Chapter 28: Of guns and armors
10:38 AM (Japan Time)…
"… Ah… Ah… Niisan… It feels too good…"
"This is my latest strategy."
"No wonder… Saito – kun's sneaky but it was my idea so…"
"Uh… It feels good… Good…"
"I'm a genius!"
"And now you're going to tell us another computing lesson?"
"Guess that, Netto - kun."
"Yeah. NAT."
"NATO?"
"NAT… Network Address Translation…"
Netto, Saito and Hikawa were making out inside of their bedroom: the blinders had been lowered to make the room be largely unlit.
They all had the S&M gear on and a black blindfold: their forearms were locked and placed behind their backs: Netto was sitting on Saito's lap and allowing him to thrust his cock in and out of his body while Saito also licked his ears' rims, neck and cheeks to tease him: Saito was sitting atop his bed, too: Hikawa was licking Netto's nipples from the front: they all had clothes pegs clipped to their nipples too.
"I think this new kind of play makes us be hornier."
"No wonder. It was my idea, you know." Hikawa giggled.
"Well! Guess so… Tooru – kun is good at licking… Anyway… What's with that NATO thing?"
"Chut! Netto – kun! You got it wrong!"
"NAT! Not NATO." Saito corrected.
"See?"
"Sorry. Network Address Translation… What, every country writes them using their numerical system and they need to be translated to English, then?" Netto tried to guess.
"I don't think so." Hikawa muttered.
"No: all IP addresses MUST be written in decimal numbers. However, we must take into account private, LAN – level, IP addresses… Like, for example, 192 168 10 1 for our house's router device which serves as Gateway… The router acts as the NAT device and makes its address become "public", like… 217 116 0 144…" Saito explained.
"And why do we need that…?" Netto asked between moans.
"There's gotta be some reason, obviously enough." Hikawa giggled.
"Because Internet or the Cyber World works by the use of these "public" addresses: websites use a "public" address but thanks to the DNS technology, one can simply type the name and the server hosting it will tell its address… So, our house would be located by using this "public" address… People outside our LAN can't see the addresses the router assigns to the computers and such… In short: the "public" address IS necessary to navigate through web browsers and for us Net Navis to deliver packages and emails outside the house…"
"So that's how it is…"
Hikawa began to rub his cock against Netto's with vigor and both moaned while Saito giggled.
"And the reverse holds true? I mean… On the way back, all info which enters the house gets a "private" address belonging to the computer which is the origin of the process…?" Netto asked.
"Bravo! That's why NAT is very important: and, without "private" addressing and sub-netting, IPv4 address would've become exhausted long ago…"
"Whoa!" Hikawa whistled.
"That's why they're already working and slowly implementing IPv6…"
"Won't deny it was an important thing to know, but… Why do they jump from V4 to V6? There's no V5 in the in-between?" Netto asked next with a hint of curiosity.
"Ah… That tune of curiosity you always had when coming to the Science Labs… Memorable…" Saito sounded amused.
"Truly."
"Yeah, yeah… So?"
"No. There's no V5, but there weren't V1, V2 or V3 before. The name is derived from the number of "octets" used to make up the address: V4 has four, thus 32 bits for each address; V6 has 128 bits or six octets of eight bits each one. Thus, you have an incredibly long amount of IP addresses blocks to assign! It also will make NAT needless and incorporate security upon its structure. But it'll take many years still to see for full implantation anywhere." Saito finished.
"Thanks for the lesson, Hikari – sensei." Netto sarcastically told him.
"Now that the lesson is over, let's have some "extra" talk: your most sensitive spot is your ears' rims!" Saito grinned.
He began to lick them and Netto's moans increased in volume: his cock began to get hard, too, and Saito apparently noticed it because he also began to suck the skin around Netto's neck: Hikawa kept on rubbing his cock against Netto's too.
"Sa… Saito… N-niisan…! Tooru – kun… This teasing is… too much…!" Netto moaned.
"Heh, heh, heh. I like teasing you, Netto – kun. It wouldn't be so climatic if you didn't go off before me and drag me along!"
"Yeah. I gotta gree with Saito – kun there."
"T-this guy…!" Netto muttered.
"Is cool." Saito finished.
"Very funny…!"
Netto's cock began to leak pre-cum and Saito apparently noticed it, too, so he began to suck the skin near the base of the neck from behind while Hikawa increased the rubbing: Netto's moans increased volume and he began to sound like he was about to release.
"N-no good…! It's coming out…!" Netto moaned.
"Let it come out! I'm going off too!" Hikawa gasped.
Both cried as they released: Netto stained his upper torso and face and so did Hikawa: Netto's cock gripped Saito's and he sounded tense.
"Netto – kun!" He cried.
He also released and overfilled Netto's insides: some of his liquid slid down his cock and both panted: Saito immediately licked up the stains around Netto's face and so did Hikawa: Netto then slowly stood up by using his hips and managed to sit on his knees and facing forward: Saito also sat up on his knees and Netto slowly turned around to face him: they walked closer to each other by dragging their knees and touched each other's lips': they began to share a passionate kiss for a little while: Hikawa took the chance to pick 3 black silicon vibrators and stuffed them into their asses along with strings of anal beads.
"We missed the spicing up." Hikawa told them.
"O~h… I missed this!" Netto moaned.
"Me too… Let's finish."
They finished their kiss and giggled when they noticed their white string of saliva and white stuff.
"Next."
"Let's go."
Saito calmly lowered himself into his knees and crawled forward: he felt Netto's cock and balls with his nose and began to rub it with his nose: Netto's cock began to get hard.
So he then used his tongue to carefully pull the foreskin back and licking the urethra: Netto arched and felt a shiver of pleasure go down his spine: Hikawa removed Netto's vibrator and stuffed his cock inside to begin pumping into him.
"Niisan…! Tooru – kun." He muttered.
Saito calmly began to take the cock into his mouth and to suck it: he set himself a pace to follow that of Netto's as he moved forward and back thanks to the use of his hips: Hikawa began to lick Netto's neck from behind to tease him.
"Oh… O~h! Niisa~n…! Tooru – kun! A~h!" Netto moaned.
He suddenly released and Saito took it inside of his mouth: he lifted his body up and shared a new kiss with Netto: Hikawa gasped and released inside of Netto too while sounding pleased.
"Now it's your turn, Netto – kun." Saito whispered to him.
"Yeah… Here I go." Netto confirmed.
He lowered himself and began to tease Saito's cock by sucking and licking around the balls and the base: Saito began to moan and Netto then teased the head: it began to leak pre-cum and Netto grinned: Hikawa replaced the vibrator and began to pump into Saito next.
"You get excited quicker than I, niisan. I guess you really find it exciting to be loved by me and Tooru - kun." Netto teased.
"How couldn't I? We've been doing threesomes for over four years, Netto – kun. And this is a new type of game for us: we're testing how well we know each other's body. Tooru – kun likes it too."
"This is the absolute proof of our bond. You'll soon be begging for more."
He suddenly began to suck the head and Saito moaned: Netto followed Saito's pace and kept on teasing him by sucking around the head: Saito's moans turned louder, too: Netto then slowly inserted a fraction of his tongue into the urethra: Saito arched his body backwards while Hikawa kept on pumping and licking the base of his neck.
"Netto – kun…! Please accept it!" He gasped.
"There it goes!"
He released as well in three or four spurts which overfilled Netto's mouth: Hikawa also released and giggled: Netto lifted himself up and quickly connected his lips with Saito's to share another passionate kiss.
"Niisan… I'm going in." Netto whispered.
"Please go in, Netto – kun." Saito replied.
"Alright. Then I'll blow-job Saito – kun."
Netto rubbed his cock against the sides of Saito's entrance to get it hard before slowly fitting it inside: Saito sounded like he'd been waiting for its feeling: Netto grinned and pushed all the way inside: Saito moaned and sounded ecstatic: Hikawa simply began to suck and lick Saito's cock.
"Netto – kun… I don't how you do it, but… It feels incredible! It feels so good, too good to be true!"
"You always get hot when I play with you, niisan. I'm going to start moving." Netto chuckled.
"Please go ahead, Netto – kun…" Saito pleaded.
Netto leant his head over Saito's right shoulder and rubbed his left cheek against Saito's right cheek: he quickly began to move in and out of Saito's insides while rubbing their cheeks together: Saito moaned and began to get hard: Hikawa kept on sucking and teasing his cock's head.
"I can feel that you're getting hard, niisan. I'm gonna make you see the white world. And Tooru – kun must be having fun teasing your cock's head too." Netto teased.
"Yeah… Do it… Netto – kun." Saito replied.
Netto then began to suck the skin around Saito's left shoulder: Saito moaned and seemed to enjoying the rush which came with each of Netto's thrusts and Hikawa's teasing: Netto then began to lick some of his left arm's skin as well to make Saito giggle.
"It t-tickles, Netto – kun!" He protested.
"It turns you on." Netto replied with a grin.
"T-true, but… It tickles…! Please stop it…! This ain't fair, Netto – kun…! It tickles…!" Saito was barely holding his laughter back.
Netto quickly moved to the ears and began to lick them: Saito began to moan again and some pre-cum slid out of his cock which Hikawa licked.
"You're already leaking pre-cum? You really get excited earlier than I do, Saito – niisan!" Netto grinned.
"Y-yeah… I tended to get turned on by watching your sleeping face from time to time… It looked so round and cute…" Saito confessed.
"Your eyes' sparkle always fascinated me, truth to be told… That's why I sometimes glanced at your face without you noticing…"
"Funny how we start confessing how we used to get turned on now…"
"Yeah. Brothers are always honest with each other, after all. And Tooru – kun is a honest buddy."
He began to suck the skin around Saito's ears: his moans turned even louder and he looked about to release.
"N-no good, Netto – kun…! I'm going off!"
"Whoa!"
Saito released and his own release gripped Netto's cock: he made sure to plunge to the deepest possible length before releasing and overfilling him.
"Niisan… Six-nine?" Netto asked.
"Yeah! Six-nine!" Saito sounded eager.
"Wait for me!" Hikawa called out.
Netto calmly assumed a face-up position while Saito turned around and began to use his knees and hips to move over Netto until he noticed how his balls were directly above his mouth.
He lowered his body and explored with his head and nose to find Netto's balls and cock: Hikawa replaced Saito's vibrator and took out Netto's to stuff his cock inside.
"Let's go?" Netto asked.
"Go!" Saito replied.
"Go!" Hikawa rallied.
Both began by licking their balls before using their teeth to drag the cocks into their throats: they started to suck and lick each other's one at a slow pace: they quickly began to increase their pace while using their hips to set a speed: they eventually released after three or four minutes: their mouths were overfilled and some of it slid down their chins and jaws: they took them out and panted: Tooru had also released inside of Netto too.
"Netto – kun… You love leaving my urethra for the last moment to trigger my release, don't you?" Saito told him.
"Yeah. Since you like teasing me right there the whole time…"
"Let's finish up." Saito suggested.
Saito walked over to the center of the bed and turned around to then lower his body: they made sure to have their cocks feeling each other before starting a new passionate kiss and rubbing their cocks together while Hikawa pumped into Saito again: Saito managed to grip Netto's toe fingers with his own and they rolled over so that Netto was on top: they kept at it before they released and stained their bodies: Hikawa filled up.
"Cleanup phase." Saito told him.
"O. K., Admiral." Netto joked.
They licked each other clean and shared their final passionate kiss.
"This kind of play is good enough. I'd say we leave it as it is… Or we could try adding something else as an "extra" from time to time, too! What do you think of it? It's a good idea, right?"
"Sure! Let's clean up."
"Let's not forget to properly cleanse the stuff too."
Netto jumped off Saito and dropped into his knees while Saito extended his forearms while sticking them out of the bed's edge: he used his fingers to feel Netto's locked forearms and released the lock: Netto quickly removed Saito's as well: Hikawa helped too.
"Off with this." Netto chuckled.
"Yeah. Let's go back to the morning." Saito grinned.
"Roger!"
They all undid their blindfolds and calmly stared at their eyes for some seconds before starting to remove the gear and store it inside of a wheeled suitcase: Saito locked it and hid it inside of the closet under the Battle Chip box: they stretched.
"Let's dress up and tell the guys that we ended the pillow war already: Sigma must've finished by now."
"Roger, Chief."
They calmly dressed up in their usual clothes before fixing the mess: they opened the blinders and spent some seconds getting used to the new illumination and the soft wind which entered through the balcony.
"Ah… Fresh wind. I guess it must be even fresher in Sharo Nation!"
"Search Man will soon know his "future"." Saito made a pun.
"And Laika will know his "destruction"." Netto made another pun.
They headed over to the PC and Saito inputted some MS-DOS commands into it: both Navis appeared onscreen.
"Hullo! Sorry for the holdup: we were trying to settle the score."
"I can guess that. I sent the Cut Man Brothers to Cuba and Zero went with Lander to chase the women."
"Good. Those five will come back with straw hats, a cigar and a Cuban girl as souvenirs." Saito joked.
"You picked that from Die Another Day, the 20th Bond film which came out in 2002…" Netto grinned.
"Also, we managed to get Twilight to think his cronies are planning on mocking or backstabbing him so they're all running for their hides. Serves them well!" Sigma laughed.
"In that, I agree."
"Damned ronin! I thought Master would only blame those two clowns but he suddenly began to say I'm an acolyte of Darth Krayt!" Yamato Man's voice roared from outside the firewall.
"Blame his paranoia and his moods." Blood Shadow drily shot back.
"You better go find a shelter in the North Pole." Sigma chuckled.
"This is far from over, ronin! Once I get a new body, my spear will cleave through your armors! Because I will coat it in diamond!"
"Thanks for the tip-off. Now get lost."
"Out of the way, fool! I, the mighty Cosmo Man, have a score to settle! Master lashed at me saying I am siphoning his power!" Cosmo Man grumbled next.
"What! Fool! Me! You're asking for it, Bronze Man!"
"BRONZE! WHAT HUMILATION! SAYS THE FAKE SAMURAI!"
"FAKE SAMURAI! ME! SAYS THE USELESS GLOATING MOUTH!"
They heard a sound that was like thunderbolts raining down; both foes groaned and then hissed; another sound rang out before it turned quiet.
"Looks like their core programs can clash but they inflict pain to each other at the same time… So they end up at a stalemate."
"Good, good. Let them have their in-fighting. That will make them easier to tackle when the time comes." Saito nodded in agreement.
"Well said, niisan! It's time we taught them that we're not impressed by their big egos and mouths! Come anytime! We'll beat you up!"
07:11 AM (Moscow Time)…
"… Yo! Danna! Ya ready for a shakedown?"
"So you're Destruction Man. Blues told me about you."
"Mr. Vice President is a nice fella, yeah!"
"Oh… It'd seem Enzan has a new trick up his sleeve."
Search Man was confronting Destruction Man inside of an ice-covered Cyber World while Laika and Future exchanged impressions: Laika looked slightly amused at Future's comment.
"I did tell 'im: "I applaud yer extra hours", so… He's fond of sarcasm, I'd rather say." Future chuckled.
"Heh. Let's go!" Laika grinned.
"Yessir! Rocket Speeder!"
A jetpack formed on Destruction Man's back and he shot forward at a mad speed towards Search Man: he aimed his Scope Gun at the right foot.
"Freeze Bullet!"
He shot the Freeze Bullet and it caged the right foot in a block of ice; the sudden weight slowed down Destruction Man's speed.
"Battle Chip, Samurai Sword! Slot In!"
Search Man quickly jumped into Destruction Man and plunged the sword into the jetpack: it began to frizzle so Search Man jumped out of it as Destruction Man discarded it: the jetpack blew up while he rolled across the ground to then stand up and break his right foot free.
"Not bad, Danna! 220 HP in the first round… But my half mark is at 1650, so… There's still more to come!" He grinned.
"Then show it to me." Search Man challenged.
"Gladly! Shakin' Fistin'!"
"Careful, Search Man!"
Destruction Man dashed around Search Man and jumped over him w"hile brandishing his fists: he then detached the outer armor around them and shot them out using some small jets: new ones formed to covered his normal Navi skin while Search Man aimed his Scope Gun at the fists flying towards him: they quickly separated and headed left and right to then come from behind: but Search Man saw it coming.
"Scope Gun!"
The fists, however, dived and hit the floor while causing two explosions to ring out: Destruction Man suddenly landed his fists into Search Man's back and sent him flying to then land on the ground in a neat manner: he grumbled and aimed for the enemy.
"This took 210 HP outta ya, Danna! I've got plenty of tricks left in store just for ya." Destruction Man grinned.
"So it'd seem. Battle Chip, Super Vulcan! Slot In!" Laika muttered.
"Super Vulcan!"
Destruction Man let the rounds hit him but his forehead's sensors activated and shot several electrical discharges at Search Man thus electrocuting him.
"My sensors can return attacks at 1.5 times its base power, Danna! Thus, ya get 300 HP of damage. And yer max HP clocks at 2050, or so let my scanners know!" Destruction Man grinned.
"Crap." Laika muttered.
"Satellite Ray, Scope Gun!"
"Black Hole Armor!"
Both attacks were absorbed by the black hole – like effect and Destruction Man suddenly formed a copy of the Scope Gun colored metallic blue and silver along with the Satellite Ray: his sensors shone and he shot at Search Man who wasn't expecting such a move: Search Man stepped back.
"Search Man: status report."
"Roger. The Scope Gun per se does just 60 of damage and Satellite Ray does 80… But his copies made 90 and 120 each one, so… Instead of me cutting 140 off him, he cut me 210 HP… I've lost over 500 HP and a fourth of my total HP…" Search Man muttered.
"Amplifying the damage inflicted and copying the enemy… These abilities no joke: now I see why Enzan told me to walk with lead feet."
"I'd rather say with steel feet, Danna." Future joked.
"More, more and more~! Destruction Sky!"
Destruction Man jumped into the air and built up kinetic energy: he then hit the floor with his right foot: an expansive shockwave of energy originated and headed towards Search Man: he jumped off the way at the last second but was suddenly punched on the stomach area by Destruction Man: he then got punched on his helmet and received a kick right into his chest which made him crash into the ground.
"Grah…! 300 HP…! Over 800 HP lost and he's at half my damage!"
"I've been improvin' some new tricks, Danna!" Destruction Man exclaimed.
"Battle Chip, Recovery 200, Samurai Sword! Slot In!"
Search Man stood up and drew the Samurai Sword: Destruction Man brought the right hand to his chin and began to circle around Search Man while slightly lowering his upper body: he was studying him.
"What's that toy ya have there, Danna? Ya picked it off the Tsar's personal treasure vault under Red Square?" Destruction Man joked.
"Very original." Laika dryly told Future.
"Oi. Don't look at me." Future replied.
"Hmpf." Search Man was unmoved.
"Maybe you need somethin' to straighten ya out? Let's go, Soldier – sama~! Blowin' Blow!"
"Now! Execute the strategy, Search Man!"
Destruction Man suddenly jumped forward and hit Search Man with both fists: a vulgar pebble showed up on his place and four shuriken hit Destruction Man's back while getting stuck there followed by a slash by the Samurai Sword: he shook them off and looked excited by now.
"Yeah! That speed! That coolness! That callous face! That's what makes ya an intriguin' fella!" He exclaimed.
"I took off about 360 HP off him with this combo… He should've lost around 800 HP and half of his current max capacity." Laika calculated.
"I applaud yer Math diploma, Soldier – sama!" Future joked.
"Oh. Shut up." Laika grumbled.
"Attacks which hit my back aren't calculated by the sensors, but I don't care. Go! Destroyer's Courage!"
"Crap." Search Man muttered.
Destruction Man's armor glowed with a yellowish aura and he then made it spiral around his legs and arms: it then fused into a yellowish sphere of energy which grew in size.
"Well! This inflicts Paralysis, too, Soldier – sama!"
"Search Man. Focus on the battle." Laika calmly called out.
"Eat this!"
Destruction Man shot the sphere at Search Man but he suddenly used his Samurai Sword to bounce it back: Destruction Man gasped and formed black energy around his right fist to halt it and bounce it at Search Man again: Search Man bounced it back for the second time.
"So then… We're gonna play a tennis match! Excitin'!"
"Hmpf."
"This thing normally delivers 240 HP of damage… Given how you bounced it off to me once, it's increased to 360… And, with this second bounce, it lifted to 480!" He announced.
"Now! Scope Gun!"
The attack destroyed the device on Destruction Man's right forearm and the attack hit him fully thus paralyzing him: Search Man quickly ran towards him.
"Program Advance! Vulcan, Triple Slot In!"
"Mugen Vulcan!"
The Program Advance's rounds hit Destruction Man and roared as he accumulated damage: his sensors frizzled and looked overloaded while he struggled to recover movement: when the attack finished, most of his armor's pieces had fallen only to be replaced by red-colored ones.
"What?" Laika gasped.
"Huff… Huff… Lucky me: I had the Red Armor on beneath the main Blue Armor… Blue Armor increases my speed while Red Armor cuts the damage ratio by about 50%... That attack should've delivered about 1000 HP and overloaded me, but, with the Red Armor's partial effects, it got reduced by 30% and did close to 700 HP… Thus, I sum up over 1500 HP of damage but I can still kick 'round…" Destruction Man admitted.
"Sacrifice speed for defense…!" Laika muttered.
"Yeah, Danna. Sometimes, defense is preferable to speed. Oi! Destruction Man! Switch to full Red Armor mode!" Future told him.
"Roger! Hroa~h!"
All of his previous armor was deleted and replaced by this red and black armor: his weapons also changed and his forehead sensors formed a cross of nine blue LEDs.
"Feelin' the angst, Soldier – sama?"
"No. I am not easily impressed." Search Man replied.
"… What was that ninja fellow's speech four years ago…? Ah. I remember now. Yeah, yeah… "Ruthless… No… More like cool and composed… I like those." … That defines ya!" Destruction Man laughed.
"Hmpf. Directional Camouflage!"
Search Man concealed his form but Destruction Man merely made his shades glow pale blue: the white shape of Search Man's figure became visible on them and he aimed one of his missile-holding pads at the spot where Search Man was at.
"Red Missiles!"
Five of them shot towards Search Man but Destruction Man suddenly seemed to frown under the shades: he looked down at his feet and spotted four Search Grenades set there.
"What!"
They detonated and the Scope Gun's firing sound rang out from close by: the missile pad was damaged and Destruction Man looked around in a confused manner.
"A dummy…!" He muttered.
"Yeah. Each Search Grenade normally does about 50 HP: four of them would drain 200 HP and the Scope Gun did 50, too. But because you have 50% damage reduction rate, you only get 125. But you're inches from your normal limit, anyway." Laika listed.
"I guess it's Big Boss' time to jump into the stage! Annihilator Chip, Slot In!" Future exclaimed.
"So! You are the Sharo Nation Net Saviors… Come! And be annihilated by this overwhelming power!" Annihilator Man taunted.
"As you wish!" Laika confirmed.
"Satellite Ray!"
Destruction Man quickly moved out of the way although his speed had obviously been lowered: he aimed his forearms at Search Man and then tapped his forehead sensors: they glowed and began to emit a hum as they seemingly scanned him.
"Ruin Fists!"
His fists glowed with a blackish aura and he hit the floor with them: silver-colored steel spikes appeared out of the ground and quickly formed a circle five meters large and three wide to reduce the fighting space: Search Man gasped and Destruction Man suddenly kicked and punched him with each foot and fist before backing up.
"Damn! 400 HP of damage: I've lost over 1000 HP and I'm about the half of my max HP!" Search Man cursed.
"So? What happened to that earlier mood?" Annihilator Man teased.
"Scram." Laika grumbled.
"Scramble." Future laughed.
"Battle Chip, Recovery 200, Tank Cannon! Double Slot In!"
"Tank Cannon!"
Search Man jumped and managed to hit the opponent from behind but he didn't seem to care.
"That toy only did 60 HP of damage… I'm just at over 1700 HP of damage: I still have 1600 to go!" Annihilator Man laughed.
"Laika – sama. What do you suggest, sir?" Search Man asked.
"Hmmm…" Laika seemed to be thinking.
"Boilin' brains, Danna?" Future joked.
"Boiling helmets." Laika shot back with obvious sarcasm.
"Nice! Ya could patent it." Future chuckled.
Laika looked at his Battle Chip Folder with an analytical glare.
I haven't used one third yet. But draining 1600 HP when the opponent can reduce 50% of your power will be a pain. Huh? Wait… Omega did send me this new experimental Battle Chip he came up with… It could be useful, too!
"Search Man! Strategy Ice." Laika commanded.
"Roger. Freeze Bullet!"
Search Man shot at the ground and froze some patches of it: Destruction Man drew spikes on the soil of his armor boots and calmly jumped from one spot to the other while waving his arms in a taunting manner: Search Man merely kept on freezing the ground.
"Fool! Ruin Kick!"
"Now! Battle Chip, Plasma Bullet! Slot In!"
Search Man charged up the Scope Gun and shot four attacks which hit the armor and actually deteriorated it: Destruction Man stopped and looked the damage.
"What!" Annihilator Man cursed.
"Plasma… An emulation of high-temperature plasma… Plasma melts practically anything yet it didn't melt the armor because it has a complex carbon structure and that weapon isn't designed to output extremely high-temperature plasma..." Priest muttered.
"Guess who came up with it." Laika challenged.
"Omega." Priest guessed.
"Yeah. He always comes up with handy tricks. Now that armor has lost 10% of its power and will just cut the attacks by 40%... I can work with that. Search Man! Do warn me if you detect compatibility problems: the weapon is still experimental." Laika commanded.
"Roger. Our attack took 200 HP off him so he has about 1400 HP left by now… But since our attacks will do 60% the normal power, then we can slowly increase the ratio of inflicted damage." Search Man reported.
"Hmpf. Clever trick… Ruin Bomb!"
A Giga Count Bomb appeared on the middle of the stage and was surrounded by Spark Bees colored metallic grey: the Viruses began to attack Search Man and he tried to delete them in time but the bomb went off and inflicted damage to both parties.
"Search Man! You get 500 of damage, so you've lost about 1300 HP by now! I get 300 instead so I sum up around 2200 HP of damage. But this is just going to get more intense." Annihilator Man listed.
"Huff… He can use Program Advances in combination with his armor's capacities…" Search Man muttered.
"Program Advance! Hi Cannon, Triple Slot In!"
"Giga Cannon!"
"Come!"
Destruction Man was hit by the Program Advance and his sensors glowed with energy: Destruction Man crossed his wrists in a karate – like pose and suddenly shot two hooks from compartments in his elbows: they attached to Search Man and delivered the damage back.
"I lost another 300: you foolishly lose 650! I have a build-up of 2500 HP while yours clocks at around 1950 HP!" Annihilator Man laughed.
"Battle Chip, Recovery 300, Recovery 150! Double Slot In!"
"Heck." Annihilator Man grumbled.
"Phew. I cut back to 1500 HP, more or less… Still 800 HP to go at this rate…! This is really painful." Search Man sighed in relief.
"Futile! If you try to push me past 3000 HP of damage then you will regret it, Net Savior! Destruction Man still holds several new abilities which you haven't seen!" Annihilator Man threatened.
"Plasma Bullets!"
"Black Hole Armor!"
Destruction Man intercepted the attack and drew the imitation of the Scope Gun to shoot the bullets back at Search Man: they were met with the Giga Count Bomb Program Advance instead and it detonated thus pushing Destruction Man back and provoking for an additional electrical discharge to hit him: Search Man looked unhurt as he held a Straw Doll on his left hand.
"Damn. 450 HP lost… Around to 2950… Bordering 3000 HP of total accumulated damage… But… I still have over 300 HP left. And once I use the last technique… Then you're done for! Search Man!"
"Brag while you can! Battle Chip, Triple Bomb! Triple Slot In!"
Search Man tossed the Triple Bombs but Destruction Man caught them and returned them to have them bombard the area around Search Man: a bolt of lightning fell down from the 'sky' and impacted upon Destruction Man: a small statue had been set in front of Search Man.
"Ojiouzan…! 50 HP of damage per attack even with the armor, so… 150 HP in total… 3100 and only 200 HP left… But… You've pushed me to this extreme! It's too late to regret! Destruction God's Anger!"
His body was surrounded by powerful winds which even tore and cracked the floor: Search Man tried shooting but his attacks diverted around the target and met the floor instead: Destruction Man opened compartments on his boots, knees, hips, chest, shoulders, elbows and wrists to reveal built-in machineguns, lasers and missiles: the entire armament flew out in different directions and began to bombard and hit Search Man from different angles thus building up damage.
"At this rate…! He won't survive it…! Battle Chip, Area Steal!" Laika cursed.
"Hah. What will that do?" Annihilator Man taunted.
"Muramasa Blade~!" Search Man roared.
He approached from behind and managed to leave a deep cut on the enemy's armor: he collapsed into the ground before logging out and Search Man was able to land before collapsing as well and logging out of the area.
"… Destruction Man logged out first and his HP did hit 1, although Search Man still has 35… So you win, Soldier – sama." Future calmly told him.
"Phew." Laika sighed in relief.
"That face says you'd preferred a legion of Viruses to our tag-combo." Future chuckled.
"Yeah. True. I'll admit that."
"Well then! Guess we'll see ya 'round. I'm comin' back to the HQ!"
"Good. Make sure to tell Past and Present to come, too. There'll be an important talk." Priest commanded.
"Farewell." Annihilator Man merely added.
Laika sat back on his chair and was suddenly surrounded his colleagues, who tapped him.
"Good job, Laika! You showed that guy what over-confidence is about in a neat manner!" One of them told him.
"He must be wishing he didn't challenge you with an empty stomach: you get in a terrible mood when you don't have breakfast! Ain't that right, guys?" Another joked.
"Heh. True. I should improve that." Laika grinned.
"Did I tell you guys…?" One began.
"Yeah: the tale about the senile yoga master…" Another grumbled.
"Damn it! Found you! I'll discharge this anger into you! Gate Cannon! Gate Soldiers! Delete~!"
Zoan Gate Man suddenly landed from above and shot his cannon at the same time many of his "Gate Soldiers" formed around him and flew forward towards Search Man; he merely aimed his Scope Gun upwards and shot; the laser hit something in the sky and then split into countless smaller lasers which rained down in the terrain, splicing both the cannon's attack and the "Gate Soldiers"; Zoan Gate Man tried to protect himself by placing his arms over his body; Search Man tossed some smoke grenades at the foe's feet and then used his scope to focus; he saw the foe charging up the cannon so he shot into it; the destruction of it heavily damaged his foe, who groaned and dropped on his knees.
"D-damn it! I'll remember this, you bastard! Zoan Gate Man has spoken!"
"Hmpf. Weaklings. Learn your place, you fools… You're next!"