Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

"Now that we've finished the appetizers, shouldn't we move on to the main course?"

The battle is about to come to an end.

Mami slowly raised her hand, and following her movement, the witch, who was wrapped in ribbons, was also pulled into the air.

Even though the witch struggled desperately, she still couldn't break free from Mami Tomoe's ribbon restraints. Moreover, Yan Ming discovered that, from an angle and horizontal perspective, the position where Mami Tomoe released the ribbon had reached a very clever level. Under these circumstances, the binding force of the ribbon would be optimized when restraining the enemy.

He didn't believe that Mami Tomoe had to go through such meticulous calculations every time she released the ribbon, so her ability to do it so easily must be due to her own strong experience.

Golden light emerged from his hands, and the flintlock muskets instantly transformed into something resembling a turret.

boom--!!!

The golden beam of light pierced the witch's chest like an arrow, tearing her apart head-on.

With the witch's death, the entire witch's barrier also dissipated.

Mami Tomoe and Yan Ming's spirits returned to the normal reality together.

After landing, Mami Tomoe easily caught the black stone that had fallen. It was a seed called the Lamentation Seed, which only fell after a witch was defeated.

"I rarely take sick leave, and I still run into a witch... Oh well, what can I do? It's a magical girl's job to eliminate monsters like this."

She took out a cup from somewhere and casually took a sip of the black tea inside.

'I became a magical girl without knowing anything?'

According to Homura Akemi's memories, most magical girls are probably unaware of the truth about magical girls, witches, and incubators, and Mami Tomoe is one of them.

However, she seems to be more dangerous than the average magical girl.

I'm not referring to danger in terms of strength... but rather in terms of personality.

In Homura Akemi's reincarnations, there were several instances where Mami Tomoe suffered a mental breakdown after learning the truth, repeatedly attempting suicide and even trying to kill all the magical girls. On one occasion, she almost killed Homura Akemi as well...

According to Homura Akemi's own thoughts, the real reason why Mami Tomoe developed such an extreme personality is probably because she lacked people by her side.

'It's too late. She's already become a magical girl, or rather, she became one a long time ago…'

Wait.

Suddenly, Yan Ming thought of a question.

Although he didn't know why Mami Tomoe became a magical girl, but...

Ultimately, although they became magical girls, they were just ordinary humans before, weren't they?

They possess a past that belongs to "humanity," and this past is an objective fact that has not been changed no matter how many cycles of reincarnation and modification occur.

By rewinding Mami Tomoe's personal time, it's possible to... transform her from a magical girl back into an ordinary girl.

However, such a thing—

'It's not clear if it's even possible; this is only theoretical. Besides, someone with Mami Tomoe's personality would definitely not be able to accept reality if she were directly turned back into a magical girl. Even if her memories were erased, she would still become very extreme.'

Even if you turn Mami back into a normal person in an instant and erase all her memories, her extreme personality would still cause trouble. Even if she couldn't do anything then, Yan Ming still felt that such an approach was too irresponsible.

He didn't consider himself a demon king before, but now that he does, he feels it's necessary to assume that role.

Since he is a king, he must take his work seriously and consider all the results and processes rationally in order to be considered a qualified king.

He will turn the magical girls back into humans... but he will never abandon them and leave after rewinding time.

Let's make a note of Mami Tomoe's matter for now.

Just as Yan Ming was pondering this, a ripple came from the bushes beside him.

"Well done, Mami!"

"Oh my, it's Cupid."

Yan Ming followed Mami's gaze and saw a white creature emerge directly from the bushes.

It is Cupid who always maintains the same fake smile.

'This guy actually dares to show his face! He should be enduring the constant agony of death, yet he seems perfectly fine?'

Now that Qiu Bi is subject to Yan Ming's time-limited abilities, he should be enduring the constant mental anguish transmitted from the death of a counterpart. An ordinary person would have collapsed long ago.

It was unclear how the other party had resolved the issue, but Yan Ming would not act rashly.

He remained floating in place, gazing at the scene before him.

"You actually came to school to fight witches on your rare day off? You're really diligent."

"I just came to school to pick up some things, but I didn't expect there to be a witch here... This is really unexpected."

"Speaking of which, Mami, have you ever wondered why we can see the witch's barrier here?"

Kyubey's words startled Mami Tomoe slightly.

"What...does this mean?"

"There have been a lot of witches and familiars appearing at school lately, right? It wasn't like this before, why has it suddenly become like this?"

"This... I really can't imagine. Could it be that those witches have some kind of goal?"

"Yeah, I think so too."

Kyubey wagged his tail and spoke to Mami Tomoe as if offering a piece of advice.

"Throughout history, the groups that witches have targeted, apart from humans with a lot of negative emotions, have mostly been qualified young girls."

"A qualified girl?"

"That's right, it's someone who can become a magical girl!"

Cupid blinked and continued.

"If those witches can be found in this school, then it proves that qualified girls can also be found here."

"Really?! Someone qualified to become a magical girl? Does that mean..."

“That’s right…that means if you, Mami, can successfully persuade them—”

The next moment.

Just as Mami was about to listen to what Kyubey had to say, in the blink of an eye...

They discovered that Cupid had disappeared.

"...Huh?"

The girl looked surprised and quickly looked around.

"Chu...Chubi? Where did you go...?"

No matter how many times I asked, I received no response.

It was as if the other person had truly vanished in an instant.

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Thump—!

Time has stopped for the entire world.

However, only these two people are still able to move around normally.

Cupid was thrown to the ground, and a foot stomped on its head.

Do you think I can't see through your thoughts?

It's Yan Ming.

After overhearing Kyubey and Mami's conversation, he instantly returned his spirit to his body and then took out the Zi-O II watch.

Then... he stopped time and went to find Cupid himself.

"Deliberately tell Mami Tomoe why there are witches here, and then bring out that Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki have the potential to become magical girls. Since Mami Tomoe herself feels lonely and desperately wants someone to be by her side, this way she can naturally think, 'If these two become magical girls, they might become my companions,' right?"

"...How did you find me?"

Even after Yan Ming revealed his specific purpose, Qiu Bi remained unmoved.

“We’ve already investigated. You should still be in class on the third floor of this building. How do you know about this… Pfft—”

Then, Yan Ming's foot stomped directly on Qiu Bi's cheek, squeezing out some tender pink flesh.

"Do you think... the methods you used on our clan... are still effective now?"

"…What?"

Yan Ming kicked Qiu Bi's body over, and at this moment, its eyes had become lifeless.

“We have developed a technology that can sever neural connections from a single individual… Now, by severing the connections of a single individual, our incubator as a whole can avoid continuing to experience the same cycle of constant death as before.”

"That's certainly a good idea, but it won't stop me from continuing to kill you."

"Before that, let me tell you something—"

Cupid continued in a lifeless voice.

"You can't stop this from happening."

"..."

"No matter what kind of time-manipulation ability you have, that's just how Mami Tomoe is. She'll soon find Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki, learn that they can become magical girls, and then, because of her personality, she won't be able to resist wanting to add more of her own companions."

"If you want to stop these two from becoming magical girls, you have to go against her, which means you have no other way but to deal with Mami Tomoe."

Yan Ming remained silent for a moment, then looked at Qiu Bi with a bored expression.

"...You're even more of a scumbag than I thought."

*Thud!* A pool of blood and flesh flew everywhere as Yan Ming stomped and crushed Cupid's body.

He then accelerated time, reducing all the debris to ashes.

In this still world, he walked back to his original seat in the classroom alone.

Volume 6, Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Chapter 245 Woz, who wields ninja techniques

On the street, Gates, Wozniak, and Dinosaur walked together.

It wasn't just for shopping; it was for intelligence gathering.

"You mean that thing called... Andromeda also came to this world?"

"That's how it is according to those demons. We still don't know where in this world they've hidden that machine."

Gates and Woz later asked Dianzi to describe the appearance, structure, and abilities of this so-called Andromeda. Even so, Dianzi could only respond based on his limited memory.

"Hmm... that weapon of war, it's huge, at least fifty meters tall, right?"

"and then?"

"Then he grew to be very burly and intimidating, and he was also very strong."

"How strong?"

"They defeated me so easily; I had no chance to fight back at all..."

"So, then what? I mean, what are its special abilities or characteristics?"

"Uh... I think so, but I was knocked down by that guy very quickly, so I had no idea what happened."

"That means they know absolutely nothing!!"

After asking Dian Si for a long time, they still didn't get any useful information.

However, they couldn't blame him, since losing to the opponent wasn't the fault of Dian Si, but simply because the opponent was too strong.

At least one thing can be confirmed.

"That thing can destroy planets, which means that if it were really pulled into this world, it would definitely be able to destroy Earth as well."

It would be terrible if the demons used that weapon to attack Earth; they would definitely become a powerful opponent that Yan Ming and his group would find difficult to deal with.

“But even if we wander around outside, we definitely won’t find that thing, right? According to Dian Si, that war weapon is over fifty meters long. If that’s the case, the demons can’t hide it in this city. It would be obvious at a glance.”

"That's not quite right. What if Andromeda had the ability to shrink on his own? He's already capable of destroying planets and invading various civilizations in the universe. With such advanced technology, even if he could compress his size at any time, it wouldn't be a small problem. Gates, we have to consider everything carefully."

"If that's the case, then finding that thing will be even more difficult for us..."

What if you could shrink something nearly fifty meters long to the size of a chocolate bean in one go? That would be like finding a needle in a haystack.

Just as the three of them were having a headache over this—