Chapter 86: Battle of the Warriors Part 4
Both myself and my ally Oichi hear the bomb go off which is fairly loud, followed by a loud painful scream which came from Noh, which lasted quite some time as the toy car would be the final weapon to put an end to her wretched life.
To hear this happen puts a smile on both of our faces, as while it pleases me how I've rescued Oichi and defeated Noh and put an end to her misery, which I believe to be a significant achievement in our noble quest to save Gameindustri, as well as to bring peace and prosperity to it, I can't begin to imagine how it must make Oichi feel as she has no doubt witnessed first-hand, of what Noh has done and it must make her feel so happy that she's free of her wrath, her tyranny and that she's back on the side she belongs, the side she wishes to be, our side, the side of the goodies.
Although this must be good for her, I can't begin to imagine how depressed she must be to not know of where her loyal husband Nagamasa is, or Katsuie who protected her. But with that said I know what it's like as I couldn't bear the idea of not knowing where Noire is, in fact I was quite upset when I had to depart to go to Lowee, and fight to restore it back to the rightful ruler Blanc, even though I'm still able to talk to my Noire again.
I love Noire very much as she's incredibly intelligent, funny, benevolent, kind, caring as well as unbelievably attractive and cool, with the amount of wealth she has while ensuring that Lastation is a utopia with no poverty, no slavery, no starvation, no unemployment, no crime, no homelessness, no problems apart from dealing with Leanbox invading as well as the rest of the world suffering from war and from Neptune and her cronies. Yeah Noire is definitely such a goddess and I look forward to seeing her again, it's so great how we love each other very much and share the same values of caring for other people, and wanting it to be a better place for them.
Interestingly enough, that is what I see with Oichi and Nagamasa, they're such a great couple that I admire and it's nice with how they both support each other and love each other very much. I love what they represent which is for peace and happiness as well as how they care about other people. They remind me of myself and Noire in many ways, which is why I have a great amount of respect for them both. I can only hope that Nagamasa and Katsuie can be found alive and soon.
Eventually after I think for quite a while and both me and Oichi look at each other with relieved smiles, she suddenly leans on me as she stumbles. From the looks of her body language she needs to rest and for quite a while, as she's in a rough shape after fighting Noh. I then carry her in my arms only for her to wrap her arms around me tightly, before I place her gently on the ground so that she can rest. I guess the pain is proving to be too much for her, and so she wishes to sleep so that she can no longer feel it. I don't blame her at all for this and it is so sad to see that she's full of bullet wounds and has plenty of blood all over her clothes and her body.
I wish I could rest with her, but I dare not rest as I need to make sure she is safe while she rests. I mind talk to Uni in hopes that she'd be able to drop another bottle of quick revive, as well as some healing cream, but alas there are enemy troops incoming and so I wake my ally up apologising for not being able to give her much time to rest.
I then quickly rush to Noh only for me to pick up the shotgun as well as the ammunition that she carried, before I rush back as fast as I can. While the shotgun will prove to be a useful weapon against Oichi's brother, I am concerned with how it only has 24 bullets which includes what's already in the weapon itself.
As I head closer and closer towards Oichi, I then see two enemies armed with pistols only for them to be shot down quickly by the lady of Azai. After which I then pick up the two pistols from the enemies, before we both hide amongst the trees as we are sure that there more enemies approaching us, and as a matter of fact Uni herself confirms this to us as well as the fact that Nobunaga himself is approaching our location.
Note: Please listen to Dynasty Warriors 5 Nanman Campaign- Primitive Power while reading this:
We then see a few more of them pop out from amongst the trees in hopes of attacking us successfully, only for them to get shot down by the both of us. It intrigues me to notice that while some of them carry the usual Arisaka rifles, quite a few of them carry pistols as well.
With that wave of troops dealt with I reload quickly before we then rush to another batch of trees, only for us to hide as we see another wave of them pop out with similar weapons as before. Although this time I notice a couple of them trying to charge at us with their bayonets, as well as a couple more of them trying to throw the bayonets themselves at us, they still don't prove to be a threat, as a matter of fact I'm pleasantly surprised to find that I haven't even got shot once by any of them, which is good as it allows our health to recover, which we need if we are to stand a chance against her brother Nobunaga Oda.
After I reload we then move along through the trees and taking cover as best as we could, as we see more of the enemy Team Rocket grunts try and take us down time and time again. As we walk again some more I then hear gun fire from a submachine gun, and see that there a few enemies armed with Type 100s. The interesting thing is that Oichi is at the opposite side and I see her try and take down these grunts. They come two by two with one of the duo trying to take down Oichi while the other tries to take me down, but before they are able to hit us they get shot down pretty quickly.
Eventually the submachine gunners are no more and I then see my female ally pick up a submachine gun herself, though rather than using it she just holsters the weapon on her back. There are a few more enemy troops with pistols who approach us, but they get shot down pretty quickly though we then turn to see the Oda man himself standing there, laughing with his assault rifle which I believe to be a Howa Type 89. I also see holstered at his side, a Taser gun which is the model X26. I'm not sure I like this considering if he hits one of us he'll be able to shoot at us with impunity.
"Ah I see you have found someone new to love after Nagamasa. Interesting how you have betrayed him after betraying me." Nobunaga speaks with much curiosity only for him to laugh manically afterwards.
It is then I sense the anger within Oichi's body language over seeing her brother, and I don't blame her. Yet the thing is I also see sadness, perhaps inner conflict over this and I completely understand as well. Even if her brother is now evil and heavily corrupted by his now fallen wife, he is still her brother and it must pain her so much to see him in a worse state than he was before, as well as to be forced to fight her own flesh and blood. With this said, I think she understands that she needs to take him down, so that he himself would not cause any more trouble, or kill any more innocent people, or even commit more horrific acts as his brainwashing commands him to do.
It is our only hope that once he is taken down, perhaps we could find a way to turn him back and perhaps break the brain washing, so he's no longer the evil tyrant that we see before us. The thing is due to how strong the brainwashing is, I'm not sure if it'll be broken any time soon and perhaps it's for the best that once he has been defeated, and once he has been killed by us, perhaps we should preserve his body and if possible devote time to research such a thing so that hopefully one day, Oichi can see the brother she once knew. After I sense the various thoughts and emotions running through her mind, the Azai lady then speaks in response.
"Betrayed? You're the one who's betrayed me and the Azai clan. Why did you do it anyway? Why did you marry me off to Nagamasa, only to then attack his kingdom?!" Nobunaga's sister Oichi speaks with much aggression and frustration.
"That is because he betrayed me, he attacked me from behind and just like he has done, you along with your new husband shall pay for your betrayal." Nobunaga speaks calmly in his distinctive tone only for him to then do his trademark laugh.
"You disgust me brother, no Nobunaga I will make you stop for good!" The lady of Azai replies in the exact same tone.
"Do you really think you can defeat your brother? I sense the same inner conflict in you as I did with your husband. Yes the conflict between his loyalty to the Asakura, and his loyalty to you and me. And now with you it is the conflict between loving me as your brother, and hating me desiring to take me down. I have no inner conflict as I know you have betrayed me, and I have no problems in taking anyone down and giving them the appropriate penalty, even if it is my own flesh and blood." Nobunaga speaks in his calm yet menacing tone before laughing again.
"I will show you why you shouldn't underestimate me, for you may be the demon king, but I am the demon king's sister!" Oichi yells in defiance only to then holster her pistols and switch to her submachine gun before cocking it.
"And you would also be wise not to underestimate me, as your wife made that terrible mistake." I then yell in the exact same tone only to then switch to my shotgun and pump it, to show how determined I am to take him down.
Note: Readers please listen to Warriors Orochi Anti Scepter while reading this:
As soon as I pump my weapon I attack first by firing my shotgun at him, which knocks him to the ground. The thing is he then switches to his Taser and fires it at me as I feared.
The impact from the shot electrocutes me for a few seconds, which causes quite a lot of pain as I suspected. The thing is these seconds feel like hours and I feel like I'm in a lot of pain for a very long time, as well as feeling a lot of vibrations all over my body, gah I can't stand it. After the shock my body becomes paralysed and due to this, I fall to the floor. I still feel the vibrations from the electric shock even now, though it doesn't hurt me anymore but still I cannot move, not even my head.
Nobunaga then laughs as he then gets up and walks towards me, I can just imagine Oichi not wanting to suffer the same fate as I have, as if she does in fact get electrocuted what's to stop him from just killing us and taking advantage of us. I just hope this is temporary like I remember it being in Ghost Recon Future Soldier, as it's not ideal that my ally has to fight her brother alone while I'm unable to move my body. I can only guess that she's trying to keep Nobunaga distracted, in hopes that I will eventually recover from this.
I just wish I can recover now as I can't see anything but trees, and all I can hear is just gunshots from both Oichi's Type 100 and her brother's Howa Type 89. As I hear more and more gunshots however, I grow more and more concerned that the Azai lady will eventually get hit by the Taser. In fact my concerns become confirmed when I hear the sounds of the lady in pink Oichi being electrocuted. It is not a pleasant sound at all, and I cannot bear to hear this as she screams in agonising pain and due to the lack of health she has, I grow more and more worried that she may not last much longer against him.
With a stroke of luck, my paralysed state was to be temporary and now I'm able to get up though not without a fair amount of pain. Despite my body demanding, begging me to rest I head towards where I believe Oichi and her brother to be. I then see her lying on the floor not able to move her body, as it vibrates from the electric shock. I can just tell that she is in immense agonising pain right now, and I can only hope that soon I can get some cream so that she can heal her wounds, and that she'll also be able to rest soon.
Next to Oichi I see Nobunaga reloading his Taser, but just as he does so I quickly fire shot after shot after shot at him, even when the first shot knocks him to the ground. Unfortunately as I'm forced to reload my shotgun, which takes a few seconds even with the perk a colas due to having to reload one shell at a time, he eventually fires his Taser gun at me as he must have managed to reload his weapon, while I've been firing shot after shot at him, forcing me to experience the same torture, pain and suffering that I did when he first shot at me. I can't stand the agony and I hate how I have to suffer through it again.
This isn't good as I know my ally is still recovering from the shock, and now I'm down meaning the pair of us are easy pickings as I feared. What makes it worse though is that he has fired another shot of the Taser at me, bringing me even more pain to bear. I'm honestly not sure if my body can take much more of this, as I feel like fainting and just being unconscious for a good while, but I cannot.
The after effects are definitely much worse than the first time, as I'm vibrating even more from the shocks, and I can't move my body though I do feel the pain, the agony all over me. I can only guess that the temporary paralysis will last even longer than the first time, allowing Nobunaga to finish off his sister for good.
As I feel the agony throughout my body, I become more and more worried as well as certain that she will perish at the hands of her brother. Even if her paralysis is to eventually wear off, I doubt that she'll have a chance against her brother. I don't think she'll have the strength to hold him off until I can recover, she must be exhausted from all this as well as be in too poor shape from the damage and the pain, to continue for much longer.
My enemy calmly walks away from me leaving me in such a poor state as he laughs a lot, knowing full well of our situation, a situation that he's eager to take advantage of. I no longer see him but I then hear the sound of footsteps walking away from me and towards Oichi. Soon the footsteps stop but after which, I hear the dreaded noise of Nobunaga firing his weapon at her, causing her to scream in immense pain due to the horrific state she is in now, and yet as much as I want to and as much as she wants to, the pain and shock of it all prove too much for us to move.
As I hear the sound of him reloading his gun, I also hear him laugh but amazingly despite the immense pain she must be in, and the incredible urge to just accept her fate and die a rather unfortunate death she must have, she yells in defiance only to then get up and shoot back at him.
To hear the sound of the Type 100 being fired pleases me, as it tells me how she intends to fight back as best as she could, and I admire her for how she tries her best to go down while fighting her brother, no her enemy. Unfortunately this sound is then replaced by the sound of the demon king's own rifle being fired at Oichi, with her screaming even more. But still she eventually fires back another clip's worth of her gun at him, and he responds by firing his weapon at her. It is then I hear the most painful loudest screams coming from my ally, in fact her screams suggest that she has died as the amount of times she has been shot, not to mention the stabbings from Noh, and the wounds and the unbelievable amount of pain and suffering, as well as the torture she had to endure has proven too much for her, and I don't blame her in the slightest.
It saddens me very much and makes me feel that I have failed to protect her, failed to save her from the evilness that she was forced to endure, and I have failed to help her find her husband and ally. I realise how I have also failed in my mission of rescuing her, so she can help cure my brain washing. Now it seems that I will soon be brainwashed, as I have failed to find a cure and I don't see an alternative besides Oichi. I guess it's inevitable that by tomorrow I will no doubt be on the enemy's side, where I will be in a duel against Noire, as well as perhaps to be responsible for Lastation's destruction, and right now it seems that there is nothing I can do to stop this nightmare from becoming a reality.
Although it seems inevitable that I will be forced to betray everything I love and everything that it stands for, I will be damned if I just give up now and embrace my fate. I will keep on fighting for as long as I can, in fact that is what I have always done and I will continue to do so. With this I will continue to fight Nobunaga while my mind is still free and while I'm still alive, perhaps if I am to die by him, at least it might be better than being forced to bring destruction against Noire (being as how even though I have quick revive, I don't think it will ever be possible to be revived without arousing suspicion, due to the presence of the guards in the area), but even then there is the fact that Noire will be brainwashed, and that she will be forced to turn against our Lastation, the nation she loves and cares for so much as do I and all of my allies.
I just hope I can at least avenge his sister's death, and then do as much as possible for the world with the little time that I have left. It has to be a kill for if it's merely injuring him, then there's nothing to stop him from recovering and continuing on with harming the innocent people without his wife.
Fortunately the paralysis I suffered with has now worn off and even though I'm still in serious pain, and even though my body would just as much sooner lie down for the rest of the day so I can recover, I decide to finish off the fight with Nobunaga at least for Oichi, the lady who herself has continued to fight as best as she could despite the pain she was in. It's what she'd want and for her and for the good of Gameindustri, along with Lastation and Lowee as well as those that suffer from Neptune's tyranny, I will continue to fight against him for as long as I'm alive in both body and mind.
I guess despite the amount of thoughts that went through my mind, I haven't spent as much time thinking as I thought, as by the time I get up I see Nobunaga walking towards me with his rifle in hand. I pump my shotgun and before he can fire his assault rifle at me I fire at him, the shot knocking him to the ground once again.
As soon as he's on the ground I open fire on him yet again on his chest. What concerns me however is that as I fire my shots at him, is that although it does reduce his health, it's only by a bit and while I do see blood coming out of him it's only a small amount, and even the wounds I inflict on him don't seem to hurt him that much. What makes this situation worse is that I have to reload now, and I only have enough bullets for one and a half magazines. This isn't good and unless I can get hold of Oichi's SMG or better still acquire a bayonet, then I'm not sure if I can win this fight. No I will win this fight for all of our sake's.
I reload my gun only for him to fire his gun at me again, which hurts me a fair amount giving me pain that I could do without. At least I have finished reloading my shotgun now and so I shoot at him while he has to reload. Although I manage to hinder him from reloading his rifle, he still manages to do so successfully, and it's then that he fires his weapon at me while I have to reload before he gets up again.
After the barrage of his fire I find that the damage sustained is taking its toll on me even more, as I fear that my health is now just a quarter left. Still I keep going as I reload the final shotgun shells I have left into my shotgun, and fire the last of my shells at him sending him down to the floor once more. The thing is as soon as I finish off firing my shotgun at him, I switch to my Nambu pistols and fire away at him.
As I fire at him and use up all my bullets, by the time I've used up all of the ammunition for my dual wield pistols, he has managed to fire 2 clips at me which isn't good at all, as I suffer even more damage and become more and more concerned that I am going to die by his hand. If only it would be practical for me to be taken to a safe location when I'm dead, and for me to then be revived and see if that would stop the brain washing, though there is a part of me that wonders if this brain washing is in fact more powerful than the one before.
If only Oichi hasn't died without being given another perk a cola after she defected as she could have been revived, and if only she hasn't suffered as much damage against that evil Noh, no she did her best as did I, I must keep going, I'm sure there is a way to defeat him. The unfortunate thing is that I grow concerned about how our Wei allies are doing, and whether they're engaging the other two members of the Oda clan who fought at the Pokémon battle, and if so how are they doing.
It's not looking good as despite the wounds he starting to sustain, as well as the blood all over his body which come from his gunshot wounds, he's still in a decent shape in contrast to me who is getting closer and closer to death. Another problem is that I am out of ammo for my weapons whereas with him, I've no idea how many more clips he has for his rifle, but at least I haven't seen him use his Taser gun anymore, so I'd like to think he's ran out of cartridges for that gun.
I then rush off with him in pursuit of me, him being able to fire a lot of shots with much accuracy does not help the situation at all, but fortunately I manage to gain ground thanks to the perk a cola drinks, and I'm able to head back to where me and Oichi went when we wiped out the guards who tried to kill us. I also manage to run through the trees and evade him there, while I pick up an Arisaka with a bayonet from a dead guard.
As I try and hide in hopes of ambushing him, as well as the idea of taking his weapon and perhaps wounding him to the extent of affecting his ability to fight significantly, I then hear Nobunaga starting to gloat and laugh again as he heads towards my location, prompting me to hide.
"So you now decide to run and hide from me eh? You are only postponing the inevitable. If you come out now I will make your demise as quickly as possible, isn't it better that way? After all you wouldn't have to feel guilt for the failure of protecting Oichi. Think of it this way at least you're not the only one to have failed to protect her, in fact Nagamasa and Katsuie have failed to protect her. Not to mention at least your mistake of getting involved with Oichi, and taking part in that Pokémon battle will be short lived." He says only to then laugh.
After his speech I become very angry, even though I'm fully aware that that was the idea of his speech. Despite my poor predicament I become even more determined to defeat him. The moment he is next to my hiding place, I then ambush him by stabbing him on the lower part of his right arm with my rifle, holding it tight so I can keep it in place for as long as possible. Unfortunately as he attempts to pull the bayonet out with his left hand, he manages to shoot at me with his rifle using his right hand.
Although I'm receiving the greatest amount of pain at least since taking part in the Pokémon battle as my health is at a critical level, I pull the rifle out of his arm only to then fire one shot before throwing the rifle into his chest. After which I am forced to flee as yet again I get shot in the back, before I manage to get away from him. It isn't looking particularly good at all, and eventually I find myself being in too much pain to stand let alone run or fight, but still I refuse to give in even though my body is screaming for me to rest and to stop this, as the blood on my wounds throughout my body pour out at a fast pace, and the terrible pain I have which feels like torture. Despite the difficulty of ignoring my bodies signs and cries for surrender, I still refuse to do so.
By a stroke of luck or rather not depending on the perspective, I see a dead guard with a pistol next to him, and so I pick it up before sitting down next to a tree, waiting for him to come and allow my body to rest as best it can. As much as I hate this situation, it's the best I can do and after asking Uni via mind talk of where the Wei officers are, all she can say is that although they're alright, they are busy engaging enemy troops as well as the other two members of the Oda team in the Pokémon battle.
I then hear the footsteps of him as well as his voice provoking me, urging me to come out so I can be finished off. Although it does annoy me and upset me to know that it looks like I have lost this fight, I can at least be proud in that both myself and Oichi have slain the evil Noh, and I hope that my death won't be in vain or better still the Wei officers will be able to avenge me, and then perhaps I can be brought back from the dead thanks to the quick revive. But even so would I then be no longer brainwashed? And even not would Noire be no longer brainwashed? Because the thing is, I doubt it for either of them. Despite me trying to remain hopeful, I doubt that any good will come from this but the moment I see Nobunaga and I know of what is to come, I won't beg, I won't plead and I won't even show how much pain I'm in right now, and this is because I refuse to give him that sort of satisfaction.
As I think of these thoughts and do my best to ignore the pain I'm in, and make of the most out of this situation by resting for the sake of my body, I then see him approach me with a huge grin and smile, holding his rifle over his right shoulder.
"Ah so you have finally accepted the inevitable and now you are ready to embrace it, a very wise decision." The demon king gloats only for him to laugh in quite an evil way.
In fact he laughs for quite a while as both me and him fire our guns at each other. Just as I suspected and as I feared, his shots prove too much for me as the pain I'm suffering is overwhelming. In fact it takes a lot of effort for me to not yell in pain so I avoid giving him his satisfaction.
I guess this is it, I'm now dying and it's only a matter of a few seconds before I'm actually dead. At least I have tried in rescuing Oichi, at least I have tried in taking down Nobunaga, and at least I have tried in making this world Gameindustri a better place in my battles against Neptune, Leanbox and Team Rocket in Lowee. I guess my fate now lies in the hands of my allies, my friends and my family. I just hope they can save Lastation, Lowee and the world and I hope that my death won't be in vain. But better still I hope the warriors of Wei can defeat the enemies in their area, then come over here and defeat Nobunaga as well as to secure the area, so that I can be brought to life. I hope I can be revived, I hope I can be saveee….urgh.