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Vlad King's Green Bean
Chapter one-hundred and thirteen: Liberation, part three
Under normal circumstances, Shouta and Hizashi would have had little trouble, if any at all, in keeping up with a fight where it's the two of them versus Bakugo, Tenya, and Ryumaru, even though the two rogue pro heroes were outnumbered three to two. That's just simply one of the benefits of being trained, experienced pro heroes against two students who still are first years attending a hero academy and an untrained thug who has received no proper training period. Or at least proper training as defined by the standard Japanese hero academies.
But right now, the rouge underground hero and rogue loud hero were kept utterly occupied by the combined efforts of Bakugo, Tenya, and Ryumaru. Shouta and Hizashi were both in their fifties now, and the age was having an adverse effect on their ability to keep up in a fight. Shouta had an especially difficult time due to all of his old injuries he received back when Bakugo's classmates in their first year at UA snapped under the ever harshening rule of Eraserhead and went berserk, beating Shouta to well within an inch of his life.
A beating that Izuku, who was in Class B, got in on. Izuku, who was rushing off to stop the rebels who captured Fumikage, Fumikage's son, and Eri. Shouta didn't see the rest of Felgrand's family as they were taken away, but he knew that with Izuku going after those rebels uncontested, the Rebellion was not going to succeed in their efforts to get all of Felgrand's family together under their control so as to make sure that Felgrand would be under their rule. It would probably be very difficult for the rebels to get Eri away due to her notable weight, at least that's what Shouta figured.
Oh, how Shouta wished that he were twenty years younger and not suffering from injuries that curbed his fighting skills, he could theoretically (in his opinion at least) take on Bakugo, Tenya, AND Ryumaru all at once and win, fighting three while he's in perfect form would be far easier than fighting dozens like the fodder villains that were at the USJ thanks to the hand villain crashing the party. If he had his youth and fine condition back, Shouta could easily stop his and Hizashi's opponents here, go on to stop Izuku, and assure that the rebels will take all of Felgrand's family.
...But a voice in Shouta's head asked him if the path that the rebels were on really WOULD lead to the overall best outcome for Japan, then the world after that. Shouta will admit that he didn't like the idea of Boros Kazekage taking charge of everything after the Regime is overthrown, it's guaranteed that Boros will take charge after a Rebellion victory. And the underground hero had to admit to himself that the Regime government, for all its faults (mainly it's founded and run by confirmed villains) has actually done a good bit of legitimate, actual good.
Thinking about it, Shouta realized that the folks who, by definition of principle from Shouta's point of view, don't deserve to be in charge are actually more effective and overall better people than the folks who, again by definition of principle from Shouta's point of view, do deserve it. Clearly defined villains are better, more caring about the people, than those on the side clearly defined as the good guys. That realization was yet another reason why Shouta had as much difficulty as he did in helping his fellow rogue hero Hizashi deal with Bakugo, Tenya, and Ryumaru.
Even so, Shouta STILL had to fight to help overthrow the Regime so that the Rebellion could put the good guys back in charge, despite how some of said good guys weren't really 'good guys'. The rogue underground hero was rushed by Ryumaru, and Shouta had figured that Ryumaru would be easy to take down so long as he kept Erasure up on him to keep him from transforming. Granted, Ryumaru WAS swinging around that kanabo of his, but Shouta assumed that it was more for intimidation than for actual combat, that the studded great club was more or less just a bluff.
Shouta was instantly proven wrong when Ryumaru, after Shouta wrapped some of his capture weapon around the kanabo, was able to easily free his weapon from the capture weapon's binding with a quick yank. A yank that, with momentum, swung back around to whack into Shouta's side and send him sprawling. The Shouta of twenty years ago without the injuries from his class attacking him could have easily avoided such a blow, but the Shouta of today, in his fifties and being curbed by old injuries from his last class at UA going berserk on him, was unable to dodge.
It took what all skill and agility the rogue underground hero had left just to land on his feet. Shouta crouched, used his right hand to cover his left side which was hit by Ryumaru's kanabo, as he saw Ryumaru charge at him in a straight line, kanabo raised over his head. Ryumaru seemed, at least in that instance, to be like an Oni from mythological depictions, charging into battle while raising a kanabo over his head one-handed. Shouta could tell Ryumaru was stronger than most thugs, especially as he was raising a kanabo above his head one-handed.
Shouta had to leap out of the way early to avoid getting hit by Ryumaru's next attack; he also had to close his eyes thus ending the effect of Erasure on Ryumaru. However and to Shouta's bad luck, he leapt out of the way too early, meaning Ryumaru was able to stop short before swinging his kanabo, and turned to look were the rogue underground hero landed. Furthermore, Shouta was banking on Ryumaru wanting to use his quirk the moment the effects of Erasure on him had ended, but to Shotua's surprise Ryumaru was apparently sticking with fighting with just his weapon.
Age and exhaustion were catching up to Shouta, and when he landed after the third time getting away from Ryumaru, he was too tired and slow to get away from the fourth swing, sending him flying into a slab of wall that was broken away from a building. Shouta's back hit that slab and he slid down until he was in a sitting position on the ground, somewhat leaning against the wall slab he was thrown into. The pain wracked Shouta greatly, and he knew at that point that he was finished, that he by no means could continue fighting.
Ryumaru went charging against Shouta again, but seeing Ryumaru charge straight at him, Shouta raised his right hand said said, "I yield!" Ryumaru stopped about a meter from reaching Shouta. His kanabo was still raised one-handed above his head, but Ryumaru kept his gaze firmly on Shouta. The rogue underground hero let out a tired, pained sigh. "I... I yield," Shouta said, "This... this is actually a good opportunity for me to turn myself over to the Regime. I... I'm not comfortable with how Boros is leading the Rebellion now, how he actually ordered and condoned the murdering of a child."
"...Yeah, you don't look to be in any condition to resist capture or otherwise continue fighting," Ryumaru admitted as he lowered his kanabo and went about capturing Shouta. So it was that Shouta Aizawa, one of the founding members of the Old Rule Rebellion, was defeated and captured, beaten by someone who was essentially fighting Shouta quirkless the entire time and had only a kanabo to combat him with. A lone opponent, essentially quirkless due to his quirk being suppressed by Erasure, and having only a kanabo to fight with; such an opponent would have been child's play for Shouta to beat twenty years ago before he was assaulted by his final class. But today, Shouta is now twenty years older and suffering from old injuries brought about by making his final class snap and turn on him.
Time is, or at least can be, a harsh mistress.
Izuku caught up with the group of rebels who were taking Fumikage, Fumikage's son, and Eri away after capturing them. The number one hero sent out lengths of his Blackwhip to wrap around all of the rebels; there were a total of nine, three each to handle each of the persons they were trying to take away. The nine total rebels were all yanked away and swung about in the air before being thrown down to the ground. The rebels were all defeated, and Izuku immediately went about undoing the bindings on Fumikage and the others.
"Are the members of the guard party that was protecting you okay?" Izuku asked.
"I believe so," Fumikage said as the quirk suppressing cuffs on him were unlocked and tossed aside. "The rebels couldn't break down the door leading into the room that we were in, due to Yaoyorozu and Mineta fortifying it," Fumikage explained, "So they busted down a section of wall next to the door instead, swept in, overwhelmed the guard party with sheer numbers, and then just took me, Samidare, and Eri."
"The guard party was all captured, Mr. Midoriya," Samidare said, "But I'm sure none of them were seriously hurt as they followed Mr. Kurorio's lead and simply yielded to the rebels when the sheer numbers difference made it clear they wouldn't succeed in preventing us from being taken."
Izuku grimaced grimly as he was informed of how the rebels were able to take Fumikage, Samidare Tokoyami, and Eri, and now Izuku was also worried for the guard party, especially as his wife Ochaco is part of it. But as much as he wanted to head right over and save the guard party from being held by the rebels, getting Fumikage and the others to safety was a greater priority given how the rebels by no means could be allowed to have all of Felgrand's loved ones in their hold. Letting the rebels hold all the chips was the LAST thing that had to be done.
Still, with the chaos engulfing most everything right now, Izuku was low on options on where to keep Fumikage and his group to prevent the rebels from taking them. His best option was to find a tall enough building, use Float to carry Fumikage and the others to the top while holding them with Blackwhip, leaving them at the top while telling them to stay put, and hope like hell that the rebels won't be able to get to them there. All Might's old agency building was still standing, and Izuku was certain that no one would think to look there.
As such, Izuku quickly unleashed a blast of smoke with Smokescreen, grabbed Fumikage and the others with Blackwhip, then zoomed up with Float and kicked off towards All Might's old agency building with a mix of Float and Fa Jin kicking things off. Izuku also kept himself and the others cloaked the entire time with Smokescreen, figuring that if anyone saw it they would have no idea what was within the cloud of smoke. Izuku also had a plan in case any rebels who did see him got the idea to try and go after him, thinking that they could secure Fumikage and the others.
Within moments, Izuku reached All Might's old agency, dropped Fumikage and the others off along the top of the building with the smoke still cloaking everything, then fell down over the other side; it was all done in one swift motion, so it looked like an arc of smoke going over the building without any interruption. Izuku told the others to stay silent and keep hidden as he's got a plan to give them some cover. After landing on the other side of All Might's old agency building, Izuku found some kicked up slabs of wall and moved them about to create a sort of mini hut.
"There!" Izuku said loudly, "That ought to keep the rebels from getting to you guys!" Izuku was banking on any nearby rebels to assume that Fumikage and the others were hidden inside of the hut made from kicked up slabs, thus go after it. In reality, the slab hut was empty, as it was a tactic Izuku was hoping would distract any nearby rebels long enough to continue the cover for Fumikage and the others on the roof of All Might's old agency while also giving Izuku time to rush over to where the guard party was, save them if needed, and bring them over to help continue protecting Fumikage and the others.
Hoping that his plan would work for at least long enough, Izuku rushed back over to the building where the guard party was originally stationed at, hoping that they would be okay when he got there.
Over at the building where the guard party was originally protecting Fumikage and the others, Ochaco, Yaoyorozu, Tetsutetsu, Shihai, and Mineta all sat bound, with quirk suppressing gear on their persons to prevent them from using their quirks, as rebels stood guard over them. "I still can't believe that one of you killed Eraserhead's son," one of the rebels swore, "And you have the nerve to call us rebels bad."
"You guys are terrorists who carry out attacks and other acts in a bid to take control of everything," Yaoyorozu snarled, "You took a field trip hostage, took several innocent students and a few heroes hostage, kidnapped two kids, unleashed a zombie apocalypse, besieged a stadium with said attack killing hundreds, snuck into a highly secured event, and now you're launching an all out attack that has seen multiple military bases wiped! Don't you dare act like you're the victims here, because you sorry bastards are anything but!"
"Us rebels ARE the victims here!" the first rebel insisted, "We've been pushed around by an authority that took over and is ruling the world! We're the liberators trying to overthrow an oppressive regime and restore freedom to everyone!"
"The idea of freedom that the Old Rule Rebellion has is basically just putting back into power the authority that ran everything before the Regime took over," Shihai pointed out, "An authority whose way of doing things caused the uprising that led to the formation of the Regime in the first place. Believe you me, if you rebels do end up succeeding and getting what all you want, and you do end up putting back into power the authority that was in charge before the Regime rose up and took over, then all that will happen will be another uprising leading to another Regime."
Shrugging, a second rebel said, "The people who will run things again after we overthrow the Regime will just put down any and all attempts to overthrow them."
"The first time or two, sure that may work," Yaoyorozu said, "But putting down such uprisings will require the authority you wish to put back in charge to put down said uprisings swiftly and violently. And putting down uprisings like that enough times will lead to more and more uprisings, eventually culminating into an uprising that will simply be too much for the authority you wish to put back into power to put down."
"We can use Felgrand to wipe any uprisings," said the first rebel, "Boros and the other true HPSC members plan to keep him as a trump card. So long as we have all of his family under our possession, there's no way Felgrand will turn on us."
Tetsutetsu snarled bitterly at what the first rebel said. "You guys would seriously go so far as to hold an entire family hostage indefinitely just to make sure that you can command the allegiance of someone you plan to use as nothing more than a weapon?"
"If doing so means freedom will be maintained, then yes!" the first rebel snapped.
"It's not freedom that the rebellion is wanting!" Ochaco snapped back, "It's wanting to have dominion over Japan! Your leaders don't really care about doing right by the people, all they care about is getting to lord over everyone else! Seriously! Name one thing that your leaders plan to do if they get back to being in charge that will be of benefit to the people of Japan as a whole!"
Gesturing to Ochaco, the second rebel said, "Well they plan to do away with the overly draconian anti-quirkism laws that the Regime had established and put into place! There was nothing wrong with the anti-quirkism laws of the past!"
"Those past anti-quirkism laws were way too lax, seldom ever enforced, and when they were enforced those who had to follow them were able to get away with at most only paying lip service," Yaoyorozu pointed out, "Folks were able to effectively get away with ignoring those anti-quirkism laws blatantly, resulting in open discrimination against those with weak and or impractical quirks, as well as what all was piled onto the quirkless population! The new anti-quirkism laws of the Regime, although they can be harsh, are at least actually enforced! They prove effective at protecting those that anti-quirkism laws are suppose to protect! If the rebels get rid of those actually effective laws and bring back the lax, ineffective laws that will accept lip service, then the uprisings will be even worse!"
"Boros will make sure there won't ever be any uprisings!" the second rebel boasted, "He'll just use Felgrand to threaten any and all uprisings back into compliance!"
"That right there just proves that the Old Rule Rebellion is as bad, if not worse, than what they claim the Regime to be!" Mineta exclaimed, "You guys plan to do what you want regardless of how the people will feel, and if the people rightfully complain you threaten them back into compliance with an unstoppable weapon! You rebels are not the heroes you boast yourselves to be, you're villains worse than what you claim the Regime to be!"
The first rebel, looking pissed due to how Mineta claimed the Rebellion to be the bad guys just now, raised a hand to strike Mineta with a backhanded smack, but before he could swing down, Izuku burst into the room, sent lengths of Blackwhip out to tie around all of the rebels, and knocked them out with punches to the face one by one. Within moments, Izuku had knocked out all of the rebels that had taken the guarding party hostage. After that, Izuku proceeded to undo the bindings on all of the guarding party members, as well as unlocking all of the quirk suppressing gear on them.
"Where's Fumikage, his son, and Eri?" Tetsutetsu asked.
"In a safe place rebels can't reach," Izuku said, "I had even set up a distraction that ought to buy more time." Izuku then led the guarding party out of the building, grabbed a hold of all of them with Blackwhip, had Ochaco lighten the load with her quirk, then took up and soared right for where he left Fumikage and the others on top of All Might's old agency.
Hizashi was distracted by seeing Izuku zoom away with the guarding party, and that distraction cost him as he was kicked from behind by Tenya, only to be thrown into an explosion cast by Bakugo. The force of the explosion not only greatly damaged Hizashi, it threw him against a slab of kicked up wall. His tall yellow hair, done up like a banana, fell down from its form and now hung down and loosely, several strands sticking to Hizashi's face due to sweat and grime. The rouge loud pro hero panted hard with exhaustion as he was stood over by Tenya and Bakugo.
Seeing small explosions crackle in Bakugo's hands, Hizashi figured that he'd be blasted with explosions the moment he tried to release a loud shout with his quirk. Not, of course, was Hizashi in any condition to continue fighting; although he had nowhere near as many old injuries as Shouta, Hizashi was around the same age as him, and that age was catching up to Hizashi. And Hizashi wasn't a freak like All Might who, even when age caught up to him he could still throw down, at least until he had used up the last of his power in the Battle of Kamino Ward.
"Hey Sho!" Hizashi called out as loudly as he could without using his quirk, "How are you doing?"
"I've just been defeated and captured!" Shouta called back, "What about you?"
Hizashi panted a bit in pain and exhaustion. "...The same, Sho," Hizashi called back, "I'm doing about as well as you are right now."
Bakugo flexed his fingers as he seemed primed to attack at a moment's notice. "It looks like you and Ass-awa have reach the end of your line."
"It's... for the best that you simply yield and turn yourselves in," Tenya said.
Hizashi breathed hard a bit again, trying to catch his breath despite his exhaustion and injuries from the fight. "...Yeah, Sho and I are clearly finished," Hizashi said, "And we both got sins to answer for." With Hizashi surrendering, two of the five UA teachers that became founding members of the Old Rule Rebellion had been captured. As such, only Sekijiro, Ryo, and Toshinori remained of the UA teachers, while Boros and his fellows from the old HPSC were virtually untouched. If things kept up at the rate they were going right now, the leadership of the Old Rule Rebellion might end up seeing nothing but old HPSC members.
If that did end up being the case, then their blind obliviousness will see to the whole of the Old Rule Rebellion falling within a month, at least under circumstances where the rebels weren't on the cusp of overthrowing the Regime and taking Japan back from the people who took over the show a little over twenty years ago. But right now, when they had Felgrand at their beck and call and siccing him on any and all Regime military bases to reduce the Regime's overall ability to fight back, the rebels might very well end up succeeding and taking back Japan from the Regime.
Hizashi, as Bakugo and Tenya proceeded to apprehend him, hoped like hell that the Rebellion won't soon end up exclusively in the hands of the old HPSC members, because if it does then they'll force their desires upon everything unconditionally, whereas Hizashi, Shouta, and the other old UA teachers would have argued for trying to make things better for everyone as a whole. A rebellion whose leadership is purely old HPSC members would only succeed in the end if they had the advantage of having Felgrand answering to them.
Which right now is the case as the Rebellion as a whole was having Felgrand at their beck and call. Having control of the allegiance of Felgrand is pretty much the only reason the Rebellion is actually winning right now; if the heads of the Rebellion can maintain their hold on the leash they've put on the dragon of the Regime for a long enough period of time, then the Rebellion will have succeeded in finally accomplishing their long held goal of over twenty years of overthrowing the Regime and bring back freedom to Japan.
...Or rather, the idea of freedom that the old HPSC members held.
Over at a secret base that the Old Rule Rebellion was maintaining, Boros was posing for a painting that he was having someone paint of himself. Boros's face was turned slightly upward to the left if you stood right in front of him, and he held his hands to the sides of his suit, looking as if he was holding onto them. Boros, already planning on what to do as he was now sure the Rebellion was finally going to overthrow the Regime, planned to unveil the painting that was being done of himself at a party to ring in the new era of freedom he planned to be in charge of.
"Oh, make sure you capture my proud side properly," Boros told the painter, "I want my painting to look good when it's unveiled at the first of many celebratory parties that will be held to honor my efforts in leading the way to freedom."
The painter dryly rolled his eyes, Boros didn't see it as the canvas was in the way. Standing by and watching as Boros was having his portrait painted were all of the other old HPSC members. "I can't believe we're about to get back to running things in Japan," said a balding fat man.
"It's been a little over twenty years since we were in charge of how society was run," said a tall, lanky balding man.
"Gentlemen, our struggle to undo the damage caused by the villains who took over the world and help lead the way to restoring freedom to everyone will be a grand tale that will be passed down through the ages," Boros droned on, sounding smug and self-important as he always did, "We'll be remembered and celebrated for all time due to the efforts that us HPSC members had given, the efforts that are the sole, exclusive reason why the Rebellion was able to at last overthrow the villainous Regime and set things back to how they once were before said villainous Regime rose up and unjustly took over."
"No doubt the people will be wholly grateful to us for liberating them from the oppressive rule of Dabi and his fellows," the tall HPSC member said, "Don't be surprised, gentlemen, if the people start showing us with their favor after we finish liberating them out from under the oppressive thumb of villain rule."
The short fat balding HPSC member wrung his hands in greed anticipation. "Perhaps the grateful people will be more than glad to indulge us in our baser instincts? I'm sure that I'm not the only one among our number who wouldn't mind it if the fires in our loins are quenched."
"Ohh, that's a good point," said a rather gonk-looking older male HPSC member, "In fact, I kind of have my eyes on Green Bean's step-niece with the horns, not to mention that slender woman with the red eyes and long white hair I've seen hanging with Green Bean as of late. I think that, after we finish liberating Japan from the villains who took it over, I'll help myself to those two lad-"
*BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG*
The gonk-looking male HPSC member was cut off then the window in the room was suddenly blown open by a wave of gunfire, going on to strike all of the old HPSC members aside from Boros. As for Boros himself, he leapt back out of alarm and scrambled to get away, only for a gunshot to blow the back of his head out before he was able to get over a dozen feet away. Only the painter who was painting Boros's portrait wasn't killed by any of the surprise gunfire that suddenly blew in through the window and killed all of the old HPSC members.
Bursting through the remains of the window were a number of Regime soldiers, lead by a few Regime inner circle members including Toga and Nagant. "...Well I'll be damned," Nagant said as she saw her handiwork had taken out the last of the old HPSC, "The info that Upper Crust provided turned out to be solid."
Taking out a knife and pointing it at the painter, Toga said, "And what about you?"
"I'm just here because the smug son of a bitch you killed was making me paint a portrait of himself he planed to unveil at celebratory parties he was going to hold after the Rebellion overthrew the Regime and put himself back in charge," the painter said while pointing to where Boros's corpse now laid, "The portrait's about done, if you let me I can finish it so you have a finished work to wreck."
Nagant and Toga went over to see the painting as the Regime soldiers who continued to pour in began to spread out through the Rebellion base. "Ooh, I wanna add something!" Toga said as she took up a paintbrush, dipped it in black paint, and used it to paint a small, sort of blocky mustache right under Boros's nose in the portrait, right under his nose. Turning to look at the painter, Toga asked, "What do you think?"
"Pfft," the painter said as he first choked back a laugh, "It's oddly appropriate, given the kind of asshole that Boros was." It was clear the painter was more than willing to cooperate with the Regime forces pouring in, so Nagant let him be albeit under her and Toga's supervision. After a few moments, the portrait of the now late Boros Kazekage was finished, and the painter plus Toga and Nagant admired it for a moment, up until the painter said, "Yeah, I just wanted the work to remain solid for a few moments, it's an artist's pride thing. NOW you can blast it."
Without missing a beat, Nagant raised her rifle arm and fired a shot that pierced the forehead of Boros in the painting. Turning to look at the painter, Nagant said, "For a member of the Old Rule Rebellion, you seem awfully lax about the Regime sweeping in and suppressing this base, not to mention how lax you are about the fact that all of the leaders who were members of the old HPSC are now dead."
"I'm actually one of Upper Crust's spies he had infiltrate the Rebellion to learn what all secrets of theirs I could," the painter admitted, "And I got the memo from my boss that we switched sides."
"Now we just need to find where the rebels are keeping Felgrand's family," Toga said, "Rescue them, and let Felgrand know we saved his folks. I got word from Green Bean's wife that Felgrand's sister's brother, Felgrand's nephew, and Felgrand's fiance were secured again, so those guys are safe."
"We also need to find Vlad King, Hound Dog, and All Might and either capture them or kill them," Nagant said, "I got word that we've captured Eraserhead and Present Mic. Once we get the other three, then it's game over for the Rebellion for good."
"I know the Rebellion base where you can find Vlad King and All Might at, it's the same base that Felgrand's family is being kept at," the painter said, "And Hound Dog is at this base, but knowing him he'll choose to yield rather than fight."
Nagant nodded once in understanding. "So we can take Hound Dog alive. Good. Now we just need to go capture and or kill Vlad King and All Might, rescue all of Felgrand's family, and then let Felgrand know his family is safe, then this whole nightmare will finally be over."
"Reasoning with Felgrand MAY be more difficult than you're selling it as," Toga said, "Keep in mind that he's still under the idea his sisters and parents are all being held hostage. We need to let him know after we get them back that we got them back and that his whole family is safe, and until we pull that off he's still set against us."
"I have a plan, don't you worry about that," Nagant replied as some Regime soldiers dragged in a bound Hound Dog.
"Lady Nagant, sir," one of the Regime soldiers said, "We've captured Hound Dog, one of the Old Rule Rebellion's leading members! What are your orders?"
Turning to look at Hound Dog for a moment, Nagant said after turning her attention to the men, "Simply keep him contained as long as he plays nice."
"Yeah," Toga said, "We won't put him down so long as he behaves like a good boy and-"
Toga was cut off by Nagant who smacked her in the back of the head. "That 'good boy' comment was rather insensitive."
Nodding once to Nagant, Hound Dog said, "Thank you."
END, CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN
Author's notes;
This chapter sees the Rebellion's final efforts being worn down more and more, and even sees to the killing of Rebellion leading members who are members of the old HPSC, as well as the capture of Shouta and Hizashi, and later Hound Dog after them. But things haven't been settled for good yet, there's still capturing Vlad King and All Might (as well as maybe kill them provided they don't yield), as well as rescuing the Asuis, and then letting Felgrand know all of his family is safe before he will stop his driven rampage across the Regime military bases in Japan.
This will continue into the next few chapters as things will wind on down until they can be drawn to a close; the end is almost in sight. There's still a few issues that have to be covered before things here can be drawn to a close, so until then take care.
