The cpus also had new technology installed with their cpus when they defeated dark uzume, and not only where their new cpus forms stronger, but they almost acted like robots since they could think of all possibilities in the situation, and their reflexes were a lot quicker than their older outdated versions, but they did have a disadvantage. With their larger size they couldn't fit into small spaces without disabling the form, and within the first year of them getting the forms they had to train themselves to maintain, and stay in the forms because with newer things it takes practice to handle them, and use them correctly, but other then that not much was added. The girls sat in plutias home as they played games talked, and partied together with celebrating the sixty year anniversary for the destruction of monster canyon. Monster Canyon held some of the most dangerous, and now extinct monsters in game industries history. That canyon was also the sight of the most deaths during a monster hunt. though one thing they never discovered was why the sight was attacked in the first place. when the people who documented the event a week after the destruction of the canyon looked for the exact date they never wrote or typed it down, and it was the largest mystery about the event.
Monster canyon was also the largest monster hunt victory in history with the collapse of the ceiling killing over eighty thousand monsters during the attack where killed during the collapse. All though many soldiers that weren't on the surface where killed as well. Plus with the shear unstable condition the canyon presented after the collapse. It presented the issue that any bodies that could be down their couldn't be recovered. As the girls partied all day they began to reveal small secrets about them as they got even drunker. Neptune even got so drunk that she stripped naked in front of everyone as she gave plutia a lap dance. Everyone laughed so much that both verts nearly passed out as they made themselves winded from laughing so much. As their goddesses immune systems began to clear the alcohol from their systems they then got a call from vault canyon which held some of the most dangerous, or precious artifacts in game industries history. One artifact they held to secure the most was weapon 0 which is the only weapon strong enough to kill A goddesses like the girls.
Guard: "WE NEED YOU TO GET HERE QUICK... SOMETHING OR SOMEONE IS ATTACKING, AND THEY'RE KILLING US OFF QUICKLY!"
Histy: "what are you talking about... sir are you there..."
Noire: "what's wrong histy... what's going on"
Histy: "vault canyon is under attack... we need to go now"
The girls activated their CPU forms as they began flying to the vault while all of the goddesses in any dimension where called to go the vault in case someone was trying to steal weapon 0. As they arrived at the vault the front gate was wide open. the guards who had been keeping watch had been ripped apart. No monster could do what these guards, and people had gone through though. As they walked in gun shells liter the ground as all of the guards were brutally murdered with one of them ripped in half.
Purple heart: "what could've done this"
Blackheart: "whatever did it they'll wish they hadn't done it"
Walking to weapon zero some of the guards who were extremely close to death had reported to them that some kind of monster looking human had taken them down, and this persons skills were nothing they had seen they even said that it was like he, or she knew their next move which should be impossible for a person that wasn't them. The girls instantly thought that it was an evolved dogoo man, but how could one get through this many skilled guards. Because vault canyon has the most dangerous, and precious artifacts in history the guards had to go through hard, and sometimes brutal training to even get a chance to work here. All of them were at the top of their league, and no matter what class they were they knew the weapons they wielded and knew how to take anything down in a short amount of time. As they continued towards weapon 0 they then discovered some kind of fleshless arm sitting on the ground with a buzz saw blade dug into the wall above the dismembered arm. This arm bone wasn't human as the finger bones were sharpened at the end, and they had a pink like color to them.
Blackheart: "the bone is pink in color, but the very bone is denser than the average human bone"
Orange heart: "so what if the bone is denser this monster will go down like any other"
As they approached what used to be weapon zeros containment door the door had been unlocked already, and on the eye scanner which needed a certain eye to unlock it some kind of purple muscle growth sat in it while the worker who was able to unlock the door sat next to the panel with one of his eyes ripped out, and the worker was dead with his neck snapped. walking in the vault a man with the sword in his head was chewing on a still alive guard neck as the blood from his body spilled out as he struggled, and failed to get off of him.
Purple heart: "PUT THE MAN DOWN SLOWLY MONSTER"
The man then the guard to the side as he then cracked his neck while he then turned the flat side of the blade towards the girls while he giggled a little as purple heart got close to him to arrest him. As she got closer the man then turned as his face split in half while he screamed at her as he held her by the neck. His face closed as he threw her across the room while she then smacked into the wall while the force then turned her CPU form off as Neptune passed out from the impact. As Blackheart then drew her Weapon she started to run towards him as he quickly raised the sword into the air with reflexes so fast that she had never seen a monster do. he then twisted the sword as he then struck her while putting a giant cut on her face as he then grabbed her by the back of the neck as he slammed her head into the wall until she began to bleed. Iris heart then struck him with her sword while throwing him across the face, the weapon began to glow as he threw the weapon into the air. Everyone then got down to the ground as he slammed the sword into the ground causing a giant shock wave that shattered any nearby window, and made the girls partly deaf for a few seconds even though they got out of the way. While iris heart then got back the man the grabbed her by the neck as he slammed her into the wall while his face split in half, and began screaming at her while closing back up afterward.
Iris heart: "what are... y-you... their's no way they said you were dead"
Micheal: "thing happen iris heart that can change a man like me, and now you'll experience that"
He then head but her making her blackout as he let her go while making her drop to the ground, as uni began to recover she watched as Michael then walked over to nepgear as he just smiled while walking out of the vault door. Nepgear then stood up as she drew her weapon, and began running at him screaming as she did. Vert then began to stand as her, and Uni ran towards Nepgear while trying to stop her, but as she got close he then turned as he punched her causing her fall to the ground as he raised the sword, and threw it into her chest while she then let out a loud scream as her share powers in her body was then drawn by the sword. She then stopped making noise as he put his foot on her body while pulling the sword out as he laughed like a madman, and began walking away while vert and uni then passed out again in pain. In planptune tower, histy sat there watching the crystal as it then cracked in half while one half then fell to the ground while shattering as the crystal then regrew the part of it that fell off as planptunes power supple then shut down. Every major function except the shield generator, and security defense system shut down as all subways shut down trapping people in the subways, and trapping anyone in elevators at the time. All of the traffic stopped as Micheal pulled the sword from nepgears chest as everyone had no idea about nepgear, and when the paramedics, and military arrived at the vault all of the CPU where transported to the nearest hospital.
they couldn't get a heartbeat from nepgear as then slammed the doors open in the ambulance while Neptune began to partly wake up but pass out again while uni had to be held in place as she cried, and screamed as nepgear was taken away in the ambulance. As they got to the hospital the doctors stood nearby as they took her gurney while one of them got on top of nepgear so he began to push on nepgears chest while trying to reset her heart, or get her breathing again. For sixteen hours the doctors worked non stop as they were able to get a heartbeat, but lose it soon afterward, but when the surgery was done they stepped back as the doctor collapsed to the ground while nepgears monitor was flatlined with everything.
Doctor: "time of death... seven am"
Nurse: "you did everything you could sir... she had no chance"
Doctor: "oh god... I have to tell her sister, and the others"
Nurse: "we'll transport her to a room while you do"
The doctor approached the door where the girls sat while waiting for the doc to come back to tell them about nepgear, but his heart beat rapidly as his hands and face grew sweety while one of the nurses walked up to him, and asked if he was alright. He looked at her with a sad face as he said that this was going to be the hardest thing he would do in his life, he wiped his face as he took a deep breath, and walked in with a brand new pair of bloodless cloths to not scare them while he walked in.
Neptune: "doc you're back... how is my Sister"
Uni: "IS SHE FINE... TELL ME SHE IS GOD DAMMIT"
Doctor: "the surgery... nepgear is... uh"
Neptune: "doc is something wrong... where's my sister, and can I see her"
Doctor: "I... I don't know how to structure this ms Neptune, b-but... during the surgery..."
Neptune: "Is my sister okay"
Vert: "doc spit it out already"
Everyone looked at him as he struggled to spill out a single word, but how could he when goddesses died on his operating table, and she's the sister of your nations CPU.
Doctor: "during the surgery ms Neptune... we had to seal the wound shut, and nearly deliver a thousand volts to your sister's heart... all through the heart the beat came back... we couldn't bring her back... I don't know how to say this ms Neptune, but... your sister... she's g-gone"
Neptunes face lost its color as everyone's face did the same as well while the doctor explained that nepgear died, and didn't make it through surgery, but they could say they're goodbyes now. A month later the funeral was held as everyone gave their speech about nepgear while everyone cried, and wept over the loss after the speeches, though everyone could say their final goodbye, neptune stayed there for hours as she said goodbye, and finally, let go of the cast. They watched as her body was lowered into the ground, and buried six feet under while everyone fell to the ground while not able to process what they just saw with their very own eyes. When the citizens where told all of them stayed home while everything was shut down while they cried, and tried to process nepgears death, but after the week-long stop in time Neptune began to go to the bar, and drink herself until she was pissed drunk, and a few times histy and the others had to hold her still while she tried to commit suicide a few times after nepgears death.
If: "Neptune's not handling this well is she plutia"
Plutia: "no... Neptune is a different person"
Histy: "no reports of weapon zero have been reported in any of the dimensions, but they're currently examining the muscle growth, and said they'd call when they have results"
Plutia: "I wish I could help Neptune, but the best thing for right now is to be left alone so she can cope with nepgears death"
If: "it's sad since the autopsy on her body revealed that weapon zero sucked the very share energy from her body"
Histy: "it sucked the shared energy... If are you sure that was correct... weapon zero can't do that... it only kills cpus it doesn't suck the share energy"
If: "that's what the autopsy said... not a single trace was left... she wasn't going to make it even if she survived the surgery, and at best she'd be in a comma if she survived the surgery"
Compa: "well maybe we could make her mortal if that was true"
Histy: "sadly no compa... goddesses can't become mortal like you, and iffy... they can only be mortal and become cpus, not the opposite plus nepgear wasn't a CPU she was a CPU candidate not a CPU"
If: "and let me guess game industries isn't helping with the search for weapon zero, and nepgears murderer"
Histy: "they are, but game industries have a history of lying, so it's possible they're not helping... looks like the research station is calling... you're life now James"
James: "hello histy, and hello everyone... alright I'm just going to get straight to the point this man, or thing that killed nepgear wasn't a monster, but instead a CPU in origins, but before you go how is that possible just listen because this is no normal CPU... as you know corrupted CPU crystals exist, and in our dimensions, they're destroyed while in the plutias dimension they're refined, and cured"
Histy: "but I thought no CPU crystals infected, or not are all gone, James"
James: "that's what we thought histy until we looked at its DNA... the share crystal with this CPU is physically in their heart and the damn thing according to our scans is somewhere between sixty to a hundred years old... histy this CPU needs to be stopped... if it has weapon zero it means that this thing is going to hunt you..."
If: "but how do we stop something that's quicker, and probably better then us"
James: "weapon zero kills cpus, and this thing is a CPU... put two, and two together, but we can tell you this mans name... his name is Micheal, and has a-"
Plutia: "did you just say Micheal?... he died during the monster canyon invasion"
James: "well the blood samples from the muscle growth shows his infected DNA in the growth, but that's not all we also discovered that he's in control of the infection which is not supposed to be possible, but we might have learned why he has control"
Histy: "James we thought that the host of the CPU infection had no choice of the control it was just a very rare chance"
James: "no that's not actually true... well technically they do have a choice, but all depends on how they got infected, and how strong their physical body is when they got infected, but in Micheal's case he wasn't infected by the normal way of consuming it, and we have no idea how he actually got infected, but his history may tell how strong he is"
If: "so tell us what do we have to do to kill this son of a bitch"
James: "well actually it's not that simple... Micheal was a personal high ranking guard for plutia before he died, and supposedly he was with plutia on that day he died"
Plutia: "what do you mean... I was with Neptune when I received the news of my friend's death"
Compa: "and we can confirm that as well"
James: "well then this complicates things, but maybe not... look you girls need to keep your guard up, and train your damn bodies beyond belief to even have a chance against him, and one more thing before we go... good luck all of you I don't believe game industries can survive without you"