GammaTron: Hello! Welcome to the new chapter everyone!
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GT: So last time we introduced our main cast and the debut of the world that's being built from these two series!
Z0: And today we'll follow them on another adventure.
GT: As usual, we do not own either franchise or series. They're owned by their respective owners! So let's get going!
Z0: Story time!
"Ah, why didn't you wake me up, you blasted Navi?!" Gen demanded as he dashed around, getting prepared for work.
"I attempted to several times. I even set the alarm to its loudest function, de gozaru," Yamatoman replied, "You currently have twenty minutes to arrive at the office, de gozaru."
"Nani?!" Gen panicked, "Ah mou...no time to eat…"
=Meow=
"..." Gen looked at a small robotic black cat nearby, "Oi, did you activate the mouse hunter?"
"No. It's not supposed to activate until thirty minutes after you leave, de gozaru."
"Ah great…" Gen groaned as he walked over to the robotic cat, "Now the mouse hunter I got after that scare is on the fritz. Last time I get something on the shopping channel that's on sale…"
=Rrrrrowr…=
"...That's the sound when it detects a mouse, right?"
"It is, de gozaru."
"And now I have a m…"
*CHOMP!*
"Oh...I hope no one's wearing green this morning," Jun noted, looking at the latest horoscopes.
"Why?" Rinna asked.
"Because they say that wearing green today will make you an enemy to all animals," Jun replied.
"That seems oddly specific."
"I suppose some people just believe in the superstition." Belt-san spoke from the Shift Car hiding on Shinnosuke's desk.
It was then Jun's phone rang, "Moshi-moshi! ...Eh?! Oi, oi, oi...How did you end up there? ...What do you mean you don't wanna talk about it? ...Ah. fine, I'll tell them you won't be in."
"Who was that?" Kiriko asked as Jun hung up.
"Oh, Gen's in the hospital and he's not saying anything," Jun replied nonchalantly as he went back to checking horoscopes.
"What?!" Shinnosuke sputtered, "What...how did that happen?"
"Dunno…" their chief shrugged.
"I said I didn't want to talk about it!" Gen grumbled, lying in a medical bed with a blanket over his lower half aside from his left leg being raised up while Shinnosuke and Kiriko stood by it, "Go back to your office already!"
"Arigatou gozaimasu for coming, de gozaru," Yamatoman thanked, propped up on the table beside the bed until Gen slapped it to have the screen lay flat on the table.
"Gen-san….what happened?" Shinnosuke asked in worry, "Did you get hurt?"
"It's nothing, just leave!"
"Now I'm curious...a guy like you would never pass up using this for some brownie points." Shinnosuke bluntly said before grabbing the sheets and beginning a little game of tug-o-war over them with Gen.
"Oi, oi, oi, oi! Wh-What are you doing?! Stop that!" Gen demanded.
"Is it really that bad?" Shinnosuke questioned.
"Oh for the love of…" Kiriko complained before grabbing the sheets...and with her superior strength she completely yanked it out of both their hands, "Eh?" she blinked her once serious face melting into a rather cute look of surprise.
"...pfft…" Shinnosuke tried hard not laugh.
"Wh-Why...did you do that?" Gen groaned...while the robotic cat continued biting hard on his raised leg.
"I…I have no words."
"Don't laugh!" Gen snapped at Shinnosuke.
"I won't...I…" he muttered, "Bwahahahaha!"
"You said you wouldn't laugh!"
"I feel such shame, de gozaru…"
"Ah hush it, you!"
"What's wrong with your mouse hunter?" Kiriko asked poking it, "These are designed to only attack small vermin. They shouldn't be able to attack humans."
"I got it on sale on the shopping channel, that's what," Gen grumbled, "And Yamatoman won't let me dial up the channel to complain!" the cat bit harder, "Gh!"
"It said in sped up words, none refundable if goes haywire, you'd just be losing your voice."
"I can do what I want!"
"Well Gen-san...I hope you get better soon." Shinnosuke snickered.
"Will you stop lau…?!" Gen began before the rope used to elevate his leg snapped and caused it to fall, making the cat bite harder in belief of its targeted prey trying to escape, "ITE!-!-!-!"
The two were quick to leave after that. Shinnosuke ducked in and took a picture before running out. The two walked down the hall with Shinnosuke laughing at the picture he took.
"Guess he was right…" Shinnosuke noted between laughs as he noticed Gen was wearing a green tie, "Green today makes you an enemy to animals! Robotics ones, included!"
"Oh stop it. It was all just circumstance." Kiriko sighed, "It must have malfunctioned due to being cheap."
"You sure about that?" Shinnosuke asked, watching another man wheeled by who was suffering of the same accident, "Shot in the dark, but...let's check the next room and see what they are in for. And if it's robo Mr. Mittens gone haywire...you owe me lunch."
"Seriously? I suppose so," Kiriko replied as they entered another room to hear laughter.
"Darn you, Lan...Don't you laugh!" a larger darker-skinned boy with a tuff of brown hair done in a spike groaned, wearing a green shirt, blue shorts...and a robotic cat chomping on his leg, all while Lan was standing nearby laughing a storm as Maylu was trying hard not to laugh despite giggles escaping.
"Yes! Free lunch!" Shinnosuke cheered.
"You cheated," Kiriko replied.
"If you say so," Shinnosuke smirked at her.
"Oh!" Maylu gasped before elbowing Lan.
"Gah! Maylu-chan, what was that for?" Lan asked before Maylu pointed at the officer, "Oh! Shinnosuke-nii, Kiriko-nee, Belt-san, ohayo!"
"Gutsman, did you call the police, too?" the boy groaned at a PET set up on the table beside the bed, displaying a large robotic red NetNavi.
"Eh? No, no, guts. Only Lan and Maylu, Dex," the NetNavi replied.
"A fellow officer got bitten by this, too," Shinnosuke snickered as he showed the picture, once more setting Lan off in laughter.
"Oh my...Why does an officer have a toy cat?" Maylu asked.
"It's not a toy cat. It's supposed to get rid of the rats…" Dex explained.
"Hm? Well, rats seem to be growing bigger these days since they get more food," Lan teased. Shinnosuke stifled a laugh from a clever comeback and got a sharp elbow jab to his ribs, making him gasp in pain alongside Lan.
"Boys…" Maylu sighed.
"Men in general," Kiriko corrected before looking at the cat and Dex, "Did you purchase it from a shopping channel?"
"Oh yeah! Good deal, too!" Dex beamed, "Was working just fine until this morning!"
"What an odd coincidence…" Shinnosuke muttered, rubbing his ribs, he believed Kiriko bruised him down to the bone with that last one.
"Don't you suggest it's because he's wearing green, too," Kiriko warned.
"Too?" Lan repeated.
"Want to go meet my friend Gen?" Shinnosuke smiled to Lan, he was then dope slapped, "Skull fracture!" he coughed, "Ugh...well our friend Gen wore green today, too, and our chief says the fortune site he uses said Green is bad today."
"Eh? Color fortunes?" Lan pondered before waving it off, "Probably just a coincidence."
"Listen up, Zap," the elderly man ordered a man with long parted sandy-blonde hair in a green formal suit, "The time has come to cause panic and fear against the network."
"You can count on me, Lord Wily!" the man assured with a formal bow before looking over at the man reclining on the comfy couch nearby, "Lord Heart, 065 has arrived as well. Would you like me to deliver your orders?"
"Ah good, let us get a move on. I can't wait to see how this one turns out," Heart spoke.
"Yes, my lords," Zap replied before the communication ended.
"Ne, Belt-san...I think Justice Hunter's been following me everywhere lately," Lan whispered.
"Ah. That's because I asked him to," Belt-san chuckled.
"Seriously?" Shinnosuke asked.
"It's not amusing at all when I keep ending up in bars," Lan grumbled.
"At least you've been doing your homework," Megaman chuckled.
"Because he doesn't make them go away until I do…" Lan grumbled, "Can't you make him stop? I'm going crazy with him doing that."
"I wish I could, but those little guy have minds all their own." Shinnosuke sighed, "Besides they only come to me when Drive needs them. Otherwise they only obey Belt-san."
"Exactly!" Belt-san spoke in English again, "Also this is a two sided idea, Lan finishes his work making his parents happy, and we keep him from getting involved in shenanigans...again…"
"Eh? Mou…" Lan grumbled.
"It feels like I'm the nosy uncle with both of you at times…" Belt-san grumbled.
"Well I'm sure Hunter will relax when you get into the habit of doing your homework without...reminders." Shinnosuke sighed.
"Told you, Lan," Megaman snickered.
"Oh hush it…" Lan grumbled.
"Look, I get what it's like to have someone looking over your shoulder about work all the time." Shinnosuke smiled, "But they mean well, so don't hold it against them."
"Especially when they're driving," Belt-san added.
"Except for that," Shinnosuke corrected, his eye twitching a little.
"I've never seen a PET like Shinnosuke-san's before," Maylu noted as she and Kiriko watched the two nearby.
"It's a special one made just for him," Kiriko explained, "No one else can use it like he can."
"Oh...so it's a personal one made by the police for him?" Maylu assumed.
"Pretty much." Kiriko nodded, while not accurate, it was as close to the truth as she could really tell her.
"Ah! Hey there!"
"Hm?" the four looked to see Masa biking over.
"Oh, Masa-san! Ohayo!" Maylu greeted.
"Now what's all this? I heard from Jun that you two were off to the hospital yet neither of you look all that ill," Masa noted, looking over the two officers before the two teens, "Maybe you were visiting these two as they were getting out?"
"Eh? No, not us," Lan replied, "Our friend Dex is in the hospital."
"Same as Gen-san," Shinnosuke added.
"Oh? So those two haven't been taking their calcium, huh?"
"Um...Calcium has nothing to do with it…" Maylu tried to reason.
"With Dex's size, it's bad if he doesn't get enough...And Jun did want me to deliver some of today's special to Gen as a 'get well' gift…" Masa noted, "Ah...both have fallen ill…" the four gave each other deadpan glances, "That's it! Hang in there, you two!" Masa declared as he quickly biked off, "I'm going to prepare some fish for ya both! See ya!"
"Ah! Masa-san, it's the City Center General Hospital, not the Beachside one!" Lan called out.
"The calcium is on its way!"
"That guy never changes…" Shinnosuke sighed, "I kinda hope he never does."
"True," Maylu agreed before a pulse went off and the movement of everyone slowed.
"Slowdown detected!" Megaman and Roll exclaimed.
"Nani?" Shinnosuke blinked, "Belt-san."
"Yes. I detected it as well," Belt-san replied.
A door ahead of them slammed open by a foot. Walking out of it was a slim-looking man in a grey tank and baggy brown shorts, chewing on something before swallowing. In one hand was an entire grocery bag filled with batteries which he pulled out one before eating it.
"He's moving normally in a Slowdown!" Roll gasped, earning the man's attention.
"Oh…" the man noted, seeing the emblem on Lan's headband, "That mark...You're the Operator of the blue NetNavi that deleted Fireman." he smirked before dropping the bag, transforming just as it hit the ground to reveal a Cobra-themed Roidmude with '065' on it, "A lucky break for me."
"Wh-What is that?!" Roll yelped.
"Roidmude," Megaman and Belt-san replied.
"Get back," Shinnosuke spoke, moving in front of the others.
"You can move, too? Soka...you're him, aren't you?" the Roidmude realized as he looked at Belt-san.
"Shift Cars! Attack!" Belt-san ordered.
As if on cue, the tiny roads began to form as Flare, Spike, Shadow, Hunter, and Braver raced down them at the Roidmude. The Roidmude growled as he moved out of the way of Flare's charge before grunting as Braver fired a blast of foam into his face, knocking him over onto Spike. The Roidmude screamed as he jumped up, holding his behind before Hunter and Shadow fired cage bars and tiny shuriken in his face, knocking him down onto his back...and onto Spike once more.
"GAH! What is with that damn green car?!" he cried, rolling around in pain.
"He watched one too many videos of people sitting on tacks," Belt-san admitted, he then coughed to get back into the heroic mood, "Come on, Tridoron!"
The Roidmude blinked before hearing the roar of a car engine. He turned around as Tridoron drove up to him. He moved to get out of the way only to be blasted by red energy beams. In his shock, he forgot to move and was rammed by the sports car sending him flying away and down the street. The car's engine roared one more time as it sent out a wave of light, canceling out the Slowdown.
"Lan-kun, nani kore?!" Maylu asked as Lan grabbed her arm and pulled her away to hide behind a corner.
"Those things are what cause Slowdowns," Lan explained.
"Ike, Belt-san!" Shinnoske replied, picking Type Speed off his holder.
"Okay! Start your Engine!" Belt-san agreed.
"What's Officer Tomari doing?" Maylu asked.
"His job," Lan replied as Shinnosuke flicked the switch on Belt-san before inserting Type Speed into the brace.
"Henshin!" Shinnosuke declared, lifting the lever as a beam of data went from his brace into Belt-san.
=DRIVE: TYPE SPEED!=
The same barrier formed around Shinnosuke as armor locked itself over his body. The eyes lit up as it all locked in place. The Type Speed Tire formed and flew out, looping around to hit the Roidmude before slamming onto Drive's chest.
"Hitoppashiri tsukiae yo!" Drive declared, flicking his hand open.
"Like hell I will!" the Roidmude snapped.
He charged at Dive and swung a haymaker at the Rider. Drive moved out of the way and quickly delivered a quick punch across the Roidmude's face. As the Roidmude stumbled back, he looked up as Drive jumped forward and landed a knee drop to his chest. Drive used the weight of his body and momentum of his jump to knock and pin the Roidmude down. Drive swung his other leg back to pin the Roidmude's legs before swinging his knee to pin his shoulder. He then moved his right hand to grab the Roidmude's still free arm to fully pin him down with no means to move.
"Gh...Onore…!" the Roidmude grunted as he tried to struggle out of the hold.
"Alright...since I got you...anything to confess?" Drive asked with a chuckle, "Come, my wayward son. Confess your sins." he went on in the fakest preacher impresion he could muster.
"Where does he get this stuff?" Lan asked.
"American comic books," Kiriko deadpanned.
"Gh...get off...your armor is heavy!-!" the Roidmude went on.
"Not till you tell me something useful, Cobra boy." Drive countered, "I could do this all day really…"
"How humiliating...pinned in the first minute of a fight…"
"Seriously, I could keep this up all day," Drive noted, "Or I could go Bad Cop."
"Bad cop?"
"Oh, so you wanna go 'bad cop,' eh?" Drive chuckled as he switched Type Speed with Funky Spike.
=TIRE KOUKAN: FUNKY SPIKE!=
"Nyaaaah!-!" the Roidmude panicked at seeing the spike-covered tire on Drive, "Nonononono! Not the spikes! Not the spikes!"
"Talk...come on...talk to me...what's your plot here?" Drive taunted as the tire spun around to emphasize his point.
"I was hungry for batteries! Sue me!"
"Eh? Why batteries?"
"...I like the little shocks I get from initial taste and then the creamy insides when you bite into them. Seriously, why does everyone ask that?" the Roidmude grumbled.
"You do know that you're talking about lithium...a toxic metal to organic beings…" Drive pointed out.
"What's your point? That stuff's good! Especially when ya eat one in a Slowdown. Makes the shock last longer."
"Masaka...Baka…" Belt-san spoke with a deadpan emoticon face.
"Oh screw you! I hope the Reaper shoots ya in the face when he gets here from my stalling, ya stupid belt!"
"...Reaper?" Drive repeated before a motorcycle engine roared, "Eh...bike?" he blinked.
Everyone Roidmude included turned to see the bike. It was a black Honda NM4-01 with purple flame decals decorating the sides. The headlight had a large silver skull ornament attached to it as well. The Rider was clad in a purple leather attire. His jacket had a large puffy muffler like collar and the jacket had an off zipper set far to the right of his chest, with chains and studs decorating the front of his jacket. He wore a black helmet with the same flame decal...which faded away like a hologram after a moment to reveal his face. The man behind the helmet was very handsome with wild black shoulder length hair. His eyes were an eerie purple color as he glared at Drive.
"Who's that?" Lan asked, he and Maylu looking up at Kiriko.
"I...I don't know." Kiriko admitted as she pushed the kids behind her, "But stay behind me, please."
"Who are you?" Drive asked.
"...ore wa...Shinigami da…" he spoke, his eyes lighting up as he swung his leg off the bike. He then pulled out a weapon that highly resembled a purple knuckleduster fused with the handle of a gun. A single barrel-like extension extended from it while a strange slot at the top that looked familiar. He aimed and fired as a purple bullet of energy hit Drive knocking him off the Roidmude.
"Freedom!" he gasped, crawling over to the Shinigami and hiding behind his bike, "You saved my skids Reaper."
"Go...find a new face." he ordered simply, "Enjoy your hobby outside of the public view." he added simply.
"Gotcha!" the Roidmude complied as he scurried off...before running back, grabbing his bag of batteries, and then running off once more.
"Who are you?" Drive asked again, getting his attention, "Why are you helping the Roidmude…"
"Because it is my duty." he spoke, jamming the barrel of his weapon into his palm and causing a charging sound to come from it. Heavy metal music began playing before he moved the weapon away and to the side as purple energy formed around him.
=BREAK UP!=
Black armor formed all over his body before solidifying into a new form. The new being...didn't look like a monster like the Roidmude. But...he wasn't heroic like Drive. The figure looked like he tore apart an engine block and turned it into a suit of armor. The all black armored suit was broken up by silver pipes interwoven here and there and a large cooling unit attached to his right shoulder. Purple armor formed abdominal muscles and then armored plating on his pectorals. A large purple shoulder pad formed on his left shoulder, a Metallic skull with two metal wings formed on it. Metal pipes extended from his neck and over his shoulders before looping down through his armor and reappearing from his legs. Black metal boots and gauntlets formed, as his hands formed clawed fingers. His helmet was black with silver engine parts connected to the side of the head. It had orange optics with the left fully exposed while the right was obscured by the grilling of a metallic plate.
"He can transform like Officer Tomari!" Megaman gasped.
"Wha...what are you?" Drive asked, shocked.
"The Roidmude guardian...but also the Shinigami." he introduced, "Mashin Chaser!" he introduced himself aiming once more, "And you...Kamen Rider...shall not murder my kind any longer."
=GUN!=
Mashin Chaser rushed forward while shooting. Drive grunted in shock as each blast hit his chest. Mashin Chaser slammed his weapon into his palm again before swinging while pulling the trigger.
=BREAK!=
Mashin Chaser swung his weapon as it surged with purple electricity and he struck Drive across the chest causing sparks to fly as Drive was knocked down. Chaser punched his weapon into Drive's chest as more sparks came from the surge of energy. Mashin Chaser pushed it in, activating weapon change again.
=GUN!=
Mashin Chaser pushed Drive and slammed him into a wall before pulling the trigger and unleashing barrages of shots directly onto him. Drive cried in pain as sparks exploded off him. Mashin Chaser then grabbed Drive be his helmet before swinging him around and tossing him across the ground. Drive got up and noticed that his armor had scratch marks from Mashin Chaser's claws.
"I'm starting to wonder if I should subscribe to that fortune telling site he uses…" Belt-san muttered, "Switch to Hunter."
"Got it!" Drive said, grabbing the Shift Car and quickly inserted it.
=TIRE KOUKAN: JUSTICE HUNTER!=
Drive changed tires as he grabbed the Justice Cage and used it to bat away a punch from Mashin Chaser's Tekko like weapon. Drive swung around and slammed the cage into Mashin Chaser's torso, making him back up a step. Mashin Chaser slammed his weapon into his palm once more. Drive held the Justice Cage up like a shield and blocked the next couple shots before he swung his makeshift weapon again and knocked the Mashin Chaser's weapon away but not out of his hands. Drive held the cage and blocked yet another punch. The force of the punch actually made Drive stumble back.
"What amazing power…" Drive grunted.
"Indeed," Belt-san agreed, "We may need to fall back for now."
"I hate to say it...but I'd rather fall back then let Frankenstein do whatever he has planned," Drive agreed, "However Lan-kun and Maylu-chan are here, too...Tridoron is gonna feel a little cramped."
"Well...we don't need to be in it to drive it…" Belt-san noted as he had an idea.
"Eh?!" Drive blinked as Tridoron came to life and drove over to the others before opening its door and, drifting around, scooped them all inside in one fluid motion. It then aimed at Drive who began panicking and looking around, "No...No, no!" he cried as it drove at him.
"Hang on to the roof!"
"Ah!" Drive cried as the Tridoron stopped just in front of him before it lifted up and used its unique race car design to scoop Drive off his feet and falling face first on the roof. Tridoron then peeled out, creating a smoke screen that blinded Mashin Chaser before speeding off, "I don't like being a passenger!"
"Am I still in the hospital for hallucinations caused by the fire?" Maylu mumbled to herself.
"I'm sorry...but this is sadly very real...and that's our hero," Kiriko pointed to Drive, who's mask was visibly slamming into the rear window repeatedly from the bumpy road they were taking.
"Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!" Drive chanted each time, he then looked up, "Belt-san...he's chasing." Everyone turned back to see Mashin Chaser….well doing his namesake and chasing them on his bike. Said bike had the skull ornaments eyes glowing red as he drove after them.
"Ah mou…" Lan groaned, "If this were a NetBattle, we could've used an AreaSteal to get away from this guy…or use a Spreader BattleChip to blind him with a smokescreen from the explosions to go off a ledge or something."
"You re aware that you need a License to NetBattle, correct?" Kiriko asked.
"Um...yes?"
"...Can we wait until after we escape for the handcuffs to come out?" Megaman pleaded.
"While we may not have BattleChips, we do have Shift Cars," Belt-san replied, "Come on! Flare, Shadow, and Hunter!"
At that, the Shift Cars all flew around before going into Tridoron's trunk. The two tire spoilers formed Flare and Shadow's tires. The front wheel deployed Justice Hunter's tire as well. Flare and Shadow began shooting shuriken and fireballs at Chaser, making him swerve side to side to dodged each attack. Mashin Chaser moved around to Tridoron's left and sped up, but gasped when a large set of bars formed and caused him to skid to a stop lest he crash. Mashin Chaser looked back at Tridoron as it drove off faster then he could hope to catch back up to. The armored shinigami growled, slamming his hand onto his bike in annoyance.
Tridoron slowed down to a stop near the driving school used as the base for Drive. It stopped as Drive slid off the rood and into a patch of grass along a walkway. Drive slowly got up and stumbled around in a dizzy manner.
"We...we got away...whoo…" he groaned, falling over face first.
"Lan-kun...what did you get us into this time?" Maylu sighed.
"Why is always my fault?" Lan asked.
"The swingset when we were six."
"Oh come on. That was…" Lan began before Kiriko cleared her throat.
"Illegal NetBattling?"
"No, no, no! Just a group Virus Busting session was all!" Lan explained quickly, sweating a bit.
"Hey...how about we focus on the fact there is a cyborg hitman after me...and then ground Lan!?" Drive complained, squishing his face against the window, "Also we are really bad at keeping a secret identity thing, Kiriko."
"We?!" Kiriko snapped.
"Hey! You are half as responsible as I am. I just fight things."
"It would appear that I attract similar pairs of individuals...interesting," Belt-san mumbled to himself.
"We feel for you," Megaman and Roll agreed.
"In any case, now that Maylu-chan and Roll know we may as well fill them in. It's only fair...that and I don't believe in mind erasing technology." Belt-san went on, "And I realize how old my references are. Is this what it feels like to be an old man? Yeesh, talk about an experience."
"Oh? You learned who operated that blue NetNavi?" Zap asked as he looked over at 065, chewing on the last battery he had.
"Yep! Just a kid," the Roidmude replied before laughing, "Oh, the look on Match's face when he learns that! Oh, no one is gonna let him live it down!"
"Focus for a moment. I need details!" Zap snapped his fingers to get his attention.
"Huh...oh right, well I got a good look at him. I could tell you what Drive without his mask looks like...but that happened so fast. Luckily I'm here at all thanks to the Shinigami."
Zap shuddered. While he was fine with most of these advance robots in World Three, Mashin Chaser was...something else entirely. After a moment, he cleared his throat.
"Alright, alright. So let's get details on the boy then. If he was with Drive, they might be connect, such as being relatives or student and mentor," Zap noted.
"Kid was about thirteen years of age, caucasian, brown eyes, wore an orange vest over a white shirt and black shorts, and had his brown hair held up by a blue bandana with a symbol looking like a gold ring holding a stylized H in a red background," 065 recalled, "Though it's kinda weird. If ya put him into a blue jumpsuit and put a helmet on him, he kinda looks like the blue NetNavi." he snorted a laugh, "Oh god. Kid must be narcissistic enough to make his Navi look like him!"
"Well, at least we now know what the operator looks like," Zap's NetNavi noted from his PET.
"That's right. Hmm...And I think I've got an idea how to deal with him, Drive, and continue our mission from the bosses," Zap noted before looking at 065, "And it includes you getting batteries."
"I'm in!"
"You're too easy to manipulate sometimes."
"I'm not sure what you mean!" he cheered, still excited.
"And with that, we arrive to here and now," Belt-san noted, on his gastank-like stand in the Drive Pit, "Any questions, Maylu-chan, Roll-chan?"
"So...Officer Tomari...is a detective and a...Kamen Rider."
"But he drives…"
"I had this debate for five hours with Shinnosuke. Please...don't…" Belt-san begged.
"I don't see what's wrong with driving a car. I mean, he's got the title 'Rider' in his name, not 'Biker,'" Lan noted.
"Semantics…" Both Shinnosuke and Belt-san replied in unison.
"So does Officer Tomari wear you when you two transform?" Roll asked.
"Hm? What do you mean?" Belt-san asked.
"Well, that's how you look in the Network, right, Belt-san?" Roll asked, "Is it some sort of hard-light materialization process that lets him wear what you look like?"
"Two responses my dear. Firstly, the Drive Armor is not hard-light; it's made of a specialized material that can be transmitted and is therefore real carbon fiber armor with titanium interwoven for defensive purposes. It has many inner mechanisms and abilities as well. This is including energy absorbers, power converters, rebreathers, self repairing armor, energy sources, forcefield generator."
"Wait, I have a what now?" Shinnosuke blinked.
"In your arms."
"OH COME ON!"
"The second thing is...well, ever since my...I suppose 'birth' is apropo...I have not uploaded to a Network." He revealed, "The DriveDriver has been my body for the most part, as through it, I am connected to Tridoron and the Shift cars making them extensions of myself and therefore my bodies. I suppose you could say that due to my circumstances, connecting into a network is like a literal out of body experience to me."
"Eh?!" the two NetNavis exclaimed.
"Is it that odd? Well, given my need to support Drive at all times, I have not really needed to enter a Network, however that doesn't mean I can not." he added as the key on the DriveDriver lifted out and Kiriko pulled it out to reveal a USB jack, "If you'd please Kiriko, insert that into the computer for me?"
"Okay…" she nodded doing as instructed. A beam of data shot from the belt to the key. After a few moments, the screen changed to show Belt-san's face.
"Ah...sorry. Force of habit, I have grown used to my face on the belt." he laughed before the screen blinked, after a few more moments the image was replaced by Drive Type Speed, save for the actual belt, "Ah much better. I liked the idea you had Roll, yes I do believe making Drive my body in here is fitting."
"Sugoi!" Roll beamed as Lan and Maylu jacked them in.
"It's nice to meet you in person, Belt-san," Megaman greeted with a bow.
"Likewise," Belt-san spoke in English as he put his hands behind his back and respectfully bowed to them both.
"So now you can go in and out like a regular NetNavi, useful." Shinnosuke smiled.
"...And you said you'd never on a PET," Kiriko noted, making Shinnosuke's smile drop for annoyance.
"Oi, oi, oi. It's a belt for transforming; not a PET." he argued, "Besides we have an agreement...I drive from now on."
"Yes, yes…" Belt-san waved off.
"Like what happened earlier?" Lan joked.
"...Okay, so how do we explain to his mother he got arrested for illegal NetBattling again?" Shinnosuke asked, making Lan blanche.
"Open mouth, insert foot," Megaman sighed as Belt-san chuckled.
"I can't believe you're having a battle of wits with a child…" Kiriko sighed.
"To my credit, I chose Shinnosuke for his physique, his intuition, and his love of cars." Belt-san spoke, "I was not searching for Einstein."
"Oi…" Shinnosuke complained.
"Sorry. I thought it was the thing to pick on the organic boys." Belt-san chuckled, earning giggles from the girls.
"Ah! You smiled!" Shinnosuke pointed at Kiriko.
"Did not," she snapped, her face returning to neutral.
"One day I'll get you to admit it," Shinnosuke complained.
"Now then. Maylu-chan, Roll-san, this is something that is meant to be kept a secret," Belt-san informed, "Please do not tell anyone about the existence of the Drive Pit or what we're doing. The General public is not ready to know of the Roidmudes, for now their numbers are too large that exposing them will just set them on alert, and they will spread more chaos via their shape shifting, causing mass distrust among people."
"We will," Maylu assured.
"No worries, Belt-san. We won't tell," Roll agreed.
"Thank you..and hopefully we don't end up revealing Drive to more of Lan's friends."
"You can't blame me entirely for today." Shinnosuke huffed.
"It recognized the emblem on Lan's bandana," Megaman agreed before cringing, "Meaning that the Roidmude also works for World Three…"
"Oh my…" Belt-san sighed, "This could be problematic...we'll have to keep an even closer eye on Lan-kun."
"Closer eye?" Lan blinked before hearing honking as several….many more Shift Cars drove into the room...and all turned and zoomed in on him, "GH?! How many do you have?!"
"Would you rather I have Hunter stay with you at all times?"
"...So who's the one who wants to be on watch duty?" Lan quickly asked the Shift Cars and trying very hard to not look in the direction of Justice Hunter watching him nearby on Kiriko's shoulder.
"That's fair…" Shinnosuke shrugged, "So Lan-kun is now a target...that could be bad. I've never known World Three to target specific people like that."
"Considering that their record until recently was having none of their operations considered as failures by act of losing none of their NetNavis, there is a chance they will target him to prevent interference by him in another operation," Belt-san noted as Fire Braver drove up to nestle on Lan's head, "For now, I think Fire Braver would like to stay with you, Lan. Considering that outside of Hunter, he has the most experience with you."
"Thank you…" Lan whispered to himself at that.
"Oh! You're the engine that saved us!" Maylu realized before bowing, "Arigatou, Braver-chan!"
"He says you're welcome," Belt-san translated for Fire Braver's bashful-sounding honks.
"A...Are you serious?" Gen demanded as his eyes moved back and forth.
"Of course I'm serious. No cat can resist trying to have the taste of some delicious tuna!" Masa assured, his own eyes following the swaying tuna he was holding before the robotic cat's head.
"It's a robot cat. It's not gonna just...suddenly develop feline instincts!" Gen complained.
"Trust in the powers of calcium," Masa assured.
"I'm telling you it's not gonna fall for it…" Gen sighed, letting his head hang in defeat.
"I think I saw it paw at the tuna, de gozaru."
"Wait, what?!" Gen asked, quickly looking at the cat to see no change, "...Oh, you're a real comedian, you…"
"And here I thought having you share a room with the other victims of this incident would give you company to vent with."
"Shinnosuke suggested it, didn't he?" Gen's eye twitched.
"Yes, along with the suggested roommate given by one Lan Hikari, de gozaru."
"Gee, thanks Lan…" Dex grumbled.
"Oh so everybody here is friends!" Masa smiled in realization, "Going to have to do something nice for those two...Ah, I'll be sure to deliver the catch of the day to their houses once I get these cats off." he frowned as he noticed no change, "Well, they must not like tuna today." he put the tuna away before pulling out salmon, "Salmon it is!"
"They're robots, not cats!" Gen and Dex barked as they slammed a fist on the railing of their beds, the shaking from it unhooking the straps holding their injured legs up and let them slam on the bed, making the robots bite harder, "...ITE!-!-!-!"
"Okay, you two set up?" Zap asked.
"Good on my end," Zap's NetNavi replied.
"Oh there's so many batteries here~! I am liking this plan already!"
"Good! Then let's rock!" Zap cackled as he connected his PET to a red electric guitar and began to play it wildly.
A clock on top of a building in the middle of town sparked before the hands began to spin rapidly to the point the face of the clock exploded. People panicked as they began to barely avoid the falling debris. In a nearby electronics shop, music players sparked before they began to fire their CDs all over, breaking several nearby televisions while nearby ovens sparked before exploding. As people in the store tried to flee, a Slowdown occurred and 065 hummed happily to himself as he ignored the chaos erupting all around him while perusing the batteries and happily scarfing on several of them. Several other stores were also dealing with a sudden uprising of machines going havok while one of the stores was witness to its main window being shattered as mechanical dogs and cats jumped through it. One such robotic animal, a white dog, gave a mechanical roar before running off in a different direction to the others.
"Oh, lucky break for me~!" 065 chuckled happily as he exited the now-burning store with several bags of batteries with several in his mouth, "They had the best kinds~!" he watched the dog run by, its optics flashing yellow, "Oh, so you went in that one? Alright." he ran after the robotic dog.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Maylu asked as she and Lan walked down a street.
"Yeah, it'll be alright," Lan replied as he looked up at Braver still on his head, "I've got Braver with me in case of Slowdowns and we can call Shinnosuke-nii when it happens."
"But you've got that look."
"Look?"
"You're frowning with your face scrunched up," Maylu replied.
"It'd be a lot worse if Justice Hunter was with us," Megaman noted.
"I swear that one has it in for me," Lan grumbled.
"I get the impression Hunter-san is close with Kiriko-san," Megaman added on in a bit of insight.
"Probably because they both like locking Shinnosuke-nii and me up for stupid reasons…"
"Such as doing your homework before fun things," Megaman snickered.
"He did that to him?" Roll giggled.
"Every day he was with us this week," Megaman chuckled, "Showed up just before we'd get home and the moment Lan was at his desk about to jack me in for fun, jail bars blocked the port and surrounded him until Lan did his homework and he'd leave."
Maylu put a hand to her mouth to try and keep herself from giggling.
"Aw come on…" Lan grumbled before a mechanical growl made them pause, "Eh?" the two turned to see a white robotic dog growling at them, "A security robot?"
"Oh, I'm getting a bad feeling about this," Roll noted before the dog roared and lunged at them before running off...carrying Maylu's PET, "I KNEW I HAD A BAD FEELING~! TASUKETE!"
"Roll-chan!" Maylu gasped.
"I've got her!" Lan called as he pulled out a pair of skates that he quickly attached to his shoes in mid-jump before skating after it. The entire time Braver started up his siren to emphasis the emergency of the situation.
"I'm coming, too!" Maylu replied as she pulled out a collapsible scooter and followed after him.
"Get back here!" Lan shouted.
"Count Zap, I've got the kid chasing me."
"Great, Elecman! Get him to the subway!" Zap laughed.
"It's heading for the subway!" Lan exclaimed, "Ah mou...We might have to get a ticket if it gets on the train..."
"Lan…" Maylu growled in annoyance.
"Roll comes first, I know," Lan replied, 'Bye-bye new BattleChip…'
Inside, the dog slid down an escalator and underneath a ticket gate. The two teens made their way down and, after having to purchase tickets, managed to get onto the train just as it closed its doors. As the train proceeded down the track, the dog bot's eyes turned blue as it laid down, whining.
"There it is," Lan noted.
"Easy, Lan-kun, it might still be malfunctioning," Maylu noted as Lan cautiously walked up and managed to get the PET.
"Daijobu, Roll-chan?"
"I never want a dog for the rest of my digital life," Roll shuddered.
"Weird...it seems to be back to normal now," Lan noted as he patted its head, earning an actual dog-like response.
"Lan-kun!" Maylu gasped, "The train's speed!"
"Speed….gah! That's not normal!" he panicked as he looked up at the top of the door ahead to see the current speed was at '100' and rising quickly.
"Now the train is malfunctioning?!" Megaman gawked.
"Train 113 just went straight past the station!"
"Nani?!"
"Train 113, reduce your speed. I repeat, reduce your speed!" a few moments passed, "Darn it. There's no response."
"Safety protocols on. We'll have to stop the train from this end."
"Roger...Safety protocols, on! ...It's not working!"
"Calm down and try again. Someone, get the Cyber Investigation Division on the line!"
"No need," the two looked to see Inspector Oda enter, "I was coming here already to check on the train systems. The electronics all over town are going nuts and it seems to be the same here."
An alarm went off and the man at the console looked, "Shit! Train 113 is on a collision course with Train 117. Estimate time is five minutes."
"Reroute 117."
"It's not responding. The paths are shutting off and I can't get them to override."
"Tch…" Oda frowned, tilting his fedora down to further shadow his eyes, 'Is this World Three's doing?'
"Shinnosuke, Fire Braver just contacted me," Belt-san noted, "Lan and Maylu-chan are on a train that's accelerating. At the moments, it's topped off at 250 MPH."
"No way…" Shinnosuke panicked as he ran down to the Drive Pit and put Belt-san on. He then jumped into Tridoron, "Belt-san, what can we do?"
"Hehe...We'll catch that train," Belt-san smirked.
"Roger," Shinnosuke replied, straightening his tie.
The pit opened a door, revealing an underground road as lights lit up to lead them. Shinnosuke shifted the car into second gear and took off down the path. As he drove through, he reached and pulled out Type Speed.
"Henshin!" Shinnosuke shouted slotting and lifting the Shift Car.
=DRIVE: TYPE SPEED!=
Shinnosuke let the armor form around him while seated in Tridoron. The tire shot forward before hanging in the air as Tridoron drove into it. The tire phased through the windshield and then slammed onto Drive's chest. With that, Tridoron's engine roared as it picked up more speed, becoming a red blur as it exited out onto the city streets.
"Okay...just...think. What can we do?" Lan asked as he looked around, "I know! Megaman, think if I jack you in, you can stop the train?"
"I think so, but we'll have to go in through the main computer on the train in the front," Megaman replied.
"The conductor's knocked out!" another passenger called, looking through the small window to the door, "It's locked!"
"Darn it," Lan growled before looking around and spotted a fire extinguisher, "Got it." he quickly grabbed it and charged at the door, "Out of the way please!"
The people moved to the side as Lan threw the extinguisher and shattered the window. Several minutes later and some passengers were helping carry the conductor out to put on a bench as Lan sat down at the console with Maylu.
"Ah! There's the port!" Maylu pointed.
"Nice!" Lan beamed as he quickly plugged his PET into the system, "Jack-In! Megaman! Power up!"
Once inside, Megaman looked around. Ahead of him, a set of barricades had been set up with train-based NetNavis behind them. Approaching them was a swarm of viruses that fired blasts of electricity that were destroying their cover. Leading the viruses was a humanoid NetNavi. His skin was a rich pale blue while his red eyes seemed to glow with electricity. He wore a pitch black bodysuit with gold lightning-themed detailing and black armor while his hands up to his elbows, and upper legs were covered in gold metal plating. A pair of Generators in an 'X' formation were attached to his back while he wore a bulky black horned helmet with a lightning bolt on the front.
"A Navi?" Megaman blinked upon spotting him, "I guess that answers a lot."
"You are in an unauthorized area! Identify yourself!" one of the security Navis demanded.
"I am Elecman, and you are all about to be deleted!" the NetNavi declared as his viruses swarmed at them.
"Spreader, download!" Lan informed.
Megaman's buster quickly changed into the multi-barreled box shape and he began to open fire with a barrage of shots that struck multiple viruses. Elecman looked over at Megaman and smirked.
"Ah. We were wondering when you'd Jack-In," Elecman noted.
"We?" Megaman repeated before his eyes widened as a pulse went through the Network, "S...Slow...down…?"
"Megaman? Megaman, what's wrong?" Lan asked.
"Oh, not much…" Lan's eyes widened as 065 walked up to stand beside Elecman, "Just answering the guy's question is all."
"Roid...mude…?" Megaman gasped.
"How are you, blue boy?" the Roidmude taunted, "Bet you didn't know we could do this, huh?"
"Eh? How are you in the Network?!" Lan gawked, "And why isn't the Slowdown going off out here?"
"Seperate planes," 065 replied before tapping the side of his head, "Oi, he's here. You mind if I finally achieve it?"
"*Kzzz!* Not at all! Time for a hybrid rock out! *Kzzz!*" a distorted voice replied.
"Ah...Good," 065 chuckled as he turned to Elecman, "Ready?"
"Big...time…" Elecman smirked.
"I don't...like where...this is going…" Megaman grunted in concern.
065 casually walked around Elecman before wrapping his arms around the NetNavi. The two glowed before Elecman seemed to medl into the Roidmude's body. 065 roared as his body began to bulge before he began to transform. Two generators erupted from his shoulders as gold and blackened metal enveloped his arms down to lightning-shaped claws that replaced his fingers. Jagged lightning rods in the shape of lightning bolts ran down his spine as his legs shifted into armored legs resembling the hind legs of a quadropedic animal. He head twisted and bent until it took on a demonic beastial face with jagged black horns growing out of the sides of its head and glowing red eyes. The Roidmude roared and it sounded like thunder itself was rumbling.
"I don't like it!" Megaman panicked.
"Oh trust me...It's time for your deletions!" the Raijin Roidmude roared as he slashed at Megaman, knocking him through the air while electrocuting him in the process.
"Ah mou…" Lan grit his teeth, "Braver, can't you do something to help Megaman?"
Braver honked several times in complaint. It then honked in panic as it looked forward. Lan blinked and panicked as well as he saw the back of another train growing ever closer.
"We caught up to the train that was ahead of us!" Maylu gasped, "At this speed, we're going to hit it!"
"Exactly!" the Raijin Roidmude cackled, "Ah, what a good plan! Destruction of humans and their works! The payback of your deletion of Fireman! All that's really needed is the Kamen Rider being trapped and it'll all be brilliant!"
"Ah!" Lan panicked.
Braver began honking as Lan and Maylu looked at it and then to the side to see...Tridoron passing them at a blinding pace. The Car drove past them...and then the next train ahead of them. They blinked before the car ahead of them suddenly turned off to another tunnel which then closed off. They saw Drive wave at them from the manual lever to change tracks before he changed them back.
"NANI?!" the Roidmude freaked, his eyes bulging out as he looked at the feed of the train's camera.
"Wow...that's one fast car..." Megaman spoke, able to see as well.
=Is everything okay in there?= Belt-san asked, contacting through Maylu's PET.
"A Roidmude's in the system and it just evolved after absorbing a NetNavi!" Lan explained, "Megaman's stuck in a Slowdown and we don't know how to get him out of it to fight!"
=I see. This would be amazing if it also wasn't so bad. I'm not sure what to do about the Roidmude, but first we need to stop the train. Lan, Maylu, you need to move everyone into the rear car. The safest means of stopping it is to leave the lead car to move on its own...and then me and Drive will derail it safely=
"Right," Lan agreed before reaching for the plug of his PET, "Megaman, Jack…" he cried out as he was knocked back by a blast of electricity from the plug, "Gah!"
"Oh no you don't! If I can't get you...Then I'm still getting your NetNavi!" Raijin snapped.
'Oh no...what can we do? If I try to Jack Roll-chan in, she'll be affected too. An we can't use a Shift Car like…' Maylu thought before looking at her PET, "Belt-san, can you Jack In while Drive is transformed?"
=What?!= Belt-san asked in English while startled by the question.
=Oh! I think I get it= Drive noted =Hold on! We're on our way. But still, get the people to the back of the train=
"You got it!" Lan nodded.
"Honestly what is that young lady thinking?" Belt-san pondered as Tridoron sped along after the train, "Asking something like that out of the blue of all things…"
"No time to workshop it, Belt-san. We need to make it work if we want to save those people and Megaman," Drive spoke as he looked back to keep an eye on the speeding train, "So you're sure when I pull eject, the air whats-it will carry me to the train?"
"Yes. The resulting air pressure of this speed and the proximity will carry you to the train so as to climb in. But of course, it'll be through the windshield...so...brace yourself," Belt-san smiled.
"...I'm glad I'm wearing armor," Drive admitted.
"Though why go through with this? He could just use Backup data fo…"
"Lan told me Megaman doesn't have backup data like other NetNavis," Drive replied, "Too complex or something like that. I got a headache when he tried to tell me why."
"WHAT?!"
"Okay, ejecting!" Drive declared, pulling the lever. The roof flipped open as the seat belt disconnected, and Drive was shot up into the air. He was then dragged back before bracing himself and breaking through the train's windshield, "Let's...not repeat this stunt…" Drive groaned.
"Drive-san!" Drive looked up to see Lan and the little robotic dog.
"...Eh?! Why are you here?!" Drive exclaimed as he looked over Lan to see the decoupled half of the train slowing down and pulling away from them.
"I'm not leaving Megaman!" Lan replied.
"I swear that I have met double of the same person at different ages…" Belt-san muttered as Drive pulled out the key.
"Okay, plug in Belt-san!" Drive declared as he plugged it into the other port on the console.
"Alright...Let's Drive!" Belt-san declared as a beam of data shot from the belt into the key before uploading him into the system.
Belt-san grunted, touching down inside as he looked around. A blast of lightning went off nearby with Megaman's scream following it.
"Whoo! Oh yeah! It's time for the finale!" the distorted voice cheered as a heavy riff blared.
"Gladly!" Raijin replied as he held a claws hand up, channeling a ball of electricity into it, "Lightning Blast!" he aimed his hand at Megaman as his eyes slowly widened, "Now...be deleted!"
'Lan…!' Megaman thought as the blast shot at him.
Megaman closed his eyes. For a few moments, he thought he had been deleted. Slowly, he opened his eyes.
"Masaka! D-Drive?!" Raijin gasped.
"Ah...Are you okay, Megaman?" Belt-san asked, carrying the blue NetNavi.
"Belt...san…" Megaman gasped.
"Seems the Slowdown doesn't work on me," Belt-san noted, "I'll need to see why and copy it into you if this happens again."
"Oh ya gotta be kidding me!" Raijin snapped, pointing at Belt-san, "How'd you get in here?! I thought you were a human!"
"I am very very complicated," Belt-san wagged his finger at the monster, "And you...are in a lot of trouble."
"Yosha. This is where the battle really begins!" Lan cheered.
"Onore, Drive!" Raijin roared as he charged at Belt-san., electricity engulfing his claws, "Lightning Slash!"
"Hm…" Belt-san blurred away as he carried Megaman away, "Why do you not have backup data?"
"Eh?"
"Most NetNavis often make backup data on the chance they're deleted, so why haven't you?"
"Dad told me that my programming was too complex to create backup data properly," Megaman explained.
"Dad?"
"Dr. Yuchiro Hikari."
"Ah. Tadashi's son," Belt-san recognized, "It's starting to come together." he nodded, "No worries. Now that I know what I need, I will handle it from here." he spoke, making the motion of fixing his gloves.
"Arigatou, Belt-san," Megaman thanked before thinking, "Ah...Can you use BattleChips?"
"Hmph. I don't need them," Belt-san replied, "I have Shift Cars."
"Come out, come out wherever you are…" Raijin's voice echoed before the two saw an explosion caused by lightning away from them, "SO I CAN BLAST YOU BOTH TO PIXEL FRAGMENTS!"
"Ehem," Belt-san coughed, tapping Raijin's shoulder and making him jump in shock as he turned to face him, "Would you like to know my favorite band?" he asked politely.
"Who with the wha? AH!" he cried while he was punched in the face, sending him flying back.
"Despite my sophisticated mannerisms, I am a fan of Five Finger Death punch."
"Oh, you are dead!"
"Agreed! That band was nothing but a hax!"
"Hmph," Belt-san smirked as he ducked around blasts of electricity while rushing forward.
"Gh! Stop moving about!" Raijin roared as he kept trying to blast Belt-san, only for the armored warrior to dodge each blast.
"Now where's the fun in that?" Belt-san asked, "What good is a frozen target in a fight?" he laughed, ducking under a blast, "Drive!" he called to his partner.
"Coming your way, Belt-san!"
=TIRE KOUKAN MAX FLARE!= Belt-san blurted out before coughing, "Oops...force of habit." he chuckled as his tire began spinning before igniting and changing.
"Eh? You actually say that? Wow. I thought that was recorded," Lan admitted.
"Same here," Drive agreed.
"Technically it's wired to my vocal software...so...kind of both…" Belt-san spoke as he ignited his hands before using his hand to block a blast of electricity, "Time for a science lesson!"
"Science?!"
"Bah! What do we need that for?" the distorted voice of the operator huffed.
"Electricity is super heated plasma arcing through the air at light speeds, but in predictable courses," Belt-san began as he pointed behind him, "Each time you shoot, I can spot the place it will strike via arcing bolts coming from the ground or walls." he revealed, "Even here in this virtual world...the laws of science apply as this world runs off the logic of the world. Now...as Lightning is heated plasma...a heat source of equal or greater temperature...can deflect it." he began "Max Flare's flames are in fact...can you guess?" he asked his enemy.
"Uh…." Raijin slurred out in confusion.
"Plasma!" Megaman realized, "Your flames are actually plasma which is why you can generate them like that!"
"Exactly!" Belt-san happily replied.
"I don't get it…"
"And here I hoped to have stimulating banter...and not just have a battle of who can spit out the best one liner."
"Hey...those take effort to think of!" Drive complained.
"Is now really the time for that?" Lan and Megaman asked.
"Ha!" Belt-san declared, rushing forward and punching Raijin across the face, sending him flying away, "Now while deflecting is good, I still need to get in attacks."
"Every time he uses those attacks, those generators start lighting up," Lan noted, "If you can cut or melt them off, he might lose his ability to use them for a bit."
"Good eye!" Drive cheered, patting his head, "Belt-san, you got an attack strategy!"
"I'll do all I can," Belt-san cheered, "Megaman, do me a favor and support this old timer!"
"Right. Quick question, how big a radius can the Slowdown work?" Megaman asked.
"The biggest any one source can effect at a time is at best two Kilometers," he explained.
"Got it," Megaman replied with a nod.
"Start our Engine!" Belt-san declared forming a wall of fire which blocked several lightning bolts.
"I'mma gonna fry them engines!" Raijin snapped.
"Spreader, BattleChip in and Download!"
"Oh no you do…" Raijin began before yelping as he jumped out of the way of a tire made of fire, "Oi!" he ducked another, "Will you stop that!? I'm trying to do a Slowdown here!"
"No," Belt-san stated, kicking another tire of flames at the Roidmude.
The Raijin Roidmude jumped over it as the generators on his body began to spark. Megaman smirked before firing his Buster, letting the shot split into multiple shots that quickly rained down on the Roidmude in midair. The Roidmude grunted as the shots pelted his form with a final shot hitting him in the face and causing him to flip in the air and crash flat on his front. As he pushed himself up, he blinked as Belt-san rushed forward, sliding across the ground before landing a flaming kick to his face, sending him flipping backwards through the air once more.
"Sword, BattleChip in and Download!"
"Ikuze!" Megaman shouted as he charged and jumped at the Roidmude.
"Ah! I don't wanna go the way of Fireman!" Raijin panicked before Megaman swung his sword and landed away from the falling Roidmude, "Oh phew...For a moment, I thought I was gonna be…" the generators on his body slid off where they had been sliced, "IN BIG TROUBLE!"
"Finisher time!" Belt-san said, mimicking the motions Drive does for his finishing move, "Full Throttle...Type...Me!" he joked, jumping into the air and coming down with a flaming side kick.
"GYAH! Zappy, Zappy! Jack Out please!" the Roidmude panicked before bbbling came from the distorted voice, "Oh shoot…"
"..." Chase raised a brow as he sat near Count Zap as he was being electrocuted from the feedback of the lightbulbs he had attached to sockets on his clothes, "Do you always connect those to your Network Navigator's electric program?"
"Ahaahaahaa…" he groaned out, his clothing blackened from the shock.
"I never got to finish my batteries~!" Raijin screamed before Belt-san's foot collided with him, creating an explosion.
"It's a good thing I don't have the biological factors that make up the sensation of dizziness...because that was a rather vertigo triggering experience," Belt-San muttered, walking out of the smoke.
"At least we've managed to take care of the issue," Megaman noted, checking the speedometer to see it slowing down.
"Yokata…" Both humans sighed in relief.
"I shall begin repairing the system," Belt-san spoke, forming holographic screens to type with as Megaman awed at the damages systems repair themselves, "It's not perfect...but we'll be able to slow to a safe stop. From there the professionals can repair the system properly." he happily exclaimed, finishing his makeshift repairs.
"That's a relief," Megaman noted.
"Oh, thank you, Chase! Thank you~!" Raijin sobbed on the PET as Zap twitched on the floor, smoking from the exploded light bulbs.
"You're lucky I'm fast." Chase sighed in exasperation, "What have I told you...don't swing above your weight class. Leave that sort of craziness to Heart."
"He's right!" Heart happily shouted from another room.
"Still this little hypothesis worked; NetNavi and Roidmude data can merge," Brain spoke as he walked over Zap and next to Chase, "I will collect your data records and streamline the process." he explained, taking the PET.
"...Will I get my batteries after it's done?"
"Yes."
"BRING ON THE TESTS!"
"Now I wish these did hurt…" Brain grumbled.
"Hehehe…"
"The Kamen Rider...now he can Jack in and fight us in the cyber world…" Chase noted, "I will deploy next time and keep him from interfering."
"Ah...right, right...we'll do that once Zap-san wakes up," Brain sighed, "Do we have a human repairman?"
"Doctor…" Chase corrected.
"Whatever the difference is…" Brain muttered, typing away.
"Hehehe...that tickles…" Raijin laughed as the data tests went to work, "Mmm...Oh! Seems he's got a personal doc on speed dial for when he gets zapped by his own bulbs!"
"Hm? How do you…?" Heart began.
"Must be from the NetNavi part of him," Brain replied.
"Well...give him a call and tell him...what I assume is the usual," Chase sighed, propping Zap on a couch so he can rest comfortably.
"Can do!" Raijin replied.
"For a human, he's not half bad." Heart admitted, "He can take a good electric shock!"
"You know that unlike us where it stimulates our processors and cores...for humans it has negative health effects…" Chase added.
"Ah he's fine!" Heart laughed off.
"Hah! Ya see? Fish works!" Masa laughed as the two robotic cats were pawing the at the fish Masa was holding, neither no longer biting at the legs of the two.
"I...I have no words...I don't acknowledge it…" Gen muttered in utter disbelief, "Those tech nerds lied to me!" he snapped.
"But now something worries me," Masa admitted.
"What do you mean?" Dex asked.
"These little fellas are trying to enjoy...a catfish," Masa joked, causing the two to fall off their beds in shock at the terrible joke.
"That shouldn't be a joke…" both groaned silently.
"Yo Masa-san, Gen-san!" Shinnosuke's voice made both look up to see him entering the room, "Ara...the Neko-chan's have gotten tired of their old prey?"
"Wow. They actually went for the fish. Now I owe Maylu fifty Zenny…" Lan muttered.
"Aw...it's a catfish…" Shinnoske spoke, "They are cannibals!"
"Ha! Someone gets it!" Masa laughed as Dex and Gen facepalmed with simultaneous groans.
"What brings you here, Shinnosuke?" Gen asked.
"Came to tell you about the out of control train." he explained, "World Three took over a train and almost crashed it."
"Eh!?" Gen shouted.
"But thankfully our little Hero here...was able to do the right thing and help." Shinnosuke smiled, patting Lan's shoulder, "He was very brave and did his best." he proudly smiled this time, "So I guess the first division is falling behind…" he giggled at Gen.
"GRK!" Gen choked before his eye twitched, "Oi…What's that supposed to mean?!"
'I believe that Tomari-san is stating that our division is currently…"
"Aw shut it, you!" Gen snapped at Yamatoman.
"I wouldn't have gotten on that train if it wasn't for Roll being swiped by this little guy," Lan admitted as he held up the robotic dog...before it jumped out of his arms and chased the two robotic cats, barking.
*CHOMP!*
"GH?!" Gen froze up.
"Well...At least he'll have matching bites?" Lan noted.
"Think he'd go for a dogfish?" Masa asked as Dex fell off his bed laughing.
"EEEEEEEYOW!-!-!-!" Gen screamed as the robotic dog just bit harder on the leg opposite of what the cat had bitten.
GT: Oh, that was good.
Z0: Indeed, that was a good chuckle. But we also have to be prepared the bad guys are setting up some dangerous plans ahead
GT: Oh very true. Especially now that it's discovered that they can merge with NetNavis and go into the network.
Z0: But hey what fun would it be if it was easy? A little complication makes it oh...oh so much more fun.
GT: Very true. Now then...On to the preview!
Jikari Drive Battle Network!
Shinnosuke: A haunted house?
Kyu: That's right. Net rumors say the spirits of ghostly women haunt this art studio in the middle of the night.
Megaman: Ghost do not exist! It's illogical!
Lan: Don't tell me you're scared.
Megaman: What?! Me afraid of something that doesn't exist? Nope!
Shinnosuke: This is an odd case...Kiriko...is distracted.
Belt-san: Ah...I suppose it's time I tell you the reason why Kiriko is helping us.
Case 3: Who Stole the Woman's Smile?
GT: Huh...A ghost chapter, eh? ...We should've thought of that for October…
Z0: To be fair the arc we are adapting from Drive was pretty offseason creepy to begin with. It also really helped paint most Roudmudes as just cold blooded criminals too.
GT: Very true. Well, hope you all liked it! See ya next time!
Z0: Bye-bye~!