“Welcome~~”

Pushing open the store door, Gates heard a familiar voice as soon as he stepped inside.

Looking up, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"Mr. Yuto!"

Gates shouted subconsciously.

"Eh? Gates!?"

After hearing this shout and seeing Gates' face clearly, Sakurai Yuto was stunned for a moment, and then a surprised smile immediately broke out on his face.

"It's really been a long time since I saw you..."

At this point, Sakurai Yuto looked at Gates' young face and his words suddenly changed.

"No, it is like this for me, but for you, we must have just separated, right?

"When did you return to this world?"

"Yesterday, we came back yesterday evening."

"I see……"

Hearing this, Sakurai Yuto nodded thoughtfully and then greeted.

"Stop standing at the door and come in quickly."

"Um."

Gates responded, and under the guidance of Sakurai Yuto, he came to an empty seat and sat down.

Then Sakurai Yuto walked to the bar and said to the proprietress:

"Airi, give me two cups of your best coffee."

"Okay, are your friends here?"

"Well, a very good junior, I haven't seen him for a long time."

Seeing the smile that couldn't be concealed on Sakurai Yuto's face, Sakurai Airi couldn't help but laugh.

"Then go and entertain him. I'll send it to you later."

"That's okay, then I'll leave it to you."

"Well, go quickly."

Under Airi Sakurai's urging, Yuto Sakurai quickly returned to the table where Gates was sitting and sat down opposite Gates.

After sitting down, Yuto Sakurai looked at Gates's face, which was exactly the same as in his memory, and couldn't help but sigh.

“Time is really amazing.

"In my place, we haven't seen each other for more than 20 years, but to you, the difference between us is just yesterday."

"yes."

Hearing this, Gates couldn't help but sigh.

"I haven't seen you in a blink of an eye. Mr. Yuto, you are already so old."

"old……!"

Hearing Gates's emotion, Sakurai Yuto twitched the corner of his mouth and said angrily.

"Can you chat? What do you mean you are so old?

"I am a handsome man in his prime, why do you treat me like I am about to die?"

"Uh...sorry."

Gates quickly explained.

"It's like this, Mr. Yuto, you also know that I actually came to this world from the era ruled by the King of Demons 50 years later. In our era, being able to live to be over forty years old was considered a long life.

Already."

Upon hearing this, Yuuto Sakurai, who only intended to tease Gates, fell into silence unable to laugh.

"The era of the Demon King..."

After a while, he sighed in a low voice.

Forty years old is already a long life, which shows how bad the situation is in the future that Gates lives in.

However, having already interacted with Tokiwa Shogo, no matter how he thought about it, he could not imagine how that gentle young man who aspired to be king could create such a dark era.

Therefore, he couldn't help but ask Gates at this time:

"Is the most ferocious and evil demon king who will rule the world in the future - Omo Tokio really the future Tokiwa Shogo we know?"

"……I have no idea."

Hearing this, Gates was silent for a moment and shook his head.

"However, I have decided!"

Having said this, Gates raised the corners of his mouth, looked into Sakurai Yuuto's eyes brightly and firmly and said.

"As his friend, I want to witness his journey to becoming a king! Fight with him! Work hard together!

"I believe that if we work with him now, we will be able to create a better future!

"And during this process, if he goes in the wrong direction, then I will definitely stop him! Even if it means risking my life, I won't hesitate!

"I'm ready to wake up!"

After hearing these words, Sakurai Yuudou, who looked at Gates, also gradually raised the corners of his mouth.

"The past gives hope... You are right, there is really nothing to be confused about."

Sakurai Yuto's previous doubts were swept away.

"I also believe that if it were Zhuanggo now, he would be able to create a new future and become the most benevolent and benevolent Demon King!"

Sakurai Yuto smiled.

"But... having said that, I'm a little curious, when did you figure it out? Even when we parted, you were still so reluctant to admit it."

In this regard, Gates has nothing to hide.

"For a little while, I chatted with the other [me]."

It's just Gates' statement that made Sakurai Yuto unable to react.

"???"

And after he fully understood the meaning of Gates' words, the corners of his mouth suddenly couldn't help but tremble.

[What does this mean? Could it be that what you are fighting against in the other world is still the cp between you and the King of Time?]

I don't know why, but when I think of the setting of the Kamen Rider manga from another world, Yuuto Sakurai can't help but have such an idea in his mind.

At this moment, Airi Sakurai came here with a tray and placed two cups of coffee in front of Gates and Yuuto Sakurai respectively.

"Please use."

After saying that, Sakurai Airi left with a smile.

And Sakurai Yuto was able to break free from that somewhat strange idea.

"Try it, this is Airi's best coffee, and most people can't drink it."

Yuto Sakurai made a "please" gesture to Gates.

Gates, on the other hand, looked at Yuto Sakurai and the cup of coffee in front of him with some hesitation.

He still has a lot of psychological shadow about the cup of "from bitter to sweet" coffee he drank at the Star Coffee Shop last time.

But it was really hard to refuse at this time, so in the end, Gates picked up the coffee cup and took a sip.

"It's so bitter!"

The unexpected bitter taste immediately filled his palate, causing Gates to let out a small scream.

Looking at Gates' embarrassment, Sakurai Yuto couldn't help but burst into laughter. The laughter gradually became smaller and smaller, and finally turned into a nostalgic chuckle.

"Seeing you look like this really reminds me of my past self."

Sakurai Yuto picked up the coffee cup, took a sip and smiled.

"Well, it is indeed very bitter, but even someone like me who doesn't like bitterness can taste the mellow fragrance after getting used to it, which means it is really a good thing.

"The so-called time to see people's hearts is nothing more than this."

"Yes...that's it."

Upon hearing this, Gates looked down at the coffee cup in his hand, raised his hand, and took a sip, but he still felt...

"It's so bitter!"

"Haha! Isn't that natural? How can you get used to this kind of thing so easily?"
To be continued...