Chapter 2: Neo Gospel attacks

08:18 AM (Japan Time), Sunday January the 14th…

"… Become dust of the Universe! Cosmo Gate~!"

"KIE~H!"

"Sheesh. Lovely. Just LOVELY. Right, Martin?"

"You needn't tell me, Charles."

"Heh, heh, heh. You mice can't stand to Neo Gospel's power."

"Don't tell me. And you rely on a rip-off to be able to fight us?"

"It's insurance."

"Loopholes."

"Who knows? College of Charleston."

"Swallow Man is gonna sue you."

"I don't think so. Twilight – sama told me to use it."

"Sheesh."

"Same for you. College of Davidson…"

"Cut the crap! I'm busy trying to beat this damned unmanned Metal Gear RAY ripped off MGS2: Sons of Liberty…!"

Two "CF" users were fighting Cosmo Man and a Metal Gear RAY.

Cosmo Man, though, had a new appearance.

This appearance consisted on armor all over the body.

The armor included a full-head helmet with grayish patterns on it and one which formed the shape of a mouth: a nose-shaped form had also been included and it had two small slits for the eyes, which were yellow and lacked any irises.

The helmet's forehead had a Net Navi emblem on it as if to ID them in another manner that wasn't their own voice.

The shoulders and neck area had some red lines drawn on them: the chest armor had two large empty cavities set on each side of the chest.

A white ragged and worn cloth stretched from the waist downwards but it seemed to be purely decorative.

The arms and legs were covered in sturdy and thick black armor.

He sported a large red cloak stretching behind him from the shoulder armor and until the knees' height.

The boots were colored crimson red.

As a weapon he was handling a red-bladed sword with a black hilt.

"And my name's Charles! Quit it with the college crap!"

One of the fighters was named Charles: he had blue eyes and silver hair since some it emerged behind the helmet.

His design included red boots and forearms along with brown chest armor which had a golden cross set on the middle of it: matrixes of on/off squares colored green and blue spread across his forearms and legs.

His helmet's forehead had a blue hexagon-shaped jewel set on its center which was glowing with a pale sapphire glow: a mouth-guard having an outer golden edge and a main silver body was set over his mouth.

A backpack with two exhaust tubes colored silver and golden materialized and attached to his back while extending four red lines arching over his body.

These lines created a bluish ring around the chest emblem with four small black rectangles having a red dot on their center.

He had some extra armor coiling around his right arm too and he wielded a pyramidal energy saber (same as Omega) colored blue.

He was currently engaged in a sword deadlock with Cosmo Man in the middle of the air using his backpack: Cosmo Man merely chuckled as planetoids rained down around the harbor area they were at: "CF" Charles risked a glance at the other fighter who was trying to deal with the giant robot.

"It's got an EM field bouncing off bullets!"

"As expected! Dirtier than mud!"

"Heh, heh, heh. You're but mice… Meaningless mice! I shall crush you!"

The other fighter, named Martin, barely dodged the missiles launched by the RAY and grumbled.

He had a coat of arms – like pattern on the helmet's forehead: reddish hair came out from behind the helmet and he had brown eye irises.

The shoulders were anatomically correct and had brown leather armor over them.

His arms and elbows were of a turquoise color.

The forearms (colored dust brown) had some black crisscrossing patterns drawn into them and which looked thicker than Lander's: they glowed with a soft blue glow as well from time to time.

His main body had the Alphabet letters "M" and "B" colored red and black each and set left and right beneath the shoulders.

A set of three parallel green lines descended from beneath each letter and then joined into a thick one which ended on a waist belt having two pouches for the Colts.

The legs contained two circling orange bands set above and below the knee which had metallic gray dots drawn at random inside of them.

The boots were white: they had a faint white color like they'd worn out.

He sported a cowboy – like hat colored brown and white over his head.

The emblem was a skull colored black and with blue eyes set against a silver background.

"Try Stinger missiles!" "CF" Charles yelled.

"I'm doing that! I shoot the knees but it doesn't open the mouth!" He replied with obvious frustration.

"Sheesh."

"Struggle!" Cosmo Man laughed.

"Didn't you know that Cloud Man's about to be promoted?"

"I-impossible!" He gasped.

"To Supreme Stormy Overlord!"

"HUH? R-ridiculous!"

"And Supreme Mexican Ambassador."

"Grrrrr!" He growled.

"Did Greiga infect you?" He taunted.

"Greiga was deleted YEARS ago!"

"It's irony! Smug Mister Cosmos!"

"HMPF!" He tried to play unimpressed.

"KIYE~H!"

"Huh? Another RAY…? No way!"

A second RAY had appeared there but this one was different and had that purple "V" logo painted where the "MARINES" logo should be at: the new RAY suddenly kicked the first one and made it collapse: the first one opened the mouth but "CF" Martin took the chance to shoot a Stinger missile at the mouth: the new RAY also thrust the right arm inside and crippled the water cutter: the first RAY managed to recover and began to attack with the machinegun but it bounced off the other RAY's body.

"Hey! You piece of junk! Bite me!" A man's voice taunted.

"That's not Vadous…! Who the hell is that?" Cosmo Man demanded.

"Kir Osh. The onboard mechanic." "CF" Charles replied.

"Hmpf! The man with the funny step-brother!"

"Sheesh. How did you know that?"

"Don't underestimate IQ – sama!"

"Anaya wanted to find some skeleton in our closets to try to smear our names again? The bitch doesn't learn."

"GRRRR! Shut up! Mice will be mice!"

"Cosplayers will be cosplayers."

"CF" Charles suddenly delivered a kick to the waist and pushed Cosmo Man back before forming a Super Vulcan and turning it on: Cosmo Man gasped and began to move the blade to repel the bullets yet "CF" Charles suddenly formed a Heavy Cannon and shot a blast that impacted on the middle of the chest: it barely did any damage.

"Who else is there?" He demanded.

"The master." "CF" Charles seemed to snicker.

"Master? Vadous? Fine! I'll CRUSH you too!"

"Mwah, hah, hah, hah!"

"What the hell? Mugrah! Let go of me! What the hell is this?"

"I said it, no? The master… hand. Master Hand."

"Damn it all! Gruh!"

Master Hand suddenly formed there and closed thus trapping Cosmo Man inside: it began to apply force before violently throwing him at the ground face-down: he crashed there and groaned as "CF" Charles landed there as Cosmo Man got back to his feet somehow: there was an explosion not too far from there and "CF" Martin showed up there followed by the second RAY: Cosmo Man cursed under his breath.

"I upgraded the water cutter: I cut through the power core." Kir Osh's voice rang out.

"Damn it all." He hissed.

"How about you leave before I CRUSH you?" He made the RAY lift the right foot.

"Damned interlopers! Next time things will be different! Glory to Neo Gospel!"

Cosmo Man dematerialized so the "Dimensional Area" got cancelled: the RAY crouched so as to not to stand over the buildings: both "CF" users picked up their PETs and sighed in relief.

"Phew. We owe you one, Kir Osh."

"Don't mind it, Morgangantz."

"Oh come on. Call me Charles and we're at peace."

"Alright."

"I'd rather say you call the guy… Charlie~ Team!"

Charles Morgangantz was a young man who could be about a meter and eighty in height but his age was around his early 20s.

He had messy silver hair which spread slightly backwards and formed some spikes: his eyes' irises were blue.

His clothes consisted on a navy blue overcoat which had a central silver button about the waist.

His coat then opened to expose his legs although it covered the rear of them.

He wore a black shirt beneath the overcoat plus black fingerless gloves on his hands: he also sported black jeans and sneakers.

The right shoulder contained blackish armor with an orange-colored edge and a silver button right over it which seemed to help it be gripped to the shoulder: three circles were then drawn on his right sleeve before a triangular piece of armor expanded over the hand: its main body was black too and it had orange edges.

His PET was colored silver and brown and had an emblem: it was a perfect golden-colored cross which was drawn inside of a silver circle having a brownish edge.

"You're one to talk, Dave~…"

"Davis, not Dave."

Davis, his Navi, had a deep brown bodysuit and he appealed as being about a meter and eighty tall in height.

His eyes' irises were chestnut brown and his face seemed to be shaped after a man on his early 20s: he currently displayed some slight amusement.

His helmet's color of choice was red: and so were both of his boots and his forearms.

The helmet had the kanji for "seigi" or "justice" written in a golden coloring vertically across his forehead's height.

The Navi seemed to wear a vest over his chest armor colored silver: this vest had bronze edges: it also had the Alphabet character "D" colored golden set on each side of its body.

His arms contained four thin brownish stripes running down the north, south, west and east side of them until they drew four circles on the wrist. His forearms had extra armor over it colored in a grayish color plus a small red dome inside of each palm.

The legs' length had been designed to include a network of patterns interconnected by some nodes which were reminiscent of human nerves: the boots' front edge was shaped like a triangle and so was the heel: they apparently served as close-quarters combat weapons.

"OK. You alright, Blackdesu?"

"Somehow…!"

The other guy, Martin Blackdesu, looked around a bit younger than Charles by one or two years and shorter by about 4 to 5 centimeters.

He had unkempt reddish hair and brown eye irises which currently depicted slight annoyance.

He sported a golden-colored sleeveless vest which was open and he had a black t-shirt underneath it

He also wore blue jeans with a modern-looking double-row belt.

He had an arm strap for a Link PET on his right arm: the Link PET was colored in camouflage colors.

"Heh! The sheriff sent the foreigner back to the Arizona deserts!"

"Lander… Don't take your look too literally…"

"Heh! Don't worry! All's under control!"

"I hope it is."

Lander wore a Mexican-style hat over his brown dust – colored helmet which also had some random blue and black dots scattered around it: his eyes' irises were brown.

His main body was colored navy blue and he had an open blackish vest over the torso: he exhibited a Sheriff's star on the right side of his torso which glowed.

His shoulders were anatomically correct and they had brass plating.

The arms' length and the elbows were colored brown too and his forearms were green with two orange circling bands on them: his wrists had metallic bracelets on them.

He sported a black leather belt with two Colt revolvers on it along with bullets on his waist.

His legs were also colored brown.

He had jeans over them which ended at the start of his boots.

The boots were colored black: they had blue and brown dots across them.

"Spending the last month updating this junk was worth it. Problem will be if that Twilight rascal brings out his super cheat version."

"Yeah. Let's save it up for special occasions."

"OK… Boss!"

"Got it."

A large "portal" colored purple formed in front of the RAY so Kir Osh had it step inside and vanish from the scene: Charles and Martin then began to walk away: Martin's PET beeped and Meijin came onscreen.

"Hey. Meijin."

"Did you repel the enemy?"

"Of course. Wasn't easy."

"Didn't expect it to be, anyway."

"You've kept the strict checks?"

"Of course. No more morons. And then there were none."

"Heh! And then there were a ton of 'em!" Lander made a parody.

"Now, now." Davis sighed.

"Don't worry, Davis! All's under check!"

"I hope so. You tend to get too cocky from time to time. And you mustn't forget to work on your reflexes." Davis reminded him.

"I know that. Man. At least these rascals have quit using the damned self-destruct clone thing!"

"Don't take it for granted. I'm sure it's a trick to make us forget our counter-measures. Always be on your toes: they could use it at any instant…" Davis warned.

"Fine." He turned serious.

"Anyway. We managed to get 3 new employees so at least we can distribute the work in a better manner…" Meijin was telling Martin in the meanwhile.

"Sigma didn't bother you either?"

"Omega took care of that. Problem is…"

"Higure – san?"

"Yeah. He always says he sees UFOs each Saturday night and thinks we've got UFO radars. But I always tell him those antennas are part of the "Dimensional Generator"… But he's on his world."

"Really… Hard to believe his store holds on."

"Guess it's that Shuuko girl who manages things. She is shy but at least she doesn't do weird stuff like Higure…"

"It's been confirmed that that of the CIA was a lie, right?"

"Totally confirmed. And they've increased security too."

"Good. Well then. I'll write the report and dispatch it as usual."

"Thanks."

"Don't mind it. I'm a King Land Net Savior, after all."

"And the Digital Snatcher! Pal to the Analog Snatcher!" Charles joked all of a sudden.

"That joke's running old…"

"No! We only need the "Dancing Senor"!" Charles grinned.

"Wasn't that the name of Mirror Ball's BGM in Colosseum?"

"Yessir. Baila! Brrrr!"

"Yeah, yeah. Those Runpappa were SO annoying…!"

"Can't say they weren't. But at least I got his Usokki." He laughed next.

"Done with the show?"

"Sure. Staff roll!"

"By rolling drum!" A voice laughed close by.

"Cloud Man next?"

"Oho. Just teasing."

"Sheesh."

"Jimei! Amas your disciple?"

"Stop with that stupid joke! It's no joke! I'm not one of those! Don't put me in the same boat as Twilight!"

"Nope! In the same boat as Bapgei~…"

"He's surely speaking ill of you by now."

"No way! Bapgei~! We gotta TALK!"

"Seems like he fled. Good one, Meijin."

"Meh! After all this time…"

"I know. Over 2 and a half years… And it's still going on. It still feels like it was yesterday when it all began… "Neo Gospel's Rise"…"

"The most important part is to look out for our morale. We mustn't let frustration make us fight each other and wear us down." Meijin reminded them.

"Of course not."

"Good. See you."

"OK. I'm going to the Net Police HQ and write the report."

"Good. I'll go to the office and speak with Nokay to see if he's figured out anything new."

"That Lucky Luke likes using a SAA!" Lander chuckled.

"How innovative of you." Davis rolled his eyes.

"See ya, Digital Snatcher! Time to snatch 'em all!"

"Yeah, yeah. I know that tune as well, Charles… See you around."

"Around the round!" Lander laughed.

"Yeah, yeah. I know that tune, Lander… Patent it already."

10:29 AM (Japan Time)…

"… Heh, heh, heh. Isn't this nostalgic?"

"Like I care."

"Hmpf. So it'd seem…"

"Hah! Mere amateurs."

"Speak for yourself. Fool."

"Heh, heh, heh. Catch me, Tin Soldier!"

"Hmpf…"

Rock Man was fighting Freeze Man while standing on a round platform made of ice and hovering over a plaza of Internet City: the banner "Osaka" could be seen close by indicating where this was at.

Freeze Man also had a body armor like that of Cosmo Man yet his was slightly different.

Within the empty chest cavities, there were large yellow eyes which narrow black irises set there.

Freeze Man had been taunting Rock Man but he was far from impressed to begin with.

"Thousand Spear!"

"Hah!"

"Hrum! Fast…"

Blues dodged Yamato Man's spear attacks by jumping backwards and flipping in the air: he shot Sonic Booms at the same time and Yamato Man blocked them with ease.

"… Remote Gate! Demon Hand! Hah, hah!"

"Hmpf. Satellite Ray!"

Zoan Gate Man was Search Man's opponent and he was constantly moving from place to place with his Remote Gate: he shot the Demon Hand at Search Man but he dove into the ground and took aim: the Satellite Ray attacked from the NE and hit the right shoulder: Zoan Gate Man glanced at it but then a shot pierced through the arm and hit him.

"Ugh! Gate Cannon!"

"Rock Cube!"

"What!"

Search Man formed a Rock Cube and the Gate Cannon's attack bounced off it so Zoan Gate Man had to duck to dodge and the attack ended up inside of the still opened Remote Gate thus damaging it: Zoan Gate Man turned his attention there: he tried to focus on Search Man again but he was running for him and shooting to hit the ground around him: Zoan Gate Man panicked and began to try to dodge: Search Man tackled him with the right shoulder and threw him inside of the Remote Gate yet, since it was damaged, it couldn't close or warp: Search Man aimed his gun inches away from Zoan Gate Man's forehead and his glare was cold and impersonal: Zoan Gate Man began to curse under his breath.

"You choose the wrong opponent." He coolly lectured.

"Damn it!"

"Search Man! Above!"

"Roger, sir!"

Search Man jumped to the left when Laika ordered him to and a quite big and thick ice-made stalactite dropped from above: it shattered into pieces that spread around but Search Man hovered to avoid: he focused on the Ice Stage and spotted Freeze Man looking down while Rock Man was shooting at his back yet Freeze Man didn't seem to care about that: he then jumped to dodge at attack by Yamato Man who'd focused on him and was ignoring Blues' attacks.

"Hum. They're stalling for time so that Gate Man can fix the gate and resume fighting you." Laika calmly guessed.

"What should I do?"

"Let's call upon the ace." Laika sneered.

"Hey. You. Didn't we have a score to settle, Victor Fries?" A voice challenged Freeze Man.

"Hmmm? Hmpf. The defective's come to try again…" He wasn't too surprised.

"You're one to TALK."

Zero had showed up there and nodded at Rock Man: he jumped off the stage and joined Blues: Yamato Man grumbled and looked like he was trying to think of a way out this situation: he looked at Gate Man who was trying to fix the gate but Search Man was constantly interrupting him.

"Hum. Looks like we'll have to use an ace too…" Freeze Man calmly muttered loud enough for Zero to hear.

"Saw it coming." Zero wasn't surprised.

"GRU~H!"

Metal Gear REX suddenly showed up there and began to charge up the railgun: they all gasped.

"Heh! No need to fret… There's no nuke… We re-designed it to behave just like the portable version yet… Its power is way higher! And you'll now see how powerful it is! Go, Cloud Man! Fire!"

"Roger, Freeze Man – sama!"

The railgun shot a powerful electrical stream at a nearby skyscraper and the impact deleted it while scattering fragments around the zone: the defenders cursed under their breaths.

"Good thing we ordered a full evacuation!" Rock Man cursed.

"And that this is the Cyber World…!" Blues growled.

"Heh, heh, heh." Freeze Man chuckled.

"You damned…!" Zero hissed.

"Unleash that hatred into me… Defective…" Freeze Man taunted Zero while seemingly sneering.

"Focus." Search Man called out.

"Alright. Blues, handle Yamato Man. I'll do what I can regarding that mole… If not we call for the backup unit." Rock Man told him.

"Try using your ace."

"Hmmm… What do you think, Netto – kun?"

"It could be worth a try… Let's go!"

"OK!"

"Soul Unison: Omega Soul! Slot In!"

"Oho! Coming, eh?" Cloud Man laughed.

Several streams of crimson light jumped off from his chest emblem before crimson energy encompassed his body and seemed to form a new layer over its frame: a dome of transpired reddish energy formed around Rock Man.

"Heh, heh, heh…"

"Soul Unison: Omega Soul" Rock Man had gained a wholly new layer of armor over his body.

His helmet got Omega's helmet overlapped with his but the ear-pads remained unchanged: the inverted pyramidal jewel on the forehead was replaced by an eight-spoke emerald and a golden line with silver edges spanned across the length of the helmet from behind the jewel to the lower rear edge of the helmet.

His shoulder-plates became vermillion and gained white circuitry patterns over them: his arms' skin became black and his forearms' armor got a new crimson layer with a golden bracelet close to the wrist: the fingers were colored black by now.

The chest got Omega's vest over it and it included the "Omega" symbol colored in white color on both sides of it: a hole had been cut on the center to expose his chest emblem.

His waist got that curious "V" piece of armor on it which formed that cavity in the front and the rear of it.

The legs became black and unadorned and the boots also got that crimson armor with a golden bracelet slightly beneath the start of them: the soils got thicker and were colored in metallic black color.

A large flock of blonde hair formed behind the helmet and reached all the way to the floor.

He lastly got the O – Saber on his right hand colored in a bright emerald color plus the holster for it over his right hip.

"It came~… Let's go north!" Cloud Man laughed.

"Aim for the radome!"

"Roger! Hrah!"

Rock Man flew for REX's radome and plunged his saber there: it managed to pierce through a portion of the armor so Rock Man jumped away and then placed a Giga Count Bomb on the railgun near the generator: he jumped off it and shot a plasma round to the knees' missile launchers by using a gray gun: REX began to load the railgun but then the Giga Count Bomb exploded thus shattering the generator and the body of the railgun: Cloud Man cursed while Rock Man shot another plasma round at the radome thus melting the armor and exposing the circuitry.

"Damn it. Pull out, Cloud Man!" Freeze Man ordered.

"Roger! I'll remember this, Rock Man!"

"Come anytime. Don Nube." He taunted back.

"Sheesh!"

The REX broke down into clusters of data while Cloud Man warped elsewhere: Freeze Man then saw how Yamato Man had gotten cornered by Blues and was resorting to his armored arms to try to fend him off while Zoan Gate Man was being forced to run in circles to dodge Search Man's serial shots: Zero had quickly broken the ice keeping him glued to the stage and was joined by Rock Man who aimed his plasma gun at him with a serious look.

"Want to figure out how many milliseconds it takes for plasma to melt ice?" He taunted.

"Damn it. We got confident and underestimated them…!"

"… Or so you pretend. To make us get cocky. Right?" Zero guessed.

"Sheesh." He grumbled.

"Bull's-eye."

"Retreat!"

The enemies ran out by warping away like any Navi would do so the defenders sighed in relief but got serious again.

We can't lower the guard. This was a farce, not a real battle…!

13:11 PM (Japan Time)…

"… Of all guys we had to stumble upon these. Twilight… The bastard sure wants to mock our VR map…"

"So it'd seem, sir."

"At least they're not THAT tough…!"

"Mwah, hah, hah!"

"Huh, huh, huh!"

"Show me your moves!"

Omega, Blood Shadow and Sigma were trying to deal with an ambush by Koopa, Donkey Kong and Captain Falcon in another Internet City: they weren't too surprised and had gotten into fighting poses: Omega quickly ran for Captain Falcon when he began to load his "Falcon Punch": he delivered a barrage of punches to him and knocked him away: Sigma delivered a fist to DK's forehead as he began to load his fist attack as well: Koopa hid his body into the shell and began to spin towards Blood Shadow but he shot his loaded shotgun to stun him in mid-air: Koopa then began to expel flames but Blood Shadow formed a "Tsunami" Battle Chip and warped as the waves washed Koopa away along with the other two: they were deleted so Dr. Mario, Meta Knight and Lucario dropped in next: the group fumed.

"We had to beat Mario, Luigi and Kirby before those 3… And yet another group comes… How many fighters were there, anyway?" Omega asked the other two.

"39, sir." Blood Shadow concreted.

"39 divided by 3… 13… So if we beat this group… There'll still be another 10 groups left." Sigma grumbled.

"Kir Osh is working on fixing the hack to our VR map along with Trill and Iris and to stop Cloud Man from dragging our characters from the map to there." Vadous fumed over the radio.

"Huff. It had to be Cloud Man! That damned meddling rascal!" Sigma cursed as he brawled with Meta Knight.

"Cursing won't help you beat them." Omega scolded.

"R-roger, sir."

"Mario~!"

"Hey. You. Lucario. Ever heard of Vapaad? I'll show it to you… Now! Try to count how many fists there are!"

Omega shut off the sword and placed it on the sheath to then begin unloading an array of fists into Lucario: there were so fast that Lucario was being pushed backwards with no chance of recovering: Omega risked a glance around and spotted that Sigma made his sword hit the ground: it rumbled and a geyser formed shooting Meta Knight high into the skies and deleting it: Omega then delivered an uppercut to Lucario's jaw and a kick to the stomach area to then finish it with a strike with his right hand to the neck: Lucario fell into the floor face-up and got deleted.

"Who's next?" Omega challenged.

"Hrya~h!"

"Heh, heh, heh…"

"Hah!"

"Link, Ganondorf and Zelda…" Blood Shadow grumbled.

"Huff. With these… We'll have 12. How is it, Boss?"

"We're close to! Trill unleashed a fake Falzer hologram on Cloud Man and ran off… Looks like Twilight managed to open a connection to the outside last time he intruded here… It's almost totally closed by now… Those should be the last ones!"

"About time. And we really need to examine the systems down to their roots. You can't trust that rascal: maybe he left something dangerous lurking around and ready to give us a fright."

"I know. Damn it all."

"Mwah, hah, hah, hah. Did ya like the sweating?" Cloud Man taunted them all of a sudden.

"Hmpf. I'm going to turn you into scrap." Omega shot back.

"Not so fast. Flying Ducking Crashing Pumpkin!"

"What? Whoa!"

A large pumpkin with bat wings and a scary face while glowing red from the insides suddenly dived for them and they dodged as it resumed height and vanished: the other 3 attackers had been defeated as well so Cloud Man's voice began to echo.

"Beware! It's something terrific! It's a duck and a half!"

"It's so… irrational! It makes me feel MAD!" Omega got annoyed.

"Not Vincent again…! Someone shut the guy in a madhouse!" Sigma groaned, exasperated.

"Over my dead body!" Cloud Man proclaimed.

"How can you, a Darkloid, bear with such an illogical guy?" Blood Shadow annoyingly questioned.

"'Cause Twilight – sama programmed me to accept illogical stuff as natural happenings! He surely foresaw when I'd meet IQ – sama…"

"Anaya and her damned random moods. Proven well enough in that damned "Hellfire Period" thing…" Vadous fumed.

"SUNE~KU~!" Cloud Man called out, laughing.

"What the hell do you want, you Genome soldier?"

"OI! I'm no brainless soldier!"

"Eye for an eye!"

"Wha~t? Damn it all!" Cloud Man growled.

"Hmpf! You bark but don't bite!" Vadous taunted next.

"Grrrrr…"

"You're but a dog to yank around the chain."

"So what!" He tried to play the unimpressed.

"You're weak. Weaker than a Gekkou."

"Weaker than a Gekkou? No way!"

"Yeah. One railgun shot and they blow up."

"I'm so gonna blow YOU up with MY railgun! Once I finish remaking it and powering it up!"

"Come anytime. Nerd of nodes."

"NGGGGG…!"

"NG wording next? They're gonna put you in the "NG setting" list if you spam a Nico Nico video." Vadous taunted next.

"This guy, that guy and that other guy…!"

"They're far smarter than you: that's for sure."

"No way!"

"Swallow Man must be plotting to bury you."

"Like I'll let that Shallow Swallow Man!"

"Cosmo Man must be degrading you in front of Twilight."

"Damn it, Golden Man! Just you wait…!"

Cloud Man seemingly fled and they sighed in relief.

"Mr. Vadous? We managed to close the hole totally and installed the new security layers." Iris called out.

"Yay! Bad guy ran away!"

"Thanks, Iris and Trill. Take a rest."

"Thank you. Let's go, Trill."

"Yay! Trill will go see Mister Dragon!"

"Alright. But don't bother him too much."

"OK!"

"Blood, Sigma. Go to your usual posts. Omega. Call for Prism Man and search the area for any traces. Doubt there are any but…"

"Alright. Go."

"Roger, sir."

Blood Shadow and Sigma warped and reappeared in front of a firewall: Zero was standing guard there and walked up to them.

"The protocol."

"Gotcha."

"Who was the best instructor?"

"The Didact."

"And the best archivist?"

"The Librarian."

"Good. Ah yeah… Dragon Hell… He's a fan of the Ottawa Dragoons, no?"

"There's no such club."

"All clear. See you."

"OK."

Both stepped through the firewall and opened a communications window: Netto and Saito showed up there.

"We heard the tale from Zero. Really… Twilight boasts he doesn't use same trick twice but he does: using our systems against us…"

"You know the rascal, Netto – kun. Never take anything for granted." Saito reminded him.

"I know. Oh well. We should finish tomorrow's homework."

"Sure."

"Before that… Kairyuu! Destruction Beam!" Sigma laughed.

"Sheesh. You've been playing Soul Silver again." Blood Shadow sighed.

"I'll revive again AND AGAIN!"

"Charmed."

"Is that all?" Netto asked while rolling his eyes.

"Let's shut down the speakers." Saito calmly suggested.

"O-oi, guys! I'm not…! They shut them off."

"That happens because you get cocky. Lesson learnt?"

"Sheesh. Fine, fine. And here I wanted to improve the mood…"

"My bad, but you'll need to find another way to."

Those rascals… Get serious. I hate farces. Come at your full power! I'll deny your existences! Me, and my little toy… Hmpf…