Game start early! If I do this right, then tomorrow will have the chapter that pushes this over 100K! I also reveal some (potentially) interesting twists, so what do you think they are? Don't have to wait long to find out! Anyway, let's go!

Super hero time!

Ex-aid: Are you ready to reach for the next level?

Naruto: Just as much as you're ready to return to Lowee!

Things are heating up now, I'm going full throttle!

Naruto: I'm going Mach Zenkai as well!

E-a + N: Game start! Showtime!


"So Blanc, how are you exactly planning to stop the whole exchange?" Egi asked as they walked, the brown haired goddess narrowing her eyes before she punched her own fist.

"Simple, I'll make sure to destroy everything." She promised, almost hissing, causing a bead of sweat to form upon Egi's face.

'Okay then, so just how I thought you would then…'

"Yup, so Blanc really thinks just how she looks then!" Neptune cheerfully declared, causing that narrowed gaze to turn onto her.

"Neptune, this is Lastation, a landmass of constant construction and technological advancement." Blanc reminded her purple haired 'friend' nonchalantly. "That means that there are heavy girders and a fair few bricks simply lying around. Would you care to repeat what you just said?" a small flash of lightning complimented her unspoked threat and no one would deny that in the shadows, brief as they were, it almost seemed as if one usually cool blue eye turned a burning blood red for a moment.

"No sir, not at all sir!" Neptune rapidly blurted, hiding herself behind Compa who could only awkwardly chuckle.

"There, there Nep-Nep."

"Still though, it does make sense." IF conceded. "Nothing deters any future transactions like receiving a pile of scrap metal rather than their robots."

"Then we better make sure we get there soon. With the numbers we could expect to be met with, it might take us some time." Haruto suggested, spurring the group to move faster. Even so, they weren't fast to enough to evade the person following. They would never be fast enough. All of the puzzle pieces were in place; all that was needed now was to get the opponents ready for the fight.


The warehouse itself seemed to be rather derelict, the odd monster having moved in that was easily dealt with by a few spells off of Haruto or a quick smash to the head from Blanc. The transaction of machines designed to cause massive amounts of damage to their enemies would make this sort of area safe though.

Sneaking around the corner of a long hallway, decorated with moss and overgrown vines, Egi peeked around to find a large open area, presumably where the original items were stored for safekeeping.

"Seems like we've got the place." He whispered to the rest of the party, prompting them to enter when they were met with a small chuckle, the marron suited man correcting a lime tie a he walked forward to meet his new guests.

"Well, would you look at this? I certainly was expecting a different group." He remarked, his eyes falling onto each party member. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Ganache and I'll b the one serving you today."

"So you're with Avenir then?" IF inquired, looking at the brown haired salesman with a small hint of suspicion. "Aren't you the group that's been forcing the closure of a whole bunch of smaller businesses around here?" the man waved her off, pushing up his glasses as he tutted.

"It seems as if there's been a bit of a misunderstanding. You say that like we've been doing it intentionally." Ganache replied. "We merely wish to keep our company going strong as it has been for the last three years. If that means some other businesses must suffer for that, then so be it; it's survival of the fittest in the capitalist world."

"Okay then, but why Lowee?" Cyberconnect interrupted. "Why make them stronger if you're working with Lastation? Wouldn't you want people from those other landmasses to come other as they collapse, resulting in more customers for you?"

"No, no, no." the salesman immediately denied. "You see, just because we happen to work in Lastation doesn't mean we revere the CPU."

"Wait, you mean..?"5pb began, Ganache nodding with a smile.

"Exactly. I revere only one goddess and that is lady White Heart." He confirmed, the admiration clear within his voice as he spun around slowly. "I will happily level Lastation, destroy this place, if my lady were to so much as passingly mention it to me!"

"Well, there's a spy in the group. Was I the only on that didn't expect that?" Egi asked, Haruto shaking as well as Cyberconnect. "Okay then, that's nice."

"But this means this is our chance!" Neptune suddenly announced, Compa tilting her head.

"What do you mean by that Nep-Nep?"

"Ah, I see!" Haruto intervened. "So because he follows Lady White Heart, he follows Blanc. If we were to simply tell him the truth of this situation, then we might be able to skip the whole battling scenario."

"Got it to a tee Mr. Magic!" Neptune agreed with a thumbs up. "Though you've gotta remember, it's a battle flag, not scenario! That's what they call it in another game!"

"If so, then please leave it to me. I would rather talk this out then fight anyway." Blanc requested, stepping towards the man with a gentle smile gracing her face.

"Are you done talking then?" Ganache asked impatiently, glancing to the white polished watch he had upon his wrist. "I do have other tasks that need to be accomplished, so…"

"Objection!"

"Nep-Nep, you were just waiting to reuse that joke, weren't you?"

"You do know that there weren't any of those games on Lastation consoles, right?"

"But we're with Lowee Iffy, so it's all okay!"

"Excuse me, but I thought you were done with your inane subjects!" Ganache spoke again, much louder. "What do you want now?"

"Well, If you only knew the power of the white side…" Neptune began. "I, Neptune, now proudly present to you your Lady White Heart! Behold!" Holding out her hands to Blanc, the window above them letting the sun's rays shine down like a spotlight, Neptune looked to where Ganache was standing , only to see pure disbelief as Blanc transformed, pushing away a stray lock of aqua hair.

"No, no, that's impossible… That can't be true, it simply cannot!" he fiercely denied, looking away and back in pure confusion and shock. "You just cannot be…!"

"Ganache, was it? I understand and greatly appreciate your dedication to serving me." Blanc praised with the sweetest voice she could muster. "But to do so in sacrifice of others is not what I wish to see. I can easily forgive if, so long as you stop this foolishness."

"Yo…c…b…L…Te…rt…"

"Um… Lady White Heart? I think you broke him…" 5pb hesitantly commented, watching the trembles to the blubbering man's knees.

"…U…an't...e…ady…Whi…Hea…"

"Please, speak up! I can't hear you properly when you're like that!" Whatever she was waiting for, it had certainly not been the finger desperately pointed towards her, the spluttering accusations much more audible this time.

"No, there' snow ay you could be lady White Heart! You must be this fake I've been hearing about!" he announced, Egi holding back the urge to palm his face unlike IF.

"Idiot, I'm telling you, I'm the real one and the other's the fake, figure it out already!" Blanc urged, feeling the anger welling up inside her.

"No, impossible, there's no way! My angelic Lady White Heart would never be this much of a swearer!" Ganache stated with disappointed vitriol.

"You know, it's kinda sad when a reality check just kinda comes and slams you right back into sense, isn't that right Iffy?" Neptune said, turning her eyes onto IF who tried in vain to fight of the dusting of red that appeared on her face.

"Why are you looking at me like that!?"

"All I'll say is 'Vert's blog'!"

"Shut yer yaps over there! I've got some stinking crap to deal with other here!" Blanc roared, Ganache letting out a shocked gasp as he held onto the white washed brick wall.

"That confirms it! You cannot be lady White Heart! She' s loving, caring…"


*One long hour and many matches of games between Haruto and Egi later*

"…So you can't be her! Now, I've had enough of this useless prattle, so I do hope you don't mind if I get this all over and done with quickly, right?" Ganache concluded, pressing a big red button upon a remote the forced the robot that had been sitting relatively close by to whir out of its slumber, a monstrosity of metal that glimmered in the sunlight. "I do despise fighting, so I hope you don't mind if this machine does it for me."

"Well then, time to transform as well you two!" Egi declared, pulling out the God of Gamindustri Generation X gashat, Haruto holding the first ring to his belt while Neptune let herself be engulfed by the mystical power that allowed her to transform into Purple Heart.

DRIVER ON!

SHABADOOBIE TOUCH TO HENSHIN!

SHABADOOBIE TOUCH TO HENSHIN!

FLAME! PLEASE!

HII! HII! HII-HII-HII!

GOD OF GAMINDUSTRI! GENERATION X!

CPU GASHAT!

GACHAA! LEVEL UP!

LET'S HEART! MECCHA HEART! MUUCHA HEART! WHAT'S YOUR ART!?

I'M A GODDESS RIDER…

GACHAAN!

GACHAA! GOD UP!

PLANEPTUNE-LASTATION! LEANBOX-LOWEE! (GENERATION!) ORE GA… GOD OF GAMINDUSTRI! X!

"To think that not one, but two goddesses, um, CPUs would be here to greet me." Ganache remarked. "It's hard not to know who you are, Lord Game Heart and I haven't seen you around before, so you must be Lady Purple Heart."

"That's correct. You don't sound very surprised to see me here though." The black suited goddess answered, Ganache giving a shrug of his shoulders as he waved the Killachine forward.

"Really? I'm trying my best to show it, honestly. No matter, please take it away. You shall perish in the name of Lady White Heart!"

"Well then, it's show time! Haruto announced, flicking back the power part of his trench coat as he dashed forward, his right arm reaching out into the portal that appeared next to him.

GAME START! PLEASE!

"Ah yes, this is the Gamindustri gamer!" Egi remembered, turning to where the makers were preparing their weapons. "Compa, IF, 5pb! Come close!"

"Yo Egi, what are you doing?" Cyberconnect asked, watching as he took each of the girls' hands before holding his head close to them, enveloping all three of them in a dark cosmic light.

GACHAA! LEVEL UP!

ATASHI WA YUME NO HOSHI! HIBIKASE! OTO NO SHINE IDOL!

DOCCHI DEMO II! DOCCHI DEMO II! ICHIBAN DOCTOR NI SEKAI!

MAMORU! CHIKYUU! DEEP DUNGEON DIVER!

GASHACON SHOUTER!

GASHACON INJECTOR!

GASHACON GRAPPLER!

GASHACON SLICER!

Rushing forward, IF held up the Gashacon grappler and pulled the trigger, a hooked rope launching up and attaching to the machine, a second pull of the trigger sending her flying to follow it, becoming a green and blue missile in the air. Wielding her injector like a rifle, Compa let off a great blast of that mysterious liquid within that splattered upon the robot's chassis to chew through it like acid.

"Thanks!" IF called with a bit of disgust, brushing off the small drops that threatened to eat away at the green body suit she wore, the chest HUD slightly less bright. None the less though, she drew her twin quatars and slammed them down in the new gaping hole, digging deep into the circuits before unleashing a lightning blitz directly to the central cores.

"Don't leave us out of this!" Purple Heart called out, flying in to deliver a flying combo of slashes to the revealed circuitry, undoubtedly slashing easily through the exposed wires and boards like butter. White Heart chose to make a much different and barbaric move, instead leaping high into the air and dropping directly onto the top of the monster, forcing a giant dent into the body. The Killachine flung its limbs about wildly, just missing Blanc while IF and Neptune weren't so fortunate, getting an arm or hand to their entire body and sending them hurtling away.

"Hey, time for us Wizard!" Egi called out, the beam of his scythe gleaming in anticipation. Haruto agilely leapt into the air with a spinning flip, several silver bullets flying into the machine monster as it beeped and screeched, the hand sent in his direction being sliced off by Ex-aid. Tired of merely standing at the side, Cyberconnect rushed into the fray herself, twin blades held backhanded as she jumped vertically, her rotations forming a great burning tornado right in the face of the killachine.

"Don't count me out either!" the fox girl roared, bringing down her blades in an arc that sent two pillars of pure flame right into the heart of the monster, its eyes already blinking to depict its damage level.

LUPACHI MAGIC TOUCH GO!

LUPACHI MAGIC TOUCH GO!

EXCITE! PLEASE!

"Let's make this quicker!" A red portal fell over Wizard, causing him to grow in stature, his upper body becoming far more muscular and overly large in comparison to his lower body. With a booming yell, Wizard unleashed but a single punch onto the Killachine, his black gloved hands sending the Killachine into the warehouse wall, a great crater forming in the brick. Shrinking back to his original side, Wizard changed the ring he was using as Ex-aid closed the front of the gamer driver, Compa, IF and 5pb pulling out the gashats in their gamer drivers and slotting them into the kimiwaza slot holder as Egi had done so before.

GASHUUN!

GASHAT!

GACHAAN!

KIMEOUJA!

GOD OF – GENERATION –

DEEP DUNGEON –

CRAZY –

SHINE –

CRITICAL STRIKE!

LUPACHI MAGIC TOUCH GO!

LUPACHI MAGIC TOUCH GO!

CHOINE! KICK STRIKE! SAIKO!

"It's the finale!" letting his foot be encased in fire while cream, blue, navy and white energy gathered at the legs of Compa, IF, Egi and 5pb respectively. A joint jump had all of the riders reach the same levels as the air born White and Purple Hearts as together, they all flew towards the exposed machine, Blanc also adding in her hammer for good measure. Looking out of the hole they made in the wall, it was clear that the Killachine would have no way of getting back up with all of the broken aspects within and a completely fried electronic system.

So naturally, it stood up again.

Completely repairing all damage done to it, the shimmer returning to the wine coloured metal as it let out a synthetic screech into the skies, free of the constraints of the Avenir facility.

"Well, that isn't normally what happens." Haruto commented with deadpan, the group simply raising their fists ready for battle once more until they heard the laughter coming from within the facility, Ganache walking out into the cloudy day outside.

"Well, that's certainly something I wasn't expecting to see. I definitely didn't put that in there." He stated, causing them to take a double take.

"Wait, if you didn't put regenerative abilities in this, then who did?" Egi questioned, clapping bringing him out of his thoughts and making them turn to the new arrival.

"Excuse me, but just who are you?" Ganache asked impatiently. This had already gone on for far longer than he expected it to and he really did have much more pressing matters to attend to.

The man wore purple trousers, squares of pink and cyan upon them while having a blue shirt, the bottom of it lined in grey and the sleeves pink. This was slightly covered by the black jacket that he had on top.

"Oh, don't mind me, I was just wondering how the power ups I gave your robot was working." The man answered, his tone whimsical and care free as he looked upon the killachine that regarded him only briefly before turning to the party, waiting for the order to attack again. "I must say, things do get interesting when you give the enemies continues as well, don't you think Ex-aid?"

"Why though? Are you also with the false Blanc as well?" Egi called back, the man merely giving a shrug of his shoulders.

"Not really. I just thought this could be made to be a little more entertaining, that's all!" the man explained before starting. "Oh, my apologies, I never gave you my name! Please, call me Pallad."

"So you're doing this for fun? Is tinkering with incredibly powerful machinery what you call fun?" IF scolded, scowling as the man laughed raucously.

"Not just that, the puzzle's never that easy!" Pallad retorted, leaning on his knees. "We've just got a brilliant gamer here, so why not increase the difficulty? With so many people, there's no reason why this battle flag shouldn't be possible."

"Oh, ooh! Iffy, Compa, he knew it's a battle flag! He's special!" Purple Heart realised, causing IF to slap her hand over the goddess' mouth with a sigh.

"Neptune, I thought you were meant to be smarter in your CPU form!"

"Sorry Iffy."

"So there's a way to disable this regeneration then?" Egi voiced, Pallad clicking with a bright grin.

"I knew you would be the one to take that guess Ex-aid!" The man praised, holding his hands out wide. "After all, regeneration: it's a lottery. You never know when something might just go wrong or not function properly!"

"Right, so we just have to keep beating up this pile of crap until it can't come back to life, sounds good to me!" Blanc declared, her hammer impacting the ground heavily. Ganache could only take his glasses and wipe them down.

"Well, I had several spares to utilise in the case that a rival goddess chose to hijack the initial one, but I never thought to have them check for molecular regeneration capabilities. I must say, wasn't expecting that." He remarked, bolting. He didn't want to be caught in the after math of this, even if it meant sacrificing a single facility.

"Come on now Ex-aid, it's time for us to dance!" Pallad declared, pulling out the blue and black cartridge to Egi's shock. "What, you didn't think that you were the only one to have this sort of power, did you?"

"No… um, yes…?" he answered shyly, flinching as Pallad laughed once more, flicking the yellow dial on the front down so that the image with the blue creature was on the bottom.

PERFECT PUZZLE!

WHAT'S THE NEXT STAGE?

WHAT'S THE NEXT STAGE?

The same creature was shown on a background of differently coloured puzzle pieces within the game screen that appeared in the air, foregoing the items to instead fill the air with pure energy items. Drawing the gashat to his left shoulder, the dial facing inward, Pallad let a grin take over his face as he intoned those familiar words, pressing the grey buttons where the blue base met the black cartridge.

"Dai henshin!"

DUAL UP!

GET THE GLORY IN THE CHAIN! PERFECT PUZZLE!


Game Pause! Are we ready? You don't have to wait long for the fight! can a level god beat level 50? there are a few reason for the outcome... but which outcome is that?