Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

For Teed, everything he has done so far must have been in preparation for some major plan, so even if he is being held hostage like this, he certainly won't reveal what his plan is for.

Moreover, Yan Ming never thought he could get any information out of the other party.

Time Jackers are notoriously stubborn, even neurotic. It's very difficult to extract information from them through interrogation and forced confessions alone... especially someone like Teed, whose personality is almost like that of a psychopath.

Therefore, Yan Ming abandoned the idea of ​​interrogating the other party from the very beginning.

"So, I can get the specific information myself."

"Rely on yourself...? What do you mean by that—"

Then, right before Teed's shocked gaze...

A burst of iridescent light shot from Yan Ming's eyes into Tide's eyes, then surged into his mind and the depths of his spirit.

Everything about him was presented perfectly, like a painting.

Psychological invasion.

The Extreme Armor Form, which is transformed by the Gaim Ridewatch, originates from one aspect of the omniscient and omnipotent power known as the Gold Fruit.

In other words, it is the ability to indirectly reproduce one aspect of that godlike power.

Using a portion of the power of the Golden Fruit, Yan Ming can directly read Teedo's mind and access his memories and experiences.

That's all.

Now, he has read through most of Tee's experiences up to this point.

'If we go a little further ahead, deeper into the area, we can see exactly how he came up with his plan—'

Just then.

The world of memories that should have unfolded endlessly like a painting suddenly came to a halt.

Then it began to dissipate like ashes.

"what?"

At the same time, Yan Ming could only see complete darkness within the mind of Tide... even his own consciousness had ceased to exist.

A very ominous feeling welled up in his heart, and he immediately withdrew his self-awareness from Tide's mental world.

hum-

When Yan Ming looked at Tide again, he found that his hand had been flashing a very strange dark red color.

As the red light flashed, a massive amount of energy slowly surged from Tide's body!

Without the slightest hesitation, Yan Ming kicked Tide, and a spatial rift called Crack was created.

Teed's body fell into the zipper-like space behind him.

then…

Boom! The massive energy explosion instantly caused the spatial rift that had just closed to twist several times.

A not-so-small explosion suddenly erupted in the world known as Helheim.

"An amazing reaction... It's the first time I've seen something like this, and I can react so easily."

A familiar voice came from the alley.

The person who emerged was an unharmed Time Jacker man... Teed.

He was looking at Yan Ming with a smile on his face, his expression full of amusement.

"It's fortunate that you reacted quickly enough, otherwise, the entire city would have been wiped out in an instant by the energy of the explosion."

"A clone..."

After immediately discerning the true nature of the opponent's abilities, Yan Ming attacked again.

He aimed his palm at Tide, and the colorful power instantly grabbed his neck from a distance.

Buzz—! In the blink of an eye, Tide's body was grabbed by Yan Ming.

"By the way, the one you've caught right now is also an avatar."

"When you create clones, you can completely separate their memories and consciousness, and even detonate them individually."

"This is one of the effects of my new ability, but I think you probably already guessed it, right? When all those global news reports came out not long ago, you already guessed all of this, didn't you?"

That's right, it's impossible for Teedo to create so many magical girls in so many places around the world all at the same time by himself... The only way to do this is by using a clone-like ability.

“Each of me I create can be the original or an avatar. I have precise control over the consciousness of each of them. The memories of each individual can be separate or interconnected. They can become the consciousness of one ‘Teed’ or the different consciousnesses of countless ‘Teeds’!”

From calm to madness, that's the tone of Teed's voice now.

But he quickly composed himself.

"However, this is just a very minor skill for me, merely one of the ways to use the new ability."

"You should understand what I mean, after all, what you hold in your hands now is one aspect of omniscience and omnipotence."

Boom! In the next instant, a tremendous force struck the man named Teed in front of them.

An invisible force of thought pressed him to the ground, shattering his ribcage and causing him to spurt out blood.

"...Oh, right, let me give you another hint?"

Teed showed no sign of pain.

He smiled and looked at Yan Ming, speaking with even greater joy.

"A train capable of destroying spacetime... the God's Train, that thing, has now arrived above this time..."

"The King of Teeth's train?"

"Huh...you already knew?"

Teed's tone gradually became frantic.

"Then you... will have to stop it quickly, otherwise this spacetime will completely... disappear."

"Although it's not a short time, that train can indeed destroy all...timelines. Destroying your mere timeline is just... a piece of cake."

"In the end, you are still no different from Tokiwa Sougo. No matter how strong your abilities become, no matter how many Kamen Rider powers you inherit, you are still... Oma Zi-O."

"That means... the embodiment of destruction. You can never protect what you want to protect with your own hands. Everything you try to save will ultimately become your enemy..."

"This is... the ultimate path destined to make me Oma Zi-O, hee ...

The next instant.

Yan Ming calmly stared at Tide, concentrating all his power into a single point in his hand.

Not a single drop of blood splattered, because all flesh and blood were reduced to nothingness by his power.

Nevertheless, it's just a clone... there's no point in killing it.

"It seems there's no way to get any new information by reading memories."

A madman like Tide is difficult to understand through conventional means; he doesn't even spare his own body and consciousness, forcibly splitting himself into countless pieces...

That means Yan Ming has to come up with more solutions.

He had to get ahead of Tede to completely prevent the worst from happening.

…No matter what the other party's plan is, it must never be allowed to be completed.

So, first of all... he looked at the city behind him, which was still frozen in place.

We must first turn back time here and restore everything to its original state…

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The scene the girl saw was even more thrilling than a movie.

First of all, at some point, everything in the entire city came to a standstill.

The clouds that were originally drifting eastward suddenly stopped moving, as did the sun. The light it emitted seemed to solidify, and if you looked closely, you could even see some very tiny particles in the air and sunlight.

It was as if... time had stood still.

What happened next was even more incredible.

The girl sometimes found herself in the distance, and sometimes she found herself suddenly moved without her noticing.

This feeling... is just like watching a movie.

However, she is just a character in this movie, and the whole world is the movie itself.

There is an unseen giant hand that keeps pausing the movie, rewinding or fast-forwarding, and then replaying the footage.

Everything seemed so incredible.

What terrified her even more was that, some time later, she even saw a huge storm sweep across the entire city.

No… that’s probably not just the city’s area. From her perspective as an ordinary person, it has already enveloped the entire sky and earth. The sky turned black and red without warning, and another equally huge purple beam of light directly crashed into the center of the storm.

Then—she felt as if everything had vanished, and she was enveloped in a white light.

And now...

She looked ahead, and everything in front of her seemed to have returned to its original state at some point.

"What...what exactly happened?"

The people on the street didn't think there was anything wrong with it. People were still walking around as usual, some discussing their own things, and others strolling with their friends. The clouds in the sky were moving as usual, and the huge explosion that had just been seen in the sky, which seemed to be about to destroy the world, had all disappeared.

It was as if everything I had just seen was just an illusion.

But she knew very well that wasn't the case...

The big explosion, the stationary city and pedestrians, my sudden change of location, and... the ten-faced monster I saw back then, and the man who turned into a mysterious warrior.

All of this is true.

The girl... has great faith in her own ideas.

"Are you ok?"

"Whoaaaaaah—!!"

The next second, the sound from behind her startled her.

She was so frightened that she couldn't help but scream, and she uncontrollably slapped herself behind her.

The figure behind her grabbed her hand, and in that instant, the girl finally came to her senses.

"Yes, I'm sorry! Wait... who are you?!"

Standing in front of her was a familiar man... more than familiar, he was the one who had saved her before.

"You... how did you get here? Isn't this place ten kilometers away from my school? How did you get here so quickly..."

"I'm the one who brought you here for refuge, have you forgotten?"

It was only then that the girl remembered that before she came to this street, it seemed that this man had indeed brought her here.

They also used something very strange, which looked...like mercury.

The thought of this made her feel uneasy.

"...These all really happened, right?"

Yan Ming didn't say anything, he just stood there, giving the other party time to process everything.

After a while, the girl finally understood the situation... These things were just like those in the movies, they were real.

"Then, why didn't the people on the street react at all? Could it be because of you...?"

"Because I turned back time."

"Ah... reversing, reversing time... I see, um, I see..."

Oh, I see… No way! Do you even know what you're saying?! That's time travel! It's a technology that even modern science couldn't possibly achieve in several lifetimes!

However, after experiencing so much, the girl herself seems to have gradually gotten used to it all.

"Magical girls do exist, so... what is your relationship with those magical girls?"

"Probably."

"…Oh well."

It was clear that the other party didn't want to tell her more detailed information... but that was understandable, the girl nodded slightly.