The same time Masamune and the others arrived at the southern ruin
Northern ruins
The team led by Takatora and Hiiro had also arrived at a ruin on Kuoh's northern outskirts.
"This is the place… are you ready for this… or is it too late to say?"
"Hmm, yes, you are, Takatora."
"Well, we'll just do what we always do."
Ryoma and Kiriya replied.
At the same time, however, only Hiiro looked worried about something.
"What's the matter, Prodigy? Don't tell me you're scared?"
"No, operating a stray devil is nothing to be prepared for now… but this… the stench of blood… that's not good… the stray devil here could be eating humans."
"What!?"
"Seriously…"
When they were told that it might be eating humans, even the stoic Takatora and Kiriya were upset.
"I hope this isn't Stage 3… but whatever it is, I'm going to transform and then we'll go inside."
TADDLE QUEST!
"You're right."
BAKUSOU BIKE!
The two of them then activated the Gashat.
"Skill Level 1, henshin."
"Henshin."
Gashat! Let's Game! Metcha Game! Mutcha Game! What's your name!? I'm a Kamen Rider!
The Gashat was set into the Gamer Driver and transformed into Brave Level 1 and Lazer Level 1 respectively. And following that…
"We too… henshin."
Melon Energy
Takatora set the Genesis Driver and activated the Melon Energy Lockseed. He then threw the Lockseed into the air, caught it as it fell, and attached it to his belt, and the melon-like energy construct appeared in the sky.
Lock On! Soda!
And when Takatora pressed the lever on the Genesis Driver, the melon floating in the sky covered Takatora's head.
Melon Energy Arms!
The melon that covered his head turned into armor, and Takatora transformed into Armored Rider Zangetsu Shin.
"Yeah, I hope we got some good data on that… henshin."
Lemon Energy
Ryoma activated the Lockseed, then twirled his arm so that only his right arm was back and the Lockseed was attached to the Driver.
Lock On! Soda!
As he pressed the lever on the Genesis Driver, a large lemon from the sky covered his head.
Lemon Energy Arms! Fight the power! Fight the power! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fi-Fi-Fi-Fi-Fight!
With an announcement that was clearly different from the other Genesis Riders, the lemon unraveled to form an armor and Ryoma transformed into Armored Rider Duke.
"Alright, here we go."
After confirming that everyone had completed their transformations, Hiiro opened the door leading into the ruins.
In the ruins
"I don't see any stray devil…"
"No, I think it's probably nearby." Duke said to Lazer, pointing his finger at the floor behind the ruins. And there it is.
"That's…"
"What a terrible sight…"
"It's all red…"
"…"
When they entered the building, they found a pool of blood and innards all around. If a normal person were to see them, they would certainly vomit, but the Riders here didn't look particularly like that. In the midst of this, Lazer and Duke picked up a nearby piece of meat and looked at the wound.
"The wounds are still fresh… so it's still around…"
"Correct…"
Lazer and Duke said to each other as they observed the piece of meat.
Meanwhile…
"Hiiro-sensei… are you trembling?" Zangetsu Shin said to Brave, who clenched his fists tightly.
The trembling was not from fear, of course.
"How could it be this bad… what the hell was the devil who claimed to rule this place… how dare they let things get like this!" Brave roared as he punched a nearby pillar.
Brave's trembling was due to his rage, for the people lying here as corpses had lives, families, plans for tomorrow, and futures. As a doctor, but before that, as a human being, Brave was furious at the stray devil that had caused this mess, and at the so-called ruler for letting such a stray devil loose.
However…
"Hehehe… it smells sweet… but also smells sour… I wonder if it tastes good… or bad…" A voice called out from deep within the ruins.
"It's here…"
"Yeah…"
"The subject is here, it seems…"
"I want to see it…"
They muttered to themselves, and brandished their respective weapons and took up a stance. Then a stray devil appeared, a woman on the top half of her body, but a complete monster on the bottom.
"That… is that really treatable?"
"Yes, I was worried that since it had eaten so many humans, it might have reached Stage 3, which means it can't be separated, but it looks like it's just barely Stage 2…" Brave replied to Duke's question.
A Stage 3 is the condition where the stray devil has eaten more than 10 humans. Once Stage 3 is reached, the Evil Piece and the subject's body are completely fused and cannot be separated. However, the stray devil in front of them was still barely at Stage 2, so there was only one thing for the Riders to do.
"We will now begin the stray devil removal operation."
"Now we're revving it up."
"Let's go, Ryoma…"
"Roger that, Takatora… well, let's just go easy."
At that moment…
"I'LL EAT YOU!"
The stray devil then shot the Riders with a dissolvable liquid from her chest. However…
"Useless!"
With that, Zangetsu Shin pulled the trigger on his Sonic Arrow and fired an energy arrow, which split in the middle and vaporized the liquid fired by the stray devil.
"Alright, let's get closer at once!" Brave said, turning his Gashacon Sword to Flame Mode and approaching the stray devil, burning the flying liquid attack with flames.
"HYAH!"
"AAAAAAAAGHH!"
He slashed at the stray devil with the sword. The stray devil screamed in agony from the wound of the slash and massive burns from the sheer heat.
"Okay, it's stopped moving, Examiner, let's do it, President Takatora, please cover me!"
"Righto!"
"Alright."
When Brave said that, Lazer and Zangetsu Shin were about to attack the stray devil.
"Hm? Sorry to interrupt your excitement, but it looks like we have a guest." Duke said.
"Stray devil Viser! I'm here to eliminate you!"
Rias, accompanied by her peerage, opened the door with great force and strode into the ruins.
"Huh!? You people!?"
"Brave! Lazer! And Zangetsu and Duke, too!?"
The Riders and Gremory peerage came upon each other.