……Voon……

Vital sequence normal. Output of each unit normal. External network connection established.

Starting up. Starting up. Starting up.

When the man woke up, he saw an unfamiliar ceiling. It was more than a month ago that he was involved in the Mysterious Being’s bombing terrorism and suffered 60 broken bones all over his body. On top of that, he forced himself to go into battle, he was seriously injured on the brink of death and had been unconscious for a long time.

「My head is kinda fuzzy, ze……」

It is said that when a person falls into a long-term coma, he or she may experience memory clouding or hallucinations upon awakening. The man’s vision also showed clear hallucinations of numbers and English phrases that he could not understand.

「……Damn, how long have I been unconscious this time, ze……？」

While slowly raising his body, he noticed something strange happening to his body. Although every bone in his body should have been broken, he felt strangely light.

Looking around, it seems that this is not a hospital room in the first place.

Instead of white curtains and vases, the surroundings are decorated with plain concrete walls and countless wires crawling on the floor.

「Ara, You are awake? Alright, it’s a success.」

Suddenly, a familiar woman’s voice struck the man’s earlobe. It was Momoshima Ruru, a.k.a. Victor Pink, with thick makeup and a pink shirt…….

「Hey Pink, where the hell are we, ze……？」

「Ara Blue, you have been here before.　This is my private lab. This is where your Jet Cutter Magnum was made, Y’ know.」

「Ah, is that so… I can’t remember for some reason, ze…」

Aikawa Johnny, aka Blue, shook his fuzzy head lightly and pressed his forehead with his hand.

A metallic noise echoes in the room and in Johnny’s brain.

「…………Huh?」

When he looked down at his palms, there were two hands encased in steel armor.

Not only his hands, but also his arms, legs, stomach, back, chest, shoulders, head, and even his precious parts. Blue’s entire body, which had been destroyed to the point of irreversibility, was now mostly replaced by mecha.

Victor Blue Aikawa Johnny has been reborn as a cyborg hero!

「You’ve got to be kidding me, ze!　Wait a minute, daze!　Pink, what the hell is this?」

「Fufufu… All of this is a message from Lord Desmos Agappi Agriopappa in heavens… May you too be blessed with bonds and love.」

Pink sprinkles purifying white sand, which is sold for 800 yen per 100 grams, over Blue’s entire body. Then, making a triangle with her hands, she shakes her body from side to side and makes a sound like a broken ventilation fan.

The pink eyes were unfocused, with pupils completely dilated. Apparently, after having a mental breakdown, she had immersed herself in a dangerous new religion.

「Hey, sand-throwing religious hag!　What the hell have you done to my body, daze!」

「It’s okay, Blue. Justice needs your help. Ganjanhoram, Ganjanhoram.」

It was at that moment that Pink placed a suspicious antenna on her head. A huge shadow rose up behind Pink, who continued to chant an unintelligible incantation.

Blue unintentionally kicked the bed and struck a fighting pose.

「Hey, Pink!　What’s that big mysterious being behind you, daze?　Did you do that too?」

「Don’t talk so loud, Blue. You’re scaring Yellow.」

「Yellow……? That’s Kioumaru, ze!?」

The height of that gigantic body should be easily 3 meters. On its rock-like body,  its arms are about the size of a refrigerator. A muscle daruma… no, its appearance, which could be called a muscle castle, was closer to a mysterious being than a human.

「……Gowasu.」

「He had lost a lot of weight, and I thought he was going to die if we keep this up. So I gave him a daily dose of curry, which is not allowed, and this is what happened.」

「Pink! Your blood is neither red nor pink! It’s the same color as grim reaper, ze!」

Blue, who was made into a full-body cyborg, was still the better one.

Blue called out timidly to Yellow, whose face was half buried by his overdeveloped trapezius muscles.

「Hey Yellow, why did you end up like this, daze…?」

「……Gowasuu?」

「No, Blue. Yellow can’t understand a word other than “curry” right now.」

「His language center has been hit! I feel so sorry that I can’t even say anything!!」

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The next day, the new Victor Rangers were gathered at the temporary hero headquarters in Asagaya.

Blue, whose entire body has been turned into a cyborg while in a coma. Yellow, who has been turned into a muscle-heavy tank by special curry doping and has completely lost the ability to speak. Pink who follows Lord Desmos Agappi Agriopappa in the new religion “Kourin Seiho Friends Association”.

Gathered in the name of justice, they are the new Victory Sentai Victor Ranger Kai.

「It’s as if we are the dirty version of Av*ngers, daze……」

「……Gowasu.」

「Ganjanhoram, Ganjanhoram.」

He would have submitted his resignation in the first place, but had been crushed by the hand of a maddened Pink.

「Victor Rangers, I’m so glad you’re all here!　I am the brain of the Hero Headquarters. I am the noble, beautiful, and talented Komorodo Utako, Chief of Staff!」

The flamboyant woman introduces herself with a high degree of self-esteem, and her flat chest heaves as if she was the king of this hero headquarters. Next to her, Commander Samejima Asaka, the only one who could be relied upon, quietly closed her eyes without saying a word.

「Fufufufu, it seems that the difference in rank is so great that you can’t even say a word! Well then, let me introduce you to new companions who will replace the demoted Red-san and the dead Green-san!」

A very bad feeling ran through Blue’s electronically controlled brain. It would be terrible if it turned out to be something like the previous Mayuzumi Kirika.

No, rather, at the point when this half-assedly shady woman introduced herself, he felt like she’s not a good person.

「I’m begging you, please be a safe guy, daze… a safe and normal guy, come…! Rather, anyone who can communicate is fine, ze…!」

Blue prayed to God with all his heart, but stopped praying when he heard cheerful Latin music coming from the hallway.

From behind the door of the secret base, which opened with a bang, a burly macho man who looked like a U.S. Marine emerged.

One was a white man with a muscular, well-trained body and a tight-fitting red shirt. The other was a black man with dreadlocks holding a huge boom box.

「I am William Akagi. If you want me to trust you, get me a triple cheeseburger and a Diet Coke. Then we’ll talk.」

「AH……AH…… I am Tamlamar Kusanagi. Are YOU Johnny Aikawa. YO！　YO！　COOL BODY not bad! Let’s get along AtoZ! YEAH！」

Johnny Aikawa, a.k.a. Blue, with dead eyes, fist bumped with the rhythmic new green.

Why does this guy keep chewing gum in front of someone he’s just met for the first time? And are the pistols and grenades New Red is playing with real?

All sorts of questions go round and round in Blue’s head.

「Allow me to introduce, suwa. Coming from the Abashiri branch, they are the Victory Brothers, Will and Lamar, desuwa!」

「……You’ve got to be kidding me, ze!!」

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