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Chapter 16
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Sigma Dimension's Leanbox Main Lab, a few hours before the start of the Heist in Leanbox.
That night in the lab, Magic, Kurome, Trick, and some insect researchers, had finished analyzing the dead Dogula. They were successful in analyzing the molecule structures and the components inside the corpse. The data they collected from the thing was shocking for them to take in.
Not because of the structure, the energy within, nor the capabilities that they could come up with what they have obtained.
But because they were familiar with what or who it belongs to.
Kurome, in her dark clothing with a big blue tie and a right-shoulder mantle, looked distressed and looked down on the lab's monitor while gripping hard on its sides.
"How the fuck are we gonna tell Gearsy about this….." Said Kurome.
The monitor showed the components of what's left of the Dogula. Most of it is what they have expected, Black Spider and Black Dogoo elements, VIRUS and Legacy essence, CMEs, and a few other traits that it had from one of the five components.
But there's an energy that despairs the three. Which is Dark Red energy that has a 95% similar match to Gehaburn's powers.
This particular data had made them question Gehaburn, to the point of thinking Gehaburn was the true culprit.
"I would usually inform our Madam of what I had collected without hesitation and trouble. But this time….I, or we, need a different approach" Trick said as he helped some of his fellow insect researchers to clear up the lab.
"Even so, what's gonna happen next? Distrust? Us doubting each other? Who the heck would want that?!" Magic, in her lilac-lab coat, exclaimed whilst biting her thumb in anxiety.
"Chill down, Magsy. For now, we got no choice but to find a subtle way to explain what we've found out to Gearsy….And maybe to Burnsy as well" Kurome told them after she let go of her grip on the monitor.
"...Hah…..Fine. We'll cross that bridge later" Magic stopped biting her thumb after she was able to calm down.
"Hope we got some time to ponder before our Madam and Lady Gehaburn comes back here at some point," Trick said.
"Dang it. Don't you jinx that, Tricksy" Kurome told Trick.
"I didn't mean to…..Besides, what are our Madam's chances to travel back here in such a short period?" Trick asked.
"Guess it's not much, that, or I'm just hoping it'll be that long," Magic said.
"Well then, let's wrap this up and we'll continue this talk once we refreshed ourselves. Oh, we should also ask what Brave and Judge would say about this" Kurome told the two.
"If it's Judge, I'm one hundred percent he would say it out loud to my Lady… in a brash way," Magic said with a straight face.
"Judge's off the list then," Trick said, gesturing his hands to look like he wrote off Judge's name from a paper.
The three nodded to each other before they headed back to their beds to get some night's rest. Trick went to his room in Leanbox's main base while Magic and Kurome used the portals in the portal room.
Magic arrived in the Nep-Tower and quickly went to her room which was similar to Nepgear's room but with a lot of Nepgear pictures that she stuck randomly on the walls and even to the ceilings. She changed herself to wear lilac pajamas and lay down on the bed.
Kurome arrived in her room which was once Noire's room, but with some renovations. The room's interior was the same as it was, a Big U-Couch with a small table in the middle, a Black TV, a computer, a bed, segmented windows, and a wall shelf on top of the bed. What makes the room a bit different is that most of the room's colors were dark blue with a mix of Indigo colors. There are also various figures and plastic models all over the furniture such as Kamen Rider, Marvel, Symphogear, Gundam, Precure, and other franchises that she created based on her memories before her tragedy and being sealed in an old console.
Kurome took a few seconds to change into her blue pajamas before she went to sleep. Kurome jumped onto her bed and immediately fell asleep.
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The Next Day, 06:00 AM, Lastation's Main Base, Kurome's Room.
An alarm was ringing hard right beside Kurome's bed. Kurome wasn't fazed by it due to her sleeping hard and soundly, but she was about to wake up a bit since the alarm won't stop until it is either discontinued by pressing a stop button on top or set up another time delay before it rings up again.
"Nnnngghh….. Fifty more minutes…." Kurome said with her eyes still closed.
The Alarm heard of the order and stopped ringing for five minutes until it was active again.
Kurome smiled and hugged her bolster so she could go back to her dreamland once more.
Unfortunately, there were other ringing noises coming from her side, or more accurately, rapid beeping noises.
It took a while for Kurome to realize what it was. Once she did, her eyes widened and she put up a scared look on her face. She quickly got up and went to her computer, which was where the beeping sounds originated. Kurome booted up her computer to see what the beeping sound wanted to show her while she didn't mind her pajamas being unbuttoned, leaving a part of her boobs and belly open.
"Please this is not who I think it is" Kurome spoke while she opened a live camera footage application.
When the app opens, it shows four-camera sections that cover four G-Farm areas each. One particular camera had a red exclamation mark, which was Planeptune's camera. Kurome clicked the section to specify what it got.
What the camera had shown surprised her a bit. There was a big purple portal opened in front of the Planeptune's entry gate. Kurome guessed that it was Gehaburn's portal, speculated from the purple color and some of the waves that looked like the Alphabet N flowing in the portal.
"Ah, shit…" Kurome cursed. Because if there's Gehaburn, there's also Nepgear by her side.
The big portal then slowly let out four big crop field lands and one tiny land with Arfoire's house, as seen from the computer. The lands were lifted with an immense gravity spell, then it stopped moving once all of it had been taken out from the portal.
"Hm," Kurome was confused about why there are floating lands that consist of crop fields and a house.
The camera noticed some small movements on the land that carries Arfoire's house. Kurome zoomed in to see Nepgear, Gehaburn, Arfoire, and a Grey Rat that looked like Warechu. The four were about to come down from the house as they flew slowly. Gehaburn waved happily to Judge, Magic, and some of the monsters below from Planeptune as they approached the floating lands.
Kurome can see Judge and the monsters looking up with awe, except for Magic. Kurome knew that she, Magic, and Trick had to come up with an explanation to Nepgear about their findings.
In a pure timing coincidence, Magic and Kurome sighed.
"Fuck you, Trick," Magic and Kurome said at the same time, coincidentally.
Meanwhile in Trick's room.
"AAACHOOOO!"
Trick woke up as he loudly sneezed. He felt a bit odd that he sneezed this early in the morning. Trick wiped his orange nose and thought about it for a while.
"Did someone say something bad about me?" Trick asked himself.
He then shrugs it off and falls asleep, unaware that Nepgear had come home and he was about to get a scolding from Kurome and Magic soon.
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07:00 AM, Near Planeptune's giant entry gate which was colored white with some Lilac and Purple linings.
Nepgear slowly used her Gravity Control Spell from Histoire's Book with her right hand to drag one of the lands onto a giant hole that she made with her ground-bending spell on her left hand. Nepgear adjusted the hole to make it fit for the land, thanks to her experience in geography during her time leading Gamindustri as a sole Goddess. For a sure fit, she ordered several blue-violet-ish colored Cerberus to help her dig some tiny parts on the land, as pointed from the light lilac line above the hole. The Cerberus diggers were to coordinate with Nepgear thanks to Gehaburn relaying the adjustments for Nepgear.
Though she also helped dig some parts with her big purple claws.
"Are you aware of what you're doing right now?" Arfoire shouted near Gehaburn who was digging beside the Cerberus.
Gehaburn heard Arfoire and stopped digging for a while.
"Well, yeah! I'm helping!" Gehaburn said it was an obvious thing.
"But you were supposed to-, hmmm. Alright, continue your digging. I'll replace you as the coordinator" Arfoire said while whisking her hand.
"Cool!" Gehaburn then continued digging.
Arfoire looked down on Gehaburn and Cerberus as if they were like minions to her. She grinned at the thought of being superior and observing the inferiors below her. The Cerberus and Gehaburn didn't think of it much as they were focused on their task.
"Hohohoho! Yes, keep digging my minions!" Arfoire said sinisterly.
"Granny, you know that you're not their boss, right? Minus Burn there since, well, technically you are her boss, Chu" Warechu said while she pulled Arfoire's cloth to make her notice him.
"Hush, Rat! Let me have my time" Arfoire hushed Warechu before she proceeded to imagine again.
"Okay then, just need to remind you that Gear there was glaring intensely at you, Chu," Warechu told Arfoire.
His words had clasped Arfoire for her imagination and turned back to see Nepgear glaring at her. Arfoire remembered that Netgear had been holding the lands on top of them for a while now.
"Oh shit! Errr umm, That part is enough! Head over that other light to dig it down a bit! Arfoire ordered Gehaburn and the Cerberus gang.
They all worked together until all the lands had landed down safely and neatly to the hole, making it like they are all part of Gamindustri's lands.
Nepgear exhausted herself due to the constant usage of her MP being drained after using two big spells. She sat down on the grass near Planeptune's gate, accompanied by Warechu's green soda can in her hand.
"I wonder if this drink is healthy. I feel like I've been drinking this too much" Nepgear said.
"Don't worry about that, It's one of a kind soda. Take it from me who drinks it a lot, Chu" Warechu said as he and Arfoire got close to Nepgear.
"The fact that you are alive is reassuring enough," Nepgear replied.
Warechu giggled proudly and got himself another can from his bag to drink. Nepgear then turned to Arfoire.
"Sorry about this sudden move, Arfoire" Nepgear apologized.
"What? What the heck are you apologizing about?" Arfoire asked.
"You're not bothered with the fact that your business is on hold? That we had to move out everything cuz we're busted?" Nepgear was reminded of their problem after the heist.
"I'm not, truth to be told. Ever since you and Burn came to me, my business has had an increase in income, my daily routine isn't so boring anymore, and I even get to see the Goddesses getting owned by you" Arfoire said.
"For that last part, I didn't mean to" Nepgear cut off.
"Yeah, I get it. Anyway, you're also responsible for keeping your lads together. That's why, whatever you want to do, I'm in. Not as your boss, but as your friend" Arfoire said.
"Hmph, yeah. I'll hold you to it then" Nepgear smiled slightly.
"Hehe, I wonder how those Goddesses or their friends react when they reach my farm" Arfoire wondered, considering the whole land is empty with some big holes.
"Probably with their faces in shock and their mouths wide open. Oh, and I also bet that Ultra IF would be happy not to see Eggplants" Nepgear put in another guess.
They both laughed together while they enjoyed their time together, with their green soda can in each of their hands. Warechu stood near them while he also drank his can. He didn't interrupt the two and looked around the new dimension he was in right now.
The Sky was bright red, with no humans in sight, monsters everywhere around him being loyal to Nepgear, and even the Planeptune in front looks a bit different than the ones in Ultradimension or even Hyperdimension. Before, Warechu thought that this Nepgear was joking or exaggerating. But after seeing this world, he's a bit scared when he looked at Nepgear.
'Though, this world ain't too bad, Chu. I thought that it would be some kind of an Overlord or a villain lair-like feel, but its atmosphere is lively and cheerful, Chu. Well, the fact that it had the cost of the extinction of humans, it's both scary and cool at the same time' Warechu thought, then he sips his soda can.
Just then, while Nepgear and Arfoire talked about some things, Warechu noticed from a distance that Gehaburn was fighting with a Cerberus over some Eggplant behind him.
"Umm, Granny"
"Don't call me that! What is it?" Arfoire said to Warechu.
Warechu pointed towards where Gehaburn and Cerberus were arguing over an Eggplant. This made Arfoire ticked and walked fast toward them since the Eggplant is hers.
"Don't you dare touch my Eggplants! They are not ready for sale!" Arfoire said to Gehaburn and the Cerberus.
"RrrgggghhhRrraaawwrrrrawrr!" Another Cerberus said.
"What the fuck did he say, Burn?! I can't understand his growlings!" Arfoire demands a translation.
"He said that some of the Eggplants are already ripe, based on their smell. So they want to eat some of it" Gehaburn translated.
"That does not mean you can just take it and eat it for free!" Arfoire nagged.
"But I want one too…." Gehaburn whimpered.
"Oh come on, not you too! At least buy my eggplants!" Arfoire said.
"In here, we ain't got any currencies" Gehaburn noted.
"What?" Arfoire was shocked at hearing that, then she turned to shout at Nepgear.
"Gear! Don't you have any credits or any currencies here!"
"About that! We're still working on that part! So have fun arguing!" Nepgear shouted back for Arfoire to hear.
"I'm not having fun arguing! Hey! Give that back!" Arfoire rushed to save her eggplants from Gehaburn and the Cerberus.
Warechu and Nepgear just laughed at the sight of Gehaburn, Arfoire, and some of the Cerberus fighting over an Eggplant. After that, Nepgear thought inside that she should implement a new currency system for her world, or at least, a temporary system. But that is for another time. Nepgear needs to focus on what she should do next. She already got some CPU Memory Crystals for making new family members and what would the members be like.
There's also that timing where the Black Pegasus hordes are coming at them in the middle of the night. It bugs Nepgear how convenient it was, too convenient. Almost as if they are being watched when they were in Ultradimension.
'There's also the direction they were coming from. If my memory serves me well, the direction they were coming from didn't have any noticeable land…..Or did it?' Nepgear remembered something as she pondered her thoughts.
*Flashback initiated*
"Is that a V-shaped island?" Gehaburn said surprisingly as she pointed at the said island located on the southwest of the screen.
*Flashback ended*
Nepgear remembered what Gehaburn had pointed out yesterday when they were with Anonydeath. There were no other lands from that except for that V-shaped Island.
'Might be worth a shot. I'll send some scouting drones in that direction, and see if my guess was correct. If I'm correct, then we'll be able to catch or destroy the perpetrator and finish this sooner than I thought,' Nepgear said in her mind before she stood up and stretched herself.
Nepgear heard some steps coming from a distance. She looked back to see Kurome and Magic running toward her with relieved faces.
"My Lady! You're back so soon!" Magic caught up first and gave a short hug to Nepgear.
"Y-yeah, I'm here again. Circumstances forced me to do so" Nepgear said while she was short-hugged by Kurome.
"Does that have anything to do with all these crop fields you brought?" Kurome asked.
"Yep. Long story short, we were busted and we have no choice but to bail everything out from the Ultradimension. I mean, who's gonna take care of the plants? It'll wither itself if we leave it alone" Nepgear explained in a nutshell.
"Yeah, good point" Kurome nods with her arms on her hips.
"As expected of my Lady! Very thoughtful indeed!" Magic praised exaggeratingly.
"Alright alright, no need to be so dramatic. Oh, by the way, this is Warechu from the Ultra Dimension" Nepgear presented Warechu on her side.
"Whattup ladies, Chu. Want some green soda?" Warechu greeted while he extends his soda can to Magic and Kurome.
"Soda in the morning? Neat" Kurome accepted the offer.
"I don't mind as well, as long as it's not a Pre-Judgester" Magic accepted as well while she referred to the experimental version of Judgester drink.
"Judgester? Is that a brand here, Chu?" Warechu asked.
"Yes, it is! MY brand to be exact!"
Judge said as he landed a bit rashly near them. Warechu was a bit scared by the big black robot's presence. He looked like a guy that threatened people. But his scaredness subsided as Judge felt like an energetic dude.
"Heyya, Boss Lady! Is that Warechu? He looks different" Judge asked about Warechu.
"Wait, I'm supposed to be different here?" Warechu asked about his Sigma counterpart.
"Yeah, but more on that later. How about you two go on ahead and talk about your beverages?" Nepgear said to Judge and Warechu.
"Hop on, Rat! Imma tell you some good shit about my proud Judgester drink and you tell yours as well" Judge invited while he offered his back for Warechu.
"Alright, a beverage partnership exchange it is, Chu"
Warechu walked onto Judge's hand. Then Judge gets his hand close to his back for Warechu to hop on. The two went on their way to Judge's training field, leaving Nepgear, Kurome, and Magic.
"Don't you slack on your job just because you have some guests!" Magic shouted, to which Judge replied her with a thumbs up.
"Anyway, any progress about the Dogula research?" Nepgear asked the two.
"Errr, y-yes. Us and Trick have finished o-our research on the thing." Magic answered stutteringly and with a shaking smile.
"W-we just need Gearsy to uh, come with us f-for a bit and w-we'll tell ya," Kurome said with a similar gesture to Magic.
"Why are you guys stuttering like you guys discovered something bad and it would affect all of us" Nepgear raised her eyebrow.
"What? us? Pssh, Nah. You're imagining things, Gearsy. Right, Magsy?" Kurome said with a smile and hit Magic with her elbow, signifying her to act normally.
"Indeed, Indeed. Must've been that My Lady is tired. How about we get inside to comfort ourselves together?" Magic said as she gently put her hand on Nepgear and headed over to the Nep-Tower.
"W-wait, Burn and Arfoire are still quarreling over there" Nepgear note them as she looked back to see Gehaburn, Arfoire, and the Cerberus gang still roughhousing over an Eggplant.
"Just chillax and let them do their thing, they'll get to know later on. Besides, they seem to enjoy it" Kurome reassured,
"NO, I'M NOT! Hey! Get your dirty paws off my eggplants!" Arfoire yelled to counter Kurome, then back to the eggplant quarrel.
"Let's just go and be on our way," Magic said while she pushed Nepgear, who was standing like a log, with Kurome.
As Nepgear was being pushed by the two, she couldn't help thinking that something was going on while she was away. Since they want to bring her to the Nep-Tower without Gehaburn, she played along and let it be. At least until they feel more comfortable telling her what's going on, even if it's without the others.
When Magic and Kurome were pushing Nepgear to the Nep-Tower. Trick was hiding from one of the house buildings for Bomb type monsters. He didn't find the courage to join them as he knows that deep down, Kurome and Magic were pissed that he jinxed the outcome that Nepgear would arrive back home so soon.
"Gulp…..Hope this ends well" Trick gulped, with some Bushidama's looking at him in confusion before they went on their way to train with Judge.
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08:30, Ultradimension, the supposed location of Arfoire's farm.
Since Arfoire and Warechu are in cahoots with Rogue and Morea, U!Compa, U!IF, and Abnes were about to sneak into Arfoire's domain to investigate what they are hiding for themselves.
Or at least what's left of Arfoire's domain, which was none.
U!IF, U!Compa, and Abnes were shocked to see giant holes in what was once Arfoire's crop fields and her house. Their mouths were open wide and their eyes didn't blink for a bit, considering that they didn't expect to see this big of a hole.
Ultra Compa and Ultra IF wears the same clothes as their counterpart from Hyper and Sigma Dimension
Ultra Compa, with her creamy pink color eyes and hair that is somewhat long and curls along the edges worn with a black headband with a C patched on the side. Tan-white wool-styled tank top with a big neck and unattached sleeves and matching styled boots, but with small ribbons/fuzzy balls at the top. A red plaid skirt, a black choker with a small heart on it, black-brown knee socks with light pink heart cut frills, and a black hip purse and heart-shaped button with a C logo.
For Abnes, she has long sandy-brown hair, teal eyes, and a bright pink bow on top of her head with a skull in the center, red lining, and white frills on end. She wears a matching bright pink lolita-style dress accompanied by numerous white frills in layers and a red bow in the center with yet another skull. On her legs are light pink stockings with bright pink ankle-high boots with red ribbons in the center.
As for Ultra IF, her hair has a pale brown hue and a length that reaches down near her waist and she has sharp, green eyes. She wears her usual loose, large, blue coat with silver buttons and trimming that is worn open and looks like it's many sizes too large for her to wear. From the shoulder to the elbow level of the sleeves is an orange lightning bolt with white trimming. On each side of the bottom of the sleeves are buttoned-on black cuffs with silver trimming and her coat has two pockets on each side of the waist.
The lower end of her coat has a brown fur lining. A loose belt strap that holds nine cell phone holders is attached to the waistline of her coat. In order from the left side of the coat to the right are the colors of the cell phone holders: blue, light blue, green, black, magenta, white, lime green, orange, and light pink. Beneath the open coat, she wears a tank top and a pair of shorts that are black with silver trimming. She wears a black belt with silver trimming and is adorned with a black and silver, diamond-shaped buckle with her name engraved on it, stylized as "IF". She wears medium-length black socks and blue boots with silver trimming that matches her coat.
"Wasn't this supposed to be a freaking eggplant farm here? Why is it so empty! Are you sure this is the right place?!" Abnes yelled at U!Compa.
"Y-yes, t-this is where Arfoire's farm is located" U!Compa said with a bit of a stutter, she was still a bit shocked at what they've seen with Abnes yelling at her.
"Well, it's not anymore! Go call that little book fairy and tell her where Arfoire and Warechu are. Imma beat that Rat for running off from his job and made Rei worry for him!" Abnes told Compa.
"C-calm down, let me call Histy a bit. IF, can you hand me your flip phone?" U!Compa extends her hand to U!IF who was still shocked.
Ultra IF gave one of her cellphones to Ultra Compa. Ultra Compa then dialed Ultra Histoire's number. When she waited for Ultra Histy to pick up. Ultra IF suddenly hopped around with a relieved and happy face.
"HAHHAHAHAHA, NO MORE EGGPLANTS! YEAAAHHHHH!" U!IF shout out loud.
"She's that traumatized huh?" Abnes asked Ultra Compa, to which Ultra Compa nodded at her.
Then, Ultra Histoire had finally picked up her call.
"Hello, this is Histoire speaking (°•°?)" U!Histoire said through the phone.
"Y-yeah, Histy, about Arfoire's farm….There's nothing here except big holes in the place. I guess they have moved everything from here" U!Compa reported.
"Really?! How is it possible to carry all that land in such a short time? (•∆•?!)" U!Histoire asked in disbelief.
"I don't really know either, Histy. We just arrived here and the only thing we see is this" U!Compa moved the Cellphone's camera to the hole on the land that she meant for U!Histoire to see.
"Wow….In such a large scale…/(°o°)\" U!Histoire commented.
Abnes forcingly took the cell phone from Ultra Compa and began to speak to Ultra Histoire.
"Do you have any leads for where they might be? They couldn't have gone far!" Abnes said, U!Compa takes the phone back from her and calms Abnes down.
"Sorry about that, Histy. But what should we do now?" U!Compa asked.
"For now, search the area for a bit and come back here. We can't afford to lower our guards right now (°•°)\" U!Histoire said.
"Okay Histy, take care" U!Compa said before hanging up.
U!Compa and Abnes began to scourge around the area, whilst snapping U!IF out of her excitement cause there were no more Arfoire's Eggplants. Alas, they did not find anything that can help them to find Arfoire and her compliance Rouge. This was due to Nepgear having already erased any leftover magic trace and double-checking around the area to make sure the Goddesses are not able to track them down to her Sigma Dimension.
U!IF then teleports U!Compa, Abnes, and herself back to Planeptune. Abnes went back to Eden to tell how the investigation went. U!Compa tends to people who are injured due to random encounters with the Weird Monsters. And U!IF added Warechu and Arfoire to the bounty list with Rogue and Morea.
Meanwhile the Four Ultradimension Goddesses, all worked hard to maintain the people's anxiety while also defending them from the weird monsters' attack with the help of the others.
In Anonydeath's Lab, Anonydeath was minding his own business. Figuring out how to access the Share Gate for the Goddesses and the others to use. Unbeknownst to everyone because they are too preoccupied with the weird monsters, except Anonydeath, the Share Gate cannot transport them to the Hyper Dimension. He knows of this because the 18+ flashdisk that Nepgear gave him yesterday had some data regarding the Share Gate.
It was too unusual like someone had locked the two dimensions from interacting with each other. So when everyone was busy dealing with the monsters, Anonydeath decided to deal with the Gate problem with the help of the 18+ flashdisk.
"Whoever you are, I'm gonna track you down…." Anonydeath said to no one but he referred to the one who blocked access to the Share Gate.
"...While I also praise Noire's beautiful breasts and buttocks~~," Anonydeath said pervertedly as he looked a bit on one of his monitors that showed a naked Noire doing poses.
To Be Continued
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Sigma Nepgear, clearing evidence like there's no tomorrow by carrying the whole land once she's busted.
Plus, remember that three-day gap after Nepgear's first visit to Planeptune in Chapter 10? She had also gone to the Share Gate and analyzed it. But since she didn't have the time to figure out how to undo the blockage.
She decides to save it in her flashdisk. And Nepgear finally left it to someone smart in the Ultradimension to figure it out.