"Takumi, is Stalk?" Ji-yoo asked after Luella reported that she had confronted Stalk to retrieve the Pandora Box but failed. The disguised detective couldn't imagine he would become the Cobra Rider, but Luella thinks otherwise.

"That's what Sento believed..." Luella trailed off her words and frowned. "I don't think it's him because the aura that Takumi had was blinded in greed and lust for knowledge about the Pandora Box yet—"

"Stalk is more sinister and cunning to fool everyone." Ji-yoo intervened and crossed his arms. "We don't even know who's behind the mask. You mentioned him altering people's identities?"

"Sento-san and I saw it in our own eyes." Luella answered and couldn't believe what she saw until Sento recognized his colleagues. "I can't assume Stalk is one of the Blood Tribes because he had that ability."

"One of Sento's former colleague scientists, Kuwata Shingo. He mentioned that Takumi is alive." Ji-yoo pointed out. "Do you think he's alive but somehow alternate his appearance? The weapon we used to match Banjou's fingerprint didn't match."

"He came to see him and found a dead body." Luella grabbed her marker and created a diagram on the board. "The same time we captured him... before Ryuuga-san, Sento-san showed up first to meet up with Takumi."

"What if Stalk is behind this?" Ji-yoo suggested, and Luella stared at him. "If he has that ability to alternate physically— what if Takumi's appearance changes and Stalk may or may not have the ability to alternate memories?"

"Are you saying that the dead body belongs to someone else but has the face of Takumi?" Luella suggested and Ji-yoo nodded. "You could be right, but... It's only our words, and we do not have proof of the evidence. Even the knife isn't enough evidence to provide Ryuuga-san's innocence."

"It's not enough to convince them, considering Gentoku is acting like a Prime Minister now since Taizan had a heart attack." He reminded her while she pursed her lips in irritation. Taizan had a heart attack when they took the Pandora Box and caused him a lot of stress.

Gentoku forgave her for not retrieving the Pandora Box from Stalk's hands. He was worried about facing him alone because she was no match for the Cobra Rider. Luella didn't trust him and knew he was plotting against something that would put everyone's lives in danger.

"It's like we're stuck in someone's web and toyed around." He crossed his arms and sighed in annoyance.

"Yeah." Luella's phone rang, and she accepted it. "Hello?"

"Ah, Luella! Are you and Ji busy?" Sento asked curiously.

Ji-yoo shook his head and refused to join their small mission. Luella nodded and understood his opinion. "I'm free. Do you need something?"

"Rogue and the Faust are at the abandoned factory in Area A2. Will you meet us there?" He asked and hoped she would reject after hearing Night Rogue's words about taking Luella away from him; it scared him to lose her.

"Us?"

"Me!" Luella could hear Ryuuga's voice. "Sento refused to let you join us, but we outnumbered him."

"I don't mind helping you guys out." Luella assured him and noticed his strange behavior ever since they failed to retrieve the Pandora Box and his bottles were stolen by Night Rogue. "Is there a reason you didn't want me to join?"

"I- can we talk about that later, Luella?" Sento begged and refused to say it out loud, knowing Ryuuga wouldn't hesitate to be reckless and battle Night Rogue for disrespecting her.

"I'll see you guys then." Luella hung up. "We'll talk about this later, Ji."

"I'm going to visit my kingdom and see if I can find a book about them." Ji-Yoo told her he planned to visit his hometown for a research study. "There's no resource for me to gather information." Staying Earth-3, which lacks research about their kin, makes it difficult for them to progress to new intel.

"Be careful, and good luck." Luella wished him luck and hoped her opinions about Stalk were true.

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Sento wrapped the black-and-white checkered scarf from Luella's hand around her neck. Luella blushed at their closeness while he secretly smiled at the redness around her cheeks. "It suits you more than me and is getting cold. I don't want you to get sick."

"Are you sure? You're giving me your scarf?" She asked nervously, playing with the hem of the scarf. Luella knew he loved wearing a scarf to match his outfit.

"I have plenty. Don't worry about your pretty little head, Luella." He patted her head before someone crashed his back to ruin their moment. "Ow... what the heck?" Sento glared at the wanted fugitive.

Ryuuga wears a birdwatcher outfit with a fake mustache to cover his identity. "I'm obviously pretending to be a birdwatcher to scope out where the enemy is!" He pointed out his disguise. "Where's Ji-yoo?"

"He returned to his kingdom and is coming back soon." Luella answered, refusing to explain his reason for returning further.

"He's the next-in-line throne to rule his kingdom. He happens to be a Prince, an Icy Prince." He comments and refuses to accept that Ji-yoo is a royalty prince.

"He has a cold personality, and I couldn't imagine him ruling his kingdom." Sento voiced his opinions and agreed with Ryuuga.

"Haha..." Luella laughed nervously and didn't know how to react. Ji-yoo refused to open up about his feelings and always suppressed them. "I didn't sense any Smash yet, but I have a feeling they're trying to lure us." She changed the subject while trying to analyze her surroundings outside of the abandoned factory.

"This place is clearly the most suspicious." He saw a gun hidden inside of her coat. "You're bringing a gun!?"

"In an emergency, you'll never know when you need it." Luella said, heading inside the building while the two men followed her.

"What the hell? There's nobody here..." Ryuuga commented, but Luella raised her left hand to stop them. "Luella?"

"Trouble." Her eyes turned purple while glaring at the familiar presence coming from upstairs. "Night Rogue..."

"I'm taking those bottles too." Night Rogue demanded while his Faust soldiers were behind him.

"So that's what this is." Sento narrowed his eyes, and Luella's instincts were right about luring them here.

"Nah, not exactly. This is what I've been waiting for!" Ryuuga retorted back while removing his fake mustache and accessories.

"What is he talking about?" Luella whispered at Sento.

"I can't control the dragon bottle because it's dangerous for me to transform with it, but Banjou is the only one capable of doing it." Sento answered in a hushed tone while her eyes widened in shock. "He needs to synchronize the dragon I made for him and use the Build Driver."

Ryuuga smiled widely while tossing his bottle up and down. "Here's my chance to transform!" He declared and couldn't wait to transform.

"No, it isn't." Sento retorted back and snatched it from his grasp. "You can't handle it right now!"

"Why not? Are you gonna be alright?" Ryuuga asked and wouldn't forget how it damaged him using the dragon bottle.

"He won't be alone." Luella assured the wanted fugitive as her body glowed and Sento began to transform.

"Dragon! Lock! Best Match! Are you ready?"

"Henshin!"

"𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒔."

Ryuuga wouldn't stop impressing about Luella's transformation. "Her transformation is cool, unlike Sento." He whispered to avoid being heard by a certain genius physicist.

"The security fantasy! Key dragon!"

Luella was surrounded by Faust's soldiers and left with no choice but to use her weapon and destroy them. Ryuuga joined in to help the female detective by throwing punches while Sento was dealing with Night Rogue.

"This is kinda rough without a bottle!" Ryuuga grunted while fighting them. "Luella, can you just shut them out like you did before?"

"They made their machine to withstand my electricity without blowing up." Luella answered after she analyzed their advanced machine soldier. "Here!" She flicks her wrists to Ryuuga as he receives a purple crescent lightning moon armband around his wrists. "That's only temporary, Ryuuga-san! This would enhance your strength."

"Thank you!" His fists are covered in electricity thanks to Luella's accessory, which enhances his strength as he shatters the soldiers.

Sento's body is on fire as he steps back away from Night Rogue. "What is this!? My body's burning up!" He roared in pain and forced himself to revert.

"Sento-san!/ Sento!" Ryuuga and Luella approached Sento as he covered up heavy injuries from using the dragon bottle.

"Sento-san, you can't fight in this condition." Luella whispered, looking worried to see Sento in pain.

"Hand those bottles over... I will spare your life and have Lightning." Luella froze at Night Rogue's condition in exchange for Sento's life. She needed to surrender and hand the bottles over.

Luella sensed a familiar aura and showed their presence, revealing the cobra Rider. "Grabbing the bottles without a word to me? Did you want Alita-sama all by yourself? Such a busy bat."

"Stalk..." Night Rogue whispered and was annoyed at their interruption.

"Stalk!" Ryuuga growled in anger and didn't forgive him for framing him as a murderer.

Luella didn't hesitate to grab the bottles before Ryuuga could use them and dispelled the armbands on his wrists. "Luella! He's Katsuragi!"

"We're no match for them, and I'm not putting Sento's life at risk, Ryuuga." Luella warned the wanted fugitive. Sento is injured and unable to fight because the dragon bottle has damaged him.

"Kinda slow to catch on, aren't you?" Blood Stalk asked while glancing at Night Rogue. "I came here to help you boys and girl." He volunteered to help them out.

"Screw that!" Ryuuga snapped him angrily. "You framed me for murder and hurt Luella and Ji-yoo's feelings! They trust you, especially Luella!" He successfully managed to pry the dragon bottle out of her hands. "I'm gonna kick your ass! Time to see what you really look like! Come!" He raised his hand to summon the robot dragon. The robot dragon turned into a Driver and dropped on Ryuuga's hand. The wanted fugitive placed the bottle inside the Driver, but it shocked him when the robot dragon reverted while flying around. "What the hell was that!?" He hissed in anger. "Hot! Where do you think you're going, dragon!?"

Luella helped Sento to sit while she sighed heavily. "This is embarrassing..." She whispered.

Sento nodded deadpan. "This is terrible." Ryuuga was out of sync with the dragon and refused to listen to its master transform.

Blood Stalk waves his hand at them. "Just get him out of here." He urged them to leave Night Rogue to him.

Luella handed the lock bottle to Sento before grabbing the two of them. "Don't get puke after this." She warned Sento and Ryuuga as she struck themselves on lighting and disappeared.

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Misora screams in terror at their sudden presence inside the secret hideout. Ryuuga doesn't hesitate to grab the bin before vomiting at the sudden change of transportation, and Sento's vision spins.

"Ho-ho-ho-how!?" The young lady screamed in shock at their appearance. Her heart is racing rapidly due to their unexpected presence out of nowhere.

Luella reverts to normal. "I placed a mark here to teleport when I needed to." She placed Sento's arm around her shoulder to carry him to the bed. "They ambush us, and I wouldn't forgive myself if anything happens to him in his current condition."

"Give us a head start next time, Luella." Ryuuga pants tiredly and wipes his mouth with the back of his hand. He felt like his body was split in two because of the transportation he'd never experienced.

Sento regained his bearings while she placed him down on the bed. "Luella? I didn't know you could teleport." He was amazed at his abilities.

"I can actually teleport through electricity with the mark that I created my own." Luella answered. "Take off your shirt so I can start healing your wounds."

Sento grunted in pain, and Luella helped him to remove his coat and top, leaving him shirtless. She ignored him being half naked while her hands glowed to treat his wounds.

"His wounds are fading as if nothing happened." Misora commented, stunned at her healing skills.

"Why'd Stalk help us?" Sento changed the subject.

Ryuuga cuddled the rabbit's soft toy and approached them. "Forget that. Why couldn't I use the bottle?"

"That dragon is tuned to your limbic system... it won't synchronize unless an emotional response clears the designated threshold." Sento explained, but the wanted fugitive didn't understand him one bit.

"I have no idea what you just said..." Ryuuga commented bluntly while his jaw slacked at his unfamiliar words.

"You must strive to your will and be willing to help someone." Luella answered. "You can't just transform Kamen Rider because you want to. You need to find your own answer to what makes you think you can transform and become in sync with the dragon."

"Lulu-chan is right!" Misora agreed with her. "Come on! Remember when you saved me from that Smash?" She approached him. "Remember? Yeah? Remember?"

Ryuuga stared at her blankly before dropping the rabbit to Misora. "I dunno why I would do that."

Misora took the rabbit and held the small scissors out of nowhere. "I'll cut you..." She threatened him and couldn't believe he was stubborn enough to express his interest in saving her like Ji-yoo.

Ryuuga screamed in annoyance. "Come on, man, just take the bottle!" He ran off, trying to catch the dragon, but he flew away, and Sawa squeaked in shock.

Luella finished healing Sento's wound and stared at Sawa, her aura filled with nervousness and guilt. "Why are you being rushed all of a sudden? As if you're running away for something important?"

Sawa jumped in, surprised, before she shook her head. "I forgot the time and need to be going." The freelancer journalists stammered nervously. She knew Luella was onto her because she and Ji-yoo never trusted her in the first place.

"Afraid you get caught?" Sento stared at Luella in surprise while she stared at Sawa with a piercing gaze. He was curious what she meant by that.

"Haha... you really love jokes, do you? Detective Mamoru." Sawa commented before she exited. 'Knowing she could see through me, my mission is already compromised.' The freelancer journalist thought with a grim look.

"What was that about, Luella?" Sento asked her curiously, but he couldn't understand their unusual behavior when they interacted adequately for the first time. They were sometimes in the same place to socialize but hardly spoke to one another due to mistrust against Sawa, and Sawa was always nervous around Luella or Ji-yoo.

"Female instinct." Luella answered while Misora knew her vague questions.

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"Were you looking for this?" Misora caught Sawa and showed her the bug she found underneath the stairs. She saw Sawa's surprised face. "So it is yours. Why would you bug this place?" She was cleaning up their secret hideout when she found the hearing device had been placed under the stairs. The young woman never imagined that Sawa deceived them. Misora finally understands Luella and Ji-yoo's mistrust of Sawa because she would use them for her personal intentions.

Sawa gulped before smiling tensely. "I mean, it's obvious... for total coverage, of course! I'd hate to miss on a scoop just because I wasn't around—"

"Don't play dumb and stupid, Takigawa." They turned around and faced Luella, whose eyes glowed purple in anger but controlling her temper without lashing out at Sawa. They could hear the rumble of lightning outside because of Luella's hidden anger. "I saw Misora had a bug in her hand and knew you were planning something for your own agenda. Or should I say with your accomplice? That asks you to do it for them and become a puppet."

"Just... who are you?" Misora asked nervously while gripping the strap of her bag. She mentally begs Luella to stop her from talking, but the female detective ignores her plea.

"I can find out who you really are, Takigawa." Luella threatened her for not revealing her intentions. "You knew what I could do, and I wouldn't hesitate to play fire with fire. The question remains: how long will you be able to be their puppet forever? Until there will be a day they'll dispose of you." The freelancer journalists flinched at her unusual, icy, harsh words.

"You three see the dragon?" Ryuuga's voice interrupted them, and Misora closed her eyes. "Luella, you left the fridge open!" He approached them while Sawa used this distraction to leave the cafe. "What if the dragon got out!?"

"He won't go out because the dragon knew you're a trouble magnet!" Luella retorted back. "He's probably hiding from you chasing him around."

"What's up with Sawa? Hey." The wanted fugitive asked the two females.

Misora exhales in annoyance at their interrogation of Sawa. "I really am gonna cut you this time." She holds the scissors in her hands before glancing at Luella. "Lulu-chan, it's late. Why don't you sleep here for tonight?" She suggests and notices her paleness, relieved that her eyes are no longer purple but dark brown.

"I don't want to bother you guys." Luella politely declined the offer of staying one night. "I have some paperwork to finish."

"Talk about overwork yourself, Luella." Ryuuga pointed out her paleness and tiredness from working day and night as a detective or lightning priestess. "Rogue was obsessed with you for some reason, and it's best to stay here for a night. You can do the paperwork tomorrow."

"Sento would be happy if you stayed here with us." Misora bribes her. "You're calling his name casually without formalities, and Banjou, too!" It pleased her to hear Luella calling their names without honorifics.

When Misora met Luella for the first time, she was stiff and struggled to open up without being formal around her. The young lady knew what Luella had been through and helped her to relax without being tense around them. Misora is proud to see her progress and hopes Sento is confident enough to confess his feelings to Luella.

"Ji-yoo wouldn't forgive us if anything happens to you, and your paperwork can wait, Luella." Ryuuga informed her and denied letting Luella leave the cafe around this time of night. "I know you're strong, but who knows what Rogue will do to you if he captured you."

"Please, Lulu-chan~" Misora begged and shook her shoulder. "One night?" She pouts while blinking her eyes. The young woman wanted to have a sleepover with her because she's like an older sister to her.

Luella laughs softly at her behavior before accepting their offering. "Thanks guys." She thanked them.

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Sento couldn't help but narrate Ryuuga's thoughts about Kasumi: "Kasumi... what am I supposed to do? I miss you, girl. Oh, maybe I should visit her grave. I'll just head over to Tatsuoka Cemetery in Area A5. " Thanks to Luella's information, he knew the location of Kasumi's grave.

"Quit talking like you're narrating my thoughts!" Ryuuga snapped at Sento angrily for ruining his mood. "I'm not going anywhere. And how the hell would you know where her grave is?" He asked and had a feeling Sento asked the location of the grave from Luella.

Sento turned his head behind at the wanted fugitive. "Forget that for a sec. Why do you want to be a Rider?" He asked Ryuuga why he wanted to be a rider like him while he stared at him in confusion. "Is it to expose Stalk?"

"There a problem with that?" He asked Sento coldly before walking away.

"You can't handle it. It's not gonna happen." Sento reminded him.

"What?"

"The best you'll ever manage is sulking and shaking that bottle or gazing at the crystal Luella made for you." The genius physicists commented.

"Screw you! How can you know—" Ryuuga approached him in anger.

Sento grabbed his collar. "Obtaining power means dealing with the responsibility that it brings. You better not think that comes easy!" He warned him before grabbing his coat and leaving the cafe.

"Where are you going?" Sento twists his body, facing Luella while she's gazing at the moon.

Sento smiled in amusement, seeing her wearing his clothes with a coat to keep her body warm because she couldn't fit Misora's clothes, and he offered it to her. "Couldn't sleep?"

"This lavender tea helps me relax before I go to bed." Luella answered, and Sento sat next to her. "Where are you going around this time of the night? I may heal you physically, but your body needs to rest."

"I just need to cool my head off and hope Banjou understands what it means to be a Rider." The genius physicists commented and realized something: "Luella when you become a Moon Knight before you passed it on to your descendants? Barron Ophelia... I forgot the next one."

"Barron Ophelia Selene." Luella sips her tea and lowers the cup. "Freya was the first Moon Knight before I became one."

"How?"

"Freya saw a potential within me, although I'm against becoming like them." She chuckled and reminisced about her past. "I prefer being a healer to tend injured people rather than fighting, but— when Freya saw how I fought my enemies... she knew I was the next candidate to be the Moon Knight. Being a Moon Knight isn't all about protecting but also being the pillar of light to shine from their darkest days."

"She sounds like an amazing woman, Luella." Sento couldn't help but admire Freya. "What happened to her?"

"She sacrificed herself protecting humanity." She breathed, quivering, while Sento held his arm. Luella gripped his warm hands and felt her eyes beginning to get moist. "Someone tried to destroy the world, and Freya sacrificed herself to save them. She always put people first before herself and never asked anything in return but for our brighter future. Freya chose me to be the next candidate— she and I were similar until I passed it on to Ophelia. Sometimes... I always asked myself if Freya would be disappointed that I chose Ophelia because of her status as a human being."

"I think she would trust your judgment when choosing Ophelia, Luella." Sento assured her and stroked her head. "Wherever she is, I'm sure she's watching over you like Ji and I do, Luella."

Luella couldn't help but hug Sento tight while closing her eyes. "Thank you... Sento."

Sento smiled and wrapped his arms around her waist to pull Luella close. "I'm always here for you, Luella." He whispered in her ear. 'I could tell something still troubling in your mind, Luella. I'll wait until you're ready.' The genius physicists thought.

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Luella volunteers to help Sento create a sword weapon for Ryuuga, and there will be a day when he transforms into a Kamen Rider. She's still pouting in anger at Sento's favor to write a fake letter to Ryuuga and hopes this will motivate him to synchronize the dragon.

"Are you still pouting, Luella?" Sento asked nervously. He noticed the lights flickering on and off and knew Luella was the cause. "I already apologize." He masked his amusement at her rare expression. The genius physicist finds it amusing to see her struggling to write the letter with his help while she blushes nonstop. It isn't every day that he sees her lose composure.

Because of her embarrassment, Luella bites her lower lips in annoyance while her eyes flicker between dark brown and purple. "I just hate the thought of lying about the part of Kasumi-san leaving a letter for Ryuuga." She had never written a love letter before, and Sento thought it would be best if Luella could write one with his help.

"It's also the only way he could synchronize with the dragon." He pointed out while Luella sighed heavily. "I appreciate your help in creating a weapon with me."

"Being part of the Mamoru family, you must have a background knowledge about technologies and whether you'll be the next heir or another family will take over the company." Luella pointed out and sighed heavily. "It's a miracle you have some money to spend on your latest invention." Sento smiled sheepishly at her facts.

"Says the person who wouldn't stop buying lots of ingredients to cook or bake because it's her relaxing hobby." Sento couldn't help but tease the female detective while she blushed.

Misora smiled at their interaction before frowning sadly. "Hey, about Sawa..." she spoke while Luella frowned at mentioning the freelance journalist's name.

"ʏᴏᴜ'ᴠᴇ ɢᴏᴛ ᴍᴀɪʟ!" Sento received a mail.

Sento took the phone and saw Sawa's name on his screen. "How timely. It's from Sawa." The genius physicists click the video as it's been on file attachment.

They saw Sawa covered in green gas with a mask. Misora's eyes widened in shock at Sawa's situation while Luella frowned. "Why does Faust have her?"

"I think it has something to do with last night." Luella answered and saw Sawa's transformation as Smash.

"Last night?" Sento asked her and wondered what she meant.

The scene changed to reveal a familiar bat rogue, Kamen Rider. "I'm going to set her loose in the city. See you soon." It ended the video.

"Misora, do you have a location of Smash?" Luella asked the young lady.

Misora headed to the computer immediately after seeing a message from her fans about the Smash: "There's been a sighting in Area B5."

"You stay here, Sento." Luella warned him, knowing he wouldn't hesitate to fight the Smash. "Your body needs time to recover despite healing all your injuries. Apart from that— this could be a trap to lure you out and intend to get the other bottles—"

"That also includes you, too, Luella." Sento cuts her off while Misora watches them. "Rogue is obsessed with you for some reason, and I would never forgive myself if anything happened to you."

"Why would he obsess with you, Lulu-chan?" Misora asked her curiously.

Luella tried to think of Night Rogue's obsession with her. "Maybe it has something to with my unique abilities that I could transform without becoming a Kamen Rider like you guys?"

"Or something." Sento thinks otherwise while the two females stare at him with a skeptical look. "I'm coming with you. There's a chance that Rogue would show up and kidnap you."

"You'll put yourself more harm if you try to transform using the dragon bottle, Sento." Luella reminded him of her consequences and silently wished Ji-yoo had never left on Earth to do some research about Blood Tribes.

"Lulu-chan is right if you intend to use it again, Sento." Misora agreed with her.

"There's no other choice, and I'm coming. Don't try to stop me, Luella." Sento stared at her dark brown eyes with an intense look.

Luella pursed her lips before nodding her head, knowing Night Rogue was bound to show up once they arrived at that place. "Let's go."

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People are panicking because the Smash is rampaging the place. Luella transformed into Lightning Priestess as she grabbed Sawa's collar before punching her face.

"Get clear now!" Sento urged the people to leave the place and promised Luella not to transform unless Night Rogue appeared.

Luella clasps her hands to summon her spear before striking Sawa. "Takigawa, snap out of it!" She pleads before backflipping at the incoming attack behind her.

Sento didn't hesitate to transform to help Luella out when Night Rogue showed up. "I won't let you get near her!" He snapped and vowed to protect Luella with his life.

"Build!" Luella screamed at him worriedly before cutting off the green whips from Sawa's shoulder. 'They gave her a higher dosage to Takigawa to ensure she would get stronger than the previous Smash.' She thought before Sawa successfully captured her with whips before she conjured lightning to strike the Smash.

Sento is struggling to fight against Night Rogue in his Keydragon form as he bursts out in flames. "I can't keep this up any longer." He groaned in pain and reverted to normal.

"You're in no condition to keep fighting." Night Rogue warned him and moved back when Luella stood before Sento as she created an electric barrier around him. "Lightning Priestess..."

"I refused to surrender, let alone hand over the bottles from the likes of you." She gripped her polearm tight while glaring at Night Rogue. "I don't know why you're adamant about having me, but I refused to go with you."

"Why did you choose him of all people? There's a chance for you to switch sides, but they don't deserve you and Ice Knight." He pointed out and wondered why she let herself get involved in their fight when it had nothing to do with her and Ice Knight.

"I despise people who tried to harm their own kin for their selfish desires." She retorted back, and her weapon was covered in lightning. "I only allied people who I could trust, unlike you!" Luella struck Night Rogue before he could defend himself and crashed into the tree.

"Luella..." Sento whispered and struggled to stand because of the pain all over his body due to using the dragon bottle. 'Banjou, where are you? Hurry up.'

Luella dodges Sawa's whips and spins her spear before summoning a lightning bolt to paralyze her and Night Rogue. She couldn't stand a chance against them, knowing the female detective wasn't as strong as she was before as a Moon Knight. 'I'll have to stall them and hope Ryuuga can transform.' The female detective thought before slicing the whip in a clean cut.

Sento watched them battle and couldn't help but be amazed at Luella's skill up close. She's not like him to transform as Kamen Rider, but Luella is a skilled fighter. The female detective may no longer be a Moon Knight like Ji-yoo, but she can protect them.

"I'll use force and make sure you're mine, Mamoru Luella." Night Rogue vowed to have her and use force if necessary.

"Over my dead body!" Luella's body is covered with electricity in a rage while she fights Sawa to stop her from breaking the barrier around Sento.

"You're wide open, Luella!" Luella turned her spear into a dagger and threw it at the tree to teleport herself away from them.

"Sento! Luella!" They turned their head to see Ryuuga. "Sento! Toss me the bottles!"

Luella lowered her barrier to let Sento throw the bottles in Ryuuga's direction. The wanted fugitive caught it at ease and remembered Kasumi's letter she wrote for him before she died.

~𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸~

𝐑𝐲𝐮𝐮𝐠𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐢'𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞. 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞.

𝑅𝓎𝓊𝓊𝑔𝒶,

𝐼𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝓇𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇, 𝐼 𝒶𝓂 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝓃𝑜 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒. 𝐼 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝓅𝑜𝓁𝑜𝑔𝒾𝓏𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝑔𝑒𝓉𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓀𝒾𝒸𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑜-𝒻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹... 𝐼'𝓂 𝓈𝑜 𝓈𝑜𝓇𝓇𝓎...

𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒'𝓈 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉: 𝐼 𝓌𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒶𝓂𝑒 "𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃'𝓉 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝑒!" 𝑜𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓊𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒.

𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒. 𝐼'𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝑅𝓎𝓊𝓊𝑔𝒶...

~𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝘀~

Ryuuga stared at the dragon bottle in his hands. "Let's do this..." He murmured while gripping it.

Night Rogue scowled behind the mask. "You're wasting time!" He was about to slap Sento, seeing he was no longer trapped inside the barrier. Luella flash steps in front of him and grabs his wrists.

"Your opponent is me, Rogue!" She throws her right fist covered in electricity, and he flies away because of her unusual strength. "Ryuuga, I'll deal with Rogue, and you will handle the Smash!" She yelled while dodging Night Rogue's punches.

"Got it!" Ryuuga shakes the bottles before throwing fists at Sawa while fighting her without transforming.

"You're pressuring him that he's capable of fighting against Smash, Luella." Night Rogue commented and clashed his gun against her sword. "He's only human..."

"Humans are unpredictable and fight against all the odds." She retorted back, slicing Night Rogue's gun in half in a clean cut.

"She destroyed Rogue's weapon!" Sento yelled in shock at Luella, destroying the bat Rider's weapon.

"Sento passed me your Driver!" Ryuuga yelled. It was difficult fighting Sawa alone without transforming.

Sento didn't hesitate to throw his Driver at Ryuuga. He caught it and placed it around his waist. The wanted fugitive removed the necklace around his neck and held it with the dragon bottle.

"Lend me your strength!" Ryuuga pleads before placing the necklace around his neck. The robot dragon appears and transforms into a small device to hold the dragon bottle inside. He shakes the bottle before placing it inside.

"Wake up!" It glowed the dragon symbol. He placed it inside the Driver. "Cross-Z Dragon!" Ryuuga turns the handle around and begins to transform while Luella and Night Rogue distance themselves to see Ryuuga's transformation. "Are you ready?"

"Henshin!"

"Wake up burning! Get Cross-Z Dragon! Yeah!"

Ryuuga successfully transforms without harming himself as he finds his resolve to become a Kamen Rider like Sento. Luella smiles to see him reborn as a Kamen Rider, while Sento masks his happiness, knowing Ryuuga won't let him live if he finds out he's proud of him.

'I need to step up my game, knowing my enemies are getting stronger, including them.' Luella vowed to train herself to get stronger while gripping the handle of her sword. "You did it... Ryuuga." She whispered.

"That idiot..." Sento whispered while staring at Ryuuga with a disbelief look.

Sawa attacked Ryuuga first, but he grabbed her fists before punching her face. Ryuuga activated his final attack. "Draconic Finish!" He jumps before sending a flying kick to the Smash. Sawa exploded in green leaving Night Rogue surprised at one hit.

Luella decided to step back and stand beside Sento, knowing Ryuuga wanted to battle Night Rogue. "Luella?" Sento called her curiously.

"I don't need to read his aura, which shows that he wants to fight Night Rogue." Luella explained that she was standing on the sidelines. "He's on par with Night Rogue, but who knows?"

"With one attack...?" Night Rogue whispered in shock and stared at the newborn Kamen Rider.

Ryuuga summoned the sword that Sento and Luella had created for him. "Beat Closer!" Night Rogue couldn't use his rifle because Luella destroyed it, but he used the half weapon to defend himself, but Ryuuga overpowered him. "Smash Hit!" He slashed with the blaze of blame at Night Rogue's upper body.

Night Rogue rolled over the ground in a rough landing while his body was covered in smoke because of Ryuuga's weapon. "What is this power!?" He pants weakly.

Ryuuga pulled the sword's handle to increase its power. "Pull! Pull!" It glowed red-orange and stuck on Night Rogue's left shoulder. "Pretty hot, right? It's not just my power, after all!"

"Million Hit!" The wanted fugitive sliced his shoulder, and Night Rogue's armor damaged it more as it was covered in electricity.

"Right now..." He placed the lock bottle on his sword.

"Special tune!" Ryuuga pulls the handle to increase its power. "Pull! Pull!"

"I get the feeling I can't lose!" He yelled in determination as his sword was covered in blue flames. Ryuuga swings it, and the fire lands on Night Rogue. "Million Slash!"

Night Rogue stopped with his bare hands and threw it up to avoid getting more damage than he was. "It wasn't supposed to be like this..." He growled at his defeat by fighting against Ryuuga rather than Luella. The bat Rider covered himself in smoke to escape from their sight.

Luella tried to sense him, but he was no longer with them. "He's gone." She informed them, and they reverted to normal while Ryuuga copied her actions. The female detective kneeled and started to heal Sento's injury. "You're making this a habit to get yourself hurt, Sento."

"I have my own personal healer to cure my injuries, right?" Sento commented in a cheeky tone while Luella frowned and shocked him in low voltage. "Ow!" He shouldn't pushed his luck, knowing Luella puts her past behind being the former healer. The genius physicists couldn't help seeing her embarrassed whenever he complimented or teased her.

"Don't make this a habit, Kiryuu Sento." The female detective warned him, but her smile betrayed her words.

"You really did it." Sento changed the subject and congratulated Ryuuga for transforming into a Kamen Rider like him.

Ryuuga turned around to face them and approached them. He raised his hand to offer Sento to pull him after being healed by Luella's powers. The genius physicists glanced at the side before accepting it, and Ryuuga pulled him as he hissed in pain at the harsh tug. The wanted fugitive offered Luella a hand, and she accepted it as he pulled her gently.

"Why can't you be gentle with me?" Sento hissed while rolling his left shoulder.

Ryuuga ignored his complaint and showed him the letter. "You left this letter at her grave, didn't you?" He asked in a blunt tone, and Sento's smile dropped. "Where'd you find it!?" The wanted fugitive glared at the genius physicists.

"He forces me— hmph!" Sento didn't hesitate to cover Luella's mouth to stop her from telling the truth. "Mmmmhmph!" Luella glared at him in annoyance and shocked him again.

"Ahh!"

Ryuuga rolled his eyes and wouldn't bother to guess, knowing Sento forced her to do something she refused. "Man, you're a piece of work... I'm not angry at you, Luella." He assured the female detective. "Thanks, though."

Luella blinked her eyes in surprise before smiling at him while Sento grabbed his shoulder. "Sorry, what? I couldn't hear you repeat it." The genius physicists begged the wanted fugitive to repeat it.

"Shut up!" Ryuuga refused to say it. "Hurry up and deal with that!" He pointed at the Smash he defeated.

Luella grabbed the empty bottle from Sento's pocket and approached Sawa. She twisted the lid to absorb Smash's essence and restore Sawa to normal.

"Holy crap, it's Sawa!" Ryuuga screamed in shock.

"Takigawa..." Luella tapped her left cheek gently to help her regain consciousness.

"Can you heal her?" Sento asked Luella.

Luella shook her head. "She doesn't have any injuries but only a sore body, the fact she was experimented on by Faust." She explained.

Sawa groaned and opened her eyes to see Sento, Luella, and Ryuuga. She sighed in defeat. "I see... it looks like I got burned." The freelance journalist whispered sadly.

"You were compromised by spying on us and turning you into Smash." Luella figured out Sawa's predicament while Sento and Ryuuga stared at her in shock.

"Detective Mamoru is right." Sawa nodded and felt guilty for spying and betraying them. "I betrayed you all. I'm... a spy." She revealed her true identity while Sento and Ryuuga were speechless at her words.