Starting with Firefly, Speedrunning the World

Speaking of Suel, the Kamen Rider RegadΩ he transforms into, also known as Kamen Rider Ligard Ω, does indeed have troublesome abilities.

It possesses the power to execute world destruction, as well as the ability to accelerate or decelerate time, and even reverse or rewind it.

Against the power of time, ordinary attacks are unlikely to be effective.

Regardless, it's not wrong to grind for more points before facing Suel.

This way, she can also gain more trump cards.

Compared to dealing with those Future People, there's something else she needs to resolve first, as its threat is more direct.

Previously, Hotaru didn't know its location; the DGP organization had concealed it.

But now that she has the Vision Driver in her hands, she has confirmed its location.

That would be... the base where the Jyamato are cultivated.

Before continuing to deal with the DGP organization, she needs to clear this place out first!

Destroying a major scourge will surely come with substantial rewards.

Chapter 61: Weeping for the Departed (3/30) Please Subscribe

"This must be it!"

The Jyamato Garden...

"It's really well hidden..."

Hotaru stood on a cliff overlooking a mountain range, gazing at the completely abandoned city before her.

The geographical location was indeed excellent, with mountains and forests on all sides, and the abandoned city completely surrounded by them.

Like a city in the mountains...

Combined with the DGP organization's intentional data concealment, it would be impossible to find this place under normal circumstances. Even Hotaru had no information about it before.

Otherwise, she would have destroyed it completely long ago.

Jyamato are not worthy of pity; their existence is a threat to humanity, they are monsters.

Fortunately, with the Game Master's Vision Driver, even the most hidden corners can be easily found.

Before Suel's appearance, this thing was indeed the lifeblood of the DGP Grand Prix.

"There really isn't anyone around. Good, this will make things even simpler."

Scanning her surroundings, she saw that the place was hidden and remote, making it the most suitable location for a battle.

Without further thought, Hotaru leaped from the cliff, heading directly towards the ruined city ahead. After exchanging for a large amount of Destruction Path power.

She didn't need to transform into Sam; her own strength had already reached a terrifying level.

Ordinary Jyamato and Kamen Riders were no match for her.

As Hotaru approached the ruined city, the girl could clearly feel the dense life force and Jyamato energy within.

The garden where the Jyamato were cultivated was located within this ruined city.

Most of the city had been completely overgrown by Jyamato plants, making it difficult to discern its original appearance.

As Hotaru entered, a sound like a baby's cry echoed from within the abandoned city.

Listening to the child-like weeping, Hotaru produced two wing-like light swords, appearing like ice crystals, from her Transformation Device.

Even without being in her Sam form, she possessed extensive combat experience and swordsmanship skills.

She slowly walked in the direction of the sound and then witnessed a scene that made her incredibly disgusted: unknown plants were cultivating Jyamato heads like fruit.

It was sickening just to look at!

Not only that, but beneath the plants, buried in the soft soil, were the remains of various participants of the Desire Grand Prix, along with their ID cores.

And most of them weren't even properly covered, just discarded there.

Hotaru even saw several ID cores with visible cracks, not fully concealed.

One of them belonged to Kamen Rider Polar Bear...

In addition, a few corpses had not fully decomposed, and their faces and features could still be vaguely seen in the damp soil.

The number of corpses here was countless and revolting.

These individuals, who chose to participate in the Desire Grand Prix for their own wishes, ultimately became nourishment for the Jyamato after paying the price of their lives.

They gave birth to the very Jyamato they fought and died against.

How tragic.

This was the Desire Grand Prix...

From beginning to end, they remained aloof, treating the past world and humans as mere toys and pawns in their eyes.

They trampled on human dignity...

Logically speaking, as a weapon used in interstellar warfare, Hotaru had long been accustomed to death and had personally extinguished countless lives.

She should no longer feel anything about death.

But for some reason, the moment she stepped into this foul place, she still felt the countless wronged souls wailing.

The remains used to cultivate Jyamato here were all from past DGP Grand Prix participants eliminated by Jyamato.

Some of them were pure villains who became Kamen Riders for power, fought Jyamato, and ultimately became nourishment for this place.

But there were also many idealists like Keiwa Sakurai. They fought Jyamato with the ideals of justice and peace.

Yet, the battles they risked their lives for ultimately brought them this result...

A place like this should not exist in this world.

It should be destroyed!

"Perhaps this is also part of the meaning of walking on the path of destruction!"

Hotaru thought this, then raised the sword in her hand.

The path of destruction bloomed at this moment, making the weather instantly oppressive. The nascent Jyamato currently being cultivated around them sensed the arrival of death and began to shake frantically.

Struggling before their imminent demise!

Having absorbed the nourishment of countless participants, the new generation of Jyamato could already think and possessed their own emotions and thoughts.

Naturally, they were unwilling to die before they were even born.

However, it was all in vain.

"Mourn for the departed!"

As Hotaru's sword fell, destruction swept over the plants cultivating Jyamato before her, turning them, along with the surrounding buildings and land, into nihility.

Only in this way could they find peace!

May we mourn for the departed, weep as rain, fill the river, and arrive like a tide, leading you home.

While Hotaru was taking action, on the other side, Archimedes, the gardener who was wholeheartedly devoted to the future of Jyamato, was watering the Jyamato he had meticulously cultivated with a small watering can, humming a tune.

Many years ago, he had followed the producer Nemero's orders to modify Jyamato and had been diligently cultivating these monsters here ever since.

Although Nemero had warned him that the consequences might be uncontrollable and that the DGP operations would not be responsible, Archimedes hadn't taken it to heart at all.

The Jyamato he carefully cultivated were merely beings born to be defeated.

But over the years, at some point, Archimedes began to develop feelings for them, for these Jyamato.

Perhaps in his eyes, the Jyamato were like his own children, each one cultivated by him. He had experienced the role of a father and naturally no longer wished for his children to become consumables in the DGP game.

So, he resolved to create a world where Jyamato could be happy, and everything else would fall into misfortune.

And this possibility now seemed increasingly likely, with the opportunity even within reach.

"Grow well, grow fast..."

"My dear children, you must grow up healthy."

"Soon, your era will arrive!"

Archimedes looked at the soon-to-be-born Jyamato with great anticipation. Since using the Knight's ID Core and their remains to cultivate Jyamato.

He, the gardener who cared for the Jyamato every day, had naturally noticed... the increasingly apparent changes in the Jyamato.

The Jyamato were about to evolve!!

And the DGP operations had also encountered a major accident.

Although the Jyamato and he were part of the DGP operations, specifically the villains cultivated for the purpose.

Chapter 62: Fireflies Drawn to the Flame, Born to Die (4/30)

Archimedes knew perfectly well about the DGP operations and what had happened. Game Master Guelorey was gone, perhaps having returned to the future.

The Driver had fallen into someone else's hands, and the DGP Grand Prix could no longer continue.

This was a rare opportunity for him; he wouldn't have to arrange for Jyamato to sacrifice themselves, even though a considerable number of Jyamato were cultivated here every day.

With this rare opportunity, he could cultivate the Jyamato even better, without having to follow the DGP operations' arrangements.

The era of Jyamato, the era he had longed for, might truly be dawning.

Archimedes was incredibly excited...

But at this moment, a sudden disturbance startled him.

He turned his head and saw immense destruction occurring not far from the city. He could even hear the cries of the Jyamato embryos he cared about.

"What happened!!"

Could it be that his precious ones were in trouble?

Archimedes immediately stood up and rushed towards the direction of the commotion.

And not long after, he saw a beautiful girl wielding twin swords, destroying the Jyamato he had painstakingly cultivated with a single strike.

"What... What kind of joke is this?"

"Where did this woman come from!"

Archimedes stared at the scene before him in disbelief, feeling a bit dazed for a moment.

Then came an irrepressible rage.

These Jyamato were all children he had painstakingly nurtured, and this woman who had appeared from who-knew-where had killed them.

Unforgivable, inexcusable!

But he couldn't understand who this person was, how anyone could possess such power without even needing to transform.

It defied all logic!

Meanwhile, Hotaru paid no attention to the old man. She calmly held the sword in her hand in front of her, and the next moment… flames ignited on the crystalline blade.

Sometimes, destruction is also a kind of beauty?

Isn't it…

"I, at this very moment, am walking the path of destruction…"

As she spoke, the flames on Hotaru's sword grew hotter, radiating an aura of destruction.

In Hotaru's eyes, everything before her was destined for destruction!

Just like those insects, these Jyamato were no different.

"Everything before me will turn to scorched earth."

With her voice, Hotaru swung her sword once more!

Instantly, sword energy like Heavenly Fire descended upon the area. The moment it touched the plants before her, they were utterly ignited.

It mercilessly consumed everything!