Ophelia is relieved to have their old Emu back after they defeat Gatton. Emu apologized for his harsh words to hurt her and Ophelia assured him it was all forgiven. They need to figure out how to cure Emu completely as they all meet up on the rooftop.

Hiiro activates his Taddle Quest Gashat to see if they lure the Bugster out from Emu. "Taddle Quest!"

Emu closes his eyes nervously and waits for it to come out but only meets silence. He peeks to see the Bugster appear when Hiiro's Gashat activates. It didn't come out and Hiiro deactivates it seeing there's no sign of progress.

"The Bugster isn't appearing." Asuna commented sighing heavily.

"Why?" Hiiro whispered while looking confused as Ophelia looked lost in deep thoughts.

"What's the cause of it?" Ophelia couldn't help but ask.

Emu feels guilty that Ophelia and Hiiro are taking their time off to help his problem. "I'm sorry to make you and Fee-chan do this for me when you guys are busy." He apologized.

Hiiro shoves his hand into his pocket. "Do not be mistaken." He shrugged off his apology. "You are a Game Syndrome patient. It would tarnish my reputation if something happened to you."

Ophelia shook her head off his lies and looked at Emu. "You don't have to apologize for it, Emu. We're helping you to cure you despite my healing is probably useless for Game Syndrome."

"For now." Emu corrected her and smiled gently. "You, Kanade-san and Luna-san saved me before I could become like them. Your healing powers aren't useless."

"Emu..." Ophelia nodded her head in agreement. She couldn't think negatively of her healing powers.

"When I play games, my personality changes." Emu explained his change of behavior when it involves games. "Is that due to the Bugster within me?" He clenches his hands at the thought that switching personalities could hurt people's feelings like Ophelia. "I'm... afraid of myself." He revealed the truth of being scared to lose himself again.

Asuna looked down at the moment before assuring Emu. "It's alright. You'll be cured for sure. Don't worry." She comforted Emu and Ophelia nodded her head.

"Asuna is right." Ophelia stroked his shoulder to comfort him. "We'll figure it out just like we always did. Don't lose hope, Emu."

Hiiro and Emu's game scope blared as they received an emergency call. The four of them left to deal with their problems.

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The four of them arrived at the amusement park to meet Nico and Taiga. The female gamer rolls her eyes at their delay. "So slow." She snapped at them for their tardiness. "If I call, I want you here in 5 seconds."

"Not everyone can teleport in a blink of an eye, Nico." Ophelia retorted back and Nico scoffed in annoyance.

"You were the ones who called?" Hiiro asked Taiga to see him examining the male student's condition.

"It's a Jet Combat Bugster." Taiga answered and recognized the Bugster inside of the male student's body. He turned off his game scope. "He's been infected."

"I-I-I-I-I-I-I-Infected!?" The male student stuttered nervously at the thought of having Game Syndrome.

Nico decided to tease him. "Too scared." She mocked him and Ophelia glared at the girl. "You can't get a girl like that."

"Saiba Nico." Ophelia called her name in a cold tone and Nico cringed in fear.

"Eh!?" The male student whispered and cried out in pain. "Ah!" His head bent down and he looked up as his eyes flashed red. "Operation start!" It transforms into a Bugster.

Hiiro placed his driver on his waist and held the Level 50 Gashat. "Beginning the operation." He declared and Ophelia's body glowed as she transformed into Moon Knight.

"Wait." Taiga stops Hiiro from transforming. "The Level 50 Gashat is too much for you. Give it to me." He held his hand out and waited for Hiiro to hand it over.

"Unlincensed doctor. 𝐍𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 to your presence." Hiiro refused to hand it over to Taiga while Ophelia wondered about Taiga's intention of wanting to have Level 50 Gashat.

"Taddle Fantasy!" Hiiro activates the Gashat. "Let's going, King of Fantasy! Let's going, King of Fantasy!"

"Skill level 50." Hiiro announced. "Henshin!"

"Dual Gashat! Gacchaan! Dual up! Pursue wander RPG, Taddle Fantasy!" He transforms.

"Commencing Bugster removal operation." Hiiro declared and it was the first time Ophelia saw him transform to a higher level. The genius surgeon summons his own Bugsters.

They attacked Jet Combat and Ophelia joined in to fight him. Asuna noticed Emu was the only person who hadn't transformed yet. "Emu, you too." She reminded the genius gamer.

"Okay." Emu answered and held his Mighty Action X Gashat but froze in fear of losing himself again. He lowered his Gashat and Asuna noticed his hesitation.

"What's wrong, Emu?" She asked worriedly. "Zilar-san and Kanade-san aren't here yet." The disguise nurse doesn't have contact details to reach them as Luna and Ophelia are the only ones who can. The female android is pretending to be Ophelia to cover her shifts in her absence and isn't with them at the moment.

"Hurry up and transform too..." They heard a familiar voice and faced Parado. "Emu..." He smirked at them darkly.

"Parado!" Asuna recognized the male Bugster.

He chuckled in amusement and held his Gashat. "Let me join in since the Ophelia-chan is back." Parado showed it to them. "Let's play a three-on-two."

"I can't." Emu refused to join and everyone looked surprised at his answer.

"Emu?" Asuna whispered and wondered what made him hesitate to transform.

Taiga steps in. "Then hand your Gashat over to me." He declared and about to snatch it but Asuna stops him.

"Wait... there's no way we'd hand it over to you!" Asuna immediately denied the idea of handing the Gashat to Taiga.

Jet Combat cried out in pain at the attack from Ophelia and Hiiro. He struggled to get up and fight them back. "Out of fuel...? Looks like I'm grounded for the moment." He went hibernate inside of the male student's body and reverted to normal.

"Are you alright?" Asuna and Emu rushed to aid the boy. They didn't hear his response and decided to carry him.

"I will be curbing the spread of the disease, Parado." Hiiro announced once he saw Parado's presence. "I will cut you out too." He declared before glancing at Ophelia. "Leave him to me, Ophelia."

Ophelia's eyes widened in shock to hear she needed to step down and leave Parado to him. "Hiiro, are you sure?" She asked and it wasn't the first time battling Parado before.

"Oh?" Parado chuckled in amusement. "I wanted Moon to join too because I want to have a rematch." He's still bitter after being defeated by Ophelia. The male Bugster wanted to have a rematch and find out who would win the battle.

"Rematch?" Ophelia muttered and remembered she had defeated Parado in her Dark Moon form.

"It's only between you and I." Hiiro declared and refused to let Parado lay a hand on her. "I can do this, Ophelia." He whispered and Ophelia respected his wishes to step back.

Parado shrugged his shoulder and smirked at Hiiro's jealousy. "Hope you'll entertain me." He commented and ignored his jealousy while activating his Gashat.

"Perfect Puzzle!"

"Henshin."

"What's the next stage? Dual Up! Perfect Puzzle!" Parado transform.

Hiiro summons his own Bugsters to let them deal with Parado. Parado fought them easily and used his abilities to dissolve them out of sight. The genius surgeon steps to strike Parado with his sword and hits him. The male Bugster dodged back and obtained an item to boost his abilities.

"Flexibility!"

Hiiro tries to slice him but Parado becomes elastic and his attack is futile. He couldn't land a hit and decided to cancel his flexibility. Both of them are evenly matched while Taiga approaches Ophelia closer with Nico behind him.

"He's holding his own against Parado." Nico commented and amused at their battle while Ophelia observed them quietly.

"Let's see how long he can last without you, Fairy." Taiga pointed out and Ophelia looked at them curiously.

Nico nodded her head. "That's right. He had a really tough time the last time... when he used that Gashat." She pointed out and looked at Ophelia. "I take it your boyfriend didn't mention this to you."

"No." Ophelia answered truthfully and looked at their battle with a worried look. "The Gashat he had is strong but he's not compatible to use it. It's hurting him the more he uses it." She placed her hands over her chest. The former goddess is not a fool to see him masking his pain by using the powerful Gashat.

Parado uses his ability to obtain healing and sighs in relief. "This is great." He commented and finally had someone to match him other than Emu and Ophelia. "My heart's seething." He grabs his Gashat to activate the Knock Out Fighter.

"Knock Out Fighter!"

"Dai Henshin."

"Dual up!" He switches his form.

Ophelia sensed Hiiro couldn't take it any longer and decided to intervene in their fight. "I'm going to intervene in their fight. Hiiro couldn't last that Gashat for long." She informed them and ran off without waiting for their response. "𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌, 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆" She chants and transforms into Dark Moon.

She created a barrier between them to stop Parado from hurting Hiiro. "You decided to join us against his wishes, Moon." Parado commented in an amused tone.

"Ophelia, what's the meaning of this?" Hiiro growled in anger at her interference and Ophelia glared at him. "Why did you—" He gasps to feel the pain again like the last time for using it.

Parado lowered his fists. "Moon made the right choice to intervene." He realized her intentions and Ophelia didn't lower the barriers yet. "You don't seem to be able to handle the power of Level 50 yet."

The genius surgeon stumbled and fell to force himself to revert. "Gashuun!" He breathes heavily and tries to catch his breath.

"Let's play again." He waves at them before leaving.

Ophelia lowered her barriers and reverted herself to normal. "Hiiro." She kneels and looks at him worriedly.

"Ophelia..." Hiiro whispered and collapsed in her arms while dropping the Gashat in the process.

Taiga walked towards them with a scowling look. "That's why I told you." He snapped at the unconscious Hiiro. "It's too much for you." He took the Gashat away from him.

"Why would he use it again if he knows the consequences?" Ophelia whispered in a hushed tone while looking at Taiga.

"How the hell should I know?" Taiga retorted back and glared at her. "Don't even think about using your powers to save your prince." He stopped her from using it knowing Hiiro would use the Gashat again if he healed fast. "You heal him and he'll use this Gashat again to harm himself again."

"You think that I don't know that?" She asked in a stern tone. Ophelia knew the consequences if she healed Hiiro and let him use the Gashat again."I have to take him back." Ophelia placed Hiiro's arm around her shoulder to lift him.

"There's not much enough time." He reminded her and Ophelia looked at him. "Take him to my building. I'll treat his injury."

Ophelia blinks in surprise at his requests. She knows they have a bad history between them because Hiiro still blames Taiga for Saki's death. Hiiro never forgives him despite working together to battle the Bugsters and share similar concerns about Emu's condition. "Hiiro would choose Emu to treat his wounds than you Taiga. Considering he still resents you for that day until now."

Taiga clicks his tongue in annoyance knowing Ophelia is right. "I'll take my chances." The unlicensed doctor helped Ophelia to bring him to his clinic leaving Nico confused about their interactions.

"What does she mean about that?" Nico whispered and followed them behind.

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Zilar sighed in annoyance at Kanade's cheerful attitude. The red-haired woman dragged him against his own will to go to the amusement park. Kanade barged into his work and demanded to take time off because he was still investigating Zero Day nonstop and it worried her. Shinnosuke was surprised to see Kanade and she told him everything about it letting Zilar take a time off. The Kamen Rider Drive understood Kanade's intention to let Zilar loosen up.

"Lighten up, Z-kun!" Kanade slapped his back and he stumbled by the strong force. "You've been investigating it nonstop and never had time to relax." She lectured him and the Knight shook his head.

"It doesn't even make sense. Hojou Emu should be healed by now but it didn't work." Zilar pointed out and the red-haired woman stared at him. "There's more into it and Dan Kuroto's obsession with Emu and now Ophelia too."

Kanade crosses her arms and hums in deep thought. "I wonder why your fellow knight sent us here for?" She couldn't figure out his intentions for sending them here in the first place.

"Who—" Zilar was cut off by a familiar cheerful tone.

"Zilar-san and Kanade-chan are on a date!?" They turned around to see Emu, Poppy and an unknown male student.

Kanade couldn't help but burst out laughing at Zilar's annoyed look. The red-haired woman didn't have any romantic feelings because he was too much to handle. People might assume they're dating the way she dragged him against his will.

"Haha... you should smile, Zilar! Someone could fall in love with a simple gesture." Kanade teased and Zilar glared at her angrily. "Fancy seeing you guys here." She greeted them happily and it's a coincidence they showed up.

Emu glanced between them and noticed Zilar preferred to go somewhere. "Are we interrupting your date?" He asked nervously while staring at Zilar's scowling look.

"Pfft." The red-haired woman held her laugh and shook her head. "We're not dating. This guy is working nonstop and I need to take him and have some fun." She explained their situation.

"You're enjoying this more than I do." Zilar retorted back and glanced at his watch to see the time. He'd rather go somewhere than deal with Kanade's mischief. "I need to—"

"Hold it right there, mister!" Kanade grabs his elbow to stop him from leaving. "The fun has just begun! You're not leaving—"

"No way..." The male student couldn't help but gape in shock to see the familiar red-haired woman. "Yo-yo-yo-you're Amou Kana-san, right?" He stuttered nervously to see an idol in the amusement park with her companion.

Zilar gives her a pointed look. "Told you someone would recognize you, especially with your hair." He lectured Kanade due to the lack of disguise because her natural red hair can catch people's attention.

Kanade is an idol and disguises herself to avoid being seen by her fans. She's wearing a hat and eyeglasses to conceal her identity but someone knew her at one glance.

"Amou Kana?" Emu repeated the male student's words. He heard the name before and couldn't remember where and when.

"Ahaha..." Kanade laughs nervously and gives them a silent sign. "Don't broadcast my name. That's my stage name and I need a quiet time without being detected by them." The last thing she wanted was to have fans swarmed her over and ruin their day.

"Aha!" Poppy yelled in shock and started to connect the dots of their similarities. "That explains why you're so familiar! I love your songs, Kanade-chan!" She listened to her songs in her free time and didn't know Kanade was an idol.

"Thanks, I'm here to have fun and drag this stoic guy here." Kanade pointed at Zilar and he rolled his eyes. "I'm Amou Kanade and you are?" She asked the male student's name.

"E-E-E-Egami Daisuke, Amou-san." Daisuke stuttered nervously.

"Call me Kanade, Daisuke-kun." She informed him and looked at the two. "What brings you guys here? Is it related to your problem?"

"Yeah, he has Game Syndrome and Poppy—" Emu was cut off by Poppy's response.

"To take Daisuke to the roller coaster and overcome his fear of the incoming date!" She answered happily.

Kanade smiled widely. "That's fun!" She commented happily and clasped her hands with Poppy's hand. "We'll join you."

Zilar raises his right eyebrow. "Count me OUT." He corrected him and refused to join their shenanigans. The Knight doesn't understand what makes the ride fun when he prefers to fly the pegasus over the machines. "I'll leave and you guys have fun." The knight waves at them before Kanade can stop him.

"Mou!" Kanade exhales in annoyance. She couldn't believe Zilar would ditch their hangout. The knight didn't care about her complaints and his refusal to hang out. "That guy is hard to crack!" She whined and didn't know how Ophelia put up with him. "Let's do it!" The red-haired woman is going to ignore Zilar for now.

"Yay~!" Poppy cheered as Kanade was going to join them.

Emu gulps nervously and looks at them. "I have a bad feeling about this." The genius gamer whimpered and Daisuke nodded his head fast.

The four of them are riding the rollercoaster four times. Poppy and Kanade enjoyed it while their companions were terrified and felt like their soul left their bodies.

"Roller coasters are so fun!" Poppy commented happily and Kanade nodded her head.

"It was fun and thrilling! Let's try a different ride!" Kanade suggested and her eyes twinkled in joy.

"We will!"

Kanade and Poppy are the only ones who enjoyed the rides while Emu and Daisuke gave up riding dangerous ones.

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"Amusement parks are the best!" Poppy cheered happily. "Right?"

They're currently riding on the Ferris wheel and the males are still terrified of the height.

"Yes." Emu answered nervously and Kanade chuckled in amusement. "Daisuke-kun, this is fine, righ—?" He stopped to see Daisuke crutched down and refused to look at the view.

"I'm afraid of heights." Daisuke whimpered while clutching the door handle.

Kanade whistles and feels sorry for him. "You're shaking like a leaf and it's not dangerous like the roller coaster." She pointed out that the Ferris wheel is slow while the roller coaster can be a bit fast.

"Eh? This too?" Emu asked and they got out of the ride once they landed.

Daisuke collapses in anxiety and shock of riding deadly heights. The others check him worriedly. "Hey, are you alright?" Kanade asked him worriedly.

"He can't even ride a Ferris wheel."

"How lame."

The two women snickered at Daisuke's misfortune and Kanade didn't like it. "Oi!" She stood up and blocked their way while they jumped in surprise. "You shouldn't make fun of someone who's terrified of heights whether the ride is fast or slow. Keep your thoughts to yourself and walk away." She glares at them and they squeak then run away from her.

"Kanade-san." Emu is surprised at her bold move to defend Daisuke's dignity.

"Tch, nosy people nowadays." The red-haired woman grumbled and clicked her tongue.

"It's over..." Daisuke whimpered and took their insults hard. "She'll hate me like this!" He exclaimed scared of being rejected. His eyes flashed red and he shoved Emu. "I'll bombard her and become complete!" The Jet Combat Bugster took over his body and then ran off.

"Wait! Emu! Kanade!" Poppy yelled at their names worriedly.

"Let's go!" Kanade grabs Emu's hand and chases him. "Who knows what he'll do to the girl once he finds her."

"Can you call Zilar, Kanade-san?" Emu asked.

"We can manage it without his help." Kanade answered and gripped it tight. "Ophelia is back on the field, right? We can do this."

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"Do you think I have forgiven you?" Ophelia stops her tracks to hear Hiiro's voice and she leans against the wall without being seen by them. "Do you think that I would accept you, just because you treated my wounds? You are the one who let Saki die!" He yelled in anger and Ophelia closed her eyes.

'Taiga never forgives himself for not saving Saki and he's changing ever since Nico stayed with him.' Ophelia thought and leaned her head on the wall while looking at the ceiling. 'Taiga is struggling to ask forgiveness and Hiiro still blames him for everything. Now that I think about it... am I just a replacement for Saki, Hiiro? Do you move on from your past relationship with Saki? Do you love me when you ask for a second chance? Are the actions that you showed me fake or real?' She thought and cried silently at the pain of her heart.

The former goddess thought giving Hiiro a second chance would fix their relationship. She didn't know if it was a wise decision to let him be part of her life again.

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Jet Combat transformed successfully and shoved Emu. "If you're going to get in my way, then prepare to get bombarded!" He declared and shot missiles at them.

Kanade dodges it and holds her relic. "𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘵𝘻𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘻𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘎𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘳 𝘻𝘪𝘻𝘻𝘭~" She sings and transform.

Kanade sliced the bombs with her Armed Gear and stood in front to protect Emu and Asuna. "Are you guys alright!?" She asked without looking at them but only facing Jet Combat Bugster.

"Yeah!" Poppy answered and was relieved to have Kanade with them. Emu holds his Mighty Brothers XX Gashat but froze, fearing the Bugster would take over his body. "Emu?" The pink-haired Bugster looked at him worriedly.

"Stage select!" They're being wrapped in the game world and Kuroto is standing right next to the Bugster.

"Are you sure about using that?" Kuroto asked Emu. "If it propagates again... you might not return to normal and not even Ophelia could save you again. Now that you have lost your will to fight, you are no longer a threat to me. I will be taking your Gashats."

Kanade glares at the former CEO. "You are a monster, Kuroto." She growled and looked at Emu to see him lowered his Gashat. "Are you letting the fear stop you from transforming, Emu?" The red-haired woman asked.

"Kanade-san?" Emu looked at her surprised.

"The Emu I know would do anything to save his patients and make them smile again." Kanade explained with a soft smile and looked at him. "It's scary to think of the consequences of turning yourself into a Bugster. You survived and escaped from that fate after Ophelia saved you. It's okay to be scared as long as your fate never wavers from the path you choose." She stared at Kuroto with a determined look. "I would never let you lay a hand on Emu and take his Gashat. You'll have to get through me first, Dan Kuroto."

"So be it." Kuroto smirked darkly. "Let's see how long will you last." He activated his Gashat.

"Dangerous Zombie!"

"Henshin."

"Gashatto! Buggle up! Dangerous Zombie!" He transforms and summons his weapon. "Gaschacon Sparrow."

Kanade braced herself and used the Armed Gear to summon her weapon, a spear. "You're so pathetic that it's hard to look at you. Ex-Aid." She glanced back to see Taiga and Ophelia joined in.

"Taiga? Ophie-chan?" Poppy is surprised to see them.

Kuroto scoffs to see them. "Who are you to talk to? You don't even have a Gashat." He reminded him.

"He has now." Ophelia whispered and her expression looked blank while Kanade narrowed her eyes at her strange behavior.

'Strange... usually I've seen fire in her eyes when it comes to battling.' Kanade thought and wondered what made her mask her feelings. 'Did something happen?' She thought before focusing on their battle.

"A Gashat?" Taiga asked and showed them the Level 50 Gashat that he took from Hiiro. "It's right here."

"Why do you have that Gashat?" Poppy asked and wondered how he got it.

"You took it from Kagami Hiiro?" Kuroto asked.

"Well... I guess so." Taiga answered and glanced at Ophelia's strange behavior. 'She overheard everything and had doubts about Brave. Despite her strange attitude, who knows what she'll do? I better keep my eye on her.' He thoughts.

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Nico is assigned to keep an eye on Hiiro after Taiga and Ophelia leave the building. She may bicker a lot with Ophelia but she doesn't deserve to get hurt or toy her feelings. The female gamer didn't know what Ophelia saw on Hiiro. "Why did you let Taiga go?" She asked the genius surgeon curiously.

Hiiro gulps and tries to think of an answer.

~𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸~

𝗛𝗶𝗶𝗿𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗯𝘀 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗮'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲. "𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲." 𝗛𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀. "𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿!"

"𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼'𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲." 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝗶𝗿𝗼'𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆. "𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻... 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝗲. 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁?" 𝗛𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝗶𝗿𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲. "𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲."

𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮'𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗢𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗱𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗶𝗿𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿. "𝗢𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮..." 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗹𝘆.

"𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲..." 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸. "...𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗞𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? 𝗦𝗵𝗲'𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲." 𝗛𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆.

~𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗘𝗻𝗱~

"It does not mean that I forgive or accept him." Hiiro answered her question. "I merely chose the most pragmatic method to cut out the Bugster."

Nico smirked in amusement. "That might be the best strategy indeed." She walked closer and gripped the end of the board bed. "I'm surprised that you also understand how games work!" She sarcastically congratulated him.

Hiiro gives her a look. "Quiet. This is just my decision as a doctor." He pointed out bluntly.

"You better sort out your feelings for Ophelia." She reminded him and his eyes widened in shock before glaring. "We may argue and bicker a lot like children but Ophelia doesn't deserve it." Nico glares at Hiiro. "She gets through a lot of pain from the past but if you keep on doing it— you'll lose her forever."

Hiiro lowered his gaze knowing she was right. Ophelia is still hesitating if he could have a second chance and let her heart open again.

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"Can you handle Level 50?" Kuroto asked Taiga. "It isn't my problem if you fail again, like you did five years ago." He reminded him of his failures from the past.

"Back then, I experienced the side effects of the Proto-Gashat." Taiga spoke up. "But... that's why I'm who I am now." He smirked and held the Level 50 Gashat. "I can handle it. I'm not the old me anymore." The unlicensed doctor declared and activated his Gashat.

"Bang Bang Simulations!" The battleship chibi showed up. "For battleship, I'm ready! For battleship, I'm ready!"

"Henshin!"

Ophelia's body glowed. "𝑲𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏, 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓!" She transforms into Moon Knight.

"Dual Gashat! Gacchaan! Dual up! Scramble, sortie and take off! Bang Bang Simulations! Take off!" Taiga transforms using Level 50 Gashat and begins to glitch at the sudden power.

"Taiga!" Ophelia cried out his name worriedly and her eyes blazed in determination. She placed her hands on Taiga's shoulder while holding back her scream at the electricity flowing through her. "I'll save you." His whole body was covered in a purple aura to exterminate the darkness.

Emu and the others are surprised to see Ophelia's powers to save Taiga from harm by using Level 50 Gashat. Ophelia stops using her powers and steps back as she successfully saves Taiga from harm.

"Impossible!" Kuroto whispered in shock and it was the second time he'd seen it.

"That's Snipe Level 50!" Poppy yelled in shock.

Kuroto growled in anger and Jet Combat flew up. "Sortie!" He summons his jets and shoots them.

Ophelia and Kanade are teaming up to cut down all the missiles while protecting Emu and Poppy from harm. "Find a safe place you two!" The former goddess yelled and the red-haired woman nodded her head.

"She's right!" She grips the handle of her spear tight. "We don't want you guys to get crossfire!" Kanade throws her spear hard.

𝘚𝘈𝘎𝘐𝘛𝘛𝘈𝘙𝘐𝘜𝘚∞𝘈𝘙𝘙𝘖𝘞

She destroyed half of the jets and Ophelia cut half of the jets.

𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒆!

"Mission start." Taiga declared and shot all the jets and Jet Combat without missing his target.

Jet Combat cried out in pain of being hit and crashed down on the ground. Kuroto got hit as well by Kanade, Ophelia and Taiga's attack.

Taiga approached Emu and looked down at him to see his hesitation. "Ex-Aid." He called the genius gamer to catch his attention. "If you're too afraid, then put down your Gashat and leave."

Emu remembered Kuroto, Hiiro and Kanade's words.

"𝙸𝚏 𝚒𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗... 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙾𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞. "

"𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙴𝚖𝚞 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚍𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗."

"𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜... 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞!"

"Just protect yourself for the rest of your life." Taiga commented darkly and wouldn't be surprised if he ran away. "... and smile alone."

"Emu..." Ophelia looked at him worriedly.

"I don't want to do that." Emu declared and the two females looked at him while Taiga stopped his walk. "I'm... a doctor!" He grips his Gashat and activates it.

"Mighty Brothers XX!" Ophelia smiled in relief to see his resolve.

Kanade nodded her head in satisfaction and nudged Ophelia. "Emu finally found his resolve and you cheered up a little bit."

"Kanade..." Ophelia was startled at her words and looked away. "Sorry, I made you worry." She apologizes for her strange behavior.

Kanade brushed off her apologies and patted her shoulder while they watched Emu transform. "Henshin!" Emu yelled and placed his Gashat on his driver.

"Double Gashat! Gacchaan! Level up! Mighty Brothers X! Gacchaan!"

Emu increases his level. "Dai! Henshin!"

"Gacchaan! Double up! Mighty, Mighty Brothers XX!"

Kuroto wasn't pleased with the result of seeing Emu overcome his struggle to transform. "So you overcame your fear?" He asked coldly.

"Girls, leave this to us." The blue Emu informed them and they looked at him worriedly. "It's fine, we can manage and trust us."

Kanade nodded her head and slapped Ophelia's back as she grunted at the action. "Kick their butt for us, Double Emu!" The red-haired woman yelled.

"Yeah!" Double Emu answered in sync.

The double Emu are attacking Kuroto and Jet Combat. The orange Emu summoned his key slasher and slashed Kuroto to land a hit while the blue Emu kicked him. Taiga observed Emu and smirked behind his mask to see him fighting back. Jet Combat flies and shoots double Emu but Taiga shoots him while he crashes down after taking the hit.

"Your opponent is right here." Taiga informed the Bugster coldly and activated his final attack.

"Gacchaan! Finisher!" His guns are facing towards Jet Combat. "Gacchaan! Bang Bang Critical Fire!" Taiga locks his target and shoots the Bugster to destroy him successfully.

"Game clear!" Ophelia immediately rushed to Daisuke's side to check his condition while Kanade observed Emu's fight against Kuroto.

The Double Emu are attacking in sync and didn't give Kuroto time to defend or attack them. "Let's go!" The orange Emu declared and activated his final attack.

"Double Gashat! Finisher!" The key slasher duplicates and hands it over to blue Emu.

The blue Emu accepts it. "Thank you!" He thanked the orange Emu while they both readied their stance.

"Mighty Brothers Critical Finish!" They combine their slashes to hit Kuroto while he tries to destroy their attacks.

The former CEO managed to destroy one hit but missed the other one as he took the hit. It exploded and disappeared while he managed to take the essence of Jet Combat. He scoffs and disappears out of their sight.

"Mission... complete." Taiga declared softly seeing there was no sign of enemies.

"Emu!" Kanade runs over to Emu as he reverts himself to normal and hugs the gamer genius tight. "I'm so happy you're back to yourself!"

"Ah! Kanade-san!" Emu blushed at her gesture and looked behind to ask Ophelia to help silently while she shook his head. He mouthed traitor to his childhood friend while she smiled softly. The genius gamer would find a way to get revenge on Ophelia someday.

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Emu checked Daisuke's condition to see him cured without a sign of Game Syndrome. "You're cured!" Poppy cheered happily.

"That's great." Emu was relieved to see him alright.

Daisuke bowed his head gratefully at them for curing his disease. "Thank you very much. Umm... I'll do my best! I'll overcome my fear of roller coasters and go meet her." He vowed to overcome his fear of heights.

Ophelia blinked her eyes and looked at Kanade for clarification. "Long story short, that guy is terrified of heights and we're helping him to overcome his fear before the day of his date." The red-haired woman explained and the former goddess nodded her head in understanding.

"It's a huge step and I'm sure you'll overcome it." Ophelia assured him and Emu nodded his head.

"Fee-chan is right Dai—" Emu was shoved off by Poppy.

"Wonderful!" The pink-haired Bugster yelled happily. "Let's go ride the roller coaster again!" She took Daisuke's hand.

Daisuke shook his head furiously and had enough of the ride for today. The two human females were trying to separate them before Poppy could give Daisuke a heart attack. Emu looked up to see Taiga and stood up to face him.

Taiga scoffed and looked away. "Man... you ignored my advice." He breaks the silence.

"I'm..." Emu walked to come closer to Taiga. "...a doctor. And as one, I'll continue facing my problems... be it for my patients... or myself!" He declared and promised himself to continue his best to cure his patients and himself.

Taiga chuckled in amusement. "Do what you want." He walked away from them.

Kanade shook her head at Taiga's figure before approaching Emu. "Emu, change of plans!" Emu turned around to face her. "Apart from Daisuke-kun's overcome his fear. Let's cheer Ophelia up!"

"I told you that I'm fine, Kanade!" Ophelia assured the red-haired woman and she flicked her forehead. "Ow!" She whimpered and touched her forehead.

"Convince your sister, Emu." She gives him a pointed look and he flinches at her intense glance and moves closer to whisper. "She hates rollercoasters and we're going to drag her."

"I HEARD THAT!" Ophelia yelled and in the end, the five of them were riding the rollercoaster.

It's only Kanade and Poppy were enjoying the thrill of the ride.