The next day, Sougo and Gates identified their next likely target—someone Kitajima Yuko might attack. Using case data, they moved in advance and successfully ambushed her.
"You again?!" Kitajima Yuko glared at Sougo. "I told you already, I'm the queen. Don't interfere with me!"
"I just want to ask one thing," Sougo said calmly. "Why do you want to become a queen?"
"To reform the law," Kitajima Yuko declared proudly. "So that no one cries over injustice ever again. I will establish the law of true justice!"
"So… you want to save the world?" Sougo's eyes widened with admiration.
"What are you admiring her for?!" Gates shoved him aside, scowling. "Stop falling for her empty words. You can't hurt people just to change the law!"
"No matter what excuse she gives, her real motive is revenge," he added coldly.
"Tch—guilty! All of you!" Kitajima snapped, furious at being exposed.
[Kiva!]
Transformed into Another Kiva, Yuko immediately summoned three underlings. Why fight solo when you can fight as a squad?
"Transform!" Gates reacted swiftly and charged into battle.
Sougo was about to join in, but suddenly his mind was flooded with flashes—visions of Kitajima Yuko's past. It seemed that as he gathered more Ride Watches, his dormant powers were awakening, allowing him to glimpse people's histories.
But while he stood dazed, Gates was taking the brunt of the assault. For reasons unknown, he wasn't using his upgraded Reiwa form. Did Yuko's "queenly aura" dull his tactical sense?
With only his base form, Gates was overwhelmed by the four enemies and smashed to the ground.
"Zi-O! Are you just going to stand there and watch?! Are you betraying us?!" Gates shouted.
"Ah—right!" Sougo snapped out of it and moved to transform again, but something else caught his attention, freezing him once more.
Left on his own, Gates was beaten until he de-transformed.
Suddenly, everyone stopped and looked skyward. Even Gates, still gasping, followed their gaze.
At first, there was nothing—but then, a burst of radiant light appeared in the sky, and from it, a blazing meteorite shot down toward the outskirts of the city.
Within minutes, all the major players—Sougo, Gates, Tsukuyomi, Heure, Swartz, and even Kitajima Yuko—had gathered at the impact site.
"Is that… a meteorite?"
"No. That's—"
"—alive!"
The glowing blue meteorite embedded in the mountain cracked open—and from within, a figure emerged.
"I am the Galaxy! Ultraman—no—Kamen Rider Galaxy!"
The end of all Riders had arrived.
"Nani?!" Woz flipped open his Chronicle of All Demons. "This part isn't in the script!"
Script or not, Galaxy didn't care. He raised a hand and blasted everyone nearby with a devastating light bomb.
"Damn it! I am the supreme law of this world!" Kitajima Yuko roared.
"I come from the universe. Your laws hold no sway over me." Galaxy floated down in his tattered cloak, descending into the crater.
"There is only one law in the universe!" He fired another blast, blowing Yuko away.
"So strong…" Gates stood up, stunned.
"Everyone!" Sougo pulled out his Third-Stage Ride Watch.
Gates groaned. "Not that form again!"
Woz twirled his weapon. "Elegant butterfly! Elegant butterfly!"
Sougo ignored their complaints. The two men with twisted expressions once again fused into Zi-O Trinity.
"Everything must perish!" Galaxy declared. An invisible force field deflected Zi-O's attack. He followed up with another beam, sending Sougo flying.
"He's too powerful! Use that!" Gates shouted.
"Which one is 'that'?" Sougo asked, confused.
Gates: "That one!"
Sougo: "You're not helping!"
Woz: "If you don't specify, how are we supposed to know?!"
Tsukuyomi watched Sougo get kicked across the field again. "What the hell is this mess…"
"Damn it!" Gates got up, summoned his resurrected form's weapon—the Time Fold Claws—and rushed in.
"You could've just said that from the start!" Sougo and Woz shouted in unison.
Seconds later, Gates was thrown back like a ragdoll.
"We can't even scratch him!"
"Then it's my turn!" Sougo grabbed the Strongest Ultimate Sword and charged.
"As expected of His Majesty the Demon King!" Woz cried in admiration—too early, as usual.
Galaxy caught the sword one-handed. With his free hand, glowing with cosmic energy, he pressed against Sougo's chest.
"Call your daddy and yell at him—wait, no—gahhh!"
"I'll handle this!" Woz declared dramatically, grabbing his Time Desperation Gun and rushing in.
[Kama-Shisugi! (Long Sickle Slash!)]
He swung the scythe down—but Galaxy dodged, and the weapon slammed into the ground, getting stuck. Galaxy stomped on it, pinning it down.
"Ahhhh!" The whole Zi-O Trinity team went rolling again.
"What are you all doing?!" Gates yelled.
"Smimasen…" Woz muttered, bowing apologetically.
"..." The onlookers all sighed. Are these guys even serious?!
Realizing they stood no chance—even at full power—everyone scattered. Sougo, Tsukuyomi, Gates, and Woz fled as well.
"What the hell is that Rider named Galaxy?" Sougo gasped, collapsed in a sewer tunnel.
"He's too strong… we're not even in the same league," Gates muttered.
Woz adjusted his collar. "If he uses cosmic power, then perhaps we can seek—"
He trailed off, but the glimmer of an idea lit up everyone's faces.
Footsteps echoed in the tunnel. They turned to see Swartz and Heure.
"You again?!"
"We came to discuss Galaxy," Swartz said plainly.
"You know what he is?" Tsukuyomi eyed him cautiously.
Swartz gave her a long look. The outfit she wore—unchanged since childhood—and her time-based power confirmed her identity to him. But neither acknowledged their connection.
"I don't know his origin exactly," Swartz admitted. "But I believe he's pure power—unfiltered. And that power could drive humanity to extinction. I assume none of us want that."
"You want to join forces?" Gates asked.
"There's no other way to defeat him," Swartz said.
And then steal the power afterward… His smirk gave away more than he realized.
Sougo narrowed his eyes. "What about the Another Kiva?"
"She's powerful—her help is essential. Shall we go convince her together?"
"You try your way first," Sougo said. Woz whispered, "If it doesn't work, we can go find Ryuga."
And so, they followed Swartz to find Kitajima Yuko—who was, inexplicably, at a beauty salon.
"You're getting a facial now?" Heure blinked.
"To rule the world, I must remain beautiful at all times!" Yuko said with royal dignity.
"..." xN
"Your Majesty is absolutely radiant!" Swartz said, suddenly groveling in full-on flattery mode.
A true noble—he knows how to suck up like a pro.
"Oh? You have a silver tongue," Yuko smiled.
"I do have a request, however."
"Speak."
"Please lend us your strength to defeat Galaxy."