Moe began the recap. "Looks like you just can't get enough of this, and so can we! Last time, the identity of the crash was discovered to be an airship belonging to a pair of treasure hunters. Our heroes fought alongside them, facing off with Solos, Octies, Scumocide mutants, Pookas, and the treasure hunters' enemy who came with a vanguard of troops. And just when things looked bleak, a hero who no one expected appeared to turn the tide! Now we're gonna see what happened to the last batch of heroes."

"Thissss will be shorter than the last chapter, brother."

"Time to begin!"

The brothers start on the twenty second chapter.

This chapter begins where the arc began: inside the control room of the Third Moon.

{Material World... The Third Moon, Unified Earth Control Section}

Inside the chamber, Hien can be seen dueling with another man. He is a ninja like him, but different. He has brown hair and wears a scarf over his face and neck. He wears a purple ninja outfit with matching socks and a red kanji on it, a red obi, brown straps around his arms, bandages around his wrists, a steel belt, and metal sandals. He wields a sword that looks very similar to Hien's.

Hiryu: "...So, will you cease this farce and take me to your boss?"

STRIDER HIRYU: Legendary Ninja Warrior - Game: Strider

"That must be Meio's enemy, right?"

"Indeed. He isss Hiryu, a member of a clan of elite ninjasss known as the Ssstridersss."

Hien: "Give it up, Hiryu! Our battle- Nay, the Striders' battle...is OVER!"

Hiryu: "It is not, in fact. HE is still alive. ...And so are you and I."

With that, Hiryu rushes towards Hien.

Hiryu: "I've got no time to play with you."

He slashes, but because Hien is blocking, no damage is done.

"Well, I guess the game doesn't want to give any advantages."

"At thisss ssstage, that would be too easssy."

Hien: "Urgh... Hiryu, when will it be over for you...?"

Hiryu: "It's obvious... When one of us is dead."

Hien: "Hiryu, continuing this is meaningless! This entire world was made by HIM...! The Third Moon, the nations on the Surface, the Army...the Striders...even you and I! Stop this foolishness, Hiryu! ...I don't want to fight my own comrade-in-arms...!"

Hiryu: "Stop talking like an amateur."

Hien: "Rrgh..!"

Hiryu: "Where is he...? He'd never leave this section."

Hien: "He is...currently attempting to gaze into a new world. And I won't let you interfere!"

Hiryu: "So this is the fruit of the criminal superpower Scumocide's research... I'm not interested."

Hien: "That's not all. The latest Dimensional Transfer...even THAT was entirely according to his plans...!"

Hiryu: "And that's what makes you his whipped dog. If you don't want to tell me, fine. ...Die."

[CHAPTER 22. HE WHO GALLOPS ACROSS THE FIELDS]

The conditions to lose for this level was if Hiryu was knocked out.

"That could be trouble... We'll just have to ensure reinforcements come quick!"

Worse still, Hien got the first turn and promptly slashed Hiryu, doing quite some damage with his dual-bladed sword.

"A dual-bladed sword? Isn't that impractical?"

"It'sss literally a double-edged sssword. How do you wield sssuch a thing?"

Moe had Hiryu use the skill Vital Shift to increase his defense before having him attack Hien with his sword.

"I'll admit, he's got some skill with that sword of his."

"Perhapsss as much as Gil, and that'sss sssaying a lot."

The duel continued with both Hien and Hiryu taking turns to fight each other.

However, things now get worse for Hiryu. Tong Pooh enters the room from the bottom left corner.

Tong Pooh: "Looks like you're having trouble, Hien."

Hien: "Tong Pooh. Please do not interfere. I'm going to settle things with Hiryu... myself...!"

Tong Pooh: "He wants a total victory. Your wishes have nothing to do with it. ...I trust you won't argue with that? Don't forget that there are intruders in every block... We've got to dispatch them now."

The image of the Anti-Gravity Corridor appears above.

Tong Pooh: "I even ran into the Commando Team at Gate 13. This enemy won't fall easily, Hien."

Hien: "Grr..."

Hiryu: "Bringing more small fry won't alter the outcome. Get in my way...and I kill you."

Tong Pooh: "Shut your filthy mouth, Strider! Even YOU can't scratch these!"

A wave of Gnosis appear just beneath Tong Pooh. They consist of one Goblin, two Golems, three Gremlins, and one Fairy.

Tong Pooh: "Physical attacks don't work on the Gnosis!"

Hiryu: "...Gnosis...?"

Hien: "That's right, Hiryu. With His power, creating Gnosis is-"

?: "Simple, right? That has a nasty ring to it."

Hiryu: "..."

Tong Pooh: "What...?!"

Hien: "Who's there?!"

Captain Commando appears between the two near the top left corner.

Captain Commando: "Captain Commando, at your service...!"

Tong Pooh: "No way, he actually made it here...?! Captain Commando!"

Hien: "...I suppose we should thank him for saving us the trouble of searching."

Hiryu: "Why have you come here? Has the Commando Team come to interfere with my work?"

Captain Commando: "We're actually here by coincidence, see. We certainly don't plan on getting in your way, Strider. However..."

Hiryu: "However?"

Captain Commando: "I can't just ignore villains when I see them with my own two eyes. ...That's all."

Hien: "What...? Are you calling ME a villain, Captain Commando...?"

Captain Commando: "I am indeed. You, Hien, are a FORMER Special Class-A Strider, turned traitor for the sake of Grand Master Meio."

Hiryu: "If you know that much, you should know what I'm after. This is my mission. ...Stay out of the way."

Captain Commando: "I'd appreciate it if you hear me out first. For example...how do you intend to fight the Gnosis, which that Cypher you so proudly wield can't hit?"

Hiryu: "Hien and the woman... I dispose of them, and retreat. ...I can look for Meio later."

Captain: "I see. Well, I suppose that might work. Mind you...there's another way."

Hiryu: "What...?"

Hien: (What...? Don't tell me they can deal with the Gnosis...?)

Tong Pooh: "That's enough, Captain Commando. ...You and all the other little rats scurrying around here are about to be exterminated...!"

Captain Commando: "Is that a fact? Thanks for waiting. You're on, KOS-MOS!"

KOS-MOS then appears beside Captain Commando.

KOS-MOS: "Acknowledged. Hilbert Effect, engage."

KOS-MOS performs the Hilbert Effect and once again, the Gnosis become vulnerable to attack.

Hiryu: "The Hilbert Effect...?!"

Tong Pooh: "Impossible...! There's another Hilbert Effect user here?!"

Hien: "How could that android be equipped with a Hilbert device...?!"

Captain Commando: "Heh heh heh... Feel free to disbelieve it, but the evidence is before your eyes, is it not?"

Appearing just above Captain Commando and KOS-MOS are more heroes: Stahn and Rutee, Gil and Ki, and Arthur.

Rutee: "I swear, what's with all that acting cool stuff?! I thought you said you wanted to meet up with our friends!"

Stahn: "Now, Rutee, don't get mad. It's okay..."

Arthur: "Hmm. Those grandiose theatrics garnered us a good deal of information."

Gil: "Yes. For instance, there's another 'Hilbert Effect user' in the area."

Ki: "That sounds like M.O.M.O."

Captain Commando: "We also heard 'Commando Team' a while back. It seems all our comrades have gathered at this Third Moon."

Hien: (...Comrades...? Grr...how did we let them all sneak in here...?)

Tong Pooh: "Hmph, you haven't actually damaged the Gnosis at all! Just what do you think your puny numbers can accomplish?!"

Ki: "Gil, looks like they're headed our way."

Gil: "Yeah. As long as we can hit them, we can fight. Oh, Captain. Can we treat him as an ally?"

Captain: "We should, and a strong one at that. There's no time for introductions, but I imagine he'll gladly fight alongside us."

Hiryu: "..."

Rutee: "He...doesn't seem to agree. Y-you sure about this?"

Stahn: "Ahh, don't worry. As long as he's not an enemy."

Tong Pooh: "Get them!"

KOS-MOS: "The enemy appear to be beginning their offensive. Commencing counterattack."

Hien: "Hiryu, there's still time. ...Come with me. For a man like you, he will surely-"

Hiryu: "...Don't talk, Hien. My mission...isn't over yet."

Resuming the battle, Moe moved Hiryu to a chest and opened it, gaining some Float Boots. As the heroes moved to fight the Gnosis, Stahn and Rutee used the skill First Aid to heal Hiryu. Two of the Gnosis then took their moves, with a Golem blasting Captain Commando.

Hien then moved up to Hiryu and used his Special Attack, slashing him six times.

"That looked like he lost it for a bit."

"Well, he doesssn't ssseem to be having one of thossse breakdownsss villainsss tend to have when their plan isss being ruined."

Captain Commando then ran up to the Fairy and began to beat it up, and it, though nearly defeated, blasted him. Stahn and Rutee then opened a chest, getting a weapon called Flame Barrier.

Arthur then moved up to the Goblin and attacked it, primarily using a gold sword.

"I heard gold isn't exactly the most useful item when making a weapon."

"Well, that might be true in real life, but if that were the cassse in thisss sssetting, then Gil would be dead by now, and he clearly isssn't. Ssso that sssword won't be breaking any time sssoon. Alssso, there'sss the possssibility that it'sss only COATED in gold, while being made of sssturdier ssstuff underneath."

After the other Golem blasted Captain Commando, Moe then decided to do a Multiple Assault with Gil, Ki, and Arthur, known as the Double Heat Body.

Arthur: "Silver and Gold. We're invincible!"

Gil: "Yeah! Let's show them our strength!"

Arthur: "Right! Come, my lady!"

Ki: "Yes! Here we go!"

With that, Ki used her magic to enhance Gil and Ki, who slashed at the two Gnosis, before Ki finished the attack by launching a massive fire spell at them. This was enough to finish the Goblin off.

"Amazing! That skill is hard to find in most warriors!"

"And that jussst goesss to show you why everyone viewsss thessse three as living legendsss!"

KOS-MOS then destroyed one of the Gremlins.

KOS-MOS: "Numerous heat sources approaching."

Hiryu: "...What?"

Captain Commando: "That doesn't sound good... Enemy reinforcements?"

Fortunately, these are not reinforcements, at least not for the enemy; this is the rest of the heroes. They consist of Jin, Mitsurugi, Ryu, Sakura and Karin, Kurino and Sabine, and Hideo and Kyoko.

Hien: "What...?!"

Mitsurugi: "Shit...just how big IS this iron mansion anyway?"

Sakura: "Looks like we just found somewhere wide open. ...Is there a fight going on here?"

Ki: "Everyone, you're okay!"

Ryu: "We are indeed. Thank goodness we found you."

Rutee: "Well, that's one less thing to worry about...except, we're still missing a bunch of people."

Gil: "Where's everyone else?!"

Hideo: "...Unfortunately, we are the only ones here."

Kurino: "Seems like it won't be easy to find everyone else..."

Tong Pooh: "These aren't the people I fought at Gate 13... Just how many of them snuck in here anyway...?"

Hien: "...It doesn't matter. We must dispatch them all."

Kyoko: "It seems we interrupted something."

Karin: "Not what I would call the warmest of welcomes."

Jin: "Yeah. We've seen those monsters before. I'd say our only option is fighting them immediately."

Arthur: "Indeed it is. It seems the enemy has us surrounded. We must all cooperate and-"

Sabine: "Well, to be perfectly honest, we're kinda in the same boat."

Stahn: "Huh? Wh-what's that supposed to mean?"

What it seems to mean is that Shtrom Jr. has been pursuing this party, as he appears around the corner nearest to them.

Shtrom Jr: "Is this where you ran off to, ya damn-ass intruders...?!"

Sakura: "Rats, he caught up with us."

Stahn: "Oh... THAT'S what you meant..."

Rutee: "Hey, what's the big idea! Now we got more bad guys to fight!"

Mitsurugi: "Quit yer bitchin'. All we gotta do is cut those suckers down to size."

Captain Commando: "Violent...but correct. ...Besides, this saves me the trouble of hunting YOU down, Shtrom Jr."

Shtorm Jr: "Is that...Captain Commando?! What the hell're YOU doing here?!"

Hien: "...Shtrom Jr, Tong Pooh has confirmed sightings of the rest of the Commando Team. We must finish this quickly and move to strike the other intruders."

Shtorm Jr: "Fine. In which case...let's try THESE guys on for size!"

With that, around Shtrom Jr appear...the Shadaloo Dolls, Cammy, Bison, and Heihachi?

Hiryu: "...? I was expecting far more than five opponents."

KOS-MOS: "Data confirmed. The enemy includes opponents we have faced before."

Bison...?: "..."

Sakura: "It's mister Jaw Dimple and the girls...! Aren't they from Shadaloo?!"

Ryu: "Bison...?! What are you doing here?!"

Arthur: "You know him? He certainly appears tougher than your average opponent, but..."

Ryu: "But, is it really...him? I don't sense his aura..."

Hideo: "Now that you mention it, I believe you're right. Something about the nature of those girls' aura is...different from what we faced before."

Captain: "Leave it to the martial artists to figure it out. Surely a bunch of facades like these couldn't fool them."

Kurino: "Facades...? Captain, do you know these people?"

Captain: "...The super-criminal Doppel. He uses a special gadget to imitate others.

The image of the Woglinde's bridge appears.

Captain: "Shtrom Jr. met Bison and the others before on the cruiser Woglinde... Dollars to donuts, he gathered their data then."

Jin: "I thought something strange was going on... And now I know what."

Kyoko: "Kazama...what's wrong?"

Heihachi Doppel: "..."

Karin: "Heihachi...Mishima!? What is he doing here?!"

Gil: "I don't know who he is...but isn't he a fake too?"

Jin: "...A fake... Yes, he certainly is a fake..."

Kai: "Jin...?"

Shtrom Jr: "Less talking, more dying! These're just tools to kick your asses with!"

Hien: "I tire of this talk. ...Come."

Captain Commando: "Well, that's that. One way or the other, we've gotta fight!"

Ryu: "Understood. ...Take them down!"

Jin: "..." (Heihachi Mishima's data... where the hell did they record it from? If this "Woglinde" really had Shadowloo data recorded on it... Heihachi Mishima... was he among the data...?)

Resuming the fight, Moe sent Sakura and Karin to fight the Juni Doppel, while Jin used Special Step to fight the Heihachi Doppel. Ryu began heading for the Doppels, while Kurino and Sabine opened up the final chest, revealing...a kanji of some kind.

"What does that mean?"

"I wish I knew, but I can't transsslate it, nor do I have any notesss on it."

Mitsurugi headed for the clones, while Hideo and Kyoko beat up the Juli Doppel. The Doppels then attacked; the Cammy Doppel attacked Ryu, the Juni Doppel attacked Sakura and Karin, and the Juli Doppel attacked Hideo and Kyoko.

The Bison Doppel, at the very least, seemed more eager to fight than his basis at the moment and attacked Sakura and Karin, using drop kicks and a deadly attack involving spinning at the opponent while surrounded by Psychodrive.

"There it is. Bison's most deadly attack: the Psycho Crusher."

"I bet he'll be usssing it onccce he finally decidesss to fight usss himssself, eh?"

The Heihachi Doppel also attacked Jin, using a series of punches and leg sweeps and upper cuts.

"With a style like that, he should be in Mortal Kombat."

"Well, he isssn't, but he could make a good guessst fighter if he tried hard enough. Or if Netherrealm Ssstudiosss and Warner Brosss. agreed to him appearing in a Mortal Kombat game..."

Captain Commando then eliminated one of the Gremlins, while Ryu used a skill to buff himself up before fighting the Bison Doppel. Kurino and Sabine then used a skill to increase Sakura and Karin's defense and make themselves harder to attack, while Shtrom Jr. opened fire upon Jin, and the final Gremlin blasted KOS-MOS.

Sakura and Karin then healed themselves before fighting the Juni Doppel and using their Special Attack to do huge damage. Jin then battled the Heihachi Doppel and also used his Special Attack on it, while one of the Golems blasted Gil and Ki, and Mitsurugi weakened the Juli Doppel before attacking Shtrom Jr. KOS-MOS then trashed the final Gremlin, while Hien battered Hiryu, who healed himself before fighting back.

The Juli Doppel then fought Mitsurugi, while the Heihachi Doppel did the same, using its Special Attack, which was a ten hit combination attack.

"Ten hits? Well, it could be worse."

"It could be a hundred hitsss or even a thousssand."

Stahn and Rutee then eliminated the Fairy, while Kurino and Sabine took on the Cammy Doppel, while Gil and Ki destroyed one of the Golems. Hideo and Kyoko then weakened the Juli Doppel before fighting it. Tong Pooh then headed closer to the fight, while the Cammy Doppel attacked Sakura and Karin, before the Juni Doppel did the same.

Sakura and Karin attempted to punch the Juni Doppel in reply, but it seemed to teleport to avoid their attack.

"Hey! No fair! Teleporting out of the way!"

"But there isss a bright ssside: now you don't have to endure her Ssspecial Attack."

The Bison Doppel then kept attacking Ryu, while Captain Commando moved to fight Tong Pooh, and Ryu retaliated against the Bison Doppel. Arthur then tossed weapons at the final Golem, who retaliated by blasting Stahn and Rutee, who, in turn, destroyed the Golem.

Jin then finally took down the Heihachi Doppel.

KOS-MOS: "I have discovered foreign matter in the enemy's physical structure."

Rutee: "Foreign matter? You mean something's out of place?"

Captain: "Not so much out of place, as returned to its original form..."

Stahn: "Original form...?"

Sakura: "Were these girls that...weak?"

Karin: "I think someone needs a new Xerox machine."

Hideo: "Even so, what unbelievable technology. Not just their appearance, but their mannerisms..."

Mitsurugi: "Yeah, but they still ain't shit compared to the real ones we fought."

Captain: "Of course not; they're simply copies, inferior facsimiles made by a transforming criminal superman. Not that we can just leave them on the loose."

Sabine: "Well, they are kinda nifty."

Kurino: "I don't think they're all that funny. ...Just think about all the trouble they can cause."

Arthur: "I cannot think of anything they could cause but trouble."

Sakura: "Like mass-producing one-of-a-kind special items...?!"

Karin: "...Try thinking on a somewhat larger scale."

Ryu: "I'm starting to understand why Shadaloo got involved in all this."

Kyoko: "You believe they want this technology?"

Jin: (Does that go for Heihachi Mishima too...? No...it would take more than that for him to act himself...)

Gil: "Everyone, there are still fakes left. Let's take them out."

Ki: "You're right, Gil. The last thing we need is for them to transform into us..."

Hiryu: "...Let's finish this."

Resuming the battle, KOS-MOS joined in on the attack on Tong Pooh, using the X-Buster on her. Meanwhile, unable to see Hiryu because of the skill he used, Hien headed off to fight someone else, while Tong Pooh retaliated and attacked KOS-MOS, and Shtrom Jr shot at Mitsurugi.

The Juli Doppel then attacked Mitsurugi and used her Special Attack- a after-image filled kick.

"That looked really dangerous. How do you think they do it?"

"They probably jussst learned it from watching the real thing."

Mitsurugi replied by attacking Shtrom Jr, but Gil and Ki finally knocked out Tong Pooh.

Hiryu: "You're up to something... Where is Mieo?"

Tong Pooh: "Hah! How foolish of you! Do you think you can read my mind right now? The world shall be in his hands!"

Hiryu: "Whether you tell me or not, I'll find him soon..."

Tong Pooh: "You will NOT, Strider, and don't forget it!"

Tong Pooh retreats.

KOS-MOS: "Several flying objects approaching from above."

Shtrom Jr: "Hien?"

Hien: "They're late..."

Hideo: "Are they...coming from above...?!"

Arthur: "These varlets attack from all sides. Are we to expect them to burst from the ground like zombies, besides?"

Sabine: "Well, the ground's made out of metal."

They don't appear from the ground, but on the platform above. This wave consists of four Mass-Produced Solos, four Snipers, and the original Solo.

Solo: "..."

Mitsurugi: "Well, they're here. And damn if they ain't all waving those flame tubes around."

Captain Commando: "Yes. Those look like the actual base guards."

Hiryu: "...Solo."

Solo: "Target sighted. Data match... Identify: Striders agent, Special A-Class Strider... Hiryu. In accordance with Grand Master Meio's orders, commencing total annihilation of Strider Hiryu."

The Solos and Snipers all deploy in an eight-way formation, and Solo flies to one of the edges of the room.

Gil: "You know about Hiryu...? Looks like they've met before."

Karin: "First Bison, then Heihachi Mishima... Which of the enemies HAVEN'T we met before?"

Hiryu: "Solo, I could care less about your mission. ...Where is he? Where is Grandmaster Meio?"

Solo: "...He has already left this place."

Hiryu: "...What?"

Captain Commando: "But why would Meio abandon the Third Moon...?!"

Hien: "I told you that to begin with, Hiryu. ...He is attempting to gaze into a new world."

Hiryu: (What would it take to draw him away from here...?)

Rutee: "Um, HELLO?! Try using words we can understand!"

Sakura: "Maybe you should hear them out all the way?"

Solo: "There is no need to explain. All of you will be deleted here."

Jin: "Don't make me laugh. It won't be that easy. And you're going to tell me where you recorded Heihachi Mishima's data from...!"

Ryu: "Yeah. And I would like to know exactly how close you are to Shadaloo."

Solo: "There is no information the likes of you can gain. ...Did you not hear me? All of you will be deleted."

Mitsurugi: "'Deleted'? What the hell does that mean?"

Kyoko: "'Delete'... as in 'erase'...? Impossible...!"

The room suddenly shakes violently.

Kurino: "Whoa!? What was that shaking?!"

Stahn: "I-I've got a REALLY bad feeling about this..."

Ki: "What's going on around here?!"

Hiryu: "Solo, you bastard, what did you do?"

Solo: "Grandmaster Meio has decided to initiate the self-destruction of the Third Moon and eliminate you all in one swift stroke."

Karin: "No way...! Self-destruction?!"

Sakura: "F-for real!?"

KOS-MOS: "He appears to be telling the truth. Scanning reveals an abnormal energy buildup."

Rutee: "Hey, you! Maybe a bit of PANIC might help?!"

Stahn: "This's no time to get mad about that, Rutee!"

Sabine: "He's right. Kurino, we've gotta get out of here, fast!"

Kurino: "Right. But..."

Solo: "...You will not. My mission is to keep you here. This will be your grave, Strider."

Hiryu: "The hell it will. ...First I eliminate you, then escape."

Hideo: "B-but, how...?"

Kyoko: "We don't know where the exit is here..."

Arthur: "I recommend saving the thinking for later. ...Unless we do something about our foes, we shall not do anything else again."

Jin: "That's right, the clock's ticking. ...Move it or lose it."

Ki: "C-can we make it? There are so many of them..."

Gil: "Well, this Solo looks like the leader."

Ryu: "Right. Take out the head, and we can break out of this place!"

Solo: "...Cease this futile resistance."

Hien: "I wanted to finish this myself, but... Hiryu! No, all of you! Your lives all end here!"

Hien flees.

Shtrom Jr: "This'll be the end of the Commando Team too! Muahahahaha!"

Shtorm Jr. flees.

"Okay, I'm not angry for once. Why continue to fight when your arena is about to be destroyed?"

"A rare moment, Moe, in which you have ssspoken wisely."

Hiryu: "Nobody gets in my way. Nobody... Whatever the circumstances, I WILL complete my mission!"

Now the conditions change: Moe will lose if Solo is not defeated by the end of the 22nd phase, which is when the Third Moon will fully destruct.

"Uh oh! It's a race against the clock: kill Solo and get out of here!"

"Good luck, brother. Don't ssscrew it up!"

One of the Mass-Produced Solos starts by opening fire upon Ryu, who tried to attack the Bison Doppel, only for him to teleport out of the way.

"Can't you just stay put? Pest!"

"Again, he didn't hit you with his ssspecial, ssso there'sss that."

Hideo and Kyoko then finished off the Juli Doppel, while the Cammy Doppel beat up Karin and Sakura, who retaliated by taking out the Juni Doppel. Hiryu then moved closer to one of the Snipers, while Jin began attacking another Sniper, and Stahn and Rutee began attacking one of the Mass-Produced Solos. Kurino and Sabine then attacked the Cammy Doppel.

Solo then opened fire upon Stahn and Rutee with a barrage of rockets.

"How many rockets do you think he's got in there?"

"Probably an infinite sssupply. Meio built him like that."

The Bison Doppel then attacked Ryu, while another Mass-Produced Solo opened fire upon Arthur, who responded by using the skill Bronze Armor to make himself stronger before attacking that same Mass-Produced Solo and using his Special Attack on it, while Captain Commando beat up another Mass-Produced Solo.

Two of the Snipers fired at Jin, while a third Sniper blasted Stahn and Rutee, and Ryu finally took down the Bison Doppel, and Hideo and Kyoko took down a Sniper. KOS-MOS then weakened Solo.

Hiryu then used his special attack on a Sniper, beating it up with a barrage of clones.

"He really is a ninja! He's totally copying Naruto!"

"No, it'sss probably jussst sssome other ssskill. Hard to tell with him. Anyway, Naruto came out AFTER thisss game, ssso it'sss more accurate to sssay Naruto may have been copying media like thisss game."

Meanwhile, Karin and Sakura attacked the Cammy Doppel, only for her to counter with a brutal kick to the head.

"She did it again. Stupid little pest, isn't she?"

"But, one more time, she can't ussse her ssspecial move now. That would have hurt even more."

Jin then attacked one of the Snipers with his special attack, while Gil and Ki totaled a Mass-Produced Solo. Another Mass-Produced Solo then blasted Stahn and Rutee, who retaliated by destroying a Sniper.

One of the Mass-Produced Solos then shot at Karin, but Sakura used this time to jump off her and hit the Solo with a Hadoken.

"So it's a trade-off this time, isn't it?"

"Kinda like many Pokémon movesss."

Ryu then began kicking the Mass-Produced Solo, while Kurino and Sabine finally took down the Cammy Doppel, and KOS-MOS began attacking Solo. Hideo and Kyoko knocked out a Sniper, while KOS-MOS countered Solo's missiles with some of her own.

Another Mass-Produced Solo then blasted Arthur, who responded by smashing it to pieces. Kurino and Sabine then smashed another Mass-Produced Solo, while Captain Commando took down the final Sniper, and Gil and Ki smashed the final Mass-Produced Solo.

"Time to finish this fight! Solo, we're gonna scramble your circuits!"

"You're gonna be ssso sssmashed, even N. Gin couldn't fixsss you!"

Moe began by having Hiryu use a skill and attack Solo. What followed was Moe moving anyone else he could while weakening Solo further and buffing Hiryu before Hiryu finally took Solo down.

Solo: "Damage over the limit...mission failure..."

Hiryu: "...You can't collect my head with skills that weak."

Solo: "I bought time. You will still die."

Hiryu: "..."

Solo: "I am leaving the Third Moon."

Solo retreats.

Stahn: "Right on! We got rid of them!"

Sabine: "More like right off. ...Did you forget that we're all about to be blown to bits?"

Jin: "Like hell we'll die here. Let's get out of this place."

The image of the Entrance Bay appears.

Captain Commando: "Let's get to the outer section of the station for starters. If we can just get our hands on a spaceship..."

KOS-MOS: "I have detected an SOS."

Sakura: "Huh? SOS? We're the ones who should be sending an SOS!"

Hideo: "Now, settle down, Kasugano. ...KOS-MOS, where is it coming from?"

KOS-MOS: "An area two linear kilometers from here. Its originator is U.G.S.F. agent... Hiromi Tengenji."

Arthur: "Hiromi... Oh, that young lady on the iron horse?"

Ryu: "Our group may be scattered, but it appears everyone's okay."

Gil: "I wonder if everyone else realizes this place is about to blow?"

The station rumbles yet again.

Rutee: "Well, you'd think they might get the hint with all this shaking."

Kurino: "Yeah, we've got to get out of here. Let's go meet up with them."

Hiryu: "..."

Hiryu heads for one of the corners.

Kyoko: "What? Hey, wait! Umm..."

Captain: "Please wait, Strider!"

Hiryu: "...The route to the outside is this way. Go if you wish to."

Ki: "Thank you very much. ...But what about you?"

Hiryu: "...I'm on a mission."

Captain: "Now, hold on a moment. ...You saw what we can do, right? How about this: why don't we travel together, maybe help you out some?"

Hiryu:"...And help you out as well, I suppose?"

Captain: "Very perceptive."

Hiryu: "...I'll think about it. Let's go."

Hiryu then leaves via the exit.

Mitsurugi: "Slippery bastard. Just say 'come with me' and be done with it."

Karin: "That's what is known as 'leading someone on'. I suppose I should be impressed, under the circumstances."

The station rumbles further.

Arthur: "Oh! This is genuinely not good."

Rutee: "Look, let's just follow that jerk and get out of here!"

Stahn: "Right! ...Think we can keep up?"

KOS-MOS: "Not a problem. I am tracing the Strider's movements."

Captain Commando: "Atta girl. ...Okay, let's go. You be our guide, KOS-MOS."

CHAPTER 22 CLEAR!

"So, our heroes will probably escape this station, but what will happen to them next?"

"The only way to find out isss to tune in! Until then, remember, the only good bandicoot isss one who'sss ssstopped fighting!"

The recording then ended.