Inside the rocket carrying the 'antimatter missile', Tendou Souji transformed into Kabuto, and Kagami Arata transformed into Gatack, fell to the ground under the enemy's wild attacks at this moment.
Tendou Souji shouldn't have been this weak.
It was just that in the last battle, although the Golden Rider spared his life, he still used Hyper Clock Up, which was stronger than his, to injure him.
Coupled with the slight injuries from breaking through the Worms defensive line earlier and the massive stamina consumption from multiple uses of Clock Up, Tendou Souji couldn't hold out for long in Kurosaki Issei's hands before falling under the enemy's fists and kicks.
"The Director said that for this mission, if anyone hinders our plan, no matter who it is, show no mercy."
Looking coldly at the two Riders on the ground, Kurosaki Issei spoke indifferently.
"I gave you a chance, Kabuto."
"Do you think... this is okay?"
Supporting his body to stand up barely, Tendou Souji questioned the enemy before him.
"Letting Worms seize the Earth—can you accept such a thing?!"
"Humans, Worms, it doesn't matter..."
Kurosaki Issei, who intended to finish off Tendou Souji right there, suddenly jumped back violently, dodging a sudden attack.
"Ah, as expected of the 'Strongest Man of ZECT' in this world, to actually sense that blow."
After canceling the invisibility abilities of [Fog of War] and Incursio, Aaron, appearing on the battlefield, very indifferently removed the Incursio armor...
—And punched Tendou Souji in the abdomen, knocking this already heavily injured man unconscious on the spot with one punch.
"Tendou!"
"Don't rush, you're next."
Knocking out Kagami Arata with a casual strike, Aaron grabbed the two mechanical Zecters trying to flee, then looked indifferently at the Golden Rider before him.
"Not going to act at a time like this?"
"No matter. I also wanted to see what kind of strength the person who has been seizing our Zecters possesses."
"Hah, actually giving me time to transform... Fine, in that case, I'll play with you for a bit."
After removing the transformation belts of the two, Aaron, wearing a belt, threw the Kabuto Zecter back into his storage space, then placed the Gatack Zecter onto the Rider Belt at his waist.
"Henshin! Cast Off!"
[Henshin! Cast Off! Change Stag Beetle!]
Seeing the man before him complete the transformation, Kurosaki Issei held nothing back, directly activating his trump card.
And at the same time, an hourglass suddenly fell beside Aaron.
An hourglass blooming with azure brilliance.
"Clock Up!"
"Hyper Clock Up!"
Completing the acceleration simultaneously, the two entered the accelerated world together.
After the enemy completed the transformation, Kurosaki Issei didn't hold back a single shred, directly pulling the Hyper Zecter at his waist again.
[Maximum Rider Power!]
"You, whose speed is far inferior to mine, cannot touch me in this state. Rider Kick."
"Is that so? That's hard to say."
Putting his palms together, Aaron spoke incomparably indifferently to the enemy before him.
"Hyper Clock Up and Hyper Clock Up aren't necessarily the same thing, you fake."
"You... how is this possible?!"
Kurosaki Issei, who originally felt victory was in his grasp, was stunned on the spot after hearing the other party's words.
His Hyper Clock Up should have steadily surpassed the opponent in speed. With speed suppressing the opponent, any movement the opponent made should have become incredibly slow in his eyes.
But now, this man's performance... seemed completely unaffected?!
That's right, he was moving normally!
After activating Clock Up, his speed was no longer below mine?
*How is this possible!*
Aaron, who had been hiding in the space station without acting previously, had actually prepared to capture the enemy.
After having the ZECT Masked Rider System, he already had a guaranteed [50 times the speed of sound] via Clock Up.
Although the Hyper Clock Up used by Kurosaki Issei shared the same name as the Hyper Clock Up used by Tendou Souji in Hyper Kabuto Form, the magnitude of enhancement was worlds apart.
The Caucasus Rider System used by Kurosaki Issei could equip the Hyper Zecter, but it didn't have a corresponding Hyper Form.
Kabuto, as the initially developed [Sun God], could use the complete version of Hyper Clock Up after equipping the Hyper Zecter and entering Hyper Form.
The complete version of Hyper Clock Up could reach dozens of times the speed of the original Clock Up without reversing time.
And Kurosaki Issei's degraded version of Hyper Clock Up was only several times the speed of the original Clock Up.
In other words, the former's Hyper Clock Up speed was ten times that of the latter.
Facing this degraded Hyper Clock Up, Aaron only needed to use the original Clock Up combined with the Gale Mode of the Revive Hourglass for linked acceleration to easily reach the speed of the degraded Hyper Clock Up.
Of course, going a bit faster wasn't a problem, but mainly...
Aaron felt that facing this weakling, there was no need to 'burn life' to fight. Just ten times the speed of Gale acceleration was enough to handle this situation.
"So what if you're a bit faster! In terms of strength, you are still far inferior to me!"
At this moment, the humiliated and angry Kurosaki Issei roared and charged at the enemy before him.
"Rider Kick!"
"Ah, you don't have that confidence from when you beat those two earlier. Looks like you're anxious."
At this moment, Aaron released a portion of his power for the first time in this world.
"Truly regrettable. In terms of strength—I am much stronger than you!"
Magnetic Field Rotation 250,000 Horsepower—
"Whale-Slaying Tyrant Fist!"
Booming out a punch, Aaron's fist met Kurosaki Issei's kicking ankle at this moment.
Then—Kurosaki Issei looked at his ankle in disbelief, thoroughly losing his last shred of consciousness as a human.
The Whale-Slaying Tyrant Fist's characteristic of first solidifying the opponent's body and then completely shattering it, under Aaron's exquisite manipulation via the Perfect Realm, successfully bypassed the Rider System and acted directly on Kurosaki Issei's body.
This man, who betrayed the Earth together with the ZECT higher-ups, successfully vanished into ashes in space after Aaron punched out.
Having dealt with the enemy, Aaron picked up the Hyper Zecter that had fallen to the floor and placed it on the interface at his waist.
Taking a deep look at the two unconscious men, Aaron didn't say much and actively chose to leave directly from their presence.
They were admirable warriors, but for his own goals, he felt it was better not to go soft just because he admired them.
After all, once he completed that task, most of the tragedies of these two's pasts would fade away.
So...
*Sigh, why get so sentimental?*
*I never thought this much when taking other lives before. Having more power leads to more thoughts...*
*Confidence isn't a bad thing.*
*But having too many thoughts after becoming powerful makes it easy to get reckless, which isn't good.*
Flying in space, Aaron placed his right hand gently on that meteor full of Worms.
"Hm, sending you to meet your companions from seven years ago doesn't seem quite secure. After all, I need to expel every single cell without leaving one behind... Oh, I got it."
*I was too obsessed with replicating Tendou's actions.*
*But I am not Tendou.*
*The only cards in his hand back then were the Hyper Zecter and Kabuto's Rider Power, but I hold much more power than him.*
*I have no need to blindly copy his method.*
[Hyper Clock Up!]
Carrying the meteor before him, Aaron used the Hyper Zecter's ability to return to the past, returning to that day seven years ago.
Seven years ago, a huge meteor with a massive amount of Worms fell to Earth, turning that world into a complete purgatory.
And Aaron's mission this time required completely erasing all Worms approaching Earth from the cellular level within three days.
Three days wasn't enough to complete all this.
But if he could go back seven years, after gathering all the Worms together, it was possible to erase these Worms directly.
But just this wasn't enough.
Back then, when Tendou took this meteor back to the past and used the 2006 small meteor to impact the 1999 large meteor, although he successfully shattered the meteor, that was all.
Perhaps most Worms couldn't even pass the atmosphere when falling from space to Earth.
But no one could guarantee this.
To achieve complete erasure, Aaron had to do it himself.
Using his current power, turn everything he could use into a weapon.
With the power of [Knight of Owner], turn the giant meteor before him into a D-Rank Noble Phantasm.
At the same time, activating [Ittou Shura] which hadn't been used for a long time, Aaron condensed his power to the limit.
However, just this wasn't enough.
[Lion Never Perishes], activate.
Mobilizing Meta-Morph Factors, letting his physical constitution soar once again.
Then, use the power of [Black Marlin] to activate that move he hadn't fully comprehended relying on the
Liquid Manipulation.
Then, Magnetic Field Rotation 300,000 Horsepower—
"Royal Ultimate Jellyfish Fist!"
Mobilizing the blood within his body, utilizing the liquid manipulation ability of the Ring Teigu [Black Marlin], Aaron barely activated this Magnetic Field Martial Art he hadn't fully comprehended.
Royal Ultimate Jellyfish Fist. This was a supreme art created by Lan Shounan, the adopted son of Lan Daotianwu, based on the Royal Ultimate Book.
When facing enemies, this move could manipulate surrounding liquids to trap the enemy.
But at the same time, this move had a hidden characteristic.
This was a move pushed by life force.
Pushing a move with life force was not the same method as burning life to amplify a move.
Using game abilities as an analogy, the former leaned towards 'the lower the HP, the higher the attack power', while the latter leaned towards 'converting HP into attack power to attack the enemy'.
At this moment, Aaron activated the Royal Ultimate Jellyfish Fist not to attack an enemy.
While mobilizing the blood in his body to explode simultaneously, he slammed this heavy blow fiercely onto himself.
Accompanied by this heavy blow hitting his body, the Hyper Gatack armor on Aaron's body exploded and could no longer maintain its equip status.
After the armor fell off, Aaron gently threw the belt and the two Zecters into his storage space, then exhaled a deep breath of turbid air.
"Everything is ready."
Power had reached its peak, and his state of mind...
*Heh, actually my heart isn't calm.*
*Ultimately, I am human too.*
*Even if I am not a human of this world, I instinctively loathe the invaders before me.*
*Invading Earth, mimicking others, stealing even others' memories and appearances, and finally killing those mimicked humans.*
*This approach is simply like trying to completely erase the proof of human existence after seizing everything from humanity.*
*Even without this mission, I probably wouldn't let these guys off.*
*And now, the time for judgment has arrived.*
Magnetic Field Rotation 300,000...
310,000...
320,000...
330,000 Horsepower!
"Die here completely, you vermin! Earth belongs to all living things on Earth, but it definitely doesn't belong to trash like you!"
Booming out a strike, Aaron blasted all the energy within his body into the small meteor before him through this punch.
Only, this punch wasn't the orthodox Whale-Slaying Tyrant Fist.
Before throwing this punch, Aaron used his understanding of the Whale-Slaying Tyrant Fist to blast it out in reverse.
The essence of the Whale-Slaying Tyrant Fist was 'first harden then crumble the enemy from the outside in', while the reverse Whale-Slaying Tyrant Fist was to first pour in power, then let the energy erupt from within the enemy's body, thereby achieving the effect of killing the enemy.
Accompanied by Aaron's punch, the small meteor before him that was about to impact the other meteor exploded completely.
Subsequently, accompanied by this explosion...
—Terrifying energy expanded from within the small meteor toward the surroundings, naturally entering the interior of the large meteor, directly causing a secondary detonation.
......................