Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

In fact, Homura Akemi's guess was quite accurate, but she could never have imagined that Yan Ming was not fighting in the native world... but had gone to fight in various other worlds.

"A large number of beings who could pose a threat to this world may have descended upon it, or even into this city. They are not to be trifled with; they are far more ruthless than witches or anything like that."

After hearing what Yan Ming said, Homura Akemi's expression immediately turned ugly.

Her first consideration was the issue of combat strength.

She was already exhausted from facing the entire group of witches in Mitakihara all by herself, let alone facing a new enemy... and one that was even more ruthless than the witches.

"Modern military force won't work against those guys; the power they possess is far beyond human imagination."

This one sentence immediately dispelled all the doubts in Homura Akemi's mind, because all the offensive power she used came from modern military sources, which was tantamount to saying that her power could not have any effect on those new enemies.

"...So, what are you planning to do?"

"Of course, I will defeat them all... not one of them will be left."

Akemi Homura looked at Yan Ming in front of her, but his expression remained unchanged.

It was as if this was just a trivial matter for him.

"Regardless of whether there are magical girls or witches involved, I will choose to fight those guys and stop them. It's that simple."

"...Then please wait a moment."

After thinking for a moment, Homura Akemi took her phone out of her pocket.

In front of Yan Ming, she swapped signals between her phone and Yan Ming's phone, and directly added him as a contact.

"If I see anything happening that I can't handle, I'll call or message you to let you know, so you can find traces of those people..."

"Didn't you intend for me to stay out of this? Why are you now trying to get me to join forces with you?"

Hearing Yan Ming's question, Homura Akemi fell silent again for a while.

"...Because no matter what, I don't want to see Madoka get into danger again."

After leaving those words, Homura Akemi gave Yan Ming a meaningful look before leaving the corridor and heading towards her apartment.

Yan Ming stood there, watching Akemi Homura leave, pondering some things about her.

He already had all the memories of what Homura Akemi had done in the past, and he knew why this girl was so desperate to protect Madoka Kaname.

He also already knew exactly what had happened in this world.

But... there was another thing that he really couldn't understand.

Why is it that Homura Akemi can never find her own existence in the memories of the past that she keeps reliving in this world?

No matter which timeline it is, whether it's the very beginning or any later one, Yan Ming cannot find himself in it. This is why Homura Akemi was initially surprised by his appearance.

Because, no matter how many times she reincarnated, she never encountered Shilun Yanming.

This made Yan Ming start to think deeply about his own background.

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This time, Swartz and his group chose to establish their base in an abandoned church that was deserted.

Not long after, a deep red shadow appeared in front of them.

"You're back."

Another Drive… Swartz tapped its chest as he looked at the Another Rider that appeared before him.

An object resembling a control panel opened from inside the red mechanical armor, but it was empty.

"What...is inside this guy's body?"

"Don't you know? A corpse."

Upon hearing Swartz's words, Ul's expression immediately turned somewhat disgusted.

Of course, Aura looked equally displeased.

"How disgusting... Why put human corpses inside Another Riders? Didn't they say they've evolved to the point where they don't need contractors anymore?"

“You’ve got it wrong. The reason the Another Drive hides the victim’s body inside its mechanical fragments is because it needs to extract something else from the corpse.”

As they were talking, another set of footsteps came from inside the church.

As the light of the setting sun shone into the church, a seemingly ordinary young man walked in.

Demon Ramer.

You don't look too good.

Swartz crossed his arms and looked at the other person with a complicated expression.

"You've fought against Zi-O before, haven't you?"

"Sorry to let you see me in such a disheveled state, but... that guy is no joke."

Having deeply experienced the power of Zi-O, no one would think him weak, so Swartz wouldn't laugh at him, because he was the same way before.

He thought that the current Zi-O was nothing but trash with the title of Zi-O, but he could only change his mind after personally experiencing the opponent's strength.

"However, why did you start a war with him? You have no reason to expose your strength like this, as it is not conducive to our plan to deal with Zi-O."

"It doesn't matter whether my strength is revealed or not."

Lamer didn't seem to care about that; as he walked into the room, he tossed several bottles of soda he was carrying to the three of them.

Buzz—! Swartz raised his hand and used his time manipulation ability to fix the three cans of soda in mid-air.

"The real important thing is that because I delayed his actions at that time, your Otherworldly Knights got a lot of good stuff."

"I see... Is that what you were thinking?"

"...??"

Listening to their conversation, both Ur and Aura were completely bewildered.

"What... what are you two talking about?"

"You'll see when you see it."

Upon reaching the motionless alien Drive, Ramer directly took out the jewel-like object from his pocket.

hum-

A purplish-black mist was immediately drawn out from the hollowed-out mechanical chest of the Alien Drive.

They floated slowly onto the purple orb in Lamer's hand and were then sucked in.

After all the purplish-black mist was absorbed into the pearl, the purple pearl became even brighter.

This scene surprised both Ur and Aura.

"What...is this?"

"As I mentioned before, the activation key for that ultimate war weapon... you can think of it as a car key."

As the purplish-black mist was sucked away, the alien Drive unfolded the mechanical parts behind it and threw the desiccated corpse to the ground.

"The Andromeda you mentioned needs resentment as its power source to activate... So, the reason you deployed our Otherworld Drive is to use it to absorb human resentment and turn it into its power source, right?"

"But why? Why use this guy as a vessel? This person is just an ordinary person you could see anywhere. What's the point of bringing him here?"

"The corpse itself is not important, but human resentment is not something that can be absorbed so easily."

Lamer spoke slowly, toying with the pearl-shaped key in his hand.

“First, use the special ability that your Another Drive possesses to create a website that can spread human fear over a wide area. After they see it, they will feel fear. Then, at a certain time, Another Drive will kill one of them in a crowded place. Then, using that person's corpse as a vessel, the elusive resentment will be bound into the corpse... This way, it will be easier to absorb.”

"However, the resentment of these ordinary people alone is not enough, so I chose to join forces with the natives of this world to obtain more methods for collecting resentment."

Lamer clapped his hands, and then a tiny shadow emerged from the shadows behind him.

It was a... very pale, animal-like shadow.

"...What is this?"

"It's our partner for reaping resentment, and although it's running into a bit of trouble right now, but..."

"However, it's not troublesome at all for both of us to reap the benefits...right, visitors from another world?"

The incubator, Cupid, looked calmly at the people before him and then spoke in a gentle and lovely tone.

"We incubators are experts at the best way to incite resentment in humans!"

Volume 6, Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Chapter 243 The Blonde Magical Girl?

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Antarctica, iceberg research team.

The investigators stood on icebreakers, gazing at the scene before them on a sea full of ice shards.

Something seems to be hidden in the distant iceberg.

You can't see clearly when you get close; you have to stand at a distance to get a full view of what's on the ice.

Nevertheless, the expedition team could only discern that it was a massive object encased in an iceberg.

It is impossible to determine what it is, or whether it is a creation or a living being.

Some speculate that this object is a relic left behind by an ancient civilization that supposedly migrated to Antarctica, and that investigating it might lead to the whereabouts of the lost civilization Atlantis. Others say that it is a prehistoric behemoth frozen in an iceberg.

But no matter what the guess is, the truth can be confirmed once the ice is broken... However, the people here dare not act rashly. Breaking the ice requires many procedures. After the scientific expedition team has investigated the details, they will report to their superiors. Only after the superiors approve will they have the opportunity to break the iceberg in front of them.

Nobody noticed.

Something hidden within the iceberg... from its core-like part, a very bright light suddenly flashed, yet it could not penetrate the ice.

It was a light that shone like the constellation Andromeda.

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Now that Yan Ming has returned to this world, he can no longer wander around as he used to.

Unlike other worlds, he has his own identity here... namely, a student at Mitakihara High School.

Although I have important things to do, if I just let myself skip school every day, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble.

"I'm going to school. You two stay here and investigate the demons and the Time Jackers... Is that alright?"

Before leaving, Yan Ming said this to Gates and Wozniak.

He has now bought apartments for the two of them, giving them ample space to live, and Dian Si is temporarily living with them as well.

"I hope you won't do anything to attract attention."

"We should be the ones saying this. You're the one who needs to go to school. If something really happens at school, you need to be careful about what you do next and make sure you don't cause any more trouble."

Gates said with concern, it seemed that he had already developed a psychological trauma from the fact that his identity as a Kamen Rider was about to be exposed.

"Well then... have a safe journey, my Demon King. If anything urgent happens, Gates and I will be there for you in time."

After confirming that Yan Ming had left, Gates and Wozniak returned to the apartment.

Sitting in the chair, a complex emotion couldn't help but surface on Gates' face.

"What's wrong with you? Why the sudden expression?"

"Back when I was supervising Sougo with Tsukuyomi, it was probably a similar situation."

The only difference is that back then, Gates and Tsukuyomi enrolled in Tokiwa Sougo's school together, but now they haven't enrolled in Yanming's school.

At that time, their positions were not yet clear, and Woz was still considered an enemy to them...

"Now, only Tsukuyomi should remain in our original world. I wonder what her reaction will be when she sees everyone gone in the blink of an eye."

"Please rest assured, Gates-kun. Once everything has settled down and we return to our original world, we can use the Time Demon to adjust the timing of our arrival. That way, from Tsukuyomi-kun's perspective, it will be as if none of us ever left, and then nothing will happen."

"Yes, what you said is indeed a feasible method."

However, what Gates was really concerned about was not the issue of Tsukuyomi.

After everything settles down...?

Recalling what White Woz had said to him in the previous world, Gates vaguely glanced at Woz's back.

For 'this Wozniak', what exactly does "the dust has settled" mean?

But if that time really comes... what will Yan Ming do?

"Gates... what are you thinking about?"