"December 3, 2018..."
After listening to Woz's report and ending the call, Tokiwa Shogo repeated the date he just got from Woz in a low voice, and then took a long breath.
Den-Liner has lost contact. Although this is not good news, it is a clue that can be grasped. Therefore, after hearing the news, Tokiwa Shogo's heart, which had been in a state of anxiety before, became calm. A lot.
In addition, the other two pieces of information passed back by Woz, "the terminal station that has been stationed for 11 years" and "the divergence point that already exists but cannot be discovered" are also worth noting.
Because 11 years ago was the period when Kamen Rider Den-O was most active.
This further proves that the strange knight this time is the Den King.
However, since Denou can travel through time, "11 years" cannot be regarded as an absolute condition during the actual investigation.
Think of it this way...
11 years ago, right after the Bifurcation Point incident of the Strange Demon God ended, or rather before it ended, the invisible divergence point already existed, and after the Bifurcation Point of the Strange Demon God disappeared, no new divergence point was created. , so the terminal has been staying at the place where "there may be points of disagreement" for 11 years.
With this thought in mind, Tokiwa Shougo walked to the table, poured himself a glass of water, and drank it "ton ton ton".
At this moment, the sound of "dengdengdeng" footsteps sounded in the corridor outside the door.
Then, there was a knock on the door.
Boom, boom, boom!
"King of Time, open the door!"
It's Gates back.
Tokiwa Shougo put down his water glass and walked towards the door.
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in the corridor.
After Gates finished shouting, he was waiting when he heard the sound of opening the door from the side.
That's the direction of Tsukuyomi's room.
[Tsukuyomi is back! ? ]
With this thought flashing through his mind, Gates was stunned for a moment, then immediately turned around to look.
"moon……"
However, as soon as the words started, they stopped abruptly.
"???"
I saw a shirtless and sweaty Tokiwa Shogo walking out of Tsukuyomi's room.
This picture made Gates' expression immediately confused.
Then, the corners of his mouth twitched and he asked: "...Why are you in Tsukuyomi's room?"
Tokiwa Shougo replied: "I couldn't calm down when I was staying in my room, so I came to Tsukuyomi's room."
"Then why are you sweating like this?"
"Oh, I did a few push-ups."
"a little?"
Gates listened and looked at Tokiwa Shogo up and down again... He looked like he was sweating profusely, as if he had just been fished out of the pool.
Based on his understanding of Tokiwa Shougo's physical strength, there is no way this is the amount of sweat that can be achieved by doing a few push-ups "just a little".
"How many did you make?"
Gates was thinking in his heart, but he didn't expect to say these words smoothly.
Tokiwa Shogo said "uh" when he heard this, and then shook his head.
"I don't know how many there are specifically, but it must be at least over 10,000."
Tokiwa Shogo replied with a bit of hoarseness in his voice.
That's caused by lack of water.
After all, he had been exercising almost all afternoon and never stopped for a moment.
Thanks to this, his afternoon was much better than that in the morning, fulfilling and stable.
Thinking of this, Tokiwa Shogo looked at Gates who showed a surprised expression after hearing this answer, smiled and said:
"Don't worry about me, it's just a few push-ups and a little rest. Besides, sweating is also good for your health."
Without giving Gates a chance to reply, "Who's worried about you?", Tokiwa Shogo continued:
"Compared to this, I care more about your results today..."
After hearing this, Gates' attention immediately moved away from the previous sentence.
He was about to walk towards Tokiwa Shogo and go inside with Tokiwa Shogo to talk about business...
However, before he could lift his steps, he saw Shogo Tokiwa closing the door of Tsukuyomi's room with his backhand and walking towards him.
Gates: "..."
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A moment later, Tokiwa Shogo's room.
Tokiwa Shougo asked: "How is it? Have you met Ryotaro-senpai?"
"No."
Gates shook his head and replied.
"Mr. Ryotaro neither came home nor called home today. Ms. Nogami Airi is also very confused about this."
It's a regrettable but expected result.
Tokiwa Shougo sighed and said, "The miracle didn't happen."
"Miracles?" Gates frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
"That's right. Just now, Woz reported to me the results of his investigation over the past two days..."
Next, Tokiwa Shougo informed Gates of the information Woz investigated one by one.
After hearing this, Gates nodded suddenly.
"I see."
No wonder he didn't wait for Ryotaro Nogami today. It turned out to be because Ryotaro Nogami had already lost contact with Den-Liner during time travel.
"So, you should have gone to [December 3rd] to investigate, right? Did you find anything?"
"No, I haven't gone yet."
Tokiwa Shogo shook his head and said.
Looking at Gates who was stunned after hearing this sentence, Tokiwa Shougo took the initiative to explain before he could ask any questions.
"You haven't forgotten it, right? Gates."
Tokiwa Shougo closed his eyes slightly to cover up the dark light flashing in his eyes.
"Before, after I traveled back through time, what happened was that the history of Tsukuyomi left in this era was erased."
Upon hearing this, Gates asked in confusion: "Does this have anything to do with you not going to investigate [December 3]?"
"Um."
Tokiwa Shougo nodded and replied.
"Based on the existing information, although I don't know how the Time Robber did it, I suspect that Tsukuyomi is now at the other end of the 'invisible divergence point', where the Time Robber The desired future, the timeline belonging to the alien King of Electric..."
Having said this, Tokiwa Shougo paused and continued.
"Perhaps, the 'history' that Tsukuyomi left in this era has not disappeared, but has been transferred to the timeline of the alien Den-O."
"By analogy, if the Time Robber's plan succeeds, the current time is connected to the future after the 'invisible divergence point' created by the Time Robber...
Then, the final result should be - the disappearance of this timeline!
People who were originally on this timeline were all transferred to the timeline of the alien king, making up for the [past history] for that timeline that only had [the future] but no [past].
Of course, there is no me in the future desired by the Time Tribber. "
After speaking, Tokiwa Shougo was silent for a moment to give Gates some time to think before continuing.
"Now, you should have understood, right? The reason why I didn't rush to [December 3]."
Gates nodded slowly.
"Is it because what we are actually going to is not simply [December 3rd], but the [future] connected to the 'invisible bifurcation point'?"
"That's right!"
Tokiwa Shougo smiled.
"Although the key point is over there, we can't be sure whether the time robbers have left any pits here. Therefore, we not only have to consider how to go to that [future], but also consider how to successfully go to that [future]. After the future, how to return to the present!"
Gates nodded again, and then, as he nodded, he suddenly froze.
"Wait a minute, King Shi, speaking of 'pit', I have something to tell you, and it has to do with Zero North."
He wanted to talk about this when he first came back...
However, he later received too much complicated information from Tokiwa Shogo, and it was Tokiwa Shogo who was always leading the topic, so he gradually forgot to mention it.
Fortunately, he still remembered it now.
Just listen to Gates say this:
"Airi Nogami still remembers Ryotaro Nogami as Den-O, but he doesn't remember Yuuto Sakurai as Zero North. No, it's not just that he doesn't remember Yuuto Sakurai as Zero North. She doesn't even remember Sakurai. Yuuto this guy!”
Just like the beginning of Kamen Rider Den-O's story.
Therefore, what Gates wanted to ask at the beginning was:
"King of Time, are you sure that this Alien Knight incident is the Alien King of Lightning and not the Alien Zero North?"
Hearing this question, Tokiwa Shougo was stunned for a moment, and his eyes slowly opened wide involuntarily...
