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Chapter 20
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15:00, Ultra dimension, up in its blue sky.
A purple portal opened above the sky, approximately around the Mesosphere. From the portal, Gehaburn's purple head came out to check around and below her. After checking, she nods in confidence that this distance is the right one.
"Gear! We're in the right spot! Are we dropping now?" Gehaburn asked while her head was still outside of the portal.
"Yeah, we'll follow ahead!" Nepgear shouted from the portal.
"Alright then, YAHOOOOOOO!"
Gehaburn shouted happily as she freefall out from the purple portal. She was wearing her usual all-purple outfit with a split scarf.
Then, Nepgear and Kurome jumped out of the purple portal to freefall together with Gehaburn. Once the three were outside, the purple portal automatically closes.
Since Nepgear and Gehaburn had a similar experience with this, they have prepared themselves both mentally and physically to fall from Ultradimension's Mesosphere. The same could be said for Kurome, except for her mentality.
"AAHHHHHHHHHHH, THIS IS CRAZZZYYY!" Kurome, in her black-with-blue-decors clothes and her shoulder veil, pleaded for her life after she fell down with them.
Nepgear, in her usual inner black school uniform and outer black hooded-Neptune parka coat, sighed and flicked her fingers onto Kurome's head as they kept falling.
"OWWIEE!" Kurome said in pain, even though it is a tiny pain.
"DON'T WORRY ABOUT YOUR LIFE, KUROME. THIS IS PART OF THE PLAN! BESIDES, WE HAD PREPARED OUR CLOTHES TO RESIST THE FALL BEFOREHAND!" Nepgear said out loud, referring to their clothes being retrofitted to withstand the meteoric-like fall. Though the design stayed the same as ever.
"SAYS THE ONE WHO HAD FELT LIKE THIS BEFORE! THIS IS MY FIRST TIME LOOKING DOWN THIS FAR AND I'M FREAKING OUT!" Kurome complained, given that the distance between the ground and their fall were quite long.
"JUST STAY CLOSE TO ME AND YOU WON'T DIE JUST FROM THIS!" Nepgear told Kurome while she opened her arms to her.
Kurome slowly moved her right hand onto Nepgear's left hand to grab it. When they hold on to each other, Kurome's fear began to disappear and was replaced with a giggle.
"HEHE, IT'S LIKE WE'RE A COUPLE," Kurome said with a smile.
"...AND OFF WITH YOUR HAND," Nepgear said with a straight face.
"NO NO NO I WAS JUST KIDDING GEARSY! SHEESH," Kurome felt bumped.
A few seconds later, Gehaburn turned her gaze to Nepgear and Kurome holding hands together. Gehaburn sees this and immediately thought of one of those movies or fall stunts she saw in some videos before. Feeling a bit jealous that they hold hands like that, she slowed her fall a bit and positioned herself to Nepgear's right.
"HOW COME YOU TWO HOLD YOUR HANDS LIKE THAT?! I WANNA HOLD HANDS WITH Y'ALL AS WELL!" Gehaburn complained.
"CAN'T BE HELPED, BURN. IT'S HER FIRST TIME DOING THIS! HERE, GRAB MY OTHER HAND AS WELL IF YOU WANT IT SO BADLY" Nepgear handed out her right hand to Gehaburn.
"YAY, THIRD WHEEL!" Gehaburn said as she happily grabbed Nepgear's hand.
"IT'S NOT LIKE THAT, BUT OH WELL. AT LEAST WE WON'T GET SEPARATED AS WE FALL" Nepgear shrugged it off.
The three continue to fall quite a bit as they hold their hands together until they reach the required distance. Suddenly, Kurome's purple Nepwatch began to vibrate and played its ringtone, signifying that they had reached the distance they needed.
"GEARSY, WE'VE ARRIVED!" Kurome told Nepgear.
"GOOD, NOW HIT IT UP, KUROME!" Nepgear ordered Kurome to do what Kurome needs to do.
Kurome nodded and summoned two of her identical black-blue Megaphone. Then, Kurome flipped one of the Megaphone's grips and made it straight like a sword. Kurome connects the sword-grip Megaphone to the cone part inside the Gun-grip Megaphone. The combined Megaphones turned into a sniper-focused Megaphone. Kurome holds her sniper Megaphone and begins to shout through it.
"ONE-SHOT DREAM ROAR!" Kurome roared through the sniper Megaphone, releasing a straight and concentrated dark-blue sound energy below her.
The energy roar rushes down and it eventually hits a transparent force field. The field was struggling to block it off but it could not stop the concentrated roar. In the end, the roar penetrates its way through the force field and makes a cracking hole which ultimately breaks down the force field altogether.
Once the force field was gone, the Black Nep-Tower on the V-island was visible to Nepgear and the others. Due to the force field being gone, the dark red miasma smell reached their noses.
"TCH, FOUL STENCH. EVERYONE, BRACE YOURSELVES!" Nepgear told Gehaburn and Kurome to get ready to land on the smelly V-island.
The three let go of their hand-holding and cushioned their landing. Nepgear and Kurome landed beside each other, but Gehaburn landed in front of the two.
"Alright! Let's do this shit!" Kurome said as she turned her Megaphones back to normal.
Nepgear nodded and looked at the black tower. It was exactly as Kurome told her, identical to their Nep-tower, with the only differences being the color and the miasma around it.
"So that's where another me resides….."
Nepgear heard Gehaburn's mumbling in front of her. From the voice alone, she can tell that Gehaburn was anxious and reluctant to confront what is inside the black tower, particularly because there's a different Gehaburn in the tower.
Nepgear walked forward and pats one of Gehaburn's shoulders.
"Do you want to back down and switch places with the others outside?" Nepgear asked with a serious look.
"W-what? No. I want to see it for myself, even if I am scared. I have already made up my mind about this, so I won't let you down, Gear" Gehaburn stated, with a determined look and her purple hands clenched hard.
"That's my Burn. And it seems we're about to have a warm welcome" Nepgear said as she looked forward to the Black Neptower.
From the tower, dozens and different kinds of experimented Black Hazard monsters with red eyes came out. Their bloodlust was so high that they immediately rushed toward where Nepgear, Gehaburn, and Kurome stood. Nepgear put out her Allron GunBlade and began to explain her plan in confronting the incoming monster wave.
"You two, go each side around them and-"
"Blast'em to nothing! HYPER DREAM ROAR!" Kurome shouted through two of her Megaphone.
"CURSED FINGER!" Gehaburn put both of her purple claws out in front of her and released two giant straight purple beams right at the Hazard monsters.
The Dream Roar and Gehaburn's blast contact their energy together and it resulted in a big round purple and blue explosion in front of their view. It wiped out half of the Hazard horde, leaving the other half alive and being more cautious on Nepgear, Gehaburn, and Kurome.
"Do the two of you not clean your ears beforehand?" Nepgear got a little bit pissed and repeatedly tapped the ground with one of her feet.
"Ahahaha, our bad" Kurome laughed nervously and apologized.
"No matter, let's just break the rest of the horde head-on!" Nepgear before she quickly dashed towards the Black Hazard remnants who are close to the Black-NepTower.
"Let's do this!" Gehaburn said before she followed Nepgear's frontal assault, with Kurome joining the two as well.
Nepgear unleashed her attacks first at the remaining Hazard monsters. She used her AllRon Gunblade to shoot a straight beam first to the left. Then she changed the Gunblade's trajectory to the right end, making a fan-shaped clearance that can be seen from above. Nepgear proceeded to change her Gunblade's usage to close range and jumped into the middle of the horde and slashed at those coming at her, making her the center of attention.
Kurome and Gehaburn joined Nepgear in the middle of the horde as well. Kurome did some close-range Megaphone bash and dream Drills. Kurome also took care of the flying-type Hazards in the sky with her Dream Roar to provide air cover for Nepgear. Gehaburn used her giant purple claws and rushed inside the horde to lacerate them piece by piece. Gehaburn did her assault in succession while she maintained her distance with Nepgear and Kurome to ensure that the two were covered. And when there's a blind spot, Gehaburn will immediately cover it up and continue to massacre the Hazard horde inside.
Together, they help and cover each other against the Hazard horde until they're gone. Their synergy is showing great results, with the Horde starting to diminish and getting confused even more by Nepgear's formation of an attack.
Meanwhile, someone is observing them while eating some popcorn in a dark room and a giant screen displays Nepgear, Kurome, and Gehaburn's onslaught.
"Hehehehe, as I thought, very amusing indeed. I'll be waiting for all of you, especially you, another me" A voice similar to Gehaburn spoke with a nasty laugh while it enjoyed its food.
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16:00, Inside the Black Nep-Tower.
Nepgear, Kurome, and Gehaburn had cleared all the Hazards outside. Because there was nothing left in their way, and Kurome had extracted their CMEs, They proceeded cautiously into the Black Tower. Nepgear thought the inside would've been the same as her Sigma Dimension's Nep-Tower. But that thought was short-lived.
"I should've not guessed it sooner" Nepgear was dumbfounded by her guess and what was in front of her.
In front of their view, there were only crystal grey floors. blank black wall and ceiling, and three red doors that have a similar design to Planpetune's. The room they are in wasn't as spacious as their own Nep-tower.
"Well someone hates interior design. It's so bland here" Gehaburn commented.
"Since when do you judge interiors?" Kurome asked.
"Look at my clothes, Kurome. This is even more amazing to look at than this room!" Gehaburn said while she brags about her clothes and flicked her split scarf and flex her long-sleeved tunic.
"Nice design, shame it's all purple. So lack of color diversity" Kurome said with a smug look.
"Grrr" Gehaburn pouted.
While Gehaburn and Kurome bicker about the room. Nepgear was thinking deeply about what to do next, with one of her arms placed on her chin.
'Hmm, the situation around us is too odd. No more Hazard coming at us. The room is too empty, and I'm feeling some kind of dread on these doors. Perhaps the other Gehaburn is planning to divide us and take us one by one? Though I have that covered, at the same time, one or two of these doors could be important. Perhaps…." Nepgear thought a little bit more and turned back to Gehaburn and Kurome.
"You guys wanna go in together one by one or we split up?" Nepgear asked instead the two instead of deciding on her own.
"...I'll say divide, we would cover more grounds if we do that. Plus, if this is where those Hazards originated, there's a chance that either a lab or a basement stash is here. And where there's either, there's stuff that we can use for our gain" Kurome answered thoroughly.
"How about we just wreck it all up?" Gehaburn said as she raised her hands.
"I knew you would say that, But we can't risk doing that move. There could be some secrets that are too fragile here, OR that it would trigger some kind of a self-destruct and kill all of us here" Nepgear said.
"Yeah never mind" Gehaburn backs down her suggestion.
"So it's decided then. Each of us will go inside each door and investigate its contents. If there's something valuable, take it. If there's Hazard's in your way, beat'em up" Nepgear told the two.
"...What about if one of us found 'Me'?" Gehaburn about what to do if they found another her.
"Don't engage against it alone, I mean it. When any of us found one, ping us immediately through our Nep-Watch and wait for us to come by. If the other Gehaburn begins to attack but we are not together, go on the defensive until we are together. Got it" Nepgear asked for confirmation
"Yes, Ma'am!"
"Yes, Ma'am!" Gehaburn and Kurome said without hesitation.
"You two don't have to call me Ma'am….I'm not even that old…." Nepgear mumbled.
"Hahaha, our bad. Anyway, I'll take the right door. I have a hunch that this is the lab. Peace out!" Kurome puts up a V sign before she enters the right red door.
"Then, I'll take the middle, Gear. I'll ring you and Kurome if I find another me" Gehaburn said before she was about to enter the middle red door.
But she was soon stopped by Nepgear when she grabs Gehaburn's shoulder.
"Remember, Burn. You are you. Don't get too caught up with the 'other' Burn's words. Never forget that you've me and our family" Nepgear said with a firm look.
But Gehaburn knows that deep under that look, lies a Nepgear that worries too much for her. Nepgear kept it hidden to make her look strong.
Gehaburn snorts and pats Nepgear's head while giving her a reassuring smile.
"Don't you worry, Gear. I'll remember that. Besides, I have noted down specific words on my arm here!" Gehaburn said as she opened a part of her right Arm sleeve tunic.
On her purple skin, there are a few words that Gehaburn had noted down with Nepgear's black marker. Those words are 'You, Gehaburn, Family' on her arm.
Looking at this, Nepgear tried to hold her laugh because of Gehaburn's childish writings.
"Pfft"
"H-hey, what are you laughing at?!" Gehaburn felt a bit annoyed.
"Nothing, not an important matter. Now go on forward, Burn. And be wary of your surroundings" Nepgear said.
"Right-o, Gear!" Gehaburn then walked towards the red Neptunia middle door and went inside.
Nepgear looked on from her spot as Gehaburn's view started to disappear as she went forward. Seeing Gehaburn moving ahead without a hint of hesitation and looking back, Nepgear was proud of her. It also reminded Nepgear that she can't just stand idly by.
"The left door…Hope I'll meet you, 'Other Burn'. But if I don't, I'm sure either Burn and Kurome can handle you for a while"
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16:15, Inside the red right door of the Black Neptower.
Kurome was inside a dark room with no available light source whatsoever. The red door behind her had already closed itself automatically. It was impossible to open it again and exit the room. Kurome sighed at where she was and walked aimlessly as she searched for any light switch.
"Fuck, should've prepared some night vision…..Okay, maybe if I keep walking forward with my hand on the walls, there should be some trigger to lighten up the room a bit. Then again, why would someone leave a room this dark? I can't see shit!" Kurome said as she was pissed off a bit.
A few seconds go by, and Kurome's hand had found something not flat on the wall. Kurome focused on fondling the thing that he had found to make sure it was not something odd or a switch that resembled a trap button.
"Alright, I can tell that this is just a normal light switch. Finally, I can no longer be friends with the darkness!" Kurome was relieved that she didn't have to go through the darkness anymore.
When Kurome flipped the switch in the opposite direction, the room was lit up by several light beams on top of the wall. Kurome's orange eyes felt blessed when the light has been restored.
"Ahhh~, the light….I'll just have to let my eye adjust itself and-, why's there a lot of heavy breaths here?" Kurome noticed that a lot of heavy breaths were getting closer to her.
Kurome turned her gaze to her left side. On that side, a bunch of colorful and various hazard monsters were looking at Kurome with immense bloodlust and the desire to dine on their prey, and that prey was Kurome herself.
"Shit, there are a lot of you guys in here huh," Kurome said while looking left and right, and on the right wall, there was a notice beside the light switch.
The notice reads "You are now 'in the Level 2 of the experimented monsters' nest, please turn off the lights if you don't want to get noticed by them"
"Crud, I feel like I picked the short end of the stick," Kurome said while feeling annoyed at the notice.
At a sudden moment, one of the black Hazard Dinosauroid lunges forward at Kurome. But it was thwarted by a furious knuckle from Kurome.
The Hazard Dinosauroid's body had knocked down some of the Hazard's, making some distance between Kurome. Meanwhile, Kurome cracked her knuckles and menacingly glared at the Hazard monsters.
"I can't turn back now, so I might as well rough you all up! COME AT ME!"
Kurome summons her dual Black-blue Megaphone and rushes toward the Hazard horde and confronts them head-on.
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16:30, Inside the left room of the Black-Neptower
Nepgear was inside a room that she is familiar with. Not because the room is a replica of some rooms in her Nep-Tower, but because Nepgear had a lot of experience with the contents in the room.
There were Planeptune-design sample tables that were a bit messy and not aligned neatly. The room itself smelled horrid. Many shapes of flasks lay around on the tables and the black floor, some of them had been cracked and their leftover liquids were still visible on the floor. A few giant containers are filled with black Hazard monsters that were sleeping while being surrounded by blue liquid that filled the whole container. Some Experiment result Papers are scattered as well, and there's a remnant of popcorn for some reason.
"What a stroke of coincidence! An Experimentation Lab" Nepgear said with her lilac lit up for a moment, then went back to a serious look.
Nepgear then looked at one of the papers on top of a table. When she read what was on the paper, Nepgear's eyes widened and her pupils shrunk.
"The method of creating the Hazard monsters….Involving Alchemy to combine the needed Hazard Injection, the Technology to compensate the process, ….and Extreme torture and surgery for full obedience and combined capabilities" Nepgear said while looking down at the paper and her right arm on her head.
What Nepgear read is an introductory part of the method in the creation of the Hazard monsters. Before, Nepgear only knew what the components of the Hazards had inside and didn't know how they were exactly made. But after only reading one paper, Nepgear was hesitant in reading more of its contents, Especially the surgery and the torture part.
It says on the paper, that to make the Hazards to be obedient, one must torture its very soul to the point of despair and nothingness. Although the surgery part details were not on the introduction paper, Nepgear can guess enough from what she had read, only a specific surgery that is extreme and fits the monsters she had faced.
The surgery is like how a mad scientist created a Frankenstein, Made from many dead or cut-out parts.
"These monsters…..have gone through a horrible experience, haven't they? No, horrible would be an understatement" Nepgear said as she turned to her back to see one of the containers that kept the black Hazard's up close.
"You all…didn't go down in honor by adventurers and such. Instead, you all had to suffer excruciating mental and physical pain" Nepgear pitied the black Hazard monster who looked empty on the surface.
No emotions and no free will.
"I'm sorry that you all have to go through this agony, the least I could do for all of you is…"
Nepgear tilted her head down a bit and summoned her NP Katana, which is similar to Neptune's Katana, to execute a round slash, breaking all of the active containers and giving the monsters inside a painless death at the same time.
Many glass-break sounds filled the room, with its blue liquid splashed down to the floor and the black Hazard monsters dropped one by one. When one Hazard monster was falling near Nepgear, she unsummoned her NP Katana, crouched and caught it before it fell flat to the ground. Since it was clear to see the monster now, Nepgear can recognize its type, which was a Dogoo with black hazard skin and red eyes.
The Black Dogoo opened its eyes and looked at Nepgear.
"G-goddess? Did you free…us?" The Black Dogoo asked as its body began to disappear bit by bit, along with the other Black Hazards beginning to disappear as well.
Nepgear was surprised that it began to disappear, despite knowing that she was in a place where Gehaburn residual molecule energy was strong.
What's even more surprising is that this Hazard Dogoo can talk. But Nepgear let go of the thought for now and focused on the Black Dogoo in her arms.
"Yes, in a few seconds, all of you here will return to the cycle of life," Nepgear answered with a sad tone.
"Thank goodness that we are going to die before turning into 'those'. I can now be with the rest of my brethren," Black Dogoo said in thankfulness to Nepgear and began to drop tears from its red eyes.
"I'm sorry that all of you had to go through this" Nepgear apologized.
"A goddess apologizing to us monsters? Not bad, even better that they can understand our language. It would've been better if we were defeated by the Goddesses and Adventurers like usual, but…beggars can't be choosers" The Black Dogoo jokingly said.
Nepgear chuckled a bit and then noticed that the Black Doggo In her arms began to disappear, as seen from its data bits flowing out even more.
"Please, Goddess…. End all of this and….. avenge my brethren. They can't… find…..peace" The Black Dogoo said in its attempt to utter parting words.
"...I will," Nepgear said and nod with a firm look.
"Thank…you….."
The Black Dogoo in Nepgear's arms smiled before it was gone from the world, leaving Nepgear's arm empty.
Then, Nepgear looked closely at the container description near her. "Incomplete Container 1" was labeled, which roughly answers why the Hazard monsters disappear.
These containers are for those who haven't gone through all the Hazard Creation Procedures and haven't been fully injected with CME.
Nepgear stood up and collected all of the papers scattered in the room. Once she was done and had found a hidden black door, Nepgear clenched her fists at the door in front of her, thinking that it was where the other Gehaburn resides based on her hunch and instincts.
"You dare toy with these monsters' natural cycle? I won't let you have your way" Nepgear stated with angry red eyes.
Nepgear went in the Black door and ran through the black-colored Nep hallway. While doing so, Her Nepwatch rang a loud ping. Nepgear knew what the ping meant and looked at the Nep-watch's radar while hastening her running towards its direction and location.
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16:45, Inside the middle Red door of the Black Neptower.
Gehaburn, after entering the middle red door, did not continue to walk forward in the black-colored room that is similar to Planeptune's basilicom interior. This was not because she didn't know where to go next, it was because Gehaburn was looking intensely at a certain someone in front of her.
From a distance, a bright red Gehaburn was sitting like a lazy person on a throne's black-metallic seat that looked glamorous. Its clothes were the same as Gehaburn's clothes.
Its tight long sleeve tunic and tight pants embroidered with knee-high boots were all identical to Gehaburn. Even the split hooded cape is the same as her, the only difference between Gehaburn and the Gehaburn sitting on the throne is their color, Gehaburn being purple and the other bright red.
"Haha! You're finally here Burn, my 'sister'" The bright red Gehaburn said with slight evil laughter and open arms.
There were two more differences that Gehaburn noticed in the bright red Gehaburn.
Her voice was filled with malice and her face, despite the same as Gehaburn, hides a sinister sense beneath her welcoming facade.
"Your 'sister'? Cut your bullshit! Who are you to call me your sister?! We're not even the same!" Gehaburn frowned and denied the other her.
"Awww, why so in denial? You've come all the way from your dimension just to meet me, right?" The bright red Gehaburn said.
"Aha! By the way, the name's Evolry. Made the name myself. Combined from the word Gremory, another word for Gehaburn, and Evolution. Get it? Evol and the Ry part? Course you do, you're me" proclaimed Evolry after she hopped off her seat.
"Like I said…." Gehaburn pinged her Nepwatch and projected her big purple claws.
"I'm NOT you!"
Gehaburn, getting angrier at Evolry, immediately launched herself to strike Evolry.
Seeing Gehaburn acting like this just made Evolry grin even more. In retaliation, Evolry put her left hand behind while her right hand summoned an energy sword to block Gehaburn's claws with ease. Two cursed swords' energy clashed, making the throne room shake intensely.
"Tch! Strong!... Wait…is that?" Gehaburn, when clashing with Evolry, noticed that the energy swords looked familiar, particularly with the X hilt and sword shape that of the cursed sword.
"Hm? Fancy on this sword? Don't be, it's just a projection of our cursed sword shape, not the real thing. The original one is in my owner's hands" Evolry said before pushing off Gehaburn with her sword.
"Your owner? Who is it?!" Gehaburn asked.
"Whoops, slip out of my tongue a bit. Sorry, sis, sensitive content is prohibited~. More importantly…."
Evolry dashed towards Gehaburn with her energy sword ready to go on the offensive. Gehaburn was shocked that Evolry was fast. She wanted to make a distance between her but Evolry was too fast for her. Gehaburn got no other choice but to defend herself by putting two of her big purple claws in front of her, making a defensive stance.
Gehaburn successfully blocked Evolry's attack, but due to Evolry's strong power, Gehaburn was struggling to keep up her defense.
"Heck yeah, now this is fun! Ain't it, sis?" Evolry said with enthusiasm.
"No, it's not! And stop calling me that!" Gehaburn rejected before she kicked Evolry.
Evolry quickly used her energy sword to block the kick, but it made her back off from Gehaburn.
Gehaburn sees this chance and began to attack Evolry again. When Gehaburn is getting close, she repeatedly attacked Evolry with rapid claw attacks in front and some open, blind spots.
But Evolry was able to block Gehaburn's rapid attacks with ease, even when her blind was open, Evolry dodge the attack with a grin on her face.
"I still can't figure out why you are so mad at me. Perhaps you haven't got your Snepkers? Are you late for a meeting? Did I mess up your date with your dear Gear? Or…" Evolry inhales a bit of breath before continuing while fending off Gehaburn's attack.
"Is it because you're reminded of your past self when you see me, which you hate so much?" Evolry remarked with a grin.
"...What?"
Gehaburn began to waver with her attacks, which opened up a chance for Evolry to grab Gehaburn's hand using her left hand and throw Gehaburn away from her.
"Eyyy, bingo! I don't need a 'yes or no,' answer. Your reaction had already spelled out the answer for me!" Evolry said while stabbing the black floor with her energy sword, then she leaned her right elbow on the sword's bottom grip.
"N-no, I…" Gehaburn was hesitant to say some words.
"Hush hush, let me speak. I was wondering why you were helping people by killing my minions on the Ultradimension when I observed you and your Nepgear. I'm guessing that you had reformed yourself from our role as a cursed sword" Evolry guessed.
"You're wrong! I only beat your Hazard minions just so I could protect my home!" Gehaburn countered.
"Hazard minions? Huh, why didn't I think of that cool name? Anyway, regardless of your intentions, you did a good deed for Ultradimension's people, which is the backside of our existence's purpose" Evolry shrugged off the Hazard part and pointed her finger at Gehaburn.
"My existence purpose…..?" Gehaburn mumbled.
"Giving and spreading despair, hate, and destruction to everyone around us, that's our purpose, sis! Isn't that how you gained your human form? Absorb a LOT of energy through killing!" Evolry said while slowly raising her voice's tone.
"..." Gehaburn was speechless.
"And now, you're helping people from my Hazards after doing your original purpose…Hehe, when I think about it, what you did was so hypocritical and funny at the same time. You killed A lot of people and made your Dimension your home sweet home with your hypocrite fallen Goddess. Haha…..HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Evolry laughed at Gehaburn for a while.
Gehaburn could not reject what Evolry had said, because it was true. She and Nepgear had slaughtered a lot of humans and just made their Dimension their home like it was nothing.
"Haha, sorry about that. But I already know what happened in your Dimension, thanks to my little intervention with the Hazard Doggo and Spider's horde by using a liiiitle bit of my power. Though it was fun to tease your anger a bit before, I can't deny that" Evolry said after laughing out loud while referring to the Dogula Incident.
"So that giant Dogula was because of you?" Gehaburn said.
"Yeah, I was so curious about your world's history so I had to access some of the dimension's history by flowing my powers through one Hazard dogoo and straight to the world's natural memories. The result was fun and surprising as well, and I even get to see your lackeys can beat that Dogoo that was imbued with my powers. But that's already behind the past, just think of it as a present from me" Evolry said while she stretched her body.
"You think that we want your present?!" Gehaburn exclaimed.
"Who doesn't want a freebie present? Besides, I got something for you as well" Evolry added.
"Wha-, Ugh!"
Evolry had already gotten herself close to Gehaburn and punched her right in her gut. Gehaburn's guard was down after talking with Evolry, so she didn't react fast enough. Evolry grabbed Gehaburn's purple hair and looked at her closely.
"...You're born to create hate, despair, and to kill, just like me. Not to protect others or even befriend your fallen Goddess," Evolry said with a cold look and tone.
"Therefore… stop denying it and Accept your fate!"
Evolry lets go of Gehaburn's hair and do a turning sidekick with her right leg, hitting hard on Gehaburn's left body to the point of launching her to the left wall.
"AUGH!"
When Gehaburn's body crashed on the wall, she let out a cough of blood and stumbled down on the floor. She tried to get up, but couldn't because she was still wavering over Evolry's words and the shock damage she sustained.
Evolry looked disappointed when she gaze at Gehaburn. She let out a sigh and put her hand out in Gehaburn's direction to unleash a giant bright red beam, though she took time to charge it.
"What a disappointment you are, sis," Evolry cold said while charging.
Evolry was about to finish her charging, but she was soon interrupted by an incoming Sound roar and a machine gun's bullets. Evolry steps back and dodges the projectiles, then she returned to her throne seat while calling her energy sword which was stuck on the floor before.
"Heh, took you long enough," Evolry said.
Gehaburn looked above her to see Nepgear standing tall against Evolry while holding two UB machine guns. Meanwhile, Gehaburn looked to her side to see Kurome was crouching near her and was currently healing her damage.
"Burnsy, you okay?!" Kurome asked.
"Do I look like I'm okay? I feel like shit…" Gehaburn said while feeling down.
"No wonder you look so devastated…..Take a break, we'll handle her" Nepgear said with a smile to Gehaburn, then glare at Evolry while she calls for her AllRon Gunblade.
Gehaburn, seeing Nepgear determined in front of her, makes her feel bad for being a burden. Then she remembered something that Nepgear and Brave had told her before.
"Remember, Burn. You are you. Don't get too caught up with the 'other' Burn's words. Never forget that you've me and our family"
"What defines who you are is yourself, not others"
Gehaburn's eyes were wide after being reminded of Nepgear's words. Feeling that she got no time to idle like someone weak, Gehaburn slowly lightened up her will to fight and stood up on her feet. Kurome was surprised that Gehaburn stood up again.
"Burnsy….heh" Kurome smirked and stood by Gehaburn's side.
Gehaburn walked bit by bit and stood side by side with Nepgear. Gehaburn inhaled and exhaled her breath before she spoke some words to Evolry who was still near the throne seat.
"Evolry…. Even though we look the same, even though we have the same powers, you and I are different" Gehaburn firmly said.
"Hooo?" Evolry raised her eyebrows.
"If you are bent on continuing your original purpose with your powers, then I'll use mine to defy it till the end, even if it's futile. That's my existence that I believe in!" Gehaburn said while putting up her fist together.
"Hehe…Hahahahahahaha! Well said! You actually got some spunk! Very well, I'll take up that challenge against you three!" Evolry said with a grin as her Energy sword was filled with power.
"Oh but before that…"
Evolry pressed some buttons on the throne's hand seat and then some HUD screens pop up around the room. The screens showed a lot of hordes marching toward five locations from various points of view. Planeptune, Lastation, Lowee, Leanbox, and even Eden are going to have a war with the Hazard hordes.
"So you were waiting for us to get here just so you can unleash that amount of Hazards to occupy the nations?" Nepgear guessed just from Evolry's actions.
"Massive Bingo! As expected of a mech geek of Planeptune! In a matter of seconds, those hordes will obliterate the nations and it will become a new base to create more of them Hazards for my boss! All I need now is to beat the three of you and be on my way" Evolry explained while pointing her energy sword at Nepgear, Gehaburn, and Kurome.
Evolry expected them to react surprised and grew worried for the ultra dimension nations. But the three did not meet her expectations.
"Eh? Why are you guys acting like it's nothing? Isn't this where you are supposed to say 'Damn you!' Or something?" Evolry asked with one eyebrow lifted.
"That's because there's nothing to worry about, bub! Bleh!" Kurome said with a bleh face.
Evolry checked her screens again to see the hordes still on the borders of each nation. This was because something other than the Ultra CPUs and adventurers had intervened on the hordes of March.
In Planeptune, Magic and Warechu were fending off the hordes with Iris Heart, Ultra IF, and Ultra Compa. In Lowee, Ultra White Heart can be seen with Copypaste, Trick, and CP8. In Eden, there's Arfoire and Rei Ryghts fighting side by side, with Abnes on the sidelines. In Leanbox, Nynamyrin and Lei Wyllivena were together with Ultra Green Heart, Yellow Heart, and Ultra Falcom. And finally Lastation, with Brave, Judge, Ultra Black Heart, and Mr. Badd cooperating together.
When Evolry looks at the efforts of the Hordes are dwindling because of the additional cover, she first chuckles a little, which then turns into laughter, and in the end, into a sigh.
"Hehehe…..Hehehehehehehehe!...Sigh. You've anticipated this, huh? You're better than I thought. Dang, my boss will nag at me because of this…" Evolry sighed and crouched in dissatisfaction.
"You don't need to hear your boss nag, because you will be defeated right here and now!"
After Nepgear utters some of her words, a bright lilac light had covered her entire body. Inside the light, Nepgear focused on the Deity of Sin's power, Histoire's book, and her CPU powers all together as she motioned her hand into a striking pose.
Kurome also enveloped herself with indigo-colored pillar light, then she put out her right hand close to her face before she was about to transform herself into her CPU form.
"HENSHIN!"
"HENSHIN!"
Nepgear finished her pose and floated in mid-air as if she was like a Goddess that had descended, while Kurome made a hand slash to her right.
When the Lilac and Indigo light pillars were gone, Nepgear and Kurome were already in their CPU forms. Lilac Heart and Indigo Heart.
Indigo Heart's suit was the same as before, but this time, she was holding two Black-blue Megaphones.
For Lilac Heart's suit, it also stayed the same as usual but with a slight difference. Her hair becomes longer and colored pink with a little hint of dark, two white blue hair clips to replace her two black blue D-pad hair clips, a white skin-tight bodysuit with light purple designs and light purple N's on the backhand part of her gloves along with matching thigh high boots.
For her eyes, her left eye was dodger blue with a white power logo as the pupil, while her right eye was dodger red with a black power logo as the pupil. Her wings were colored slightly dark pink and their shape looked like a fan but sharper and edgier. There's also Histoire's book stuck on Lilac Heart's back.
"Been a long time since I'm in this form, but CPU Lilac Heart has returned!" Lilac Heart shouted while she waved her Gunblade to make an energy slash at Evolry.
Evolry was startled a bit and negates the slash with her sword in reflex.
"Bring it on!" Evolry said in anticipation against the three.
Lilac Heart, Gehaburn, and Indigo Heart began to battle it out against Evolry with their respective weapons.
To Be Continued
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A little bit of trivia
Think of the Cursed finger blast as the Shining Finger blast from G Gundam anime.
Think of the experimentation lab as the ones in any lab in Neptunia.
Also yes, the Frankenstein part.
For Evolry, I took the word Evol from Evolto from Kamen Rider Build and Ry from Gremory (see google, Gehaburn, and Gremory) and made them into one.
Cover assault operation, where Nepgear, Gehaburn, and Kurome as the assault while the rest as the cover for the nations.
Think of the throne room as something that looks like it has the design of Planeptune.
For Evolry design, just imagine Gehaburn but sinister and all bright red color.
See ya next chap, which includes Magic and the others, and the fight against Evolry