Starting with Firefly, Speedrunning Worlds - Part 39

For example, some applications of the power of creation, and directly linking to the Goddess of Creation.

Thinking of the Statue of the Goddess of Creation, Firefly decided to go see that Goddess of Creation in person!

Previously, she had not known how to get there, but now that she had the Vision Driver, she could directly teleport to many locations related to the Desire Grand Prix.

Even the location of the Statue of the Goddess of Creation was no exception.

Having made up her mind, Firefly decisively headed for the place where the Statue of the Goddess of Creation—Ukiyo Ace's mother—was located.

The Creation Temple!

Innovation and Control! Niram!

For the Desire Grand Prix's operations, or at least for the current Desire Grand Prix, the most crucial thing was the Statue of the Goddess of Creation, which could grant any wish.

Though it was not as though absolutely any wish could be granted.

And the price was enormous as well.

In essence, one sacrificed the happiness of others to obtain one's own happiness.

A wish ought to be an individual's desire.

That was why the final winner of the Desire Grand Prix was called the God of Desire!

Using the temptation of wish fulfillment, they had made Kamen Riders participate in game after game where they would stop at nothing to claim final victory. Naturally, this Statue of the Goddess of Creation, capable of granting wishes, had become the core of the Desire Grand Prix's operations.

Under normal circumstances, no one was allowed to come here.

Only official Desire Grand Prix personnel could.

At the same time, the firewall system here was the most rigorous—but in many situations, it was little more than a joke.

Using the Vision Driver, Firefly transformed into Kamen Rider GlareN and arrived smoothly at the Desire Grand Prix's most vital core area: the Creation Temple.

The surroundings of this platform-like space were pitch-black, like a void.

But none of that mattered. What mattered was the object at its center, the very thing that immediately drew Firefly's gaze upon entering.

It was a goddess statue that looked exceptionally sacred—or perhaps it was more like a statue of an angel, since it possessed angelic wings.

Yet this statue did not look particularly beautiful.

She was imprisoned, her body wrapped in countless chains. The angel-like woman now resembled a bound prisoner.

And upon getting a little closer, one could see that cracks had appeared across the goddess statue's body!

Firefly was not surprised in the slightest that the Statue of the Goddess of Creation, capable of granting wishes, had become a stone statue covered in cracks.

She had existed for two thousand years. During that time, who knew how many Desire Grand Prix tournaments she had endured, or how many Gods of Desire had appeared.

Even by using the misfortune of some people in this world to compensate for it, granting others' wishes again and again was still not enough.

Firefly estimated that after another four or five wishes, the Statue of the Goddess of Creation before her would be completely destroyed.

"Mitsume..."

Firefly walked forward step by step, wanting to approach and sense the power of creation she possessed!

Unlike Ukiyo Ace and Tsumuri, who had yet to awaken, the Goddess of Creation before her had awakened long ago.

Although the power of creation in the Geats world was rather underwhelming and performed terribly, it could not be denied that many aspects of it were quite interesting.

Especially the sheer breadth of its applications.

When Firefly had watched the show before, Geats, after awakening the power of creation, had instantly restored places that had been destroyed. That was something Firefly could not do.

She only knew how to destroy...

Perhaps a Pathstrider of a Path like Abundance could do it, but she was not one.

Just as Firefly was about to approach the statue, an invisible force suddenly blocked her path, refusing to let her get closer.

Before Firefly could do anything, a figure appeared not far from the Creation Temple.

"Looks like Girori really is dead."

The game producer Niram, dressed in a white suit, appeared nearby. He did not attack immediately, instead staring at Firefly as he spoke slowly.

The moment he sensed an intruder at the Creation Temple, he had appeared at once.

What he saw was Firefly transformed into Kamen Rider GlareN.

Looking at the Kamen Rider before him, who was clearly different from Kamen Rider Glare, Niram already knew that the person inside the suit was not Girori, even though he could not see their true face.

And she looked more like a woman.

There had been no news from Girori at all these past few days, and now someone else had used the Vision Driver to reach the Creation Temple.

Though Niram was unwilling to admit it, he understood that Girori had been killed and the Vision Driver had truly fallen into someone else's hands.

"Niram..."

Firefly recognized the newcomer as well.

Perfect. To grant a wish, she still needed his Driver.

If she had a chance to obtain Niram's Driver, she would not mind trying to make a wish.

However, when it came to authority of judgment, Niram's Driver was even more formidable. After all, as a producer, he was an executive administrator one rank above the high-level administrators.

He even had the authority to deal with rule-breaking game administrators.

"You know me?"

"So you're from the future too. Who exactly are you? A viewer, or... a stowaway?"

Hearing Firefly call out his name so readily, Niram pondered whether she might be one of those unruly viewer supporters.

But he could not be certain. She might also be a stowaway unknown even to DGP operations.

However, he did not connect the person before him with Sam, even though Girori had supposedly died at the hands of Sam of the Stellaron Hunters.

Sam of the Stellaron Hunters had a Rider system superior even to Kamen Rider Glare's, not to mention that Sam was male.

So it was more likely that she was working with Sam, and Sam had given the Desire Driver to the woman before him.

"Sorry, but I'm neither."

Firefly denied it outright.

"Is that so? It doesn't matter. I'll find out eventually."

Seeing that she would not admit it, Niram acted unconcerned. Whether she was or not, he would investigate and uncover the truth sooner or later.

More importantly, the Desire Driver in her hand was the real priority.

Without an administrator's Driver, the Grand Prix could not continue, much less grant wishes. If the program did not begin for too long and the viewers truly started causing trouble, it would be a major headache for him as well.

Therefore, the Vision Driver had to be retrieved.

"You really are bold. You stole a game administrator's Driver, yet you still dared to come here openly."

"I'll give you one chance. Return the Vision Driver to DGP operations."

"Otherwise..."

Niram's tone carried a heavy threat as he fastened his Driver around his waist. Though the Drivers were of the same tier, Kamen Rider Glare could not defeat Kamen Rider Gazer.

The Gazer system possessed an invincible mechanism.

"Otherwise what?"

How could Firefly possibly fear Girori's threat?

Even if the Glare she wore could not defeat him, she still had other methods. She had drawn so many things from cards—how could they possibly be mere decorations?

"Then you'll find out soon enough."

"For the truth of this world, you must be erased!"

Niram stopped wasting words. He simply raised his hand and pressed his fingerprint against the Driver at his waist. Authentication passed.

[Gazer! LogIn!]

(Gazer! Log In!)

Immediately afterward, Niram smoothly performed a fluid sequence that looked like he was washing his hair, then took out a Providence Card and swiped it across the Driver on his body.

"Transform!"

[Gazer,Log In!(...?)×N Install!INNOVATION ＆ CONTROL:GAZER!]

(Install! Innovation and Control! Gazer!!)

As Niram transformed, five golden rings rose from behind him, floated above his head, then descended and passed over his entire body.

Then, five golden control devices began spinning in irregular patterns!

Golden data light blossomed brilliantly throughout the process.

Kamen Rider Gazer had arrived!

It was worth mentioning that because Gazer and Glare used the same type of Driver, their styles were extremely similar, differing only in color.

Gazer was a more imposing combination of blue, white, and gold.

"Even if you obtained the Vision Driver, there is still a difference between our systems."

"Now, let me show you that difference!"

Having transformed, Niram stood with his hands behind his back, looking utterly arrogant.

Even if the other side possessed a game administrator's belt, there was only one possible outcome. Any existence that threatened the truth of this world had to be erased!

With a movement of his body, Niram appeared beside Firefly in an instant and threw a punch.

Empowered by the Gazer system, that punch was enough to turn a heavily armored tank into scrap metal in an instant.