Chapter 37: Hijack
08:13 AM (Japan Time), Saturday August the 2nd…
"… Fua~h… That was a good night's sleep."
"Zzzz… Maha Special… For me… Hmmm…"
"Netto – kun…! Ah. Whatever. Let's let him rest another little bit."
"Good morning, Saito – kun."
"Thanks, Blood. Is Sigma still under punishment?"
"Boss decided to extend it until the 5th."
"Well. He got it coming."
"Of course."
Saito woke up and climbed out of his bed while he watched how Netto was dreaming of Maha Specials given his muttering and voice: he rolled his eyes and then sat down in front of the computer to talk with Blood Shadow who was calm and collected.
"By the way… Has anything happened as of late?" He asked.
"The 4 jerks went into Portugal and caused some ruckus before splitting and heading for Majorca, Monaco, Vatican City and Sicily… They then vanished altogether leaving "bunshins" to cause some ruckuses as they erased their traces…" He described with a sigh.
"Nelaus and Isaac haven't shown up either?"
"No. Maybe they're training to see what strategies would suit their new "Cross Fusion" form a picture of which Twilight posted in a fake Twitter account which "supposedly" belonged to Bungie Studios… And started a war of speculation about "Spartan IVs", "Halo 4" and so on… Some which were more straight-headed argued that, given how Halo 3 was out just a year ago, they wouldn't announce the next game until at least next year when the development was more advanced…"
"Huff. The guy just loves to stir up chaos at every corner, huh?"
"Yeah. He also posted a Photoshop – edited photo of himself as Darth Sidious looking forward and signaling the viewer with a right hand finger while saying "I want YOU for the Dark Side"… But that was a parody of an old classical Ameroupe recruiting poster which said "I want YOU for Ameroupe Army"…" Blood Shadow detailed.
"The guy can't ever be original: he has to depend on other stuff he likes to rip off or recreating other things…"
"I know…"
"Fine. I'm going to have a shower and then go have some breakfast: I'll fix my bed before that and all and get changed… Maybe I can go do some jogging around the district too…"
"OK. I'll check out the email."
"Heh. Check it out, as Bright Man said…"
"Roger!"
Saito grinned as he picked his usual shorts and vest before opening the cupboard and picking a pair of white boxers, white socks and a white buttoned shirt with no features on it whatsoever.
"Let's go shower."
He entered the bathroom and closed the door behind him: he placed his clothes on a stool and then headed to the sink to open the tap and close it soon after washing his hands with cold water: he rubbed his face with it to shake off his sleepiness and stretched.
"It's already August… These summer vacations have flown by but I hope we can put an end to this pointless never-ending campaign… And the "Darkloids"… It'd be better if we could imprison them but I've got a hunch that they won't make it easy. Heck, if the rebuilt guys used by "Sidier" in the winter had bombs on them… But that was because they were cannon fodder and not intended to last for too long… These guys have the "Dark Generator" and that will pound us a lot… Last summer Cosmo Man drove us to our limits but now… I think that we stand a better chance."
He unbuttoned his pajama shirt and took it off followed by his pants, navy blue boxers and socks: he looked at his chest and grinned as he rubbed his nipples for about 5 seconds before heading over to the shower and opening the hot water tap.
"Ah… Feels good… Maybe we could arrange to meet with Tooru – kun today or tomorrow and do a threesome in the shower… Now that would be cool… Heh, heh, heh. I'm getting inspired…"
He grabbed his cock, which had gotten slightly aroused, and began to rub its head: he firstly turned off the tap to save water as he used his left hand to grip his balls and pull at them: he lifted the left hand and began to pinch and rub his nipples too.
"Yeah…! I want to feel Tooru – kun's penis inside of me…! And I'd be stuffing it inside of Netto – kun… Oh…!" He moaned.
He released and arched back while hissing and sounding like he enjoyed the sensation: he panted and opened the tap again to wash it off as he closed it to apply shampoo to his head: he washed it off and put on body lotion next.
"Huff. Nothing better than a morning shower to shake off sleep and feel energized for the day to come… I wonder… Does Tooru – kun have fantasies too? Or does he use the toys to stimulate himself when he feels the urge to…? I wouldn't be surprised if he did: we've done it from time to time too…" He wondered aloud.
He stepped out and dried his body with the towel before dressing up and combing his hair: he grinned and headed back into the main bedroom to store the folded pajamas under the cushion along with the socks: he arranged the bed back into normal form too.
"Let's open a bit and let the room ventilate too…" He decided with a smile.
He partially unlocked the balcony door to allow some air before heading downstairs into the living room: the breakfast had been served on the table and Haruka was watching a show involving a chef explaining typical home-made recipes.
"Good morning, Mama…"
"Oh! Saito. Dear. Good morning. Netto's still sleeping?"
"Sure."
"Alright. There you have the breakfast."
"OK. Thank you, Mama."
"Don't mind it, dear."
Saito sat on the main table and calmly began to eat his breakfast while looking outside at the sunny landscape.
"…and, to finish, a touch of vanilla as topping would… Huh?"
"Hey! You're from Army Drilling, right? This ain't your studio! It's the 4th floor one! Knock before coming in at least!"
"Say, something looks weird…"
"Your imagination, Ryuusuke!"
"Oh my?"
Saito turned to look at how the cook trailed off and looked past the camera and into the studio: some voices joined him and there seemed to confusion and indignation.
"Heh, heh, heh… Heh, heh, heh…" A chuckle rang out.
"That chuckle…?" Saito frowned.
A loud animal-like sound rang out followed by several others before the feed was replaced by static without warning: some sounds rang out before the image resumed: it displayed Opoulos, Yoru Yami, Anaya and Izono proudly facing the camera.
"E~H! NO WAY!" Saito gasped.
"W-what's going on?" Haruka gasped.
"Mwah, hah, hah! You didn't seem this one coming! Kyoudai!"
"Sure as Hell we didn't!" Blood Shadow muttered from Saito's PET (which he'd picked up earlier).
"And it's useless to come at us! My new-gen Metal Gear RAY units surround this whole compound by now! Anything which comes closer than 30 meters will be SQUISHED!"
"Shit." Blood Shadow growled.
"The Gekkou take care of the rooftop too! And I've set up jammers to block all "DC" and "gateway" travel! Wander in despair and hopelessness: the Ark has been activated! Soon we all die!"
"He's bluffing… There's no way that he'll recreate a gigantic installation capable of creating gigantic ring worlds 10,000 km in diameter and which are designed to extinguish all sentient life in the Milky Way…"
"And now… The Precursors will rise and exact their revenge!"
"Huff! I dunno where he got that from and I don't care about it either."
"The Demon Tribe will soon rule the surface world while the underground is united to form the "Secret Empire" once again! IQ – sama shall rule them all through their associates behind me…"
"So he doesn't want to spoil "IQ – sama" is Anaya, huh?"
"You still haven't caught, you PLEBEIANS watching the enslaving box of metal and evil?"
"Enslaving box of metal and evil… How original." Saito groaned.
"Come out!"
The four "Darkloids" and Freeze Man materialized and directed smug faces at the cameras.
"We're the coalition of "Neo Gospel" and "Deadly Pandora": and no – one can stand up to our might! And soon… Through this building's systems the world shall… be flooded with "Noise"! Signal noise, I mean!"
"Shit. And take out all major equipment depending on wave signals."
"Dear!" Haruka gasped.
"And soon enough… All this "Noise" will crystallize into "Crimson"… The "Noise Waves" will be generated… This "Crimson" will fly out of Earth and accumulate in deep space… And give rise to "Meteor G" and its "Meteor Server"!"
"Future knowledge, I guess." Saito calmly guessed.
"Sounds like it, alright."
"But before that General Campestre will give out the signal to start the revolución in Mexico, kick out Calderón, place Vincent "Red" and turn it into a major Communist confederation… The United States of Mexico and this time it'll be for real!" He grinned.
"Oh heck. Not Vincent again!"
"Let me enlighten you with a Choina Sage's proverbs!"
"And now Dragon – san!"
"Ahem, ahem! "Oh great Binding Bond of Despair! Oh small Splitting Lace of Hopelessness! Oh middle Wrapping Chain of Anger! Let Chaos be born and let the World be ruled by Chaos!"… Hah!"
"Is that really a sage's proverb?" Haruka looked skeptical, for once.
"No. It's a cook who is always day-dreaming and prints the first motto he finds without looking at what it says."
"What's going on? I hear Twilight's voice!"
Netto rushed downstairs still on his pajamas and looking nervous and confused at what was going on.
"Well… They've taken over the DNN, Netto – kun." Saito summarized with a sigh.
"NO WAY!"
"And surrounded it with new-gen Metal Gear RAY units… Plus "Gekkou" units too… This isn't going to be a walk into the park."
"By all the…" Netto cursed.
"So long!"
The signal got cut and static filled the TV screen again: Netto's jaw had hit the floor by now and Saito rolled his eyes.
"Guess I'll have to contact Commander Omega and try to see if Boss has formulated some plan or assessed how things are over there… We need a strategy and soon… Commander Omega, sir?"
"Yeah. I've seen it and Boss is cursing in French."
"Another stress attack?"
"Obviously. I'm going to restore Sigma: we'll need him to fight those 5 guys there and Twilight…"
"Roger, sir."
"Call the others and tell them to get fresh: today is gonna be one of those long days, I'm afraid…"
"Say, sir… Nelaus and Isaac didn't show there, sir."
"Yeah. Maybe they had another role assigned to them: they could be dropping by there to try to showcase Isaac's fighting abilities too so tell Rock Man to be sharp and to wake up Hikari with cold water."
"I'm already awake, Omega! No need for that."
"I'd rather say you should wash your face, Hikari, before you try to do anything. And don't take 1 hour to eat breakfast either. I'm not making sarcasm: I'm just telling you that they won't wait for you to finish having breakfast to strike."
"Sure, sure…" Netto grumbled.
"I'll go contact the others."
"Roger, sir."
"Keep your eyes open at all times and check the firewall over again."
"Roger, sir. By your orders, sir."
"Over and out."
The line disconnected and Blood Shadow sighed: Netto returned upstairs while Saito sat on a chair and looked resigned.
"This time I guess we can't go alone just like that… We'll need to bring a lot of "Cross Fusion" users and try to beat all those RAY units before we can fight the "Darkloids" and Twilight to try to beat them."
"What villains!" Haruka muttered.
"Totally. I'd risen thinking today was going to be one of those nice and calm August days but this happened instead. I seem to be a magnet for trouble even."
"Oh no! Don't blame yourself, Saito, dear."
"Saito – kun: Roll – san is calling."
"Roll – chan? Patch her through."
"Oh my." Haruka looked amused.
"Mama!" Saito protested.
"Sorry. I thought she was going to ask if you were going to the front."
"Wasn't that obvious? Or did you think there'd be the "I'll be waiting forever for you" cliché?" He looked slightly annoyed.
"Sorry. Sometimes…" She giggled.
"This isn't funny, Mama, and never was. Anyway! Blood. Please patch the call in and let's wrap up this deal already." He sighed.
"Saito – kun! I just saw the broadcast! How terrible!"
"I know, Roll – chan. But we're going to gather the whole of the "defenders" and fight back like the whole of the "Justice League" had been gathered to fight aliens."
"Oh my! Too bad I can't do "Cross Fusion" yet but maybe one day…"
"Well. Oriol did tell us your "alternate" did achieve that ability but in the end seldom used it."
"I see! Maybe I'll be lucky too."
"Sure. You've got the potential and your "Synchronism" with Meiru – chan must be pretty high anyway." He encouraged.
"Ah! I like how that sounds." Meiru came into the line.
"Maybe I could ask Papa to lend you a Synchro Chip and do a trial of the system in the Science Labs one day…" Saito invited.
"Good. By the way, is the Sleeping Lil Bro Prince making honor to his Honorable and Holy title?" She made a joke.
"Oi! Meiru – chan! I heard that!"
Netto rushed in once he'd dressed up and looked annoyed while Meiru directed her classical grin at him.
"And I didn't find it funny how you somehow managed to slip out of my questioning by swapping yourself with a skull."
"HUH? Ah! When Flash Man made his debut… Well… I did manage to pick it from a nearby box and it was going to be used for the new Natural Sciences skeleton…" Netto admitted.
"So? Why did you try to elude me?"
"Jeez! I was supposed to keep it secret: that I was and am a "Net Savior", you see! Commissioner Kifune ordered me! Not like I had any choice on the matter!" Netto protested back.
"Ah! An order from Mr. Universe?"
"Oi! Show some respect for Commissioner Kifune. He's a nice person and so is Meijin – san!"
"Speaking of Meijin – san: did he upgrade to Mejin – dono?" She made a joke on the spot.
"I don't think so and he'd just say "dono wa iranai"…" Netto grumbled.
"Some news, guys… There are 12 units out there… So we could go like this: the 3 of us, the Net Savior trio, Shadow Man and Davis… And then we'd give "Copy Roids" to Thunder Man, Quick Man, Skull Man, Wood Man and Shark Man… That would make 13… Boss is going to get into the building and Twilight will surely challenge him so… Regarding the "Darkloids" and Freeze Man… Yuriko will be helping us out there leading them outside for us to surround and overwhelm… Freeze Man will want to settle it with Zero as well…" Blood Shadow listed.
"Good! We've got a strategy ready then?" Netto grinned.
"Odd thing is… After we've checked the whole building using the cameras, Nelaus and Isaac are nowhere to be seen. Those guys must know we'll be heading there so I'm surprised he isn't there… Maybe they tasked him with something else like sabotaging antennas…"
"Sigma got woken up?"
"Yeah. We're making sure his body runs correctly and he's doing some heating up in the VR Room against a simulated Bowl Man before we head over there… The "WWW Team" will infiltrate the Cyber World and try to destroy any hostile programs too…"
"Wow. This will be a big-scale strategy indeed."
"Sure it will. Well. We depart in 45 minutes."
"Time for some breakfast!" Netto grinned.
"And for some make-up." Meiru made up another joke.
"Jeez. Meiru – chan! I'm not a fan of cross-dressing, you know!"
"Tee, heh, heh. No pain no gain! Bye-bye~!"
"So if Nelaus and Isaac aren't there… Where are they at?" Saito wondered.
"Dunno. Maybe they got lost in Easter Island!"
"That wasn't funny, Netto – kun. Just go and eat breakfast already."
What are those two up to and where are they at? I've got a weird feeling…