I'm Baku Yorozu.
I'm an agent for the Secret Defense Organization, CODE.
My mission—to eradicate evil.
At least, that's what I dream about.
I'm actually a pretty normal guy.
But when I was infiltrating someone's dream as a real agent
to save them from an invading Nightmare...
I'm going to restore something too—
The real world.
A mysterious man stole a Capsem with the power to make dreams come true.
In tonight's dream...
I'm a housekeeper.
It's finally mine.
I won't let anyone else have it.
Who are you?
Allow me to introduce myself.
The agency sent me—
Housekeeper number 7.
You may call me Seven.
Oh, you're starting today?
Thank you for coming.
How beautiful.
You live in this big house all by yourself?
Art is my whole life, after all.
We'll all die someday, and our bodies will rot away,
but art is eternal.
Start with the living room, if you please.
Of course, sir.
The national secret is somewhere in this house.
The window is open?
An intruder?
Who's there?!
Oh, it's just Nem.
Good night.
A mannequin?
An antique one.
That's how this dream cast me.
So the master of the house appreciates your artistic value.
He really does have an eye.
But I'm not sure how long I can go without moving.
You moved!
Master, what is it?
A thief! A thief stole my painting!
This is so bad! If we don't get it back...
The secret will be exposed!
Secret?
When you start a mission
Good and bad luck are up in the air
Wild ambitions
Even freefall feels easy-peasy
All I wanted was a chance to show my soul
Sick of all the magic
I’m undercover, keep it on the down-low
It comes a knockin’, finished chapter
Ideas on full
Pull a lucky fortune
To be rockin’ so I’m ready to go
The future's changing
I’m invincible in my waking mind
Give me this shock to the heart
New ideals in tow, I start up again!
Too precious to let go Beat'cha past!
Sleeping or dreaming, I'll ride so fast!
Roar it right now!
Shock to the heart!
When I feel low, I start up again!
Down that endless road Beat'cha past!
Through the headwinds. I'll ride so fast!
Never back down!
Somebody's heart trapped in the dark
(Start line calls to me)
The mystery is subliminal
Nobodies but I'll scan your heart
(Start your new story)
Is the flow up there cool enough?
Dream what I wanna be like, hit the limit in the zone
(Start line calls to me)
In a world on fire, harmonize and dare
(Start your new life)
It's to be continued, make it true and be the GOAT
A national secret?
Yeah.
It must be hidden in the stolen work of art.
And your mission is to get it back, huh?
Yeah.
What are you looking for?
These traces...
They could lead us to the culprit.
The trail leads that way.
Let's follow it!
Right.
It's you.
Give back the Recovery Capsem!
You don't need it.
You said something about "restoring the real world," right?
I think he's like me.
A wanderer in dreams.
Not unlike you.
I think he's someone who can only live inside dreams.
You'd be advised to drop this mission.
Learning too much could destroy you.
Does this have something to do with the national secret hidden in the painting?
Seven!
Saturday
There's been a series of Black Cases.
Two incidents in the city of famous paintings disappearing on their own.
They were painted by different people in different eras,
but both portray anemone flowers.
The painting from my dream this morning had an anemone flower, too!
It was stolen!
What?!
Nasuka! Can you find out where this painting is?!
Yes, sir.
Anything else?
It changed hands a lot during the bubble era,
and fell off the radar thirty years ago.
The other two paintings were missing until they were recently rediscovered as well.
Name: "Red Persistence," 1939 Artist: Dormir Amando In possession of: Yuei Gallery
Name: "Faint Silhouette," 1879 Artist: Cheval Duran In possession of: Asaikawa Art Museum
Name: "Countenance," 1929 Artist: Yoshio Oishi In possession of: Unknown
This painting could have been affected by the Black Case in real life, too.
Baku, did you meet the owner in your dream?
Yes! An art collector named Taro Atsumi.
Great work, Baku!
Shouldn't we focus on physical evidence before we worry about dreams?
Forensics reports faint footprints found at the scene.
They believe the substance attached to them is a kind of mold.
I saw similar prints in my dream!
A Nightmare’s behind this for sure!
Awesome work, Baku!
And there's a chance there's a national secret hidden in the stolen painting.
A national secret?
We have to get it back before the bad dream comes true!
You're still just taking about dreams, right?
They're more than just dreams!
Remember when Tokyo Police HQ was blown up?
If we don't stop the Nightmare, the bad dream will become reality.
I've solved the case.
The Dreamer is someone who wants the secret hidden in the painting.
This falls under PSB jurisdiction.
Let's go, Nasuka. Baku, you're on the case, too.
You want a civilian's help?
Only he can handle the dream investigations.
Counting on you.
I’d love to help, but it’s still broad daylight...
You don't seem to realize the urgency of the situation.
Zero? What do you mean?
You’re trying to recover a national secret, right?
There are things you can do while awake as well.
Hey, you mean...
To refresh...
Do you want a lunch?
But...
A true gentlemen knows when to relax.
A true gentleman knows how to appreciate art.
So?!rAre*you gonna give me another invitation?
You've already got something for that.
Baku Yorozu
Licensed NPO
Society for Art Preservation
Our Activities Preserving copyrights - Preserving ownership rights Locating art - Preservation/Restoration Workshops - Lectures
"Society for Art Preservation"?
Yes.
I'd like to ask you some questions about your missing painting.
Asaikawa Art Museum
Sunday
As you can see, it's like the painting ran off on its own.
It seems the white footprints were left here, too.
There's a good chance it's the same perpetrator.
Was the vanished painting particularly valuable?
It was so rare and valuable, I couldn't put a price on it.
It was very generously donated to us.
Donated?
Yes.
Asaikawa Art Museum
Recent Donations
Faint Silhouette
Kensai Odaka
By a man named Kensei Odaka.
Odaka?
Donated?
Yes.
To have this happen to a painting so generously entrusted to us...
It's truly regrettable.
Was it donated by this man?
Th-That man...
You know him?
Yes. But he certainly didn't donate it!
He's...
Please, let me have that painting!
I'm sorry, but I cannot sell it!
It was very generously donated to us!
Nobody knows its value better than me!
Please, I need you to leave!
Please! Please!
I kept turning him down, and he kept demanding that I give it to him!
I see.
Atsumi was there?
It seems he was trying to add the missing painting to his collection.
There must be some connection between the three paintings.
National Secret?
Atsumi's House
DREAMER?
Taro Atsumi
He had one of them in his dream as well.
"Red Persistence"
"Faint Silhouette"
"Countenance"
National Secret?
If the dream is someone trying to get something they can't have in real life,
DREAMER?
Taro Atsumi
then the Dreamer is definitely Mr. Atsumi.
Understood.
We'll start looking into Taro Atsumi, too.
DREAMER?
Taro Atsumi
This is so bad! If we don't get it back...
The secret will be exposed!
But Mr. Atsumi's an art collector.
Why would he be worried about a national secret in his dream?
One way or another, I have to defeat the Nightmare to protect Mr. Atsumi's dream.
Hey, another new one!
"Barrier. The power of unbeatable defense."
And this one's Wonder.
"Contains a mysterious power."
Zero. Does the color of the Capsems mean anything?
There are four categories of dream-granting power.
Reality Control
Will and Mind
Technology and Culture
Physical Enhancements
Red provides physical enhancements.
Impact!
Machinery!
Blue relates to technology.
Recovery!
Green is the power of will and the mind.
Purple controls principles of reality.
Wow.
Don't be greedy.
You can't pull too many out at once.
I didn't pull the Recovery Capsem this time, huh?
Recovery?
Didn't you acquire that one recently?
It's been stolen.
Stolen?
That’s a serious matter. Who stole it?
I don't know his name.
He's been helping the Nightmares.
I see.
Baku! What were you doing in the closet—
What's with you?
National secrets.
Yeah, right. We're both ordinary people.
Yeah. Right.
"National secrets," right?
I sure hope you wouldn’t be helping people on a national level.
Of course not.
Don't tell me...
Move it!
Careful! You'll get yourselves arrested!
We've learned something incredible.
I was checking social media
and found a curious exchange on Taro Atsumi's public-facing account.
Taro Atsumi
Art is eternal! We should track down these masterpieces at cost!
Introducing Damous Art - Looking into lost masterpieces...
Lost Masterpiece
Night
I have a lead. Follow back and DM if you want it.
We requested information on the owner of this "Night" account
Night
I have a lead. Follow back and DM if you want it.
and it pointed us to someone shocking.
The one who donated the paintings that disappeared, Kensei Odaka...
That's the name of my missing subordinate.
What?
Nasuka, the documents.
Yes, sir.
Hurry up!
We have to wake Atsumi up and interrogate him!
Wait a minute!
Sir, you're being unreasonable.
And if you wake him up, I can't enter his dream!
Either way, you have to leave!
Hurry up.
Kensei Odaka...
Disappeared from Paranormal Affairs...
It's him.
There's got to be more to this mission.
Good night, Seven!
Good night.
I have a lead on the case.
Really?
A Nightmare left those tracks.
Hey. I'm always ready.
Let's track down that stolen painting.
Okay!
Now, Let's complete these works of art!
Soon, it shall'be complete!
Well done.
Now we can retrieve the national secret.
You can't have those paintings.
I warned you to drop this mission.
Impact!
Arize! Arize!
I'm on it.
Transform!
Good morning! Rider!
ZE, ZE, ZEZTZ!
Impact!
Good morning! Rider!
ZE, ZE, ZEZTZ!
Impact!
I bet that’ll make my insides moldy if I breathe it in.
Sword Mode.
You can't have the paintings.
Get out of my way.
Those paintings are Mr. Atsumi's dream!
Barrier!
Arize!
Good morning! Rider!
ZEZTZ! ZEZTZ! ZEZTZ!
Barrier!
Stand back.
Barrier!
Don't leave the barrier, okay?
Right! I'll protect the paintings!
This explains why you were trying to stop me.
Were you hiding a national secret in the paintings you donated...
Kensei Odaka?
The man with that name no longer exists.
My name is NOX...
The agent who lives in the night and wanders through dreams.
Agent?
This is a work of fiction
Next time on Kamen Rider ZEZTZ:
That which inconvenient truth loves most...
What is the truth NOX hides in the darkness?
is darkness.
No matter what else happens,
the national secret must be protected.
Become an eternal piece of my art!
ZEZTZ unveils its "biggest" and most wondrous battle yet?!
Let's try ZEZTZ in Wonderland.
Rot