To that guest reviewer: Thank you for being honest with me. I am glad that you want to help motivate me, but there is no need for you to do that, as I never intended to stop writing stories just because of the lack of reviews. Whether or not there will be reviews, I was always going to keep on writing stories anyway. Again, I appreciate you for wanting to motivate me, but there is no need for you to post multiple reviews at once and pretend to be someone else anymore. From now on, just post one review per chapter and that is more than enough. I actually had the feeling that you might have been pretending to be different people, but I never ask until now for some reason.

Chapter 9
Agent 3

A meeting was currently underway in the military HQ. Several high-ranking military figures were seated around a long table, while Field Marshal Sarge stood in front of one end of the table, in front of a large white screen. "Just yesterday, two Endpoints had been set off by the Smash Pros," Sarge reported to everyone. "That makes two of the four volcanoes that have the power to destroy the entire planet if they all erupt within a week's time. Even as we speak, the Endpoints of Isla Nublar and Secon Island are still erupting!"

He showed on the screen footage of the two volcanoes, and they were still shooting out lava and fire from their tops.

"Also, a battle between two of the 5 Abominations, Whitebeard and Godzilla, happened on Secon Island," continued Sarge. "I'm sure that you all felt the ground shaking slightly, even though our location is very far from where they are. I dare say that everyone on this planet felt the shaking..."

Hearing this, the military figures talked among themselves with looks of nervousness about this topic and how it would impact the world.

"According to reports, the battle between those two ended with Whitebeard escaping the place with the help of his crew,"" said Sarge. "It was unlikely that a battle between two Abominations was going to come to an end anytime soon, and we're thankful that it didn't drag on. The world might not be able to handle two god-like beings duking it out against each other for too long... Anyway, that's not the point for today... My point is... if we do not do anything about the Endpoints and the Smash Pros soon, the world as we know it will end for real!"

The screen then showed aerial views of two unfamiliar islands.

"Here we have Firs Island and Piriodo, the two islands containing the last two Endpoints," Sarge told everyone. "Even as we speak, soldiers have already been dispatched to that place to keep an eye on the Smash Pros. We do not know when the Smash Pros will strike, but if yesterday is anything to go by, then it's possible that they will strike the last two islands today. If nothing is done, then the end of the world will happen before the end of this day! There is no way that we are going to let that happen!"

After the meeting was over, the military figures left the room. Chrom and Lucina were among those attending the meeting, and as they were walking down the hallway a bit of a distance from everyone else, Chrom said to the latter, "Looks like the Smashers failed to stop them on Secon Island…"

"The Smash Pros are more dangerous than we thought if this is the case…" said Lucina. "Should we contact the Smashers to see what they are doing now?"

"What is it you are talking about?" someone asked them.

They looked up front and say Byleth standing there with a smile on her face. "Instructor Byleth!" Lucina said to her.

"Oh, nothing… We were simply talking about the meeting earlier, about what to do with the Smash Pros and the Endpoints," Chrom told her, not telling her the full story of their conversation.

"Are you worried that the world will end either today or tomorrow? I wouldn't worry too much if I were you," Byleth told them. "My big brother Bylet has been sent to Piriodo to keep watch of the Endpoint there. He's very strong, you know."

"I am aware of how strong Bylet is," Chrom told her. "But even so, we cannot be careless. The strongest members of the Smash Pros are strong enough to go toe to toe with the Espers of Justice after all…"

"Like I said, Bylet is strong, since he trained directly under Odin, just like me, so you shouldn't worry too much about him!" Byleth assured him. "He'll at least unleash hell on his enemies before going down himself! Even if he dies, it won't be a waste!"

"Good to know that you are confident in him," said Lucina, and then she paid close attention to Byleth's face. "By the way… There's something red on your left cheek…"

Byleth touched that part of the face and rubbed off a red mark there before looking at her finger. "Oh, must be from that interrogation session…"

FLASHBACK

Chained to the wall, a female prisoner with long red hair screamed in agony and terror as Byleth tore off the front part of her body, including her ribs, thus exposing all her innards, all the while with a cheerful look on her face that was partially covered in blood that splattered out of the victim.

Throwing aside the torn off body part, Byleth hummed the theme Edge of Dawn as she went over to a table containing several sharp weapons, while the female prisoner continued to scream in terror.

Byleth picked up a butcher knife and casually threw it at the prisoner, cutting her exposed heart in half.

END OF FLASHBACK

"Then I realized that I was supposed to get answers out of her first before killing her. I got too carried away... Heehee!" said Byleth as she giggled while scratching the back of her head.

Both Chrom and Lucina had looks of disgust and horror on their faces when they heard what Byleth did to that prisoner, even though they already knew the kind of person she is.

Aboard the airship of the Smash Pros, a meeting was going on in a manner similar to that of the military meeting.

Various Smash Pro members were gathered within a theater-like room, with I Am standing at the end of the room with a large screen behind him.

"Fellow Smash Pros," I Am said to them in his usual filtered voice. "I am saddened to announce to you all that I have received reliable intel that Alpha Zero has passed away, as some of you might have known already."

Gasps were heard coming from the audiences, clearly some of them not being aware of this until now. Some of them shouted in anger for the death of those who killed him.

"He died not in an honorable, fair fight, but rather, taken down using underhanded methods," continued I Am. "It is truly unforgivable that his opponents would use such foul methods to achieve victory. As you know, it is not a true victory or an honorable fight unless one fights fairly and cleanly. I know some of you here are demanding the death of his murderer, and that is something that will come to them! We shall avenge our fallen comrade!"

Shouts of agreement now came from the audiences as they threw their fists into the air, demanding that justice be served for the murderers.

"On the brighter side, we have successfully set off two of the four Endpoints," I Am told everyone. "Project M, as this operation is called, is halfway complete, and it is only a matter of time before it is successfully carried out. In fact, we can accomplish our mission as soon as today."

Cheers of excitement now came from the audiences.

"This world has suffered long enough already," I Am told everyone. "For a time, there was peace and order in the lives of people, and enforcing such ideals into others was an easy task, even if there were people opposing us. Now, however, things have become much worse."

The screen then showed the image of a man with a freckled face and messy, red hair. "This man, as you know, is Pompus Rath, the man who made the world it is today," I Am said to everyone. "He is the harbinger of chaos, a disease, and everything that we stand against! Even after he died, he was still able to instill people to carry on his ideals of madness, corruption, and selfishness! Look what the world has become because of him!"

The screen then showed a footage of people rioting in front of the building of a video game company called E.A., shouting about microtransactions and DLCs.

Another footage showed a court room, where the guy who killed one of the producers of Pokemon Sword and Shield was put on trial. When told by the judge if he had anything to say in his defense, that guy got up and began dancing and singing, "I want to be… the very best, like no one ever was!"

The third footage showed the same bespectacled black guy who part of the riot regarding the now cancelled live-action Fairy Tail movie. It was video of himself ranting angrily. "We have to stand up and fight racism! White people think it's not right for black people to play white characters! To that I call them racist pigs who have no right to breath the same air as us black people! Fellow blacks! Let us stand up and fight back against these white devils! We must rid this world of all white people and let black population take over all! Subscribe and follow my channel if you agree! If you don't, then you're a racist faggot!"

The fourth video showed a guy dressed like a S.W.A.T. agent teabagging a corpse dressed in a business suit while holding a machine gun. "Where's your loot box now, Activision?" said that guy in a haughty voice.

Sounds of gasps and anger could be heard coming from the audiences. They clearly did not like what they saw.

"As you can see, the world has become a messed up state because of Pompus Rath, whose action inspired the Green King, who in turn inspired the majority of the population to follow suit," I Am told everyone. "Since then, the world has suffered nothing but disorder. How can we who believe in balance and order allow this to go on? We will no longer tolerate this madness!

"This is what Project M is all about, to restore balance and order to this world by wiping out most of its population so that we are the only ones to exist! We are people who truly value peace, order, and strength! We are the only ones who can rebuild this world and return it to its former glory! Once all the filth of this world has been wiped out, we shall rebuild and repopulate this world in the best image possible!

"All those who stand in our way are harbingers of chaos! We will strike down anyone who dares obstruct the path to peace!"

The audiences went wild when they heard I Am said all those. They threw their arms into the air and shouted in agreement about restoring peace and order to this world.

It had been a day since Donkey was admitted to a hospital in Inkopolis. The Smashers arrived on that day as well after having dealt with the Smash Pros.

Diddy and Charizard learned from the other Smashers that Master Hand did something they had never seen before to drive away the attackers, and it was something that shocked them beyond words.

As for the Secon Island civilians, they all went their own ways in Inkopolis after arriving at the place.

Donkey was still in his infirmary room, as his injuries were deep and required a large amount of time to heal. In fact, he was currently in an unconscious state. Fortunately, the doctor said he would live.

The Smashers had just gone into the infirmary to see him and then left that room. Standing in the guest room, the talked about themselves important matters.

"At-a least Donkey will get-a back on his feet eventually, so we don't-a have to worry too much about him," Mario told everyone.

"Still can't believe how badly messed up he is…" said Link.

"I will never forgive the Smash Pros for doing this!" said Bowser angrily.

"At least he finished off his opponent in the process," Dark Pit reminded him. "But either way, I'm still pissed at them!"

"So what's next? Are we still going to go after the Smash Pros?" asked Kirby.

"That should be obvious," said Ganondorf. "There are only two Endpoints left, so we have to stop them at all cost. Only problem is we don't know which one they will be heading for next…"

"I'm sure the military is keeping an eye on them and are situated on the remaining two islands already," said Samus. "If we hack into their communications, we will be able to find out which island the Smash Pros are at and immediately rush over."

"Is it all right if we interfere with the military? I'm not sure if they'll like it if outsiders like us get in the way of their job…" said Yoshi.

"At this point, I don't think they will mind if we interfere," replied Captain Falcon. "They'll probably want as much help as possible to stop the Smash Pros from succeeding."

"Plus, we have friends over there who can help get us out of trouble!" Fox reminded Kirby while thinking about the likes of Chrom and Lucina.

Just then, the orange Inkling came into the room and said to them, "Good morning, everyone!"

The Smashers turned to her, and Mario greeted her, "Good morning… I don't-a think we eva got-a your name."

"Due to being basically a secret agent, my real name is classified, but you can simply refer to me as Agent 3," the Inkling told him.

"Well then… Good morning, Agent 3!" Captain Falcon said to her. "Thank you for tending to our friend yesterday! If it weren't for you, he could've died!"

"Yeah! You were a big help in helping us defeat that darned squirrel yesterday!" Diddy said to her.

"I was just doing my job as a member of the New Squidbeak Splatoon," Agent 3 told them. "Where there is injustice, we will be there to resolve it!"

"Question," said Kirby, raising his stubby arm. "What's with the "New" in New Squidbeak Splatoon? Whatever happened to Old Squidbeak Splatoon?"

Dark Pit stared at him and said, "What's with that stupid question…?"

"Eheheh… That's a good question, actually…" said Agent 3, chuckling a bit. "The old one was simply called Squidbeak Splatoon, but that's from a very long time ago. Like… during the times of our grandparents… It was eventually disbanded, and this new one was eventually created in order to continue carrying out peace and justice here in Inkopolis after the Captain Selfish incident some years back."

When the Smashers heard her say that, they became intrigued. "Captain Selfish… Yes, I remember that name," said Snake.

"That's not something you can easily forget," said Ganondorf. "Anyone capable of causing that much damage is surely to leave an impression."

"That guy has screw loose…" commented Wario.

"Anyone mind sharing with me what this is about? You know I…" said Ridley, but then he shifted his eyes to Agent 3 and remembered something, "…couldn't gain access to the news due to reasons back then…" He didn't want to throw around the fact the he was from a parallel universe so lightly.

"A few years back, some guy named Captain Selfish destroyed about half of Inkopolis…" Falcon explained to him, "…within an hour… using only his bare hands."

"According to eyewitnesses, that guy was running around as fast as a bullet train and running into things as hard as one, not to mention jumping around like a human-sized flea, crashing into buildings," continued Falco. "He was picking up vehicles and throwing them like they are ragdolls as well."

"He even caused a magnitude 7 earthquake just by shaking the ground!" added Bowser.

"A large amount of lives was lost as well, and even the army was helpless to stop him," said Fox. "It is the worst disaster Inkopolis has ever seen…"

"In the end, it took one of the Espers of Justice to take him down," said Marth. "I remember that Bahamut was the one who defeated him."

"Wow… That's shocking…!" commented Ridley.

"Apparently, his reason for doing all this was because he is angry about something," said Link, "I think it was…"

"He's mad that there are people who like things he hates," said Mewtwo, finishing his statement for him.

Ridley stared at Mewtwo silently as if he just said the dumbest thing ever, and then he said, "Seriously…?"

"As stupid as it sounds, that's the truth," Falcon told him. "He went on a rampage, destroying about half of this city and killing several thousands of people… all because he went on the internet and couldn't stand the fact that certain TV shows and games that he really hates are praised and love by some others…"

"So… where is this Captain Selfish guy now…?" asked Ridley.

"He should still be in maximum security prison," replied Agent 3. "I was actually there when he went on a rampage… I was terrified to no end… Fortunately, none of the people I knew died… That was actually the reason I joined the New Squidbeak Splatoon, which was formed shortly after that, so that I can bring justice to people like him!"

"Good for you to have such a resolve!" Fox told her with a smile.

"Anyway… According to what I found out, you Smashers were in a fight against a Smash Pro member yesterday, right?" Agent 3 asked them.

"That much we can say… It's probably better off that you don't know the rest…" Samus said to her.

"Let's just say we're trying to save the world and put end to those scoundrels," Link told the Inkling.

"If that's the case, then good luck!" Agent 3 told them.

"Is it okay if you continue to keep watch over our friend Donkey while we continue to go after the Smash Pros?" Fox asked her. "We are concerned about him and all, but… we can't just let the Smash Pros run around…"

"Don't worry! He's safe and sound here!" Agent 3 told him. "As a seeker of justice, I understand how important it is for you to go after evildoers, so leave your friend to me!"

Soon afterwards, the Smashers left the hospital and headed for the docks of Inkopolis, as the Final Destination was currently there. As the Smashers approached the giant platform that was floating out at sea, they saw Master Hand on the former's surface.

"Is everything okay with Donkey?" Master Hand asked them.

"He's all right," Mario told him. "Diddy decided to stay behind to look afta him."

"The folks here will also keep an eye on him," added Falcon.

"That's good to hear! C'mon, we should head off and go after the Smash Pros," Master Hand told them. "There are only two more Endpoints left, so we mustn't waste time. We have to stop those people before it's too late!"

"You don't have to tell us that!" said Bowser with enthusiasm while cracking his fists.

TO BE CONTINUED

I'm calling the Inkling here Agent 3 because that's the name of the player in Splatoon 1's story mode. Since she doesn't have an official name, I'm not sure if I will ever refer to her as something else besides Agent 3. Perhaps never…

Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever described what Pompus Rath looks like even back in True Fans… Now you know… Messy red hair and a face full of freckles… I don't know about you, but that kind of description sounds like a face that needs a good punching, especially with a mindset like his.

In case you forgot, Sarge is my OC who first appeared in Age of Monsters, but if you want to go way back, he first appeared in my Pokemon and Godzilla crossover called Kaiju Attack, though the two are not the same character due the stories taking place in different continuities.

And sorry if you felt that military meeting is too short and ended too abruptly. I couldn't think of a good way to conclude it…