Self-cultivation of Kamen Rider ZIO

Chapter 556 Anonymous Letter

[2016]

In an ordinary small home.

"Kisuke, it's time to eat."

Iida called out to his son who was sitting in front of the TV.

"I see."

Iida Keisuke fixed his eyes on the TV, and replied without blinking.

"Coming soon."

However, after waiting for a while, Iida had already put all the food in order, and his son didn't move from the TV.

This made Iida a little angry.

"Keisuke!"

"Wait a little longer, wait a little longer, Dad, this episode will be over soon!"

Iida Keisuke clenched his hands, and his mind was raised high along with the exciting sound effects of the special camera hero's nirvana on the TV.

The image of the hero defeating the evil monster is clearly reflected in his clear eyes.

But Keisuke Iida didn't realize that behind him, his father had already walked over.

I am sure that my son is not lying. The episode of special drama that is being played on TV is indeed Iida who has come to an end. Although he raised his hand and rubbed his son's head angrily, he did not urge him any more. .

but……

"Didn't I keep saying it? These TV shows are just like cartoons. The things in them are fake and made up. If you really like these, you might as well study hard so that you can get into a good university in the future and find a related one. work, and lead the filming of a special drama that I like, isn't it delicious?"

Listening to his father's words accompanied by the ending song, Keisuke Iida immediately fell into silence.

He turned his head, looked at his father wordlessly, and then sighed deeply like a little adult.

"Ugh."

This is his father, a ruthless machine focused on kicking his son out of his dream and out of reality.

At this moment, Keisuke Iida couldn't help but think of his past dreams that had been torn apart.

such as:

Just when the other children thought that Santa Claus really existed, he was ruthlessly told by his father that Santa Claus did not exist, and that he had to make equivalent efforts to get gifts.

In short, it is very realistic.

Iida Keisuke said he was used to it.

Mr. Iida, who has been a professional game tester for [-] years and has found countless game bugs, couldn't help but twitch when he saw this.

He pressed his five fingers on his son's head with a little force, then shook it left and right, and said in an unhappy tone, "Why are you sighing?"

"Oh, Dad, I think you've made a mistake."

Facing such Mr. Iida, Keisuke Iida replied without fear at all.

"What I really like is not making TV series, but the heroes in this TV series. Dad, did you see it just now? Don't you think the way heroes fight against evil is very handsome?"

"That's really handsome."

On this point, Iida still agrees.

"But his handsomeness is illusory, with special effects added, it doesn't exist in the real world."

"Does it really not exist?"

Iida Keisuke asked his father back.

"Aren't the policemen who catch bad guys the heroes of the real world?"

Keisuke Iida said solemnly.

"So, father, my dream when I grow up is not to make a TV series, but to be a partner of justice!"

Hearing this, Iida thought about it, then reorganized his previous language, and said to his son: "Then you have to study hard, after all, a good police academy has a high admission score."

Very well, Mr. Iida successfully brought the children's dreams back to reality.

Keisuke Iida: "..."

Stop chatting, can't talk anymore, eat and eat.

He removed his father's big hand from his head, turned around, and walked towards the dining table.

However, just as he took two steps, he suddenly stopped, raised his hand to tightly cover his heart, and panted heavily with pain on his face.

"Keisuke?"

The abnormality of his son caught Iida's attention.

"Keisuke!"

He hurried forward to support his son and asked anxiously.

"Kisuke! What's wrong with you, Keisuke? What's wrong?"

"dad……"

Iida Keisuke spoke in pain.

"My... heart... is beating so fast... I can't breathe..."

Frightened, he asked his father for help.

"Save me... Dad... save me..."

After a while.

The siren of an ambulance blared outside the window.

After that, the hospital.

Iida looked blankly and desperately at the hospital's diagnosis report.

"Sudden dilated cardiomyopathy... Heh, what did I do wrong, what did my son do wrong, and reality wants to punish us like this?"

Thinking of this, Iida slammed his fist hard on the ground.

"Damn it! Reality, it really is a damn, buggy garbage game!!"

But as soon as Iida said this, a doctor who was passing by suddenly stopped, turned around, looked Iida up and down, and smiled.

He said to Iida: "Then, do you want to fix this [bug] of this garbage game?"

Iida raised his head when he heard the words, looked at the doctor in a daze, and asked in a daze, "What should I...how?"

"It's very simple." The doctor replied with a smile, "Life is virtual, and reality is just a game. As long as you can become a real player of this game, then everything will be fine."

After saying that, the doctor took out a game console with tiny pixel blocks that were escaping outwards from his pocket, and handed it to Iida.

"Should I continue to follow the tide in this virtual life as an NPC, or accept the trial, and strive to become a player who can modify reality, Sarah, tell me, what is your choice?"

Iida fixed his eyes on the game console in the doctor's hand, and Keisuke's voice reappeared in his mind.

【Save me... Dad... save me...】

In the echo of the cry for help, he raised his hand and slowly reached for the game console.

……

……

[2018]

The eve of the establishment of the National Security Special Hazard Countermeasures Headquarters.

Tokiwa House.

The Tokiwa family is having a serious family meeting.

Tokiwa Shogo put the letter of appointment signed by the police chief on the table, and pushed it to the parents across the table, Tokiwa Sotaro and Tokiwa Namie.

However, Sotaro Tokiwa just glanced at the letter of appointment and pushed it in front of Namie Tokiwa.

"I see."

At the same time, Sotaro Tokiwa was stunned.

"No wonder you want to have a family meeting. It turns out that this is what you want to talk about."

Tokiwa Sotaro's attitude made Tokiwa Sogo understand one thing.

"You already know?"

"Yes."

Tokiwa Sotaro nodded.

"Because, when the director was considering whether to appoint you as the acting minister of the newly established Ministry of Homeland Security, he asked for my opinion."

Tokiwa Sogo opened his eyes slightly.

He really didn't know about it.

Chang Pan Zhuang Wu asked his father.

"Your answer was...?"

"no problem!"

Tokiwa Sotaro gave a thumbs up to Tokiwa Sogo, and smiled boldly.

"I told him that my son has been constantly enriching himself and training himself since the day he determined that his dream is to become a king. Until today, my son has accumulated enough knowledge and experience. There are deficiencies, but no problem, he will definitely be able to become an excellent and responsible minister...this is my answer to him."

Sotaro Tokiwa looked into Sogo Tokiwa's eyes, his face full of trust in his son.

"That's right, Zhuang Wu's words will definitely make him a good minister."

Mie Tokiwa put down the letter of appointment in her hand, looked at Sogo Tokiwa with the same tenderness and said.

"So, do what you should do, Zhuang Wu, only in this way, father and mother are not lying, are they?"

Tokiwa Sotaro continued.

"But……"

Sogo Tokiwa was very moved by the support and trust of his parents.

But because of this, he couldn't help but began to hesitate.

"In that case, father and mother, you may be in danger... No, it should be said that there must be danger, because the bad guys will never let go of any opportunity to take revenge on me."

The more people who despise the law, the crazier they will be when they are punished by the law.

Especially those weirdos who have supernatural powers in their own right.

Before they were completely terrified and defeated, they would never be willing to just curl up in a dark corner where no one could see them.

In short, in order to protect more people, and even more so to protect the families of the criminal police who are fighting on the front line, it is necessary to set up a target with the highest hatred for the monsters, and they dare to take revenge.

Thinking about it this way, there is only one suitable candidate.

That person is Tokiwa Sogo himself.

Not to mention, it is the king's responsibility to protect the heroes who fight for the people.

But is it really okay to put your parents in danger because of yourself?

It was with such concerns that Sogo Tokiwa held this family meeting.

"Zhuang Wu!"

However, regarding Tokiwa Sogo's concerns, Tokiwa Sotaro suddenly said this.

"Do you remember? When you were young, everyone was worshiping the heroes in TV dramas, but you were the only one thinking about another thing."

Father's words slowly revived the memories in Sogo Tokiwa's mind.

……

"Zhuang Wu, it's amazing, and you won the first place in this exam again. How about it, do you want Dad to buy you a hero transformation device as a reward?"

"No, I don't want a transformation device, I want a hero's doll!"

"Why? Don't you want to be a hero?"

"I think so, but, compared to being a hero, I want to be a king who can protect heroes!"

……

"Become... the king who can protect heroes..."

"Yes."

Tokiwa Sotaro nodded.

"So, do what you should do, protect your world, your people, and the heroes who fight for you. In contrast, your mother and I will work hard to protect ourselves, and as long as you Doing the right thing all the time, then, even if in the end both your mother and I..."

At this moment, Namie Tokiwa suddenly interrupted Sotaro Tokiwa.

"Behaviors that don't consider the consequences are stupid, but behaviors that only consider the consequences are stupider than the former, so try your best to do your best, Shuanggo, in that case, even if you are really defeated by reality in the end, mom will not I'll blame you, after all, mom doesn't want to be your burden."

"Eh?"

Hearing his wife's words only mentioning herself, Sotaro Tokiwa immediately protested dissatisfied.

"Then will dad become a burden?"

"I don't know~~" Tokiwa Namie covered her mouth and smiled.

"Why is this..." Sotaro Tokiwa pretended to be dejected.

And looking at the parents who deliberately changed the subject and no longer gave him room to tangle, Tokiwa Sogo remained silent, and couldn't help but laugh a little.

"End of the meeting."

He finished speaking in a low voice with a smile, and then joined the warm family drama in front of him.

The atmosphere of happiness is constantly filled with laughter.

……

……

Time goes back to the present.

12 month 14 day.

Led by Sogo Tokiwa, the Metropolitan Police Department's publicity and education short film, a special project called "Kamen Rider Zi-O", was officially broadcast.

It tells the story of an unknown hero who hides in the dark incarnate as a Kamen Rider and fights against 12 cult monsters.

……

12 month 15 day.

Sogo Tokiwa received an anonymous letter.

In the letter, there is only a short sentence.

[Two days later, the evil church took advantage of the evil god's invasion of the world to restrain the Kamen Rider, and killed your parents, as well as you. 】

(End of this chapter)