Mara remains behind in the secured analysis chamber with the three the restrained informant Researchers and the sealed case. Kensaku seals his Rider helmet, ignites the Rocket Searcher, and rises into the city’s night air at patrol speed.
The scouting scope catches a disguised security convoy threading beneath an elevated roadway. Its unmarked vans carry forged Vought credentials, while a restrained adult man with silvering hair, a lean human man with a weathered face, a torn gray hoodie, and a split lower lip struggles behind one reinforced window.
Mara’s encrypted field brief confirms the authorization codes were copied from buried the restrained informant records. The convoy’s route terminates at a compromised the restrained informant facility flagged in the deletion audits.
Vought Security Escorts
Look at the panda paint. They sent a mascot hero. Keep him close, and this ends fast.
Dead Monochrome resolves four armored escorts through the haze, marking weak points at their shoulder seals, knee actuators, and weapon couplings. Giant scratchers deploy with a quiet metallic snap.
The Restrained Informant
The facility has proof of BOARD’s concealed collaboration. Do not let them erase it.
The informant flashes the warning through the van’s narrow window as the convoy brakes beneath the facility’s dead security lights. Kensaku hovers above the road, rifle trained, every route open before him.
✓ Quest Accepted
Rescue the informant and preserve BOARD's buried evidence
“Shirou activates one of his finishers, "Scouting Dystopia" as his gauntlet like "Giant scratchers" glow with red energy as his jet pack enters it's top speed of 100 meters per 0.004 meters as he rips up the vought van tires as kensaku raises his dead monochrime rifle to the vought transport as he says: "Get on the ground and drop your weapons! you have the right to remain silent, so comply or i will use lethak force if needed!"”
SUCCESS (Good Brawling, rolled +1)
Kensaku’s gauntlets unlock from the Rider suit, Giant scratchers sliding into his fists as red energy floods their blades. The Dead Monochrome rifle unfolds along his forearm.
Rocket Searcher hits maximum thrust. Kensaku drops beneath the elevated roadway in a red streak, the energized gauntlets ripping through the van’s tires and forcing the convoy sideways.
The reinforced van grinds to a controlled halt against the curb. Kensaku lands hard beside it, one knee striking asphalt as pain flashes through his leg, but the informant remains secured inside.
Shirou Kenzaki/Kamen Rider Kensaku
Get on the ground and drop your weapons! You have the right to remain silent, so comply or I will use lethal force if needed!
The four Vought Security Escorts freeze beneath the rifle’s aim. One weapon clatters onto the roadway, followed by three more as armored knees meet the pavement.
Vought Security Escorts
Weapons down! We surrender!
The convoy is disabled and its escorts compliant. Behind the reinforced window, the restrained informant watches Kensaku through the dim interior, while his injured leg bears the cost of the landing.
“Shirou limps but his armour's self repair functions get to work, numbing the pain in his leg. He punches through the cage holding the informant as he asks: You good? they don't look injured. He offers is motorcycle to the informant as he tells them to ride off to BOARD proper. Then after they're gone, shirou asks: "Okay somebody talk, what the hell do you people want? And don't give me that they don't tell us anything crap. you kidnapped an informant, so what's the play?"”
SUCCESS (Good Strength, rolled +3)
Kensaku’s armor seals around the injured leg, its self-repair system flooding the joint with numbness. He limps to the van, then recalls the deployed Giant scratchers into his gauntlets.
Red-edged claws bite into the reinforced cage. Kensaku tears through the bars in one decisive punch, bending the frame outward and opening the informant’s compartment completely.
Shirou Kenzaki/Kamen Rider Kensaku
You good? They don't look injured.
The informant steps out carefully, flexing his wrists where the restraints had held him. Kensaku directs him to the motorcycle, and the man takes it toward BOARD proper without argument.
As the motorcycle disappears beneath the roadway, a small encrypted transmitter drops from the informant’s sleeve onto the van floor, still displaying BOARD’s emergency return code.
Shirou Kenzaki/Kamen Rider Kensaku
Okay, somebody talk. What the hell do you people want? And don't give me that they don't tell us anything crap. You kidnapped an informant, so what's the play?
Vought Security Escorts
We were told the informant carried deletion records. The order was to extract him alive, wipe the facility, and deliver the records to a Vought liaison. We were never given the liaison’s name.
✓ Quest Accepted
Identify the Vought liaison
Director's note
he flies off via his rocket searcher to let his leg heal up as he flies into the night
“Shirou: fine, get moving we're done here. I'll find out who your liaison is another day, and yes i know: i look like a panda, that's my motif as scouting panda. But i'm also based on a spec ops agent and sniper. last thing, tell your seven main 'heroes': homelander, queen mauve, the deep, black noir, A-Train, Starlight and Sister Sage that if they want trouble. Then expect resistance, i don't care if homelander thinks he's a god, he's not mine..”
SUCCESS (Good Intimidation, rolled +1)
Shirou Kenzaki/Kamen Rider Kensaku
Fine. Get moving. We're done here. I'll find out who your liaison is another day. And yes, I know I look like a panda. That's my scouting motif, with a spec-ops and sniper basis.
Shirou Kenzaki/Kamen Rider Kensaku
Tell Homelander, Queen Maeve, The Deep, Black Noir, A-Train, Starlight, and Sister Sage that if they want trouble, they should expect resistance. I don't care if Homelander thinks he's a god. He's not mine.
The four armored escorts rise without argument, retrieve only their identification cards, and move away from the disabled convoy with their hands visible. Kensaku's warning has landed hard enough to become their immediate assignment.
Vought Security Escorts
Understood. We will deliver the message exactly as given. We're moving.
The escorts clear the roadway and leave the convoy behind for emergency authorities. Kensaku turns skyward, Rocket Searcher igniting beneath him as the city opens into dark avenues and scattered lights.
He flies into the night at a steady pace, keeping the injured leg relaxed while the armor's self-repair continues its quiet work. Below, the disabled vans shrink into the traffic grid.
“end scene.”
FAILURE (Good Health, rolled -3)
“end scene 3”
Rocket Searcher carries Kensaku above the city, its red exhaust carving a steady line through the dark while traffic glimmers far below.
He keeps the injured leg relaxed as the armor’s self-repair system works through the strain of the landing. The ache gradually recedes beneath a controlled numbness.
Behind him, the disabled convoy disappears into the city grid, left for emergency authorities and whatever investigation follows the seized credentials.
The encrypted transmitter remains secured with the rescued informant, while the deletion records and the unknown Vought liaison become the next threads in BOARD’s buried investigation.
Kensaku maintains patrol speed, scanning the avenues and rooftops without diverting from his course. The night offers no immediate emergency, only distance and time to heal.
He flies onward into the darkness, armor steady around him and Rocket Searcher burning toward the next lead against Vought.
Quest Complete
Rescue the informant and preserve BOARD's buried evidence
Skill Upgrade: Brawling Good→Great