Hacker Assassin

## Dodo Mester

*For the surviving unit, see Dancer Z No. 5.*

> Assassinate.
>
> Hacker Assassin's catchphrase, Kamen Rider Proto Zero-One

The **Assassin Humagear**, nicknamed **Hacker Assassin** by Jen, was a series of Assassin-Type created by Hacker.net that transformed into the first **Dodo Mester**.

## History

### Origins

Little Assassin was originally a member of the **Dancer Z** series, a special Humagear model created to dance in traditional festivals. Five units of the series were captured by a group of thieves, who specialized in changing the faces of Humagears. The units were given a younger appearance by the thieves, before Hacker.net then managed to obtain them by unknown means. One unit, named **Z No. 5** by Azuma Suzuki, managed to escape before then, which meant that only four of them came into the terrorist group's possession. Herobe then repurposed all four units into Assassin Humagears.

### Attack of the Assassin Humagear

The Assassin Humagear was originally introduced by Herobe to Jen as a special Humagear that can become stronger over time as he learns from battles. Herobe then provides Hacker Assassin the Dodo Zetsumerisekey, and gives him the order to assassinate Kamen Rider Proto Zero-One. Jen would playfully nickname the Assassin Humagear as "**Hacker Assassin**". After Jen and Hacker Assassin are deployed, they are intercepted by Sakura Mottai, who transforms into Kamen Rider Valkyrie. Before the Assassin Humagear could transform, Valkyrie froze him with Freezing Bear Progrisekey and distracted Jen in battle while B.I.M.S. soldiers abducted the Assassin Humagear. While Mottai reprograms the Assassin Humagear, she keeps his directive to assassinate Proto Zero-One to cover her tracks. He reappears during the Mammoth Mester's attack and transforms into the Dodo Mester, all while being filmed by Mottai. He fights Proto Zero-One and Vulcan alongside the Mammoth Mester, but is destroyed by Vulcan using the Attache Calibur. His Dodo Zetsumerisekey is recovered by Jen, who sadly noted that Hacker Assassin was still too weak to fight properly.

The second Hacker Assassin unit infiltrates a hospital with a local Humagear network and attempts to hack one of the nurses, but without success. Upon returning to Daybreak Town, Herobe explains to Jen that he uploaded Hacker Assassin's back-up data into a new body and gives him the order to assassinate Mottai instead, having noticed what she did previously. Hacker Assassin joins Jen and Herobe during the assault on B.I.M.S. HQ and transforms into the Dodo Mester, now armed with the Buaruku Sabers due to learning from his mistakes after his previous battle. The three then leave after Jen defeats Valkyrie and Herobe succeeds in stealing the Attache Weapons. The Dodo Mester arrives during the attack on the hospital and and battles Proto Zero-One and is destroyed a second time after his opponent used all of his current Progrisekeys in rapid succession. The Dodo Zetsumerisekey is later reclaimed by Herobe.

At Daybreak Town, the third Hacker Assassin watches a samurai movie called "And, Assassinate" made by Shin Kawasaki alongside Jen. Due to believing that the movie was real, Jen suggests that Hacker Assassin should become Kawasaki's personal student thanks to the Humagear's losing streak, though this offends the latter, who retorts that he grows rather than losing. Hacker Assassin later went undercover during Shin Kawasaki's drama shooting and met up with the actor while in disguise. He impressed Kawasaki after replicating his stunts accurately and Hacker Assassin learned to improvise once every often. Kawasaki's kindness would made Hacker Assassin awaken to Singularity. The next day, after seeing the Actor Humagear Haiyu Yamaguchi pulling a poor performance, Hacker Assassin took matters in his own hands and tries to attack the Actor Humagear as the Dodo Mester. However, Jen tries to stop him and their fight drew the attention of the other Kamen Riders. The Dodo Mester was destroyed by Vulcan using the Gatling Hedgehog Progrisekey, with Jen grabbing the Dodo Zetsumerisekey and fleeing the battle yet again.

At Daybreak Town, Hacker Assassin was restored to his fourth and final body, with Herobe commenting on how Shin's lessons made him much more powerful than ever before. Jen then revealed to his Herobe that Hacker Assassin attempted to destroy their next Mester candidate out of his own volition. Amused by this revelation, Herobe instead declared that the assassin was more closer to Singularity then Jen was. He was then ordered to kill his next target: Shin Kawasaki. Although Hacker Assassin breifly hessitated over he had to do to his mentor, he still followed the order regardless and shot the actor with a real gun. This caused Hacker Assassin to evolve into the Dodo Mester Custom, and, after attempting to escape undetected, he fought and defeated Vulcan before leaving to Daybreak Town, all while declaring that humanity is doomed.

> Why don't we continue the festival, brother? We can exterminate humans to our heart's content... At a festival of **blood!**
>
> Hacker Assassin attempts to convince his brother to join him, all while revealing his true identity., Kamen Rider Proto Zero-One

When Herobe reveals to Jen about the assassin's attempted mutiny, Hacker Assassin canceled his transformation, but suddenly used two silver balls to transform two nearby Trilobite Mester into Dodo Mester Chicks. It was then that he broke out of his restraints, got his Zetsumerisekey and transformed into the Dodo Mester Custom once more, but now with a skull-like face. After escaping Herobe and Jen, Hacker Assassin was now set on creating his own squad of assassins to personally train, and went on by himself to find his 'brother'. He encountered Proto Zero-One, beating him and Vulcan, but after his Shining Hopper form was properly working, Hacker Assassin was permanently destroyed by Proto Zero-One's Shining Mega Impact.

## Personality

As Hacker Assassin is a Hacker.net creation as opposed to a hacked unit, he is little more than a robotic android with no existing template to work off of. However, his ability to adapt has caused him to inherit many of Jen's child-like traits and essentially emulates the personality of a playful child, gesticulating and adding goofy expressions to his sentences. After his first defeat, he becomes a bit more stoic and occasionally shows slight annoyance toward Jen. However, he still continues to exhibit many of the behaviors he learned from Jen.

During his training with Shin Kawasaki, Hacker Assassin becomes more self-aware and starts acting independently, ultimately culminating in him defying Hacker.net by attempting to assassinate Haiyu Yamaguchi for failing to meet Kawasaki's expectations for acting. After achieving his Dodo Mester Custom form, his voice becomes much deeper and he ceases to exhibit the quirks he learned from Jen. As a miscalculation from Herobe, Hacker Assassin's capability on learning to further improve his skills even lead Hacker Assassin to create his own, personal philosophy: to become a better assassin, one must be able to surpass their master by killing them. This error emerged when Herobe ordered Hacker Assassin to kill Kawasaki, unexpectedly leading Hacker Assassin to form this belief.

## Mester Form

* Dodo Mester
* Dodo Mester Custom
* Dodo Mester Custom Two

**Dodo Mester**

> Zetsumerise!
>
> Transformation announcement, Kamen Rider Proto Zero-One

**Statistics**:

* **Height:** 191.3 cm
* **Weight:** 107.5 kg

Hacker Assassin transforms into the **Dodo Mester** by using the Dodo Mester Zetsumerisekey in the Zetsumeriser.

**Arsenal**

* **Buaruku Sabers**: Twin feather-shaped swords wielded by the Dodo Mester in his second body onward.

**Abilities**

* **Humagear Hacking**: Using a method similar to transforming into a Mester, the Dodo Mester can corrupt other Humagears and transform them into a Trilobite Mester by piercing them with tendrils.

**Finishers**

* **Zetsumetsu Nova**: The Dodo Mester performs a simultaneous red energy slash with both Buaruku Sabers.

**Appearances:** *Proto Zero-One* Episodes 7, 8, 9 (flashback), 10

**Dodo Mester Custom**

> Zetsumerise!
>
> Transformation announcement, Kamen Rider Proto Zero-One

**Statistics**:

* **Height:** 191.3 cm
* **Weight:** 107.5 kg

After accumulating enough data from past experiences, the Dodo Mester evolves into the **Dodo Mester Custom**. It is equipped with chest armor that can withstand the Attache Shotgun's blasts, three grenade launchers on each shoulder, and smoke bomb launchers on its forearms. The Dodo Mester also continues to use the Buaruku Sabers.

**Arsenal**

* **Reji Slaughter**: Six machine guns installed in the Dodo Mester's chest armor that are supplied with bullets by back-mounted magazines.
* **Buaruku Sabers**: Twin feather-shaped swords.

**Abilities**

* **Humagear Hacking**: Using a method similar to transforming into a Mester, the Dodo Mester can corrupt other Humagears and transform them into a Trilobite Mester by piercing them with tendrils.

**Appearances:** *Proto Zero-One* Episode 11

**Dodo Mester Custom Two**

> Zetsumerise!
>
> Transformation announcement, Kamen Rider Proto Zero-One

**Statistics**:

* **Height:** 209.9 cm
* **Weight:** 131.4 kg

Hacker Assassin assumed this further evolution of his Dodo Mester Custom form after assassinating Shin Kawasaki. He now possesses metal balls that can be thrown at Humagears within close range to transform them into Dodo Mester Chicks. In addition to the armaments of his previous form, he is equipped with two anti-aircraft guns that are mounted on his head.

**Arsenal**

* **Helmvogel**: A device installed in the Dodo Mester's head that allows him to command the Dodo Mester Chicks simultaneously in group battles.
* **Reji Slaughter**: Six machine guns installed in the Dodo Mester's chest armor that are supplied with bullets by back-mounted magazines.
* **Buaruku Sabers**: Twin feather-shaped swords.

**Appearances:** *Proto Zero-One* Episodes 12-13
## Equipment

### Devices

* Zetsumeriser
* Dodo Zetsumerisekey

## Behind the Scenes

### Portrayal

The Humagear Assassins are portrayed by Alan Elrod. In their original Matsurida Z state, they are portrayed by Oscar Harper.

### Etymology

* The Dodo Mester is named after the Dodo (*Raphus cucullatus*), an extinct species of flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius and was hunted to extinction by 1662.

## Appearances

* *Kamen Rider Zero-One (Fan Version)*
	+ Episode 7: *Hot-Blooded Coach!* (No.1)
	+ Episode 8: *The Poisonous Kamen Rider* (No. 2)
	+ Episode 9: *Breaking With That Life* (Flashback footage of No. 1)
	+ Episode 10: *I Met an Actor* (No. 3)
	+ Episode 11: *Don't Stop the Camera* (No. 4)
	+ Episode 12: *The Great Detective* (No. 4)
	+ Episode 13: *The President's Unfit Secretary* (No. 4)