Kurougatake Ruins Excavation Site, 07:31 a.m. #0 then shoots energy at the ground and says something in the Gurongi language, which causes several monstrous hands to rise out of the ground as all the Gurongi that were defeated by Riku are revived. Zeba in his incomplete form (or Unidentified Lifeform #0), is seen walking through the forest with a blue aura with trees exploding around him.The shadowy figure that attacked the archaeology group, which will later become known as N♽aguva The beam then releases many bolts of electricity into the surrounding air. Yuusuke is driving his bike down the road in the rain when he stops at a red light, looks over, and sees a large light blue energy beam shooting into the sky from the Kugrogatake ruins. Near Komagane Interchange: Central Expressway, 03:07 a.m. However, Yusuke has already headed out the door and says that he'll go over and take a look.
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Sakurako hears the group's cries for help over the phone and taken aback, asks Yusuke how they should respond to it. As one of the archaeologists calls the police asking for help, their recording equipment tapes a mysterious shadowy figure that was attacking them. The team's equipment begins to malfunction. However, at that moment Sakurako's computer gets done translating two of the glyphs from the ruins, one of them meaning "death" and other meaning "warning", and Sakurako calls the investigation team to discuss it. Sakurako then asks Yusuke if he wants coffee, but he says he can't because he has was headed to the Kurougatake ruins. Yusuke then gives Sakurako the mask he was wearing, saying that it was a souvenir from Indonesia and that it works as a talisman. Yusuke then asks Sakurako about climbing the building, and she retorts with the fact that people will complain to them about him scaling the building. Before turning around, Sakurako tells the masked figure, who she knows to be Yusuke Godai, not to come in through the window. A masked figure then climbs up the vines on the outside of the building, climbs in the window, and sneaks up behind her. Sakurako then tells Makoto that the inscription isn't related to a curse. At this point Sakurako's co-worker leaves, leaving her alone in the office. Sakurako tells him that she's busy deciphering ancient text from the Kurougatake ruins, and tells Makoto that other civilizations may have had similar texts.
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She answers the telephone-the person at the other end of the line is named Makoto. Sakurako Sawatari is shown examining photos of Riku's sarcophagus on her computer. Tokyo: Johnan University Archaeology Lab, 11:28 p.m. Soon after, the boy's parents find them and thank Yusuke for finding him. Yusuke then begins juggling, getting the boy to stop crying and Yusuke gives him a thumbs up. He then tells the boy about the time when he was 8 and got lost on a peak called Annapurna in Nepal. Outside the airport, Yusuke Godai talks to a young crying boy who lost his parents, saying that he always thought guys who could smile through hardships were cool. New Tokyo International Airport, 04:05 p.m The mummified Riku's hand then twitches, but this goes unnoticed by the group. In the present day, a group of archaeologists finds Riku's sarcophagus, and as the researchers open the sarcophagus they comment on how they can't believe that something like it was made in Japan. After defeating all the Gurongi, Riku is shown sealing himself away in a sarcophagus.
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The episode begins with a flashback showing Riku, the original Kuuga, fighting many Gurongi in his four basic forms. A group of archaeologists open a tomb that awakens horrible monsters, while journeyman Yusuke Godai is compelled to access a strange belt from the tomb to fight back against them.