"The Golden Fruit Grand Prix? What exactly are you talking about..." Niramu asked, utterly confused.
Raven smiled faintly, offering no further explanation.
"You'll know soon enough."
The very next second, Raven, holding two Vision Drivers, appeared with Tsumuri in a unique space within the DGP. This was the place where the Goddess of Creation resided.
Now that he possessed two Vision Drivers, he could make virtually any wish to this so-called Goddess of Creation.
"What are we doing here?" Tsumuri asked, completely bewildered.
"We are, of course, using your Goddess of Creation to change the Desire Grand Prix."
Raven held a wish card. Written upon it was his desire: to change the Desire Grand Prix into the Golden Fruit Grand Prix.
"I can't believe you know so much about the Desire Grand Prix," Tsumuri couldn't help but sigh.
Soon, with the resonant sound of a tolling bell, the Goddess of Creation's power activated.
Outside, the combatants also heard the sound. Niramu, in particular, instantly looked frantic.
"The power of Creation has been activated! What is he trying to do..."
Immediately, the world began to rewind. Everyone vanished from where they stood.
Michinaga, Keiwa, and Neon all reappeared in their respective homes. However, this time, they retained their memories; the world had not been reset.
Simultaneously, all lettering and logos associated with the Desire Grand Prix were replaced with the logo and program title for the Golden Fruit Grand Prix.
Tsumuri was forcibly transferred from her role as the Desire Grand Prix Game Navigator.
The Future audience members were also stunned. They thought they had tuned into the wrong channel.
"Wasn't I watching the Desire Grand Prix?"
"Why has it changed completely?"
"What the heck is the Golden Fruit Grand Prix?"
"The production team should at least notify us before making a major overhaul!"
The supporters in the VIP seats were dumbfounded. Although everything around them looked the same, all traces of the Desire Grand Prix had been wiped away.
"What is going on here?" Ziin, a loyal veteran audience member of the DGP, immediately tried to contact the Game Producer, Niramu.
He was met with a rare lack of response.
Shortly after, Kekera appeared in a different room. He and Ziin were old friends, longtime viewers of the Desire Grand Prix who had known each other for ages.
"Kekera, do you know what happened?"
Since the outside world's events were initially sealed off by Girori, neither VIPs nor regular viewers could see the relevant footage, so Ziin was quite agitated.
"Let's just wait and see," Kekera replied. "This Golden Fruit Grand Prix might turn out to be more interesting."
On the other side, in the Jyamato Garden.
Beroba naturally noticed the change in everything.
"Did someone 'sneak attack the base' of the Desire Grand Prix operation?" Beroba looked like she was enjoying the drama, laughing uncontrollably.
Sitting on her high platform, her legs, clad in black stockings, swayed again.
Only the farmer, Archimedel, felt mixed emotions. If the Desire Grand Prix was gone, what would become of him and his Jyamato?
At this moment, the dimensional passage of the Desire Grand Prix leading to the future was forcibly shut down by Raven, who now held all the necessary permissions. This meant that, at least in the short term, Future people could not freely travel back and forth between the two timelines.
"My Golden Fruit Grand Prix can finally begin."
Raven commanded the whole situation, observing the world with a god's-eye view. Tsumuri stood beside him throughout, acting like a secretary.
"It's time to summon the contestants," he announced.
He already had several concepts for the upcoming game. All he needed now were the participants.
Raven used his system ability to begin summoning the deceased from other Rider worlds.
Soon, the first selection appeared.
It was the Beach Defender who died in the Kamen Rider Faiz TV series: Masato Kusaka.
Next came Ouja from Kamen Rider Ryuki, followed by the infamous surprise attacker, Kamen Rider Tiger.
The last two were the arrogant banana, Kaito Kumon, from the Kamen Rider Gaim world, and the perennial turncoat, Mitsuzane Kureshima...
It was truly an 'All-Villains Team.'
"Where is this place?" The resurrected dead were all confused.
"Welcome to my game." Raven appeared before them.
"Didn't I die?" Masato's memory was still fixed on the moment he was ambushed by Kiba and the Lucky Clover on the beach.
The same went for Kaito. He remembered dying, and the man who killed him was standing right here.
"I'm quite irritated right now. Who can explain what's going on?" Ouja watched Raven, who had resurrected him, with considerable impatience.
Masato also stared at Raven. Though he didn't know the circumstances, the man in front of him definitely knew something.
"Raven, what exactly do you want?" Kaito looked at his killer with intense hostility.
Mitsuzane, upon seeing Raven, fearfully retreated to the rear.
"Calm down, everyone. As you can see, you are all dead," Raven said unhurriedly. "It was I who temporarily resurrected you."
"Whether you accept it or not, I have a task to give you next."
Raven then flashed a playful smile. The deceased he resurrected, while retaining their original personalities and memories, could not defy his orders.
Thus, these individuals became the initial batch of contestants for the Golden Fruit Grand Prix.
After settling the resurrected dead, he took Tsumuri and prepared to look for other contestants.
The first person on the list was naturally Kamen Rider Geats, Ace Ukiyo.
At this time, Ace was still in a state of unrecovered memory. He had recently been eliminated. Although he had a contingency plan, he couldn't access his ID Core without a nearby Kamen Rider, making it impossible to regain his memories for the moment.
In a magazine interview lounge, Raven and Tsumuri materialized out of thin air.
Ace, who was just about to take a short break, was startled.
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