Self-cultivation of Kamen Rider ZIO

Chapter 685 The Last Piece of the Puzzle

A gap in time in the desert of time.

In a dark tunnel with no daylight.

A crimson time train - Den-Liner is driving alone.

However, there was a bustling atmosphere in the dining car of this lonely train.

Sing, dance, play games.

Everyone seemed to be in an endless banquet, all enjoying themselves and having fun.

Naomi.

Ryotaro Nogami.

Taotaros, Potaros, Kintalus, Dragontalus.

Of course, Iori Izumi is included.

Even Iori Izumi is the craziest one.

In this regard, everyone at Den-Liner is both tolerant and understanding.

After all, this was my first time encountering something like this, so it was normal to be a little crazy.

It's okay to vent out.

Izumi Iori was wearing colorful clothes, her eyes were empty and dim, her expression was numb, but her body was swaying crazily under the spotlight in the front row of the carriage.

In this seemingly endless dark tunnel, Den-Liner has been driving alone for a long time. It has been so long that Iori Izumi has forgotten when he got on the train and how long he stayed on the train.

During this long wait, Izumi Iori's initial reserve had been lost somewhere.

He only knew that he had to move and get busy, otherwise despair would crush his remaining sanity.

After a powerful song ended, Iori Izumi kept dancing, with no intention of stopping, because he knew that the next powerful song would continue to play soon.

But this time, he miscalculated.

The entire dining car was silent, and the powerful music that was supposed to be played immediately was far away. Only the sound of his breathing and the wind of his body dancing were made clearer by the surrounding silence.

Gradually, Izumi Iori's slow brain finally noticed the abnormality, and his movements gradually stopped.

Then, in front of the carriage aisle, a reminder sounded at the right time.

"Wake up, Mr. Iori, the train you are on is about to arrive at the station, it's time to get ready to get off."

The words were familiar yet unfamiliar, as if they were coming from a very distant time and space, but they were getting closer and closer to him as they sounded, and in the end they sounded like morning bells and evening drums in his mind.

Izumi Iori was excited and his mind suddenly became clear.

He "woke up".

Then, he subconsciously looked towards the direction where the voice came from, his expression suddenly startled.

"Demon...His Majesty the Demon King!?"

Tokiwa Shougo didn't speak, just smiled and nodded to Izumi Iori, giving him time to react.

So Izumi Iori moved his eyes away excitedly and quickly rushed to the car window, pressing his cheek tightly against the car window to look out at the scenery outside the window.

However, what he saw was still darkness, darkness, darkness.

Seeing this, Izumi Iori's excited expression froze, his body froze, and the energy and energy he had just mentioned suddenly dropped to the bottom, which can be called a cliff-like fall.

"Is it...an illusion again?"

Izumi Iori withdrew his gaze with gloomy eyes, staggered back to where he was, looked up at the front of the aisle in a daze, and then froze in the next second, eyes widening.

"what?"

Izumi Iori stared blankly at Tokiwa Shogo, who had not disappeared from the aisle of the dining car or from his sight even after he "recognized the reality", and suddenly raised his hand and rubbed his eyes vigorously.

Drop your hand.

Tokiwa Shougo is still here.

"!!!"

Izumi Iori's mood suddenly became excited again.

But this time, he no longer dared to confirm as impatiently as before.

He looked uneasy and asked in a trembling voice: "The king...is it...really you?"

"It's me." Tokiwa Shougo nodded, giving Izumi Iori a positive response.

But Izumi Iori still couldn't believe it directly.

The more reason returned and the hope became more real, the more timid he became.

Seeing this, Tokiwa Shogo no longer waited as before, but stepped forward, opened his arms, and gave Iori Iori a heavy hug. At the same time, he emphasized his tone and said with certainty again: "It's me!" A clear response, true. touch.

It was only then that Iori Izumi finally dared to believe that Tokiwa Shogo in front of him was real.

And at the moment when he finally believed it, this battle-experienced warrior burst into tears.

"I...can I...can...go home?"

Poor Brave Ghost, on his first time travel mission, he encountered a hellish level of difficulty, and was directly locked up in the "little black room" and left a psychological shadow.

Tokiwa Shogo ended the hug, pressed Izumi Iori's shoulders with both hands, looked into his eyes, and gave him a very serious reply in the affirmative: "Yes, the train will arrive at the station soon, and then you can go back." Home."

Tokiwa Shougo's mystery and power had already gained Izumi Iori's trust during the incident of the strange Hibiki.

So in the face of Tokiwa Shogo's assurance, Izumi Iori's mood gradually calmed down...at least, it must have looked much better than before.

"Can you tell me a specific time?" Iori Izumi asked.

Hearing this, Tokiwa Shougo thought for a moment, shook his head, and replied without concealment: "If you want to ask for a specific time, I can't give it to you, but I can give you another choice."

"Other options?"

"Yes, other options."

Saying this, Tokiwa Shogo released his hands from Iori Izumi's shoulders, took a step back, raised his hand, and touched his heart.

"One, I can take you out of here right now and let you go home, but I can only take you away alone. That is to say, after you leave, others will still have to stay here."

Then, Tokiwa Shogo pointed at Izumi Iori's heart and stretched out his five fingers, drawing a semicircle along the way, indicating to Izumi Iori to see the friends who had been accompanying him on this time train.

Naomi, Ryotaro Nogami, Momotaros, Putaros, Kintalos, Ryotaros.

Just at this moment, the partition door opened, and the car owner walked into the dining car from behind the door.

As a result, the car owner also came into Izumi Iori's sight.

Tokiwa Sogo's voice continued.

"Two, give me some time to solve this problem. Believe me, it won't take long. I will let the Den-Liner arrive at the station smoothly... Then, you can leave with everyone."

As soon as he finished speaking, the dining car fell into silence again.

Everyone looked at Izumi Iori quietly, without urging or persuading, just waiting quietly for him to make a decision.

As for Izumi Iori, as expected, she fell into an extremely difficult struggle.

He really wanted to leave here and go home.

After all, unlike Ryotaro Nogami and others who are experienced and always believe that Den-Liner will eventually return to normal time, Izumi Izumi encountered this kind of time gap incident for the first time, "It seems that he will be trapped in a dark tunnel forever and cannot leave." Weaving has really been under desperate pressure.

But after hard struggle and hesitation, his choice was...

"I stayed."

Hearing this, Tokiwa Shogo couldn't help but reveal a heartfelt smile.

The same goes for Ryotaro Nogami and Naomi.

Taotaros' expression was even more direct.

"Hahaha, I knew I saw you right!"

He quickly stepped forward, grabbed Izumi Iori's neck, and said with a smile.

"Yeah." Kintalos crossed his arms and nodded, and gave Izumi Iori a nasal voice that recognized the strong.

Purtalus also smiled and sighed: "There are thousands of needles hidden in his words. He is worthy of being the devil. He really caught a bright pearl under the sea."

In comparison, Ryotaros was much simpler. He just felt that Iori Iori looked more pleasing to the eye at this moment, and he wanted to play with him even more.

Afterwards, Tokiwa Shogo looked at Iori Iori who breathed a sigh of relief as if a huge boulder had been lifted off him after making the choice, and said: "Since you have made your choice, just continue to wait patiently. , Don’t worry, the train will arrive at the station sooner than you think.”

After saying that, Tokiwa Shogo took out the Scorpion Knight watch again, turned the dial, and was about to turn around and leave when he saw the expression of Iori Iori, who had just relaxed, change. He finally remembered the reason why he wanted to return to the future as soon as possible to meet him in the first place. Tokiwa Shogo's purpose.

"Wait! Your Majesty the Demon King, I have important information to tell you!"

He quickly called to Tokiwa Shougo and said in a hurried tone.

"After being reminded by Kado Yaji, I remembered one thing. That is, according to the records of our warrior organization, around the 15th century, there was a group of green strange insects that followed a meteorite that fell from the sky. Coming to the earth... I am very sure that it is not a demonized sprite.

"According to Kado Yaji's hint, it should be a monster from other knights' histories!"

Around the 15th century, meteorites, green monsters... zerg!
This unexpected information made Tokiwa Shougo's pupils dilate slightly.

In his eyes, a silver-white clock dyed with gold suddenly appeared, and the hands rotated rapidly and then slowly returned to normal speed.

At this moment, he saw the future.

(End of this chapter)