Inside the office.

Looking at the teacher who took the leave slip very happily, Tokiwa Shogo couldn't help but feel very melancholy for a while.

Because in his world, he has become a "habitual offender on leave", and he has long lost the qualification to enjoy this refreshing pleasure.

So......

How did I go from being a good class leader who went to and from school on time to being a teacher who couldn't find anyone everywhere?

Saying goodbye to the teacher, Shogo Tokiwa, who walked out of the office, stood in front of the window on the third floor, reflected seriously, and then found that all the opportunities for change seemed to start more than two months ago, when he and Tsukiyomi met them, and then became Kamen Rider......

As soon as he thought of this, the corners of Shogo Tokiwa's mouth couldn't help but tremble, and then he put his hands together and sincerely wished for himself in this world.

Well, I sincerely hope that I will not be like him in this world, the first time is really just the first time, and not the beginning of a deep "leave of absence".

Then, through the window, Shogo Tokiwa took one last look at the back of the person below who was walking towards the school gate with a lunch box, and turned around with a chuckle.

"Fate, fate, I gave it, as for whether there is a share, then I don't care~~"

With that, Shogo Tokiwa walked briskly into the stairwell on the third floor.

[Teleport!] please！ 】

With a fiery red light and shadow flashing through the unmanned stairwell, Shogo Tokiwa left the Konomori High School.

……

……

Hospital.

Gates, who changed out of his hospital gown and put back on his clothes, waited for a while, went out, and knocked on the door of the next ward.

"Knock knock!"

After a while, one such response sounded from the hospital room.

"Please come in."

Hearing this, Gates paused slightly, then no longer hesitated and pushed the door to enter.

In the ward, lying on the hospital bed, the world's "Mingguangyuan Gates", hereinafter referred to as Mingguangyuan, after seeing Gates, his face did not show too much astonishment, but instead appeared a smile that was stable after confirming something.

"Yo, I'm in another world, are you here to say goodbye to me?"

On the contrary, it was Gates who was a little surprised by Mingguangyuan's words.

“…… You know me? ”

He didn't answer the question of Mingguangyuan, but subconsciously asked rhetorically.

"Well, I just heard Shingo talk a little bit about you, and then I thought you might want to talk to me, so I asked Tsukiwa to take him out for a while...... Why, didn't you come here after hearing their departing footsteps? ”

Hearing this speculation, which can be said to be "all-in", Gates ...... How to say it, during this time, he gradually put himself in the position of a pure thug, and such a thought suddenly rose in his heart.

- Am I so smart?

Maybe even Gates himself didn't expect that one day, he would be stunned because of his 'own smart mind'.

Seeing this, Mingguangyuan couldn't help laughing.

He didn't feel embarrassed that his question wasn't answered, but smiled very calmly and waited for Gates to come back to his senses.

So, a moment later......

Gates, who came back to his senses, looked at such a Mingguang Temple, and suddenly had a feeling of "losing".

It's incredible.

Obviously, he is the one who has more life experience, but in terms of heart, he lost to an ordinary high school student.

However, he will not be jealous because of this.

Thinking of this, Gates spoke up.

"You guessed it, I really want to talk to you before I leave this world."

Gates answered the previous question before continuing.

"So, can I ask you a few questions?"

"Of course!" Mingguangin nodded.

So Gates asked the same question he wanted to ask after he was told the truth about Shingo Kunaga's hero, the story of Meikoin.

"I want to know, what kind of thoughts did you, powerless, have at that time to fight against the alien Zeronos for the sake of Kunaga Shingo?"

Hearing this question, Mingguangyuan was slightly stunned.

"No power...... Is it? ”

Saying this, Mingguangin looked down at his legs wrapped in plaster and said with a wry smile.

"Indeed, compared to the power you have, I am truly powerless......"

Just at this point, the smile on Mingguangyuan's face became calm and firm again.

"But even if I were like that, I would at least be more powerful than a seven-year-old, right? In that case, there is no reason for me to refuse the silent cries for help from a child who is about to be completely consumed by the darkness of despair! ”

"Even if you might die?"

"Of course! My dream is to be a savior! How is it possible to do nothing in that situation and just run away? ”

"However, judging from the situation at the time, what you did may not be able to change anything except ride yourself, so is it okay?"

"It's okay! Because, I'm not doing useless work! I told the kid that he wasn't alone, so even if I didn't manage to save him, I could at least let the kid feel the light and not the darkness at the last moment of his life. ”

"If you are the only one who survives in the end, but loses your legs forever, can you guarantee that you will not regret it in the future?"

This time, Mingguangyuan did not answer immediately, but thought for a while before replying:

"I can't guarantee it, but I know that if I had run away then, I would have given up on my dream of becoming a savior, so, at least now, not only will I not regret it, but I will be proud of myself for having that courage at the time."

So, just like that, Gates' problem becomes......

"Do you really think your dream of becoming a savior can come true? Is it really worth it to fight for such an impossible dream? ”

This time, Mingguangyuan gave his answer without hesitation, as if he had a manuscript hidden in his heart.

"Tsukiban's uncle, Mr. Junichiro, once said to me that the value of dreams is not determined by whether they can be realized! So, I think it's worth it! ”

Hearing this, Gates was silent for a moment, and then asked, "Chang Pan...... You mean Shogo Tokiwa, right? Are you friends in this world? ”

"That's right." Mingguangyuan nodded, and then smiled, "Don't just talk about me, in your world, aren't you friends with Tokiwa Sogo in your world?" ”

"Nope! I'm not ......."

Gates' subconscious retort was interrupted by Mingguangyuan.

"You don't need to hide in front of me, do you?"

Gates: "......"

He was silent for a while, then replied in a different way, "Do you really think I can be friends with the King of Time?" ”

Meikoin asked rhetorically, "Why can't it?" ”

"Why...... That's of course because he is the Demon King who will become the most ferocious and vicious Demon King in the future, and I am the core member of the Demon King's Resistance Army, and from the beginning, I came to this era to prevent him from becoming the Demon Time King.

"But now that I've helped him a lot, if I become friends with him again at this time, what is my mission?

"I'm here to stop him from becoming the King of Demon Time, but I'm not here to help him become the King of Demon Time!"

Faced with Gates's answer, Mingguangyuan smiled and said unhurriedly: "I think you may have mistaken your mission." ”

As a veteran "fake fan", of course, Meikoin will not fail to read the manga "Kamen Rider ZI-O".

So, as a reader from God's point of view, he has a different understanding of Gates' mission.

I just heard him say to Gates: "Your mission is to prevent the birth of the most ferocious and evil demon king, not simply to prevent the birth of the demon king, isn't it?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Gates's eyes suddenly widened because of the agitation of emotions.

Actually, can you think like this?

Distinguish the fiercest and most vicious demon king from the demon king...... At this time, it was proposed by Mingguang Temple that it was an angle that he had never thought of before.

And looking at Gates with such an expression, Mingguangyuan smiled and continued: "So, don't talk about the future without you by the side of King Shi, just talk about the present, as long as you think that the King of Time you know will not become a vicious demon king, then, of course, you can become friends with King Shi!" ”

"But if ......"

"Are you trying to say what you should do if the current King of Time goes the wrong way and wants to change from a good Demon King to a bad Demon King?"

"Yes."

"Yes, what, yes!? You're friends, aren't you? At that time, whether it is your mission as the Demon King's rebel army or your responsibility as a friend of the King of Time, isn't it all about pulling the King of Time back to the right path? So, what exactly are you hesitating about? You should get the idea, right? Your beliefs, your mission, and your desire to become a friend of the king of time do not conflict! ”

Finally, Meikoin said.

"So, your conclusion is ......?"

Gates was a little excited, and a little dizzy: "...... Become a friend of the King of Time! ”

"Hmm." Meikoin nodded in satisfaction, "That's it!" ”

……

At the same time, outside the door of this ward, hearing this, Shogo Tokiwa couldn't help but applaud for Meiko-in.

Wonderful!

And at the same time thought:

Is this a veteran "fake fan"? Loved, loved.

So, he sent a message to Gates, and instead of waiting, he took out the Electro King Knight watch, turned the dial, and started it.

【Electricity King! 】

Then he grabbed the doorknob of the room where Gates was staying, turned it, pushed it open, and walked inside.

……

Then, a moment later.

Gates, who walked out of the Meikoin ward, followed the instructions of the message Shogo Tsukiwa had just sent him, returned to the ward where he was staying before, raised his hand, and pushed the door open......

Then he was stunned to find that behind the door was not the ward where he had been living before, but a rainbow-colored desert space.

There is also a tram parked in the desert space behind the door.

And that tram is exactly ......

“den-liner！？”

"Wrong! I summoned the zi-oden-liner from the Electric King Knight Watch! ”

After Shogo Tsukiwa finished proudly, he stretched out his hand to Gates.

"I won't say anything superfluous, come, get in the car, we're going home!"

Family...... Gates stood at the door and was silent for a moment, then a bright smile bloomed on his face, stepped into the door, raised his hand to hold Shogo Tokiwa's hand, and was pulled into the cabin by him.

"Squeak~~"

"Whew!"

Along with the sound of the door of the ward connecting the desert of time slowly closing, the sound of the tram hatch closing.

And......

"Woo——!"

The horn of the train starting at the end, which was cut off by the door of the ward that had been completely closed.

"Click!"

Then, moving the camera away from the closed room door to the hospital lobby, placing it on the clock hanging on the wall, and realizing that the time was -

December 3, 2018, 17:01.