In Zawame City.
Mitsuzane set out with a subordinate Redyue had assigned him—a green, chicken-like Over Lord—to eliminate the remaining resistance with Drivers and then take Mai Takatsukasa. They soon spotted Mai and a few friends near a street, searching a supermarket for supplies.
"Mitchy! Where have you been these past few days? We couldn't find you anywhere…" Mai was surprised and delighted to see Mitsuzane suddenly appear. She quickly ran up to him.
"I'm hiding in the base with everyone else; it's very safe there," Mai told him.
"Mai-nee, it's not safe here anymore. Come with me," Mitsuzane said, reaching out to her.
"Where else can we go? The whole of Zawame City is locked down," Mai responded with a frown.
"Mai-nee, the entire Earth is about to be consumed by Helheim's power. Humanity has no chance of winning. The only possibility of survival is to side with the Femushinmu," Mitsuzane stated bluntly.
"Hey, what the hell are you talking about! Side with them?" Zack of Team Baron, who was also there for supplies, shouted.
Mitsuzane glanced dismissively at the group, then stepped closer to Mai and addressed the others: "If you want to survive, you can all come with me, too."
"Mitchy, are you insane? Working for the Over Lords?" Several members of Team Gaim were bewildered.
"I'm not insane! I have no choice! There's no time left. If we don't leave now, the entire Zawame City will be destroyed—destroyed by humans themselves!" Mitsuzane suddenly yelled.
Everyone was startled by his frantic demeanor.
"Mitchy, I won't go with you. Why don't you just stay here and not go back? Please?" Mai tried desperately to persuade him.
"Mai-nee, you have to come with me, no matter what happens today." Mitsuzane's eyes sharpened.
As he spoke, a group of Inves, including the chicken-like Over Lord, surrounded them, standing behind him.
"This guy's beyond saving. Everyone run! Go notify Kaito and the others! I'll hold them off here!" Zack instantly pulled out his Walnut Lockseed and transformed.
"Don't get in my way!" Mitsuzane's eyes turned terrifying. He pulled out the Melon Energy Lockseed and used the Genesis Driver to transform into Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin.
"I won't let you take Mai-nee!" Transformed, Mitsuzane fought like a maniac, wildly slashing at Zack. In just a few moves, Zack, who only used a mass-produced Rider form, was utterly helpless to resist. Everyone else, except for Mai, was also attacked by the Inves.
"Stop it, Mitchy! Don't hurt everyone anymore! I'll go with you, okay?" Seeing the situation, Mai was forced to agree.
"Mai-nee, everything I do is for you," Mitsuzane said, lost in his own delusion. He tentatively let go of Zack, whom he was stepping on, and commanded the Inves to release the others.
"Bastard!"
"What an animal!" The Team Baron members cursed him directly.
"What happened here?" Kaito, Jonouchi, and Oren rushed over after receiving the distress signal.
"It's Mitsuzane. That guy took Mai-san," Zack struggled to get up and told Kaito.
"Why did Mitchy become like this…? I wish Kouta-san were here right now." The Team Gaim members still couldn't reconcile the reality of Mitsuzane's exposed betrayal.
"Are you still relying on others?"
"That guy won't be showing up again." Kaito said disdainfully. Since emerging from Helheim yesterday, he had been enduring the pain of corruption by the Helheim power, but he was gradually getting used to it. In his view, at this moment, it was better to rely on oneself than to rely on anyone else.
Meanwhile, in the sky above, unnoticed by everyone. Several small dots suddenly appeared in the distance.
As the small dots drew closer, their true nature was revealed: they were strategic missiles!
Redyue broadcast the live footage of the scene to the entire world. "See? You humans are truly amusing, willing to sacrifice vast numbers of your own kind without batting an eye."
"But this small trick won't stop me." Redyue sneered at the global audience.
The citizens who were still hiding in shelters within Zawame City watched this scene on television, their faces etched with despair. They had truly been completely abandoned.
Inside the Amazon café.
Raven returned with Yoko and Kouta through a Crack. They saw the current situation unfolding on TV.
"Raven-san, what do we do?" Kouta was extremely anxious.
Akira was nearly faint. She hadn't fully digested the news about Helheim from Touka, and now she was facing an even more unbearable reality: missiles were about to fly in and blow up Zawame City?
"No need to worry about anything." Raven calmed Akira and the others, looking utterly unconcerned. With a godly power no less than Rosyuo's, he could easily resolve this crisis.
He walked out the door and onto the street.
The next second, he appeared atop the Yggdrasill Tower. The strategic missiles were targeting this exact spot, which was also the location Redyue was using for his global broadcast.
In the TV screens watched by people all over the world, a human figure appeared out of nowhere. Everyone was startled.
"What is he doing?!"
"Did my screen freeze? How did that person appear?"
Elsewhere, Redyue, who was about to retreat into Helheim, suddenly froze. He stared at Raven on the screen, utterly shocked.
"He… didn't he die with Rosyuo?" Redyue's heart was deeply shaken.
"Even if he didn't die, he should only have half a life left right now," Mitsuzane said, bewildered.
"It's Raven-san!" Mai, forced to stay by Mitsuzane's side, felt a surge of hope. But then she realized the situation. Even Raven might be helpless in this situation. After all, the enemy wasn't the Invess or Yggdrasill this time; it was human strategic missiles.
"What exactly is he trying to do?" Redyue wondered as he watched Raven wait impassively for the missiles to arrive.
At the very last moment, Raven raised his hand.
The dozens of missiles, now only a few dozen meters from the Yggdrasill Tower, instantly stopped in mid-air. The image was breathtaking. For a moment, people around the globe thought their televisions had frozen.
"No… impossible… How can he…" Redyue was dumbfounded by the sight. This was a form of god-level power, something he had only seen Rosyuo use. How did Raven also possess it?
DJ Sagara materialized in another location, his expression one of utter disbelief. "He shouldn't have obtained the Golden Fruit." Having lived for so long and witnessed the rise and fall of countless civilizations, this was the first time something that completely defied reality and convention had happened before him. He was truly astonished.
"This has to be fake…"
At the Team Gaim base, Kaito and the others gathered to watch the TV screen.
"That guy… he actually survived." Kaito had seen him struck by Redyue's attack. That kind of injury had killed even Rosyuo, the King of the Over Lords…
As the world's attention focused on Raven, he finally acted. With a gentle wave of his hand, the missiles he had frozen in the air all turned around, flying back toward space. They were collectively detonated outside the atmosphere. It was like a display of dozens of giant fireworks.
This was the power of a god. He now fully commanded it.
"Oh my god!"
"That's God!"
People in every country were completely shaken. A single person had intercepted humanity's most advanced weapons. If he wanted those missiles to land in any country, wouldn't it be as simple as a thought?
"That must be the power of the Golden Fruit!" Redyue screamed in frustration. "Why? I was so close to getting it myself!"
Furious, Redyue immediately began destroying the interior of the tower. This sudden outburst startled Mai, who was following Mitsuzane.
"Mitchy, come with me and leave here now! It's not too late to turn back!" Mai pleaded with him anxiously.
"Why…" Mitsuzane couldn't accept the reality, completely lost and distraught.
"Ah!"
Just then, Mai was caught in Redyue's attack and fell to the ground. Suddenly, a golden light emanated from within her body. The outline of a golden apple then appeared in her abdomen.
"Wait… is that the Golden Fruit?" Redyue suddenly calmed down, staring at Mai in disbelief.
"It really is the Golden Fruit!"
"Hahaha!" After confirming the situation up close, Redyue went from hell to heaven in an instant. He began to laugh wildly. This truly was an unexpected gift! Mitsuzane had actually brought him the woman carrying the Golden Fruit!
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