I, Minami Kotori, Son of the Sun

Jotaro and Kira Yoshikage looked at each other in shock.

I saw the 5-year-old bird running back at some point!

Her small body looked so tiny under the huge shadow of Zi-O, but she held high a branch that was thicker than her arm and that she had picked up from somewhere, as if she was holding a brave holy sword, with the tip of the sword (the tip of the branch) pointing directly at Kira Yoshikage!

"Ahahahahahahaha!" Kira Yoshikage was stunned at first, then burst into a harsh laugh, "Instead of running away, you actually came to my door! Jotaro, oh Jotaro! The one you protected with all your might turned out to be a foolish bird who didn't know how to live or die!"

"Why?!" Jotaro growled in despair, "Didn't I tell you to leave?!"

A huge feeling of frustration surged in my heart. Was all my desperate resistance ultimately rewarded with such a meaningless sacrifice?

The little bird shook its head vigorously, its face filled with a stubbornness beyond its age: "Dad is still buying ice cream! I can't let bad guys hurt Dad! And..."

She looked at Jotaro, who was covered in blood but still locked onto the monster, tears and admiration gleaming in her eyes, "Brother is trying to save me... I... I won't run away!"

The hymn of mankind is the hymn of courage!

The little bird, who is only 5 years old, uses her tender voice and trembling body to interpret the fearless heart of protecting her loved ones and guarding her benefactor!

[No wonder... a girl like this is destined to become a hero...] Jotaro was shocked.

But then came a deeper feeling of helplessness: [But... this is too childish... what's the point of coming back like this... I...]

"Wait..." A light bulb went off in Jotaro's head, "Father... so... Brother Kotaro?!" He looked at Kotori suddenly and discovered the blind spot in her words.

"Kotaro?" Kira Yoshikage also caught this name, and the ominous premonition in his heart instantly magnified to the extreme!

Could it be that Kamen Rider RX's ability... is truly inherited from the Minami family?!

Before he could figure out what was going on, a steady, powerful hand had silently rested on his shoulder.

The warmth of that palm penetrated through the cold Zi-O armor, conveying an unquestionable majesty.

"You—" a deep male voice, filled with suppressed volcanic anger, exploded in Kira Yoshikage's ears, "—what are you going to do to my daughter?!"

Jotaro suddenly looked up, his eyes gleaming with ecstasy: "Big Brother Kotaro!!!"

The person who came was Nan Guangtaro!

He had quietly appeared on the battlefield without anyone noticing. His usually gentle and sunny face was now covered with frost, and his sharp eyes were fixed on the restrained Kira Yoshikage.

The anger around him almost solidified into substance, and even the air became scorching hot.

"Humph! You're playing tricks!" Kira Yoshikage suppressed his fear and shouted fiercely, "I don't believe that your whole family are all monsters!"

He exerted force suddenly, trying to shake off the hand on his shoulder.

However, that seemingly ordinary human hand was as motionless as a ten-thousand-ton hydraulic pliers!

Even though he was wearing the Zi-O armor, he was completely suppressed in terms of pure power!

"This guy is not a human either!!!" Kira Yoshikage was shocked.

Kotaro didn't waste any time and swung his other hand like lightning!

There were no fancy moves, just the simplest and most direct fighting technique—a precise hook punch hit Kira Yoshikage's side hard!

Then came the swift elbow strikes and powerful knee strikes!

Kira Yoshikage stumbled back in a panic as if he had been hit repeatedly by a heavy truck, and the grip of Star Platinum loosened slightly due to the sudden and powerful impact.

Kotaro took the opportunity to pull the seriously injured Jotaro up from the ground.

"You are..." Kotaro looked at the young man in front of him who was wearing a white robe, seriously injured but with a firm look in his eyes, and was a little confused.

The other person looked at him with eyes full of familiarity and trust, but he was sure that he had never seen this person before.

"Dad! It was this big brother who saved me just now!" The little bird flew over and threw itself into Kotaro's arms.

She pointed at Jotaro, her little face full of relief at surviving the disaster and dependence on her father.

"Jotaro, Jotaro Kujo, brother, this is my name." Jotaro steadied himself, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said solemnly.

At this moment, he finally understood why Kotaro said "Long time no see" when they first met in the mirror world.

The cause and effect of everything - it turns out that the starting point of everything is right here!

Kotaro nodded, the confusion in his eyes turning into trust: "Brother Jotaro, take my daughter away from here, the sooner the better."

"Leave this monster to me."

"I understand." Jotaro did not hesitate, endured the pain, and prepared to evacuate with Kotori.

"Don't even think about it! No one can escape!" Kira Yoshikage struggled to stand up. The humiliation of being beaten down by an "ordinary person" with his bare hands drove him completely crazy!

The power of time surged around him, ready to launch an indiscriminate attack.

Kotaro's eyes became fierce, and at the moment when Kira Yoshikage's power exploded, he rushed forward again!

Without transforming, relying only on his physical body, he hugged Zi-O's huge body with a speed and strength beyond human limits!

Like a wrestler, he used his own weight and momentum to knock Kira Yoshikage away from his position!

"Let me go! You monster!" Kira Yoshikage roared, and time energy rushed out randomly.

The two men were like entangled monsters, rolling and colliding all the way, leaving a mess wherever they passed. Finally, they crashed through the iron wall of an abandoned factory on the side of the road and rolled into the dilapidated factory full of rusted machinery and steel bars.

In the dim factory, facing the violent power of Zi-O, the untransformed Kotaro was ultimately at a disadvantage.

After a violent collision, he was thrown out and knocked down a mountain of scrap metal!

The heavy steel bars and iron plates rolled down and buried him under the rubble in an instant!

"Hahaha! I am better after all!" Kira Yoshikage looked at Kotaro buried in the rubble and laughed wildly in victory.

He shook his arm, which was painfully grabbed by Kotaro, and his eyes flashed red under the skull mask.

"Now that I think about it, there's more than one way to kill Minami Kotori—kill her father. Then, even if she has incredible abilities, she won't be able to pop out of a stone! Eliminate the root cause, once and for all!"

However, his laughter had not yet subsided——

“Bang! Boom—!”

The heavy steel and iron plates were suddenly lifted away by a tremendous force! Amidst the smoke and dust, a figure slowly stood up.

His white sportswear was covered in dust and blood, but his eyes were like burning lava, fixed on Kira Yoshikage!

The anger in his eyes almost set the entire factory on fire!

"Unforgivable..." Minami Kotaro's voice was terribly low, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from the depths of hell. "How dare you hurt my daughter... Such a young, innocent little bird... How could you have the heart to do that to me..." He slowly raised his arm and pointed at Kira Yoshikage, "Scum like you... You bastard, you are no longer worthy of being called a human being! You are worse than an animal!"

With that familiar posture, Kira Yoshikage's heart sank to the bottom.

Immediately afterwards, an incomparably bright and concentrated ray of golden sunlight, like a spear of judgment cast by the gods, accurately penetrated the gap in the roof of the dilapidated factory and shone directly and unreservedly on Minami Kotaro!

In the beam of light, the dust seemed to turn into golden stars.

"I am - the Son of the Sun!" Kotaro opened his arms, his body bathed in a sacred light, and his voice was like a huge bell, resounding throughout the space, "Kamen Rider Black R! X!"

The Emperor's Stone Belt instantly materialized around his waist! A blazing light completely engulfed him!

The golden light particles outlined a tall and majestic outline, and the red compound eyes suddenly lit up in the strong light!

Kamen Rider RX, coming!

"What?!" Kira Yoshikage was shocked!

The warrior before her, bathed in golden light and transformed, exuded a sense of oppression that even surpassed that of RX, who was transformed by her daughter ten years later!

RX's heavy punch hit Zi-O's armor, causing dazzling sparks and dull noises. Every blow made Kira Yoshikage feel a shock in his internal organs!

RX's kick was as fast as lightning and at a tricky angle, forcing Zi-O to dodge in embarrassment.

Kotaro didn't even switch forms, but used the purest and most direct power to vent his boundless anger towards those who hurt his daughter!

He was like an angry lion, using his most primitive claws to pin his prey to the ground and bite it repeatedly!

"Damn it! Stop time!" The dazed Kira Yoshikage finally remembered his trump card and chanted the spell to stop time. The moment he activated it, he realized the key: [This beast Rx seems to be immune to time stop as well!]

However, the expected scene of RX ignoring the time stop and continuing to attack did not appear.

RX's movements were really frozen!

The black knight was like a statue with the pause button pressed, standing motionless in the gray and white world!

[Are you trying to trick me?] Kira Yoshikage was in doubt. Being cautious to the core, he didn't dare to approach rashly.

In the end, he chose to swing two sword energies from a distance within the time-stopping area as a test.

"Time begins to flow."

RX's body jerked violently, as if he had just woken up from a dream, completely unaware of what had happened.

Two sharp sword energies were already within reach! He could only hastily raise his hands to block them.

"Bang! Bang!" The sword energy exploded, RX groaned, staggered back while covering his chest, and wisps of white gas emerged from his armor.

[Could it be that... Minami Kotori's father isn't immune to the ability to stop time?!] This discovery was like a refreshing rain that poured into Kira Yoshikage's dried-up hope, and a huge surprise filled his heart!