The next day

Finally, the day of Misaki Tsuchiya's pancreatic cancer surgery arrived.

"Misaki-san, please prepare to go to the operating room…"

"Yes."

The nurse told Misaki and she was about to lie down on the stretcher.

"Misaki!"

"Dad!?"

Misaki's father appeared in the room, accompanied by Asuna.

"Dad, what are you doing here?"

"Director Haima told me you're having surgery, Misaki! I know you're scared, but Hiiro-sensei is an excellent doctor, don't worry, hang in there."

"Yes, I promise."

"Misaki-san, it's time to go." The nurse told Misaki to lie down on the stretcher again, and she went straight to the operating room.

In front of the operating room

Before the surgery, Hiiro answered a phone call from Masamune.

"I see, it's time for surgery… sorry, I wish I could have joined the hospital's defense as Cronus, but…"

Masamune was currently in Kyoto on business and could not join the fight, so he apologized to Hiiro over the phone.

"It's alright. This is our job. You focus on your business."

"Alright… good luck to you at least."

"Leave this to us."

That said, Hiiro hang up and turned to Kiriya on his side.

"Prodigy… it's finally time…"

"Yeah, if this patient dies during the surgery, the stress on the game disease patient will reach its peak… so today, this is the time… as a surgeon I'll make sure to save this patient, so Examiner, as a Kamen Rider, you must save the game disease patient!"

"Heh, well, I'll take care of this race, I won't let the Bugster get anywhere near you."

"Please do."

He then walked into the operating room.

Meanwhile…

"He's here…"

In his gut, Kiriya sensed the arrival of the Bugster and walked out of the hospital.

Courtyard

When he went out into the courtyard, he found Revol leading a large number of Bugster Viruses.

"Yo, there you are…"

"You're the bastard from that time! Just in time! Before I can finish off my target, I will deal with you first! Let's settle this grudge!"

"Ha! If you can kill me, then go ahead and try!"

BAKUSOU BIKE! GIRI GIRI CHAMBARA!

"Third Gear, henshin!"

Gacchan! Level Up! Bakusou Bike! A Gacha! Giri-Giri-Giri-Giri! Chambara!

"Well then, now we're revving it up!"

Gashacon Sparrow!

Lazer took the Sparrow and began to attack Revol and other Bugster Viruses.

Meanwhile

Operating Room

At the same time that Kiriya was batting the Bugsters, Hiiro was about to begin his own fight as a surgeon.

"We will now begin the pancreatoduodenectomy operation."

"""Please take care."""

"Scalpel."

"Yes."

Taking the scalpel in his hand, Hiiro started the surgery by inserting it into the patient, Misaki.

Courtyard

Meanwhile, Lazer fighting in the courtyard had learned his lesson from yesterday and focused first on taking out the Viruses to avoid being surrounded.

"Yosshaa! Prepare yourself!"

"Uh, oh!"

Lazer was about to attack Revol when it happened.

"AAAAAAAAAHHH!"

Someone intervened between the two and kicked Lazer away.

"Y-you're the one from that day…"

"Revol, I'll help."

"Graphite…"

Yes, the very same Graphite who intervened in the fight two days ago.

"I'll hold him off while you are becoming complete."

Graphite took out his Bugvisor and pressed the A button.

"Cultivate."

Infection! Let's Game! Bad Game! Dead Game! What's your name!? The Bugster!

"HAAH!"

"AAAAGGH!"

Graphite, now in his Bugster form, blasted Lazer away with his Graphite Fang.

"Now! Go!"

"Thanks for the help!"

With that, Revol left Lazer to Graphite and started to head into the hospital.

"Wait! Don't run away!"

"I'm not letting you get into Revol's way!"

As Lazer tried to chase Revol, Graphite mercilessly fired a beam bullet, stopping Lazer's movement.

"I'll be your opponent, Kamen Rider…"

CR Headquarters

"AAH! Not only Revol, but Graphite as well, it's PiPuPePo Panic!"

Poppy, who had been watching the fight outside at the CR headquarters in the basement, was getting frustrated as it became obvious that things were about to get ugly when Graphite intervened in the fight.

At that moment, she remembered something. "By the way… there's something Hiiro gave me before the surgery…"

It was a box Hiiro had given her to use in case of emergency. When Poppy opened the box labeled "antibiotics," she found something.

"This is…"

The box contained the Drago Knight Hunter Z Gashat, the highest level Gashat that Hiiro could use right now, and on the box there was a note that said, "Antibiotic for the Bugster, lend it to the Examiner in case of emergency."

"Hiiro… you're right about Kiriya… but if he use this…"

Poppy then transformed into her Asuna persona and rushed to the courtyard where Lazer was fighting.

Back at the courtyard

Currently, Lazer was struggling against two Bugsters, Revol and Graphite, but he managed to fight them.

"Too bad, but I won't let you interfere Revol's business."

"Tche… you're really strong… Graphite…" Lazer muttered, but it was a bad situation.

His life gauge was already half empty, and he could not defend himself at this rate.

"…It's not a good idea to use this, but… I guess it can't be helped…"

Lazer then pulled the Bakusou Bike Gashat from the Gamer Driver and tried to activate it.

At that moment…

"OAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"

"W-what the!?"

A hail of bullets rained down on Revol and Graphite's heads.

"Gunfire… that means…"

Lazer looked around and saw Snipe Combat Shooting Gamer Level 3 descending from the sky.

"Heh, you're arrived…"

"I'm not coming here to help you or that Hiiro guy… I just thought that my brother would never leave someone dying in front of him… so that's why I'm here…"

"Heh, well, thanks for the save…"

Lazer stood next to Snipe with renewed spirit.

"Grr! I don't care if there are two Riders! We'll destroy you all at once!"

"Two against two… good! Come on, Kamen Riders!"

"Sorry, but I can't let you interfere with Prodigy's operation!"

"Graphite! This is for Taiga-niisan's sake!"

Both Riders and Bugsters had no intention of retreating as they glared at each other, and now the battle was about to resume.

"Kiriya! And Nico-chan too!?"

"Poppy!?"

"Asuna-san?"

"Yes… whatever! Kiriya! Use this!"

Asuna tossed the Drago Knight Hunter Z Gashat towards Lazer.

"This is… it's Prodigy's…"

"Hiiro said to give it to you in case of emergency…"

Lazer chuckled when he heard those words.

"That's pretty cool of you… alright! Now we're revving it up even more!"

DRAGO KNIGHT HUNTER! Z!

Lazer activated the Gashat, and it left his hand with a golden aura and floated into the air, creating another Drago Knight Hunter Z Gashat.

"This is…"

"Virtual Gashat… hmph, so there will be two players from here on out."

"I see… then I'll show you the Genius Gamer N's power!"

Snipe and Lazer jumped and grabbed the Gashats floating in the air, and pressed the button again.

CLAW!

GUN!

"Fifth Gear!"

"Tactics Level 5!"

Gacchan! Level Up! Do-Do-Drago! Na-Na-Na-Kni~ght! Dra-! Dra-! Drago Knight Hunter!

Lazer!

Snipe!

Then the dragon summoned by the Gashat split in midair and changed into Snipe and Lazer's weapons, where Lazer transformed into Hunter Bike Gamer Dragon Claw and Snipe into Hunter Shooting Gamer Dragon Gun.

"Holy shit~ now we're in for a ride!"

"Mission start!"

With that, the two of them headed towards Revol and Graphite.

First, Snipe attacked Revol and Graphite with the Drago Knight Gun, and when the enemies were startled, Lazer approached Revol and attacked him with the Drago Knight Blade. The way they fought was strangely complimenting each other, and their cooperative play steadily inflicted damage on Graphite and Revol, turning the tide in the Riders' favor.

"Not bad, Kamen Riders!"

"Of course! We can't let you interrupt Prodigy's work!"

"Graphite! This is for Taiga-niisan's sake! For revenge!"

Both of them inserted the Drago Knight Hunter Gashat in the Kimewaza Slot Holder and pressed the button.

Gashat! Kimewaza! DRAGO KNIGHT CRITICAL STRIKE!

Energy started to gather in the two's arms.

""HAAAAAAAAAAAA! HYAHH!"

Lazer launched energy blades from his arms while Snipe fired powerful energy bullets from her left arm's Drago Knight Gun to Graphite and Revol in succession.

"AAAAAAARGH!"

"MISSION FAILEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDD!"

Graphite was blown away while Revol was destroyed completely.

"Heh, hehehehehehe… hahahahahaha! Brilliant! You did well to push me this far!"

But unfortunately, Graphite was only injured, not defeated.

"Even that attack didn't work…"

"Let's try again!"

Lazer and Snipe said, and aimed their weapons at Graphite once more.

However…

BOOOOOOOOOOMM!

"Kyaa!"

"What!?"

Energy bullets landed on Lazer and Snipe.

"W-who… is that!?"

When Lazer looked in the direction of the attack, he saw a black Kamen Rider with a black Gashat on his Gamer Driver pointing a Bugvisor at him.

"Who's… that Kamen Rider…"

Snipe was confused by the sudden appearance of the black Kamen Rider. But Lazer, on the other hand…

"Kamen Rider Genm… Level 0…" He muttered quietly as he looked at the Kamen Rider.

"Graphite, I don't want you to die just yet."

And with that, Genm sprayed energy bullets all around the area, causing the dust and explosions to block Lazer and Snipe's sight. And when the area was cleared, there was no sign of Graphite and Genm.

"What is that…?"

"…I don't know, I can't even guess the voice since it's modulated…"

The two of them pulled the Gashat from their belts and untransformed.

"A new Kamen Rider… and clearly on the enemy's side…"

Asuna, who had been watching the whole thing from the shadows, felt uneasy when she saw the enemy's Kamen Rider. And the two fighters felt the same way.

One hour later

Hiiro came out of the operating room.

"Doctor! My daughter…" Misaki's father, who had been cured of his game disease an hour ago and was waiting for the operation to be finished in front of the operating room, asked Hiiro. The only thing that came back from Hiiro is…

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"There's nothing I can't cut…"

And with that, Hiiro left the room.

"Thank you very much…"

When Misaki's father heard those words, he cried and said that over and over again.

Hallway

Hiiro was walking down the corridor, having changed out of his surgical gown into a lab coat, when Kiriya appeared in front of him.

"What do you want, Examiner…"

"Well, well, well, congratulations on your successful surgery, Prodigy."

"It's not a big deal… that's a doctor's job." Hiiro said and started walking again.

Then…

"Ah, I also wanted to thank you…" Kiriya threw the Drago Knight Hunter Gashat to Hiiro. "Thanks, Prodigy. You're a lifesaver."

"…Hn."

After receiving the Gashat, Hiiro left without saying a word. After a short walk, he met Nico leaning against the wall.

"This time is you, Student…?"

"I'm not just a student, it's Nico Hanaya, you know."

"Not that I care… let me tell you something… you helped my life this time to be honest… but for a kid to become a Kamen Rider… I still don't approve, no thank you…"

"Oh, yeah… I don't need your approval! I'll still be a Rider no matter what happens."

And so Nico left.

"Haah, good grief."

Hiiro watched Nico's back as she walked away and then went for some cakes in cafeteria as usual.

Abandoned building

"Graphite!? What's wrong!?"

"Aah, Saki… I messed up a little…" Graphite said to Saki, who was worried about his scars from the fight.

"Lazer and Snipe did it."

"Genm…"

"Saki, I want to know your future plans."

"Plan?" Saki asked as she laid Graphite down on the sofa.

"From now on, we will expand the scope of our activities not only to Seito, but also to Kuoh."

Genm then handed Saki a certain Gashat.

"This is… Gashat Gear Dual."

"It's yours. I know you'll be able to use it."

"Wow… that's exciting…" Saki muttered as she held the Gashat in her hands.

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From now on, the battle finally moved to a new stage.

Notes

Nico Hanaya (17)

A world-famous gamer with the alias of Genius Gamer N, and is one of the major shareholders of the Genm Corporation. After losing her older brother, Taiga Hanaya, to a game disease a year ago, she swore to eradicate the Bugsters and defeat Graphite, the Bugster that emerged from her brother, and fights as Kamen Rider Snipe.

What makes her rider form different from Taiga's is that her Snipe's cape is pink- sorry, I mean MAGENTA.