Kamen Rider, but with a wild start.

Meikoin Geiz recalled what Kino had said at the dinner table and looked at Tokiwa Sougo with some disbelief—could it be that because he wanted to completely eliminate ZiO just now, Tokiwa Sougo subconsciously awakened the Great Mazinger Machine?

So the day of the Demon's Hour has been brought forward?

However, Tokiwa Sougo's reaction at this moment was very strange, and the expression on his face was even more bewildered than theirs.

"leave……"

He murmured it out as if by subconsciousness.

"hurry up……"

Tokiwa Sougo turned his head to look around, as if he was looking for something, but perhaps even he himself did not know what he was looking for. Then, the next moment, his gaze settled on the boy not far away.

"Ok?"

Kino, who was trying to find the Timekeeper, turned his head as if sensing something, and saw Tokiwa Sougo standing there blankly, like an idiot.

Kino tilted his head: "What's wrong?"

Were they terrified by the future demon king's scheme?

Suddenly, Meikoin Geiz appeared in front of Tokiwa Sougo in a single stride, grabbed his shoulder, and demanded, "Did you do this?!"

After his gaze was drawn to Meikoin Geiz in front of him, Tokiwa Sougo snapped out of his daze and immediately pushed his hand away, retorting, "Of course it wasn't me! I would never do such a thing!"

"but……"

However, after saying this, Tokiwa Sougo changed the subject and looked at the seven Great Demon Machines with a dazed expression.

"I saw it in my dream..."

"What do you mean?"

Meikoin Gates stared at him sharply.

Tokiwa Sougo said in a low voice, "When I was a child, I had a dream in which the world was destroyed by monsters like these, but I could only watch helplessly. Then a mysterious man appeared before me..."

Although he had forgotten the man's face, he remembered that the Great Demon Machine had destroyed everything around him, and that people were dying one after another.

Then that person told him—

"You were born to be king; your mission is to become king and save this broken world!"

Therefore, Tokiwa Sougo wanted to become king.

After listening, Meikoin Geiz and Tsukuyomi remained silent for a long time. Then, as if they had suddenly realized something, all three of them involuntarily looked at the boy over there.

Kino was contemplating whether to summon Tsukasa Kadoya to deal with the seven Great Demon Machines, since leaving them to destroy the city wasn't a good idea. Just then, as if sensing a burning gaze behind him, he turned around in confusion.

Then he and the three people looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Hmm... what happened?"

Kino asked with an innocent look on his face.

Meikoin Gates stared at him suspiciously: "Did you hear what ZiO just said, that strange dream, and the mysterious man in the dream... And I remember you said before that you came to 2018 from the past, right?"

It's rare to see him think so flexibly this time.

Kino thought for a moment and said, "That wasn't really a dream, but I'm not sure how to tell you about it yet, after all..."

He always felt that the next second after a spoiler would either be Oma Zi-O picking a fight across time or being condemned across worlds by the Origin Man. In the end, Swartz might even break down, and then some guy who always had a book in his hand would also lose his temper.

Thinking of this, Kino looked around again: "Speaking of which, hasn't Woz shown up recently?"

Meikoin Gates was about to press for more information, but upon hearing this, Tokiwa Sougo spoke first: "No, actually he's been coming out these past two days."

Kino: "?"

How come he's never seen it before?

Seeing what he was wondering, Meikoin Gates immediately retorted sarcastically, "Because you're sleeping!"

Wozniak has indeed been out and about these past couple of days.

For example, on the morning Another Ghost appeared, Woz made some ambiguous remarks, the gist of which was to subtly undermine the Demon King, suggesting that the Kamen Rider using Gaim's power would interfere with ZiO's acquisition of the Rider Power, and might even be someone from the Time Jackers' side.

However, his attempts to instigate it were completely ineffective.

Last night, Woz even criticized Tokiwa Sougo for being led astray by that "newcomer" and for recklessly altering history, which could have unpredictable consequences.

When he appeared this morning, he suddenly announced that he would join the Time Jackers in order to ensure that the history of Oma Zi-O would proceed in the right direction.

Then, just a second before Kino got up and went downstairs—

Woz then left.

Kino: "emmm..."

So that guy really did it on purpose, right?

Upon hearing him mention Woz at this moment, Tokiwa Sougo couldn't help but ask, "Does Woz know the reason for the appearance of the Great Demon Machine?"

Kino scratched his head: "Maybe. I just want to snatch his history book and take a look, and by the way, ask him when he started following Oma ZiO."

Tokiwa Sougo: "..."

It seems I now understand why Woz was avoiding him.

"This is the consequence of changing history!"

A familiar voice suddenly came from above.

Everyone looked up and saw Woz holding a book on the slope built of walls, with his usual mysterious smile on his face. He glanced at the Great Demon Machine in the distance and then spoke in a chant-like tone.

"According to historical records, my Demon King used seven Great Demon God Machines to take over the world!"

"Woz?"

Tokiwa Sougo glared at him with annoyance.

Looking at Woz standing on the earthen slope covered with weeds and green plants, Kino didn't rush to ask him anything. Instead, she asked him sincerely, "Do you really have to stand there and talk?"

Wozniacki maintained his smile: "..."

Kino continued muttering, "It looks like you could easily fall, and your shoes are covered in mud. Are you just trying to get a higher position than us?"

Woz closed the book with a smile and said, "My Demon King, please don't worry. After dealing with those who wantonly disrupt history, everything will return to normal!"

After saying this to Tokiwa Sougo, Woz turned slightly on the narrow earthen slope where he could barely stand, seemingly intending to leave immediately.

"They really were forcing themselves to stand there..."

Tsukuyomi suddenly couldn't help but make a comment.

Tokiwa Sougo smiled slightly.

At this moment, Kino quickly stepped forward and asked, "Woz, when did you start following Oma ZiO?"

Woz, who was about to leave, stopped, turned his head and looked down at him with a condescending pride and arrogance on his face: "Of course, it's the day my Demon King descends!"

"As expected, you were a traitor from the very beginning!" Meikoin Gates suddenly exclaimed angrily.

"Betrayal is just a result in the eyes of you fools, but to me, I have always been my most loyal subject, the Demon King!" Woz curled his lips into a smile.

In the future, Woz joined the human resistance to fight against Oma Zi-O, and even rose to a position of considerable respect and recognition. However, he delivered the wrong message during an operation, which ultimately caused the human resistance to fail.

Everyone felt that Woz had betrayed the resistance.

But in Woz's view, he had only infiltrated the resistance camp under the guise of serving His Majesty the Demon King, but he never expected that the group would trust him so naively, so it was only natural that he would fail in the end.

"So you became one of Oma Zi-O's people so early on?" Tsukuyomi frowned slightly.

"Heh, Meikoin Geiz and Tsukuyomi, you people who traveled from the future are really a nuisance. So let's call it a day!"

"What……?"

Before anyone could understand what he meant, Woz had already turned away and was about to leave. However, at that moment, he suddenly felt an undeniable tightness around his neck.

No, that's not right!

It's not a neck problem—

The force was his scarf being pulled down!

"Smack!"

As the three stared in disbelief, Woz fell from the two-meter-high wall that held the earthen slope. Then, a figure pounced on him and pinned him down, clutching his gray scarf tightly to prevent him from escaping, while the other hand reached for the book in his hand.

"Okay, let me take a look!"

"Damn it... let me go!"

Woz, pinned to the ground, had a ferocious expression on his face. He never expected that guy to use such a reckless method. Sure enough, his initial premonition was right; he shouldn't have gotten too close at all!

Just as Kino snatched the "Twilight Advent Calendar" from his hand, a clock emitting golden light suddenly appeared in mid-air in front of the two of them, and then more and more golden clocks formed a circle, eventually creating a vortex at the center.

Swah——

A warrior with a golden body leaped out from it!

Woz, who was pinned to the ground, looked up and his eyes lit up when he saw the warrior: "Gachen!"

This is a mechanical warrior, and also the second most loyal servant of Oma Zi-O. Since he was sent to this era, he must have come to eliminate those who disrupt history.

Meikoin Gates and Tsukuyomi immediately went on high alert, while Tokiwa Sougo, who was unaware of what was going on, was still somewhat bewildered.

Gachen's mechanical mask swept across the people present: "I am Gachen, the most loyal servant of His Majesty Oma Zi-O. I have come to eliminate Geiz and Tsukuyomi on the orders of my Demon King!"

After saying this, Jia Chen ignored Kino and Woz on the ground and rushed towards Meikoin Geiz on the opposite side. Without hesitation, he punched him away and then knocked Tsukuyomi to the ground with a palm strike.

"Eh...what?!"

Tokiwa Sougo stared in astonishment at the scene.

"My Demon King, please step aside."

Kazuki spoke these words in a mechanical voice without any fluctuation. He walked past Tokiwa Sougo, stepped forward, grabbed Meikoin Geiz by the collar, and lifted him up.

"Wait! Stop it!"

Finally realizing what was happening, Tokiwa Sougo rushed forward to try to stop him, but Kazutsugu shoved Meikoin Geiz away, who crashed into the wall and fell to the ground.

Jia Chen then looked at him and said, "This is your order. My mission is to eliminate Gates to ensure your safety."

"...My orders?"

Tokiwa Sougo looked on in disbelief.

No matter how you look at it, this mechanical warrior has never seemed to be hostile towards him since its appearance, which makes Tokiwa Sougo believe that the other party may really be here to protect him.

But this was not his order at all!

He would never go and destroy Gates and Tsukuyomi!

"The moment has finally arrived!"

Even while sprawled on the ground, Woz couldn't resist shouting excitedly, "I am the Demon King—"

Snapped!

Kino Kazuki slapped him on the back of the head, successfully knocking him down again and interrupting what he was about to say.

"You still have to recite your lines even when you don't have a book in your hand?" Kino looked at him curiously.

Aren't you going to help them?

With someone sitting on his back, Woz couldn't straighten up and could only angrily glance at the person behind him, then his gaze fell on the other person's hand that was holding the scarf.

Upon hearing this, Kino looked up and saw Tsukuyomi, who had been pushed to the ground earlier, raise her gun and fire a bullet at Kazutomi. Taking advantage of this opportunity, she stepped forward, pulled up Meikoin Geiz, and quickly retreated.

Kino then looked away, saying, "I don't need to help anymore."

Then, full of anticipation, he opened the "Demonic Descent Calendar" in his hand, wanting to see what was written inside. Woz wanted to stop him, but it was too late, or rather, he had no way to stop him at the moment.

The opening is—

[Rejoice! He is the embodiment of everything—]

Forget it, no need to look at this.

Kino felt that this passage seemed to be handwritten, and it was definitely in Woz's style. Maybe this guy couldn't resist adding a preface himself.

He flipped through a few pages at random, only to find the pages were completely blank. Kino paused, skipped to other pages, and flipped through them several times, but they were all empty without a single word.

This is actually a wordless book!

That's not right either; at least there's a sentence at the beginning.