Shiki realized something and quickly jumped off the motorcycle, standing in front of Kiritsugu who was lying on the ground. He felt pain in his back as the gunshot rang out.
But this power is obviously not enough to penetrate Kiva's normal defense.
"Who are you...?"
A woman with short silver hair and wearing a coat raised a pistol in her right hand and aimed it at Shiki, looking at him curiously.
"You're neither an agent… nor a magus… but you still killed the Dead Apostles and protected the children… Who are you?"
"I'm just a Kamen Rider passing by."
Toono Shiki stood up and clapped his hands, then the kivat flew off the belt and the transformation was canceled.
But as soon as he finished transforming, Toono Shiki almost collapsed to the ground.
But in order to maintain his appearance, Shiki gritted his teeth and did not let himself fall.
"I've never heard of Kamen Rider... but those eyes...!"
The woman saw that Shiki had canceled his transformation and put down the gun in her hand, but when her eyes, which had been hidden under the mask, were exposed, the woman frowned and sweat dripped down her face.
"Tohno Shiki. My name is Tohno Shiki. I fight the Dead Apostles to protect them."
"Natalia, a businessman who does business with the Magic Association, or you can think of it as a bounty hunter, is looking for the magician who sealed the island, and is the source of this incident."
"Bounty hunter...? Do you specialize in assassinating magicians or others?"
"That's about right."
Natalia slowly lit a cigarette and offered one to Shiki, but Shiki waved it back.
Natalia had no choice but to put it away in disappointment.
"I'm not even an adult yet..."
"Really? Well, let's get to the point first. Do you know who that person is? The source, the one who first created the Dead Apostles?"
"Um..."
He is the only person on this island who seems to be a magician.
"I know who it is!"
At this time, Kiritsugu Emiya, who had been slumped on the side, stood up and attracted Natalia's attention.
"oh?"
"But there's a strong barrier around the forest, and only I can get in! It'll take a long time to break it."
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Emiya Norinaka was anxiously burning various papers filled with documents in the house, but the sound of the door opening interrupted his work.
"Kiritsugu, you're okay. That's great. I told you not to go to the village."
"Dad, why do you want to study Dead Apostles?"
"...How do you know this? Did that man tell you?"
"It wasn't Mr. Shiki...it was Xia Lei. She used that magic on herself."
"…That's a shame, but it's already happened and it can't be undone."
"No... Xia Lei... has changed back."
"Wha… what? You turned from a Dead Apostle back into a human?! How did you do that?!"
"Shiki-san helped me..."
"I see. Looks like I have to change my plan. I was planning to leave here first and then slowly correct the theory and conduct new research, but it seems that man may be able to help me a lot."
"Will Dad turn me into a Dead Apostle too?"
"No, if you fail to overcome your blood-sucking urge, you will fail in becoming a Dead Apostle."
"Kiritsugu, let's talk about this next time. I have to go find him first."
After saying that, Emiya Norika was about to pass by Kiritsugu and go out to look for Tohno Shiki.
Suddenly, he felt a strange feeling in his abdomen and looked down. It turned out that Shiki had stabbed the knife that Xia Lei gave him deeply into his abdomen.
"Kiri…Kiritsugu!"
Emiya Norihiko trembled as he looked at his bloodstained abdomen, his body weakly falling back and leaning against the wall.
Confusion, shock, and fear filled his eyes, reflecting the cold face of Emiya Kiritsugu.
"What kind of adult does Kelly want to be?"
Kiritsugu Emiya slowly pulled out a pistol from the wooden cabinet and aimed at his father who collapsed powerlessly in front of him.
At the moment when the index finger is about to pull the trigger, a left hand presses the pistol down.
"Shiki... sir..."
Toono Shiki looked at Kiritsugu's cold expression seriously and shook his head.
"It was…it was you who bewitched Kiritsugu! You made him kill me, right?!"
However, Shiki turned a deaf ear to Emiya Norikata's roar and just held the pistol tightly, preventing him from raising it.
"Hey, hey! Shiki, why are you suddenly so saintly at this time? This scumbag magus should be sent to hell!"
"Kivat, there is something more important that I need to pay attention to that has not yet been resolved..."
"Shiki-san...why are you stopping me?"
"Killing is wrong."
"…But my father killed the whole village! Xia Lei almost died! If he leaves, more people will die!"
"Yes, but you have no right to take anyone's life."
"..."
"Kiritsugu, your expression is too cold, as if you were an executioner preparing to judge someone."
"Then what should I do?!"
"It's simple, just kill him."
"? But wasn't it Mr. Shiki who just stopped me from killing my father!?"
"No, what you did just now is different from murder. Murder is the act of eliminating the other person because of emotions or other reasons that have exceeded one's tolerance.
If you kill someone, you should bear the corresponding sin, consequences and emotions.
What you just did was not an act of "killing". "
"..."
"So, Kiritsugu, you may continue."
Releasing his left hand that was holding down the gun, Emiya Kiritsugu once again raised the gun and pointed it at his father.
But at this time, Kiritsugu's hands were shaking constantly, and tears were dripping slowly down his cheeks.
"I hate you... I can't forgive you for what you did!"
"Is that so…?"
Emiya Norika's eyes dimmed and he calmly welcomed his fate.
"Goodbye, Father."
Gunshots rang out.
Natalia leaned against the door frame and watched all this quietly.
Until the house returned to peace again...
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A faint white light began to appear at the non-existent end of the boundless sea.
The deep darkness began to turn blue,
However, the fire on the island still mercilessly devoured every inch of land, every house, and every bunch of flowers...
"I will take you away from this island. This is also his request. You can think about what to do next."
Emiya Kiritsugu gently placed Xia Lei, who was on his back, on the speedboat.
"Shiki-san isn't coming?"
"He seems ready to go back."
Natalia slowly lit a cigarette and then pointed to the shore.
At this time, Tohno Shiki was leaning on a wooden stick, with Kivat standing on his shoulder. Half of his body had begun to become ethereal, but he still smiled and waved at Natalia and Emiya Kiritsugu until he completely turned into starlight and disappeared...
Emiya Kiritsugu gently waved towards the deserted shore.
"Will we meet again? Shiki-san..."
The sea breeze blows across my cheeks.
The silent sky,
The stars will flicker and fade away,
The prayer that cannot be expressed,
Overflowing between heaven and earth.
Emiya Kiritsugu took out the bat-shaped crystal made of green light from his pocket.
That was a night five days ago between him and Xia Lei.
Found in a strange cave...
The world began to be destroyed and reorganized again, and countless scenes flew past before my eyes like fragments.
Finally, it stopped in front of a forest.
"Where is this…?"
"I don't know, but it seems like a good place to live in seclusion."
"No... No, why are we transparent this time?!"
"Really!"
Shiki Tono stared at his own transparent body in amazement, and then tried to touch the tree next to him with his hand.
The result is that it passes through it like air.
"What is going on here?"
"It seems that we are only observers this time and cannot interfere."
"Hmm... Let's take a look at the surroundings first."
Toono Shiki wandered aimlessly in the woods until he saw a square and a forest of bright red flesh and blood.
"That…that's…"
The mysterious red and black kiva looked down at the boy in front of him with his emerald eyes until the boy fell in a pool of blood...
! ! !
The dusty sea of memory began to churn violently.
This... who is this person who transformed into Kiva? !
Who is that boy?
The pupils continued to dilate, and the body began to tremble unconsciously.
Until the kiva turned his head,
I began to look into the eyes of my non-existent self.
The world begins to collapse...
.....................
"Hey, Shiki~ open your eyes~"
"Ah...are we back...?"
"Good news, we're back.
Bad news, we didn't make it back completely. "
"Huh? What does this mean?"
Shiki stood up tremblingly from the lawn. In front of him was the Tono residence and the square that he was most familiar with.
"Isn't this back?"
Toono Shiki quickly picked up a branch and ran towards the Toono residence.
"Hey, Shiki! Wait!"
Toono Shiki kept moving forward until he passed by the four playing children.
child?
Are there any children at the Tono residence?
Looking back, aren't those my childhood self and Autumn Leaves? !
"Okay, I understand what you mean by not coming back completely."
"Yeah, it's really chaotic. I feel like I can't take it anymore!"
But, besides myself and Qiu Ye, who are the other two children...?
The pinkish hair on one of them...is it emerald or amber?
I remember that I did play with one of them when I was a child, maybe Amber? After all, her personality is indeed similar to that girl.
But that other boy...who is he? !
I have no impression of such a person ever existing!
Toono Shiki quickly chased after the four people until they stepped into the woods...
It was as if everything was frozen, the birds were hovering on the branches, the fallen leaves were floating in the air, and the swaying grass was frozen in time.
The girl covered her face and cried, a boy slumped beside her, and another boy, covered in blood, sat breathlessly under a tree...
Is this... the past?
I can't see the face clearly, but that… is Akiha crying? Why are you crying...
Continuing to walk forward, it was my little self holding Qiu Ye's hand and running forward, the traces of tears on her face had not even disappeared.
The scenery flashed by, and a Japanese-style room appeared in the original place. It seemed that my boy was squatting in his arms, crying inside. A pink-faced girl kept knocking on the wooden door. Was she inviting me to go out? Why was I crying inside?
The Japanese-style room collapsed, and another pink-haired girl handed a long white scarf to herself, then turned around and ran away.
"Wait… wait!"
Toono Shiki hurriedly chased after him, but the familiar Toono mansion blocked his way.
"Damn it! The door is locked! I can't get in!"
Toono Shiki kicked the wooden door hard, but it remained motionless.
"Yes... the window!"
Toono Shiki quickly ran to the window next to him, but it seemed that someone was already waiting there...
The pink-haired girl stood quietly in the room, her two small hands gently resting on the glass, staring expressionlessly at the people who were playing together outside the window.
"Are you... Jade...? Or...?"
The girl didn't say anything, but just raised her empty eyes that had long lost their light and stared quietly at Shiki in front of her.
She opened her mouth slightly, but said nothing...
"...amber...?"
Soon, cracks appeared on the mansion, hinting at the scene's imminent disappearance.
"Wait...wait! Let me see your face clearly! Don't go!"
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"!"
"Come on, kivat... where are we now..."
"Um, I really can't answer you this time."
"Hmm, what do you mean?"
Shiki Toono, who was lying on the ground, opened his eyes, only to find himself in a ball of light that was completely devoid of any matter.
The only road inside leads to the distance.
"It seems that this is our last stop..."
"It looks like it. Be careful. I feel like there's something familiar."
Toono Shiki continued walking forward along the light path under his feet. Without the branches, he walked a little slower.
Soon, a crossroads appeared ahead.
"Um... which way are you going, kivat?"
"Just try them all. At worst, you can come back and try another route."
"Good idea!"
........................
I don't know how much time has passed. I have walked through this crossroads dozens of times, but another crossroad appears ahead.
"..."
"——"
"We're not going to be trapped here, are we, kivat..."
"Hmm... most likely yes..."
Just when the man and the bat were at a loss, a melodious violin sound came into their ears.
"Violin? Why is there someone playing the violin here?"
"I don't know, but maybe someone came to help us~"
Tono Shiki followed the sound of the violin and kept moving closer to the source of the sound.
Finally, a brown-haired man wearing a white scarf appeared in front of him, but at this time he was still playing the violin with great concentration.
Toono Shiki could only wait for him while listening to this wonderful song that was both elegant and energetic...
Finally the strings stopped and the man put down his violin, looking at Shiki with a smile.
"Well... you guys are finally here."
"Who are you?"
"My name is Hongdu, nice to meet you."
"Um...Shiki, my name is Tohno Shiki."
Toono Shiki held the hand that Hongdu extended to him, and the two of them knew each other from that moment on.
"So you are lost here? ... Kiva from another world?"
"Yeah, that's right... Hey, you actually knew that?!"
"Yes, but it's actually very easy to leave here if you want."
"Oh? How do you leave?"
"Just fight me."
"Hmm, huh?"
"Wait? What do you mean by a fight?"
"It's just a fight, kivat."
"Well, let's kivat on the ground!
I bite. "
As the yellow bat bit down,
The iconic pattern appeared on Hongdu's cheek.
Several circles of iron chains appeared around the waist and gathered into a belt.
"henshin."
After putting on the kivat, the black base garment wrapped around the whole body, and then the red armor and silver shoulder armor began to take shape on the body.
Finally, the yellow eyes on the bat-like mask were lit up.
Hongdu transformed into Kamen Rider Kiva.
"Hey, this, this! Kivat! Do you know the kivat across the street?!"
"I don't know about Kivat~"
"Damn it! I asked in vain! I'll just have to force it! Kivat!"
"Okay! I'll bite!"
As the light blue eyes lit up, two figures, one blue and one red, looked at each other.
"Here we go!"
As Tono Shiki rushed out first, Hongdu followed closely behind and rushed towards him.
The moment the straight punches of the two kivas, one blue and one red, collided, Hongdu staggered backwards.
"Not bad, both the speed and strength are great!"
"Thank you for the compliment!"
Then the two rushed forward again and fought each other, but as time went on, the offensive and defensive situation between the two was gradually reversed.
Every time Shiki swung a punch at him, he would dodge sideways, then push Shiki away in the direction of his punch, then take advantage of Shiki's unstable center of gravity and hit him solidly in the chest with a straight punch, forcing him to take several steps back.
When he used a whip kick, Hongdu would first use his calf to kick his own knee to deviate the direction of his attack. At that time, Hongdu launched a side kick in front of him. Even if he kept his center of gravity and crossed his hands to defend, the whip kick hit his waist quickly and solidly.
After several rounds of fighting, Shiki was nearly knocked down several times. He covered his chest and gasped violently. On the other hand, Hongdu was still walking towards him leisurely and easily.
It is obvious that Hongdu's combat experience and proficiency are far superior to his own.
"You can't go on like this, Shiki. You need to let that vampire give you a good lesson when you get back!"
"Hi… Let's talk about it later!"
"Just fight him! I'm stronger than him anyway!"
Tono Shiki pulled away and inserted the fatal whistle into the kivat's mouth.
"Wake up!"
The iron chain on the right foot was untied, and the dark blue wings had spread out on the calf.
But Hongdu remained unmoved and just watched quietly.
"Hey, are you scared?"
"You didn't liberate both sides at the same time? I'm really underestimated~"
Then he inserted a whistle into the kivat's mouth.
Hooked! Just play against me like this!
But it was not the expected "wake up" sound, but...
"Tatsulot!!!"
? ? ?
As a small air hole opened, a small golden dragon flew towards Kiva.
"Hey, it's my turn!"
"I'm counting on you, Demon Emperor Dragon."
"Leave it to me! Henshin!"
As the Demon Emperor Dragon broke the chain on the shoulder armor and flew onto Hong Du's left arm, countless scarlet bats gushed out like a floodgate opened, surrounding Hong Du.
After a flash of golden light, his entire body was covered in golden armor, his yellow eyes turned scarlet, the three Demon Emperor Stones moved to his chest, and a bright red cloak unfolded behind him.
"…?"
"Fuck, this form is so cool, Shiki!"
"Now is not the time to worry about that!"
"Shiki, it's time to go."
As the switch on his left arm was pressed, red energy began to emanate from his body like steam.
"Wake up fever!!!"
"Damn it! Forget it, let's just give it a try!"
Shiki simply charged up his energy and the two of them jumped high together.
The moment Shiki's right foot collided with Hongdu's feet, the outcome was already clear, and there was no unnecessary confrontation.
A huge shock wave spread out, filling every corner of this light body space.
Shiki fell to the ground after his transformation was forcibly cancelled, but he soon discovered that he was not seriously injured and did not open his mouth or close his eyes while lying on the ground.
"So you finally stopped..."
At the moment of the kick, Shiki seemed to relive the childhood memory he had just seen.
Fortunately, Hong Du was kind enough to spare his life.
After canceling his transformation, Hong Du pulled up Tohno Shiki who was lying on the ground and pointed to the side.
"No, this isn't some life-or-death match, right? I told you I'm helping you get back, see~"
The surrounding light space has been gradually cracked by the impact of the explosion, which means that this area will collapse soon.
"Ah... is that so? Thank you so much, Mr. Hongdu!"
"No, I didn't expect you to dare to take this blow. It seems that Mr. Shiki is also a very brave man."
"Oh yes, and this, please take it."
Hongdu took out a small stone statue from his pocket that looked very similar to the Demon Emperor Dragon. If it was in the past, he might have thought it was a strange toy...
"It seems that your world accidentally left it here, but I don't know why it happened. You have to find the specific method to wake him up yourself."
"Well, goodbye Shiki, if we're ever destined to meet again."
Hongdu picked up the violin beside him and seemed ready to leave.
"Well, see you again if we're lucky! Mr. Hongdu! Thank you for your help!"
The light body space shattered into pieces like glass,
Endless darkness descends again...