Sigmadimension Neptunia : The Conquest Squad

by ShinnVX

Set after the Conquest Ending from Rebirth2, Nepgear founds herself in a tragedy that would lead to destruction and rebirth. This is the story of a Lone Goddess to a Leader of Mech's, Monsters, and Baddies. They are known as either heroes or villains and their names are: Conquest Squad (first fanfic, sorry if there are mistakes, slight OC name)

13. Chapter 12

Hyperdimension Neptunia is owned by Compile Heart, Idea Factory, Sega, and whoever else worked on it.

Heyya, here you go.

Chapter 12

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21:00, Sigma Dimension's Leanbox Main Base Lab, Two days after Nepgear visits Eden.

Magic and Trick had finished making two CPU Memory Crystal from the collected CMEs which were "attained from the weird monster that had infiltrated their world. They began to compare what differs between the two crystals through several tests. It didn't take long to get the results since it was a short-term test. From a quick inspection of the molecules, reactions on monsters from different species that were Trick's employees, measuring their weight, and other tests. Once they were done, Magic and Trick summarized it all into one whilst cleaning up the Lab.

"So in short, the pure one is heavier, safer, and denser than the impure one" Magic summarized first, she was wearing her personal lilac-colored lab clothing set.

"Mhm, though the impure crystal is less dense but close to the pure one and a bit lighter, it is highly dangerous to all of us. Hence why we must keep it tightly locked and distance it from any living beings, including the environment" Trick continued. He was putting back the equipment he used on the Lab's shelves.

"That's for sure, but in the end, we couldn't figure out the missing molecule that makes the weird monsters as a whole. Damn!…. How should we tell this to our Lady, I even said that we would be able to get answers"

Magic was bummed and angered a bit because they weren't able to decipher the whole molecule.

"Maybe it's because that they are artificially made by us and not made naturally" Trick explained to Magic, then he continued

"A shame, really. But it can't be helped for now. I'll do do some long-term tests specifically for the CPU Memory Crystals tomorrow, maybe it would lead us to some clues. It will take time as I need to reference it from the short-term test, so I'll notify you when I'm done" Trick told Magic about his next move.

"Ah, alright. Then tomorrow I'll just do my usual thing, managing Planeptune's G-Farm" Magic said after calming down.

When Magic had almost finished cleaning the lab, she grabbed onto the pure CPU Memory Crystal that was colored purple, the same color as what Nepgear had told them. Magic looked at it for a while and turned to look at Trick to tell him something.

"Hey Trick. You mentioned before that this CPU Memory thing can turn into a hideous monster?" Asked Magic to Trick.

"Hmm? Well yes, even though it is artificial it can still turn any of us into a CPU like our Lady Nepgear and Lady Kurome by either waiting for it to react or simply eating it. But I must warn you that if you follow the eating way, there's a chance that it will turn you into a monster" Trick said.

"Heh, I wouldn't imagine if you eat it and turn into something more humane and feminine" Magic snorts at the thought of Trick turning into a girl.

"If I did, I would wrap myself with my tongue just to feel the pleasure of the form. Oh, imagine the taste of myself in something as beautiful as our Lady~" Trick jokingly said while his tongue was drooling as he imagined it in his mind, which made Magic feel uneasy. After that, he cleared off his drool and spoke some words.

"But I would not dare myself to try eating it. The risk is too steep and you can't turn back to your original self. Why did you ask by the way?"

"Well, from our research, the Impure CPU Memory Crystal doesn't give you that CPU evolution part since it is mixed with the dead waste of the weird monsters, right?" Magic said to confirm the info to Trick, to which he nodded at her.

"Yeah that's right, it's the reason why it's called *Impure* version of the CPU Memory" Trick reconfirms the info.

"Then how about we ingest the Impure one forcefully onto one of the monsters? In that method, perhaps we could figure out the one molecule that we are miss-. H-hey!" Magic wasn't able to finish her suggestion as Trick immediately wrapped her with his tongue.

Usually, Trick's tongue wrap was calm, soothing, and pleasurable to all. But this time, what Magic felt was not the usual feeling. Instead, she felt a bit cramped, painfully hot, and a bit hard as if it was meant to hurt her. Magic then was dragged to Trick's face up close. What she saw was not the usual gentlemanly pervy Trick, but an angered mecha lizard glaring at her.

"ARE YOU MAD, WOMAN?! If we do that, it would immediately kill one of our own! Even before they die, they would have to experience excruciating pain, do you want that to happen!?" Trick shouted while keeping Magic on his tongue.

Magic had to use both of her hands to get out of the wrap and jumped backward after she got some room for herself. She panted a bit before she explained herself by yelling back at Trick

"It's for our lady you fat lizard! Some sacrifices are necessary to ensure our lady and our world's safety, don't you get it!?" Magic exclaimed.

"It is you who don't get it, not me! Would our lady approve of your method? Lady Nepgear will be disappointed in us if we sacrifice ANY of our own!" Trick countered.

Magic was struck at that last part. She wanted to fulfill her Lady's request in protecting their Gamindustri whatever it takes, but at the same time, she didn't want to make Lady Nepgear displeased with her. The thought of Lady Nepgear looking at her with a disgusted face makes her dishearten inside.

"I….I'm sorry that I got carried away Trick, it's just that I want the best for our lady. Nothing more…" Magic apologized to Trick. She then felt a hand patting her right shoulder, which was Trick that was beside her whilst patting her with his right hand.

"We all want the same thing as you do, the best for our Lady. But using one of our monster's lives is not one of the best courses of action" Trick understands what Magic had meant.

Trick slide onto one of the Lab table's as it was the last thing that needs to be put in order. Meanwhile, Magic looked down to the white floor of the Lab, still in utter shock at her thoughts and what she had said to Trick.

"Hey Magic, catch"

Magic turned back to what Trick meant by the word "Catch", only to see the Pure CPU Memory crystal coming at her from above. Fortunately for the crystal, it was easily grabbed by Magic with both of her hands. She wondered why Trick had given her the crystal.

"I think you need some rest, so I'll clean up the rest of the things here on my own. So don't worry about it and take a cool down at the Neptower. As for the CPU Memory Crystal, I need you to hold it for a while. I don't have enough flasks for it since almost all of the flasks are already used for CMEs and other substances. We'll have to wait for the next batch from Lady Kurome's production factory" Trick described.

"I see…I will keep this safe in me. Thanks for letting me rest earlier than you" Magic smiled calmly as she put the Pure CPU Memory Crystal inside her inventory.

"It's the least I could do for you. Now go on and have some rest, Lady Magic" Trick said with a gentlemanly tone.

"Hmph, calling me a lady after being shouted at. Whatever, I don't mind it at all. But could you, as a humble gentleman, send me to the portal room with your tongue? I still got a bit hurt from your angry tongue wrap" Magic behest Trick to send her to the portal room that leads to the three main bases.

"With pleasure, Lady Magic" Trick posed a gentleman bow and wrapped Magic with his tongue.

This time, Trick's tongue wrap wasn't hurting her. Instead, it made her feel healed and pleasured all over her body. Then, Magic was sent back to the portal room as she enjoyed Trick's soothing tongue wrap on the way. After Magic arrived at the room, she was released from Trick's tongue and opened the portal to Planeptune before she went inside of it. Once she had already gone in, the portal closed itself like usual.

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22:00, Planeptune's Neptower, on the Veranda.

Magic was sitting on a comfy black foldable chair that was high enough to view the Planeptune's G-Farm below and can accommodate three people on it. She was wearing Nepgear's Purple pajamas since she doesn't have any pajamas and Nepgear had already given her some of the Purple pajamas that Nepgear has in her drawer. Magic wasn't able to sleep inside her room in the Neptower because she was thinking about what she had said to Trick before, so she decided to do so on the Veranda while she looked down on the Planetune's G-Farm.

The G-Farm view was pleasing to look at, with different beautiful lights filling the farm and some of the monsters were still active in doing their daily shenanigans on this dark red night. Magic noticed Judge hanging out with his fellow lads such as the Black Spiders, Rukhs, Dogoos, Nues, Bear Balancers, Gargoyles, and other monsters that were near Judge.

"Heh, look at him go, having fun with the others. Kinda nice to see them like that again" Magic comments on Judge and the others as she observes them.

Magic leaned back on the black comfy chair to look up at the dark red sky, then she closed her eyes to reminisce about her time with her Lady Nepgear sitting together on the same chair on the veranda.

*Flashback starts*

Planeptune's Veranda, One week after Magic, Brave, Trick, and Judge is made, around 21:00

Magic, wearing her bikini armor, was walking onto the Veranda to get some fresh air after Gehaburn, Nepgear, Kurome, and herself had a dinner of spicy burritos made by Kurome using the old recipe that she had in the past. It was deliciously spicy for Magic, the same can't be said for Gehaburn and Kurome as they couldn't handle the spicy burritos.

As Magic was close to the black foldable chair on the veranda, she closed her eyes and yawned while she put herself down to relax on the chair. But then she noticed something soft on the chair, at first she thought it was the chair's comfiness, but the feeling wasn't that of a chair.

"Hmm, did someone modify this chair?" Magic asked herself, then she turned back to look at the chair only to see Nepgear already sitting on it. Magic realized that she was sitting on her Lady Nepgear that was wearing her usual purple pajamas.

"Fufu, was my body a cushion to your liking, Magic?" Nepgear said jokingly.

"I-I-I'M SORRY THAT I DIDN'T NOTICE YOU WERE SITTING MY LADY! I'LL TAKE ANY PUNISHMENT THAT YOU SHALL GIVE ME TO!" Magic bowed to apologize to Nepgear while she was panicking at the same time. Nepgear leans close to Magic so she can pat her head to calm her down.

"Relax, Magic, Relax. I know you didn't mean to do that, so it's fine. I'm not mad at you or anything" Nepgear assured Magic.

"I-If you say so, my Lady. Then I'll be taking my leave for my Lady to enjoy your time here" Magic stood up and was about to leave the Veranda until Nepgear grabbed her right hand and made Magic stop in her place.

"How about we sit together? You walked in here to get some fresh air like I am now, right?" Nepgear said to Magic.

"Yes, b-but I wouldn't dare to interrupt my Lady like that" Magic said while stuttering a bit because her Lady Nepgear was holding her hand, which made her shy and excited.

"It's fine, Magic. Here, I'll leave some space for you to sit on so let's sit together, just the two of us" Nepgear said to Magic.

Nepgear moved a bit to the left to give some space for Magic to sit on, and she patted the available space that she spared for Magic, gesturing an invitation for Magic to sit beside her. Magic hesitated at first but she eventually sit beside Nepgear on the black chair. Magic was relaxed as she can feel the chair's comfiness on her back, it's what she needs after some work management on the Planeptune's G-Farm.

All of a sudden, Nepgear rests her head on Magic's left side to get close to Magic, which surprised and thrilled Magic inside herself.

'L-Lady Nepgear's is so close to me, and I can feel her pleasant warmth beside me! Oh my goodness, this is good to be true, Kyaaaaaaaa!' Magic exhilarates inside while keeping his composure calm on the outside to not interrupt her Lady's head on her side.

"So, are those two goofballs still in the toilet?" Nepgear asked Magic, which made Magic snap from her excitement within and began to talk casually to Nepgear.

"Sigh, Apparently yes. Still taking some shit down in there while they bicker at each other about the food and throwing paper towels at each other" Magic sighed and Nepgear snorted at it.0p

"Good thing you and I came prepared with some immunity spell before taking on Kurome's spicy burritos. I mean, with all the descriptions Kurome had mentioned, my senses immediately told me to do something" Nepgear mentioned to Magic.

"I don't even know what's going on in her head. She wanted to make something that all of us would enjoy, but it made us wary and made her and Gehaburn in the toilet instead for who knows how much longer" Magic was annoyed a bit at their actions.

"To be fair, she was trapped in that old seal for a long time. So it probably messed with some of the little bits of her memory" Nepgear said reasonably.

"Hmm, fair enough" Magic was convinced and nodded at Nepgear's fairness.

"Also, anyone wants to enjoy something in their life. That enjoyment itself is better together with others"

"Excuse me, my Lady?" Magic was confused at her Lady's notion.

"Well, take a look at Judge with his monster buddies down below and tell me what you think about it" Nepgear pointed at the field not far from Neptower's view despite being a bit taller than before.

Magic looked at where her Lady pointed at. At the field, Magic saw some lights on the field, and Judge with his monster brethren having fun in the dark red night. From what she can perceive, Judge was laughing and partying with some Nues, Black Spiders, Dogoos, Bear Balancers, Nihils, Antares, and other monsters that attended the gathering on the field. There were some leftovers, drinks, and foods scattered around the field, but Judge and the others didn't mind cleaning them all at the moment because they were doing their thing, which made Magic irritated.

"Ugh, they are doing it again, making a mess at the field while they play around like fools," Magic said with a glaring face towards them.

"Fufu, annoyed I see. I get why you are like that though" Nepgear got off from Magic's side and turned to look at her with a pleasant smile that was warm to Magic.

"But look at their expressions, full of joy and happiness together like without a care in the world. I love it when they get along like that" Nepgear said softly.

"But what about the trash that is all over the field? It will become worse if we let them be, My Lady" Magic protests.

"That's where the solidarity of them takes action. Look, they began to clean up the stuff they left on the field" Nepgear motioned her head a bit towards the field, and Magic looked down again in retort.

Several Tough Canopus that were partying with Judge and his gang had begun taking out the trash as they were assigned by Nepgear as something like a part-time janitor. Judge noticed their behavior and helped them immediately, followed by the other monsters following suit to clean up all the stuff on the field. Their unity surprised Magic, she only thought of them as some grunt bunch that only think about power and parties.

"As long as we are together as a family and support one another, the bond we have will lead us all to everlasting love and peace despite our difference. That bond is what I want to protect the most in this world. Burn, Kurome, Judge, Brave, Trick, you, and all of the monsters are all dear to me. If anyone from our family died…..it would break my heart, knowing that I have failed to protect that bond again….." Nepgear spoke with a sad tone, lamenting about her past

"My Lady….." Magic hesitated on what she should do at this moment, but couldn't of anything to appease her lady because she was afraid that she might make her Lady glummer than this.

Fortunately, Nepgear gets her mood back up by herself and got off the chair to stand up. Then she stretched her limbs and let out a sigh of relief.

"That's enough resting for me here. I'll head over to the kitchen to make some antidote beverage for those two toilet occupiers. Wanna come and help? Or do you still need some time here, Magic?" Nepgear extends her right arm's hand and invites Magic to come to the kitchen with her.

"N-no, I'm done as well. I'll gladly help whenever my Lady needs me" Magic grabbed Nepgear's hand and stood up as well. The two then walked away from the Veranda after they had folded back the chair to take it back inside the Neptower.

"By the way…"

"Yes?" Magic looked at her Lady that was looking all over her body as they walked towards the kitchen, this made Magic's face a bit red.

"You don't have any clothes or pajamas? Aren't you getting cold wearing that at night" Nepgear asked Magic.

"Umm no, this armor is all I have as clothing. I do feel a bit cold out here, but I think I can get used to it" Said Magic truthfully.

"That won't do at all, it'll be bad for your temperature. I'll give you some of my clothes and pajamas for you to wear. I'll also make you some other clothes for other occasions as well" Nepgear offered her clothes to Magic.

"My own clothes? No need to trouble yourself for me, My Lady"

"I insist, besides, I have lots of clothes to spare in my drawer" Nepgear reassured Magic that it is fine.

"Alright…If you insist, My Lady" On the outside, Magic looked like she obeyed Nepgear's offer with a calm face. But on the inside, Magic was happy as she got the chance to feel, embrace, or even smell her Lady's fragrance from the clothes that she'll be wearing.

The

Nepgear and Magic arrived at the kitchen and began to make the Beverages that would soothe Kurome and Gehaburn's stomachs. Once all is done, they all went back to their beds to get some good sleep. Of course for Magic, that night was the first time she sleeps while wearing Nepgear's pajamas, much to her delight.

*Flashback ends*

Magic opened her eyes and stood up from the chair to look down at the field, and as usual, Judge and his buddies were cleaning up the area as they were all done partying. Magic looked up once again and sighed in relief.

"Well, time for me to head to my bed and rest for the night"

Magic folded the chair and carried it away from the Veranda. Before she went away, she looked back one more time and thought about something.

'Maybe I should play with them after I finish my work tomorrow, to have some fun at least'

Magic continues to walk toward her bedroom before putting the chair in the living room. Once she was in, she flopped herself onto the bed and was finally asleep.

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15:00, Planeptune's G-Farm's Stadium playfield in one of the areas that used to be Erethisan City.

Judge and the other monsters had a roundup to prepare themselves to challenge each other in a training game that Judge named "Bounce-Dodge" to play while they train and entertain the audience. On the outline of the field, Judge was facing his monsters buddies to shortly explain the game in case some of them forgot how to play.

"Alright, y'all! We are gonna do this like usual, two groups will fight each other inside the bounce barrier by hitting any parts of our body with these balls" Said Judge while pointing at the mid-sized balls stacked in a black container on his left.

"If you get hit, you will immediately be sent back outside the bounce barrier and you won't be able to help anymore. So just focus on not getting hit and hit back with the balls that you grabbed. No cheating with using any skills or any tricks, y'all got that?" Judge asked them all, and they all nodded in understanding.

"Good. Now lemme count a bit and divide each of us into two groups" Judge said as he start counting while an A-2i listed the group's members one by one on Judge's right side. But as they had finished listing the available monsters, they realized there were only 99 members including Judge himself. Meaning that one of them isn't here.

"Hey, Is someone missing among us?" Judge questioned the monsters.

"Um sir, one of our own is sick right now and is currently resting in the hospital," Said a Dogoo France.

"Ah damn, can't be helped then if he's sick. But now I need to find someone available to fill the spot….Hmm, but who…." Judge spoke while he looked around him to find another member to add to the group so they could play.

The other monsters outside but near the play area were busy with their respective works and the rest were only audiences. Judge thinks it would be rude to ask them to join, especially if those audiences don't have any experience. Suddenly a voice that he recognized was heard.

"Mind if I fill in the spot?"

Judge noticed that the voice was coming above him, and as he looked up, he saw Magic descending with her bikini armor and its sharp bladed black wings on. After Magic had landed, she turned off the wings and walked towards Judge with a grin.

"You really wanna play with us? This is a first, usually when you have done your job you either chill inside the Neptower or manage other stuff in here" Judge was skeptical at Magic's sudden desire to play with them.

"Oh come on, I wanna have some fun here. Or are you chickened out because you're going to be beaten by a woman like me?" Magic teased Judge while her arms crossed her chest.

"Me? Chickening out because of you?! Yeah, keep dreaming bitch! You'll be sorry when I beat your ass. I have a lot of experience playing this and you've only just started now! HAHAHAHA!" Judge laughed at Magic, especially since he had never seen Magic play Bounce Barrier until now.

"Don't underestimate my observation skills. I may have not done this in practice, but with the knowledge and the reflexes that I have, it'll be easy to beat your ass" Magic said with a smug look to provoke Judge, and it worked as Judge was baited by it.

"Oh, you're on!" Judge pointed at Magic to accept the challenge, then he turned to the monsters.

"EVERYONE, READY THE FIELD BARRIER AND THE REFEREE. IT'S TEAM JUDGE VERSUS TEAM MAGIC!" Judge yelled at the monsters to prepare the field so they can duke it out at each other.

Magic's group is ready in their play area, the same goes for Judge's team. Once all 49 members and one leader in each team are in the play area, a blue barrier covers the whole area so the ball can bounce back randomly unlike in the normal Dodgeball game in which you have to get the ball back if it goes too far out of the field. Several giant floating screens popped up outside the barrier so the monster audiences could see what was happening inside. An Opportune, the machine referee for today's match, had prepared its setup to monitor and send back those who are eliminated with its two HUD screens in front of it. It checked both teams' conditions to make sure that all are counted for and are ready. Once done, it began to commence the game.

"BOUNCE BARRIER GAME, READYYYY, GOOOOOOOOOO!" The Opportune Referee yelled with its enthusiastic robot voice, followed by the crowds cheering them on.

The game was intense at that moment. Both teams used different ways to achieve victory. For Magic's team, their way is more planned and coordinated by clear communication and timing of when to hit, when to hold the ball, and where to position each self. It was all thanks to Magic's leadership that it was possible. But even with all that, it is challenging to break through Judge and his team fiercely might.

With Judge's leadership, his team leaned more on instinct and pumped-up fighting soul. Not many detailed orders from Judge, but the monsters under him know when to dodge and attack which put up a good match against Magic's team. To Magic's surprise, both her and Judge's team numbers are diminishing evenly despite their differences in the match. But what's even more surprising is that Judge was able to dodge all the balls from different angles that she had thrown everything at him, the same can be said for Magic. From Judge's point of view, Magic was able to the game well despite today's match being her first time playing Bounce-Barrier. This made Judge excited as he found another worthy opponent to play with.

After a while, only Judge and Magic were left inside the barrier. All the monsters that participated had been eliminated and are currently sitting on the sidelines watching two of their leaders having fun with each other. The crowds cheered both of them because they showed them a beautiful and intense match. Inside the barrier, Magic and Judge were panting while both were holding two balls in each hand. The rest of the balls were on the floor, ready to be used when needed.

"Having….fun…Magic?" Judge asked while huffing.

"Yeah….This is quite fun….playing together with all of you here.." Magic answered with a satisfied smile.

"You really should play more often and get along with the rest, and not just….work" Judge suggested to Magic.

"You're right, all I've been doing is solely my Lady's orders which is my work. I actually feel reluctant to take care of you all beside Lady Nepgear and didn't even think about spending time with the rest of my family as my Lady does. I didn't understand why my Lady cherished all of you and I like a family. I only thought of them as expendables, but now-"

"Yeah yeah, you thought of us as shitholes but now you don't. Couldn't you make it any shorter?" Judge cuts Magic's words.

"Fuck you. I'm self-reflecting here!" Magic was annoyed and threw two balls.

"Oh….Now you're ON!" Judge exclaimed while dodging the balls coming at him, he then prepared to throw the balls at his hands towards Magic.

"The crowds are still loud, Magic! Let's continue where we left off!" Judge calls out to Magic while the crowds were cheering at them.

"Hmph, get ready then Judge!" Magic readied herself while picking two balls near her.

The two smiled at each other and began to dash in opposite directions. But as they were about to attack, the barrier that covered them had vanished, and a loud warning siren can be heard from afar. Magic and Judge knew what the siren means when it is activated. They both stopped and drop the balls to hold their weapons in their hands.

"Tch, an attack at a time like this. What a party crasher" Judge angered a bit.

"Don't whine about it. It's a threat to our world and it needs to be eliminated to preserve our peace" Magic told Judge.

"I know I know, time to gather the troops then. OI, any pieces of information from our scouts?" Judge asked the Opportune that was near him that had escorted the monsters outside the stadium to protect their land and G-Farm.

"FROM THE INTEL I RECEIVED FROM OUR BIT NEO SCOUTS, WE'RE DEALING WITH A SWARM OF BLACK TARANTULAS AND BLACK DOGOOS HEADING TOWARDS THIS DIRECTION FROM SOUTH-SOUTHWEST. ALL OF THEM HAVE THE SAME RED GLOWING EYES, SO IT IS EASY TO IDENTIFY THEM" The Opportune told Judge.

"The rocky valley huh. Alright, get the Nue, Dogoo, and the Pegasus squadrons to join us at the South gate so we can intercept them after we grouped up. The rest are to station themselves in their respective posts to guard the G-Farm, got it?" Magic ordered to the Opportune.

"YES MA'AM!" The opportune salutes both Judge and Magic before leaving the stadium to execute the order.

Magic turned on her black-bladed wings and flew up to the sky, followed by Judge with his bottom thrusters and black wings. The two then went to the South Entry Gate so they can wait for the troops there. Once all of the squadrons that Magic had requested arrived at the gate, they all went to the Rocky Valley area to confront their enemies.

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16:00, South-Southwest direction from Planeptune, near the place where Nepgear had been betrayed.

Magic, Judge, and the three squadrons had arrived at the reported area. Like what the Opportune had mentioned before, a swarm of Black Tarantulas and Black Dogoos were coming in this direction in an unorganized formation and slow pace. Magic looked up to the sky as it was getting dark red, meaning that they should finish this quick before it gets darker. She then turned to her back so she can tell the formation of this situation.

"Alright, the Pegasus squadron provides air support around the back and midline of the enemy. I will take the Dogoo squadrons to attack the left and front side while Judge handles the right side with the Nue squadrons" Magic explained to them.

"How come you get to take most of them?! I should take the right AND the front side of the enemy" Judge protested a bit as it is boring to take on lesser foes.

"Hah….Fine, you can handle the right and the front side. Just deal with it while you cover our allies" Magic sighed and facepalm herself over Judge's need for battle.

"Will do," Judge Said before he readied his energy with some greenish thunder all over him as he was ready to obliterate the intruders.

"ROAR THE THUNDER AND CRUSH EVERYTHING! LET'S GO LADS"

Judge yelled and charged straight forward to the planned side with his assigned Squadrons.

"Always the fierce fool….Make sure that all of you provide most of the air support for Judge and his team, to make sure his recklessness won't backfire on us" Magic added another detail to the order for the Pegasus Squadron, they all agreed while slightly and nervously laughed at Judge's behavior.

"Good, now let the extermination begin," Magic said with a cold tone towards the Black Tarantulas and Black Dogoos.

Magic charged towards the left side with the Dogoos Squadron followed her from the back. Magic made a wide slash for the initial attack and continued with repeated scythe slashes. The Dogoos attacked the Black Tarantulas and Black Dogoos with their might. They were also covered by the Pegasus from afar with their elemental projectiles so the ones won't have to worry about being surrounded, given they are outnumbered based on the swarm amount of the enemies. Even so, only numbers won't be able to defeat Magic, Judge, and the squadrons there.

Little did they know that there was something hidden among the swarm.

"Heh, this is too easy! Did they get nerfed or are we just too powerful for them?" Judge said mockingly while swinging and slamming down on his enemies.

"I think the latter, sir," One of the Nue's said near him after it kicked several enemies.

"Don't jinx it, man…. Usually, something big and bad will happen when we question how weak they are or how powerful we are" Another Nue said with a scared tone.

"HAHAHAHAHA! Don't worry about that, we are all here to cover for each other. It will be fine if we have our backs to each other" Judge spoke to reassure them.

"Y-yeah! Like families! HAAA!" The sacred Nue said as it lightened up while headbutting some Black Dogoos coming at him.

"Besides….Hmph!... How are they gonna do a comeback to us now? We're more powerful than these guys" Judge asked the Nue Squadrons near him.

The Nue's didn't reply fast enough as there was a shout from above. It originated from the Pegasus flying in the sky.

"EVERYONE, THERE IS SOMETHING WEIRD GOING ON AT THE FAR BACK OF THE SWARM!" One of the Pegasus alerted all of them.

"WHAT?!" Magic and the others clamored at the same time.

They were surprised at the alert and were about to ask the Pegasus what it had meant. Suddenly, a slump of Black Dogoos and Tarantulas emerged, grotesquely absorbing one of their own. Some of the sucked entities were forcefully fit together, leaving some of the excessive parts out of their bodies like the eyes, mouth, legs, and other parts. The excessive body parts were absorbed as well, almost as they were greedy for food. As it kept on absorbing the others, it grows larger and larger. Magic, Judge, and the Squadrons rallied up to prepare for what was coming next while they heal each other.

"Oh dear, that looks painful to watch….." Magic was a bit horrified as the absorption process looked painful to watch, she almost felt sorry for them.

"I'm not gonna puke, I'm not gonna puke, I'm not gonna- BLARGH" Some of the Dogoos puked on the ground as they watched the enemy Dogoos absorbed like that. The Nues and the Pegasus Squadrons attend to their care.

"Now I feel what Burn felt when she met something alive like this. Ugh…" Judge was disgusted.

Their transformation was finished and their size was as huge as a city. It took the Tarantula's black body as a base, but it was covered with Dogoo's jelly-like body, distorted hairy body, and some hard Tarantulas shells that smelled badly. Its face was a broken mix of a Dogoos face and Tarantulas red eyes and face. Four extra Tarantulas legs were visible at the upper part of the body, acting as extra hands instead of legs.

"RRRAAAAGGGGRRHHHHHH!" The big monster let out a dark blast that sounded various Dogoos and Tarantulas' voices in unison towards Magic and Judge. Its blast had flinched Magic and Judge but the two kept on holding the ground and guarding their squadrons against the blast.

"Shit! What Immense power!" Magic spoke while holding on to his ground with her scythe.

"If this Dogula reached the G-Farm, it would immediately destroy everything without a trace" Judge said with a name he thought for the monster.

Magic wants to question him about the monster's name that he made but she felt it's not time to dwell on trivial things so she let it slide for now. Just then, the Dogula struck Magic with two of its front Tarantula legs. She managed to block the attack in time, but the pressure was too strong that her Scythe's pole broke in two and the Dogula's attack went through Magic's stomach. Magic screamed in pain as she took severe damage while her artificial red blood poured out, forcing her to turn off her wings.

"MAGIC!" Judge yelled out for Magic, then he rushed on top of the Dogula to attack it.

"GET OFF OF HER YOU BASTARD! I'LL MASSACRE YOU, JUDGEMENT TIME BARRAGE!" Judge exclaimed and used the bottom end of his black halberd with his charged energy and repeatedly hit Dogula's head.

The attack didn't do much damage to the Dogula, but it was annoying the big monster. It let go of its two front legs from Magic which was unconscious and swiped Judge out of its head. The Dogoos rushed to their mistress that was lying down on the ground to treat her stomach hole injury. Meanwhile, the Nues and the Pegasus squadrons supported Judge, who was engaging the Dogula in a defensive stance.

"Miss Magic, wake up! Wake up!" A Grandogoo tried to make Magic conscious as it was healing the stomach hole with the other dogoos.

Unfortunately, Magic didn't wake up from the Grandogoo's attempt. The Dogoos thought that one of their own family was dead, which made them feel horrible. The Grandogoo checked for any beating pulse in Magic's body, and thankfully, pulses were beating inside. It was relieved that there is still a chance for Magic to recover, but she needs to go to the hospital to do so. The nearest hospital from their area is the Leanbox G-Farm's hospital, they don't have any teleporting abilities so they need to send Magic to the hospital through the sky.

'This fucker is tough! And Magic doesn't have much time left, she's losing more blood as we drag this on'

Judge thought inside his mind while he staggered the Dogula with his weapon. He then looked on to the Pegasus Squadrons that were attacking the Dogula with their wind attack, which didn't manage to hurt the Dogula at all.

"You lot! Have some of you escort Magic to the Leanbox's hospital, that's the nearest one from here. Also, get help from Brave and Kurome through the Planeptune's portal!" Judge ordered them as he clashed again with the Dogula's attack from above.

"What about you sir?! You're injured pretty badly all over!" One of the Pegasus said in worry.

"Don't worry about me and get going NOW!" Judge shouts at them.

Some of the Pegasus were reluctant to leave their boss behind, but they eventually leave Judge and Nue with the Dogula. They scattered themselves so they can get help and bring Magic to the Leanbox's hospital at the same time. About three Pegasus arrived at where the Dogoos was treating Magic's hole injury and descended to tell Judge's order to them. The Dogoo's understood them and placed Magic on the Pegasus's backs. After that, the Pegasus quickly went on their way towards the Leanbox's hospital while the Dogoo's quickly aid Judge and the Nues against the Dogula.

As the Pegasus were midway to the hospital, Magic was conscious and tried to sit upon the Pegasus's back. The Pegasus that carried Magic had almost lost balance at her sudden awakening, but they held on regardless while kept on airborne. Magic groaned in pain as the hole in her stomach was still there, though the pain was less than before thanks to the Dogoos treatment. Magic looked around her and realized that she wasn't in the battle area anymore. She got worried more as there was no sign of Judge and the others. With a panicked face, Magic asked one of the Pegasus near her.

"What happened back there? Where's Judge and the others?!" Magic asked while she shakes the Pegasus on her.

"Calm down Miss Magic! You were injured badly so we were forced to take you back to Leanbox's hospital and get you treated…..As for Sir Judge…" Pegasus trailed off as it was too hard to say, which made Magic more impatient and scared of the answer.

"...W-what h-happened?..."

"...He stayed behind with the others to hold back the Dogula monster so it won't get to the city before help is coming" The Pegasus sadly spoke.

"Are they stupid? They will die fighting!" Magic yelled in anger.

"They knew that, yet they kept on fighting just to protect you and all of us at home!" The three Pegasus said in unison while they shed some tears. They couldn't bear to have one of their family perish, but they kept on flying as it was a solid order.

Magic was shocked at their answer, especially with the sad tone of their voices. Their words had made Magic remember what her Lady had told her on the Veranda together at night.

'As long as we are together as a family and support one another, the bond we have will lead us all to everlasting love and peace despite our differences. That bond is what I want to protect the most in this world. Burn, Kurome, Judge, Brave, Trick, you, and all of the monsters are all dear to me. If anyone from our family died…..it would break my heart, knowing that I have failed to protect that bond again…..'

As Magic remembers those words with Nepgear's face imagined in her mind, Magic cries as she feels the same thing as her Lady. She recently had fun with Judge and the others, and their parting would leave pain in her heart for them.

"No, My Lady…..It's not your fault…." Magic mumbled softly while she cried, she finally got the answer to her Lady's grief.

After that, she clenched her fists with determination and the will to fight once more for her family. Magic got off from the Pegasus's back in midair and summoned her wings to boost herself back to where she left off. Her act surprised the three Pegasus and followed their lady in haste.

Despite the pain, Magic endures it and presses onward with more speed that would overheat her wings while she grabs something from her inventory.

'I'm not gonna let our family die!' Magic spoke in her mind as she flew.

Meanwhile, back at the Rocky Valley.

Judge was still standing his ground holding his halberd against the Dogula, though his weapon was close to breaking. His black mecha body is all battered up with dents and some of his green energy liquid, which is his blood, is leaking out from the body. The Nues, Dogoos, and some of the Pegasus's squadron lay on the ground panting as they were hurt and tired from fighting, but they are still breathing and alive. The Dogula walked forward a bit and stop to charge up his dark blast once more to finish them off.

"Is this it?" Judge spoke to himself, thinking this would be his end. He then looked back to see his comrades that were injured hard.

'Then at least…..let me protect my buds!' Judge said in his mind while making his last defensive stance with his halberd against the oncoming blast.

The Dogula had finished charging and began to blast its enemies in front of it. Judge closed his eyes when the blast was unleashed and was coming directly at him. Right now, he should've received more damage from the Dogula's dark blast, but he didn't get hurt or anything. Instead, he heard a loud roar that sounded like something was in pain.

Judge opened his eyes and looked up to see one of the Dogula's Tarantula eyes was struck by a black pole. He then noticed that Magic was right in front of him, with her black wings that were cracked due to overheating. There was also something in both of Magic's hands. Her left hand was holding what was left of her Scythe weapon, the other was some purple crystal that Judge didn't recognize at first.

"Magic? What are you doing here?! You still got a hole in your stomach and your armor is almost breaking up!"Judge asked her in worry, followed by some of the Squadrons that woke up worrying more about Magic than themselves. Magic huffed and turned back to smile at Judge, much to Judge's surprise as it calmed him down.

"Families stick together right? I got your back now Judge, so stay down and rest" Magic responded to Judge and the others before turning back against the Dogula that was observing her right hand.

"...I'll lay down my life…..TO PROTECT MY FAMILY!" Magic ate the purple crystal from her right hand in one go after shouting out her words with determination.

"Magic, what did you- " Judge was cut off as dark red light enveloped Magic's whole body like a web, the wind pressure had made Judge and the Dogula step back a bit.

As to Magic's expectation, the CPU Memory Crystal rejected her and is in the process of turning her into a hideous monster. But Magic wouldn't let that happen to her, she has a family and a home she needs to protect.

"Grrr, I'm not gonna let some fucking crystal get the best of me! Like I said before…..I'LL LAY DOWN MY LIFE TO PROTECT MY FAMILY!" Magic exclaimed her will once more while trying to attain the CPU Memory Crystal's power.

With the help of Gehaburn's energy that was inside of her and the Giant lilac-colored share crystal from Planeptune's chambers that responded to the CPU Memory, Magic didn't turn into a monster and the light enveloping Magic had changed into a scarlet red light. After that, Magic held her Scythe above her to vertically cut down the light surrounding her.

"HENSHIN!"

Magic cut down the light and she transformed into her new CPU SDD form. Her skin color went from light lilac to normal human skin, the same as Nepgear's skin color. Magic's hair had a darker tone of pink neon color. The black bikini armor that she usually dons is all fixed now with some changes.

Her bikini armor, from top to bottom, is colored red scarlet. Magic's Scythe had turned scarlet red too, but the sharp part turned pitch black, the same goes for the bladed part on her wings. The yellow light that was available on the round parts of her armor turned dark-colored as well. Her originally yellow eye color had changed into blue eyes with a power symbol on the center of the eyes as the pupil.

In short, her CPU form is the same as her normal one but with different colors.

"CPU Scarlet Heart has awakened!" Magic claimed while switching the Scythe to her right hand.

"CPU…." One of the Dogoos spoke.

"...Scarlet Heart….." Judge continued as he and the others were in awe of Magic's new look.

Without any delay, Scarlet Heart went to attack the Dogula. She cut down one of its legs using her Scythe in a single strike with ease. All of her stats have increased exponentially in her new form, taking down the Dogula will be easy now.

The Dogula was furious that its prey was able to fight back now. Its leg regenerated back to its original state and it lunged at Scarlet Heart using four of its legs. Unfortunately for the Dogula, Scarlet Heart put up a big barrier with her Scythe and it blocked the attack without breaking any sweat. The Dogula attacked again and again, but the barrier was too strong for it. At this point, the Dogula was starting to get scared of her and at this moment, Scarlet Heart looked at the big monster with a furious look.

"You messed with the wrong family, now you're gonna fucking pay!"

Scarlet Heart pushed back the Dogula with a little bit of force, then she swiftly cut down all of its legs with her Scythe and speed. As she cut them one by one, her wings grew and bent into something like spider legs and it shot some webs right at the legs that were already cut so it would not regenerate further. The Dogula couldn't move anymore because its legs were all cut-down and blocked by the webs imbued with anti regeneration effect.

Scarlet Heart went above it and got close to glare at its eyes before finishing it off from existence.

"Your End….DEAD END PIERCE!"

The Spider wings on Scarlet Heart's back grew bigger with some scarlet aura around it and extended themselves to stab through the Dogula's head and went straight to its brain and heart. The Dogula yelled in pain before it finally lay on the ground lifeless.

Judge and the others had already healed themselves thanks to the three Pegasus that caught up to see the scene. Brave, Indigo Heart, and some Crescent dragons as reinforcements had just arrived at the area, only to see a dead big monster, Judge and his squadrons, and lastly, someone that looked like Magic but with different colors. Indigo Heart, Brave, and the dragons went to check on them to make sure they are okay.

"Is everyone okay? We came as fast as we could cuz we were worried, but it seems y'all had already defeated this big ass monster" Kurome asked Judge after turning off her SDD form while she touched the remains of the Dogula, she quickly refrained from touching it as it was too disgusting.

"Yeah…we're all injured here, but we are still in one piece thanks to Magic over there, or should I say Scarlet Heart" Judge answered while looking upwards to see Scarlet Heart coming down. Kurome and Brave were wonderstruck to see Magic looking divine like this.

"Dayum! You're a CPU now? Neat. You better tell me later about it, but treatment comes first. we're just glad that all of you are okay" Kurome happily said after seeing that all of them were okay, despite some injuries that were still available on Judge and his fellows.

"Yeah…I'm glad as well" Magic said softly with a smile after turning back to her normal form. She then gets close to the dead Dogula to say something regarding it.

"Let's send this to Trick so he can examine it while we go back home to heal ourselves. This thing is entirely new and we must know what- AAHHHHHHH"

Magic didn't finish her sentence and screamed in pain as her whole body showed some black marks that were coming from Magic's body and began to spread all over. She laid down on the ground trying to fight the pain, but it was all in vain as she was unconscious in the end. Kurome, Judge, and Brave get close to Magic with fear and worry on their minds.

"OI, MAGIC!" Judge called out to her.

"GET YOURSELF TOGETHER, MAGIC. WAKE UP!" Kurome shook Magic while she called to her while she shed some tears from her Orange eyes, but Magic didn't respond.

Brave was panicking inside like the others, but he knows that they must take action before it gets worse. He stayed calm and took the initiative to order the other squadrons that looked worried for Magic as well.

"Get more monsters to bring this body to the Leanbox. Have the ones that were still injured be treated in the nearest hospital. We'll deal with Magic, so get moving ASAP!" Brave ordered the monsters.

All of the Dogoos, Nues, Pegasus and the Crescent Dragons carried Brave orders. Some of them were taken to Leanbox's hospital immediately while the rest helped together to carry the dead Dogula to Leanbox's lab. Brave pats Kurome's shoulder to get her back on track.

"Calm down, Lady Kurome, We need to get Magic directly to Trick before her condition gets worse," Brave said to Kurome.

"R-right, I'll carry her then" Kurome turned into Indigo Heart and held Magic with her arms like a princess and quickly flew from the area to Trick's place.

"I'm coming as well…Urk" Judge attempted to fly up, but most of his body was badly injured from fighting the Dogula.

"Here, I'll help you" Brave offered himself to carry Judge, in response, Judge placed his right arm over Brave's shoulder so he could be held by Brave.

"Thanks, Brave," Judge said weakly.

"Save your energy, you are at a critical level right now. You better tell us what happened here after you recover a bit" Brave said to Judge. which Judge replied with a nod.

Brave and Indigo Heart went on to Leanbox's G-Farm whilst carrying two of their fellow family members. They quickly arrive and immediately bring Magic and Judge to Trick's medical care.

(-)

19:00, Leanbox's G-Farm's Hospital, Trick's Intensive Care room.

Inside the room that was renovated so big mechas like Brave can get in. Magic was sleeping on the hospital's comfy bed while Trick and Kurome tried everything they could to treat the painful contamination in Magic's body that could morph her into a hideous monster. They were also waiting for Nepgear and Gehaburn to help them after Kurome called them over a few minutes ago.

Alas, they didn't manage to cure Magic with their current resources. Even the health care machine that was modified by Kurome placed behind Magic's bed couldn't help them as well.

"Damn it! Is there really no other way that we can do to save Magsy?!" Kurome was furious at her incompetence to save her family.

"As much as it pains me to say, yes…. We weren't prepared for this kind of contamination" Trick sadly with a sad tone while looking at the Green HUD screen on his left that showed Magic's current status, which is getting worse by the minute.

'Come on Gearsy, please! We need you right now… I don't want to lose anyone anymore like I lost my Umio….' Kurome begged inside as she thought of her Umio in the past who was her partner. Kurome had forgotten her hatred against humans after spending her time with her new family, hence why her eyes had changed from dark blue maroon to orange eyes.

Just then, a purple portal appeared inside the Intensive Care room. Nepgear, Gehaburn, and a woman that Kurome and Trick didn't know arrived at Sigma Dimension while they were still in their pajamas.

"Gearsy, Burnsy, you're finally here! I'm so glad!" Kurome cried while she rushed to the two and hugged them, she was happy to see them both.

"Hey, Kurome. Been a while, hope we weren't late" Gehaburn hugged Kurome back.

"I'd say that we weren't late, judging from Kurome's reaction. That aside, I'm glad that you are okay, Kurome. You too, Trick" Nepgear said to Kurome while she hugs her too.

"Oh yeah, Magic! Both of you, look" Kurome let go of the hug and showed a sleeping Magic to the two.

"Magic!" Nepgear walked towards Magic's bed in a hurry to look at her. Gehaburn followed suit to look as well. The two fear the worst as they can feel that Magic's life force begins to diminish.

Meanwhile, Arfoire was a bit annoyed that she was ignored. But due to the serious atmosphere, she let it slide and leaned her back on the wall with her arms crossed.

'I'll let them be, for now,' Arfoire thought inside, she then looked around her surroundings as she waited.

"What happened to her Trick?!" Gehaburn asked with worry.

"Magic ate the CPU Memory Crystal that we made yesterday, I warned her not to eat it but she did so in the end," Trick told them.

"Tell me, was it for a good reason?" Nepgear asked Trick and Kurome.

"...Yes, it was. Judge told us that Magic ate it so she can protect Judge and the others against a new giant monster" Kurome told her.

"Are all of them okay now?" Gehaburn said.

"They are, if it weren't for Magic then some of them would have died. Right now they are treated here in the rooms" Trick answered.

Nepgear and Gehaburn were surprised that Magic went so far as to risk herself for the others. The two were proud of Magic for protecting their family while they were away.

"Magic…..thank you, and I'm sorry that you had to go through all that. But rest assured, I'm here to save you now" Nepgear said with a smile and regretful tone as she caressed Magic's right cheek.

'If she was conscious right now, she would be blushing red all over, hehe' Gehaburn said in her mind.

"And me as well, we'll save you in a jiffy," Gehaburn said with a cheerful tone to lighten up the mood, especially Kurome and Trick's moods which can be felt as despairing.

"So, both of you," Nepgear turned to a serious look and called Kurome and Trick behind her.

"I assume that both of you had tried every way possible to save Magic?" Nepgear questioned them.

"Yes, My Lady. But all of them didn't work due to various reasons, one is the required resources-" Trick cut off for Kurome to continue

"-and the other is because of my machine's capabilities that couldn't keep up," Kurome said.

"Wait, can't we just handpick the thing inside Magic's body?" Gehaburn suggested, which made everyone look at her.

"Wait what?" Nepgear said with a straight face.

"You know, the handpick method. We'll pick the bad ones that are rejecting Magic's existence through manual handpicking with some imbued spell so we can get through her without hurting her" Gehaburn told them.

"You sure that would work?" Kurome asked Gehaburn, she was unsure that her suggestion would work because the method is too manual.

"I can tell from my energy residing in Magic's body. The handpick method is the safest and sure way to treat her, I guarantee it" Gehaburn said with a thumbs up and a positive tone, though Kurome and Nepgear were skeptical.

"She's right, I looked into the method through my knowledge and calculated the chances of the method would work on this occasion," Trick said, much to Kurome and Nepgear's surprise.

"It may be manual and would take a while, but it'll work," Trick assured them.

"See? I told you so" Gehaburn said with a proud look.

"BUT, we need a professional hand picker, an Immense energy that can contain the handpicked substances that will be transferred through Kurome's medical machine, and someone that can regulate Magic's temperature through a barrier" Trick added the conditions.

"Fuck, didn't think that far," Gehaburn said with a gloom look and her arms slumped down.

"Don't worry, I'll do the handpicking" Nepgear volunteered herself.

"If it's Gearsy, I'm sure this would work in the end. I'll maintain the medical equipment part so it can keep up temporarily, " Kurome said as she was finally convinced.

"Hey, I can do the handpicking as well," Gehaburn said with confidence, but in her mind, she said

'Through mimicking Gear's way that is, teehee'

"This isn't a competition though," Nepgear said to Gehaburn, reminding her that this was an operation to save Magic's life.

"I know that. This is an operation to save Magic and I'll do whatever I can to help" Gehaburn told Nepgear with a determined look.

"And we'll help as well!"

Nepgear, Kurome, Gehaburn, Trick, and Arfoire turned to Judge, who was carried by Brave and entered the Intensive Care room. Behind him, Some of the Dogoos, Nues, and the Pegasus from the Squadrons entered the room as well. Their injuries can still be seen by the others, which made them worried, especially Nepgear who was even more worried.

"Judsy? Bravesy? everyone? All of you are still injured! Why are you here?!" Kurome said as she worried for their wellbeing.

"This reckless fool and his buds had been nagging me to take them to Magic's room so they could help out. I had tried to convince them but they are so stubborn" Brave said while he brings Judge close to Nepgear.

"Darn right I am! I ain't gonna sit here like some weak ass thing while Magic is in pain right now. She saved us all and we want to save her as well, Ain't that right fellas?" Judge said to his fellows behind him.

"YEAH!"

"She's our family after all!"

"We want to save Miss Magic!" The Nues, Dogoos, and Pegasus said randomly.

"Well, I would be lying if I said I don't want to help out as well," Brave added.

'Plus, I got a score to settle with her,' Judge added in his mind, referring to the bounce barrier match.

"You guys…" Nepgear was stunned and smiled at their will to help Magic.

"Fine, I'll allow it. But back away immediately if it gets too rough for your body" Nepgear said to Judge and his fellows.

"Alright Boss Lady!" Judge agreed enthusiastically.

"And Burn"

"Yes?" Gehaburn turned to Nepgear, who was calling her.

"Try not to make a fool of yourself," Nepgear said with a smirk.

"Heh, likewise" Gehaburn smirked back.

"I hate to be the party pooper, but where can we get Immense energy to contain the bad substances? We already used most of our supplies and the rest won't be able to contain all of the bad stuff" Kurome told them all.

"About that…" Nepgear said as she put her hand in her inventory to grab something.

From her Inventory, Nepgear took out a CPU Memory Crystal that she obtained from Ultradimension Lowee's Mines. Everyone in the room can feel the high energy radiating from it.

"This is.." Trick said as he was given the Crystal by Nepgear and observed it.

"A genuine CPU Memory Crystal straight from nature" Gehaburn continued Trick's sentence.

"Rejoice! With this, we can save Magic back to normal!" Trick said excitedly as he was astonished by the Crystal In his hand and the higher chance for them to save Magic.

"Are you sure Gear? Once you mix it with other substances, it'll turn into an original crystal that contains the waste energy from the girl. You won't have a CPU Memory Crystal in your inventory anymore"

Nepgear and the rest turned to the voice, which originated from Arfoire who was still leaning her back on the wall.

"Um, Boss Lady. Who's the hag that's calling you so casually?" Judge asked Nepgear

"Who are you calling me a hag, you piece of junk?!" Arfoire glared at Judge.

"Calm down Arfoire. Judge, please don't disrespect my boss like that" Nepgear did while she did them both to not have any quarrel at this moment.

"Alright, Boss Lady….Sorry Boss Boss Lady" Judge apologized.

"Time for a short introduction since the page count is already long by now," Gehaburn said.

"Wait, did you just do my Sister Neptune's meta habit?" Nepgear asked, but got ignored instead.

"Everyone, this is Arfoire. Our boss from the Eggplant Farm business in Ultradimension. That's the short gist of it" Gehaburn introduced Arfoire to the rest.

"Ahhh…" Kurome, Trick, Judge, Brave, and the others said in unison.

"Really? That's the best reaction y'all got? Whatever. At least I'm finally noticed by all of you. Continuing from where I left off, are you sure Gear? Wasting that crystal for her? It'll be hard to find it again" Arfoire spoke while she got close to Nepgear.

"...My family comes first. I'm ready to throw everything if I need to, '' Nepgear claimed while she started at Arfoire beside her. Arfoire grinned as she looked through Nepgear's eyes filled with conviction despite the consequence.

"Heh, now I see why I from this world gave her powers to you" Arfoire snorted while she put her hands on her hips.

"Then I'll help out as well. I was moved by each and everyone here that supports one another. Plus, what kind of boss am I if I don't support one of my employees" Arfoire said.

"An asshole of a boss," Gehaburn answered.

"You don't have to fucking answer, Burn" Arfoire was annoyed a bit while the others hold back their laugh so they won't pester Arfoire more.

"Pfft…..Thanks, Arfoire" Nepgear thanked Arfoire.

"Thank me later when all of this is done" Arfoire replied.

"Ehem. Now that we're all set, let's prepare the stuff we need for the operation's process and commence the operation" Trick told them all.

Everyone began to take action so they could begin the operation to save Magic. Trick installed the CPU Memory Crystal onto the medical machine and set it up for it to suck the waste which will be handpicked by Nepgear and Gehaburn. Nepgear imbues Gehaburn and herself with the spell buff on their hands to handpick the bad stuff, Nepgear will handpick the upper half of Magic's body while Gehaburn is on Magic's lower half. Two tubes were placed near the two by Kurome so they can put the handpicked waste into the machine.

Kurome's part of the operation is to supervise the process in the machine while also on standby near it so she can fix the machine if it starts to malfunction. Trick's job is to heal Magic's body when needed at a critical level, if not needed, he'll continue to oversee the operation so he can keep a record of the whole process.

A transparent lilac barrier was put around Magic to regulate her temperature flow, it was put around by Nepgear through Histoire's book from her inventory. The book floats midair to keep the barrier active while Judge, Brave, Arfoire, and some of the monsters keep tabs on the flow's control with their energies. Those who were vacant were either taking turns in regulating the flow or tending to their needs, like food, drink, etc.

The operation went on for a long while, and they won't stop until they are sure that Magic is saved from her pain through their efforts.

(-)

00:00, Unknown.

"...Where….am I?"

Magic woke up floating in midair, then she checked her surroundings only to see pure white color. She was confused about her circumstances.

"Am I dead?" Magic said to herself with a sad face.

"You're not dead, silly"

Magic was startled at the voice behind her. She turned back to see a purple silhouette with the shape of a girl. Magic could not recognize the silhouette, but she can sense that it bears no harm.

"Well, this is something. Who are you?" Magic asked for the Silhouette's identity

"Umm, let's just say I'm the crystal that you are before," The Silhouette said.

"Oh, so like, I just ate your soul from the crystal or something?" Magic asked again.

"You could say that, but that's not the important part here" The Silhouette answered.

"Then what's your goal in meeting me here in this white space?" Magic was getting more suspicious of the Silhouette in front of her.

"Hey, chill, chill. No need to get all sus at me. I just want to congratulate you on obtaining the CPU powers" The Silhouette explained herself.

"Even though I almost died?" Magic said with a poker face.

"Well, yes. You did say "I'll lay down my life….TO PROTECT MY FAMILY", something like that. Especially the "HENSHIN" part, that was pure awesomeness by the way." The Silhouette said while she copied Magic's movements before transforming.

"You're not wrong there, but I said that as it's the truth of my will to fight. So I can protect My Lady's….no…our family" Magic said with a serious look, and the Silhouette smiled at her, as seen from the line mouth on the head part.

"Protecting one's family, huh, that's nice. I wonder what would happen if all of us were together as one like a family…." The Silhouette laments about something, Magic guessed that it was something personal.

"Aaaanywayyy, seems you're about to go wake wakey from your bed soon enough," The Silhouette told Magic.

"Wait, what do you mean by that?" Magic didn't get what it had meant.

"You'll see soon enough. Oh, and before you wake up, can you do me a favor? It'll be great for me if you do?" The Silhouette asked Magic.

"What's the favor? You gave me the power to protect, so it'll be unsavory if I didn't pay it back" Magic said while she relaxed a bit.

The Silhouette moved closer to Magic and placed her hand on Magic's left shoulder. The silhouette's face turned into something that resembled Nepgear but with short hair with some spiky details, Magic can already tell that it wasn't her Lady's face but she doesn't know who it was regardless of the similarities.

The girl let out a tear and smiled and Magic before she said her request to Magic.

"Please… Look after Nep. Jr for me"

After hearing those words, Magic suddenly woke up and stared at the dark ceiling above her. She realized that had finally gotten out of the white plane, after that, she slowly sit up from the hospital bed. Magic looked around to see that she was in a hospital right now, Leanbox's hospital to be precise.

Magic then noticed that Trick, Brave, Judge, Kurome, the three squadrons, and a woman that she didn't recognize were sleeping peacefully. Though Judge and Kurome we're snoring as they sleep.

'Did everyone save me?' Magic said in her mind, then she noticed something else.

Gehaburn and Nepgear were sleeping right next to her on both sides. Gehaburn was snoring as well while she mumbles some words.

"Zzzzz….it's….peanut….zzzzzz…..butter jelly…..time"

But Magic was too occupied in her mind to hear the words, as she was blushing red on her face because her Lady was sleeping next to her. Magic holds back her desire to embrace her Lady as it would disrupt the beautiful sleep that her Lady was having next to her.

'Calm down Magic, calm down! Don't wake her up, don't wake her up!' Magic panicked inside.

"Magic…."

Magic stopped as she heard her name from Nepgear's mouth. Magic thought that she woke her Lady up, but it seems that Nepgear was talking while she was sleeping. This put Magic in relief, but then, Nepgear continued her words.

"Magic…..please….don't leave us…don't…..leave me….."

As Nepgear spoke while sleeping, her face looked like she was having a nightmare. Tears can be seen falling from her eyes as Nepgear dreams about Magic leaving her.

'My Lady…' Magic then realized something in Nepgear's and Gehaburn's hands.

Their hands were worn out with some stains and marks all over the skin. Magic can tell that her Lady and Gehaburn had returned home to save her from the pain she was having before. Magic was thankful for everyone here that had done their all to save her, even the woman that she didn't recognize on the floor sleeping.

'Like a family, huh' Magic smiled at the thought, she then turned to Nepgear who was still having a nightmare.

Magic slowly moved her hand around her Lady to cuddle her softly and stroke Nepgear's hair with the hopes that it would relieve her Lady from the nightmare she was having. For the final move, Magic began to softly whisper near Nepgear's ear.

"It's okay, My Lady. Magic's here now, I won't leave you or our family anymore. So please, take a good night's sleep with happy dreams, Nepgear"

After hearing that, Nepgear smiled and didn't look troubled anymore, indicating that she is finally free from her nightmare. Magic was also getting sleepy and ended up sleeping while cuddling her Lady.

Despite the snorings, Magic and the others were having a good night's sleep with no nightmares in their dreams.

Unbeknownst to them, Histoire's book that was placed on the table had lit up a faint white light around it. The light faintly shone for a little while then it finally died down.

To Be Continued

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Well, this was longer than I thought it would be. Next time, I'll try to lower the page count.

Now at this point, Sigma Dimension's Gamindustri has three acting CPUs. Nepgear, Kurome, and Magic, also known as Scarlet Heart (Refer to her form's description before).

For the game, think of a dodgeball thing but with a barrier around that can bounce the ball. Hence the name "Bounce Dodge"

The "Roar thunder" line from Judge is a line I changed from Kamen Rider Grease's original line which is "Fan the Flames and crush everything!"

Magic's spider wings on her back were inspired by Kamen Rider Killbass, while her spider gimmick CPU form is also from Killbass AND Kamen Rider Demons (Check Google)

And yes, Nepgear and Gehaburn can do magical surgery through hand picking that went through Magic's insides with an imbued spell. Well, Gehaburn just followed what Nepgear does, since she's the professional one.

See ya Next chap!