【November 24, 2018】

Earth.

With the gentle shaking and distortion of "time", history has quietly changed.

Hitomiyama.

Tomari Shinnosuke received a tip that someone saw the chief tax collector of Saionji Temple near the 5-chome.

So, he immediately brought Gates here.

And using the clue fragments that were subsequently investigated, the hiding place of the chief taxman of Xiyuan Temple was pieced together step by step.

At this time, Tomonosuke was leading Gates towards the hiding place of the chief taxman of Saionji Temple.

However, just as he was approaching his destination, Gates's expression suddenly changed, revealing a painful look.

His abdomen felt as if he had been hit hard by something invisible, and his whole body immediately flew backwards.

"Gates——!"

Tomarinosuke looked at this scene in astonishment, and then quickly ran to the position where Gates fell. At the same time, he took out his pistol and scanned the surroundings vigilantly.

"What happened? Are you okay?"

The surroundings were deserted, except for the two of them, not even a ghost.

But what Gates had just experienced told Tomarinosuke that there definitely was something else here that he couldn't see.

Are you wearing any invisibility equipment?

Just when Tomarinosuke was thinking this, he heard Gates' answer.

"I'm fine."

I saw Gates reluctantly getting up from the ground and reminding Shinosuke Tomari.

"Be careful, Mr. Bo, I may have been attacked by the beholder who is working with the chief taxman of Xiyuan Temple."

"Beholder?"

"Well, it's like a ghost."

"Huh? Ghost?"

Hearing this, Tomonosuke's thoughts suddenly couldn't help but stagnate.

To be honest, he really didn't expect that he would hear such an unscientific explanation at this time.

So, are they now... a ghost?

As soon as he thought of this, the corners of Tomonosuke's mouth twitched involuntarily, and the gun in his hand suddenly no longer felt safe.

At this moment, a bluish beam of light fell and swept around them, making a black shadow standing not far from them gradually clear.

That's the light from Shiranui's hilt flashlight, which can turn the ghost from "invisible" to "visible".

At the same time, a voice that made Gates feel very uncomfortable sounded from behind.

"It's really embarrassing, Gates. Is this how you become a bodyguard?"

Known as the Demon King's most loyal retainer, Woz finally arrived and brought over the hilt of the Shiranui sword developed by Kiryu Sentu.

"then."

Turning off the Shiranui beam, Woz threw the Shiranui sword hilt towards Gates.

"Hmph, you are obviously too slow!"

Gates caught the hilt of Shiranui's sword with his backhand and replied to Woz without any thanks in his tone.

Regarding this equipment that can make ghosts appear, Tsukuyomi has already informed him in advance via phone.

Therefore, Gates had every reason to suspect that Woz might have arrived a long time ago but was just holding back his bad intentions and not showing up.

Although he has no evidence.

When Woz heard what Gates said, he didn't make any excuses.

He just spread his hands, smiled nonchalantly, and then elegantly extended an invitation to Tomonosuke.

"Mr. Bo, just leave this to Gates. Let's go rescue people... That's the job of the criminal police, isn't it?"

Tomonosuke: "..."

Okay, ghosts are indeed not under the jurisdiction of the criminal police, so he won't think much about it.

"I understand, let's go."

Tomarishinosuke agreed to Woz's invitation.

And the moment Tomarinosuke finished his words, Woz chuckled, suddenly pulled off the gray scarf around his neck, rolled up Tomarinosuke and himself, and disappeared on the spot.

During this process, Gates' eyes never left the "eye demon" in front of him from beginning to end.

In the ominous black fog ahead, there was a human-shaped silhouette outlined by dim light, swaying gently.

He seemed to be...waiting for something.

What are you waiting for?

Thinking of this, Gates couldn't help but frown.

Don't understand.

Therefore, Gates is ready to take the initiative.

【ziku-driver(space-time driver)!】

Gates took out the space-time drive and buckled it around his waist, then took out the knight's watch, turned the dial, and started it.

【geiz!】

And the moment Gates took out his knight watch, he saw that the "beholder" half hidden in the black mist finally moved.

He floats forward.

Leaving the black fog range.

Gates finally saw clearly what the "beholder" looked like.

But the other person's appearance surprised Gates.

"What!? It's actually a ghost——!?"

Yes, the true form of the "eye demon" that was half hidden in the black mist was none other than Kamen Rider Ghost.

"How could...Hey! What on earth do you want to do?"

Gates asked loudly.

However, the ghost just continued to move forward without saying a word, and the speed became faster and faster.

Seeing this, Gates quickly rolled to avoid the collision of the ghost.

"Can't we communicate through language? Then there's nothing we can do."

Realizing this, Gates no longer hesitated and immediately inserted the Geiz Knight watch into the slot of the space-time drive.

"Transform!"

【rider time(rider time)!】

【kamanrider geiz!】

Wear armor.

Facing the ghost that floated towards him quickly again, this time, Gates directly clenched his fist and swung it out.

But this punch was easily avoided by Ghost in a "walking in the air" posture, with a slight deflection of his body. He walked around behind Gates and kicked him in the back.

Gates staggered forward two steps, and when he turned around, he already had a folding bow in his hand.

【zikan zax(time strict ax)! Bow!】

Pull the bowstring and shoot an arrow at the ghost.

But the arrows were all blocked by a big sword.

【gan gun saber(eye gun sword)!】

The ghost held the big sword, and this time it fell from the air to the ground, came to Gates, and struck with the sword.

Gates retreated to avoid it, folding his bow at the same time.

【oh!no!】

The weapon in Gates' hand changes from a "bow" to an "axe".

Started to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the ghost holding the eye-gun sword.

Simultaneous scene changes.

But soon, Gates fell into a disadvantage and rolled to the ground in a panic.
To be continued...