He didn’t look back. He left Nobuhiko behind.
As Kotaro struggled against the straps holding him to a cold metal slab, a monstrous figure loomed over him. It was Darom, the high priest of Gorgom, his insect-like faceplate reflecting Kotaro’s terror. “Your body will be remodeled into a fearsome warrior,” Darom hissed. “You will lose your human heart and become our servant.” kamen rider black ep 1
The wind howled across the desolate coastline of Kyushu. Two young men, Kotaro Minami and his sworn brother Nobuhiko Akizuki, stood trapped inside a sterile, white chamber hidden within a secret Gorgom base. They weren't prisoners in the traditional sense. They were offerings. He didn’t look back
Kotaro and Nobuhiko had been kidnapped on their 19th birthday, not by chance, but by a dark prophecy. The ancient, sinister cult known as Gorgom, an organization that secretly ruled the world from the shadows, had chosen them as the final two candidates to become the next Creation King. The ritual was brutal: one would be surgically altered into the invincible creation king, a living god of darkness. The other… would be disposed of. It was Darom, the high priest of Gorgom,
A violent wind swirls around him. His body is engulfed in a black, crackling energy. His clothes dissolve, replaced by a suit of living, organic armor—jet black with silver highlights, a crimson belt buckle shaped like a locust’s eye, and a helmet with compound insect eyes that glowed with a fierce, green light.
For months, Kotaro lived as a fugitive, haunted by nightmares of the incomplete transformation. He could feel a strange, alien power coursing through his veins—a power that ached to break free. He learned that Gorgom hadn’t given up. They had turned Nobuhiko into their ultimate weapon: Shadow Moon, a perfect, loyal warrior of darkness. And now, Gorgom wanted Kotaro dead.
Before the surgery could begin, a rogue Gorgom scientist, a man who still clung to the last shreds of his humanity, sabotaged the process. He triggered an emergency release. The chamber exploded in a shower of sparks and shattered glass. In the chaos, Kotaro seized his chance. He ran.