Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

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Volume One: The Demon King Descends: Chapter Two - The Witch Hunt

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My phone vibrated again.

It is now past four o'clock in the afternoon.

"...Whose is it?"

Although the school does not strictly prohibit students from using mobile phones on campus, teachers will definitely intervene if they make noise during class.

The class currently in session is Mandarin, but the teacher was taken aback when he saw that it was Yan Ming.

"It's you... Shi Lun. Although your grades are indeed excellent, that is no excuse for breaking classroom rules."

"Even if you don't plan to pursue a regular university entrance exam in the future, this situation can't happen again next time."

If other students were caught using their phones in class, this teacher would likely give them a severe scolding or even confiscate them.

Only Shi Lun Yan Ming, because of his excellent grades and the fact that he did not intend to take the college entrance examination in the future, was allowed to have his teacher turn a blind eye.

The other students didn't have any objections either.

After all, nobody wants to have anything to do with him.

Shi Lun Yan Ming secretly checked his phone behind his back.

Someone sent me a message.

I sent him a window shake on Line.

Given that Yan Ming doesn't have many social circles in real life, it's easy to imagine that his friends on Line would only be people he already knows well.

The person who messaged him was Suwa Aoi, who had delivered his lunchbox at noon.

"Don't worry, I won't be coming over for dinner tonight. I'm going out for barbecue with my classmates tonight! I'm so excited!!"

Accompanied by a cute emoji, came Suwa Aoi's message.

At Mitakihara High School, students don't get out of school as late as regular high schools, meaning they basically don't have evening self-study sessions.

Like Yan Ming, she also lived alone in an apartment nearby, which is why she would occasionally ask Yan Ming to come over for a meal.

She originally lived with her parents in Ishikawa Prefecture, but after being admitted to Mitakihara High School, she planned to live here alone.

Initially, her parents were very worried about their teenage daughter coming alone, but they couldn't resist her strong desire to try living alone and her excessive tantrums. In the end, they reluctantly let her come to Mitakihara on the condition that she had to call her parents every day.

anyway.

Yan Ming's thoughts returned to noon.

The watch that person handed over to him...

"Shilun! Didn't the teacher tell you not to play on your phone anymore?!"

Because Yan Ming was looking at his phone, he couldn't help but recall these things, and so the teacher saw him daydreaming again.

Although he had no need to take the course at all, Yan Ming still had to respect the teacher and immediately put his phone away.

Then... he continued his ancient document deciphering project, which was so difficult that even all the teachers in the school combined could not decipher a single word.

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It was 6:30 PM.

Most students have already gone home.

However, some students would consider going to all sorts of places to play.

Some students with a strong desire to learn considered gathering at a nearby coffee shop to study together, or going to each other's homes to do their homework.

According to classification, Yan Ming should be considered a student with strong motivation to learn.

…However, what he learned was not something that ordinary high school students would learn at all.

boom! !

In an empty room, a simulation training dummy was once again blasted away.

It is the Wheel of Life and Death.

Unlike his appearance at school during the day, he is now dressed in lighter clothing and holding a wooden stick that is longer than his body.

That's not all.

The techniques used to wield the wooden stick are highly professional. It is not simply about swinging the stick like in a street fight, but rather a combination of various techniques related to the "stick" weapon, including Shaolin stick fighting.

But this is only the beginning.

After warming up with the staff, it's time to move on to the one-handed sword.

Then there are two-handed swords.

Samurai swords, daggers, ranged throwing weapons, axes, scythes, whips, and crutches—

He was proficient in all of them, regardless of the type.

After finishing with cold weapons, Yan Ming even considered whether he should do some shooting practice with firearms the next day.

Then he resumed his practice.

In other words, it's physical training involving various forms of punching, kicking, and striking.

This is a virtual training facility that Yan Ming has completely booked with his own money. In it, Yan Ming can use the training dummies they developed, as well as the equipment that can simulate the effects of various real weapons, to continuously conduct weapons training.

Of course, Yan Ming had already handled the real weapons. It was precisely because he had thoroughly mastered the operating techniques of the real weapons that he considered practicing using this virtual method to experience a completely new feeling.

As mentioned before, Yan Ming has possessed remarkable mental abilities since childhood.

But having a brain isn't enough.

After his parents died, Yan Ming kept thinking about what he should do and what he should do.

To this day, he still has no answer.

just.

He understood that he was born with exceptional learning abilities.

Perhaps, if I were to fully utilize all my talents, even to the point of surpassing my limits, I would be able to discover what I truly want to do.

That's why he worked so hard to absorb knowledge and learn physical skills.

Not only in terms of "wisdom," Yan Ming also made sure to keep up with the learning in terms of "combat."

It's like from the very beginning.

It's like saying, "This knowledge should have belonged to Yan Ming."

boom!!

As his thoughts raced, Yan Ming delivered the final kick.

After unleashing a powerful kick in an instant, the test dummy flew to the wall again, for what seemed like the umpteenth time.

"It's already this late."

I glanced at the time; it seemed to be almost nine o'clock.

Because Suwa Aoi said she wasn't planning to come for a free meal today, Yan Ming came to the training hall for the first time in a long time to practice his combat skills.

Normally, no one would know that Yan Ming was doing these things in private.

…Apart from the owner of this training center.

As Yan Ming exhaled slightly, he felt a long-lost appetite. After training, his body began to crave protein and various nutrients.

Despite not appearing particularly robust, he has managed to master physical training and weaponry and martial arts to such an extreme degree, even at the age of less than eighteen.

If the world's elites in these fields knew about him, they would probably just call him a "monster".

In this way, the day's study and work can be considered completely over.

After Yan Ming came out, he walked onto the street.

Judging from the current time, Aoi Yu should be heading back to her apartment soon.

Shall we go out for barbecue...? When was the last time I went out for a nice meal like this by myself?

Yan Ming couldn't help but think this way, and at the same time began to consider whether he should go out to eat with Kui Yu next time.

pat.

A sound came from inside.

That was the sound of someone walking... It should be a perfectly normal sound.

"…Um?"

But Yan Ming immediately noticed something was wrong.

He stared to his right, and even though the light was red, the person seemed completely oblivious and continued walking across the street.

The way this person walked, their expression, and even their eyes all showed a very weak and lifeless state.

No, that's not all—

Those guys who kept wandering around like that, without anyone noticing, had already gathered a lot of them around!

And they... were all wandering around aimlessly like this.

They look just like zombies from a movie.

"What... happened?"

I've never seen such a bizarre scene before.

Everyone on the street, except him, was moving in a certain fixed direction.

What happened? Why is this happening?

Even if Yan Ming had been surrounded by all sorts of supernatural events since childhood—

But I've never seen so many people doing this strange thing at the same time before.

and--

Yan Ming also discovered something very strange on the necks of these people.

It looked like a tattoo, a very small design, just branded onto their necks.

Yan Ming's eyes sharpened again.

He followed slowly behind these people, but soon realized that they didn't even glance at him.

Following them, they arrived at a very wide area.

This is the beach at Mitakihara.

In front of the bridge-like venue, people wandering around like zombies had all gathered.

They swayed their bodies erratically.

All of these people were staring at the sky with a strange look in their eyes—no, it should be said that they were staring towards the moon.

He muttered something to himself and even occasionally let out a chuckle.

It was in this kind of crowd.

Yan Ming, however, discovered someone who could catch his attention.

A blonde, very cute high school girl.

"Kui Yu..."

Suwa Aoi.

Even the people closest to him had come to this place... The moment Yan Ming confirmed this, he immediately focused all his attention on dealing with the situation.

However, no matter how he spoke to Suwa Aoi, she would ignore him.

Even if you can push her over, you can't pull her away, which doesn't seem to have anything to do with sheer strength.

He gazed at the crowd, and then looked at the moon they were staring at.

—A strange change has occurred.