"Alright, Maximum Effort it is then!" Gunfire and explosions erupt around the Marine Contra's shadow clone as stray rounds, then projectile-based ninjutsu of every element lambasts his relative location. 'Well, with what little Jutsu Juice I've got left, anyway.' Jim's clone retreats farther into the ruins in a full sprint as hot lead whistles past his head, puncturing the war-torn structures behind him. The Shadow clone hastens his escape using Teleportation Jutsu; however, the hordes of Red Zetsus and vengeful shinobi loom ever closer.
The abominations continue piling upon dozens of unfortunate ASF (Allied Shinobi Forces) personnel around him, muffling their agonizing cries for death as the flesh-eating ghouls bite then tear their flesh, limbs, and intestines from the shinobi's writhing bodies. Jim's doppelganger takes advantage of the carnage and confusion by casting genjutsu to mask his escape route before diving for cover within a dilapidated, high-rise apartment complex.
Nevertheless, another horrific spectacle greets Jim's duplicate as he stumbles across a group of mutants consuming a shinobi of the Hidden Leaf Village (Konohagakure) alive, still gasping in agony, unable to scream as the abominations tear the unfortunate soul's intestines from his body with a revolting slosh sound. The man falls unconscious, reaching out with his arm, perhaps pleading for mercy, while a Red Zetsu gnaws the flesh off the limb before ripping it from the torso.
'Trust me, comrade; I know precisely how that feels…' the shadow clone deadpans. He dashes past the macabre scene, grabbing the ammunition from the Konoha-nin's weapon. One of the zombie-like creatures arises from its gruesome feast, lunging at the clone; Jim's replicate smashes the Red Zetsu's skull with his Autogun's shoulder stock before loading the new magazine into the assault rifle. 'Darn! Only fourteen rounds!?' The cannibalistic fiend, already back on its feet, storms after the shadow clone with a reinvigorated fanatic desire to consume his flesh.
He shifts over a series of one-hand seals, casting genjutsu upon an unsuspecting kunoichi of the Bloody Mist Village (Chigiri no Sato). However, the Chigiri-nin's super-human reflexes and experience enable her to detect the incoming charge. She slashes through the imitation with a bayonet, but her attack phases right through him. The kunoichi screams, gargling blood as the Red Zetsu tackles her, sinking its rows of razor-sharp teeth into the woman's jugulars. The shadow clone racks his Autogun's charging handle, alerting the two shell-shocked shinobi taking defensive positions behind a ruined section of the hallway.
Before they can react, a round pierces through the first shinobi's heart, then his head; the next round splatters the upper half of the second assassin's skull like an overripe watermelon. Witnessing the gruesome deaths of his comrades, a shinobi of the Hidden Cloud Village (Kumogakure) rushes at Jim's shadow clone from the shadows. The clone aims and fires, but the infantryman uses Teleportation Jutsu with Lightning Release to evade the duplicate's crosshairs.
With a fierce battle cry, he thrusts his sword at the clone's throat; the clone shifts the tile beneath the Cloud shinobi's feet, redirecting the blade's path. In an instant, the Kumo-nin's teeth fly from his skull as the bottom of the Autogun's shoulder stock impacts the man's jaw. Jim's doppelganger slashes downward at the shinobi's jugular before thrusting his weapon's bayonet into the infantryman's throat, twisting then ripping the blade aslant. The Kumo-nin falls backward, gurgling blood.
The shadow clone stands before an open window, 'Oh, almost forgot about that guy…' A high-velocity round ruptures the log, substituting the replicate into a flurry of splinters. 'Dang sniper,' the imitation sits below the window, against the wall, blurring over a chain of hand seals, "Earth Style: Mud Wall." A protective barrier forms down the corridor, blocking off the stampeding mutants and the sniper's line of sight. One of the mutants muddles through the mud wall; Jim's clone shoulders the Autogun and cracks his knuckles as the Red Zetsu approaches. He sidesteps the cannibalistic fiend, causing it to face plant onto the wall.
The shadow clone sweeps the abomination's legs off the floor, extending his index and middle finger and curling the rest into his palm. A stalagmite rockets from underground, impaling the mutant's skull as it falls back onto the jagged rock formation. Jim's duplicate adjusts his glasses, then stalks the traitorous halls with a kunai ready, staying mindful of every shadow or dark corner. He detects an inbound chakra signature nearby but can't pinpoint its exact location. The doppelganger clasps his hands; electricity surges along the surface, jolting the shinobi hiding beneath it.
"There!" he stomps the ground, resulting in a shinobi of the Hidden Stone Village (Iwagakure) launching from underneath the floor tile. An electric current arcs through the Iwo-nin's body, locking up his limbs as he slams head-first into the ceiling. Before the shinobi can land, Jim's shadow clone drops into the splits. "Huhoogh!" the replicate howls, driving his fist into the poor man's groin.
"Toasty~!"
The Hidden Stone Shinobi's eyes bulge as he doubles over, writhing in pain, screaming in a ceaseless, high-pitched tone, almost like he's singing in an opera. The clone sends his foot crashing into the Iwo-nin's chin, heaving the shinobi off the ground. The imitation roundhouse kicks the man's jaw before sending the Stone shinobi spinning through the air via a tornado kick down a flight of stairs into a parking garage. The Red Zetsus rush the entrance, swarming the Iwo-nin.
"Detonate!" an explosive tag on the shinobi's back explodes, destroying the stairs and sealing off the lobby. The shadow clone extends his index and pinky fingers, holding the rest down with his thumb; he sidesteps another shinobi's sword, hurling at him in a downward slash. The ground beneath a Konoha-nin fizzles with electricity before a cylindrical stone formation rockets from within the tile into the shinobi's crotch, then from an adjacent pillar into the man's temple, knocking him unconscious. The clone grabs the Konoha-nin's neck with the bottom of his foot, then slams the shinobi to the ground, snapping his neck.
Jim's duplicate executes a Front Walkover, thrusting his boot into an incoming Chigiri-nin's trachea, crushing the infantryman's throat. Jim's doppelganger pulls the Chigiri-nin into a Back Walkover, then a "Lightning Release: Fazing Flash Kick!" throwing both shinobi one after the other out a window, using chakra control, "Detonate!" The shinobi hurl through the air before the explosive tags, the replicate stuck on their backs explode, sending shrapnel hurling towards the sniper in a nearby building. The shadow clone draws his Autogun, aims, and empties its magazine into the sniper's center mass.
Jim's clone uses Substitution Jutsu to evade incoming machinegun fire from a kunoichi of the Village Hidden by Rain (Amegakure). The imitation reappears on the Ame-nin's flank, thrusting his palm at the weapon's barrel, then the other palm upward into the kunoichi's nose. He slams his elbow on the woman's temple, causing hairline fractures along her skull, before locking a Gable Grip over her head and arm, then rolling backward into Top Mount. With a chakra-enhanced pull, the struggling Rain kunoichi falls limp with a sickening crunch. In a nanosecond, Jim's duplicate enhances his speed via Teleportation Jutsu to ambush another Konoha-nin.
'I may be out of Chakra, but I ain't outa options!' the clone, masking his scent among the many decaying bodies, jolts the Inuzuka, using Lightning Release before driving his shoulder into the Konoha-nin's abdomen, Swishers to the side, and slams the shinobi's head onto the ground with a double-leg takedown. The doppelganger seizes the ASF infantryman's pistol from the holster and fires, shooting the Inuzuka's Ninken (Ninja Dog) in the head as it tries to assist its master. Jim's shadow clone locks the thrashing Konoha-nin in a D'Arce/Brabo Choke, absorbing his chakra without restraint.
Every nociceptor within the man's body erupts, triggering a white-hot, searing sensation. The shinobi's skin pales as his body and anatomical features sink and shrivel like a raisin. The replicate rolls away; the Inuzuka, now resembling a walking skeleton, shuffles to his feet. Jim's clone rushes forward and uses the Konoha-nin's midsection as a stepladder to deliver a powerful backkick to the shinobi's torso, sending him flying through the wall towards a group of Red Zetsus that dogpile the bawling man.
"Auf Widersehen, Inuzuka…" the shadow clone says before resealing the breach with Earth Release. He sprints down the corridors with several ASF grunts in full pursuit; the imitation dashes past two shinobi. They aim their weapons and fire, but the rounds pass through a simple Clone Jutsu. 'Earth Style: Headhunter Jutsu!' Both shinobi are pulled below the surface, exposing their heads; Jim's shadow clone resurfaces and dispatches a swift, robust kick, spinning their heads 360°. "Fear the ground beneath you!" the doppelganger's eyes widen, "Argh!" as a Red Zetsu tackles him.
Nevertheless, the flesh-eating ghoul wedges its teeth into a log. The second the mutant stands, the duplicate reappears overhead, slamming a downward ax kick into its skull, doubling over the creature. He thrusts his knee into its face like a battering ram, destroying the Red Zetsu's jaw. Jim's shadow clone chains a right and left elbow strike to both sides of its head, then a back fist strike before driving his knee through the abomination's sternum; the replicate roundhouse kicks its jaw off its face; he slams his heel back into the cannibalistic fiend's temple and finishes the combo with a devastating tornado kick that removes the head from its shoulders.
With a single one-hand seal, Jim's clone uses Earth Release to squish the Red Zetsu's remains between two cylindrical stone constructs from above and below. The creature's blood coats the back of a thunderstruck Uzu-nin's head, enraging the shinobi of the Village Hidden by Whirling Tides (Uzushiogakure). The imitation draws a blood-stained scroll from his flak jacket and teleports to escape the wrathful Uzumaki. In a swift blur, the Uzu-nin appears at the duplicate's former position, hunting down the object of his ire. He spots the outline of a shadow around the cylindrical stone constructs.
With a crazed look in the shinobi's eyes, he readies his battle axe and lunges after his target. Alas, the shinobi's bloodlust and excitement turn to fear and dread as a tall, gaunt figure stands before him, bones and veins visible under its thin brown skin. The ReDead's eyes glow through the two dark eye-holes in its reddish-orange mask before unleashing a paralyzing shriek that freezes the Uzumaki in place. The ReDead jumps onto the Uzu-nin's back, wrapping its legs around his waist, then squeezes the Uzumaki's arms together in a tight bear hug.
"Grawmp grawmp grawmp grawmp," bearing no remorse nor shame, the ReDead begins thrusting its hips to and fro into the shinobi.
"MY BACK! MY BACK! OH DATTEBAY—NO! IT'S HUMPIN' MY BACK, DON-CHA KNOW!" the Uzu-nin screams at the top of his lungs.
Jim's shadow clone resurfaces from underground, staring the shinobi dead in the eyes, "I bear you no remorse…" he raises his index and middle finger at eye level, curling the rest into his palm. The corridor wall opens, and a dozen Red Zetsus dogpile upon the ReDead, then the Uzumaki. The duplicate dives into the opening before resealing the aperture and proceeds down the hallway. Yet again, he detects more chakra signatures nearby.
In a burst of speed, the doppelganger slides along the ground, sweeping another Ame-nin's legs from underneath him, then dispatches a straight kick with the bottom of his boot towards the Rain shinobi's jaw, shattering his teeth. Continuing his momentum, he rolls forward, using the centripetal force to swing his heel at the Ame-nin's head, further unsteadying the infantryman before slamming him to the ground with a scissors takedown. The replicate of Jim steals the Rain shinobi's sidearm before firing, putting a bullet through the man's skull.
Another Red Zetsu rushes out of the shadows; Jim's shadow clone leans back onto his shoulder blades, extending and whirling his legs like a pinwheel to sweep the abomination off the ground. He captures the Red Zetsu midair between his boots before casting the mutant through the air with a head scissors throw. The cannibalistic fiend crashes into an unwary kunoichi, unlucky enough to stumble into the corridor at an inopportune moment, sending them both tumbling out an adjacent window. The clone presses the mag release on the Ame-nin's sidearm, then pulls back the pistol slide, ejecting the chambered round.
After counting the ammunition, he loads the bullet into the magazine before reinserting the mag and pulling back the pistol slide. The replicate holsters the weapon in his inventory; he rushes up the side of a wall, backflips onto the next floor, and lands, slamming a Hidden Cloud kunoichi on the ground with a head scissors takedown, knocking her unconscious without a sound. The Iwo-nin, stalking the halls, notices her battle buddy's absence; she looks over her shoulder and gasps as glowing bioluminescent eyes greet the Hidden Stone kunoichi.
Before she can fire her weapon, a paralyzing shriek stuns the woman in place. The ReDead grabs the screaming Iwo-nin's shoulders, shoving her against the wall. It holds onto the drainage pipe above her head for leverage, then lunges onto her, now resting its cadaverous feet on her shoulders. The ReDead clutches the back of the terrified kunoichi's head, still holding onto the drainpipe.
"Grawmp grawmp grawmp grawmp," again and again, the perverse zombie-like creature beats the poor woman in the face with its genitalless crotch, bowlegged and without mercy, causing her head to bump into the wall with each pelvic thrust. The shadow clone sneaks up beside the Iwo-nin, aiming a pistol at her head. The Hidden Stone kunoichi's eyes widen, not noticing the clone until he toggles the safety switch.
"Hmm, nah; you're not even worth killing," the imitation says. "I mean, let's face facts here. We both know this isn't your first time taking a pounding to the face, and it won't be your last, assuming you don't die of chakra exhaustion or get eaten alive and NOT in a good way. Whichever comes first." Jim's doppelganger holsters the weapon and walks off, leaving the Iwo-nin screaming his name in almost a psychotic rage. The clone chuckles, looking over his shoulder, "Tell you what, doll. If you survive, come find me, and I'll have you screaming my name under more—pleasurable circumstances." He says with a lecherous smirk.
The dumbstruck kunoichi's jaw drops, falling silent; her face flushes beat red as blood projects from the woman's nostrils. The shadow clone vanishes, using Teleportation Jutsu, leaving the kunoichi to some rather shameful and new questionable thoughts, such as, 'th-that was a du—A DUDE!?'
The Hidden Cloud kunoichi awakens from unconsciousness, stumbling back to her feet. She uses the wall for support, shuffling down the corridor while massaging the growing lump forming on her dome. The woozy Kumo-nin's vision begins to rebound as she rounds the corner; however, the sight before her eyes is something no amount of preparation nor desensitization the battle-hardened kunoichi can ever hope to anticipate. She sets her rifle against the wall to rub her eyes, hoping to amend the temporary blurriness plaguing her sight. The Cloud kunoichi's vision adjusts; nevertheless, she struggles to process the appalling spectacle.
Little by little, she starts to accept then acknowledge the sight before her is indeed genuine: what appears to be an emaciated corpse continuing to ram jam slam cram its action figure-like crotch against her battle buddy's face, bowlegged while waving around a cowboy hat the ReDead found hanging above the pipe. The now slack-jawed Kumo-nin's eyebrows raise higher than she's ever raised them as her head tilts in sluggish realization. A chill slithers up the kunoichi's back like hundreds of tiny fingers on her spine.
"I-Its dry-humping her in the face—a-and then… It's going to dry-hump ME in the face!" she says, hyperventilating while having a mild panic attack.
The ReDead gives the Kumo-nin a thumbs up as if to say, 'You're goddamned Skippy!'
The Hidden Cloud kunoichi shrieks in absolute terror, "OH MY GOOOOOOOD!"
The Raging Iwo-nin screeches with unfathomable fury, "What the hell are you doing!? Don't just stand there, screaming! Do something, you idiot!"
Jim's shadow clone seals off the entryway to his location via Earth Release and continues toward the stairwell of the high-rise apartment complex. Using genjutsu and Chakra Suppressing Techniques, he stalks his way upward, weary of traps, Red Zetsus, or ASF shinobi waiting to ambush him. Silent as a ghost, he disarms any leftover ensnarements obstructing his path along with the various genjutsu concealing the hazardous obstacles that lie ahead. The doppelganger scavenges for supplies whenever possible.
However, many abandoned weapons and equipment are often damaged, unusable, lack any ammunition, or are more leftover traps from a desperate last stand. The structure rumbles and shakes around Jim's shadow clone as explosions or machinegun fire persists without faltering beyond the walls; nevertheless, the unrelenting wails of flesh-eating ghouls are ever present, suffocating the sounds of battle outside. The clone approaches one of the many doors within the stairwell on each floor; he presses his ear against the entrance, listening for any sounds or indication of activity.
After a single hand-seal, he taps his foot on the ground, pulsing a small surge of electricity along the surface, scanning for hidden hazards. Much to the clone's astonishment, the entryway beyond the door is clear, except for a few shinobi wandering about the corridors. He moves into the rooms without a sound, using Noise Cancelation Jutsu to aid his burdensome endeavor. Jim's clone detects the first shinobi ahead, then avoids the assassin, choosing an alternate path to rest, remain undetected, and conserve chakra. He stabs a kunai with an explosive tag into the ground before concealing it with genjutsu to use as a proximity mine.
The duplicate readies his handgun, stalking along the path ahead. A few rows down, the shadow clone halts near the corridor's intersection, drawing a blood-stained scroll from his inventory, 'Hmm, right here should be fine.' He sits against the corner, targeting a specific location in the previous hall; without a sound, smoke appears. The doppelganger places a remote detonation explosive tag; he stands ready to continue along his path but detects an incoming chakra signature, gunning straight for him. A paralyzing shriek disrupts the deafening silence as the sounds of grunting and groans of pain and a desperate struggle follow suit.
"Grawmp grawmp grawmp grawmp,"
Jim's shadow clone peeks from behind the corner; the sight before him causes his jaw to drop. The ReDead has an Anbu pinned on his back with the shinobi's legs resting over the perverse creature's shoulders and its bony hands gripping the poor man's thighs. In an instant, more Anbu appears around the ghastly spectacle. The shadow clone covers his mouth, struggling to suppress his snickering as he imagines the look on each of their faces behind the pale porcelain masks.
"DETONATE!" The clone sputters, howling with laughter.
