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... Master Chief, is that you?
Written by Riku Sanjo
Directed by Satoshi Morota

After being poisoned by Brain, Drive struggles with himself to resist the poison's effect. Kiriko sent Dream Vegas to help him escape from the villains. Drive was washed to a nearby shore and received a painful medical treatment from Mad Doctor Shift Car. He found himself at Kotoha Hospital and since the Font-R company was found with the explosives, the Special Investigation Unit is currently interrogate him.

In the Unit's office, Eiji officially disbanded the team and took over their office while Rinna still retained her position. Crush and 074 went out, bringing along a large number of Viral Cores as they pursue the Font-R president Kuramochi for more explosives. At the cafeteria, Genpachiro finally accepted the existence of Roidmudes to Kyu and Kiriko came in to ask for their help. While Shinnosuke doubted Chase's claim that justice never existed, Captain Jun gave Shinnosuke Yuuzou Ichikawa's number, the man that saved him from the shore. Contacting Ichikawa, Shinnosuke thanked him for the rescue but Ichikawa instead said his heroic deed earlier was from his inspiration on Drive, revealing him to be the driver that Drive saved before thus restoring Shinnosuke's faith in humanity. Ichikawa however spotted the president being attacked by the same Roidmude gang from before and caught himself in a Heavy Acceleration wave.

Shinnosuke entered "top-gear" state, and rushed to the Unit's office, where he ordered Rinna to restart the program as she agreed. While Shinnosuke off to Font-R building, Eiji tried to protest but Kiriko, Genpachiro and Kyu stopped him, revealing that Eiji was all along bribed by Kuramochi to protect the smuggled explosives via the Unit and Kamen Rider Drive. But when the unit found his secret, Eiji tried to shut the team. Rinna revealed her tricks to Eiji and played along with his plans while instructed Kiriko to investigate the latter's relation with Font-R. As Shinnosuke drove to the building, Chase stopped him in the midway and criticize his desire to protect humans but Shinnosuke said otherwise and gained his passion to assume Drive Type Wild and fight. Using Type Wild Dump, he execute Dri Rumble to defeat Mashin Chaser and continue his journey to Font-R.

Meanwhile, several portion of Font-R building was severely destroyed and the Roidmudes took their supply of explosives. Drive appeared and saved the president from being killed. Roidmude 074 devoured three Viral Cores and transformed into a Giant Cobra Roidmude. With Tridoron changed into Type Wild, Drive used it to attack the giant cobra before eliminating it with Rumble Dump. With Crush left, Rinna appeared and gave Drive Type Wild the Handle-Ken which Mr. Belt left and finished the Roidmude with Drift Rotation. At Drive Pit, Mr. Belt revealed Rinna as his secret assistant which further angered Shinnosuke. In a newspaper office, the higher faculties thanked Kusaka for a new scoop for their newspaper article: exposure of Font-R's crimes and their factory's destruction. As Kusaka was praised, a newspaper staff envied the man.


  • Androcles' Lion: The truck driver that Drive saved in the previous episode was inspired by him to also try to help people. It was him that finds Shinnosuke unconscious after his fight with Mashin Chaser, rekindled his faith in people and provided information on Crush's current attack.
  • …And That Little Girl Was Me: Subverted. Mister Belt tells Shinnosuke a story about a scientist whose invention meant for peaceful purposes was used to cause destruction instead. Shinnosuke asks if Mister Belt is talking about himself, but Mister Belt clarifies he was talking about Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite. He doesn't buy it.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: Thanks to Type Wild, Drive has no problem beating Crush into a pulp, making not only his hammers ineffective, but being powerful enough to send him flying with a single hit.
  • Jurisdiction Friction: The Special Investigations Unit gets shut down by Public Security, with Rinna selling out the former for the latter. It turns out the superintendent involved was on the take, hoping that manipulating the Unit would help get Kamen Rider to protect the shipments of smuggled explosive but then shutting it down when they got too close. Rinna was actually The Mole, helping the team to expose this.
  • No One Could Survive That!: After Drive barely manages to escape, Brain notes that his neurotoxin will surely kill him anyway. Mashin Chaser, however, has some doubts about that.
    Mashin Chaser: I wouldn't be so sure... He's a Kamen Rider after all.
  • No Sense of Personal Space: When Kyuu inquires Gen about what Kamen Rider looks like, he gets really close.
  • Ungrateful Bastard: President of Font-El, Kuramochi, full stop. Despite the Special Unit going out and protecting his trucks, he would rather endanger his workers and his company, than to confess that he's producing and smuggling explosives.
  • The Reveal: Rinna was not only The Mole, but was also responsible for Drive's tech all along.
  • Patrick Stewart Speech: Shinnosuke gives one to Chase.
    Chase: Cheating death hasn't made you any wiser... Where is the justice in protecting humans who don't deserve it?
    Shinnosuke: You got a point. Maybe you were right all along...I guess we wouldn't need cops if there were no bad people to begin with. Everywhere I look, I see creeps trying to take advantage of people... But that's what makes people who live honest lives so much more worth it! This isn't about justice... I'm here to protect people! HENSHIN!
  • Scaled Up: By absorbing several Viral Cores, 074 turns into a giant robotic snake.

The Roidmude Count: 97
The Answer: He fights for the citizens.

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