Previously, on Kamen Rider Kyoryu
Kamen Rider Raigen challenged Kamen Rider Kyoryu to a one-on-one duel to salvage her scarred dignity. Kyoryu accepts, and was overwhelmed by Raigen's experience and electrical powers for the first few minutes of the fight. But Krishna's determination and resolve turns around the tide, and he manages to defeat Raigen with a Prominence Smash. The duel was then interrupted by Elegitron, a Bison Aroka, who quickly dispatches Raigen and would have finished Kyoryu off if Christina hadn't intervened in time by telling Krishna to transform using the Triceratops Key, unlocking Kyoryu's new strength oriented Phase, the Triceratops Phase. Using this new power, Kyoryu easily destroys Elegitron. Meanwhile Anggy and Alda, having discovered the true nature of their Aroka abilities from Wrath, declares that they would not play into Wrath's plan of attacking humanity with their Aroka abilities, resolving to live off their lives instead as normal humans, but Wrath would not let the two young women to get away that easily. Calling his friend, Wrath sets up a plan that would entice both Anggy and Alda into abandoning their humanity and join his cause in destroying the human race. Elsewhere, the Jakarta Metropolitan Police has received funding from the Astinapura Corporation to set up their anti-Aroka task force, enabling them to participate in the Battle Royale…
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A rundown Suzuki Carry pickup truck slowly pulled itself into a stop right next to a bank, located right in the heart of the Kelapa Gading District. The bank was the Indonesian branch of Korea's Hana Bank, and it was heavily guarded. Several million worth of Korean Won and Indonesian Rupiah are stored behind the bank's steel vault doors, which explains the heavy guarding around the place. The guards stationed in the front of the bank are oblivious of the rundown pickup parked next to the bank, unaware that two evil minds are plotting something inside the vehicle.
Andri Risdriyanto and Wahyu Risdriyanto are twin brothers, and they are notorious bank robbers. Robbing banks all across Jakarta and the provinces of Banten and West Java, they have managed to elude themselves from the police for the past five years. And now, they are on the verge of their biggest job yet.
"You ready bro?" Andri, the older one of the duo by two minutes, asked his younger twin.
"Ready as I am," Wahyu grinned, placing a ski mask over his face.
"Security's quite tight," Andri muttered as he saw the guards in front of the bank, "Gonna have to wait a while before they got distracted for their coffee break."
As Andri and Wahyu watched on, they saw a black SsangYong Musso parking itself just a few meters away from their vehicle, with a tall shadow emerging from the black SUV. Fearing competition, Wahyu slowly reaches for the glove box, taking out a pistol as Andri brandishes a knife from the back of his seat. The being made its way towards the pickup, its features obscured by the darkness of the night before the street lamp above the pickup reveals the being's features. It was a young man, around 26 years of age, with a tall physique and pale white skin. His face indicates a Nordic descent, with his long blonde hair done in a ponytail, and he is now currently wearing a business suit. The man smiled as he approaches the pickup, only to have Andri and Wahyu pointing their weapons at him. Unfazed by the twin's threatening gesture, the man retains his smile, much to Andri and Wahyu's surprise.
"What do you want?" asked Andri, "We don't want any competition. We saw this bank first and it's ours!"
"Great minds do think alike," the man replied softly, "I was thinking about robbing this place as well. I heard you two are very notorious around here and that is why I idolize you two. My name's Sven by the way, and I want the three of us to rob this place together, and I will split our earnings in three, each of us receiving a fair share. What do you think?"
"Alright Sven, how can we trust you?" asked Wahyu, his pistol still pointed at Sven, "How can we know that you are not an undercover cop?"
Sven chuckled, clapping his hands three times as a response. Suddenly the doors of the parked Musso burst open and several Aroka Soldiers jumped out of the SUV and marched towards Sven, bowing obediently at Sven. Andri and Wahyu are surprised by this, their weapons dropped as a result.
"Who…are these guys?!" gasped Andri as he saw the Aroka Soldiers around the pickup, "They're…hideous! Are they zombies or something?!"
"Undead henchmen would be the more appropriate term," Sven replied calmly, "They will obey each and every command that I…I mean we gave them. The best part? They're absolutely free! That means we don't need to pay them with the money that we'll get from this bank."
"Sounds interesting," Wahyu said, "But can they go and rob the bank without the guards knowing?"
"I can't guarantee that," chuckle Sven, annoying both Andri and Wahyu, "But what I can guarantee is, they could get the job done 100%. All of the money inside that bank? With the help of my henchmen, it'll be gone in less than 10 minutes."
"Really? Prove it," Andri said, taking out his knife again, "If you lie, you're as good as dead."
"Woah, easy there," Sven said, before turning his attention towards his Aroka Soldiers, "Drain that bank dry."
The Aroka Soldiers chirped in unison, before they marched their way towards the bank. The bank's guards were surprised by the sudden appearance of these Aroka Soldiers, opening fire with their M-4s only to have their bullets bouncing off harmlessly on the Aroka Soldiers' decaying skin. Immediately the Aroka Soldiers ganged up upon the guards, with three of them taking on one guard. The guards yelled in pain as the Aroka Soldiers bit through their skin, before they all underwent a grotesque transformation. Within seconds the guards has been converted into Aroka Soldiers, who, using the memories of the guards that they'd taken over, easily opens the bank doors for the other Aroka Soldiers.
Inside the bank, the other guards stationed around the vault were caught off guard by the incoming Aroka Soldiers and soon they followed the fate of their comrades stationed outside, with some of the guards being reduced into ash by the Aroka Soldiers due to their bodies' incompatibility with the Aroka Soldier conversion process. Soon the growing army of Aroka Soldiers reached the vault, and thanks to the guards' memories that the Aroka Soldiers kept intact during the assimilation process, the horde managed to open the bank's steel vault with ease. Entering the vault, the Aroka Soldiers quickly and efficiently looted the room, seizing every Won and Rupiah they could find, as well as the numerous gold bars stored within the vault. After making sure that the vault has been purged of all its contents, the Aroka Soldiers marched outside, their loot in tow.
Andri and Wahyu could only look in shock as they saw the Aroka Soldiers carrying boxes of money, valuable letters, and gold bars out from the bank, the kaijin horde loading them up into the Musso's baggage and the Carry's pickup bed.
"Seven minutes," muttered Wahyu as he glances at his wristwatch, "Wow, just wow."
"What did I tell you?" Sven grinned, "My undead henchmen will do the job very well."
"And our share?" Andri asked.
"Already loaded up on your pickup bed," Sven replied, "Now be a gentlemen, get out of the car, and give me a handshake to seal this profitable deal."
Andri and Wahyu looked at each other, exchanging brief whispers with one another before they nodded. The twins then stepped out from their pickup, unaware that two Aroka Soldiers had perched themselves on the pickup's roof.
"Gentlemen," Sven said as Andri and Wahyu stood in front of him, the three men ready to exchange handshakes, "For a brighter future, for the three of us."
Just as Sven shook Andri and Wahyu's hands, the two Aroka Soldiers perched on the twins' pickup roof leaped into action, executing two chops on the twins' necks, knocking them out before they could even realize it. Sven lets out a chilling evil laugh as the Aroka Soldiers tied the Risdriyanto brothers up, placing a gag over their mouths and sealing their eyes shut with duct tapes.
"So gullible," Sven laughed as his Aroka Soldiers brought the captured twins to his SUV, with two more Aroka Soldiers now commandeering the twins' pickup, "Easy targets, easily deceived by their desires of wealth. Now I have the perfect guinea pigs for my experiment."
Sven's laugh echoed into the darkness as the man boarded his SUV, before driving away from the scene with the pickup following him, leaving behind a surprisingly tidy yet ransacked Hana Bank.
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OP: Gaim no Kaze – JUST LIVE MORE
(Instruments) The four main Riders of the story stood side by side on a rooftop somewhere in Jakarta, all of them brandishing their weapons, ready to engage in battle.
(Got it move…WOW…) Weapons from the Riders of the story attacks a stone monolith somewhere in the Spirit World, causing it to transform into the Kamen Rider Kyoryu logo, its background changing from the Spirit World to a sunny Jakarta skyline.
(Don't say no, JUST LIVE MORE!) Shots of the Riders' armors were shown, before the four main Riders poses inside an armory.
(Don't say no, JUST LIVE MORE!) Kyoryu points his Shakunetsu no Taiyo at the viewers, while a reflection underneath the Rider shows Krishna pointing the same weapon.
(Sabaibaru You got move) Krishna is shown frantically running towards the camera only for a fence to bar him.
(Gendai wa sanagara sengoku) Kyoryu is shown standing in front of the fence barring Krishna, walking away confidently with his weapons in hand as Krishna dissolves into dust behind him.
(Dare ga kachinukeru) Christina is watching an all-girls futsal match, looking surprisingly emotionless amongst the cheering crowd.
(Kagi wa hirake rarete shimatta) The scene shows a few shots of the futsal match before it changes back to the crowd, where Raigen has replaced Christina as she quickly stood up, ready to accept battle.
(Don't say no, JUST LIVE MORE!) Kyoryu and Raigen clashed their weapons together, before it shifts to Krishna and Christina still locked in combat, their poses exactly the same as their Rider forms' poses.
(Doko ni aru?) Anggy, Alda, and another girl, all of them clad in black, are seen walking away from a burning building.
(Do tsukau?) The four main Riders were shown one by one at same armory from before, each of them posing with their respective weapons.
(Kindan no…) Krishna is seen holding his Tyrannosaurus Key, posing himself to transform as he inserts the key into his Prehistoric Driver…
(…kaijitsu?!) A quick shot of Krishna turning his Tyrannosaurus Key followed by two other people turning their Dino Rider Keys in their respective Prehistoric Drivers were shown.
(`Ima' to iu kaze wa nani o tsutaeru tame) Shots of Kyoryu's four forms were shown, each of them using their respective weapons to show off their skills to the viewers.
(Omae no moto ni fuku) Alfian holds a locket containing a photograph of a French-Indonesian young woman, his face indicating sadness as he clenches his fist and slams the locket onto the ground.
(Tsuyoku tsuyoku Blown' up) Ragnarok is then shown slashing through an army of Aroka Soldiers, the reflection underneath Ragnarok shows Kyoryu and Raigen struggling to beat their enemies.
(Ashita ga yume ga) A shot of a crying young woman is then shown, before the footage was shattered like glass by a punch, the punch being done by a Pachycephalosaurus-themed Rider.
(Mada mienakute mo) Krishna stood in the middle of his detective agency office, his team working hard to solve a case, his arms folded, a few seconds later it was replaced by a mysterious girl clad in a high school uniform standing in the same office, a supernatural aura emanates from her as she points at the viewers.
(Soko genkai seiippai ikite iru to ierunara) The armor pieces of Tyrannosaurus Phase were shown, before it was cut to Kyoryu slashing at the viewers with his katana. The armor pieces of Allosaurus Phase were then shown, before it was cut to Raigen taking on Alda's Unicorn Aroka form in Destroy Mode.
(Utsumuku na yo [kao agero]) The Pachycephalosaurus-themed Rider and Ragnarok are shown working together side-by-side, taking out several Aroka Soldiers.
(Doko madede mo [Mageru koto naku]) The armor pieces of both Pachycephalosaurus Phase and Giganotosaurus Phase are then shown followed up by armor pieces from Kyoryu's auxiliary forms being laid on the same shot.
(Shinjita michi o yuke) The Crocodile Aroka, brandishing her broadsword, charges into battle with a reflection of Anggy screaming underneath the kaijin, making her way towards Kyoryu who remained still.
( JUST LIVE MORE!) The Crocodile Aroka lifts up her broadsword and prepares to slash Kyoryu, only for Kyoryu to suddenly retaliate with his Shakunetsu no Taiyo, a blinding flash of light was created by the collision of the two weapons.
(Don't say no, JUST LIVE MORE!) The final shot shows Kyoryu riding a modified Honda CBR1000RR around the HI Roundabout, ready to take on the Aroka somewhere in Jakarta.
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Act 4: The Mysterious Rider! Kamen Rider Breaks
Several police lines had been set up in an alleyway in East Jakarta's Kramat Jati District. Just twenty minutes ago the calm morning was broken by a woman's shriek that echoed throughout the district. While she was out and about selling vegetables, the woman had struck upon a burnt skeleton of a homeless man, having died the previous evening. Smoke can still be seen billowing out from the man's blackened bones, with a sickly black acidic ink dripping out from the man's skeleton. The hobo's raggedy clothes also felt the mercy of the acidic ink; they were now tattered and stuck to the man's skeleton by the black liquid. The Jakarta Metropolitan Police were quick to respond to the woman's report and soon Febriani's team has been dispatched on scene.
A Mitsubishi Lancer draped in the Jakarta Metropolitan Police's olive green and yellow livery, slowly pulls up to the scene, where several other police cars and an ambulance has been waiting. Febriani and Rere stepped out of the car, wearing bulletproof vests over their uniforms and for Febriani, a baseball cap was present on her head. Immediately the two officers went towards the scene of the crime, where they are welcomed by the scene's supervising officer.
"Morning ladies," greeted the supervising officer, saluting at the two higher ranking officers before him, "The scene's all yours."
Febriani and Rere slowly stepped into the crime scene, crouching underneath the police line and going pass several police photographers and medical examiners, before they could catch a good glimpse of the corpse in question.
"Yikes," Rere grimaced as she saw the skeleton in front of her, "Talk about being burnt to crisp. Definitely puts me off roast chicken for a while."
"Seems like the skeleton has been burnt in high temperatures for more than twelve hours," Febriani said as she inspects the skeleton, before glancing on the walls around the corpse, "Strangely enough no signs of burn marks."
"And what's with this liquid anyway?" Rere asked, swabbing some of the acidic ink from the skeleton's bones with a cotton bud, "Looks like ink to me…oh shit!"
Rere cursed as she throws the cotton bud on the ground, the acidic ink on its tip had eaten its way through the object, reducing it into a blackened strip of plastic.
"What just happened?" Febriani asked as Rere had recovered herself from that shock.
"The cotton bud…I just swabbed the ink from the skeleton's bones and that ink literally ate and burn the cotton bud into nothingness!" replied Rere, still terrified from her ordeal.
"Ink? Burn?" Febriani blinked, before she realized something, "Can somebody give me a test tube?"
A police officer hurriedly gave Febriani a test tube, which she uses to collect some of the acidic ink dripping from the skeleton's bones.
"Better send this to the crime lab," Febriani said as she gives the test tube to a police officer.
As Febriani and Rere watches the medical examiners carefully loading the acidic skeleton into the ambulance, with the examiners protecting themselves with hazmat suits first, Febriani's cell phone began to ring, prompting the young woman to answer it.
"Yes, Inspector Kusumastuti here. What? An unusual robbery? We're on it," Febriani spoke, before she hung up her phone.
"A new case?" Rere asked.
"Yeah," Febriani nodded, "The Hana Bank building in Kelapa Gading just got robbed. Surprisingly with no signs of forced entry. Everything inside the bank has been ransacked, and there are piles of ashes on the bank floor that might hide evidence. A case as mysterious as this fall underneath our jurisdiction."
"Sure, we'll go there," Rere said, "But how about this case?"
"We're going to work on this as well," Febriani replied, "Something tells me that the Aroka that the Astinapura Corporation has told us the other day are behind these incidents…"
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At the McLaren's Café, Jeremy has spent the entire morning lounging himself in a table located on the café's far right corner, just a few meters away from the bar table. Accompanying Jeremy is a luke warm cup of cappuccino, and Jeremy's trusted Sony Vaio. Right now Jeremy is surfing online using the café's Wi-Fi, corresponding himself with several of his online friends. One friend in particular struck Jeremy's attention for the past few weeks. A 17 year old girl, abused by her deceased father and friends, and is constantly living in fear despite her being in the care of her thoughtful grandparents. Only her grandparents and her chat with Jeremy has kept this girl from committing suicide due to depression, and over time Jeremy started to feel sympathetic for this girl. Someday he will meet her and promise to her that he will do anything he could to ease off her pain. He doesn't know her yet, apart from her nickname, "Aldagaluhfitria."
For the past few days Aldagaluhfitria has not chatted with Jeremy yet, and due to his duties at the Mahabharat Detective Agency, Jeremy has not noticed that the girl he's interested in has not chatted with him for a few days. Only after Jeremy has decided to open his Yahoo! Messenger, then he realized that Aldagaluhfitria, who usually spends around 2 hours chatting with him, has not chatted with him for days. Out of curiosity (and concern), Jeremy decided to open Aldagaluhfitria's chat. Just as he was moving his cursor towards his chat box, a beeping noise was heard.
For the first time in days, Aldagaluhfitria has asked him to chat with her.
Aldagaluhfitria: "Sorry I didn't chat with u for days was too busy clearing my head from all the shit that has been going on."
A warm smile on his face, Jeremy decided to reply the girl's message.
jer_faust: "Nah, that's alright got too busy with things at work as well missed chatting with u ;)"
After a few seconds, Aldagaluhfitria replied.
Aldagaluhfitria: "Missed u too ;;) Gosh sometimes I wish I could find the right time to meet up with u feeling so lonely right now."
jer_faust: "Wished I had the time too, sadly I'm too busy that's okay, you've got me and ur grandparents, surely either of us will do."
Aldagaluhfitria: "Thanks. For always being there for me :3 btw I just got out of my old school…"
jer_faust: "Really? You got out from that bully infested school? That's great! What happened btw?"
Aldagaluhfitria: "Some unicorn monster barged into school, massacred a lot of students there."
jer_faust: "OMG :o are u alright? That monster didn't get u, did it?"
Aldagaluhfitria: "A young woman saved my life. Think she's very kind…as kind as u or my grandparents. Owed my life to her."
jer_faust: "Has ur grandparents knew about this?"
Aldagaluhfitria: "Not yet…I'm still with my savior right now. Gonna tell 'em today."
jer_faust: "You shuld tell 'em…they're probably worried sick about u. Glad that you're alright. Just…please don't run into more dangers, okay?"
Aldagaluhfitria: "Don't worry. I'll always stay strong for u :3"
"Woooow, someone has a new girlfriend now."
Jeremy was so shocked by that sudden noise; he immediately slammed his laptop shut, the resulting vibration splashing some of the cappuccino on the table. He turns around and saw Cindy grinning ear to ear behind him.
"Jesus H. Christ! Cindy, you scared me!" gasped Jeremy.
"You looked so intense, so I decided to tease you up a bit," Cindy giggled, "And oh my, you're chatting with a girl all this time! Ah young love…"
"Shut up," said an embarrassed Jeremy, his face blushing red.
"How old is she? How does she look? Have you met before? How do you two meet?" Cindy immediately bombarded the blushing Jeremy with questions, leaving the young man exasperated.
"We just met online, okay?" Jeremy replied, his face blushing even more, "We're just YM friends, that's all."
"YM friends? After that you two will meet up, get to know each other, hook up, and eventually date each other."
Ratih giggled as she approaches Cindy and Jeremy, having overheard the conversation, one of Krishna's adopted older sisters decides to join in the fun as well, poking and teasing at the embarrassed Jeremy.
"Have you even tried to meet her?" Ratih asked, "I mean come on Jeremy, you spent your life after high school rooted to the detective agency with my lil bro. Go out and get a life for yourself. Don't be too serious."
"Well…I do plan to meet her sometime….but unfortunately neither of us are available for each other," Jeremy said, his face looking rather glum.
"Then go get her, Jeremy Faustino," smiled Ratih, patting Jeremy on his back, "Don't stop on being close online friends. Try to meet her. And be careful. There are lots of people who disguise themselves as women online to extort unlucky netizens. Make sure that you get to know this Aldagaluhfitria in person first."
"Thanks, Ratih," Jeremy nodded.
"Jeremy!"
Jeremy, Ratih, and Cindy turned their attention towards Krishna, who is walking towards the stairs with two young women following him.
"We have two new interns today. Let's interview them," Krishna said as he went upstairs, "Oh, and Ratih? Don't forget to tell Jeremy about the case you've just texted me!"
"Case?" Jeremy blinked, "What case?"
"A friend of mine just told me that her father's bank just got robbed last night," Ratih told Jeremy, "No signs of forced entry, the entire bank had been wiped clean overnight, and there are no signs of the guards, as if they vanished into thin air or something. I told her about your supernatural detective agency thing, and she told her dad, and her dad made the request to you."
"A supernatural bank robbery?" Jeremy scratches his goatee, "Sounds interesting. Payment?"
"Dunno about the exact numbers…but it's in Korean Won," Ratih replied.
"Won?" Jeremy's eyes widen, "We'll take the case!"
Jeremy immediately grabbed his laptop and ran upstairs, astonishing both Cindy and Ratih.
"Men these days," Cindy shook her head.
"And I thought girls are the textbook stereotype for money diggers," Ratih added, "I was wrong."
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Alda gave out a slight sigh as she pocketed her phone on her jeans pocket. It has been around three days since she and Anggy had ran off from Wrath's mansion, having refused to participate in the Executive Aroka's plan in adding them to the ranks of his Aroka army. The two had been on the run ever since, hitchhiking various vehicles throughout Jakarta to get them around the city and most importantly, avoid Wrath's territory of dominance in Cibubur. They had been sleeping underneath a toll bridge in their 1st night on the lam, before calling an abandoned stall inside the Gondangdia Market home in the 2nd night. A good Samaritan came on the 3rd night and provided them with a place to sleep in her house at the Tomang District, but both Anggy and Alda knew that they could not stay there for a long time. They could not trust anyone right now – they could either be Wrath's Aroka henchmen, or members of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police, who are possibly hot on their trails since they are now investigating the gruesome murders of Hasyim Karyadi, Novi Fitriani, Dadang Zulfikri, all three of them are murdered by Anggy's Crocodile Aroka form, as well as the group of high school girls murdered by Alda's Unicorn Aroka form, among others.
Right now the two are resting at a McDonalds in South Jakarta's Kemang District, with Alda holding fort on a table overlooking the bustling Kemang Highway while Anggy purchases lunch for the two.
"How long…are we going to be like this? How long…are we going to treat ourselves as fugitives?" Alda's thought went wild as she blankly stared at the cars passing in front of her, "Oji-san…Obaa-chan…Alda misses you…"
"Hey!" Anggy called, snapping Alda's train of thought as she quickly approaches the younger girl, "Got our lunches. Better eat 'em fast."
Alda nodded as she accepted the cheeseburger from Anggy, with the latter enjoying her McChicken burger. The two of them needed to eat quickly, since they're still on the move. Where are they going next? Only God knows.
"Hey Anggy," Alda said as Anggy swallows her lunch, "Can I ask you something?"
"Shoot," replied Anggy, still munching on her burger.
"We've been running away for the past three days," said Alda, her tone indicating sadness, "When are we going to stop running? My grandparents must be worried sick about me. I haven't been home for three days…I miss them…"
"Better you than me," Anggy sighed, drinking her Coca-Cola before she gazed at the saddened Alda, her eyes tearing up as well, "I lost my parents in the crash that turned me into an Aroka. I've killed my uncle and my cousin. My family has probably disowned me and think that I'm dead. I have nowhere else to go, Alda. Nowhere."
Alda slowly drops her cheeseburger on the table, before embracing Anggy in a warm hug, tears streaming from the two women's eyes.
"Thank you," Anggy spoke softly as she and Alda released their embrace.
"My mom divorced my dad and I ended up underneath his abusive care for a few years," Alda explains, wiping away her tears as she said so, "The only family I had is my grandparents…so I was thinking…how about we stay at my grandparents' house for the time being? You know, until everything clears up?"
"Sounds like a good idea," Anggy nodded, "But will they agree with me staying with them?"
"I'll tell them that you saved me when an Aroka attacked my summer camp program," Alda said, "They'll understand."
As Anggy nodded, a black SsangYong Musso SUV suddenly appeared out from a corner, pulling to a stop right next to the two young women. The SUV honked its horn, gaining the attention of both Anggy and Alda, as the driver's window rolls down, revealing Sven behind the wheel.
"Are you guys Anggy Tamara and Alda Galuh Fitria Dewi?" Sven asked.
"Yeah," Anggy nodded, representing herself and Alda, "Who are you?"
"Call me Sven," Sven replied, "Master Wrath sent me here."
Immediately Anggy and Alda stood up, their bodies glowing green and white as they transformed into their respective Aroka forms, with Alda in her Aegis Mode. This causes the other customers of the McDonalds to flee out of the restaurant in terror, the employees doing the same thing as well.
"Tell your master that we're not going into his bullshit plan of his," Anggy growled, pointing her broadsword at the surprised Sven.
"Wow, wow, easy there," Sven said, his eyes wide and his hands raised in shock, "He sent me here to tell you guys that he's sorry."
"Sorry?" Alda asked, brandishing her knuckle blades, "Sorry for what?!"
"Sorry for telling you guys everything waaay to early," Sven said calmly, "He realizes that you two are not mature enough to comprehend what's happening, so he sent me here to guide you in embracing your Aroka powers. I come in peace."
"What's in it for us?" asked Anggy, her sword still pointed at Sven.
"Wrath promised that you two are free to decide what to do after I have finished teaching you the basic Aroka lessons," Sven replied, "He will no longer bother you anymore. As long as you tag along with me for the rest of the day."
Anggy and Alda slowly lower their weapons, looking at each other for a few seconds, before they nodded in unison.
"Deal," Anggy said, "But if you try to indoctrinate us into Wrath's army…you're as good as dead."
Sven nodded, a wicked smirk appearing on his face, unnoticed by the two Aroka in front of him.
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"Gradini Fathoni Ilmi and Irnasya Shafira Hadi, am I correct?"
Krishna, Handoyo, and Jeremy are now sitting at the Mahabharat Detective Agency's lounge room, along with two young women, their bodies slightly larger than average, around 170 cm at least. They were bulky, but not as chubby as Ranty (who is also present on the room, leaning against a nearby cupboard) and Anne (who is sitting on the dining room nearby). These women have tall, athletic, and rather muscular builds, a bit too muscular for your typical women, probably a result of them training their bodies in some way to look like that. Despite their masculine-looking bodies, these women still retain their feminine looks and mannerisms. But certainly, they are not the type of women perverts would mess with.
19 year old Gradini Fathoni Ilmi has white skin, shoulder length curly black hair, a set of braces on her teeth, and an adorable-looking face. She is now wearing a casual blue T-shirt, blue denim jeans, and black sneakers.
18 year old Irnasya Shafira Hadi has light brown skin, shoulder length brown hair with yellowish streaks between them, and like Gradini, she also has an adorable looking face. She is now wearing a black T-shirt, blue denim jeans, white sneakers, and on her right side, a green Sophie Martin Paris purse.
"Please, call me Fani," Gradini, or Fani as she would like to call herself, spoke, before pointing at Irnasya next to her, "And call her Ines."
"Or Nessie," grinned Ines, "Nice to meet you two."
"So you're here for the internship program at the Agency, right?" asked Handoyo again.
"Right!" Fani nodded, "A friend of ours recommended this place actually."
"And who's this friend of yours?" this time it was Krishna who asked the question.
"Me, of course."
Krishna, Handoyo, and Jeremy turned their attention towards Anne, who had entered the lounge area with a wide grin on her face.
"Can't believe you two found me that quickly," Anne smiled as Fani and Ines stood up, the three girls hugging each other as if they hadn't seen each other in a very long time, which surprises Krishna, Handoyo, Jeremy, and Ranty.
"Wait, you guys know each other?!" asked Krishna.
"Yeah," Anne nodded, "Fani and Ines here are my closest friends from my days in the Astinapura Corporation, Fani's in charge of testing the Prehistoric Drivers, while Ines here is an intern in the Corporation. Can't believe you guys actually made it out!"
"Well it was tough," Ines said, before punching Fani on the shoulder in a comedic manner, "But thanks to Fani here, we've made it out alive and kicking!"
"Don't thank me," giggled Fani, "Thank Anne-sempai here for inspiring us to escape that wretched company. I mean, turning Jakarta into a Sengoku-era battlefield to determine the one who will save the world? Please, that is so…who wrote that cheesy rip-off of Koushun Takami's Battle Royale?"
"Suzanne Collins?" Ranty spoke.
"That!" Fani clapped her hands, grinning from ear to ear.
(Author's Note: no offense to you Hunger Games fans out there *peace)
"Agreed. The Prehistoric Drivers' users must band together to face this Aroka threat," Anne said, "If left unchecked, the Aroka may will take over our planet before the Battle Royale even finished! By the way, did Professor Calvin make it out as well?"
Suddenly an eerie silence struck the room for a few seconds, as the joyous looks on Fani and Ines' faces were forcefully robbed by Anne's question.
"We tried to convince him to get out of the Corporation…" Ines said slowly.
"…but he insisted to stay there, to act as our spy to know the agenda of the Corporation's higher ops…" finished Fani.
"That's too bad…" Anne said, her tone indicating a mix of disappointment and delight. Disappointed that a dear friend of hers didn't make it, but delighted that she has a mole within the Astinapura Corporation, "Hope he's okay…"
"Professor Calvin?" Krishna raised his eyebrows, "Who's that?"
"A great man," Fani replied, "Professor Michael Calvin. One of Indonesia's brightest young minds. One of the men responsible for the creation of the Prehistoric Drivers, and also the first person realizing the pointlessness of the Battle Royale."
"He's the one that got me, Fani, and Ines to escape the Astinapura Corporation," added Anne.
"I see," Krishna nodded, "Hopefully with him there we could get a valuable ally within the Corporation."
"By the way sempai, have you got the perfect user for the Kyoryu System?" asked Fani.
"Unfortunately I do," Anne sighed, pointing at Krishna.
"NANIIIII?!" Fani gasped as she rushed towards Krishna, "You're a Kamen Rider? A freaking Kamen Rider?!"
"Yeah, why?" Krishna asked back, shrugging off Fani's hysterical attitude.
"It's just…you don't look combat worthy," Fani replied, looking around at the lounge room, "You're the one who designed this room, right?"
"Yeah, it IS my detective agency," Krishna said flatly.
"No offense, but I don't think you look like a detective," Ines said, "I think you look like…a nerd lord."
"WHAAAAAT?"
"Kamen Rider Nerd Lord sitting in his Nerd Lord Palace," giggled Ines, earning glares from a shocked Krishna, who needed to be restrained by both Handoyo and Jeremy in order to prevent him from wailing on her.
"Guys, we have a case, remember?" Ranty reminded.
"Oh, right," Krishna suddenly calmed down as he releases himself from Handoyo and Jeremy's grasps, "Give me the case file, please."
Ranty obliged, giving a brown clear folder to Krishna, with the latter examining it in detail.
"The robbery of the Jakarta branch of Hana Bank, owned by a certain Mr. Hyolsun Kim, father of a Ms. Chaisun Kim, a friend of Ratih's from college," Krishna said as he looked through the clear folder, "Shouldn't they get the police to investigate this?"
"Look at the photos first, Krishna," Handoyo reminded, "This is no ordinary robbery."
"No signs of a break in, the safe was literally swept clean, the mysterious piles of ashes inside the bank, not to mention that the CCTV cut into black the moment the robbery happened and it turned on again…7 minutes later! How on Earth can someone clean an entire bank out of cash and valuables in just 7 minutes?" said a surprised Krishna.
"Aroka Soldiers," Fani said as she saw the photographs, "The ash piles, telltale sign of those demonic bastards. Seems like those Koreans are right to entrust us with this, the police have no idea on what they're dealing with here!"
"But we need to gather some intel first," Krishna said, "Jeremy, you'll stay here with Dinda, Syahnaz, and Albert to analyze whatever we can find in the bank. Ranty, Handoyo, you'll come with me. Anne, take Fani and Ines with you and join me at the bank. We'll be going in 5 minutes. Bring as much equipment as possible, cameras, thermal cameras, ectoplasmic readers, everything."
"Roger!"
xxx
Meanwhile, at the South end of Jakarta, Sven had taken Anggy and Alda to his personal two floor mansion, located at the Pondok Indah District.
"Jeez, do guys driving black SUVs have a penchant of these mansion-type buildings?" Anggy's thought muttered as Sven parked his Musso on the mansion's drive way, "Rich bastards."
"Come into my humble abode," Sven smiled as he lets Anggy and Alda enter his mansion, albeit unenthusiastically after what happened back at Wrath's own mansion, "Don't be shy; I won't bite you or anything. Just sit there on the living room."
Anggy and Alda reluctantly obliged, sitting on Sven's velvet red sofa as their host headed towards his personal corners located on the mansion's second floor. After a few seconds of waiting, an Aroka Soldier suddenly came out from the kitchen and made its way towards the living room, shocking both Anggy and Alda.
"Don't worry, he's harmless," Sven said as he went downstairs and saw the shock of the two young women, he is now clad in a casual blue T-shirt and khaki pants, replacing his formal business suit from before, "He's a servant of mine."
The Aroka Soldier grunted softly as it presented two cups of tea to Anggy and Alda, who uneasily accepts them.
"T-thanks," Alda stammered in gratitude.
The Aroka Soldier nodded, before it retreats back to the kitchen, the same time Sven arrived at the living room, grabbing a chair and sitting in front of Anggy and Alda.
"To repeat what Wrath told you the other day, you are no longer humans," Sven starts his explanation, "You two are now…participants in the raging battle between humans and Aroka."
"I knew it," Anggy growled, curling up her right hand into a fist, only for Alda to stop her from punching the daylights out of Sven.
"Hold it," whispered Alda, "Let the Nordic guy finish first."
"We Aroka are the weaker ones now," continued Sven, "The number of humans on this planet is overwhelming. But, we can gather more allies for our side."
"Gather…more allies?" Anggy asked, confused by what Sven just said.
Sven immediately clicked his fingers, prompting two Aroka Soldiers to come before him and the two young women, bringing with them the bound and gagged Risdriyanto twins, the two of them struggling within their restraints. Anggy and Alda were surprised by this, but Sven remained calm. As the two Aroka Soldiers retreated into the shadows, Sven calmly opens up the gags on the Risdriyanto twins, prompting a pair of screams to echo throughout the mansion.
"Please don't kill us!" pleaded Andri, "We'll do anything!"
"Yeah!" added an equally terrified Wahyu, "Just spare us!"
"I will spare you two," Sven said, his cold eyes locking in on the two captives in front of him as he stood up, his body glowing crimson red, "But first, let me bless you with new lives!"
And with that, Sven underwent a grotesque transformation that not only shocked the Risdriyanto twins; it also shocked both Anggy and Alda. As the crimson light enveloping Sven dies out, a bulky humanoid octopus stood in Sven's place, colored crimson red on his head, thighs, and forearms, while the rest of his body was covered in black Viking armor. The humanoid's head was literally shaped like an inverted octopus, with the mantle part acting as the humanoid's forehead and braincase, two stiff red tentacles adorned with suction cups are seen sticking out from the sides of the mantle, acting as the humanoid's "horns." The humanoid has a pair of pale yellow eyes, with three black pupils in each, lacking a nose while his mouth is tube-shaped, a hideous beak filled with sharp teeth hidden within the tube. A cluster of slimy red tentacles, all of them adorned with suction cups, are seen slithering around the humanoid's chin. A pair of black stiff tentacles, also armed with suction cups, are seen sticking out from the humanoid's shoulders, while suction cups also adorn the humanoid's exposed forearms and thighs, while a pair of holes can be seen on the humanoid's palms, a reddish tentacle dancing inside it. The humanoid's Viking armor was made out of rotting leather and rusting metal, all black in color with the exception of a round, red and white buckle around his waist, and a foul smell of brine emanating from the humanoid's body.
"They call me Sven in my human form, but in this form, my name is….Maelstrom," Maelstrom, the Kraken Aroka introduces himself, which terrifies Andri and Wahyu even more, "And now my Aroka brothers, time for you to be awakened!"
With that Maelstrom lashes out a reddish tentacle from his right hand, which severs the binds that restrained the Risdriyanto twins, before spitting out a black liquid from his mouth that landed straight on Andri's face!
"Brother!" Wahyu called out in despair as smoke began to come out from Andri's covered face.
"MY FAAAACEEEEE!" cried Andri as he experiences a severe, inhuman pain on his face, "IT BUUUUURRRRNSSSS!"
The black liquid that Maelstrom spit out was actually acidic ink, the same type of ink that Febriani and Rere encountered earlier this morning. The ink slowly eats its way through Andri's skin and flesh, burning his skull at the same time as it slowly spreads down his body and into his mouth and nose. Andri's internal organs were literally dissolved by the ink, ensuring a slow and painful death for the older Risdriyanto. Anggy and Alda watched on in horror as the ink completely engulfs Andri's body, the thrashing young man suddenly came to a dead still as the acidic ink finally swallowed up his feet. A few seconds later the ink dissipates into a cloud of smoke, revealing a blackened skeleton in Andri's place. His flesh, skin, muscle tissue, and internal organs were utterly destroyed by the acidic ink, his clothes ravaged by the corrosive material. His bones also felt the merciless onslaught of the acidic ink, as the material literally burned the bones to black, as black as ash.
"Holy shit!" cursed Anggy as Alda restrained herself from vomiting, with Wahyu screaming in terror.
"What's wrong?" Maelstrom asked, his voice surprisingly calm despite the ongoing horror show, "Why are you two surprised? You've done this before. You've done this even three times, Ms. Tamara."
"Is he….dead?" Alda asked as she pointed at Andri's burnt skeleton, her tone stammered from the sheer terror that she's experiencing right now.
"Unfortunately, yes," Maelstrom replied, "In a lottery, this guy's a failure. A dud. The Aroka energy contained in my ink is too much for his body to handle." Maelstrom then turned his attention towards a terrified Wahyu, ready to do the same thing with him, "Your turn."
Maelstrom spat his ink at Wahyu's face, causing the younger Risdriyanto to scream out in pain as he dropped to the ground, convulsing. The acidic ink slowly covers his body, just like what it did to his brother, but unlike Andri, the ink acted differently as smoke was absent from Wahyu's body, being replaced with flashes of grey light.
"Wait for it…" Maelstrom said as Anggy and Alda watches on anxiously.
Wahyu lets out a loud scream of pain as he suddenly shot back up to his feet, screaming so loud that his vocal cords literally snapped from it. Wahyu's head suddenly morphed into something different, no longer retaining its shape, it slowly took shape of a rodent's head. A tail suddenly bursts out from between Wahyu's buttocks, before sharp claws began to make themselves known on Wahyu's fingers. A flash of grey light bursts out from Wahyu's body, breaking off the cocoon of black acidic ink to reveal the younger Risdriyanto's grotesque transformed appearance.
Wahyu now resembles a grey humanoid shrew, with wide red eyes and razor-sharp teeth, colored light brown. Sharp claws are seen on Wahyu's fingers and toes, while a pink, whip-shaped tail can be seen lashing around on Wahyu's behind. Apart from that, Wahyu's transformed appearance lacked any distinguishing armor whatsoever.
"Welcome to the world, Sorico," Maelstrom greeted.
The former Wahyu Risdriyanto, now Sorico, the Shrew Aroka, let out a feral roar before he jumped up, assuming a diving position as he literally dove into the floor as if it was water, quickly digging his way out of the mansion before Maelstrom, Anggy, and Alda's eyes.
"We Aroka don't just kill for fun," Maelstrom spoke after Sorico had disappeared from sight, "We kill to turn humans into our kind, into Aroka. Normally natural Aroka were born as Aroka Spirits, possessing deceased humans as their hosts, acting based on their desires, vengeance, or matters unresolved by the time of the host's death, effectively maturing into Evolved Aroka once we possessed a host. We kill, but we kill to increase our numbers. Sadly Aroka born by us Evolved Aroka is quite rare, a one in a million chance. Most will die in vain, due to the incompatibility of Aroka energy with the human body. That's why most Evolved Aroka is born from Aroka Spirits possessing human hosts. The Aroka Spirits who didn't do this will instead become Aroka Soldiers, immature Aroka who are condemned into a life of being grunts because they could not possess anyone. They could only turn other humans into other Aroka Soldiers. That's now we Aroka live."
"Increasing our allies…" Anggy said, "Is this the only way?"
"Sadly, yes," Maelstrom nodded as he reverts back to Sven, once again sitting in front of the two young women, "We Aroka are trying to open portals from the Spirit World to this very realm, but unfortunately it will take a long time before it could finish. If that happens, then Aroka Spirits would easily possess anyone that they can find, no matter they're living or deceased. Then we can kill and cause as much despair and destruction possible to welcome the arrival of our God, Deus. But before that happens, we must resort to this tactic."
Sven clapped his hands once again, prompting three Aroka Soldiers to come out from the shadows, taking away with them Andri's skeleton.
xxx
A middle-aged, balding Korean man in a business suit waited anxiously in front of the now vacated Hana Bank building, a yellow police line seen in front of the building. The man lets out a sigh of relief as he saw a red Honda CBR1000RR and a silver Toyota Avanza stopping in front of the bank, knowing that the people that he's been looking for has finally come.
Team Kyoryu has arrived, ready to tackle the case in front of them.
"Thank God!" the Korean man, 59 year old Hyolsun Kim, a South Korean national, greeted in jubilation as he saw Krishna and his team disembarking from their vehicles, "I've been expecting you!"
"Let's just cut to the chase," Krishna said as he approaches Hyolsun, "We promise that we will catch the one that has robbed your bank, Mr. Kim."
"I'm grateful that you came!" Hyolsun said excitedly as he took Team Kyoryu into the bank, "The police have been here for three hours straight but they left a few minutes ago after they could not find any significant evidence. They said that this case is too hard for them!"
"Nothing's too hard for us," Handoyo said, a grin on his face, "Trust us and we can solve this in no time!"
"Set up the equipment!" Krishna commanded.
Within minutes Team Kyoryu are inside the bank, examining every inch of the building. Anne, Ranty, and Handoyo are seen examining the ash piles near the bank's vault, while new recruits Fani and Ines are taking pictures of the vacated vault. Krishna, on the other hand, looked at thermal records of the building from yesterday, approximately from when the bank closes down to the end of the 7 minute robbery.
"Holy shit…" Krishna muttered as he saw last night's thermal recordings, which saw a large army of cold humanoids marching through the bank undetected.
"No doubt about it," Anne said as she examines an ash pile with a Portable DNA Scanner (which resembles a mechanized test tube that analyzes the DNA composition of whatever material being placed inside the tube), "An army of Aroka Soldiers did this."
"You getting this?" Ines asked as she aimed her camera at the empty vault.
xxx
"Loud and clear!" replied Albert from the safety of the Detective Agency, as he, Syahnaz and Dinda are watching the video footage from Albert's laptop, while Jeremy is examining the photos that Fani had sent to him in real time on his laptop.
"Like what the case file said," Jeremy muttered as he examines the photographs, "No signs of a break in. It's like the guards knew the people who did this!"
"People?" a confused Dinda lifted her eyebrows.
"Definitely the work of a gang or something," Jeremy replied, "No one in Jakarta, let alone Indonesia is strong enough to lift several hundred kilograms worth of money and valuables and took them away in just 7 minutes. This must be the work of a group of people."
"A group of Aroka Soldiers to be exact," Krishna added from the video footage, "Anne, Handoyo, and I have confirmed that the ash piles were a hybrid mess of human and Aroka genetic materials. The same materials found in the piles of ashes found in the McLaren's Café when that Spider Aroka…Arachne if I'm not mistaken, attacked the place."
"From your first fight as Kyoryu," Syahnaz commented.
"Bingo," Krishna nodded.
xxx
"What are you guys doing in the crime scene?"
Team Kyoryu turned around to saw Febriani and Rere entering the crime scene with a small team of policemen, the former asking them the question.
"I asked you again, what are you guys doing in the crime scene?" Febriani asked again, "You all know that this place is restricted to the members of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police."
"The owner of this place asked us here to investigate," Krishna answered, "Who are you?"
"I'm First Police Inspector Febriani Kusumastuti," replied Febriani, before she pointed at Rere, "And this is Second Police Inspector Rere Sara. We are from the Jakarta Metropolitan Police's Aroka Investigation Unit (AIU). And you are?"
"I'm Cokorda Krishna Sadhana, and these are Sryanne Siburian, Handoyo Hendrawidjaja, Ranty Gita, Gradini Fathoni Ilmi, and Irnasya Shafira Hadi. We're paranormal detectives from the Mahabharat Detective Agency. And out of curiosity, did you say Aroka?"
"Yes," Febriani nodded, "We have received reports of inhuman creatures slaughtering people all across Jakarta; they are believed to come from a dimension parallel to ours…"
"…the Spirit World," finished Anne.
"Wait, how did you know about that?!" gasped Febriani, shocked that the group of amateur paranormal detectives in front of her and Rere actually knew a thing or two about the Aroka.
"We have been investigating them for a long time, even longer than you guys," Anne replied, "We actually fought against three of those things and defeated them all. I'm afraid that despite you guys realizing that these dangerous creatures exist; you will be powerless to stop then."
"And why did you say that?!" asked an angered Rere, enraged that Anne had doubted the credibility of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police, only for Febriani to restrain her.
"Because you don't have a Kamen Rider," finished Anne, "The Aroka can't be killed using conventional weaponry. You are as good as dead without a Kamen Rider by your side."
"Kamen Rider? You mean those armored heroes popping up all over Jakarta?" Febriani scoffed, "We actually have a Kamen Rider…it's just he or she is unavailable right now."
"See?" Anne smiled, "Before you can prove to us that you have your own Kamen Rider, I'm afraid this is outside the jurisdiction of the police. You should leave, for your own safety."
"Why you…" growled Rere, "You should be arrested for talking like that to the police!"
Before the debate could get any heated, however, suddenly the ground underneath them began to shake, before within seconds a loud squeal was heard. At the same time, Anne's ATS began to beep, as well as Febriani's (given to her by the Astinapura Corporation during the formation of the AIU). The two young women immediately took out their ATS devices, their faces mortified by the warnings that the devices had given to them.
"Oh shit…" Anne cursed.
"We better run," muttered Febriani underneath her breath, before she turned her attention towards Rere, "Better evacuate our troops from here, Rere."
"Why's that?" asked Rere.
"An Aroka's coming," answered Febriani and Anne at the same time.
And with that, a nearby patch of floor suddenly exploded, covering the entire room in ceramic dust. A pair of red eyes can be seen coming out from the source of the explosion, a loud squeal following suit.
"Evacuate!" yelled Rere, "Everyone, evacuate!"
xxx
Hyolsun was shocked as he heard the explosion from outside the bank; a worried look was carved to his face.
"My bank!" yelled Hyolsun as he tried to make his way towards the Hana Bank building, only for two police officers to restrain him, "My beautiful bank!"
Smoke and dust blew out from the bank as Team Kyoryu and the AIU police personnel leaped out of the building, quickly making their way to safety behind the police line. Several policemen aimed their pistols at the bank's entrance, waiting for whoever had caused the explosion. A loud screech was heard, and Sorico leaped out into the open as the smoke and dust cleared away, letting out a loud feral squeal to announce its arrival.
"An Aroka!" Krishna gawked, quickly making his way towards his motorcycle.
"Krishna! What are you doing?" Handoyo yelled, "You could get yourself killed!"
"I don't care!" Krishna yelled as he took out the Prehistoric Driver and the Tyrannosaurus Key from his motorcycle, "People are going to be hurt if I don't act soon!"
True to Krishna's words, the policemen guarding Team Kyoryu, Febriani, Rere, and Hyolsun were struggling to handle the former human, as Sorico easily shrugs off every bullet fired by the policemen. Squealing loudly, Sorico lashes out his tail, sending clouds of dust that disoriented the attacking policemen.
"Keep firing!" commanded Rere, "Make sure that the Aroka doesn't go beyond our police line!"
The policemen kept on firing, trying to find a weak spot on the Shrew Aroka, only for Sorico to roar in rage as the bullets struck its gray furred skin. Deciding to retaliate, Sorico fired several blasts of energy from his eyes, aiming them at the policemen that fired at him. Team Kyoryu, Febriani, Rere immediately ducked down, with the latter forcing Hyolsun to duck as well, but the policemen accompanying Febriani and Rere were not so lucky. They were vaporized into clouds of red dust after being struck by the energy blasts, causing Febriani to bit her lower lip in desperation.
"At least they didn't die in vain…" muttered Febriani, before she notices Krishna running towards the battlefield, the Prehistoric Driver already around his waist.
"Out of my way!" Krishna yelled, "I'm going to send this guy to where he belongs!"
"Are you crazy?!" Rere suddenly stood up as she grabbed Krishna by his arms, stopping him, "You could get yourself killed out there!"
It was then Febriani notices the Prehistoric Driver around Krishna's waist. Knowing the significance of the device from the Astinapura Corporation during the AIU's formation, she slowly stood up, walking up towards her subordinate and releases Rere's grip on Krishna.
"Go," Febriani said, her tone gentler than usual, "Do what you believe is right."
Krishna nodded, and immediately he jumped over the police line, immediately challenging the rampaging Sorico.
"Febriani, are you mad?" Rere gawked as she saw Krishna assuming a fighting stance in front of the enraged Sorico, "Are you going to get him killed?"
"He has a Prehistoric Driver," Febriani calmly said, "Remember our meeting with the Astinapura Corporation? You need a Prehistoric Driver to become a Kamen Rider. That means we have to rely on him for a while until the person who will become Kamen Rider Raptor comes."
"That's right," added Anne, approaching the two policewomen, "Krishna maybe a brash, somewhat hotheaded person, but he always leap into battle to protect others. To protect us. You should never doubt him. Until you guys have a Kamen Rider, I'm afraid the Jakarta Metropolitan Police will have to rely on Krishna for a while."
"Henshin!" Krishna yelled as he inserts his Tyrannosaurus Key into his Prehistoric Driver.
"IGNITION ON! THE BLAZING WARRIOR OF CANDRADIMUKA, TYRANNOSAURUS PHASE!"
Febriani and Rere watched in awe as Krishna went up in flames, transforming into Kamen Rider Kyoryu. Immediately the Rider takes out his Shakunetsu no Taiyo, ready to engage the feral Sorico.
"Krishna…the protector of mankind in Indian mythology…the representation of the mighty Vishnu in abolishing evil…I hope you live up to that name," thought Febriani.
Kyoryu immediately leapt into battle, swinging his Shakunetsu no Taiyo, but Sorico easily avoids the incoming katana slash. But Kyoryu didn't give up just yet, kicking Sorico twice to the jaw with his right foot and left foot respectively, before a powerful left hook sends Sorico stumbling back. Disoriented and in pain, Sorico felt the mercy of a couple of powerful slashes from the Shakunetsu no Taiyo on his chest, with each slash sending an intense burning sensation throughout his body. Kyoryu did not stop there though, as he kicked Sorico on the stomach once before slashing the Shrew Aroka's right shoulder, leaving a noticeable scar on the impact site.
Screaming in anger, Sorico fired his eye blasts, keeping Kyoryu preoccupied as he tried to slash the blasts away from him. As Kyoryu was too busy fending off his eye blasts, Sorico decided to make a hasty retreat, diving underground yet again.
"Wait!" Krishna yelled as he had finished dealing with the Shrew Aroka's eye blasts, only to find a large hole on the ground where Sorico had stood a few moments before, "Damn it!"
Kyoryu pulls out his Tyrannosaurus Key out of his Driver, causing his armor to burn away, revealing Krishna in the Rider's place. The young man sighed in exasperation as he stared at the hole in front of him. Immediately Team Kyoryu, Febriani, and Rere went towards him, with Handoyo putting a hand on Krishna's shoulder to calm him down.
"That's alright Krishna," Handoyo said in an assuring tone, "We're going to get this guy."
"He's right," added Anne, "Our ATS can track that Aroka down for the next couple of hours or so. We'll just follow him and intercept him when he decides to show himself."
"Don't worry, Krishna, you've got our full support. " This time it was Rere who spoke, "Consider yourself to be an ally to the Jakarta Metropolitan Police."
"A thank you from us for saving our butts back there," added Febriani, "Until our Kamen Rider arrives; we'll help your team in investigating the Aroka, while you'll kick butt."
"You're welcome," Krishna smiled, "Now, what are we waiting for? Let's get ourselves an Aroka!"
The newly formed alliance between Team Kyoryu and the Jakarta Metropolitan Police's AIU cheered together as they went towards their respective vehicles, Krishna riding solo on his CBR1000RR, Anne, Handoyo, Ranty, Ines, and Fani on the Avanza, while Febriani and Rere gathered their remaining policemen and got into their respective police cars. However, Fani and Ines decided to have a little chat before they went into the Avanza…
"Hey," Ines called as Fani is about to get into the Avanza, "Why didn't you do it?"
Fani sighed, before proceeding to give Ines the explanation, "I wanted to gauge how worthy Krishna is to wield the Kyoryu System. To make sure that Anne-sempai didn't make a stupid choice in giving the Kyoryu System to that…what did you call him again?"
"Nerd lord," Ines replied.
"That," Fani clapped her hands silently, "Looks like Anne-sempai has made the right decision, though…"
"But if nerd lord gets into trouble, you'll do it, right?" Ines asked.
Fani only gave a smile as a reply as she boarded the Avanza, Ines following suit.
Seconds later a convoy consisting of a motorcycle, an MPV, and several police cars are seen driving through Kelapa Gading, following the signal on Anne and Febriani's ATS devices that indicated Sorico's location. They are determined to intercept the Aroka before he could cause more damage.
xxx
Meanwhile, at another part of Kelapa Gading, Sven's Musso is seen pulling up to a stop next to a Central Asia Bank building, the Kelapa Gading branch of the bank. Sven turned off the car engine, gesturing Anggy and Alda, who are sitting on the passenger seats behind him, to come out of the SUV with him. The two young women reluctantly obliged.
"I'm going to withdraw some cash before treating you two for an afternoon snack at Mall Kelapa Gading," Sven said, "Normally I would let you two stay in the car, but unfortunately Master Wrath said that I'm not allowed to let you two off my sights. You got that?"
Anggy gave a reluctant nod, before turning her attention towards Alda, who kept on looking at her phone sadly. Repeatedly Alda shifted between photos of her two grandparents and her chat with Jeremy, before two drops of tears landed on the phone's screen. Anggy sighed sadly at this sight, knowing that like her Alda is also reluctant to tag along with Sven, especially after what he did to Andri. Dissolving an innocent man in order to create more Aroka, that is just too harsh. And with that, Anggy decided that enough is enough.
"No more," Anggy suddenly spoke, surprising Sven who is currently queuing in one of the three teller tables inside the bank.
"Eh?" Sven widened his eyes in surprise, "What do you mean no more?"
"We can't do it," Anggy replied, "We don't know why we have to make more allies, and why we attack people who we don't hate. I killed three people whom I despised very much after they had left me to die, while Alda has killed a group of her friends who bullied her every day."
"Don't say such pointless things," Sven said, his tone still calm and cold, "You will never learn on how to be an Aroka unless you started to make allies."
"Wrath said that we are free to do anything after you'd shown us the Aroka way of life, right?" Anggy said, her tone indicating slight anger, "We've made up our minds. We are bailing out of this. We are not going to kill innocents just to add more allies. It's just…disturbing! We're going to make our allies on our own way. The civilized way! We're out!"
"Alright then, fine if you say that," Sven said, slowly losing his cool as his body started to glow crimson red, "Let me show you the power of an Aroka!"
Growling in rage, Sven transforms into Maelstrom, frightening everyone inside the bank. Maelstrom immediately set his sights for a 19 year old young woman of an Arabian descent standing in a queue next to him. The woman has light brown skin, a medium build, curly and long black hair that is done in a ponytail, a pair of cylinder glasses on her beautiful face, and is now wearing a denim shirt, black trousers, and black Crocs. The woman lets out a shriek of terror as she saw Maelstrom glaring at her.
"What's your name?" Maelstrom asked, his tone is pure in malice.
"Rista," the frightened young woman answered, "Rista Delina. Please spare me; I'm still pursuing a career as a doctor!"
"Let me tear that future apart," Maelstrom snarled, spitting out his black ink that envelops Rista's face, causing the young woman to collapse and convulse in pain. The Kraken Aroka then turned his attention towards the frightened Anggy and Alda, his eyes glaring in anger, "Transform now! Let's convert this entire bank into an Aroka nest!"
Maelstrom continues to spit out his ink at everyone in the bank, dissolving them into blackened skeletons. The tellers and security guards were attacked as well, all of them meeting a gruesome end thanks to Maelstrom's acidic ink. The rest of the bank fled the scene in terror, breaking through the bank doors as they poured out into the streets.
"Run!" Anggy yelled, taking Alda with her as they ran out of the bank.
At the same time, Krishna had arrived at the bank as well, having followed Sorico's Aroka signal to the place, only for him to almost collide with both Anggy and Alda as they frantically escape the building.
"What's with them?" Krishna muttered as he barely avoided the frightened Anggy and Alda, watching as the two disappeared into the streets. He then turned around and saw a scene straight out of a horror movie unfolding in front of his eyes, "SHIT!"
Maelstrom laughed evilly as blackened skeletons lie all around him, kicking some of the skeletons as they literally disintegrated into ash from the Kraken Aroka's kick. The Kraken Aroka then notices Krishna standing in front of him; an evil chuckle was released from Maelstrom's tube-shaped mouth.
"What a coincidence," Maelstrom chuckled, "The user of the Kyoryu System is in front of me. Master Wrath would be so pleased if I could claim the System for him."
"You bastard," Krishna cursed, "I haven't finished dealing with that shrew guy and now you had to come along and kill innocent lives?! That's it! I'm sending you back to Hell right here, right now!"
Krishna takes out his Prehistoric Driver, slapping it around his waist as he takes out his Tyrannosaurus Key.
"DRIVER ON!"
"Henshin!" Krishna yelled as he inserts and twists the Tyrannosaurus Key in his Prehistoric Driver, transforming into Kamen Rider Kyoryu in a rage-filled pillar of fire.
"IGNITION ON! THE BLAZING WARRIOR OF CANDRADIMUKA! TYRANNOSAURUS PHASE!"
(Insert Theme: Destiny's Play by TETRA-FANG)
"My blade will send you demons back to Hell!" Krishna yelled out his catchphrase angrily as he brandishes the Shakunetsu no Taiyo, pointing the katana at Maelstrom, "Let's settle this outside, like men!"
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The rest of Team Kyoryu and the AIU arrived just in time to see Kyoryu tackling Maelstrom into the street, slashing the Kraken Aroka repeatedly with his Shakunetsu no Taiyo while he was down. Letting out an angry roar, Maelstrom kicked Kyoryu away from him, standing up as he lashes out two tentacles from his hands, using them to mercilessly bash Kyoryu. Sparks fly as the tentacles impacted against Kyoryu's crimson red armor, but Krishna's anger is nothing compared to the stinging pain inflicted by the two tentacles. As Maelstrom prepares to whip Kyoryu again, the Rider swiftly allowed Maelstrom to wrap his right wrist with his tentacles, shocking Maelstrom. With a gentle tug, Maelstrom was dragged towards Kyoryu, the Kraken Aroka's eyes widening in shock as Kyoryu executes a powerful punch on its forehead, sending Maelstrom flying into a group of trash bins.
"Alright!" exclaimed Handoyo as Team Kyoryu and the AIU disembarked from their respective vehicles, with Kyoryu noticing them.
"Stay away from here, it's dangerous!" yelled Krishna as he saw Maelstrom standing up, his hands tightening around the handle of the Shakunetsu no Taiyo, "Evacuate the bank! Bring any survivors away from here!"
Handoyo and Febriani immediately commanded their respective groups to help the evacuation of the bank, as Kyoryu and Maelstrom went at it again, with the former slashing his Shakunetsu no Taiyo repeatedly on the Kraken Aroka's chest, which Maelstrom replies by smacking Kyoryu numerous times on the chest.
As they headed towards the bank, a disturbing thought came to Anne.
"Wait, the Aroka signal we catch belonged to a Shrew-type Aroka, Kyoryu's now fighting a Kraken-type Aroka, previously undetected by the ATS…that means…"
(Insert Theme Ends)
Anne's thoughts were soon interrupted by a loud explosion from the bank, which startles both Team Kyoryu and the AIU. As the smoke from the explosion settles, Team Kyoryu and the AIU are horrified to find Sorico stepping out of the bank, bags of money in his hands.
"That Aroka… did it just robbed the bank?!" gawked Rere.
But everyone was then horrified by what's coming next. Sorico threw the two bags of money into the air, opening his jaws widely as the money bags came between them. Sorico slammed his jaws shut the moment the money bags landed inside his mouth, chewing for a few seconds before swallowing the money bags much to the disgust of everyone.
"Shit…did it just…" Handoyo stammered.
"…eat the bank's money?" finished an equally shocked Ranty.
Sorico squealed loudly, burping out a few torn pieces of money, before he notices Maelstrom battling Kyoryu. The Kraken Aroka had trouble landing a hit on the Rider's body, as Kyoryu utilizes his Shakunetsu no Taiyo to slash Maelstrom every time he tried to land a hit on Kyoryu. Seeing that it's comrade is in trouble, Sorico lets out a feral squeal as he jumped into the battlefield, pushing Kyoryu aside much to the Rider's surprise.
"Shit!" Krishna cursed, "You again?!"
"Thank you very much my Aroka brother," Maelstrom said in gratitude as Sorico stood next to him, the Kraken Aroka giving the Shrew Aroka a nice pat to the head, "Now let's get Master Wrath the Kyoryu System."
Kyoryu slowly stood up, his head still dizzy from that sudden push, when he suddenly see both Maelstrom and Sorico ganging up on him. Kyoryu's in for an unfair fight – he'd never fought two Evolved Aroka at once, and this puts him in a severe disadvantage.
Sorico struck first, using its blinding speed to slash his claws against Kyoryu's torso armor. Krishna yelled in pain as the slashes went coming and coming like rainfall, sparks flying out from the slashes. After he had finished slashing Kyoryu, Sorico snuck up from behind and bit Kyoryu on his right arm, causing Krishna to groan in pain. Blood can be seen seeping out from Kyoryu's bodysuit as the Rider dropped his Shakunetsu no Taiyo to the ground.
"Yeesssss!" Maelstrom smiled wickedly as he saw Sorico immobilizing Kyoryu, "Hold him there boy! I'm going to finish this fight myself!"
Kyoryu could only watch as Maelstrom repeatedly spits out his acidic ink, all of them hitting the Rider right on his chest armor. Even though the armor has protected him from the ink's corrosive effects, Krishna could still feel the inhuman burning sensation that the ink had given to him, which, combined with Sorico's bite, has weakened him considerably. His armor scarred from Maelstrom's acidic ink, Kyoryu fell down to one knee as Sorico releases his bite, badly weakened by the attack. Maelstrom and Sorico laughed victoriously as they saw Kyoryu collapsed, pleased that they had finally beaten the Kamen Rider.
While they are busy evacuating the last remaining people from the bank, Handoyo, Ranty, Anne, Ines, Fani, Febriani and Rere could only watch in horror as Maelstrom and Sorico took turns in kicking the downed Kyoryu, with Krishna screaming in agony each time a kick landed on his body. Silently Fani and Ines looked at each other, before they nodded. Quickly and unnoticed, Fani slips away from the group, taking out something from her jeans pocket…
Kyoryu struggled to stand up on his feet, only for Maelstrom to kick him on the stomach, sending Kyoryu lying back-first on the ground yet again. Laughing maliciously, Maelstrom gestured something to Sorico, to which the Shrew Aroka replied with a nod. Immediately Sorico went towards Kyoryu, forcing the crimson Rider to his feet, before punching Kyoryu repeatedly on the stomach, with a laughing Maelstrom watching.
"Do it my brother!" exclaimed Maelstrom, "Finish him off! Bring his head to Master Wrath!"
"This is it…" Krishna thought as agonizing pain racked through his body endlessly, "The end of my Rider career…and my life…"
As Sorico poised himself to perform the finishing punch, suddenly a swift punch to the face sends Sorico flying, groaning in pain as he hits the ground. Maelstrom's eyes immediately went wide as he saw the one who did the punch, so do Team Kyoryu and AIU, who were shocked by the turn of events.
"It can't be!" gasped Maelstrom, "You're…"
"Another Rider?!" Ranty gasped, as Handoyo widens his eyes in shock.
A second Kamen Rider has arrived to the scene, saving Kyoryu just in the nick of time. Like Kyoryu, it also uses the Prehistoric Driver, albeit with an illustration of an ancient Indonesian warrior's helmet instead of a Japanese samurai's. It wore a black bodysuit and grey, rock-like armor that covers the shoulders, chest, knees and elbows. Silver chains are seen wrapped around the Rider's gauntlets and anklets. The helmet has the traditional Kamen Rider bug-eyes, colored yellow, while its mouthpiece is plain-looking. A silver-colored carving of a Barong's face is seen on the Rider's chest, a smaller, turquoise one is on its forehead, just above the eyes. The Rider lacked the traditional crest, horn, or antennae that a Kamen Rider has; they were replaced by a silver dome on the top of its head, resembling a Pachycephalosaurus, the dinosaur that this Rider is based on. The orb on the Rider's Prehistoric Driver is yellow in color, similar to Kyoryu's in Triceratops Phase, indicating that the Dino Rider Key this Rider uses is from the Earth Class.
"Thanks," Krishna panted in gratitude, coughing off his pains away as he stood up, "You really saved my life."
"A 2-on-1 fight is never fair," the Rider replied, its voice female, "That's why I have decided to aid you."
"Thanks again," Krishna smiled, reaching his right hand towards the new Rider, "I'm Kamen Rider Kyoryu."
"Kamen Rider Breaks," the new Rider introduces herself, accepting Kyoryu's hand as the two Riders shook hands, "Now let's take out the trash. I'll take on octopus breath; you'll take on shrew guy."
"Got it!" Krishna nodded, immediately grabbing his dropped Shakunetsu no Taiyo as he charged towards the recovering Sorico.
"You bitch!" cursed Maelstrom as Breaks stood in front of him, "You've ruined my master's plans!"
"You don't deserve to live, scum," Breaks spat venomously, "Time to return to that hellhole you called home."
"Die!" Maelstrom yelled, lashing out his right hand tentacle towards Breaks, only for the new Rider to calmly grab the incoming tentacle with her left hand, before slicing it off with a karate chop from her right hand, "Oh crap."
"HOWATCHAAA!" Breaks yelled as she charged into battle.
Kyoryu, in the other hand, was busy slashing his way on Sorico's torso, the latter having been weakened by Breaks' earlier punch. As Breaks and Maelstrom took their fight to a nearby alleyway, Krishna takes out his Triceratops Key, removing the Tyrannosaurus Key from his Prehistoric Driver in the process.
"Time to up the ante," Krishna said as he inserts the Triceratops Key and twists it.
"BREAK OUT! PULVERIZE AND DESTROY, TRICERATOPS PHASE!"
Transforming into his Triceratops Phase, Kyoryu immediately bashed Sorico repeatedly with the horns on his Tricera Gauntlet, each blow breaking a bone on Sorico's body. Puncture wounds can be seen on Sorico's chest, with black blood dripping out from them. A quick uppercut with the Tricera Gauntlet scarred Sorico's face, two of the Tricera Gauntlet's horns ripping out flesh on the Shrew Aroka's face. Ditching the Tricera Gauntlet, Kyoryu clasped his hands together and performed a powerful two-handed punch on Sorico's back, weakening the kaijin.
"IGNITION ON! THE BLAZING WARRIOR OF CANDRADIMUKA! TYRANNOSAURUS PHASE!"
"MAXIMUM CHARGE!"
Back in his Tyrannosaurus Phase, Kyoryu charges fiery energy into the blade of the Shakunetsu no Taiyo, just as a severely injured Sorico recovers himself. Squealing in anger, Sorico immediately jumped, trying to tackle Kyoryu to the ground, only for the Rider to draw a fiery circle in the air with the Shakunetsu no Taiyo, the circle launching itself towards Sorico and latches itself on the Shrew Aroka's neck, immobilizing it in mid-air. Letting out a determined yell, Kyoryu leapt towards the immobilized Aroka, the blade of the Shakunetsu no Taiyo on fire. With a single slash, the Corona Buster has decapitated Sorico, ending the Shrew Aroka's life. Sorico's head exploded into grey flames first, his body following suit.
Quickly taking out his Spirit Catching Canister, Kyoryu swiftly captures Wahyu's spirit before it could go anywhere, sucking the spirit in before sealing the canister shut. After Wahyu's spirit has been captured, Kyoryu lets out a sign of relief as he sat on the ground. His fight finally over, and he had finally emerged victorious. Silently, Kyoryu thanked Breaks for saving him a few minutes ago. By the way, how's Breaks doing?
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Breaks and Maelstrom continued their fight, each of them exchanging blows with their fists. After shrugging off a couple of punches from the Kraken Aroka, Breaks went all out in delivering a flurry of jabs onto Maelstrom's chest, with each punch being performed seconds apart. Breaks then executed a powerful chop on the right side of Maelstrom's neck, before jumping upwards; kicking Maelstrom twice on the face, before finishing the combo with a heel kick to the head.
"WHATCHA!" Breaks yelled as she slammed her heel against Maelstrom's head, injuring the Kraken Aroka.
"You're finished!" yelled an angered Maelstrom, rubbing his head in pain, before he spits out his acidic ink.
"UUUH…." Breaks lets out yet another kiai, before she swiftly navigated her way through Maelstrom's ink barrage, the acidic ink hitting the asphalt harmlessly instead.
"WHAT?" Maelstrom's eyes went wide as he saw Breaks literally sidestepping his attacks, "My acidic ink is supposed to be unavoidable!"
"Avoid this!" Breaks yelled, swiftly performing a chop to Maelstrom's neck which critically injures the Aroka.
As Maelstrom stumbled back, foam leaking out from his mouth, Breaks places her hand over her Prehistoric Driver's lever switch.
"The finisher!" Breaks yelled as she pressed on the switch.
"MAXIMUM CHARGE!"
A mini earthquake began to erupt around Breaks as her right foot slowly glowed with yellow energy, as the chains wrapping her right ankle shatters away, revealing a pair of grey bars that sandwiches her ankle. The bars slowly glowed yellow, turning white as the energy focused on the bars increased. Feeling that she had charged enough energy, Breaks immediately made a run towards the weakened Maelstrom, swiftly jumping into the air once she felt that she had created enough distance between her and the Kraken Aroka.
"HAIIIYAAAH!" Breaks yelled as she performs a jumping roundhouse kick, dubbed the Gaia Force.
Breaks' energized right foot made direct contact with Maelstrom's skull, sending him flying several meters away before he exploded in a brilliant wall of crimson fire as he impacted against the ground. Breaks landed gracefully after performing the Gaia Force, taking out her Spirit Catching Canister to contain Sven's spirit. Once the spirit has been contained, Breaks sealed the canister shut, before noticing that as the flames died out, there were no piles of ashes. Maelstrom had simply disappeared. Shrugging off any suspicion that Maelstrom might have survived that attack, Breaks decided to check up on Kyoryu's condition.
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"You okay?"
An exhausted Kyoryu looked up as he saw Breaks standing over him, her hand reached towards him. Quickly Kyoryu accepted Breaks' hand as she helped the crimson Rider to his feet, with Krishna smiling underneath his helmet.
"I can't stop saying thank you for what you did today, " a grateful Krishna said, "How can I repay my debt to you?"
"Simple," Breaks replied, "I want you to fight alongside me. The Battle Royale is pitting Riders against one another, and I wish to have it stop."
"Tell me about it," Krishna said.
"Yeah," Breaks nodded, "We Kamen Riders must unite together because a single Rider could not defeat the entire Aroka race alone. But sadly most Riders I saw are egoistical, power mad individuals who wished to be the strongest. It is good to see someone on the same page as I am."
After she had said that, Breaks takes out a small metallic key, with a green Tupuxuara engraved on it, the code "TW-06" engraved in black underneath it. She then places the key on Kyoryu's right palm.
"For me?" Krishna asked.
"As a sign of our alliance," Breaks nodded as she slowly backed away from Krishna, "Now I must go. May our paths cross again, who's your name again?"
"Kyoryu, Kamen Rider Kyoryu," Krishna replied.
"That," Breaks clapped her hands cheerfully, "Till we meet again, okay?"
Kyoryu nodded. Underneath his helmet, Krishna smiled warmly as he watches Breaks walking away from him, disappearing into a corner.
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After she had assured herself that she has distanced herself quite far from Krishna, Kamen Rider Breaks came to a stop at a quiet alleyway. Slowly she pulls out a small metallic key, with a yellow Pachycephalosaurus engraved on it, the code "PE-01" engraved in black underneath it. Taking out the Pachycephalosaurus Key from her Prehistoric Driver, Breaks' armor crumbled away in a flash of yellow light as she reveals herself to be…..Gradini Fathoni Ilmi.
"Looks like I did well in saving your butt, Krishna," Fani giggled as she went back towards her friends.
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Meanwhile, Anggy and Alda are still running through the alleyways of Kelapa Gading when suddenly Sven's Musso barred their path. The Nordic man himself limped out from the vehicle, his skin surprisingly darker in color than earlier, his blonde hair now chalk white. Sven chuckled as he slowly limped his way towards a frightened Anggy and Alda.
"Your final lesson," Sven said as he approaches the two young women, "I'm going to teach you…about an Aroka's death. The human spirit that I possessed has been extracted…that means I have only a few moments left…before death claims my life. Our death…to put it short…is complete annihilation. That….is our…death!"
Anggy and Alda looked on in horror as Sven's weakened body suddenly bursts into crimson flames, before he collapses in front of the two. The flames ate away at Sven's body, disintegrating him into a pile of ash.
"Shit…" cursed Anggy as she saw Sven's final moments in front of her eyes, while at the same time Alda uneasily bit her lower lip.
Suddenly Anggy and Alda heard a loud groaning noise coming from behind them. Turning around, they saw Rista, the young woman Maelstrom attacked earlier in the bank, limping slowly towards them. A feral look is etched on her face, glaring at both Anggy and Alda as Rista weakly leaned herself against a nearby lamp post. Rista's body slowly began to glow orange much to Anggy and Alda's shock.
"No way…" gasped Alda as she and Anggy saw Rista transforming into something frightening.
As the orange light dies out, a humanoid crab stood in Rista's place, breathing heavily as she looked at both Anggy and Alda with her green compound eyes…
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Next Time on Kamen Rider Kyoryu
One by one, students of SMAN 7 Jakarta (National High School 7 Jakarta) are being attacked by what could be described as a supernatural creature. After a mysterious accident involving a SMAN 7 student and a mysterious "suicide" of another, Team Kyoryu and the AIU decided to take action. But as they investigated deeper, they discovered that the dark past of the SMAN 7 students are related to a very dangerous Aroka. For the very first time, Krishna Sadhana will have to fight for his life…
Kamen Rider Kyoryu Act 5: Vengeance from 10th Grade
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Ines and Krishna's Know Your Dino Riders!
Ines and Krishna are seen waving happily at the viewers at what could be describe as a talk show set, with a pair of black reclining chairs and a small coffee table in between, a flat screen TV and two cups of tea can be seen on the table. Behind Ines' chair was a large bookshelf. After the audience had finished clapping their hands, Ines and Krishna take their seats on the chairs.
"Why didn't the author thought of making this segment since Act 1?" asked Krishna.
"Because I haven't made my debut yet, nerd lord," replied Ines.
"But what about Anne? Isn't she the more knowledgeable one on this stuff?" Krishna asked again.
"She's too busy for this," Ines giggled, "Plus the author have only thought of making this segment when he's finishing this Act."
"ONORE AUTHOR!" Krishna yelled angrily at the ceilings, causing both Ines and the audience to laugh.
"Let's just cut to the chase, shall we," Ines said as the TV screen displayed the image of the Prehistoric Driver, "Let's talk about the Prehistoric Driver, shall we?"
"The Prehistoric Driver, this is the main transformation item for the Kamen Riders in this story," Krishna explains, "To use it, you must have a Dino Rider Key."
"Dino Rider Keys are special keys that harness the powers of the dinosaurs," Ines continued, "Proud creatures really; sadly they went extinct before we humans arrive. There are around 40 natural Dino Rider Keys in existence, all of them divided into 7 Classes based on the elements – 7 keys goes to the Fire Class, 7 keys goes to the Wind Class, 7 keys goes to the Aqua Class, that's water for you, 7 keys goes to the Lightning Class, 7 keys goes to the Earth Class, 4 keys goes to the Hikari Class, that's light for you, and finally only 1 key goes to the Darkness Class."
"Fire and Lightning are pretty much like a roulette machine," Krishna said, "You can become anyone if you use Keys from these Classes. A Jack of All Trades, a Mighty Glacier, a Fragile Speedster. Literally anyone."
"Earth Keys give the user super strength," said Ines, "They're really durable, close combat experts, and their defenses are pretty strong. The only drawback? They are not as fast as other Classes and are not as agile."
"Wind Keys are the Fragile Speedsters," said Krishna, "They grant the user with super speed and agility, at the expense of strength and defense. But to compensate that, some Wind Keys have illusionary powers!"
"Aqua Keys will give the user super senses," said Ines, "Faster reaction time, better hearing, and better eyesight. That's why most Aqua Keys will turn their users into gunslingers. But that doesn't mean there's no melee fighter using Aqua Keys."
"Hikari Keys are the crème of the crop, the strongest of all Dino Rider Keys, with superior speed, superior strength, and superior power, superior everything!" said Krishna, "But sadly, there's nothing known about the sole Darkness Key…other than it's evil, I guess."
"Back to the Prehistoric Driver, the user must insert the Dino Rider Key into the slot above the Driver, called the Drive Slot," Ines explains, "In some Riders, you'll hear a certain standby music, while in others, the music is heard after the user twists the Key to activate it. It depends on the Rider Faceplate that shows what Rider the Driver will transform the user into."
"After twisting the Key, the Driver will announce a phrase unique to the Key, voiced by legendary seiyuu Mamoru Miyano, before the user's body was enveloped in the Key's respective element that forms the armor, before a holographic head of the dinosaur represented by the key appears and chomps down on the user's head, forming the helmet," Krishna added, "The Palette View orb on the Driver's front will show the color of the Key's Class – red for Fire, yellow for Earth, green for Wind, purple for Lightning, blue for Aqua, white for Hikari, and obviously black for Darkness."
"And finally, the Maximum Switch," Ines said, "This silver lever switch on the right side of the Driver will activate a Maximum Charge, the Rider's finisher, which pulls out the Key's fullest potential for either a kick, a slash, a punch, a slash, or a shot energized with the maximum potential of the element contained within the Dino Rider Key."
"This brings us to the first Rider reviewed in this segment," Krishna grinned as the TV displays an image of Kamen Rider Kyoryu in his default Tyrannosaurus Phase, "Kamen Rider Kyoryu!"
"IGNITION ON! THE BLAZING WARRIOR OF CANDRADIMUKA, TYRANNOSAURUS PHASE!"
"Kyoryu's standby tune resembles Kamen Rider Gaim's, a mix of Japanese horagai and techno music. And what's with the Blazing Warrior of Candradimuka thing?" asked Ines.
"Candradimuka is the legendary crater where Ghatutkaca, a heroic character from the Mahabharata epic, was placed in, thus giving him his legendary strength and speed," Krishna answered, "Since then Indonesians has always relate Candradimuka as the birthplace of heroes. And blazing? Dude, he's using a Fire Class Key!"
"Sounds good enough," Ines nodded, "In this form Kyoryu is a balanced fighter, his speed and strength stats are at an equal, thus makes him the perfect default form for you, nerd lord."
"Awh, thank you," Krishna blushed, "In this form, Kyoryu is armed with the Shakunetsu no Taiyo, once again a reference to Tyrannosaurus Phase's Fire Class Key because that's Japanese for Blazing Sun! It is very sharp, so you must beware of its attacks."
"In all of his forms, Kyoryu's helmet is called Tyrant Kabuto, since Tyrannosaurus means tyrant lizard and kabuto is a word referencing to Japanese samurai helmets," Ines said, "And in Tyrannosaurus Phase, Kyoryu's eye lenses are called Corona Eyes!"
"Once activating his Maximum Charge, Kyoryu has three finishers in this form depending on how I focus all of those fire energy," Krishna said, "Either I could trap foes in a fiery circle and slash them away in my Corona Buster Rider Slash, perform a powerful flying side kick after a series of wicked somersaults in my Prominence Crush Rider Kick, or simply a powerful uppercut, the Prominence Smash Rider Punch."
"Don't forget Kyoryu's Rider Machine," Ines added, "Called the Prehistoric Runner Tyrannosaurus, it is a modified Honda CBR1000RR mixed with a T-rex motif, it is a balanced motorcycle, sadly we haven't seen that in action yet…"
"Which brings to us Kyoryu's second form…" Krishna continues, as the TV screen now shows Kyoryu's Triceratops Phase.
"BREAK OUT! PULVERIZE AND DESTROY, TRICERATOPS PHASE!"
"Pulverize and destroy indeed, nerd lord!" Ines gasped as she saw the screen, "Look at the size of your fists!"
"True," Krishna nodded, "Triceratops Phase is a strength oriented form, its strength, power, and defense is much more improved than Tyrannosaurus Phase, practically turning Kyoryu into a walking panzer. The only drawback is his speed, agility, and jumping height is severely reduced."
"Boulder Eyes are the name of Kyoryu's eye lenses in this form," added Ines, "And his weapon is the Tricera Gauntlet, a gauntlet shaped like, well, a Triceratops head! It can be used as a brass knuckle, an effective stabbing weapon, and a shield!"
"My only finisher in this form is the Tricera Seismic Impact, where I trap my opponent's legs in a prison of sharp rocks, before I launch an energy projection of a Triceratops head from the Tricera Gauntlet, which mercilessly rams my opponent into oblivion. But since I only used that twice, I don't know whether it has other finishers."
"Looks like we're out of time here, nerd lord!" exclaimed Ines as she looked at her wristwatch, "Tune in next time as we discuss about Kamen Rider Raigen, the Secondary Rider of the story!"
"Ja ne!" both Krishna and Ines stood up, waiving at the audience in unison.
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