Kamen Rider OOO & Fire Moth VS the Insect Greeed Uva

Xing sat in a chair and let out a long sigh toward the sky. Beside him, Yae Sakura asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

Xing said resentfully, "What was Otto thinking, handing me the operation to defeat the Greeed and rescue Durandal? I'm not good at commanding."

Rita stood beside him with a smile, saying nothing. Xing silently moved his stool a little farther away.

The maid seemed puzzled. "Miss K, you appear to have some prejudice against me."

Xing hid behind Yae Sakura. "Sorry, but your eyes remind me of some unpleasant memories."

The way Rita looked at him was exactly like Jackal's—full of desire.

The maid thought to herself, An adult version of Lady Theresa. We could have a proper conversation.

Oh, right. Rita and Eiji had sparred briefly just now. With Xing's help, Eiji successfully removed the Dinosaur Combo from his belt and switched to the fire-element bird Combo. Perhaps it was elemental restraint, or perhaps Rita had not gone all out, but OOO Ta-Ja-Dol had suppressed the Azure Moon Knight throughout the entire fight.

The Valkyries watching nearby were dumbfounded. Since when had Schicksal developed such powerful armor? And that man was actually immune to Honkai Energy corrosion—what a rarity. Should they ask him for his contact information?

Xing handed the yellow Tora Medal to Rita. "This is the Core Medal of that feline Greeed. Are you sure you want to choose it as your opponent?"

Rita wore her professional smile. "Of course. Our last battle ended without a victor. Please allow me to kill it with my own hands."

Xing was helpless. Strictly speaking, Kazrai was harder to deal with than Uva, but in terms of compatibility, the more mobile Azure Moon Knight was indeed the better choice.

Xing gave her a few instructions. "That guy can release intense light and heat. It's fast and strong, so try to finish it in one strike."

The maid replied with a smile, "Thank you for your advice. Rita wishes you victory in battle."

"Mm. I also wish you and the Immortal Blades success. Oh, and you should keep the Black Abyss White Flower." Xing handed the lance to Rita. The maid hesitated for a moment before accepting it.

Battle assignments: Xing and Eiji would face Uva; Rita and the Immortal Blades would face Kazrai.

I hope those Greeed take the bait. Otherwise, the whole operation will go down the drain. Xing prayed silently.

There were still two days until Durandal was completely controlled by King OOO.

After Rita and the others had gone far enough away, Xing spoke to Eiji with a serious expression. "Mr. Eiji, I have something more important to do, so they'll take my place and fight alongside you."

"Oh, okay, Miss K. Stay safe." Honest Eiji did not think much of it. Watching Xing's retreating figure, he grew a little curious about his new companions. Could they be the ones from last time...

Suddenly, a clear female voice rang out. "Since you asked so sincerely, we shall be merciful and—ow! That hurts, Xing! Why did you hit me?"

Eiji looked up. On the roof of a three-story residential building before him stood the entire four-person Fire Moth squad, along with Wendy. Xing, back in his normal state, stared darkly at Kiana, who now had a large bump on her head.

Xing said in exasperation, "I tell you to read fewer comics, and you never listen. Fine, whatever—but don't go learning lines that cringey too!"

The girl curled her lip disdainfully. "Do you have any right to criticize me? Whenever you use Bonded Weaponry, aren't you absolutely fired up when you shout those lines?"

Bronya quietly reminded her, "But Xing looks really cool when he says them. It feels like the protagonist has arrived."

Kiana, KO!

Originally, Xing had wanted to leave Wendy in the shelter. But Otto was there, and as two escaped Herrscher Candidates, they would definitely meet a terrible end if discovered. So Xing brought her along instead. Yae Sakura could protect her when the time came. (Yae Sakura was currently in Xing's Stigmata Space.)

Eiji below was delighted. "It really is you guys. I never properly thanked you for helping me find Ankh's Medal last time. I look forward to working with you again."

A statement from Xing, a veteran Kamen Rider fan: "The honor is ours, Mr. Eiji. Fighting alongside you is the greatest thanks we could receive."

Uva, bored out of his mind in the tower, suddenly jolted. "This feeling—my Core Medal is nearby!" Kazrai beside him sensed it as well. "What a coincidence. Mine seems to be nearby too."

Uva was about to rush out in excitement. "This is great! I'm going to get my Core Medal back right now!"

Mezuru kindly reminded him, "Oh my? Uva, don't you find it a little strange? Aren't both your and Kazrai's Core Medals in that human girl's hands? Why would she suddenly come near here? Be careful, it could be a trap." At the end, she added, "And don't forget, Ankh still hasn't returned."

Uva was dismissive. "Hmph, don't lump me together with that guy. What's there to fear from those weak humans? Hino Eiji isn't here, and even if he were, how could he fight us without the Dinosaur Medals? They're all with the King!" With that, he charged out.

Clearly, King OOO, whose mind was filled with nothing but desire, had not shared that information with his scheming subordinates.

Kazrai looked thoughtfully in the direction Uva had gone. "Different locations? Mm, I see." The cunning feline Greeed chuckled and walked out of the tower as well. "Good luck, Uva."

In a clearing near the tower, Kiana and Xing stared fixedly at the instant noodles in Mei's pot. They did not know when the enemy would arrive, so they might as well eat something first.

The fragrance of instant noodles spread through the air, and the two white-haired fluffballs quickly scooped themselves a bowl each. "Slurp~" They both wore blissful smiles. The happiness of food lovers was just that simple.

Eiji scooped himself a bowl too. He was hungry as well. As someone who had nearly lost his sense of taste and become a Greeed, he treasured the experience of eating immensely.

Just as everyone was enthusiastically slurping noodles, a violent voice interrupted their meal. "How leisurely. Ah, there's even an old acquaintance here. It's been a long time, OOO—or should I call you Hino Eiji?"

The insect Greeed, green from head to toe—Uva had arrived.

Yae Sakura swiftly picked up Wendy and left the battlefield. Eiji took out his belt and inserted the Wife Combo, while Xing pulled the three-person squad into contact and fused with them. Blue streams of light formed a device with a blue blade in his hand, along with a card and three coins bearing Kiana and the others' portraits.

He inserted the card bearing his own portrait into the Zeta Riser he had formed. "Xing Kaslana, access granted."

He inserted the medals and scanned them quickly. Xing said inwardly, Tuna, Rice Cooker, Bronya, please lend me your Honkai power!

Xing Kaslana, Fire Moth.

"Taka! Ta-Ja-Dol!" Flames wrapped around OOO's body as the powerful and magnificent bird Combo made its appearance.

Alright, the Uva extermination battle had begun.

Xing decisively opened with his ultimate move. "Final finisher confirmed, Bronya Zaychik!" The Kamen Rider raised a massive cannon, and a shell condensed with tremendous energy roared from its barrel.

"Useless!" Uva was ruthless too. It caught the shell with its bare hands, the impact driving it across the ground and carving two long trenches. The hotheaded brute exerted force with both hands and shoved it away, while the shell exploded in flames beside it.

Bronya remarked, "I know it's not human, but catching a shell barehanded is still badass!"

While Uva was catching the shell, Eiji took the two Core Medals in his belt besides Taka and the remaining five Bird Series Coins, loaded them into the shield weapon in his left hand, the "TaJa Spinner," then removed the disk and scanned them. Seven red rings burst outward:

"Taka, Kujaku, Condor, Kujaku, Condor, Kujaku, Condor!"

Scorching fireballs shot from the shield, and Eiji roared, "Die!"

The flames struck it solidly, setting its body ablaze. "That's all?" Violent currents surged out with its roar, dispersing the flames covering its body.

"You done hitting me? My turn now!" Countless clones appeared before the two of them. "Mr. Eiji, use the same tactic as last time. I'll find the real body, and you can take the opportunity to..."

Eiji gave him a thumbs-up. "Yeah, got it. I'm counting on you, Xing."

The two old schemers reached an understanding. Uh, no, Eiji was still innocent.

The Rider flew into the sky and pressed the button on the sword hilt. "Making this many copies... how badly do you want me to clear the map?"

"Final attack confirmed, Kiana Kaslana!"

A massive energy blade descended from the sky, cleaving a deep fissure into the earth. Flames burned across the battlefield as the numerous clones vanished beneath that strike.

Uva was thoroughly aggrieved. Couldn't you let me have control just once?

"Scanning Charge!" The familiar finishing-move sound effect rang out behind it. At some point, Eiji had already found its real body. "Xing told me earlier that he'd use flames to light up the battlefield. When that happened, the one with a shadow would be you."

Alarm bells blared in Uva's mind. Eiji's seven-ring fireballs had already dealt it considerable damage. If it took another finishing move, even it would have a hard time enduring it. It hurriedly tried to dodge, but it was already too late.

"Die!" A flaming bird claw slashed heavily across its body. Xing in the sky seized the chance as well and pressed the button. "Final attack confirmed, Xing Fire Moth!"

"This ends now!" A right kick containing the combined power of all four slammed into its back. The two Riders' double Rider Kicks, one from the front and one from behind, continuously ravaged Uva's body.

A massive number of ordinary Coins burst out of its body. Two green Core Medals also flew out among them and were caught by the Heavy Cannon Rabbit waiting nearby. Uva screamed madly, "No, no, no! How could I possibly end like this?!"

Just then, an unexpected change occurred.

A frivolous voice sounded beside them. "Not bad, you two." The two were startled. Before they could put up any defense, a yellow flash blazed forth. Pain shot through their bodies, and they were sent flying.

Uva, left with only a sliver of health, barely clung to life. It dropped weakly to its knees, with ordinary Coins spurting from its body now and then.

"What a sorry sight, Uva. Not only did you fail to reclaim your own Core Medals, you got beaten into such a miserable state." Hearing that familiar voice, the heavily injured Uva angrily raised its head. Standing before it was Kazrai, the cat-type executive.

Uva gritted its teeth. "Kazrai, you bastard. Did you come here specifically to laugh at me?"

The other waved a claw and gently helped its companion up. "No, I came to help you, Uva."

Uva shoved it away and staggered toward the two Riders. "Hmph, it had better be. Leave OOO to me, and that guy beside him is yours to—" Uva's words came to an abrupt halt. It looked down in disbelief to see a claw piercing through its chest.

Uva roared in impotent fury, "Kazrai, you bastard!"

Kazrai helplessly pulled the Kuwagata containing its companion's consciousness from its body and crushed it in one grip. Uva's body immediately shattered, and both its Core Medals and ordinary Coins were absorbed into Kazrai's body. A powerful green light flared up, and Kazrai's aura instantly rose.

"Ding dong, ding dong..." The blue energy indicator on the armor's chest lit up. It did not indicate insufficient energy, but rather that the maximum time the four of them could maintain their transformations was about to run out.

With three Herrscher Cores providing power, there was no need to worry about consumption. However, their bodies could not withstand so much Honkai Energy. Xing was fine—being both a Fusion Warrior and a Pseudo-Herrscher, he feared nothing—but Kiana and Bronya could not take it.

Who knew whether Sirin would awaken because of this and have a heart-to-heart exchange with him and Mei? More importantly, why was Kazrai here? Could Rita have failed to take it down? No way, Sister Rita, you messed up again? I specifically left Black Abyss White Flower with you.

The two Riders got back on their feet and prepared to fight again. Kazrai noticed Xing's puzzled gaze and slowly explained, "Are you wondering why I didn't go to the place where my Core Medals were? Human, don't think we're that stupid. I became wary the moment Ankh went silent. After sensing my Core Medals, I more or less guessed this was a trap."

It looked at Eiji. "Since OOO has Ankh's Coins, that means you've already taken it down, right? If I hadn't stopped things in time just now, Uva would have met the same fate. But now that I'm here, hand over the Core Medals obediently. Then I'll head to the other side and retrieve my own."

Looking at the two Riders, whose combat strength had been more than half depleted, Kazrai felt utterly secure.

The mantis stalked the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it.

Xing could not help laughing. "Heh."

Kazrai was somewhat puzzled. "Human, what are you laughing at?"

Xing replied disdainfully, "Don't think humans are that stupid either, monster. Did you think I hadn't considered all that? Has no one told you that villains die from talking too much?"

Beside him, Eiji coldly swept his hand across his belt. Three purple rings burst outward, and amid the belt's impassioned sound effects, a purple OOO radiating an icy aura appeared before Kazrai.

"Ptera! Pu-To-Tyrannosaurus!"

The head of a pterosaur, the body of a triceratops, and the legs of a tyrannosaurus—the berserker possessing the power to reduce all things to nothingness, Kamen Rider OOO Dinosaur Combo, had arrived!

Perhaps because he had not used the Dinosaur Combo in a long time, OOO's green compound eyes had turned purple—the sign of a rampage. Eiji roared and pulled the exclusive weapon of this form, "Medagabryu," from the ground: the Dinosaur Axe.

Xing promptly got out of the way. Though it recognized neither friend nor foe after going berserk, the Dinosaur Combo would prioritize chopping Core Medals. In other words, Kazrai, were you ready to meet your end?

The oriole had better watch out for the child beneath the tree with a slingshot aimed at it~

Watching OOO approach with an axe in hand, Kazrai began to panic. Could someone tell it why OOO had Dinosaur Medals?

Author's Note—

Xing's tactic was simple: charge in and keep unleashing ultimates until you were dead. That way, no matter how high your attack was, it wouldn't matter.