Self-cultivation of Kamen Rider ZIO

The old man finally understood the identity of the young man in front of him after a moment of turmoil in his mind.

"You are... the Demon King of the History Administration?"

"Well, why, don't you look like it? Or, what do you think I should be like?"

Tokiwa Shogo smiled calmly, his eyes were like water in a cold pool, as quiet as a mirror, reflecting people's hearts, and there was no slight ripple caused by the old man's surprise.

Under the gaze of those eyes, the old man hesitated for a moment, but in the end he did not hide anything and spoke out his true thoughts.

"At least, in my imagination, you are not so... young."

"Young? Ah, I probably understand what you mean."

Seeing the change in the expression of the old man in front of him, Tokiwa Sogo smiled and nodded slowly to express his understanding.

"So, do I need to change my image to talk to you?"

He said understandingly.

"Change... your image?"

"Yes, change your image."

Faced with Tokiwa Sogo's affirmative answer, the old man looked at him puzzled, his face full of doubts.

However, in the next moment, his heart was occupied by an unbelievable emotion.

He looked at Sogo Tokiwa with a dull expression... Seeing Sogo Tokiwa's face "grow up" at a speed visible to the naked eye in front of his eyes, he completed the age transition from "young" to "middle-aged" in a short while .

The middle-aged Tokiwa Sogo looked at the old man and said, "What do you think of this image? Is it close to the me you imagined?"

Seeing Sogo Tokiwa like this, the old man opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

Sogo Tokiwa, who didn't get a response, was not in a hurry.

"Not satisfied? It's okay, I'll change another one."

Saying this, the "age" of the middle-aged Sogo Tokiwa began to accelerate again.

After a while, he completed the leap from "middle age" to "old age".

The current Tokiwa Sogo is an old man who is about the same age as the leader of the warrior organization.

The elderly Tokiwa Shogo asked the old man for his opinion: "Is this so? Or do you think my appearance should be older?"

The old man took a deep breath, exhaled, and forcibly stabilized his mind. He prevented Sogo Tokiwa from continuing to change his appearance and age.

"...If you can, please change back to how you were at the beginning."

Well, in the end, the first version of the young image is more pleasing.

Sogo Tokiwa turned back to the young man he was at the beginning.

He said with a smile: "As you can see, the appearance of age means nothing to me. The time I actually spent is longer than you think."

Seeing it with his own eyes, the old man has a deeper understanding of the meaning of Tokiwa Sogo's words.

He looked at the young Demon King in front of him, and he no longer had the slightest doubt or contempt in his heart as the leader of the Administration Bureau of History.

Then, as mentioned earlier, the old man offered Sogo Tokiwa his terms of exchange.

"13 years ago, my son, Wei Fugui—Izumi Yinzhi, was attacked by the strange sound ghost you mentioned during the earth purification ceremony, and lost the ability to transform into a ghost until today..." …

At this point, the old man paused, looked into Sogo Tokiwa's eyes, and continued.

"If the theory you proclaim is true, then let my child... let Yin Zhi become a mighty ghost again, and let him continue to complete the earth purification ceremony that he did not complete 13 years ago... if you can If I can do it, I will believe that the timeline I live in is a different timeline, and I will lead the warrior organization to fully cooperate with your actions."

Hearing this condition, Woz couldn't help but glance at the leader of the warrior organization in surprise.

He thought the old man would make a more selfless request, but he didn't expect it to be such a selfish condition.

However, Tokiwa Sogo doesn't seem to think so.

He and the old man looked at each other quietly, taking all the emotions in the eyes of the old man when he made the condition into reference.

Also as a reference, there is also the content of the old man's previous conversation with Woz, and the fact that the old man didn't continue to ask questions about the heterogeneous timeline after seeing him.

Gradually, Sogo Tokiwa caught a point that he had overlooked before.

"I see……"

He looked at the old man in front of him and smiled slightly.

"Although it has not reached the level of complete realization of the knight's watch, Izumi Yinzhi is indeed on the road to awakening the historical memory of the knight."

Falling into the abyss, and climbing out of the abyss unyieldingly, indeed, it is not surprising that Izumi Yinzhi will awaken the majestic knight watch.

"He should have told you before that he sometimes dreamed of scenes from another timeline, but you didn't believe it at the time, but now, it has become a huge factor that can make you believe us... Excuse me, Izumi leader of the warrior organization, is your little selfishness due to guilt?"

Hearing this, the old man's palms tightened involuntarily, and he didn't speak.

He acquiesced.

Conditions that seem to be extremely selfish are actually not very selfish.

Because of all the current conditions, Izumi Yinzhi is indeed the most suitable candidate to prove the theory of "heterogeneous timeline".

however……

"Let's change another condition, Chief Izumi, I refuse to take the matter of 'helping Izumi Yinzhi awaken the Wow Ghost Knight Watch' as ​​a quid pro quo."

Hearing Sougo Tokiwa's answer, Chief Izumi froze for a moment, frowned and asked, "Why?"

He was not in a panic, but calmly asked Sogo Tokiwa.

Tokiwa Shogo replied: "It's very simple. It is our duty to help the [Knight] awaken the [Watch]. For this, we have a mature and complete process. You don't need to mention any relevant conditions. You just bring it up." We won't accept the extra conditions... So, let's change it."

Chief Izumi understood Tokiwa Sogo's words.

"That's it..."

But he did not put forward other conditions.

"Since this is the case, please do what you should do. After that, we will do what we should do."

Agreement reached.

Tokiwa Sogo left.

Just like his silent "come", after leaving, his figure quietly disappeared on the seat, like an illusion dissipating, as if he had never really come.

Leader Izumi watched the empty seat quietly for a while, then looked up at Woz who was standing behind the chair.

"Mr. Woz, do you want to stay here overnight?"

"If possible..." Woz said.

"Of course." Chief Izumi nodded, "In fact, I have ordered someone to prepare a guest room for you."

"Really?" Woz said happily, "That's really thankful."

"Where... Speaking of which, should I discuss the specific matters of cooperation in advance?"

"I can't ask for it!"

Nodding without hesitation, Woz happily agreed, thinking: Hey, I'm just waiting for your words!