Yoshiki, and company arrived in the mountain just in time to see Nadja sitting on a throne, drinking some wine. Yoshiki looked around the cold damp place to make sure Ulysses was not there. Thankfully he wasn't. His avatar died which was a good thing. But Ulysses was going to reprogram himself. And Yoshiki knew he might appear sooner or later. But first, he needed to get rid of Nadja.
"Everyone have their weapons ready?" asked Yoshiki.
"I"m ready." replied Luca.
"Me too." said Nera with a nod.
"Okay everyone, before we attack, shouldn't we all come up with a plan to corner him? Nadja is having the time of his life sitting there doing nothing. And if we ambush him... he might be expecting that." said Bianca.
"Mom's right." said Alus nodding.
"Why did you two bring your kid into this? He can get himself killed." said Yoshiki to Luca.
"Alus is a big strong boy. Also, he's the hero of prophecies. It's another long story." said Luca.
"I don't know. If he dies, it's for real you know." said Yoshiki.
"I know. You think I don't know?" asked Luca.
Just then, they all heard footsteps and everyone hid in the shadows. Yoshiki took a quick peek to see Ulysses appear with armor and a long sword. One that shouldn't even be part of the game.
"Who are you stranger?" asked Nadja.
Ulysses quickly shot Nadja with two guns. Guns that should have been from the game Tomb Raider! After Ulysses fired at Nadja, he then grabbed his long sword, and quickly attacked him by stabbing the wizard in the gut. Yoshiki noticed the sword was Masamune, the sword that belonged to the villain Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII. When Nadja was now on the ground, Ulysses then closed his eyes, and seven diamonds appeared out of nowhere and quickly turned Ulysses yellow with his hair now golden and spiky. Those were the seven chaos emeralds from Sonic the Hedgehog.
"What is that?" asked Nera under her breath.
Luca didn't know how to answer, but Yoshiki quickly spoke. "This is a wizard who stole weapons from both heroes and villains of many worlds."
"How awful. That long sword of his... it's terrible." said Nera.
"I'll say. Where did this wimp of a man get so many weapons?" asked Bianca.
"Magic." replied Luca under his breath.
"Daddy..." Alus said. Luca turned to his son in fear. Yoshiki gave him a glance and Luca understood the message.
"Everyone, get away from here. Only Yoshiki and I can face this maniac." said Luca.
"You go too." said Yoshiki.
"What?" asked Luca.
"I'm more powerful than the wizard Luca. You know that. I know his tricks." said Yoshiki.
"No!" cried Luca.
"Yoshiki! MY BITCH!" screamed Ulysses, swearing and insulting Yoshiki.
Luca and everyone else quickly turned around and Yoshiki thanked him with his eyes. He then stepped out of the shadows and faced Ulysses.
"First off, no one calls me that! You are way out of line." said Yoshiki.
"We didn't finish our conversation back at the castle. Do you now see? Do you now see how weak this world is! Yoshiki, I can be a GOD here! Outside, I"m a feeble man with no money! I have been fired many times! I have no love life. No family! I'm on my own!" exclaimed Ulysses.
"How old are you exactly? Here in this world, you look like a kid around my age." said Yoshiki.
"I"m only 45." said Ulysses.
"45! Gosh, no wonder you don't listen to me! I'm only fourteen!" cried Yoshiki.
"That explains everything. You are a mere boy! When you become an adult, you will understand that only money and power is enough to get you moving in the real world!" said Ulysses.
"Real world? This world and the next is real! If you destroy this place with the billions of lives that are actually alive and breathing... you'd be doing a massacre the world has never seen before! You'd be no better than a horrible tyrant from our world!" cried Yoshiki.
"You talk too much for a boy. Don't worry. I'll teach you some manners and a lesson. A very hard one at that. You will soon realize how messed up the world is boy. Once I kill you here, look at yourself in the mirror and you will see that looking back is a boy who still has a long way to go on growing up." said Ulysses.
"Says the man who plays video games in his forties." said Yoshiki.
"I worked in Video Games! I was a developer on many a title! You will find that I have a deep knowledge of so many franchises and it's over powered abilities!" cried Ulysses.
"I know games too! The only difference here is that I enjoy the games I play. I don't necessarliy have to be a know it all on the titles." said Yoshiki.
"Then we shall see!" Ulysses exclaimed when he moved his hands in awkward movements.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" he cried out. In that moment, the cave was full of Ulysses clones. Yoshiki looked up and shook his head.
"This is from an anime. Not a game!" cried Yoshiki.
"You never played a Naruto game before haven't you? Well, then relive this epic moment!" cried Ulysses. In that instant, the clones quickly attacked Yoshiki, who defended himself with his bow and arrows, his swords and small grenades, destroying all the clones and relasing precious money.
Just then, Ulysses summoned the Chaos Emeralds and turned yellow. Yoshiki looked at him and quickly used a small defense item on himself.
"I'm only using Dragon Quest weapons mind you. I'm not a cheater like you!" cried Yoshiki.
Ulysses ignored Yoshiki and quicky flew towards him to punch him. But the defense spell Yoshiki had on protected him and acting quickly, Yoshiki used one of the grenades to fire at Ulysses's face.
"Not so tough with your Dragon Ball Z power up huh?" asked Yoshiki.
"This is from SONIC YOU IGNORANT MILLENIAL!" cried Ulysses.
Yoshiki again placed himself a small defense Item and ran into the field trying to shoot arrows at Ulysses who was still in his yellow form. He ran into the field like a maniac, holding Sephiroth's Masamune and swinged the sword, trying to hit Yoshiki. Eventually, he did manage to scratch Yoshiki a few times, sending him towards a wall. In that moment, Ulysses stabbed Yoshiki on the body.
Since Yoshiki was overpowered, his health wasn't on dangerous levels, but it was draining very fast. He quckly got out of the way and hid behind some rocks to catch his breath.
"Don't hide boy! I will turn this mountain to ash if I have to!" screamed Ulysses.
"You are not okay. You are crazy." said Yoshiki.
"Oh when I rule this world boy, I will log out temporarly and I will find you! I will find the real you, and kill not just you, but your family as well! Your Mother, Your father! Boy, they will suffer my wrath! And it's all because their immature little boy played video games and pissed off the developer who worked his ass off in the office day in and out. And for what?! Nothing!" Ulysses Ranted.
Yoshiki then grew hot with anger. He stepped out of the shadows and aimed three arrows at Ulysses. "You crossed the line. Not only did you insult me, but you made real life death threats to me and my family. You think this is funny old man? You think it's okay to say that to an actual teenage boy in a game?!" cried Yoshiki.
"No one will believe you. And you can't stop me." said Ulysses.
"No, but the cops will. I know your name, and I know someone who might know who you are once I'm out of this game." said Yoshiki.
"There is no proof!" shot back Ulysses. He then grabbed Lara Croft's guns and shot bullets at Yoshiki. The boy made a powerful high jump into the air and fired the arrows at Ulysses.
Luckily, one of the arrows did manage to hit Ulysses on the back. He fell to the floor stupidly and began to scream curses.
"So what now? Are you man enough to "kill" me?" asked Yoshiki.
"You forget boy. I'm a hacker. And I always have a back up plan!" cried Ulysses. He then grabbed a small device from his armor and it had a button. He pressed it and the entire world froze!
The voices of the people outside were gone. The dripping effect on the caves also froze, leaving the water drops float into the air.
"System Call... Curaga." said Ulysses as he healed himself, removing Yoshiki's arrow.
Yoshiki wanted to move, but he couln't move. He was stuck. And Ulysses walked up to him.
"Well now... what do we have here..." said Ulysses. Yoshiki's eyes were wide with fear as Ulysses began to unbotton his shirt.
"What are you doing?" asked Yoshiki in fear.
"I told you. I'm going to teach you a painful lesson. You see boy, on your chest there should be some sort of code. One that could actually give me your data." said Ulysses.
"Data?" asked Yoshiki.
"Video Game characters, either they are NPCs, or avatars, are all made of data. Some games unfortunately don't have strong security and a Hacker may be able to find out a ton of information that only the companies know about. You see, most gamers are people that are of all ages. Kids play stupid little games like Minecraft or Fortnite, while Adults or teens play Call of Duty, a new Final Fantasy game, or even a retro 80s classic. There have been cases where hackers find out sensitive information such as the age, gender and address of the player. And that is one of the biggest dangers in gaming. And you Yoshiki will find that it is easy to pierce data out of your chest." said Ulysses as he grabbed a dagger and stabbed Yoshiki on the chest. He then sliced his chest open and numbers came out glowing like a hologram.
Yoshiki watched in horror as all his data was released. "Yoshiki... you live there... your parents are... wonderful... this is amazing. Almost everything about you is here! Your whole life in fact! Your school grades, your memories... everything about you is here! It's almost as if... you were really here." said Ulysses.
"What does that mean?" asked Yoshiki.
"It means your person really is here. Say if I kill you here and now, you won't wake up in the real world... this means that there was a flaw in you coming here. This is... amazing... and frightening at the same time." said Ulysses.
"Then what are you going to do to me? Kill me like you boasted a minute ago?" asked Yoshiki.
"All I wanted was to just kill your avatar. But the fact that your whole being is here in the game... I could use this to my advantage. This Dr. Kirigaya here... I bet he will pay handsomely for your return." said Ulysses.
"He'll call the cops and they will come after you." said Yoshiki.
"Eh, your right. Then... there is no harm in getting rid of you." said Ulysses.
"Kill me and Dr. Kirigaya will call the police!" cried Yoshiki.
"And I will log out, hide my body away in some secluded area, change my name and go to another country... boy I have a ton of possibilities. You have nothing. Sure you have a crazy doctor on the other side, but what can he do? The Police won't find me. I'm a very skilled person in hiding." said Ulysses.
"Fine. Can I say something before I die?" asked Yoshiki.
"Go ahead."
"Go to Hell." said Yoshiki.
Just then, Ulysses's body was set on fire and he screamed in terror as he ran into the field. Yoshiki looked up and saw Luca come down and save him.
"Guess the freezing only works on people who were born here." said Luca as he pressed the button and everything unfroze.
Ulysses then healed himself once again and looked at both Luca and Yoshiki.
"So there are two of you?! No matter! Yoshiki, you will pay dearly for this outrage." said Ulysses.
"You made death threats to my friend. If anyone is coming after you, it's gonna be me." said Luca.
"Go ahead and try! This world is still mine!" said Ulysses. And with that, he vanished.
"Don't worry Yoshiki. I contacted Dr. Kirigaya and informed him what has happened. He'll alert the cops." said Luca.
Yoshiki gave Luca a hug. "Dude... if you haven't come... I would have been dead for real! Man this is stressful!" cried Yoshiki.
"This proves one thing. This is world is real. Not a fake." said Luca.
"All the more reason you need to go home to your family." said Yoshiki.
"Bianca and Alus need me here. You now that." said Luca.
"Yes. I was referring to them." said Yoshiki with a smile.
Luca patted his back. "It's not over. We still have one crazy hacker to beat."
