Hello!
Been a while, hasn't it? I've gone too busy... and very lazy, so yeah...
The ongoing Ironblood event is quite a gold mine of lore for the Metas/Sirens. You can fully expect some of the lore contents will appear in later chapters.
By the way, if anyone can direct me to site where I can watch/download full episodes of Zoids: Wild Zero I'd really appreciate it. been hunting those for some time. And if possible, it can be accessible by someone living in Southeast Asia (Specifically, from the Philippines)
Unlocked: G-Cube Builder, First Phase
"Warning: Critically Low Energy Levels. Switching to Emergency back-up support. Disabling Beam-type weaponry."
"Shit! Not now!"
With Kuonji's Gunpla powering down as it runs out of energy the Vent Saviour slowly falls down into the waters below and stumbles onto the beachside as it gradually loses color with the Phase-Shift Armor deactivating, leaving him more vulnerable with enemy gunfire...
"Dammit, dammit! Dammit!"
"Oh...?"
In a final exchange of bout, the Taurus unleashes a beam blast at the Vent Saviour (+) on its left side, with the latter thrown into the beachside and its left arm went to the opposing side. The Vent Saviour somehow retaliates by firing its last beam gun charge, but it dissipates before reaching its target. The black Gunpla then readies its remaining intact cannons aiming at the downed Gundam, poised to deliver the finishing blow. Kuonji manages to fire up his Gunpla's thrusters one last time until it dies out and evade the attack just in time but is now utterly defenseless and unable to get away from the Taurus as to find and take cover until he can recover.
"Ufufu, too bad~"
"Khhnnn..."
Back at the shorelines...
"W-What do we do? What do we do? They're both in danger now..." Akagi can barely contain herself from running towards her sister, readying her Shikigami planes at hand.
"Kh..." Meanwhile Kaga is also at a loss on how to at least alleviate their protector's burden, "There are no active duty KANSENs in here since the damages caused by the recent Siren attacks on the Main Island, and the Treaty is still underway attended by several KANSENs overseas..."
As the two fox girls were busy pondering on how they can help An-Xous finally completes a hologram setup using the cube as its projector, with him inputting some codes on it through light flashes on its eyes.
"Akagi, Kaga... " The purple Haro calls out the two as he continues to type in some additional codes on the Holo-Terminal, "Let's go. We're going to help out Amagi and Kuonji."
""...Huh?""
""What? But how?"" Both Fox girls asked the purple Haro in unison.
Answering them with, "I need you two to follow my instructions carefully, okay?" and later An-Xous then instructs the two, "And with that said... Place your hands on this Holographic Terminal panel in front of you two..."
""O-Okay...""
"Alright... And now, picture into your minds... what kind of Rigging that you want to use..."
""...""
Back at the Battle...
"HaaaH!"
"!?"
As the Siren-possessed Taurus is slowly recovering from its beatdown, Kuonji, at the same time, is on the verge of being destroyed along with his machine.
"That voice...Kuonji! Khh..." From afar Amagi was about to rush over and give covering fire to the white Gundam but she was also surrounded by the MP Siren Ships that kept attacking her en masse and is now forced to take evasive maneuvers due to their sheer numbers.
"Now then, let us conclude this experiment with your head as my prize~"
"Dammit...!"
With controls unresponsive, several warning signs appearing on his screen Kuonji was already anticipating his 'Mission Failed' prompt. But before the Siren-possessed Taurus delivers the finishing blow...
"...You will not!"
"!?"
A black and golden Gunpla then tackles the Taurus with enough force so that it tumbles into the waters below. Focusing solely on the machine Kuonji then attempts to regain his orientation and aims the Gundam's beam rifle at the newcomer, but...
"...A SUMO?"
"You alright there, kid?" The said SUMO then contacts the Saviour (+) via comm link, with a blurry chat window on Kuonji's main screen.
"That voice...An-Xous!?" Kuonji suddenly exclaimed as he stared at the supposedly enemy Gunpla in disbelief, as the pilot of the Black SUMO is none other than the Misc. Item that he brought earlier.
"I know this might be too much development going on in a single moment, but..." The purple Haro then gave the boy a seemingly random suggestion, "I want you to set me as your partner in this fight."
"Huh...?" Kuonji was about to reply but they were interrupted with multiple beam shots and missiles coming their way, "Wait, incoming!"
"Tch!"
In a swift motion of its left arm the SUMO then fends off the incoming energy-type projectiles by deploying an I-field to defend itself from the remaining beam shots darting straight at it. Also, with a few tweaks using the G-Cube Builder this SUMO was able to withstand the solid rounds hitting its body frame like it was nothing.
"You can also function as a NPD...?" Kuonji had his eyebrow raised in disbelief, "And for a game generated AI, you sure know how to fight properly unlike other NPDs..."
"We'll talk about that later." An-Xous interrupted him with by sending something into his mailbox, "Here."
"...?"
Just then a notification appears on his panel indicating an invitation to form a party with a NPD user.
Support Unit HARO (An-Xous) is requesting to join your Team.
Accept
Decline
"Eh? Isn't this-" Kuonji was about to say something about this notification, however...
"Just hurry up!" An-Xous urges Kuonji to immediately accept his invitation, "That monochromatic lady's getting up now!"
"...!?"
The downed Taurus slowly rises up on its feet and is seemingly recreating its lost limbs by retracing their shape through bright light patterns surrounding it.
"Assessing damage... Reconfiguring current setup..."
"Shit! Its recovering too fast!" An-Xous cursed as he preps his SUMO to go for another lunge at the recovering enemy unit. "Hurry up, Kuonji!"
The recovering Taurus unit then begins to charge its cannons with significant amounts of energy and is aiming at An-Xous' SUMO unit.
"Ah!? Dammit, fine!"
With no other choice Kuonji pushes the Accept Button on his control dashboard and afterwards an icon of a purple Haro can be seen on his left most part of his monitor.
Support Unit Haro (An-Xous) is now added on to Player's Team.
"All right!"
At that moment the purple Haro's eyes glowed in whitish blue hue that signifies heightening his energy levels and is translated into the SUMO as it overpowers the recovering Taurus by having its Heat Fan deployed and charges towards the still wobbling enemy unit.
"Universe!"
The golden-colored Gunpla cleaves through the black Taurus' chest armor and finally destroys it for good. A couple of minutes later several other Taurus units rises up from their downed positions and sets their sights on the Golden SUMO while still recovering from previous damages and attempts to fire their cannons at An-Xous' mech.
"...There's more of them!?" An-Xous then observes these identical machines rising simultaneously on the surrounding waters, "Wait, it's not... she's trying to upload herself to every broken Gunpla at the area..."
An-Xous then had his machine attack some of the standing Tauruses with multiple beam rifle shots, and although they go down rather easily they quickly regenerate their broken parts with noticeable shape inaccurracy.
"Tch, so now she's attempting to spread her network range by dividing her consciousness..." An-Xous then prepares his SUMO to attack the incoming black machines before they had the chance to surround both him and Kuonji, "They're weak individually, but we gotta find the main source real quick or we'll be swarmed by these Duplicates in no time...!"
"These Gunplas...Wait, I've seen this before..." Remembering a certain event in early days of GBN the boy at the controls of his nearly disabled machine then realizes something.
"Come on, come on...!" Since he's still in an adrenaline rush state Kuonji quickly understood the situation in front of him and looks for any clues that indicates the enemy's weak point. Using all of his machine's sensors he began searching for any clues of the Elite Siren's whereabouts.
"...!"
After about a minute or two Kuonji heard a ping on his radar and pinpoint a certain location just in front of him; a faint glowing orb of blue light submerged in the water just beside the wreckage of Tester's Taurus Unit.
"...Over there!" Kuonji commands his Vent Saviour to unleash its remaining shield-mounted missiles on the glowing spot on the beachside waters, causing the multiple Taurus Duplicates to disintegrate and vanish into thin air.
"GrraaHHhhh!"
"Nice one, Partner!" AN-Xous squealed in excitement as Kuonji manages to damage the Elite Siren's Core Control Unit, "Now she can't create duplicates anymore!"
"Multiple Control Transfer Failed. Initiating System Back-up Program...Loading Infinite Telometres Unit..."
"...!?"
Just after being hit by the explosive projectiles the Elite Siren's core unit then somewhat magnetically pulls together any nearby machinery and forms itself into a vague humanoid form armed with an axe-like weapon. It then Reassembles itself using salvaged parts from other Gunplas and Siren Jets forming into the Siren-infused Taurus once again and prepares to confront the SUMO with its crudely built weaponry.
"Tch... So, this time she just jumbled everything into one messy data compile, huh..." An-Xous thought to himself, analyzing the Elite Siren's new form.
"Uhhh...No Notifications on this scenario...?" Meanwhile Kuonji was all confused from this situation as his holo-panel didn't even show a prompt window about a hidden boss power-up level.
Just then, the Black SUMO ejects something from its cockpit and drops it on the Vent Saviour's own cockpit hatch, which then somewhat digitally entered inside and lands on Kuonji's lap.
"Partner! Use that now!"
"Ah!?"
What the object in question apparently its the mysterious G-Cube Builder that he left behind after he boarded his Gunpla in a hurry. It still looks the same as before but now it emits a faint golden light on its etched circuit lines.
"I've already unlocked some of its key features, but you'll have to input your own Player Data to fully utilize it. I'll distract the enemy for a while, so try prodding a little bit on that cube for more unlockables!" An-Xous reported to the boy through a small message window on his screen right before charging towards the Elite Siren.
"Uhh... Right!"
At the same time on the Kansen's side of the battlefield...
Meanwhile at Amagi's also on a disadvantage, being surrounded by several Mass-produced Siren ships that keep converging on her location and constantly bombarding her with missiles and beams on every corner. Taking cover on a conveniently placed debris from enemy ships, she contemplates on her and the boy's situation.
"Dammit, I'm surrounded..." The elder fox girl Kansen cursed under her breath as she glances on Kuonji's location, "Hopefully the boy's alright without me..."
"Amagi-san!"
"Nee-sama!"
"Ah!?"
A red silhouette of a plane came rushing through the gaps of enemy's defenses and severely damages the Siren Carrier with its cluster of freefall bombs dropped on its freeway.
"Akagi? And Kaga?" Amagi had her focus redirected at her two younger companions and point out, "And those Riggings, how are you-"
"I'll explain later!" However, Kaga interrupted as a quick retort after unleashing a barrage of shell fire on approaching Siren Cruisers, "Let's focus on defeating these Siren ships and go to Kuonji's aid afterwards!"
"R-Right..." Without any retorts Amagi then readies her Rigging and aims at the leading MP Siren ship, "I'm going to question you two plenty regarding those Riggings after we're done here..."
"Those who bully my Big Sister..." Akagi had her Shikigami planes at hand deployed right after she throws them at the MP Siren Cruisers, "I won't forgive you!"
Aided by Kaga, Amagi manages to break through Siren formations and destroy all of the MS Carriers and Command Ships leaving the rest of the mass-produced Siren Ships fell prey to the Shikigami planes deployed by Akagi. With the Siren flagships gone most of the black ships can no longer coordinate their attack and defense formations, resulting in a total wipeout of the enemy fleet.
"Alright, that's the end of them. Let's go help out Kuonji!" The elder Fox girl declared, readying her Rigging to go at full speed.
""Right!"" The two little Kansens complied with a nod, trailing behind Amagi as they head over Kuonji's location.
Meanwhile...
*Boom!*
"An-Xous, cleaving through the enemy!" An-Xous yelled out on public chat as a battle cry with his SUMO going on a rampage against the reborn Elite Siren-infused Taurus, protected by Siren Fighter jets and Gunplas, wrecking their frontal formation and disrupting their synchronized attack patterns. Using a combination of his machine's I-field generator and Heat Fan, the purple Haro manages to stall the enlarged black Gunpla's attacks, evading them and counters with melee slashes on the head, chest and arms.
"Grrr...!" Tester is now fully committed on destroying the Black SUMO, focusing all of its firepower at the lone black machine along with its MP black Tauruses under her command.
"C'mon, C'mon..."
As the golden SUMO confronts the enemy forces head-on Kuonji take this chance to open a Holo-panel on his dashboard and reconfigure his machine's controls to hot wire it on to the G-Cube Builder. After a full minute the boy manages to access the Vent Saviour's remaining energy reserves and limited weapon systems then later connecting it to the mysterious cube via a series of holographically created wires.
"Yes! Now I can-Whoah!?"
Just then a series of bombardments and explosions violently rattles Kuonji's cockpit, almost throwing him off his seat. A small window then opens at the corner of his panoramic monitor, showing him the cause of the commotion.
"Kaga, full barrage at the left flank! Akagi, deploy some bombers at those grounded machines, and make sure you thoroughly destroy them!"
"Roger!"
"Yes, Big Sister Amagi!"
Arriving shortly at the scene, Amagi blasts through enemy formation accompanied by two younger Kansens Akagi and Kaga with their own Riggings taking out Siren units. Taking charge of the assault, the three of them manages to eliminate a third of Siren units guarding Tester's monstrous Gunpla.
Witnessing how Akagi and Kaga utilize their Riggings with little difficulty An-Xous gleefully exclaimed, "Hah! Looks like they can use those Riggings proficiently just by pure instinct, even though I hastily assembled it using your cube as a catalyst..."
"I see-Wait, what do you mean by that..." Kuonji retorted, but later puts his focus back on reconfiguring his Gunpla's controls using the G-Cube Builder.
After most of the downed MP Black Gunplas have been destroyed by the Kansen trio they turn their attention at the Elite Siren who's been getting overwhelmed by An-Xous, as his black Gunpla that kept attacking it nonstop keeping it on its guard.
"It's An-Xous! He's attacking that giant thing!" Kaga pointed out, as she was told by An-Xous that he will provide back up for Kuonji using a machine similar to his machine.
"You mean that purple ball's riding a 'Gunpla' too!?" Amagi was taken aback as she saw An-Xous is also capable of using a Gunpla, much more fending of the larger Siren-Infused Gunpla on its own.
"Big Sis Amagi, look! Kuonji's white machine is down!" Akagi yelped in despair, fearing that the boy had been injured inside his machine, unable to move.
"Kuonji!...Is he alright?!"
All the while, An-Xous is furiously desecrating the Elite Siren's machine with his SUMO's Heat Fan as it cleaves through its chest armor whilst tanking most of the missiles and laser beams. While his SUMO's I-field generator can negate most of the attacks thrown at it, the barrier can only last for a moment and not all of the Elite Siren's barrage can be blocked by it. Going for a critical hit the black machine does a consecutive hack-n-slash attack on the right arm as an attempt to disarm the enemy machine, which is quite successful as the arm falls off along with its crude weapon.
"Hrraaahh!"
"Ah! You little- Ugh!" Tester is now getting annoyed as more and more enemies began to overwhelm her by firepower and numbers, especially AN-Xous' SUMO who keeps slicing at her on every single angles. It was already hard for her to deal with the lone SUMO unit that kept either evading or blocking her attacks, and now the ship girls have arrived to engage her escort MP Siren ships that further lower her chances of victory, "Incoming...Enemy reinforcements..."
Take this!" With further effort An-Xous goes on offensive at high speeds that blurs his machine's image from the Siren's sights and manage to break even further Tester's enlarged rigging with three consecutive Heat Fan slash.
"Ghaahck!?"
With a small window at his monitor, Kuonji signals An-Xous that he's ready to unleash one devastating attack at the Siren-possessed Taurus. And after executing a 3-hit Heat Fan melee attack at the enemy's left shoulder, the purple HARO shouts-
"Do it now, Kuonji!"
"...!"
Having the G-Cube Builder hot wired into the Vent Saviour (+) cockpit Kuonji manages to activate its powerful beam weapon, resulting in a reddish-white beam then punctures the Taurus Unit's left shoulder and continuously ruptures towards its chest unit until the machine's left arm explodes and disintegrates into scrap metal parts.
"!? This is!?"
Despite the damage it received the still hovering Elite Siren machine then attempts another body reconfiguration, however...
"Variable units proved to be formidable; Changing Tactics to-Ugh!?"
"!?"
A random battleship-grade cannon fire and a Shikigami plane then intervenes the Elite Siren's reconfiguration as both attacks inflict the monstrous machine with considerable damage on its body, making its body frame become much more unstable than it is. Both An-Xous and Kuonji were startled from the sudden attack that they both stalled for a moment until they were called out by Amagi and Akagi.
"Don't stop attacking now!"
"Now's your chance!"
"!?"
"R-Roger!"
And with that the Black SUMO then charges forward and does a downward slash on its head and then runs through its chest. However, it wasn't enough to take down the boss monster and is about to crush the Black SUMO using its intact right arm by slapping it to the ground, but luckily Kuonji manages to fire off his machine's large beam cannons for one last time at the Elite Siren's mech on the central chest just above the neck area, destroying the enemy machine for good.
"Come on, come on..."
As the black Taurus burns until it's reduced into unrecognizable rubble the Elite Siren (or at least its hologram) inside can be seen accessing her holopanel as her machine continues to crumble and disintegrate into smaller shrapnel. She then mumbles to herself noting-
"I see, so this is the combined power of the KAN-SENs and Gunpla. Promising... Transferring Combat Data to Back-up Server..."
She later can be seen 'logging out' as her silhouette becomes a bit 'laggy', having glitched pixels and broken effects plaguing her body structure like a broken pixelated jpeg. But before she actually disappears Tester gives on last look on her screen, focusing on the Black SUMO.
"Heh, looks like another familiar variable has arrived in this timeline..."
In a matter of seconds, the Taurus explodes in a spectacular way that it creates a brightly multi-colored aftereffects that illuminate the now pitch-black night sky for a few minutes before it completely disappears in sight.
Afterwards, a notification flashes on Kuonji's and An-Xous' panel indicating the end of the Stage.
"All Ally Survive in 5 Minutes. Enemy Tester (Enhanced Taurus) Defeated. Secret Condition(s) Cleared!"
With the destruction of their Key Unit the mass-produced Sirens disintegrate into thin air much like what happened in the previous Stage, simply turning into dust particles soon after their leader disappeared earlier. The Mirror Sea also dissipated as well, along with the wreckage of the destroyed enemy units.
"All Hostiles Defeated. All Ally Units Survived. Stage 2 Complete!"
"Huff, huff... It's over now, right..."
"Yeah, it is..."
After the battle the SUMO can be seen carrying the Vent Saviour and landed on the beachside, with their pilots exiting their respective machines and inspecting the damages done to them. They then have a short conversation regarding the previous battle and some explanations along the line regarding An-Xous and the G-Cube builder's capabilities on the boy's hand.
"Damn, that last boss almost got me." Kuonji then reaches out to the HARO unit in a closed fist gesture, "If you haven't told me about the G-Cube Builder things wuold've turned out quite different. Thanks for the save assist, An-Xous."
"Anytime, partner." The purple HARO then pops out one of its arms covered by its earflaps and does a fist bump to Kuonji's hand, "Guess you now acknowledge me as your partner, right?"
"...Yeah, you're right." The boy replied, implying that he accepted his offer of camaraderie, "Guess I'm no longer doing solo leveling from now on. Then that means we can take on harder levels up until the end of this Mission. I'll be counting on you, An-Xous."
"...Right." The purple Haro nods in agreement.
"By the way, what do we do about our machines? They're both beat up into scraps..." The boy then points out, worried that how will he get back to the starting point.
"Ah, that's easy." The purple HARO then helps him out by opening a Holo-Panel that links with the G-Cube Builder, "Just access the G-Cube Builder's quick repair function, use my machine as additional material and then... voila!"
An-Xous' black SUMO then digitally disintegrates, slightly restoring his Gunpla's HP and EN but not able to reattach some of the damaged parts.
"Ohhh, it worked." Kuonji was quite impressed by this feat as he no longer has to look for an Intermission Area to repair his machine, "But I guess for a makeshift repair I can only do much, huh..."
"And also, it costs a significant amount of Parts Data for that..." An-Xous added at the end, eyeing the amount of Parts Data in his Holo-Panel's inventory, "I might add that you'll have to carry me around now that I've lost my machine to repair yours~"
"UUuugghh, why didn't you tell me that earlier?" The boy had a sour face after hearing this, "Now I have to grind for more Parts Data, with me lugging you around..."
"HHhhHhEEEYY!"
"Oh?"
Akagi then calls the two out, with Kaga and Amagi in tow which later joins into their conversation. However, the Elder Kansen starts it off with a menacing aura.
"Now that most of the important issues at hand have been settled, I demand some reasonable answers for my questions." Though smiling she's evidently pissed off as Amagi glared at the two young Kansens, "Especially from both of you, Akagi, Kaga."
""Uuhhhmm...""
An-Xous then casually slides in between them to shield the two young fox girls from some scolding, "Please, let me explain everything that had happened up to now."
Seemingly in a bad mood the elder foxgirl then sternly replied, "...I'm listening."
And then the purple Haro then explains the whole scenario starting from tinkering with Kuonji's cube to creating and equipping the two young KANSENs with Rigging and itself riding a Gunpla into battle. He also claims that he's the one who encouraged the two young foxgirls to equip their Riggings and fight alongside the elder Kansen as they know that she wouldn't be able to get through the enemy formation alone.
"Is this true, Akagi, Kaga?" Amagi then turns her head towards Akagi and Kaga, with the two foxgirls hiding behind Kuonji.
""MMmm, mmmmm!"" the two fox girls nodded furiously, assuring that everything had An-Xous told her is true.
"...It's hard to believe everything that you have told me, not to mention involving Akagi and Kaga into this... however given how you handled this situation, I have no choice but to accept it. Thank you for your hard work and great job, Kuonji and An-Xous." Amagi greeted the two with a friendly smile, "If it weren't for you two, we wouldn't be able to fend off the Sirens close to our waters."
"Ah no problemo." With Kuonji getting a bit carried away all over again he dons up his favorite 'Cool' character impersonation once again, "It is my Mission, after all~"
As the Haro unit observes Amagi and her body's condition, an idea pops up into his mind. One that might change the injuerd Kansen's fate.
"Hey partner, let's try something with your G-Cube Builder." An-Xous spoke up, staring at him and his cube, "This might be useful to you later on." then he redirects his focus at Amagi, "Miss Amagi, to provide you a demonstration of the cube's abilities, let us do something about your wounds."
"Eh?"
"What do you mean?" Puzzled the elder Kansen raises a typical question, "What are you going to do?"
"Let me show you..." An-Xous then arranged the boy to stand beside Amagi with the cube in close proximity to her chest, "And also, Miss Amagi. Please stay over here."
"Hm...?"
Holding the Cube by one hand while Amagi's both hands with the G-Cube Builder, An-Xous then instructs his partner to open his holo-panel as he holds the cube in front of the Kansen. With several inputs on the holo-panel the HARO signals him with-
"Ready...And Up!"
Shortly after the G-Cube Builder then glows in an iridescent glow, from bluish to white hue. After the faint glow dissipated from the cube, with the Kansen looks startled at first from the light. A few seconds later Amagi caressed her arms for a bit as if she feels something odd happen on her body.
"My wounds... some of them are gone..." Said Amagi, whilst feeling up her body and inspecting any other improvements done to her health. She then undone the bandages wrapped around her arms and amazed that most of her wounds are either disappeared or healed into little scars.
""W-Wha...?"" The two foxes were flabbergasted from the feat they witnessed, unable to process what did they just saw. Though surprised for sure, it was a pleasant one for the two of them.
"Eh? I can't fully heal her?" Meanwhile Kuonji was quite disappointed as the cube couldn't completely restore Amagi's body to perfect health, "Damn, lost opportunity for unlocking a few goodies..."
"Two things. First is because your G-Cube Builder's level isn't high enough to fully repair her body and Rigging as it cannot synchronize properly with her Mental Cube Core." An-xous answered the boy in a robotic stern voice, "And Second, you don't have enough Parts data to perform a whole overhaul for a KANSEN..."
"Aww, I see..." The boy was quite taken aback from the cost of using its ability, "Wait, I consume Parts Data for using this!?"
"T-That's great, Amagi-neesan!" Akagi had her lips widen in a big smile as her sister is visibly a bit healthier than usual.
"Thank goodness..." Kaga is also visibly happy from Amagi's slightly improved physique, "If we can use this ability to heal everyone who were affected by the earthquake then surely, we will..."
"..."
The Elder foxgirl kept herself quiet for a while, until she calls out the two younger fox girls with a waving hand gesture.
"Akagi, Kaga."
"Big Sister?" Akagi then tilted her head in confusion, unable to tell what Amagi wanted to do.
"What is it?" Kaga is also bewildered at what's on her mind.
The Elder Foxgirl then instructs the two with, "Do not tell anyone-No... Forget everything that had happened from here, okay?"
""Eh? But...""
"...Do not say a word about this to anyone, no matter who or anything. Promise me." The elder Fox girl heavily insisted on her words, "We will burden Kuonji if word had spread out that he had this kind of ability. Understand?"
"...!" At that time the boy just then realized that there will be more troublesome situations should everyone found out the cube's capabilities.
At first, they were confused and didn't understand why Amagi told them that, but nevertheless Akagi and Kaga nodded as a sign of obedience to her words.
""Okay...""
"Good girls~." She then pats the heads of the two young fox girls, with a loving smile on her face.
""Eheheh~""
Concluding that this is now a happy ending for this stage, "Welp, my work is done here. Time to go back home." Kuonji announced in a satisfied tone, "There's some hiccups along the way, but it was a fun experience here."
"Already?" Amagi suddenly frowns upon hearing it, "But the Festival isn't over yet..."
With a faint smile the boy replied with, "My guardian's waiting for me back home, so..."
"Ah, I see." Nodding in agreement Amagi understood his situation, "You don't want him or her worry about you staying out too late, right?"
"Yeah, so I have to go now..."
Meanwhile, one of the small fox girls have been muttering to herself for some time in a concerning manner. It wasn't audible at first until she intentionally raises her voice gradually.
And her first audible word is...
"...slave."
"Huh?" The boy had a confused expression from the little fox girl's words, "You were saying something?"
"...You will become my slave." The little red fox girl then proudly declared in front of Kuonji, "Now be grateful, odd human boy~"
"Uhh..."
"What's wrong, my slave? Are you that moved now that you've become my Honorable Slave?" The little red fox girl goes on to her monologue ignoring the earlier conversation.
"I can't stay here; I have to leave..." However, the boy told Akagi with a faint smile, "My guardian's waiting for me at home."
"Huh?"
"It's really nice if I can stay a bit longer, but I'm sorry." Kuonji sincerely apologize to Akagi, trying to calm down the little fox girl by head patting her, "I'll have to return home after this."
The little red fox girl had a disappointed look on her face at first. And then...
"...No."
"Eh?"
"No... You're now my slave..." Defiantly proclaiming the red fox girl refuses everything that was told to her and continued throwing tantrums, "You're not going anywhere..."
"Akagi..." Amagi attempts to stop her tantrums before it's too late, but her little sister refuses to back down.
"Ugh, there she goes again..." Meanwhile Kaga mentally facepalms as she knows how this situation would turn out.
"I'm really sorry, but I really can't stay here for too long.." Kuonji interjected with a faint smile, "But don't worry, If I had the time, I'll come back to play with you again!"
"Mmmph..."
"Well?"
"...You're my slave, and you're going to attend to me for the rest of your life!" Akagi proclaimed with a nearly teary-eyed face, still insisting of her declaration.
"Uhh, I really can't." Kuonji had his hands in a pleading gesture, "I promise, If I find another chance, I'll come back here for you..."
"Mmmmph...!"
Still not convinced from his words Akagi repeatedly chanted as her last resort on forcing Kuonji to settle down on the Sakura Empire and serve her for a lifetime.
"But you're my slave, you're my slave..."
"Ugh, what to do here..." Kuonji was scratching the back of his head, trying to figure out how to calm down the little fox girl.
"No, you can't leave..." Pouting and throwing tantrums the Little red fox girl continues to rebel against the boy's announcement.
"Akagi, don't be like that..." Amagi tries to reason out with her younger sibling, but it only made the younger fox girl whine even more.
"MMmmph..." Biting her lips in frustration Akagi refuses to give up on having Kuonji as her slave and pouts for him leaving so soon.
"Give it a rest, will you?" Kaga interjects as she taps Akagi's shoulder, "He already said he has to go home now, you know..."
"Mmmph..."
"Haah, you're giving me a hard time leaving here..." Sighing the boy is still thinking of a way to convince the little girl to see him off but in a way not to hurt her feelings.
"""..."""
Until an idea finally struck him as Kuonji remembers that item he was given by the bird avatar, pulling out the bird plushie from his Inventory and presents it to Akagi-chan.
"Here."
"...Huh?"
"Promise me that you'll be a good girl, and I'll come to see you again." The boy then pats the little red fox girl as his way of calming the girl, "When an opportunity comes, I'll play with you a little longer, okay?"
"..."
Though still reluctantly trusting his words Akagi silently accepts the gift from the boy. With the little red fox girl finally calm down, Kuonji then grabs An-Xous and goes in front of his machine, climbs up on its cockpit and activate its systems.
"Well, this is it." The boy gave one last glance to the trio, "I promise I'll come back here when I had the chance."
"And I promise that I'll turn you into a proper slave the moment you come back here~!" The young red fox girl makes a smug face, with one hand on her hips while the other pointing at Kuonji.
"Ahahah..." A he closes his machine's cockpit hatch the boy had mixed reactions from her declaration, already having doubts of coming back in this stage or meeting the girl once again.
As the Gunpla's optics lit up, Kuonji readies up his machine's intact thrusters until the Vent Saviour flies off into the now evening sky and gradually disappear from their line of sight. From the distance he can still hear the trio of Fox girls' farewells through his transceiver.
"Bye-Bye!"
"Be careful on your way home!"
"D-Don't forget your promise!"
End Stage 2D
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