The Console Wars

by BlackNoire

The CPUs are at each other's throats, but not in Celestia but in Gameinudstri. This is not done from Neptune's perspective or any CPU for that matter. A male arrives in Gamindsutri who appears to be from somewhere else. All is not as it seems as this is not from the Neptunia universe but a general gaming universe. This is a fanfic unlike any other. Rated M for violence.

89. Maximum Resistance Part 3

Chapter 89: Maximum Resistance Part 3

I decide to just attack with my sniper rifle with those manning the machine guns being the primary targets, and if any of the enemies happen to rush towards us, the rest of us can then take them down as best we can.

As I shoot them one by one, they become alerted and as I suspected they send the guys patrolling to come after me, only for them to then get mowed down by our fire. Eventually there are no more guards for me to shoot although I know that there are more in the camp, it's just that they prefer to let us come to them and not have their lives thrown away out here.

I move forward slowly and cautiously while ordering my allies to stay put, so I can have a proper look at the camp itself so I can then decide my next course of action. I therefore head to some nearby sandbags where the machine gunners once stood, I'm sure I can get a good view of the camp without getting shot at from here.

The camp itself consists of about a dozen medium sized huts as well as two large huts. I can only assume that one of them is the headquarters of the camp, and I have no doubt that this is where the map and the radio is located, as I see an antenna on top. As for the other building I'm sure it is the warehouse which stores all of the supplies that we need.

I notice how all of the huts are made of wood and have thatched rooves with at least a few troops or so in each of the huts, except for the large ones which each have a few dozen troops and a boss who appears to be quite tough. I also notice how the camp itself is patrolled by dozens of troops as well. Already this looks like a challenge, but I like challenges and I guess I have been challenged by the enemy numerous times ever since I arrived in Lastation when Noire picked me up.

Ah Noire, I hope she's alright back in Lastation dealing with the constant invasions of Leanbox, it's nice to have seen her twice on the plane since being dropped into Lowee for the first time. I'm sure she's fine, after all she's Noire one of the two best CPUs of Gameindustri who only does everything, and is absolutely flawless in every way.

I quietly order Oichi to pick up the Type 99 lying close by next to a guard I shot earlier, while I do the same before switching to my rifle and hiding again. I then order my squad to advance but to hide away, so that they can ambush the enemy should they get too close to us. If I was to be honest I'm not sure if even my best tactics can defeat them, as even if we can wipe out these dozens of guards without incident, there is still the two tough bosses to consider. Still like I said in the previous chapter, I guess here goes nothing.

And so with our rifles, myself and Oichi start opening fire against them and the ones that we see patrolling fall one by one, before they even notice that we're there even though I would have thought they'd expect us to come. In any case I'm relieved they didn't spot me before we can attack them.

Eventually however they do notice us, and more of them come in to our area and start taking cover and try to shoot at us, although fortunately for us none of their shots really hit either of us and the moment they pop themselves out, they get shot down. Another thing that amazes me is how although they are coming, we manage to stay on top of them though I do worry about it no longer being the case soon, and I'm also concerned about the bosses and potential enemy reinforcements coming our way.

Just as I expected and feared though, we reach the point where they resort to using the banzai charge and a significant number of them come our way, forcing us to switch to the Type 99s and hope that we can mow them down before they reach our positions, where they'll no doubt stab us to death with their bayonets.

I am deeply relieved to see that we manage to wipe out those who charge at us, and when they get close to us which is quite often, we use our Type 100s to mow them down. Furthermore, none of us get stabbed although it is a close call; especially with how there have been moments when there were a few of them who died by our allies' Arisakas, in contrast to our Type 99s or Type 100s. I must admit it was quite a terrifying and worrying experience, as I didn't want either of us to have been stabbed even once due to how low our health was, and it pleases me to see that we manage to wipe out the banzai charge, without the fear of being hit becoming a reality.

Unfortunately, the real stress has begun as when I see all of the banzai chargers being shot, I then see the two bosses standing there who already open fire against my allies, whom during the banzai charge I ordered them to come to us to reinforce our position. We do our best to return fire against them and focus our fire on just one of them, but unfortunately the two bosses manage to wipe out all of our allies leaving just Oichi and myself to fight them.

This is not looking good as I'm not sure we'll be able to defeat them two, and even if we do there is also the matter of reinforcements coming in as they have radioed for help. At least it seems to be just them two for now, though I can't be completely sure without Uni's surveillance.

Despite the certainty that the both of us would die against them, I none the less carry on fighting, as does Oichi and so we constantly fire at them while they fire at us. As we shoot at each other with our Type 99s before reloading, appreciating the advantage of having faster reload speeds in contrast to them, I find myself to be in serious pain from being shot constantly, as does Oichi and it becomes more and more difficult to carry on fighting against them.

I do my best to carry on fighting and to ignore my body's demands from the pain and loss of blood to just rest, but I feel that my refusal to quit is taking its toll on my body again, and it concerns me that while we've managed to wound one of the bosses, Oichi herself is at near death.

Not long afterwards Oichi herself has died, I become enraged, frustrated again although at least this time she can be revived, though I need to make sure no one sees her be revived. I still carry on, trying to stay positive as we have at least managed to wound one of the bosses significantly enough so that his body language shows signs of serious pain, and contains numerous bullet holes with blood pouring out of it, but never the less even if one of the two is wounded, it's still a two on one battle.

Amazingly as we shoot at each other again, I manage to kill the wounded boss while surviving the other boss's clip full of bullets. However this is not without my health reaching a critical state, and I think it's become almost impossible to carry on fighting now and unless I manage to do something and to convince my wounds, my pain to carry on for a bit longer before I can rest, I am done for and no doubt myself and Oichi will fall with our plan, in capturing the checkpoint and in averting the war on two fronts.

With all of my strength I switch to my Arisaka before throwing the rifle into the remaining boss's stomach. After seeing him drop his Type 99 before trying to pull the bayonet out, I drop my light machine gun and just have the Type 100 in my hands, before I rush as fast as I can towards the nearby huts while he's distracted from pulling out the bayonet.

As I run I find that the effects of the perk a colas, and the effects of me being severely wounded and suffering with immense pain, cancel each other out and so I'm running at a moderate pace and I'm not sure if it's enough, especially with how I'm becoming more and more motivated to just lie down and rest.

Soon afterwards I manage to find cover behind some of the huts, though by this time he has managed to pull the bayonet out and the attack doesn't seem to have affected him in the slightest, in contrast to me even running hurting me, and I am astonished with how I manage to grin and bear it despite the agony. In fact I am amazed with how I've supressed the desire to scream as loudly as I could in pain, though right now I just want to rest but I know I can't, or at least I can't for too long right now.

I look to see him coming towards me and though he's just walking, he certainly knows that I'm on borrowed time and I will admit that I might be merely postponing the inevitable. No, I've got to stop thinking that way; I will keep going until I am dead, even if it kills me excusing the pun. I then do my best to remain calm and to try and see if I can come up with another move to perform, as well as to not to make a sound even if it is to scream in pain.

I must admit that due to the situation that I am in, I'm getting increasingly desperate in trying to think of a strategy so that I can kill him without being killed. There is a part of me that questions the idea of how in this world can I kill him without being killed, when he's at near full health and I'm close to zero. There needs to be something I can do and it can't be just constantly running away from him, as that will just postpone the inevitable as well as to give the enemy reinforcements time to come in and kill me.

I look to see that near my position is the command hut, though from what I can make out with my visions, there is only one entrance and no windows. What a shame as I would have liked to have destroyed their radio, I guess it's just as well as there are about half a dozen troops in there, no doubt ordered to protect the radio at all costs.

I then look to see the supply hut which is even farther away, and that it is also guarded by half a dozen troops who are patrolling around, but at least if I'm lucky I can get some supplies there that can keep my pain at bay for just long enough, so that I can then defeat this boss and recover. Unfortunately I don't think there's any way I can continue towards the checkpoint, not until I've recovered for a good amount of time.

My salvation is in that supply depot. So near and yet it's so far and with the boss taking his time walking towards my position, while I rest my body for as long as I dare, I know I have to make a move knowing I'll either attract the attention of the guards, be shot down by the boss, or both and it is a great pity that my rest has done little to nothing to relieve me of my pain. I suppose it's either go out and get shot, or wait here and get shot, and as Roebuck from Call of Duty once said: if we're going down, we're going down fighting.

The thing is I need to determine the right moment to make a break for it, so that I have the best chance of survival. Though with him being quite close to me by this time, I do not have much of a window of opportunity to run at the best possible moment.

I guess here goes nothing, as soon as he heads to the hut where I'm hiding from, he then moves around it while aiming his gun. Using my vision to see exactly where he is, I wait until he's close enough before I move slowly away from him without alerting him before I hide behind a nearby hut, only for me to then slalom around them quietly and quickly as best as I could, ignoring the pain to the best of my ability.

As soon as I see that there are no more huts to use as cover, I then move at such a speed where I travel as fast as I can without making too much noise, as well as taking great care in not yelling as even this speed hurts me. I also take great care to use a route as far away from the commander hut as possible, so I don't get spotted by the guards but even with these precautions, I'm still concerned about how I'm out in the open and I could get spotted at any moment by either the boss, the guards in the supply hut, or the guards in the command hut.

I quietly breathe a sigh of relief as I have reached the entrance to the supply hut without getting shot, but this relief is to be short lived as I see a few enemies close to the entrance, and I'm sure that within a few moments I'll be spotted and be shot by the enemy boss.

With my SMG I manage to shoot the few enemies that were close to the door before I quickly rush inside and crouch, only for me to then observe my surroundings of this place.

The place is full of crates stacked on top of each other, containing various stuff from food, to drink, to medical supplies as well as various weapons used in the Team Rocket arsenal including the bayonets they use so much. To see all these supplies relieves me, as I'm sure they'll take the pain away that I suffer from so much, even if I am doubtful about the effectiveness of increasing my health so that I can fight properly again.

But while I am relieved for myself, it does sadden me to realise that these supplies would have helped feed and perhaps heal the allies who were in my squad, and it's such a tremendous shame that they have perished before they could access them. It's also depressing to know that while Team Rocket has access to plenty of supplies, the Loweeans here have none whatsoever, and we have to rely on shipments from Lastation whenever practical, as well as stealing supplies from Team Rocket.

Suddenly I then see the remaining guards of this place approach me from one of the crates, I then hide as I prefer to be able to shoot them without as much risk of being shot, as I really do feel I'm at the point right now where just a regular soldier can kill me. Soon afterwards, I then hear the boss ask the other 3 of my location, only for them to try and tell him where they have last seen me.

Although the layout of the hut and its contents means there are a few good hiding spots, I cannot hide here forever and I need to come up with a trap so I can ambush them all, and hopefully without being shot once. But the thing is I first need to find some medicine, or something, anything that will get rid of the terrible pain that I am suffering right now.

Conveniently enough I happen to stumble across a crate full of medicine, but from what I can remember although I have taken it before and it has reduced the pain that I have suffered, I still needed to rest and the pain was still there. This isn't ideal as I need to remain on my toes if I am to defeat the enemy. But still it's better than nothing, and so I take sufficient medicine as quickly as possible before I carry on in my fight.

I soon begin to realise that this medicine isn't just ineffective compared to Lastation's healing cream, which heals the wound completely as well as making the area feel like it's been massaged with something ever so soft and relaxing, the medicine is much slower to be of use compared to Lastation's healing cream where it's instantaneous. Ah well, I guess I'll have to keep fighting and ignore the agonising pain, at least until it gets to work. I hope it's soon, though I don't suppose moving and fighting is going to help, rather it's going to hinder the effects.

With the medicine acquired and myself not feeling any better, I then look with my vision to see the location of the 4 enemies who are after me, seeking to put an end to my life. Luckily although there is 1 approaching my hiding place, he is just a regular soldier and not the boss. I sigh in relief as if he was actually the boss; I wouldn't survive a minute if I was to fight him. But even so I need to be quick in killing him, as well as to make sure that I can get away before I am spotted by his mates and then cornered and killed.

Because of this particular situation along with the circumstances, I feel ever so tense, worried, frightened, and it does akin to being in a pistol duel where the one who shoots the fastest will survive. I just hope it can be me and I hope the element of surprise will be enough, it should be and I'm sure I'll see him without my vision before he sees me.

My body doesn't really feel a positive combination at all as I see him approach my position, unaware of my presence. I feel a mixture of pain which I'm forced to conceal, almost as if I'm being at the receiving end of the most horrific torture, as my body yearns to rest while crying out for medical attention, proving to me that the medicine I've given it isn't working, and I also feel ever so concerned that my death is imminent, especially with the situation that's happening, and finally I feel sadness about my allies dying, as well as how I will have failed to help in capturing the checkpoint which will probably mean it won't be captured at all.

It isn't good and it's as if I've been tortured physically, mentally and perhaps emotionally. Oh how I look forward to being able to rest, but alas it will have to wait. I just hope my body can keep going but unless the medicine kicks in soon, I'm not sure for how much longer it can. I just hope I can at least sort of rest my body by just sitting down and hiding, while waiting for this enemy to come who is within moments of being seen without my visions.

Soon the enemy then comes in and so I kill him, unbelievably without him knowing I was there. But alas I need to move, and I know my body will moan in pain, forcing me not to yell which has become increasingly difficult as I've had to hide it for what feels like long periods of time. I then manage to find another hiding place amongst the boxes, but unfortunately I notice how the remaining enemies are closing in from both sides. I just hope that I can think of something to get me out of this situation. I'm sure I will, after all I have survived numerous situations and in many of the recent ones I did feel that I wouldn't survive but I did. I've survived before, I'll survive now and I will continue to survive.

I look at the boxes to see that it's stacked full of Arisakas with bayonets that contain a clip of 5 bullets inside each one. Not only this but this box is next to taller crates, or crates that are stacked to match the height of the taller ones. Hmm this gives me an idea.

I pick up two Arisakas before I climb up the boxes and hide, as I see with my vision the 3 remaining enemies approach me. I lie in wait, hoping that I can survive against them if I ambush them. I just hope that one of the soldiers will go first before the boss himself, though even if I can take out the guards; it won't be easy in taking him down. If somehow I can avoid getting shot and if I manage to disarm him and distract him by stabbing him, then hopefully I can get him. But I just hope that I can hide before any enemy reinforcements show up, which I have a feeling will be at any moment.

It does depress me to know that even if the boss does get defeated, I'll be forced to sit out the important battle and to hide here before I can be relieved by White. I'd try and speak to her by mind talk if I could, but I need to focus on the enemy as my health is far too critical and I don't want to risk getting shot.

I then see the head of one of the soldiers rise up as he peeks out to find out where I am, only for me to then stab his fore head with the bayonet. After which he then falls to the ground flat on his back causing the boss to shoot in my direction in retaliation, though none of the bullets hit me as I move away from the edge.

I wait before he is forced to reload his weapon, and it is then that I shoot the soldier in the head without exposing myself too much, before I throw the rifle into the boss's gut distracting him, as he yells in pain again.

I waste no time in celebrating however, as I know he'll pull the bayonet out soon and I highly doubt the bayonet will wound him significantly enough. I need to keep him distracted and disable his limbs, so that they can then ache him enough to stop him from fighting effectively, and then when he's immobilised I can go in for the kill and hopefully kill him, without being hit once and before the enemy reinforcements come to assist. Also by then I can finally have a chance to rest, and to contact White so she can rendezvous with me, if I am to stand a chance in taking the checkpoint.

I have to say with all the time that has passed, it makes me wonder about what's keeping those reinforcements and how long do we have before the supplies pass the checkpoint?

I quickly remove the bayonet from the rifle only to then climb down while he's trying to remove the bayonet, and stab his hand with the knife while I yank his sub machine gun off him, so that he's no longer armed.

With the severe pain he suffers along with the blood that comes pouring out of his chest and now his wrist, he loses his grip on his gun before dropping it. It then becomes a battle of strength as he tries so hard to pull the blade out of his right wrist with his left hand, while I make sure that the blade stays in his right wrist. Although the amount of pain increases as his health reduces, it's still not enough and I myself still feel pain from what I endured earlier, as well as from using all of the strength I have in preventing him from pulling the blades out of his own body.

He's still healthy and I'm increasingly worried that my body wants me to rest and I feel that from the pain, stress and lack of energy I could fall down at any moment, allowing him to kill me. I kick the dropped gun away and let go off the knife, allowing him to pull the blade out although he did so slowly, granting me enough time to get a rifle from a box and throwing it at him.

The bayonet then penetrates his knee, forcing him to crouch down as he yells in even more pain. I think he's done now, but I need to be quick before he manages to pull the rifles out of his body, as it hurts him a lot and causes him to yell in pain.

Although he succeeds in pulling out the bayonet in his knee, it takes him just as long to do so compared to the one on his wrist with me holding it there, as the pain takes its toll on him and by this time I have picked up another rifle from the box. The thing is despite it being clear from his body language that he's suffering due to the loud screams of pain, and the blood which comes pouring out of his wounds, I know he still has a good amount of health left and even if I am the only one to be attacking right now, I am worried that he's doing his best in postponing the inevitable which will result in the enemy troops coming to get me, making me wonder: who will die first, me or him?

I then stab him in his other knee with the bayonet, as I am all too aware of how I need to prevent him from being able to attack me, but I suddenly notice how he stops trying to pull out the bayonets stuck in him, and tries as best he can to reach for the rifle which he pulled out and dropped, but fortunately I notice what he's trying to do, and so I go to the rifle and drag it away from him before picking it up myself.

He then resorts to trying to pull the bayonets out starting with his chest. I quickly realise that he's changed tactic from removing all bayonets from his body, to just trying to get a weapon so he can kill me. He initially tries to pull it off with his left hand as his right hand hurts him too much, causing him to scream in so much pain. I respond by holstering my rifle and grabbing his hand with one of mine, while keeping the bayonet in with my other. Due to the stress and pain I've already suffered, I end up screaming in agony as well.

The boss attempts to then use his wounded hand to pull out the bayonet from his chest, but I notice this too and so I place my left hand on the bayonet trying so hard to keep it in there. It then becomes a battle of attrition as any moment now, he could die due to the loss of health and the damage and pain being too much for him, but then again it's the same case for me as my body has clearly had more than enough pain, agony and stress. It needs rest and it's a shame that the medicine has done nothing, perhaps it won't work as I need to rest first.

Alas it is to be me that gives in, as due to my body being unable to cope with me using my muscles and energy from all the pain and agony I've suffered, as well as having too low health along with not resting, I release my grips before gently lying down. At least I am still conscious but even then I am unsure of how long it will last. So while I'm lying and trying to be as comfortable as possible, I get out my rifle before aiming it at him should he then remove the bayonet successfully.

I can hear him scream in torment and suffering as he tries so hard to pull out the bayonet and make the most out of his advantage, but with his life being ever so low it becomes ever so difficult. Eventually even though the bayonet is partly removed, he fails to pull it out in time and just like those who came before him, the pain, the wounds and the damage is all too much as he falls on his back dead.

Wow just wow I cannot believe it, I've managed to take out the entire enemy camp. Ah, now I can finally rest and contact White via mind talk. It's such a wonderful feeling to have been through all of that, and having to sustain such a low health for quite a while under very difficult circumstances and now my body no longer hurts me, although it will take quite a while before it returns to full health.

"White have you been dropped off yet? I am in an enemy camp resting. I'm all that's left although the enemies have been defeated apart from more that will soon head to my location." I ask White via mind talk in hopes that I can be relieved.

Unfortunately I do not manage to hear what she says, as I already see the enemy moving in towards me, ensuring that my rest was to be short lived.

I still put up a fight and manage to kill a couple of these guys, but there is just far too many of them and they manage to shoot me down. It is such a tragedy that I survive the bosses before the enemy camp, and with such low numbers and health I wipe out this garrison and at near death I wipe out the bosses, but I end up being defeated by an army of reinforcements. Still at least I've wiped out dozens perhaps hundreds of enemy grunts in Lowee, and that must be an amazing achievement considering the circumstances I have faced.

Still, I guess it's up to White to see if she can find me and Oichi as well as to revive us so that we can capture the checkpoint, which right now I feel is becoming more of a dream than a reality. Never the less I just hope White can…..