UNITY FORCE MISSIONS: GIRLS' LAST TOUR
CHAPTER 10: Painful Truth
DISCLAIMER: All characters in the story are not owned by me, save for my OCs.
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[Entrance to Another Layer, Earth-8751]
The next day, 10 hours later, we see Chito, Yuuri, Zoro Roronoa, Maya Tendo, Kanta Mizuno, Nagi Sanzenin, Laala Manaka, Shuka Hanazono, Ako Udagawa, Rinko Shirokane, Usopp, Brook, Ichika Takatsuki, Rinon, Aloy, Erend, Sorao Kamikoshi, Toriko Nishina, Ben Tennyson, Ash, Renge Miyauchi, and Tony Tony Chopper are seen walking at the pillar, while the survivors are driving at the usual Kettenkrad in a spiralling road.
Prior to the trip, Zoro, Usopp, Brook, Erend, Sorao, and Chito suffered from a severe blow of hangover as they were descending down the stairway while leaving the pillar.
Later on, things didn't end very well for Kanta during the time when they are walking through the never-ending spiral pillar, as his own spirit later gives out, before they reach a broken gap with an entrance beside it. It went badly for him, however, when he is later seen vomiting with the abyss in front of him.
Afterwards, because of the damage within the road at the spiralling pillar, Chito and Yuuri were forced to take an alternative route because of them driving their Kettenkrad, while the rest had to take it. One by one, they jumped through the other side of the broken road, before heading further.
But later on, however, they started to hear Chito and Yuuri's rather panicking voice, as well as the violent clanking of metals while they walk into the last part of the spiralling road, indicating that the road outside was not stable.
"What the?!" Kanta said.
"Something wrong with Chito-san and Yuuri-san?" Maya asked.
"Would you look at the tenacity of the two!" Kanta cheered.
"Just what are they trying to do?" Usopp said.
"Trying to re-create a drift, I suppose!" Brook said, as he plays a violin rendition of Tokyo Drift by Teriyaki Boyz. "Fast and Furious!" He sang rather gratingly.
"And I'll do my part, non~!" Renge said, as she takes out her recorder.
"Make it stop, you two!" Nagi exclaimed.
"Chii-chan! Accelerate!" Yuuri ordered, as she turns the accelerator up, causing their Kettenkrad to go rapidly.
"Both of you, MOVE!" Chito yelled, as the rest moved away. "Getting close- Kyaaaa!" She ended, as she and Yuuri drifted the Kettenkrad further to the left, as much as possible, before they see the rickety metallic walkway breaking apart, which is later scattered by the wind.
"ARE YOU OKAY?!" Kanta asked in a panicking manner.
"I guess..." Chito remarked. "Or else we would be plummeting to our deaths." She added.
"Regardless, I'm glad you two are safe." Zoro added.
"Otherwise, grandpa would be already putting an obituary for you two." Ben sarcastically added.
"That's not nice!" Yuuri exclaimed.
Afterwards, the Unity Force group later leave the spiralling road, before walking into the usual flat path, as they head into the final area of the pillar, where they later see the path that leads up to the next layer. And just like all the places they have visited in the megacity, the entire area of this place is completely eldritch in nature, compounding it with the darkness and silence that surrounds them completely, but it is countered by the light sources around them.
"Let's keep our guards up." Ash said, as he looks at Pikachu and the rest.
"PIKA~!" Pikachu said.
[The Next Layer, Earth-8751]
Surrounded by the usual metallic infrastructure around them, the rest of the Unity Force group arrive into yet another vast facility that is eerily abandoned in nature, and the sound of the machinery didn't do much favours for the rest. In fact, it only made things worse, when dread slowly takes over them.
"I'd best say we should watch ourselves here." Zoro said. "We don't know for certain what kind of evil lurks in this place." He added, as he cautiously takes his Wado Ichimonji out.
"Not to mention, this entire place is bigger than any underground cities in my world." Kanta remarked. "In fact, it is a big underground city." He continued. "Except metal." He ended.
"You told us about your world and how this so-called Oasis exists in the middle of a desert." Zoro said.
"But only those who are directly affiliated to the Oasis government are allowed to settle in there." Kanta added. "And everything was a shitshow between the West and South Oasis, which gave birth to the infamous war between the two Oases." He continued, as he is seen reloading a 16mm grenade bullet in his shotgun. "I wonder if the same thing happened to this world." He ended.
"Highly doubt it." Chito said. "I'm still trying to uncover what happened in the past." She added.
"Bet you're like that redhead over there." Ben said, pointing at Aloy.
"Except, it's a little more difficult to explain." Aloy added. "Especially with the Old Ones." She ended
"Out of curiosity, who are these so-called 'Old Ones'?" Yuuri asked.
"I assume it's the people of the past in her own world?" Ichika said.
"When I was a child, I saw this ancient ruin and got this device known as a Focus from a corpse." Aloy added.
"But that doesn't make any sense." Chito said.
"It's a long story to explain." Aloy responded.
"Until we know for sure, we'll wait until the rest of the Unity Force's higher-ups have found Aloy-san and Erend-san's world." Zoro ended.
With that, they later head into a group of tall cubic-shaped buildings around them, before they head into what seems to be the supposed exit of the facility, where they see yet another part of it. However, they later suddenly hear a very loud, clanking voice from afar. To make things more haunting, it is unfriendly to begin with.
[PLAY MUSIC: Girls' Last Tour OST - Yochou to Keikai]
"I heard something." Chito said.
"What was that?" Erend armed his war-hammer.
"I-I don't like the sound of this." Shuka said, as she embraces Laala.
"Yikes...!" Usopp exclaimed, as he takes his slingshot out.
"Are you insane?" Rinko said, as she grabs Usopp's hair.
'Whatever that is, we should be ready." Aloy armed her bow.
As they watch lazily at the empty, desolate area of the facility while trying to locate for the source of the ominous sound, that is later completely changed, when they see a highly imposing robot walking with a threatening gait. The robot from afar has extremely tall legs and a squared body with what seems to be construction parts on top of it, as well as a long neck and mechanical head.
After waiting for three minutes, the clanking sound later dissipated, as everything became silent again. The rest are relieved that whatever nightmare they have just experienced is now over, for now, as they leave.
"That machine's even taller than a Tallneck." Aloy remarked.
"But what are those things, non~?" Renge asked.
"Some kind of a machine." Chito remarked.
"Of all the strangest things we can find in this world." Brook said. "That thing has to be the strangest." He ended.
"Hey, Kamikoshi-san." Kanta said, before Sorao looks at the Desert Punk. "You said this Otherside is full of bizarre creatures that you and Nishina-san faced, right?" He questioned.
"Yeah, what about it?" Sorao answered. "And it was the same exact place my right eye became blue and with Toriko getting her left hand turning blue, because of us encountering Kunekune twice." He added.
"Well, this world is no different that this so-called Otherside." Kanta said.
"I don't think this place is exactly like Otherside." Sorao replied.
"Maybe its eldritch nature counts as one!" Toriko exclaimed.
"You never disappoint." Kanta sarcastically added.
"Maybe one time..." Ash said. "We should visit this Otherside and encounter some new creatures in there!" He exclaimed.
"Not Pokémon, Ash." Sorao replied. "It's creatures that hailed from all walks of ghost stories like Creepypastas." She added, before looking to Kanta. "Not to mention, we even encountered Kunekune twice, which would be enough reason for us not to go back in that world for now." She ended.
"You guys should visit that place with us with Sorao, once again!" Toriko responded in her usual high spirits.
"You guys read too much internet horror stories." Maya added.
"Nah. We pass." Chito said straightly.
"You're no fun, Chito!" Toriko said, while pouting.
"Besides, we already have too much encounters that are considered bizarre." Chito said, before they encounter a stairway. "Looks like a stairway." She said, as the two survivors leave the Kettenkrad, before regrouping with the rest of the Unity Force.
"I wonder where that thing leads to us." Yuuri said.
Descending further into the stairway, we see the rest of the Unity Force arriving at what seems to be a giant aquarium. On it, however, is a lone fish swimming all by itself.
"What the hell is this place?" Kanta questioned.
"Sounds like an aquarium." Shuka said.
"An aquarium?" Laala asked rather sceptically.
"A fish!" Yuuri exclaimed.
"But an aquarium with nothing but a lone fish?" Ako questioned. "Where's the rest of them?" She asked.
"I don't know." Maya said. "Considering this place is too dead to begin with, I highly doubt there's more than one." She ended.
"That was the same fish we just saw earlier." Chito said, as she takes a picture of it.
Then, they hear yet another clanking, metallic sound of footsteps. However, unlike the previous one, it was rather tamer and less threatening by comparison. However, that didn't stop them from keeping their guards up, including Pikachu, who is about to use its Thunderbolt towards the source of the noise: a smaller machine. But like all else, it had no malicious intentions in mind. All of a sudden, beside the machine, however, is a man who has the unmistakable feel of a survivor, judging by its rather strange-looking suit of armour, as well as an AK-47.
The man is a Caucasian male in his late-20s to early-30s, who is somewhere between the ages of 28-33 years old. He has a crew-cut black hair and brown eyes. He is seen wearing what appears to be a survival outfit that comprises of a leather jacket with a flag of Ukraine on its sleeves, a bulletproof vest, brown military pants, and black gloves, as well as a gun holster with a Makarov pistol inside of it. This is Strelok, an expert stalker from Chernobyl in another world. He happened to be Sorao and Toriko's companion during their venture into the Otherside.
"Everyone, look! It's a machine and a man beside it!" Yuuri said, as she takes her rifle out.
"Apologies for the interruption." The machine said. "But Mister Strelok has something to say to you first." The machine ended.
"Aw, come on! I want to eat the fish!" Yuuri suddenly said.
"You cannot eat it." The machine warned. "I'm the caretaker of it, and non-staffers are not allowed to tamper on it." He continued.
"There's no need for all of you to act violently." Strelok commanded, before he sees Sorao and Toriko with a slight surprise. "Sorao? Toriko? What are you two doing here?" He added.
"Myself, Toriko-san, Ash, and Pikachu were sent here by the Grand Headmaster to help the rest of the Unity Force out on this mission." Sorao responded. "And we have somewhat been wounded up by something much bigger within this mission." She added.
"And that's exactly why we decide to help!" Toriko exclaimed.
"You know them?" Chito asked Strelok nonchalantly.
"I know both of them during a rather coincidental adventure in the Otherside, just a year ago before I saw you all in the first place. Seriously, that Kozakura is a handful to deal with." Strelok admitted, as he refers to the rest of the Unity Force group.
"Seriously? You're the so-called stalker known as Strelok? I've seen you from your game known as S.T.A.L.K.E.R., and I can tell you're not from this world."
"Is spending my years as a stalker in Chernobyl while defeating the C-Consciousness not enough for you?"
"How disgraceful of you to appear into my doorstep to say those things in front of me! I know your legend, of course. Hmph!"
"Seriously. That Kozakura is nothing more than trouble." Zoro grumbled.
"Not gonna lie, you nearly attacked the Palehorse Battalion soldiers out of spite in Kisaragi Station, when they simply mistook you for invading forces for the first time." Sorao answered straightly. "Toriko really had to pull the trigger just to stop you from going crazy." She ended.
"And the irony is when they suddenly turned against us after battling that so-called 'Face Dogs', thanks to those strange powers of yours." Strelok said. "Then, some backstabbing snake found out about me not being in this world." He ended, as he looks at Sorao and Toriko. "If it weren't for me, we would be wrongfully executed." He added.
"You two aren't... human? Are you?"
"And this Strelok person?"
"This 'Strelok' is not from this world. Records show that there was no such person living in Ukraine."
"He's not from this... world?!"
"Those three are wild things, and they can be dangerous. We must move out!"
"Stop it, everyone. Strelok-san and us are not a threat!"
"As if they're going to believe you after they found out who we are! Follow me! We must be getting close to the train station!"
"It looks like we're in Kisaragi Station."
"I knew those сволочи (mongrels) would turn against us. But we have no choice but to go through whatever that train heads to and get the hell out of here! пані (lady), just make this count!"
"That was some wild story you have in there, Strelok-sama!" Ako said.
"Besides the point, who are the rest of you?" Strelok inquired in front of Chito.
"We're the Unity Force!" Ben said.
"What?" Strelok questioned.
"Best I can explain it." Chito said.
"While you do this boring, bullshit explanation of yours, you will allow me to eat the fish!" Yuuri exclaimed.
"No. You cannot." The robot said straightly, before Chito grabs Yuuri by the ear.
"Owowowow! Let me eat that fish, at least one tiny bite!" Yuuri exclaimed.
"Please don't." Chito solemnly answered, before looking at Strelok.
There, Chito later begins explaining to Strelok about the Unity Force and the existence of several worlds, as well as the multiverse. He goes into additionally explaining about the goals of the organisation, including saving the world from any threat it comes into. While that happens, Sorao and Toriko then reveal to Strelok that they happen to be students of the Unity Force Academy, as well, much to the stalker's confusion.
"So you're saying that my world is a part of this so-called 'multiverse', as well as all of yours?" Strelok said.
"Exactly." Chito said. "Though we still haven't known the full extent of the multiverse yet." She continued, before looking at the machine in front of her.
"But I didn't expect both Sorao and Toriko to be part of this so-called U.F. Academy." Strelok said.
"Trust us, you will enjoy being a Unity Force hero!" Toriko added. "Even Sorao has gotten used to the eccentricities of so many people there, as well! Right?" She questioned teasingly, as she looks at Sorao.
"HEY! You don't need to say it, Toriko!" Sorao said.
"Fish..." Yuuri said, but Maya quickly stops her daydreaming by unleashing a hand chop to her head.
"You're not going to eat it, Yuuri." Maya said.
"About that, what happened to those other robots?" Nagi asked, as she points at the group of decommissioned machines sitting at the ground.
"For many years to come, communication has ceased between apparatuses." The robot said.
"Apparatuses?" Chito asked.
"Robots who serve a rather specific purpose." The robot said. "For example, guardian apparatuses acts as guards and are deployed, should any aggressive behaviour is caused by the non-employees." He concluded.
"But what about that hulking thing we have just encountered earlier?" Chopper inquired. "That thing was intimidating enough to send a shiver down from our spines." He ended.
"Those are construction apparatuses." The robot responded. "He is in charge of servicing this particular sector." He added. "He and I are the only machines in this area that are active." He ended.
"Like how can they make all sorts of machines like this." Ichika said, before Rinon proceeds to investigate it.
"So the Old Ones of this world were able to create advanced technology like this?" Aloy asked the machine.
"How did they make these things?" Chito added.
However, the robot simply ignores the two.
"We promise we are not going to eat your fish, so can you tell us more about these machines and this place, as a whole?" Chito asked, before she grabs the hood of Yuuri's jacket.
"All right. Follow me. I'll show you the facility." The robot said.
"I don't care about it! I just want to eat it!" Yuuri exclaimed.
"Shut it." Chito said, as she drags Yuuri.
"Please, I want to! No, fishy!" Yuuri futilely said as she is dragged by Chito.
"Yuuri-san is sometimes an oddball." Rinko said.
Later on, we see the rest of the Unity Force group, as well as Strelok, heading into what seems to be the aquarium tunnel while they are guided by the same machine. There, they soon find out from the robot where the tunnel is actually connected: directly into the facility's largest water tank.
"Unbelievable, non~" Renge said.
"Is it just us or are we getting smaller when we look above, mya?" Shuka questioned.
"What do you expect?" Ben asked. "We're in an actual aquarium tunnel!" He ended.
"Yeah right." Usopp remarked. "An aquarium without a single fish." He responded. "If you can call this place alive, that is." He remarked.
"Would you like all of you to go in it?" The machine asked.
"Are you sure about it?" Yuuri asked.
"Precisely." The robot answered. "But only if the tank is not in use." He continued.
"I pass." Brook said.
"Me neither." Chopper added.
"As expected of the Devil Fruit users." Zoro said. "Just forget about them." He ended as the robot nodded.
"About that, 102 tanks are within this facility, but only twelve are running and one is in use." The robot said.
"You mean the one with the fish?" Chito asked.
"Yes." The robot answered. "But other than the tank with the single fish, the other tanks are largely unpopulated." He ended.
"But what is this place, exactly?" Zoro asked.
"This was a food production facility, specifically for raising fish in large quantities for human consumption." The robot said. "You may use the other water tanks, as you wish, other than the one with the fish." He ended.
Later on, we see Yuuri, Sorao, Toriko, Ako, Ichika, and Rinko swimming into one of the tanks, while Chito is seen doing the laundry, before Zoro and Maya sit down next to the noirnette. Chito, much to her annoyance, tosses the wet clothing into Yuuri, when she refuses to help the noirnette out. Laala and Shuka are seen conversing one to another about the current state of the PriPara world.
Aloy and Erend are seen training with what seems to be broken guardian constructs, with the huntress using her bow on them, and with the Oseram warrior destroying it with his war-hammer to pass the time. Brook, meanwhile, is seen playing his violin and with Renge playing her usual recorder, while Usopp is seen practising his slingshot skills using one of his Pop Green ammunition, the Skull Exploding Grass, and with Kanta firing explosive rounds into the facility's walls, but they are stopped by Nagi with a powerful chop to their heads.
"Will you two knock that shit out?" Nagi warned. "We would never know how unstable this place is, so don't." She ended.
"You really influenced this girl, Kanta-san." Usopp said.
"I told you I didn't." Kanta added. "Blame it on Hayate-san." He ended.
"Way to go blaming the other guy." Usopp sarcastically remarked, as he clapped.
Strelok, on the other hand, is seen loading his Makarov pistol with ammunition, as well his an IL 86 rifle, before he suddenly receives a strange call from none other than Kozakura.
"You really need some explaining about this, Strelok!" Kozakura called out from the other side of the line.
"What?" Strelok inquired.
"Because of you, I've been virtually hated by that Zoro person, and literally his so-called 'Unity Force' group!" Kozakura remarked heatedly, as if she's about to tear up.
"Says the person who, despite her intelligence as the consultant for matters in the Otherside, acts like a complete wuss within the first sign of danger." Strelok shot back mockingly. "Honestly. I cannot blame myself and the rest for this shit, so maybe you deserved it." He continued. "Besides, if you were in Chernobyl and Pripyat you would be dead in a moment for being the biggest coward ever." He ended.
"How dare you talk to me like that?!" Kozakura exclaimed.
With Zoro, Maya, Chito, and the robot...
"Environmental pollution?" Chito asked the robot. "What does that mean?" She continued.
"Do you have any idea what happened from this world?" Maya questioned.
"This planet was one entire biosphere, and it was one big life." The robot answered.
"But what happened?" Maya asked.
"Not to mention, there's not even a natural thing to be seen." Zoro suspected. "Everywhere we went for the last few days, it's all metal and concrete, like something out of a Warhammer game." He continued. "The only time we saw that is remotely close to being natural is that hydroponics plant from the other food production facility." He ended.
"Mankind chose independence from its natural workings." The robot claimed. "Humans substituted the cycle of air and water into sustainable energy that would be sufficient for the environmental viability of human life." He ended.
"I don't think this is 'environmental viability', when there is no nature to be seen." Maya added.
"Maintaining the infrastructure built into the city's strata foundations is our job." The robot said.
"By sacrificing everything that is natural?" Zoro said. "I don't think it is viable to begin with." He ended.
"Also, how can Yuuri and the rest swim?" Chito said, as she looks at the group of females.
"They must have had high adaptability." The robot responded.
"In that case?" Chito asked.
"They know how to swim." Maya said.
"Maybe I should try." Chito said. "What about you, Maya-san?" She asked Maya.
"I'm fine." Maya said. "Plus, we might have to stay here, in case the Grand Headmaster calls us for something important in this mission." She ended.
A few short moments later, a half-naked Chito is nervously looking at the water, as she is not ready to swim, given her lack of experience.
[PLAY MUSIC: Otherside Picnic OST - shAdOw]
From afar within the facility, far away from the rest of the Unity Force, while this happens, we see Laala and Shuka continuing their conversation, when all of a sudden... She suddenly looks at Laala with a creepy smile into her face while looking at the idol, and with her eyes turning black and white on both sides. The entire atmosphere between the two PriPara idols suddenly turn completely frightening.
"Laala-chan..." Shuka said. "I have something to say to you, and you should listen to me." She added.
"What is it, Shuka-chan?" Laala questioned nervously, before she sees Shuka's haunting face. "Why are you acting like this? This is not who you are!" She exclaimed.
That is later proven, when Shuka demonstrates it by using her light and dark magic, each from her hand, respectively. But unlike the previous demonstration, the powers she now shows in front of the PriPara idol is something else.
"I'm a monster... I'm not even normal to begin with..." Shuka said. "Why is this happening to me?! After I accidentally caused damage during the Pri Fes event, I'd already tell myself that I don't deserve to live." She said in a maniacal manner, as a grin forms from her face. "Tell me about this, Laala Manaka. Why do I deserve this?" She asked creepily.
"I-I don't know!" Laala said in a panicking manner. "What has gotten into you?!" She questioned.
"Because I deserve to die than to live with my miserable experience." Shuka said in a frightening pace. "After seeing Falala-chan and Garara-chan getting kidnapped and tormented by those foul beasts and being used for evil plans, aside from me getting ridiculed by everyone else, I finally have known my limit, and I'll take revenge on those creatures who hurt my friends!" She ended with a horrifying tone, far beyond Laala's expectations.
"Stop it!" Laala exclaimed.
"NO! I have finally done it, and I'll end this misery, once and for all..." Shuka declared. "I'm sorry, Laala-chan, but you leave me no choice..." She ended, as she unleashes a powerful ray of dark and light magic infused together towards Laala, before the PriPara idol hits the concrete wall violently. "Don't worry, Garara-chan and Falala-chan. I'll save both of you..." She ended, as she suddenly disappears.
But on cue with that, they suddenly heard a rumbling from afar.
"What was that?!" Zoro exclaimed, as he takes his sword Wado Ichimonji.
"We should check it out first." Aloy said.
Suddenly...
"I guess we're too late!" Ash spoke, as he suddenly arrives with Pikachu.
"Whoa, what is with the sudden arrival?!" Zoro exclaimed.
"Something was wrong with Laala!" Ben exclaimed.
"What happened, Ash and Ben?" Maya added.
"You should come with us, so we can explain more!" Ash said.
"PIKA!" Pikachu exclaimed.
"About what?!" Zoro questioned. "You mean Shuka-san disappeared, as well?" He added.
"Ash and I just came in to check on the source of the sound, and that's where we saw Laala injured." Ben said.
"Call in the rest of the Unity Force at the water tank facility and we'll discuss." Zoro said. "As for Shuka-san's disappearance, we don't know what to expect, but we must tell the rest to go into the heart of the matter." He ended.
"This is rather worrying." Maya said. "Why would Laala-san suddenly disappear?" She ended her own inquiry.
A few minutes later...
Meanwhile, on top of the water tank, we see the rest of the Unity Force group resting, while some of them are seen treating an unconscious Laala Manaka from her injuries, while Yuuri is seen feeding the fish, who was drooling with the intention of eating it, under the guise of "going with the rest of the adventure". The robot then tells the rest that the lone fish is a mutation, who is able to jump, where it is a source of evolution.
However, the rest including Zoro, Chito, Ash, Ben, and Maya later go into the heart of the matter, which is discussing the matter surrounding Shuka's sudden disappearance. Ichika later treats Laala from her injuries, but because of Shuka's rather powerful attack, it was not enough to heal her completely in a few minutes.
But things aren't in the right, due to this, and so the rest prepare an emergency meeting.
"This is not good..." Zoro said.
"What just happened, Zoro-san?" Chito asked.
"Shuka-san just disappeared mysteriously." Zoro added. "According to Ash and Ben, the last time they saw Laala, she was badly injured from some kind of attack." He added.
"Not to mention, we saw Laala in near-grievous injuries." Ben said. "But who would cause that?" He asked.
[PLAY MUSIC: Otherside Picnic OST - Battle I]
"Neither I nor Pikachu have seen something suspicious around the facility." Ash revealed.
"But the only person who was with Laala-san earlier is Shuka-san." Maya said.
"What are you up to, Maya-san?" Chito said.
"During that time in that building from the previous layer..." Maya said.
Here, Maya then reveals to the rest about her conversation with Shuka regarding her past misgiving when she accidentally hit her sister Mia Hanazono with her rather unexplained powers, before it extended to the rest including the audiences and participants during the Pri Fes, and how it became a living hell for her to hide what she has become.
"Are you saying that she has powers that are uncontrollable?" Zoro said. "Why you didn't tell this to us right away, Maya?!" He added furiously, before Kanta butts in to the conversation.
"Sorry for butting in, but whatever Maya-san said about Shuka-san earlier was rather freaky to begin with." Kanta said.
"Kanta-san... Do you really have to do it?" Chito asked.
"Tell us what you know more about Shuka-san." Zoro asked.
"She felt troubled on the inside, as if she is about to commit suicide or something, and she wants to 'end her existence', because of that particular incident. Not to mention, the abduction of Garara-san and Falala-san by the Burning Legion has already pushed her to her entire limit, despite her trying to hide it." Maya added rather dreadfully.
"Does that mean she has escaped with this power?" Zoro said.
"The only thing I can tell is that she is going after Kil'jaeden and Archimonde." Maya said.
"Aw, fuck!" Zoro said. "If we don't stop her, then we're done for!" He added.
"Why is it?" Sorao suddenly asked.
"That means both of them, if they are successful, will awaken Sargeras." Zoro said. "After our numerous encounters with Kil'jaeden, it seems that they want Falala, Garara, and Shuka to awaken this mysterious being, because of their power." He ended.
"Also, how can we locate Shuka?" Ash said.
"Shuka teleported not so long ago, so we might have a chance of finding her and stopping her frenzy, before she is to be used as the final piece to Sargeras's awakening." Zoro ended.
"Damnit... This mission is going into the road of fucking nowhere already." Kanta cursed.
But they suddenly feel a rumble, as well as the familiar ominous sound of clanking, before two walls fall down, revealing the same construction apparatus they have seen from earlier.
"Great, we have another problem to deal with." Usopp said.
"What's going on?" Chito asked the robot.
"It appears that he has initiated disassembly of this facility." The robot said.
"Why is it?" Yuuri asked.
"I do not know. He sometimes disassembles unnecessary facilities to secure materials. I will ask." The robot then speaks to the construction apparatus.
"What are they even doing?" Toriko asked.
"I assume they're communicating in some robotic language." Sorao said.
With Chito, Yuuri, and the robot.
"What did the robot say to you?" Chito asked.
"He is disassembling the facility." The robot said. "I proposed that he suspend disassembly, but he would not comply." He ended.
"Something doesn't feel right." Zoro said. "Why is that giant robot disassembling this place?" He asked.
"Almost all of the sectors in this area were designated on his assembly list." The robot said.
"Almost?" Maya questioned.
"The likelihood answer to this problem is a fatal bug that is happening within the city." The robot said.
"Listen, we're trying to save the fish!" Yuuri declared.
"But how?" Chito asked.
"How can we deal with it?" Strelok asked Zoro.
"We're trying to keep the destruction to a minimum." Zoro replied.
"While it might be impossible for me, it will be possible for all of you." The robot revealed.
"It looks like the explosives we got two strata down." Chito said.
"Half of it will be sufficient." The robot said.
"Anyone, help Yuuri-san out, while the rest will distract the construction robot!" Zoro commanded, as the rest of the Unity Force give Yuuri some time to plant the explosives.
There, we see Yuuri running at a much agile speed, as she later sets her sights to the construction robot with some explosives in her possession, while the guard robot retells the history to the rest of the Unity Force as to how humans and machines of their world used to co-exist with one another, as well as the concept of empathy.
After minutes of running, Yuuri later jumps into the top of the robot and plants the explosives, before she tosses the detonator into Chito. Yuuri later quickly runs away, as Chito then presses the detonator, prompting a violent explosion that destroys the robot completely into oblivion.
"Jesus Christ!" Brook exclaimed. "That was some magnificent show!" She added.
"Define magnificent in that sense." Rinko asked.
After that battle, the rest of the Unity Force rendezvous with Chito and Yuuri, as well as the robot.
"Now the fish and I should be able to survive a little longer. Of course, we will still die one day." The robot said.
"Hey, Chii-chan." Yuuri calls out.
"Maybe 'life' means something that has an end." Chito claimed.
"Yeah." Yuuri said.
Laala then wakes up, with no recollection over what just happened.
"What happened here?" Laala asked.
"It's a long story, but we saved the fish." Yuuri said to Laala.
"But the place is too damaged." Maya said.
"Can you rebuilt this place, where this thing will happen right? That thing... what you call?" Yuuri said.
"Evolution?" Chito said.
"Yes, evolution." Yuuri replied.
"I think you're misinterpreting the definition of evolution, Yuuri-san." Maya said.
"That is correct." The robot said. "That is impossible. But for the most part, stopping the leaking is the best I can do." He added.
"So maintaining is all you're good for, huh..." Yuuri said.
"That's disappointing." Kanta said.
"Hey, you two." Chito called out.
"The reality is... Evolution may have limits." The robot solemnly revealed. "Activity in this city have become dormant after a large-scale destruction in several instances. Not to mention, people within this strata have disappeared, as well." He ended.
"Regardless of anyone's intentions, we are leaving now, Mr. Robot." Zoro said.
"I hope that all of you live a longer life." The robot said.
"We promise, Mr. Robot-san!" Laala said with a cheer.
"Whoa." Kanta said. "Did your personality just turned 180?" He asked, with Laala smiling.
"We cannot avoid looking for Shuka-san." Zoro said seriously.
"That one, yes." Maya said. "But we still have more time to find her." She ended.
"Shuka-chan?" Laala asked. "Where is she?" She talked to Zoro.
"She just mysteriously vanished." Nagi said. "And we must find her, before anyone would." She continued.
Two hours later, we see the rest of the Unity Force arriving at what seems to be a train station known as Station A-5. Sorao, Toriko, and later Strelok reminisced the time they ended up in the so-called "The Meat Train" in Otherside, after they arrived at Kisaragi Station in the past. This time, however, in front of them is a vast black train that is normal in appearance. They later enter inside, before it departs to another destination.
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The characters that appear in this chapter (in order):
Strelok/Marked One from S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
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A/N: This story is inspired by the ideas of someoneStupED, XP4Universe, and Tamama900.
On the next chapter of UF Missions: Girls' Last Tour: Shuka Hanazono's disappearance has only spelt trouble for the rest of the Unity Force, and it is only a matter of time for the Unity Force heroes sent there, before Shuka and her powers falls into the wrong hands, including the Burning Legion. However, in their venture, they soon discover a rather mysterious melody that they have no idea how to describe it.