Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

The three time-travelers looked directly back and saw a young man standing there.

Who are you?

"The demons are here to support you."

"Ha, things have come to this point, and you demons still have the nerve to talk about 'supporting' us?"

When Ul attempted to mock the other man, Swartz stopped him and walked directly in front of the young man.

"You said you're a demon, right? Then what's your name?"

“Lamer Signas, you can just call me Lamer.”

It must be one of those seventy-two demons.

Swartz didn't think much about the other person's name, but instead looked the seemingly ordinary young man up and down.

"...Okay, if you say you're someone sent by the demons to support us, that's fine, but you need to understand one thing—"

"Kamen Rider Zi-O, that man named Zi-Rin Yanming is difficult to deal with... I know, I know that very well. Although I have never actually met him, I have met his good friend who is on good terms with him."

"what?"

Swartz and the other two all wore expressions of utter bewilderment at the words spoken by the demon who called himself Rammer.

"What does it mean?"

"I met him in another world, a Kamen Rider who was his former partner... Well, that's alright, I've already defeated that guy, so there's not much to say."

The three Time Jackers exchanged glances, then continued to look at the demon before them.

"Hmph... You say you'll help us defeat Zi-O? How can we believe that?"

Now that things have come to this, Swartz will no longer treat the demons with the same respect.

"The people you sent to help us last time have now turned to ashes. Is this the result of your boastful promises?"

"Calm down. The situation last time was beyond all our expectations, so we can't just generalize like that."

"So how do you plan to defeat Zi-O?"

Upon hearing Swartz's mention of it, Lamer smiled.

"...Do you know about Andromeda?"

"Isn't that the name of a constellation? What does it have to do with our plans?"

"The connection is huge. You might not understand it if I put it that way, but just look at the sky and you'll know."

Although it was just past dusk, the three Time Robbers could still see the twinkling stars in the sky.

"What's wrong with the sky...? I don't see anything unusual."

"No, that's not right..."

Only Swartz noticed that something was wrong.

Perhaps only he was able to observe this with superhuman strength. He saw that in the sky where Andromeda was originally located, all the starlight had disappeared.

That can only mean one thing.

"The Andromeda constellation in this universe... has disappeared?"

"It didn't disappear; the Andromeda constellation here was simply replaced by the Andromeda constellation I brought."

As he spoke, Lamer took a strange object out of his pocket.

It was a small sphere, about the size of a thumb, as if it were wrapped by three sharp claws, and shimmering with a faint purple glow.

"The Andromeda in my hand... is also known as Andromeda. It is the final extinction machine of a civilization that we discovered after wiping out all life in a certain world. It is an ancient device that was created about 60,000 years ago."

"You want to use it... to destroy Zi-O?"

"That's right, but its power is so great that it requires a huge energy source every time it is activated."

Lamer gripped the key tightly in his hand and continued.

"And the energy it requires... is the 'resentment' of life."

"Well, I've already had a little talk with some of the native inhabitants of this world about that."

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Homura Akemi wandered outside alone.

Three days or two days have passed since Witch Night disappeared... However, this is only Homura Akemi's perceived time; the actual flow of time is something even she herself cannot fathom.

How can someone who possesses time-related abilities not even grasp the specific time in the world be so ridiculous?

However, if someone had actually witnessed that scene, they probably wouldn't have made such sarcastic remarks.

Homura Akemi was one of the people who witnessed that incident.

'That person…'

Even now, that golden figure, that shadow whose power, even with the aftershocks of its transformation, could end the Witch's Night and cause the world to restart.

It remains unforgettable for Homura Akemi.

'What exactly is that person's identity?'

Buzz—! Only then did she notice a horn sounding beside her.

"Hey little brat! Can't you watch where you're going? Are you blind? If I kill you, I'll go to jail. Are you trying to ruin my life for a fool like you?!"

The irritable truck driver continued to hurl insults at her, but Akemi remained silent. She realized that she had unknowingly run a red light.

Am I getting too absorbed in thinking about this problem...?

She quickly bowed her head to apologize to the truck driver, said no more, and then let him leave.

… right at that moment.

She vaguely saw and sensed something strange.

There was a strange mark on the neck of the truck driver who had just yelled at her.

"Witch's Kiss...?"

With a slight frown, Homura Akemi immediately turned her gaze toward the direction of the passing truck.

The truck had already traveled a considerable distance.

It zigzagged back and forth at a strange angle in the distance, causing other cars on the road to swerve to avoid it.

That's right... that person was influenced by the witch!

Homura Akemi usually attends classes during the day and goes out at night to deal with things like this.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard Homura Akemi chased, she could not catch up with the truck on the other side.

Although it's possible to catch up using the ability to stop time, but—

Whoosh—!! At this moment, the truck suddenly skidded for no apparent reason and crashed violently into the guardrail on one side.

"Oops!"

Homura Akemi immediately stopped time and rushed forward at high speed.

It's too late.

Even after the truck came to a stop, it was still engulfed in the flames of the explosion. No matter what angle Homura Akemi looked from, she could only see the scene of it being swallowed by the sea of ​​fire.

She gritted her teeth in reluctance and had no choice but to restore time.

Then... the explosion subsided in an instant, but there wasn't even a body inside the truck.

The commotion immediately attracted the attention of countless passersby at night. Homura Akemi quickly ran to a distance, considering how to handle the situation further—

But then they saw people who absolutely did not want them to be there.

"what…!"

Homura Akemi saw two figures, one pink and one blue, appear directly across the street.

"Xiaoyuan! Are you alright?"

"I, Sayaka, I'm fine, it's just... this driver..."

"It's best not to look. I think someone just called the police, but..."

The two girls, one in pink and one in blue, were talking to each other. They seemed to be feeling uneasy because they had witnessed such a bizarre car accident, and their expressions were clearly not good.

"Why are Madoka and Sayaka... here?"

Just as Homura Akemi realized this fact, the entire space began to distort.

"What?! No!"

Buzz—! The sudden chaos swallowed up the space in front of us in one breath, but it did not swallow up the people around us.

"Wh-what?!"

What is this thing?!

Trapped in a mysterious space, Madoka and Sayaka huddle together in panic, only to soon discover that... the world is beginning to engulf them.

The surrounding area was a two-dimensional plane, and as the two of them were sucked into this world, even their bodies turned into two-dimensional shapes.

"Oh no... how did they end up here?!"

Homura Akemi was extremely anxious. She quickly searched the vicinity for traces of the Witch's Space and then entered it.

He then witnessed this scene firsthand.

"What...what are all these things?!"

"No! Don't come any closer...!"

Madoka and Sayaka, who were injured, were trapped in the deepest part of the space. Their bodies were almost completely flattened, and they were forced into a corner.

A two-dimensional monster, like a ferocious beast, roared menacingly before them.

Monsters and countless familiars opened their mouths wide, staring intently at the girl before them.

'Little Round!'

Homura Akemi almost screamed, just as she was about to stop time and draw her gun to wipe out all those damned monsters—

A knife suddenly fell.

It was a sword that suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

She utterly annihilated all the monsters in front of her, including the witch herself.

"Kamen Rider! Rider! Zi-O·Zi-O·Zi-OⅡ!"

Suddenly, a silver-purple figure descended, wielding something like a sword blade, and pulverized all the monsters in one fell swoop.

The two girls stood there dumbfounded, and even Homura Akemi looked utterly astonished.

The silver-purple figure noticed them and then swung his sword.

A slash as smooth as a clock, shattering the entire two-dimensional space in a single strike.

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boom--!!

The violent slash, accompanied by a sound that shook the entire space, shattered this strange two-dimensional world.

For girls like Sayaka and Madoka, who had never encountered any supernatural phenomena before, what happened next was an unforgettable scene.

A streak of dark purple light swept across the world like the hands of a clock. The two-dimensional space was instantly distorted and shattered by some unknown force, and then the entire space scattered in all directions like fragments.

Then, the normal real world reappeared before their eyes.

The onlookers seemed to have seen nothing; they neither witnessed the strange space into which Sayaka and Madoka had just been imprisoned, nor did they see the figure that rescued them.

"Sayaka..."

"I'm here, Xiaoyuan..."

Two girls, both only fourteen years old, hugged each other, still looking around with lingering fear, as if they were still wondering if this was the same real space they had been in before.

However, what they felt most strongly was disbelief.

"Was that filming a movie just now?"