Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

"Move me from one second ago to the present moment from the original timeline, and then at the moment I am about to be hit, let me return to the original timeline. This will create the illusion of a clone."

The principle is somewhat similar to a mirage, where something in the distance leaves an impression in the foreground and then returns to its original position. To people in the present, this so-called afterimage appears to be the real thing, except... it is not an actual clone.

Ultimately, using "time" as the raw material for forming a mirage is something even fairy tales wouldn't be so far-fetched as to suggest.

"Impossible... You mean moving yourself to different points in time? How could that be possible?!"

"Why can't it be done? As a member of the so-called Time Royal Family, you can't possibly be unable to understand something like this, can you?"

This brat... is he looking down on me?!

"You bastard!"

Enraged, Swartz raised his right fist and slammed it at Yan Ming with a frontal impact.

Kill him! Kill him completely, from head to toe!!

"this."

Boom!! In the next instant, Yan Ming's body was pierced through by the opponent's fist.

But Yan Ming... no, not to mention Yan Ming, even the surrounding plants and trees were not damaged in any way.

"I had already predicted that."

The next instant, Yan Ming took a step back.

However, the world around Swartz causes the world around it to become distorted and chaotic.

He returned to his original position, but then—Swartz noticed.

A boxer, exactly like the one from Decade, came crashing down head-on.

boom! !

This time, Swartz's body was damaged.

It was hit on the head by an attack of the same level as the punch it had just unleashed, and its body tumbled back and forth on the ground like a spinning top before it finally managed to stop.

"Could it be...?"

I finally understand what exactly happened.

The reason Yan Ming wasn't injured by my punch just now was entirely because the other party switched the time between "now" and "past".

Swartz's punch penetrated the spacetime distortion surrounding Yan Ming. Once the punch went in, it would naturally arrive at the spot where Yan Ming had been standing a few seconds earlier.

To put it simply, it just shifted the attack to a location that was there a few seconds ago.

Then, because the spacetime distortion still exists, if Yan Ming takes a step back and lets Swartz step in and fall into the same spacetime distortion, he will also arrive at this place a few seconds ago due to the spacetime distortion.

…If the time were just moved forward slightly, Swartz would be hit by the punch he had thrown at Yan Ming, which would have appeared here a few milliseconds later.

Use their own methods against them.

Since Yan Ming's own output couldn't suppress Swartz, he would use its moves to deal with it.

"hateful…"

It's just time travel; it's nothing special for Swartz, who possesses the power of the Time Clan. He can also travel to the past.

What truly terrified Swartz was the opponent's terrifying combat awareness.

Wisdom, combat power, capability, and awareness.

Everything came together perfectly.

Normally, with his superior basic strength, Swartz could have easily killed Yan Ming with just one punch, but from the start of the fight until now, he hasn't even managed to touch Yan Ming's body once.

"Next, you will become enraged and attack me again."

"Then, the attack will come over on a large scale."

Swartz was even more annoyed by the mechanical words.

Enraged, he then unleashed a massive purple beam of light that stretched for a kilometer.

but--

'Do you really think you can see into my future?'

Swartz sneered and continued to look at Yan Ming.

'I knew it. You, with your cockroach-like tenacity, would surely have foreseen these future events for me, so it's alright…'

The massive impact tore apart the surrounding environment and then hurtled rapidly toward Yan Ming.

Yan Ming had already figured out how to dodge the enemy's attacks. With the ability to predict the future, it was incredibly easy.

"—They've taken the bait!"

Bang! Then, time went haywire.

Even Yan Ming was shocked by this scene.

The light waves emitted by Swartz, in an infinitely segmented form, were continuously manipulated by the power of the Time Prince he possessed, thereby affecting the surrounding spacetime.

A scene where even the future is distorted.

The purplish-black energy sliced ​​through the dimension, instantly and mercilessly pinning Yan Ming to the ground.

"Do you think I wouldn't have thought of this? You'll take my actions into account; I've already considered that possibility!"

Therefore, Swartz went back on his word and used the power that did not belong to the Decade to interfere with spacetime, and then attacked Yan Ming from a different dimension.

Click.

The scene before him, which appeared like a mirror image, shattered instantly.

what?

"What's going on... what happened?!"

Just when Swartz thought he had won, he saw Yan Ming being attacked shatter into pieces like glass.

wrong…

Those fragments... are fragments of dimensions and dimensions!

"Could it be—?!"

Swartz had already realized that Yan Ming would inevitably see through his future, so he went back on his word and did something that shattered Yan Ming's premonition.

but.

What if Yan Ming has already foreseen the future that "Swartz will see through Yan Ming's ability to predict his future"?

The answer is simple.

He was no longer fighting himself long before the other party realized what was happening.

Using his ability to throw things out of the timeline, he threw himself out of the world's timeline.

Then, by projecting his past self onto the present through his initial actions, he created a phantom version of himself to deceive Swartz into believing that he had always been in this dimension.

Throwing himself out of the timeline—you must know that if this were to happen by accident or miscalculation, then what awaits Yan Ming would be that he would never be able to exist in any normal dimension again for all eternity.

Even knowing this, he would still do it.

Then, he did indeed return to the real, normal world.

—Standing right behind Swartz!

"The ultimate Finish Time!"

"Rider Finish Time!"

Swartz turned his head quickly, but the unpredictable and terrifying energy had already gathered in an excellent form.

A giant golden lightsaber that is forty kilometers long.

The iconic colored clock light of Zi-O II flashed in the air as Yan Ming amplified the power of his ultimate attack onto the sword's ultimate attack, giving Swartz no chance to react.

Simply pull the button on the sword.

"King! Giri Giri Slash!"

"Twice Time Break!"

The golden impact that descended straight down was an inviolable, domineering demonic path.

The golden light engulfed Swartz's body, shattering everything behind him.

"Gurgle—!!"

It would be difficult for Zi-O's second form to defeat Swartz.

However, that does not mean that Yan Ming will lose.

Finally, under the intense heat of the golden energy, Swartz felt a sharp pain all over his body and quickly moved to the other side.

His entire body had been burned to ashes.

And what about Yan Ming?

From the start of the battle until now—not a hair out, completely unharmed.

"…continue."

He simply uttered those two words.

It was precisely that calm and focused combination of spirit and strength that truly evoked a certain emotion in Swartz.

--fear.

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Volume 5 of A Certain Magical Index: Chapter 182 The Strange Battle with the Otherworldly Decade

In the real world, Gates is being pulled by Wozniak and running towards a certain street.

Why are you in such a hurry?

"My Demon King is in danger, and I need you to help him!"

"In danger?" This question left Gates slightly confused.

"Wait... what danger could we possibly be in now? Didn't we just defeat that alien knight?"

"It's not something trivial."

"Hey, you better explain yourself!"

After a struggle, Gates broke free from Wozniak's grasp and looked at him with a somewhat bewildered expression.

"That guy is already this strong, what danger could he not handle now?"

As he said this, he casually took a sip of the water he had just bought.

"My Demon King, he is currently fighting against the heretic Decade."

"puff--!!"

Then Gates suddenly sprayed out all the soda he had just taken a sip of.

Wozniak had even anticipated this scene, and he used his scarf to block the water that Gates was spraying.

"Decade the Outcast? Are you sure you didn't bite your tongue?!"

"You can see for yourself if you don't believe me."

Then Woz opened the book he was holding.

Within the book, a scene suddenly appeared on the pages showing Yan Ming, transformed into Zi-O II, fighting against a strange knight whose body was entirely composed of magenta and purplish-black.

When Gates saw this picture, a look of utter shock immediately appeared on his face.

"An outcast...Decade...Why is that guy here?"

"Since the Time Jackers can produce the watches of Another Build and Another Agito, which should have been destroyed, there is no reason why they cannot produce the watch of Another Decade, which is also an Another Rider."

Gates finally realized the seriousness of the situation.

Another Decade... a powerful force that even Zi-O Grand Zi-O couldn't defeat, a huge obstacle that once plunged them into deep suffering.

Because of that immense power, Gates... even lost his life once at the hands of the Another Decade.

"Are you kidding me...? That guy! How could Zi-O II possibly defeat a monster like that?!"