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In that black and white world where everything was still and I was the only one who mattered.
The purple figure moved as if in slow motion, each movement filled with a sense of difficult stillness.
but……
She's still moving!
The menacing scorpion tail behind her emitted an ominous purple light.
It is in a posture that is clearly visible to the naked eye, yet full of an irresistible sense of power.
Inch by inch, slowly but firmly, it swayed towards its own direction.
Every tiny movement felt like a heavy hammer, striking Mitsui's heart.
"How can it be?!"
"Why... are you able to resist my time-stopping technique?!"
Mitsui let out a horrified scream, his voice distorted by extreme fear, piercing the deathly silence.
he does not know.
And we'll never know.
What a pure and irrational destructive energy the "forced sublimator" unleashes.
The essence of this power lies in its ability to transcend the interference of many laws, possessing an almost tyrannical and extremely strong resistance.
Furthermore, the system that Su Chen meticulously optimized for it amplified this characteristic even further.
This was enough for Sonozaki Saeko to seize that invaluable, life-or-death moment—0.1 seconds—from this forcibly frozen torrent of time!
It's just this insignificant 0.1 second.
It became the absolute boundary that determined victory or defeat and separated life and death.
The signal that time was resuming its flow was like a silent command.
At that moment.
The metal scorpion tail on Kamen Rider Metsubou's back seems to have broken through the limitations of space itself.
Despite being a latecomer, it has shown an astonishing momentum of taking the lead.
With perfect precision, it tore through the air and pierced the core of the Eternal Dopant's proud chest.
"Pfft-"
A soft, teeth-grinding sound.
The scorpion's tail stinger, tempered with potent venom, gleamed with a chilling purple light and easily pierced through the opponent's supposedly indestructible defense.
A dense stream of purple energy toxins, like a torrent finding an outlet, instantly poured into his body.
It madly and brutally destroyed every inch of his body's functions, eroding his vitality.
The Eternal Dopant let out a shrill groan, its body trembling violently.
"hateful!"
Not far away, Terujiro, who had been watching the battle closely, saw this and his eyes widened in fury.
He endured the excruciating pain from the previous battle and roared once more to activate the Accel Memory, transforming into Kamen Rider Accel.
he can not.
He absolutely could not stand by and watch a hybrid, who, though an enemy, was still within his comprehension.
He was brutally murdered by another, more dangerous, more unknown knight who exuded an ominous aura.
This is his bottom line as a police officer.
He abruptly turned the accelerator with his right hand, his red figure transforming into a blazing afterimage, the engine roaring deafeningly as it attempted to forcefully intervene in the battle between the two.
To stop that fatal blow.
However, Kamen Rider Metsubou didn't even turn his head.
Her attention seemed completely elsewhere than to the red knight who had suddenly appeared.
She struck the Eternal Dopant precisely at the same moment as the scorpion's tail.
A swift, clean, and explosive roundhouse kick.
The movement was elegant yet destructive, slamming into the charging Accel motorcycle.
"boom!"
A deafening roar, like a thunderclap, echoed along the lakeside road.
Terui Ryu, along with his beloved red chariot, was like a fragile toy that overestimated its own strength and charged at a giant.
He was kicked away effortlessly by that seemingly casual kick.
It drew a long, extremely awkward parabola in the air.
Finally, with a loud "plop," it fell heavily into the icy, frigid Fengdu Lake.
It stirred up huge white splashes of water several meters high.
It was as if he had simply swept away a fly that was in his way.
Kamen Rider Metsubou finally refocused all his attention on the Eternal Doppelganger, who was already severely poisoned, moving extremely slowly, and whose life force was rapidly fading.
Her eyes were cold and devoid of any emotion.
What followed could no longer be called a battle.
It was a completely one-sided, cold-blooded, and cruel massacre.
The eternal dopant tries to resist, tries to struggle.
But that eternal power, capable of stopping time, seemed so pale and powerless in the face of the deadly poison that was constantly eroding his body.
The power he was so proud of was rapidly slipping away.
Finally, amidst Mitsui's agonizing cries filled with endless resentment and despair, he died.
Kamen Rider Metsubou raised her right leg.
Purple energy, like flames, gathered on her legs, emanating a terrifying aura of destruction.
A standard and deadly knight's kick.
It completely shattered his body.
It also forcibly ejected the T2 Eternal Memory, which once represented "heaven" and possessed immense power, from his collapsing body. It drew an arc in the air and fell onto the cold ground, its light dimming.
The battle ended exceptionally quickly, even abruptly.
On the lakeside road, the night wind carried moisture and brought a chill.
The purple figure, standing silently in the middle of the road like the Grim Reaper, slowly dissipated the energy particles around it.
Sonozaki Saeko reverted to her usual aloof and cold demeanor, like an ice queen.
She walked toward the spot where the Eternal Dopant had previously exploded, where only charred remains and lingering smoke remained.
A memory chip lay quietly amidst the scorched earth.
T2 level permanent memory.
Without its user, its surface shone much dimmer, no longer as dazzling as before, yet it still emanated a terrifying power that sent chills down one's spine.
Saeko Sonozaki bent down and gently picked it up.
She took out a clean white silk handkerchief and meticulously wiped away the tiny specks of dust that clung to the memory core's outer shell, as if she were handling a rare and precious treasure, her expression focused and reverent.
Every wiping motion was performed with a sense of ritual, with utmost care, as if afraid of damaging this forbidden object that contained destructive power.
The silky smoothness of the handkerchief contrasted with the cold metallic texture of the memory cartridge, further emphasizing the seriousness of her actions at that moment.
As the dust was wiped away little by little, the deep, dark blue color of the memory itself gradually became clear, and its complex internal structure was faintly visible in the dim light.
Then, Sonozaki Saeko did something that Terui Ryu would never forget.
She walked with elegant and steady steps, her high heels clicking crisply on the asphalt pavement, towards the man.
The man who, from beginning to end, seemed like an outsider, stood quietly by the lake, observing everything indifferently—Su Chen.
His very existence is like an invisible vortex, drawing away all the bizarre and fantastical things, yet remaining completely unaffected by them.
Terujiro had just struggled to climb ashore from the icy lake water, soaking wet and looking disheveled. He barely managed to support himself with his arms, trying to keep his balance.
The lake water was icy cold, and his wet clothes clung to his skin, causing him to shiver uncontrollably, his teeth chattering.
He witnessed what happened next, and his mind went blank as if he had been struck by an invisible hammer, his thoughts ceasing to flow.
The proud and aloof young lady of the Sonozaki family, Saeko Sonozaki, who had recently displayed terrifying power like a god or demon, actually bowed deeply and respectfully before Su Chen.
Her waist bent at a ninety-degree angle, her head bowed, all traces of her former arrogance gone, replaced by extreme humility.
Her demeanor was extremely humble, a stark contrast to the previously arrogant Kamen Rider Metsubou.
She held the incomparably precious T2 Eternal Memory in both hands with reverence, raising it above her head like a Valkyrie presenting a glorious trophy to her king on an ancient battlefield, and solemnly handed it to Su Chen.
The memory core glowed faintly between her fair fingers, like a sacrificial heart.
"Owner."
Saeko Sonozaki's voice was no longer a cold command, but filled with absolute respect and submission from the depths of her soul, without the slightest reluctance.
The word "master," though soft, carried an undeniable weight and clearly reached Terujiro's ears.
"This is your spoils."
These two words, like two thunderbolts from the heavens, struck Zhaojinglong's chaotic mind, causing him to lose his senses instantly. His mouth was slightly open, but he could not utter a sound.
Owner?
The word came out of Sonozaki Saeko's mouth so naturally, as if it were a matter of course.
Trophies?
That T2 Eternal Memory, which could plunge the entire Fengdu into panic, was, in her eyes, merely an item offered to its master.
He struggled to turn his stiff neck, his gaze shifting back and forth between Su Chen and Sonosaki Saeko, trying to comprehend this mind-blowing scene before him.