"Oh boy, this is what I come back to?"
Taro, who was unaware of the fact that Sakomizu was due back spoke up in shock
"Captain Sakomizu"
"No matter what, the real Ryu would never shoot Tobei"
The rest look back at Ryu and subtly start getting their hands towards their weapons while Sakomizu keeps talking
"So answer, who are you?"
And that's when Yapool finally in their minds reveals themselves
"Insignificant humans"
The sky breaks and the monster is revealed, and while the rest take care of the Yapool monster Ryu and Taro fight with Taro shooting Ryu and then fighting Vakishim. Once the battle was over Taro found out through the others that Ryu was alive, unconscious but alive and would be fine and so he waited with the rest of the group for Ryu to wake up
"Where am I?"
"He's awake"
"Captain..."
"Welcome back Ryu"
"Tobei...I went to South Sawa city with you to investigate and then..."
"Do you not remember anything?"
"After all that?"
"All that?"
"If he doesn't remember anything...you don't know about this"
Sakomizu reveals the shot memory display
"Who's the one that broke my heart's fire?"
"But Ryu...you told me to"
"Taro...you're the culprit"
"Only because of Yapool!"
"Oh...okay I think I understand...uh okay I don't at all and require an explanation of what's been going on since the investigation"
"Sure, by the way you should know that our training payed off, as far as we knew Yapool didn't realize you knew the truth about Taro or that we also knew"
"Good to hear"
And so for the next hour the group told both Sakomizu and Ryu the full story in regards to Yapool vs Taro and Ryu got a little scared at how close he came to not only killing Taro but the others as well
"Oh we weren't at any risk from the detonator, we knew about the bombs beforehand though we didn't let on, as for Taro he was probably prepared as well seeing as how we all know the secret"
"Not the other techs that were there with us"
"Good point forget I said anything"
"Oh I was still actually prepared even with the techs that were there that aren't in on the secret"
"How so?"
"First I would have dodged the shot, you know full well I am already known for fast reflexes, after that I already modified my weapon to release stun charges against human opponents and as such I would have used my gun on Ryu to knock him out long enough for Yapool to leave him and us to take care of the monster that appeared in the sky"
"When was this and why didn't you get my approval?"
"As to when I did it in the first week I got the weapon as to why I tried fifteen different times before I just decided to go for it"
"You did?"
Misaki is the one to speak up this time
"He did, I was there whenever he verbally tried to ask your permission three different times and then for some reason the written requests never made it to your desk, or Toriyama's, as such I made the decision to give permission and inform you at a better time but I never got the chance"
"Okay I wasn't aware of that, I would have given permission if I had known and am in fact wondering just how you managed to do so seeing as how as far as I am aware the guns were made to be tamper proof since it was assumed we'd just be going up against monsters only with these weapons"
"I can show you with another blaster and can modify everyone's if you so choose"
"I actually want to wait on that"
"What for?"
"You'll see, but for now I think it's time we all get some rest, it's been a stressful few days"
Eventually the weapon that used Phoenix Nest was finally completed, though the group wasn't aware of it at first, and they were also about to discover something else about the base that no one suspected not even Taro, they were shown an animation of the base and saw it changing shape
"Cool"
"I didn't know Phoenix Nest had a flight mode"
"I knew it had a unique shape"
Toriyama laughed and spoke up
"Are you all surprised?"
and George and Marina wound up finishing each others sentence
"Why would you keep..."
"...something so important from us?"
"This is a top secret that only headquarters and select few people know, therefor it was withheld from all of you"
And then Maru decided to burst Toriyama's bubble
"Therefore, the Adjutant just found out today as well"
"Maru I was getting there"
"So we shoot the new METEOR from this Phoenix Canon to close the inter-dimensional gate"
"Exactly, and on top of that Dimensional Dissolver lasts semi-permanently"
The group then waits for the weapon to arrive with Sakomizu when they heard of the attack