"What are you all...?"
Ash recognized every person standing here as if bearing some kind of mission. That was right—every single one of them was undoubtedly a Kamen Rider!
Their shared memories flowed before them, but with a great enemy at hand, the silent friendship between men quietly passed through their unspoken gazes.
"Other than the veteran cyborgs, all the Kamen Riders are here."
That was right, Ash! Your eyes were different now—those were the eyes of a man who would never give up easily. It looked like they could entrust this to you.
"Take them. Then fight!"
Thus, before Ash's utterly stunned eyes, the transformation belts that were as important as life itself to them were passed into his hands one after another.
"What are you doing!?"
"We'd like to help, but we can't. To us now, these belts are no different from toys."
Shoichi Tsugami spread his hands helplessly and placed his own transformation ring in Ash's hands as well.
"But if it's Ash, I'm sure it'll be fine~"
That was right. This was precisely how Ash's power as an Omni-Adapter was meant to be used!
"Ash, you can feel it, can't you? What you need to do most right now!"
What we Kamen Riders can no longer do, we leave to you—a "Rider"!
"..."
Despite possessing strength comparable to a cyborg's, Ash felt a weight so heavy that his arms went numb and could no longer move as he held those belts in his arms.
"So heavy, so heavy! These belts carry the weight of everyone's souls!"
So that was why they had entrusted them to me!
"Then think of this weight as the feeling of us fighting alongside you!"
Yusuke Godai brushed the sweat from Ash's forehead and smiled as he gave him his signature thumbs-up.