Planet Eater

The Build World.

Soichi Isurugi was lounging at the edge of a rooftop, watching the Build below as the crowd chased after him.

"Well... I'll let you play a little longer."

He stood up, dusted off his clothes, and was just about to leave—

When a cool female voice suddenly rang out in his mind:

[Evol, do you want to experience true "emotions"?]

Rather than looking alarmed, Soichi Isurugi grinned.

"Oh? Interesting. What do you want?"

[I'm a system from beyond this world. You've been on this planet for a long time, so you should have some idea of what that means.]

Soichi Isurugi nodded.

While learning about human knowledge, he'd indeed come across the concept.

A system... was usually a "cheat" given to the protagonist in a novel.

[Please go there and fight a battle. Afterward, I'll let you experience true "emotions." Do we have a deal?]

Soichi Isurugi didn't answer right away. Instead, he asked with interest:

"So... you're taking me to another world?"

[Not exactly. Only your consciousness will go. Of course, your abilities will go with you.]

Soichi Isurugi let out a low laugh, rich and delighted.

"Wuahaha... In that case, there's only one answer."

He raised his head, a flash of crimson light passing through his eyes.

"I choose—yes."

That was why Evol was so excited.

Among his kind, relatives killing one another was an everyday occurrence.

He simply couldn't understand how two people could be willing to put their own lives on the line for each other.

Like Sento and Ryuga.

Like those three women just now.

Why?

Human emotions were so complicated and fascinating...

But even after seeing them countless times, he still couldn't understand them or feel them.

Now, he couldn't wait to complete this deal.

After he gained "emotions," he'd go find the rabbit he'd raised and have a good experience with him~

"Su Bai" took out two oddly shaped bottles and gently shook them in his hands.

Clack, clack, clack—

The bottles knocked together with a crisp sound.

He inserted them one after the other into either side of the Driver.

"COBRA—"

"Cobra."

"RIDER SYSTEM—"

"Rider System."

"REVOLUTION—"

"Revolution."

He gently placed his right hand on the Driver's rotary handle and slowly turned it.

The transformation standby sound rang out—

Several illusory gears began to spin irregularly around him before neatly arranging themselves into three tiers: upper, middle, and lower.

At the same time, countless black cubes appeared from thin air and gathered around him.

"Su Bai" extended both hands:

"Henshin!"

"B Hole!"

"B Hole!"

"B Hole! Revolution!"

"Fuhhahhahhahha—!"

Amid the laughter, a mysterious black box completely enveloped "Su Bai," then vanished.

The next moment—

Kamen Rider Evol in Black Hole Form stood in the middle of the battlefield.

Kamen Rider Evol, Black Hole Form

Kamen Rider Evol's Black Hole Form was composed primarily of black, white, and gold.

His head was a deep, pure black, while his compound eyes glowed with a cold white light. A two-toned Black Hole emblem was embedded in the center of his forehead.

At the center of his breastplate, a Black Hole design resembling the one on his forehead slowly swirled, as if connected to an unknown void.

Two long silver panels hung from his waist, swaying gently with the flow of energy.

Qiangwei, Leina, Sun Wukong, and the fourth person were all shaken by the sight.

This transformation... clearly relied on a completely different technological system from the armor they summoned from the Dark Plane.

And besides...

If they'd heard correctly, the word that had kept repeating in the sound effects was—

"Black Hole."

If their opponent really could control—or even create—black holes...

Then they were in serious trouble.

Sun Wukong knitted his brows.

Their opponent was already troublesome enough. On top of that, two angels and a woman with a sword whose abilities were unknown were standing nearby.

On their side... aside from him, Leina and Qiangwei absolutely couldn't risk getting involved.

Otherwise, those three would surely join the fight too, and it would turn into a chaotic melee with multiple opponents on each side.

And Leina and Qiangwei were clearly no match for those three women.

So...

"Heh." Sun Wukong tightened his grip on the Golden Cudgel, fighting spirit blazing in his eyes. "Don't think changing your appearance will make Old Sun afraid."

"Come and fight!"

Kamen Rider Evol stood motionless. His Black Hole compound eyes swept over Sun Wukong, then he slowly raised his right hand.

Without any unnecessary movement, he simply turned his palm upward and gave a gentle squeeze.

Vmmm—

The air around him suddenly warped, and the light dimmed as if it were being swallowed.

The rubble and dust on the ground, even the broken steel beams in the distance, began to float uncontrollably toward his palm, converging—

As if a miniature black hole were truly there, silently devouring everything.

Sun Wukong's pupils contracted.

This wasn't an energy attack, nor was it spatial manipulation.

This was... control over gravity!

A true gravitational field, powerful enough to warp matter!

"Watch out!" he barked, holding the Golden Cudgel across his body as a pale golden energy barrier shimmered over the surface of his Dark Alloy Armor.

Qiangwei and Leina retreated at the same time, each putting up a defense.

But the floating rubble didn't attack them.

It stopped three meters in front of Evol's palm and began spinning at a terrifying speed, compressing—

In just two seconds, a pitch-black energy sphere the size of a fist took shape.

Faint arcs of electricity jumped across its surface. The surrounding air groaned under the pressure of its dense energy.

Evol lowered his head to look at the energy sphere in his hand, seeming quite pleased.

Then he looked up, his Black Hole compound eyes locking onto Sun Wukong.

"Lesson one—"

His voice came through the armor with a metallic resonance and a hint of amusement:

"Gravity is one of the universe's most fundamental laws."

Before he'd finished speaking, he thrust his right hand forward.

The black energy sphere shot out without a sound.

No sonic boom, no flash of light.

Only a ripple of slight distortion in the space it passed through.

Sun Wukong didn't dare be careless. He swung the Golden Cudgel in a circle, creating a golden blur as he met it head-on!

BOOM—!!!

The moment the energy sphere struck the Golden Cudgel, it didn't explode.

Instead, it abruptly expanded into a perfectly black sphere three meters across, enclosing Sun Wukong completely.

Inside, the gravitational field warped and tore at everything around it.

Sun Wukong felt his entire body grow heavy, as if a massive weight had been set upon him. Even raising his hand became incredibly difficult.

Fine sparks began to burst across the surface of his Dark Alloy Armor.

"Damn it...!"

He gritted his teeth and growled, channeling his energy at full power in an attempt to break free of the strange gravitational restraint.

But the black sphere kept contracting and compressing like a living thing, as if it meant to crush him completely.

"Sun Wukong—!" Qiangwei cried out, about to rush forward.

"Don't come any closer!" Sun Wukong shouted, stopping her. "You can't withstand this thing!"