Houjou Emu, a surgical intern, is working as a doctor of CR to save patients from the Bugster virus.
Let's begin the operation.
The skills of the two geniuses combined were able to save their latest patient,
who was nearing the end of his life at the hands of both cancer and the game illness.
Meanwhile, Hanaya Taiga comes ever closer to the hidden truth behind Houjou Emu.
Houjou Emu
Bugster Virus Reaction +
Ex-Aid. You have the game illness.
Houjou Emu
Bugster Virus Reaction +
Worn out after having transformed for too long, huh...?
Bugster Virus Reaction +
Yay! Yay! Whoo! Whoo!
What's with the luggage?
I'm being hospitalized from today, y'see?
Episode 15: A New Challenger Approaches!
What?
I've got my accessories, my watches, my hats,
my toothbrush... and my pajamas!
Pajamas? What are you playing at?
Look, it's just until you destroy M, all right?
Don't recall ever saying I would.
What? What are you saying?!
I went and told you who I really was, and you're saying this now?
Get out! Don't come back!
Quit trying to run away! Get back here!
Stupid! You old geezer!
Are you okay?
I'm fine. I'm fine.
Getting anemic mid-operation?
I'm sorry. It won't happen again.
Give up on your surgical internship.
It's not for you.
What you're suited for is...
...treating the game illness, I suppose.
Huh?
Whaaaat?! Hiiro complimented Emu?!
Combat anemia with a boost of iron!
I'm... not sure he meant it like that.
It was more odd than anything...
No way! It's not like he's a heartless demon or anything.
He's finally begun to approve of your gaming talents.
You think so?
Yeah, of course!
Want some?
So it's begun...
That girl...
This is the place, right?
Yes, but...
Emu, over there.
Saiba Nico? The one who called for emergency assistance?
So sloooow!
Took you long enough.
My apologies.
Will you let me examine you?
Well... you don't seem to be showing any symptoms. Do you have a fever, or anything else?
Ow!
What are you doing?!
Are you okay?
I'll take you down!
What?
Why do you have that?!
Give it here!
That's not a game an amateur can handle.
Taiga? What's going on here?
Shut it. Give it here.
Stay away!
Fight me one-on-one in this game, M!
How do you know my name...?
Transform!
BANG BANG S-S-SHOOTING...?
What?!
So cold...
Hey!
Don't touch me!
Stay still!
It's the game illness.
But she wasn't displaying any symptoms earlier...
The virus was hiding, incubating deep within her body.
Booting up the Gashat activated the virus and brought it out into the open.
That's...
You idiot! Why didn't you listen to me?!
This is your fault!
You should have just destroyed M ages ago!
Revol...
Asuna, please look after her.
Understood.
Commence the battle!
MIGHTY BROTHERS XX!
TADDLE QUEST!
BANG BANG SHOOTING!
Transform.
DOUBLE CLICK AND LOAD!
I'M A KAMEN RIDER!
LEVEL UP!
Proceeding with Level 2.
Second Tactic.
LEVEL UP!
MISS!
What?
Bring it!
MISS!
That all you got? Charge!
Huh? Why aren't any of my attacks working?
Ex-Aid.
I'm going to erase that bootleg game of yours.
DANGEROUS ZOMBIE!
Transform.
CLICK AND LOAD!
BUGGLE UP!
DANGER! DANGER!
GENOCIDE!
DEATH THE CRISIS!
DANGEROUS ZOMBIE!
GASHACON SPARROW!
Two can play at that game... Here we go!
CLICK AND CLOSE!
Transformation Pluuuus!
CLICK AND OPEN!
DOUBLE UP!!
I AM YOU! YOU ARE ME!
WE ARE MIGHTY MIGHTY BROTHERS! DOUBLE X!
GASHACON KEY SLASHER!
We'll clear this with perfect co-op!
I'll strike from his right!
Then I will take the left!
This war is nothing but an all-out brawl...
There's nothing I cannot cut.
CLICK AND LOAD!
FINISHER!
This skirmish ends here.
CLICK AND LOAD!
FINISHER!
DOREMIFA JET CRITICAL FINISH!
What do I... Where do I...?!
I suppose there is no way it would be that easy...
That's fine.
I've acquired some useful test data.
Mission complete!
CLICK AND CLOSE!
CLICK TO SAVE!
What is it, intern?
It's nothing.
Emu... are you okay?
Let's get her to CR.
CLICK TO SAVE!
He's got the game illness.
Kiriya found out, and that's why you silenced him, right?
So the former radiologist's analytical skills are still going strong.
How long have you known?
Houjou Emu was the first person in the world to be infected with the Bugster virus.
The first?!
Before Zero Day, five years ago, then?
Six years ago, he became a test subject for a certain doctor.
Doctor...?
The head of Next Genome Laboratories,
Zaizen Michihiko.
He introduced the virus to Houjou Emu's system
in an attempt to create a Bugster, a never before-seen form of life.
However, the experiment was a failure, and all involved contracted the virus and were terminated.
Houjou Emu alone was saved, and was able to return to his normal day-to-day life,
not knowing the truth behind that experiment.
For the one who silenced Lazer to keep this secret, you sure are talkative.
He wished to eradicate the virus.
To be silenced is the only fate awaiting anyone who would have such a foolish goal.
What was all that, then?
How are you feeling?
Where is this?
CR's hospital room.
I'm going...
Wait...
- Wait, you need to rest!
- Move it!
- I'd rather die than be treated by you—
- It's too dangerous...!
Are you okay?
Get away! Don't touch me!
This is our first time meeting, isn't it?
Have I done something wrong?
Not even bothering to remember... you're the worst.
Come with me.
You really don't know her?
Mmm... I feel like I've met her before, but at the same time, I don't think so...
Get it together.
Your attacks were the only ones that didn't work on Revol, right?
It's definitely related to the patient's stress somehow.
Mmm... I really can't think of anything...
Intern.
I need to ask you something.
Why do you wish to become a doctor?
Huh?
Why do you ask?
He was saved by Secretary Hinata 16 years ago, remember?
You already know that.
After that, however, you simply lost yourself to your video games.
Back then, I wasn't sure if I had what it took to become a doctor.
In the end, I spent all my time getting better at playing games.
It was six years ago, during my university entrance exams...
...when I really got serious about becoming a doctor.
Six years ago?
Y-Yes...
God, he's annoying...
The Fighter Cup 2010 Final is here at last!
Damn, you serious?
What incredible power!
I was competing in a national fighting game tournament at the time.
All I wanted was to win, so I pulled a lot of all-nighters to practice.
After the tournament, my body gave in and I collapsed.
And I had a dream.
I don't remember it that well, but...
it was probably... a dream about the surgery I had 16 years ago.
Surgery?
Yes.
I realized then that things couldn't keep going the way they were,
so I stopped playing games and put everything I had into studying instead.
And you managed to pass in the end? That's impressive!
Was that really a dream?
Huh?
Well?!
Taiga?!
Hey, Ex-Aid. Saiba Nico left her belongings here.
They're in the way, so I'll drop 'em off somewhere. Come get them.
I have to be the one to take down Ex-Aid.
Looks like the two Ex-Aids have the power of Level 10 after all.
So if you combine them, you'd get Level 20?
Retrieving his Gashat would be a waste of my precious time.
It's your turn.
You sure?
A little warm-up would do you good, while we prepare for Kamen Rider Chronicle.
I've got a bad feeling about this.
This isn't a trap, is it?
Couldn't be...
Finally here, are you?
Took your time.
This is her stuff.
Thank you very much.
We'll take them to her now.
Fool.
Ow...
See, I knew it!
You can take her luggage, but leave your Gashats here.
Come on, let's just go back...
BANG BANG SHOOTING!
But Nico's luggage...
You keep getting tricked! Let's just run.
Transform.
CLICK AND LOAD!
I'M A KAMEN RIDER!
Come on! Let's just run!
Mission start.
MIGHTY ACTION X!
CLICK AND OPEN!
LEVEL UP!
I'M A KAMEN RIDER!
Quit it!
Ow ow...!
Come on...
This happens every time!
Transform!
TADDLE QUEST!
CLICK AND LOAD!
LEVEL UP!
Hiiro! Nice timing!
Stop them!
W-Wait!
What are you doing, Brave?!
No hard feelings.
Don't interfere.
He's my target, here.
Unlicensed doctors shouldn't get involved.
I don't get this!
Transformation Plus!
CLICK AND OPEN!
LEVEL UP!
Commencing defensive maneuvers.
Hold it.
W-What? What are you doing?
Let's have you watch instead.
I... I'm not good with heights!
Hey, Snipe! Brave! Cool it!
Cut it out!
Why are you attacking me?
Shut it.
I'll be taking this.
Give it back!
Brave. Let's have a little competition, shall we?
Very well.
DRAGO KNIGHT HUNTER Z!
BLADE!
CLICK TO SAVE!
Fifth Tactic.
Proceeding with Level 5.
CLICK AND LOAD!
CLICK AND OPEN!
LEVEL UP!
GOTCHA!
- DRAGO KNIGHT HUNTER...
- SNIPE! BRAVE!
Please, stop! There's no reason for you three to be fighting, is there?
Move.
No!
You're in the way.
How boring...
It's that Bugster.
A one-sided battle against an opponent with no will to fight back?
Don't be such a killjoy.
I'll be your opponent instead.
What's that Gashat?
PERFECT PUZZLE!
WHAT'S THE NEXT STAGE?
Transform.
DUAL UP!
GET THE GLORY IN THE CHAIN! PERFECT PUZZLE!
Kamen Rider Para-DX.
Level 50.
Kamen Rider?
What?! 50? Did he just say...
Yeah. That's five 10s.
Let me introduce my games to you all.
These two can be the test dummies.
Perfect Puzzle is a puzzle game...
...involving manipulating the objects around your game area as you please.
For example... I can take the energy items you so kindly left for me and use them however I like.
Watch!
What? They all turned into energy items?
Combining them is a breeze as well.
- ELASTICIZE! - SUPER JUMP!
FINISHER!
DUAL CLICK AND LOAD!
PERFECT CRITICAL COMBO!
ALL CLEAR
CLICK AND CLOSE!
Hiiro!
Stop!
Why stop me?
They were the ones attacking you, right?
It doesn't matter who, a life is a life.
I won't let you make them game over.
SHAKARIKI SPORTS!
CLICK AND CLOSE!
Hyper Mega Transformation Plus!
CLICK AND LOAD!
CLICK AND OPEN!
LEVEL UP!
MIGHTY ACTION X!
GOTCHA!
PUMP IT UP, WE'RE GOING XTREME!
SHAKARIKI SPORTS!
Ex-Aid... you don't want to get me too fired up, now.
KNOCK OUT FIGHTER!
Transformation Plus.
THE STRONGEST FIST!
ROUND 1!
Two games in one Gashat?
ROCK AND FIRE!
DUAL UP!
EXPLOSION HIT!
KNOCK OUT FIGHTER!
What?
Let's play!
Knock Out Fighter is a fighting game where players brawl until one is down for the count.
FINISHER!
DUAL CLICK AND LOAD!
KNOCK OUT CRITICAL SMASH!
K.O.!
CLICK TO SAVE!
Emu!
I'll be your opponent any time.
Be sure to entertain me next time, M.
Can you get up?
My... My head...
What's wrong?
Are you okay? Emu!
My head...
Hang in there!
What was all that, then?
Is it true that the intern has the game illness?
Yes.
It's no wonder he can transform into Ex-Aid.
His personality changing is a side-effect, then...
You plan on telling him?
Can't imagine just how stressed he would become if he were to find out he were infected.
Let's go back to CR. Hold on.
How are you feeling?
Next time, on Kamen Rider Ex-Aid...
NEXT EPISODE
Para-DX, fueled by anger.
Now you've gone and gotten me fired up.
We're both putting our lives on the line, fighting with everything we have.
A game with lives on the line...
You will no longer be able to transform.
Episode 16: The Paradox of M's Defeat
...is revived!
Stop it!