He never expected the difference in strength to be so vast. He had thought Decade was hard enough to deal with, but then an even more powerful Rider showed up.
"Now it's your turn." After dealing with the Riders, Raven's gaze shifted to the Gurongi lurking in the shadows.
"Run!"
"This guy is too strong!"
Just a casual glance from Raven made the Gurongi feel imminent danger. Every one of them wanted to escape the area.
But it was too late to run. Before anyone could react, Raven drew his weapon again. This time, it was a spear. He noted that the distance between the three Gurongi formed a perfect straight line. He didn't hesitate and threw it!
Sshhhhh—!
Piercing them through and through, the three Gurongi were impaled together, skewered onto a thick tree trunk.
The others only reacted moments later, looking on in disbelief. He's impossibly strong. Officer Yashiro froze, her eyes fixed on Raven.
"There should be no stragglers left," Raven announced to the group.
Just then, an Aurora Curtain shimmered into existence nearby. A middle-aged man in a beige coat and hat appeared.
"Decade, you must not exist in this world!"
"But who is that other guy?"
The mysterious figure was, naturally, Narutaki, the chief anti-fan of Tsukasa Kadoya. He was clearly shocked to see Raven so easily defeat both Decade and Kuuga.
"I must use this opportunity to eliminate Decade!" Saying this, he summoned another Aurora Curtain, pulling two other Kamen Riders from another world: Kamen Rider KickHopper and Kamen Rider PunchHopper!
"Aniki, where are we?" PunchHopper asked KickHopper.
"I don't know, but it looks like the one in front is our enemy." KickHopper looked toward Raven and the others.
"Yaguruma? Kageyama?" Raven couldn't help but blurt out the two names.
"You know us?" PunchHopper and KickHopper were startled. The two, pulled in by Narutaki, clearly didn't recognize Raven, suggesting they came from some parallel world.
"Something like that," Raven chuckled.
"You, are you mocking me?" KickHopper glared at Raven with displeasure. He immediately stepped forward to attack, and PunchHopper followed suit.
"Hey! Who are you two attacking? I told you to attack Decade!" Narutaki, watching from the shadows, grew anxious.
"Are these two also Kamen Riders?" Yusuke looked at the Hell Brothers, confused.
"Hey, you two, where did you come from?" Tsukasa, having recovered, asked PunchHopper and KickHopper with confusion.
The two were promptly kicked away by Raven and were instantly taken out of the fight.
"Aniki..." PunchHopper lay on the ground, clearly suffering.
"Laugh all you want... just laugh..." KickHopper sighed, resigned to his fate on the ground.
Narutaki, watching from afar, covered his face in mortification. With a wave of his hand, a dimensional wall flashed, sending the two Riders back to their original world.
Raven's eyes flickered towards a certain spot. He saw Narutaki turning his back, already intending to leave. But before going, he didn't forget to deliver a threat.
"Decade, consider yourself lucky this time. But this is only the beginning!" He clearly held deep resentment toward Tsukasa Kadoya.
The incident thus came to a temporary close.
"Tsukasa, do you even remember your mission?" Natsumi rushed forward, hands on her hips, questioning Tsukasa.
"Travel through nine worlds and save your world," Tsukasa answered testily.
"It's your world too, and there's no need to start a war with other Riders!" Natsumi said angrily.
She had been repeatedly having a dream: Tsukasa transforming into Decade, destroying all the Riders on a battlefield, and finally engaging in a duel with Yusuke transformed into Kuuga. This vision was something she absolutely refused to accept and desperately wanted to prevent from becoming reality.
Raven now deactivated his transformation nearby, immediately drawing the attention of both Yusuke and Tsukasa. They wanted to see the true identity of the mysterious purple Rider who had beaten them so thoroughly.
Both were completely shocked.
"It's you!" Yusuke pointed at Raven, his voice sharp.
"It's you," Tsukasa glared intensely at Raven.
They hadn't realized that the mysterious purple Rider was Raven. He was also the one who had appeared at the tunnel entrance yesterday and stole Tsukasa's kill.
"What's wrong? You two look like you still haven't learned your lesson?" Raven looked at Yusuke and Tsukasa with a playful expression.
"Hmph, I won't lose next time," Yusuke said, unwilling to show weakness in front of Officer Yashiro.
Tsukasa was equally defiant.
"They are not enemies, Yusuke," Officer Yashiro told him.
"But someone told me that an enemy called Decade would appear," Yusuke replied.
"Forget it. Since I destroyed the Gurongi's sacred ritual, this world should be saved," Tsukasa said, relaxing.
"Officer Kadoya, is the Gegel game real?" Officer Yashiro walked over and asked curiously.
"The Ultimate Darkness is said to be sleeping in that mountain," Tsukasa turned and pointed toward Mount Hitoki.
"You've stopped its awakening, haven't you?" Officer Yashiro confirmed. "Then the police can go eliminate it now."
Just as she was about to drive toward Mount Hitoki, Raven offered a timely warning: "I advise you not to go there just yet."
"Why?" Officer Yashiro asked, puzzled, after getting into the car.
"Are you questioning me?" Tsukasa looked at Raven, displeased.
"Under normal circumstances, you would have indeed destroyed their sacred ritual for reviving the Ultimate Darkness. Unfortunately, your arrival has made this world abnormal. No matter what you do, the Ultimate Darkness will still revive," Raven explained.
"How can that be?" Despair instantly flashed in Natsumi's eyes.
"Natsumikan, don't listen to his nonsense!" Tsukasa clearly wasn't going to take the blame for this.
"What should we do now..." For some reason, Officer Yashiro found Raven's words highly convincing. Furthermore, given his immense power, there was no reason for him to lie to them.