Virus

**Virus**(ウイルス *Uirusu*) is a Machine Fighter who appears in episodes 9, 10, and 11 of Gear Fighter Dendoh.

He is voiced by **Daisuke Ishikawa**.

## Appearance

Virus has a dark blue-colored body with some areas colored purple or orange. It has a crotch plate, elongated shoulder pads pointing upward, two large, horn-like antennas on the face, a red visor for the eyes, and has a long blade attached to the right arm.

## Biography

### The Missing Data Weapons

After Althea’s failure to acquire another Data Weapon, Emperor Galfa decides to initiate a plan of his to get rid of Dendoh. He sends out an ordinary meteorite toward earth which Hokuto and Ginga mange to destroy with Dendoh and the newly acquired Leo Circle. As the pieces of the meteorite fall all over earth, one of the pieces falls into the sea near Crescent Island. Later, as GEAR tries to pick up the meteorite piece from the ocean for research purposes, it suddenly starts glowing and breaks open, revealing a Professional Machine called Virus. Virus starts destroying boats nearby an island until Hokuto and Ginga arrive with Dendoh. Virus immediately flies straight towards Dendoh where Hokuto and Ginga perform Wave Dragon Hit to hit Virus with a water tornado. However, Virus transforms into a jet, dodges the water tornado, and speeds up to Dendoh to slash the chest. As GEAR is analyzing Virus’ data, they find that it’s unlike the past Machine Beasts Dendoh had faced against. Virus overwhelms Dendoh with it’s speed, so Ginga and Hokuto decide to summon both of their Data Weapons. However, they find out their Data Weapons are gone due to a mistake made by Eris when analzing them. Just then, Althea arrives with Ogre to take down Dendoh and notices they’re not using the Data Weapons. With Dendoh defenseless without the Data Weapons, GEAR decides to bring Dendoh back to base so they sent out their air force to fight Virus and to let Dendoh retreat away. However, Ogre commands the rest of the Professional Machines from the rest of the meteorite pieces to wake up. Before Dendoh could get away, Virus is suddenly joined by five other Professional Machines: Lock, Error, Bug, Crash, and Hang. The six Professional Machines start attacking non-stop with their weapons and powers against Dendoh, overpowering Hokuto and Ginga. Fortunately, Vegas appears and tell the two boys to land on the island to create a sand storm with Dendoh’s arm turbines to cover them. Once they do so, Vegas creates a hologram to trick Althea and the Machinemen into leaving the area to chase the fake Dendoh.

### Zero Seconds Before Dendoh's Destruction

As Virus and the other Professional Machines follow Ogre, Althea continues wondering about Dendoh not using the Dara Weapons. They come across more of GEAR’s Air Force fighters where the jets fire missiles at Virus. Virus is unaffected by the missiles and launches an Energy Orb that destroys all the fighter jets. By sunset, Althea sends a message throughout the world for Hokuto and Ginga to come to a pinpoint location at an island otherwise he and the Professional Machines will destroy major cities. Althea and the Professional Machines wait at the island until Hokuto and Ginga arrive at the location with Dendoh and a capsule containing a computer energy source to gather the lost Data Weapons. Althea has Virus attack first with it’s Arm Blade Cannon, but Dendoh retaliates and they land on the island where Error and Hang strike the Gear Fighter with their weapons and Lock and Crash join in the fight. Dendoh maneuvers on the ground to dodge the Professional Machines’ attack and manages to hit Virus with Whirlpool Kick and strike Error with Whirlpool Punch. Althea finally realizes that Hokuto and Ginga don’t have the Data Weapons on them, so he has Bug hold Dendoh down while prevent the leg turbines from turning. With Dendoh defenseless, Althea summons Viper Whip and activates the Final Attack to destroy the Gear Fighter. Fortunately, Hokuto and Ginga throw the capsule up in the air and it unleashes the power source, luring in all the Data Weapons as well as Althea’s Viper Whip. With all the Data Weapons together, Hokuto, Ginga, and Althea regain their own Data Weapons. Not wanting to waste the opportunity to get the other Data Weapons, Althea orders the Machine Fighters to get the rest with Virus and Lock going after Flare Dragon. Dendoh escapes Bug’s grip to save Flare Dragon, which Virus and Hang are holding onto. Hokuto summons Unicorn Drill to ram into the two Professional Machines and freeing Flare Dragon. Gaining Flare Dragon’s gratitude, Hokuto acquires the Data Weapon. The two then save Gatling Boar from Error and Lock and Ginga acquires it. However, Virus, Crash, Bug, and Hang manage to hold down Horn Ox for Althea to acquire for himself. Dendoh uses Leo Circle Final Attack to stop him, only for Crash to sacrifice itself to prevent the attack from hitting Althea. Once Althea acquires Horn Ox, Virus and the rest of the Professional Machines surround Dendoh as Althea has Ogre perform the Horn Ox Final Attack. Dendoh barely dodges the attack, so Hokuto sends out Flare Dragon to clear a path through the Professional Machines for them to escape. However, Althea and the Machine Fighters chase after them where Hang knocks Dendoh down into the sea.

### Decisive Match! Dendoh vs. Ogre

After Dendoh crashes into the sea, Althea and the Machine Fighters swim down to destroy the Gear Fighter. Fortunately, GEAR was able to reclaim Dendoh before Althea and the Machine Fighters could find it. Ogre suddenly runs low on battery, so Althea decides to return to Spiral City in order to recharge but orders the Machine Fighters to search around for Dendoh. Later, Althea arrives back on Earth where Virus and the rest of the Machine Fighters group together at an island. Althea orders the Machine Fighters to force Hokuto and Ginga out if they can’t find them so they could finish off Dendoh once and for all. As they make their way to Ginga and Hokuto’s hometown, believing Dendoh to be hidden in a base around there, GEAR sends out their fighter jets and battle ships to stop them. The Machine Fighters fight back where Virus manages to destroy two of the jets in his Flight Form by flying pass them and slicing them in halves and destroys one of the battle ships. The Machine Fighters arrive at the city where they start destroying everything in order to force Dendoh out. During the destruction, Virus destroys a city block with a beam from it’s chest. Later, Hokuto and Ginga finally arrive in the city with Dendoh, this time with a plan to destroy all the Machine Fighters at once. The Machine Fighters confront them and start fighting where Virus and Error are the first two to strike. Dendoh retaliates with Unicorn Drill until Lock knocks the Gear Fighter down. Hokuto and Ginga then get the Machine Fighters to chase after Dendoh as they make their way to Dendoh’s launch tunnel in the ocean. The Machine Fighters chase Dendoh into the lauch tunnel with Virus and Error being the last two to enter. With all the Machine Fighters lined up in the tunnel, Dendoh performs Unicorn Drill Final Attack and launch a spiraling beam at all the Machine Fighters. Virus tries to escape the tunnel in it’s Flight Form, but the beam catches up to it and blows the Machine Fighter up.

## Powers/Abilities

**Flight**: Virus is able to fly up into the sky.

**Chest Energy Beams**: Virus can shoot out a red energy orb and a green beam from it’s chest that can create massive explosions.

**Flight-Form**: Virus can transform into a supersonic jet to speed up on it’s opponents.

**Arm Blade Cannon**: Virus is equipped with a bladed cannon attached to it’s right arm that it can use to slice it’s opponents or to shoot green laser beams. It can also transform into a beam sickle.

**Swimming**: Virus is able to swim through water.