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The Qidengers found themselves under attack by two new Kyōka Vorjuujin, Kishi Tengu and Kaizoku Kappa, who proved vastly overwhelming. While Mio left to pursue fencing training with an instructor, the remaining Qidengers tried to continue the fight with the help of Takumi. However, the latter fell under an unknown influence, driving him to madness. As Kamijo came close to losing, a new ally appeared to aid him. “Goggle Black: Kuroda Kanpei!”

Kamijo looked on in awe of the man in front of him. “Goggle… Black?”, he said with shock. “Another Legend Sentai warrior?”

“I don’t care what he is.”, Oomikaoo declared. “He’s going down either way.” He raised his sword and ran forward.

“Goggle Sabre!” Goggle Black pulled out the weapon in his holster, locking it with his opponent, and managing to push him back, after some parrying occurred. “You’re pretty good. A shame that you’re using your talents as a warrior to destroy the Earth.”

“Spare me your ethics.”, Oomikaoo declared as he took a step back. “Vordorons!” He summoned a group of their henchmen. “Let’s see you take these down.”

“Iron Arm!” Goggle Black summoned a pair of gauntlets onto his arm, which he used to punch his way through the grunts, before making his way to the two Kyōka Vorjuujin. “Black Bunshin!” Goggle Black split into two copies, each of whom attacked the two, one with a punch and one with a kick.

“Damn, he’s a tough one.”, Kishi Tengu noted as he recovered.

“We can do better than him.”, Kaizoku Kappa stated, pointing at their opponent. “Here’s an advance notice. We’re taking this victory.” Kishi Tengu then transformed into his smaller crow form, mounting onto Kaizoku Kappa’s arm. “Vorjuu Buster, set! Thunder!” Kishi Tengu was then launched at their shared opponent.

“Black Dark Run!” Goggle Black managed to avoid the attack by seemingly phasing himself into another dimension, before reappearing behind them and generating a pair of clubs, which he charged with energy from the gem on his head. “Black Emerald Nunchucks!” He hit the two monsters once again, surprising QidenPink and QidenYellow with his skill.

“We’ll be back.”, Oomikaoo stated as he and the two monsters teleported out.

Kamijo pulled himself up, reaching out his hand to Goggle Black. “Thanks for your help, Sempai.”

Goggle Black reverted to Kuroda and knocked the hand away. “You fool. You wouldn’t have needed my help if you had been better at your job.” He then turned to Yellow and Pink. “Now then, I’d like a word with your benefactor.”

Elsewhere, QidenRed was still struggling to hold off QidenTora. “Takumi-san!”, Red called out. “Please wake up.” QidenTora merely growled as he continued to hit his opponent with increasing ferocity. “What’s happened to you?”

“Unite… Unite!”, QidenTora gurgled out. “Takuto!” He began charging forward once again.

“Looks like this is the best way to stop you.”, QidenRed leapt forward and grabbed the KijuuSlasher, forcibly pulling it off and reverting his opponent back into Takumi. But this didn’t stop the latter, who merely kept charging, unable to stop. “Takumi-san! Wait!”

“Takuto-san.” Red was interrupted as Hibiki, Wataru, Kamijo and someone he didn’t recognise came running towards him. “What happened?”, the former asked. “Where’s Takumi?”

“He took off.”, Takuto said in response as he undid his transformation. “But I managed to recover this at least, in case we need Kijuu Tiger.” He presented the KijuuSlasher, before calling attention to their apparent new member. “Who’s he?”

“Let’s just Ah I’m a friend of yours.”, Kuroda answered him. “A friend who’ll be taking the place of your friend, Kamijo Ryosuke.”

“What?”, the subject of the conversation reacted.

“If you can’t win against an opponent you already defeated once, then you’re not fit to call yourself a warrior.” He held out his hand, into which Kamijo placed his JuuKeitai, before leaving. “I’ll give this back to him. But for now, we need to find those two monsters and destroy them. How do you locate them?”

“Normally, I have a feeling.”, Takuto answered. “But it only happens when they’re actually attacking, so we’ll have to wait.”

At the Voldos Fortress, the two Kyōka Vorjuujin were being blasted with energy by Oomikaoo. “You fools. The two of you couldn’t defeat one old man.”, he berated.

“With respect,” Gelashi interrupted “we’ve been dealing with people like that old man in some of our battles. They not only have powers similar to the Qidengers, but they pass on their powers in a form that allows the Qidengers to use them.”

“Interesting.”, Oomikaoo noted, releasing the two from his phantom grip. “Kaizoku Kappa, I want you to go down to Earth and destroy the Qidengers. Alone.”

“Understood, sir.”, Kaizoku Kappa nodded and teleported down to the city.

Kishi Tengu was confused. “You don’t want me to go with him, Oomikaoo-tama?”, he asked.

“No.”, Oomikaoo instead indicated a map of the area surrounding Tokyo. “QidenBlue has been detected far away from the city. You and Dimayta are to locate and destroy her.”

“Me?”, Dimayta said in shock.

“Of course.”, Oomikaoo answered her. “After all, I’m sure a loyal and capable General such as yourself will have no trouble with this task.” He said the middle part of the sentence with particular emphasis, as if to say he knew she was neither loyal nor capable.

Dimayta was still caught unawares, but managed to recover enough to respond. “Of course, Oomikaoo-tama.” She approached Kishi Tengu and they both teleported down.

In the quarry, Mio leapt into the air, bringing her sword down on a rock, breaking it in two. “I did it.”, she called out with joy. “Tachibana-shishou, I did it.”

“Indeed you did.”, Rei nodded. “And to think, just a few hours ago, you had some major problems with concentrating your energy.” She put her hand on her pupil’s shoulder. “I think you’re ready to take on the world now.”

“Oh she won’t be up against the whole world.”, the two broke their embrace as dark thunder began to surround them, after which Dimayta, in her “Demon General” form and Kishi Tengu made their appearance. “Just the two of us.”, the latter of the two stated.

Mio instantly adopted a defensive pose. “Tachibana-shishou. Get to safety, I can handle these guys.” She pulled out her JuuKeitai and Soul Chip.

Rei was momentarily shocked, but quickly smiled. “You know, I was about to say the same thing to you.”, she showed off a brace on her left arm, which Mio felt looked retro. “But now, how about I share a piece of the action with you?”

Dimayta was shocked. “It can’t be! You’re-!”

“Dynaman!” Tachibana Rei pressed the brace, causing a suit to appear on her body. It was mostly pink, with the legs and most of the arms being white. “DynaPink!”

Mio was shocked, but she shook it off, having already known there were others out there like her. “Kijuu Henge!”

Kajiki! Doubutsu Gashin!

Mio was transformed into QidenBlue, drawing her weapon. “Kijuu Caliber!”

DynaPink likewise drew her weapon. “Rose Saber!” The two then ran at their enemies, brandishing their swords.

In the city, Kaizoku Kappa had begun a rampage, firing a cannon on his arm. “Qidengers! Come out and face me!”

“We’re right here.”, Wataru called out, as the three Qidengers and Kuroda came running. “For the record, you could’ve just asked us to come to you.”

“You were right about that Takuto kid.”, Kuroda noted. “Now then, let’s go.”

“Kijuu Henge!”

“Goggle Black!”

The 4 transformed, drawing their weapons and running in to fight Kaizoku Kappa, who deployed a cutlass from his cannon arm to cross blades with them.

Elsewhere, Kamijo was walking down the street, thinking back on Kuroda’s words to him. “‘If you can’t wing against an opponent you already defeated once’. What does he mean by that?”, he pondered to himself.

He then heard a noise and turned around to see a little boy trying to retrieve his frisbee from a fence. One that was over twice the size of the boy himself. “Come on.”, the boy yelled. “Come down.”

“That won’t work at all.”, Kamijo came over. “You need to try something different.” He went over to the gate and pressed the doorbell. In a few seconds, a man came and unlocked the gate. “This boy has a frisbee caught on your wall. Can you help him get it back?”

“I’ll do it.”, the man nodded, going to presumably get a ladder.

“Thank you, Onii-san.”, the boy said, hugging Kamijo’s legs gratefully. “I would’ve just kept trying the same thing over and over to deal with the situation.”

It was then that Kamijo had a realisation regarding Kuroda’s words. He’d been trying the same thing to defeat his opponents as he had already defeated prior ones with. And that had allowed them to get the drop on him by predicting his moves. He took off running, heading to the scene of an explosion in the distance.

At the scene, QidenRed, QidenYellow and QidenPink had been knocked back by Kaizoku Kappa. Goggle Black prepared to attack. “Screw Kick!” He leapt into the air.

“Oh no, you don’t.”, Kaizoku Kappa fired his cannon, disrupting the attack and knocking Goggle Black down. “My power is too much for you. Give it up.” He deployed his sword and brought it down on the heroes.

…Only for Kamijo to rush in and catch it. “If power isn’t enough, let’s try technique.” He used the blade to launch his enemy into the air, before leaping up and kicking him backwards. He then helped Goggle Black up. “Kuroda-san, I realise that you were trying to teach me the value of changing techniques in a fight. That’s why you changed up against all those different opponents.”

“Very astute of you, kohai.”, Goggle Black nodded. He then presented the JuuKeitai, complete with a new Soul Chip, marked with the Goggle V insignia. “I believe this is yours. And a little present for the road.”

“Thank you.”, Kamijo nodded as he prepped his transformation. “Kijuu Henge!”

Kame! Doubutsu Gashin!

QidenBlack pulled out his Kijuu Caliber and inserted his new Soul Chip. “Let’s see what this thing can do.”

Qiden Charge! Goggle!

“Let’s go.”, Goggle Black stated, drawing his Goggle Clubs as the two ran into battle.

Elsewhere, DynaPink continued her battle with Dimayta, while QidenBlue battled Kishi Tengu. “Mio-chan, use this.”, DynaPink stopped fighting to throw something to her ally.

QidenBlue caught the item, surprised to see it. “A new… Soul Chip?” This one bore the Dynaman logo.

“You’re open.”, both of their opponents called out, hoping to launch a surprise attack.

But, Dyna Pink and QidenBlue both moved out of the way, with the former pulling out another weapon. “Dyna Rod, Pink Shocking Melody!” She fired a beam of energy at Dimayta, knocking her whip out of her hand. “Rose Finale!” She launched a set of flower-like projectiles at her enemy, blowing Dimayta back and reverting her to her humanoid appearance.

QidenBlue meanwhile, managed to insert the Soul Chip, preparing her new attack. “Qiden Water Spout!”

Qiden Charge! Dyna!

Blue’s Kijuu Caliber turned into a large torrent of water, which she sent crashing down onto Kishi Tengu, knocking him back alongside Dimayta.

Back with the main group, the two Blacks had prepared their attacks. “Black Emerald Nunchucks!”

“Qiden Golden Slash!” QidenBlack’s Caliber turned into a golden colour, before being used to deliver a slash to Kaizoku Kappa, who was then knocked back by the glowing clubs. “You ready to surrender?”

“I’ll never surrender to humans.”, Kaizoku Kappa declared, once more firing a shot.

However, this was deflected by the other three Qidengers. “You didn’t think we’d let you two have all the fun.”, Yellow commented.

“We’ll help finish him off.”, Pink added.

“Let’s go, everyone.”, Red had everyone assemble their Kijuu Busters, inserting their Legend Soul Chips.

Qiden Full Charge! Bio! Goggle! Buster! Kyu!

“Qiden Legend Final!” The 4 beams all combined to hit Kaizoku Kappa, surrounding him with flames as he died. Spark!

At the Voldos Fortress, Megaro observed this in his laboratory. “You haven’t seen the end of him yet, Qidengers. Behold, the true potential of the Kyōka Vorjuujin.”

Kaizoku Kappa’s remains coalesced into a small orb, which enlarged and reformed into a giant, more monstrous version of Kaizoku Kappa. “I’ll leave this to you.”, Kuroda said as he stepped back.

“Looks like I’ll have to use this.”, Red pulled out the KijuuSlasher and began operating the control panel.

Kijuu Tiger! As the giant mechanical creature appeared, Red leapt onto it and entered the previously unused cockpit. “So this is what it’s like on the inside.”, he thought, plugging the KijuuSlasher into the console and pressing button 3. “Kijuu Gattai!”

Tiger Armament! Kijuu Toger assumed its humanoid form, before the 4 limb Kijuu appeared and combined onto it. “Torai’Oh, Linkup complete!”

The newly formed Torai’Oh clashed with the enlarged Kaizoku Kappa, with both sides managing to land several punches on each other. Then the robot dodged a direct attack and fired with its blaster, sending its opponent tumbling backwards. “Super Strident Blazer!” Red pressed the final button of the KijuuSlasher.

Tiger Stardust! The robot fired its laser at Kaizoku Kappa, vaporising him completely.

From the quarry, Kishi Tengu observed this. “No!”, he cried. “How can this happen?”

“It happened because he was pathetic.”, Dimayta stated. “And so are you. Both of you are failures. In fact, I’m going to send you to join him.” She prepped her whip to strike.

But Mio leapt in front of the whip to take the hit. “You bitch! How can you turn on your own ally like that?”

“People like you won’t be forgiven.”, Rei hit Dimayta once more with her fencing foil, knocking it back.

“You’re still standing in my way.”, Dimayta growled, preparing an energy blast. “Be gone!”

“Noooo!” Kishi Tengu leapt into the way of the energy blast, taking the full force and having much of his chest blown off. An annoyed Dimayta left the scene, as the two ladies crouched over him. “You saved me from her.”, the Vorjuujin wheezed. “It was only fair… that I return the…” And then his eyes lost all light.

“He was our enemy.”, Mio said, almost crying. “Yet he still saved us.”

“Sometimes, good and evil fall second to people’s goals.”, Rei noted, speaking from her experience with Prince Megiddo, who as Dark Knight, had menaced both Dynaman and Jashinka in order to take control of the latter from those who had abandoned him. “Good luck in your future battles, Mio-chan.” She shook hands with her protege before leaving.

Elsewhere, the rest of the Qidengers had said their farewells to Kuroda and were headed to their own homes. “Well that was an eventful day.”, Hibiki said to break the silence.

“Indeed.”, Wataru concurred. “We met our new enemies and received another Legend Sentai power. Too bad Mio missed all of the action.”

“Hey guys.”, everyone turned around to see Mio running towards them. “My course was a success. I feel like a changed woman.”

“That’s good to hear.”, Takuto said in response. “I think our house isn’t far from here. Let’s go.” He set off to the left.”

“I’ll catch up.”, Mio called out, before taking Wataru aside and whispering to him. “I need you to help me with something.”

At the Voldos Fortress, Oomikaoo, or rather, the being possessing him, pondered on recent discoveries. “The Legend Sentai powers. They could help me go beyond the Ultimate. I must have them.”

Down on Earth, Takumi continued to wander the streets, still in his crazed state.

QidenTora is a wanted criminal? Koga Konzern sends its soldiers to hunt down Takumi, under the command of a newcomer. One who has equipment similar to the Qidengers. Just who is he? Look forward to Takumi’s Last Bow! The New Fighter Appears!