Ophelia refused to believe Hiiro's betrayal. He's switching sides to stand against Masamune rather than them. It pains her to see how much Hiiro suffers; he is desperate to save Saki.

"Hiiro betrayed us!?" Haima asked in shock as Zilar informed him about Hiiro's betrayal.

Zilar handed her a lavender tea. "Drink this, Ophelia." He spoke softly and was scared she might have a mental breakdown.

Ophelia smiles softly at his thoughtfulness before drinking her tea. "I wish we were lying Haima-san but we're not." She whispered.

Kuroto nodded. "It appears that Dan Masamune headhunted him." He pointed out while playing Ophelia's Rubix cube.

"There must be some mistake. Hiiro would never do this!" Haima denied their words.

"Whether it's intentions or not— he doesn't have to stoop this down low." Kanade commented bitterly while glancing at Ophelia.

"He must have some reason!" Asuna exclaimed and refused to believe Hiiro was a traitor. "Otherwise, there's no way Hiiro would betray us!"

"That's right! Hiiro would never do this!" He agreed with Poppy's opinion.

"Dan Masamune said..." Emu recalled Masamune's words.

"𝙱𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎'𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜, 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚞𝚗."

"Why did he mean by that?"

"Simple." Zilar spoke up and everyone stared at him. "Ophelia was right when she asked him back then."

"Back... then?" Kanade muttered and her eyes widened in shock. "You mean—"

"He can save Saki in exchange for working with him and obeying his every command." Zilar explained in a grim tone. "Whenever he achieves successfully, it's up to Masamune either to give Saki and the others to him or not."

"We'll have to assume Dan Masamune stole the Proto-Gashat, Zilar-sama?" Luna asked the knight curiously and he nodded. "It makes sense because he can use the Pause ability to stop the time."

"How did you know it was him, Zilar?" Taiga asked the Knight.

"My partner, Tomari Shinnosuke and I checked their CCTV footage. We discovered Dan Masamune who stole the Proto-Gashat on the day we fought Graphite, Lovelica and Parado." He showed them the USB and placed it on the table.

Ophelia frowned while gripping her cup. "Even if we have that as a solid, we cannot apprehend Masamune because of the Gashat he had and Hiiro. After all the Proto-Gashats contain the data of these people who vanished from five years ago to the present."

"Fee-chan, you're right." Emu agreed with her theory.

Kuroto matches all six sides colors of the Rubix cube. "So he's manipulating Kagami-sensei with reward?" He asked curiously.

"Impossible. No way would Hiiro...!" Haima whimpered, shaking nervously and holding the cake.

"Zilar is right then?" Nico muttered.

"Yeah. Brave's vanished former girlfriend." Taiga answered and noticed Ophelia's tense.

"Ophelia-neesan..." The female genius gamer was worried about her after the mental breakdown of Hiiro's betrayal.

"But still... there's always been an alternative way to take it back—" Luna was cut off by Ophelia.

"Shem-Ha was always a manipulator and one step ahead of us." She explained calmly. "Whatever weaknesses we gain, she'll do anything to crush and destroy each of us. She was reborn as a man and called himself Dan Masamune— he won't make a mistake again after finding out there's us. An obstacle was trying to stop his schemes."

"Ophelia-chan... Hiiro." Haima approached the former goddess and hugged her. "I'm sorry he hurt your feelings. He didn't mean to break your heart again! Hiiro wanted to—"

Ophelia pushes him away gently and smiles softly. "You don't have to explain everything, Haima-san. I couldn't blame him for his actions to save Saki and see her one more time. I also decided to break him up before he went rogue."

"Break up why!?" Poppy and Haima yelled in shock while Zilar looked away to mask his anger.

"We just broke up and hoped you respect my wish." She bowed her head and refused to answer their question.

'Stop lying for once, Ophelia.' The Knight's thoughts while his heart aches at her faking assurance. 'When will you stop being selfless and act selfish for once? To tell Hiiro what you actually feel? When will you stop pretending to be okay when you're not?'

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"I've kept my promise. Let me see Saki." Hiiro demanded to release Saki from Masamune's grasp.

Masamune stared at the window without looking at Hiiro. "I have another job for you."

Hiiro gritted his teeth in annoyance while clutching his hands. "You still want me to do more?!"

The founder of GENM turned around to face him. "You have my word that you will be compensated." He assured him with a smirk. 'Elena, soon— I'll use your lover to be your downfall and watch you suffer from what you, Knights and Symphogear did to me.'

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"Emu. Ophelia. How is Kagami-sensei reflected in your crystal and aura?" Kuroto asked them curiously.

Emu glanced at Ophelia and sensed she was masking her feelings again. "Well..."

"Naturally, you can't forgive him, right?" They heard a familiar voice and faced Parado.

"Bu-Bu-Bu!" Haima stammered in shock. "Bibubebobugsters!" He yelled in shock while hiding behind the screen.

"Parado." Emu called his encountered Bugster. "Graphite..." He saw Parado's companion.

"You dare to invade CR, Parado and Graphite." Zilar spoke in a cold tone while his eyes flashed silver.

"What are you here for!?" Kuroto asked in annoyance.

"Genm, I need to ask you something." Graphite spoke up. "Who is Gamedeus, the last boss of Kamen Rider Chronicle?" He asked the former CEO.

Kuroto smirked darkly while crossing his arms. "And what would you do if I told you?"

Parado smirked and appeared behind Ophelia with a small dagger close to her neck. They jumped in surprised to use Ophelia as a hostage and demanded answers for what they sought. The former goddess's eyes flashed blue and elbowed his stomach but his grip tightened. The dagger is close to her neck and cuts the skin lightly to bleed.

"I know your schemes, Moon." Parado whispered with a smirk to see her furious. "Talk if you don't want her to bleed." He stared at them.

"You scoundrel..." Zilar's eyes are turning silver to show his real appearance without concealing it. "I'll—"

"Don't, Zilar." Emu stops him from confronting Parado for he wouldn't hesitate to slice Ophelia's neck off. "You'll put Fee-chan's life in danger."

"I'm not gonna tell you guys a single thing." Kuroto refused to give what they wanted. "Oi, Ophelia. When are you going to stop pretending to be a damsel?"

"The dagger is close to my throat and cut my skin lightly." Ophelia retorted back coldly and couldn't use Marionette strings to trap Parado.

"Please tell them! Ophelia-chan is hurting!" Haima pleads and doesn't want his daughter figure to die at their hands.

"Gamedeus is an almighty God." Poppy answered truthfully without Parado hurting her friend. "He's the last boss who can only be beaten by the legendary warrior, Chronos!"

"I see." He glanced at the Bugster Driver on his waist. "That means if we put it the other way around, Gamedeus is the only one who can beat Chronos."

"What are you thinking of?" Emu asked Parado curiously.

Graphite glanced at Emu and Ophelia after biting the cake he stole from Haima's grasp. "We can't let Chronos do as he pleases anymore." He answered and disappeared.

"We'll beat him." Parado declared and lowered the dagger. He patted Ophelia's shoulder. "Sorry to use you as a hostage, Ophelia-neesan." He disappeared while Ophelia breathed heavily and hissed in pain at the wound.

"Ophelia-sama!" Luna cried out and immediately treated her wounds. "Thank goodness, it's not deep but graze."

"Ophelia-chan, would you like me to examine your wounds?" Haima asked her worriedly.

Ophelia shook her head. "It's fine, Luna examined me and it's only graze."

"You don't care about your sister's well-being, Kuroto." Zilar commented bluntly while Kuroto smirked.

"Half-sister and she's capable of taking care herself." He pointed out bluntly.

Emu smiles nervously at Zilar and doesn't mention his hair and eyes turned silver due to anger at Parado. The genius gamer heard a phone call and accepted it. "This is the Computer Rescue Center. We'll be there." He ended the call. "We have a patient who seeks our help."

"Let's go." Ophelia finished her last drink and stood up to join them.

"Woah— I'll stop you right there, Ophelia." Kanade stops the former goddess from leaving. "You just had a mental breakdown. Are you sure you're well enough to work?"

"Patients are more important than my personal feelings. They're my main priority." She answered calmly while the others were hesitant to let her go. "I wouldn't forgive myself if I'm still swallowed up by sadness."

Zilar's phone silently vibrates while sighing after reading the message from Shinnosuke. "It looks like I'm needed at the station. I'm unavailable unless it's Masamune."

"I also have an interview for my new album." Kanade clicks her tongue in annoyance and almost forgets her job as an idol.

"Eh?! You're planning to ditch it!?" Poppy yelled in shock at her forgetfulness.

"Yeah! What if that bastard—"

"Kanade, you should go for the interview." Emu cuts the red-haired woman before she rants angrily about Masamune or Hiiro. "I know how much it means for you to release the new album. We can take care of it and it's our job to take care of them."

Kanade sighed heavily knowing he was right as they had more medical experience than herself. "Let us know if you need us."

"We will." He assured her with a smile and glanced at Ophelia. "Are you sure about this?"

"Positive." Ophelia answered and nodded. "Let's save the patient and cure their Game Syndrome."

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"Are you alright?" Emu, Ophelia, Asuna and Luna rush towards the man as he lies on the ground. He used his game scope to scan his body and found out he had Gatton's virus. "He's infected with Gatton's virus."

Luna's ear twitched and heard a whirling sound. "I found him!" She yelled and pointed in front to see Gatton.

"Good job, Luna." Ophelia complimented her sharp observation while she blushed in embarrassment.

Asuna shook her head in amusement at Luna's blush whenever Ophelia complimented her with small things. "Lu-chan and I are getting the patient to safety."

"We're counting on you girls." Emu glanced at Ophelia and she nodded her head.

"I'm with you till the very end, Emu." The former goddess assured him while her body glowed.

"I'm lucky to have you as my best friend and sister that I could ever ask for." Emu activated his Level 99 Gashat.

"Maximum Mighty X!"

"Max Dai Henshin!"

"Maximum Gashatto! Maximum Power X!"

"𝑲𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏, 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓!" Ophelia chants and transforms as Moon Knight.

"Gatton, we're your opponent!" Emu declared.

Ophelia suddenly stopped the genius gamer and sensed a familiar aura. She ignored his confusion and stared at the shadows blending in the dark. "You finally show up, Kagami Hiiro." Her once soft and gentle tone turned into an icy tone, bringing Emu's shiver through his spine.

'When was the last time she used that tone?' Emu whimpered and remembered hearing the icy tone back when they were children.

She clashed her swords against Hiiro while glancing back at Emu. "Emu, I'll deal with Hiiro! Now!"

Emu nodded his head. "Yeah!" He chased after Gatton as he escaped from their sight.

"Stop meddling in, Ophelia!" Hiiro snapped at the former goddess.

"I'm a Knight and it's my job to protect those who couldn't protect themselves!" She swings her sword upward and multiple purple slashes strike on Hiiro.

𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏

"I'll stop you by force if you're intervening in our operation." She summons another sword and slices the tornado heading towards her.

She successfully cuts the tornado and gasps to hear Hiiro's final attack. "Gacchaan! Gacchaan! Taddle Critical Slash!" The genius surgeon used the tornado as a decoy to distract Ophelia.

"He's going to hurt her!" Nico exclaimed while watching the battle between Hiiro and Ophelia. She took her Gashat and was about to aid Ophelia.

Taiga immediately stops the female genius gamer from involving their fight. "You'll only get hurt if you step in."

"But Ophelia—"

"Fee-chan!" Emu appeared out of nowhere and took the hit leaving the others in shock.

"Emu!" Ophelia cried out his name worriedly as she kneeled and healed his injury.

"Gashuun!" The genius gamer reverts himself and groans in pain.

"Gacchaan! Gashuun!" Hiiro reverts himself and takes the Game Driver from Emu.

Emu's eyes widened in shock for Hiiro to take the Gamer Driver from him. The Game Driver is special to him, and Kiriya entrusted him to look after it before he died. "Hiiro-san! That's the Gamer Driver Kiriya-san entrusted to me!" He struggled to get up but Ophelia held him down.

"Emu, I'm not finished healing you yet." The former goddess informed him worriedly before glancing at Hiiro. "How far are you willing to do Masamune's dirty work for him, Hiiro? He won't stop until he's dominating the world and kills me first. You and I both know that."

Hiiro masks his fear at the thought of losing Ophelia once Masamune starts his plan against her. "Hate me if you want." He walked away from them and Ophelia exhaled heavily.

"Fee-chan..." Emu noticed her glossy eyes and couldn't help but feel hurt for her.

Taiga stops Hiiro from walking away. "Ophelia knew your clear intentions." Hiiro's eyes widened in surprise before hiding his emotions. "You're working with Chronos to see your former girlfriend again, am I right? Ophelia let you go because you still have feelings for her."

Ophelia helped Emu to stand by wrapping his arm around her shoulder. "We know you want to see Saki-chan badly... I— we support your wish. But how could you obstruct an operation that concerns a patient's life? You call yourself a doctor!?" He snapped at the genius surgeon angrily.

"What do you think will happen if the Ministry of Health learns about this?" Asuna asked Hiiro if his actions could lead him into trouble with the Ministry of Health. "You'll be stripped of your qualifications as a Kamen Rider and expelled from CR. In the worst-case scenario, your medical license could be revoked!"

"There's always been an alternative way to save her, Hiiro." Ophelia reminded him. "Choosing a dangerous path to work with Masamune... is a lot of consequences that would shatter for who you are and surrounded by darkness without a light."

"Ophie-chan..." Asuna looked at the former goddess in surprise.

"Before she died right in front of your eyes... she said last words to you— become the best doctor in the world." She sighs softly and holds Emu's hand tight for support while he squeezes her hand back. "You made a promise to her and asked yourself for this. Do you think Saki-san wanted you to do Masamune's job to save her? If it means your license is revoked—lose your Kamen Rider and part of the CR team?"

"Now that I know I can see Saki again..." Hiiro breaks his silence. "...I can no longer care about the lives of others... when I still regret what I've done." He closed his eyes and held back his tears. "Five years ago... the reason Saki vanished... was due to stress from being unable to spend time with me. I spend more time together with you, Ophelia than Saki."

Ophelia wipes her tears using her free arm while Asuna stares at Hiiro. "Hiiro, you're not going to blame yourself...?" The disguise nurse asked him.

"However, I was blinded by hatred for the unlicensed doctor..." Taiga stared at him. "... and couldn't see the truth. The one who killed Saki... was me!" The genius surgeon revealed the truth and cried.

"No! That's not true..." Emu denied Hiiro's accusation.

Hiiro turned around to face Ophelia and Emu. "I want to retrieve... Saki's smile." He walked away from them.

Ophelia handed Emu to Asuna and chased her ex-boyfriend. "Hiiro, wait!" Taiga grabbed her waist to stop her from running to Hiiro. "Taiga!? Why are you stopping me? If anything it's my fault he became like this!" She shoved his hands and failed to catch Hiiro as he disappeared. 'Hiiro... if only I could save your girlfriend back then... you wouldn't be miserable and meet me. To become your girlfriend and love me.' She squats and cries silently to pour out her pain.

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Masamune chuckled in amusement at Hiiro's successful job to steal Emu's Game Driver. "Good work." He complimented him while examining the Driver closer.

"I've done enough!" Hiiro yelled and had enough to follow his orders. "Let me see Saki!" He pleads.

Masamune glance at Hiiro.

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"If there's anyone who stuck in the past from five years ago... it should be me." Ophelia muttered and stared at the window in a daze. "If only I was strong enough—"

"To save the entire people of Japan?" She didn't turn and face Sakura. "Elena, you wouldn't be able to meet the others. Sometimes it's out of our hands when we couldn't get what we wanted."

"Why do I always end up hurting, Sakura?" Ophelia asked sadly and clutched her elbows. "Is this my punishment? My parents on Earth-2 hate me except my grandma."

"Come here." Sakura grabbed her hand and hugged the former goddess. "It's not your punishment, Ophelia. You did everything you could within your power. Stop blaming yourself, I hate seeing you like this."

"I don't know what to do..."

"Let it go, I'm here." Sakura whispered in her ear. "Let's take baby steps, okay, sweetheart? For now.... release all your pain to me. You've been holding a lot of pain and masking it well."

Ophelia cried more while being comforted by Sakura's warm embrace.

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"The payment you seek is within this game." Masamune opened the case and found the Drago Knight Hunter Z Proto-Gashat. "Normally, only Bugsters can enter the game world. But with the power of Chronos, I can freely traverse their world. Naturally... I can also prepare your reward." He faced Hiiro while holding two devices in his hand.

"Gashatto!"

Hiiro gulps and feels nervous to see Saki again. The data turned into a young woman smiling at the genius surgeon. His heart beats rapidly in shock to see a familiar person in front of him, Momose Saki.

'Saki...' Hiiro thought and stared at Saki in disbelief.

Masamune smirks darkly at their reunion. 'All is according to plan. You wait, Briar Elena Grace the Moon Knight... I'll use him as your weakness and end your life by his hands.'

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"Did you get the emergency call, Emu?" Ophelia asked once she sensed his aura.

"I'll assume you get it as well, Fee-chan?" The former goddess nodded. "I know where Gatton is." He looked at Poppy's game controller. "Kuroto-san, please lend me your Gamer Driver!" The genius surgeon pleads.

Emu is oblivious to Kuroto's concentration on creating a Gashat to defeat Chronos and nullify his Pause ability. "Why's everyone doing this!?" Kuroto snapped angrily for disturbing his work. "Stop getting in the way of my creative time!"

"Emu! Here!" Poppy showed him the Game Driver while he looked surprised.

"This is...?" Emu accepted it.

Luna spins the chair and faces him. "Kuroto repaired this long ago by Ophelia-sama's threat~!" She commented happily and didn't forget Kuroto's terror when Ophelia threatened him. "It's your Gamer Driver that got corrupted."

"Do-do-do I need to know about this, Fee-chan?" He asked nervously at Ophelia. The genius gamer knows her temper is worse than Kuroto's and avoids her anger.

"It's better not to ask, Emu." Ophelia answered sheepishly.

"I'm the gamemaster." Kuroto reminded them. "Things like that are a piece of cake." He boasted his game skills before continuing his work.

"My... Game Driver." Emu whispered with a wide smile to use his old Gamer Driver.

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"Become the best doctor in the world." Saki breaks her silence to Hiiro. Her face started to glitch and stopped. "Become the best doctor in the world."

Hiiro's hand trembles in anxiety and tries to feel her face but Ophelia's face pops into his mind. His eyes widened in shock and his hands lowered. 'Ophelia is always in my mind. Yet— I ended up hurting her again.' The genius surgeon noticed Saki's phrase was always repeated.

"How do I..." Hiiro holds back his tears and approaches Masamune. "... bring back Saki's consciousness?"

"With the power of Chronos." Masamune answered.

Hiiro grabbed his collar and shook him. "Then do it now!"

"If you wish for further payment, earn your keep." He lowered his hand to release him.

"Are you sure you can bring back Saki's consciousness?" He asked before glaring at him. "Or are you just planning on deceiving me!?"

"I do not lie." He answered truthfully before placing the Gashat down and taking one of them out.

"I've no reason to believe you!" Hiiro didn't believe his words to bring Saki's consciousness back.

"In that case, I will prove it to you." Masamune demonstrate it.

"Gashatto!"

Hiiro stood there shocked to a familiar face in front of him. "You are...!"

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"Gatton! We'll beat you!" Emu announced once he, Ophelia, Asuna and Luna appeared at the rooftop while the nurses were fleeing.

"Enemy identified. Gachan!" Gatton announced their arrival.

Emu placed the Game Driver on his waist before activating his Gashat. Asuna gasps to see someone. "Hiiro!"

"Masamune." Ophelia muttered and masked her emotions to face them.

"Did Dangerous Zombie repair that Gamer Driver?" Masamune asked them after seeing the Gamer Driver on Emu's waist.

"You're in the way of the operation." Emu informed them in a warning tone.

"Bugsters are products made for the player's enjoyment." Masamune explained.

"Does that include manipulating people to ensure your objectives are successful?" Ophelia asked in an icy tone. "You've done it in our past lives. What makes you think it'll be different than before?"

"You know me so well, Goddess of the moon— should I say former because you're not in Earth-2." Ophelia narrowed her eyes. "If you want your reward then show me your work." He whispered to Hiiro without knowing Luna heard it.

Luna looked skeptical at their schemes and got herself ready to protect them. Hiiro walked over to Gatton and stood in front of him.

"Pipipipipipipi.... Gachan!" Gatton looked confused.

"Move aside." Emu pleads to stop interfering with their operation.

Hiiro lowered his eyes before glancing at them but mainly at Ophelia. "I can't back out of this." He informed them and got himself prepared.

"I'll deal with him while you're fighting Gatton." Ophelia announced and volunteered to fight against him.

"Emu, Ophelia, move aside." They turned around to face Parado and Graphite. "We'll take care of that guy."

"Gachan. Pipipi..." Gatton is getting more confused about their situation.

"You guys stay out of this." Emu snapped at them.

"What?" Parado asked.

Emu ignored him and faced Hiiro. "Hiiro-san. You taught me we shouldn't let personal matters affect a patient's treatment. Because doctors are responsible for people's lives, we can't let our emotions affect us. The patient is suffering!"

"Someone who's also suffering." Hiiro reminded them. "...is Saki."

"The cycle never ends." Ophelia whispered while Hiiro and Emu looked confused at her vague words. "I was a doctor before and I knew my responsibilities. To carry the heavy burden on our shoulders to save the patients as we can... that's why I became a nurse to support the doctors along the way to help them ease their burden. It's okay to lend them a hand but... you're nothing but a hypocrite, Kagami Hiiro." Her body glowed. "You were Emu's instructor and taught him everything you know. But now— I'll throw it back at you. Are you with me, Emu?"

"Always, Fee-chan. I won't hold back too." Emu answered without hesitation.

"I see a new light in you, Emu and Ophelia." Parado commented with a smirk.

"Skill Level 50." Hiiro grabs his dual Gashat.

"Taddle Fantasy"

"Maximum Mighty X"

"We will change the fate... of my patients." Emu declared.

"I'll do it in my way to save someone's life." Ophelia announced while her eyes turned blue.

"Henshin!"

"Dual Gashatto! Dual up! Taddle Fantasy"

"Max Dai Henshin!"

"Maximum Gashatto! Level Max! Maximum Power X!"

"𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌, 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆" Ophelia chants and transform into Dark Moon Knight.

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'She's getting stronger and I can't land a hit in her Dark Moon form!' Hiiro dodges the attack.

"Karenai tsuyoi omoi de kagayaku puraido
Unmei ni aragatte yuke"

She backflips and a sword appears at the heel of her feet while Hiiro cries out in pain.

"Kimi no koe ga todokanai basho de wa
Dare mo oshiete kurenakatta
Yuganda ruuru"

"Osanai koro ni tsuyoku negatta
Yume no arika wo sagasu tabi wa hajimatta bakari"

Ophelia didn't give him summons of black spheres as they surrounded Hiiro and caused an explosion.

𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝑶𝒓𝒃𝒊𝒕

Emu is busy fighting against Gatton and knows Ophelia is giving Hiiro a hard time to stop him from interfering. The genius gamer is thankful for her plan as the Dark Moon has a time limit to use it before her energy is depleted. She's buying time to destroy Gatton without anyone interfering with their operation.

"I'll finish this!" Emu declared and activated his final attack.

"Nagaeita jikan wa mou iranai
Genkai no kabe wo ima sugu kowashite"

"Karenai tsuyoi omoi de kagayaku puraido
Donna itami ni fureta to shitemo
Kawaranai kioku"

"Shikai wo hirogete
Mitsuketa chikai wo daite
Kumori naki me de eranda michi wo
Kimi ni tsunagu kara"

"No!" Hiiro shoved Ophelia away but Ophelia was stabbing his shadow to immobilize.

𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒑

"Koe wo hibikasete
Unmei ni aragatte yuke
Proud of myself"

"Aah!"

Ophelia struck Hiiro by the purple lighting before he could escape.

𝒁𝒆𝒖𝒔 𝑾𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉

"Zu-kyu-kyu-kyuun! Maximum Gashatto! Finisher! Maximum Mighty Critical Finish!" Emu successfully destroys Gatton while Ophelia reverts to Moon Knight.

Hiiro could feel the electricity all over his body by Ophelia's lightning. 'Why didn't she finish me off?' He asked himself and Ophelia ignored his faze but frowned.

"Emu..." Ophelia called him as the genius gamer looked at her. "Let's go. I need to investigate something." She walked ahead without glancing back at Hiiro.

"Ye-yeah." Emu stuttered nervously before staring at Hiiro. "Fee-chan did hurt you for a reason but couldn't bring herself to end your life. We both know she's merciful sometimes." He followed her leaving Hiiro alone.

'Ophelia...'

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'Kiriya!?' Ophelia looked surprised at his appearance after helping Masamune fix his Bugster Driver. The former goddess would never forget his yellow aura from the day they encountered each other on day one.

"That's...!" Emu glanced at Ophelia and she nodded.

"There's no mistake about it and we should help them." Ophelia suggested. "I know they're our enemies but they have something for his weakness."

"Yeah!" They're about to lend them a hand.

"It's judgment time." Masamune declared and used his Pause to stop the time. "Here's your punishment." He activated his final attack.

"Finisher! Critical Judgement!" He swung his Driver and struck them. "Fatal Strike! Restart!" The founder of GENM deactivated the Pause.

They cried out in pain and reverted to normal except for Ophelia. "What's going on?!" Graphite asked in shock.

Ophelia pants while clutching her left shoulder. She glares at Masamune darkly. "The power of Level 0 suppressed Gamedeus virus." He explained and smirked behind the mask to see their agony. "Good job."

Asuna and Luna are on the top as they recognize a familiar Rider. "That Rider..." The disguise nurse muttered and glanced at Luna. "Lu-chan can you—"

"I analyze the Rider and it's Kujou Kiriya." Luna answered in a grim tone.

"I hired him as my left-hand man to keep you Bugsters in check." Masamune explained. "Kamen Rider Lazer Turbo."

"Lazer... Kiriya-san." Emu whispered to his once-lost friend.

Ophelia stared at Kiriya in shock at his revival. She glances back at Masamune. 'What's your true agenda, Shem-Ha?' The former goddess thought while Masamune laughed darkly.