen if this form punched itself?

He couldn't imagine that.

At this moment, Gates had already turned his attention to Zamonas.

Don't get too cocky!

Instead of simply showing fear, Zamonas adopted a fighting stance.

"So what if you transform into another form? You're just a piece of trash with strength but no speed. You'll still be crushed by me!"

In an instant, his body shot up at a speed of dozens of times the speed of sound.

Zamonas' speed far surpasses Ganglie's; no matter what Gates does, he can't catch up with him.