Meanwhile.
In the hospital room, Hiyori was helping Tendo organize his personal belongings when a belt fell out of his backpack. Seeing the item, she curiously picked it up.
The moment she touched it, a current ran through her. Immediately, a scene flashed in her mind: seven years ago, on the day her parents died, a boy was wearing a belt just like it. Her hazy memory led her to believe that he was the one who killed her parents.
"Hiyori, what's wrong?"
Kagami entered from outside and, seeing the belt on the floor, quickly picked it up in alarm. This was not something an ordinary person should see.
When Hiyori pressed him for answers, he lied and claimed it was his own.
"What is that thing?" Hiyori asked him.
"Well, how should I put it? It's a very important item, that's all." Kagami immediately found an excuse and tried to leave, which only deepened Hiyori's suspicion.
She was convinced that he must be the one who killed her parents years ago.
Kagami had successfully taken the blame for Tendo this time.
On his way out, Tendo and Kagami ran into each other. Seeing Kagami holding his belt, Tendo asked, "Where are you going with my belt?"
"I was going to see if Misaki-san could fix it, as a way to repay you for saving me," Kagami stammered.
"A belt that isn't broken doesn't need fixing." Tendo noticed immediately that the belt had somehow repaired itself.
"Eh? It really has…" Kagami looked at the belt in his hands and saw that the Core Driver, which Yaguruma had destroyed, had been instantly restored.
"You knew the belt had this self-repair function?" Kagami looked at Tendo in disbelief.
Did Tendo anticipate even this? Was that why he faked his defeat? To deceive ZECT?
Tendo replied, "I've had the belt for a long time, but I didn't know it had this function."
After all, he had never broken it before.
In truth, Tendo did not know everything, and like Kagami, he only understood things piecemeal. But unlike Kagami, he never fell into confusion, because he always firmly believed he was the man who "walked the path of heaven and ruled over everything," and that whatever he did would succeed.
"Since the belt is fixed, that's perfect. Come with me, there are Worms appearing right now." Kagami quickly ran outside.
Tendo considered this for a moment and followed after him.
Soon, the two arrived at the scene. Since TheBee was gone, there weren't many people who could fight. Shun Kageyama, recently discharged from the hospital, had taken on the responsibility of command, leading the remaining members to fight the Worms.
But the battle was extremely desperate.
Upon seeing the situation, Tendo immediately transformed and joined the fight.
"It's Kabuto? How is that possible!" Kageyama's eyes widened at the appearance of Kabuto. Hadn't their good captain, So Yaguruma, said that Kabuto could no longer transform while lying in the hospital bed?
After Casting Off, Kabuto entered Clock Up and quickly cleared a wave of un-molted Worms, greatly relieving the pressure on the Shadow Squad.
But just then, more and more Worms began arriving at the scene. Several fully molted Adult Worms even appeared. Even the "King of Pride," Kabuto, felt overwhelmed facing this situation and couldn't deal with everything.
Kagami joined the fray, picking up the weapon of a fallen ZECTrooper and sweeping the area, but it did little good.
"Damn it!"
"Why are there so many Worms here?"
He couldn't understand. It was as if the Worms had learned that Kabuto and TheBee were absent and decided to swarm out all at once.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
A small bee suddenly flew through the air, knocking away a Larva Worm that was attempting to ambush Kagami.
Kagami's face lit up with joy. Wasn't that the TheBee Zecter?
But then he remembered that the Rider Bracelet should be in Raven's hands right now. Could it be…?
He looked up in a certain direction.
He saw a figure, hands in pockets, slowly walking towards them.
It was Raven.
Raven lifted his hand, revealing the Rider Bracelet on his wrist. The TheBee Zecter automatically flew towards him, guided by the signal.
However, it kept circling in the air, refusing to land. After all, the Zecter had its pride; it wouldn't let just anyone use it. It had to be someone it recognized.
Kagami immediately realized the situation: it seemed the TheBee Zecter didn't approve of Raven. Therefore, having the Rider Bracelet was useless, just like when the Kabuto Zecter had rejected Kagami when he tried to use the belt before.
Raven slightly tilted his head up at the TheBee Zecter circling in the air. Seeing that it wouldn't descend, he leaped high into the air, showcasing amazing, superhuman jumping power.
He forcibly snatched the Zecter.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
TheBee Zecter struggled continuously in Raven's hand. It seemed truly unwilling to be used casually, reinforcing its reputation as the "All-Rider Belt" or "Public Bus Rider."
"Cooperate with me obediently," Raven told it.
He then inserted it onto the Rider Bracelet. Ever since stealing the Rider Bracelet from Yaguruma, he had wanted to try transforming with it. After all, TheBee had the nickname of the "All-Rider Belt."
"Henshin!"
Shouting the classic transformation line, Raven's body was covered in armor, instantly transforming him into Kamen Rider TheBee.
This sight completely stunned Kagami.
"He can… do that?"
He never imagined that someone could force a transformation even without the Zecter's approval. But this wasn't a maneuver he could possibly learn.
As more and more Worms joined the battle, even Tendou felt great pressure facing the siege of five molted Adult Worms simultaneously.
Finally, a hidden figure appeared from a certain location, observing in the shadows. It was Hyper Kabuto, who had traveled from the future.
He was greatly puzzled as to why he had no memory of Raven. Had this timeline been interfered with?
But he could not intervene unless absolutely necessary.
At that moment, Raven displayed a power far exceeding that of TheBee's previous suitable candidates. Even without using Clock Up, he quickly destroyed over a thousand Worms.
This action attracted the attention of many of the molted Adult Worms, who finally rushed away from Tendo to attack Raven.
At this point, the TheBee Zecter genuinely felt that it had never fought in such a crushing, dominant battle before. It seemed its previous suitable candidates had simply been too weak.