Hiden Aruto and Yaiba Yua walked into the office of the ZAIA Enterprises Japan CEO Amatsu Gai. Aruto didn't want to be there; he had a set to get back to. His company HIDEN Intelligence had started working on a drama that the Vice President wanted to use as a way to boost the company's public face.
Aruto took pride in the fact that they were showing off the capabilities of a HumaGear as an actor and he managed to get one of his favorite actors to be a part of the project. Owada Shinya was one of the greatest actors in dramas. So getting him was a big get. And he wanted to be there right now. But Yaiba told him that she wanted to bring him someplace.
He had a feeling that he knew what it was about but he played it close to the vest...until he saw Gai smiling at him. "Aruto-shacho. Have a seat." Gai said with a smile as he walked to the front of his desk and the room changed in front of Aruto's eyes. Chairs came up from secret panels in the floor and the surroundings changed. Now instead of a cold-looking office, it was now snobbish warm.
"Yaiba you can leave now," he said with a smirk that Aruto thought was his resting face. Just as he dismissed her his phone started to ring.
"No, I would like her to stay. And shouldn't you get that?" Aruto said with his goofy smile.
"It can wait. And I think you would rather we have this conversation without her here." Gai said, sitting in a chair. Aruto smiled and stood still. As the phone stopped ringing.
"You are going to pitch a buyout plan. So that you could assume control of HIDEN Intelligence. And how this will be best for the future of both companies." Aruto said, still smiling.
Yaiba and Gai both were surprised that Aruto could see through the plan so clearly. And just as Gai processed this fact the phone went off again. "I really think you should pick that up," Aruto said with a smile.
"It can wait. And you are very astute. It will be for the betterment of both companies." Gai said as the phone stopped again.
"Yes, I am very astute. I even noticed that Yaiba here hacked one of our HumaGear in front of me. So that you could get a view into the secret lab next to my office. Remember Ikkan Nigiro." Aruto said, smiling broadly. This caught both Yaiba and Gai by surprise. And the phone went off again.
"I am getting a little annoyed by that ringing, Amatsu Gai," Aruto said, showing them that he knew a lot more than what they both thought he did. He knew who he was dealing with. And that Yaiba had been playing him since almost the beginning.
Gai went to the phone. "WHAT?!" he demanded, getting annoyed that the script of this meeting wasn't going the way he had planned. And after a few seconds on the phone, the color was draining from his face. "BUT WHY?" he demanded. "HOW MANY SHARES? 85%?!" he then looked at Aruto who just smiled knowing what he was talking about. Gai's color was completely gone now. And Aruto finally moved from his spot and sat in one of the chairs as Gai hung up the phone.
"You picked some nice furniture, very comfy. Maybe I can have them move them to my office later." Aruto said, looking at Gai.
"Aruto-shacho, you need to respect who you are talking to," Yaiba said not sure of what was going on. Everything that she had known about Aruto was going against his behavior right now.
"I-It's fine. How did you do it?" Gai asked, looking at him almost faintly.
"Sir?" Yaiba asked him, looking at him unsure of why his ego had deflated this much.
"Let me fill you in, Yaiba. After all, a good boss should fill his employees in on the works of the business he owns." Aruto said with a smile.
"Eh?" she asked.
"Over the past few hours, I have been having some of my HumaGear assistants visit some of the shareholders of ZAIA Enterprises, the parent company of ZAIA Enterprises Japan, and letting them in on what was about to happen," Aruto said with a smile.
"You see you shouldn't have let your guard down this far, Gai. Trying to show off that I wouldn't be able to tell if someone hacked a HumaGear in front of me. Just to see a lab that you already knew was there. It was insulting to a normal man but I looked at it as a compliment. You see, my grandfather wouldn't just leave a company to someone that could lead it down to ruin no matter what Vice President Fukuzoe Jun thinks.
"He trained me since the Daybreak Incident. Seeing my Otousan die protecting me lit a fire in me as well. He figured since that day that you had something to do with Daybreak but with no proof he couldn't seek any actions. So he waited and trained me to be the one that would be the best thing for HIDEN Intelligence. But all the while using a front to hide this in plain sight.
"I chose to be a comedian because I have so many killer jokes," Aruto said doing his signature pose with a smile. "But I didn't think I would have fooled you so much, so fast," Aruto said with a laugh.
"What does that mean? AND HOW THE HELL DID YOU BUY 85% OF THE SHARES OF ZAIA ENTERPRISES?" Gai demanded. It was true the phone call was from the former President to inform him of the takeover.
"Patients. A temper like that to your new boss...it's a little unbecoming of someone of your status," Aruto said with a smile.
"You're the owner of ZAIA?" Yaiba asked him shocked.
"Yes. And before we go any farther." Aruto then pulled out his RisePhone and pushed a button. Yaiba felt something inside of her head. She knew what it was instantly. And before she could stop herself she had taken out her Shotriser and pointed right at Gai's head. Surprised, he pushed a button on his watch but nothing happened. Yaiba smirked at the look on his face as he pushed it repeatedly.
"Yaiba. Please don't shoot him." Aruto said standing between them. "I don't want another one of my employees taken into custody in a few minutes," Aruto said, turning to face him.
"What do you mean by that?" he asked.
"I wasn't the one that had been foolish when you had Yaiba hack Nigiro. That was you. She used her company RisePhone and I was able to backtrace the hack all the way to you." Aruto said, pointing his finger at Gai. "And then I was able to make myself at home. And look up things almost at my leisure." Aruto said, walking around the room.
"And found out the truth behind Daybreak," Aruto said, stopping by the desk to look at the things on the desk. "You were a naughty boy. Thinking that you could turn HumaGear into a fighting force and hijack the launch of the satellite with your ARK...didn't go too well for you though did it? has killed people and are hurting both humans and HumaGear alike. And then there are the recent events of the actor. You have known about the attack on him and have done nothing. I have had to put a plan in place that will save his life.
"But back to you. You also have chips implanted into your employees like Yaiba here. Which is why she did those things. If she didn't you would torture her. This news is a bit disconcerting. And I thought some people might want to know. Shareholders that might want to know what their money had been doing without their knowledge and..." and then at that moment flashes appeared on holographic screens that popped up all over the office. All showing police officers big and small storming the doors of ZAIA Enterprises Japan. "A.I.M.S. of course. It looks like your ride is here to take you to jail. Yes! It must be me, Aruto!" Aruto said doing his signature sign-off for his gags.
"You think I will let some cops arrest me. I have the power of a Kamen Rider on my side." Gai said, pulling up a Progrisekey no one had seen before. He smiled as he pushed the button to start the henshin.
"UNAUTHORIZED!" the key said.
"Eh?" he said, pushing the button again and again and it said the same thing every time. "UNAUTHORIZED!".
"What? You have locked Fuwa out of his. Did you forget the person in charge has control of those who can use them unless you are a HumaGear, the original individuals designed to use them?" Aruto said with a smile speaking about Fuwa Isamu the other A.I.M.S. Rider.
At this point, he went berserk and tried to jump the desk. But Yaiba shot her Shotriser and the bullet went zooming past his ear. "Please give me a reason to shoot you," she said coldly. "I want to show you what these Shotrisers can do," she said pointing it at him.
He froze, absolutely beaten. In the boardroom, on the battlefield, and in planning. "Damn you Hiden Korenosuke," he said as the A.I.M.S. troops walked into the room to arrest the former CEO of ZAIA Enterprises Japan.
"Where have you been?" Fukuzoe said seeing Aruto walked onto the rooftop set with Izu right behind him.
"What happened?" Aruto asked looking at him.
"You don't know. I knew you were an incompetent Shacho but did you ignore everything else today. Owada Shinya was murdered." he said looking at him. As Fuwa walked back onto the rooftop set. With what could only assume was the body of Shinya under a sheet with the crew shaken up by what they had just seen.
"I couldn't find the shooter," he said kicking himself for not being up here when he was needed.
"We must find him. The brother that did this has now gained Singularityin murder." Aruto said walking past the Vice President.
"Eh?" Fukuzoe asked looking at him.
"It's simple Fukuzoe-Shacho," Izu said looking at him. "Aruto knew about the models that were being used for Dodo Magia was a dance group that was stolen and repurposed into a HumaGear that's model was now designed for assassinations," Izu said looking at him.
"And how would you know this?" Fuwa asked her.
"There is a lot more that both of them know that will shock you. It did me." Yaiba said walking onto the set holding a tablet in her hands. "Aruto-shacho," she said turning to him with everyone looking at him as he bent down over the body of Owada Shinya. "I have all of the tech specs from ZAIA Enterprises being sent to Tsuji Ichiko-sensei," she said.
"Good if anyone can figure out what we can use from ZAIA it's Ichiko-sensei," he said pulling the sheet off the actor with flourish.
"What are you doing? And we can't have specs from ZAIA that is illegal to have stolen specs in our possession." Fukuzoe demanded.
"I am retrieving something from 'Shinya'. And I am now 85% shareholder of ZAIA Enterprises." Aruto said finding what he was looking for and pulling on Shinya's ear. And to everyone's shock, the ear then popped open and revealed circuitry and tech the likes that could only be found in a HumaGear. Aruto rummaged in the tech and pulled out a data drive.
"96% now Aruto-Shacho." Izu corrected him.
"I'm sorry. 96% shareholder of ZAIA Enterprises." Aruto said smiling at the collection of people there. At that point, the real Owada Shinya walked onto the rooftop set to the shock of everyone there but none more than Fukuzoe. "As promised the brain data we copied was used for nothing more than this HumaGear we made to trick Dodo. He has achieved Singularity and your life is still in danger but we can put you into better hiding until we capture or destroy Assassin-chan." Aruto said handing him the data drive.
"It was truly an honor to work with the best actor I have ever met," he said looking at him shaking his hand.
"I'm not an actor sir. Just a comedian." Aruto said with his goofy smile. As everyone there stood dumbfounded by what they were seeing and hearing.
"That's a HumaGear?" Fuwa asked looking at the body on the rooftop that had been shot earlier.
"Yes. Made by the greatest scientist known to mankind in HIDEN Intelligence. Of course, you know who that is right Fukuzoe-shacho?" Aruto asked knowing full well that he didn't.
"But it doesn't have the earpieces?" Fuwa asked looking at the HumaGear double on the ground.
"It's an advanced model prototype designed for a high-end clientele. Used for businessmen that want a lover or sexual partner without making them feel like they are making love to a human and not a HumaGear." Izu said to Fuwa.
"We are complying with all A.I.M.S. guidelines for this product even before testing release. But I thought we could use it today for this. It would be the best use of technology for decoys to save the life of Shinya." Aruto said to Fuwa.
"Of course. I am glad you listened to my advice Aruto-shacho." Fukuzoe with a fake smile and laugh wrapping his arm around Aruto with Izu tilting her head and blinking at Fukuzoe.
"I still can't believe this," Fuwa said as he watched the press conference. He still couldn't believe everything. Hiden Aruto a man that he was growing to respect had been fooling him all this time.
"Fuwa he did what he thought he had to," Yaiba said standing next to him.
"I know. It's just weird what was a lie and what was real?" he asked her as the world found out about Gai's involvement in Daybreak and the TOB of ZAIA Enterprises. Izu looked at the two of them having heard what they were saying.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"Well of course you wouldn't understand this. But humans don't like to be lied to." Fuwa said to her. She looked at him blinking.
"But Aruto-shacho didn't lie to you," Izu said to him.
"Eh?" he asked. She turned and faced her boss as he spoke to the press.
"The original plan was to hide everything even his identity from A.I.M.S. as well as Gai and ZAIA," she said to him. "He went against his plan to tell you Fuwa Isamu. He told me afterward that he trusted you as opposed to him taking a liking to you for enjoying his jokes." Izu said.
"I-I don't enjoy his jokes," Fuwa said trying to act like he wasn't caught with Izu blinking at him in the same way she had with Fukuzoe.
"Yaiba, Izu, Fuwa, please follow me." Aruto said as he left the podium with flashes following him. "I'll never get used to those damn things," Aruto said removing the tie he wore just for today.
"The price of owning everything I guess," Fuwa said walking behind him. Aruto smirked at his crack.
"Doesn't mean I have to like it. Anyway, the legal department is currently updating the A.I.M.S. contract. You should be authorized now Fuwa. So now more gorilla power unless you use the power of gorilla." Aruto joked. Fuwa's eyes bulged and tried not to laugh. "I thought you might like that one," Aruto said smirking.
"Mhm." Fuwa cleared his throat and tried to regain his composure. "What else did you want to talk to us about? Yaiba works for you but you wanted me here today," he said.
"Yes, sir I was wondering why myself," Yaiba said to him.
"Because Ichiko-sensei wants to meet both of you...about those chips in both your heads," Aruto said to them.
"BOTH!" they said together.