Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

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In any case, this is not a problem he should be considering right now.

Even if there is something wrong with Woz, at least for now we can only act with him. If we want to find Tokiwa Sougo, he is the only clue.

"let's go."

So Gates quickened his pace and walked towards Yan Ming faster than Wozniak.

Only Woz.

Holding a book in his hands, he followed behind Gates, his head slightly bowed.

No one could see the expression on his face clearly.

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Then, the warrior regained his rightful strength, and I, as that warrior's comrade, was able to continue onward.

I must play my role well in my next life, always serving those two as their servants, and finally regain the power to wear the mask.

Jehovah has ordained me to live as his companion, and I will surely allow the King of Israel, who was reborn in the tomb, to choose his own life once more.

Why do you look like that, Woz?

"It's nothing, Gates. I was just thinking about some things."

He calmly followed behind the savior and said this.

"It's all stuff from the past."

Volume 5 of A Certain Magical Index: Chapter 163 Another Kamen Rider Passing By?

In the end, Yan Ming successfully defeated the archangel.

In the contest of strength between the two sides, Yan Ming emerged victorious, causing the archangel, severely injured, to plummet onto the nearby shore.

When Kanzaki finally reached the spot where the angel had fallen, she saw Yan Ming standing beside the angel.

The water angel is still alive.

Or rather, the being called an angel is immortal; even if it is completely destroyed, it is merely a matter of scattering a ball of energy.

Moreover, the angel that Yan Ming defeated was not its true form at all. The real angel's mere presence in this world was enough to overwhelm the entire world with its immense pressure.

Its only purpose is to return to the heavens.

Under their watchful eyes, the angel slowly floated up from the beach and then flew towards the water.

"Oh no! Is it planning to continue fighting?!"

The seawater kept turning into ice, which was then absorbed by the angel into the wings behind him.

By absorbing the energy of the entire ocean, the angel's power gradually recovered, and the fatal wounds inflicted by Yan Ming earlier also dissipated one after another.

But Yan Ming remained unmoved as he looked at it.

It's as if the angels, having fully restored their power, could continue their destruction of the entire Earth without any problem.

"What are you doing? If you continue like this, it will attack us again!"

Even though Kanzaki shouted anxiously, Yan Ming still didn't move.

Because there's no need for that.

He had already foreseen what was bound to happen next.

Then—the two of them saw it.

A white streak, like a shooting star, slowly streaked across the distant horizon.

"That is…"

The white meteor fell toward a certain location at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon after they all felt a faint tremor, as if something had been destroyed.

What should have been a trivial act led to a scene that shocked Kanzaki.

The angel's body began to become dazed.

"What's going on? An angel actually—"

It is disappearing.

The body, made of ice and water, was constantly turning into liquid and flowing into the sea. The angel looked at its hands, its face devoid of any emotion. Although it showed no expression, this action still made Kanzaki feel that it seemed to be experiencing some kind of excitement.

The angel seemed to want to do something more as she watched Yan Ming and Shen Lie, but it was all over.

The outstretched finger, along with its entire body, turned into water and returned to the sea.

Even the sky has returned to its twilight state at sunset. It seems that after the angels disappeared, the relative positions of the sun, moon, and earth have also returned to normal.

The angel did not disappear, but returned to where it belonged: the heavens.

In other words... the magic that caused the angels to fall has ended.

everything is over.

Upon realizing this, Kanzaki, with a dazed expression, suddenly felt all the strength drain from her body.

Just as she was about to fall on the beach—suddenly, it felt as if all her strength had returned.

"This...the pain is gone...?"

She quickly clenched her hands, and all the injuries, both inside and outside her body, from the battle with the archangel and the physical damage caused by forcibly using the multiple uses of the "Wei Shan" technique vanished.

Kanzaki herself certainly doesn't possess such abnormal regenerative abilities, so it can only be—

"Hey—! Zi-O!"

Just then, a call came from afar.

After reverting to his original form, Yan Ming clearly saw that Gates and Woz were running towards him.

"It's your companion."

"The battle is over, and your injuries are healed. It's about time to head back to the inn."

After turning his head slightly to say this to Kanzaki, Yan Ming walked directly towards the two of them.

So it really was him who cured his own body?

Once Kanzaki realized this, her emotions began to become complicated.

At first, I mistook him for the caster of the fallen angel and wrongly accused Yan Ming. Then, during the battle with the angel, I was saved by Yan Ming, who helped me defeat the legendary archangel.

Even the injuries she sustained while fighting the angels were all healed by this man.

All three instances combined mean that Kanzaki now owes Yan Ming a total of three favors.

But the other party didn't mention these things at all.

He neither inquired about Kanzaki's past actions nor asked her for any reward, and even after the battle with the angel ended, he still acted as if it was no big deal.

Despite having accomplished so many monumental events worthy of being recorded in world history, he dismissed them as nothing more than a casual stroll outside, showing no concern whatsoever.

Is this just a case of someone being incredibly thick-skinned? Or is the other party's magnanimity so vast that they can easily handle even such a world-class event?

In Kanzaki's opinion, the only person who has ever been able to handle anything so easily is the highest bishop of the Anglican Church.

That is to say, from this point of view alone, Shi Lun Yan Ming is on the same level as the highest bishop of the Anglican Church.

Such a charming and capable man, if viewed from the perspective of a normal woman, would probably have many people falling for him.

But Kanzaki Kaori had no such thoughts at the moment.

Rather than feeling infatuated or worshipful, she felt more... fortunate.

She felt incredibly lucky that such a terrifying person was not an enemy of the English Puritans, nor an enemy of the world.

What if he turns to the side of terrorism, or even transcends that side, and intends to threaten the whole world, becoming a demon king who wants to destroy the world?

If someone with this power were to truly become a so-called Demon King, Kanzaki objectively believes that no one in this world could stop him.

This is why she felt both fortunate and fearful.

When he came to his senses, Yan Ming's figure had already disappeared on the beach.

Looking back.

When Stiyl returned to headquarters, he told them about a man named Shilun Yanming... who was a very dangerous and terrifying person who didn't even care about the Golden Great Evolution Technique.

"...It seems that everything Stiyl told us back then was the truth."

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"You're too late."

"That's... we just encountered a small problem on our end."

"It's just a minor issue? Thank goodness you weren't the one fighting those two bastards, or I would have almost died!"

Gates complained to Woz, while handing the watch face in his pocket to Yan Ming.

Here, take this back.

Yan Ming looked down and saw that it was Decade's driver's dial.

"Aren't you planning to stay a little longer? Giving it to you would enhance your current combat strength, wouldn't it?"

"I don't need it anymore."

Gates pulled out an hourglass-shaped watch face from his pocket. Upon seeing it, Yan Ming realized that it must be the watch face of the so-called resurrected Gates.

So he didn't say much and simply took the Decade's watch face from Gates.

"On the other hand, you didn't need to come all the way here."

"what?"

"Couldn't you just use Decade's Aurora Veil to teleport here? I was somewhere not far from where you were just now."

"...Oh, I didn't know that was possible."

"Gates, so you never thought you could use the power of the dial like this? No wonder you couldn't defeat those two even with Decade's power. Turns out you just didn't know how to use it."

"That's not it at all! My situation just now was completely different from this, uh—anyway, don't treat me like an idiot!"

"well--"

Woz nodded casually, and then...

He saw it again.

Three lines connecting Yan Ming, Gates, and... himself.

Purple, red, and green.

After the three lines connected to form a triangle with their breath, something more intense gradually began to emerge in the middle.

"What's wrong, Woz?"

"what?!"

Yan Ming's call immediately woke Woz up.

He looked again at the middle of the three people... and there was nothing there.

There were no lines or anything else, so...did I just see things wrong?