Momotaros patrols the entrance area; gift shops, photo booths, and a menagerie of arctic animals. Urataros scans the indoor aquarium where he dodges some free-roaming penguins. Kintaros looks around the jungle exhibits, with several enclosures in construction. Ryutaros playfully prances around the reptile house, which is slightly smaller than a normal exhibit. "[Wah! So many lizards!]" he twirled excitedly.
"Keep it down, Ryutaros. If there's anyone else here we don't want to alarm them." Harry warned via a communicator. Just then, the front gate is being cut by a laser from the outside. Momotaros hides behind an iceberg façade and monitors the situation. "[Someone's breaking into the zoo, everyone stay put.]" Momotaros commanded over the comm. A cut-out of the metal gate falls and several monkey-tailed ninjas emerge from the hole.
They are followed by a figure wearing similar armour as that of Fang's but with yellow undersuit, blood-red armour plating, an elk head pauldron and a helmet resembling an elk head with a faceplate resembling a tiger's mouth. The most notable object in their possession is a red-coloured version of the Fang Fuge on their waist with a tiger motif. "[That must be the jerk who stole the thing!]" Momotaros whispered. He kicks down the façade and charges at the Rider, yelling "[Go, go, go!]", swinging his red sword. The Rider points to Momotaros and the ninjas charge at him.
They try to attack him, but Momotaros cut their blades in half and punches them rapidly. He throws a ninja at the Rider, but he swipes them into a gift shop. The Rider pulls off both of his antlers and wields them as swords. "[From the start to finish, I'm at a climax!]" Momotaros yelled. They clash their blades as another ninja, wearing a bulky apparatus on their back, emerges from the hole.
"[Hey, get back here!]" Momotaros yelled to the ninja before being hit in the back by the Rider. The ninja ventures through the snow bear exhibit, and intrudes inside the enclosure without waking the bears. He approaches a sleeping bear and takes out a tube with a needle from the apparatus. He attempts to pierce the bear, but is grabbed by the shoulders by Kintaros. "[Don't wake the bears!]" he said as he throws him outside the enclosure.
He conjures a blood vial and throws it on the ground, breaking it. The puddle grows in volume until it takes the shape of an elk Blood Atronach. The ninja removes the apparatus and punches the back of the atronach. It starts to absorb him until it engulfs him, like armour. Kintaros pops his neck before charging at the atronach.
His axe is lodged in the atronach's antlers before it kicks him away. In that moment, Kintaros slices its antler. As the atronach is distracted by its amputation, a snow bear with a rounded snout knocks it unconscious with a folding chair. The atronach dissolves, leaving the ninja. "Ice Bear saves the day." the snow bear said monotonously.
In the swamps of Morrowind, the Redguard Red Trooper meets with an Akaviri man named Lucky and a strange wolf-like beastman at the back of a truck trailer. "It was awesome! Luckily we had the Futago Kyutama with us!" Lucky said excitedly. "Welcome back, Scott Truman." Zero's voice beckoned from a speaker. The Trooper walks inside the trailer as the door lifts back up. "So what do we do now?" Scott asked.
"We make contact with the Blades." Zero answered. "How do we do that? They're more secretive than Doctor K, and she's pretty secretive." Scott wondered. "One of the teachers in the Rangers' school, Hammar High School, joined the Blades recently. His name is Tomari Toshiro, a former robotics engineer working for the Dragonguard, designer of his teams' arsenal, former Red Ranger of said team, and currently teaching design and technology at Hammar High School. He is under the Akaviri immigration program and in the care of an antique clerk who resides in Ash Acres; a residential area outside the city of Mournhold, the area you were in approximately five minutes and seven seconds ago." Zero explained. "What's the plan?" Lucky asked. "We Groundbridge the Mobile Base to his address, and talk to him. I recommend proving your status as Red Rangers. Garu should stay inside as to not cause alarm. Although a species similar in appearance to yours exist, they do not have blue fur." Zero suggested.
An android body in the cab activates, its eyes glowing blue, and interacts with a holographic display on its right. A green portal appears in front of the truck and it drives into it, disappearing. They arrive in front of the Ash Acres side of the bridge, which is barricaded on both ends, and resume driving along the road. They arrive in front of Cal's house and Zero exits the truck, taking the form of a man in a black suit with well-kept hair. Lucky and Scott exit the trailer as Garu waves goodbye.
Zero approaches the front door and presses the doorbell. "Can I help you?" Cal asked via intercom. "May we speak to Tomari Toshiro?" Zero asked in a monotonous human-like voice. Toshiro then arrives at the house with shopping bags, looking surprised at the sight of the three. "[Are you Tomari Toshiro?]" Zero asked in Akaviri.
"[Yes, that's me. Who are you?]" Toshiro asked in Akaviri. "[We would like to discuss something in private.]" Zero answered. "[Let me take care of my host; he suddenly caught an illness, so I had to get the groceries for him.]" Toshiro answered. As Toshiro was about to enter the house, Cal's mother Karen, parks in the driveway and swipes the groceries from Toshiro. "I'll take it from here, dear." she said calmly to Toshiro.
"Don't worry Cally, mommy's here!" she yelled as he ran through the door. "Okay, well that was very convenient." Scott commented. "We know of your affiliation with the Blades." Zero said. Toshiro stares silently before running away.
To be continued…