Hyperdimension Neptunia Conquest Friction:
"Welcome to Lowee's Basilicom…" without any such emotion, Mina greets the guest.
"No… Without CPUs, this place is nothing but an empty home…"
"Yes… Blanc, Rom, Ram… I…"
"How is your heart not tearing itself to shreds right now? No remorse for killing children?" she cuts off the guests words and interrogated her morality.
"It hurts… It really does, but…!"
"But this was your only choice, hmm? After all, it's for the grand ideal of saving Gamindustri"
"Th…at's…"
"I understand what needed to be done, but I could never sacrifice what it means to be human like you have"
"…"
"Get out, before I say something even more vile to you…"
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*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*
*CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!*
"Tch!" it's a good thing I'm using a short sword.
She fires off icicle bullets like .50 caliber mini-gun. With my brain overclocked, I intercept the ones that are coming at me. I let slight movements of my body to dodge the rest by a few centimeters.
*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*
*CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!*
Short swords are light. If I could give an honest analogy, they're like oversized knives. Though length is an issue, but it more than makes up for it with its speed. Perfect for one hand fending.
*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*
*CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!*
There isn't anything around me that would help me in this position, I'm pinned on the defensive here and can't move much. If I move too far, I'd be ruining this fine suit and I don't want any of that.
*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*
*CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!*
She's not letting up, she's increasing her pressure on me. She increased the velocity of her bullets making it impossible to find a good gap that would get me out of this mess. My arm is starting to sore just from fending the ones that are about to hit me.
"…Not good!" if only I could use the rifle.
I have the DVL-10 M2 hidden behind me, keeping it safe from any damage. If it's damaged, the bullets won't travel the way I wanted it to travel. So right now it's more of a liability but I can't exactly abandon it either.
*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*
*CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!*
"Damn…!" didn't think I'd use this early in the game!
I crouch down slowly, making sure nothing hits me as I make myself as small as possible. I let my instincts move my hand to fend off the thousands of ice shards coming at me. I temporarily let go of the rifle, reach for my inner pocket and take out 2 things.
*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*
*CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!*
Because of the fact that I crouched down, my arm is literally flying all over, fending off more ice shards than when I was standing up. There's a gap in her attacks small enough for something to get through.
*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*
*CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* *CLASH!* — *CLASH!*
"…There!" without hesitation, I throw a throwing knife straight at Mina's face.
"…!"
*BANG!*
*CLASH!*
Luckily, she saw it coming and had one of her ice shards intercept it. But as she regains her sights on me, I throw something into the air. Mina's attention went to that object, and the moment she lays her eyes on it…
*BANG!*
*NNNNNNNNNNNNNNG!*
"…!"
The flashbang exploded temporarily blinding and deafening anyone unfortunate enough to be near it. Mina shuts her eyes and holds her ears with her hands. Not minding the ringing in my ears, I grab the rifle behind me then point it towards her.
*RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!*
*BANG!*
*PNG!*
"Smart girl..."
Even in that confusing state, she summons a wall of ice before I pulled the trigger, blocking the bullet before it even reaches her. I guess her wearing that graduate dress isn't just for show.
I instantly pull the bolt with my ring and pinky finger from the hand that's holding the short-sword, and push it back in after a bullet casing flies off. Through the ice wall, it seems she's slowly returning her sights on me. I instantly dash towards the left side so I could get around her wall.
Seeing her vulnerable, I instantly crouch as I stab the sword on the ground and use it a monopod as I take aim. I squeeze the trigger the moment the crosshair is aimed at her.
*BANG!*
*CLANG!*
"Tch! Damn…!" something intercepted it before it got close. That something slices through the bullet in half.
She just made a sword of ice, a big one as well. Almost as big as Histy's giant swords back then at Leanbox. The giant sword of ice rises up in the air putting distance on the summoner. Accelerating back down in an arc, I pick up the sword that I stabbed the ground with -!
"What the…!?" the sword is frozen in place.
"Shit…!" the giant ice sword is already dangerously close, choosing to abandon the sword, I dodge to the right.
*BAM!*
I roll as I hit the ground, spreading the impact on my body. The ice sword created puffs of smoke from dust and small ice crystals. As I rise up to one knee and point my rifle at her again. Instincts forces me to hug the floor as tight as I could.
*FOOOOOOOO!*
"That's cold…!" the giant ice sword pass over me and with only, what I can guess, 5 centimeters of distance, I can just feel how cold it is without even touching it. The sword lowers its parallel distance from the ground as soon as it passes me.
Swinging towards me, I jump with all of my limbs, letting the giant sword pass underneath me.
"Kh!" frustrated, Mina points her staff towards the ground and then raises it in the air.
*BAM!*
*BAM!*
Two giant ice walls come up from both sides. Then, Mina spreads both of her arms and closes them together.
*BRRRRRRRRR!*
At the same time, the walls beside me come closer at an alarming rate. Oh, come on! I'd rather not be a human pancake right now!
I reach towards my inner pocket and throw a throwing knife at my 10 o'clock sticking to the ice wall. Then, pointing the rifle right behind me and squeeze the trigger.
*BANG!*
It pushes me forward ever so slightly as I fall. The walls closes in onto one another, the throwing knife coincidentally comes closer as well. I reach out to its grip, however small it is for my hand. The walls are just about to crush me, I can feel their below freezing temperature almost freezing my skin even through my clothes.
"…!" once I grabbed the knife, I pull myself with as much strength as one arm could make and launch myself away.
*BAM!*
"Tch…!"
Hearing her click her tongue, I do a flip as I release an empty shell and land on the ground on both feet.
*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*
"…Shit!" without giving me any time to think, she immediately fires off her ice shards at me. I sprint away from her line of fire as fast as my feet could take me.
*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*
"Stay still, Passerby!"
"Hell no!" I honestly answer as I run.
There isn't much room for me to run however. Already by the wall, I change direction quickly and run as I hug the wall. The many ice shards she's throwing at me instantly freezes the area that it hits on the wall. The adjacent wall in front of me gets closer just as fast as I am running.
At the same time, she summons a big giant ice sword over her, its cold sharp tip pointed pointing straight at me.
"Tch!" clicking my tongue, I fired off a random shot towards her.
*BANG!*
*CLANG!*
The bullet was struck by one of her ice shards before it could even get her close. But that created the gap I need. I reaching the adjacent wall…
"You're done, Passerby!"
*BANG!*
…and Mina fires off her giant ice sword towards me with a speed a bullet.
I place my foot on the wall then push upward as I place 2 steps on it. I let a certain something slip out and then perform a flip as I load in the next bullet.
*BAM!*
*SKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSH!*
"What…!?"
Smoke thick dark smoke puffs out as soon as her ice sword got close. The sword actually hits the smoke grenade which was still floating in the air. I enter the smoke as soon as it puffed out. The sword hits the wall at an angle and I land on the flat side. Without wasting anytime, I run up the flat of the sword with all my leg strength and exited smoke.
"…!"
Before she could readjust her aim, I've already reached the edge of the sword and jumped over. I point the rifle at her and peek through the scope. Then adjust my aim, compensating for my movement and fired a bullet at her staff.
*BANG!*
"…!" moves her staff out of the firing line, keeping her from summoning another set of icicle shards at me.
Upon landing, I quickly twist my body as I pick up the short-sword that I left behind, abandon the rifle and lunge towards her. She turns to take a good look at me but I'm already this dangerously close to her. The blade is just centimeters from to neck. She tries to jump back but with how close I am to her, I've already compensated the swords lack of length.
"Got you, Mina…!"
