Chapter 8: Chevrolet VS McLaren

Outside the rendezvous point at the harbor, Nobunaga and the crew met and they met up with an IU base of operations with a few troops standing guard. One of them has an eye patch and a sword while the other is carrying a long pole blade. They are meeting Nobunaga as they are planning on their next move.

"So, Xiahou Dun; this is the plutonium that we can use as warheads for our missiles. You like it?" said Nobunaga as his subordinate Mitsuhide Akechi unloads a few crates from a few CH-47 helicopters.

"Hm, not bad. I see that you have done well to extract that plutonium for our use. So, shall we get things started?" said Xiahou Dun.

"No problem. Let's unload the plutonium and use them for our seaborne missiles." Said Nobunaga as he pointed to the man with the pole blade. "Zhang Liao, I want you to ship these into the carrier! We are going to use them to destroy London!" said Nobunaga.

"Understood sir!" said Zhang Liao as he reluctantly carried out his orders. "What am I really doing anyway? Is this the way to true might?" thought Zhang Liao as he unloaded the crates.

As Nobunaga walked to the office, he contacted someone by phone.

"Is Aria and her team present?" said the man.

"As a matter of fact, she is. Our base at the mountains was wrecked thanks to her, but we got the plutonium out in time." Replied Nobunaga.

"Excellent. Meet me at the abandoned airfield that isn't far from here. We shall endeavor on our success that we earned. I have found a way to infiltrate London's airspace. Meet me at the airfield and we shall discuss on our next move." Said the man.

"Roger. I'll leave Zhang Liao, Xiahou Dun, Zhang He, Taishi Ci and Pang De in charge of the armada." Said Nobunaga as he boarded the helicopter and headed for the rendezvous point.

As Nobunaga and his men flew to the air base, Pang De started to think to himself.

"Ma Chao, you will pay for what you did to my uncle!" thought Pang De as he clenched his fist in anger. As a figure with and AK-47 walked to him, Pang De gave an unfazed look at him.

"Master Pang De, with the beauty of the SEALs and the elegance of my Spetsnaz, we can defeat the muck of those deformed Butei . Shall we work together to eliminate such ugliness that deforms this elegant world?" said Zhang He as he went wax lyrical about the SEALs and the Spetsnaz working together.

"The defeat of the Butei is a superficial matter. I aim to eliminate Ma Chao for what he did to my uncle." Said Pang De as he loaded his G36 assault rifle.

"I see. Well, you can look for Zhang He anytime if you need my assistance. Now I shall lead this beautiful navy into victory! Catch you later." Said Zhang He as he left the scene to arrange for the preparations.

As Nobunaga reached the airstrip with Mitsuhide escorting him, he was unfazed at noticing a man wearing Spetsnaz uniform armed with a sniper rifle escorted by a burly man with a giant halberd. He also saw a man of tall stature wearing a suit escorted by a man with long hair and a man armed with a nodachi. They saw Nobunaga, Mitsuhide and Sun Quan looking battered and wounded.

"I see that the Butei has got the better of you." Said the man with the suit as he approached Nobunaga.

"Forgive me Your Excellency, but I was outwitted by the Sleeping Dragon, Zhuge Liang." Said Nobunaga as he knelt before the man with the suit.

"LOSE?! I thought you are a demon! How can you lose to a bunch of prepubescent twerps that didn't even-!" said the burly man in anger as he was cut off by the man holding a sniper rifle.

"Enough, Lu Bu! It is common for people like you to get outwitted by the Sleeping Dragon. He is one of the many people that aren't like Vlad the imbecile! He couldn't even kill a group of prepubescent twerps!" said the man with the sniper rifle as he calmly approached Nobunaga.

"That would be enough, Sima Yi." Said the man with long hair as he walked to Nobunaga. "Our biggest concern now is that he will meet up with the Fledging Phoenix, Pang Tong in London. Once they alert MI5, we would have a serious problem. However, we can evade their radar systems with the weapons and ECM technology we have 'borrowed' from the Russian military. Also, Sasaki Kojurou has been able to break all the prisoners out of the jails in Russia and we have been able to cause a huge distortion in the Russian military." The man added.

"Fortunately that dingus Musashi isn't there." Added Kojurou as he readied his nodachi. "Then again, it was all thanks to master Zhou Yu that the plans are successful, and Master Sima Yi's intellect was also a valuable asset in amassing a large army." Said Kojurou as he asked Nobunaga to rise.

"Now, with our army being amassed to take over Russia, can you be part of this plan, Nobunaga? I have pardoned you from the failure you had at the Ural Mountains." Said the man with the suit.

"Yes sir! It will be done." Said Nobunaga as he assembled Mitsuhide and Sun Quan for preparations. As Sun Quan looked at the snowy horizon, he thought to himself.

"Taishi Ci, please make it to us alive." Thought Sun Quan as he felt uneasy while making the preparations.

At the Ural Mountains base, Mutou was looking at fascination at an orange car. With it Liu Bei then looked at it in awe.

"The Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray! I SO WANTED THIS CAR!" said Liu Bei as he was ecstatic over it.

"Well, this car was left by Taishi Ci after his retreat with the ground forces." Said Tsuzuri.

"Well, looks like I need to stand by him and teach him the specialties of this car." Said Liu Bei as he paused. "Shift it to the Pave Low. We can use it to slay Taishi Ci." Liu Bei added as he drove the car to the Pave Low.

At a road to the airfield, Taishi Ci was leading his army until he noticed something at the rear view window.

"My Corvette!" said Taishi Ci as he swerved his McLaren to confront the Chevrolet which is being occupied by Mutou and Liu Bei.

"Get the troops to the airfield now!" said Taishi Ci as he gave his orders to the leader of the IU Division while confronting the Corvette with a stylish drift. Soon a minigun popped out of the McLaren's bonnet and started spitting lead at Mutou as he drifted away from the gunfire. As the trucks escaped the supercar duel, the two cars drove to a distance at the blank ice at the foot of the Ural Mountains. Taishi Ci was simply grinning with ecstasy as he fires his minigun from his Mclaren which nearly shredded the Corvette. Soon Mutou drifted his car and made a 180-degree turn to bring the weapons of the Corvette to bear as Liu Bei checks the weapons panels.

"Let's see, rockets." Said Liu Bei as he pressed the button to the panel that read "rockets" and the air vents of the Corvette soon turned into a pod bristling with miniature rockets. Taishi Ci did likewise and the McLaren starts showing some rocket pods of its own.

Within seconds, both cars tried to fire rockets at each other until the Corvette runs out of rockets. Sensing danger, Mutou then turns the car back to a 180-spin; however, he is a sitting duck for Taishi Ci's McLaren as it reveals a miniature missile that resembled the infamous AIM-9 Sidewinder in shape. Mutou could only drive on helplessly as the missile heads for the Corvette; however Liu Bei managed to press the panel that read "Flares" in the nick of time. Moments later, flares popped out of the car, thus preventing an explosive death. Soon Mutou drove slightly outwards and suddenly braked the car, much to Taishi Ci's surprise.

However, Mutou's plan was clear; to get behind Taishi Ci and utilize the car's arsenal. Within minutes, the Corvette's arsenal was utilized to its fullest as the roof opened up a missile pod containing 24 miniature missiles. Immediately all 24 missiles are launched, heading straight for Taishi Ci right after the targeting system has locked it on. However, Taishi Ci was able to shoot down those missiles with his minigun.

"Not bad. How do you like this?!" said Liu Bei as he pressed a few buttons which armed a pair of .50 caliber machine guns at the car which fired at the McLaren and pounded the McLaren's minigun to shreds. Taishi Ci responded by firing proximity mines from the rear of the car. However, Liu Bei prepared a pair of HAMMER defense systems; each armed with a pair of AA-12 shotguns and successfully prevented the Corvette's destruction by firing at the grenades.

As both cars disarmed their weapons, they soon drove to a harbor without ships and soon a few IU troops started firing their Gatling gun turrets and some troops armed with assault rifles tried firing at the Corvette only to be destroyed by the Corvette's .50 caliber machine guns that left death in its wake as it hammered rounds non-stop at the IU lines. Soon the harbor was turned into a supercar duel as the Corvette hammered its .50 caliber machine guns at the McLaren. Soon the Corvette drove to a wrecked ship on the coast and waited for the hot-headed Taishi Ci to attack him with his McLaren. As Taishi Ci armed the McLaren with a spiked rod and charged at the Corvette, the Corvette activated its adaptive camouflage at the eleventh hour inches away from oblivion as the McLaren drove into the sea. Soon the Corvette drove out of the wrecked ship and as they noticed a beam with a sharp end, Liu Bei fired his Desert Eagle at the beam, causing it to fall on Taishi Ci, skewering him alongside his McLaren to a watery grave.

"So that deals with the dingus. Come on; let's meet up with the others." Said Mutou as he drove to the V-22 Osprey waiting for them at the entrance of the harbor. However, as they reached the airfield to meet up with the MH-53, they were too late as the airfield is empty and Ma Chao soon noticed a dying guard.

"Where are the IU ships heading?!" shouted Ma Chao in anger.

"They're headed…to London…" said the guard as he died from the wounds. Ma Chao was angry as he couldn't stop IU in time. However, Zhuge Liang was able to track the movements of the IU fleet and even secure transportation to London in the form of a Concorde.

"I have plotted out the attack routes of IU's troops. It looks like they are landing a huge invasion force into London by sea and by air." Said Zhuge Liang as he opened the laptop to show the attack course plotted out by IU. Soon he was astonished when he learnt about the size of the IU navy.

"That is an Enterprise-class nuclear aircraft carrier! Where did they get that?!" said Zhuge Liang in shock.

"They must have got the IU branch and rogue Butei in the States to steal such hardware. It's almost as if a war is going to take place. Looks like IU isn't some smalltime criminal organization after Vlad pushed up his daisies." Said Zhao Yun as he locked and loaded for a real battle.

Soon everyone was thinking of a plan when Magoichi and Masamune came to them with some new ideas.

"I found a Concorde airliner that we can disguise as a civilian aircraft. We can use it to reach London before the IU planes do." Said Masamune as he started the engines of the Concorde.

"This kid used to work for an airline industry before the Iraq War. He can fly this plane like anyone would. Also, I took some ECM devices and installed them onto the plane so that their radar won't pick this plane up." Said Magoichi as he sat on the copilot seat.

"Come on aboard! You wanna stop IU or not?" said Yue Fei as he boarded the plane. Soon everyone went on board the plane, leaving the Corvette behind, Liu Bei bode the Corvette farewell as he entered the Concorde.

In the Concorde, their battle plan was clear. Soon Guan Yu and Ju Ju are wearing wetsuits and scuba tanks like the ones Navy SEALs would wear. Soon Guan Yu then asked Shirayuki to come along with him, but Shirayuki started to feel nervous.

"If I go, who will protect Kin-chan?" said Shirayuki as she blushed clutching onto her scuba tank. Soon Zhuge Liang sighed and managed to rectify her doubts.

"I understand that you feel strong with Kinji next to you, but the whole world is at stake at this point now. Guan Yu will take care of you throughout this mission. We will take care of Kinji, don't worry." Said Zhuge Liang as he gave Shirayuki his Navy SEAL badge. "This badge will be somewhat of a good luck charm for you. Just be brave and face your enemies with courage and valor. We will take good care of Kinji and prevent him from mixing with any girl. Good luck, Shirayuki Hotogi." Said Zhuge Liang as he also grabbed three parachute backpacks for the trio with the wetsuits.

As Guan Yu gave Ju Ju and Shirayuki instructions, they are now ready to jump as the door to the Concorde opened at 15000 feet. Soon Shirayuki was jumping alongside Guan Yu and Ju Ju while they noticed the presence of the enemy ships. Shirayuki was holding Guan Yu's hand as they soon hit the water unnoticed by the enemy fleet; they soon switched to their scuba gear and swam to the nearest LST in order to infiltrate both carriers. When they entered the dry compartment undetected, their mission was only beginning.

"Woah, now this takes me back." Thought Guan Yu as he, Ju Ju and Shirayuki hid behind an unused vehicle to begin their infiltration.

And so now the mission to save the world begins, but can they stop the IU armada?

New villains profile.

Sasaki Kojurou

A member of Spetsnaz, his swordsmanship is something to be feared by many. He is the only Spetsnaz soldier that was absent from the POW massacre in Kabul. Though he was not active, he joined IU so that he can test his skills and kill Musashi. He uses a Nodachi and a PP-19 Bison SMG in battle.

Zhang He

Another Ex-Spetsnaz, he also took active participation in the massacre of POWs simply because they "stain the beauty of battle", He is a narcissist who takes joy in aesthetically appealing things and has melodramatic theatrical mannerisms and frequently decorates his sentences with the words "beautiful" and "graceful". He fights with a pair of claws and an AK-47 assault rifle. He is a rival of Zhao Yun.

Xiahou Dun (Anderei Simonov)

Formerly a Spetsnaz operative, he is nicknamed "Polar Demon" for his capability in Arctic Warfare. He is a ruthless killer and is charged with murdering hundreds of innocent people in Afghanistan during his time as a PMC. His favorite weapon is a Steyr AUG A3 assault rifle and a Qilin Blade giant sword. He also formed the Black Eagles, whom are members of IU with Spetsnaz training and proficiency in Close Quarter battles, stronger IU PMCs.

Zhang Liao (Petarov Illich)

Also a former Spetsnaz operative, he works with Xiahou Dun and is disavowed in the Spetsnaz for murdering innocent people. His favorite weapons are a PKP Pecheneg LMG and a 3-metre long crescent blade called "Blue Wyvern". He respects Guan Yu as a rival, during Iraq where the PMCs met the SEALs at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. Although he shows disapproval to Nobunaga's actions, he claims that he "Lacks the strength" to rebel directly.

Lu Bu XXXXIV

He is a ruthless warrior who has earned an infamous reputation with his acts akin to terrorism. He is basically a reincarnation of a demon. He only seeks victory in battle and when hired to assassinate a target, he murders everyone in a 100-meter radius of the crime scene, this is to ensure that "there are no witnesses". His favorite weapons are a "Sky Piercer" halberd and a MG36 Light Machine Gun though he also uses an AS50 sniper rifle.

Sima Yi XXXXIV

A rival of Zhuge Liang, he is also a Spetsnaz assassin who specializes in Systema and Karate. While Zhuge Liang is a medic, Sima Yi is an assassin whose aim is to strike the enemy at their vital points which make Zhuge Liang's healing useless. He is sadistic and uses any means necessary to obtain his goals. His favorite weapon was a fan which can transform into swords and generate dark energy. For guns his choice was a Spectre SMG and a Walther WA 2000. It is speculated that he and Zhuge Liang are practitioners of sorcery.

Pang De

Former Navy SEAL, he was Ma Chao's best friend until he lost the promotions race to Sergeant and believed Ma Chao to be the assassin of his uncle (in reality it was Nobunaga Oda). Since then he not only wanted the Sergeant position, he wanted revenge for the murder against his uncle. He wields a pair of pole axes and a G36C assault rifle.

Zhou Yu

Former SAS, he is a rival of Pang Tong and he also took part in a mission against Al-Qaeda during the assassination of one of Al-Qaeda's best men. He wanted revenge against Pang Tong for not letting him kill the HVI. He uses a AWP Magnum sniper rifle and a Staff in battle.

Mitsuhide Akechi

Formerly a US Marine, he left after losing his squad to an ambush in the streets of Iraq. Since then he has served Nobunaga and fought alongside IU. He is a gentleman and prefers to fight with honor, but he goes into a fury easily and tends to lose his cool. He carries a katana and a M16A4 assault rifle with a Grenade launcher.