On the opposite end of the world of humans, a harrowing dead forest tinted ominously by a cold violet sun houses a population of monstrous beings. This land known simply as the Back World has always existed parallel to mankind's. The monsters within, the Ganglers, lack most necessities to sustain themselves. Their only hope? The Backdoors, portals scattered throughout the dead forests that allow mighty Ganglers to access the human realm and gather all the resources they need to live on. As times went on the Ganglers themselves began taking far more than they could ever need, rather these trips to the human realm became a grand contest to see whom can cause the most terror and gather the most wealth. The most powerful and wealthiest of these monsters, their leader. a draconic gangler with a gold diamond encrusted safe protruding from his chest. This dragon, named Dogranio Yaboon, was in the process of celebrating his nine hundred ninety ninth birthday. He had amassed a large crowd of Ganglers who had come to visit him in his grand mansion (a mansion that happened to be the only standing building in the Back World) to celebrate this occasion.
"Dogranio! Dogranio!" the crowd of monsters cheered loudly.
"Stay behind the line you plebeians." a large green armored cyclops Gangler ordered. "You peasants are lucky enough to be allowed in the presence of Dogranio!
"Destra." the old dragon spoke peacefully. "Relax, it's the big nine nine nine today, no need to be so stern." he stuck out his scaly clawed hand and passed Destra an empty bell topped glass. "Have a drink with me Destra, this wine stuff from the human world is giving me all kinds of warm vibes."
"Dogranio! Dogranio! We love you Boss Yaboon!" the crowd roared once more.
"I know I know." Dogranio sang cheerfully. "Sadly I'm spoken for. Speaking of which…"
From the spiral stairs, came down a lanky dinosaur like Gangeler adorned in several jewels and gaudily bright straps of cloth which surrouded a golden safe protruding from her chest.
"There's my woman!" Dogranio roared with laughter. He rose from his seat and made his way to his elegant young wife. He took her hand and gave her a spin in manner to brag about his fine "piece" to the crowd.
"Look at her go! Only six hundred thirteen but doesn't look a day over five hundred!" he howled.
"Aheheh, Dondon. You're embarrassing me." she giggled.
"Come darling, take your seat next to me."
The couple marched back to the long table placed directly in front of the swarm of Ganglers watching from outside. They indulged in wine and human food for a little longer until the fourth member of Dogranio's entourage entered. A violetish blue mechanical oviraptor Gangler lacking visible eyes with a golden safe on her back.
"Goche. You're late." Destra scolded.
"Am I truly?" Goche said with a light snicker. "Forgive me Boss. I got distracted down at the lab."
"No excuses! It's the Boss's birthday, as a member of his household you are expected to be here on time!" Destra continued agrily.
"Destra, don't be sooo rude. It's a party." Dogranio's wife complained.
"Right, forgive me Madam Jootain." Destra spoke softly compliciting.
"Heheh, as I said earlier Destra it's party. Sit down, have a drink with us. You too Goche! We have a lot to celebrate!" Dogranio repeated.
The duo took the seats at the right and left of the couple, with Destra finally accepting the drink. A few more moments were spent of taking in the crowd's cheers and enjoying the vices that mankind had so graciously "given" to them.
"It's going to be odd without this you know." Dogranio half whispered to Jootain.
"Boss?" Destra questioned as he overheard.
"Attention everyone! I have an announcement!" Dogranio shouted to the hoard as he rose from his seat. "Leading you knuckleheads for the past eight hundred years has been something else!"
"Yeah!" I crowd cheered. "We love you Boss!"
"Heheheh, I know I know." Dogranio smirked. "However despite that, all these riches I've gathered over the centuries all seems to finite now in my age. What can I say, I'm just an old man now heheheh! I want to spend my last decades enjoying the simpler things."
The words of Dogranio drove the crowd silent. The idea of simple pleasures was foreign to Gangler society.
"Which is why, I hereby announce my retirement!" Dogrania joyously exclaimed.
"What!?" the other Ganglers shrieked as the cheering crowd warped into a panicking swarm.
"Boss?!" Destra shouted as he shot up from his seat. "What the hell are you saying Boss?"
"You all heard me heheh." Dogranio spoke now returning to a peaceful tone. "I got a pretty wife, some nice wine, I want to enjoy these things before I die."
"Then who'll be Boss?" Destra asked now visually panicking.
"That's my next point!" Dogranio said with another shout. "Since I lack any sons or daughters to take my place as "Boss", I'll be happy to hold the seat of "Boss" for another year! During this year however, I want one of you all to prove yourself a worthy successor!"
"Huh?" the crowd exclaimed, now stopping their panicking in favor of standing dumbfounded.
"I'm holding a contest of merit. Whomever can prove themselves worthy, then I'll give you my place as Boss!"
The clarification of his announcement caused the swarm to simultaneously gasp.
"Does that mean...I could be Boss?!" a random Gangler asked.
"Or me?" asked another.
"Or me!?" questioned yet another.
"Yes. yes, yes, any of you youngsters got a shot!" Dogranio reassured with bob ofhis head.
"Well how do we win?" another Gangler asked now fully invested.
"The prize goes to...whoever brings me the most pieces of the Lupin Collection!" Dogranio announced proudly.
The shock of the Dogranio's words once more struck the crowd. The Ganglers were already familiar with the sacred treasures of Arsene Lupin, but very few had the opportunity to lay their hands upon them. Let alone have the privilege to store one in their own safes.
"Now go! Find some Backdoors and raid the human world! Bring me all the Collection pieces you can muster!" Dogranio loudly proclaimed.
After but a second of pause, the crowd immediately erupted apart and faded into the woods.
"Look at them go." Dogranio sighed lightly as he sunk back into his seat.
"Boss...is this real?" Destra asked nervously.
"Dead serious." Dogranio clarified.
"Yep! Dondon and I are going to enjoy a life of peace starting next year! No time to run the Gangler Crime Syndicate anymore." Jootain added.
"Boss. Anyone can win right, even us?" Goche asked calmly.
"Of course! No reason to exclude my precious confidants!" Dogranio stated with a slight tone of humor
"Interesting." Goche snickered.
"But...Boss…" Destra spoke, still in shock.
"In fact, the two of you are actually in the lead already. If I'm to understand you both have two pieces of the Collection already heheh!" Dogranio continued, cutting Destra off before the guard could articulate his thought.
The Lupin Collection was a series of sacred artifacts gathered and once held by the legendary phantom thief Arsene Lupin himself. Each piece of the Collection grants whomever may hold them strange and powerful abilities. However due to unknown circumstances, the Collection has been scattered and only recently they have begun to once again become uncovered. And now in the present one of these all-powerful treasures sits comfortably in a glass case at The Ishinomori History Museum located in the heart of Akihabara.
A peaceful night for the six guards who circled the piece. They simply repeated their normal patrol routine as per usual. All was well, then came a sudden crash from the roof of the museum. In a blink of the eye five figures descended before them spotlighted by the shine of the moon. In a panic, the guards pulled out their pistols and pointed at the figures.
"I wouldn't bother wasting your bullets." said the the smaller male figure dressed in the red and black suit. He took a step forward and slowly raised his right hand which was disguised in a black leather glove.
"Who are you people!" one of the guards shouted.
"Don't you know?" the red figured proudly stated with a smirk. "We're the phantom thieves everyone's been talking about."
The sudden bold announcement caused the guards to drop their serious expressions in favor of a series of confused gazes.
"Now here's your first and final warning: in the name of house Lupin, we're taking your treasure." red said as he snapped his hand.
With that signal the lanky man in blue viciously dashed forward and disarmed the two guards nearest to them. From there he gripped their wrist and held them close, using them as barriers for the possible shots from the guards in the back. To follow up, the woman in a yellow dress and the woman in green tights used the held guards as platforms to jump on top of the two guards at the sides of the piece. As with blue, the duo restrained the two guards. The final two in the back in a panic failed to realize the man in a pink suit sneaking behind. With one swift motion, pink grabbed the collars of the guards and slammed their skulls together knocking them unconscious. Continuing his work, his three comrades struck their captives out cold.
"Very nice work team." Red said softly as he walked toward the encased treasure.
"You could of helped ya know, six against four is a little risky." Green groaned.
"We're phantom thieves Green, personally the inherent risk is one of the more enjoyable qualities of our work." Pink said as he reunited beside his comrades.
"Hey, nothing is enjoyable about assaulting middle aged security guards." Yellow added.
"However enjoyable it may be is not of concern, let's just get the treasure already." Blue firmly stated.
"Alright I got it." Red announced as he shattered the glass and took hold of the clock like Collection piece. "Wonder what this thing does. Perhaps we should test it out?" Red excitedly asked.
"What! No thank you!" Yellow said with a flailing motion. "The last piece we tested turned Blue into a rodent, the one before that made Green and I's room smell like garbage for two weeks, and the one before that released that strange Lotus Eater creature that tried to keep us from leaving the Jurer forever!"
"Yeah, let's not play with Lupin's toys anymore." Blue agreed as he looked down painfully recalling the days he ate crumbs and found comfort continually running forward on a plastic wheel.
"Fair enough, fair enough." Red said with a smile as he stored treasure in his pouch.
"Phantom thieves!" a voice echoed from behind.
The quintet of thieves sharply turned to see a humanoid toad like monster with a steel safe protruding from his abdomen. Surrounding him, a crowd of white masked and blue beret clad soldiers.
"Another Gangler." Green said as she rolled her eyes.
"Damn't!" the Gagler shouted. "That piece was suppose to replace the trash currently taking space in my safe! Give it to me now!"
"Treasure you say." Red happily replied.
"Give me that piece!" the toad once more roared. "Pondermen, get them!" he commanded his guards.
"Lucky day wouldn't you all say, this one came to us!" Red shouted out as he pulled out a previously concealed black pistol.
His fellow thieves followed suit and pulled out their identical guns. The five thieves swiftly rained fire against the swarm of charging Pondermen.
"How's this Yellow? More fun than middle aged security guards?" Pink snarkily asked.
"It's certainly less risky." Green interrupted with a smirk.
The Pondermen in the back of the wave quickly changed course and began shooting back with their own handguns. The thieves had no fear in accordance to the sudden change of plan from the footsoldiers, instead they kept up their own fire while evading the Ponder's shots. The movement of the thieves was dashing and elegant, allowing them confuse the Ponder's firing patterns all the while subtly dashing closure to the toad like Gangler himself.
"Give that treasure to me!" the toad Gangler once more demanded. With his angry shout he slung out his whip like tongue and began violently flailing in an attempt to strike down the thieves. This technique did little to deter the five's offensive dance. Now only but a meter or two apart, the thieves prepare to rush directly at the toad. Before said clash could occur however, a shot from the distance struck the toad down.
"Gangler!" a tall man announced dressed in a red accented police uniform. "It's you all!" he angrily shouted at the five thieves.
"The Tactical Unit and a Gangler in one night, just our luck." Green once more complained.
The tall man was soon joined by three others: a raven haired woman, a messy haired man, and younger woman with dyed blonde hair tied in a ponytail.
"Keiichiro! Be careful, don't just march in their recklessly." the raven haired woman cried out.
"There's no time to wait with Ganglers on the loose!" he shouted at him comrade.
"There he goes again going all extreme on us." the messy hair man shrugged.
"Don't you all have purse snatchers to take down or parking tickets to write up? Why are you bothering us?" Red snarked.
"As the Japanese Branch Global Special Police Tactical Unit, it is our duty to handle extraordinarily dangerous crisis, such as that Gangler and the mysterious thieves who have been menacing our city for months now!" the man once more screamed.
"Only months? Didn't we have our one year anniversary?" Pink joked.
"Very cute princess, now why don't you and your costume clad buddies drop your Collection pieces and stand down." the messy haired man retorted.
"We have no reason to listen to any of your orders, I don't fear your laws." Green growled.
"I don't expect you to fear the law, but you should be scared of what I'll do to you if you don't drop your weapons." the raven haired woman announced as she stood firm.
"What a charming lady you are." Blue sarcastically sneered.
"Please, we don't want to force you just g..give up." the ponytail woman shakily said with a demure expression.
"Sorry, there's no way we can do that." Yellow said seriously
"Aghhh!" the toad loudly screamed interrupting the two groups banter. "Damn you phantom thieves! Damn you police officers! Don't ignore me!" The toad once more viciously swiped his tongue at Red and Keiichiro, whom were situated at the front of their respective groups. Red once more managed evade the swing, yet the unprepared Keiichiro was struck harshly against the wall.
"Keiichiro!" the raven haired woman shouted in a panic. In response his team ran toward his side.
"How sad." Green said with a snicker.
"Wat duh?" the toad slurred. The thieves turned over and were shocked to discover Keiichiro tightly gripping the toad's tongue and holding it down the ground.
"Damn you Gangler." he said in a broken tone.
"There's a chance." Blue said as he dashed toward the toad. He pulled out a small blue biplane with dial lock on its back and placed it on the toad's safe. The dial then began spinning on its own.
"2-0-7" the plane announced in man's voice. The turning code caused the safe to burst open. Blue reached inside and retrieved the white winged car from within.
"Your treasure is ours." Blue bragged.
"Fandum teeves!" the toad loudly slurred once again.
"Nice work!" Yellow cheered.
"Good job Blue. Let's get out of here, we'll leave this thing to our city's shining brave Tactical Unit." Red mocked.
"Wait!" the raven haired girl commanded.
"Adieu!" the five sang in unison as they pulled out individual grappling hooks and swung back into the night.
"Damn you phantom thieves." Keiichiro painfully let out one more time still gripping the tongue.
"Raughh!" the toad Gangler roared furiously as he frantically tried to retract his tongue.
"Tsukasa, Haruko, Youta; quickly take the guards outside away from the Gangler!" the damaged Keiichiro commanded still tightly keeping the tongue detached from the toad.
"Right!" the raven haired girl agreed as she led her comrades to carry of the incapacitated security officers.
Dashing through the night sky, the five thieves finally reach home. A conspicuous and somewhat homely French restaurant by the name of Jurer. Once inside, they gave a sigh of relief and removed their mask, hats, and wigs revealing their true faces to one another once more.
"My oh my, I forgot how creepy your face was Umika." Red joked.
"Hey!" Umika shouted as she threw her yellow mask to the floor. "You aren't exactly a ten yourself Kairi!"
"Will you too be quiet." Pink sneered. "Honestly it's exhausting being surrounded by so many children." he sighed as he sunk into a nearby seat.
"I am no child Kane." Umika retorted with an attempt of calmness in her tone.
"Just ignore Kairi, Umika. Loud mouths like him shouldn't be taken seriously." Green supported.
"Your one to call others loud." Kairi laughed.
"Damn you Kairi!" Green shouted.
"Ah there's our Itoumi! Always so passionate and angry in order to prove how unpassionate and calm she is." Kairi once more joked.
"Why you…" Itoumi said taking a step forward.
"As I said.." Kane said while sticking his arm out in stop her march. "Children all around me. Anyways Touma, good job on taking advantage of that cop's stubbornness. What exactly was the loot from that toad's safe?"
"It was this thing." Touma stated as he pulled out the white winged car before his comrades.
"What do you think it does?" Umika inquired.
"Could be funny, wanna test it?" Kairi mischievously asked.
"No." the other four stated in unison.
The group of five then looked at the odd piece placed on the table. It was adorned with far more details then other pieces of the Collection generally had, even having a monstrous face painting on the hood of the car. The left wing oddly enough had a silver V symbol that oft represented their group, and on the right was a gold S which was the symbol of the Global Special Police. As the thieves visually studied the piece however, they began to notice slight shaking movements. All of a sudden, as if to sacrifice the camouflage of lifelessness, the piece burst into the air and began flying around the thieves.
"Whoa!" Umika exclaimed as she sharply stepped back.
"Wooo! Thank you phantom thieves you freed me!" the piece cheered.
"Strange, it can talk." Touma thought out loud.
"Yes surrey! I'm one of Lupin's favorite pieces, so he gifted me a voice of my own heheh!" the piece proudly boasted.
"Lupin can give the pieces voices?" Umika asked still confused.
"Voices, it's expressing happiness and thankfulness. It can feel, it's like he gave it life." Itoumi added as she curiously gazed at the floating piece.
"I suppose you could say that." the piece snickered. "The name is GoodStriker! And thanks again for letting my wings spread. Being stuck in that Gangler's safe was so lame, I'm glad to be able to fly again!"
"No problem at all, um GoodStriker." Kairi said with an uneasy smile. "So tell us, what is your ability?"
"Heheh, I have I greatest ability of all the pieces!" GoodStriker once more exclaimed with pride.
"But that Gangler keeping you in his safe called you trash." Touma questioned skeptically.
"He was a true fool!" GoodStriker protested as he finally stopped his celebratory flying cycle. "Clearly he was too dim to understand my potential."
"Alright then little guy, show us what you got or are ya just talk?" Kairi challenged.
"Eh?" Umika exclaimed worryingly. "Didn't we already talk about playing with collection pieces."
"Yeah, but are new friend seems to be quite proud of his talents. How rude would we be to have to refuse him the chance to show off?" Kairi reasoned.
"Should we take cover now?" Touma said with annoyance.
"That would not be necessary." spoke a soft older voice from behind.
"Kogure!" GoodStriker shrieked, with none of the previous bravado he spoke with before.
The thieves turned toward the short stocky older man. Endorned in neat black tux, with a pair of thin circular glasses obscuring his eyes; Kogure always managed to give the aura of a fine gentlemen. Still, despite his soft smile and his slow walk he always felt vaguely dangerous.
As Kogure trotted over slowly, GoodStriker swiftly zoomed out of the open window and vanished into the night.
"Wait!" Umika shouted as she helplessly attempted to intercept his escape.
"Damn't." Touma uttered as he ran at the open frame.
"Kogure." Kane said calmly. "Sorry about that, we'll get him back."
Kogure simply held his smile and tilted his head slightly to the left. "All is well my phantoms, GoodStriker has always been an odd piece. I didn't expect you to be able to keep hold of him for long. I trust that this won't be your final encounter with him."
"Right, we'll get him next time." Umika sighed as she calmed her tense posture.
"We were successful in the initial mission still." Kairi interrupted as he pulled out the clock piece from the museum.
"Oh yes." Kogure softly exclaimed. "Tout le temps dans le monde." he named as he examined the device. "Allows the user to freeze time for up to 9 seconds, a personal favorite of master Lupin himself. The heist he managed thanks to this clock were truly breathtaking to witness."
Kogure took a few more moments to reminisce before finally digging into his satchel. He pulled out the Novella Lupin, a an old dictionary sized book dusted with years of experience and decorated with vines encasing a lock at the center of the cover. Meticulously, he skimmed the pages before finally finding the correct blank page. Carefully, he pushed the piece against the page until the book absorbed it revealing the illustration and description of Tout le temps dans le monde. Satisfied, Kogure slammed the book shut and stored it back into his satchel.
"Good work once again my phantoms, I'll see you next time." Kogure said softly, as he started to turn the other direction.
"Excuse me." Kairi interrupted.
"Yes Lupin Red?" Kogure asked while still in the motion of turning.
"Are we not going to talk about GoodStriker? Why was he scared of you anyways?" Kairi questioned.
Still keeping his gentlemanly smile, Kogure continued to walk away as he spoke. "As I said, GoodStriker is an odd piece of the Collection. You need not concern yourself with matters regarding him, besides your only mission is gather the pieces. Don't forget your obligations to house Lupin and your obligation to your loved ones. Is that understood, Lupin Red?"
"...Understood." Kairi said, still clearly unsatisfied.
With that brief discussion completed, Kogure disappeared from sight. A chill of silence hit the room, Kogure's visits always tended to make the thieves uncomfortable. He was a shady ally for them ever since the day he brought them all together. Still, they had no choice but to be complacent if they truly wanted to achieve their goal.
"So…" Kane spoke up, trying to mediate the room. "I think...we need to do some shopping for the restaurant tomorrow. We're basically out of halibut for tomorrow."
"Right." Umika added, also trying to change the direction of the discussion. "I can pick some up from the market tomorrow. Touma, do you need anything else."
"Not particularly." Touma said quietly, still looking out at the window GoodStriker had fled through.
"Alright, Itoumi...Kairi?" Umika asked now forcing a smile.
"Get me an energy drink, Mango flavor." Itoumi said in an annoyed tone as she walked out of the room toward her bedroom.
"Ok, no problem." Umika called after her.
"Kairi, do you want anything?" Kane repeated in Umika's place.
"Yeah…" Kairi said softly. "Pick me sixteen dozen chocolate bars." Kairi said as he sharply turned to Umika with the return of his mischievous cat like smile.
"I am not cleaning out the market candy section for you again." Umika scolded slightly bemused.
"Ok ok, then make sure you ask for the paper bags for your items this time." he said calmly.
"Why?" Umika questioned.
"I was gonna cut two holes in it and let you use as your new phantom mask. Too much of your creepy face can be seen with the one you're currently using." Kairi mocked as he lightly pinched her nose.
"Damn you Kairi!" Umika complained, as she started chasing him down the hall as he snickered.
"There's the energy we need." Kane laughed. He then turned his gaze at Touma, who was still futilely looking through the window. "We'll get all the pieces Touma. We'll get them back."
"Yeah." Touma uttered quietly. "It's been a long night and we open at seven tomorrow, I think we should all get some sleep." he said as he finally moved from the window sill.
"Agreed." Kane nodded.
"Will you two be quiet! I'm trying to sleep!" Itoumi screamed
"There's our Itoumi! Always being loud when telling others to be quiet!" Kairi mocked.
"Quiet!" Itoumi commanded as her bedroom door could be heard opening.
"As I said, I'm surrounded by children." Kane jokingly reiterated.
This was enough to give Touma an ever so slightly amused smile as he continued he continued down the hall past the quarreling trio.
Rushing down the sidewalk at an excited pace, a young man was making his way to the Global Special Police Base. This fresh graduate was prepared to take on a new role as a defender of the city. His blinding enthusiasm fueled his trek across the city, stopping or slowing only to allow people to cross or to wave hello. Throughout his run, he held a smile that went nearly ear to ear.
"I finally made it! Starting today, I'm a hero!" he thought to himself.
Unfortunately, while lost in self congratulatory thoughts he lost focus of his surroundings and ran straight into another person.
"Ugh." he groaned while on the ground. "Sorry my bad." he apologized while holding an embarrassed smile. He shot up and began helping pick up the various candy bars scattered across the ground.
"Um yeah, your good." a soft feminine voice muttered.
At this point he finally looked directly at the person he crashed into it. Much to his surprised it was a woman he had crashed into. She was thin and young with short brown hair and somewhat pale skin. Dressed in a yellow and black checkered shirt and a short white skirt, she gave off a warm attractive aura. He was once more embarrassed when she made eye contact, as he had realized he had been staring.
"Um, here you are." he said as he passed her the handful of chocolate he managed to grab, secretly hoping she wouldn't comment on his gawking. "Again, my bad. I was zoning out for a second there." he commented followed by awkwardly fake laughter.
"No no your fine." she replied as she responded to his laugh with a pity smile.
The two of them continued to collect her spilled candy. After a minute of silence, he finally gathered his courage to say something else to her.
"You have quite the sweet tooth." he joked, this time following his comment with a genuine snicker.
"What?" she muttered.
"What? No it isn't a bad thing. It's chocolate right? Everyone likes chocolate and like so you know might as well enjoy lots of it. I think it's fairly impressive that you get so much candy since you look like you're in good shape. Not that I was looking at your body, just a basic observation that you aren't fat. Nothing wrong with being fat either not a body shamer, I know lots of great fat people."
She didn't respond to his verbal ramble, rather she stopped collecting candy and just stared intensely at his face.
"Um.." he looked down uncomfortably but soon enough turned his gaze back to her as to not look rude. "Sorry, for all that. Here's your candy." he handed her the remaining chocolate bars from the ground.
Still, she didn't move her arms to collect the offering. Slowly and gently, he poured the candy in her paper shopping bag. Out of blue, she giggled softly and finally dropped her harsh stare. Infected by this sudden joy, he joined in her light laugh.
"What's so funny?" he asked carefully.
"It's just that, it evens out. We're both uncomfortable now." she said in reassuring tone. "So need to worry ok."
"I see. Ok ok ok." Sakuya repeated as he the nervousness in his tone lightened. "Well, thank you for evening the odds on that." he replied followed by the return of an actual smile. "I'm Sakuya by the way."
"Umika." she said as she held her grocery back up and began to walk to away. "It was nice meeting you Sakuya.
"Um wait."
"Sorry, I gotta head back to work. Lunch shift is about to start."
"Lunch shift? Where do you work?"
"Jurer! Little French restaurant on 43rd, you should stop by!" she answered, now a noticeable distance away.
"Yeah! I will be doing that! Later Umika!" he happily yelled back.
Satisfied with his brief awkward interaction with a pretty young woman, Sakuya continued his own rush to work.
Upon entering the large white office building, Sakuya was practically shaking with excitement. He looked around at the walls of pictures, a museum chronicling the large history of the Global Special Police. A catalogue immortalizing every single officer, the people they saved, and in the case of the Tactical Unit, the Ganglers they've eliminated. Finally, Sakuya reached the door leading to the Tactical Unit's office. Quickly, he burst into the room. Inside he saw a raven haired woman adorned in a uniform with pink accents standing in the center of the room with a clipboard, a slouching messy haired man wearing a yellow accented uniform lounging in a seat, a blonde haired young woman dressed in a blue accented uniform listening intently at another desk, and a large white robot with headlights for eyes.
"Oh, are you the new guy?" the raven haired woman asked.
"Yes mam, Sakuya Hikawa pleased to meet you." he said as straightened is his posture and gave a salute.
"At ease, no need for that." she replied calmly. "I'm Tsukasa Myoujin, normally it's the Commander or the squad leader's duty to give you a rundown but Commander Hilltop and Keiichiro are both out taking care of other matters at the moment, so I will be showing you around."
Tsukasa then guided Sakuya throughout the entire GSP building; explaining each of the individual units, mapping out all the utilities, and even going into a little bit of history of GSP as a whole.
"And with that, were back here to Tactical Unit office room. This is where you will do your reports. You're desk is between Jim Carter and Satsuki."
Sakuya looked at the clean desk, only topped with a computer monitor and a welcome note. He looked at his right to see the blonde ponytail girl apparently named Satsuki had decorated her desk is various random objects such as gacha machine key chains, various colored stones, and stickers of from several sources spread all about. To his left, the robot named Jim Carter had a sparkling nearly chrome desk that contrasted the others basic wooden sets.
"Nice to meet you two." he spoke up in a friendly tone.
"H..hey." Satsuki responded shyly.
"Don't be so shaken Satsuki, I assure you he's harmless enough!" Jim exclaimed.
"Wow!" Sakuya exclaimed with a childlike smile as he turned to Tsukasa. "I knew GSP technology was crazy advanced, but seeing one of these robotic assistants in person is still amazing!"
"Assistant?!" Jim screamed in a frustrated tone. He ran up to Sakuya and began pointing his hand into his face. "Listen here newbie, I'm no one's assistant! I am legitimate member of the Tactical Unit, in fact I'm your senior so you will show me re-" Jim's rant was shot short with loud ding as empty soda flew over Sakuya and struck the robotic assistant in between the eyes.
"Jim, throw that away for me." the messy haired man interrupted.
"Aghh! Damn you Keita!" Jim shouted as he attempted to rush at the perpetrator.
"Jim take it easy, that's enough." Tsukasa said and she moved in front the angry machine to halt his assault.
"He started it!" Jim protested.
"It's just an empty can, no need to go haywire on me." Keita muttered as he slouched deeper into his seat.
"Keita. When I said that's enough, I was speaking to the whole room." Tsukasa further scolded.
"Yeah I got it, forgive my lack of tact in front of the new recruit Tsukasa." Keita sighed while giving off a loose wavering smile. "Sakuya right? Well as you heard I'm Keita, Keita Haruko."
"Nice to meet you Keita." Sakuya responded somewhat cautiously. "You were Satsuki, right Miss?"
"Sa...ku...ya.." Satsuki repeated to herself listlessly. "Sa...ku...ya...Tsu-tsu, this guy is supposed to be Toruru's replacement right?"
"That's correct Satsuki." Tsukasa answered.
"Hmmm, nice to meet you Kuyaya." she greeted with an odd half hearted salute. "I'm Satsuki Youta."
"Kuyaya?" Sakuya questioned.
"D...do you hate it?" Satsuki asked as she lowered her strange salute and pulled in her arms defensively. "S..sorry."
"Hey." Keita ran up and whispered. "Entertain her, it's really best for her feelings."
"Understood." Sakuya said with a nod. "It's...an interesting nickname. Thank you Satsuki." he answered as he attempted a smile for her.
"I see...okie dokie." she replied now returning from shyness back to inelegance.
Sakuya turned back toward Jim and held out his hand.
"And Jim, sorry for calling you an assistant. Now that we're on the same team I'd hate for that to be our introduction. What do you say, am I forgiven?"
"Huh, I'll let you off the hook since you are new and all." Jim responded while accepting the shake of his hand.
"Well alright." Tsukasa said. "That's most of everything, all that's left is for you to meet Commander Hilltop and Keiichiro."
As if in response, a dark skinned man with a bushy mustache dressed in a black suit entered the room followed by a tall man in a red accented police uniform. The tall man was carrying a large white box with the GSP symbol on the top of it.
"Hello everyone, sorry for lateness." the mustached man said. He turned to Sakuya and greeted him with a smile. "Sakuya Hikawa, welcome to the team. I assume Tsukasa just got done showing you around."
"Yes sir." Sakuya answered with a salute. "You must be Commander Hilltop, I'm happy to be a part of your team. And you, you must be Keiichiro the squad leader, Tsukasa has already told me a lot about you."
"Nice to meet you Hikawa." Keiichiro responded in a blase tone. He then hauled over the large box he brought in and placed it down in the center table of the room.
"Thanks for taking over the touring duties for us Tsukasa." Keiichiro said to her in the same tone. "Youta, Carter, have either of you detected the Gangler from last night?" Keiichiro asked sternly.
"Um, not yet but we are still working on it!" Jim reassured.
"I see." Keiichiro muttured aggressively.
"D...don't blow up on us Chiroro, w..we'll handle it." Satsuki added, now babbling nervously once more.
"The Gangler from last night?" Sakuya added excitedly. "Right! That's the one those phantom thieves stopped from robbing the Ishimori!"
Keiichiro's already stern posture straighten even further, with the hairs on his neck seemingly standing tall like cactus thorns. The other members of squad froze giving off horrified expressions. Fearful, Satsuki dashed to hide behind Jim Carter while Keita and Tsukasa ran to cabinet in the back of the room and began viciously digging through piles of papers and boxes. Hilltop calmly walked over to Keiichiro and spoke softly.
"It's fine Keiichiro." he said cautiously.
"Hikawa, how did you know?" Keiichiro questioned seriously.
"Uh...I follow a few of thei...their fan blogs and twitters. You know for up...updates on their doings. The...they're kind of like us in Tactical Unit. tThwarting Ganglers and all." Sakuya answered stepping back slowly.
"Keii-" Hilltop said briefly before Keiichiro suddenly dashed over and got face to face with Sakuya.
"They are nothing like us! They're a bunch of criminals that complicate, compromise, and prolong our duty to eliminate dangerous threats! Not only that: they've stolen from various auctions, museums, universities, and upper class households! They're in possession of pieces of the Lupin Collection, using their otherworldly abilities without any precautions for civilians nor any city cover insurance for the destruction they cause with such devices! And they're in a constant process of gathering more and more for heaven knows what! So tell me Hikawa, in what way are they like us!" Keiichiro yelled into his face.
"I mean...I…" Sakuya stuttered, now self soaking in sweat.
"Tell me!" Keiichiro screamed louder.
"Keiichiro!" Tsukasa yelled as she ran up to Keiichiro's side after finding what she needed. She opened her palm a revealed a piece of candy. Swiftly she unwrapped the treat and shoved it directly into Keiichiro's jaws. While keeping his aggressive glare on Sakuya, he bit down and began to slowly chew.
"Better now?" Tsukasa asked calmly.
"...It's good." Keiichiro muttered as he returned back to his previous stoic disposition.
"We lived." Satsuki said to Jim as she stepped from her hiding position from behind him.
"Take this as a lesson for the future Sakuya." Keita sighed.
"Al..alright." Sakuya said as he stammered on his words.
"The phantom thieves are not to be looked upon fondly. We don't understand their motive but one thing is certain, nothing will stop them from gathering the Lupin Collection. Not the Ganglers, not the everyday man, not the law, nothing at all." Tsukasa explained.
"Normally we would just arrest little crooks like them, but those black guns and toy planes of there's those are also parts of the Lupin Collection. As long as those are in their possession we are severely outgunned." Keita expanded. "The whole situation has been rather rough on Keiichiro." Keita half whispered.
"Actually." Hilltop broke in. "That's kind of why Keiichiro and I were late this morning." Hilltop then walked slowly over to the crate Keiichiro had carried in.
"What do you mean Commander?" Tsukasa asked.
"Everyone come up." Hilltop said as he signaled his team to step forward.
The five officers and Jim Carter gathered in front of the crate as Hilltop opened the mysterious package.
"I admit, I was skeptical at first but desperate times call for desperate measures after all." Hilltop said now in a far more serious tone.
"What is all this?" Sakuya questioned as he looked into the crate.
"Commander, Keiichiro, are these what I think they are?" Tsukasa worriedly questioned.
"Think of it as a gift from the French Branch." Hilltop added. "Whether we you use them or not is entirely up to you. I may be your Commanding Officer but out there on the field you all have to make the serious choices."
"Commander…" Jim muttered.
"Wouldn't this j..just escalate things?" Satsuki nervously inquired. "Wou...would we be any be..better than them?"
"Keiichiro." Keita coldly stated. For the first time since Sakuya's arrival Keita was standing straight and lacked any qualities referencing his usual slothiness. "It's your call. You are squad leader, whatever your choice is I'll follow you." he said as he looked back at the others. He turned back sharply at Keiichiro.
"We are the GSP Tactical Unit." Keiichiro said solemnly. "From the day we put on these uniforms, when we wore these badges, we made a promise. We promised to eliminate any threats to peace! We promised to defend these people, this city, this world! We promised a brighter future! If that means using these things, being more like...them, then I say it is our duty, our promise!" Keiichiro proudly declared.
Keita looked back at Tsukasa, then Satsuki, the three shared a mutual smile and a light nod.
"There you go again getting all passionate and sappy." Keita snarked as he reverted back to slobbishness.
"Honestly Keiichiro, you give us no choice. If we don't go with you, you'll just run out there on your own. I won't allow you to do that." Tsukasa added with a smile.
"I guess this is what peer pressure is. If Chiroro, Tsu-tsu, and Takei are gonna do it then I have to." Satsuki said as she hopped closer to the crate.
"Haruko, Tsukasa, Youta." Keiichiro said quietly as he finally revealed his smile. This quickly dropped as he looked at Sakuya sincerely. "Hikawa, I apologize for this sudden request on your first day. However, as a GSP officer you made the same promise we did. Will you fight beside us?"
Sakuya stood still for a brief moment with a look of shock still on his a quick blink of the eye a shake of the head, he broke into another giant smile. He looked at his palms, then at the crate, all the while keeping the joy in his expression.
"Whatever it takes Sir. We are this city's heroes, I can't just back down on my first day. I'm with you Sir!" Sakuya exclaimed as he looked at the other three, now connecting with their smiles.
"It's decided." Keiichiro said with a hints of impression in his words. "If you're with us even in this endeavor, then you need the uniform." he said as he tossed green accented uniform from his desk at Sakuya.
"Th,,thank you Sir!" Sakuya shouted excitedly as he tightly gripped his new uniform.
"Then it's decided, the evolution of the Tactical Unit." Hilltop announced as a smile returned to him as well. "I thought of a better title for you all now actually, Kei-"
"There's only five." Jim Carter interrupted.
"Huh?" Hilltop broke out confusedly.
"There's only five, where is my new gear?" Jim demanded seriously.
"Oh.." Hilltop listlessly muttered as he looked down.
The smiles were gone as the unit awkwardly avoided looking Jim in the eye as he scouted the room for answers.
Outside of Jurer, a sign is plastered on door stating "Sadly due to electrical issues, we have closed early today, we will sort out all the issues be opened once more by tomorrow. We appreciate your patience with us!" From the rooftop, five shadows dash lightning fast. Once more it was the phantoms, fully clad in masks, wigs, hats, and suits.
"It should be a few more blocks down." Touma informed his comrades.
"Great, this is a good week for us. These pieces are practically be delivered to us." Kairi boasted. "Come on, keep up the pace!" he exclaimed as took an enormous leap putting him ahead of the others.
"Red! Wait!" Umika shouted from behind.
"Quite the showoff isn't he?" Kane snickered.
"He's an idiot." Itoumi groaned.
"Green! There you go again, the dropout calling others idiots!" Kairi returned with a light laugh.
"Bastard!" Itoumi reacted as she too increased her speed.
"Blue, Yellow, shall we?" Kane smirked. The two gave him a nod, so they all began growing in speed as well. Soon enough, the quintet of bandits were side by side again as they reached their destination. Looking down at the underground parking lot, they rediscovered the toadish Gangler surrounded by a band of Ponderman.
"Looks like the cops failed to eliminate him." Kairi said.
"How many pieces does he have?" Umika questioned.
"It doesn't matter, we'll take them all." Touma forcefully answered. "Red, do we have a plan."
"Yeah, make an entrance." Kairi said as swung down to the hoard. Wielding the one of the team's card shaped dagger, he slashed down three Pondermen as he landed on his feet before the toad. "Hello again, I heard you had another gift for us." Kairi taunted.
"Phantom thieves!" the toad screamed.
Swiftly, Kairi pulled out has plane shaped object and flashed toward his safe as Touma did last night. This time the toad was prepared however, the beast quickly fired out his tongue causing Kairi to immediately roll out the direction. From the sidelines, his allies jump to his side.
"Red!" Umika scolded.
"Damn, and you made it look so easy last night Blue." Kairi joked.
"Look out thieves! This time you won't be able to dodge my tongue whip!" the toad shouted.
"Is that so? Oh how worrisome." Itoumi sarcastically responded.
"Mock now! My new piece is much more powerful!" the toad roared as he fired his tongue.
As with before, the quintet danced about avoiding the whipping along with the gunfire of the Pondermen. This time however, as the tongue wiffed about it suddenly multiplied into eight tongues. The sudden split tongue flailed even more violently finally managing to strike the thieves several time finally stopping their midair dances and dashes. The five were harshly knocked against the concrete wall of the lot.
"Ghhh." Umika groaned in pain.
"Hahahaha! My new piece is far more powerful! Try dodging that!" the toad celebrated.
The Ponderman joined in the early celebration as they began to aimlessly jump about happily.
"When I get all of their pieces, I'll have enough to be boss for sure!" the toad roared happily.
"Heheh." Kairi laughed softly.
"You want more?" the toad threatened.
"Our pieces?" Kairi asked as he jumped from the ground. "You think you're gonna take our pieces?" he asked again followed by more laughing.
"You...you dare laugh at me!" the toad furiously retorted.
"You land one lucky shot and you think you're tough. You must really be the bottom of the Gangler food chain." Kairi mocked. He looked down at his team with a light smile, the four then jumped from the ground joining his side. "You will never take these pieces from us." Kairi threateningly stated as he pulled out the same black gun from the previous night along with the red plane with a dial lock. "Let me make this clear to you. We made a promise to one another. We won't stop until we've gathered the entire Collection. No Gangler, no man, no law on this earth will ever stop us from doing so! So if you think we're gonna lose any of the ones we already have, then you're even dumber than I thought you were!"
"Bastard! Kill them!" the toad demanded his Ponderman as he fired his multi tongue again.
Kairi looked at his team, the group shared a quick nod. The other four pulled out their black blasters and various colored dial locked aircrafts. Quickly they placed the aircrafts at the top of the blasters and spun dials.
"Kaito Change!" they shouted in unison.
Red! 0 - 1 - 0
Blue! 2 - 6 -0
Yellow! 1 - 1 - 6
Pink! 8 - 1 - 9
Green! 5 - 0 - 2
Masquerise!
In a colorful flash, the tongues and gunfire collided with the concrete wall.
"What the hell? Where did they go?" the toad panicked.
A beam of red gun fire flew by and struck the toad in the back of the head. Him along with his Ponderman looked back toward where the shot came from. A mysterious figure, covered in a tight red and black suit with a design reminiscent of formal wear with a bowtie with a free flowing cape. His head was covered a black helmet with a red cap placed at the front of the visor.
"Who...what are you?!" the toad demanded.
"Don't you know?" the voice of the red phantom thief Kairi proudly announced from beneath the mask. "We're the phantom thieves everyone's been talking about." He followed such this proclamation with an elegant swing of his cape. "Lupin Red." he stated followed with a snap of his fingers.
A blue beam fired from the Gangler hoard's blindspot, they turned and saw another figure.
"Lupin Blue." this figure said with another elegant cape swing followed by another finger snap.
More shots followed again from behind. This time a woman clad in yellow.
"Lupin Yellow." she proclaimed as she repeated the previous two motions.
A trio of a familiar card shape daggers then struck the ground at the center of the Ganglers.
"Lupin Pink." another male masked figure broke in with the same swing and snap.
One Pondermen raised his gun to finally attempt to fight off these mysterious phantoms only for a hook like claw to fly down and disarm him. Following the line of the claw revealed another female mask, this one green.
"Lupin Green." the she stated, starting with a swing ending with a snap once more.
"Kaito Sentai-" Lupin Red exclaimed.
"Lupinranger!" the five shouted, now in unison.
The toad looked at the room, now with his bravo completely drained he was shaking as he realized that the five thieves now had him and his band of Ponders surrounded.
"Now here's your first and final warning: in the name of house Lupin, we're taking your treasure." Kairi threatened as he pointed his gun at the circle of Ganglers.
"Do you think you can take my treasure?" the toad sheepishly exclaimed. "Go to hell!" he screamed as he split his tongue once more and flailed about is a circular motion hoping to repeat his previous shot in a larger scale. This time however, the thieves managed to evade each swing. They were moving at superhuman speeds, to point of practically leaving after images for the toad to mistakenly strike instead. Still, he continued to whip about his tongue in hopes of landing at least one hit.
"Gah!" the toad suddenly shouted as he recoiled his tongue in pain. He pulled it out slightly revealing several slash marks. As he examined his wound, colorful blast rained down eliminating the Pondermen directly around him. He looked up to see Lupin Red directly in front of him.
"You have something for me right?" the crimson thief snarked as he placed his red plane on the toad's safe.
"2 - 0 - 7" the plane spoke as the toad's safe opened allowing Kairi to swipe the piece from within. This piece was rainbow rod like object.
"My treasure!" the toad shrieked.
"Thank you muchly." Kairi snarked as he wiped the top of the hat on his visor, as if to signal the tipping of his cap.
"Don't just stand there! Get it back!" the toad ordered his remaining Pondermen. The Ponderman then equipped themselves with clubs as they ran toward Kairi. Still, most of their attempt to reach were thwarted with the return of gunfire from the other four thieves above. Those who managed to step up to Kairi were met fended off with a sword-like claw he seemingly pulled from thin air. The blade could be launched out as grappling device as Itoumi demonstrated before, it also tripled as bladed whip when the claw mechanism button was held. Kairi continued to clear the wave of Ponders as his team provided support. It soon became clear to the toad Gangler that he had no chance, especially without a piece of the Collection.
"Forget this! Run!" he commanded the handful of Ponders remaining as he began to hop off. As the small band of Ponders left began to limp off behind their lead Gangler, the other four thieves hoped below joining Kairi's side.
"Told you all, practically handed to us." bragged as he tossed the piece up and down from his palm.
"We were actually forced to transform this time, I wouldn't be so cocky." Touma noted.
"All that matters is it was yet another job well done." Kane celebrated.
"Let's go back now. I feel like a bath now after that thing's tongue touched me." Umika said with a light shiver.
"There's lots of reasons you would need to cleanse yourself Yellow, personally the amphibian drool is a marked improvement compared to your usual scent." Kairi mocked with a snicker.
"Damn't Red! Why you gotta always make fun of me!" Umika huffed frustratedly.
"I keep telling you, ignore him and he loses all power over you." Itoumi said sternly.
"Take your own advice once in a while Green." Red said in a rather condescending tone.
"Alright that's it listen he-" Itoumi's incoming rant was cut short as the sounds of blast began ringing down from direction where the toad ran off. The sounds of fire and light grunts began echoing loudly. The Lupinrangers stayed in place and listened in on the struggle occuring.
"What do you think that's all about?" Kairi muttured seriously.
"Toad is picking another fight." Kane answered softly.
"Should we help?" Umika asked concerningly.
"It isn't our job, we should just go." Itoumi said quietly.
"We can't afford to linger out here any longer then we have to. It increase the risk of getting caught." Touma added.
Ignoring the pleas of Itoumi and Touma, Kairi dashed forward heading toward the sound.
"Red!" Itoumi shouted.
"I have a hunch." Kairi simply shrugged as he continued forward.
"Can you believe him!" Itoumi complained to the other three.
"We should follow." Kane stated with a leap forward. "We can't just let go off on his own after all."
"I suppose so." Touma sighed as he too jumped ahead.
"Come on Green." Umika said as she also followed.
"Damn't it all." Itoumi whined as she finally joined the others.
Soon enough, the quintet of thieves snuck upon the scene. Only to uncover a scene all too familiar. The Tactical Unit and Pondermen shooting at one another from opposite ends of the lot.
"Gangler! We won't let you escape this time!" a familiar voice shouted.
"It's the damn Tactical Unit!" Itoumi complained. "Told you this was a waste of time."
"Green, look." Touma said slowly as he pointed at the weapons the Tactical Unit was using in their gunfight with the Ponders. To the shock of all the thieves, the police were equipped with what appeared to be white variants of the very blasters they used.
"Why do they have V Changers?" Umika panicked.
"Since when did the cops use Collection pieces." Kane thought a loud.
"Phantom thieves! You came after all!" Keiichiro shouted as he spotted the band of robbers.
"Heh." Kairi confidently laughed. "Of course we'd come, you have something of ours." he said as he jumped in between the warring groups causing a sudden cease fire from both the Tactical Unit and the Ponders.
"You're still here!?" the toad shouted confusedly.
"You shouldn't play with V Changers. You don't even have Dial Fighters to transform do you?" Umika said, ignoring the toad as she too jumped ahead.
"Is that what you call those cute toy planes of yours?" Satsuki asked inquisitively.
"Imbecile, they aren't toys. Clearly you don't understand the Collection, therefore I suggest you hand over your pieces." Touma scolded as he, Kane, and Itoumi joined with Kairi and Umika.
"We won't hand over our S Changers, in fact I suggest you lower your weapons and come with us." Tsukasa said staying firm.
"Right, these are our tools to protect everyone. Don't you understand? You have the same power right, why aren't you using it help people?" Sakuya added.
"Shut the hell up! You don't know anything about us so don't get all high and mighty." Itoumi retorted.
"Silence! You can explain everything when we bring you in! But first, drop your weapons!" Keiichiro interrupted, outyelling her.
"I think you got spit on my visor officer." Kane snarked.
"Seriously Keiichiro, my ear, I'm right here." Keita complained.
"Whatever!" Kairi broke in. "I'll give you another chance, give us your pieces and we won't give you anymore trouble today."
"Stand down and we won't have to make you." Keiichiro threatened.
"Ok police man, you made us do this." Kairi said as he nodded at his team. The five of them raised their blades and gripped their V Changers.
In response, Keiichiro looked at his team and gave them a similar nod.
"It's time to test our new gear." Keiichiro announce to both his allies and the Lupinrangers. The five officers pulled out small vehicles with triggers attached to their backs. These vehicles were in a similar scale to the Lupin's Dial Fighters, and much like the Dials they directly attached to the cops' changers.
"What are those." Umika exclaimed taken aback.
"More pieces." Kane thought a loud once again.
"Keisatsu Change!" the five officers shouted in unison as pulled the triggers.
Ichigou!
Nigou!
Sangou!
Yongou!
Gogou!
Patrise!
In a quick flash of light, the Tactical Unit became clad in uniforms similar to the Lupinrangers. Their suits however were more reflective of their role as police. The suits were each officer's main color accented by white rather than black accented with their main color. They lacked capes and instead had armored shoulder pads. Their visor piece was a black piece shaped similarly to a badge or a police cap. Finally, every spot where the Lupin's V badge was placed was instead substituted with the gold GSP S badge.
"No way." Itoumi uttered taking a step back.
"More...Lupinrangers? No something different." Touma said while gritting his teeth.
"What are you!" Kairi shouted in an annoyed tone.
"Don't you know?" Keiichiro dressed in red proclaimed. "We're the police officers everyone's depending on!" Keiichiro followed this proud statement with a stomp of his right foot. "Patren Ichigou!" he screamed with a salute.
"Patren Nigou!" Sakuya followed.
"Patren Sangou!" followed Tsukasa.
"Patren Yongou!" followed Keita..
"Patren Gogou!"followed Satsuki. Each of course joined their roll with the same starting stomp, ending with a salute.
"Keisatsu Sentai-" Keiichiro announced.
"Patranger!" the five shouted in unison.
"Now, here's your first and final warning. By the power invested in us by the Global Special Police, we're taking you down by force!" Keiichiro warned.
The two teams of rangers were now at a stand still. The two groups seemed to be waiting for the other to move. Eventually Kairi took a step forward.
"Officer." he said calmly. "You don't scare me. None of you scare me. I already told you, we're taking your treasure!" Kairi shouted as he dashed toward the Pats.
"Damn you phantoms!" Keiichiro responded as he began marching forward.
Their respective teams soon enough followed behind their reds. With passion and anger burning in each of their hearts, the two teams finally clashed.
They met today, on equal terms conflicting both physically and mentally. Each group with their own promises, their own goals, their own reasons. The mysterious phantom thieves fighting for what's most precious to them. The shining police officers doing all they can to defend the people of this world. Who will you side with?
Next Time!
The thieves and police battle for the first time!
Kairi and the others question Kogure about the appearance of these new rangers!
All the while, they look back on how why decided to bear the phantom masks in the first place!
GoodStriker returns and finally gets to flaunt his talents!
Next Time: Number 2 - Pesky Police Officers