Inside the Mirror World.
As soon as Raven crossed over, he witnessed a scene of "the veteran beating the rookie." Or more accurately, Knight was utterly dominating Scissors.
"Wait! I get it! Not guilty, I'll vote not guilty, alright?!" Scissors cried out, assuming Knight was attacking him because they held opposing views on the trial. After all, Scissors was a staunch proponent of finding Natsumi Hikari guilty.
"I have no interest in the verdict," Knight replied coldly, sending him flying once more. He reached for his Final Vent card.
"Then why did you join the Rider Battle?!" Scissors screamed in confusion.
"FINAL VENT!"
Knight had no intention of giving him time to think. He activated his finisher with lethal decisiveness, leaping high into the air.
BOOM!
Enveloped by his cape and the spiraling energy of his Winglancer, he tore through Scissors, obliterating him. In this world of Ryuki, a defeated Rider didn't necessarily die; they were forcibly ejected from the Mirror World, losing their right to participate in the trial.
With the victory, Knight successfully claimed his opponent's cards. Just then, Decade arrived.
"So this is the world inside the mirror? Looks like fun." Tsukasa stepped off his Machine Decader, eyeing Knight with interest.
Knight saw the newcomer and slowly drew his sword, stalking toward him. However, when he saw Decade pull out a card, he froze.
"What's with that card?" Knight asked. The cards Decade used were completely different from their own, even the art style was from an entirely different universe.
"Sorry about that. It's a bit different from yours," Tsukasa said casually.
Seeing this, Knight silently sheathed his weapon. His current goal in fighting Riders was to collect specific cards, and Decade clearly wasn't his target.
"Hey, wait a minute!" Tsukasa was baffled and hurried to catch up.
BOOM!
Suddenly, a massive shell streaked from across the battlefield, the explosion sent both of them flying. The attack came from Kamen Rider Zolda.
"Amateurs don't belong in a trial. Guilty! Guilty!" Zolda shouted, continuing his relentless bombardment.
Meanwhile, Raven, who had been observing from the distance, finally made his move. With a sudden leap, he delivered a powerful kick that sent Zolda tumbling off his high vantage point.
"Who's there?!" Zolda scrambled to his feet, enraged. He looked up to see a purple Rider he had never encountered before walking toward him.
Bang!
A single punch landed, and Zolda erupted in sparks, unceremoniously eliminated from the Mirror World.
In the real world, on the giant monitor in front of Natsumi Hikari, Zolda's icon went dark. Simultaneously, Raven's Rider icon was added to the list.
"It's Raven-san!" Natsumi didn't know whether to be relieved or worried. While he was winning, the last thing she wanted was more Rider-on-Rider conflict.
Back in the Mirror World, Ryuki finally arrived on the scene. He watched as Knight and Decade, having dodged Zolda's fire, began to clash with each other.
"Ren! You're the one who murdered Chief Editor Momoi, aren't you?!" Shinji Tatsumi, transformed as Ryuki, shouted.
"What are you talking about?" Knight was clearly lost.
"Don't try to lie your way out of it!" Ryuki charged forward, attacking Knight. From the moment he heard about the case, he knew Natsumi couldn't be the killer. Instead, he suspected Ren Haguro, the only other person at the scene.
"Whoa, whoa, what is going on here..." Decade, who had been about to fight Knight, was suddenly caught in the middle of the chaos.
On the other side, Raven realized he had obtained Zolda's cards after the elimination. Hiding in the shadows, he switched from his Amazon Sigma form to his Dark Decade form. He then inserted the Zolda card.
He planned to stage a "True Final Vent Intervention" from the high ground.
Having transformed into Kamen Rider Zolda, Raven inserted the Attack Ride card.
"FINAL VENT!"
His Contract Monster, the massive green buffalo Magnugiga, materialized before him. Raven took aim from the heights, locking onto Ryuki, Knight, and Decade simultaneously.
"Checkmate."
KABOOM!
A dense volley of dozens of missiles roared from Magnugiga's chest cannons. Below, Ryuki and Knight were still arguing, but Tsukasa's "Rider Sense" tingled with danger.
"That guy again!" He noticed the belt on "Zolda" had changed, instantly identifying the culprit. But it was too late. Even though Decade tried to dive for cover, he was caught in the massive blast radius.
"Ugh! Aaaargh!"
All three were blasted out of the Mirror World at once.
TRIPLE KILL!
Raven had claimed three scalps in a single move. "This trick is actually quite useful," he mused.
His actions did not go unnoticed. A golden figure watched from the darkness, silently observing. It was the Odin of this world. Unlike the original, this Odin was not a puppet of Shiro Kanzaki but a direct participant in the Rider Trial Battle.
"Come out," Raven said, looking toward the distance.
Hearing this, Odin had no choice but to emerge, walking slowly with his hands behind his back.
"I've got my eyes on your cards," Raven said with interest.
Odin said nothing. With a blur of motion, he teleported behind Raven. But as he swung for a "Slap Vent," he realized the Raven in front of him was a mere afterimage. The real Raven appeared behind him, pressing Zolda's Magnuvisor against his back.
BANG!
At point-blank range, even Odin was sent flying by the blast. "Agh!" he cried out as he hit the ground, his mind reeling. Who exactly was this Raven?
Inside Raven's deck, new cards appeared: the complete sets for Ryuki and Knight, and now Odin's cards were within reach. For him, taking cards was simple, all it took was a good beating.
"For you, let's use this one." Raven held up a card right in front of Odin's face.