Chapter 442 Earth Version Fujiang
The good news is that Tsuyoshi Shima's father, Manno Tenjuro, has not yet gathered four super-evolved forms of the "Mechanical Mutants", which has the potential to trigger a "global freeze" crisis.
The bad news is that the other party has already copied the Drive and is ready to revive it.
The "mechanical mutants" in this world are mechanical systems developed jointly by Manyo Tenjuro and Kurim. Because they have the ability to achieve "infinite evolution" by "copying humans", they can also be considered an artificial life form.
As to why they developed this system.
Asking is the spirit of scientific exploration.
Kurim's original intention was to develop a system that could benefit mankind, but Manyo Tenjuro had his own ambitions.
After discovering that Manyo Tenjuro could not be trusted, Kurim withdrew from this research. Without him, Manyo Tenjuro did not have the ability to continue developing the mechanical system, so in anger and anxiety, he implanted an evil heart into the "mechanical mutant".
It was this action of his that gave the mechanical mutants the ability to evolve by "gaining emotions".
When a certain "emotion" pursued by a mechanical mutant reaches its peak, it can super-evolve and gain even more powerful power.
But so far, among the 108 mechanical mutants, only 002 and 003 have reached the level of "super evolution".
"However, Manno Tenjuro, who now exists in data form, can actually be considered a super-evolved mechanical mutant, so they only need to gather the last one." Kawahara said slowly.
"Can four super-evolved mechanical mutants trigger a permanent global freeze again..." Toma Shinnosuke couldn't help but become serious.
Shidao's expression changed constantly, and he suddenly looked at Kawahara and asked, "How do you know these things?"
"Because I saw the future of this world." Kawahara said casually.
"……what?"
Shidao Gang sneered, feeling ridiculous: "What do you mean, are you saying that you can predict the future?"
Kawahara then said: "Then consider it my guess."
Shidao Gang choked: "..."
Although this guy's attitude was not as cold and rigid as the one being hunted, Shidao Tsuyoshi still felt the same frustration as when facing the one being hunted.
However, this kind of thing is not something to be joked about. Kurim, who once participated in the development of "Mechanical Mutants", understands the seriousness of the situation better.
The first large-scale "global freeze" occurred half a year ago, caused by the sudden rebellion of more than one hundred mechanical mutants.
The relative movement speed of all life and matter became extremely slow at that moment. The flow of time seemed to be suddenly blocked, and people felt like they were in thick air and could hardly move.
The only thing that hasn't slowed down is people's thinking.
The unexpected collision between extremely fast thinking and extremely slow actions led to a series of disasters.
At that time, Kurim awakened the mechanical mutant No. 000 (prototype) created by himself with the "absolute justice" program.
——That is Chase.
Half a year ago, No. 000, who transformed into the first generation Kamen Rider ProtoDrive (original form), defeated all the mechanical mutants.
However, since he did not have the ability to destroy the "digital core", 009, who evolved healing abilities that day, resurrected all the mechanical mutants.
In the end, Kamen Rider ProtoDrive was defeated by the "Heart Mechanical Mutant" strengthened by 009.
……
"Shinnosuke, we must stop Manyo's plan as soon as possible!"
Thinking of what happened in the past, Kulim couldn't help but become a little impatient.
"But now we have no idea where Manye is." Tomar Jinnosuke frowned.
"As expected, Manyo Tenjuro's next target will be the medical mechanical immune body. He will definitely find ways to force 009 to super evolve." Kawahara said with his arms folded.
"009...Medic?"
Tomari Shinnosuke had some impression of the other party.
This can be considered as a case of no acquaintance without fighting.
After all, in most cases caused by "mechanical mutants", there are three people behind them: the heart mechanical mutant (Heart), the brain mechanical mutant (Brain), and the medical mechanical mutant (Medic).
Among them, Heart even reached a super evolutionary form through the "emotions" he had for Tomo Shinnosuke...
Because the emotion that the mechanical heart mutant pursues is "defeating humans in a fair duel."
Kamen Rider Drive was recognized by Medic as the most suitable opponent, and coincidentally, Shinnosuke Toma also recognized him on a certain occasion, so Heart's inner emotions reached the extreme after being recognized by his opponent.
The emotion that Medic needs to super evolve is——
"like".
……
"Whatever it is, I'm not interested in mechanical mutants. Since you know about the future, just tell us what to do now!"
Shidao Gang suddenly spoke with some impatience.
Kawahara stared at him: "I just asked Chase to find 009. He will know where they are."
Shidao Gang once again: "..."
So does the pursuit mean that you can go straight into action?
He took a slow, deep breath, then suppressed his angry voice, turned his back to them, and scratched his hair in annoyance.
Kawahara looked at him and said, "It's useless to worry about it. If you can't change the reality, you might as well open your heart and accept them."
"What do you know, you guy?" Shidao turned around and glared at him.
"It's not hard to guess. You didn't expect that your father was actually an evil villain who intended to dominate the world, and you became a Kamen Rider. Maybe you felt it was ironic for this dramatic identity? That's why you are eager to solve it all by yourself." Kawahara pondered.
“You—shut up!”
Shijima Tsuyoshi suddenly rushed forward and grabbed Kawahara by the collar as if he had exploded, gritting his teeth and staring with his red eyes, looking like he was ready to fight at any time.
Toma Shinnosuke quickly stepped forward to stop them: "Wait, Gang, calm down!"
"It's no use being so harsh all the time."
Kawahara suggested seriously, "I once thought that my father who wanted to dominate humans deserved a beating, so I beat him up with a knight kick, and I felt much better."
Shidao Gang: “…………”
After staring blankly at the person in front of him whose expression remained unchanged for a while, Shidao Tsuyoshi suddenly felt like he was laughing out of anger.
He untied the other's clothes unhappily, turned around and got on his own Mach motorcycle.
"Just--"
Toma Shinnosuke wanted to say something to persuade him when he saw this, but as soon as Shidao stepped on the accelerator, he rushed out and drove in the direction that the chaser had just left.
Kawahara looked at his back and said, "With a twisted personality like him, I'm afraid he will only know how to let go and how to protect something important after he loses it."
Toma Shinnosuke also sighed: "Before this, Gang was carrying all these things by himself, and we didn't know it."
Kawahara said nothing more.
He didn't really want to enlighten the young man. It was normal for a Kamen Rider to have some troubles. There was no such thing as a Kamen Rider whose life was smooth sailing.
"So before Chase gives the signal to act, Toma Shinnosuke, is there any quiet place where I can stay for a while?" Kawahara asked.
"Ah? There should be some...um, is there anything you need my help with?" Tomari Jinnosuke said hurriedly.
"I don't need any help from you, it's just my own business."
The reason why Kawahara stayed here to solve the problem of mechanical mutants was just to help with the hunt. He still had things to do before he met Kamen Rider Drive. …
So Tomari Shinnosuke took Kawahara back to the Special Operations Department's Drive base.
Although this place had been messed up by Manyo Tenjuro before, it has almost recovered now.
This is the second Kamen Rider base Kawahara has visited, but compared to the W base, which seems to be a factory built with model houses, this place looks full of technology.
Some of the gear shifters that cooperate with Drive usually stay here. After the stranger Kawahara came in, some lively gear shifters came over to watch.
He looked around with interest for a while, then found a place to rest.
"Don't worry about me, no matter what happens."
He first spoke to Tomari Shinnosuke.
Tomari Shinnosuke responded in confusion.
Kawahara leaned back leisurely on the recliner, then took out a golden fruit that was shining with light from his body. Seeing Tomari Shinnosuke's suddenly wide-eyed expression of shock, he slowly closed his eyes.
In an instant, golden light enveloped the surroundings.
wow——
wow——
There didn't seem to be any accidents.
Kawahara opened his eyes again and looked down, only to see an illusion of the Earth floating beneath his feet.
Although there seemed to be an invisible storm all around, the colors of the universe and the stars were flowing in this dark space, and bookcases were lined up in all directions.
——Earth Library!
……
Use the power of creation condensed from the golden fruit to forcibly enter the Earth Library!
Kawahara, who broke in by force, waited for a while, but the illusion of the earth below did not seem to reject him as before. He didn't know what the second upgrade had changed.
"Um...can we start searching?"
Kawahara looked around tentatively.
However, the bookshelves did not respond.
Well, he can't retrieve it.
At this moment, a familiar figure appeared in front of him. It was Philip who entered the library after sensing something unusual.
Philip's appearance remained the same as before, just like Kawahara hadn't changed at all.
"How did you get back here?"
Philip looked around him in surprise.
Kawahara smiled and said, "I just wanted to give it a try, but I didn't expect it to be so smooth. It's probably the same as 'I wanted to come in here, so I came in'."
Hearing this, Philip rubbed his chin and said, "The ability to materialize ideas, right?"
"Yes, that's about it, so can you help me search it now?" Kawahara said.
"Do you still need my help? Can't you just try 'I want to search' directly?" Philip looked at him with shining eyes.
“…I have tried.”
Simply tried.
Moreover, Kawahara came in from the outside world using the golden fruit. Now in his conscious state, the golden fruit does not seem to be on him.
Philip felt a little regretful that he couldn't see him use his ability with his own eyes, then took two steps back and opened his arms.
"Then let's start searching. What do you want to know? Oh, by the way - I have already searched your missing Gaia memory."
"Then the search target is 'disappeared Arcle's memory'. The first keyword is: 'Arcle'." Kawahara said.
Philip shrugged after hearing this, and then a string of green characters appeared in front of his eyes.
He actually quite likes Kawahara coming over to look up questions.
Because it always brings something interesting.
However, with the appearance of this first keyword, there was basically no change in the surrounding bookshelves, with only some negligible changes in information in the depths.
"The second keyword is knight power."
This keyword was something Philip had never extracted because he didn't know these things before.
shhhhh--
The number of bookshelves dwindled almost instantly, and finally only about twenty bookshelves were left in various places.
Philip looked around with interest: "Is this the reason? Then there is only one last keyword left."
But Kawahara also had a headache.
However, what is certain now is that the reason why his knight items are everywhere is indeed related to the influence of Gaia's memory on the Earth Library.
What about beyond that?
Just as Kawahara was thinking about the last key factor, the conversation he had with Kuzuba Kota before leaving suddenly flashed through his mind.
He suddenly realized something and blurted out with some urgency - "The only timeline!"
"Timeline?"
Philip was stunned when he heard the word, and hesitated for some reason, and then this string of characters appeared in front of him.
The third keyword floated out.
But the next moment.
The entire Earth Library began to shake violently!
The few dozen remaining bookshelves moved rapidly, as if they were sifting through something. However, even the galaxy around them turned into dizzying colors, and still could not separate these dozens of bookshelves.
If even three keywords cannot filter out a single result, it means the keywords are wrong or there is no answer.
But what if the result is not unique?
This thought suddenly occurred to Kawahara as he watched this scene.
Kawahara didn't understand whether this situation was normal, but Philip suddenly felt uncomfortable at this moment and suddenly squatted down with his hands covering his forehead.
"What's wrong with you?" Kawahara was slightly surprised.
"wrong……"
Philip just murmured in pain: "No... This is not right..."
Kawahara hurried forward, only to see green data characters emanating from Philip's body, as if he was about to merge with the Earth Library again.
The other side of Kamen Rider W cannot be made to disappear inexplicably by him!
"Stop searching!" Kawahara said immediately.
But Philip did not respond until Kawahara discovered that the illusion of the earth under his feet was changing.
Just when he thought that the earth was going to trap or expel him again, the only earth slowly split in all directions until a circle of earth appeared.
Even the split Earth was still growing, occupying the space below at a terrifying speed. From a distance, it looked like there were as many bookshelves in a library...
Kawahara: "???"
What Earth version of Tomie?!
...(End of chapter)