Hey guys and gals, welcome to the newest chapter of Kamen rider decade: ride the world. And this will be something special.
As I said last time, I was going to do something Peter, and here it is an Origin chapter for him.
I wanted to this, so I could develop the story more, and I'll try to do some for the other riders as well if you enjoy it.
So with that said, let's do this!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except my OC's.
Opening: Ready Steady Go
Third person P.O.V.
In a ruined tomb, we see a red warrior fighting off different humanoid monsters that looked like animals.
We then see him switching colours along with new weapons, from a staff to a bow and a sword.
We then see the warrior being layed down into a tomb, as several people wearing ancient clothing placed their hands on to the tomb.
The scene that fast forward to modern day, as we see several archaeologists entering the tomb.
"What is that" One of them said, as another gulped "Is it something from the ancient civilisation".
The seemingly leader walked up to the tomb, and slowly placed his hand on it but then the entire cave they were in started shaking.
"What's going on!" One of the workers yelled, "Quick run!" The other said, as they all started running out of the cave, as it crumbled around them before the scene went dark.
Chapter 1.5: Kamen Rider Decade Origins! Kamen Rider Kuuga
Parker house.
Third person P.O.V.
"Ugh" We hear, as we see a boy under his bed asleep. His room were filled with things like comic, science books and other things.
"Hey, Peter it's time to wake up!" The voice of a older man said, as the boy moved back up to reveal a younger Peter.
He yawned and stretched before reaching for his glasses and put them on "Great, another brilliant day of pranks and bullying" he said, sarcastically before getting up to get changed.
When he was finished changing her was wearing a long sleeved grey shirt with a blue t-shirt over it, brown trousers and black runners. He also had a bag around his shoulder, as he walked down the stairs.
He then got into the kitchen of his house and smiled when he saw his Aunt May and Uncle Ben.
Uncle Ben was an older man with white hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a blue shirt with brown trousers and black shoes.
Aunt may was an older woman with white hair tied in pony tail. He was wearing a pink shirt with a black dress and white shoes.
"Morning" I yawned, walking up to the table before sitting down as a plate of wheat cakes were put in front of me.
"Thanks Aunt May" he smiled, as his aunt smiled, before walking back to continue.
"So Peter, are you looking forward to your school trip today?" Uncle Ben asked, as Peter sighed.
"Oh right, that's today. No not really" he said, as Uncle Ben blinked.
"Really? Why not" he asked, as Peter looked away while poking at his food "It's because I wanted to head towards Oscorps science lab but everyone else voted to check out the newly discovered ancient civilisation exhibit".
"Well I don't know what all that meant, but I know that school trips are meant to be fun. So even if you didn't get to go to the one you want to you should at least enjoy it" Uncle Ben said, as Peter nodded.
"Yeah, I guess you're" he said, quickly finishing up his pancakes "Alright, gotta go see you guys" he said, getting up before running off.
"Stay safe" Aunt May said, as Peter waved her off before opening the door and running to the school bus.
National Mystery Museum
Third person P.O.V.
We see a yellow school bus stop in front of the large museum, which had several posters talking about a new ancient civilisation.
"Woah" Peter said, looking up as he walked outside of the bus with other students walking out as well.
"Move it! Penis Parker" Another student said, as he shoved Peter out of the way on to the ground.
"Gah, Geez Flash is the same as always" Peter said, shaking his head before looking up to see his best friend Harry Osborn offering him a hand.
"You okay Pete?" He asked, as Peter nodded "Yeah, thanks" he said, taking the hand before being pulled back up.
"Come on, we better get back to the others before they ditch us" Harry said, and Peter nodded as they made their way to the rest of the group.
Inside the museum
Third person P.O.V.
"Ah Geez, why did we have to guard this boring place" Joanne said, as she walked around the museum with her partner, Jefferson Davis.
Jefferson was an older man, about 44. He had dark skin with short black hair and was wearing a police uniform.
"Come on Jo, it's our job" he said, as Joanne rolled her eyes "But it's just so boring, who'd be interested in trying to steal some dusty old fossils".
"You know we are not just here for that" he said, as Joanne looked down and saw the students walking in for their tour.
"God now those brats are here" she groaned, as Jefferson laughed "You really hate kids don't cha".
"It's not that J hate kids, it's just that I'm not good with them".
Meanwhile, down below we see the students being guided into the new exhibit.
"As you can see, this is a recently discovered new ancient civilisation which is possible the first properly developed culture in history" the guide said, as she showed the students the exhibit.
It looked to be all pretty old, with a few rusty tools, some clothes and other things. The most notable thing was large purple jewel, a few statues of monsters and a tomb which contained the mummified corpse of a person with a stone belt.
"As you can see, this culture must be similar to the Egyptians, considering they both use sarcophagus's, and seem to pray to this figure".
Peter pulled out a camera and took a few pictures of the mummified corpse, and noticed the belt Shinning a bit 'Huh? Must be the flash from the camera' he thought, before moving to the statues.
"Hey Pete, did you hear the rumors?" Harry asked, as Peter looked to him "No, what?".
"Apparently the people who were removing these thing, almost died from a avalanche" Harry said, making Peter laugh "Yeah, like that's true".
"Hey flash, see that rock" One of the students said, as the bully nodded "Oh yeah, bet it'll go for a lot".
"Dare you to steal a bit of it" the student asked, handing flash a small hammer.
Flash took the tools, and slowly walked to the jewel, but when he reached for it began glowing purple.
Suddenly a purple pulse that came from the rock suddenly bursted out, knocking the students to the ground.
"What's going on!" The guide said, as one of the statues began cracking.
The cracks began growing more and more until finally the stone broke off, reviving the monsters.
They all had grey skin, with different ornaments decorations their bodies, they all had different animal motifs. One was a spider, one was a bat, and one was a hawk.
The Spider looked at the students who were running away in panic, as the spider looked back at his companions.
"Ta Amadam, ko keri no Linto warewa Kuuga refi" he said, and the other two nodded before they ran up to the large jewel and flew out of the building.
The spider then looked up to the mummified statue before reaching towards the belt, and pulling out causing the statues to collapse.
"Haha! Kokoro Arcle sa, warewa Kuuga refi!" He boasted, about to crush the belt but then something shot at him causing him to drop the belt "Nani?".
"Stop right there!" Joanne said, as she shot at the monster "What the fuck is that thing".
The spider growled at the two officers before jumping towards them, and lifted them up by the neck.
We see Peter and Harry watching this from afar before Harry looked to his friend "Peter come in we have to go".
"We have to do something! If we don't go those officers are gonna die!" Peter yelled, as Harry looked to him "Like what! Were just kids".
Peter looked down, before hearing something in his head 'A… Heartbeat?'.
He looked to the direction of the sarcophagus, and saw that the sound was coming from the belt.
He then got up and ran towards the belt much to Harry surprise "Peter! What are you doing!".
"I have no idea!" Peter picked up the belt, before gulping and wrapping it around his waist causing a bright flash.
"GAAAAAHHHH!" He screamed, catching the monster attention as he looked back to the teen.
The belt was seemingly burning into Peter's waist, burning through his clothes before it disappeared.
"I-It disappeared" Henry blinked, as the Gurongi growled, before dashing toward Peter.
The spider then picked up Peter before jumping toward one for the upper levels as the police followed behind.
Peter was thrown to the ground, as he groaned before he was picked up, punched into the stomach and slammed into the wall.
He was thrown to the ground, as the spider walked towards him.
"D-Damn it, I need to fight or I'll die" he groaned, before moving up and punching the monster back, which actually had an effect.
"Huh?" Peter said, before looking down to see his arm was now covered in a black suit with white armour on his shoulder brace and hand "I-It changed?" He gasped, before getting up.
He then ran towards the monster before delivering more blows causing more and more armour pieces to appear around along with the belt.
With one final blow Peter punched the monster back into the wall.
"Huh" he said, looking at the armour covering his body.
The armor was mostly black with white armoring on his chest, shoulders, gloves, knees and feet and a mask or helmet covered his face which had small horns and orange eyes with a silver mouthpiece.
"Bi bo Gaeru, spea to" The Gurongi said, as Peter looked at the armour shocked.
"W-What is this?" He said, not noticing Joanne and Jefferson making up to the stairs.
"Another one?" Joanne said, about to go in but Jefferson stopped her "No yet, let's see what they do".
The spider then leaped towards Peter who quickly moved out of the way before delivering a punch to the monsters gut.
"W-What is this…" he said, as memories flashed of a warrior fighting the monsters in front of his eyes.p "I-It's like I'm learning how to fight".
The spider growled, before shooting a web towards the distracted Peter sticking to his hand, before it jumped towards the roof, crashing the through it.
He then gripped the web before slamming Peter "G-Gah".
Peter got back up "S-Stupid, memory flashes" he said, as the spider rushed towards Peter.
Peter dodged a strike from the monster, before he sent a kick at the monster and punched him in the stomach.
The monster growled before punching him in the face, then he shot a web at Peter, sticking him to the banister.
The monster was about to finish the teen, but then Joanne came in and shot at the monster.
He growled, before turning around and leaping towards to finish her off.
"No!" Kuuga yelled, lifting his arm which lifted up the banister.
"Woah" he blinked, before gripping the road and running towards the monster.
He then slammed the poll on to the monster, breaking it in half but knocking the monster into the ground.
"Heh, too bad you don't have a spider sense" he joked, as the monster growled before kicking Kuuga in the gut.
The monster roared before jumping off the roof.
"No!" Peter yelled, running towards the monster as he shot a web at the building.
Peter held on tight as the monster webs winged through then "You're! Not! Going! Anywhere!" He yelled, punch gun his side.
"FAK DO! KUUGA!" He roared, before kicking Peter off his leg onwards Central Park.
"Oh this is gonna hurt" he said, closing his eyes before he crashed into the lake.
"Ow" he limped, slowly making his way out of the sea. His armour disappearing and his clothes all wet.
"What the heck was that" he said, taking out his phone "I'll need to tell Harry about this" he said, typing on his phone.
Museum
Third person P.O.V.
We see Joanne walking down the stairs after she saw the white Armored guy fighting off that. Monster.
'Who the heck was that? And what was that monster?' She thought, as her partner walked up to her.
"Hey Jo, what happened up there" he asked, as she sighed.
"The monster used his webs to swing away, with the Armored guy hanging on him. I have no idea where they left after that" she explained.
She then looked around for a bit "By the way, what happened to that kid?" She asked, as Jefferson smiled.
"I don't know, I think he might have escaped when the Armored guy showed up" he explained, and Joanne nodded.
"Alright, let's go report to base" she said, before walking off with Jefferson following.
Oscorp
Third person P.O.V.
We see Harry back in his home, walking back and forth worriedly when he heard the ding on an elevator.
He looked lover and saw Peter walking out, his clothes still drenched "Woah, Peter are you okay what happened to you?!".
"Okay, okay so I'm freaking out man! I'm freaking out!" he said, walking past Harry "Okay just, take a deep breath".
"Okay" he said, breathing I. Before breathing out "Okay, just don't freak out".
Peter then reached for his waist 'I think this was how it happened in those flashes' he thought, before closing his eyes.
Suddenly, the stone belt was summoned on to Peter's waist.
"Woah!" Harry jumped "How did you do that".
"I don't know, I just started hitting that monster, and then some weird armour appeared over me and I got way stronger".
"Can you do it now?" Harry asked, as Peter looked down and tried to summon the armour but nothing happened "I don't think so".
"But when I had the armour I was stronger, I could rip a banister off" he explained.
"Well then, how about you try testing it without your armour" he said, and Peter nodded.
"Wouldn't hurt to try" he said, walking up to the couch before attempting to pick it up.
Much to their shock he was actually able to lift it up easily, though he had trouble keeping it up before placing it back down.
"Dude, you have super strength" Harry said, as Peter looked at himself "Yeah, I wonder what else I can do" he said.
"There has to be a way to test it out more" Harry thought, before looking down at the paper to see an ad for a open entry wrestling match "How about wrestling?".
"Wrestling?" Peter asked, as Harry picked up the paper "Yeah, there's a free entry match for tonight, and the winner gets 3000 dollars".
"3000" Peter blinked, as Harry nodded "Yeah, and I'll even let you keep the money, and you definitely win with your super strength".
'It would help Aunt May and Uncle Ben a lot' he thought, before nodding "Alright I'll do it".
"Good, let's meet up at the place tonight" Harry said, and Peter nodded.
"But first, I think I need a shower" he said, looking at his damp clothes making Harry laugh.
Parker Household
Third person P.O.V.
"Hey Ben, where's Peter it's getting quite late" May said, as she looked out the window looking for her Nephew.
"Don't worry, he said that he's over at Harry's house today, he should be back any minute now" Ben said, and as if on cue the doorbell rang.
"There he is" May said, walking towards the door before opening it "Peter where have you- gasp! AAAAAHHHH!".
"May!" Ben said, quickly getting up towards the door "What are you doing to my wi- Gah!" Ben choked, as a web wrapped around his neck before being dragged before out the house as the door closed behind them.
A few hours later
Third person P.O.V.
We see in a large stadium, two big men currently fighting in a wrestling ring whilst people watched and cheered in the seats around them.
"Ah Geez, there's a lot of people" Peter said, as he and Harry watched from the sidelines.
"It's gonna be fine Pete, just keep your mask on and it'll be alright" Harry said giving his friend a thumbs up as Peter nodded slowly pulling down his mask.
He was about to get ready to walk on the stage when he saw a person on a hospital bed being wheeled past him.
"Oh god, the pain!" The person groaned, as he was wheeled to the hospital.
"Uuuhhh" Peter said, stepping back but Henry patted his back "Come on, you can take this guy you're super strong now"
"R-Right" he gulped, as he looked at his costume.
He wore a black hoodie with a beetle symbol and a black mask as well as a pair of goggles. He also wore blues trousers and boots. And finally had the Arcle on his waist.
"Will the next victim please enter the arena at the side" the announcer said, as Peter gulped walking up onto the stage, behind the curtain.
"If he can just survive 3 minutes in the cage with Bonesaw then he walks home with 3000 dollars, which will be paid to Uh" he said, before looking back.
"What's your name kid?" The announcer asked, as Peter gulped "The masked beetle".
"The masked beetle? That's it? That's the best ya got" the announcer said, before signing "That's stupid".
"Get ready to witness! The terrifying! The deadly! The powerful! Emissary of hell! The…MASKED RIDER!" The announcer yelled,
Everyone booed the teenager as Peter sighed "He got my name wrong…" he said, walking down towards the stage.
"Aw! What's wrong little boy, past your bed time?" "When's your mommy gonna pick you up?" "Someone gonna go home crying" The audience said, throwing stuff at him as he walked up to the stage with his opponent Bonesaw.
As he walked up on to the stage, a mechanical cage moved downwards much to his shock. "Wait! I didn't sign for a cage match! Hey!".
"Hey freak show!" Bonesaw taunted, as Peter looked over at him.
"I've got you for three minutes in here, which means three minutes of playtime" he smirked, making the teenager gulp.
With a ding, the match started as the timer started counting down.
Bonesaw grinned before running towards Peter to try and tackle him however Peter simply dodged out of the way.
Peter was amazed at his new reflexes before Bonesaw came in for more attacks.
"WHY WONT YOU JUST STAY STILL! YOU LITTLE BIG" Bonesaw yelled, as Peter evaded all of his attacks.
"Getting away from you duh! Seriously when was the last time you showered, pee yew" Peter joked.
He then leapt up to dodge another attacked before landing on top of Bonesaw's shoulders.
"Hey! Get off you bastard!" Bonesaw yelled, as Peter smirked.
"Giddy yup Horsey! Giddy yup!" Peter yelled, before moving towards the wall of the cage.
He then jumped off of him, as Bonesaw crashed into the cage.
"Are you not enetertained!" Peter yelled, as the audience roared not noticing that Bonesaw as given a chair until it was too late.
"Gah!" Peter yelled, as Bonesaw slammed the chair on top of him.
"Hehe! How do you like that little bastard" Bonesaw boasted, proceeding to slam the chair several time at the poor boy before tossing it away.
Peter slowly tried to get back up but Bonesaw was given a golf club which he used to slam Peter back to the ground.
Bonesaw through the golf club away, before picking Peter up by his legs and spinning him around before tossing him towards the wall of the cage.
He then picked up the golf stick again, as Peter tried to get up before slammed back down.
He was repeatedly beaten down, by the wrestler 'Damn! What am I meant to do!' he said, before suddenly seeing something.
He saw the a figure of a warrior that looked like him in his armour but the white and amber was replaced with red and the horns were bigger
'I-I can be stronger… I KNOW K CAN BE STRONGER!' He thought, before turning around.
He then grabbed the Golf Club before breaking it in half much to Bonesaw shock.
He then pulled his fist back , as his armour formed around it "RAAAHHHH!" He yelled, before punching Bonesaw in the chest.
This sent the wrestler flying, crashing through the cage towards the wall.
Everyone in the room was shocked at what the young boy just did, as the cage lifted around him.
Peter gulped, before walking off the stage to get his money.
New York City.
Third person P.O.V.
We see Peter and Harry walking out of the wrestling ring, it was quite late at night and it looked like sun would come up at any moment.
"Dude! You were awesome out there" Harry said, and Peter nodded while looking at the money in his hand.
"I mean, you must had to punch that guys once and he was sent flying!" Harry yelled, punching the air before looking over at Peter.
"Hey Pete, is something wrong?" Harry asked, as Peter smiled.
"Huh, yeah I'm fine just… I could've killed that guy" he said, as Harry blinked.
"What are you talking about dude? You saw what he did to those guys?" Harry said, as Peter nodded.
"Yeah, I know but…" he said, looking at his fault "I'm just worried… I might get so strong with this power that I'll destroy everything".
"Oh come on dude, I know, if you do get to strong I know you can control it I mean your one of the smartest guys I know" Harry said, making Peter smile.
"Yeah, thanks… I guess I was just getting scared of this power and… wait" he said, noticing a group of people looking at the TV.
"Urgent news! The Police have cornered a three strange monsters at the trinity church and seem to have taken an elderly couple hostage".
"Wait! Aren't those the monster you fought, and isn't that your aunt and uncle" Harry gasped, looking back "Peter what do we-Peter?" Harry said, looking around only to see that alerted was gone before noticing him on a motorcycle driving off.
"Peter!" Harry yelled, as the owner growled "Hey get back here you jerk!".
Trinity church
Third person P.O.V.
"I'm inside the building" Joanne said, as she sneaked around the building trying to find where the hostages are.
'Those two… I think they look like my cousins in law's' she thought, looking around before suddenly all the candles and torches in the church lit up.
"What! Gasp" Joanne gasped, looking up to see Ben and May's dead body being hung up.
"Oh no… we're too late" Joanne gasped, before hearing something above her "Those monsters!"l
"Who's that!" She yelled, pointing her gun only to see the Hawk Gurongi jumping down toward her.
Joanne fired several rounds of bullets at the monster, but it didn't do much.
"Sselhtrow namuh" the Gurongi yelled, knocking the gun out of her hands before her lifting up by her throat.
"G-Gah!" Joanne coughed, as the Gurongi began strangling her.
Joanne was about to lose consciousness when suddenly she heard the sound of motorbike "W-What…?".
VROOM! CRASH!
Suddenly better with his mask on crashed into he chruch, and rammed into the Gurongi knocking him back, dropping Joanne in the process.
Peter got off the bike and looked up, only for his eyes to widen when he saw his aunt and uncle, both dead before he gripped his hand.
"YOU BASTARD!" He roared, running towards the Gurongi and punching it in the face.
'W-Who is that?' Joanne thought, looking at Peter fighting the monster.
He punched the Gurongi in the face and it's gut, knocking it back a bit but the Gurongi growled before head butting him back.
Joanne quickly crawled toward the boy before gripping him "ARE YOU AN IDIOT! YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW!".
"NO!" Peter yelled, getting back up "I'M NOT LETTING THESE BASTARDS HURT ANYONE ELSE WHEN I HAVE THE POWER TO STOP IT! SO OFFICER PLEASE! WATCH MY TRANSFORMATION!".
Peter ran up to the monster and punched it's face, however it punched him back in the face forcing the boy to react by grabbing the monster arm.
"RAAAAHHH!" Peter yelled, punching the monster back causing the belt to appear around him.
He than ran towards the gurongi and punched it in the face making the his arm armor appear around him before he kicked the monster making the leg armor appear.
He than began kicking and punching the monster allowing more and more of the armor to appear around his body before it was almost completely complete except the helmet as he punched the monster in the gut "AAAAHHH!" He yelled as the helmet appeared completing the transformation.
Peter slowly moved back as we got a good look at the armor, showing how it was now different.
The white armor around the body was now colored red and the gold horns had grown taller. He was now in Kuuga Mighty form.
"H-He's the warrior" Joanne said, shocked as the Gurongi.
"K-Kuuga!" The Gurongi growled, as Peter looked at him.
"Kuuga?" Peter asked, with familiarity until a smirk came to his head.
"That's right Kuuga! I am the warrior! Kuuga!" He yelled, entering a fighting position.
The now named Kuuga ran towards the monster and punched it back and than dodging a slash before kicking it back further.
He than did a spin kick to the Gurongi but it caught his foot and pushed him to the ground but he pushed back up kicking both feet at the monster.
The Gurongi ran towards Kuuga slashing away but Kuuga jumped over him before kicking his back.
The monster extended it's wings and began flying higher but Kuuga grabbed his legs before slaming him to the ground and than throwing him away.
The monster back up and roared out loud getting more and more angry, but Kuuga enter a fighting position.
Kuuga clenched his fist as the flames around them started moving towards his foot.
Kuuga then started running towards the monster "MIGHTY KICK!" Kuuga roared, as he jumped up before landing a flying kick at the monster, knocking it to the ground.
The monster stepped back a bit, as a symbol appeared on his chest where Kuuga hit him.
"ONORE! KUUGA!" The monster growled, as several cracks appeared around him.
"Oh no!" Kuuga gasped, befo whe turned to a Joanne and embraced her as the Gurongi exploded behind them destroying the entire church.
A few minutes later, Joanne slowly opened her eyes only to find her self in the rubble of the building as she slowly got back up, kuuga being completely gone.
Joanne looked down, as she held her arm "…Who was that…" Joanne muttered.
From afar we see the spider and bat Gurongi on top of the roof, looking at what just happened before they swung and flew away.
NYPD
Third person P.O.V.
"So he doesn't have any other family" the police chief said, as the police had brought Peter in for questioning and to find any guardian for him.
"No sir, his parents died in a place crash leaving him with his aunt and uncle on his fathers side" Officer Jefferson said "However his friends father, Norman Osborn has offered to take him in".
Joanne was looking at Peter who was just looking down at his phone.
"Well, I guess that the best we got" the police captain said, but Joanne shook her head.
"No it's not, it's better if he's with family" Joanne said, as Police Captain looked at her.
"That'd be nice and all, but unfortunately his mother cut ties with her family, so we don't who they are at all" he said, as Joanne looked at him.
"Well actually… his mother, is my cousin" she said, as the Police Captain blinked.
"You've got to be kidding, that has to be a lie" The captain said, but Joanne shook her head.
"I'm not, I'm related to his mother on her father side, I've only seen Mary when I was younger, but I can't definitely see the resemblance between the two".
"I think it's a good idea, like it or not it is best if he stays with family" Jefferson said, as the police captain sighed "Fine, go and see what he thinks".
Joanne nodded, and walked out of the office towards the poor boy.
"Hey, you doing okay?" She asked, sitting down next to the boy as Peter looked at him.
"Yeah, it's just been a lot to take in…" Peter said, quietly "What am I meant to do now.." he said, full of distraught.
"Well actually, I wanted to ask if you were interested to with staying with me" she said, much to his surprise.
"Really?" Peter asked, surprised as Joanne smiled.
"Yeah, turns out I'm relayed to your mom, so I thought you'd like to live with a relative" she said, as Peter looked down.
"Are you sure? You don't even know me" Peter said, as Joanne smiled.
"Yeah, but… I can't help but feel bad for you after everything that's happened and who knows it might be fun" she said, as Peter blinked before smiling.
"Okay" he said, as Joanne got up "Alright then, follow me" she said, as the two left to see their new home together.
And done, woo boy that was fun to work on.
I really wanted to try and do a origin special for this version of a Kuuga since he's so interesting, and I'm wondering if you guys would like any other origin chapters for my A.R. Riders.
Anyway with that said, on to the reviews.
DCDGojira! Yup, so you better look forward to it.
yogaratw607: The other worlds are gone be Highschool dxd, Kill la kill, familiar of zero, date a live, another marvel comic, Digimon frontier and finally infinite stratos. I'll let you figure out which riders are for which series.
Anyway with that said, hope you guys enjoyed this special chapter, don't forget to review and favorite this story and of course.
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