Chapter 375 Bad Apple

Chapter 375 Bad Apple

Kazushi Kadoya is rarely forced to travel through time.

At least after the journey to the parallel world is over, when to cross is entirely up to his own will, and it is rare to encounter a situation of passive crossing again.

And it was at this moment that he heard a cry for help that seemed to come from the void.

"Save us..."

"Please! Save us..."

It's the children's cry for help.

When his vision returned to clarity, information belonging to this world also flooded into Kazushi Kazuya's cognition in an instant.

Magician...

The Magician's Ring and the Knight's Ring...

Isn’t this also an alternative earth library?
"Is this the Wizard's world?"

Kadoya Shi, whose posture had automatically changed to Decade after the time travel, turned his head to look around.

Standing in front of him was a tall and thin young man. When he heard what he said, he waved his hand awkwardly to express his disapproval.

"No... probably not."

Kamen Rider Wizard himself - Haruto Soma refuses to acknowledge that this is his world.

And in fact, it is not. It can only be regarded as having some similar origins with his world.

"Well, I think I understand."

Kazushi Kadoya didn't ask any more questions.

Although his previous plan was to travel to other worlds with everyone, he did not expect something like this to happen, but since he was already here, he might as well take a look at this world!

And this time he was summoned to leave, not someone who slipped away on his own initiative!

……

……

At the same time, on the other side.

Although Kawahara fell through the crack when he left, when his vision returned, he was already standing steadily on a patch of wet grass.

He turned around and looked around. This seemed to be a forest with a strange atmosphere.

The branches of the plants here are not like the species on Earth. They are like winding snakes, stretching towards the sky. The sunlight can hardly penetrate the dense treetops. Only sporadic spots of light are scattered, interweaving into hazy and distorted light and shadows in the forest.

There was a damp and sweet smell in the air, as if it was a mixture of the fragrance of flowers and the smell of rotting fruit.

And on the branch right in front of Kawahara, a purple-red fruit hung from a green vine, so bright in color that it seemed to be dripping with juice.

He reached out and pulled the fruit off, peeling off the outer skin like a dragon fruit, revealing the crystal clear flesh inside, which was as clear as a longan.

There seemed to be some kind of magic that beckoned him to eat it.

Kawahara looked at this particularly tempting exotic fruit quietly for a while, and then suddenly retracted his fingers.

Crush it with one hand! Juice bursts out!

"why?"

A voice suddenly sounded behind him: "Aren't you interested in it?"

Kawahara turned around and looked: "Who would eat something of unknown origin for no reason? Besides, it doesn't look delicious at all."

The person who was speaking was a man who was wearing a white shirt with red polka dots and a sports headband of the same color on his head. He looked very hip-hop.

Facing Kawahara's rude disdain, he grinned nonchalantly and raised his head to point to the depths of the forest.

“But they love to eat.”

In this mysterious and strange forest with highly saturated colors, there lives a group of monsters that look like hermit crabs. They feed on the fruits of this forest.

Kawahara looked at the group of monsters not far away, his eyes darkened slightly: "Because they have become monsters here."

"you……"

The hip-hop man was about to say something else, but Kawahara interrupted him and asked, "Is this the Helheim Forest?"

Helheim Forest - also known as Helheim's Underworld.

In the ordinary real world, Helheim is one of the nine worlds in Norse mythology, a kingdom ruled by the goddess of death Hela.

But in the world of Kamen Rider...

Helm's Underworld is a foreign land located in the void in the world of "Kamen Rider Gaim". It is a forest that can condense the legendary "Golden Fruit". Its nature is more similar to the "Garden of Eden" in the Bible.

Eve and Adam in the Garden of Eden ate the "forbidden fruit", and human civilization was born.

The "Golden Fruit" in the Helheim Forest has a similar effect. Whoever obtains it can have the power to rule the entire world - and even become a "God"!

It is worth mentioning that--

The reason why Eve and Adam ate the forbidden fruit was because they were tempted by a snake, and the same "snake" also existed in the Helheim Forest.

The other party was probably the smiling man in front of Kawahara.

"Correct!"

The hip-hop man opened his arms and smiled: "This is the Helheim Forest, a place of trials that promotes the evolution of civilization!"

Kawahara frowned and looked at him: "I roughly understand, then what is the purpose of you summoning me? And how did you find me."

However, upon hearing this, the hip-hop man pretended to be surprised and looked around him in an exaggerated manner.

"I think what you need to know is..."

The hip-hop man stretched out an arm with a half-smile, as if welcoming something, and then snapped his fingers in front of Kawahara.

Snapped--

The scene of the forest suddenly became more distorted and strange, as if it was shrouded in mist, and the already bright colors and light became even more dreamy.

Then, in the illusory light, another hip-hop man wearing a red polka-dot shirt suddenly appeared in the underworld of Heim, came in front of Kawahara, and stretched out his hand towards a plant behind him.

The man's arm went straight through Kawahara's shoulder - it was an illusion.

Kawahara then turned around and saw that a pure black exotic fruit was condensed on the vine above his head, and the moment the hip-hop man reached out and broke it off.

Swah——

The scene changes again.

That pitch-black fruit has turned into a living being!
Kawahara: "..."

The hip-hop man waved away the scene that reappeared in time and space. He looked at Kawahara in front of him with a smile: "Look~ You grew out of me."

Kawahara twitched his lips and couldn't help but complain: "My current structure is already complicated enough..."

Kawahara suddenly had an idea when he said this. He spread out his palm, and in a flash of light, a black lock appeared in the palm of his hand.

The Lock Seed-the power transformed from the fruit of the underworld of Heim, combined with the "Battle Driver", can transform into a Kamen Rider!

After the transformation, the fruits of the underworld of Helheim will change from exotic fruits to fruits in the real world.

But why did his power give birth to this item?

While Kawahara was confused, the hip-hop man took the lock seed from him and pressed the start button skillfully. The lock popped up instantly and a strong voice was heard.

"Bad Apple!"

Kawahara, who was still in a daze, looked over with a puzzled look on his face: "BadApple? At least it should be UltApple? Or ArcleApple? If not, BlackApple will do!"

The hip-hop man shrugged: "Who knows~"

Kawahara took a deep breath.

It's a bad apple, Kawahara can't accept it!

He was about to take the bad apple from the hip-hop man, but the latter suddenly turned his wrist to avoid it. Kawahara missed and looked over with a sharp look.

The hip-hop man just laughed and said, "Why do you think this apple suddenly appeared in Helheim Forest? It's really strange~ I didn't even know I had such a thing."

As the "snake" in the underworld of Helheim, the hip-hop man is actually the embodiment of this entire alien space.

In other words.

This bad apple is really his.

But Kawahara himself was also very curious.

Regarding the power medium of Kamen Rider - whether it is the Rider Card that was temporarily given to Decade, or W's Gaia Memory, OOO's Coin and Fourze's Astronomical Switch, they were basically created by him on his own initiative.

But this lock seed that contains his power...

Kawahara can guarantee that he has never come into contact with anything related to Heim's underworld, not even Kamen Rider Gaim.

So where do the locked seeds come from?

But no matter what, this fixed seed is considered a peripheral of his power, and Kawahara believes that he has the right to decide whether to keep or go of his peripheral.

So he crossed his arms and raised a gentle and calm smile: "What do you mean?"

"Do you know the golden fruit?"

The hip-hop man tossed the black lock seed without any nervousness, and as he moved, the lock seed turned into a round black fruit in a flash of light.

Kawahara looked at him without saying a word, and the hip-hop man didn't mind. Another fruit emitting golden light appeared in his other hand.

But it's just an illusion.

The hip-hop man continued, "Whenever a civilization accepts the trial of Helheim Forest, a golden fruit will grow here. The winner who finally obtains it can become the "Origin Girl" and "Origin Man" who change their fate. They are equivalent to the existence of God."

And now the civilization that is undergoing the test—

"Humans of Earth!"

The hip-hop man smiled mysteriously and said, "Among the human civilizations that are currently undergoing trials, only a few are qualified to compete for this golden fruit. Do you want to know who will be the final winner?"

"If you don't want to know, give it back to me." Kawahara stretched out his hand expressionlessly.

"Why?" The hip-hop man paused.

"Because the Daughter of Origin has existed since the beginning, the person she chooses will eventually become the Man of Origin. There are no surprises in my destiny."

Kawahara said as he snatched the black apple from the hip-hop man's hand, and in his hand, the black apple turned into a fixed-lock seed.

But before Kawahara had time to put it away, the lock seed that had just returned to his hand suddenly disappeared again.

The hip-hop man tossed the black apple that had turned back into a black one and said with a smile, "It sounds like you know a lot about the fate of this civilization. Are you interested in taking a look with me?"

"Not interested." Kawahara's eyes were dark.

"Since you think the final winner will not change, how about taking a gamble?" the hip-hop man continued to ask.

"Gamblers will not die well."

Swah——

The black and gold Aguru belt emerged, and as the ultimate power raged out from Kawahara, the exotic plants around him suddenly caught fire.

The hip-hop man said with interest: "There is only one golden fruit in the Helheim Forest of each civilization. If you destroy it now, does it mean that the fate of this world has been changed?"

Kawahara thought for a moment: "..."

I have to say it makes a lot of sense.

Isn’t this also another way of controlling one’s destiny?

Kawahara took off the Yaguru belt and looked at the snake in front of him in confusion: "What is your purpose in pestering me?"

"I'm curious about you."

The hip-hop man seemed to be more serious and handed the black apple in his hand, which was not rotten at all, to him.

"The power you possess is similar to the Golden Fruit. It is a power that can change the fate of the world, and it appeared in the trial of this civilization."

The existence of Helheim Forest is to test and evolve every civilization. Regardless of whether this evolution is what the other party needs, when Helheim Forest appears, that civilization will have the opportunity to change its destiny.

Or maybe they were destroyed by fate during the trial.

Human civilization on Earth is just one of them.

But what makes it different from other civilizations is that Helheim Forest sees the possibility of "true evolution". This civilization may become the only one to pass the trial!
The winner obtains the golden fruit, which is only the victory of one person. The civilization to which the winner belongs may still be destroyed in the trial.

In the eyes of Helheim Forest, this result is a failure of evolution.

He wanted to witness what a civilization that had truly passed the trial would be like, and human civilization brought this hope, and this hope even attracted another force.

"Did you also choose this civilization?"

The hip-hop man looked expectantly at the person in front of him.

Kawahara took the apple from him again.

"I will only choose humans."

"Human civilization does not only exist in this time and space. Perhaps the winner of the 'Golden Fruit Battle' that you think of has completely failed in another time and space!" the hip-hop man said again.

"He just needs to win once."

After Kawahara casually said this, his thoughts suddenly paused, as if some inspiration had flashed through his mind.

He remembered something very important.

In this trial, Kamen Rider Gaim, Kota Kuzuba, finally became a god of time and space with the power of the "Golden Fruit".

After the Zi-O incident in 2018, even though the history of "Kamen Rider Gaim" was changed, Kuzuha Kota, who had become a god in the original time and space, is still a god.

That rascal……

It seems to have become an anchor point?
Kawahara couldn't help but look at the bad apple in his hand that had turned into a fixed seed. If history was changed this time, would there be another Kuzunoha Kota who had become a god?
So how will Kuzuya Kota deal with the changed history?
Could there be what he was looking for in here?
Seeing him lost in thought, the hip-hop man's smile gradually brightened: "Are you interested?"

Kawahara rubbed the lock seed thoughtfully.

"can."

"That's great! Those who have the qualifications are now having a passionate showdown! Do you want to go and see them? We can also choose the contestants we each like!"

The hip-hop man actively invited, raised his hand and pulled a crack with chain teeth in the air, and when the zipper was opened, the scenery on the other side was another world.

Kawahara glanced at him and said, "You gods with nothing to do really like gambling, don't you?"

Although the incarnation of Helheim Forest is not a god, the meaning of its existence is similar to that of a god, or it can be said to be an executor.

"After all, this is who I am~"

The hip-hop man spread his hands nonchalantly.

He made an inviting gesture, and Kawahara put away the lock seed and walked into the crack. The next moment, the hip-hop man who should still be in the underworld of Heim was already sitting on the sofa in front of him.

Obviously, the person who was in the underworld of Helheim just now was just an illusion of an incarnation.

This is a white room similar to a studio.

The identity of the hip-hop man in human society is an illegal radio station DJ host - Xiangliang.

He used "Sawame City" as a trial ground for civilization and used the Internet as a means of communication to coax contemporary young people into using the locked seeds produced in the underworld of Heim, hoping to determine the winner of civilization from among them.

So this is his studio.

"Dangdang——"

Sagara excitedly showed Kawahara a wall in front of him, and in the illusion that appeared with the wall as a backdrop, several Kamen Riders were fighting.

Kamen Rider Gaim x Kamen Rider Baron!

...(End of chapter)