【2016】
In an ordinary small home.
"Keisuke, it's time to eat."
Iida shouted to his son who was sitting in front of the TV.
"I see."
Keisuke Iida stared at the TV and replied without blinking.
"Come right away."
However, after waiting for a while, Iida had already placed all the food on the table, and his son did not move from the TV.
This made Iida a little angry.
"Keisuke!"
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, Dad, this episode will be over soon!"
Iida Keisuke clasped his hands, his mind soaring as the exciting sound effects of the tokusatsu hero's special moves on the TV were heard.
The image of the hero defeating the evil monster was clearly reflected in his clear eyes.
But Keisuke Iida didn't notice that behind him, his father had walked over.
Iida was sure that his son was not lying. The tokusatsu drama that was being played on the TV had indeed reached its end. Although Iida raised his hand and rubbed his son's head angrily, he did not urge him any more. .
but……
"Isn't it what I've been saying? These TV dramas are just like cartoons. Everything in them is fake and made up. If you really like these, why not study hard and get into a good university in the future? Find a relevant job Work, take the initiative to shoot a special drama that you like, isn’t it great?”
Listening to his father's words that accompanied the ending song, Iida Keisuke immediately fell into silence.
He turned his head, glanced at his father wordlessly, and then sighed deeply like a young adult.
"well."
This was his father, a ruthless machine focused on kicking his son out of his dreams and into reality.
At this moment, Iida Keisuke couldn't help but think of his past dreams that had been torn to pieces.
for example:
Just when other children thought that Santa Claus really existed, he was ruthlessly told by his father that Santa Claus did not exist and that if he wanted to get gifts, he had to put in equivalent efforts.
In short, it is very realistic.
Keisuke Iida said he was used to it.
Mr. Iida, who has been a professional game tester for 20 years and has found countless game bugs, couldn't help but tremble when he saw this.
He pressed his five fingers on his son's head with a little force, then shook it from side to side, and said in an unhappy tone: "What are you sighing for?"
"Oh, Dad, I think you made a mistake."
Facing Mr. Iida like this, Keisuke Iida answered without fear at all.
"What I really like is not filming TV series, but the heroes in this TV series. Dad, you saw it just now, right? Don't you think it's cool when a hero fights evil?"
"That's really handsome."
Iida still agrees with this.
"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.
“Aren’t police officers who catch bad guys the heroes of the real world?”
Keisuke Iida said swornly.
"So, father, my dream when I grow up is not to make a TV series, but to become a partner of justice!"
Hearing this, Iida thought for a while, then reorganized his previous words and said to his son: "Then you have to study hard. After all, the admission score of a good police academy is not low."
Very well, Mr. Iida successfully brought the child's dream back to reality.
Keisuke Iida: "..."
No more chatting, no more chatting, just eat and eat.
He removed his father's big hand from his head, turned around, and walked towards the dining table.
However, as soon as he took two steps, he suddenly stopped, raised his hand to cover his heart tightly, and gasped with pain on his face.
"Keisuke?"
His son's abnormality caught Iida's attention.
"Keisuke!"
He quickly stepped forward to support his son and asked anxiously.
"Keisuke! Keisuke, what's wrong with you? What's wrong with you?"
"dad……"
Keisuke Iida said intermittently in pain.
"My... heart... is beating so fast... I can't breathe..."
He asked his father for help in fear.
"Save me...Dad...save me..."
After a while.
The siren of an ambulance blared outside the window.
After that, the hospital.
Iida looked at the hospital's diagnosis report with a confused and desperate expression.
"Sudden dilated cardiomyopathy... Oh, what did I do wrong, what did my son do wrong, and reality wants to punish us like this?"
Thinking of this, Iida punched the ground hard.
"Damn! The reality is indeed a damn rubbish game full of bugs!
"
However, as soon as Iida finished speaking, a doctor who was passing by suddenly stopped, turned around, looked at Iida up and down, and smiled.
He said to Iida: "So, do you want to fix this [bug] in this garbage game?"
Iida raised his head when he heard this, looked at the doctor for a moment, and asked in a daze: "What should I... do?"
"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 not be a problem."
As soon as he finished speaking, the doctor took out a game console with tiny pixels escaping from his pocket and handed it to Iida.
"Should you continue to drift with the flow in this virtual life as an NPC, or should you accept the trial and strive to become a player who can modify reality? Tell me, Sa, what is your choice?"
Iida's eyes were fixed on the game console in the doctor's hand, and Keisuke's voice could not help but reappear in his mind.
【Save me...Dad...save me...】
Amid the echo of this cry for help, he raised his hand and slowly reached towards the game console.
…
…
【2018】
On the eve of the establishment of the National Security Special Hazard Countermeasures Headquarters.
Tokiwa House.
The Tokibans are having a serious family meeting.
Tokiwa Shougo laid the letter of appointment signed by the police chief flat on the table and pushed it to his parents, Tokiwa Soutaro and Tokiwa Namie, across the table.
However, Tokiwa Sotaro just glanced at the letter of appointment and pushed it sideways in front of Tokiwa Namie.
"I see."
At the same time, Tokiwa Sotaro suddenly realized.
"No wonder you want to have a family meeting. It turns out that this is what you want to say."
Tokiwa Sotaro's attitude made Tokiwa Shougo understand one thing.
"You already know?"
"Yes."
Tokiwa Sotaro nodded.
"Because the director asked my opinion when he was considering whether to appoint you as the acting director of the newly established Ministry of National Security."
Tokiwa Shougo's eyes widened slightly.
He really didn't know about it.
Tokiwa Shougo asked his father.
"What was your answer then...?"
"no problem!"
Tokiwa Sotaro gave a thumbs up to Tokiwa Shougo and said with a generous smile.
"I told him that my son has been constantly enriching and training himself since the day he determined that his dream was to become a king. Until today, my son has accumulated enough knowledge and experience. Although he is still There are shortcomings, but no problem, he will definitely become an excellent and responsible minister... This is my answer to him."
Tokiwa Sotaro looked into Tokiwa Shogo's eyes, his face full of trust in his son.
"That's right, if I say Zhuangwu, I will definitely become a good minister."
Namie Tokiwa put down the letter of appointment in her hand, looked at Shogo Tokiwa with the same tenderness and said.
"So, do what you should do, Zhuango. Only in this way, mom and dad will not be lying, right?"
Tokiwa Sotaro continued.
"But……"
Tokiwa Shougo was very touched by his parents' support and trust.
But precisely because of this, he couldn't help but start to hesitate.
"In that case, Mom and Dad may be in danger... No, it should be said that there will definitely be danger, because the bad guys will not let go of any opportunity to take revenge on me."
The more someone despises the law, the crazier they will be when faced with the punishment of the law.
Especially those weirdos who possess extraordinary powers themselves.
Before they are completely frightened and beaten to the point of collapse, they will never be willing to huddle in a dark corner where no one can see them.
In short, in order to protect more people, and to protect the families of the detectives who are fighting on the front lines, it is necessary to create a target for the weirdos who has the highest level of hatred and who they dare to take revenge on.
Thinking about it this way, there is only one suitable candidate.
That person is Tokiwa Shogo 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 Tokiwa Shougo convened this family meeting.
"Zhougo!"
However, regarding Tokiwa Shougo's concerns, Tokiwa Soutaro suddenly said this.
"Do you still remember? When I was a kid, everyone was worshiping the heroes in TV series, but you were the only one who was thinking about something else."
His father's words slowly revived the memories in Tokiwa Shougo's mind.
…
"Zhougo, that's amazing. You came first in this exam again. How about it? Do you want dad to buy you a hero's transformer as a reward?"
"No, I don't want a transformer, I want a hero's doll!"
"Why? Don't you want to be a hero?"
"I do, but rather than becoming a hero, I want to be a king who can protect heroes!"
…
"Become...a king who can protect heroes..."
"That's right."
Tokiwa Sotaro nodded.
"So, do what you should do, protect your world, protect your people, and protect the heroes who fight for you. In contrast, your mother and I will work hard to protect ourselves, and as long as you You have always done the right thing, so even if your mother and I end up..."
At this moment, Namie Tokiwa suddenly interrupted Sotaro Tokiwa.
"Behavior without considering the consequences is stupid, but behavior that only considers the consequences is even more stupid. So, try your best to do your best, Zhuango. 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 a burden to you."
"Eh?"
After hearing his wife's words, which only mentioned herself, Tokiwa Sotaro immediately protested dissatisfiedly.
"Then will daddy become a burden?"
"I don't know~~" Namie Tokiwa covered her mouth and smiled.
"Why is this..." Sotaro Tokiwa pretended to be dejected.
And looking at his parents who deliberately changed the subject and no longer gave him any room to struggle, Tokiwa Shougo was silent and couldn't help but laugh a little.
"End of the meeting."
He whispered with a smile before joining in the heartwarming family drama before him.
The breath of happiness continues to fill with laughter.
…
…
Time returns to the present.
December 14th.
Led by Tokiwa Shougo, the Metropolitan Police Department's special promotional and educational short film called "Kamen Rider Zi-O" was officially broadcast.
It tells the story of an unknown hero hiding in the darkness who transforms into a Kamen Rider and fights against 12 cult monsters.
…
December 15th.
Shogo Tokiwa received an anonymous letter.
There is only one short sentence in the letter.
[Two days later, the cult will take advantage of the evil god's invasion of the world to contain the Kamen Rider, and kill your parents, and you. 】
