Seeing Ashu bite her lip, clutch something, and begin desperately running away, Ash smiled as if to say, "She's really grown up," then turned his gaze back to the figure on the other side.
"She's someone important to you, isn't she?"
"First of all, I appreciate that you didn't make a move and gave her and me enough time."
Ash's smile faded as he raised the Black Fox Buckle and refocused on this person dressed in white just like him.
"As a sign of respect, I'll defeat you with everything I have...?"
But when Ash finally saw who had come, he froze as well.
"You are—"
While analyzing the Creation Power, he had learned a little about who the genuine Kamen Rider corresponding to it was.
"I am Ukiyo Ace."
The white-haired young man raised a buckle identical to Ash's. The only difference was that Ash's was black, while his was gold.
"And you're not taking another step forward."
"You... haven't been brainwashed?"
Ash's expression immediately turned grim.
"Aren't you the main Rider of Kamen Rider? If your mind is clear and you still have your free will, why aren't you fighting them? Why have you become their lapdog instead?!"
This was like Kamen Rider becoming Shocker's lapdog... No, Kamen Rider had originally been Shocker's lapdog, except—anyway, it was hard to explain in plain words!
To put it another way, Ash felt like someone from Magical Maple Syrup next door had transmigrated into a butter world, only to see the magical girls there get corrupted into O-addiction after being violently thrust back and forth twice by tentacles... It was an indescribable agony and disbelief, as though he had been deeply insulted!
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Golden Geats VS Black Geats.
The other party had already taken a stance. There was no doubt that