Chapter 381 An Ending That Will Hurt Everyone
"How to say?"
Kawahara walked slowly towards Kouji Mai, who couldn't help but panic.
"From the reaction of the snake, the Daughter of Origin should have appeared before. But if I change your existence now, what will happen to this world?"
"……what?"
Gao Siwu retreated cautiously and looked at him in disbelief: "What on earth are you talking about?!"
Kawahara just stared at her solemnly.
Although the Daughter of Origin does not have the final say over the "Golden Fruit", her attitude has actually been invisibly influencing who the final winner will be. Her influence is not significant but cannot be ignored.
She can travel across time and space from the "future" to observe and influence things in the "past".
It's just that because the time in this world is "self-repairing", even if the Daughter of Origin interferes with the past, what happened will be automatically repaired by time into the shape of the "future", thus turning her "behavior of time travel" into a closed loop of time and space.
Since Sagara has discovered traces of the Daughter of Origin in this world, it means that in the future of this world, Takashi Mai will inevitably become the Daughter of Origin.
Time and space will make it happen whether she likes it or not.
But Kawahara does not belong to this world.
So will everything he does at this moment also be closed by the time and space loop?
Gao Simai didn't understand what was going on.
I don't know what he is going to do.
But feeling the depressing and gloomy aura, her instinctive fear made her step back quickly, but she accidentally stepped on a protruding stone, and with a scream, she stumbled and fell to the ground.
And at this moment——
Everything around seemed to be frozen in an instant. The light in the field of vision became overexposed, and the green leaves and treetops on the mountain path were filled with a hazy glow.
Kawahara's expression changed slightly and he turned around, only to see a blonde girl in a white dress walking towards him at the end of the mountain road.
But the girl's figure appeared and disappeared, as if flickering and floating in unstable time and space. At first glance, she was still far away, but when I looked again, she had pressed the fast-forward button and came in front of me.
If this descending realm of God wasn't so brilliant, it would probably be a bit scary to see it late at night.
"Who are you……"
The girl's light and distant voice sounded.
"Why are you here?"
The strong wind caused by her walking lifted the locks of hair on both sides of her forehead, and her pair of eyes, one crimson and one black, looked towards Kawahara.
The girl's face was exactly the same as Takashi Mai's, but unlike the latter's long black hair in twin ponytails, her short golden hair was just shoulder-length, and the aura she exuded did not seem like someone from a street dance troupe.
The girl's eyes were filled with sadness.
Kawahara looked at her and said, "The daughter of origin? So you are the future Mai Kouji?"
"You know who I am..."
The blonde girl suddenly walked to his side, then looked at Takashi Mai who was frozen sitting on the ground, and the look in her eyes became very complicated.
Kawahara looked at her meaningfully: "Daughter of Origin, since you come from the future time and space, then haven't you seen me in the future?"
Hearing this, the Daughter of Origin did not respond quickly. She just tilted her head slightly and closed her eyes. Her body was enveloped by the light and flashed with laser light like a broken disc.
Then, the crimson eyes looked at Kawahara again.
She frowned and whispered, "In order to find an opportunity to change my fate, I have witnessed the endings of many times and spaces."
"but……"
The Daughter of Origin turned and looked at the World Tree in the distance.
"No matter what the ending is, everyone will end up in an endless fight, anger, hatred, pain, guilt... No matter what I do, everyone will still fight, and then destroy themselves in such a fight!"
There was even a hint of despair in her voice when she spoke the last part.
But the Daughter of Origin closed her eyes and shook her head, then suddenly looked at Kawahara and walked forward eagerly: "But you are different!"
Kawahara paused slightly and looked at her.
The Daughter of Origin grabbed his arm and said, "You are not in the ending of those time and space. I know you have the power to change everything in the future. You can stop everyone from fighting!"
There was a hint of anticipation in her eyes.
But Kawahara's calm expression showed no emotion. After the two looked at each other in silence for a while, he said calmly: "The golden fruit of human civilization has appeared. The only person who can obtain the golden fruit is someone from this world."
"..."
The Daughter of Origin suddenly let go of his arm, slowly widened her eyes and took two steps back.
Kawahara then turned to look at Takashi Mai next to him: "I already have the final candidate in mind, and I can also find a way to prevent you from fusing with the golden fruit in the future."
"No...it's not..."
The Daughter of Origin shook her head in fear: "That's not the case! It doesn't matter what I become, but why do you want everyone to fight? No one wants the golden fruit!"
"Qiwen Jiedou wants--!"
Kawahara looked at her with a sharp gaze: "The Earth in this world also needs it! If there is no winner who controls the Golden Fruit, the Helheim Forest will continue to erode the Earth until the Earth is completely assimilated into the Helheim Forest, and human civilization will be destroyed!"
"It's not like this……"
However, the Daughter of Origin just kept shaking her head and backing away.
The light on her body flickered, and the solidified space around her seemed to be turbulent because of her emotions. At this time, her left eye lit up with a crimson light.
The Daughter of Origin looked at Kawahara in a daze: "You... want the Helheim Forest to exist in this world. You want to bring about another ending."
Kawahara was silent for a while, then tilted his head slightly and said, "Helheim Forest is a concept of cosmic nature. It exists in the Gaim world you live in, and it also exists in this War God world. Even if one of them is destroyed, it can still grow through other time and space, just like the current situation."
It hasn't rained in this Martial God world for several months.
Because the rain was absorbed by the "World Tree" connecting the parallel time and space, this is why there was a sudden heavy rain in the underworld of Helheim.
What's more, after the snake in Helheim Forest set its sights on the Gaim world, even if it destroyed the forest once, it could always grow another forest at any time.
Kawahara whispered, "Besides, I don't belong to your world. I really don't have the qualifications to abolish the fate of this world."
The Daughter of Origin just stared at him in silence, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably. She shook her head and slowly backed away.
"How can it be……"
"You should have had a chance to change this. I don't want everyone to fight. I don't want Kamen Rider to fall into that cruelty."
"Kota, Mitsuki, Kaito... We all just wanted to express our dreams through dancing in Sawame City, so why did everyone suddenly start hating each other?"
"Why does everyone have to fight? Why does someone have to die? Why does it have to end up like this, with everyone being sad..."
"Mr. Kawahara, you can change everyone's fate. Please... please! Don't let them fight anymore!"
"I don't want anyone to get hurt..."
She spoke with sobs, her face showing sadness and pain, as if she was desperate and abandoned by the whole world.
The surrounding light was like a sudden burst of the sun. The overly brilliant and dazzling light invaded all vision until it completely submerged the girl's white figure.
When everything slowly returned to normal, the Daughter of Origin had disappeared, and Gao Siwu, who had fallen to the ground, was also taken away by her.
The reason why the future Mai Takashi was willing to become the Daughter of Origin after being entrusted with the Golden Fruit was because she was bewitched by the "Snake" that this power could change her destiny.
So she traveled through time and space back to the past, trying to change everyone's ending from the beginning. But she didn't know that time has self-healing properties.
So no matter how many parallel universes she looked at, she never found a chance for a happy ending for everyone. No matter what, someone must be sad, someone must suffer, someone must leave, someone must die...
People who are already in disaster have no ability to resolve it themselves, and those who are chosen by fate have no way to escape.
The Daughter of Origin can only find a hope that is not in fate to break all this.
If not, she will keep looking.
Until I lose my way in endless time and space.
……
Kawahara stared at the void in a daze.
It was not until a long time later that he slowly withdrew his gaze and lowered his eyes.
Was there no chance for him to stop this?
Maybe it is.
But just like what Kawahara tried to do using the mirror world in the "Earth Library", he also wanted to explore the fate of his own world by observing the fate of this world.
So he wants these Kamen Riders to fight for the Golden Fruit, and then bring about the ending he chooses and create another god.
Moreover, the most direct method that does not require fighting each other has been rejected by the Helheim Forest, so the method of selecting the winner from those Kamen Riders is -
The only way is to fight.
……
When Kawahara looked up again, he had arrived near the World Tree without knowing when, and under the tree, Takatora Wudao was collecting the Heim Fruit of this world.
Wu Daoguihu, who was concentrating on collecting data, suddenly paused.
He noticed something and turned around, only to see a man in a black coat standing silently behind him, his dark eyes expressionless.
"...What's going on?" Wu Daoguihu was nervous.
"nothing."
Kawahara turned his head to look at the World Tree, then reached out and picked a fruit from the vine.
But maybe it was because the fruit was not ripe, the fruit that others could pick and become a "fixed seed" had no reaction in his hands.
Kawahara crushed it, then looked at Wudao Guihu and said, "Wudao Guihu, let me ask you a question."
Seeing this, Wu Daoguihu raised his eyebrows slightly: "What do you say?"
"If you want to fight for the Golden Fruit and save the world, you will have to go through many battles, especially battles with those Kamen Riders. So you will hurt others and get hurt. Are you prepared for this?" Kawahara said directly.
"Kamen Rider?"
Wudao Guihu paused and said, "Are they the Armored Riders? If that's the case, then it's totally fine, because I'm doing that right now."
Kawahara stared at him: "Anyone?"
Perhaps noticing that Kawahara seemed unusually serious, Wudao Guihu sighed slightly, then looked at him with the same serious expression.
"I understand that sometimes sacrifices need to be made, whether it's from me or others."
"Even if it's your younger brother, Mitsumi Wudao?" Kawahara suddenly changed his tone.
"...What?" Wu Daoguihu was stunned.
"Because Mitsumasa Wudao is also a contender for the Golden Fruit, and Kamen Rider Ryugen is him, so you must defeat him in order to gain the recognition of the Helheim Forest." Kawahara stared at him straight.
"..."
Takatora Wudao was stunned by this information, because he had no idea that his younger brother had also become a knight and was fighting!
Who sold the Sengoku Driver to Kurejima Mitsumi? !
He was unable to speak for a moment. Perhaps the shock of this incident was too great. Kawahara could even hear his heartbeat.
"How to say?"
Kawahara approached him expressionlessly: "Even so, can you still fight without reservation?"
Wu Daoguihu suddenly came to his senses, and after staring into those deep eyes for a long time at close range, his shocked and somewhat helpless expression slowly returned to his usual stern and serious look.
"if……"
Wu Daoguihu opened his mouth and spoke slowly: "If I have to make this choice in order to save the world..."
The words, weighed down by the trembling voice, could not be finished, and the next moment, the ground where the two were standing suddenly shook violently.
Rumbling--
A muffled sound like thunder came from deep underground.
Kawahara looked away and sideways, and it seemed as if Wudao Guihu had also regained his breath at this moment, and he suddenly gasped for breath in a rapid gasp.
After he came to his senses, he looked at the World Tree, only to see the soil around the roots collapse instantly, and the tens of meters huge World Tree fell directly into an abyss-like pit!
"what happened?!"
Wu Daoguihu looked at the scene in astonishment.
Kawahara stared into the abyss and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Martial God Kaibu used the World Tree to seize the power of other 'Martial God Knights'. Originally, the Martial Gods of this world were subordinate knights of the lord, but he had the consciousness of wanting to unify the world by himself."
Kawahara paused for a moment, then looked at Takatora Wudao and said, "So the battles among you Kamen Riders can also be considered as another kind of battle to decide who will dominate the world."
Once the battle begins, there will definitely be winners.
If Takatora Wudao wants to unify the world, he must personally defeat his younger brother Mitsuzo Wudao and eliminate him.
But even if you have the courage and determination to make this choice, it will undoubtedly be painful inside.
"Anger, hatred, pain, guilt..."
"I don't want anyone to get hurt."
The girl's voice filled with sadness and despair seemed to ring in her ears again, just like the emotions that appeared in Wudao Guitora's eyes just now.
Kawahara's eyes moved, and he suddenly grabbed Wudao Guihu, who was still looking at the tree pit next to him, and before the latter could react, he took him and jumped into the abyss that appeared when the World Tree disappeared.
"What? Wait—"
Wu Daoguihu's surprised shouts spread out layer by layer from the bottom of the abyss.
The two people who were free falling were surrounded by strong winds. Kawahara led him to quickly catch up with the World Tree moving underground, and then he said this quietly.
"If we don't transform, we might just fall to our death."
Wudao Guihu: “???”
Although he still had his eyes wide open in shock, he quickly took out the honeydew melon lock seeds.
"Melon——Lock On!"
"Soiya!" 』
"Melon Arms!"
"Unparalleled in the world!"
...(End of chapter)