Kamen Rider: Prince of Shadow

"Speaking of which, she seems to be a shrine maiden of a certain shrine. Is this related to the reason?"

In the city square, Xinyan followed Xiaowu all the way here, rubbing his chin and muttering.

The plot of the entire Gaim TV has a kind of reincarnation range. Baiya, Feicui, and Zhenhong of the Overlord Clan can all find corresponding characters in Gaim's Kamen Rider, and Xiaowu, her relationship with the Helheim Forest can be attributed to the sacred tree.

According to Sengoku Lingma, the sacred tree is the seed of the Helheim Forest that fell on the earth. For some reason, it did not bear fruit, but just kept growing. Later, Xiaowu's family built a shrine here, and Xiaowu served as a shrine maiden in the shrine when she was young until the arrival of the World Tree Consortium.

However, the magical power of the tree is not just that. The World Tree opened a space crack that stably led to the Helheim Forest through it. There is also a sacred tree in the parallel world of the theater version. It is difficult for people not to connect the two trees together.

"Perhaps, the sacrifice to the sacred tree has given her the attribute of the priestess of the Helheim Forest in a sense. Was her identity as the daughter of origin also destined from the beginning?"

Nobuhiko fell into deep thought.

But at this moment, a voice sounded:

"Hey, you have been following her, what do you want to do?"

The sun was blocked, and Qiwen Jiedou stood in front of Nobuhiko with a bad face and asked.

Although they were in different teams, Qiwen Jiedou and Xiaowu were actually old friends who played together when they were young. Even if they were not childhood sweethearts, he would not turn a blind eye to the "stalker" in front of him.

The appearance of Qiwen Jiedou did not surprise Nobuhiko. His tracking technology was not sophisticated. Nobuhiko had noticed it as early as the beginning. The reason why Nobuhiko did not call him out was that he was very interested in his purpose.

"Why, the leader of the Baron team wants to be a hero?"

"Answer my question!"

"I'm very interested in that girl, maybe I'll make a move on her in the future."

Nobuhiko smiled and said to Kaito Kiwa with a meaningful smile. Obviously, this was a provocation. Kaito Kiwa was still a hot-blooded boy who had just reached adulthood, and he frowned under the stimulation of Nobuhiko.

Although he saw that Nobuhiko was deliberately provoking him, he did not mean to suppress his anger:

"Hey, I don't care who you are, don't think you can just leave after saying such a thing."

"Want to talk to me? Actually, I wanted to talk to you a long time ago, Kaito Kiwa, no, I should say Armored Knight Baron."

"What do you mean?"

"Do you want to talk somewhere else?"

As he said that, Nobuhiko took out the Sengoku Driver. Seeing this scene, Kaito Kiwa's eyes shrank-so far, he has seen all the owners of the Sengoku Drivers scattered in Zeya City, a total of seven, but he has never seen Nobuhiko.

"War Driver? Could it be that you are——"

Qiwen Jiedou had a guess in his mind——the mysterious Themis has not yet revealed her true appearance.

"Want to talk?"

"...Okay."

Qiwen Jiedou agreed immediately. His curiosity about Xinyan reached its peak at this moment.

——

Crack——!

In the empty suburbs, a huge banana phantom suddenly shot out, but the blue scepter suddenly unfolded a light shield, easily blocking the opponent's attack.

Xinyan looked at Baron who was still persevering, and casually pressed the switch on his waist. In an instant, a huge blue apple phantom fell from the sky and hit Baron heavily.

This blow directly knocked him out of his transformation.

Qiwen Jiedou fell heavily to the ground, opening his mouth and closing his eyes, revealing a painful expression.

Seeing this scene, Xinyan shook his head, canceled the transformation, and asked him:

"You said you wanted to fight me, are you satisfied now?"

"Ah, you are really strong, stronger than I thought."

The defeated Qiwen Jiedou tried to stand up, but the pain from his body made him give up. He leaned against the tree next to him and asked weakly:

"Ask whatever you want."

"If you get the golden fruit that fulfills all wishes, what do you want to do?"

"Hmm? My wish?"

Jiedou was a little stunned by this topic, but he still said:

"If the fruit is really like what you said, then I will pursue power!"

"Hmm?"

"This world is the law of the jungle, the strong bully the weak, and devour everything unscrupulously, so I want to get power!"

"But now your strength has surpassed most people, isn't it enough?"

"Of course not, when I was a child, my family ran a factory..."

Speaking of this, Jiedou also fell into memories, which was the painful part he was most reluctant to touch.

Originally a wealthy and simple life, everything changed when the World Tree Consortium came to Zeya City. The World Tree Consortium acquired the factory of Kaito's family with a tough attitude. Since then, poverty and domestic violence have swept his life.

This incident also made Kaito have a desire for power and hatred for the World Tree.

However, it is a bit ironic that——

——"I am not a strong person, just a weak person who has been pursuing power. I want to gain power, a power that no one can bully!"

"Your wish can be satisfied by the golden fruit, as long as you are willing to give it up."

"Give it up?"

"You have to give up something, the golden fruit can satisfy all human wishes, but you have to give up something after all. I will explain it to you in detail during the next competition."

Nobuhiko canceled his transformation, looked at the time and said:

"There are enough people who have obtained the Battle Driver now, and the competition should officially begin."

"Wait, can only those who can transform into armored knights participate?"

Kidou realized the meaning of Nobuhiko's words:

"Are other people not qualified?"

"Yes, as long as they can take the golden fruit from me, they can still become the winner, provided that they can do it."

Nobuhiko stretched out his hand, and the fruit shining with golden light fell into his hand. This dreamlike scene attracted Jidou.

However, it was just a glimpse, and Nobuhiko disappeared in front of Jidou with the golden fruit.

Jidou stood up shakily, endured the pain in his body, and turned away with a sense of loss.

On the other side, Nobuhiko stood behind a tree not far away and watched his actions.

It is hard to say whether the second rider, Kaito Kimon, can be called the second rider in a sense, after all, he has become the boss fighting with the protagonist.

He endured the erosion of injuries brought by the overlord, took the initiative to swallow the fruit of the Helheim Forest, and evolved into the overlord by his own will. This kind of thing is really moving.

Xinyan was also interested because of this, so he wanted to observe the other party.

According to the scene that Xiaowu saw in the parallel world in Gaim, the four knights who are most likely to compete for the golden fruit are the Wudao brothers, Kuzuba Kota and Kaito Kimon, and the final battle is between the last two.

Kaito Kimon is indeed one of the most promising candidates to win the golden fruit.

So in this chaotic timeline, is there any possibility for the other party?

With this thought, Xinyan turned and left.

And tonight, a special lock was placed in front of each armored knight, and next to it, there was a small note.

"The real game is about to begin. If you have the courage to know the truth and the desire to realize your wish, then come to the south warehouse in three days-Themis."