"So... This Kabuto threat..." A bulky robot wearing a dark business suit with a red sash around his neck muttered as he read through the reports of his failures to take over Abydos via the helmet gang, Problem Solver 68, and the random Gehenna delinquents.

  "He is like an elephant. They are the most affectionate amongst animals, despite their titanic strength." Said a figure wearing a bck suit, his face covered in cracks that emit a mysterious glow.

  "I am starting to get impatient with these results, Bck Suit."

  "Believe in my words, Director. Horus will sign that letter I gave her earlier this morning."

  "The quicker she signed it, the quicker I can uncover the treasure beneath that sandy wastend."

  The 'Director' then left the office, and Bck Suit remained alone, drinking from his shot gss filled with whiskey.

  "I suppose the time for me to meet with this Kabuto-Sensei is getting closer..."

  SCHALE CLUB BUILDING, OUTSKIRTS OF D.U

  "As you wish, Sensei~" Wakamo said, as she puts on her signature kitsune mask.

  "The base is going to be heavily guarded. Sneak in while the others keep them distracted."

  "It shall be done."

  Wakamo then took the elevator down to the SCHALE residential area, snuck through until she reached the garden, and jumped off to the neighboring rooftops. As for Tendou, he went all the way to the underground garage, and drove out of the building using the Kabuto Extender. After a dozen minutes of driving, he finally reached the Abydos High School annex building. Heading on inside, both the FTF and PS68 are gathered around the meeting table. Shiroko is having an arm wrestling match against Kayoko, Serika trying to speak some sense into Haruka to not self loathe too often with Nonomi attempting to assist. Aru and Hoshino are both asleep, their heads pnted against the table, their halos being off due to their unconscious state.

  "Sensei! You're finally here! Four Eyes, pay up, would you please?" Mutsuki called out.

  "A deal's a deal, I guess..." Ayane sighed.

  "What's going on, both of you?"

  "Mutsuki pced a bet that if you managed to come here after all, Serika-Chan had to pay up. I kept the money on the shelf behind me..."

  "Ara~ Looks like Serika-Chan has a streak of bad luck for the st few days~!"

  "Oh, shush!" Serika shushed.

  "Nn, Sensei. What did the Prefect Team President tell you the other day?" Shiroko asked, her ears fluttering in curiosity.

  "Whatever Hina whispered to people, they're always important news." Kayoko continued.

  Tendou then expined to the allied clubs, that Kaiser Corporation is looking for something deep within Abydos, something that is still unknown even to the current students. Serika asked if what they are doing is legal, to which Tendou shook his head, as the GSC was also unable to do anything, as Abydos itself has no functioning student council since 2 years ago. The exact 2 years ago of when Hina kept an eye on Hoshino when the former was still in Gehenna's Intelligence Committee. What is worse is the fact that Kaiser has done nothing illegal directly as of yet.

  After the discussion, Tendou's phone rings. Wakamo called him.

  "Yo."

  "Darling, I found where Kaiser has set up base. What do you require of me for now?"

  "I'm sending a team over there. They'll trust you, I promise."

  "If you say so, darling."

  "Who's that?" Shiroko asked, a clear scowl of jealousy forming on her face, as her wolf ears hear the word 'darling' over and over.

  "A contact. Please mind her words." Tendou replied, before looking at Aru. "Aru. Wake up, you have a new job."

  "E-Eh? I-If you say so, Sensei."

  After giving her the details, PS68 departed from the clubroom, as the FTF begin to arm themselves and gather enough supplies for the trip. A while ter, the FTF ventured deep into the desert, and found a fenced off area.

  "We're not bringing in the comms van today, so Ayane has to stay in the clubroom." Tendou expined, as Hoshino and Nonomi got off the backseat of the Kabuto Extender, while Serika got off from Shiroko's bicycle's backseat which Tendou temporarily installed.

  "There's no road leading there. We're walking from here." Hoshino said.

  "Nn. Let's. Oh, Sensei..."

  "Yes, Shiroko?"

  "...Nevermind."

  "Let's focus on the task ahead."

  Shiroko nodded at Tendou's words.

  As they walk closer to the base, the bring sound of an arm is heard, and a swarm of students equipped in desert camo patterned body armor, helmets, and armed with assault rifles swarm out of the base's entryway.

  "Everyone, prepare for battle. Nonomi, provide suppressing fire." Tendou ordered, as the Kabuto Zecter flew to his hand.

  "Right!" Nonomi then pulled the trigger of her minigun, raining fire upon the approaching students.

  Hoshino and Serika took aim, with Hoshino's left hand holding IRON HORUS, using it for cover. However, they then heard another mechanical beep, and the sound of a zecter flying. A silver Hercules Beetle shaped Zecter dove in and hit some of the enemy students in the back of their necks, rendering them unconscious. It then soared straight towards the FTF, and Shiroko caught it.

  "Shiroko, that's...!" Serika widened her eyes, as Shiroko then tugged on her bzer's right sleeve, revealing a silver colored brace on her wrist.

  "So, Hercus has chosen Shiroko..." Tendou said, making a small smirk.

  "Nn... Henshin." Shiroko said, as she then attached the zecter onto the brace, and rotated it for 90 degrees.

  "HENSHIN"

  Both transformed at the same time, Tendou into Kabuto, who immediately did a Cast-Off, and went straight into rider form. As for Shiroko, she went straight into rider form, with silver colored armor, and a helmet with a motif resembling a Hercules Beetle's head, complete with a protruding axe shaped horn pointing forwards.

  "CHANGE BEETLE"

  Both Zecters announced, as both Kabuto and Hercus' rider forms are complete. Both of them then readied their kunaiguns, and pointed them toward the students taking cover. Each shot managed to blow apart the sandbags that they took cover behind of, and forcing them to charge ahead only to be gunned down by Serika and Hoshino.

  "Uhe... Why didn't it pick me!?" Hoshino asked both angrily and lethargically.

  "Actually you can. Hercus chooses those who have the heart of a warrior, and unwilling to bend to anyone in surrender."

  "It flew into my window st night. I knew it was from Sensei... Nn... Now, let's make them feel the perseverance of the Foreclosure Task Force."

  The FTF, alongside Kabuto and Hercus then fought together, shooting down more and more of the armored students who stood in their path, until several automatons with the same desert camo pattern as their paintjobs begin to leave their quarters, and took aim with their AR-15s.

  "We were ordered to not let you pass!"

  Seeing that these automatons are much more armored, and bullets seemingly not working as effective against them than they do to the students before, both Kabuto and Hercus charged ahead, and cleaved them into halves using the axe mode of their kunaiguns. At the same time, an explosion occurred in the distance, seeing it, Kabuto then said "It's going as pnned."

  However they are not out of the woods yet, as they advanced to the center of the base, more students and automatons begin to pour out from their quarters, and took aim at the group, outnumbering them by a massive amount.

  "Where's their commanding officer...?" Hercus asked, as she looked around.

  After scanning the surroundings, Kabuto spotted the robotic officer, standing behind a ptoon of automatons serving as roadblocks toward him.

  "Found him. Nonomi, Serika, Hoshino, please deal with the armed students, leave the bots to us." Kabuto commanded, before looking at Hercus, who looked back and nodded.

  "Clock up!"

  Both then spped the button on the right hip of their belts.

  "CLOCK UP"

  "Open fire!" The officer commanded, but not before the lines of automatons protecting him in front blew up after being attacked by unseen forces.

  The armed students try to fight back, but were all knocked down by both the unseen force, and the FTF's covering fire.

  Still in Clock Up, Hercus then made a mad dash towards the officer, as she turned the Zecter sideways before returning it back to it's original position and she raised her kunaigun's axe bde up high. During this, a surge of tachyon energy flowed from the Zecter to the tip of Hercus' horn, before surging right onto the bde of the Kunaigun's axe.

  "RIDER BEAT"

  "CLOCK OVER"

  Clock Up then stopped, and time went back to normal, where the officer sees Hercus seemingly teleporting herself dangerously close to him, kunaigun in axe mode raised high. Hercus then struck the officer in the left shoulder, causing the kunaigun to be stuck. However she then forcibly yanked it all the way over to the other side of the officer's body, cleaving it diagonally before she turned back to see her comrades as the officer's body then exploded behind her.

  "Sensei... I have proved myself."

  "Don't feel victorious yet. We're still in battle." Kabuto then pointed to an area deeper within the base. From it's huge garage doors, several modified tanks armed with advanced cannons begin to loom towards the FTF.

  Accompanying the tanks were more automatons, and now led by none other than the Director himself.

  "Sensei of SCHALE. To think that you would go as far as to invade our property, right as another one fall victim to a terrorist bombing." He said, as he turned his gaze to the rising clouds of smoke in the horizon, which turns out to be one of their supply posts.

  "And you are...?"

  "I am the Director of Kaiser PMC. A subsidiary of Kaiser Corporation, who owned a huge portion of this district."

  "Owned!? But this is the district of Abydos--" Serika angrily pointed her AR-70 at the Director.

  "Ever since the student council went defunct, we purchased most of the nd with legal transactions."

  "This seems to be an unnecessarily huge army to be looking for treasure, or so I heard."

  "Looks like there is a whistleblower within our ranks... Yes, it is correct. However, the soldiers are here to keep people out of our way. We have no interest in Abydos' High School Annex. There are many ways to deal with you… For example…"

  The Director then spoke over to someone on phone, before Ayane is heard gasping through the comms system. Kaiser has increased the debt's interest to a whopping 3000% due to the assault. Having no other choice, Hoshino suggested for everyone to stop the attack, and turn back toward the school. However, the director then spoke again.

  "Hehehe… I’m impressed, Vice President. You’re quite sensible... Oh wait. Where is that idiotic Student Council President of yours?"

  That question immediately caused Hoshino to shake, and turn around, shotgun in hand, pointed at the Director's head.

  "Keep your cool, Hoshino." Kabuto ordered.

  "B-But...!"

  "Grandmother said this, leaders must be cool. Boiling water turns into vapor."

  She then lowered her shotgun, much to the Director's amusement. "Heheh, so then, please prepare next month's repayment... Dear customer."

  Out of options, the FTF and Kabuto went back to the school annex, Hercus reverting back into Shiroko as she walked back towards her bike, while Kabuto remained in rider form, as if he still had something to do afterwards that require him not to revert.