"What?!" For the first time, Odin spoke.
"KAMEN RIDE: ODIN!"
With the announcement, Raven shifted from Zolda to Odin. From head to toe, save for the belt, he was a perfect mirror of the original. He then inserted an Attack Ride card.
In the next second, he vanished, utilizing Odin's signature teleportation. As he moved, golden feathers drifted through the air. These feathers were not to be underestimated; they exploded upon contact with terrifying force.
Odin was stunned again. Not only did he copy his appearance, but he could even replicate his combat style? Knowing the danger, Odin teleported to dodge, but Raven predicted his exit point perfectly.
A practiced "Slap Vent" swung through the air.
PAK!
The sound was crisp and loud. Odin was sent spinning over ten meters away. He was completely dazed. Usually, he was the one slapping others into submission; now, he was tasting his own medicine.
"Is that all?" Raven asked, finding it boring that the "Ultimate Rider" went down so easily.
"FINAL VENT!"
Driven into a corner, Odin inserted his card into the Goldvisor to initiate his finisher. A golden phoenix, the Goldphoenix, materialized, wreathed in terrifying flames as it charged forward.
Raven, also in Odin form, perfectly mimicked the move. He pulled out his own Final Attack Ride card. Two golden phoenixes collided in the air, but Raven's was clearly superior. It tore through the other, absorbing its energy!
BOOM!
The resulting explosion swallowed Odin whole, ejecting him from the Mirror World.
With Odin defeated, very few Riders remained in the trial. Raven picked up the cards Odin dropped, switched back to his Amazon form, and prepared to hunt down the remaining stragglers.
…
In the real world, Tsukasa Kadoya arrived at the Journal office to investigate clues. There, he met the deputy editor, Kamata. After a brief exchange, Tsukasa realized Kamata was also a Kamen Rider and challenged him to a duel. The two entered the Mirror World once more.
Meanwhile, Shinji Tatsumi and Yusuke Onodera tracked down Ren Haguro at his workplace. Due to personal friction and the evidence at hand, Shinji was convinced Ren was the killer. The two also returned to the Mirror World to settle things.
"Stop it, Shinji!" Ren called out after a few exchanges, seemingly unwilling to fight. "You aren't suited for combat."
"Shut up!" Shinji retorted. "You joined this Rider Battle just to make sure Natsumi gets convicted, didn't you?"
"Why would I do that?" Ren shouted back.
"You were at the scene almost immediately. You must have attacked Chief Editor Momoi and framed Natsumi!" Shinji's logic seemed sound to him as he landed a heavy punch on Ren's face.
This time, Knight didn't strike back, letting Ryuki beat him. Their personalities seemed inverted compared to the original Ryuki world's Shinji Kido and Ren Akiyama. They were once the best of partners, but something had driven them apart.
"Why aren't you hitting back?!" Shinji demanded. His swings were getting weaker, his old friendship with Ren softening his resolve.
Ren remained silent.
"I won't hold back!" Shinji hesitated, then swung again.
THUD!
Suddenly, a body came flying from the distance, interrupting them. It was Kamen Rider Imperer.
"Make way!" Decade came running from the distance, inserting a Final Attack Ride card.
BOOM!
With a Dimensional Kick, he finished off Imperer.
"Weren't you fighting the deputy editor?" Shinji asked, surprised.
"I was, but this guy got in the way," Tsukasa answered. He then pointed at Knight. "Now, I'm fighting you."
"Hey, he's mine to beat!" Shinji stepped up, but Ren blocked him. After a moment of thought, Ren decided to face Decade.
"To deal with a bat, I'll use a bat. Henshin!"
Decade switched to his recently unlocked Kiva card. The transformation startled Shinji. "He changed forms?!"
As Decade and Knight clashed, Decade quickly gained the upper hand.
"Move, I'll give him the finishing blow!" Shinji, having watched from the sidelines, tried to steal the kill. But he was interrupted by the sudden appearance of Kamen Rider Abyss.
"Pardon the interruption, but the rules state we must conclude this trial quickly." Abyss inserted a card.
"STRIKE VENT!"
A massive wave surged forward as his Contract Monsters, the Abysslasher and Abysshammer, combined into the Abyssodon. The power was no less than Zolda's End of World.
"Not this again!" Decade and the others prepared to be blasted away.
Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of them, casually intercepting the attack. It was Raven, who had been cleaning up the rest of the Mirror World.
"Raven? Where the hell have you been?" Tsukasa asked.