Kamen Rider Ex-Aid 'Tricks' Bonus Stage: Quiz Chronicle Chapter 53: Final Boss Stage Phase 2A, a kamen rider fanfic

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"You going to be okay, Dogranio? There still a lot of spiders about," Evolt joked as Dogranio sat back on the couch.

"Very funny," Dogranio growled. "I'm not scared of spider-themed superheroes. Unless they've got actual spider body parts, anyway." He hesitated. "They don't, do they?"

"According to the comics, at least one version of that girl spider is actually wearing a living costume made of hundreds of tiny spiders," Z suggested. "Does that count?"

Dogranio shuddered. "Really hope that this one isn't like that…"

"So, am I the only one who finds it weirder that this world already has a Spider-Man than that over half a dozen new ones just popped in out of nowhere?" Evolt asked.

"No, I think it's weird too," Z told him. "Abrella, this is more or less my first time, so… Are big team up crossover events usually this freaky?"

"No, this is stranger than usual," Abrella replied. "We have fewer participants now than certain previous crossovers, but those never had the likes of Dracula, Starfish Hitler, or Spider-Men from another dimension."

"Multiple other dimensions," Dogranio corrected him. "They're all from different worlds."

"How can you tell?" Evolt asked, intrigued.

"Just like you've got a sense for distortions in space and time, I can get a vibe for beings who travel through different dimensions," Dogranio explained. "We aren't called the Interdimensional Crime Group Gangler for nothing, after all."

"Also, I think the fact that all of them look kind of different would be a bit of a big hint that they aren't from the same place," Z pointed out.

"That too," Dogranio agreed.

"Fascinating!" Abrella exclaimed, intrigued. "And given how familiar they seem to be with each other and how they seem less alarmed by being in another reality then in the circumstances currently going on, that would seem to indicate they are no strangers to interdimensional travel. Ergo, they must have some form of convenient interdimensional travel! If I could get my hands on that kind of technology, I could expand my business to countless other realities!"

"And just think of how many other worlds I could eat! I wouldn't even need to bother making a new Pandora panel, I could just plug whatever gizmo they're using into my Driver and I'd be good to go!" Evolt agreed, excited.

"Psh, we Gangler don't need to bother with gadgets like that," Dogranio snorted dismissively. "All of us can travel across dimensions under our own power! It's practically second nature to us!"

"Is that so?" Abrella asked, fascinated. "That must be incredibly convenient for you."

Dogranio nodded. "Like I said before, we're called the Interdimensional Crime Group Gangler for a reason. Wouldn't have been able to plunder nearly as many worlds as we have without that ability!"

Evolt sighed longingly. "Too bad we can't be Ganglers."

"Who says you can't?" Dogranio asked, much to their surprise. "You think all of the Ganglers come from the same world? We recruited more than a few from places we've conquered who showed particular promise. All you gotta do is have some bones and a safe grafted onto your body and you're good to go."

"It's that simple?" Abrella asked incredulously.

"Yep. Well… The grafting has to be done in a special way," Dogranio admitted. "Fortunately, our doctor Goche ru Medou is an expert on the procedure."

"But… She died," Abrella pointed out, confused. "I should know, I ran into her on the other side."

"Really?" Dogranio asked, delighted. "How's she doing?"

"Not particularly pleased you left her to die," Abrella informed him.

"Eh, that's fair," Dogranio conceded. "But no, that shouldn't be a problem. She made a few clones of herself in case of emergencies. All I need to do is thaw one out and we're back in business."

"Really!" Abrella cried in excitement. "Then, perhaps I could-"

"But wait, Abrella, aren't you a legitimate businessmen now?" Z pointed out. "Which means you can't get a safe and become a Gangler without becoming a criminal again, and then the cops will try to arrest and/or kill you."

"Kid's got a point, Abrella," Dogranio admitted. "Only crooks are allowed in my organization. And everyone knows you've gone straight, you keep telling us that."

"…Ah. Yes. So I have…" Abrella murmured, lost in thought. Surely there had to be someplace he could hide a safe on his body that wouldn't make it obvious to the authorities that he was in cahoots with the Ganglers, wasn't there?

"That's not a problem for me," Evolt said enthusiastically. "Can I get a safe?"

"Yes, but that would mean swearing fealty to me and acknowledging me as your boss," Dogranio informed him.

"Oh," Evolt muttered, shoulders slumping. "Right. Of course."

"I'm guessing that's a no?" Z asked.

"Evolt doesn't take orders from anyone," Evolt said firmly.

"If it helps, more than a few of my subordinates, like Zamigo Delma, went off and did their own thing without feeling the need to report to me on what they were up to," Dogranio explained. "So long as they weren't planning to overthrow me and occasionally checked in, I was fine with it."

"… I'll need to think about it," Evolt said finally.

"What about me? Can I have a safe?" Z asked hopefully.

"Why would you want one? I thought you weren't evil anymore," Dogranio pointed out, perplexed.

"Oh, right, I forgot," Z realized. Dogranio rolled his eyes.

Deciding to table for the time being the issue of how he could become a Gangler while still pretending to be straight, Abrella said, "All that aside, I do believe it is time for us to bear witness to the final battle. Everyone appears to be converging at the point where Kuroto-"

"THAT'S-"

"WE DON'T CARE!" Abrella snapped abruptly before continuing. "Where a certain individual is battling Emu Hojo and Sento Kiryu. This is what we've all been waiting for, friends and dear viewers. Will the Kamen Riders and Super Sentai and other totally unexpected visitors prevail over this obnoxious self-proclaimed genius, or will the world fall before this madman who believes himself greater than a God?"

"Oh yeah, they're totally going to beat him."

"No question."

"Wait, that was ever in doubt?"

Abrella pouted. "You could at least PRETEND he has a chance, for the sake of dramatic tension. But yes, his defeat is almost a certainty. The real question is how badly will he be beaten, and how entertaining will it be?"

"My vote is extremely, on both counts," Evolt said giddily. "I've been looking forward to this."

"Then let us observe the battle, which is already in progress!" Abrella declared, gesturing to the camera.

Z nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah! Wait…"

"What is it, kid?" Dogranio asked.

"Do… Do you guys feel like you're forgetting something? Something important?" Z asked with a frown.

"Like what?" Evolt asked.

"If I knew, I wouldn't have forgotten it," Z complained.

"Well, if you can't remember what it is, neither can the rest of us," Dogranio pointed out reasonably.

"Is it me?" Asked Pumpkin Rapper, suddenly reminding everyone he was there.

"Oh hey, I forgot you were there," Evolt admitted in surprise.

"You've been very quiet, far more than I ever expected a rapper to be," Abrella confessed.

"Quiet? Who do you think's been the one providing the soundtrack for all these fights?" Pumpkin Rapper complained.

"I thought it was Abrella," Z confessed. "Another feature of his high-tech camera thing."

"So did I," Abrella added, checking his camera. "Except… No, I must've forgotten to turn it on. How very silly of me. How fortunate that you were here then, Pumpkin Rapper, otherwise the last several minutes of fighting wouldn't have had appropriate background music."

"I better be getting paid big time for this," Pumpkin Rapper groused. "I haven't exactly been using a lot of horror or Halloween-themed songs, which, as I pointed out before, are sort of my brand."

"We'll make sure you are adequately repaid for your services," Abrella assured him.

"Does that settle things, Z?" Dogranio asked.

"I… Guess it does," Z muttered doubtfully. He was still sure there was something important he was forgetting, but for the life of him, he couldn't remember what it was. I just hope it's not too important, he thought anxiously. I don't want anything to ruin this. It's the most fun I've had in a long time…

Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme cackled madly as he flew through the air, forming energy balls with question marks in them in the crooks of his question mark-shaped blades before swiping his swords, hurling the orbs at Emu and Sento, who were pursuing him on the latter's Machine Builder motorcycle, Sento steering and trying to avoid the projectiles while Emu blasted at Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme with the borrowed FullBottle Buster, only for Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme to either evade the blasts or deflect them with his blades, the stray projectiles exploding all across the landscape. "You'll have to do better than that, fools!" Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme cried. "I'm FAR too intelligent to be hit by attacks like that!"

"What's that even mean?" The frustrated Emu demanded. "Your IQ shouldn't determine whether or not you can be hit by energy blasts!"

"Actually, with a good enough understanding of physics and mathematics, and a brain capable of performing incredibly complex calculations in milliseconds, its child's play to dodge bullets," Sento corrected Emu. "You just need to determine where the gun is going to fire, and endeavor not to be there when the bullet passes through."

"Then I'll just have to try something unpredictable!" Emu decided, handing Sento back his blaster and jumping off the bike, using his super speed to run alongside it, trailing golden sparkles in his wake. Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme flung more energy balls at him, but Emu evaded them with all the expertise of someone who has mastered every endless runner game imaginable, while Sento provided covering fire. Emu dashed up the side of a nearby cliff and leapt off it, streaking through the air towards Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme as he drew back a fist to punch his glass helmet in…

Only for Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme to laugh and dodge out of the way. "Too predictable!"

"Did you predict THIS?" Emu asked as he shot past, his dreadlocks extending and wrapping around Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme's arm.

"EMU!" Sento cried in alarm as his comrade tumbled through the air, wailing in agony before slamming into the ground hard.

"It's… A good thing I'm invincible… Or that would REALLY have hurt…" Emu grunted as he staggered to his feet.

"Why don't we see just how far your invincibility goes?" Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme taunted. "I think it should be an excellent experiment, don't you agree, Sento?"

"An experiment that hurts people is an abuse of science!" Sento retorted angrily.

"65!" Sento immediately yelled, causing Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme to flinch as feedback from his own question washed over him.

"Right… Should remember not to ask you science questions in the future," Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme grunted. "How about this, then: which of Muramasa's disciples crafted one of the three great Spears of Japan?"

"Uhhh…" Both Riders uttered.

"Fujiwara Masazane!" Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme answered, connecting both of his blades at the hilt and flinging the resulting combined weapon at Emu.

Emu quickly dodged out of the way of the blade, only for Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme to slam into him from the side, flinging him right into the blade as it whirled back through the air, slashing across his back as it returned to its master's hand. "Gah… Whatever happened to providing us with multiple choices for answers?!"

"As my game continues to spread across the globe and ensnare more and more minds, so too does its power!" Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme bragged. "I no longer need to provide you with options! If you aren't smart enough to know the answers on your own, that's not my fault!"

"Knowing the answers to random trivia questions isn't a sign of intelligence, but how many facts you've managed to memorize!" Sento shouted as he barreled towards Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme on his bike. "REAL intelligence comes from being able to put together those facts and pieces of information in new and innovative ways… Something someone like you can't possibly understand!"

"Can't understand?! I'm a certified genius and a brilliant game designer!" Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme protested, livid.

"Mighty '06," Emu spoke up. "Oh, and the Futago brothers."

"I TOLD YOU NEVER TO BRING THOSE UP AGAIN!" Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme shouted furiously, hurling his combined blades at the Machine Builder just as Sento popped a wheelie. The double-bladed sword slashed through the motorcycle, destroying it…

[+] ONE SIDE! READY, GO! GENIUS ATTACK! [+]

And Sento surged out of the flames, the red, magenta, and orange part of his body glowing as he threw a punch at Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme…

Who caught it in one hand. "Once again, too predictable!" He taunted as his sword came back to him, slashing Sento across the back and causing him to cry out in pain as Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme caught the weapon and immediately thrust it backwards, stabbing Emu in the gut just before he could ram into him at top speed, sparks flying as the invincible Rider was flung backwards.

Emu's dreadlocks shot forwards to try and wrap around Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme, but the mad genius whirled around and hurled Sento at him, the prehensile hair accidentally latching onto the heroic genius and causing him to slam into Emu, knocking both of them over.

"Have you fools learned nothing? Stupidity is trying the same thing over and over again and expecting different results!" Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme sneered.

"I thought that was insanity," Emu pointed out.

"And I'm fairly certain that you could be considered guilty of the same thing," Sento added as both Riders pulled themselves back up.

"Shut up!" Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme snapped. "On a related note… Who is widely credited for being the person to come up with that saying?"

"Albert Einstein," Sento answered immediately.

"Dammit!" Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme cursed as he got hit by feedback. "Really need to stop asking you science questions…" He quickly recovered. "But it is of no use! I grow smarter by the second as my game continues to spread around the globe! Soon I will not only be able to predict all of your attacks, but read your minds, control your very thoughts! I shall be completely unstoppable!" He cackled. "With my expanded brainpower, I have already begun to delve into the secrets of the universe, working toward solving problems that have troubled humanity since the very beginning!"

"While fighting us?" Sento asked skeptically.

Emu and Sento gasped in horror. "Such things are beyond the comprehension of mortal men!" Sento cried.

Emu nodded. "Yeah!… Though, if you'd be willing to explain it…"

"Emu!" Sento chided.

"Oh, like you aren't curious too!" Emu shot back.

Emu sighed. "Yeah, I figured as much."

"You monster! Knowledge should be shared with all, for the benefit of mankind!" Sento yelled furiously.

"I don't care about mankind, I only care about myself," Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme sneered. "And before you go on prattling about pointless things like morality and ethics, you should know that very soon I'll have cracked the code on how to cure cancer… AND understand the plot of Twin Peaks and FLCL!"

"If he does that, he'll truly be unbeatable," realized a horrified Sento.

"Then we'll just have to stop him before he reaches that point!" Emu declared. He turned to Sento. "So, how do we stop them before he reaches that point?"

"Why are you asking me?!" Sento complained. "He's your nemesis!"

"Yes, but you're the genius," Emu pointed out.

"So are you!" Sento argued.

"I'm a genius gamer, which isn't exactly the same thing," Emu countered.

"Oh for…" Sento sighed in exasperation. "Okay, we need to find a way to break his connection to all the copies of his game being circulated around the world and decrease his intelligence back to its base levels. I think a combined attack from your Maximum Mighty Finish and my Genius Finish should do the trick."

Emu nodded in understanding. "Right, because both attacks have the ability to reprogram or alter the target's physiology. Except… He's probably going to see that coming, right?"

Sento nodded. "Undoubtedly. Which is why we need a distraction. Something totally unexpected that he won't see coming."

"Like what?" Emu asked.

And that's when the Tridoron drove off a cliff and hurtled towards Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme, its occupants either screaming in terror or laughing hysterically. "WHAT THE-"

"HEY! You scratched the paint job!" Shinnosuke shouted, livid.

"We should run him over for that, Shinnosuke!" Mr. Belt suggested a little too eagerly.

"Was already planning on it!" Shinnosuke decided, spinning the wheel, his car doing doughnuts across the ground until it was pointing right back at Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme. Shifting into full throttle, he slammed the accelerator to the floor and charged the evil Rider.

"Shinnosuke, I'm starting to think you and Mr. Belt have a problem," Go moaned, starting to feel queasy.

Brain nodded in agreement. "Yeah! And you guys say MY driving is bad?!"

"It is," Chase told him. "It's much worse than this."

"LIES!"

As the car raced towards him, Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme spread his wings and flipped into the air, swinging one of his blades down with the intent of ripping through the hood and smashing the windshield…

[+] READY, GO! VOLCANIC FINISH! ACHACHACHACHACHACHA ACHA! [+]

When suddenly a sunroof on top of the Tridoron slid open and Ryuga Banjo surged out of it, covered in magma, drawing back his burning fist.

Two thoughts raced through the startled Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme's mind as the roaring Ryuga shot towards him.

The first was, Wait, since when does the Tridoron have a sunroof?

The second was, This fool thinks his punches can get through my new defense? Truly he is the most imbecilic of Riders! I can't wait to see the look on his face as I counter his attack!

As he quickly positioned his body in such a way that his genius intellect predicted would be the ideal way to counter Ryuga's punch, two things failed to occur to him. The first was that Ryuga's punches were so ridiculously powerful they defied the laws of physics. The second was that Ryuga didn't give a shit about counters or the tactics of a superior mind; if he wanted to punch something, then by Gaim he was going to punch it.

And that was why Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme was taken completely by surprise when Ryuga's punch breezed right past his defenses and slammed into his glass helmet, shattering it, breaking his glasses, and leaving a massive indentation shaped like a fist imprinted into his face.

"Whoa!" The amazed Emu gasped.

Sento chuckled. "That's my partner. Only a fool bets against Banjo in a fight!"

Evolt laughed, slapping his knee. "Ha! Thattaboy, Banjo! Show that nerd who's boss!"

"I'M NOT YOUR SON!" Ryuga shouted.

"I didn't say you were."

"… Oh."

"You are, though."

"SHUT UP!"

"When did you get a sunroof?" Heart wondered, glancing up at the hole in the roof of the Tridoron.

"I installed it a while ago. It seemed like a good idea," Mr. Belt explained.

Howling in agony and disbelief, Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme was launched backwards, slamming into the ground just in time for the Tridoron to smash into him and bounce him back into the air. As Ryuga launched himself at Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme again, the mad genius spread his wings, managed to right himself, and quickly dodged out of the way. "You may have caught me by surprise that time," he declared. "But it won't happen again-"

He was cut off when a piano landed on him.

Emu and Sento stared. "… What?"

The watchers stared as well. "The hell?" Dogranio asked finally.

Z suddenly laughed. "Oh! Oh, I think I know just happened! This is going to be good, trust me!"

With a creak, the lid of the piano lifted, revealing a very dazed Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme, covered in broken strings and bits of wood. "Where… Where did that come from?" He asked, bewildered.

"The real question is, can you afford to pay for a replacement? These things aren't cheap, after all?"

There was a tap on his shoulder. "Excuse me?"

"Eh?"

There was a surge of electricity, and suddenly Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme was blasted out of the remains of the piano, body convulsing as energy coursed through him. As his wings spasmed, trying to stabilize his flight, there was the sound of several thwips and abruptly he found himself wrapped in a thick cocoon of webbing created by over half a dozen individuals, most of whom were wearing different variations of Spider-Man outfits and one of whom was piloting a mini mecha.

"Got him!" One who looked like he'd fallen on hard times recently declared.

"And this should keep his mind off of trying to escape!" A female in a mostly white suit announced, the forearms of her costume suddenly dissolving into dozens of white spiders which crawled up the strands of webbing coming from her wrists and entered the cocoon, which started thrashing wildly as muffled screams could be heard from the interior.

"Oh, so she IS like that version of Gwen Stacy," Z realized.

"Pardon me a moment," Dogranio said before leaning over the back of the couch and dry heaving.

"… Sento, are those…" Emu asked slowly.

"Spider-men and -women, most of whom seem to have traveled here from multiple different realities?" Sento finished eagerly. "It would appear so! Oh, what I wouldn't give for a look at whatever technology they used to travel to this dimension! That sort of technology would be MUCH easier to use than the white Pandora panel!"

The Spider-Man in monochrome glanced them. "Hey, if you boys feel like giving us a hand instead of jawing like a couple a' sailors who had a bit too much to drink, we'd kind of appreciate it!"

"We can't hold him forever!" The girl piloting the mini mecha agreed.

"Oh, right!" Emu inserted the Maximum Mighty Gashat into his Gashacon Key Slasher while Sento started cranking his Vortex Lever.

| MAXIMUM CLICK AND LOAD! |

| FINISHING MOVE! MAXIMUM MIGHTY CRITICAL FINISH! |

[+] ALL SIDE! READY, GO! GENIUS FINISH! [+]

As Emu fired a tremendous beam of yellow energy from his sword in its gun form, Sento launched himself in a side kick covered in red, blue, and gold sparks of energy. Together, they raced towards the cocoon containing Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme…

Which burst open, the Spider-People staggering back as Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme launched skywards, screaming and desperately trying to shake the spider symbiotes off of his body. The beam and Sento's flying kick shot past the space where he had just been, colliding with Ryuga, who had been unfortunate enough to be standing there. "Oh, come on-" was all he managed to say before he was engulfed in a swirling-rainbow-colored explosion.

"Banjo!" Evolt shouted. "How could you possibly let yourself get hit by such an obvious attack like that? I'm so disappointed in you. I expected better."

"Really?" Z asked, disgusted.

"What? Kid's fine," Evolt said dismissively.

Emu gasped. "Oh no! Banjo!"

"Banjo!" Sento cried in horror, racing to his friend's side. "Banjo! Speak to me!"

Ryuga groaned. "Sento…"

"Banjo?!" Sento leaned in close, desperate.

"Sento… Why the hell did you hit me? We're fighting the other guy!" Ryuga yelled angrily, sitting up so fast he nearly smashed his head to Sento's.

Sento stared at his partner in disbelief, then laughed and smacked him on the head. "Should've known it would take more than that to put you down for the count…"

"See? I told you," Evolt said smugly. "Like my son would ever be beaten by a measly attack like that!"

"I'M NOT YOUR SON!"

He suddenly started screaming and frantically scratching himself. He managed to pluck a spider he'd missed off of the back of his neck, threw it away, and resumed his monologue. "A valiant effort, fools, but futile nonetheless! And now that you've tried that trick against me once, it won't work again-"

Suddenly, a piano fell out of the sky. Without missing a beat, Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme sliced it in half, the two pieces of the piano crashing to the earth on either side of him. Spider-Ham scowled at him. "Boo! No respect for the classics!"

"It won't work again, and soon, I shall become so intelligent none of you will be able to lay a finger on me-" Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme bragged.

There was an unzipping sound. Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme immediately thrust a sword behind him, laughing with relish when he heard a gasp of pain as his blade pierced his would-be attacker's body. "Nice try, Hiiro, but I KNEW you would try something like that eventually!"

"Sorry," the voice of his victim said weakly. "But I'm not Hiiro."

"What-" Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme glanced over his shoulder and was surprised to see Brain behind him, gripping the blade that had partially pierced his chest. "What… What are you-"

"Handkerchief Attack!"

There was another unzipping sound.

| CLICK AND OPEN! |

| FINISHING MOVE! TADDLE LEGEND CRITICAL FINISH! |

Hiiro dove out of another dimensional crack, blade glowing. Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme ripped off and tossed the handkerchief away and ducked as the winged Rider flew by, sword swinging through the empty space where his head had just been. "You missed!"

Hiiro gracefully landed, wings flaring before folding back up, glancing at Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme over his shoulder. "Did I?"

There was the crackle of static, and suddenly a twisting, multicolored cord of energy appeared over Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme's head, stretching up into the sky before branching off into millions of threads extending out over the horizon in every direction. There was a large gash in the side of the cord near where it entered Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme's brain, and with a spark and a crackle, the cord snapped, causing the entire network to begin disintegrating into light. "No… NO! What have you done?!"

"There is nothing I cannot cut," Hiiro bragged calmly.

"He severed the connection Kuroto-" Emu realized.

"That's-"

"Shut up. The connection he has with all the copies of Quiz Chronicle he's distributed worldwide," Emu continued. "Now he can no longer draw power from them, so can't get any smarter!"

"No… Noooooo… My beautiful mind… It's getting STUPIDER!" Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme wailed.

His horns, wings, and gauntlets all dissolved into question marks and faded away as he reverted to his original Quiz Gamer form, plummeting to the ground in the process. His brain's glow diminished, and millions of sparks of energy rose from it and scattered to the winds as all the brainpower he stole was returned to its rightful owners. He wailed despondently as he stumbled back to his feet. "Damn you! No longer am I Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme, merely True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal!"

"… I guess that's an improvement?" Go asked skeptically.

"And here I thought some of the names of the bad guys back home were weird…" Gwen muttered.

"Probably not weirder than Dr. Bong," the midlife crisis Spider-Man told them. "And before you say anything, his power is sonic, nothing to do with drugs. God, you have no idea how many times Wade made that joke…"

"Too many to count!" A man in a red and black suit with a pair of katanas declared as he suddenly appeared in a flash of light.

"What the… Wade?! What are you doing here?!" Spider-Man demanded incredulously.

"You said my name three times. You know that summons me," Deadpool told him.

"I only said it once!" Spider-Man protested.

Deadpool blinked. "You did? Oh, I must have misheard, then. Well, I'm already here, so I guess I'll stick around. I'm sure I'll find something fun to kill!" Spider-Man groaned.

"Who… Who is-" Takuya stammered, dumbfounded.

"I'm Deadpool, the Merc with a Mouth!" Deadpool announced happily. "I'm the best at whatever Wolverine does, and it isn't pretty! I'm also the bestest friend ever of Spidey here!"

"No you aren't," Spider-Man grumbled with a resigned air of someone who'd had this argument too many times to count.

Deadpool laughed and gave him a noogie. "Always such a kidder, this guy…"

"You IMBECILES!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal screeched. "Do you have any idea what you've just done?!"

"Foiled your plans and saved the world?" Ryuga suggested.

"You set back the development of human civilization by CENTURIES!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal raved. "With the combined brainpower of everyone on Earth, I could've learned the secrets of the universe! Solved all of society's ills! I was THIS close to coming up with a cure for cancer, ending world hunger, establishing world peace, abolishing prejudice, and eliminating Internet trolls forever! And now, thanks to you, it's all gone!" He angrily pointed at them. "How can you call yourselves heroes when you have denied the world the gifts only my genius could provide?"

"… Is he serious?" Heart asked in disbelief.

Emu sighed. "Unfortunately, he is."

"Let's get real here, Kuroto-" Sento began.

"That's-"

"Whatever. If you actually HAD come up with any of those things, would you have actually implemented them, or continued wasting your intellect for your own glory?" Sento asked pointedly.

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal hesitated. "Well. I… I mean… I MIGHT have! And we'll never know now, will we?!"

Hiiro shook his head in disgust. "Don't bother trying to guilt us, Kuroto."

"It's-"

"We both know that if you REALLY wanted to save the world, you would've done it years ago," Hiiro interrupted coldly.

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal shook with anger, but had no response.

"It's over, Kuroto," Emu informed his nemesis.

"That's-"

"Don't care. You've lost whatever advantage your extra brainpower gave you. You're right back where you were several minutes ago: vastly outnumbered and overpowered," Emu told him. "You can either surrender, change back, and turn yourself in to end this peacefully… Or you can continue pointlessly fighting, and we defeat you in in utterly unnecessary battle, which will be all the worse for you once everyone else gets here. What will it be?"

"Please choose to fight please choose to fight please choose to fight please choose to fight…" Ryuga, Heart, and Deadpool all prayed hopefully.

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal shook with rage… Then barked with laughter. "Imbecile! Even without the full power of Quiz Chronicle, I'm still smarter than you! You forgot, there is one other option open to me…"

He gestured, and an army of over 100 Bugster Viruses and roughly a dozen of the gargantuan Merged Bugster Unions he'd used as a battle body before the Genius Squad had shown up materialized between him and the heroes. "RUN AWAY!" He shouted, dashing away as fast as he could.

"I forgot he could do that," Hiiro commented.

Ryuga groaned. "I thought we were done fighting summoned enemies! Oh well, at least this gives me a bit more of a warm up before I punch that guy's face in."

"Hopefully this will be more satisfying than the Nazi werewolf I beat to death with my bare hands," Heart agreed.

"Wait, you beat up a Nazi werewolf?" Noir asked, surprised and upset. "I love beating up Nazis! When did this happen?!"

"Before you got here," Heart said apologetically.

"And I think someone else killed Starfish Hitler," Brain told him.

"Shucks! I've always wanted to punch Adolph in the face!" Noir whined, kicking at the ground like a toddler.

"Wait… STARFISH Hitler?" Miles asked, incredulous.

"What, did somebody from Ham's world wind up here?" Gwen wondered.

Spider-Ham scoffed. "Of course not! Everyone knows that OUR Hitler was a llama."

Everyone stared at him. "What?" Peni asked finally.

"What?" Spider-Ham asked right back.

"Why is the Hitler here a starfish?" Asked the very confused (poorly-animated) Spider-Man.

"Because he was resurrected as one by an evil organization who, for some reason, had a penchant for creating monsters that were based on animals mixed with historical figures," Mr. Belt explained.

Deadpool nodded in understanding. "Of course! That explains everything!"

"No it doesn't!" The Spider-Man who'd been labeled as his best friend protested in disbelief.

Deadpool shook his head pityingly. "You really need to expand your horizons, man. After so many years on the job, I'd have thought you'd learned to take things like this in stride by now." Spider-Man facepalmed.

"Peni, you said this universe reminded you of yours. Is your universe this weird too?" Gwen asked the younger girl in the robot suit.

Peni snorted. "Weird? This world and my world are the normal ones! You all are the ones with weird worlds! Well, except for Ham."

"MY world is the weird one?!" Spider-Ham cried, indignant. "My world is perfectly normal! You all are the weird ones with your rigid laws of physics, drab colors, relentless bleakness and despair, and ugly, UGLY people!"

"Who are you calling ugly?!" The Spider-Man who looked like he was from a poorly-animated cartoon demanded.

"From my perspective, you all are all the weird ones," Noir spoke up. "Since there's all these unnatural colors everywhere. And it's not raining all the time."

"If it rains all the time in your dimension, then shouldn't your world have flooded a long time ago?" Miguel asked.

Noir paused to consider this. "… That IS strange…" he admitted.

"Wait, how are our worlds weird compared to yours?" Gwen asked Peni.

"Like Ham said, drab colors, everyone's eyes are too small, your hair colors are dull, barely anyone has a giant robot and giant monsters don't attack several times a week… You don't even have team roll calls or finishing moves!" Peni complained.

"Wait, you have a finishing move?" Miles asked. "Why haven't you ever used it?"

"Well, none of YOU seem to have one, so I didn't want to be the only one to stand out," Peni admitted. Her eyes suddenly lit up. "Hey, would you guys like to come up with a team roll call and finishing moves?"

"Sure, that sounds cool," Miles agreed, getting excited. "Hey, Takuya, can you teach us how to do that?"

"I… Suppose?" Takuya asked, confused and having no idea what was going on now.

"Isn't there a fight we should be focusing on?" One of the Peters complained.

"Don't worry, we'll be done with this annoying and pointless digression in a couple of paragraphs," Ham promised.

"What?" Miguel asked in confusion.

"Hey! HEY! Breaking the fourth wall is MY thing! Not yours!" Deadpool shouted angrily.

"You don't have a monopoly on that!" Spider-Ham retorted. "I've been doing it since long before you were a twinkle in Rob Liefeld's eye!"

"What on earth are they talking about?" Chase wondered, perplexed.

"I have no idea, so let's just ignore them and fight those guys," Go suggested wisely.

And that's exactly what they did.

As the sounds of exclusion and violence broke out behind him, True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal ran as fast as he could away from the battle. Okay, now I just need to get a safe distance away and I can make my escape, he thought to himself. Then once I get to my safehouse, I can begin working on my next scheme. Quiz Chronicle may have been a failure, but my NEXT one won't be! He laughed to himself. And when I get my revenge, not only will none of them see it coming, but there CERTAINLY won't be so many interlopers constantly getting in my way and dragging things out far longer than they should have! I'll show them! I'll show them all-

"CHAMELEON FIST SECRET RINGI: NULL-EXTINGUISH WAVE!"

A silver whip lashed out, striking several points on True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal's body in rapid succession, green energy flaring up from each point of impact. He gasped, muscles spasming as the space between his legs suddenly grew much, much warmer and damper, much to his humiliation.

Mele twirled her sais as Rio and Miki ran up to her. "Found him, Rio-Sama! Shall we punish him for trying to run away like a coward?"

The Black Lion nodded, dark energy swirling around him. "Certainly. Miki, since you are the one who hates him the most of us, you may lead the way."

"With pleasure," Miki snarled, cracking her knuckles as she approached True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal, who desperately tried to get his spasming body to obey him – – and stop urinating – – so he could escape before the very, VERY angry woman could beat the crap out of him.

"You nearly killed my daughter," she spat, furious, golden energy flaring up around her. "This isn't even a FRACTION of what you deserve. Leopard-Fist Gekiwza: Pierce-Pierce Palm!"

With a kiai, she struck True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal's body with several hundred super-fast supercharged palm strikes, golden energy flashing from each point of impact as the blows pierced his armor and pulverized his bones, causing him to cry out in pain. With a final palm thrust, she blasted him off his feet, sending him tumbling head over heels away. "THAT was for Natsume!"

"And THIS," Rio bellowed as he powered up. "Is for daring to resurrect Long!"

"And forcing us to interrupt our date to come over and clean up after you!" Mele added, powering up as well.

"BRAVE-ROAR BULLET!"

"CHAMELEON FIST SECRET RINGI: LOVELY PENETRATION!"

Rio hurled a massive orb of Rinki energy as Mele leapt into the air and charged at True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal, spinning her body and thrusting her sais into him, shredding through his armor before leaping away and allowing her lover's strike to hit the weak spot she had created and fling the wailing Rider away.

On the plus side, True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal thought in a daze, landing on the ground some distance away with a sick thud, smoke rising from his chest. I'm not urinating anymore.

"You… You will regret that…" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal snarled as he staggered back to his feet. "The three of you may have me outmatched in the physical department… But I highly doubt you can best my brilliant mind!"

Miki raised a hand. "Um. I also have a brilliant mind?" She pointed out.

"Not as brilliant as mine!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal yelled petulantly. "For example… What are the eight virtues of Bushido?"

The fighters hesitated. True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal grinned triumphantly. I thought so! There's no way they could possibly know-

"Righteousness!"

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal cried out as Takeru Shiba ran past, slashing him with the Rekka Daizantou as he went. "Something you will never possess!"

"What?! How-" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal stammered.

"Courage!"

Kaoru lashed out with the Kyoryumaru blade, the sword striking and biting into True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal's body again and again. "Something a coward such as yourself has none of!"

"Shinkengers?! HERE?!" He cried in disbelief as he staggered back, clutching his chest.

"But of course," Kaoru said regally, flourishing her blade. "You revived Dokoku. Did you really think we wouldn't respond?"

"Compassion!"

Ryunosuke fired his Water Arrow at True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal, the projectiles bursting in splashes of water upon impact. "Not that there will be any for the likes of you!"

"Respect!"

Mako fluttered her fan through the air, striking True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal with waves of pink air. "But for one who has none for others, there can be no respect in return!"

"Honesty!"

Chiaki's spear extended, stabbing into True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal again and again. "Something I doubt you know the meaning of, given how many lies you've told!"

"Honor!"

Kotoha hurled her Shuriken, the massive throwing star slashing True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal as it flew by him, then again when it returned to her hand. "A word I doubt you know the meaning of!"

"I do too!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal protested. "Honor: high respect-"

"Duty!"

Genta dashed past True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal, sword drawn. "Something I chose for myself, since I was not of the proper bloodline… A decision I will never, EVER regret!"

He sheathed his blade, and suddenly True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal convulsed, sparks flying as the damage the samurai's sword inflicted on his body abruptly took effect.

"And don't forget self-control!"

A disk spun through the air and bopped True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal on the head. "Ow!" He rubbed his forehead, angrily glaring at DaiGoyo, or rather, at the Bugster Virus holding him. "What are you doing helping them, you traitor?!"

"We are offering him better wages, a nicer living space, and the chance to serve a noble master who is not an insane megalomaniac that will throw his life away at the first opportunity!" The robot lantern bragged.

"Wait, we're paying him?" Chiaki asked in surprise.

"Why not? All the kurokos get a salary," Takeru pointed out.

"… Dokoku never gave ME a salary…" Dayu muttered, standing nearby.

"Nngh… The blades of you samurai are certainly sharp," True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal admitted, straightening up. "But let's see if your wits are! Who is the only Showa-era Kamen Rider who didn't get a motorcycle?"

"Shin!"

Takashi Hongo and Kiriya in his Ichigo Gamer form jumped over the samurai, flipped in the air, and slammed into True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal's chest with a double kick, flinging him backwards with incredible force.

"Gah! I think you nearly shattered my rib cage!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal cried in alarm, clutching his chest.

"Only nearly? Darn, I still haven't really gotten the hang of this form. I'll have to hit you harder next time," Kiriya said in disappointment.

"Don't worry, young Rider, you'll get the hang of it eventually," Hongo assured the younger Rider.

"Hongo…what are you doing here?!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal demanded angrily. "This has nothing to do with you!"

"Shocker took an interest in this battle, and so did I," True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal explained. "And just because Spider Great Leader is dead doesn't mean I should leave, not when there are still evils left to fight. From what I can gather, you have been causing a great deal of trouble all day long. As the first Rider, it is my duty to help my kouhai restore peace whenever I find the opportunity."

"I hope I can be as amazing as you someday," Kiriya whispered in awe.

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal growled. "I don't care if you're the first Rider, I won't allow you to get in my way! Not when I was this close! Let's see if you can tell me who was the hard-boiled protagonist of The Maltese Falcon!"

"Sam Spade, one of my all-time-favorites!"

"I actually prefer Philip Marlowe, Shotaro."

"Yeah, he's pretty cool too."

Kamen Rider W appeared in their combined Xtreme form and struck True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal twice across the chest with their Prism Sword, carving a large X into his armor.

"Hidari… You're here too?!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal asked in disbelief, staggering back.

"What, you thought I'd stay away from my partner's side when he was in the middle of a fight?" Shotaro quipped.

"Allow me to show you the depths of absolute terror!" Ryubee Sonozaki declared, generating a pool of darkness around True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal's feet…

Which had no effect. "Yeah, nice try, but I shielded my suit from abilities like that," True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal sneered.

Ryubee threw up his hands in exasperation. "What's the point of being able to generate fear if it's doesn't work on anyone?!"

"Don't worry, father, we are more than a match for him," Philip assured his father. "After all, in this form we have total access to the Gaia Library. All the knowledge in the world is at our fingertips."

"So… You basically just have Wikipedia open on your phone at all times?" Chiaki joked.

"The Gaia Library is MUCH more informative than Wikipedia, and you don't have to worry about biased individuals editing it all the time," Philip replied, offended.

"Ah, you may have access to all the knowledge in the world… But what about knowledge from OFF world?" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal taunted. "Which planet in the M78 nebula is known as the Planet of Twilight?"

"Sundowin!"

Gentaro slammed into True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal like a rocket, probably because he was being propelled by the Rocket Module. "My girlfriend has been there! She said it's really pretty!"

"You too?!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal cried in disbelief.

"Well yeah, my best friend is here," Gentaro replied. "Granted, I think all my friends are my best friends, but still."

"While I suppose I should feel offended that you care for all your friends equally, knowing it's you, I strangely don't feel envious at all," Kengo reflected as he ran up in his mecha and punted True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal like a football.

"Sagittarius Punch!" Gamou declared, intercepting True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal and ramming a cosmic energy-charged fist into his back, hurling him into the sky.

"You don't have to call out your attacks, you know," Kengo told the Zodiarts.

"… But I want to," Gamou whined.

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal landed on his head. "Gah!" Stumbling to his feet, he snarled at the space heroes. "More and more of you just come crawling… Speaking of which, how many Rider monsters have a scorpion motif?"

"Around 27!"

Eiji Hino dropped from the sky, swinging his axe in a colossally powerful downward chop that probably would have split True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal into if he hadn't been jerked back slightly by the feedback from his question being answered correctly. Even so, the weapon cut deeply into his chest armor, bisecting the X W had put there.

"Oh, now why are YOU here?!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal shrieked. "None of your friends are even ON Genius Squad, or targets of my wrath!"

Eiji tilted his head, confused. "But… Most of them ARE my friends."

"Oh, you know what I mean!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal snapped. "I mean nobody from your series… Of adventures is here! There's no excuse for you to be here!"

He jerked backwards as several dozen energy bolts exploded against his chest, Date and Goto running up to flank Eiji. "You revived Dr. Maki and tried to use an employee of Mr. Kougami earlier to incubate a monster," Goto reminded him. "Is that reason enough?"

"Oh, now you're just reaching!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal whined. "And speaking of reaching, roughly how many computers were infected by the ILOVEYOU virus?"

"Over 50 million, at least 10% of all computers in the world with Internet access!"

Enter Unite dashed by, swinging his sword wreathed in red pixels as he went, slicing into True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal.

"Enter?!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal cried in disbelief, clutching his latest wound. "I knew you would probably turn on me sooner or later, but… Why are you helping them?! You hate humans!"

"I did," Enter admitted. "Until they introduced me to video games… Which is why I must destroy you, because your games are completely unwinnable!"

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal stared at him blankly. "I… No they're not…"

"Then why," Enter snarled, shaking a Genm handheld at True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal. "Am I, a superior AI, incapable of beating this game?!"

"Oh, for the love of-" Parad snatched the handheld from True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal, and fiddled with the controls for a few seconds. Moments later, victory fanfare played. "You were saying?"

"I… You used a cheat code!" Enter accused.

"This game doesn't have cheat codes," Parad countered. "You're just bad at video games, man." Enter fumed and crossed his arms, glancing away. "Oh, Kuroto-"

"That's-"

"Allow me to introduce you to my fiancée!" Parad loudly interrupted him, gesturing at Escape.

The female AI held up her guns one at a time. "This is Gock, this is Magock, and I'm Escape, and you'll find that I'm incredibly good."

"Okay?" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal replied, unsure how to react to this. "Wait, hold on a second… You're ENGAGED?! When did this happen?!"

"Just a little while ago," Parad explained. "Kind of a whirlwind romance, honestly."

"Which I still do not approve of!" Enter snapped.

"If I teach you how to play video games properly, will you change your mind?" Parad asked.

Enter hesitated. "I'll consider it."

"So yeah, we're totally going to get married, whether or not you have anything to say about it," Parad declared.

"I don't have anything to say about it," True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal replied.

Parad blinked. "You're… Not going to forbid it? Force Escape to jump through all sorts of insane hoops to win my hand?"

"No, I don't care about you enough to justify going to all that effort," True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal said bluntly.

"That's cold," Dogranio remarked.

"He's a pretty shitty father," Evolt agreed.

"Your reaction to your own 'son' getting hit badly was to yell at him for not dodging it," Z pointed out. "And you 'helped' him get stronger earlier by bragging about how you slept with his parents."

"Hey, I never said I was a better one," Evolt countered.

Parad flinched. "… Okay, I knew you were going to say that, but I'm not gonna lie, that kind of hurt a bit."

"You are a terrible father," Enter said in disgust. "And ours ate Escape after she worked her rear off trying to revive him."

"I'm glad I've disowned you and been adopted by Shigeru Miyamoto," Parad agreed. He glanced Escape. "You hear that, honey? Your man is the son of one of the greatest men in gaming!" She giggled, wrapped around his arm, and kissed him on the cheek.

"Oh, gag me," True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal groaned.

"No, we'll shoot you instead," Escape decided, and she and Parad opened fire, riddling True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal with energy bullets.

"I'm here too!" Masato announced, suddenly appearing and unloading his Morphin Blaster at True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal.

"I don't care!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal snarled as he staggered back. "And I CERTAINLY don't care that Miyamoto-san adopted you because he felt sorry for you for being such a pathetic excuse for a videogame character! CLEARLY he's losing his edge in his old age!"

"Hey!" Parad shouted, livid. "Don't you DARE talk about my dad like that! He's a greater game designer than you'll ever be!"

"Oh yeah?" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal sneered. "I bet he doesn't even know what planet was initially attacked by the Algolian Gas-Drinkers as a test run for their golden snow virus!"

"Leslie!"

Swan leapt forward, striking True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal several times, feathers flowing from each blow.

"What kind of name for a planet is Leslie?" Z complained.

"What sort of name for a planet is Earth?" Abrella retorted.

"Fair point," the emperor conceded.

"Oh, come on!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal whined, spitting out feathers. "Are you all just waiting for me to ask a thematically appropriate question as an excuse to jump in and make a big entrance?"

"A better question might be, why do you keep asking questions that seem to be practically tailor-made for us to answer?" Parad retorted.

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal growled. "Let me answer your question with another question: what species was the talking dinosaur named Bix from the Dinotopia series?"

They stared at him. "You… You do remember that Yayoi is a dinosaur-themed Sentai, right?" Swan asked.

"… Shit."

"Protoceratops!"

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal cursed and stumbled back as shots from Yayoi's Gaburivolver exploded against his chest.

There was the shriek of a Pteranodon, and Guardian Beast Pteranodon swooped overhead, dropping off Lithia Tribe Princess Mei, Ranru Itsuki, Yuko Fukui, and Asuna, all in their Sentai outfits. "Leave some for us!" Asuna declared, brandishing her blade.

"Oh, why are YOU here too?!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal groaned.

"What, you thought we would just sit back and let you get away with having one of your underlings brainwash us and use us as human shields?" Ranru asked angrily.

"When Yayoi called us for backup, there was no way we were going to say no!" Yuko agreed.

"Especially because she FINALLY remembered my name!" Asuna said gleefully. "Oh, but we didn't come alone… After Yayoi told us she was up against some guy who would weaponize quizzes, I knew the perfect person to call!"

Without warning, the ground exploded, sending True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal flying as a gigantic biomechanical Dimetrodon rose from the earth, wreathed in flames as it bellowed, "DIME!" Into the air.

"… I'm sorry, what?" Asked the baffled Dogranio.

"A very good question," agreed the confused Abrella.

"Oh boy, a dinosaur!" Z cried gleefully.

"What the fuck?!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal shrieked, staring up at the burning robot dinosaur in disbelief.

"Meet DimeVolcano, the INVENTOR of quizzes!" Asuna declared proudly.

"I didn't invent quizzes," the dinosaur corrected her. "Someone else did, I just really really like doing them."

Asuna blinked. "Oh. Well… Still. You've been doing it longer than anyone alive, so… Good enough."

"Kuroto Dan!" DimeVolcano bellowed, turning his attention to the dumbstruck Rider.

"It's-"

"I am far too old to care!" DimeVolcano interrupted. "I have heard you like quizzes! Well, so do I! Do you think you can solve one of my riddles, honed to perfection over millions of years?"

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Infinity Truly Final Xtreme laughed, feeling like he was back on even footing for change. "Bring it on! I know the answers to every riddle known to humanity, this should be easy!"

There was a malicious twinkle in the dinosaur's eye. "Ah, but I'm not human, now am I?"

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Infinity Truly Final Xtreme froze. That had not occurred to him. "… Yes. Well. Surely I am intelligent enough to answer your riddle, whatever it is!" He bragged, this time with a bit less confidence.

"Of course you are," DimeVolcano said sarcastically. "Now, for my riddle: I ask you this! Say "pizza" 20 times!"

"What? That's not a riddle!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Infinity Truly Final Xtreme protested.

"It is if I say it is!" DimeVolcano roared, heat washing over True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Infinity Truly Final Xtreme and causing him to flinch. "Say "pizza" 20 times!"

"Pizza pizza pizza pizza pizza pizza pizza pizza pizza pizza pizza pizza pizza pizza pizza pizza pizza pizza pizza pizza," True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Infinity Truly Final Xtreme stammered.

DimeVolcano nodded. "And then?"

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Infinity Truly Final Xtreme blinked. "'And then?' What do you mean, 'and then?!'"

"FOOL!" DimeVolcano bellowed. "What sort of answer is that?!"

He roared, exhaling a tremendous amount of flames and setting True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Infinity Truly Final Xtreme on fire.

"Is the answer 'get some pizza?'" Z asked. "Because I'm suddenly craving some pizza."

"Got you covered," Deadpool said, offering him a box of pizza.

Z did a double-take. "Where did you come from? Wait, I don't actually care, give me that."

"So… There is a giant robot dinosaur that sets people on fire if they get his quizzes wrong," Evolt said slowly. "Yeah, that seems legit."

"It's not that the answer was wrong," Abrella corrected him. "In ancient times, DimeVolcano was sealed away because they feared his power. His quizzes are really a test to see who he can trust. The answer they give doesn't matter, so long as it's the first thing off the top of their head, which proves to him that they aren't afraid of him and so can be counted on as friends. Well, that and he really likes quizzes."

"I gathered," Dogranio said dryly.

"Girls, let him have it!" Mei cried, drawing her bow. "Rolling Arrows!"

She started slinging several arrows at True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal, the burning Rider wailing and crying out as he was pierced by the bolts.

"Abare Mode!"

Ranru spread her arms, a dagger clutched in each hand as wing membranes formed under her forelimbs. She leapt into the air, spread her appendages, and glided down at True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal, slashing him several times with her blades as she flew back and forth.

"Gaburu Cannon!"

"Spirit Hammer!"

Yayoi combined her gun and blade, firing a tremendous blast at True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal, knocking him off his feet and flinging him towards Yuko, who formed a large hammer out of cyan energy and swung it, smashing him towards Asuna, who drew an ornate blade.

"Unleash the souls! Ryusoul Calibur!"

Energy spiraled up the sword, forming armor and a cape which slammed onto her shoulders, transforming her into Noblesse Ryusoul Pink. She inserted one of her Ryusouls into the sword, powering it up. "Extreme Dino Slash!"

She swung her blade as True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal flew past her, striking him with an incredibly powerful rainbow energy slash resembling a robot ankylosaurus head.

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal was engulfed in an explosion, and hit the ground screaming and smoking. "Bet… Your big stupid dinosaur… Doesn't know… When the Bansenshūkai was written…"

"1676!"

Kasumi appeared overhead in a puff of smoke, bringing her sword down towards True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal's head. He managed to roll out of the way just in time, but the ground exploded as her blade pierced it, sending him flying. "Stupid… Ninja…" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal wheezed as he staggered back to his feet.

"No, you're thinking of my cousin," Kasumi replied as she rose, the light gleaming off of her Chozetsu armor. "I'm the smart Ninninger."

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal snorted. "Oh really? I bet you don't even know who killed Electro-Wave Human Tackle!"

"Dr. Kate!"

A brilliant arrow of light pierced True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal's shoulder, causing him to cry out in agony and spin about as the force of the impact nearly knocked him out his feet. When he regained his balance, he saw that Poppy, Inkohana, Megumi, Shuki, Medic, Yua, Satsuki, and Mizuki were arrayed before him, the ninja having changed into her dinosaur-based form. His shoulders sagged. "This is going to hurt a lot, isn't it?"

Poppy nodded. "After everything you've done? Everything you've put us through? Do you really need to ask?"

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal sighed. "I don't suppose you'd at least give me the chance to ask another question-"

He never got to finish his sentence due to Satsuki moving so fast she might as well have teleported, delivering a blow to his crotch so powerful he could swear he could feel his sperm count immediately dropping into the negative numbers. Her fists and feet flew so fast they couldn't even be seen as blurs, unlike Inkohana, who joined her a second later in her Clocked Up state, furious red impacts pounding every exposed surface of True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal's body, the sounds of armor crunching and bones breaking filling the air as the two ladies pulverized him.

With a final double haymaker, they sent him flying, only for Megumi to snatch him out of the air with her rifle's cable, electrify him, reel him in and fire her weapon at point-blank range, blasting him away again. Shuki shot him out of the air with an energy arrow, and Yua slammed him into the ground with a high-voltage kick, deploying Hex Vespa as she backflipped off of the villain and bombarding him with the drones.

Before the smoke could even clear, Medic pierced his shoulders with tentacles with scalpel blades at the end, raised him into the air, and hurled him at Mizuki, who gave into the primal instincts generated by her dinosaur form and clawed and bit at him with bestial ferocity. At a whistle from Poppy, the savage nurse backed off as the embodiment of all female Riders walked over…

And sighed and knelt beside the moaning True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal, looking at him sadly. "Geez, you're really taking a beating, aren't you? Kind of amazing you aren't dead yet."

"I gave myself… An exorbitantly high… Health pool," True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal croaked. "Something I… Am beginning to… Regret…"

Poppy shook her head pityingly. "It didn't have to be this way, you know. I'm not sure if we ever could really have been friends, but… We didn't have to be enemies."

"A bit late… For that now…" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal coughed.

"It doesn't have to be," Poppy said gently.

He gave her an incredulous look. "Are you… Are you serious?! After everything… EVERYTHING I've done today, and throughout your lifetime… You're STILL trying to redeem me?! I tried to KILL you just a short while ago! Just because you weren't enough like my mother!"

Poppy smiled a little sadly beneath her mask. "What can I say? It's how I was programmed. And I'm now basically a literal angel and saver of souls, so…" She gave True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal a pleading look. "Kuroto-"

"That's-"

"Kuroto, you don't need to do that. Not with me," Poppy interrupted. He glared at her, but said nothing. "Kuroto, you aren't well. On some level, you have to know this."

"I have no idea what you're talking about," he said coldly.

"Sane people don't usually try to take over the world using a quiz game, Kuroto," Poppy pointed out patiently. "Please, just… Just stop it. Stop all of it. None of this is necessary." She gently squeezed his hand. "You were able to live alongside and work with us before. It wasn't all bad, was it?"

"You trapped me in an arcade cabinet and digitized me whenever you thought I got out of line," True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal pointed out bitterly.

"And yet you waited quite some time before escaping, didn't you?" Poppy argued. "Doesn't that mean that, on some level, you didn't want to leave?"

"I only stayed so I can use you to defeat all my enemies," True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal insisted. "Nothing more."

"I refuse to believe that." Poppy took a deep breath. "Kuroto. Like I said, you aren't well. But I can help you, if you will let me. Please… Just end this, and I promise I will do everything in my power to try to make you well. Even if it means going against the others. Even if they disagree with me. I WILL help you, if you just give me the chance." She shook a little. "Please, Kuroto. I know I'm not your mother, but there's still enough of her in me that it breaks my heart seeing you like this."

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal stared at her for a long, long while. And then he said, "Which scientist is largely regarded as inventing Direct Current electrical power?"

Poppy's face fell. She sighed. "Well," she said morosely, rising to her feet. "I had to try." She nodded at someone out of True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal's line of sight. "He's all yours."

"I am Edison!"

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal cried out as the ghost of Thomas Edison blasted him with several thousand volts of electricity, causing his body to twitch and spasm and his skeleton to briefly appear.

"And I am Isaac Newton," the ghost of Newton added, using his gravity powers to fling True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal up into the air.

"And I am da Vinci!" The da Vinci Ganma bellowed, generating a tornado which flung the wailing True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal this way and that.

"And I am Akari!" Akari declared. She held up two Eyecons. "Now, shall I destroy you physically, or psychologically?"

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal moaned. "I have rather had enough of both for the time being, thank you very much," he griped. "What I'd much rather like to know is if you know what sort of gun killed John F. Kennedy?"

"A 6.5x52 mm Carcano Model 91/38 infantry rifle!"

There was a tremendous bang, and suddenly Nico in her Morph Ball form slammed into True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal's crotch, knocking him out of the tornado as well as further destroying any equipment he had down there.

"Ho! What a shot!" Dogranio laughed.

"That has got to hurt," Z complained, cringing.

"Boy am I glad I don't have anything down there," Evolt commented.

"Really? Where are your reproductive parts, then?" asked a curious Abrella.

"Don't have any. My people are spawned by the Pandora Box," Evolt reminded him. "We can grow the appropriate parts if we really want to mimic you disgusting lower life-forms, though."

"Wait, I thought you said you had a brother," Z recalled.

"Yes, and a family, though not in the same way as you lot," Evolt explained. "I was created as part of the 'royal' caste. Killbus was older than me, making him my 'big brother,' or our equivalent thereof, just as I was the 'big brother' for my 'little sister' after she was spawned." He hesitated. "…A part of me still hopes she made it off the planet when Killbus went crazy. In all likelihood she didn't, and I never ran into her or any of the others except for my three subordinates, but…a guy can't help wondering…"

"Maybe you could look for her?" Z suggested.

Evolt shook his head. "If she's still alive, I doubt I'll ever see her again. No way back to the old world." He sighed. "Sorry for getting the mood down. Let's resume watching people humiliate Kuroto Dan, okay?"

His friends were quick to agree.

"Yes!" Nico cried enthusiastically as she uncurled and made a three-point landing on the ground. "Told you I could hit him!"

"Okay, okay, you made your point," Taiga grumbled, irritated that he'd lost the bet he'd foolishly made with Nico as to whether or not she could hit such a tiny target from so far away while being shot out of a tank cannon. "There's no need to rub it in."

"Hey, I'm the one who managed to aim at such a tiny target," Jiro pointed out. "I should be getting credit for such an amazing shot as well."

"You're using a TANK," Taiga pointed out testily. "You don't really need to use a lot of precision when firing one of those."

"More than you'd think," Jiro argued back.

Nobunaga winced. "Was it truly necessary to hit him down there?"

"Yes," the other three members of Team Snipe informed him.

"Nobunaga?" Newton asked in surprise. "What are you doing here?"

"Starfish Hitler summoned me, thinking I would aid him in his plans for global domination," the legendary warlord replied.

"Again? That's the third time this week!" Said the incredulous Akari.

"Wait, weren't you supposed to be helping Takeru pacify those angry ghosts who used to be part of your army back in the Sengoku era?" The da Vinci Ganma asked.

Nobunaga froze. "Oh dear, I forgot about that. Oh well, he's a resourceful young man, I'm sure he'll be able to manage."

…

Elsewhere…

"Okay," Takeru said slowly, doing his best not to show any fear in the faces of the several hundred wrathful spirits of dead soldiers and samurai swirling around him. "I can see we got off a bit on the wrong foot here."

"Wrong foot? You kept us from taking vengeance on the fools who disturbed your grave!" One of the ghosts howled.

"It was an accident! They didn't even know you were buried here when they started construction on that sewage processing facility!" Takeru protested.

"Which only makes their desecration WORSE! On multiple levels!" the spokesspirit bellowed. "They must pay for their disrespect…as will you, for shielding them!"

Takeru swallowed. "Okay, I was worried this might happen. What would you say if I told you that I brought the spirit of Nobunaga with me to help arbitrate?"

All of the ghosts were taken aback. "You are a colleague of our master?" the spokesspirit asked in surprise.

Takeru nodded rapidly. "Yes! Makoto loaned him to me, I've got his Eyecon right…here…"

Takeru frantically patted himself down. Much to his dismay, the Nobunaga Eyecon was nowhere to be found. "Oh no, did he get summoned away by some evil cult trying to resurrect hm to take over the world AGAIN?!"

"Where is our master? Stop wasting our time and bring him forth already!" the spokesspirit demanded.

Takeru gulped, then grinned nervously. "Okay, this is going to sound really crazy, but-"

"Just as I thought! You are not a comrade, but a charlatan!" the lead ghost roared furiously, his cohort wailing in outrage. "For this treachery, you shall join the ranks of the dead!"

Takeru sighed in resignation as the shrieking ghosts closed in on him. "Been there, done that…here we go again…"

His death was horrific and not at all quick. On the plus side, it was far kinder than some of Akari's experiments, and he'd be sure to tell her as much when he inevitably was resurrected. (She insisted on quantifying his suffering in detail. All part of the scientific process, apparently.)

…

"Yes. I'm sure he'll be just fine," Nobunaga said confidently.

"I am Edison," Edison disagreed.

"And I am… in a TREMENDOUS amount of pain," True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal squeaked, his voice having risen several octaves. "Need to put better armor down there next time…"

"There isn't going to BE a next time, Kuroto," Taiga declared. "Today we are going to be rid of you once and for all!"

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal somehow managed to laugh. "Oh Taiga, you really don't believe that, do you? You have to know by now that no matter what happens, I'll come back. I'll ALWAYS come back! And speaking of which, who wrote the song Comeback King-"

He was cut off when the Tridoron slammed into him. He tumbled over the hood, smacked face-first into the windshield, then rolled over onto the roof, where the sunroof slid open as Heart grabbed him and pulled him inside.

The car skidded to a halt, and then started rocking on its wheels as muffled sounds of immense violence could be heard from within. Finally, one of the doors swung open and True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal was bodily tossed out of the vehicle, writhing as the poisonous handkerchiefs covering his body melted away at his armor.

"And the answer is Corey Hicks, incidentally," Go added as he and the other Riders climbed out of the vehicle.

"That was fun!" Heart exclaimed, pounding his fist into his palm. "I never thought I'd get the chance to brutally beat up two evil geniuses in one day!"

"You didn't beat up any evil genius, it was all me!" Brain sneered. "The rest of you just showed up late and tried to take credit for all my hard work."

"Well, we can all agree we equally pulverized this evil genius," Chase spoke up in an attempt to play peacemaker.

"What? No way! Shinnosuke, I beat him up most, right?" Heart asked his human friend hopefully.

"No way, it was me, right bro?" Go pleaded.

"Lies! It was me! Just look how much of him I've covered in handkerchiefs!" Brain insisted, gesturing at True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal, who was frantically trying to rip the handkerchiefs off of him.

"All of you, stop it. This is a silly thing to fight about," Shinnosuke lectured his friends. "Also it was none of you, I did the most damage since I'm the one who started things off by ramming him with my car."

"That doesn't count!" Go protested.

"I say it does, so that's 2 to 1 against you," Mr. Belt decided. "You know, in retrospect, I have to wonder why we didn't use this tactic sooner. It's very effective!"

"I don't think police officers are encouraged to run over criminals in cars," Chase pointed out.

"I'm off the clock," Shinnosuke replied.

"Are you sure my sister would like to know that you are using that as an excuse to run over bad guys?" Go accused Shinnosuke.

"And who's going to tell her?" Shinnosuke countered.

"You," Chase pointed out.

"… Dammit, you're right," Shinnosuke groaned.

With a grunt, True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal pulled off the last handkerchief and tossed it at Brain, who yelped as it landed on his back and started running around frantically trying to get it off. "Will you quit arguing about who beat me up the worst and tell me who performed the first laparoscopic operation on humans?"

"Hans Christian Jacobaeus."

Hiiro's sword flashed through the air, and it might have cut his head off if he had been a second slower in dodging. "What is the largest spider in the world?" he shouted as he frantically scrabbled backwards from the swordsman.

"The South American Goliath Spider!"

Miles placed a hand on True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal's back, unleashing a blast of electricity that flung him forward, right into an uppercut from the midlife crisis Spider-Man. The poorly animated Spider-Man hopped onto his counterpart's shoulders, leapt into the air, and planted a kick in True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal's chest, flinging him towards Noir, who landed a massive hammer blow to his chin that snapped his whole head back. Gwen caught him with her webs as he flew past, twirled around, and flung him towards Peni, who drove him into the ground with a single blow from one of her robot fists. Miguel used his webs to then wrench the dazed villain from the ground and threw him at Takuya, who laid him out with a right cross. And then, as he staggered to his feet, Spider-Ham rushed over…

And slapped him across the face with a fish. "Why?" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal spluttered, dumbfounded.

Spider-Ham shrugged. "Because it's funny."

"As is this!"

Deadpool suddenly teleported behind True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal, stuck a 'Kick Me' sign to his back, kicked him, then bopped him over the head with a gargantuan dildo.

"… But why a dildo?" Gwen asked, dumbfounded.

"Because I have an M-rated movie, so can get away with things a PG cartoon like Porker can't," Deadpool pointed out.

Ham shrugged. "The man has a point."

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal's eye twitched. "You know, just when I think my dignity can't be destroyed any further, the universe finds new ways to humiliate me. Should I even bother asking any more questions, since inevitably someone is going to answer them and hurt me very badly for them?"

"The answer is no!"

"Wait, that wasn't an actual question-" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal protested desperately, only to be cut off when Ryuga punched him in the face, breaking part of his mask and exposing a very red eye surrounded by bruises.

"I don't care!" Ryuga declared.

"You know, I'm starting to wonder if this is beginning to count as bullying," Emu wondered as he and Sento approached. "I mean, he's barely even able to fight back anymore."

"He's refusing to give up, and if we give him even the smallest bit of reprieve, he'd probably find a way to turn against us," the brilliant physicist pointed out.

"He's right, I would," True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal agreed. "Now, can either of you tell me what-"

Emu and Sento didn't even bother letting him finish the sentence before they blurred into motion, pummeling him at rapid speed, golden sparkles and bursts of rainbow light flashing from every point of impact as they struck him over and over again, faster than the eye could see. While Emu would thoroughly deny it later, he couldn't help confessing to taking an inordinate amount of pleasure in finally getting a chance to take out some of the frustration that had been building up all day on a target that really, REALLY had it coming.

After him sending him flying with a double haymaker, the two Riders drew their blades and slashed through True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal before he could hit the ground, slamming him into a nearby cliff face. As he slumped to the ground, everyone else gathered around Emu and Sento, confronting the thoroughly beaten and broken madman. "Well? Will you give up and finally put an end to this madness, or do we have to hit you some more?" Emu asked.

"Please say we can hit them some more please say we can him some more say we can him some more," Ryuga, Heart, Deadpool, and Kiriya pleaded hopefully.

"I'm still not… Through yet…" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal rasped, staggering back to his feet. "Behold!"

He gestured, and suddenly Salty, Alhambra, Revol, Motors, Charlie, Hatena, the Futago brothers, Collabos, and Totema-Genomes materialized before him. Charlie looked around in confusion, realized he was in his Gamedeus form again, and swore loudly. "Oh, COME ON!"

Everyone groaned in exasperation. "MORE minions? Really?" Taiga complained.

"Not to mention ones we've already beaten like a bunch of times!" Nico protested.

"You're just dragging this out longer than it has to be on purpose!" Kiriya accused.

"Not to mention this isn't exactly going to be difficult. We beat them all before, and we have much stronger numbers now," Hiiro pointed out. "By this point all you're doing is just delaying the inevitable."

"Oh, I know full well you're going to steamroll them," True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal explained. "But while you're distracted ripping them limb from limb, I'll make my escape, and all of you are here now, so this time nobody will be able to stop me from getting away!"

"Are you guys seriously okay with this? He's using you as cannon fodder!" Parad asked the irritated Bugsters.

"We are well aware," Salty said glumly. "Unfortunately, we don't really have much choice in the matter."

Alhambra nodded. "By this point, we'd really rather do ANYTHING other than fight you guys again, but we can't do anything about it. It's against our programming. We HAVE to sacrifice ourselves so this little shit can get away."

"I'm SO going to get fired," Charlie moaned.

"… Maybe not," Emu said slowly, getting an idea. "All of you, what if I told you I could reprogram you so that you no longer have to obey Kuroto?"

"Wait, what?!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal cried, startled.

"Well, that would be great, but… Wait, can you do that?" Revol asked in surprise.

Emu nodded. "Sure, I did it for Poppy once."

"It was one of the best things he's ever done for me," Poppy agreed, squeezing her fiancé's hand.

"Wait, don't listen to him!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal protested anxiously, noticing the Bugsters murmuring to each other and taking an interest.

"Hold on now, does that mean he'd be forcing us to stop being evil? I mean, I'm all for no longer having to obey True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal, but that doesn't mean I want to be a good guy," Hatena protested.

"While I'd prefer it if you turned good, you don't HAVE to stop being bad guys if you don't want to," Emu offered. "I'd just remove the programming forcing you guys to do whatever Kuroto says. You can still be enemies with us afterwards if that's what you REALLY want, but at least you'd be doing it of your own volition."

"No! Stop! I forbid it!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal yelled.

The Bugsters glanced at each other for a moment, then at Poppy. "Does it hurt?" Revol asked.

"It does at first," the female Bugster admitted. "But not for long, and besides, I'm pretty sure being killed hurts a lot worse."

"No! Stop! Don't even consider it!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal yelled angrily. "Obey me!"

Any lingering doubt or hesitation vanished at that. "Do it," Salty told Emu. "We can settle whether or not we're still enemies once this is over, but in this moment, I think we can all agree that we share a common enemy."

"Hey, so long as I get back to work on time and I somehow managed to convince my boss not to fire me for vanishing on him AGAIN, I'm good with whatever," Charlie agreed.

"No! Get him! Don't let him reprogram you!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal ordered.

Against their wills, the Bugsters started moving forwards. "Oh no!" The green Futago cried.

"Hojo, if you're going to reprogram us, do it now!" Hatena yelled.

Emu inserted the Mighty Maximum X Gashat into his Gashacon Key Slasher. "I'll save the Bugsters with no continues!" He declared.

| MAXIMUM CLICK AND LOAD! |

| FINISHING MOVE! MAXIMUM MIGHTY CRITICAL FINISH! |

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal wailed as Emu fired, sweeping an energy beam across his Bugster army, each of their bodies flashing briefly as reprogramming energy coursed through their bodies, altering their makeup on the coding level.

"Gah! That STINGS!" Charlie hissed, shivering all over.

"But it worked! I feel no obligation to listen to anything that madman says anymore!" Hatena cried delight.

The Futago brothers hopped up and down joyfully. "Oh yeah!"

Salty glanced down his body, realizing he no longer had any of Gutton's parts grafted onto him. "And I'm back to normal!"

"Yeah, I thought you might want your original forms back, so I removed the bits of you Kuroto spliced in from other Bugsters," Emu explained.

"What?! We didn't ask you for that!" Alhambra yelled angrily. "I was so powerful, thanks to the data from Graphite!"

"And I was just starting to like being able to fly," Revol whined.

"Hey, I have no complaints," Charlie said, relieved that he was normal again and not some hideous monster.

"Likewise. I despised having any bit of that womanizer Loverica within me," Hatena sneered.

"So long as I can use a motorcycle again, I don't really mind losing that sword," Motors agreed.

"Damn you! Well, at least I still have Totema and Collabos," True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal growled, trying to find a bright side to the situation… Only to gape in dismay as the two Bugsters walked away from him. "Wait, what are you doing?! You were made to serve me! None of you even have enough personality to want anything else!"

"Without the programming forcing them to obey you, maybe they want to have a chance to figure out who they want to be outside your control," Hiiro suggested.

"Which is wonderful, really!" Poppy chirped.

"Yeah, the more friends, the better!" Parad agreed.

"Now hang on, nobody said we were friends," Revol pointed out quickly.

"But for the moment, we aren't enemies, which is good enough for right now, I think," Taiga said. "We can figure out where we stand once is all over."

"So, want to join us in finishing your old boss off?" Kiriya asked a little too eagerly.

Motors laughed. "It would be our pleasure!"

"Now, hang on a second… Let's talk about this…" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal said anxiously as everyone began powering up their finishing moves. "It doesn't HAVE to end this way, does it?"

"YES!" Was the near-unanimous reply.

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal whimpered. "Yeah, I know…"

The dozens of heroes prepared to attack…

"WAIT!"

Suddenly, the Zyuohgers rushed over. "Wait, don't start without us!" Amu cried.

"We want to help too!" Leo roared.

"What the… What are you guys doing here?!" Nico asked in disbelief.

"Why wouldn't they be here? I mean, pretty much everyone else who's helped us out today has shown up," Taiga pointed out.

"Yeah, except dad… Wonder where he is?" Parad wondered.

"We're sorry we took so long, we got a little lost," Yamato explained as he and his team joined the rest of the group.

"Because a certain SOMEONE doesn't know how to read a map," Sela snarled, glaring at Leo.

"Hey, you're the one who let me read in the first place! You guys should know my sense of direction is terrible!" The lion huffed.

"Is this man our adversary?" Bud asked, glancing at True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal. "He doesn't look like much. He can barely stand."

"Screw you!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal yelled.

"We've been giving him a pretty good beat down for the last several minutes and were about to finish him off," Emu explained.

"You mean we missed most of the fight? Aw man!" Leo moaned.

"As I said, if SOMEONE knew how to read a map…" Sela growled.

"Enough!" Yamato shouted, cutting his bickering teammates off. "We've made it here just in time to help, that's all that matters. Everyone, in position!"

The seven animal-themed heroes quickly found an open spot in the massive line of heroes. As they once again started powering up their finishing moves, True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal suddenly yelled, "WAIT!"

"What now?" Taiga asked testily.

"Do any of you happen to know what the smallest mammal in the world is?" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal asked innocently.

"What? The Etruscan shrew, why?" Yamato replied in confusion.

The Quiz Chronicle Gashat suddenly flashed. True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal started laughing maniacally. "Oh, no reason… Except that you've played RIGHT INTO MY HANDS!"

Parad groaned. "Oh great, how did we screw up this time?"

True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal cackled madly as question marks filled the air and started swirling around him. "Fools! Did you think I was merely asking questions of you in a desperate attempt to stay your wrath and buy myself a chance to get away?"

"… Kind of, yeah," Jiro said.

"Well, you were WRONG!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal shouted as the question marks started clustering around his body. "What I was ACTUALLY doing was collecting data! Every kick, punch, energy blast, cut, or other injury you inflicted on me got me this much closer to rebooting Quiz Chronicle and once again allowing me to achieve my ultimate form! The pain you inflicted on me has given me power!"

…

Meanwhile, at Café Himitsukichi…

Nobuo sneezed. "HAKASE!"

Hiroyo Hakase checked her instruments. "Another false alarm. Someone was mangling your catchphrase."

Nobuo scowled. "… You know what? I'll take it. Girls, fire up the Machine Itasha, there is a major crossover going on and I want in!"

"The Itasha got impounded last week," Yumeria reminded him.

"Girls, get your purses and get ready for a long walk to the impound lot, there's a major crossover going on and I want in!" Nobuo immediately amended.

"Wait, why do WE have to pay to get the car out?" Mitsuki complained.

"Because I spent all my money on Sentai merchandise. Again," Nobuo replied.

His teammates sighed in resignation as they checked how much yen they had in their purses. He did this every week…

…

"Oh, come on! You can't really expect us to believe that you let us beat you up for the last several minutes on purpose, can you?" Kiriya demanded.

"Yes, that is exactly what I am saying!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal insisted as the question marks started filling in the injured parts of his armor, including the hole in his mask. "It was my plan all along, and not something I came up with just a few minutes ago!"

"I don't think any of us believe you," Hiiro said flatly.

Ryuga nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I'm one of the stupidest people here, and even I know that's bogus!"

"What you believe is irrelevant!" True Perfect Mega Ultimate Genius Master Brain Final Super-De-Duper Great Neo-Shin Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal cried as the question marks solidified, once again giving him the wings, gauntlets, horns, and swords of his powered up form, as well as fully repairing his armor, helmet, and mask. "Because now, I am once again Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme!"

There was a pause. "We're not calling you that!" Leo yelled.

"SILENCE!"

"Oh, come on! I thought we were about to be done!" Z complained.

"This is starting to drag on too long. I'm beginning get to get bored," Evolt complained.

"As are our viewers," Abrella announced in alarm. "Our view count may start dropping if they don't tie this up quickly."

"Somehow, I don't think we're going to be that lucky," Dogranio groaned.

Emu sighed in exasperation. "Seriously?"

"You are aware that you are still vastly outnumbered, and all of us were about to unleash our finishing moves on you, right?" Sento pointed out. "I doubt that even in this state you could possibly counter all of them."

"You're absolutely right!" Transcendent Legendary Magnificent True Perfect Mega Ultimate Maximum Future Wonderful Miracle Beautiful Genius Mastermind Brain Final Hyper Grand Master Super-De-Duper Great Dream Neo-Shin Real Kuroking Dan Supreme GOD Plus Ultra Beyond Eternal Exceed Infinity Truly Final Xtreme agreed, much to his surprise. "Which is why I'm not even going to bother trying to. I'm going to use my OWN finishing move… And to buy myself time to use it, why don't you tell me what the longest word in the world is?"

Sento groaned. "Oh no, not that question…"

Deadpool raised a hand. "Oh! Oh! Is it super-"

"No, Deadpool, it's not that word from Mary Poppins," Sento snapped.

"What about that other one?" Poppy suggested. "I think it's… Anti—"

"Not that one either!" Sento interjected quickly.

"Wait, why are you trying to answer this question in the first place instead of just blasting him?" Asked a confused Misao.

"Because if we don't answer the question, it'll blast us," Emu explained. "Very hard."

Sento sighed wearily. "I know the answer to this question, but it's not going to be easy."

He transformed into a stream of question marks which shot straight up into the air.

"He's getting away!" Ryuga cried unnecessarily.

"Yeah, somehow I don't think he's going to be going very far…" Kiriya muttered.

Poppy spread her wings. "I shall begin pursuit. I suggest anyone else who can fly does the same."

"In the meantime, I'll answer the question," Sento said, regarding the question, which was still floating ominously before them. He sighed, cracked his fingers, and then his neck. "Okay. I haven't done this in a while, hope I can still get it all right… The longest word in the world is Methionyl…"

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