Chapter 11: Lending a Hand

"We need to take you out shopping!" said Kurumu as she pointed at Shinichi. The Newspaper Club (minus Gin) was having lunch when Kurumu suddenly made that announcement.

"Huh?" Shinichi blinked.

"Shinichi, didn't you say you had nothing else but your uniform and gym clothes?" Kurumu asked. "Summer break is coming soon and that means you'll be able to wear other stuff."

"But…this is comfy," Shinichi defended, regarding his uniform.

"Kurumu-chan is right, Shinichi-kun," Moka agreed. "You're going to need variety."

Mizore and Yukari also nodded.

"Well…I guess I could use some new clothes," said Shinichi.

"Great! We'll go after school!" said Kurumu.

"Is that something you all should be doing?" asked Ririko-sensei as she came to the table. All eyes were immediately on the sexy teacher in her low cut blouse and short skirt.

"Oh, konnichiwa, Ririko-sensei," Shinichi greeted.

"By the way, Sanban-kun, you did great at your math quiz as usual," said Ririko. "I just finished grading the papers and you got a perfect score!" Her eyes went towards Kurumu, "Kurono-san, however, needs to improve by a very large margin."

It was true that Kurumu wasn't good at schoolwork. School was just a social thing and a way to find her Destined One, her Mate of Fate. She at least tried to pass her subjects and not end up as a complete failure. Unfortunately, her grades were slipping.

"Aww, come on!" Kurumu whined.

"That's alright, Ririko-sensei," Shinichi said, "If Kurumu-chan is having trouble, then I can help her out."

"Yahoo!" Kurumu squealed bouncily, "I knew you could always help me out!"

"I'm afraid I must protest," Ririko-sensei sighed, shaking her head, "Even if you are one of my best students, you would merely be tempted by her charms, and then you'd be messing around with her. No, you will be more of a hindrance to your girlfriend if she wants to pass."

"Girlfriend...?" Moka muttered under breath as her left eyebrow twitched. Mizore and Yukari were reacting similarly agitated by the statement. Only Kurumu was beaming at being called Shinichi's girlfriend.

"If knowledge and guidance is what you seek, then your teacher will give it to you," Ririko-sensei winked. "Come to my office after school hours. I'll give you the kind of instruction that Sanban-kun can't."

"Oh crap..." Kurumu moaned as tears comically flowed down her face.

Shinichi asked, "This is all just voluntary, right?"

Ririko-sensei shrugged, "I guess, but the offer still stands." She then walked off but not before giving Shinichi a wink. 'Ah…if only he wasn't one of my best students…' she thought, then he could spend some after school time with her.

"Kurumu-chan, it's your choice who you want to tutor you. I'm happy to do it. I don't mind," Shinichi reassured her

"Shinichi-kun, didn't you hear what she said?" Moka reminded him.

Shinichi blinked, "Ririko-sensei was offering Kurumu a free tutor session." It seemed the 'girlfriend' comment had gone over his head and he hadn't noticed.


"This is bad! Very bad!" Kurumu whined as the friends were all back in the club room. "I can't take that class!"

"What do you mean?" Shinichi asked.

"Because she's strange," Kurumu said. "She's really passionate about teaching, but she's got a one-track mind and gets fixated to the point that she goes overboard." A jealous growl escaped her lips. "But all the boys go gaga over her because she has big boobs! Mine are way bigger!"

Unbeknownst to Shinichi, Moka was peeking at her own breasts inside her shirt. Yukari giggled, "Jealous of your own teacher's boobies? What a baby you are, Kurumu!"

"If anyone here's a baby, it's you," Kurumu retorted with a smile that didn't reach her eyes. She got close enough that she could pat Yukari's chest just to demonstrate her point. "Look how flat you are!"

Yukari yelped in shock, but quickly recovered. "It's better than having those useless behemoths!"

Mizore also took the liberty to peek under her shirt. She smiled. She may not look it, but she was quite full herself.

"Silly girl," Kurumu remarked. "My breasts are prized not just for their size, but for their softness, too." She took Yukari's hand and placed it on one of her mountainous breasts. "See?"

"That's not what men want!" Yukari protested, taking Kurumu's hand and placing it on her chest. "Mine are prized for their youthful and supple smallness!"

"Should you guys really be doing this with me here?" Shinichi asked. That was a bad idea in retrospect, as that turned the feuding girls' attention onto him and they each placed one of his hands on their breasts. "Hey, what are you doing?"

"Who's better?" Yukari asked.

"Why ask that? We know the answer already!" Kurumu declared.

"Yeah, mine!" Yukari insisted.

"No, mine!" Kurumu maintained.

Just then, Shinichi saw an ice spike pointed at Kurumu and Yukari. "Take his hands off your chests, or boob girl loses her pride and joy," Mizore murmured threateningly.

Shinichi pulled his hands off their chests, not wanting to see Kurumu's breasts get sliced off. He spoke, "OK, this is getting a little too out of hand."

"What's so bad about after school studies, anyway?" Yukari asked. "Besides, if you get lower than 30 marks on the semester finals, you'll have to stay here for summer school instead of getting to go on vacation. Now's the time to get back into fighting form!"

"Well, if she really insists," Shinichi said as he scratched his head. "Kurumu-chan can swing by my place to study."

The girls all gasped. "But Shinichi-san!" Yukari tried to say.

"It's important for Kurumu-chan to pass right? So there isn't much of a choice."


Kurumu was trembling with anticipation as she stood outside of Shinichi's dorm room. Along with her study material, she had brought along her cookies. She could already imagine the scenario. She and Shinichi would study together, then she would point at a problem that was confusing her, he would lean in and notice how cute she was...then...then he would KISS her!

"Kyaa...!" Kurumu wiggled back and forth. She felt a tap on her shoulder and spun around, only to gape at Moka, Yukari and Mizore. "What are you three doing here?" she hissed.

"We came to study," said Mizore.

"And we don't trust you being alone with Shinichi-san," added Yukari.

"But he invited me!" Kurumu growled.

"I don't think he'd mind," said Moka. "Plus, the more the merrier."

Kurumu huffed and knocked on the door. It opened and Shinichi smiled at them. "Welcome, and good evening, Kurumu-chan, Yukari-chan, Mizore-chan and Moka-chan!"

"Good evening, Shinichi!" the girls all greeted with smiles.

"Well, come on in," Shinichi said, gesturing past the doorway. The girls walked inside and stopped to see his room.

The girls found Shinichi's room to be...well...bare. There was the desk and bed, but there were no personal belongings. Then again, since Shinichi was an amnesiac who didn't remember where he was from or had anything to begin with that was surprising. Still, after all this time, they expected him to have already personalized his living space by now.

There was one personal item, which sat on his desk. It was a photograph of all of them together in a frame.

"Well... your room is pretty... space-ish," Mizore spoke, trying to look for something nice to say about the lack of décor.

"Maybe we should help get you some personal belongings for you to call your own too," Moka said.

"And I have just the thing!" said Kurumu as she took out and unrolled a poster. "Ta-dah! Here's something to hang on your wall!" It was a poster of Kurumu in a bikini and posing sexily. "This way you'll always be able to look at me!"

"Kurumu-chan!" Moka shouted as she snatched away the poster and rolled it back up. "That's too distracting!"

"Can I have it?" Shinichi asked.

"Shinichi-kun!"

"What? She was offering. Wait, Kurumu-chan, do you always carry that thing? Were you just waiting for the right timing?"

"Guilty as charged," confessed Kurumu.

Yukari then spotted leaning against the wall in the corner of the room the painting Shinichi had made that depicted the Kamen Riders on a sunset backdrop. "Isn't this painting you did in Ishigami's class?" the little witch asked.

"Yeah, but I don't think it's that good," Shinichi said, rubbing the back of his head.

"What are you talking about? It's amazing!" said Yukari. Shinichi was so talented. How could he deny it? The evidence was right there.

"That's what Ishigami said too, but I don't care for the opinions of a psychopath who petrifies girls," Shinichi told Yukari, "But thanks, Yukari-chan. Your opinion matters." He added, "Speaking of Ishigami...Moka-chan, you said she was giving you extra art lessons in exchange for you to be her model. Were you planning on painting something?"

"Yes, but it's still unfinished," she said, blushing.

"I'd like to see it someday," he said, smiling.

"Aren't we here to study?" interrupted Kurumu.

Shinichi realized she was right, "Oh, right! Almost forgot! Lemme get the low table! Make yourselves at home…Kurumu-chan, why are you taking off your vest?"

"You said make myself at home," said Kurumu.

"Let's keep our clothes on, please," Shinichi insisted. "Remember, we're here to help you pass your math final."

"Shinichi-san, if you're so smart how come you didn't get No. 1 for the midterm exam?" asked Yukari. "Why did you only get No. 2?"

Shinichi was embarrassed and admitted, "I can't write so well in Kanji."


About an hour and a half into the study group session, Shinichi's explanations had only served to make Kurumu more confused than when she first started. Yukari was the only one who could really get the terms and formulas he was talking about. Moka and Mizore had an inkling of it, but it still went over their heads. Kurumu, however, was completely lost. Luckily, Shinichi was able to simplify the content for her. Moka even said that if things got tough that Kurumu should try to think of it as a game.

Kurumu whined in frustration and despair, "Mou...I'll never get this! I'm going to fail!"

"Don't stress out, Kurumu-chan," Shinichi said soothingly. "You just need to do this problem step-by-step. Just like this." Shinichi was pretty patient when he explained and clarified the stuff Kurumu couldn't understand, which was most of the math involved. It would take time but he was confident that she would get it.

'I have to do this, for Shinichi!' Kurumu swore in her mind. 'I want to spend summer break with him! I have to pass! I have to!' There were fires of determination in her eyes.

Yukari looked up at the clock and said, "It's getting late."

"Oh, so it is," said Shinichi as he looked up. "I guess we can call it a night."

"But I'm still not getting any of this!" Kurumu whined.

"Now, listen to me, Kurumu-chan. You just need to apply yourself, OK? Oh, and call them. If you get stressed while taking your exam then it will all be for nothing." Shinichi advised.

Kurumu seem hesitant for a moment before nodding.

"Let's meet up tomorrow again," he suggested. The girls smiled, looking forward to visiting Shinichi again.


The next day during after school hours, a female student came to the Newspaper Club. She said that she was willing to pay good money for them if they investigated something for her.

"So your boyfriend started acting strangely after his tutoring sessions with Ririko-sensei?" inquired Gin.

The girl nodded, "Yes, ever since then he's started he stopped talking to me and won't meet me after school like we used to. His eyes look really dull now, and he doesn't ever answer his phone." Her fists hardened, "I don't like it. Ririko-sensei is up to something."

"See? I told you something is up with her!" Kurumu exclaimed as she jumped from her seat. "And earlier today she said that I had to report to her office tomorrow! What if Ririko-sensei does what she did to her boyfriend to me?"

"Calm down, Kurumu-chan," Moka said, "We won't let that happen."

"Actually, this gives me an idea," Gin said, smiling in thought. "Since Kurumu-chan has to go to Ririko-sensei's office tomorrow, we have a man-inside... er, girl-inside, I guess."

"What do you have in mind, sempai?" Shinichi asked.

"Shinichi, follow me to my dorm," Gin answered. "I have some items that we can use."


"And here we are!" Gin said humbly as he opened the door. As Shinichi expected, his room had a lot of pictures of cute girls on the wall, most of them in sexy poses. The perverted side of him would wish to come to this room more often but the no-nonsense side of him said it was just not the time.

"Nice room," Shinichi commented, wiping the blood from his nose.

"Thanks. Now where did I put that box...?" Gin pondered as he went under his bed and began digging around. Several things like some old tech, collections of porn and some erotic novels were tossed out before Gin came back up with a silver briefcase of some kind.

"What is that?" Shinichi asked with an arched eyebrow.

"My old spy equipment," the grinning wolf said, "When I was a pup, I used to pretend that I was some kind of top secret agent that went to exotic lands to stop bad guys and stuff like that. It was my dream."

"Oh?" Shinichi asked, smirking, "And what made you stop?"

"I still plan on becoming a spy!" Gin retorted. "After all, spies get the ladies! I mean, look at James Bond!"

"Ain't it the truth," Shinichi snickered in agreement. "Anyway, there is a transceiver, right?"

"You bet," Gin grinned. "It may be old, but it still works."

"I got an idea. But I'm gonna need some tools and a few knick-knacks."


It was the day Kurumu would report for her tutoring session with Ririko and Shinichi would show off his more intellectual and clever side.

"Here, these are for you," said Shinichi as he opened his hand to present a pair of matching amethyst stud earrings.

"For me?" Kurumu squealed. "Oh, that's so sweet! You shouldn't have!"

"Actually, these aren't just simple pieces of jewelry," Shinichi told her, making her frown. "They are actually two-way transceivers disguised as earrings."

"Where did you get these?" she asked.

"I made them. Gin was nice enough to provide the tools and parts," Shinichi said. "Now, put them on."

Kurumu nodded and put the earrings on. "How do I look?" she asked. Even if the earrings were actually communication devices, she hoped that they at least looked great on her.

"Wow, they really do match your eyes," Shinichi admired. "Anyway, once they're turned on we'll be able to hear whatever's going on through this walkie-talkie here."

"Right," Kurumu nodded.

"And here's a brooch with a camera built in so we can see what you see," said Shinichi as he hooked the brooch onto her bow-tie. "Kurumu-chan, I know this goes without saying, but please be careful, OK?"

"I will, I promise."


Kurumu was so embarrassed right now. As soon as she arrived, Ririko-sensei had forced her into a maid outfit, a very sexy French maid costume, and forced her to serve the math teacher tea. She always dreamed of doing this for Shinichi, but not for her wicked math teacher. This was just wrong! What was math suppose to do with all this anyway? It made no sense at all!

As Kurumu was walking to serve another student working in the office, a flicker of light caught her eye. She saw that it was coming from Ririko-sensei's main office. Cracking the door slightly opened, she gasped at what she saw.

Ririko-sensei was in her true form of a lamia. Her upper half remained unchanged, but her lower half had transformed into a thick, giant serpentine tail and its tip was split open like a flower. "It looks like I'll have to give you some proper instruction again, to keep you from thinking about your little girlfriend," Ririko-sensai spoke huskily.

The tail's opened tip gripped the top of the boy's head tightly. Kurumu recognized him to be the boyfriend of their client. He screamed as he attempted to fight off the mental intrusion. "I'm sending the knowledge directly into your mind so you won't have room for anything else but your sensei and your studies! It's for the best! You'll thank me later!"


Meanwhile, the Newspaper Club was watching everything via a monitor linked to the brooch camera Kurumu was wearing. To say that they were all stunned by what they saw would be an understatement.

"That is just so wrong on so many levels," said Shinichi as he saw what Ririko-sensei was doing. She may look sexy but the snake parts weren't doing anything for him.

Mizore growled, "I knew that teacher was trouble."

"OK, this has gone far enough! I'm, going in!" said Shinichi as he got up and ran out the door. Kurumu was under threat of danger now if Ririko-sensei caught her.

"Shinichi-kun! Wait!" Moka called as she, Yukari and Mizore followed.

"Don't forget about me!" Gin shouted as he ran to catch up.

As Shinichi was running towards Kurumu's rescue, he summoned up his belt as he assumed his pose while running and called out, "Let's Ride: Showa!" Light and jigsaw puzzle pieces burst out of his belt before bonding to his body, transforming him into the two-toned and green-eyed masked warrior.

Showa continued to run and reached the office that Ririko-sensei was using for her private tutoring sessions. Skidding to a halt in front of it, he threw it open and shouted, "KURUMU-CHAN!"

"Oh, what's this?" asked Ririko-sensei as she spotted Showa. It was a good thing that he had arrived. It seemed Kurumu was next for the mental intrusion, "A student in his true form?"

"Ririko-sensei, I am going to have to ask you to…" Showa paused as he saw Kurumu in her maid outfit. "Hey, you look really great, Kurumu-chan!"

"Shinichi, watch out!" Kurumu yelled as Ririko-sensei's tail came swinging at him and he was slammed against the wall.

"Ow…" he groaned and the others arrived.

"So, you're Sanban-kun," Ririko-sensei as she looked at Shinichi. "Well then, I know you don't need a tutoring session but I clearly see that you've been distracted. I can't have one of my students slipping in his grades." She then opened up the tip of her tail. While she was approaching Showa, the ceiling began to crack and then all of a sudden it burst right on top of Ririko-sensei. She screamed as she was buried in rubble and a figure was seen standing on top of her and the rubble.

It was large and covered in red armor. Its body shape resembled a crab but it stood on two legs. It had a humanoid head with eye stalks. Its left hand was a crab's pincer claw and its right hand was a spiked mace. Around the crab creature's waist was a familiar belt.

The Newspaper Club had arrived just in time so see Ririko being buried and the creature who'd done in

"What is that?" Gin questioned.

"It's GIN-SHOCKER!" Kurumu, Yukari and Moka identified from the belt it wore.

"GIN-SHOCKER?" Gin and Mizore echoed.

The monster stood on top of Ririko-sensei who was buried under rubble and had swirly eyes. She'd been knocked out. Crab-Borg spotted Showa and grinned. If he managed to bring BLACK 13 back to headquarters than he might be rewarded and earn a seat among the organization's executive officers. The GIN-SHOCKER monster declared, "BLACK 13, I, Crab-Borg, have come to bring you back to GIN-SHOCKER! Resistance is futile!"

Showa, of course, was not about to let himself be captured. "OK, then let the games begin," he said. "Weapon Ride: Vulcan Shooter!" He summoned his Gatling laser pistol and fired at Crab-Borg, only for the shots to do no damage. "What!-?"

"My armor is impervious to damage!" gloated Crab-Borg and he lunged forward. Showa jumped back so he wouldn't be smashed by Crab-Borg's mace arm.

"Nowhere to run or hide, BLACK 13!" shouted Crab-Borg as he struck with his crab claw.

"Weapon Ride: Laser Saber!" Showa countered the claw with his sword but it was then knocked out of his hands. The mace smashed against him and he crashed against a bookshelf. "Ugh!"

"Shinichi-kun!" Moka screamed.

"Hey! Who is that guy?-! What does he want with Shinichi!-?" Gin demanded.

"He's from a group called GIN-SHOCKER, and I'm pretty sure that they aren't nice people!" Yukari said. "We don't know why they want Shinichi-san just that they are after him for some reason!"

"Then they must be stopped," Mizore scowled as her claws began to form.

"Hah!" Crab-Borg yelled as he leapt over with his mace raised over his head. Showa rolled to the side just as the weapon landed, but the Crab-Borg caught up quickly. The two traded blows before Crab-Borg used a painful uppercut that sent Showa flying up and falling down on his back.

"Shinichi!" his friends all screamed.

"Just give up, BLACK 13!" the Crab-Borg sneered. "This armor was made especially to fight against you! Now I'm bringing you back to GIN-SHOCKER whether you like it or not!"

Showa growled as he slowly got up to his feet. What he needed was a weapon to break through that armor, but what?


The Rider who now appeared before Shinichi was a bit different from the rest he'd met before. His helmet for instance didn't cover his whole face left everything from the nose down exposed. His right forearm was a big and bulky gauntlet with a hook attached to it. His suit was black with red armor on the chest and he sported silver gloves. He was also wearing a silver glove on his non-mechanical arm. He also wore a yellow scarf.

The Rider introduced himself, "I am Riderman, also known as Kamen Rider Yongo (#4)."

"Hi, Riderman-san," said Shinichi.

"Shinichi, a Rider doesn't necessarily have to be superhuman. The only aspect of me that's cybernetic is my right arm here. However, I make up for my lack of strength with my ingenuity and intelligence to outsmart my enemies and exploit their weaknesses. As for weapons I have access to the Cassette Arms, and now they are all yours." Riderman raised up his right arm.

"Are you going to poke me with that hook?" asked Shinichi.

"Oh, sorry," Riderman apologized as he withdrew his right arm and then put out his left arm and put his finger on Shinichi's forehead. "Now go and fight! Win!"


"Let's Ride: Riderman!" shouted Showa as he became Riderman and stared down the Crab-Borg.

INSERT SONG: OUR RIDERMAN

"Hah! A change of costume won't help you!" Crab-Borg laughed as he threw his mace out. Showa-Riderman dodged Crab-Borg's mace as it smashed to the floor violently. The crab-type Cyborg Mutant hissed and spat foam at Showa-Riderman.

Showa-Riderman leapt out of the way as the foam hit the floor, causing the surface to sizzle and bubble due to a chemical reaction. The foam ate through the floor, causing Showa-Riderman to think in realization, 'Acid!' He had to finish this fight quickly.

Crab-Borg then grabbed Showa-Riderman by his neck in his pincer hand and laughed, "Is this all you can do, BLACK 13? How weak!" Suddenly, he was hit by wash basins and he howled, "What is this!-?" His claw froze over. "My claw!" It was frozen and brittle, which allowed Showa-Riderman to break it with his strength, shattering the frozen claw apart with his fist. "MY CLAW! YOU SON OF A BITCH!"

"It's time we finished this," said Showa-Riderman. "Drill Arm!" He lunged forward and began to drill through Crab-Borg's armored front.

"Hahaha! Try as you might, BLACK 13, you cannot penetrate my armor-Huh?" The drill was boring a hole through the armor. "Hey, stop it!" He swung his mace but Showa-Riderman ducked.

"Your outsides are tough but what about your insides once I fill them up with lead?" Showa-Riderman asked and Crab-Borg's eyes widened in shocked realization.

"NO! DON'T!"

"Machinegun Arm!" The Drill Arm changed into a machinegun and Showa-Riderman began to fill Crab-Borg with bullets, causing him to cry out in pain as his insides were being shredded by the barrage of bullets. Showa-Riderman withdrew his Machinegun Arm and watched as Crab-Borg collapsed.

"GIN-SHOCKER...will...get you..." swore Crab-Borg weakly. His body then slowly started to liquefy. Apparently, Showa-Riderman had ruptured the tank containing the acidic foam and it was eating up its host's body. Oddly convenient, but Showa-Riderman wasn't complaining.


One explanation later...

"What? You're a cyborg?" Gin gaped at Shinichi.

"Yeah, that's right," Shinichi confirmed.

"Why didn't you tell me before?" Gin demanded.

"You tried to frame me," Shinichi deadpanned. "I didn't think I could trust you yet."

"What about me, Shinichi?" asked Mizore.

"You never really asked, and everyone assumed I was a bug doppelganger so I just went with that. It worked for me so far," Shinichi answered. Mizore was upset that Shinichi hadn't trusted her enough to tell her but she nodded in understanding. It was his secret. "As far as I know I could've been human, then again maybe not. Not sure what I really am. The cyborg thing is the only thing that makes sense," he told them.

"And GIN-SHOCKER?" Gin asked.

"They seem to know about me since they keep calling me 'BLACK 13', whatever that means. But, I don't think going with them is worth getting my memories back. They're just bad news."

"So, what about Ririko-sensei?" asked Moka, referring to the knocked out knockout of a math teacher.

"We should report her, and have her sent to the hospital," Shinichi said. "I wonder if she'll get fired." He then asked Kurumu, "By the way, Kurumu-chan, are you going to keep that outfit?"


While Ririko went overboard with her teachings, her intentions were not malice. She was just trying to help her students pass in the best way possible. She did, however, get a two-week suspension from her job. As for her victims, breaking the spell she had over them had erased all the knowledge she had given them, forcing them to start all over again, but at least they were no longer mindless math zombies.

The final exams came and went, and everyone got back their grades. A lot of people were satisfied with what they got, including...

"I PASSED! I PASSED!" Kurumu cheered gleefully as she jumped up and down. She grabbed Shinichi and kissed his cheek. "THANK YOU SHINICHI! YOU'RE SO WONDERFUL!"

"See? I knew you could do it," Shinichi smiled.

Moka, Yukari and Mizore glowered at the scene but said nothing. They should be happy for Kurumu, but why weren't they?

"What about me?" Gin complained. "It was my spy tech he used! Don't I deserve a kiss?" He puckered his lips.

WHAM!

Gin was launched into the wall as he slid down on the floor with blood trailing comically down the wall.

"You can kiss my fist," Kurumu growled as Shinichi merely chuckled nervously with a sweat-drop. He made a note never to piss off the succubus.


"What?-!" an imposing voice snarled as he slammed the report down with distain. "Another one of our Cyborg Mutants was defeated?-!"

"This is definitely turning out to be a problem," a stoic female voice said. "It seems that BLACK 13 clearly does not want to be brought back. And those female friends of his do not wish for him to leave either."

"That is beside the point!" the first voice continued. "How can our elite Cyborg Mutants lose to a bunch of schoolgirls?-!"

"Calm down, Nagazawa," a third voice said. "It is clear that these schoolgirls who are with BLACK 13 are not human. How else could they have defeated our men?"

"What are you saying, Ankokou?" the female asked.

"Before he was... decommissioned, Spider-Borg reported that one of the girls he fought was a pure blooded vampire. If my speculations are correct-"

"You don't honestly believe in that nonsense?" Nagazawa spat. "Most likely he made up that nonsense hoping to gain leniency!"

"True but what about the damage he received?" the female continued. "I can recognize BLACK 13's brutally easily, and I could tell that most of it was not his MO."

Nagazawa growled. "If that is the case, then perhaps we've been going to soft. We must rethink our strategy, quickly."

"Precisely right, Nagazawa," another voice spoke as he joined the conversation. "What we should focus on is investigating BLACK 13's new home. You know, learn the lay of the land."

"A recon mission?" the feminine voice inquired. "A splendid idea!"

"I agree," Ankoku concurred.

"Che, whatever," Nagazawa snorted.

"Very well, Dr. Gebok. You have your choice of cyborgs for the mission," Ankoku assigned. "Gather as much information as you can on BLACK 13's location. Perhaps we can learn something useful."

"Of course, sir."

LEGENDARY RIDERS UNLOCKED SO FAR

1. Ichigo

2. Nigo

3. V3

4. Riderman

5. X-Rider

6. Amazon Rider

7. Stronger (and Denpa Ningen Tackle)

8. Skyrider

9. Super-1

10. ?

11. BLACK RX (Includes BLACK, Roborider and Biorider)

12. ?

13. J

KAMEN RIDER DATABASE

"OK, so now it's my turn!" huffed Gin. "OK, OK, here we go. Well, today we're going to look at Riderman, also known as Kamen Rider Yongo and the Avenging Demon." The screen showed Riderman as Gin began his explanation, "Joji Yuki was a DESTRON scientist who was framed for treason by a jealous Marshal Armor. Joji was sentenced to death by acid, losing his right arm in the process. He was rescued by fellow scientists who built him a new cybernetic arm to replace the one he'd lost. Afterwards, he swore a vendetta against Marshal Armor while still maintaining loyalty to DESTRON. He even went so far as to fight V3 so he could prove his loyalty. However, once he found out that DESTRON was the true enemy he decided to fight them alongside V3."

Gin continued, "Joji Yuki, as Riderman, lacked the cybernetically enhanced strength the other Riders had. He made up for this handicap with his smarts and an array of weapons called Cassette Arms. His Cassette Arms include Hook Arm, Sickle Arm, Swing Arm, Net Arm, Machinegun Arm and Drill Arm. His most powerful weapon is the Power Arm which is used hack away at both obstacles and enemies alike."

Gun finished, "So, even if Riderman is the weakest of the Riders, that doesn't make him weak at all. Well, that's all the time we have today. I'm going to go and do some 'research'."


KAMEN RIDER CHROME: And so the genius Riderman has been unlocked. Kurumu also passes her exams with Shinichi's help. Next up it's time to get down and dirty with the gang! Peace out!