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The group continued to traverse and search for any surviving Loopers, as well as the CPUs.
After a few hours of searching, they found IF and Compa. Both are bleeding.
"You're Idea Factory and Compile Heart, two of the CPUs' friends?" System No. XX guessed. "And what happened to you?"
"All those monsters would've killed us." IF revealed. "And yeah, it's us, the friends of Neptune."
"Did you happen to have met any surviving Looper? I mean, those stuck i. Battle Royale in Reality Zero?" David asked.
"Who're you?" Compa asked.
The group semi-individually introduced themselves all over, and explained every single things they've experienced over the days since Zero Point's destruction and the annihilation of the Reality Zero.
"And finally, it appears that Genjitsu-no-Omnia is about to reconstruct Zero Point and thus restore the Reality Zero..." Angela concluded. "So she could abuse it all and merge it with the Last Reality."
"Zero Point is one of the things representing the omniverse, as it can create rifts to every single worlds out there." David explained. "So its destruction not only wiped out Reality Zero, but also brutallt, forcefully and fatally destabilized the rest of the omniverse itself."
"And well, guess what?" Jumpson concluded. "Mass incursions everywhere, wrong portals everywhere, pardoxes everywhere, well... rift everywhere!"
"Oh, I see." IF understood.
"Now I know you." Compa understood.
David simply show the picture to IF and Compa. They're disgusted by it.
"No way, this can't be the real Neptune!" IF refuted. "Nor the real Noir or Blanc or Vert! At all!"
"They can't be! Those dull eyes tell us something's off!" Compa responded.
"Well, then what if they're the Dark CPUs posing as their counterparts?" System No. XX questioned. "Because I sensed so."
IF and Compa are horrified.
"Dark... CPUs?" IF is shocked.
"Those... as... friends...?" Compa is in tears.
"Originally, those CPUs were the conduit, empowered with Negative Energy to become Dark CPUs." System No. XX continued. "But now, how did they come to be separate or something?"
"Then we'll have to save Nep-Nep and friends after all." IF decided. "They're in danger again, and the Dark CPUs could rise at any time!"
"Where's the surviving Loopers, though?" Yesod brought up the mission.
"Loopers?" Compa responded. "Oh, I know the one who claimed to be a Looper. His name is Peely."
"Peely, the walking banana from Reality Zero?" David asked. "Great!"
"We, the Gold Third and some of the other Makers are... well, treating him." Compa continued. "He's injured."
The group, IF and Compa went to the said location, where Peely is at. The Gold Third, Nippon ('Nisa') Ichi and a girl named 'Tekken' in Shionne's outfit.
"Peely! You're alive!" The group is excited. "A survivor is found!"
IF and Compa introduced the group to the Gold Third and others.
"You have more friends!?" System No. XX is surprised.
A while, the group learns out who the Makers are, the Gold Third, and such.
"Nisa, nice flat bikesuit!" Jumpson made fun of Nippon Ichi.
"Hey! What the-" Nippon Ichi is-
"We found Peely!" David shouted.
Later...
"Most of my friends are gone." Peely told the story. "From that trigger-happy woman."
"I managed to escape because I managed to drive away from Reality Zero." Peely continued. "I thought I was going to die for good."
"Glad you survived." David replied. "We'll bring you to safety." *summons a portal*
Peely entered the portal to Beyond-the-Edge, and David reported. Then the group bright Gold Third and the two extra Makers, and kept searching.
However, some time later, they found a portable braindance player. David introduced everyone else the braindance, then told some Makers to play it.
"Let's see..." Nippon Ichi then wear the braindance player, and played it.
Lighting struck the entire group, forcing them to play braindance there.
"Hello, I'm Neptune." Neptune introduced herself... with the voice of Dark Purple "The patron goddess of the Planeptune, Purple Heart!"
"Noir here!" Noir introduced herself... with the voice of Dark Black. "The patron goddess of Lastation, Black Heart!"
"It's Blanc." Blanc introduced herself... with the voice of Dark White. "The patron goddess of Lowee, White Heart!!!"
giggles* "Vert it is!" Very introduced herself... with the voice of Dark Green. "The patron goddess of Leanbox, Green Heart!"
"Wait... Something's wrong with the voice?" Neptune seems... off. "Very well... you'll be punished if you object us."
The 'CPUs' opened their eyes, revealing the same dull eyes depicted in the picture.
"You need obey us... or else..." The CPUs(?) took their weapons, and charged towards...
Braindance ended there, and when the group took off, they're in...
"Damn it! We're trapped into the Quantum Realm!" System No. XX is frustrated.
"How could this be?" Hokma is shocked.
"Damn! The enemy trapped all of us into the Quantum Realm!" Jumpson responded.
The warriors all panicked, and David gasped at the scene.
"Not only that, but..." David looked around. "Traces of crystals everywhere!"
A spotlight has opened in front of the group, and it featured 4 holy crosses holding crucified girls. Those crucified girls are none other than the four CPUs... the real ones, actually.
"Neppy!" "Miss Neptune!" "Neptunia!" The group looked at Neptune.
"There's also Noir, Blanc and Vert!" IF noticed.
"All four leading CPUs..." System No. XX looked at the crucified CPUs. "All trapped and crucified."
"The candidates would be horrified to see this sight..." Malkuth replied.
"Those motherfuckers...!" David is angry. "Hey you! Show fucking yourself!"
Four 'CPUs' appeared under the respective crosses. Those are the same CPUs appeared in the braindance.
"You are the ones in the braindance!" Nippon Ichi recognized the four.
"That's right." 'Neptune' confirmed.
'Vert' laughed off and said "correct". 'Blanc' only nodded.
"Then you're the Dark CPUs!" System No. XX argued. "Those crucified figures definitely is the real deal!"
"I'm surprised you guessed all that right." 'Noir' confirmed. "You delusional bitches!"
"Hey, why are you saying against us!?" Cao Pi complained.
"What do you want?" Hattori Hanzo questioned.
"You're trapping Miss Neptune, Miss Playstation, Miss Wii and Miss Box in the Quantum Realm?" David argued. "Not cool, you fuckers!"
"Hmph. You seems like you should be given the punishment-" Dark Neptune refuted-
System No. XX summoned Ebony and Ivory (Dante's dual guns) and shot Dark Neptune, who immediately parried the bullet with her sword.
"What do you want?" Dark Blanc asked. "Power? Wealth? Service?"
"We want the surviving Loopers and those CPUs back." David replied. "That's all. We don't necessarily need your three things."
"Foolish test of character you've got." System No. XX snarked. "Also, you've a fucking flat chest just like your counterpart, just saying."
Dark Blanc is shocked at the words System just gave her. "You... you... you... you... you... you... you... you...!"
"We're here to save the goddess!" Angela responded. "And rescue the survivors!"
"How dare you defy us!?" Dark Blanc snapped. "Haaaargh!!!!!"
"You fuckers!" Dark Noir is aggravated.
"You are done!" Dark Vert is aggravated.
"Accept your demise!" Dark Purple activated.
The four Dark CPUs transformed with their HDD, like the real deal. This turns to Dark CPUs' goddess-level HDD form, the exact same as that of the real CPUs they're based from, except for the color scheme from the true from of Dark CPUs for the armor, the dull version of the real CPUs' eyes (much like with the respective human forms), and the wings that would be from Dark CPUs' true forms.
"You have broken the threshold of our tolerance, and you shall be extinguished." Dark Purple targeted the group. "Be erased!"
"You're over!" Dark Black charged ahead.
"We're gonna kill you all!!!" Dark White enraged.
"Die!" Dark Green yelled.
The Dark CPUs attacked the group, and it's therefore about to become slaughter because much of the group, particularly the warriors, are rather weak, so they're easily busted. The Sephira has to save them as well. The new Investigation Team that is, Ultraman Zero, Viola, Cheshire (through summoning) and Hoshimatsu (using her monowires to physically cripple the Dark CPUs) ended up doing the bulk of the fighting.
Beyond the Quantum Realm and in the dropped braindance player, Stadia, in human form and wearing a school uniform, smiled at the device stolen from other world.
"Good... This trap worked, and I hope the Dark CPUs finish the job in the Quantum Realm." Stadia took the devices and the braindance.
Stadia looked around, and found Dr. Manhattan.
"Why did you trap them?" Dr. Manhattan questioned.
"Doctor Manhattan, get out!" Stadia yelled.
"Kang doesn't care! Explain what you did!" Dr. Manhattan countered verbally.
"Doctor Manhattan, you're trying to derail Empress Zero's plan, didn't you?" Stadia questioned.
"Exactly, because she and her servants, including you, are doing harm to the omniverse in one way or another." Dr. Manhattan confirmed. "Our existence overall depends on the omniverse itself."
"We don't know how can we capture you for real, so that's not good." Stadia is disappointed. "Empress Zero will erase you when given the chance."
"Genjitsu-no-Omnia shouldn't have decided to shrug off Last Reality in the first place." Dr. Manhattan then teleported away.
"Hmph." Stadia walked away.
Meanwhile...
"Die! Die! Die!" Dark White tried to kill Nobunaga.
Dark White ended up clashing with Viola in her faerie form.
"You dare disrupt our existence?" Viola then clawed Dark White.
Similarly, after a while of fighting, the group finally managed to knock down the Dark CPUs.
"I'm finishing them with that man's daughter's power." System No. XX proceeded to finish off the Dark CPUs.
"Not yet!" Angela warned everyone. "They will then still turns to their humongous true form anyways!"
"Yeah! Free the CPUs instead!" Malkuth conceded.
"Fine!" System No. XX then summoned Vergil's Yamato, and sliced the holy crosses.
This sliced them down, and they shattered, because these are made of crystalline brittle material. The CPUs are freed and fell down, with David using Sandevistan and catching them all. Angela remotely healed the CPUs.
"Uhhh..." Neptune woke up. "What happened?"
The CPUs woke up after all, so David quickly explained everything so far. Angela then warned them...
"Dark CPUs are going to try and kill us all."
The Dark CPUs recovered, and shone out the darkness, then grouped and revealed their (gigantic) true form.
"Well, transform, now!" David yelled.
"You've gone too far..." Dark Purple is angry. "Now you'll face the ultimate consequences!!!"
The Dark CPUs is even stronger in the true form, with the warriors, who are all already incredibly close to death, are practically hopeless about it. However, the CPUs took their HDDs and took the attacks that were going to kill the warriors and then some.
"Good!" One Zenkaiser complimented. "You're best suited to this!"
The CPUs fought against the (respective) Dark CPUs mercilessly to protect the rest of the group, allowing the time to rescue and evacuate the surviving Loopers, which turns out to be a few. David summoned a portal for the survivors to go into. This leaves Uzume Tennouboshi, the other survivor and a fellow CPU, to be healed.
However, Dark CPUs eventually started to strain the CPUs, so the latter party settled for their NEXT Form, using the spare Hyper Share Crystal.
"This is the last Share Crystal we've got." Black Heart (as Next Black) commented.
"Well, yeah..." Green Heart (as Next Green) replied. "Time to kick some Dark asses with grace!"
The CPUs continued fighting against Dark CPUs, while the rest of the group healed Uzume.
"Thanks..." Uzume thanked the group.
"Where's the remaining Share Crystal?" David asked the Gold Third.
The Gold Third confirmed that they only has an Infinity Share Crystal left in their inventory.
"Infinity Share Crystal, the most powerful Share Crystal ever." David observed the Share Crystal. "It's typical used to steal share and let outsiders travel to other timelines without any defined limit."
"Right now, I can't control it, and without a Share Crystal, I cannot transform nor use any sharing field!" Uzume complained.
"Then if we don't do something meaningful about it, then we're screwed!" Jumpson panicked. "Even with your faith, who would be able to directly wield it!?"
The Dark CPUs at this point not only regenerated and healed from all the damages, but also got wise, so then they did the specials to bombard all the CPUs at once, then quickly but strongly strike a surprising fatal blow to each the respective CPU.
"Ugh!" Purple Heart got fatally busted.
"Argh!" Black Heart got fatally busted.
"Owgh!" White Heart got fatally busted.
"No!" Green Heart got fatally busted.
All four CPUs collapsed down to the floor. Not only they are injured to death now, they're also reverted straight to their human form mid-air and slammed really hard, so the impact only hurt worse.
"No!!!" The group cried at the CPUs.
"The goddesses... are no more." Dark CPUs then turned to their HDD form and laughed maniacally.
"No...!" The Gold Third, IF and Compa cried and approached the dying CPUs.
"This can't be..." Nippon Ichi is in despair. "No... No!!!"
Nippon Ichi screamed hard and in rage, transformed into a God of Destruction.
"Nippon Ichi of Destruction!?" The rest of the Makers are shocked.
Nippon Ichi then fired a beam onto the Dark CPUs at point blank. But they weren't affected at all.
"Damn it!" The new Investigation Team is horrified.
Dark Purple simply slashed the God of Destruction once, but that utterly defeated Nippon Ichi.
"Noooo!!!!!" Ultraman Zero yelled.
The Dark CPUs then laughed at the group, and desecrating the dying CPUs in front of a traumatized Uzume, who became broken because of it.
"What does it feel to see the goddesses fallen in front of you while trapped in the Quantum Realm!?" Dark Green cringed out to the group.
"Please, Infinity Share... Please save us...!" IF begged. "Please bestow the share powers to us all...!" *sobs*
The Infinity Share Crystal then suddenly started shining in front of everyone.
To be continued...