Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

Swartz and the girl beside him had their clothes billowing in the hurricane, but Swartz's expression was just a calm smile.

"Don't get so agitated. Why don't you think about why a girl who's already dead would appear in front of you at a time like this?"

"What…"

“We are both smart people. If you don’t meet my requirements, I will make this girl disappear from this world forever.”

"...You think you can get me to do things for you with that kind of thing? Don't be ridiculous."

Even so, Kakine Teitoku still did not intend to accept Swartz's opinion.

Even if the other party could potentially resurrect the person you once wanted to protect, it would be the same.

“A person who is already dead cannot be brought back to life. Even if there were such a method, I would never allow her to be resurrected because of the dirty hands of someone like you.”

"Hmph... He's a guy with some backbone."

*Snap* Swartz clapped his hands, and the girl in front of him was enveloped in a blackish-purple liquid.

It's like she suddenly grew taller.

He transformed from being less than half the height of Kakine Teitoku into a figure taller than him in an instant.

It is some kind of... ghost-like weirdo.

"Ghost!"

"this…"

"I won't force you, but... let me tell you something else."

Despite Kakine Teitoku's increasingly wary expression, Swartz maintained a calm demeanor.

"The man I'm looking for, Shilun Yanming, has close ties with the city's overall chairman."

"—?!"

"If you take care of him or capture him, you'll have the opportunity to communicate and negotiate with the chairman, making him unable to ignore you anymore. Isn't that what you've been pursuing all along?"

"How do you know...?"

"Furthermore, if you choose to kill Shi Lun Yan Ming, I can grant you another long-held wish: I will successfully resurrect this little girl."

"Impossible! Even with Academy City's technology, they can only create clones at most!"

"No, no, with my power I can achieve what modern science can never achieve in a lifetime."

Swartz snapped his fingers again, and the alien Ghost beside him instantly transformed back into her original girl form.

"This guy is currently in a dead state, but by absorbing the lives and souls of other living people, he can gain power and status evolution in one go, thus becoming a stronger being, and at the same time, he can revive his soul and body."

"Don't say stupid things like this is impossible. You've already seen it. The one standing in front of you is the real thing, not some illusion or clone."

Originally, according to Kakine Teitoku's plan, he intended to search for a way to kill Accelerator, the number one in Academy City.

Because if he can kill Accelerator, he can obtain the throne to negotiate with the chairman of Academy City, and then have the opportunity to rewrite this dark city that is completely corrupt inside and out.

He once vowed to change this city.

But... what lies before me now is a much wider road.

By killing a man named Shilun Yanming, he could gain a position even closer to that of the chairman than Accelerator.

Not only that.

He can even give a girl who died right before his eyes a second chance at life.

What is your choice?

Kakine Teitoku was deep in thought, while Swartz watched him with amusement.

"Think carefully, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you give it up, no one else will be able to fulfill your ideas."

"Oh, right... I won't ask for your opinion. Whether you agree or not, I will send this guy to hunt down Shi Lun Yan Ming. Once it succeeds, you will never have another chance to fulfill your wish."

"...Wait a minute."

Just as Swartz was about to leave, the man behind him called out to him.

That was the conclusion reached after much intellectual struggle.

"...Hahaha!!!"

Upon receiving the reply, Swartz burst into laughter.

"The contract is made. From this moment forward, the Nightmare with Wings will always be by your side!"

Then, the recording of past scenes ends here.

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"...Is that so?"

Yan Ming already knew the whole situation.

He learned about Kakine Teitoku's past, he learned about the past of the girl named Ringo, and he also learned about Swartz's evil plan against them last night.

Such a long record of memories, in reality, is less than a nanosecond.

The sonic boom came from all around me.

After regaining his senses, Yan Ming saw Kakine Teitoku and the alien Ghost rushing towards him from different angles.

This shouldn't be done...

This guy had no idea what was going on, and had no idea what Swartz was up to.

then.

Yan Ming immediately raised his hand and swung it at the two of them.

Bang——! !

Then, time stood still.

Both Kakine Teitoku and Another Ghost were forcibly suspended in mid-air.

"It's time to end this farce."

He raised his ultimate sword, pulled the trigger, and purple energy immediately enveloped the blade.

"Knight's Slash!"

It was a massive sword aura that swirled around in a 360-degree arc.

Centered on Yan Ming's body, he spun his longsword rapidly, sending out a beautiful long circle of purple sword energy.

Like the very center of a clock, the hour and minute hands were fixed in front of the two people, and then they exploded instantly.

"Ugh—!!"

Time resumed its flow.

Kakine Teitoku and Another Ghost were caught completely off guard and were blasted away by the immense force.

Clang! The two then fell to the ground.

The white wings behind Kakine Teitoku vanished instantly, while the body of the Otherworldly Ghost slowly dissipated like dust.

This revealed the fragility of the young girl inside.

"hateful…"

It still didn't work.

Although Kakine Teitoku had a premonition of losing the moment he saw his opponent in that position, he never expected to lose so quickly.

This huge difference in strength is almost like facing the strongest esper in Academy City...!

Seeing the figure walking towards them, Kakine Teitoku suddenly stood up and quickly arrived in front of the other person.

…not in front of Yan Ming.

Instead, it was in front of the girl who had collapsed to the ground, almost lifeless.

"Don't try to succeed."

Upon seeing this, Yan Ming immediately stopped.

Despite suffering numerous injuries, Kakine Teitoku chose to fight.

It wasn't a desperate struggle, but rather... he was using all his strength to protect the girl behind him.

"I'm the one who wants to kill you, come on... I've already attacked you so many times, whatever you're capable of, just come at me!"

Yan Ming did not say anything while gazing at Kakine Teitoku.

He raised his sword without hesitation, and in the next instant...

He thrust the sword straight toward Kakine Teitoku.

—Pfft!

"Gugaa ...

A terrifying scream, almost unbearable to hear.

Even Kakine Teitoku was stunned and stood there dumbfounded.

Yan Ming's sword didn't pierce him, but instead stabbed behind him... towards the lifeless girl.

No, that wasn't a young girl at all.

Although the figure retained the appearance of the girl named Ganglinqin, it had become twisted and corrupted after being pierced by Yan Ming's weapon.

What just happened was not an attack on Yan Ming.

…but rather, they intend to launch an attack on Kakine Teitoku, who is desperately protecting it.

Do you still believe that what you're protecting is the person you want to protect?

*Poof!* Yan Ming showed no mercy, splitting the monster in two with a single sword strike, instantly causing it to dissipate into mist.

This is the future he has already observed.

If Yan Ming hadn't intervened, Kakine Teitoku's body would probably have been torn apart by that monster by now.

The two stared at each other, and after a while, Kakine Teitoku completely lost the desire to fight.

On the devastated battlefield, only the two of them remained standing in the same spot.

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Volume 5 of A Certain Magical Index: Chapter 192 You shall disappear into the darkness forever.

"My Demon King!"

Wozniak followed closely behind and rushed over, only to see this scene before him.

Kakine Teitoku stood in front of him, while Yanming had already deactivated his transformation.

As for the alien Ghost, its whereabouts are completely unknown.

He's probably back with Swartz.

What puzzles Woz the most right now is this scene before him.

"...Why don't you kill me?"

Kakine Teitoku couldn't understand what Yan Ming was thinking.

"I already launched an attack on you and even tried to kill you, so why aren't you killing me now...?"

"Do I look like the kind of ruthless demon king who kills without blinking an eye?"

That being said, countless people have already been slain by Yan Ming's sword.

Although most of those people were either people who came to kill him on their own initiative or villains he didn't like, it was still a considerable number.

"And you said you tried to kill me?"

"How...isn't this the truth?"

"I don't think someone like you could be considered someone who wants to kill me."

…In a way, what he said was indeed correct.

"The reason I didn't kill you is because I've figured out your motives."