Ophelia healed Hiiro and Taiga without singing. Her healing abilities developed a small progress as she noticed it could heal without a song unless using the Miracle Harmony song. Hiiro and Taiga thanked Ophelia for healing their wounds as they returned to CR. The three of them explained to Luna and Poppy about Parado's new transformation leaving them in shock.
"Parado is level 99!?" The female Bugster yelled in shock.
"What a nuisance this has become." Taiga commented bitterly while looking at Ophelia. "You were that close to defeating him."
"Yeah... he refused to fight until he finished his main objective." Ophelia pointed out while sighing softly. The former goddess was close enough to defeat Parado so she could cure Emu's game syndrome.
"Then what about Emu?" Luna asked them.
"Parado took him away when we were about to escape." Hiiro answered with a grim look on his face.
Nico looks at Poppy and Luna curiously. "You two know where the Bugsters' hideout is, right?" She asked them since they had been brainwashed before and knew their hideout.
Poppy nodded her head nervously. "Yes... I'll go bring Emu back at once!" She declared to retrieve Emu back.
Kanade grabs her wrist to stop Poppy from leaving. "Don't, Poppy." She looks at the female Bugster. "It's useless to go there and bring Emu back. Parado would expect you or Luna to barge into their hideout and save him— he will control Emu's body and you two would bring yourselves in danger."
"Red is right." Taiga agreed with her. "As long as Parado infects Ex-Aid... he'll be able to manipulate his body as he wants."
"How do we save intern?" Hiiro asked them and looked at Ophelia. "Ophelia your Heavenly Moon... can it be used to save him?"
Ophelia shook her head sadly. "Heavenly Moon can purify someone using humans as a host from the corruption of Gods or Goddesses. It can also be used to fight against the strongest Noise but— as I mentioned before... I'm unsure whether to use it against Parado when he took over Emu's body. Considering he's not a God or Noise to purify him."
"Haven't you purified to a patient before?" He remembered her healing the elderly man when they failed to destroy the Bugster.
"The Bugster was weak and separate from its host body... but Parado? He's strong and takes over Emu's body whatever he wants. I have to be careful of using that form." She pointed out bluntly and clasped her hands. "I just wish there was a small miracle to save him."
"Perhaps there is, Ophelia-sama." Luna spoke softly and they looked at her curiously. "When you and the others were dealing with Parado— Poppy and I were doing an investigation to ourselves." She gives Poppy a signal to retrieve the treasure box and manual book.
Poppy placed it on the table while everyone was curious about the inside of it. She placed the manual book on the side before lifting the lid to reveal a Mighty Action X Proto Gashat and Game Driver.
"How did you guys obtain it?" Kanade couldn't help but ask the female android and female Bugster curiously as they looked at it closer.
Taiga examined the Gashat closely. "Proto Mighty Action X should be purple." He pointed out. "Why is the Gashat black?"
Hiiro holds the Game Driver closely. "This is the 6th Game Driver? Ophelia, do you think it was meant for you before Dan Kuroto chose the intern?" He asked his girlfriend curiously.
Ophelia shook her head in denial. "I highly doubt that was meant for me. I didn't do Compatibility Surgery like you guys." She answered truthfully while pinching her chin in deep thought. 'What did you scheme this time, Kuroto? Before you got killed?' She thoughts.
Taiga looked at Poppy and Luna. "Where did you find these?"
Poppy glances at the device in their hands. "I followed the memory inside me..." She answered truthfully.
"I accompanied Poppy when she was looking for answers and that is what we found." Luna explained her part of getting involved.
Hiiro's eyes widened in shock. "The memory of the person you infected?" He asked while Ophelia noticed his strange behavior after hearing Poppy's explanation.
Poppy nodded her head. "I saw Kuroto when he was young..."
"Genm!?" Taiga yelled in shock.
Nico gasps in shock and shows them the page of the manual book. "Hey, look at this." They read the page about the unknown Gashat that it allows to suppress the virus.
"Suppress the virus?" Hiiro whispered in shock.
"If we use that Gashat, we can cure Emu... and stop Parado from controlling him." Poppy suggested.
"Don't even try." Taiga cuts her off coldly before glancing at the Gashat. "This was probably created before the Proto Gashats. It's too dangerous to use it."
Ophelia nodded in agreement. "Taiga is right. We don't know what it's capable of and its side effects."
Hiiro and Ophelia's game scope blares while receiving a Bugster alert.
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They left the building to see Motors battling against the Rider player. Taiga shook his head. "It's not Paradox?"
"It's dangerous! Stop playing that game at once!" Hiiro yelled at the Rider player worriedly.
Ophelia stops Hiiro and Taiga from transforming. "Both of you stand down. You were healed physically but mentally? You guys are still weak after being defeated by Parado. Don't push yourselves too hard."
Luna stepped in front of Ophelia and shook her head. "You should stay put as well, Ophelia-sama."
"Eh? Luna?" She looked confused and wondered about Luna's intentions to stop her from fighting.
"Ophelia-sama... I've monitored your health and your energy is low to use your Knight form." The female android explained and the former goddess looked at her surprised. "After using Heavenly Moon and healing, it drains you and I suggest... you to stand down as well. I will take care of the Bugster." She volunteered to defeat the Bugster by herself.
"You mean we will, Lu-chan?" Asuna corrected her friend and placed the driver on her waist.
"Gacchaan!"
"Don't think you can do this alone, Robot girl." Nico commented holding her Gashat.
"We always lend each other a hand." Kanade pointed out with a smile.
Luna smiled in amusement before she shook. "Do what you must." Her whole body glowed.
"Tokimeki Crisis!"
"Kamen Rider Chronicle"
"Game Start!"
"Henshin!"
"𝑰'𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒕-𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚, 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒔" Luna chants as her hair turned into purple with silver-purple at the ends including her clothes.
"Gashatto! Buggle up! Girls are always in a heartbeating crisis!"
"Enter the game! Riding the end!"
"𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘵𝘻𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘻𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘎𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘳 𝘻𝘪𝘻𝘻𝘭~"
Nico looked at her eyes in shock to see it turned blue instead of red. "Huh? Your eyes are blue and Luna? You're still the same." She pointed out.
"Hm?" Poppy laughed softly and looked at Nico. "That's because I've become a good Bugster!" She explained.
"They can't reprogram my combat." A small magic circle appeared on Luna's hand to summon a sword. "It's an advanced technique mixing with alchemy and technology. None of them can't match Ophelia-sama and Zilar-sama's skills. Let's do this." She increases her speed to attack Motors.
The four of them are in sync to fight against Motors while taking turns to land a hit. Motors growled at their interference against the Rider Player. "Don't underestimate a street racer's soul!" He showed the handle of the motor. "Race with me." He runs off before one of them can chase him.
"He's fast even with a bike!" Nico moaned and none of them could match up Motors' speed.
"We can still chase him!" Luna exclaimed and the hologram screen appeared as she read the map to find Motors' location. "I just need to find his location."
"Did you put a tracker on him when we fought?" Kanade asked Luna as she nodded her head. "Nice!"
Hiiro, Taiga and Ophelia approached the man with a white leather jacket. "Are you alright?" Hiiro asked the man worriedly to see him gasping in shock.
"Hey, everyone!" They turned around hearing a familiar voice to reveal Emu.
"Emu, you're alright!?" Poppy asks the genius gamer while Luna and Ophelia are wary of him.
"I managed to escape." Emu answered truthfully.
"Thank goodness!" Poppy sighed in relief.
Luna appeared in front of Emu with her sword pointing at his neck. "You can fool anyone but you could never fool Ophelia-sama and I." She commented coldly while everyone except Ophelia, was surprised by her actions.
"Lu-chan!? Lower your sword! He's not our enemy." Poppy reminded the female android.
"Did you catch a virus or something, Luna?" Nico asked Luna curiously at her sudden aggression.
Ophelia shook her head. "Luna is telling the truth! It's Emu but Parado took control of his body." She informed them. "Luna and I can sense his aura is more sinister!"
Parado chuckled in amusement and wasn't surprised by Ophelia and Luna's observation skills. They're the only ones who can identify someone's aura either humans or Bugsters. "As expected of Moon and her servant." He bursts out laughing and his eyes glowed red to separate his body from Emu.
Luna narrowed her gaze and pointed the sword in Parado's direction. Emu glared at the male Bugster for controlling his own body. The female android wasn't surprised at Parado's ideas to control Emu's body. "Why am I not surprised at your selfishness, Parado?" She asked coldly.
"You controlled me again!?" Emu asked angrily.
Parado smiles in amusement and shows them the Game Driver in his hand. "There's something I wanna show you." He placed it on his waist before activating his Gashat.
"Get ready." Kanade warned them.
"Dual Gashatto! What's the next stage?"
"Max Dai Henshin!"
"Gacchaan! Mix up! Perfect Knock Out!"
Parado glared at Luna and Poppy coldly. "Poppy and Luna, you girls are a traitor to us. I'm here to get rid of you." He warned them while Poppy looked nervous and Luna scowled more.
"Traitor?" Luna asked in a disbelieving tone. Poppy and herself weren't a traitor from the very beginning. They were forced against their own will to work alongside them and hurt their friends. "You brainwash us! So we could hurt our friends and people!" Her sword glowed.
"Stop it!" Emu begged Parado to stop hurting Poppy and Luna.
"Parado, I'll defeat you!" Nico vowed to defeat the male Bugster with a war cry.
"Nico!" Luna snapped at the female genius gamer. "You're going to get yourself killed!" She helped her to fight off Parado.
Parado laughs in amusement and grabs Nico's bag to shove her before kicking Luna's stomach. The female android crashed on the wall as Hiiro, Taiga and Ophelia didn't hesitate to join the battle.
"Henshin!"
"Henshin!"
"Taddle Quest! Drago Knight Hunter Z!"
"Bang Bang Shooting!"
"Brave!"
"Snipe!"
"𝑲𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏, 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓!"
They join the fight but Parado overwhelms them and pushes everyone to summon his weapon. "Gashacon Parablagun! 1,2,3,4,5!" He switches his ax to a gun and shoots Hiiro, Taiga, Nico, Kanade and Ophelia.
Ophelia conjured a barrier to protect them from the shot.
𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒔
The attack is strong enough to shatter her barrier and cause an explosion. It forces Hiiro, Nico and Taiga to revert to normal while Ophelia and Kanade are covered with bruises.
"5x Combo!" Parado laughs and switches his gun to an ax. "Zu-goon!" He approaches Luna and Poppy.
Poppy whimpered in fear and Luna moved behind to protect the female Bugster. "Lu-chan..." She whispered her name worriedly.
"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6!" He swings the ax at them and Luna immediately creates a barrier to protect themselves from his attack.
Luna gritted her teeth at his powerful swing toward the barrier. Parado's swing was getting aggressive as it started to shatter and explode.
"Luna! Poppy!" Ophelia cried out their name worriedly. She's scared of their well-being knowing Parado would end their lives for betrayal.
Luna and Poppy crashed the barrel as the female Bugster reverted to normal while Luna's hand was destroyed. The female Bugster gasped at her missing arms and realized Luna was just an android made out of technology and alchemy. "Lu-chan, your arm..." Poppy whispered and looked at her worriedly.
"I'm fine, Poppy." Luna assured her without glancing back. "I can still fight without my arms."
Parao stares at them coldly. "It's both of your fault for siding with the humans. You wouldn't lose your arms if you never turned your back against us, Luna."
"Destroy every part of my body... all you want, Parado." Luna dares Parado which caught him off guard. "My heart and mind would never sway for humanity."
"So be it." He raises his ax and is about to destroy Luna first.
"𝑹𝒊𝒔𝒆, 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏" Ophelia chants and transforms into Heavenly Moon form.
Parado's ax clashed against Ophelia's sword and he tilted his head in surprise at her fast reflexes. "Oh? You can still fight, Moon?" He asked which only received a glare from her.
"This has gone too far, Parado. I won't let you hurt them any longer." Ophelia vowed and pushed his ax away from them.
"I can't wait—"
"Stop it!" Emu cut Parado off and stood while his whole body glitched. "If you want to fight... then fight me!" His resolve is strong to protect his friends and causes the glitch to stop surprising everyone.
"He managed to stop himself from glitching..." Kanade whispered and looked worried.
Parado laughed and lowered his ax before pointing at Emu. "That's it! That's what I've been waiting for!" He reverts himself. "Trying to cure yourself of Game Syndrome without relying on Moon's help. It isn't enough to get you serious. But protecting others who are injured especially harming your sister... is when you are truly awakened." He pointed out his potential to fight against him.
"I will... cut you out." Emu vowed to defeat Parado.
Parado scoffs. "Heh. Then let's go to a fitting place... for our showdown." He suggested having their showdown without interruption.
"Don't let him trick you!" Hiiro warned Emu of Parado's scheme.
"Hiiro is right!" Ophelia agreed with him. "Whether you win or lose, Parado will continue battling you."
"Hiiro-san." Emu called the genius surgeon and looked at him. "Please take care of the patient and continue to care and love Fee-chan." Hiiro looked at him surprised and silently vowed to look after Ophelia. "Fee-chan. I know you secretly have a doctor's license but to be a nurse for a reason. You have a strong potential for your skills and continue to sing your heart out."
"Emu..." Ophelia whispered and tears started to fall from her eyes. 'Why does it feel like you're saying goodbye?' She thoughts sadly and wipes her tears.
"We'll be the ones to defeat him!" Taiga vowed to Emu as he and Nico were going to fight Parado.
"Don't you steal my kill!" Nico warned the genius gamer.
"Taiga-san. Nico-chan." Emu ignored them. "I trust that you two will beat Kamen Rider Chronicle."
"Of course we will!" Taiga and Nico vowed to keep their promises to stop the Kamen Rider Chronicle.
"Emu, you can't do this alone!" Kanade denied the idea at the thought of dealing with Parado alone.
"Kanade-san." He called the red-haired woman and looked at her. "Sometimes I still feel like I don't deserve you whenever we go on a few dates. You're bold, fearless and an amazing woman I've met." The genius gamer recalled the times they went out alone for a date. They were not officially together like Hiiro and Ophelia but Emu was planning to be his official girlfriend.
"They're dating but not official?" Asuna muttered under her breath and Luna elbowed her ribs. The female android warned the disguised nurse that it was not the time to ask about the status of relationships.
"Continue your passion for singing and let the people hear your song." The red-haired woman clenched her hand and nodded.
"Let Lu-chan and I join you, Emu." Asuna suggested having a team-up against Parado.
"Poppy and Luna-san. I'm sorry." He apologized to them. "It'd be dangerous for you and Luna-san to be around. I want you guys to be able to focus on the operation." Emu noticed their waryness and hesitation to let him face Parado alone. "Don't worry. I'll find you guys when it's over."
Parado leads Emu to a place where they can fight without any interruption. The male Bugster already thought of a place where they could fight. A place where he was born and the day Emu became the first Zero Patient before Zero Day started.
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Nico couldn't help but be amazed at CR Headquarters. "Man, university hospitals get all the cool medical gadgets!" She commented while Taiga was tending her wounds. "It's so different from your hospital, Taiga!"
Taiga gritted his teeth and couldn't wrap the bandages properly because Nico couldn't stop moving. He pulls her left leg and grips it tight. "Shut up and stay still!" He scolded Nico.
Ophelia silently fixes Luna's arm through her guidance since she's not a mechanic. She managed to repair Luna's left arm and the female android whispered thank you to her.
"It hurts, dammit!" Nico swears at Hiiro and blinks her eyes. "Why can't Ophelia-neesan heal me?" She asked Taiga curiously.
Taiga narrowed his gaze at Nico's eyes. He never heard Nico calling Ophelia-neesan unless she wanted a favor from the former goddess. "Why did you call her neesan? Are you scheming something?" It caught Ophelia's attention while staring at the female genius gamer curiously.
"Eh!? No!" Nico feels offended at the lack of faith but Taiga doesn't believe her. "Okay, fine! Why didn't she expose her healing powers in public? I mean— she can basically heal everything including Cancer and stuff." She asked curiously.
"Hey!" Asuna called them. "Should we really let Emu face it alone?" She asked while changing the subject.
Taiga lowered his gaze. "Even if we went or let Ophelia assist him... we'd just get in his way and Parado wouldn't hesitate to lock her or worse." He answered truthfully. The two doctors, one idol, one android, one female Bugster and one nurse, only one who can go against Pardo. It's no other than, Ophelia could go against Parado because her Heavenly Moon can par his Paradox Level 99. Parado wouldn't pleased if one of them intervened in the fight.
Hiiro lowered the manual book. "The intern is determined to perform the operation independently, as a doctor. We... must do what we have to do." He informed them.
Kanade lowered her eyes. "I know we should trust Emu but... I still feel uneasy about it." She explained truthfully of her feelings. "I can't even focus on my song recordings today because my thoughts are on him."
"Kanade..." Ophelia whispered her name worriedly as she shared the same feelings for Emu's fight against Parado.
"What we have to do..." Asuna muttered under her breath and Luna stared at the disguised nurse curiously. Before taking it, she stared at the Game Driver and Proto Gashat Mighty Action X.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Nico asked her curiously for what she'd do with it.
"Asuna... are you perhaps— planning to use it?" Ophelia asked Asuna in a surprised tone.
"I want to test if Level 0 can suppress the virus, just in case." Asuna answered truthfully of her plan.
"Stop it!" Taiga stopped Asuna from using it. "That Gashat's dangerous!"
"We don't even know what's capable of, Asuna." Kanade pointed out the consequences of using the unknown Proto Gashat.
"It's alright. I'm a Bugster." Asuna assured them but it didn't ease them. "I'm sure... this is what I have to do."
"I'll join you." Luna volunteered to join Asuna. "I'm an android too and support you if there's something you're struggling with."
"Lu-chan..." She was surprised at Luna's initiative to volunteer and help her.
Luna glared at her stare and made her uncomfortable. "Stop staring at me! I can make my own choices too! If I want it or not." She crosses her arms and scoffs offended.
Asuna laughed sheepishly while Ophelia shook her head in amusement. "Thank you, Lu-chan." She received a silent glare from Luna.
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"Do you remember this place, Emu?" Parado asked as they arrived at the old abandoned hospital. "Six years ago... I was separated from you here and nearly broke the bond with Moon?"
Emu silently looked at the table and remembered the past about how they used him as an experiment as they took advantage of him unconscious. He glared at Parado. "I'll finish the operation in one go! I won't let you harm Fee-chan. We'll end it right here!" He declared it to be their last battle.
Parado laughs in amusement at Emu to see him holding the Gashat. "Sounds good." He holds his own Gashat.
"Maximum Mighty X!"
"Max Dai Henshin!"
"Dual Gashatto!"
"Max Dai Henshin!"
"Gacchaan, level max!"
"Gacchaan, mix up! Perfect Knock Out!"
"Maximum Power X! Stage select!"
Emu chooses the old factoring building outside the scene.
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"You can still back out if you want to, Lu-chan?" Asuna suggested in case Luna would back down.
Luna stares at her with a deadpan look. She wasn't surprised at Asuna's hesitation to get her involved to witness the new Gashat. "I would never go back down of my words, Asuna. Besides... I owe Emu a lot for making Ophelia-sama smile."
"Lu-chan..." She smiles softly at her determination before glancing at the Proto Gashat. "I'll retrieve... Emu's smile!" She placed the Bugster Driver on her waist.
"Gacchaan!"
Luna nodded as Asuna nodded back before activating the Proto Gashat.
"Mighty Action X!"
"Henshin!"
"Gashatto!" She inserted the Proto Gashat inside the Game Driver but it didn't activate.
Asuna stared at the Driver. "It's not working. Why?" She stared at the screen while Luna stared at the hologram screen title of the Proto Gashat.
"I have a theory, Asuna..." Luna answered and her gaze couldn't look away from it. "It sounds like crazy— but we need to get through that game and find out what's in there." Expressing her opinions after seeing that Proto Gashat wasn't working on Asuna.
"In that case... let's go." They went through inside the game as she showed her true self. They looked at their bodies as they turned grey including their surroundings.
"Lack of colors and I wonder what's hidden inside." Luna muttered under her breath while crossing her arms.
"This is the Proto Mighty Action X world, Lu-chan." Poppy informed her after recognizing the scenery of the place. "Alright." She gasps and taps Luna's shoulder hard while the female android analyzes the place using her skills.
"What is it, Poppy?" Luna asked annoyingly interrupting her analysis. "Can't you see I'm trying to—"
"Bugsters!" Poppy yelled in a scared tone and pointed in their direction.
"Wha—" Luna gasps to see them. "I thought it was only us! 𝑰'𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒕—"
"Just run and refrain from attacking them!" She drags the female android before she can transform and defeat them. "Who knows what'll happen if we destroy them!"
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"I'm not surprised you like Emu, Kanade." Kanade stopped spinning her pen and looked at Ophelia.
"Was it that obvious?" Kanade asked and scratched her neck sheepishly. She was hiding her crush on Emu but Ophelia saw right through it. The red-haired knows the strong bond between Emu and Ophelia as they consider each other as siblings. "You're not mad that we dated a few times?"
Kanade likes Emu because he sees the real her not as an idol persona. She dated a few guys from before but ended badly because they wanted her for their selfish pleasure not for knowing more about herself. Emu was the first guy who treated her fairly and made her smile behind his clumsy, shy and game nerd type of person.
Ophelia shook her head. "I'm happy that you found someone who treated you as a person, Kanade." She assured her with a soft smile. "You have no idea how relieved I am. People mistook us as if we were dating because of our closeness. Now that you're dating Emu, I'm off the hook!" She raises her arms in victory while Kanade snorts.
"Emu told me about it." Kanade wouldn't stop laughing at their embarrassing moment and she wasn't jealous about it. "We're not official yet but I hope someday we will. Speaking of relationships... have you noticed any strange behavior on Hiiro?" She changed the subject.
Ophelia pursed her lips and nodded. "I do... recently ever since he heard the possibility of bringing the people back once we end the Kamen Rider Chronicle, I feel like there was— a wall between us. I mean— it's like there's something he's keeping from me and refuses to say it."
Kanade pursed her lips in deep thought. She knows Hiiro's dead girlfriend, Momose Saki from Ophelia's explanation about it and how they break up because he wanted to protect her. The red-haired woman could see Hiiro secretly distancing himself and had her worried about Ophelia's feelings. "Do you think it has something to do..."
"Yeah." She nodded her head sadly. "He still carries that heavy burden no matter how much I cheer him up. The only way to relieve his burden is to settle things between him and Taiga."
"The question is when are they going to reconcile?" She asked and Ophelia couldn't answer the question. "Lena, I can't stand seeing you hurting on the inside."
"I'll be fine, don't worry." She assured her but kept hiding her true feelings. Ophelia knew that deep inside her heart was a lie.
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"I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!" Luna chants angrily at Poppy for not letting her transform and fight them.
"I'm sorry, Lu-chan!" She apologizes while they're running away from them. "My head's spinning!" She wailed as they ran non-stop to throw them off their tracks but somehow found them.
"Stop your whining!" Luna created a barrier and shoved the Bugsters away. "This is your stupid brilliant plan! Right now, I can only use my barrier to push them!" The female android finds an emergency exit door and opens it to get through.
Poppy closed the door before using the crate to block it. None of the Bugsters can get through inside the roof. "Kuroto... is this the power to suppress the virus really here?" She asked while Luna sighed heavily.
"Who knows?" Luna shrugged and stared at the grey sky. "Maybe it's one of them and the other might be his resurrection as a Bugster. I highly doubt that would happen." She suggested before squeaking in shock to see a Bugster sitting on the crate close to her.
The Bugster stared at them blankly while Poppy hid behind Luna's back. They looked confused at its strange behavior and didn't chase them like the others. "There's something different... about the virus." The female Bugster moves away from Luna and walks towards it.
"Hold on, what if it's a trap?" Luna stopped her from approaching the Bugster.
"I don't think so." She shook her head. "Ne, Lu-chan. Can you identify it since you and Ophie-chan can read the aura within us?"
Luna hummed and tilted her head. "I can try but—" It started to glitch and the female android identified the aura as she recognized it from someone. "NO WAY!" She screams in shock.
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Ophelia and Kanade had enough to wait for Emu's return and decided to visit the abandoned hospital. "You're thinking the same as well, Ophelia, Kanade?" They turned around to see Hiiro and Taiga join in.
"Yeah." Ophelia answered truthfully. "Emu is my brother and he's fighting his own virus to save his life. We realized how blind we are— he's also our patient to cure him and to defeat Parado."
"We can't waste any more time and..." They heard Parado and Emu's voices back from the game world.
"Emu..." Ophelia whispered and sensed his aura was in danger. She runs off ignoring their protests and the former goddess saw Parado was about to swing his ax. Her eyes flashed blue and summoned a barrier to shove him away from Emu. "Stay away from him, Parado."
"Your opponent's right here!" Taiga declared and referred to himself, Hiiro, Ophelia and Kanade. The two doctors activated their Gashats.
"Taddle Quest!"
"Bang Bang Shooting!"
"𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘵𝘻𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘻𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘎𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘳 𝘻𝘪𝘻𝘻𝘭~"
"𝑲𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏, 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓!"
The four of them join forces to fight against Parado. "What nuisances!" Parado wasn't pleased with their intervention and punched the two doctors before they could transform. The two females successfully transform and dodge Parado's attack.
𝘎𝘙𝘈𝘝𝘐𝘛𝘠∞𝘗𝘈𝘐𝘕
Kanade delivers a downward thrust while jumping with her Armed Gear. The male Bugster leaned on the side and didn't see Ophelia's surprised attack from behind.
𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏
Parado cried out in pain and growled at the former goddess. "Why do you have to interrupt my fight, Moon? Are you desperate to fight me alone?"
"I'm not desperate, Parado." Ophelia denied it while holding her hologram sword. "I— no, we wanted to save Emu because he's important to us. You kill him, you'll have to get through me first."
"Fee-chan, no!" Emu's eyes widened in fear at Ophelia's declaration. He doesn't want to lose Ophelia when was given a third chance to live with them.
"I'll end your life first." Parado pointed his gun at Ophelia while she put her sword in front with her gaze narrowed.
"Ophelia, no!" Kanade yelled and Parado was about to pull the trigger when she stepped in front of Ophelia.
Someone shot Parado behind his back. Ophelia's eyebrow furrowed and she recognized the aura she hadn't sensed for a long time. 'This aura... it can't be!' She thought and stared at the black Ex-aid known as Genm.
They looked surprised at his sudden appearance. "Gemn?" Emu whispered in shock to see him.
"It looks like him but his color is different." Kanade pointed out and remembered Genm's former transformation before having purple lines but it's grey.
"Kamen Rider Genm..." They heard Poppy's voice and she stood right next to Kuroto.
"Level 0." Luna finished Poppy's introduction and stood between herself, Kuroto and Poppy.
"Poppy? Luna-san!?" Emu yelled in shock to see the female Bugster and female android.
Poppy ignored their stares. "As promised, you'll get Emu out of here!" She reminded him of their bargain in the game world with Luna's involvement and witness. Kuroto ignored her. "Hey, wait!"
Luna shook her head. "We're doomed." She whispered and sensed her doom was coming for bringing Kuroto back. 'Forgive me, Ophelia-sama.'
Kuroto smirked in amusement and sensed their reaction was priceless at his sudden comeback. "You seem to be having lots of fun, Parado!" He pointed out sarcastically. "How dare you leave the gamemaster out of this!" The former CEO was angry at Parado for erasing him in the real world and became a Bugster stuck in the game world for months.
"Eh? Gamemaster?!" Nico whispered in shock and hadn't seen that kind of transformation before but only Dangerous Zombie.
"You are Dan Kuroto!?" Hiiro yelled in shock while looking at Ophelia for confirmation.
"His aura never lies but it's him... unfortunately." Ophelia answered truthfully while gripping her weapon.
"What's the meaning of this!?" Parado demanded answers. "But you vanished!" He remembered how Kuroto vanished right in front of his eyes.
Kuroto growled and started to attack Parado while Kanade and Ophelia stepped back to let the former CEO deal with him. Kuroto slides down before swinging his weapon at Parado's neck to slash him. "Parado!" He swings his weapon and Parado deflects it with his ax.
"Hey! That's not what you said!" Poppy yelled in annoyance.
Luna glared at the female Bugster. "I told you he's a backstabber! But no! You refuse to listen to me!" She retorted back angrily.
"Quiet! I can't forgive a traitor like him!" Kuroto ordered Poppy and Luna to be silent.
"You promised to save Emu!" Luna reminded him of the promise. "So help me! I'll kill you by my own bare hands if you disobey us!" Her aura blazes in anger and Poppy squeaks in fear of her temper.
"Lu-chan is scary~!" Poppy wailed in fear and hid behind the locker.
Parado successfully pushes Kuroto and swings his ax at him before he throws Kuroto off close to Luna's direction. Luna step back warily without getting involved.
"What an eyesore." Parado commented before rolling his eyes and pulling his Gashat away from the Game Driver.
"Gacchaan! Gashuun!"
Parado turned around and faced Emu. "Emu." He called the genius gamer. "Let's go somewhere else." He suggested and about to take him.
Kanade moves in front of Emu and points her spear at him. "I won't let you have him again, Parado."
"Kanade-san..." Emu stared at the red-haired woman worriedly.
"Hmph! You can't even protect him when I can—" Parado's eyes glowed red and tried to take over Emu's body but it didn't happen. He stared at his hands and wondered what had gone wrong and didn't vanish yet. Emu looked surprised and he was free from Parado's grasp. "Why?"
"It's no use trying to take over Hojou Emu." Kuroto pointed out while they looked at him.
"The game area around Genm Level 0 suppresses the abilities of the Bugster virus." Poppy explained about Kuroto's Proto Gashat.
"In short words... he can't control Emu's body." Ophelia whispered in surprise and relieved to hear the news. 'You did a good job, Poppy and Luna. However... you girls have some explanation to do.' She thoughts.
"That's lame." Parado commented bluntly and couldn't control Emu's body because of Kuroto's Proto Gashat. He disappeared out of their sight before anyone could stop him.
Kuroto laughs darkly leaving everyone in shock.
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"What..." Hiiro, Ophelia, Kanade, Emu, Taiga and Nico stared at Kuroto in surprise while he was sitting casually while looking at the Proto Gashat. "... is the meaning of this?" The genius surgeon demanded an explanation from Poppy and Luna.
"We were puzzled too..." Poppy answered truthfully and his resurrection as a Bugster.
~𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸~
"𝗡𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘆!" 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿.
𝗜𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮'𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿. "𝗞𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼!" 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼. "𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼, 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁? 𝗔𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲!" 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗶𝗺.
"𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄?" 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀. "𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲!" 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲.
"𝗞𝘂-𝗿𝗼-𝘁𝗼~!" 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲. "𝗨𝗴𝗵... 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻?" 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮. "𝗟𝘂-𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗺?"
𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱. "𝗢𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲! 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?" 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆.
"𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄!" 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿. "𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸! 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀, 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁?" 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘁. 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳. 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿. "𝗜 𝗮𝗺... 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹." 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗘𝗢 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲. "𝗜 𝗮𝗺... 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹." 𝗛𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸.
"𝗛𝗲𝘆, 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼! 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼!" 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀.
"𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀." 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. "𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆, 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿." 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. "𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗳 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿... 𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲."
"𝗢𝗸𝗮𝘆!" 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁.
"Gashatto!"
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝘀 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗲. 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴. "𝗜 𝗮𝗺... 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹!" 𝗛𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮.
"𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀!" 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲.
"𝗢𝘄!" 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀.
"𝗞𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼?" 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻.
"𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆? 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮?" 𝗛𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘆. "𝗬𝗲𝘀! 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝘁!" 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹. 𝗛𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘀 𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀. "𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗺... 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹!" 𝗛𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮.
~𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝘀~
"So that's what happens." Luna finished the explanation.
"It's like he's revived..." Poppy commented nervously and pointed at Kuroto. "... but as a Bugster."
Kuroto smiled widely while holding his Gashat. "This is a total nightmare." Kanade couldn't help but comment out loud while holding her head.
"I can't believe it..." Emu whispered.
"What's going on?" Taiga asked while Nico was hiding behind his back. "Explain!" He marched towards him but Kuroto stopped the unlicensed doctor.
Kuroto stood up. "Don't give me orders!" He yelled before shoving Taiga towards him.
They caught him before he could fall. "Why you...!" He glared at the former CEO in hatred.
"I can transcend even a game over! That also includes you, Healer!" Kuroto threatened them. "I am God!" Poppy's Bugster Driver absorbed the former CEO by turning him into data. They gape in shock.
"Eh? Don't tell me..." Kuroto was trapped inside the Driver as his voice turned into a squeak sound. "Hey!" He bangs the screen.
"Don't get too carried away!" Poppy scolded Kuroto's behavior. "Be grateful you're stuck or Lu-chan won't hesitate to punch you again!"
Nico cringed in disgust. "What's that? Gross! Blergh!"
Poppy smiles in amusement at Kuroto's misery. "What are you doing!? Let me out!"
Ophelia's sight is spinning around and trying to process everything. "Hiiro, the world is spinning around..." She collapsed in shock and Hiiro caught her in his arms.
"Ophelia!?"
"Fee-chan!?"
"Wah, I'm sorry! Ophelia-sama!"