Arachnea Worm Ruboa

**Arachnea Worm Ruboa**(アラクネアワーム・ルボア *Arakuneawāmu ruboa*) is one of the three arachnid-based Worms from Episode 1 of Kamen Rider Kabuto.

## Appearance

Ruboa’s molted form includes a dark blue-colored exoskeleton covered with red stripes all over. It also includes spider leg-like tendrils on it’s shoulders and draping down it’s head, small red mandibles, red teeth in its circular mouth, three eyes with the third eye on the forehead, sharp claws on the hands, and two shields on it’s arms.

## Biography

When a Guard was on his shift at a Bay Area in a building, he suddenly comes across a human being who looks a lot like him. However, the being soon reveals itself to be a chrysalis-like alien called a Worm and attacks the guard. An organization, called ZECT, is alerted by the Worm’s activity and send out ZECT Troopers to eliminate it. As the ZECT Troopers look for the Worm in the building, it suddenly ambushes and fights them off. It even manages to withstand their bullets but starts to become weakened from the amount of gunfire. Just as the Worm is about to be finish off, more of it’s kind appear and ambush the ZECT Troopers as well. During the battle, the Worm’s body heat suddenly starts rising up until it, as well as other two Worms, undergoes a metamorphosis, molting off it’s exoskeleton and turning into an Arachnea Worm, called Ruboa. Ruboa and the other two Arachnea Worms, Flavus and Nigritia, soon become the only Worms left and they attack the rest of the ZECT Troopers with their speed ability, called Clock Up. Unable to defeat the Worms with their Clock Up abilities, the ZECT Troopers are ordered to retreat, letting the Arachnea Worms escape. The next day, two detectives find Ruboa, mimicking the guard it murdered, walking around so they attempt to call ZECT in their car. However, their phone gets an interference and they suddenly find Ruboa in their car, where it kills one of them and the other tries to shoot it. However, once the detective comes gets out the car, Ruboa reveals it’s Pupa Body and kills him. Once killing the detective, Ruboa mimics his dead body and is about to head off. However, it then notices that a girl, named Hiyori, witnessed the slaughter. Hiyori tried to escape in her bicycle, but Ruboa catches up with her and chases after her up into a parking garage. ZECT arrives in time, after being alerted of the Worm’s activity, and the ZECT Troopers immediately start firing at it. The ZECT Troopers then progress further for closer combat, causing to Ruboa molt it’s Pupa Body again and change into it’s Arachnea Worm form. Ruboa manages to fight off the ZECT Troopers and continued to chase after Hiyori. Meanwhile, Hiyori’s friend, Kagami, desperately wants to save her from the Worm so he takes ZECT’s Rider System belt to fight against Ruboa. Wearing the belt, Kagami heads up the parking garage and confronts Ruboa before it could get to Hiyori. Kagami then summons the Kabuto Zecter, but rather than coming to him, the Zecter heads toward another man wearing the Rider System Belt, named Tendou. Once placing the Kabuto Zecter into his belt, Tendou transforms into Kamen Rider Kabuto Masked Form. Ruboa jumps at Kabuto and the two begin to fight each other until Kabuto shoots it into the storage area of the parking garage with his Kabuto Kunai Gun. Kabuto keeps on shooting Ruboa until the Worm uses it’s Clock Up ability to overwhelm him. Once Kabuto is knocked down, Ruboa continues speeding around the area until Kabuto locates a mirror in the garage. Once shooting at two sacks of sand and the mirror, Kabuto uses the laser pointers on his Kunai Gun to reflect off the mirror shards, locating Ruboa during it’s Clock Up. After getting up, Kabuto positions the Axe Form of his Kunai Gun toward Ruboa, making the Worm speed up onto the blade and stabbing itself, causing it to shriek and blow up into a blue flames.

## Powers/Abilities

* Pupa Body
* Arachnea Worm
**Pupa Form**

Powers/Abilities
**Human Mimicry**: The Salis Worm is able to change its physical appearance into it’s victim’s appearances.

**Elongated Claws**: On it’s right hand, the Salis Worm holds two incredibly long claws on it’s fingers that it uses in combat.

**Tough Exoskeleton**: The Salis Worm’s body is able to withstand ordinary bullets and other weapons.

**Molting**: When the Salis Worm’s body heat rises up, it undergoes into a metamorphosis by molting off it’s exoskeleton and turning into a stronger Worm.

**Arachnea**

Powers/Abilities
**Clock Up**: Once molting off it’s Pupa Body, Ruboa can accelerate it’s own speed.

**Webs**: Ruboa can shoot out a webs from out of it’s left palm to attack it’s targets.