The Knights of the DC House

In this mechanically built planetary fortress, Dr. Manhattan, who came to this branched future from the past main universe time, finally met the person he wanted to see - Ke Wen, who had grown into a complete body. No need to transform or anything.

He has the power to decorate himself. Just standing there, Dr. Manhattan can feel that Ke Wen in this branch of the future is a powerful existence that is not inferior to himself.

And unlike him, unlike Superman, Dr. Manhattan gained his powers as an ordinary person in a physics experiment accident. And over a long period of time, with his absolute control over this quantum realm, he gradually lost his power.

Human nature has become a flawless and perfect creature, while Superman exists as a god in the form of a deus ex machina in an environment like the earth where he cannot restrain himself.

But Ke Wen is not. At the beginning, he was just a late-stage university patient with Chuunibyou who wore armor and moved clumsily. He was supposed to slowly recover from the beatings from society as the years went by. But an unreasonable time travel made him

From an ordinary world to an ordinary but full of possibilities universe. The late stage of chuunibyou, which was supposed to be cured, directly turned into the terminal stage, and finally became terminally ill and hopeless.

In such an environment, he started with a blank slate equipped with the Kamen Rider G3 armor and struggled all the way. After getting his own knight's real name, he continued to fight and grow in this war that lasted nearly half a century.

, he has gone through a process of adaptation. Ke Wen, who has grown up through this process, is better than Dr. Manhattan, and is more able to balance the so-called divinity and humanity in himself.

With Ke Wen growing up in this way, not even Dr. Manhattan dared to despise him, nor could he casually invade the library of Ke Wen's consciousness area like he did before, and seriously injure him with a casual word or thought.

It’s too late to get up again. If he dares to do this again, Dr. Manhattan can guarantee that the moment his thoughts invade Ke Wen’s consciousness, Ke Wen in front of him will dare to step on his bald head on the floor and beat him violently.

Similarly, Ke Wen, who grew up in this branch in the future, looked at Dr. Manhattan for a long time and suddenly laughed, laughing so loudly that the whole building echoed with Ke Wen's laughter.

"I didn't expect that after more than thirty years, the two of us would meet in this way. I am really grateful for this war. Now I look at you and suddenly realize that you are just a perverted little blue man with exhibitionism.

Well, there’s nothing to be afraid of.”

The narrowing of the gap between the two also means that Ke Wen does not need to be as timid in incidents involving Dr. Manhattan's intervention as before. He is now standing in front of Dr. Manhattan, loudly mocking how abnormal Dr. Manhattan's posture is every time he appears in front of others.

, there is no need to worry about Dr. Manhattan hitting him once he feels unhappy. In other words, Ke Wen is now eager to hit himself with Manhattan Wave, so that he can easily catch this move and reply to Dr. Manhattan:

'Surprise!Mother Fuck!'

The backhand is to slap him back, venting his anger about being targeted by Dr. Manhattan more than thirty years ago. Obviously, Dr. Manhattan will not do this anymore, and he is not the one who got sick from the disease after a disagreement.

He is a passionate young man on the outside. As the core of the war against Apokolips launched by Darkseid, he is slowly becoming the person he hates most. But in his heart, he still retains a warmth that has not lost its warmth.

Hot blooded.

"Yes, for you now, I have indeed lost the qualification to scare you, but I think you know my purpose of coming here." Dr. Manhattan was not angry at Ke Wen's teasing and ridicule, but just there

Said calmly.

"Well, I know very well that you are here to announce the result of the bet we made. So now, I have won, right?"

With his hands behind his back, as he spoke, the palace scene where Ke Wen and Dr. Manhattan were located began to change, and returned to the earth, the once prosperous earth. Then, time began to move forward rapidly. Frames of pictures also changed from Dr. Manhattan's

Flashing before us, the Legion of Doom fell from the sky. During the year-long defense war, the superheroes who died in the war and the Apokolips assault battle broke through the bottom line due to heavy blows, anger, and hatred, killing two Darkseids.

Batman collapsed after having a son.

The scene of joining forces with Superman to fight against the Doomsday of the Mother Body, watching the helplessness and despair of the two girls dying to buy time for themselves, until the anger of taking over the leadership after returning and starting to fight back against Apokolips. Among them, there are

Warmth, such as the birth of the next generation headed by Conan, but more blood and fire, filling every area of ​​the universe.

This is everything Ke Wen showed Dr. Manhattan, everything about the future of this branch. It is not difficult for Ke Wen to do this now, it is just a matter of thought. And Dr. Manhattan did not raise any questions in this display. Wait until

The scene ended and the two of them returned to their original place. Regarding what Ke Wen showed, Dr. Manhattan just nodded and then responded.

"Yes, you won. The experiment I originally wanted to do on Superman was nothing more than this. The same is true for you. You have gained everything, but lost everything. You and he have been treated maliciously by the world. Will you and him survive?

Stick to your true heart. Compared to the experiment I designed for you, the things you will experience in this future are bigger and more disappointing, but both you and Superman will still be the same in the end as they were when they first met you.

I have never changed, and I have never thought about using the so-called restart to look back on the past to change anything."

"Don't think that Superman and I are so great. You don't really think that Superman and I don't have this idea. Although Wally is sealed in the Wall of Origin, the Flash still exists. Darkseid thinks more than

We are careful, the Speed ​​Force has been broken up, it still exists, but its consciousness has disappeared. The Flash is just the Flash. If he wants to run back to the past with just a thought like that, he will be driven by the speed of the rampage.

Drunk it to death and become a part of it."

Waving his hand, Ke Wen was not at all surprised by the high hat that Doctor Manhattan put on him. While explaining the reason, Ke Wen looked far away and looked at the Wall of Origin, sacrificing himself and sealing it with the Legion of Doom.

Wally and his wife on the wall. The expressions of Wally and Thea are vivid on the wall of origin, as if they are asleep. Wally is holding his girl, and Thea is putting her hand on her belly.

With a happy smile. Looking at the statue of his best friend, Ke Wen's voice became deeper at this time.

"And, so what if it really restarts, everything starts again, but after all, some people are left in the past and can't get out. We have already made a mistake once, do we have to make it again? What's more, restarting can solve everything.

Problem? What should happen will still happen. If we look back on the past, we will undoubtedly demolish the east wall to make up for the west wall. To avoid this risk, as a balance, we have to deal with another unknown risk. You know the problems here better than I do. What's more,

, is this future bad? We haven’t lost yet!”

At the end, an unparalleled self-confidence was also released from Ke Wen, giving Dr. Manhattan the feeling that Ke Wen was very sure that he would win the next war. This feeling was very strange for Dr. Manhattan,

But because Ke Wen has now become a being similar to himself, Dr. Manhattan cannot see through Ke Wen's reality as easily as he did before. He just looked at the confident Ke Wen and asked directly.

"What is your true form? I mean your true form as Kamen Rider Kyoko."

"What is standing in front of you now is my true form as Kamen Rider Kyoko."

????

Dr. Manhattan was completely confused by Ke Wen's words. It's not like he has never been to the Knight Multiverse, and he has also chased it in the real world. He knows very well that even as the Showa Glory Seven who created the history of Kamen Rider IP,

As two knights born on the 1st and 2nd, the essential transformation is actually putting on an enhanced suit, but the enhanced suit is also a transformation. Now you directly tell me that your current appearance is your real body? Then

Are you considered a Kamen Rider?

If you had said this to me more than thirty years ago, I would have dissected you inside and out immediately to understand you thoroughly. But now, okay, you are awesome, I may not be able to win.

You, I can only put a question mark on what you say. At this time, Dr. Manhattan's psychology is so complicated. In the past, he didn't even need to say a word. As long as he wanted to, the secret would be hidden in front of him.

But now, well, the other party has blocked your perception and spit ink on you, so you are blinded. And Ke Wen, who has not seen Dr. Manhattan for a long time, also appreciates the expression that appears on Dr. Manhattan's face at this moment.

, this kind of confusion and confusion that comes from the heart and is expressed directly through the self is more comfortable than beating Darkseid.

"Hahaha, I've always wanted to see this expression on your face. Dr. Manhattan, as the omniscient and omnipotent quantum god, finally has a time when he doesn't understand. Yes, just keep this expression and let me appreciate it for a few more seconds.

. Hehe, it’s normal for you to be so confused, because I discovered another kind of power hidden in me, so I became what I am now. If it weren’t for these things, you should be able to see my true form as a rider now,

But I can’t do it anymore, I have to give up something in order to protect something.”

At this point, Ke Wen's words were a little disappointing. He finally got his real name, but in the end, he still didn't have a transformation form of his own. Even if the war was over and he went to other universes to make guest appearances, he would still use the one based on his own name.

The exclusive form derived from Heisei Rokuko is not impressive no matter what, but if my true form appears, if I say I am a Kamen Rider, what should I do if my descendants don’t believe me?

Before the war was over, Ke Wen began to think about how he would look when he appeared as a junior knight who came to other universes as a senior. It didn't matter if he rubbed his belt with his hands. The important thing was that it was his own belt, not a color-changing method. Otherwise, he would be dead when the time comes.

It became a joke. Even though it was very funny, he couldn't stand it if a bunch of Kamen Riders came to a holiday party and just made a Kamen Rider joke.

I used to tell you a joke, "A Knight's Christmas... Hahaha" and the like, but now, there's another one, "Do you know Kamen Rider Kyuki? He can transform..."

"Ke Wen can imagine how the descendants of the knights who were born will laugh after the war is over. In that case, he will have to continue to be a demon king! The Demon King of Dan in order to save his face!

Dr. Manhattan stood aside and looked at the future Ke Wen of this branch. When he turned to himself and looked into the distance, his expression alternated between angry, frustrated, furious, and happy. He looked like a psychopath.

, this kind of expression management made Dr. Manhattan want to complain, the clown is you yourself?! But that's not why he came here. It is one thing to admit that the future Ke Wen has won. On the other hand, he also has to tell Ke Wen.

Write some things.

"You can stop managing your clown expressions. It's one thing if you win, but I haven't finished saying it. It's you who win in this future. What I admit is what you and Superman did in this future."

Everything is not you and Superman in other futures."

"Other futures? Are there other two IF lines in the future?" After Dr. Manhattan said these words, Ke Wen also calmed down his expression, reacted immediately, and asked directly.

"You know?"

"No, it's just a guess. When I was here, I sometimes thought about how the current timeline would develop if it was another one of them who survived. I just can't figure it out, and I can't figure it out.

.But you said that just now, so I think it is possible that you haven’t been there yet. Wait, you came here from the past?"

When Dr. Manhattan asked this question, Ke Wen also said with a somewhat sighing tone, but soon, Ke Wen also noticed something was wrong and directly asked how Dr. Manhattan arrived. Similarly, Dr. Manhattan

He also reacted and asked in return.

"Do you think I appear directly in this future? I didn't appear in the past?"

The two of them were stunned when they asked each other, and the situation suddenly became weird. The two of them also understood from the words of the previous question that in the past time, Dr. Manhattan did not appear and did not cause trouble.

After the major incident of the Darkseid War, he disappeared until Cowen, who had grown into a complete body, felt Dr. Manhattan's aura the moment he appeared in this branch of the future.

But Dr. Manhattan knew very well that he had returned to the main universe from the past, and after obtaining information about what happened in the main universe during his absence, he entered this branch future because he was curious about whether the future was still the same.

Meeting Ke Wen. There is no conflict between the two. It is precisely because Dr. Manhattan observed three unknown branch futures that he came here, and then returned to the main universe time in the past, as if he had never left. As long as Dr. Manhattan

Don't do anything that affects the main universe.

But this triggers a paradox. The most troubling point for Dr. Manhattan is whether to abandon humanity when becoming a god. If the answer is obtained from Ke Wen and Superman in this branch of the future, then Manhattan can balance divinity and humanity.

It is impossible for the Doctor to ignore everything that happens and leave the DC multiverse indifferently. But if Doctor Manhattan cannot ignore all this, he will definitely make some changes when he goes back to the past, such as finding out the truth about the Legion of Doom.

.

Since the coming of the Doomsday is unavoidable, then let the major events appear as they were at the beginning. This will not affect the operation of the universe. Even if this branch will still exist in the future, there will be a clear timeline extending in the past.

Instead of three branch futures like now.

The moment they understood this problem, Ke Wen and Manhattan also turned their heads and looked to the other side of themselves. At this time, the two of them acted as if they were looking at the third person who was eavesdropping on their conversation. But what they looked at

The place is nothingness.

"I still can't see clearly the future extending from the past. It's still a blur, and there are three branch futures."

"Me too."

The expressions of the two people are indescribably solemn. Such a paradox should not occur, but once it occurs, it means that above them, there is a behind-the-scenes hand manipulating all this. Even Dr. Manhattan, who is the quantum god,

This impact cannot be ignored.

"I think it's time for me to leave. I have to go to the other two branches in the future to confirm the situation. After that, I will return to the main universe time where I returned. Before that, is there anything you want me to say to you in the past?"

Dr. Manhattan, who has slowly regained his lost humanity, also understood the seriousness of the matter and asked Ke Wen directly.

"No, you don't have to do anything. You just need to witness what I have done in the other two branches of the future. When you reach the other two branches of the future, I will have a way to contact the other two branches of the future.

As for me in the past, you don’t need to do anything deliberately. If someone is really controlling all this behind the scenes and affecting you and me, then once you transmit any information, it will lead to the future of the three branches including me.

One becomes a given future.”

"You don't want to?"

"Haha, if possible, I would rather have a perfect clearance of HE than one of the three choices of BE, but all choices and all thoughts come from the past me, and we cannot and should not interfere.

"

"Understood, I will go and witness how I lost the remaining two-thirds. Before that, I am still curious, who is stronger between you and Darkseid now?"

"You are asking a question. What I want to do is not simply defeat a Darkseid, but Darkseid, his father, the new god of darkness under his command, and the light that may switch sides to Darkseid at any time.

The New God, that is, the guy called Heavenly Father on the New Creation Star, and all his subordinates. After all, they are all New Gods. I don’t trust them very much. If they also switch sides and join forces to bully me

If so, I'm probably just a little bit better than a lineup like theirs."

Making a gesture that everyone understood, Dr. Manhattan did not stay here any longer. "So, goodbye, Ke Wen." With a farewell, Dr. Manhattan also disappeared from the front of Ke Wen, the future branch of this branch.

After watching Dr. Manhattan leave his branch in the future, Ke Wen also returned to his throne and sat down, holding his chin with one hand, tapping his fingers on the throne, looking above his head, feeling the undercurrents in the universe,

I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Oh, it's getting more and more interesting. In the past, you can only decide whether to answer single-choice questions or multiple-choice questions. It's impossible for me to do this question anymore, and the branch future cannot be erased.

, this is an independent line, and no one knows where it will go. But if possible, I would like to become stronger than me. You must have the true form of Li Qi, and you must have the people I failed to save.

If we can save him, now it’s time for me to end the war on my side.”

As he spoke, the palace returned to calm again.