The Greatest Japanese Hero
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Danganronpa is owned by Spike Chunsoft and Lerche
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First off, many thanks to those who reviewed this fic, I really appreciated it and this gave me inspiration to work on the next chapter and here things pick up where the last chapter left off, and the three aliens will play a role her as they are going to do something to help in this situation and save the Earth, and this means another chance encounter with Makoto Naegi, so read on and enjoy!.
Fukushima.
The scene shows that the place has somewhat become a ghost town after a missile struck the Fukushima power plant which caused a huge explosion and intense radiation leaking and this resulted in the prefecture to become isolated and casualties rose while many victims were hospitalized for radiation poisoning, and this caused mass hysteria, looting, evacuation, isolation, and the like, and these scenes were shown on news and the internet, and soon the public and the news media began demanding answers as to what caused such a tragedy happened and who did this.
The military and the army tried to use alibis just to cover it up as investigation is under way though this only caused more people to get agitated and soon protests began at the streets within Tokyo and other key areas all over Japan and police were mobilized to keep the protesters under control and prevent riot from worsening. Many citizens became worried and wondered if this incident might happen to their cities and they began to pray that the Diet and the military would get their acts together.
At the Japan Special Defense Forces base, the commander was being pressured by the Prime Minister and there the Minister of Defense is talking to someone, asking for results on the investigation on how a missile was remotely launched and how they were unable to stop it from being launched that resulted in multiple deaths, destruction to a power plant and caused chaos in such a high level.
"Have you found the cause?"
"No, Minister..."
"We haven't found it yet..."
"We don't know how this happened..."
"Find the cause! We can't let another tragedy from happening again!"
"We will, sir..."
"We're doing our best..."
"Give us time..."
As everyone is scrambling, the unseen individual is seen among them and is pleased at how things are and is expecting that the situation would intensify if another missile were to launch again.
Believe It Or Not by Joey Scarbury
(Opening Song from The Greatest American Hero)
Look at what's happened to me,
I can't believe it myself;
Suddenly I'm up on top of the world,
Should've been somebody else.
Believe it or not,
I'm walkin' on air,
I never thought I could feel so free;
Flyin' away on a wing and a pray'r,
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me.
Just like the light of new day,
It hit me from out of the blue;
Breakin' me out of the spell I was in,
Makin' all of my wishes come true.
Believe it or not,
I'm walkin' on air,
I never thought I could feel so free;
Flyin' away on a wing and a pray'r,
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me.
Ch. 39: Betsu no Misairu Sōran
Days later...
Hope's Peak Academy. The scene shows that it was recess, and there the news of the Fukushima incident became a heated debate among the students and are wondering if there is some sort of terrorist activity and wondered someone has infiltrated the military base and launched the missiles, sending other students in a panic while others seemed to refute this claim and believed that someone is doing this just to overthrow the current Diet, and some believed this to be the case, and Naegi can overhear the debate and sees this as an anxious worry from those who watched the news.
"What a tragedy..."
"Maybe a terrorist got in the military and launched the missiles..."
"Maybe it's the end of the world..."
"Knock it off!"
"I bet there's a coup d'etat in Japan right now...!"
"The Diet's done for..."
"Knock it off...!"
"Yeah...you're scaring the students!"
As Naegi went back to his classroom, he saw some of his classmates are also debating on what caused the missile incident at Fukushima in which Yamada believed to be terrorists while Ishimaru refutes this and is convinced that the authorities are doing their best in finding the culprits with Ohwada joining the debate which soon became heated until Ohgami stepped in and urged them to calm down and not get riled by the incident. The three boys took Ohgami's word and they stopped bickering and soon recess ended and a teacher came and the next subject is about to commence.
Meanwhile, Chihiro glanced at the cellphone and is checking if there is any message from Taichi, in which there is no response, and Chihiro decided to stop worrying for now and focus on the subject at hand though Chihiro is seen deeply affected by the victims of the missile incident at Fukushima and wished there is something that Chihiro could do to help the victims and reach out to them.
-x-
Much later, the scene shifts to the secret base at Kagoshima, where Taichi Fujisaki is seen doing something in front of a computer, and you can see that he is full of regret, in which a flashback scene shows that a few days ago, he is being forced to do a programming that allows him to remotely control the launching of a missile, and when he refused, his captor aimed a gun at him, threatening to shoot him if he refuses, and though Taichi is ready to defy his captor, the captor showed his prisoner a live feed of the soldiers outside Chihiro's house, where Chihiro is inside, and the captor told Taichi that with his word, the soldiers will go in and shoot Chihiro down.
"Chihiro!"
"Well...will you cooperate now...?"
"You can't...! Keep Chihiro out of this...!"
"Then do as you are being told..."
"You bastard...!"
"Now, now...let's just say we..."
"Stop this!"
"You better not defy me..."
Taichi stared wide-eyed at what he saw, and told his captor not to drag Chihiro in to this and his captor said that Chihiro won't be harmed if Taichi do as he is told, but Taichi tried to stall his captors until the unseen captor grabbed Chiaki Nanami by her hair and one of the soldiers aimed a gun at her head, and the Super High School-level Video Gamer shrieked at the situation .
"EEEKKK!"
"Stop! Don't harm her!"
"So...will you obey me...? or shall I kill her in front of you...it'll be in your conscience..."
"Don't hurt her!"
"Then get to work and do as you are told to do..."
"You monster!"
"Do it or I'll have her shot to death..."
Taichi stood up and told them not to harm Chiaki as she is innocent ion all this, but the unseen captor reminded him of what he is supposed to do, and Taichi reluctantly did as he is told, and that's how it happened, as he is forced to do a programming where he secretly seized control of the missile launch controls and thus resulted in the assault on mentally apologized to the victims and wished that he could find a way to get help and expose the conspirators of their transgressions and realize that Chihiro is his only hope of getting help.
By then the unseen person came in and told Taichi his next task and showed him what he is tasked to do, and upon seeing it, Taichi is on the verge of defying him realizing what his captor wants him to do, knowing that this would mean more loss of innocent lives and the potential disaster it would cause, and tries to talk his way out but his captor is deadset in making his prisoner do as he is told to do.
"Why do you want to cause another missile launch? What good will it do to you?"
"For the good of Japan, of course..."
"Why kill innocent people?"
"They're expendables...and sacrificial lambs...they're just as good as they are worth...now get back to work..."
"I...I can't do it..."
"Just do it..."
"You won't get away with this..."
"I already have..."
The unseen captor then reminded Taichi of what would happen if he tries to defy his command, and Taichi is starting to lose hope, until an idea came to his head and decided to obey his captor for now and began to start typing on the computer and the captor smirked wickedly seeing that his next plans are in motion and leaves the room, confident that Taichi will not betray him and is looking forward to the results of the next missile launch, however, he is unaware that Taichi has plans of his own, and soon Taichi is starting to get to work, hoping that he is doing something to get help without arousing suspicion.
Taichi then whispered to Chiaki and told her to follow his instruction and assured to her that they will get help and someone would rescue them from this situation.
"...and that's the plan..."
"Are you sure...?"
"Yes."
"But...I..."
"Trust me on this, Chiaki-chan...help will surely come..."
"...okay..."
"Good...let's get to work..."
"..."
-x-
The next day, the scene shifts to Hope's Peak Academy, where classes are held as usual, and the tension over the missile incident at Fukushima is still fresh, and the scene shifts at the classroom of Class 78, where Chihiro is glancing at the laptop in which Chihiro is gathering information on the Fukushima incident until an e-mail arrived, and upon seeing it, Chihiro became anxious and and worried, and thus Chihiro immediately leaves the classroom and this attracted Kirigiri's attention, as she us about to follow Chihiro, her cellphone rang, and upon answering it, all she got was a static signal until she hears a vague voice, and after listening to it, she became a bit serious and Naegi saw her approaching him and the two began talking.
"Kirigiri-san...who was that?"
"It's...one of the aliens...the ones who gave you the red suit..."
"Eh?"
"They told me to head to Mt. Bandai tonight...and told me to bring you with me...they want to meet with us..."
"Why would they...?"
"I don't know...we'll find out when we get there..."
"..."
"We have no choice..."
Naegi is surprised when told that the aliens who gave him the red suit contacted Kirigiri and told her to head for Mt. Bandai along with Naegi himself where the aliens said that they are going to convey an emergency message to the two teens and Kirigiri felt that something big is about to happen and there she asks him if Naegi has the red suit with him, in which he said that he has it, and there she told him that they are going to Mt. Bandai after classes, in which Naegi sighed as he realized that he is going to do another "superhero thing".
By then, a teacher came and motions the students to take their seats as the next subject is underway, and Naegi notices that Chihiro is not present, which made him wonder since Chihiro was here a while ago, and noticed that Chihiro's bag is not there as well and just as he us about to make a theory, the teacher called his attention and Naegi stood up where he is due to do an oral recitation, and there his classmates, save for Kirigiri, Togami, and Ohgami listens on.
"Naegi..."
"Yes, sir..."
"You will do an oral recitation..."
"Y-yes..."
"Now then..."
"..."
"Open your book and turn to page 45..."
"Okay..."
-x-
At the secret base at Kagoshima, Taichi is being pressed by his unseen captor to do a programming run and control the next missile at the Japan Special Defense Forces, and as Taichi is doing a programming run, he secretly used a bug to undermine his captor's plan, and by then his captor became a bit excited and began toggling the computer himself, programming the missiles to launch and aim it at the following targets which Taichi became alarmed upon seeing the targeted areas his captor intended to send the missiles at
- China
- North Korea
- Russia
- Iran
Taichi stood up and tries to stop his captor but the soldiers stopped him at gunpoint and the captor finalizes the coordinates and all that is left is pressing the button, and Taichi pleaded to him not to do it saying it would trigger an imminent war and loss of numerous innocent lives, though his captor couldn't care less about the consequences as he claimed that it would benefit Japan in the long run. The captor even gloated that only the strong would live and the weak will perish, which is his personal motto and no one would suspect him of triggering this event.
"Now...victory is at hand..."
"I beg you...don't do it!"
"Japan will become the talk of the world..."
"You can't...!"
"I will take over what is left of Japan...and make it a more powerful super body...more powerful than those good for nothing countries...!"
"Let go of me! You can't do this!"
"Watch well...you will witness the fall of those foolish countries who looked down at Japan!"
"No!"
The captor then presses the button and soon it causes a panic at the Japan Special Defense Force bases as the computer experts are taken by surprise upon seeing that numerous missiles are undergoing launch sequences and became concerned upon finding out the areas the missiles are set to strike at its programmed targets, and the scene shifts to the military base where the Minister of Defense is being informed of what just happened and he became alarmed when told of the scenario and feared a massive war that would cause Japan to be demolished.
"Minister! The missiles have been programmed!"
"What?"
"They are programmed to struck China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran!"
"That can't be!"
"The timer won't stop!"
"Do something! Shut the computers!"
"They're not responding!"
"Damn! Try something! Anything!"
As the computer technicians scrambled to try and override the launch sequence, the timer is ticking down and the Minister of Defense watched helplessly seeing that the launching of the missiles becomes imminent and realizes that the military and the Diet won't be able to cover those incident up from the media and as the timer reaches to 10 seconds the minister is preparing himself for the worst as the technicians are still struggling to contain the situation and picks up the phone and informs the Prime Minister of the situation.
"Ten seconds...!"
"..."
"Seven seconds...!"
"Damn!"
"Four seconds...!"
"Japan...is finished..."
"The timer stopped!"
"What?"
By then one of the technicians called the Minister of Defense and told him the that launching sequence stopped, and this brought relief to everyone at the base, until the technicians spoke to the Minister and told him something has happened and when the minister approached the computer room, he is surprised to see that the timer has been set and the launching sequence is ticking down in 24 hours, and he asks the technician what just happened in which the technician couldn't offer an explanation saying it just happened all of the sudden.
"The timer stopped...? On its own?"
"Yes, sir..."
"Did you do anything...?"
"No...we didn't..."
"Thank goodness...at least we got a respite..."
"But the timer wouldn't be stopped..."
"Try to override the computers again...anything to prevent the launching..."
"Okay..."
The minister told the technician to try and override the sequence to prevent the timer from ticking down, and he went back to the phone and told the Prime Minister of what just occurred, in which the Prime Minister became concerned as the missiles are still set to be launched towards the programmed targets and told the Minister of Defense to try and find a way to shut down the timer fearing the backlash and consequences it would procure if the missiles have been launched.
"We're doing our best, Prime Minister..."
"Try and come up with anything...if the timer reaches zero, ad the missiles launched...I won't be able to make another cover-up and the Emperor will sure ask questions..."
"I'll do what I can..."
"Investigate the technicians...there's a possibility that..."
"I doubt it...I've been keeping my eye on them..."
"Just do whatever you can!"
"I will..."
"Let me know of any developments..."
-x-
At Kagoshima, the unseen captor is somehow informed of what happened and approached Taichi, asking him what happened and why the missiles have not been launched and was instead have been reset to 24 hours, in which Taichi claimed that a bug may have triggered it and said that he is unaware of this and he is told to do something about it or else he would do something to Chihiro and Chiaki, which Taichi feigned obedience and when the captor left, Taichi went back into doing something in secret, in which he is trying to contact Chihiro to relay a secret message so that Chihiro would get help and lead his rescuers towards Kyushu Prefecture and expose the conspirators in order to prevent the villains from getting things their way.
Meanwhile, Chiaki remained silent as she prayed that someone would help them in rescuing them seeing that their captors are determined to cause war and feared that things would go worse if no one finds out what the culprits are up to.
To Be Continued...
Hope you like this chapter, as tension filled here and suspense is building up, in which Taichi Fujisaki managed to stall the villains from launching another missile, which is now programmed to strike four countries that have missiles in them, and the military now has 24 hours to override the computers or another launch would take place.
While there is no action yet, the plot thickens as the three aliens contacted Kirigiri and told her to meet them at Mt. Bandai and have Naegi brought along, and there's the possibility that Naegi would meet them personally...
Chiaki appeared as well and she is indirectly being used as a hostage to force Taichi to do the villains' bidding, and luckily Taichi managed to stall them and now he is going to try and contact Chihiro to get help and rescue him and Chiaki.
Preview:
Naegi and Kirigiri goes to Mt. Bandai to meet up with the three aliens. Will Naegi get to meet them personally at last...? Or will this cause a tension between both parties...?
See you in in 10 days or less...
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