Ryouma Sengoku guides Kouta's party to the secret tunnel into Yggdrasill.
They rush to save Mai, kidnapped by Mitsuzane, as well as the Overlord Redue's captives...
I leave this place alone for a few days, and look what they've done with it.
You don't seem to care.
Is that all of them?
We've got to catch them up!
Hold on.
What?
There wasn't an elevator here before...
Where are we?
Rat!
Rica!
Sis!
Sis! Hey, sis!
What is this thing?
What do we do?!
Fascinating.
It seems all of these poor souls are plugged into this machine here.
Hey! You can save them, right?
Why don't you try our friend over there?
So you even defeated Shinmugurun...
You grow ever stronger by the day.
This is for my sister!
FRUIT BASKET
And I did so want to have a chat...
Transform!
But it'll have to wait until our friend here has calmed down.
ZENITH ARMS
M-M-M-M-MIGHTY WARLORD
Well, I suppose...
Transform.
LEMON ENERGY
Got it, move... wow...
Don't say no, just live more!
It's survival, you gotta move
When life's in a warring state
Who's got the strength to win
Now that all the locks are open?
Don't say no, just live more!
Where will you find...
Don't say no, just live more!
And how will you use...
The forbidden fruit?
The wind of the moment has its own message to share
It's blowin' stronger and stronger till it reaches you
Your dreams and future may seem so far away...
When you've got all you can out of life, that's when you can stop
But don't let life get you down
Keep your head held high
Wherever you may go
Never compromise yourself
Follow the path you believe in, and just live more!
Don't say no, just live more!
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GRAPE DRAGUN
The snake has tempted you into acquiring quite the power...
Are you not suspicious?
Of your newfound strength.
What about it?
You haven't noticed yet, then?
I'll ask you a different question.
Why do you fight for the people of this world?
BANASPEAR
Why wouldn't I?
I'll protect my own kind!
But they aren't!
You no longer belong to this world.
If any are your kind, it is us.
What?
I would guess that you are already incapable of eating human food.
I'm done, thanks!
What's wrong, Kouta? Not hungry?
Oh, I've had the belt on this whole time, so that's kept me full.
A forbidden fate from the forbidden fruit.
I will show you what it portends...
Wha...
Allow me to show you the world in store for you.
Hypnosis. Interesting. They do have some tricks up their sleeve, don't they?
I've been gone far too long, though.
Let's see... comms are still open... and I've still got access.
They didn't even touch anything they couldn't use, I see.
Master Intelligent System - reboot.
Everything you've done has been recorded.
And that thing can save our world?
If so used, yes.
But the essence of this power is only to create and destroy.
If you wish for salvation, you must choose between the world... and the king.
What are you saying?
This fruit exists to control the new world to come after yours is engulfed by the forest.
But if the fruit's power is used to stop the forest...
What do you think happens to the forest's new king?
He'll have nowhere to be.
Sagara?
The creator of the new world is also the destroyer of the old one.
He will only naturally draw hatred.
Wait, what?
What do you mean, destroyer?
Won't he be a hero for saving the world?
One with too much strength will inspire fear, not kindness or gratitude.
And you want Kouta to suffer that burden?! What do you want from him?!
It's entirely his decision to make.
Though...
Actually, he's already decided.
What?
Another power that will only tempt.
The only thing that seems right...
Fight.
You...
Yep.
He's already got a little bit of that power.
Wha?
This is...
Hey, the city's back to normal.
So there's no more Inves?
Look out! A monster!
A monster?
Where?
Hey...
Yuuya, why are you...
You've got a lot of nerve, monster.
Monster?
Me?
Yuuya... why?
What's going on?
This city's at peace again. You won't ruin that.
Yuuya... that's...
Transform!
ORANGE
Yuuya...
ORANGE ARMS
THE PATH OF BLOSSOMS! TO THE STAGE!
I'll turn you into fruit juice!
Hey, stop! Stop it!
I'm not...
Yuuya!
I didn't... I didn't mean...!
Hold it!
This is all wrong!
Humans live without choice, on the tides of fate.
If a single person ever took control of the fate of the world...
They would no longer be human.
You... you lied to Kouta...
I just gave him exactly what he wanted.
I even warned him of the dangers.
So... so what's going to happen to Kouta?
Well, that's the fun part.
If he takes the forbidden fruit...
He'll have two choices.
The question is, which will he choose?
Delicious!
What's the matter, Kouta?
You look kinda sick... huh?
Monster!
Get back!
No!
Just listen to me, okay?!
No! I...
Wait! Hear me out!
No!
I... I...
Rat!
What is this place?!
Rat! Rica!
So this is where all those people were taken to.
I can't get this thing off!
Try this.
Rica!
Rat!
Take care of them. I'll go after Kazuraba.
All right.
Yep!
No! I'm not...!
It's not what you think! I...
There you are!
Stop!
It's me, Kouta!
Don't you remember me, Yuuya?!
That's enough!
You're not Kouta anymore!
You're just a monster!
You don't belong in this world!
No...
I just happened to get this belt... which means...
This future definitely could have happened...
You can't escape, monster!
Monster!
In fact...
If it had gone like this, I wouldn't have had to kill Yuuya...
Terrible, yes?
But don't think that this is a mere nightmare.
It is the fate that will befall you before long.
I... just wanted the power to save everyone...
I thought I had to become an Overlord...
And you thought this key was just a tool to that end?
If you are to rule over this world, you will have to do so from outside it.
You are no longer human.
But I never meant to hurt anyone!
It doesn't matter!
Gaining your power was a violation of your world's order.
You are a criminal and an invader.
All your people will have for you is fear.
Even if I was fighting to protect them?
Who would believe you?
No one will even listen to you.
It's so much easier to hate than to understand.
This is where you've been hiding, monster?
Just accept your fate!
I...
Stop!
Please, stop!
Are you all right, my brother?
What?
He's called in his buddies!
Go! Our fellows await!
Our fellows? Who...
Go!
Who did he mean by that?
He meant us. Who else?
Mere monsters in this world, hated by all.
It is we, who share the power to change the course of fate,
who are your true kind, Kouta Kazuraba.
That's...
Where do you think you're going?
You.
You've come to take back Mai, right?
Hate to break it to you, but I'm afraid she's no longer here.
Still, it was a stroke of luck to find you here without Kazuraba.
Yes, what was it you said to me?
That you'd put me down yourself, or some such drivel.
And now that no one is around to hold me back,
I will gladly do just that.
Transform.
MELON ENERGY
Transform.
LEMON ENERGY
LEMON ENERGY ARMS
So, would you still call me weak?
Strength and weakness no longer apply to you!
You're just a fool!
What?
You think you can make a place for yourself under the Overlords?
You're an expendable pawn to them!
I’m the one using them!
So Roshuo doesn't want to use the Fruit of Knowledge if there's any other way?
Roshuo is barely a husk of his former self. The Queen is all he cares about in the world.
Roshuo...
So that's the name of the Overlord who holds the Fruit of Knowledge.
Hmm...
Stop!
Stop it, please!
There's no need to suffer so.
You are an enemy to these people.
Their world will crumble, and in its place will rise a new world all of your own.
A world of my own...?
Come.
Seize this world with us.
We cannot fail with you and the blessing of the Forbidden Fruit on our side.
I...
After the break, will Kouta defeat Gaim...!?
You monster! Let's finish this!
I...
I...!
Just finish me already!
But know that humanity will never surrender to you!
Yuuya...
Go on. Put him out of his misery.
You can kill me, but my friends will come for you!
Yuuya!
So what is it he wants?
To give up the world and save himself...
Or to save the world through his own destruction?
Isn't it obvious?
His decision...
Has always been the same!
I'm sorry, Yuuya.
I don't care who I'm more like or whose world this is!
None of that matters to me.
This man is someone I never wanted to see die.
And there are still people out there I want to live!
You can't be serious!
What? Why are you...
I don't care who's on my side!
I still want to protect them!
Even if I have to be the one to change!
The humans will never accept you!
Yet you would sacrifice yourself for them?
I'm not sacrificing anything!
I'm just fighting for what I want!
For the hope I've always believed in!
For the ending I've always wanted!
Impossible...
And I...
I have nothing to regret.
Next time, on Kamen Rider Gaim:
Challenge me if you dare!
In search of the golden fruit...
Roshuo... King of the Overlords!
You are not worthy of the golden fruit.
Episode 41: Showdown with the Overlord King!
I'll save everyone!