After waiting for "a long time", the imagined pain and terrible death did not come as expected.
When he opened his eyes, he saw a man in a suit with dark gloves and gauntlets facing away from him, and the golden sword blade on his raised right hand flashed with cold light.
The man squatting in front of him in a sword-drawing posture had just enough time to slowly put the deep purple holy sword into his sheath.
The steel bar above their heads that was about to fall also cracked into two halves along the smooth and hot traces from the middle with the crisp "ding" sound when the holy sword was sheathed.
Chapter 40 The hero is of course real!
"Boom!"
The steel bars that were smoothly cut from the center to both sides fell beside them, and a loud noise blew the man's dusty clothes from the ground.
"Really, you actually did such unnecessary things." Ash stood up again, complaining about a certain culprit who was not here. "Damn it, did I really underestimate him?"
They were all ready to face the terrible bad end, but the flag they had raised was broken into two pieces by the man who suddenly entered on his knees. Yayoi, who had regained his life, opened his mouth wide, not knowing what to say for a while.
"You... really rescued these people from over there?" He looked at the workers who were being dragged behind the barrier by Yayoi in disbelief, and sighed in astonishment, "You have thin arms and legs... really, is this considered a miracle?"
Come on, she is a little girl, and those workers are all adults. This is not conservation of quality at all! Well, this is very idealistic and very Toei.
Yayoi, lying on the ground panting, sweating on his forehead and enduring the pain in his chest, asked his question.
"Huh... haha, why on earth... are you here?"
"Of course you told me. Really, bad guys secretly do such little things in a place like this! How bad they are!"
What she didn't notice was that when she entered the factory, a black figure hidden in the shadows was like a spider lurking in the dark waiting for its prey to take the bait. In a strange posture that is difficult for humans to achieve, it skillfully shuttled through the intricate construction pipes above the factory using its hands and feet, following Yayoi's back like a shadow as it moved and jumped nimbly.
On the way, I also found a little old woman wrapped in a green robe. The kind-hearted Ash persuaded the stubborn old woman to leave the factory, but it was delayed. When she arrived, it was exactly what Yayoi saw.
"It's you, tell me, why do you come to a place like this?"
"Boom, boom, boom!!!"
The surrounding explosions were still coming continuously, and the frowning Ash continued to ask her condescendingly. "Are you still unclear about your situation? Let me ask you, what if I come a step later? You will really become Yayoi by then. I don't want to do the job of picking people out and then fighting them back bit by bit."
Unable to stand up, Yayoi turned his head away, not wanting to answer Ash.
"I'm talking about you, even if you gain courage, you will have nothing when you die. Even if you don't cherish your life, then think about Miyuki, them, and your mother -"
"Ash-sensei!"
The surroundings were filled with crackling flames, and Yayoi's shouting voice also reached Ash's ears.
"If you really hate me that much!" Yayoi shouted to others in a roaring voice for the second time in his life. "If you just want a hero and want to satisfy yourself! Just say something to make yourself look awesome!"
For the so-called Mirai, he defeated us mercilessly, sealed away my and Akane's and Nao's powers, bullied me to the point of crying, and said such outrageous words to me! Now you suddenly come out to save me. What do you want from others? Do you want me to be grateful to you?!
"Then why don't you save this embarrassing me and just let me die!"
Anyway, I am weak and cannot become a hero!
After a short silence, the person who lowered his head this time became Ash.
"Okay, okay, I know!" Ash, who made a French military salute with both hands, said "cut", then sighed helplessly, and lowered his head in front of Yayoi for the first time.
"It's my fault... It's my fault, I did something wrong! I'm very sorry and sorry... That's okay!"
What, this person?
It was still sincere at the beginning, but then it turned into an extremely awkward tone as he spoke. After finishing speaking, Ash turned his head to the side so as not to look at Yayoi's expression, and then stretched out his hand to pull her up, but was too embarrassed to be caught for a long time.
"I... I have no strength anymore..." As he spoke, Yayoi returned to his soft and weak tone.
"Okay, I get it!" Ash, with a faint blush on his face, shook his head, put his hands under Yayoi's armpits, and picked her up like a kitten.
"Hurry up!"
Hearing Ash's reminder, Yayoi, who was clinging to the men's vest inside the suit's open opening, closed his eyes, grabbed Ash's back with his hands and locked them together.
The silver box instantly appeared in the hands of Ash, and a grappling hook was fired from the top of the box, passing through the glass in the distance and hooking on the edge. The huge power carried Ash into the sky from the place that was about to be surrounded by flames, and soared into the sky!
I never expected such a scene in my dream. Yayoi, flying in mid-air, squinted his eyes when he felt the strong wind brushing his cheeks, but he didn't feel terrible at all.
Being held on a swing in the air like this... It really looks like a scene that can only appear in cartoons.
"Ash-sensei, why do you keep following me to save me?"
Yayoi, whose tone was as soft as a cloud, asked the biggest question on his mind.
"I don't need a reason to bully people." Ash, who was flying in mid-air, saw the pillar of fire falling towards him. He immediately let go of his right hand holding the hook lock and hugged Yayoi tightly in his arms. He rolled forward in mid-air and dodged through the heat wave.
"Then I also don't need a reason to help people."
"Ash-sensei..." The girl pressed her little head against the man's chest, her cheeks turned as red as an apple. "Thank you."
"You... are really too kind."
Ash, who had lost his hook lock, put his hands on the girl's head, kicked his feet continuously on the wall in front of him, and stepped on it with his heels. The heels imprinted on the wall rubbed with sparks and lightning, and he brought the little sister to fall beside the workers.
"Kise Yayoi... is that your name?"
"The etiquette of first and last name is too troublesome. Anyway, I can just call you Yayoi, right?"
"Wait, this is a little bit..."
Completely ignoring Yayoi's shameful look, Ash, who already had the answer in his heart, just asked simply to himself, and then took out a bird-shaped hand-held revolver from the back of his suit in front of Yayoi.
"Anyway, as compensation for my apology, let me tell you something."
Seeing the destruction caused by the explosion getting bigger and bigger, and seeing the flames gradually coming to surround them, the golden gears slid out of the man's sleeves like magic and fell into the empty slot of the machine gun.
"The heroes of justice and Kamen Rider and Santa Claus."
"It's all real!"
Dark Summon!
"[Transformation↘→~], [Kamen Rider↘fourze↗]"
Yayoi's eyes widened for a moment, and he even forgot to refute Ash's overly intimate name.
Just because I saw on TV last Sunday, Rocket Head Kamen Rider, who was as passionate as an astronaut, broke the stones on his body and stood in front of her for real!
Chapter 41 The universe is coming!
Seeing Yayoi next to him trembling violently with excitement, forgetting to close his mouth and letting sweat drip down his chin into his chest, Ash smiled and put away Gear Closure Gun.
Theoretically speaking, in such a disaster situation, summoning "Rescue Taskforce GoGoV" to clear the field is of course the best solution, but how do you say this?
You said that you hate my maliciousness in destroying Kamen Rider's image, which means you like the real Kamen Rider the most?
As a reward for showing me something good, let me fulfill your wish this time.
"The universe——"
A hearty voice full of dreams and enthusiasm came from the direction of Rider. The first thing that "Kamen Rider Fourze" did when he just appeared on the stage was to make fists with both hands and bend down hard, and then fiercely open his chest to the ceiling above his head, so bold that it seemed to be able to contain the universe.
"Coming!"
Yayoi's excitement level increased visibly by a thousand percentage points.
"Yes, this is definitely real, it's real! It's the real Fourze!!"
Yayoi didn't know whether the person inside was Kisaragi Gentaro, Fukushi Sota or Takanawa Seiji, but she could feel that the enthusiastic momentum was definitely real!
The sight of his idol-like hero standing in front of him alive on TV meant so much to Yayoi. The tears in his eyes that were originally filled with sadness now shimmered with emotion.
Really, my daydream-like "dream" is not just the result of self-satisfaction and self-movation!
"Indeed, there is such a tradition." Ash folded his hands in front of his chest, not at all surprised by Kamen Rider's abrupt shouting.
Well, he did find out recently that unlike the thief Rider and the original version of this gun, when he summoned his former friends to help out, they were obviously just puppet bodies for combat, but they could show their inextricable relationship with the original characters.
Although I don't know what's going on, but so be it... after all, some things cannot be governed by the laws of physics.
Ash walked forward naturally and patted fourze on the shoulder very familiarly.
"Anyway, please, Rocket Head!"
After giving a thumbs up to the person behind him, fourze, who didn't mind Ash giving himself the nickname, raised his hands, Rider brushed his hands over the Rocket Head above his head, and made a loud "Rocket Head" sound.
Take out a red switch with a pull ring, exchange it with Rocket Switch on the far right side of the belt, and then pull it open forcefully.
"[Fire On]!"
Astro Switch changed the structure of Fourze's right arm, and the sufficient energy on it spread to the whole body, dyeing the original silver-white body into all kinds of fiery colors. Fourze transformed into "Fire Form" and stood in front of everyone. The shoulder armor with the fire emblem on the shoulder blocked the heat for the people behind him.
Rider raised his right hand like a flamethrower or a fire extinguisher, "Super Fire Gun", grabbed the muzzle unit and stretched it out for a distance, then inserted the No. 20 flame switch underneath. Amidst a burst of ringing fire sirens, he aimed at the violent tornado of flames in the factory warehouse and pulled the trigger.
"[Limit Break]!"
The sea blue air wave fire extinguishing bomb sprayed from the muzzle quickly extinguished the flames that were burning along the warehouse materials with an efficiency that conventional flame retardants or water flow could not achieve. At the same time, Ash also pulled out his holy sword and slashed twice on the door, cutting the gate into pieces.
The fire bomb in front prevented the possibility of air deflagration. As the doorway "opened" again, the strong wind blowing in from the gap blew up the hair on Ash and the girl's forehead, and also avoided the tragedy of suffocation in the narrow space. In this way, Fourze, who transformed into a firefighter, extinguished the flames all the way towards the huge tank. Ash carried four of them with one hand, and successively moved these unlucky workers out of the tragic boundary.
"Well, it's just the smoke. I don't think it's life-threatening."
After hearing the conclusions that Ash came to after examining the unconscious workers, Yayoi's hanging heart was relieved.
"Great, everyone... huh?"
Yayoi was slightly startled by the feeling of a big hand covering his head and stroking it gently.
"You did a good job this time, Yayoi."
This feeling... Why do you feel like you miss me?
"Hey, but it was Fourze's credit to put out the flames, right?"
"But you must try your best to drag those people out of the explosion range before they can be rescued. Putting out the flames will be a matter of later." After saying that, Ash patted her little head again and laughed as she listened to her "Ah woo" sound.
"Humility is a good thing, but it's boring if you go too far. I think doing good things should be praised and praised."
"Even if you don't have any power, you still choose to do something. I take back my previous excessive evaluation of you."
Although you are a coward, you have a lot of backbone. Maybe you don't need to be like this, but I recognize you.
"You saved their lives and you can be proud of that."
Even though he was an enemy in the beginning, even after he joined us, I still hate him.
But when he saved my life, he was willing to apologize to me and said such gentle words to me for the first time, especially when he heard someone who had denied him before be willing to praise him.
A little, a little bit happy.
Thick smoke poured out from the cracks in the warehouse. Under the powerful power of Astro Switch, a tragedy that was destined to happen was forcibly extinguished at the beginning. Fourze, who had returned to basics, waved his hand and ran towards the two of them. Ash retracted his hand without leaving a trace, as if nothing happened.
"Ah." Seeing Rider waving his hands as if he wanted to say something to himself, Ash raised his finger and stopped him.
"I am no longer the me you know..."
Before Ash could finish speaking, Fourze, who understood at the speed of light, did not speak, but directly extended his fist in front of him, as if waiting for his response.
Before I could react, my body reacted first. Ash also stretched out his fists and bumped them together. Then the two fists knocked each other's top and bottom, and then clenched tightly together.
"Even if you forget!" This simple but passionate voice was the voice of passionate youth that belonged exclusively to high school students. Rider put his fist on Ash's heart with his other hand, and then knocked on his own heart. "The bonds of friendship between friends will never disappear, and your actions just now prove it!"
"Hmph, when beautiful words come out of your mouth." Ash snorted lightly, but a slight nostalgic smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
It feels quite natural.
Chapter 42 Many friends
"Uh-oh-oh-"
Akaoni, whose face was turned as dark as ink by the explosion and his hair turned into a vertical afro, climbed out of the rubble that was caused by the explosion tank.
Even though he was hit by a chemical explosion at close range in his sleep, Akaoni, a cadre, was not harmed at all. However, when he woke up from the explosion, he was so groggy that he had no idea what happened. In addition, his hair was almost set on fire, and even Kanabo was thrown to an unknown place.
"Ah, my head hurts so much... What's going on? Ah, my hair! Could it be that this is really a sneak attack by Kamen Rider! Damn Kamen Rider!"