Conspiracy VI: Kamen Rider Qualifications

is the fifteenth episode of Kamen Rider Geats. It features Michinaga Azuma's elimination and Ace Ukiyo's return as Kamen Rider Geats.
==Synopsis==
The final boss has appeared, marking the final battle of the Desire Grand Prix. For the title of Deza Shin: Keiwa, Neon, and Michinaga transform into Kamen Riders and make their stand against the final boss. 
While Tycoon and Na-Go struggle against the final boss, Buffa takes a heavy blow and is forced out of his transformation. "Why... What difference is there between you and me?" Michinaga vents his frustration at Ace because he is no longer able to use his own powers.
However.... Ace has already dropped out of the game and lost his memories of the Desire Grand Prix...!
==Plot==
Tsumuri does another video diary outside her home and wonders how the game will end without Ace participating, looking to his bedroom window. 
Ace wakes up and heads downstairs for breakfast. After finishing, “Dad” asks him what he going to do today, with him answering that he has five interviews and three photo shoots to do, then a spot on a late night talk show. Girori says that being a star must be hectic but Ace corrects him that he is The Star of the Star of the Stars, he knows his father is busy but at the very least he could remember that. Girori apologizes as he watches his “son” rush off to work. 
Tsumuri sees that Ace truly has no memory of the DGP and questions Girori’s abuse of authority that led to Ace’s elimination. Girori briefly raises his voice, telling her to be silent and then calmly explains that this is for the best to improve the game. Tsumuri just silently leers at him.
Later, Girori calls Archimedel to inform him of Ace’s defeat and the latter is elated as now his Jyamato can ruin the world without anyone to stop him and his new last boss will be the one to make it happen. Girori says he still has Kamen Riders ready to defend against the threat and not to underestimate them and hangs up, but Archimedel says that with proper care his creations will ever evolve into unstoppable agents of destruction.
The last boss, the Rafflesia Fortress Jyamato, attacks the city as the Riders are alerted to the emergency. Tsumuri explains that the game is Battleship, they must avoid the enemy until it passes and protect the people, with the winner determined by their score. The three remaining Riders think about their wishes before heading out, each hoping to become the Desire God. 
Michinaga ignores the rules of the game, charging towards the boss instead of avoiding it while Neon and Keiwa try to escort civilians to safety. Michinaga runs into Rook, who proves difficult to take down as his vines block attacks and bind anyone who gets near him. Michinaga tries to get past him to reach the boss, only to be surprised when Rook speaks and says something eerily familiar: “You mean the fortress? That’s not possible.” 
Neon and Keiwa try to destroy a Jyamato Rider, who also imitates Takahito Taira, but he is far stronger than the previous ones, able to resist their Tactical finishers and kick them back. The two see that the waves of Jyamato are getting worse and they can’t keep up, with too many civilians in danger of being killed for them to be able to defend. This shakes Neon’s resolve, as she starts to break under the immense pressure and says it is hopeless without Ace by their side. 
Ace is at his photo shoot when the Jyamato burst in to attack the photographers, despite not having his memories, he tries to protect everyone until they can get to safety first and wonders what is wrong with the world. 
Neon and Keiwa talk about how much more they appreciate Ace as they continue to struggle against the Jyamato Rider, since they never knew how hard it was protecting the world alone. Michinaga tells them both to shut up, as he does not need the power of Geats to win, he can make it on his own. 
Girori reveals that he rigged the game to make it so it would be more likely that Michinaga would become the new Desire God as he observes the progress of the three Riders from the Temple. Michinaga revolves his Zombie power to his legs to kick Rook, but gets caught in the energy blast of the Rafflesia Fortress and Neon and Keiwa do as well. 
The blast injures all of them but Michinaga gets up and remembers the last time a Fortress appeared and how Ace destroyed it from the inside. He plans on using the same strategy, equipping the Feverslot Buckle to become Fever PropellerZombie to fly closer as Ace runs outside to see the fight taking place. 
Michinaga is struck down by the Rafflesia Fortress’s tendrils and crashes, Ace checks on him, much to his ire and he pushes him aside, only to fall from a broken leg. Ace isn’t sure what is going on, but tells the stranger unknowingly for a second time that courage and recklessness are two different things. This further annoys Michinaga as even without his memories the man he hates is still lecturing him. 
Too fixated on winning and his burning desire to punish all Kamen Riders, he ignores Keiwa’s pleas to fall back and when Neon says nobody can survive alone, he says that there is no difference between the Riders that killed Toru and them. Everyone with a Driver is Michinaga’s enemy and he blindly charges at the Rafflesia Fortress, taking a direct hit that critically damages his armor and fatally wounds him. Girori calls Michinaga “a reckless idiot” watching the event unfold as Ace tries to help him, while Tsumuri is devastated. 
As he lays dying in the arms of the one he hates most, Michinaga asks in tears to Ace why he can’t win against him, what makes him so different? Ace, having no memory of him, doesn’t understand what he’s saying. Michinaga says that Ace once told him that he should never give up and he would win eventually, wincing in pain as his ID Core begins to crack. Knowing what comes next, he detatches his Desire Driver and gives it to Ace, asking if what he said was just another cruel trick. He then says that if Ace truly meant what he said back then, he should prove it by giving something that would make him believe in Ace, as he seemingly breathes his last breaths and fades away… 
“MISSION FAILED”
Neon and Keiwa are beaten by the Jyamato Rider as Ace feels anger, then he tells his allies that they must retreat for now, having fully recovered his memories. If all of them lose, it would be Game Over and the city would be destroyed along with the rest of the world.
Girori is not pleased that Ace in back in the lounge, with the latter explaining that the short time he was in contact with the Buffa ID Core restored his mind to normal. Ace revealed to the others that Girori is the Game Master and makes a proposal, that his qualification as a Rider be reinstated to stop the threat with his Geats Core returned to him. Girori refuses as he has been disqualified, but Ace says he isn’t here to beg and to consider the gravity of their current situation.
Abusing his authoritative powers again, Girori orders Keiwa and Neon to go back out and win the game. Both refuse as the current threat is too hard for them to handle by themselves and Keiwa is suspicious about the Jyamato. He asks what the connection is between them and the defeated players, having doubts about the games. Girori tries emotionally manipulating them by pointing out that they will not receive their wish if they do not fight. Neon does want them to have their wishes, but they are not strong enough to win yet. 
Still refusing to let Ace back in, he decides to prepare items for them to gain the strength to win, giving Keiwa the Boost Buckle. Ace again tells Girori that they are not his pawns, they will decide wether to fight or not. Girori asks why Ace even wants to fight as he would not have the title of Desire God due to his elimination, seeing no point to it. Ace simply says he wants to protect his world, taking the Boost Buckle. Girori laughs and defends his decision, Ace is not a Kamen Rider anymore. 
Tsumuri objects, revealing that he is qualified, showing that Ace found a loophole in the DGP from the very start by making his first wish “to be in the DGP until he dies”. Since Ace is still breathing, he can participate as Kamen Rider Geats per the granting of that wish, with her returning his ID Core and Driver to him. 
Girori is outraged, asking if Ace planned this all along, with the sly hero revealing that he did, having placed hidden detailed notes to himself in his room as a contingency if he ever lost the game on what to do next. His plan was to instruct his amnesiac self to a battle where Riders are participating and touch an ID Core, then get his Driver back from Tsumuri. Everything just eventually worked out in his favor. Girori is begrudgingly impressed as Ace puts his Driver on to go save the world.
Ace double teams with the Boostriker to take down the Jyamato, using a fast flurry of Boost Rider Punches and Kicks and then equipping Magnum to blast the remaining grunts in that area away. He then shifts to ZombieBoost briefly and then Raising Form to deal with more Jyamato.
Back at the Temple, Neon asks Girori about her father’s involvement in the DGP and Keiwa wants answers too. Tsumuri thinks it is time that they told them the truth, but Girori insists that she remains silent.
Ace destroys the remaining Pawns and the Jyamato Rider, fully charging his Raising Sword and detaching the second Twin Command Buckle to become Command Form Jet Mode. He flies into the air and zips back and forth, tearing off Rafflesia Fortress’s tendrils and quick revolving to Cannon Mode. He says one can destroy a castle from the outside too, they just need the right weapon to do it. He fires a powerful dual laser beam at Rafflesia, shifts back to Jet Mode and uses the Tactical Raising Rider Slash to destroy the fortress.
The mysterious man, Niramu, congratulates Geats on the win and says his comeback was “true realism”.
Despite the last boss being defeated, the world does not reset because Girori refuses to declare Ace the winner. Instead, he will give Neon and Keiwa one last chance to become Desire God with a new game: the Desire God Tournament.
==Cast==
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*Narration: 
===Suit Actors===
*Kamen Rider Geats: 
*Kamen Rider Tycoon: 
*Kamen Rider Na-Go: 
*Kamen Rider Buffa: 
==Forms and Collectibles Used==
===Raise Buckles===
*Buckle Used: 
**Geats
***Boost, Magnum (once in Magnum Shooter 40X), Zombie, Command Jet, Command Cannon
**Tycoon
***Ninja
**Na-Go
***Beat
**Buffa
***Zombie, Feverslot
*Form Used:
**Geats
***Boost Form (Upper Half), Boost Form (Lower Half; via Revolve), MagnumBoost Form, ZombieBoost Form, Entry Form, Raising Form, Command Form Jet Mode (once via Revolve), Command Form Cannon Mode (via Revolve)
**Tycoon
***Ninja Form (Upper half)
**Na-Go
***Beat Form (Upper half)
**Buffa
***Zombie Form (Upper half), Zombie Form (Lower half; via Revolve), Armed Propeller Zombie (via Feverslot Buckle)
==Errors==
*The kneepads of Buffa's Zombie Form are visibly fixed to his legs using clear tape.
*Despite being slotted on the right side of Buffa's Desire Driver, the Zombie Buckle is suddenly on the left side shortly after Michinaga is forced out of his transformation and when he gives his Driver to Ace.
*The CGI scenes for Geats Command Form Cannon Mode (specifically whenever he revolves from and into Jet Mode) feature an orange mouthpiece, which is used by Jet Mode.
==Notes==
*As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside episode 41, .
*Closing Screen DGP Rule: 
*Count at episode end
**Raise Buckles in Geats' possession: Magnum, Boost, Zombie, Feverslot, Command Jet
**Raise Buckles in Tycoon's possession: Ninja, Feverslot
**Raise Buckles in Na-Go's possession: Beat, Feverslot
**Raise Buckles in PunkJack's possession: Monster, Feverslot
*Eliminations: Buffa (killed by the Rafflesia Fortress Jyamato)
*Riders Remaining: 4/32 (Geats, Tycoon, Na-Go, PunkJack)
*The opening theme sequence featured clips from the then-upcoming Kamen Rider Geats × Revice: Movie Battle Royale.
*To signify his temporary loss from the episode, Ace/Geats is blurred out in the opening theme sequence, though he is not entirely blurred out from the whole opening.
*This episode features the debut of Geats Command Form Jet Mode, as well as the final appearance of Geats Command Form Cannon Mode, and the only appearances of Geats ZombieBoost Form and Buffa Armed Propeller Zombie.
*This episode additionally marks the return of Geats MagnumBoost Form since episode 5.
*Due to him being hijacked by Kamen Rider Glare, Win Hareruya does not appear in this episode. In addition to this fact during the character's introduction opening sequence, Win's scene for the current or the latest appearance is put on his final moment when he was about to face Girori.
==External links==
*TV Asahi's official episode guide for 謀略Ⅵ：仮面ライダーの資格
*KR Official's official episode guide for 謀略Ⅵ：仮面ライダーの資格
*JAE's official episode guide for 謀略Ⅵ：仮面ライダーの資格
Category:New Form Episode