I've got an important message for all of you.
If Dan Kuroto is not dealt with within the next two days,
you doctors will be expelled from CR and stripped of your roles as Kamen Riders.
There are two reasons why.
Genm Corporation is now under Dan Kuroto's occupation after you ignored the Ministry's orders
and let him escape.
On top of that, one of our extremely valuable Drivers was destroyed under your care.
Even I cannot defend you in this situation.
Please understand.
No, it was my fault. I'm very sorry, Dr. Kyoutarou.
Only two more to go.
All I have to do is collect the Bugsters' data.
Then, Kamen Rider Chronicle will be complete!
He's here!
Dan Kuroto has exited the building!
Transform.
We need the power of the new Gashat if we are to stand a chance against Genm.
What is that Gashat?
It holds the data of a system the coroner left behind.
Episode 23: Extremities in Dead or Alive!
Huh? Something Kiriya left?!
He thought to fight the Bugster virus with pathology through Reprogramming.
Reprogramming!
What the pop is that?
So it's something that rewrites the genes of Bugsters!
But it's useless.
It refused to start up when Taiga used it.
It's an emergency call.
I'll stay and look into the new Gashat.
Hey, unlicensed doctor. Trade Gashats with me.
Good luck, but I think you're grasping at straws here.
I won't allow anyone to interfere with my plan!
Stop!
Geez, he's so annoying.
How courageous of you to come even when you don't have a Gamer Driver to use, Houjou Emu.
I do have a Driver.
The one Kiriya left for me!
It's up to you to secure the fate of the world... and humanity.
I see. Never thought you'd have it.
It's time for me to keep my promise to Kiriya!
So then, how did Kiriya plan to apply the Reprogramming system to life?
The Relation Between Houjou Emu
and the Bugster Virus
by Kujou Kiriya
Houjou Emu is a patient of the game illness and the first person in the world to have been infected by the Bugster virus. While investigating the Bugster virus, the author of this document has uncovered a hidden truth that could serve as a major breakthrough in treating the Bugster virus.
The first thing about Houjou Emu that drew the author's attention to him was the question of why Houjou Emu was able to transform into Ex-Aid without having received the compatibility surgery. When a Rider Gashat is activated, the virus is injected into the user's body. Therefore, those who have not received the compatibility surgery cannot withstand the use of a Rider Gashat.
Records of the compatibility surgery for the four other people known to be able to transform into Kamen Riders - Kagami Hiiro, Hanaya Taiga, Dan Kuroto, and the author - all exist. However, only Houjou Emu has no record of having received the surgery.
While researching Houjou Emu's past, the author discovered that since his elementary school days, Houjou Emu had the game illness. When he was an elementary school student, Houjou Emu had been infected with the Bugster virus by Dan Kuroto.
As Houjou Emu is a patient of the game illness, he is able to transform into Ex-Aid. This document aims to show that Houjou Emu is the source of all Bugsters and Rider Gashats. The author believes that by researching the link between Houjou Emu and the Bugster virus, a way to eradicate the Bugster virus can be found.
The Relation Between Houjou Emu
and the Bugster Virus
by Kujou Kiriya
Houjou Emu is a patient of the game illness and the first person in the world to have been infected by the Bugster virus. While investigating the Bugster virus, the author of this document has uncovered a hidden truth that could serve as a major breakthrough in treating the Bugster virus.
The first thing about Houjou Emu that drew the author's attention to him was the question of why Houjou Emu was able to transform into Ex-Aid without having received the compatibility surgery.
This is...?!
Let's get outta here.
Damn, even the grunts are immortal?
Ow!
If we keep fighting against the immortal zombies like this, it's never going to end!
Intern!
You're the one who has to use it!
What? Me?
You made another Gashat without permission from me, the Game Master?!
You managed to create Mighty Brothers XX!
The reason why you were able to lies deep inside you!
Inside me...
Don't you remember him from somewhere?
Do I?
Come to think of it,
I loved to think up of new games as a child.
It does resemble an idea I had back then!
I came up with an orange and green hero duo.
I knew it... that Gashat should be for you to use!
Yeah.
CLICK AND CLOSE!
CLICK AND OPEN!
LEVEL UP!
MIGHTY! BROTHERS!! X!
CLICK TO SAVE!
CLICK AND LOAD!
CLICK AND CLOSE!
CLICK AND OPEN!
Do something! Hey!
CLICK AND CLOSE!
CLICK AND OPEN!
Do something!
CLICK AND CLOSE!
Seems like you thought wrong, Brave.
But that can't be.
The coroner had been researching your secret for so long.
In order to eradicate the Bugsters, he had been searching for the world's first Bugster virus!
Bingo!
That's why Lazer had to be erased.
The virus inside of you is the source of all Bugsters and Gashats.
You should have the power to create Gashats!
CLICK AND OPEN!
CLICK AND CLOSE!
CLICK AND OPEN!
Please, do something!
CLICK AND CLOSE!
CLICK AND OPEN!
You don't have any power of the sort.
There's no way you would!
Miracles don't happen twice!
DRAGO KNIGHT HUNTER Z!
CLICK AND OPEN!
CLICK AND CLOSE!
CLICK AND OPEN!
CLICK AND CLOSE!
CLICK AND OPEN!
CLICK AND CLOSE!
CLICK AND OPEN!
So it really is impossible?
It's going to be okay.
I know Emu can do it.
Is that all your precious Level X has?
Get out of my way.
CLICK TO SAVE!
I will destroy that bootleg of a Gashat.
Emu!
Emu! Is this all your destiny amounts to?
The coroner believed in you and entrusted the fate of humanity to you!
Only you can change your own fate!
Kiriya left his hope with me.
And I won't let it go to waste!
I'll change my fate with my own hands!
What?!
Impossible!
Houjou Emu...!
Wow, he actually did it.
MAXIMUM MIGHTY X!
Transform.
MAXIMUM CLICK AND LOAD!
CLICK AND OPEN!
LEVEL MAX!
THE HIGHEST LEVEL, THE MOST POWERFUL BODY!
WHAM AND KERBLAM! ZIPPY-ZABANG!
THE HIGHEST LEVEL, THE MOST POWERFUL BODY!
MAXIMUM POWER X!
I've maxed out my level.
I'm now Level 99!
Level 99 is the strongest you can get!
STAGE SELECT
No matter how many levels you have, you can never defeat us immortal beings.
No, Genm, I will clear this game!
K-K-KAPEW!
MAXIMUM CLICK AND LOAD!
FINISHER!
MAXIMUM MIGHTY CRITICAL FINISH!
What is this power?!
What?! My Gauge is back!
I've Reprogrammed your immortality.
He sure is something.
CLICK AND CLOSE!
FINISHER!
CLICK AND OPEN!
BANG BANG CRITICAL FIRE!
This can't be happening...
It's over now.
CLICK AND CLOSE!
CLICK TO SAVE!
What?
Let's stop this already.
The hell are you doing?! If you don't finish him off, you CR doctors can't be Kamen Riders anymore!
I'm a doctor before I'm a Kamen Rider!
I won't go so far as to kill you.
CLICK TO SAVE!
Please atone for your sins, for the people who have passed.
The ones who have sinned are you lot!
I am a god!
My talents must be realized!
Interfering with that is the greatest sin of all!
Genm!
Ah, humans. Such troublesome creatures.
You call yourself a doctor?!
You had the chance to crush him!
Our job as doctors does not involve taking someone's life.
Are you serious? If you don't beat him, someone else could die, you know?
Would you rather have to kill that man, or leave hundreds to die?
You can't just decide if one life is worth less than another.
Where are the patients of Drago Knight Hunter Z and DoReMiFa Beat?!
Where are the Bugsters?!
How can I find Genm?
The ending is right before your eyes! What are you hesitating for?
Parad?!
The guy thinks he's some god.
He's just an annoyance that created us Bugsters to use as pawns. So don't worry about it.
His heart and body are already dead.
So even if you finish him off, it's not as though you're actually taking his life.
Can you really forgive him for taking Lazer's life?
That's...
If you don't defeat the last boss, the world will never get its happy ending.
Use your powers. Get rid of Genm.
Come out now, Bugster.
Don't keep me waiting!
There he is!
What a pathetic man, engulfed by his obsession with games.
I'll finish him right now.
You dare sin again?
DANGEROUS ZOMBIE!
Transform.
CLICK AND LOAD!
BUGGLE UP!
DANGEROUS ZOMBIE!
Fiftieth Tactic.
BANG BANG SIMULATIONS!
Transform.
DUAL CLICK AND LOAD!
DUAL UP!
BANG BANG SIMULATIONS! FIRE!
Taiga, stop!
Proceeding to Level 5. Transform.
Quit it! What the hell are you doing?
We can stop him without killing him if we just take his Gashat!
You're too naive!
You players infuriate me to no end!
CLICK AND LOAD!
FINISHER!
You dare defy me?!
DOREMIFA CRITICAL FINISH!
Hiiro!
Never show yourself before me ever again!
CLICK AND LOAD!
FINISHER!
JET CRITICAL FINISH!
Just a little more...
Just a little more, and my ambition will—!
Houjou Emu!
Genm.
MAXIMUM MIGHTY X!
I'll change your fate with my own hands.
Max Transformation Plus!
MAXIMUM CLICK AND LOAD!
CLICK AND OPEN!
LEVEL MAX!
THE HIGHEST LEVEL, THE MOST POWERFUL BODY!
WHAM AND KERBLAM! ZIPPY-ZABANG!
THE HIGHEST LEVEL, THE MOST POWERFUL BODY!
MAXIMUM POWER X!
STAGE SELECT
You'd be mistaken if you think immortality is the only power a zombie has!
Is he really going to kill him?
That's right, M.
That's how you play a game.
Take that!
Ex-Aid!
Genm!
GIRI GIRI CRITICAL FINISH!
Here I come!
CLICK TO SAVE!
CLICK AND LOAD!
FINISHER!
CLICK AND CLOSE!
FINISHER!
CLICK AND CLOSE!
FINISHER!
CLICK AND OPEN!
MAXIMUM CRITICAL BREAK!
BANG BANG CRITICAL FIRE!
DRAGO KNIGHT CRITICAL STRIKE!
CLICK AND CLOSE!
CLICK TO SAVE!
I'm not done yet...
Why isn't it starting up?
I've Reprogrammed the Bugster virus antibodies in you.
Now that you're no longer compatible, you can't transform anymore.
I know that deep inside, you are not a bad person.
At your core, you are just a game developer that wholeheartedly loves games.
I want to make you smile again, Kuroto.
Don't be such a drag now, Emu.
Parad...
How can the game end if you just leave it like this?
Losers have their own bad ends that they need to see through.
CLICK AND LOAD!
Stop it!
No...! No!!
I don't want to die! I don't want to—
You've done well, Game Master.
Now Kamen Rider Chronicle is mine.
Kuroto...
I am a god!
My ambition cannot be vanquished!
GAME OVER
I guess it's over now.
It's not over yet.
Our fight doesn't end until every single Bugster has been wiped from the face of the Earth.
Genm... I will realize the ambition you've so carefully nurtured.
Great work, everybody.
I have the best subordinates!
I believed in them from the start.
You're one to talk. You were the one that worried the most!
I...
...couldn't save Kuroto.
Emu, hold your head up high.
Thanks to you, humanity has been saved.
How you deal with death is also an important part of your job as a doctor.
NEXT EPISODE
Next time, on Kamen Rider Ex-Aid...
I'm Lucky!
Leo Red makes an appearance!
A new president?!
The plot thickens!
Welcome back.
I'm home.
Our game of Kamen Rider Chronicle is finally starting!
Will the Riders come out on top?
Or will the Bugsters win?
Will the Riders come out on top?
Or will the Bugsters win?
Episode 24: Be Ambitious and Go Together!
I've got three friends I can really depend on.