Last time on Quirk Genius: Build...

"So you're Dark Build, huh?"

Midnight stood with other heroes, including Eraserhead, Cementoss, Present Mic, Endeavor, and Sir Nighteye.

Eiji and Ankh were also there, Evolto in his Fenrir armor collapsed in front of them.

And yet...

Despite the numbers against him...

Despite the seemingly odds of him being defeated...

Despite everything that has happened...

Dark Build seemingly smiled, and asked,

"Shall we begin the new experiment?"

There was tense silence, the sounds of the students fighting an out-of-control Izuku coming from the building behind the worker. Dark Build's Magma arm glowed before lava erupted, quickly being directed towards the students. Cementoss quickly made a wall just in time, but something else happened.

The hot molten liquid crashed, before forced away and around Dark Build, heading towards the heroes. Present Mic quickly yelled, using his Quirk to keep the magma away as Cementoss quickly boxed the lava in while at the same time raising the heroes so a 'lake' of lava was created.

As the lava cooled, Evolto shifted slightly. Dark Build noticed, before speaking, "Evolto... I'm trusting you." Evolto briefly chuckled before suddenly springing up as a gauntlet emerged on his right forearm.

It vaguely resembled a gold and cobalt color with a red button, followed by three slots and a fourth plug in its side. (A/N: A heavily modified Meteor Galaxy that accepts Fullbottles instead of switches.)

GODLET!

Landing next to Dark Build, he flexed his hand, "A physics-bending device... You have truly outdone yourself."

Evolto quickly took out some bottles and plugged them in.

GREEK!

NORDIC!

CHINESE!

Evolto chuckled darkly, before plugging in a different bottle.

DRAGON!

TRIPLE THREAT!

As Endeavor sent waves of fire, but before the flames reached them, Evolto pressed the red button.

THREAT CHECK!

HAZARD-DANGER-FEVER!

The flames parted as three energy dragon constructs instantly shot through and exploded, each briefly having their own design relating to the announced mythologies.

However, another fireball hit Dark Build, making him stumble back and dislodging the bottles, releasing his armor along with making his mask and goggles fall apart.

Not noticing it, Evolto laughed and announced, "Rejoice! You have witnessed a fraction of my power!"

Nighteye frowned before noticing Dark Build taking out the bottles in his Build Driver.

Evolto chuckled as Dark Build raised his head, leaving the rest of the heroes in shock.

Midnight shouts, scared and frightened, "Impossible!"

Evolto laughed, "Oh, but it is. Years ago, I dug up his body, and did a few modifications. He now works for me, to help me accomplish my goal."

The worker... was Daku Shunsai.

Daku merely grabbed Evolto's Mytho Driver, and took it off, dispelling Evolto's armor, commenting, "That mask was really stuffy. And those goggles strained my eyes..."

"It doesn't matter. You don't need them anymore." "Sweet. Seriously, though. Evolto, I'm trusting you."

With that, the 'zombie-genius' slammed the Mytho Driver on his Build Driver, the two drivers overlapping to become the red driver as Evolto's Pantheon Bottles all shattered.

EVOL DRIVER!

Evolto laughed before turning into a red slime, "You being are so INTERESTING! You are no longer Dark Build. Willingly diving headfirst into the abyss, and gaining knowledge with no signs of stopping! You are now, Kamen Rider Mad Rogue!"

With that, Evolto transformed as Daku caught him.

It was mainly blocky, but resembled a grey container that had two clear pipes merging at the middle, two arrow buttons near the bottom corners.

Midnight begged, "Daku! This isn't you! You're a hero, remember?"

CRASH! The building nearby exploded, the students all beaten up yet alive. Izuku was leaning on All Might... and had a frightened look at Daku.

Daku took out an orange Bottle, before stating rhetorically, "Sorry, Nerumi, but this experiment is already in progress. I'm not backing out of it. Besides..."

He plugged the bottle into the device Evolto turned into.

Evolto's voice cried out,

MEDAL!

Daku finished, his eyes lacking any spark of awareness, "We have plans for giving an ending many people deserve, and we have no time to waste."

He then plugged Evolto into the device.

VARIATIONS!

Daku then turned the crank, the resulting jingle being something different. It resembled something like a printer whirling to print something.

As he cranked, a giant container box appeared, height being marked on all sides while a huge release mechanism sat on top of it.

ARE YOU READY?

Instantly, numerous silver coins flooded the container, hiding Daku from view before exploding outwards.

Something clattered next to Ankh and Eiji as an announcement was sounded.

TAKA! TORA! BATTA!

TA-TO-BA! TATOBA, TATOBA!

The armor was vastly different. The helmet was red and based off of a hawk with green eyes. The torso was yellow with three tiger-like claws. And finally, the legs were green, with a grasshopper theme.

Eiji groaned before looking around, "Why do I sense many animals near me?"

Quickly, Daku had the claws come out and began slashing.

The ones in close combat intercepted, causing many clashes as the armored individual weaved. But after narrowly avoiding a fireball launched by Ankh, Daku growled.

"Time to change things up."

Pressing one of the arrows, the form glowed and changed as Eiji noticed something on the ground.

Momentarily losing his armor, Daku declared darkly, "Strongest Combo. Henshin!"

KUWAGATA, KAMAKIRI, BATTA! GA~TA-GATA-GATA-KIRI, BA! GATAKIRIBA!

The resulting armor that formed invoked an insect theme.

Instantly, Daku roared as the shout itself caused tremors throughout UA.

(Play - Gotta Keep It Real)

At that moment, Daku charged, soon multiplying with numerous clones splitting off from him and previous clones.

It was an all out brawl. Just when it seemed like it was over...!

Eiji yelled, "Hey!" All the green fighters looked, and noticed that Eiji had a belt on. It held three green medal coins with gold edges. Ankh was holding a container that kept more coins.

A Daku shouted, "That's the Over Infinity Driver!" Another Daku demanded, "Give it back!" Eiji merely smiled before declaring, "I've been here and there. But saving lives, is equally difficult everywhere!" He grabbed a scanner, tilted the belt, and...!

DING-DING-DING!

Eiji yelled, "Henshin!"

KUWAGATA, KAMAKIRI, BATTA! GA~TA-GATA-GATA-KIRI, BA! GATAKIRIBA!

Everyone looked in shock as Eiji became the same armored form as Daku, before taking on the same powers and multiplying as well!

The two green armies clashed.

Amongst the chaos, one of the Dakus slipped away.

Just in time for the clash of attacks.

SCANNING CHARGE!

EVOLTIC ATTACK!

BOOM!

When the smoke settled, all of the Daku clones fell and dispersed, revealing that the real one wasn't amongst them.

Midnight collapsed, mentally exhausted and damaged.

How is Daku alive?

And, what is his plan?

Daku and Evolto arrived at the warehouse, Vernage also there.

Vernage greeted, "These Quirks... they make excellent substitutes for Smashes. In fact, 10 individuals with Quirks equals one Lost Smash."

"HAHAHA! That's excellent! Our time table has been moved up!"

"It hasn't, though. There's still some factors missing. It'll take time for me to reverse engineer the Evol-Trigger. And even then, the energy requirements are immense. Not to mention, I need to make the other devices to accomplish what we have planned and promised each other."

"Then what exactly do you propose?"

"From what I recall from both you and Evolto, there are mainly four different riders: Build, Cross-Z, Grease, and Rogue. When we find the last two, then we can get started on what we need to accomplish for Phase 2."

Evolto frowned, "And what of those pesky Nomu that escaped notice from Paris? Those 'Ganglers'?"

Daku grinned, his eyes seemingly glowing a haunting color, "We hope they come to here. After all, they have many Quirks. It'll be a shame to put them all to waste."

Review?

Next time...

The past Daku, Toshi, Enji, and Nerumi were in the workshop as Daku held a Sclash Driver.

Daku spoke excitedly, "This armor has only three sets that are powerful!"

A girl with pink hair tinkered with a Sclash Driver.

Daku spoke in a thoughtful tone, "I wonder which of these candidates are suitable for the two roles they have to fill in?"

The Robot Sclash Jelly was held in a hand.

Daku yelled furiously, "I'll send you packing with my project!"

Project: Sclash

Variations Lessons:

Daku, still in his 'worker' clothes, let out a long breath, before muttering, "Evolto sure knows how to make things crazy. He turned into the Vortex Variable. Switching out the main forms of Legend Matches..."

A clip of the OOO armor changing from TaToBa to Gatakiriba was show in slow-motion, focusing on the arrows.

"The arrows at the sides switches out one form for the next. Or, the powerful forms, at least."

The screen split in half horizontally, showing Evolto before becoming full screen.

Evolto had a venn diagram of three circles, speaking, "That Daku is brilliant when it comes to inventions and creativity. This is the 'Godlet', or 'God Gauntlet'. It functions just like the Mytho Driver, where there must be a connection. However! It's tricky to master. If there are two or three pantheons that 'overlap' the same creature or domain, it can bring out those powers at the exact same time!"

A clip of the three dragons showed, Evolto continuing, "With each connection, the announcement will add a word to its big attack."

Donning the weapon, he plugged the Dragon Evol-Bottle in first.

DRAGON!

Evolto then plugged in the Pantheon Bottle.

GREEK!

"Hydra and Ladon, two scaly serpents that are defined by the masses as dragons."

NORDIC!

"Níðhöggr, a dragon from Nordic folktales that chews the corpses of the ones guilty of murder, adultery, and oath-breaking."

CHINESE!

"In general, dragons are involved in many myths of creation and destruction."

Evolto pressed the button.

HAZARD-DANGER-FEVER!

The three dragons roared as they emerged, circling around Evolto.

"This is a mythical formula for my victory! Ciao~!"

The dragons quickly spiraled and destroyed the camera, but the audio picked up...

"Seriously, Evolto? That's the fourth camera you destroyed."

And now... something fitting for a hero story...

Daku led Izuku and the others towards a grave. All dressed in black, and the atmosphere was somber.

Izuku asked curiously and hesitantly as Daku crouched down, "What are we doing here, Daku-sensei?"

Daku sighed, gently placing his hand on the ground, "Here lies a man I pay my respects to. A man many heroes and villains should respect and be fascinated by. Before quirk were even a thing, comics were written to distract people. DC comics were more idealistic and fantasy, with heroes always winning and living the high life. This man, however... he made heroes that were brilliantly flawed. Brains and weaknesses, struggles with the changes of time and identity. He made heroes... 'normal' for the lack of a better term. And now... he's gone..."

Izuku had tears as it began to rain.

Daku smiled sadly, "He's dead... but he left a massive mark on the world of heroes, and knows it. He made cameos in movies, and had his life to live."

Everyone began wondering what the man's name was, before leaving.

However, Izuku lingered behind, hiding away as Daku remained.

Daku straightened his back, and looked at the sky, smiling.

He then spoke, "You did your best and left your mark, Stan Lee. Now, rest easy and watch us carry on. We'll bear those ideals of flawed heroes and society, and keep on writing."

Rest In Peace

Stan Lee

May your spirit pass peacefully on as we move forward to a brighter future.