Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

Swartz stretched out his hand and pointed to the people in the picture.

"I need them to help me get this done."

"And this world where Shi Lun Yan Ming resides will soon become his final resting place..."

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Everything has now returned to the Demon King's perspective.

After what had just happened, the three of them went for a walk in the nearby area.

In the end, the conclusion was quite simple.

"A world of heroes and monsters...?"

The three of them are currently in a restaurant.

After that simple battle, the contents of the book in Woz's hands began to appear.

"In this world, people seem to live under the threat of monsters every day, but it's not like the end of the world. It's more like they've gotten used to the existence of monsters in their daily lives, and then—"

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"The so-called heroes are people with strong minds and combat power... well, in short, there are many different kinds of heroes and monsters."

"So the reason those passersby didn't pay attention to us was because they saw us as heroes?"

It seems that to the average person in this world, seeing spaceships flying around is no longer a strange thing.

After hearing what Woz said, Yan Ming nodded.

"Then what's this Hero Association all about?"

"Huh? There's an association too?"

"Well... there's not much information to record here."

Having only just arrived in this world, there isn't much recorded in the books, but—

"At least this book says that the Hero Association... is an organization that manages almost all heroes, and it has almost become a rule of operation in this society."

There's no new content after that.

However, this alone is more than enough for Yan Ming and his group to know the general situation of this world.

So, if that's the case...

So that's why.

Flipping through his hair, Gates asked again, sounding somewhat helpless.

"What are the three of us supposed to do?"

"...It's not written in the book yet."

"So what should we do during this time? It feels like nothing's happening. This world is certainly not some ordinary world without combat power, but in our current state, we can't find anything to do!"

"You don't need to be in such a hurry... Why don't you ask my Demon King about everything first?"

"...That's true."

Unbeknownst to him, Gates had already tacitly accepted Yan Ming as the leader of their trio.

"In short, we need to solve the housing and immigration issues first."

Since this world has a normal modern social background, it should be easier to handle than the previous worlds... That's what Yan Ming thought.

Yan Ming looked at the two of them again and said this.

"If I'm not mistaken, we won't need to actively seek them out; someone will come looking for us very soon."

"why?"

"Let's think carefully about what we just did."

After Yan Ming explained it to them, Gates and Wozniak immediately understood.

“I see… We just dealt with a monster that attacked the city. The Hero Association should have noticed that by now.”

"That's just one point, then there's this."

Yan Ming handed them the magazine he was holding again.

The text above reads something like, "Monster threat level... Dragon, an unprecedented threat, a great terror capable of destroying multiple cities."

On the right side of the magazine is a long list ranking the danger levels of the oddballs.

"Wolf, tiger, demon, dragon... and there's also a legendary god that has never appeared before. This seems to be the Hero Association's ranking of the threat levels of monsters."

"We've only just arrived in this city and we've already wiped out a Dragon-level monster. Excluding the gods that haven't appeared yet, this Dragon is currently the strongest level of threat. Considering what we did back then... I think that Hero Association definitely won't let us get away with this so easily."

Simply put, this organization will definitely spend its efforts to find out who the person who instantly killed that Dragon-level monster is.

"So that means the three of us just need to sit here and wait... and they'll come looking for us after a while?"

"probably."

"perhaps…"

Saying something like "probably"... at least give me some accuracy.

After that, the three of them had a simple meal at the shop.

After eating and drinking his fill, Gates casually leaned back in his chair, looking at his phone with a bored expression.

Even with a Wi-Fi connection, there's not much to watch, let alone do anything else.

"This is so boring, let's hurry up and leave."

"that…"

At this point, the waiter came over to collect their payment.

But soon a slightly awkward situation arose...

"Would you like to pay in cash or online?"

"Let me see, how about... cash?"

Gates naturally took out modern paper money from his pocket, however—

"...I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept your currency here..."

"...Huh?"

After hearing the charming waiter's troubled words, he immediately froze on the spot.

Is it because the world is different that these methods are no longer applicable?

"Then, let's bring those two! They're definitely got money...right?"

Woz and Yan Ming looked at each other, and then Yan Ming... also vaguely sensed something was wrong.

pat-

Yes, I do have money.

"...What is this thing?"

Gazing at the several differently colored coins that Yan Ming had tossed onto the table, Gates couldn't help but ask.

"Currency includes copper, silver, and gold."

"When did you start collecting these things?"

"These were collected when I was in another world. Compared to this kind of thing, these... should be usable now, right?"

"This, this, this guest... um..."

The waitress who was in charge of settling their bills seemed even more bewildered.

"What the hell is this?! Why would someone pay for a fast food meal with something that looks like a cosplay prop?! Copper coins?! And what's with the silver and gold coins?! Even if they are real, why would anyone pay for a meal with something like this?!"

Even Woz couldn't help but shake his head at this situation.

"I never thought that my Demon King, with his illustrious reputation that allowed him to weather crises on a multi-dimensional scale, would be brought down by a meal bill... Hmm?"

They, who were still considering this matter, suddenly looked up.

"Eh...?"

The waitress clearly couldn't figure out why they were acting this way, and just as she was about to ask again, looking puzzled, she realized...

All the windows in the restaurant shattered in an instant.

Bang--!!

"What?! Oh my god—!"

Everyone in the restaurant screamed in terror, and from the window, something like a sharp spike hurtled directly into the room.

And the waitress happened to be standing in that spot.

—Bang! The next moment, a dark shadow flashed by.

Yan Ming and Gates pulled the waiter over, while Woz waved his scarf as a weapon, using it in a similar spike-like manner to deflect the incoming spike.

"Are you okay?"

"Ah...yes, yes..."

"Well, let's settle the bill for the meal later."

As he said this, Gates put down the waitress whose pretty face was slightly flushed, and then looked out of the restaurant with Yan Mingwoz.

"Looks like you were just saying you were bored, and now you're already getting things done."

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Outside the restaurant.

A group of people dressed in black suits surrounded the area.

"Everyone, be careful!"

The person standing at the very front was a woman.

She was very tall and had black hair, and she didn't even look like a teenager anymore...

"Lady Fubuki! It's no use... Our weapons are completely ineffective against that monster!"

"Moreover, this guy's attack range is too large. If this continues, the entire street, or even the city... will be destroyed!"

The woman in front of me is named Fubuki, and the people with her are her partners in the Fubuki Group.

She is also a hero, and these people are her subordinates and partners. When all their strength comes together, they can produce an incredibly powerful effect.

Unfortunately.

Faced with this strange person standing before them... this irrational person with hands that are completely like sharp spikes, even the powerful Fubuki Group is in complete danger.

"Damn it... No wonder he's a Demon-level monster!"

"And it's not just any ordinary Demon-level... "

Buzz—! As Fubuki raised her hands, a telekinetic force instantly whipped up a massive gust of wind.

However, the strange man simply swung the spikes in his hand with great force.

Boom…!! With just that, the piercing spike shattered the tornado created by Fubuki's superpower and instantly hurtled towards her.

"Get out of the way!"

She quickly maneuvered herself into the air to dodge, but the spikes she had just unleashed pierced straight into the ground.

It tore apart the street behind it in one fell swoop.

"Guh-wooaaaaah!!"

"Everyone!"

A girl with long, discolored hair, holding a three-section staff, widened her eyes upon witnessing the scene before her.

Just then.

The spikes on the monster's hands then rapidly extended from the area near the girl's feet.

He then stabbed his way towards the girl.