Matsuo Mori is a skilled fighter and a former scientist who worked for Cleve Kelso. He lost his arm in an accident, but Cleve gave him a bionic one which alters his mind.
History[]
The Giant Haboob[]
Rafaela Moreno is in an icy prison, complaining about the cold, and is told to quiet down by a guard, as well as Matsuo. On top of the prison, bombs are set, while Rafaela asks her fellow prisoner if he thinks about her while he meditates. He tells her that he thinks about infinite nothingness, but Rafaela tells him that that is all there is to see in the prison. The bombs explode, and the prison collapses, pulled away by a boat steered by Cleve Kelso. Rafaela is left behind, however, so she breaks out of her cell.
Cleve greets Matsuo, and tells him he wants him working again, but Matsuo tells him he never wanted to see him again. Cleve reminds him that he owes him, and tells his guards to set him straight. The guards click a button under his right shoulder, and a bionic arm grows, which also messes with Matsuo’s mind. Rafaela reaches the pair of men, which Cleve likes, so he offers her a job.
The Dead End[]
At the Southwood Defense Complex in Nevada, Rafaela and Matsuo greet a soldier and manage to get in.
Matsuo tells Rafaela everybody would know where they were after breaking the door, but Rafaela brushed it off, since men always ran after her. Matsuo mentioned he hated working with her, but proceeded and set off the alarm. They walk into a vault where Rafaela finds a glove that boosts her strength, which she likes. Matsuo finds a Yamashiro No Daijyo Kunitsugu Wakizashi, which he finds cool. They are surrounded by the military, but in the end manage to escape with help of their new-found tools.
The Empty Well[]
Rafaela gave Cleve a guiding system he needed.
Rafaela and Matsuo approach Cleve, giving him a guiding system which he gave to a young boy who wanted to exponentially increase the cloud generator’s power. Cleve mentioned how that would make his village happy since it would get a lot of rain. Cleve told Rafaela and Matsuo that Ziri is like the son he had never had, having disowned his own five actual children. When Cleve mentioned Tony Toretto was after him, Rafaela was surprised and mentioned she would have her revenge on the group. Matsuo soon went with Rafaela after the group.
The Hunt[]
The group hid behind their dune buggies. Tony recognized Rafaela behind the wheel. Cisco mentioned Matsuo had a laser cannon arm, which they were shot at with. Echo recognized Matsuo, and told the group that they were on the right trail to Cleve. Echo told Frostee to time the intervals that facilities exploded so they could find Cleve. They followed the explosions while being chased by Matsuo and Rafaela.
The group is pressured by Rafaela and Matsuo, so Echo tells them to put some distance between them. Layla and Tony decide to flip a dune buggy, which causes all of Kelso’s group to crash. However, they are soon able to move past the crash.
Echo tells them to keep an eye out for the next explosion, which turns out to have happened behind them. Tony realizes that they will have to turn around and go through the group that was chasing after them. Layla’s car gets crashed by Sandocal, but she manages to get away, while Matsuo shoots at Tony, who can not help, but admire his car.
Tony was forced to take on Matsuo head on due to them not being able to get rid of the cars.
Rafaela sends two men after Cisco when she hooks on to his dune buggy, but Tony goes to his rescue, and the two men fall. However, Matsuo got closer to them, which makes Tony slow down and face him head on. In the end, he manages to spin Matsuo out of control, which angers him.
Echo realizes the were going to have to face them head-on since they were not able to lose them. Each of them was able to outsmart different drivers, such as Layla tricking Sandocal into crashing into Rafaela’s car. Frostee put on his drone glasses and was able to visualize everything like in a videogame, while Tony reluctantly took his car down with Matsuo inside.
Rafaela got her car working again and picked Matsuo up. She shot at Layla and Sandocal, but Layla managed to get them both out of the way. Tony and Cisco managed to send their car crashing straight into Rafaela’s which shook her.
The Bedouin Shield[]
Cleve Kelso is surprised that a Brazilian maniac, Matsuo and a whole pack of desert criminals were unable to take out Tony Toretto and his gang, but Matsuo tells him over the phone that the group is like a family, which was tough to beat.
After a bit of bonding, Rafaela was convinced she and Matsuo were now dating.
Rafaela asks Matsuo how he got his arm, and he tells her that he was a nuclear scientist in one of Cleve’s power plants in Japan in which he was nearly killed by a meltdown, but was saved by Cleve and was sent on missions until Ms. Nowhere captured him. Rafaela shares that Ms. Nowhere had captured her mother, which made Matsuo realize they shared a dream, which Rafaela mistook as the two of them dating.
Later, Ms. Nowhere and Gary are trapped by Cleve, Rafaela and Matsuo. Cleve tells her that Tony and his crew had been flushed out the night before. Cleve orders Rafaela and Matsuo to torture the pair of spies.
The Eye of the Sahara[]
Matsuo and Rafaela discussed torturing Ms. Nowhere and Gary.
Ms. Nowhere talks to Rafaela, asking her where she got her ideas from. Gary congratulated them on making the weather machine, which the government had been trying to do for years, but was told to be quiet by Ms. Nowhere. Rafaela told Ms. Nowhere she thought they could have both been best friends, but when she arrested her she realized it would not be possible. Matsuo tells them they would torture them and Rafaela told Ms. Nowhere her plan of giving her a manicure and not letting her post it online, which Matsuo found ridiculous since he believes a better torture would be to chop their hands off.
Matsuo and Rafaela reach a deal: the former would be allowed to beat them for an hour if the latter could shave their heads and give them lopsided winged eyeliner. However, as they begin painting Gary and Ms. Nowhere, they are interrupted by Cleve who tells them to stop.
The Eye of the Sahara[]
Ziri is working, and is nervous when Cleve tells him the satellite had started working again. Cleve and Rafaela told him he was busted, but Ziri tried defending himself by telling them that the people at the wreck were innocent. Cleve told him that he no longer needed him, since he could now launch the satellites on his own in order to take down the world's largest cities and bring everybody's attention to the Sahara. Rafaela and Matsuo handcuffed Ziri so he would not interfere. Cleve told the two to take Ms. Nowhere and Gary to the desert so that Tony's crew could rescue them.
Rafaela and Matsuo did as they were told, while Gary and Ms. Nowhere realized they were being used as bait. Ms. Nowhere told Rafaela they were talking about her since she was so smart, but told her that Cleve was using her.
Rafaela and Matsuo saw the two planes arriving, and made them explode when they neared the van. Cleve celebrated as his rockets were prepared. Ziri asked him why he was doing what he was doing, and Cleve told him that he wanted the world to be balanced in his favor. He was interrupted at the sight of the crew with Ms. Nowhere and Gary using motorcycles and heading towards him, however. He ordered his guards to find Matsuo and Rafaela.
Rafaela and Matsuo returned to fight the crew, while Cleve was baited by Tony. Ms. Nowhere told Frostee and Ziri to hack the rockets while they fought. Frostee complained that he was always thrown into action immediately, but was helped by Ziri as well.
As Matsuo shot at them, Tony was able to deactivate his arm, finally awakening him. Rafaela punched Tony far away from Matsuo, and managed to turn his arm back on which poisoned his mind once again.
Matsuo was finally awakened when his arm was cut off, which Rafaela did not like.
Layla boosted Tony in order to get to Cleve's back, while Gary fought Matsuo, who took him down. Before he could kill Gary, however, Echo took his arm out, which woke him again. Rafaela cried, and even though Matsuo told her he would survive, she mentioned it was the only thing she liked about him.
Frostee and Ziri managed to take the rockets down, and while being attacked by Cleve, Tony managed to press the button on his back, which turned out to only serve the purpose of a light show. He grabbed Tony, and threw him away while the rest of the crew was cornered. Echo realized they might not make it, but at least they had stopped Cleve. Ms. Nowhere congratulated her, and told her that she was definitely worthy of becoming a Nobody. Cleve mentioned that what Echo had said was touching, but he had a backup rocket.
Sirocco Fire Explosion[]
Cleve tells the crew that all their fighting has been in vain since he would launch the rocket and bring devastation to the world. He ordered the crew be sent to the underground cell, and as Rafaela said goodbye to the crew, she was surprised to see that she was sent as well. He ordered Matsuo to be left there, since he would fix his arm and poison him again.
An alarm rang, and Cisco arrived at the compound along with Sandocal and the Bedouins. They broke in, and it was revealed that Cisco had been found by Falafel and Salem and Kareem. Cisco convinced the Bedouins to take him to Cleve along with some help such as Sandocal and Ziri's brother.
At the compound, a fight ensued. Rafaela managed to break free and escape, and Tony asked Ziri how they could take the rocket down. Frostee realized there was a manual override at the top. Tony decided he would go to the top of the rocket using a motorcycle, which he struggled to ride, and fell off. However, he started climbing while being chased by Cleve. In the end, Tony managed to hang on to the rocket, but was still chased by Cleve.
Matsuo was able to knock Rafaela out when he awoke from his mind control.
As the crew battled the security, Rafaela managed to knock Cisco to the ground, and as she was about to shoot him, Matsuo took her out with a shock gun, and helped fight the rest of the security.
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