Veil Of Greed: Hunt For The Numbers
Chapter 18: Dragold's Swan Song
Date: November 11th, 2022
In the last chapter, the fight against Gillusion continued. It was intense. Nobody was doing permanent damage. Swiftdrawer fell and almost died but managed to get some help from Twisted Land. There, they were given an enchanted golden apple that healed them in mere seconds. They returned ready to go with reinforcements and started helping turn the tide of battle. Using Chaos Wolg, they did a lot with the likes of Kagero fighting alongside them. They even shocked Basara by making it possible for Drazeros to destroy B Daman Ryoma. Ryoma returned to the body that was once his, a sign of Gillusion's doom. After using their sword again to do damage, Swiftdrawer joined up with the other B-shots to become a unified force whose B Daman were powered by the B Animals inside them at their highest potential. The 4 B Masters led them to this. Spike Phoenix even lent more of his power to them in a final attack against Gillusion. With the help of others like Blaze, cheeky tricks such as action fields Sweets Island and Crossover, and Dominic and Bray keeping Pmurt Nedib and Yappa Yappa from getting further involved, Gillusion exploded. That was after the 2 villains did get in the way but were stopped from getting more in the way. Swiftdrawer managed to hurt them and some UMC troops before Pmurt Nedib fixed them and was stopped after that. Ryoma was found back to normal but unconscious. He and Kamon had a brother moment as Dominic and Bray fell from the sky. Blaze caught them and was told to go back to Miitopia with them and only return with reinforcements when desperately needed. They left and soon, everyone was teleported to West City. There, Lavertus revealed what happened to it and where Dragold was.
Before that, Pmurt Nedib expressed how they were all going to die no matter what before vanishing. They went to the WMBA's roof where Dragold and Ryuji were. There, they won a huge Break Bomber game with many players against Ryuji who was used again by Dragold. After that, Yappa Yappa and Pmurt Nedib showed up to crash the party, preventing most from attacking Dragold who used Ryuji's body to create a physical form. Swiftdrawer was forced to fight Yappa Yappa alone after riding on Herbsalvin didn't help. They were going to eventually lose until their mii counterpart showed up and helped beat him. The mii then brainwashed Yappa Yappa into BIM with a apple, leaving to report to Boogaloo as Yappa Yappa tried and failed during a long fight to kill his former master. He was killed and Pmurt Nedib expressed plans to revive him under his control. Now, everyone is attacking Dragold after UMC's forces were ordered to retreat too. Swiftdrawer with the help of Bray is sending out intense attack after intense attack with further help from Shope. A new attack called Drawing Devastation has even been used now.
I just keep on attacking more and more with Dragold too distracted to send me plummeting or whatever. My attacks seem to be doing damage until I realize that they're actually doing nothing. Nothing! "Bray! My attacks aren't doing anything! What are we supposed to do? Not a single one of us has dealt any lasting damage!" "There are only 2 things that can be done. I must trade roles with you. I shall use my full power at last. And we must get as many reinforcements as we possibly can. We're going to need more help. Blaze did a great job with reinforcements earlier but that isn't enough." "Damn it! Your defenses outside of when you cast a barrier is much lower than mine. I'm going to have to protect you. Meanwhile, someone else has to inform our other allies to come lend a hand again. The mission to stop Diga and Mishka was never this desperate. The key to ultimately defeating Dragold must lie in the B Daman as well but he's far from done. Shope! Are you able to contact the others with your upgraded battleball?" She replies: "Of course! Just make sure I don't die! As annoying as my best friends can be, I don't want to leave them like that." "That won't be a problem. Proud Protector! You can leave this to me! Haaaaaa!" Shope uses her battleball to contact other BRAINS members while I pay attention to everything going on around me to provide a solid defense. Dragold has noticed me now, good. That means he'll focus on trying to kill me instead of others. Against his strength, I won't last long, only long enough to make a significant difference. Bray becomes one with her magic in a technique she has developed to quickly awaken her full power in seconds. "Dragold! I won't allow you to harm my comrades! You shall be defeated here today! We will take you down because we can't quit or give up. Mega Tower Of Flame! Immense Lightning! Extreme Anger!"
Her attack speed is incredible. Ever since Bray broke through the final limit to unlimited strength growth, she has practiced for many hours to prolong her full power. She can do it for up to an hour now. As she dishes out more attacks that only slightly damage Dragold, a bunch of comrades come in to help us out. Just in time, my armor is cracking! Dominic yells as he comes back: "Sorry I'm late and left earlier on my own! I needed a nap! But now, my focus is higher than ever! Supermassive Black Hole!" The scientist unleashes a massive version of the standard Miitopian scientist ultimate move. It deals some damage. Dragold states: "That's it for all of you, I must use my true full power now. You will all perish and be reborn as my devoted servants. Ultimate Golden Dragon Barrage!" Damn it. Several overwhelming golden energies come from Dragold and start coming towards all of us. "I must protect all of you! I will prove myself so no one will ever contest my being a knight! Just watch! I'm going to save all of you, my comrades! Proud Protector!" I take on as much of the golden energy as possible or at least, that was the plan. But then, Dominic yells while holding the latest version of the energy absorbing device that has been under development. I used an earlier prototype to store Gofast's immense power after I killed him. "I get mocked for being asexual when I show up in public in Miitopia! But hopefully, this will get them to stop! This won't be a causation to want a nap! This will be my moment! Golden power, you cannot resist this invention!"
Bray widens her eyes: "Dominic! Are you sure you want to sacrifice yourself?" "Yes. I know what I'm doing. Adam, don't you worry either." "I respect your decision and shall not stop you." "I trust you my friend. I don't want you to die. I'm going to miss you. But, our feelings must be set aside to stop Dragold!" "Precisely. My odds of survival are 0%. The golden energy will completely destroy me but leave all of you unharmed. Is this my swan song? No! You'll see what I mean. Now that I'm not in the mood to chill, my capabilities are nearly unlimited! I'm going out with a bang! Huh, I never expected to say these things. Oh well, I'm a scientist, I pioneer things! Watch as I use all the mana flowing through my body for the biggest counterattack ever! Galactic Cosmo Crunch!" Energy flows out of him to form what looks like a highly unstable miniature galaxy that deals significant damage to Dragold as Dominic's body is obliterated after his device can no longer hold in all that energy. No! Dominic.. He's gone. His body is gone. Dragold goes to attack all of us again and tries to take the entire area down with us. But, the B Animals surround us B-shots again and negate the attack. That's not all. Is that a unstable wormhole where Dominic died? What does this mean? I keep my guard up even as tears stream down my eyes. The wormhole lets out a bright blue aura before collapsing shut. Dominic emerges out of the blue aura looking different. What?! "Dominic?! What did you do this time?" He calmly smiles before putting his arms up in a chill position: "Oh not much. I was just reborn and ascended to one of the rarest jobs anyone can change to in Miitopia. That's all. It's called Entropy!" Now that he's back, he's a little taller and his outfit has drastically changed.
Instead of a lab coat, he has a brown and black cloak with machine parts embedded into it. Underneath that is what looks to be a white and blue shirt made up of antimatter. He now wears velvet leggings and blue and white boots. Additionally, his lab googles have transformed to become metallic and shiny. Finally, he wears a red bandana around his neck, has yellow gloves, and has a purple cape. "Dominic! How did you do this?!" "Adam, you know that we can't chat right now. I'll elaborate what kind of experiments and actions I underwent later. I need a nap after this. Being reborn is exhausting. I'm an expert in all fields of study now. Based on my knowledge in magic, social behavior, and history, I conclude that you need to achieve a even higher bond with Chaos Wolg. You also must make sure the others also become as connected to their B Daman as possible. I'm going to do my thing because I'm too focused to need help right now even though I want nothing more than a chill nap and evening of relaxation." I nod and do my best to protect others from attacks after the scientist wordlessly repairs my armor. As I do that, I also move around to gather the other B-shots together. The building is going to collapse at any moment though. So what good will this do? As if to answer my question, Dominic literally manipulates the atoms in the building to repair it in an instant. So he can alter reality now to an extent. That's going to help out a lot in the future. I have successfully gotten us B-shots all together but it feels different this time. Almost as if we were only able to tap into a sliver of the full power of the B Animals earlier. Luckily, we're all still in pretty good shape all things considered. Not bad. "Bzz Bzz. Why did you bring us all together?" "You know that scientist who was completely destroyed only to return looking different? He's a close friend of mine. And he told me that the B Daman must be how to defeat Dragold and that we need to connect with our B Daman on a higher level than ever before."
"Yeah like I'll listen to what a brat I barely know would say." "Calm yourself, Basara. We defeated Gillusion by working together. It makes sense that we have to do it but even more so to defeat Dragold and free Ryuji from his control again." "Alright fine, I will try this higher connection. Hardly anything has worked against that dragon. I'd do anything to take him down at this point." I decide to defend the other B-shots while bonding more with Chaos Wolg. In the distance, I see Herbsalvin staying away from the fight, only flying in to help those in most need of help while also flying down to keep civilians far away from the building we're on the roof of. We didn't lose anyone on the way here because we teleported above the security by heading to the roof through that method. That's more complicated than needed. Whatever. "Chaos, do you know about my life story?" "No, I do not. Shouldn't you be more focused on protecting the others than asking me something?" "No wonder it seems we haven't utilized the full extent of your B Animal's power yet. We should be fine. Dragold has many opponents attacking him at once after all. I have spent so much time fighting and training. Soon enough, my training will just be the fighting because a war is coming. It's going to be bloody. I'll have to thank Shope later for contacting the others. Right now, let's learn about each other." I tell Chaos all about how I even ended up traveling from dimension to dimension all the time. I made sure not to leave out the missed fact so many individuals, even myself, Gorganan, and Dominic have overlooked. When you travel through time, you also have to travel through space because planets revolve around stars most of the time. The math needed to make that work is always used for time traveling devices but for some reason, most time travelers and time machine creators overlook that simple fact.
"I see now. I should tell you about my creation. Not all B Animals had a host to go to after Dragold released them all after admitting defeat and being asked to make B Daman something everyone can enjoy. I was one of those B Animals who didn't. Luckily, the WBMA realized that many B Animals still waited for a host form to enter. It's been so long since I was released as a B Animal. They discovered my existence by studying the ruins of the ancient B Daman civilization. As a result, my current form was manufactured and designed at this very headquarters. I was attracted to it and entered it almost immediately. After that, I found myself on the ground right next to you after some strange wave of energy shook through my core from somewhere." "That sounds like a time ripple. Your original fate must have been overwritten. So we ended up together." Chaos and I keep talking for about 10 more minutes until razzle and dazzle overtook the sky. Someone activated the action field Neo Heartland City to slow down Dragold's attacks and give us some additional protection. The damage to Dragold however just kept coming. It wasn't much but nobody was dying or getting seriously injured. That's a good consolation. Bray is starting to show signs of exhaustion but she refuses to just let up. But then, the whole action field is flattened and is deactivated. Dragold speaks firmly to all of us: "I have no interest in fighting those who do not possess B Daman. All of you, begone! My battle is with the B-shots and B Daman! I can feel it, only they have the power to stop me. None of you stand a chance." And just like that, the others are sent plummeting to their deaths. I fearfully look down only to find the Wacky Clowns laughing as they use alien and vampire powers to create a giant trampoline. Okay, when did they get the ability to do that? Honestly, I really don't want to know. No one dies or is hurt but now, all of us facing Dragold might as well be through without the help of the others.
Subaru isn't even fazed: "You'll have to do better than that to kill us." "I know. I'm going to do so. Ultimate Golden Dragon Smash!" Dragold tries to crush all of us with his body and power but nothing happens. He just nearly falls over. The B Animals are holding him back. In response, we use our special moves with our B Daman partners but nothing happens. The marbles just vanish before they can even leave the cores of the B Daman. "Is that the best you got? Not a single one of you poses a significant threat to me." "Oh we'll see about that. Force Dragren, care to show everyone our new move? We were saving this for the tournament but it couldn't be helped." "This is going to be fun, Naoya!" "Okay then! Emblem Charge!" "Burning Force Breath!" "Show them our fiery passion, Force Dragren!" It's a power shot move that engulfs the released marble into flames but does absolutely nothing. "I should have known you wouldn't be much help, Naoya. You still have a lot to answer for. You could learn a thing or two from the little brats I have to take care of. No holding back, Drazeros! Let's take our best to the next level! No, let's take it to the limit of our power! Emblem Charge!" "Ultimate Twin Dragon Judgement!" "Drain away the light, Stream Drazeros!" The attack is more powerful than ever but does absolutely nothing. "What are we supposed to do? We have to save Ryuji just like my brother Ryoma but how?" "Stay focused, Kamon! We'll figure something out!" "You're right, Garuburn!" "The B Animals are protecting us. Let's endure until we can come up with a strategy to beat Dragold. Funny, my first number hunting mission as a knight hasn't entirely had me conduct myself with the self imposed code of whatever I made. How ironic. But do any of you have any ideas. Shouting like this over all these damn attacks is going to wreck our voices at this rate!"
"Hey guys, Dracyan and I have a great idea. Should I say it or should you say it, Dracyan?" "We should say it at the same time!" "Get Ryuji to resist and use our power to the max once Dragold is weakened!" "Bzz Bzz. Not a bad idea." "Like you have any better idea. But still, let's focus! Come on, Eagle!" "Dravise, you want Kakeru to break through to Ryuji, correct?" "Of course, Subaru." "For once, you aren't talking too much." "I do what I can." "Kakeru, Ryuji trusts you the most. You must be the one to get through to him." "Right! You ready, Dracyan?" "I'm always ready." "Emblem Charge!" "Rising Overdrive!" "Let the waves crash down, Ultimate Rising Dracyan!" After the attack successfully hits and is followed by a barrage of attacks that shock Dragold. This is the right moment. I place Chaos down onto the ground briefly to get out a megaphone. I toss it to Kakeru before retrieving Chaos. With that done, Kakeru is able to communicate much more effectively in volume: "Ryuji! I know you're in there! Dragold doesn't own you! You have to fight back! You love B Daman, don't you want to face Dracyan and I in battle in the tournament? It's going to be so much fun!" Somehow, we hear Ryuji respond: "But I'm scared! Dragold is so powerful!" "That may be true but so are you and Proto Zero One! Come on, you have to believe in yourself like you've always believed in me! Snap out of it, Ryuji!" "I will for you, Kakeru!" Dragold is confused as he tries to attack but is unable to: "What is happening? No! They've awakened Ryuji. I won't let Ryuji take back control. I must control him to rule this world as king. Ryuji, don't you want power? I can give it to you if you just obey me and become one with me again!" "Don't listen, Ryuji! You don't need Dragold to become powerful! You've become so strong without him!" "K-Kakeru. You're right. You're right! I won't let you control me ever again, Dragold!"
I yell: "This is our chance! Come on, we must unite as one and hold nothing back while maintaining complete trust in each other! We must rid ourselves of all negative thoughts for now. It'll help us focus." "Well said. Let's bring on even more chaos than before!" "Good idea. Logical even. Anyway, I trust and believe in you, buddy. We make an excellent team." "I have to agree! Our synergy is balanced while inflicting so much mayhem!" 20 seconds later, all of us B-shots are attacking at the same time and quite literally putting our all into it. Will this be enough? It should be. If it isn't, I don't know what we're going to do without the others. Even if they came back up here, they'd just be sent back down in a flash. So it'd be a waste for them to come back up in an attempt to help us kill Dragold. "You mortals defy your king? Pathetic. I am king and because I am, none of you will be able to stop him. You can try all you want to defeat me but it will always end in vain." He counters and negates all of our special moves even though we are in perfect harmony with our B Daman. No. No! I almost lose focus but then, I grit my teeth and push even harder to stop Dragold with Chaos' moves. Motivated by this, the others go to their limits as well to beat him but to no avail. Instead, we're all sent backwards and almost fall off the building: "I told you you didn't stand a chance. All of you will perish here together. There's no escape. I am king." "You are tyrant. There's a way to stop you. It just needs to be discovered. I'm the least experienced with B Daman of everyone here but that fact won't stop me! Haaaaaa! I'll gladly give my life if it means you're defeated or at least slowed down. You cannot be allowed to hurt innocent people. *gets back up* Your power game must end today!" "Speeches cannot hope to save them. It's over, I'm going to win and destroy all of you. It's fate." "Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. But you will be defeated today or some day if not today. Entropy dictates your eventually downfall. I've seen my future. And in it, I keep on going for years to come. There is a power greater than the power we're feeling, I think we need to unify this world against you."
Kakeru agrees: "We saw first hand how powerful you got when you took all those B Animals, Dragold. Now, we're going to bring everyone together to beat you! It's the only choice we have left!" Aruba replies: "Yes, the ruins told of another way to defeat Dragold. This knowledge has been passed down from generation to generation in my family. Uniting all the B Animals against Dragold was said to be another method to end Dragold's reign of terror." Natsumi gets excited even as we all continue to counter Dragold's every move as best as we can: "I got it! I'll stream from here and we can send a message to all the B-shots around the world! What do you think, Lightning Rabbit?" "Natsumi, that is a great idea." "Yay, you talked again! I'm so happy!" "Don't get ahead of yourself. We're barely managing to hold back Dragold. It's almost dumb luck that we're still going. Your phone would easily be destroyed. I will protect you as you do the livestream but make it quick. My armor and sword can only take so much." "You fools. Did you really think I would allow you to do anything like that? Let me show you my full power once again. I have held back to entertain myself and build up a false confidence within all of you. Now, I'm going to destroy your lives easily. True Golden Dragon Smash!" A devastating attack comes right for us and is poised to break through the B Animals protecting us from most of the damage and kill us all. But, time suddenly freezes. A familiar whistle is heard as Kaito calmly reveals himself: "Dragold will be frozen for a little while. Time is moving 1/10000th of its normal speed. This is a special field designed by my father. Go, Photon Transformation! I'm ready to rejoin this fight and so are the others!"
The others all show up in front of us at the same time and time resumes from there. Dragold is angered as Dominic absorbs his attack with ease: "Why are all of you getting in my way? Begone again!" Bray replies: "I don't think so. To quote a infamous song from Adam's world: 'fuck you, I won't do what you tell me'. I shall not let you send us away again. As long as I'm here, you won't be allowed to do that again. Fight on, B-shots!" I decide to keep protecting the other B-shots even though our help is back and ready to rumble. Natsumi immediately gets out her phone and starts a stream through her blog: "Hello, B-shots, it's Natsumi streaming live from the WBMA headquarters. Dragold has taken over and is trying to destroy all of us. But he can be stopped. We need your help. Become one with your B Daman and put your faith in all of us. It's the only way for Dragold to be defeated. Trust me, we've tried almost everything." Seconds later, Fluffy Afro comes over after letting a Dragold attack hit his hair and light it on fire again. As Dominic quickly extinguishes him, he says with a goofy grin: "Everyone! You got to hear this! Your video has already gone viral, Natsumi! This is awesome! Okay, I gotta go! The Wacky Clowns and I have something special planned to slow Dragold down! It's going to stink a lot!" Instead of sweat dropping at the same time, we get focused and concentrate on our B Daman. As a result, the B Animals turn from see through to not see through. I can feel Chaos Wolg's B Animal's power flowing right through me. I had already got out the B Daman and put away my sword again so that's good. The power suddenly increases immensely. I can feel the presence of many other life forms around us because their power is so intense put together.
The final attack between Dragold and us is approaching at an accelerating rate. Just a bit more until the battle is decided at last. I can't wait. My muscles are so sore and aching after all of today. I need a nice bath or day at hot springs. I maintain my mindset to direct all the power to Chaos Wolg. And something tells me that we need to be in sync with the others for this to work: "Everyone! We must synchronize to each other and attack at once! Please trust me on this!" Kamon replies: Sounds like a plan! I'm in!" In no time, even Basara decides to go with it. That's a shock considering how he's acted. Then again, several people have helped him warm up over time. Myself, Natsumi, Ruri, Kakeru, Basara, Naoya, Byakuga, Kamon, and the others shout at the same time: "Emblem Charge!" To our surprise, all of the B Daman chant in unison: "Unity Strike!" To add to that, we all say without thinking: "Blast through the despair and bring back hope, B Daman of the world!" The attack combines all power from all B Daman into a powerful blast of light that heads up to the sky before falling right back down as a very colorful display to strike Dragold. However, Dragold is unwilling to give up yet: "I am king. I will rule this world. I cannot be defeated. Ryuji's resistance is gone, nothing will stop me from ruling over all humans and B Daman in this world. Ultimate Golden Dragon Supreme Blast." In response, we use all the remaining power that is still flowing through us to unleash supercharged versions of our best attacks. That allows for the combination attack of ours to be reinforced with more attacks. Excellent. The first to use a supercharged attack was Gun Arano: "Emblem Charge! Check out my newly upgraded partner!" "Cannon Shot!" "Knock out everything in your way, Storm Bison!" To add to what we just added on, the others attack too.
"Dark Mummy Surgical Organ Transplanter and Surgical Forceps, attack!" "Rise and attack, my Sunvine and Sunavalon companions! Take root and destroy Dragold!" "Multiversal Big Bang! I need a nap but love warping reality!" "Watch as I make my victims scream in pain as I saw their heads right off! Cutting Saw!" "Dragold bad! Dragold bad! Squawk! Must stab Dragold!" "Photon Stream Of Destruction!" "Dark Magic Attack! Exodia, obliterate! Blaze Cannon Blast! Thunder Force Attack!" "Detroit Smaaaaaaaaaash!" "Dragold, did you bastard! Die die die!" "Pawk!" "Pong!" "Bing!" "I want to watch you bleed, Dragold! I'm not containing myself anymore! Sorry Blaze! Ultimate Bite!" "I cast Storm! Ugger, Root Reach!" "Furok, Energy Blast!" "Freep, Shell Scatter!" "Cosmic Flare!" "Go my Earthbound monsters! We must crush Dragold!" I'm not sure how Sergey was successfully recruited but he was. Anyway, hundreds of attacks power up the combination attack. Together, they start turning the tide on Dragold. He's going down. And really hard at that. "No! I can't be defeated again! I simply refuse to!" He uses the full power of the numbers to grow even stronger. But it isn't enough. He is losing and really quickly at that. To make that settled, Fluffy Afro and the Wacky Clowns show up in that UFO after vanishing for a bit armed with instruments that double as fart guns and plasma blasters. They play a ridiculous song that has otherworldly and Heavy Metal sounds blended together with a silly beat that completely ruins the vibe. Fluffy Afro sings a bunch of self deprecating stuff like in the old days before we knew how fucked everything is. I'm tempted to add to the noise but opt not to, my muscles are so worn after all. In seconds, Dragold is completely destroyed. Not a trace of him is left. Instead, Ryuji's unconscious body is found underneath some rumble which Dominic quickly takes care of.
I collapse to the ground. Austin helps me back up: "Everything you did with the other B-shots was so cool! I want a B Daman too!" "Thanks Austin but let's worry about other more pressing matters first. I think I can walk on my own, thank you again." He nods and a helicopter suddenly lands on the roof, revealing Kamon's family, Subaru's father, and Grandpa Takakura. Aona immediately runs over to Kamon and slaps him: "How dare you go off on 2 dangerous adventures without asking first?" "But I thought the pegasus helped you understand a lot of things." "Yes but what I don't understand is you running off like that! I was so worried!" Their father puts a hand on her shoulder: "Easy now, Aona. Kamon and the others fought so hard to save us not once but twice. You should be proud of him." Himiko adds: "You really should. The situations today were not supposed to happen." Grandpa Takakura says as loud as he can: "I want to thank each and every one of you for saving the world. But why are there so many of you here? I've never seen so many people work together against a common enemy. It's very impressive but even I'm confused." Bakugo yells: "What the hell is there to be confused about, old man?!" "Bakugo! Stop! He isn't hurting anyone!" "Nobody asked you, Deku!" "Bakugo, stop it. Would Endeavor be pleased to hear about this? You want to keep doing work studies with him, right? I'm sure All Might and Principal Nezu wouldn't be pleased to hear about your behavior." "Tsk. Fine. But don't you dare say that again, Eraserhead!" Eraserhead turns toward Grandpa Takakura: "It's a long story and we're all exhausted,"
"Not anymore! Mega Heal!" Dominic adds: "I'm going to fix West City and Crestland. It won't take long. No one died due to Dragold or Gillusion." He does so remotely in just a few seconds. I sigh: "This explaining stuff is going to take so long. Why don't we just do this one on one and pair up the most suitable individuals for understanding each other? I would opt for a challenge but honestly, the sun is going down and I want to go home sometime. I'd like to explain everything to Naoya over some nice dinner somewhere. I don't care where, we can teleport just about anywhere at anytime." No one objects and so the long process of explaining begins. It takes me 3 hours. Naoya had us go to his favorite restaurant in South City. Fortunately, it had food I actually wanted to eat and was really good. I had no idea he even had a favorite restaurant considering his past of lies and manipulation. It is his fault that the original Dragold and Gillusion messes even happened. After explanations were finished, he said: "Oh I get it now. What about you, Dragren?" "Yes, it is interesting. Say, could we join this collective? It sounds fun." "Great question! Yes, you can! We prepared ahead of time to set you up in this world for BRAINS membership. I've seen what you can do so you don't need to go through the tests to evaluate your abilities to get in. Just one question though, would you like to join a BRAINS branch made for this world?" "Sure, as long as there is one." "About that. I just got confirmation that it has been formed. You don't even need to fill in any paperwork. That's a waste of time. It's not needed for the collective that much." "I'm so glad this worked out. Say, would you like to have a B Daman battle?" "After we meet up with the others but that depends if I want to or not. I'm on the fence about having one. After all, there's a war brewing in Miitopia and we have to be ready for something bad in 4 days time."
"That's fine. I get it!" "In that case, let's go see the others." We teleport to the agreed upon meeting location. The stadium where the tournament for ownership of Spike Phoenix was held. There, the others await. Except some, we have to wait on them to finish too. Carlos better not have gotten side tracked while explaining things to Mitsuru. It wasn't much longer until everyone was together again. I decline to participate in B Daman battles for now: "Listen, I'm tired. It's been a really long day. I'm just ready to go home." Rarity interrupts: "Darlings! There's another emergency! Look over there!" She points with one of her hooves and we see nothing besides Pinkie Pie laughing: "Haha! I told you this would work! You bet me 50 bits that no one would fall for this!" "Ugh. I'll pay you back tomorrow. I have a dress I need to finish tonight when we return to Ponyville. The client insisted that I deliver it in the morning to her house personally!" "Okey dokey! I can wait!" Bakugo looks like he wants to explode with rage but I give him a frightening glare. I proved to him that I could take his attacks a while back. Good. That settled him down, Eraserhead nodded to me in acknowledgment as a result. The rest of us sweat drop at that scare. I utter: "Please, no more crisis missions. We've been through too much today. Hey Dominic, can we look at Gofast's corpse and power once we get back before bed. I'm too curious and exhausted for anything else." "Sure, I feel the same way." "At least you don't sleep in a room you end up stinking up with realizing it like I do back in my world." "Haha, you told me about that a few weeks ago." Most of BRAINS left after Dragold was defeated, there was only about 30-40 of us left in the B Daman world. Good thing too because things would have been too chaotic otherwise. Once all that was said and done, we said our goodbyes and went our various ways home. It is at this point I should mention that Asuka was a big help in keeping people from questioning so many unfamiliar individuals coming in to stop Dragold. He's a famous model and a B-shot after all.
Speaking of Dragold, I wonder where he is now. I think someone intervened and killed him before Pmurt Nedib corrupted him. Oh well, we have 6 more number cards in our possession now. Just 113 left to retrieve. Once we're back in Miitopia, Dominic and I head to the lab. There's 2 more hours left until I go to bed. Plenty of time to look and talk. No one else is in it when we enter so we can talk about anything that may be private. He shuts the door behind us: "Thank you so much for helping me come out as asexual a while back to everyone and accepting me without question. Just thinking of that makes me want a nap less." "Of course. We're friends, why would I hate you for something like being asexual? Most individuals don't even know about asexual people or if they do, don't understand them at all. I'm glad we successfully educated most of our comrades about asexuality already." "I shouldn't have been so afraid to come out. BRAINS is a safe space after all." "I don't blame you though. Arguably, being asexual is far less understood and more stigmatized than being gay is. And that's saying something. Asexual is a partial, near, or complete lack of sexual attraction and a spectrum. Being asexual manifests differently in different people. My boyfriend helped me understand that better than before we got together. There's no shame in being yourself. If someone threatens you because you're asexual, let me take care of them for you. Most of the time, just my pinky will be enough to teach them a painful lesson they'll never forget. *cracks fingers* People need to stop telling asexual people that they just haven't found the one yet. That's absolutely illogical and ridiculous. While I do enjoy sexual things, I don't think it's the most important thing or devalue people because of it."
"That's exactly what I put into my digital presentation about being asexual that I'm working on. Could you help me with the visual design with it tomorrow before we go train or go on missions?" "Sure, why not. I am the resident digital artist here after all. *hugs Dominic* I'm so glad we met. You're the best." "Haha, Adam being who they are when they're not battling or being serious or completely logical!" "Haha, Dominic saying things that aren't normally his way of saying things." "We're both right. Anyway, we should focus on looking at Gofast. As much as it makes me yawn, I have yet to really examine him even though I've insisted to be the one to study him and his power." We head to where Gofast's power and corpse are held: "Every time I look at him, he looks even worse. It's creepy to be honest." "I agree. What a causation to want a nap. He doesn't appear to look much different from your typical human." "Yeah, his differences must be more genetic and neural. As we know, magic and any other form of power can alter DNA. He was just like me, down to the tea. And then, he got so angry he ran away from home. Him getting his hands on number cards helped solidify his cruelty though they didn't cause it at all. I wonder what we should do with his power. We can't just keep it here. One wrong move and someone obtains power they know nothing about and destroys the entire base." "What of that Millennium Item that shouldn't exist? Go and get it. I want to study it with you first. It'll keep me from napping."
I go and get it from my room and together, we look at it. Time passes by and eventually, we call it a night after having looked at the body and power some more too. We decided to convince the others to give the power to someone we eventually recruit who has no powers and very little strength. Basically, we want to give it to a kid who is struggling to survive as an orphan. A power like Gofast's could make a huge difference. But we also agreed to separate out the power into several other powers because it has multiple abilities inside and it might be bad to give it to anybody all at once. That and I'm interested in taking the shadow magic powers for myself. If I can control that Millennium Ship which I left in Dominic's desk in the lab, I could become a Shadow Mage again but this time for real. That's of I even need the power to grow stronger and there's no one better for it. There's a lot to think about. At least we've prepared as best as we could for the 15th. That day is going to hurt to go through. The Nazis are coming. I head to bed after we leave the lab and say goodnight to everyone and each other. If I'm free tomorrow, I'm going to help train Rol for a little while again. He's now seen as a knight trainee rather than a squire. Thank goodness because squire is meant to be a sort of lowly title. Anyway, I fell asleep into a bunch of weird dreams I only remembered for a short time after.
Also late at night, United Mining Company headquarters* Yappa Yappa's corpse has been hooked up to multiple medical machines. The doctor in the room says to Pmurt Nedib: "Are you sure you don't want to revive him yourself with your powers?" "You annoying employee! Shut up! Don't question me! If I revived him with my power like I did some of my employees earlier, he would never be the same. I contain part of The Shadow inside of me. That dark energy attraction device I ordered be built was a failure for so long! So long in fact, I completely forgot about it by the time part of The Shadow entered me! So I was surprised but delighted! I don't want a unquestioning servant who just does everything I command without thinking for himself! To have a stronger servant, I must let him have free will when he comes back. But of course, that free will will be diminished by my manipulation of him and that brain surgery that is going to happen in 30 minutes! If he has free will, he can have his own desires again and those desires will power him to make him stronger! As long as he doesn't remember what I admitted to him, he'll want to grow stronger for me! Do you understand now?" "Affirmative, commander." "Good, you know your place and my status. I'm going to watch the surgery you will help perform. If you fail the surgery, I'll leave you on the streets penniless and homeless. Do not mess up. I'm paying good money for the operation." "But sir, could you just have it done for free?" "Yes but then you annoying money hungry gremlins who deserve nothing will want to be paid. If I don't pay you, I will lose control of all of you. Seriously, you inferior poor and middle class freaks should be thankful I give you a place in my company. Someone who can't afford everything deserves to be put through the worst lives possible so we, your betters can enjoy luxury all the time."
Some time later, the doctor is egged on by Pmurt Nedib to bring Yappa Yappa's body to the operating room. The CEO grins as he watches the long and difficult surgery take place. By the time it's done, the equipment is ready for the next procedure. The resurrection surgery. "You did a good job, all of you. Thank you for not failing me. As a reward, you can get a 4 minute bathroom and coffee break. Come back here in 4 minutes or else I will throw you out and bring in the next gullible wage slaves to replace any number of you." 5 minutes later, the surgery to bring him back has begun: "Now that you're doing this, it's time to lift the preservation and protection spells I placed on my most valuable employee to keep his body from getting in worse shape. Release. There, insert the replacement pacemaker at once after taking out the old one. These surgeries are coming out of all your salaries and I don't mean just you. I mean all of my employees' salaries." Several hours later, the doctors all collapse from exhaustion as the surgery is finally completed: "Inferior light weights. Guess I have to do this again myself. I'm going to shock Yappa Yappa alive. The next time he dies, I'm keeping him dead. This is his last life to make up for all of his failures. He better not blow it. I have invested far too much in him." Pmurt Nedib uses a whole power box's worth of electricity on Yappa Yappa by hooking up his body directly to it. In seconds, Yappa Yappa is brought back to life: "Master, did I die again? I saw nothing again." "Yes you did, my most valued employee. Get up, you need to get stronger so you don't fail me again. This time, train your mind as well. You don't remember it but that freak from BIM brainwashed you with an apple. You tried to kill me because of that so I had to kill you..
"I'm so sorry! It won't happen again!" "No need to be so vulnerable. That's a sign of weakness. You can't be weak against our enemies. Don't you want to kill Adam for me for good next time? I'm almost considering helping you find a piece of The Shadow to give you more power. If you kill Adam, I will." "Sounds fun! I will enjoying killing everyone in your way, master! It's going to be so much fun to play with them! Revenge will feel so good! I just can't wait!" "Good! We're going to pay a little visit to a city called Porkbelly and ruin their Christmas next month! After all, only superior and powerful people like me deserve a decent Christmas! I pray to God every day and go to church. Yes, if our enemies crash our plans, you can kill as many as you want to! Make sure to do it as slowly and painful as possible even if Johnny X farts fire on you! That's so disgusting." "Yuck! That's repulsive! Farts are almost as gross as homosexuality is!" Yappa Yappa heads to a state of the art training facility that he and Pmurt Nedib often use now after the failures in Suhn and Miitopia. Pmurt Nedib grins and whispers to himself after Yappa Yappa is far from him: "Good, my pawn is loyal to me again. Having him to do my dirty work is so nice. He kills and I hide what I can really do. Win win. He is perfectly under my control."
Mel and her wife's chambers, The Knights Of Miitopia base* "Joella, I can't sleep." "What's wrong, Mel?" "I fear for our lives. We're high priority targets." "That's true. After all, the majority of Miitopians don't have dark skin like we do and we weren't assigned female at birth." "That doesn't make me feel any better." Just then, Mel gets a call from Bray on her new BRAINS phone: "Hello, Bray. What are you doing calling this late?" "We started night patrol duty here. I'm going to stay up all night. I shall protect our comrades. I just wanted to let you know that the defenses for the knights' base have been completed. If any Nazi gets in, we'll all know about it instantly. You sound worried. Intriguing, I must have called at the right time. Don't worry too much, just be ready for Tuesday. We've sent someone to keep watch in your base. It's Pirate Blaster. He insisted he bring Thrashbeak along by the way. Thankfully, Thrashbeak hates being loud at night. If someone gets in, Pirate Blaster will respond first and Thrashbeak will scream. I find this pairing amusing. I must go soon, I can't be distracted." "Thank you so much for telling me, I can sleep peacefully now." "Great! I'll see you soon. Farewell." "Bye!" Joella looks happy: "So we're safer than ever now?" "Yes!" "Splendid! But remember, those Nazis ain't gonna kill us so easily! They gotta deal with women with things and that must terrify them!" "Haha, you're right!" They kiss each other goodnight and fall asleep.
The nothingness in which Dragold and Gillusion were sent originally* "I have been a fool. I let that mere human tempt me with power. Now, I've been deprived of the ability to watch over that world. I will make up for what I have done someday. As soon as I get out of here." "Don't be too sad, Dragold! It was so much fun to cause so much destruction. I'm disappointed that you don't feel to same. Ryoma waa a nice little puppet once again." The mysterious figure appears before them: "Hello, Dragold and Gillusion! Would you care to join a bunch of other losers and lowlifes who have been for the most part killed at least once? If you do, I will grant you your wishes of revenge!" "I desire no revenge. I want to return to the mortal realm to watch over Earth." "How dare you call me a loser and lowlife. I refuse." Freddie the anti wolf appears alongside the mysterious figure: "I'm going to ask this once more nicely. Please join us, it's a lot of fun to plot our revenge. And no one wants it more than I do. I have waited countless ages to finally destroy all existence and rule over the ruins." "I refuse too. I have no reason to seek revenge. My defeats have taught me valuable lessons." "I'll join. Just give me and my components through proper respect we deserve!" "I accept that but I can't guarantee our other friends will bother giving you respect. Now then, Dragold. I'm going to be nice about this too. You have no choice but to join us. Show him, Freddie!" Freddie grins wickedly and lets one of his robotic fingers transform into a massive and torturous assimilation device: "You will be assimilated! You will serve the 2nd Molcolian Empire and help me get my revenge! In exchange, you will be granted your revenge too! I know you want it, you just won't admit it!"
Dragold is sucked into the machine and uncharacteristically screams in pain as the process to be assimilated begins. Gillusion is delighted: "Those screams are unlike any I have heard before." "Oh you like screams, huh?! Good, maybe you can help with a little project I have planned. It's called Unfun Land. I've waited so long to build it again! Maybe this time we can kill a few of those annoying heroes with it for once on a permanent basis! I'm not sure which ride is my favorite, the Tunnel Of Lust and Bloody Slide are among the most gruesome!" "I don't get it." "Once a few more join our ranks, you'll get what an amusement park is! Freddie, are you done yet? We don't have all day here you know. I hate waiting! Even if it's for a few minutes! But I can tolerate it as long as it's worth it!" "Almost done! I can tell! The screams are going quiet! Dragold will be new and improved in just a few moments. I have created a special nerve that lets me feel the same pain my victims do! It's lots of fun! My father will be so proud of me! Maybe now we'll get him to stop losing his patience!" And then a ding sound is heard as Dragold comes out but with some robotic parts: "I feel more powerful than ever! I will be king! I will rule over that world that is rightfully mine!" "Yes you will but you have to be patient. I know how annoying it is but don't worry, it'll be worth it. For now, come along with us! I can't wait for Yappa Yappa and Pmurt Nedib to eventually join our ranks after their destinies are over!" Dragold nods and the 4 go to the Annihilation Council's base. Freddie yells: "We're back with some fresh dragons!" Gofast is the first to come see: "Just what kind of foul sinners have you brought with you this time?"
The SDL is next: "Silence, Gofast! We don't believe in your whimpy God!" Zedkiel Green grins: "How much hatred do these newcomers have? Could they help me finally kill Adam?" Lex Marthias interrupts: "No! Adam is mine to kill!" "Silence you both, he's mine!" The mysterious figure sighs: "We have a long way to getting everyone to not try to kill each other here. But it will be worth it. I almost want to kill Pmurt Nedib myself and force him to be on our side! Then, he could get all of you to stop fighting! He's among the best manipulators out there! But if I do that, we'll lose the final conflict and be destroyed! We have to let Pmurt Nedib carry out his endgame and be killed in the end that way!" Agram agrees: "Hahahaha! I can afford waiting while you fools can't. Just like those fools Korg and Zed. Always too impatient to get what they want. Remember, I want to kill Adam too. But you don't hear me lose patience or complain. The Moonlands will be mine one way or another! If the Final Dreamers have to be trapped in the Core to achieve that, so be it!" "See, someone who gets being patient with revenge. Soon enough, Windy and Lightning will be joining us too. That's going to be fun. Make yourselves at home, Dragold and Gillusion. Meet the others and see what you have in common. I'm going to see if that Midgardian Dark Lord cyborg experiment is going well. Try not to kill each other while I'm gone, you lowlives!"
Alternate timeline, far future, outer space* "So Adam, you're liking the new improvements to your body, correct?" "Yes but it isn't enough to get me back to fighting like I did during my prime." "That's what you get for retiring from adventuring and all that after we helped defeat the SDL. Since then, we've had no major villains show up. It's been over 1000 years since that day now." "Is there another reason you wanted to talk to me?" "Well, yes. You're not going to like it though." "What?" "That mysterious figure is going to one day start recruiting dead heroes or at least try to. With Freddie on his side, he can turn anyone to his cause through a painful process called assimilation." "Didn't Freddie sacrifice himself after his good side was back to help save Kohnanix?" "Yes but didn't you see the footage we have? That figure brought back the Freddie of the timeline where Kohnanix BRAINS was formed. The timeline that will probably break the cycle." "That's really bad. And we can't do anything about it because we can't interfere with what is supposed to happen." "True, we only can do so when it is vital and necessary. We can't let the enemy know about our existence. Someone could gain a lot of power from conquering this timeline. We have to lay low as best as we can and hope that Swiftdrawer and anyone else who knows about us doesn't spread word of our existence. We have so much energy inside of us because we were all brought back through science. Well, except for me. I've lived for so long because of science." "Are we going to talk about the first major villain here since the SDL or not?" "Oh, I forgot. Sorry. I forget a lot because I've lived for so long. Spawn Of Gorganan. The original Gorganan. It's ironic."
"What's ironic?" "Future Fluffy Afro from that erased timeline is responsible for this. Without him coming to be in ours, the demon god Gorganan was born from built up negative energy 309 years after the SDL was defeated. He sent a copy of himself to Miitopia disguised as a mii child. A false messiah if you will. He was the first supreme god of our timeline. But he didn't last long. His clone was killed by that Fluffy. He then went after Gorganan himself just 2 days after Gorganan was born. He defeated the god, killed him, took his power, and became Gorganan. When the god was killed, some of that negative energy came out before the time traveler could take it. It even had a consciousness, a relic of the demon god himself. That consciousness formed with other negative energy into the Spawn Of Gorganan who was born 5 years ago. It's time for us to defeat him. Do you think you're warrior enough to take him on with myself and the others?" "Yes. We'll take him down." "Actually, I was thinking of another idea. We should defeat and seal him away after splitting him up. That is if we can do so without him dying. If it fails, we'll leave him behind. Much like what happened to The Shadow. Speaking of, The Shadow must one day reform to keep existence stable. We might have to tell our other selves that to make it happen. It's a pain but what can we do otherwise?" "I'm with you." *Back to the mysterious figure, now in Glast Heim* "Oh I see what he has planned. Nice. He isn't toying around this time. I won't say more. Swiftdrawer knows about what I'm saying. Now then, it looks like I finally get to meet the Spawn Of Gorganan again. I've also been waiting for this."
A few minutes later the figure arrives in time to see a ship that looks like a advanced sci fi city fly away, leaving behind the remains of the Spawn Of Gorganan: "Oh look, I once again don't even have to enter the afterlife of this universe. I can just revive him here. I will do so. Now that I have stated that, he's back alive just like that." The Spawn Of Gorganan wakes up: "I'm alive? But how?" "I brought you back. I forgot about your existence until 7 minutes ago. Come with me, I'll make you grow powerful enough to get your revenge in time!" "Revenge! That sounds great! I've been killed twice now, twice!" "I know that and the rest about you. I'll turn you from a loser and lowlife to a conqueror of stars and planets. We're going to have so much work to do over time. But patience will be worth it. I promise." "Will you go as far as to let me kill the one who stole my name?" "No. To have our revenges, he is needed." "But I hate him!" "I know you do. Just stop, I hate how tiring this banter is. Two scum of the Earth, Gofast and the Dark Power have finally learned how to coexist and not want to kill each other. They were difficult to get to get along but I'm certain you can get along with the other Gorganan in time. You'll have to in order to get revenge." They take the Spawn Of Gorganan back to the Annihilation Council headquarters and announce: "I'm going to copy Freddie because it's interesting. Fresh demon! Come look, everyone!" Soon, Gorganan meets the Spawn Of Gorganan: "What have you done? Why did you bring HIM here?" "So you know him even though he's different now. Good!" "How dare you do this! I'll make a Doomsday Legion and destroy your group with it!" "No, no you won't. No one here can leave even if they tried to unless I gave them permission. You two will like each other and get along. Gorganan, you're sharing your room with him. Complain all you want, it has never worked the 567 times you tried to during other cycles."
Outro: What a interesting chapter! At first, the plan was to simply have the battle continue until about 8000 words in and have a whole hangout and conclusion part after that. Obviously, that ended up changing. But in exchange, I got to delve deeper into what it takes to revive Yappa Yappa and so much more. I hope you liked the expanded context from how Gorganan, the future version of Fluffy Afro from a now erased timeline got his name by stealing it. Do you know of the fictional Porkbelly and Johnny X? If you do, congratulations! You know what the next arc will be. But it's going to be different. The arc will have one chapter in this story, one in Redundant Apocalypses, and one in Chaotic Hangouts. It'll make sense more when the time comes. That's it, see ya!