Chapter 30: Original ideas

17:47 PM (Japan Time), Thursday December the 29th…

"… Meiru – chan, Miyabi, Charlie, Tesla… Enzan, Laika, Dingo… You all received the same message?"

"Sure! "Something important is gonna happen at Meiji Boulevard! Get there on the double."…"

Nettotalked to Enzan as he looked around the right side of the boulevard.

Airstar and Tesla were talking about something.

Meiru was whispering something to Roll.

Dingo discussed with Tomahawk Man.

Laika was taking part in the conversation with Netto and Enzan.

Miyabi was looking around as if he didn't trust the atmosphere.

"And the name "Osiris" of the sender! Osiris was another of the Gods in Egyptian mythology. Given what Miyabi told us about Sidier's show this morning, I'm sure he's behind it." Enzan guessed.

"But he can't hope to take eight opponents at the same time… Maybe he's going to present us with some of his "original ideas"…" Laika muttered.

"… No, Tesla! I insist!"

"I knew it! You have perfume phobia!"

"But your perfumes reek of industrial products!"

"Why, you…!"

Tesla and Airstar were having another of their discussions over silly things.

"Come on, Tomahawk Man! Tell Maha to give me my tomahawk back already!" Dingo pleaded.

"No! It's a danger for everyone! What part of "danger" you don't understand, Dingo?" Tomahawk Man growled.

"It's not a danger: it's my life!" Dingo dramatized.

"I'll admit that it came useful to make canoes, but… You needn't bring it unless you know you're going to the forest." Meiru sighed

"Tomahawk Man is right!" Roll added.

"Man." Gyro Man sighed.

"This is a calamity." Magnet Man grimly muttered.

"And I'm behind it." Shadow Man announced.

"Quit it already." Miyabi grumbled.

"That Eye of Mordor thing hides a VPN tunnel leading to the spot the Navi is at?" Search Man asked Rock Man.

"I'm sure the guy can speak or write Japanese perfectly! The only reason he writes in English is to test our intelligence, I guess."

Rock Man crossed his arms and sighed.

"Hmpf. Let them come out! We'll teach them not to mess with the "Net Saviors"..." Blues scoffed.

They heard sarcastic clapping ringing out and they looked aroud.

The holograms of Ox Fire DS, Phantom Black DS, Acid Ace DS and Grave Joker DS stood in a nearby balcony.

"The Tribe Chiefs…!" Enzan gasped.

"I have a bad feeling about this." Laika grimly muttered.

"Carnival won't happen for another two months, you impatient otaku men!" Tesla boasted.

"Tesla! Those are Net Navis!" Airstar scolded.

"Hmpf. Envoys of the Dark World…" Miyabi muttered.

"And they surely have an ace up their sleeves." Meiru guessed.

"See, Tomahawk Man! If I had my tomahawk here, I could attack them!"

"They're holograms! They're not real! You can't attack them!"

"What do you want, you guys?" Netto demanded.

"We all have been working on some "original ideas"… Will you care to play around with them?" Ox Fire DS chuckled.

"We are afraid that you underestimate our Tribes' potential. We came up with these. Emperor S gallantly told us to act by our wills. He shall be mere public tonight." Phantom Black DS gallantly announced.

"You guys look like you could have a thrill." Acid Ace DS chuckled.

"Be careful! You'll end up splattered by 'em." Grave Joker DS sneered.

"Hmpf. Gloating." Blues scoffed.

"Nothing will hold us back." Search Man announced.

"I wanted a good fight." Gyro Man chuckled.

"I was itching for it, too." Magnet Man admitted.

"Let their foul creations be slain." Shadow Man chuckled.

"Hmpf! No monsters will scare us." Roll told them.

"Bring it on." Rock Man challenged.

"Come!" The four of them announced.

Data flowed out of three large purple portals and began to assemble, drawing gigantic shapes.

One of them was a large incandescent boulder with cracks and filled with magma.

It had four thin legs emerging from its body and one blue eye set on the forehead as well as mouth without tooth.

"What a freak!"

The thing roared and a holographic screen popped out.

"Great Rock of Incandescent Flames: Bera Daama"

The second one was a golden Hindu statue made of steel.

It had six arms and a central spheroid body.

Its head had an emotionless face, too.

The spheroid had a purple mass with a red sphere set on the middle.

All of the arms' joints (wrists, elbows and shoulders) were connected by the same purple mass.

The thing was set on a golden pedestal and two of the arms held double-sided curved daggers on them.

The monster emitted a metallic sound and its name appeared.

"Demon-Possessed Divine Container: Da Iruooma"

The last one was a gigantic whale monster with a beard and red eyes.

Red tentacles with a blue eye at their end came out of holes on its body.

Its shadow was eclipsing was little light there was a left at this hour.

"Great Sky Spirit: Narisha"

A thing came out of a hole above Narisha.

This foe looked like a worm with a large blue eye and mouth.

Two yellow wing extensions with dots inside opened at both sides of it

Four thin cylinders served to segment them and action them.

It uttered some noise and its name came out, too.

"Gigantic Eye Parasitic Species: Paras Paras"

"A flying whale…! My prediction came to be true, then!" Tesla gasped.

"You won't be able to say we haven't worked enough on them! Slowly… And carefully… Play with our beloved Monsters…" Ox Fire DS told them.

"Let the drama begin." Phantom Black DS added.

"It's show time!" Acid Ace DS exclaimed in English.

"Have at you guys!" Grave Joker DS added.

Their holograms vanished and the eight of them had to step back since the monsters looked ready to attack them at any moment, moving forward and making sounds.

"Meijin – san…! Please deploy a "Dimensional Area"!"

"By all the…! What monsters! San wa iranai! Dimensional Area: Activate!"

"Synchro Chip, Slot In! CROSS FUSION!"

They performed "Cross Fusion" and faced the monsters, which roared.

"Netto, Laika! We're gonna deal with the statue thing. Sakurai, Dingo! You two deal with the rock thing. Charlie, Magnets! I guess you want to fight the whale and the parasite thing." "CF" Blues instructed to all of them.

"Roger!"

"Super Vulcan!"

"Freeze Bullet!"

"Sonic Boom!"

The three attacks headed for Bera Daama but it ignited the flames on its body and compacted into a round spheroid.

The attacks bounced off it and it rolled down the avenue towards them.

"Damn! Battle Chip, Triple Bomb!" "CF" Netto cursed.

He threw the Triple Bomb at it and the explosion stopped the thing.

"Good!"

The monster assumed its normal form and began to shoot out spheroids of fire, which left craters and flames upon impact.

The monster began to suck air it like it was a vacuum cleaner, and its force began to pull the three "Net Saviors" in as tried to run away from that.

"Ice Cannon Ball!"

"Scope Gun!"

"Count Bomb!"

The three new attacks entered the monster and caused explosions, which stunned it and turned off its flames as it collapsed on the ground.

"The eye…! That's gotta be the weak point! Long Sword!"

"Long Blade!"

"Samurai Sword!"

The three of them began to slash and cut at the eye, which shook with every hit it took on.

The flames on the monster ignited again and it resumed its earlier position.

"Shit. They're though." "CF" Netto cursed.

"Like an RPG game! Go over the same strategy over and over again until the enemy is dead!" "CF" Blues muttered.

"Sheesh. How annoying!" "CF" Laika cursed.

"… Tomahawk Rolling!"

"Roll Arrow!"

"Shuriken Needles!"

Both attacks bounced off as Da Iruooma was using two hands to protect the core spheroid.

The other four arms were swinging around the air and using the blades to strike back.

One hit "CF" Dingo and kicked him towards a streetlight, deforming it from the violence.

"Shit." He growled.

"Program Advance! Hi Cannon, Triple Slot In! Giga Cannon!"

"Program Advance! Sword, Wide Sword, Long Sword! Dream Sword!"

They shot and they met the target.

The arms detached and the monster had to use the remaining right arm to attack, leaving the core unprotected and open to attack.

"Tomahawk Swing!"

"Wide Blade!"

"Shadow Clone!"

The attacks delivered damage to the monster before it summoned the two arms back in place and attacked with them.

Both attacked the joints of and made four of the arms fall down.

They attack the core again and the monster stopped.

"Did that do it?" "CF" Dingo wondered.

Iron bars closed the circle to protect the core as the monster used two hands to lean on the ground and push upwards.

It revealed its legs and placed all arms behind it to draw six large slightly curved swords.

"Crap. This thing can walk, too…!" "CF" Roll cursed.

"Battle Chip, Super Vulcan!" "CF" Dingo growled.

"Explosion!" "CF" Miyabi announced.

The attacks bounced off and the blades, which swung left and right in a simultaneous manner, hit both.

"Damn. Tomahawk Rolling!"

"Wide Blade!"

"Shadow Blade!"

Both attack made one arm fall off and the blade it was holding emitted a brief flash.

"Hmmm? I see!"

"CF" Dingo grabbed it with both hands and began to swing it.

He cut the other arms off as the other two fighters grabbed one each.

They hit the protection of the core and shattered it as they began to hit the core.

"Take these!"

The monster kicked them away and the arms reassembled again.

"Shit."

"… Mag Ball!"

"Tornado Arm!"

"CF" Tesla and "CF" Airstar were facing off against the tentacles emerging from Narisha's body.

They bested them and landed on top of it to confront Paras Paras.

The parasite shrieked and shot spheres of acid at them, which corroded their "Cross Fusion" bodies upon impact, even.

Both stayed away and tried to deal with the thing.

"Try hitting the wing things by bouncing off its acids, Tesla!"

"Mag Ball!"

"Tornado Arm!"

Both of their tactics made two acid balls hit the "wings" of the monster and it lost balance, collapsing on the "ground".

Both relentlessly attacked it before it stood up again.

"Okay! Let's keep on like this!" "CF" Airstar exclaimed.

"No holograms are gonna laugh at me!" "CF" Tesla announced.

"… Geyser!"

"Freeze Bullet!"

"Aqua Sword!"

The monster swallowed up the three attacks when it was sucking in air.

They evaporated all flames inside of its body and it collapsed.

The three of them attacked the eye and it soon emitted a loud and piercing shriek before turning black and exploding.

The blast pushed the three of them across the avenue until they collided with a building's entrance columns.

"We… did it…!" "CF" Netto hissed.

"Somehow…!" "CF" Blues muttered.

"What a monster!" "CF" Laika cursed.

"… Zeta Cannon!"

"Giga Cannon!"

"Zeta Fumikomi!"

The three attacks hit the core of Da Iruooma and it stopped while making some strange noises and slowly extending its neck.

The purple mass detonated and only the main components of the thing remained scattered around the area.

"Whack!"

Some of them hit the three "Cross Fusion" fighters and pushed them back.

They looked again to see how the remaining pieces faded away.

"Take that, you… men's toilet… curse monster…" "CF" Roll muttered.

"Shadow Man is obsessed with the Naraku and this girl over here is obsessed with a men's toilet curse! When did this town become a town of occults lovers?" "CF" Miyabi muttered.

"What a club!" "CF" Dingo groaned.

"… Yo-yo Blade!"

"Mag Missile, Mag Missile, Mag Missile…!"

The two attacks hit Paras Paras' gigantic eye and it shrieked before exploding into a thousand bits.

"Jump!"

Narisha growled and began to delete.

Soon nothing remained of him and both of them had to land in a nearby rooftop out of exhaust.

"What an afternoon!" "CF" Tesla cursed.

"What a day…!" "CF" Airstar cursed.

"At least we're still alive." Magnet Man muttered.

"Guess we should be glad of it." Gyro Man sighed.

"I'm the hero! I deserve a reward! My tomahawk!"

"Nope. That won't work on Maha." Tomahawk Man grumbled.

"You don't become a hero. "Hero" is a name others stick into you."

"Sheesh! Don't try to play wise old man, Shadow Man!"

"I'd rather prefer sneaky veteran ninja." He chuckled back.

"How original." Miyabi grumbled.

"I'm a prophetess!" Tesla laughed.

"Sure, sure. I'm sure those guys overheard your jokes and decided to make a giant whale as irony." Airstar sighed.

"Wha~t!? I'll lawsuit their bones!"

"That doesn't make any sense…" He sighed again.

"Sheesh. Let's go report!" Laika rallied.

"Sure thing! I'm fed up!" Enzan grumbled.

"Same! Let's go, niisan!"

18:18 PM (Japan Time)…

"… The actions of tonight seem to indicate that we're rushing towards an upcoming "climax"…"

The three Net Saviors were reporting to Commissioner Kifune.

"The party or parties operating behind that Eye of Mordor avatar are yet to be identified, yet… They don't seem to be in anyone's side."

"Its behavior suggests a wish to be an overseer detached from the conflict. Maybe they plan on taking profit of whoever ends up standing!"

"That's a very likely possibility! Kanou Shade also had that behavior yet he sought to oppose Twilight! And he ended up becoming our enemy as well. The "Eye" may have a similar behavior as well, for all we know…"

"It's always the same thing! One group goes down another comes up to take their spot… Is there no end to it?" Netto grumbled.

"Sadly! That's how History has been shaped like. Nations rose, reached a climax and then fell into decadency." Enzan told him.

"The triumvirate must be at their peak by now but it's about to collapse and will most likely forced to cool off for a while before being able to come up with something new and original."

"I believe we are close to an important breakthrough."

"I get that same feeling, too." Blues admitted.

Kifune stood up and walked over to the windows to see snow falling.

"This snow just makes me think it's a sign." Netto muttered.

"Who knows?" Enzan sighed.

"Maybe something will happen by tomorrow." Laika suggested.

"The climax…" Rock Man trailed off.

"Is it coming?" Blues wondered.

"Tomorrow… We'll know. For certain."