Omnidimension Neptunia: Infinite Memes

by SuperHuman200

Divergent plot, crispy memes, meta humor & references. In a world where the CPUs are subjected to tentacle hentai at the hands of ASIC, it's not quite up to our... MALE OC to save the day like so many other harem power fantasies, but it beats kicking rocks like an NPC, especially if he became a relevant character because of a weirdly shaped one. (Current: Divine Hunger Arc)

55. 55 - I'm ASIC of This! Making Progress!

All rights are reserved to their respective owners. I own nothing in this piece of fiction except my OCs and the story itself.

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"It's not like anything BAD is gonna happen. Since he's stuck in there for now..." The martial adventurer panted as he held his hands in place, after executing the move that'd seal the esper within an enormous collection of rock and other natural debris.

His fingers were locked with all his might as he gritted his teeth in response to the immense effort required to maintain the technique's constant structure.

Any deviation would result in disastrous consequences, whether the implosion could cause a spatial event, or the expansion could create dangerous projectiles within the repulsive effect.

But for the one who was within the center of the massive sphere of attractive collision...

'FUCK! GODDAMNIT! That blue bastard! He trapped me inside of this stupid fucking rock!'

VECTOR CHANGE!

Fumed the strongest esper as he struggled to free himself, using his AIM field's range to change the direction of the attractive magnitude of the move.

"Tch!"

GRIP!-

SMASH!

"GRAAAAAAH!" Screaming bloody murder from the failed attempt, the actual physical contact with debris was negligible with the immense gravitational force acting upon him being the real toe kicker for the anorexic anti-villain.

Nebula had realized his gravity was being challenged and held tighter to compensate with a field of attractive baronic force around the surface of the sphere.

Negativity continued to latch onto the esper's back as he despised the feeling of being in a losing position, to someone that he didn't even know existed until a few minutes ago and was at the mercy of a piece of rock in the sky.

This propagated such emotions in the tired and infuriated esper, who had just about enough tomfoolery for the past few hours. Being pushed again and again, by not one but TWO people was far too much for the arrogant asshole to bear.

So he retaliated in the only way he knew how at this point.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

A demented screech could be heard from within the center of the landmass that contained the sealed ESPer.

"...?" Instead of fear, or concern, or any rational emotion, Nebula raised a brow and tilted his head, utterly lost in how the human lungs could produce such an abhorrent noise.

"What the fuck-"

SHUDDER!-

Feeling the terrifying amount of pressure that suddenly pulsed from the confines of his SP Skill.

...ABSORB!

Tendrils of dark energy suddenly slipped within the cracks of his skill, seemingly bypassing his gravitational field. What seemed even more peculiar was that it only traveled to and from a single side, the right, and the left side of his meteor being completely undisturbed.

But what seemed more off-putting to the GPU was the nature of this strange source of power, volatile and dangerous in appearance, and felt all but known. Even the sound of it gathering in the sphere was a distortive rush of boisterous and destructive power, which reminded the adventurer of a foreboding force.

"Fear energy?!" Nebula's eyes snapped open in shock, prepared for the worst.

"No..." Eyes squinted, trying to wrack his brain for some answer that would make sense of the unnatural event that was unfolding before him.

"Dark... This energy is dark, and I can't sense it with KI or shares... My gravity is being completely overpowered, and it seamlessly reaches this guy from what I'm sensing." He tried to pull some form of identification for it.

"This has to be something that can't be normal... Abnormal forms of energy... Dark in nature and color." His thoughts brought him closer as sweat rolled down his face and steam rose from his pores.

"Matter, yet dark. Dark... Matter...!" It was safe to say that the brows of Nebula T-boned his hairline with the eureka moment he experienced.

"THIS IS DARK MATTER!-"

EXPLOSION!

Half of his sphere was utterly obliterated, going from large pieces of earth to countless specs of rock that flew to the right with a shock wave that rushed in the direction that the fragments flew.

"You gotta be kidding!"

Nebula lowered his right arm, the gravitational singularity placed within Accelerator's plexus being dramatically weakened with any trace of his gravitational field on that side being absolutely reflected inversely to cancel it out in every sense of the word.

From what was free from his Sole Crusher, Accelerator's visible half had his clothes tattered, only his shirt remained as a large black flare of darkness, easily spanning one hundred meters of chaotic black streaks of dark matter shot from his back.

His shirt flapped with the intense pressure from his wings. Red beady pupils look around, rattling in his eyelids to take in as much of his environment as possible before locking eyes with the GPU that trapped him prior.

GLOW!

Clenching his right fist, and making it glow with KI, he enhanced the field to crippling extents as he was willing to crush the other side of the ASIC agent's body to incapacitate him.

CRUSH!

"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

The other side of his body was crunched under what was very a half a million tons of pure gravitational force.

This in turn caused his eye to become completely red, glowing from either his rage or altered mental stare from the pain as his wings surged with power.

POW!-

BLAM!

Balling his hand into a fist and striking the other half of the attack, it was destroyed with the remnants of its debris being scattered as the white-haired opponent's other side was revealed.

Accel's clothes were bloodied as well as ripped up, any dust being reflected off of him. His arm was badly injured, with many scratches and bruises, indicating broken bones underneath and the same could be said for his leg to a slightly lesser extent.

"At least I did something." Looking at the side that would give his opponent a sunburn, the GPU decided to stay positive about the situation at hand.

"KUKAKIKAKEKILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!"

SCREECH!

"Ah shit, here we go again." Moving into a stance, sweat beading on his forehead as he felt the shockwaves from the anorexic adversary's voice assault his eardrums and made his hair wildly flow behind him from the area of effect.

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- Brave Heart VS Accelerator (One Winged Mental Illness) -

LIVE AND LET DIE!

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VOOM!-

"?!"

immediately going on the offensive, the esper used his wing to pull at seemingly the air itself before enhancing the vectors of momentum that were already pulling him forward to send him flying to the blue-haired deity's position, which surprised him from his insane velocity.

GRAVITY!

Pulling his upper body back, his torso and head reeled to avoid the head-on attack as it flew past him at blinding speeds, only feeling the killing intent left behind and not even seeing the movement of Accel outright.

"KUKAKII...!"

VECTOR CHANGE!

Vitriol continued to sputter from the white-haired edge lord's mouth as he too realized he missed before stopping in his tracks and swerving with deadly determination.

BURST!-

ZOOM!

Taking to the atmosphere, the adventurer god didn't waste time ascending into the sky as his aura trailed behind him in a burst of frantic agility.

VECTOR FLIGHT!

Chasing after him without hesitation, the red-eyed antagonist left his own black trail of dark matter behind him as the orange stream of energy was followed by a larger black line as the two raced to breach the upper limit of the troposphere.

"Rapid Rapture: Astro!"

BLAST! BLAST! BLAST!

Hundreds of orange blasts that reminisced his old move, with the addition of the centers sporting gravitational cores that resembled incredibly mild singularities fell from his hands as he stretched his palms and aimed down.

ZOOM!...

...ATTRACT!

They scattered, before locking onto the gravitational field of Accelerator and rushing to bombard him almost simultaneously as any attack within a few hundred meters was locked into his position.

But as they neared...

SLASHSLICESWINGSLASHSLICESWINGSWISHSLASH!-

EXPLOSIONS!

"Boi what the hell boi-" A daft look made its way onto the meme lord's face as the big black wing suddenly emulated a blender before slicing apart any immediate threats to its user before it ended up detonating most of the attack almost immediately, causing multiple explosions in the sky that turned it orange for a brief moment alongside numerous flashes before it subsided with a large cloud of smoke to boot.

WHOOSH!

"KUKIKEKAKIKEKAKUKIKAKIKEKUKIKAKUKIKAKEKIKIKAKEKA!"

STAB!

Closing the distance as a hole shot forth from the smoke cloud, the shadowy appendage reached for Brave Heart as it seemed as if avoiding being hit was impossible with the proximity so near.

CLASP!

Isolating his hands with hallowed KI, he quickly acted and held on to the volatile tendril with share energy infused with his energy.

"KU?!"

"HRAH!"

WOOSH!

Capitalizing on the momentary distraction, the divine warrior dug his nails into the tendril and threw the esper further into the sky.

"Juryoku Hadōken!"

BLAST!...

"...HAAAAAAA!"

BURST!

And firing a gravity hybrid attack to keep the opponent distracted, the GPU kept him his slight edge before charging his latent power, pulling his reserves to prepare himself for what the enemy had in store for him.

VECTOR CHANGE!

Sprawling for a moment, the sociopathic opponent inputted the opposing and reverse values before his body stopped instantly and rubberbanded from the lower stratosphere to return with an irate fury.

BLAST!

A beam of black plasma, reminiscent of his wings raced forth from the sky as it blitzed to the direction of the charging target, who picked up its abnormal signature from hearing its powerful discharge.

"?!-"

BLAST!-

ZOOM!

Using his heightened energy output, the warrior made a steep ascent with his aura spiking laterally on the area he once occupied before zipping straight up, the dark attack soared below him.

EXPLOSION!

A fierce detonation of unknown energy caused the surroundings to temporarily become grey-shaded with a large, black sphere of concentrated destructive force rang with a low-pitched pulse followed by a deafening blast.

WOOOOSH!

The wind blew through the GPU's hair as he felt the monumental energy behind him, and looked up to see its proprietor.

CHARGE...!

"KUKIKEKAKUKIKAKEKIKUKEKAKEKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILL!"

Both hands displayed similar properties to the blast from before, on top of the esper rushing to the deity's location with a deranged look of anger.

SUMMON!

Silently summoning his processors, the extra boost in his flying capabilities was all but unnecessary, given the monstrous scientific paradox that wanted him erased from the face of the world.

ZOOM!

Rushing towards him, eyes squinted with determination, the GPU glared into the eye of the ASIC agent, as they neared each other in a suspenseful closing of distance.

"KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"

"...!"

RUSH!-

AFTERIMAGE!

"KIII- KU?!"

When they met, the physicality of the blue-haired pseudo-protagonist ceased to be, and his intangibility allowed him to bypass the entirety of the red-eyed adversary's attack.

"Splendent...!"

"KEEE!"

Looking to the origin of the voice that was heard, a sole iris shrunk upon the discovery of its loathed opponent.

The index and middle fingertips of Brave Heart were glowing an orange hue from the color of his KI before they shifted to a pure white hue, with his hand on top of the crease of his elbow, his eyes parallel to his fingers.

"STARBURST!"

PEW!-

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEKEKEKKEEKKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKE!"

A beam of light-based energy shot from his fingers, striking the esper right in his retina. Sacrificing any offensive power for sheer speed, the attack easily reached the speed of light in the air and breached through the shield, as well as hitting the esper in the eye. And it was not without agony, anger, and vitriolic screams.

Accelerator grabbed his impaired- no, blinded eye as his red one looked to the GPU with intense hatred.

"In his good eye, too! Let's go!" Celebrating his accomplishment, he lowered his hand and got back into his stance.

But his other eye started to twitch in response to its twin ocular organ being compromised.

PULSE!

TWITCH!

CONTRACT!

"What the-" Shocking confusion made the god reel with hands ready to intercept.

SPURT!-

From the center of his red sclera, a black spread, comprised of dark energy spread from either side of his remaining eye until his cornea and sclera collectively became completely blotted out, before his red iris returned, glowing with otherworldly energy with his pupil the same color as outside of the iris, reminiscent of a certain one-eyed emperor.

"It seems I've unraveled a big pile of shit, haven't I." Growing to second guess if blinding the unstable opponent was the right choice.

Meanwhile, from the deranged esper's point of view, half of his vision resembled a deer a hair's breadth away from floodlights. Nothing but painfully white that was probably going to enjoy its stay in the foreseeable future. Not that he could see, but you get the picture.

The other eye inverse of that, black defined the world around him, with white outlines, and varying shades of grey to depict the distance of an object and its proximity.

And Brave Heart was the nearest thing to him by far.

VECTOR CHANGE!-

POW!

"Guh!"

Widening his eye, he sent an augmented burst of wind with his wings doing the calculations alongside his eye manipulating the oxygen molecules that made contact with it to send a powerful blast of wind that knocked the divine fighter through the atmosphere.

Parting clouds as he ragdolled through the air, Brave Heart pulled himself out of the blindsiding ambush attack to cup his hands in front of him.

"Take this!"

VOLLEY!

Orange blasts resembling the Hadōken were fired, yet combined with his Rapid Rapture, to create an automated stream of orange basts using his amped transformation to increase its force, both impact, and recoil. He'd dub it the Fluorescent Flurry.

REFLECT!

REFLECT!

REFLECT!

Yet his attempts of damaging the esper were futile, his wing smacking the multitude of energy attacks away long before they even neared the shield, as the ground surrounding the collective battlefield erupted in dome-like explosions that had the scale of a MOAB for each attack reflected.

But he was still ahead of the ASIC agent, his attacks also pushing him back to keep him from being in reach of the dark matter wing.

GLOW...!

BOOST!

Stopping the attack, he put energy into his processors to increase his own speed once more, as the esper saw his fleeting form.

"KUKIKEEEE!"

VOOM!-

VANISH!...

Dramatic acceleration (pun) was in store for the mad lad's next move as his body jerked through the air with such velocity that his material form disappeared from the agility showcased with a shockwave resounding behind him. It was so loud in fact, that even his target, somewhat far ahead of him noticed the disturbance from his flank.

'I heard something. Better check-'

GRAB!-

In the midst of his mind, the last thing that the GPU expected was for a pale, vitamin D-deprived, bony, bruised and bloody hand touched the side of his head with the feeling of relentless bloodlust only feet away.

"KUKAKEKI... KILL... I'LL KILL YOU!"

"OH NOOOOOO!"

SHOVE-

VECTOR CHANGE!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Mimicking a bizarre old man, the face, as well as the body it was attached to, was hurled back to the ground, with altered values to increase the speed he was thrown, with a dangerous descent that promised a painful landing.

His body was too caught up in the winds to move his limbs, eyes shut closed by the winds that were associated with his speed. His hair flew straight up with a wildly rotating body that was dead set on becoming one with the floor.

His only option was an undervalued one, but he put his faith in it.

GLOW...!

...

...

...

Pouring share energy into his wings, he tried to give them enough energy to get him out of the trajectory he was heading.

SHINE!

CRASH!

Hitting the grout with a bang, boulders exploded in every direction as they flew into the air, a large section of the cliff side that he was near being destroyed and falling into the abyss, unfortunate for any bodies of ASIC personnel.

...HALT!

Until it wasn't.

"Urgh... Kids these days need to lay off the MONSTUR." He shook his head, with some blood on the side of it from the impact, as well as several scratches and some marks from the contact and ejection of Accelerator's hands.

His hands pushing his upper body off of the ground, the blue CPU variant soon felt as if he wasn't on the ground anymore.

"I feel... Weightless." He commented before standing up.

Only to realize that he stood atop a rock, along with many other rocks, remained suspended in the air, motionless yet airborne with the dust clearing partially to reveal a surreal picture of a paused collapse of boulders. Amid such a scene was the cause of the phenomenon as he stood and looked around.

"What's the cause of this, though? It must be my processors!" Looking behind him, he heard the futuristic hum of power from them, as he gazed up.

"Anti-gravity wings? I doubt it'll carry me, but disregarding the pun I unintentionally made, It's time to even the odds." Raising both hands, Brave Heart got to work.

GLIMMER...!

"DIE!"

VECTOR CHANGE!

And not a moment too soon, a black twinkle followed by the sound of a screaming sociopath was heard and seen not long after his verbal monologue.

ZOOM!

Increasing his speed that much more, the esper wasn't about to let some dank jackass put him to rest in the middle of who knows where.

JUMP!

JUMP!

JUMP!

JUMP!

Hopping from floating rock to floating rock in quick succession, the dark adversary made his way to the first rock the divine dank memer stood on.

CRASH!

Before destroying it by merely landing on it.

SWING!-

POW!

And using his wing to slap another floating structure in the direction of the blue opponent.

"Oh, no you don't! Repulsion!"

-SHATTER!

But the more battle-experienced fighter saw it coming, before using his gravitational influence to neutralize the rock's speed, as well as crushing it from the object being under two powerful opposing forces.

STARE!

VECTOR CHANGE!

His darkened eye looked up, Accelerator saw a rock conveniently above his target before widening his eye, with the sound of vector manipulation taking place, putting his hand on his other eye to ease the blinding pain of it.

Hearing that sound, Brave Heart knew that the esper had done something to harm him. To either of his sides was clear so his head gazed up.

"!"

DASH!

He was moments away from being crushed asunder by the large structure, yet manages to evade it within a single step.

"...What?!"

But to his surprise, Accel was ahead of him with another rock in the direction that he'd evaded.

LAND!

But applying attractive forces of gravity to his soles, the GPU now treated the surface of the incoming boulder as the floor.

SPRINT...!

SOMERSAULT!

And running over the surface to the other side before flipping off of the opposite side and kicking the rock into the other.

SMASH!...

ROLL...!

GRAB!

Tumbling onto another levitating rock, he grabbed its edge before hurling his legs under it and letting go, his feet attaching themselves to the surface and rotating the rock on its underside, reorienting himself upright.

"KILL! KILL! I'LL KILL YOU!"

SLICE!

SPLIT!-

His wing sliced through the air, creating the invisible slash from before but on a much more destructive scale. Large boulders were cut in two, rapidly being affected as they neared the direction of Brave Heart.

LEAP!

SLICE!-

CRASH!

Even after moving from the direction of the attack, he was still injured from the shoulder with the attack cleaving through his flesh, leaving a large gash on his shoulder from being near it. He wouldn't dare to think about the outcome of coming into direct contact with such a traceless move.

"I couldn't even sense it, yet it did this much damage!" A pained expression made it onto the warrior's face, as energy gathered in his unaffected arm.

B-B-B-B-BLAST!

EXPLOSIONS!

Targeting adjacent rocks, their donations caused a large screen of smoke to appear, clouding the esper's vision.

"Juryōku Hadōken!"

BLAST!

And firing a blast of pale blue energy to the enemy's position, the pseudo protag was putting his might into the attack.

CLASH!

SCATTER!

Until a familiar black ball resisted the attack, as well as scattering all of the remaining dust, and creating a colliding competition between the two energetic forces.

The area around them became a mix of white and black, light from the objects that faced the clash, and black from the rear area that faced away from it. Flickering in light intensity and the shaking of the aerial igneous could also be noticed as the blasts competed for dominance.

'I'll use it in a burst..!'

STEAM!

"YOU WON'T BEAT ME, GAS PEDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!"

PULSE!

Using the qualities of his Under Pressure ability, his blue blast started to conquer the black attack below him.

VECTOR CHANGE!

EXPAND!

Yet all of his efforts were subdued by the simple act of the esper magnifying the volume, area, and expansion rate to terrifying levels.

What was once a small orb of darkness evolved to rival an office building in size in a single moment.

"BLUE BASTARD!"

'Shit! I'm not gonna be able to push that back!' The thought of possible defeat hit him, as the attack that he was fighting completely swallowed his blast, only the force of his energy keeping it at bay which did nothing to stop its approach.

FLOAT...!

PUSH!

"No...! Not like this!" Shouted the GPU, adamant about changing the course of the battle with his strength pushing against the black ball of dark matter.

SINK...!

It seemed as if nothing could truly push back the ball back to the esper as it started to engulf his hands.

"Come on! Damnit, please!"

STRUGGLE!

BOOST!

BURST!

Using his brawn, processors, energy, gravity, you name it, the blue-haired protagonist truly gave it everything he had to not be swallowed whole by the attack, knowing nothing short of defeat awaited him at its core.

GRAB!

"Hnnk!"

"You won't... Get away!" Accelerator's wing tip wrapped around the GPU's neck as it stifled the oxygen out of him, constricting the airflow to make it easier for the god to slip up.

"KUKUKU... You'll die!"

Seeing his face paling, a demented smile spread on the esper's cheeks as his face mere inches away from the tiring deity was reveling in the suffering he put the man through, just to see him fall into oblivion.

GRAB!-

REFLECT!-

SHUDDER!

Trying to reach out to clutch the easier's face, Brave Heart felt the resistance that pushed him back, yet continued to persist.

He saw a visible shield being in the way, black pulses of energy preventing him from going any further.

"Looks like your luck ran out!" His eye started to return to normal, white blending into blurry colors, he uncovered his eye to reveal a dilating and contracting pupil that had some veins from the ocular obstruction.

Closing his eyes, the GPU felt for anyone that might be able to aid him in his situation.

On the ground, Nepgear and Uni were caught up with two powers, one being Underling and another unknown to him that'd keep them busy for too long.

In the air alongside him, yet at a considerable distance, Vergo was battling with someone who was considerably formidable from what he sensed, also meaning that he'd be too busy to help him as well.

To the ground, AL, IF, Nisa, Compa, and Cave were available but he wouldn't want to put them in a losing battle, even with a combined effort to give him a shot at freedom.

Gris was absent, so he couldn't even use his ability to bail him from his sticky situation, with Domio still missing and MAGES. having not returned as yet. With how the odds were stacked, it looked as if a Bad Ending was encroaching imminently.

'I can't die now! I didn't even get to create a save file! Let alone save my own life!' He opened his eyes, looking at his potential killer with animosity, and veined eyes with constricted yellow glowing dots.

But what was the perceivable demise of the GPU had been interrupted.

CRAWL...!

Looking slightly down, the CPU gazed at an ant, that crawled out of his spandex rip, before looking around.

MAGIC CIRCLE!

GLOW!

Yet seeing a magic circle the size of a coin appeared on the deity's flesh, his eyes widened with realization.

TELEPORT!

"What the fuck!-"

DARK EXPLOSION!

DARKEN!...

Accelerator, realizing that his enemy escaped his clutches, swore in shock that was on the cusp of fury flinched in response to his opponent's disappearance before his attack detonated right in front of him.

"WAAAAAAAAUGH!" Compa yelled, grabbing her head and cowering, as the others looked up in response to the defending explosion of black energy above them with terror.

To the extent that the area around the explosion became greyscaled, it only foretold of ill effects from its explosive yield.

"HOLY SHIT!"

KI SHIELD!

Screaming over the noise, the winds blew towards them as a hand was stretched in front of the martial artist before some energy surrounded the group.

"I'm starting to sound like a broken record here, but what the hell was that?!" I was for the umpteenth time, startled by the tremendous force in the sky.

"If I have a dollar for every time I saw a really terrifying explosion, I'd have 20 dollars," AL noted.

"You've witnessed twenty different blasts of this magnitude?"

"Does the toilet on Tuesday count?" He asked the heroine.

"Ewwww..." Rom and Ram turned their heads in disgust.

"I see why that was so specific." Taleia became aware of the 'explosions' that the martial artist was referring to.

"Save the bathroom humor for later. We're in enough crap as is." Cave commented on the situation at hand with a neutral, yet attentive look on her face.

"You think Nebula survived...?" Questioned the Nurse-In-Training as she stood back up, still shaking with some level of fear. The group looked to the one person who could sense such signs.

"..." The afro-wearing warrior became silent, as his eyes were looking to the place where he last felt his best friend's energy.

"That was a pretty large attack. Even if he's a GPU, thats quite some damage." The brunette admitted as she saw the greyish aftereffect of the dark matter.

"That's not the only explosion either, several ones comparable to that one were also made." The half-elf added.

"They're all really scary..." The older Lowee sister admitted with some fear of its effects.

"His effort was valiant, indeed." Nisa contributed to his performance in battle.

"He's gotta be super strong if he can survive them, right?" Ram had some confidence in the GPU.

"I hope he's alright. Neb-Neb cant be... C-Can he?" Stuttering at his possible fate, the Nurse-In-Training didnt believe in the outcome, to the point of omitting the phrase.

"Ain't no way. I'm not gonna believe he died from something like that in a million years!" Shouting with the same intensity, surprise became denial as he truly believed his friend was still alive.

"If Nebula's anything like I know he is in his human form, he's still kickin'!" Furrowed brows and burning devotion to the power of friendship, the pAL didn't let his emotions waver.

FADE...!

Determined to believe in his survival, the shield lowered as they all looked up at the floating rocks, the majority destroyed with them now sparsely located on the battlefield.

Meanwhile, far above them on a floating boulder, the GPU lay on the surface with his arms flat in front of him, fists balled as he coughed.

HOP!

CRAWL...!

The ant crawled onto his back before jumping off of his body. It quickly crawled to the front of the deity before looking at its fallen form.

GROW!

A flesh-churning sound occurred before the ant grew in size, from a puny life form to one that towered over even the god if he was standing.

"Don't tell me this is the best that Brave Heart can do. Your vulnerability and suffering make me sick." Spat an all too familiar voice.

"I-Is that... Whom I think it is?..." Muttered the fatigued deity.

"Who else dares revere himself as the Ultimate Life Form?" The voice's owner smirked.

"Kars, you son of a bitch." Looking up with a pained yet relieved smile, Brave Heart was glad to see a face he knew was somewhat not blatantly against him.

Dressed identically to the former, with the exception of yellow eyes that resembled the GPU, as a way to identify which person he had been monitoring, the Ultimate Life Form looked down at the god and conversed with him.

"It's a pleasure to see your beaten form, Nebula. Yet a shame its cause was not myself." He rolled his eyes with crossed arms.

"Wait, how do you know my other name?" Inquired the GPU.

"I've been an ant in your clothes for hours. When DIO was still a 'problem', I made an ant to infiltrate your garments to act as spies and trackers, as well as emergency summons if you were to ever be in danger of perishing." Explained the alien.

"...That's an uncharacteristically nice thing for you to do. Rather sus." Squinted eyes scrutinized the ULF.

"Oh please, goodwill is not a motivator. As I said, if you're going to die, I'll kill you. That's something I must do to prove myself the ultimate life form on this planet." He stated.

"Somebody already has that goal." A snide look in the divine warrior's eyes made a tick mark appear on the alien's forehead. "And doesn't that mean that you're just a fragment of the real Kars?" Asked the pseudo protagonist.

"Do not fret, that grey god has an ant on him as well. And for your question, yes, I am merely a component of the peak being in this world." Confirming the adventurer's question, Brave Heart responded in turn.

"How does that equate to your power... Are you any weaker than your main counterpart?" Wheezing the question to take some breaths, he got it out.

"Again, be assured. I am no weaker than my main self. If he has developed, there is room for the discrepancy between our powers, but I am still more than capable of considerable damage." Kars sniggered.

"In that case, I'll call you... Vanns." The newly named Vanns raised a brow at the name.

"I feel as if you've hidden a joke in that name." The intrigue became a dull glare.

"I'll tell you if you give me a res." Coughed the GPU.

"Tch. And why should I do that." Questioned the fleshy fragment.

"Because if my opponent finds me in this state, he'll steal your kill."

"..."

"Cura."

HEAL!

Two orbs of pleasant energy circled around the deity momentarily before dissipating, as his body was suddenly covered in bright light as many scratches faded away.

Much internal damage was headed as well, even the facial wounds had closed, only scars being left. Brave Heart got to his feet to look his benefactor in the face.

"They say never look a gift horse in the mouth, but you're neither genuinely gifting me, nor a horse."

MORPH!

"Aren't I?" Morphing into a black stallion still capable of speaking with an extravagant mane, Vanns snorted in the GPU's face, causing him to slightly grimace from the horse's breath.

"I'll take this as an opportunity to just go back and fight." A deadpan at the antics of the proxy, he turned around.

"Oh please, you'll just wind up back here in less than five minutes." A knowing look from the horse with a wry smile to hoof.

"And you feel confident in galloping into oblivion like a jackass on your high horse?" Asked the blue fighter.

"You fool, I AM the high horse, Bullshit Heart!" Raising his forelegs and kicking the air, he shouted before standing up straight, looking at the unimpressed GPU.

"I will push you off this rock and make you a dead horse. Only I can make unfunny jokes around here, not you free candy van." Threatened the meme lord as he had comical saucer eyes that were accompanied by cross brows as he put his fists on his waist.

"I'd be shocked you managed to call me unfunny, a sex offender, and a livestock fatality statistic in a single sentence, but I've spent too much time with you to pretend to be confused."

"You used my half-brother's mother's leg as a guitar. Unconsensually, might I add." Raising a finger, the martial artist deity reminded the proxy.

MORPH!

"How the hell do you even know that?" Looking both shocked and defensive, Vanns jolted at the astute observation the main character wasn't there for.

"You can be an ant and live on me for hours, but I bring up ONE obscure fact and you question my knowledge." A comical look of unmoved annoyance was present.

"I've BEEN here! YOU weren't ever there!"

"Just focus on the fight. I'll tell you how if you win." Waved off the GPU, getting a suspicious glance from the ULF clone.

Becoming monke- I mean, the ULTIMATE LIFE FORM again, Vanns walked to the edge, looking at the opponent that the pseudo protagonist was fighting.

"Where is that fucking blue piece of shit! There's no way he just died like some scrub, I SAW HIM /TP! HOW THE FUCK DO YOU JUST TELEPORT?! IS HE A MAGICIAN?! FUCK!" Swearing like the King of Pirates, Accelerator had regained cognitive ability with a vengeance.

"This child is why you were going to meet your end? The boy looks as if he needs to touch some grass and stop playing this 'League' you speak of." A sour face at the initially weak visage of the otherworldly power of the otherwise unassuming esper, if not for his eye, wing, or the dark matter that floated off of him from his shied blocking the explosion, as well as the very air around him being greyed out.

"It's 4GO now. League of Goddesses was the draft." Clarified the deity. "And if you think you can do better than me, by all means." Taking this as his chance to not only see what the proxy of Kars was capable of, but to also opt out of battle to find another strategy that could work, he was content in sitting it out for the sake of observation.

Both tall warriors stood at the edge and looked down with the sun behind them, slightly dimming their frames with their eyes glowing as a result with aggressive intent.

---

SWITCH!

- Vanns VS Accelerator (One-Eyed Esper) -

ENGAGE!

---

"Very well. Understand the difference between our power!"

JUMP!

TRANSFORM!

Jumping into the air before curling into a ball, flipping, and putting his arms beside him as he stretched back out, the alien proxy stylishly made his departure as hands turned into wings.

"There!"

GLANCE!

Amaterasu sound effect!

Seeing the figure fall from the heavens, black wings and all, Accelerator went to work with a stare.

It created a flurry of dark matter, that acted akin to a certain controlled direction of flames that burned for seven days and nights. Its speed was nothing to sneeze at either since this was an Accel that could think.

"Haste."

GLOW!

WOOSH!

An orange aura overtook the body of Vanns as he suddenly gained a burst of speed to avoid the scientific scorch, flying around it.

"Lesser Dexterity."

GLOW!

ZIP!-

ZOOM!

Flying around in a circle, the proxy vanished before reappearing and disappearing in a clockwise motion, causing the air circulation to become a swirling force that kept increasing in speed until it manifested as a twister within the confines of the floating rocks.

"Trying to use the wind? Fuck off!"

REFLECT!

HALT!...

With a wave of his tail, the twister was effectively negated by using opposing values with extensive calculation thanks to his wing, completely disallowing its development as Vanns stopped flying the moment it ceased.

"You dare?"

"Why don't you find out! HARRAH!"

BLAST!

Throwing a basketball-sized dark matter-infused plasma attack at the ULF clone, the esper had a look of excitement to finally gain some first blood, being deprived of the sensation of murder for such a duration.

"Misdirection."

MISS!...

KA-BOOM!

Using another spell, the alien archmage managed to deliberately make the attack miss, the blast simply moving to the hard left before exploding in the distance, Vanns' and Brave Heart's hair blowing to the side as Accelerator's stayed still, his shield not letting an exceeding amount of wind get past.

"You fucker-"

"Control Weather."

DARKEN...!

With that, the clouds suddenly darkened, as a more foreboding atmosphere was created, with storm clouds appearing above them.

"Setting the mood, are we? Kars struck me as the dramatic kind." Sitting on the edge of the rock, the GPU looked up to the sky before looking back to the fight.

"A storm? Your magic's impressive, but I'm still stronger." Accel was confident in his new power, yet acknowledged the amount of mana required to use a weather manipulation spell.

"Lesser Protection Energy."

GLOW!

Another orange glow gave the clone resistance to energy-based attacks.

"Evasion."

GLOW!

A glow of light orange bestowed increased dexterity to avoid harmful attacks.

"Greater Evasion."

SHINE!

Yet another buff was cast, yet it was from more of a physical aspect than a magical one, seemingly being learned instead of read. Being the strongest variation of Evasion, it was an unexpected twist.

"Cutting Edge."

A glow of light yellow aura coursed through the magic caster before it was concentrated in his forearm blades.

"Lesser Resistance."

GLOW!

"Greater Resistance."

SHINE!

"Lesser Ability Boost."

GLOW!

"Greater Ability Boost."

SHINE!

"Lesser Strength."

GLOW!

"Greater Strength."

SHINE!

"Glowing a multitude of colors, Vanns took some measures to increase his stats accordingly, after using the experience he gained from being beside Brave Heart to gauge what he'd need in the fight, alongside his own situational conclusions and objective anecdotal observation. Stacking the weaker and stronger variation of buffs provided an additive stack that was formidable if done correctly, and it was out of character for anything in relation to Kars to make mistakes.

"Are you done?" Impatient, Accelerator had his arms folded.

"I'm surprised you didn't take the opportunity to attack me." Admitted the proxy.

"The higher a bird flies, the harder it hits the ground when it falls. Letting you peak before I send you to the floor is just my type of fun." Chuckled the esper, having confidence in his victory.

"Tempest!"

...THUNDER!

LIGHTNING!

DOWNPOUR!...

WHOOSH!

With that spell, intense rain crashed to the earth from the skies, as thunder roared and lightning struck. The winds picked back up with a vengeance as the sound of a woman singing could be heard, as well as an orchestra that winded up in a boisterous fashion.

"Really, REALLY setting the mood."

ZAP!-

DODGE...!

CHIP!...

After commenting on the sudden thunderstorm, the GPU casually scooted to the side, dodging the lightning bolt that took a piece of the platform with it.

"UAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Suddenly, a swirl of energy sprouted into existence, circulating from the dark matter that the esper harbored.

PILLAR!

WAVES!

From the swirls came rings of power, and a pillar of dark matter energy shooting up into the air as the esper continued to scream, asserting his sperg dominance.

"Tch. Magic Boost."

SHINE!-

PILLAR!

A red glow appeared before it sprouted a flow of rainbow-colored mana, in the form of you guessed it, a pillar.

Both light and dark energies were adjacent to one another in a brilliant flash and the dimming of light surrounded by fearsome weather conditions that only amplified the tension between the two opposing forces, an unruly sky for a wild battle.

But in the distance, relatively far from the pillar-measuring contest...

...

...

...

THOOM!

Vergo, within the power of his demigod state, buried his blackened fist into the kidney of SMITH with persistent fervor.

The thunderous shockwave could have been heard from the floor as they stayed still in the air to see the effect of the strike.

"Nice try."

"!?"

However, the swordsman had blocked the attack with the flat side of his armament dagger, nullifying the effect almost completely, besides flinching.

HOOK!

CHINK!-

The blonde retracted his arm and went for a short-ranged hook, yet his opponent let his blade dance in his fingers and spun it to deflect the punch from its course.

SWING!

ELBOW!-

"Grk!"

Clenching the handle for a stab to the liver, the time traveler smashed his elbow into the blade, causing it to be cut in the process, despite the hardening.

"Just because we both have our Haki activated, doesn't mean we're both at the same level of resistance, kid." SMITH reminded.

"As if I don't fuckin' bloody know that, you dagger prick!"

BARRAGE!

A flurry of punches was sent, the blonde visibly angered by the remarks of the swordsman security guard.

DODGE! DODGE! DODGE!

Yet none struck, with the man simply evading them all, with an undisturbed look on his face.

"Observe. You can't even lay a finger on me." Pointed out the white-haired warrior as he had a smirk that was derived from the CPU Candidate's inability.

"SILENCE!"

BOOM!

Releasing a loud shout with his Hellish Holler ability, the brother of Vert countered with an eardrum-shattering attack.

"Begone!"

CLANG!

"Uff!"

ZOOM!

Vergo's jaw was smacked by the broad side of the opponent's sword, shutting his mouth and sending him plummeting to the ground.

BLAST!

BLAST!

BLAST!

Firing multiple blasts of KI to his opponent from his falling state, the green projectiles raced up the air with incredible velocity.

"You still don't get it-"

ZIP!

The attacks missed completely as the swordfighter reeled, suspecting it did so on purpose.

VANISH!

"BUSTER!-"

ROUNDHOUSE!

"Kuh!" Vanishing and reappearing behind the enemy, the future CPU Candidate of Leanbox prepared the Bogard special, only to be swiftly intercepted by a kick to the neck, cutting him and his attack off.

GRIP!-

ZOOM!

Yet he clutched his palm, causing the blasts to go in the opposite direction, and right to SMITH's location.

THROW!

SLICE!-

EXPLOSIONS!

CATCH!-

Yet he somehow knew that it would occur, observing the situation without even looking behind him and throwing his dagger to slice through all three attacks before they exploded behind him, and catching his weapon within a moment's notice.

"Rankyaku!"

KICK!-

AIR SLICE!

"GUAK!"

Vergo received a painful slice to his side as blood flew from the attack as the agent performed another move. It managed to cause him to rapidly spin in the air, uncontrolled and vulnerable.

"Niitōryu: Ten no Botsuraku!"

S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-SLICE!

SLASH!

Gripping both blades, the swordsman sliced in opposing directions several times, nine to be exact before swinging both blades down, digging their edges into the divine flesh of the blonde.

CRASH!...

"For fuck sake!" Landing on the ground with a loud boom, the CPU Candidate snarled an expletive before turning around and looking back up at the sky.

"I dare you to hit me." Smiled the floating swordsman, jumping on a foot to maintain his height.

'I won't be able to beat him with what I have now. I'll have to integrate some of his moves if I want to survive, let alone win.' Coming to the realization that the average battle strategy of mindlessly whittling down the HP of his opponent was defunct, he switched to something more...

Adaptive.

LEAP!-

JUMP!

JUMP!

JUMP!

"Geppo?..." SMITH was taken aback by the sudden usage of the technique, the blonde having used flight up until that moment.

JUMP! JUMP! JUMP!

JUMP! JUMP! JUMP!

JUMP! JUMP! JUMP!

But the utilization of the technique was drastically different. Usually, even an expert would have to 'jump' on the air multiple times to generate enough force to ascend, yet with aerokinesis, incredible leg strength, and a sprinkle of creativity-

"Geppo: Soko!"

ZOOM!

ZOOM!

ZOOM!

ZOOM!

ZOOM!

Kicking off the air repeatedly caused an exponential speed boost with each foot, making the former staff user rip through the sky as each kick increased his speed thanks to the wind actively helping his acceleration.

He circled the swordsman, the colors of his hair and clothes in the form of elongated lines the only indicator if his position as strong winds followed him where he went.

"No matter how fast you are, you'll never be able to hit me!" His eyes still tracked the unbelievably fast Vergo, whatever he has up his sleeve was up to par in keeping up with the blonde bastion.

ZOOM!-

DEFLECT!

"What?!" Even with his speed, the blonde was still blocked, a long metallic echo from the dagger absorbing the shock.

"Try again."

SLICE!-

"Shit!-"

ZOOM!

His shin was chipped, some more blood escaping before he used Geppo once more.

SWING!

CLANG!-

SLICE!

It occurred a second time, this time the sword blocking before a flock of the wrist caused its blade to sink in between the godling's index and middle knuckles, his blood bleeding down the weapon.

"Are you even trying?" A tone of belittling escaped the sword user's mouth.

STARE!-

Vergo's purple eyes narrowed as he released a silent attack, his eyes sending a pulse of wind to his opponent.

STRIKE!

"Unh!" Flinching for the first time, SMITH recoiled.

"My Kenbusoshoku! But how?!" Shocked, the agent wanted to know how his secret was bypassed.

"You can't dodge something that you can't perceive.-"

BOOM!

Hitting the agent with the same attack, Vergo continued his turning of the tables as the next strike connected with his face.

JUMP!

BOOM!

JUMP!

BOOM!

JUMP!

BOOM!

Randomizing his coordinates, and attacking a blind spot with his stare, the battle soon took a righteous direction as the time traveler started to blitz the warrior with his staring and jumping in sequential combination.

"You were saying?"

JUMP!-

"THE TWO PIECE!"

"!"

Screaming in retaliation, the sound caused an unseen pulse that affected the divine being, causing him to stop in his tracks completely, right before he launched another stare strike with whitened irises and a completely frozen frame.

"THE TWO PIECE IS REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL!"

ギロ!

DOOM!

A menacing sound was heard as the will of Vergo was put to the test. He fought the urge to falter as if his life depended on it (It did.) The eyes of the swordsman glowed brighter, his irises corresponding to the color of the Haki he used, which happened to be the same color as his hair; white.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU ON ABOUT-"

"CAN WE GET MUCH HIGHER?" Cutting the enemy off, the operative lowered his blades.

"Niitōryu: Morohanotsurugi!"

...!

TREMORS!

SLICE!...

Swinging the dagger and longsword up, two slices of air were created which sent the deity flying, parting the clouds once more, and dug into the ground deep enough to let magma splash on the surface, not to mention the earthquake that was a consequence of the slashes hitting the ground.

The ground continued to be ripped to shreds, magma spewing right behind it as the clouds that were surrounding the battlefield were somewhat moved as an aftereffect of the attack.

The intensity of the slash was so powerful, it not only cut through the air but also deafened its effect, thereby creating no sound from its power alone. Truly something that boasted the reality of the Two Piece.

'S-S-So high...!' Stuttered the time traveler in his mind as a HUGE X-shaped slash wound was carved into his chest, whatever barrier he put in front of his body that was wind-based had been effortlessly lambasted, his shirt shredded as blood had been spilled on his body with the shock from the injury's existence numbing the otherwise unbearable pain that would soon ensue.

His feet were standing on the air itself, albeit thinner from his altitude. The mesosphere's air pressure was substantially thinner than the troposphere's as the air could be seen leaving the godling's mouth as he breathed.

He grabbed his wound with his hand before taking it off and looking at it with a pained expression. Red covered his hand, yet he was feeling too much adrenaline to fully register the scale of damage that was done to his body.

"A meme did this...! Is this some kind of sick joke!?" Reacting to the unbelievable amount of damage done, he looked down at the man behind the super attack.

JUMP!-

BOOM!

HALT!...

The ASIC operative jumped, and in one massive bound, soared tens of thousands of meters to meet the CPU Candidate of Leanbox, his clothes flapping as he flew, and stopped.

"Don't tell me you've eXerted yourself. The battle's only begun." A confident tone with a mocking smile as he pointed his longer weapon to what it inflicted on the blonde boy.

If looks could kill, a buff man would have poked SMITH to death by now.

"Just for that..."

SWIPE!

ABLAZE!...

Lighting his finger on fire with friction, air, and a flick of the wrist, Vergo was pushed off the edge with that disgustingly terrible pun.

SWIPE!

"!"

SWIPE!...

SNUFF!

"You're an eXpert at shite humor." Saying it with grit teeth, the CPU Candidate removed his finger from his now sealed chest, smoke pouring from his wounds as they were cauterized with extreme speed to minimize the pain, yet the friction ironically caused the X wound to be lit on fire, creating an unnerving, downright intimidating lighting for the tanky Candidate, before it was snuffed by creating a vacuum, leaving burnt scars in its place.

"Cross your heart and hope to die. I eXpect you to cooperate and comply." Making fun of his state, the agent made a rhyme.

"..."

RAISE...!

His blackened hand rose, as his hair slowly swayed, purple eyes shrunk and teeth that had blood trickling down from the corners of his mouth dripped as he tensed his body.

"If I hear one more X pun, I'm going to cry from cringe." Some grey lines were present underneath the eyes of the godling, tired of the horribly put-together puns.

"I'm terribly sorry, Sir CPU. I was not aware of your feelings about the letter X. I will keep vigilant in avoiding the letter in its entirety, to ensure a comfortable battle experience. From this point on, no more of the 25th letter of the alphabet." Almost as if he solemnly swore, SMITH put his longsword to his front and his dagger to his back in a salute akin to a soldier in a world about killing giant naked people.

GLOW...!

"..." Not for a moment did the blonde trust the white-haired soldier as his aura slowly surfaced.

"EXcept for this one?"

"Lacrimosa."

ABSORB...!

DOOM!...

WHOOSH!-

The wind expanded in every direction from the CPU Candidate's body, with the direction that SMITH was present being hit by ridiculous amounts of wind pressure.

"Shiver me tim-"

SCRAPE!-

SLICE!-

CUT!-

"OWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!-"

His skin started to be damaged from the wind, as his clothes were ripped as well. The hits were piling up continuously as the agent thought that a counter would appear soon if he didn't start to avoid it.

"I can still move away!"

JUMP!-

SLICE!

Convulsing fully, the ASIC affiliate was stuck, receiving loads of damage as his Observation Haki was failing him.

"You won't be able to move much. I'm taking all of the dust particles from the adjacent storm and imbuing my Haki onto them before expunging them to you at high speeds. You can't see them, but they can hurt you. A lot." Revealing the move's basis, Vergo was not willing to let the man leave unscathed. The existence of Vanns and Accelerator's battlefield gave the blonde fighter what he needed to pressure the agent.

'Finally got me on the ropes... Took you long enough, brat.' A small smile grew on the opponent's face before he sensed something and looked up.

'!'

PLUMMET!

A large meteor was falling just where Vergo was floating!

Several meters in size, its mass was fading fast, but a small interruption was just what the security guard needed to establish the upper hand in this situation once more.

'I just have to endure until it hits him! Then I can-'

"Hm?"

CATCH!

"AH!-" White circles with black outlines, completely shellshocked at the sight that he witnessed, SMITH was lost for words.

A meteoroid, the size of a yoga ball, was caught with the CPU Candidate's free hand, any friction from falling snuffed out, leaving a coldish meteorite in its place.

"But how! You'd be too distracted to see it!" Demanding an answer, the agent continued to withstand, cuts still forming on his body.

"I sensed that you wanted something to hit me from my energy, and then it just... Hit me. I didn't even have my wind barriers up, so it's a good thing you were betting on that space rock to clobber me." A small grin spread on the blonde's face.

'No, he couldn't have learned it that quickly! It takes weeks, if not months! He grasped the concept in minutes!' SMITH's jaw was dropping, as he was in disbelief at the proficiency.

"It's an astute observation if you ask me. Kenbusoshoku definitely has its perks." Snorted the accented warrior.

"You think you're slick, don't you!"

SLICESLASHSLICESCWHINGSWING!

CLANGCLINGCLANGCLING!

...CUT!

With that exclamation, the swordsman started to cut through the air once more, his blades constantly clanging from the chips of Haki dust that made contact with his sword, yet were fast enough to decrease the chip damage.

"He's fighting back...!"

"Niitōryu...!"

'He's preparing an attack, I gotta switch it up and fast!' Vergo realized as he ceased his attack.

CLENCH!

BURN!...

"Are you ok?..."

"?..."

After pocketing the space rock, the godling went to raising his hand, he clenched it, coating it in flames as it raced down in a swirl to cover the entire portion of the armored portion, insulating any further. Asking the touted question arose confusion from SMITH.

Grabbing the inside of his elbow with his other hand, he put his dominant foot behind his non-dominant foot.

WHOOSH!

BLAZE!...

The air around him ignited, causing the effect of fire to course around his feet and rise behind the fighter as if he was moving in the direction he faced, with his fist pointing to the opponent.

"Filibuster...!"

CHING!...

The flames suddenly shifted to black, akin to his arms. This was unprecedented, as no one in the agent's known memory was able to influence elements with their armament, EVER.

"WOLF!"

EXPLOSION!

Black flames rushed ahead, rippling the air around them as it not only partially coated the user in their heat as a method of concealment but had a much bigger output which looked as if it'd swallow the swordsman whole, the area around them becoming a simmering environment as the color was turning orange from the heat.

"Teikiatsu!"

SPIN!-

SLICE!

WHOOSH!

Rapidly spinning, the swordsman sent a powerful emission of wind to combat the blackened flames. The two attacks made contact, and seemingly would clash as a result, yet something much more dramatic occurred instead.

ABLAZE!

Instead of cutting through the flames, like it would the wind, the Haki-enhanced fire only used the attack as fuel for its growth as the pressure from the intense move didn't falter either which ended up making the fire exponentially expand with the force of the slice yet the intensity of the wolf's jaw. It spread hundreds of meters in every direction which made it resemble an explosion but flourished instead of dying down, engulfing both warriors in its area of effect.

"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" SMITH, being hit by the combined value of two attacks, received massive damage as a result and was hit by the flame's speed and severity faster than his Haki could warn him.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The same could be said for Vergo, as he too was encapsulated, but only the slices were a threat to him, as his own flames could be easily snuffed out by his vacuum ability.

Hell's fire hath spread to lick the boots of the bystanders as well, with the attention of the grounded group turning to the black flames.

"I saw this in that one anime with everyone with eye powers!" AL shouted in realization.

"You mean the one with the weird eye patterns?" Taleia recalled.

"Yeah! The downside is you get blind." A sweat dropped formed at the tidbit.

"Isn't Vergo inside there?" Compa thought back to who was fighting currently.

"Is he alive?" Nisa was genuinely curious, seeing that he was currently inside an oven that looked like it was from the bowels of the Netherworld she visited.

"I'm not sure... He isn't really a fire type like AL or myself, and those flames feel like the ones I used to... Nevermind." IF was honest, sweating from the temperature rising as a side effect from the battle.

"What were you gonna say, Iffy?" Compa picked up on the pause, something she could tell due to her outstanding friendship with the Guild Agent.

"It's nothing Compa. Let's just keep watching." Waved off IF.

"That 8th grader syndrome must've been fierce." A snide look to the unofficial party leader made her react instantly.

"What did you say?!" Red dashes of embarrassment appeared on the brunette's face as she snapped her head to look at AL after his comment.

"Nothing." Looking away, a small grin was on the man's face as IF was hung on the comment. "Except for the names of your attacks. HeAveN dEmOn, dEmOn fLaMeS, dEmOnIc InFeRnO, DeMoN cOmEt SlAsH. I see a trend." He pointed out.

"T-That's...!" The flustered transformed blonde tried to create a rebuttal, but his points had... Well, a point. "Just stop talking already!"

"Don't worry Iffy, I think it's cool." Trying to cheer her friend up, the Nurse-In-Training looked past her friend's edgy names.

"It could be worse," Taleia interjected. "You could have an eyepatch and only use one attack a day." Shrugged the half-elf soldier.

"Can we just go back to watching the battle..." Sighing, the blonde looked back to the sky, seeing that the flames had dissipated. "Hey, the flames disappeared!"

"!" The others looked with surprise.

Vergo, completely shirtless with black flames on his pants and shoes that he didn't get to snuff in time, with many cuts from the wind on his body now present with his hair showing many split ends, and a cut above his right eye that bled into it, blurring the vision in said eye. Heavy breathing and shaking muscles were the idle animations of the time traveler's figure as he looked at his opponent. Combined with his previous injuries, it was truly impressive he was able to still fly, let alone fight.

Meanwhile, SMITH was covered in small black flames to the point that it completely covered his clothes, some holes from what had already been burnt, and his flesh was not spared from the heat with many burns AND cuts from his own attack being thrown back at him. His sleeves were now short with fire, cuts, and burns on his arms and the ends that survived the attack, with the same for a pants leg, his actual leg severely damaged. His white hair had many strings of hair out of place and was visibly cut.

"You've grasped Haki at an alarming rate." The agent told the CPU Candidate.

"What does it matter to you?" Vergo spat. "Like any good intentions would come from one who conspires with the end of everything!" He shouted.

"...What are you talking about?" A look of slight surprise, soon delving into uncertainty flashed across the man's face.

"You didn't know?" The ignorance was almost insulting, especially after the power he showcased, and the lengths he'd go to defeat him, lack of knowledge of something like this was infuriating to the time traveler.

"ASIC is just an evil syndicate bent on world domination-"

"THEY WANT TO COMMIT OMNICIDE!... You think someone like the Deity of SIN is going to let you live when you summon her?!" Coughing out some blood that was stuck in his lungs, the brother of Vert revealed a terrifying perspective.

"What's your source!" Stated the swordsman, the thought of supporting the end of everything becoming a lingering thought.

"The Deity of Sin originated from Lowee. No one in their right mind would want to associate their nation with that eldritch abomination, let alone claim their country its birthplace. On top of that, you've probably never even seen what it looks like, yet I have." Vergo revealed.

"How do you even know that!? Did she tell you herself?!" In disbelief, the guard pressed on the validity of the time traveler's statements.

"I had access to some of Leanbox's archives for a time and used them to trace knowledge about all historic events. No one will tell you these things, let alone explain your matron deity's true intentions. Asking CFW Magic will get you silenced, surely you know that much, don't you?" Playing on the threat of verification, the blonde awaited a response.

"Tch..!"

"Would you like to see a picture of the thing you'd give your life to?" He asked with a serious look as the man went into his pocket.

"SHE'S A FURRY!"

"LE GASP!"

Both warriors' eyes were white with black rings, Vergo's brows being furrowed and SMITH's being raised, even the bystanders were taken aback.

"He's out of line, but he's right." Although the furry comment was harsh, it was true.

"How is that a valid point? Isn't saying she's evil better?" Nisa held her chin.

"He's already in ASIC, Nisa. I don't think he cares that much." IF reminded.

"If he quits because the Deity of Sin's a furry, that'll be great! One less person for us to fight!" Cheered Compa.

"Kind of racist, but ultimately great." Sweat dropped the elf swordswoman.

"Miss Elf, what's racism?" The kids were curious of the word.

"Ah sh-" A really demotivated and downright unwilling Taleia was face to face with the sisters of Blanc asking her a question that could get her axed in the future.

"Do you work for an omnicidal FURRY! Did I mention she wants to destroy the TWO PIECE!" Meanwhile, in the sky, Vergo was using the shouting phrase.

"N-No! This can't be! You're lying!" His mind was filled with doubt, but he still chose to fight for the syndicate.

"Let's put it this way. My truth versus your will."

LAND!

Dropping from the mesosphere onto the ground, a soft landing, and looking back up, he continued to talk.

"If I'm lying, I lose consciousness and you'll kill me." He stated the conditions.

"And if you're telling the truth, you'll remain awake." Grimaced the security guard.

JUMP!-

CRASH!...

Almost chasing after the blonde, he stomped as he landed, causing a tremor with a seething glare.

"I can't prove you wrong if I kill you. So do your worst." Vergo's eyes flickered, from purple to blue. "It's a better alternative than just killing mindlessly." He spoke his mind.

"Worse yet, you look as if your energy has almost depleted completely. It would be such a shame if fatigue was the reason you lost." Finding humor in the situation, the security guard still managed to make a sarcastic quip.

ゴゴゴゴ!

Looking at his adversary, he started to walk toward him.

...!

ギロ!

DOOM!

The air suddenly became heavy, the brother of Thunder Tits stopped in his tracks as his eyes became white once more.

"Ugh..." Compa collapsed from the willpower, immediately being knocked out by its effect.

"Compa!" IF reacted quickly by catching her in her arms, keeping the Nurse-In-Training from hitting the floor.

FISSURE...!

The ground started to crack, some pieces of the floor being ripped straight from the earth.

FWOOSH!-

The fire on their clothes immediately silenced, only the will and the flesh initially withstanding the first onslaught of the spiritual contest.

"Fall." Commanded the guard.

"...Out 76?" Staggering, a response was heard.

"No. The soldier." Narrowed the eyes of the guard.

"... Not the bite...?" Sputtered the godling, his head becoming light.

"No, that's '87." Grumbled the security personnel.

"How about the STRONGEST?" Widening his eyes with DETERMINATION, the blonde caught himself and tensed with sheer will.

"That's (9)."

"Over (9)000?" His hair spiked like a certain boy from the future with the opponent's will being the original force, he continued his walking.

"That's a dead meme AND stupid."

"Problem?..." Trollage fused into the post-apocalyptic preteen-minded CPU Candidate.

"Modern problems require modern solutions." Folding his arms, he watched the progress the CPU made.

STEP...!

Each step was heavy and painful, fading and out of consciousness under the constant pressure of a will that preyed on his downfall.

"They're able to sprout memes at each other in this environment...!" Sweating from SMITH's omnidirectional will, AL was struggling against what Compa's present state was.

"I feel kind of weird..." Ram told the party, her head spinning a bit. "Somebody help me out a bit, please?..." She asked for assistance, something somewhat uncharacteristic of her, giving it a level of urgency.

"I gotcha." AL became the wall that the pink sister could lean on.

"Thanks, PAL." She still had the energy to let out a slightly mischevious grin.

A grumble was stifled.

"Uhhhhh..." Rom was struggling to stand, Nisa having to hold her up with a helping hand.

"I've got you, little one...!" She strained, her body just barely mustering the will to stand.

"My knees are weak, and my arms are heavy..." Muttered the blonde.

"Snap back to reality, oh- there goes gravity." Looking to the side of him, he saw the fight between Accelerator and Vanns.

"Enough with the memes!..." Roared the CPU Candidate.

"Or what?" Questioned the guard.

"They're just a distraction from what's really important here...! You live a lie!" He took another step.

"NO, I DO NOT!"

"YES, YOU DO!"

...PHASE!

Walking closer to the security guard, a fist was clenched, and it started to shake uncontrollably.

STATIC...!

What could have been thought to be the Haki, was in actuality his hand moving to generate a level of static electricity from high-velocity movements with his wind acting as insulation.

The streaks of current flew back from the force, yet its user continued to press forward.

"T-This is where it ends! You'll never make it!"

YEET!

Throwing his weapon in desperation, he attempted to strike down the warrior then and there.

GRAB!

"?!" Aghast at the turn of events, SMITH took a step back.

"He caught it!" IF, who was shocked and somewhat lightheaded, was in shock.

"It's not over yet...!"

STEP...!

ZAP!

Vergo gripped the handle, before the metal on the blade extended with a holographic blade. A dagger now bastard sword, the CPU Candidate stuck out the blade to the side of him.

"You're losing your grip...!" His voice became less strained, and his tone deepened as his eyes retained some color, becoming purple shades instead of white orbs.

"S-Stay back!" Never seeing someone withstand his Haki, he pulled his longsword.

"That's not part of the terms and services, lad."

WALK!...

Taking several steps, his eyes regained dull pupils as he readied the blade, as it was black and blue with armor and static respectively.

"You'll never survive this!"

SLASH!-

SLICE!

"Khh!" Flinching from the invisible slice, the time traveler continued his path, with a stagger.

SLICE!

"Argh!"

SLASH!

"Uah!"

SWING!

"Ahh!"

SWAP!

STAB!...

"Not the sword!" Nisa was in suspenseful disbelief.

Vergo's hand was struck, making him drop the weapon, as it fell into the ground before fizzling out as it faded back into its normal state.

"I won't let you win! Not after what you've shown me! I'd rather die than believe a word you say! I'm not one of those softies in those talking games! AND I'M NOT A FURRY!"

SLASH!

SLICE!

SWIPE!

SMITH refused to keel to the logic of his adversary and sent three more attacks to cut the blonde.

"...!"

STAGGER!-

FALL!-

SPLIT!-

The blonde warrior deliberately spearheaded to the side, before leaning back and waltzing, before doing the splits, to avoid the final attack.

Another burst of observance was performed.

"It can't be!" Fear got a hold of SMITH's heart.

"Oh, but it is!" Fortune smiled on Vergo's position/

ELECTROCUTE!

"GYAAAAAAAAAGH!"

Jolting himself with his own static electricity, the CPU Candidate became very conscious by electrocuting his body for a burst of awareness, despite the pain he'd feel, using his arm's current before letting it spread and removing the insulation.

"Go-Go!" Compa screamed in concerned empathy, afraid of what the blonde was doing to himself.

"Is he crazy?!" Taleia shared the sentiment, unsure of his strategy.

"You're a madman!" Even the opponent was afraid!

SPRINT!

"IRYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

The overwhelming pain, the woozy feeling in his head, combined with the numbness of his sense of touch mixed with the ache of his injuries intensified by the aforementioned conditions as he ran made him with his arms raised and fingers craned as he practically kicked the ground as he ran and leaned as if he was diving forward.

Electricity rose from him in waves as his sole desire to reach the swordsman made him go into tunnel vision with his eyes thinking before completely returning with a lively blood lust.

His hair spiked from the static into straightened strands of hair, the corners of his eyes trailing with blue electricity with his steps leaving electronic residue that fizzled.

ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP!

Meters away from the swordsman, he raised his blade.

RAISE...!

"Bunshi Satsuriku!"

ABLAZE!

Raising his sword in an overhead manner, the duelist dropped the weapon on the blonde's position, the air around the blade being cut at such a concentrated level that the bonds of the molecules in the air were sliced by the billions as he brought his blade down, causing the reaction of heat to be in effect, coating his blade in flames.

CLAP!-...

"That's impossible!"

SHOCK!

Catching the blade in both hands, whatever the guard had planned was cut short. The current rushed through the sword and caused him to flinch and loosen his grip exponentially.

SNAP!

Twisting the blade, the weapon snapped in half, breaking the longsword.

STAB!

"GYAGH!" Feeling the black blade wrench itself into his right lung, the security guard staggered back and grabbed the metallic edge of his broken sword.

TACKLE!

ELECTROCUTE!

"AAAAAAAHRGH!" Writhing in pain, the ASIC guard fidgeted and fought the weight atop him as his skin crawled in pain with the rest of his body. A knee on his plexus and the other foot beside his body, Vergo pinned the ASIC member after bringing him to the ground.

PULL!-

-HEADBUTT!

"Guah!..."

Smashing his forehead into the enemy's chin after reaching the collar of his shirt and balling it up before pulling the fabric to him, he fundamentally shut the guard up, as well as canceling the conquering effect his Haki had on the area.

"Ugh..." Compa slowly came to, once SMITH's ability was canceled out by the heralding headbutt.

"Compa! Dear comrade, you've awoken!" Nisa looked away from the battle for a second to welcome the conscious Nurse-In-Training.

STRETCH!-

CLUTCH!

Reaching for the fallen dagger, Vergo grabbed it before it became blackened in armament.

STAB!

"AUGH!" The second sharp edge was driven into the left side of his chest cavity, mere millimeters from any major arteries or veins and parallel to the broken edge of his sword. Blood shot up from the wound as a pained expression was present as the security guard held both blades' edges to prevent them from being driven further into him.

SQUEEZE!

BZZZZZZZZZZZZT!

"YIELD!" Commanded the blonde with angry eyes.

"A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-AH-H-H-H!" The man let out an agonizing holler with the disturbing shaking of his voice from his body being overloaded with amps and voltage, still refusing to admit defeat.

"I SAID FUCKING YIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIELD!"

ギロ!

BOOM!

The same willpower that SMITH had been using, was thrown back at him in full force, with his mind temporarily blacking out from the sudden shock of the conquerors, and all of his cumulative injuries hitting him at once.

But when he came to...

"TRUCE!"

BZZZZZT!-...

As the words left his mouth, Vergo immediately stopped but kept his leg on his core.

"Are your words cemented in the truth...?" Shadows over his eyes, he sent a hostile glare to the agent. Imposing his will on the relinquished guard, he continued to pressure the man with his willpower.

"YES! I concede! Your might is a terrifying force! Let me live!" He borderline begged, seeing a very different picture of the future CPU Candidate before him.

One of pure killing intent and animosity from his appearance and the determination and perseverance to commit the act of murder if things went south was above him, having exhibited all three variations of the Haki tree. If he wanted to live, he'd have to give up whatever ego he had left lest he died with it.

"...Very well."

GRIP!

PULL!

"ARGH!"

SWIPE!

"FUCK!"

Pulling out both blades, the blonde quickly swiped both wounds with a flaming finger, sealing them to the suffering of his patient.

Standing up, the time traveler's eyes returned to normal as the atmosphere returned to normal.

REVERT...!

Vergo's hair dropped back down to its regular style, and his body discharged any electricity. His hands faded back to their normal colors as his eyes became blue with his Demi Drive Divinity running out of available shares to burn through.

REVERT!...

The same could be said for SMITH, his hair fading back to black as his musculature shrunk a little. Eyes faded back to their color as he looked at the victor of their battle.

"And I'm spent." He breathed out, unable to fight like before given his energy levels.

"Speak for yourself... You can still stand." A sweatdrop, added with a crooked smirk under his injuries shined through as if the two weren't enemies moments before.

"Then stand with me. You needn't worship an evil furry any longer." A hand was stretched out.

But some regret was on the face of the swordsman. "I've hurt you and your friends, you hurt me and my teammate. Why show me this mercy... I even called you a scrub." Bringing up his actions, he felt undeserving of his opponent's sympathy.

"I wouldn't say it's all in the past, mate. But what I would say is that I can vouch for you to not go to prison, and since you know Haki, there's that too. You'd just overpower the wardens will your will, anyway. Since you called me green, teach me more about something you know." Proposed the blonde.

"You have valuable information as an employee there, and considering your strength, there are alternatives besides imprisonment altogether. The choice is yours." Slightly raising his hand to make it a straight angle to the body of the operative.

"...If I say no, you'll kill me, right?" One last confirmation for the alternative of accepting his mercy.

"There are far worse things than death itself." Eyes glowing green from the utilization of Haoshoku, that was the moment needed to push the guard to their side.

"Ok, this is a very based decision, and I hereby accept your trade offer of my life for an allegiance," SMITH said in a very nervous voice.

GRAB!

PULL!

Soon after, he was hoised to his feet and felt the dust from the fight pleasantly blown off of his body, leaving only his injuries.

---

SMITH accepted your mercy!

ENEMY SPARED!

---

"Bruh." AL droned monotonously.

"All that work for one security guard is such a drag." IF gave an honest opinion as she looked at the scene.

"Hm..." Consideration flashed across the warrior's eyes. "They'd recognize me, anyway." He sighed.

"Ex-con?" Vergo inquired.

"I was a former member of the Leanbox Guild. They'd know my profile the moment I'm incarcerated." He revealed.

...

...

...

"WHAT?!" Everyone screamed in borderline hysterical surprise as they let the tidbit of information cook in their brains.

"Why work for ASIC?!" IF, being in the same occupation as the man formerly was, immediately pressured him as she walked up to him.

"Better salary, living conditions were acceptable, far more opportunities to ascend in rank once you were GOOD AT YOUR JOB!" He screamed to the body of WESSON, who unconsciously flipped him off.

"Does that apply to Underling, too?" Compa unwittingly threw shade.

"...I heard that!" Underling yelled in the background.

"It applies!" SMITH shouted to her battleside, Linette mirroring the operative.

"FUCK BOTH OF YOU!"

"Wait, you make fun of Underling, too?" Questioned the afro man.

"Her incompetence is legendary. Since she's related to her sister, you'd think she'd be more useful but we just put bets on what punishment she receives." SMITH got the group in on the scene.

"Wait, who's her sister?" Ram questioned the man.

"Linette Callilinux. Otherwise known as codename LIMELIGHT." He gave the information of the older sister affiliated with ASIC's plans.

"Why give information so freely? Especially of a teammate that hasn't even been defeated yet?" Taleia questioned SMITH's actions, IF also advocating for an answer.

"Didn't you say something about your teammate back there?" A brow raised in response to the question.

"Gotta prove my alliance is genuine somehow. Isn't intel something you guys would want in a person like me?" Their questions were answered with another question.

"He's... Got a point." AL wanted to object, his distrust of the man very much present, yet squashed by the reasonable response.

"I still don't trust him!" Ram remained adamant about opposing the operative. "He made my head spin, so he's gotta be evil!" She accused with furrowed brows.

"Yeah!..." Rom agreed, feeling the same way with crossed eyes and a tear on each corner.

"There's a saying for this, I think." SMITH thought to himself.

"Kids should be seen and not heard?" Vergo guessed.

"H-Hey!"

Hey...!"

Both twins objected to that remark in particular.

"No, if you ain't got haters, you ain't popping." Brushed off the security guard. "I'd be concerned for your mental aptitude if you all just trusted me out of the blue." Honesty shined through the guard.

"Still doesn't make me trust you, weirdo." Ram stuck her tongue out at the black-haired man.

"Ok." Accepting the hostility, the guard moved on.

"I mean, if he says he's good now, why not believe him?" Compa asked as the group looked to her.

"Compa, he could be lying to us!" IF was angered at the girl's willingness to trust so quickly.

"Oh come on, you think I'd lie to preserve myself and harbor some kind of plan to betray you?" SMITH raised a brow as he looked at the group.

Mixed reactions of equal amounts of suspicion of the two female fighters as well as some confused looks were given.

"I deserted the Guild to worship a genocidal furry who will destroy her own employees in the process. My brain has to be located in my ass if I actually think betraying you guys is gonna help me in the long run." He deadpanned with equal intolerance.

"Right, you worked for the Guild. What rank?" Nisa asked.

"Just a average C Rank agent. I wasn't a force to be reckoned with back in my day. Although I think that's changed now." He cupped his bruised chin.

"...You think?" The group deadpanned.

"Here." The guard took a crinkled Healing Pod and gave it to the CPU Candidate.

"Huh?" Vergo looked at the pod.

"Something to start out our friendship with. Well, more so alliance, but I figured we can start by sharing our supplies." Offered the operative. "You go first because I beat you up the most."

"What if it's poison!" AL accused.

"Why would I put poison in my supplies?" A look of confusion toward the martial artist was given.

"Because you'd give it to someone else, like right now!" Ram used the current situation as an example.

"I guess I'll keep the HP restoring item for myself..."

HEAL..!

He took away his item before consuming it, some of his injuries going away.

"I was gonna tell you, that I had some health items for my own way back."

TOSS!

Sipping a Nep Bull, the blonde told the operative of his lack of need for external help. He threw the can to the battle on the ground.

bonk sound effect!

"Hey! Who threw that!" Linette shouted.

"Speaking of which, we should look to the last fight to see who needs healing the most after." Pointed the guard as he motioned to the fight with the other CPU Candidates and the ASIC Sisters.

BANG!

PEW!

CLING!

CLANG!

The sounds of battle could be heard, the combatants still brawling for the taste of victory within their gaze.

"HRAH!"

SHATTER!

"No way!"

Nepgear let out a determined shout before slicing what remained of Underling's pipe into pieces, fragments flying out of her hand and to the ground.

SWING!

GUARD!-

BASH!

SKID!...

Underling barely managed to defend against a flat-sided sword attack with her forearms, sending her sliding on the floor with her feet keeping her from falling over as they dug into the dirt.

GLOW!

"I won't let this go on any longer!" Declared the lilac-haired girl before her eyes glowed, white power signals replacing her pupils.

"Uh oh." Underling's eyes widened as the hair on the sister of Neptune's body started to levitate.

"I gotta stop her, now!"

DASH!-

Rushing to the scene, the underling of ASIC stumbled from kicking the ground with enough force to send the dirt flying in order to stop her opponent from transforming.

"Access!"

PILLAR!

TRANSFORM!

She yelled the phrase of splendor before her body was devoured by light, a pillar shooting up into the sky with glowing digital numbers surrounding her.

"Damnit!" Cursed the grunt as she was too late, blown back by the pressure of her form's emergence.

As it faded, Purple Sister was on the scene, her eyes narrowed with the will to finish the fight as quickly as possible. The longer they took to be defeated, the more Neptune and the others had to suffer.

"I might be out of weapons, but I'm not out of options!"

BANG!

Pulling out a gun, the mook shot a 'bullet' at the CPU Candidate.

WHOOSH!-

Graze!

Dodging to the side, the bullet barely grazed her as she reeled back her large godly blade.

"Haaaaaaah!-"

REVERT!

"Huh?!"

Purple Sister dropped from her form mid-swing before shock took a hold of her psyche.

BAM!

"Kuh!"

"Nepgear!" The sidelines yelled, concern skyrocketing for the sister of Neptune.

Underling didn't let this chance slide and sucker punched the CPU Candidate of Planeptune in the rib, causing her to wheeze before she ragdolled onto the ground.

"W-What!? Agh!"

Her confusion continued to surface, her body was still weak from whatever had just grazed her had her jaw stomped in by the green-haired grunt as spit flew from her mouth.

"Stupid broad!"

BANG! BANG!

"Ack!" Two more of these 'bullets' struck the purple goddess as she cried out in pain from the consecutive shells that bounced off of her divine skin.

"This is what you get for messing with me, you damn bitch!"

SMACK!

"Ow!" Yelped the sister as she recoiled from the barrel of the pistol being struck her temple.

"Somebody help her already!" SMITH urged his new peers. He'd step in himself, but he couldn't risk Underling recognizing him.

GRAPPLE!-

SLAM!

"Huak!-" Her neck was pulled by the hooded mook's arm before her body was sent into the ground after the ASIC underling smashed the goddess' body into the ground.

"We gotta help, let's go!" IF commanded as the group sans SMITH ran ahead.

STEP!...

"Hnngh!" Nepgear struggled to breathe with Underling's foot on her sternum as she pointed the weapon at her enemy's face.

"Not so tough now, are you?" Laughed the goon as she continued. "I never thought that I'd have to use this, but better late than never. Goes to show that taking other people's stuff has its perks." An evil smirk spread across the opposing tomboy's lips.

"Anti Share Crystal rounds put you prissies in your place." Noted the underling as she cocked the slide. "Hope you find your resting one in hell!"

"STOP RIGHT THERE, CRIMINAL SCUM!" Nisa yelled, the group behind her as IF lunged with her Qaters, Compa trusted her syringe, AL reeled his leg as it ignited, Taleia swung her blade with water flying off its edge, Rom cast a spell, with a magic circle appearing, Ram raised her staff overhead with a magic circle in front of it as SMITH took his knife, ready to rush ahead with his Geppo if it looked as if they wouldn't make it in time despite his thoughts.

BANG!-

"NO!-" IF screamed in defiance.

...!

Yet time was on their side as the world became faded.

SNATCH!

"Well, well, well..." A confident voice knelt in front of the scene, watching the frozen red crystal round float in suspension as the fearful gaze of Nepgear watched her potential cause of demise travel in stasis.

"What do we have here... Ain't no fucking way this mook is going to kill the CPU Candidate of Planeptune." Gris' brows crossed as he looked at the downed girl.

"You're making us look bad, Cog." He scowled at the fallen deity. "Tch, I'll clean up your mess this time, Nepgear." He said as he took out his handgun.

BANG!...

GLOW...!

An echoing gunshot occurred as the bullet flew before making contact with the crystal bullet, sending it flying shortly before suspending as it was then recalled into the muzzle.

He then kicked the grey-skinned girl's foot off of the windpipe of the goddess before driving his fist into her stomach and low kicking the back of her knee to make her lose the footing of a leg.

POW!

"WATA!"

Gutting the flat peon with a devastating fist to the stomach as her frozen form slightly lurched before suspending.

"This is the moment I've been waiting for..!" A devilish look smeared on the assassin's face, he prepared to deal the finishing blow.

"UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!-"

PULSE...!

"W-What?"

Feeling the draining effect of his shares, he quickly turned to Neptune's little sister.

Her body had bruises, but worse yet the significantly draining energy affect her injuries badly on not only herself but his person as well.

Detrimental for both deities,

'This energy... I have to get rid of it!'

AURA!...

Coating his hands in Tōki, he slid by the girl before closely inspecting the injuries, his eyes furrowing in concern with sweat collecting on his face.

More so for his own sake, but Nepgear was there, so it was what it was.

Upon further inspection, dark red shards from the round were stuck in the skin of the goddess.

"Something stuck in the gears, I see?"

GLOW...!

A snort from the hitman as he gently picked her up and held her injuries on each shoulder, the crystals being removed.

'...Nice pun!' A distant echo from Brave Heart was heard on his rock.

"Be silent!" Barked the deity.

"I mean, let's be honest mate. A friendly pun from you is like a compliment from Kars. Mythical." The temporally aware blonde told him.

"I regret giving you time stop movement." Grumbled the hired killer, removing the second set of shards from the girl's body.

"AND you're actually helping somebody. Somebody like Nepgear too, and here I thought you'd just leave her to die." AL spoke, sharing the time traveler's ability thanks to the blue deity.

"Now THAT's character development."

"All of you, shut the fuck up." Growled the grey god before he held the girl in his arms, standing up.

"D'awwww! Is Gris embarrassed by his feelings-" AL mocked the assassin.

"Embarrassed that you still have to become a burnt piece of barbeque chicken to be useful in a fight?" Asked the silver-haired divine one.

"Your mom." Was the butthurt response.

"What about my mother?" A bland response.

'Just resume time before AL says something that he can't take back.' Brave Heart told the assassin.

"Toki wa ugokidasu."

TIME RESUMES!

VANISH!-

"AGH!" Underling yelled as she fell over, her stomach hurting from the instantaneous hit she received.

Vergo and AL halted their approach with the others continuing their charge.

"GET HER!" Taleia yelled, Cave rushing in with her scissors who had been quiet up until now.

"Ge-Ge?... Where is she, guys?" Comps took notice of the absent CPU Candidate.

"?!" The group stopped their assault, realizing the person they were trying to save was missing.

"Who?" Asked Gris, as everyone below looked above, and behind them.

"Wait, it's you!-" IF pointed as she recognized the man from Lowee when they first went to confront Rom and Ram.

"Cares." Interrupted the GPU. This earned a grumble from the Guild Agent, knowing how this conversation was going to go.

"Identify yourself, and state your intentions with Nepgear." Cave pointed her gun at the man as he floated there.

"Yeah, put her down, you dummy! " Ram demanded from the hitman.

"You know, I do something good for once, and I've hurled insults and interrogated." Spoke the floating hitman.

"They'll stop if you put me down... Uh..." Nepgear, who was in the arms of the assassin, with some level of pink on her cheeks from the awkward positioning of the princess carry she was in, let some general info travel to the assassin's ears.

Yet she didn't know what his name was.

"It's Gris." Enlightening the goddess, the god sighed. "You still feel the effects of the crystals?" He asked, wanting to make sure she didnt have any lingering side effects.

"The what?" Nisa inquired.

"What Underling shot her with." Vergo pointed to the floored grunt, who had a ghost of herself come from her mouth, in a state of comic unconsciousness.

"I-I'm fine, Gris. I was really close to succumbing to its feeling just now, though..." She recalled the position she was in moments ago.

"That's good news." A smile for the fact that knowing if the same happened to him, he'd be relatively fine once the substance was removed appeared on his face, causing the CPU Candidate of Planeptune to shift her gaze, and squirm under the attention.

"Now put her down, already!" Shouted the brunette.

"Catch." Putting Nepgear in a javelin position, he moved his hand back.

"Wah! Please don't!" Fear gripped the maiden's heart as her eyes became white circles.

"Wait, stop!" Compa pleaded. "Don't do it!" She continued, with equally circled eyes.

"Don't you fucking dare, you edge lord." AL had a comical sweatdrop and an arwy smile, hiding major concern with squiggly brows.

"Gris put her down like a normal person!" Screamed the elf, tired of the shenanigans amid battle.

"Shut up, bitch." Gris spat before he did what he set out to do.

YEET!

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" Which included hurling the sailor uniform CPU Candidate to the ground, which she screamed.

"You can fly, dumbass!" Folding his arms, he looked down on the younger deity.

Nepgear could simply stop falling, yet being tossed to the ground at terminal velocity was something her mind couldn't pry itself from and hence kept her in a deer-in-headlights mentality, waiting to crash into the earth.

"Stop being such a-" Vergo cut himself off before diving into the air.

GRAB!

SLIDE!...

"Prick, you bastard!" He finished, catching Nepgear before placing her on her feet and getting back up in one swift motion.

"Thank you, Vergo." Bowing, gratitude was present on the polite CPU Candidate's face.

GLOW!...

"Thank you for being redundant, blondie." Eye rolled the assassin as he landed on the ground by speeding up his descend and slowing down on landing. "It's not like the goddess can save herself, no, that's simply preposterous." He mocked.

"You are such an ass!" IF fumed at the grey hitman's visage, who simply smiled back at her.

"Thank you, I do my squats religiously." He beamed with a charismatic grin, mixed with some teasing.

He dug into his shirt before taking out his combat knife. Flipping the blade and catching it by the handle, he heard another voice.

"You could have really hurt Nepgear just now, you know!? That's not very heroic of you!" Nisa wagged her finger at the man sternly, who simply looked at her with mild annoyance.

"Do I look like I wear underwear outside with a cape and save cats from trees and babies from burning buildings, Captain Cardboard?" Insulted the assassin as he dug in his inventory.

"Oh shit." Taken aback by the venomously nonchalant roast, the fire user reacted.

"Personally, I wasn't taking that level of disrespect." SMITH shook his head at the insult.

"WHAT DID YOU SAAAAAAAAY!" Feminine fury glazed across the Heroine of Justice's face as she gained several tick marks and a feral expression.

"Don't put your boyshorts in a twist." He spoke to the heroine, taking out a knife. "Look on the bright side, your chances of being fondled are virtually zero."

BZZT!

"TAKE THAT BACK, RIGHT NOW!" Red in the face from embarrassment and anger, the heroine threatened the assassin.

"Look at it this way, you can form a superhero team named Flat Friends. Give me half of the profit, or I'll sue for IP infringement." He pointed with a swirl on his finger and a comical look similar to Neptune and Nebula when they acted in a snide manner.

'Flat Friends VS The Forces of Evil. Darth D-Cup disrupts the balance that is the washboard chest-' Chuckled the mental voice of Nebula as he could be heard, before being interrupted.

"Wait was that-" Nepgear was cut off.

"THE FORCES OF EVIL WILL NOT MOCK MY CUP SIZE! RAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Charging to the first opponent she saw, her mind came to the conclusion that it must have been the unconscious Underling's soul taunting her from the other side.

"Hold on, Nisa." He stopped the girl with an arm, causing her to look at him in frustration.

"Why must you halt justice!" She demanded.

TOSS!

STAB!

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!

"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Screamed the goon, brought back to the world of thr living by a knife with the temperature of a car battery

Underling writhed before she looked around.

Her eyes froze, along with her motions as she saw who the figure was.

"Hey bitch, what's up bitch, suck my dick, bitch." Gris rapidly insulted as he stood by her with a speed that was unforeseen by the mook (as if it were difficult to do so) before he sidestepped from her field of vision.

"BEGONE, VILE VILLAIN!"

THOOM!

"Gak!"

With a monstrous kick, the heroine slammed her foot into the body of the underling, sending her sliding on the ground as the assassin reached for his knife, grabbing it as it glowed.

SNATCH!

"Well, while that trainwreck solves itself..." Muttered the assassin before at the only CPU he had mutual respect for as she fired away.

"Shall we move the plot along?" Raising an eyebrow akin to a rock, he looked amongst the party.

"Wait up, Gris!" Domio's voice was heard.

"Hm? Domio?" Ram's eyes perked up upon hearing her lapdog's voice.

"Where is he...?" Ram was also interested in the Loweean resident's location.

"From above!" Taleia, having much more sensitive ears, heard the voice's locations as the other's gazed up.

CRASH!

With a loud boom, the ice child made his descent.

"Ow...!" Winced the child, standing up from the superhero landing. "It looks cooler and less painful in Tinman." He noted, knees and knuckles alike pulsing with pain.

"Tinman had a suit of armor, Domio." AL deadpanned.

"Right. Do it with the ice armor next time." The boy came to a conclusion.

"I was trying to tell you that, child." Sighed MAGES., before fixing her hat.

"MAGES.!" The group exclaimed. Nepgear, Compa, IF and even Nisa, who currently softened the face of Underling looked back in surprise.

Cave and Taleia were simply impressed by the appearance of the Mad Magician.

"Hey it's MAGES.!" Ram pointed. "You think she brought the kid?" She asked her sister.

"Maybe she threw him...?" Rom contemplated the odds.

"Nah, he threw himself off. Listen to your mom, kid!" Gust teased.

"Urgh..." Blushed the brown-haired boy. Looking away, Vergo, AL, and Gris all gave him amused looks.

"Lad and mum. Touching." A hearty hum.

"Magic mommy, much?" Alliterated the next man.

"No child support?" Imitating a blue alien supervillain, the deity let out a meme at the boy's expense.

"No mother?" The boy raised a brow, looking up with a genuinely curious look, lacking the snide and sarcastic tone, yet a solid delivery to the comeback.

"Oh shit!" AL blurted.

'Oof.' Nebula mentally emulated the sound.

"A retort from him?!" Taleia was aghast.

"I smell character development-" Vergo put his nose up in the air and sniffed rapidly.

"I'll be damned." Gris had an equally genuine look of surprise on his features.

"... Did I do something wrong?" Domio looked around.

"Yep. We've ignored Uni." Rom pointed, looking to the goddess in question.

"WHY WON'T YOU GUARD BREAK ALREADY!"

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

Her semi-automatic rifle rattled as if it were a minigun, her finger blasting the trigger with force and speed as her emotions started to get the better of her, Linette's shield enduring the punishment of the enhanced bullets.

DEFLECT! DEFLECT! DEFLECT!

"Why aren't you out of ammo?!" Responded the light user as the ASIC member held up her light shield, able to withstand the tremendous pressure of each projectile.

"Why aren't you!-"

PILLAR!

TRANSFORM!

BOOM!

Cutting herself off, the gunner skipped the phrase from her infuriation and frustration gripping her psyche, causing the pillar to hit the ground with enough force to cause it to crater.

"DEAD!" Black Sister screamed, before aiming down her iron sight, and pulling the trigger.

"XMB Express!"

VOOM!

A large green beam of energy erupted from the muzzle of her gigantic rifle to the light agent's position.

GUARD BREAK!

The beam shattered the light dome as Linette's eyes widened from the outcome of the two skills coming toghether.

Green streaks of energy flew in the air, bouncing off of the shattered shield's previous position as it did manage to divert most of its momentum in the process of being destroyed.

"Damn it!" The older sister of ASIC cursed, her defense being breached.

"Not so tough now, are you!"

WOOSH!

With a confident shout, Black Sister started to close the gap as she zoomed to the light bender's position, intending to reduce her to ash.\

SNAP!

FLASH!

"Argh!"

Snapping her fingers, the woman produced a blinding flash of light, blinding the CPU Candidate of Lastation in the process as she tumbled past her as a result of being affected by the light.

PEW!

"Urk!"

"Uni!" Nepgear screamed in concern for her goddess friend, who was shot in the back by a finger gun that sent a pulse of light to the twin tail CPU's spine.

SUMMON!

Summoning a magic circle, Linette started the charge up to a powerful spell.

"Ray Beam!"

POW!

"Augh!" Smashing into the goddess, Uni continued to tumble, from the force of a powerful and concentrated beam of light.

"Somebody's gotta help her!" IF shouted.

"How?! That light's too fast! We can't react in time!" AL pointed out. Despite the speed of their party, none could hope to outright reach the position of the two in time, let alone stop Linette's attacks.

"Well, we can't just stand here and do nothing like what we've been doing for the past hour!" Vergo growled, angry at the inability of the situation.

"Then we still have to try!" Nisa rallied as she ran to the battle. The Heroine of Justice would never stand by and let her friends and allies succumb to their fate.

"She's right, you guys!" Domio charged behind her.

YANK!

Or he would've, hadn't Gris grabbed the collar of his shirt.

"H-Hey! Let me go, Gris!" The Loweean shouted. "We gotta help Nisa."

"Don't be a hero, kid. Observe." The assassin looked in the direction that the blue-haired girl dashed to.

"Laser Lance!"

POW!

Looking to see a quickly approaching superheroine, the woman pointed two fingers before a beam of yellow light rushed ahead and slammed its magical mass into the girl's ribcage before it retracted.

"Urk!" Nisa wheezed from the seemingly instant attack as she flew back.

"WHAT! She wasn't nearly this hard to deal with when you and Uni started fighting, right?" Taleia looked to Nepgear.

"Of course not!" Jittered the purple-haired CPU Candidate.

SNATCH!

Vergo stretched his hand before the body of Nisa swerved to it, as he grabbed her and braced the impact.

"I thank you, kind sir." The Heroine of Gamindustri coughed out as she was still winded from the blow.

"You were lucky she didn't outright pierce through your side with that move," Gris told the girl as she, alongside the rest looked up at him. "Charging blindly almost never works." He shook his head.

"Then why don't you come up with some plan and help us, Mister Gris?" Inquired Compa, a curious look with cross brows.

"Since you believe you're the best suited, why don't you do something about it?" Cave also was one to nominate the man.

"I will only act if the current combatant is unable to continue. I am not so virtuous as to fight other's battles on a whim." A snide look appeared as the others frowned in response.

"This guy...!" Taleia snarled, upset by his blatant refusal.

'Gloryhogs, am I right?' Brave Heart snickered in the back.

"You, shut up." Scowled the GPU as he pointed to the sky.

BOOM!

"What was that?!" Questioned Ram, looking to the battlefield.

"It's one of Uni's beams...!" Her sister was quick on the uptake, providing commentary on the battle.

And as the older twin pointed out, the CPU Candidate of Lastation returned fire with vigor to the light user of ASIC.

"Unf!" The magic user was struck by the powerful blast of share energy as she sprawled on the floor before getting to her feet, but not without shakily collecting herself.

"Seems as if she's not much of a tank." Commented the Mad Magician. "She can't possibly take an onslaught of hits of that magnitude." Continued MAGES.

"Fusion Flare!"

CLICK!-

VOOM!-

PEW!

Bringing her arms to the side, she summoned two magic circles on each hand before throwing them forward, a rainbow of swirling colors alongside flashing afterglows sped to the CPU Candidate's position.

But the black goddess knew better than to be hit a second time by one of her attacks, as she pulled her trigger, in whatever direction as she was propelled into the air as the sister of Underling watched her ascend with the rest of the grounded party.

"She dodged it?!" Linette shouted in awe.

"Way to go, Uni!" Nepgear celebrated the girl's quick thinking.

"Sweet merciful twin-tails! I'll call that an evasive maneuver if I've ever seen one!" AL yelled, the hope of the goddess' victory lighting up in his eyes.

BOOM!...

SHINE!-

DEFLECT!

CRACK!-

Quickly aiming while flying into the air, Uni fired several more shots at the ASIC agent, who quickly raised another shield once the first one missed by sheer luck.

CRACK...!

...C-CRACK!

But her shield was under immense pressure from the difference in firepower.

"SIUUUUUU!" Vergo shouted, an eccentric battle cry of sorts to rally the morale.

"What the fuck?..." Gris looked at the blonde with confusion.

"You wouldn't get it." AL shook his head, reminiscent of a meme from a certain movie about society.

'Imagine being uncultured.' Cackled the pseudo-protagonist.

"Imagine having no screen time." Retorted the edge lord.

"Apply cold water to burn." Droned Taleia, not taking her eyes off the fight as the anguish of Brave Heart was heard.

SHATTER!

"THAT STUPID SHIELD WON'T SAVE YOU FROM ME!" Shouted the sister of Noire as she flew in a corkscrew manner and descended to make it more difficult for the mage to track her position. Linette's defense had been breached once again.

ZOOM!

"Yeah, riot shields fell out the meta twenty years ago." Waved the silver-haired assassin.

"Did I ask?!" Linette barked.

"Ask deez nuts, bitch!" Putting a hand to his face, he projected the sound as an agitated snarl was the response he got.

"OOF!" The distraction opened up an opportunity for Black Sister to strike, the blast hitting the light user from the side in the midst of conversation.

"I don't know what's worse, the fact that I'm being held by the collar or that woman actually fell for that." An owlish Domio commented.

He was promptly dropped after speaking up.

"That's it! Prepare to see the light!" Linette was fed up with being taken for a joke.

"Is she going to kill her or become a glowstick?" Ram inquired.

"Either way, 10 Credits she blinds herself." AL placed his bet.

"Deal!" The rambunctious twin agreed.

"Don't bet in the middle of a battle!" Snapped IF.

"NOT IF I SHOOT YOU FIRST! EX Multi Buster!" Crashing into the ground, the girl slid around the woman in an arch as she charged the attack. The light radiating from her weapon was seen from the sidelines as the green-haired agent had her own card up her sleeve.

"Spectacle!"

SHINE!

"Yep, this is definitely a spectacle- OH SHITE!" Shielding his eyes, the brit guarded against the shining skill.

"Kyaaaa!" The majority of the party screamed, and even with the hindsight of blindness being a possibility, they still fell for it.

SMITH was lucky enough to have the hindsight of the ability, holding his blade to his face to block the light.

"I'M LEGALLY BLIND!" AL's voice wavered, squinting as he looked away. He was not so lucky.

"What a drag...!"

GLOW!...

Closing his eyes, the assassin glowed in the midst of the attack.

"Ack!" Black Sister fumbled as the attack just managed to miss after being fired. Now rendered blind, the mage was ready to strike.

"What a twist! Lady Luck smiles down on me!" Laughing at the turn of events, she dimmed down before her eyes glazed around to see everyone distracted.

Gris used his chronokinesis and rewound the effect of blindness, seeing that the light user was about to take advantage of her situation.

"Light Speed Mode!..."

SHINE!

The woman shouted, a magic circle appeared over her head before it covered her, coating her body in yellow light, making her glow like that.

"What?!" Black Sister and Gris both reacted to the name of the technique, let alone what it could possibly do.

"She can move at the speed of light?!" Vergo exclaimed with shock and fright.

"We have to help Uni! There's no telling what she can do now!" Nepgear, fearing for her friend's survivability, urged the party to act.

"We would if we weren't all blind and slow in comparison to her!" Taleia discouraged the course of action.

"Gris! Use your time powers and revert the effects of our blindness! " AL told the assassin, remembering that his ability had the effect to do that.

"For you guys to still be still in comparison? No way." Spat the hitman.

"Then use the speed boost power-" Vergo was cut off.

"I'd have to be constantly holding onto you for it to remain active, on top of the fact that you'd still be too slow." Interrupted the Lastationite.

"If I take down a goddess, then Linda's gonna flip!" Focusing on increasing her sway, the woman got into a leaning starting position.

Uni desperately dug into her inventory, trying to retrieve a status-curing effect, yet her sight disoriented her perception of space as she struggled to grab the item.

"JUST DO SOMETHING!" Screamed IF, tired of the inaction.

"Not with that attitude. Besides, shouldn't you have some faith in your 'friend'?" Brushed off the silver-haired man with a snort.

"Why are you being such a jerk, you dummy!" Ram also snapped at the hitman, getting fed up of his attitude.

"Please help her..." Rom pouted, looking in the direction that the silver-eyed assassin was and pouted with wide eyes in an attempt to use the touted puppy dog eyes.

Yet the deity cringed, instead of succumbing to the powers of moe. The concentrated sweetness was unnerving for him.

'Gris is obviously afraid to be outsped for once in his life. Even the edgelord can't compete with the speed of light-' Those who heard could feel the eye-rolling energy the sentence gave and looked up at where Brave Heart's voice came from.

"Godspeed."

STATIC!

His aura circled around him before his hair stood up on its ends, eyes glowing with the glowing of his body and clothes added with white static that danced around his figure.

"The problem of being faster than light is that you can only live in darkness."

'Ha! He said it!' Cackled the deity.

"Now stop being a meanie and help Uni already!" Even COMPA was getting tired of the brooding nature of the GPU.

"Go, Mister Gris! Help her out!" Shouted Domio, agreeing to the notion.

ZOOM!

Moving at blitzing speeds, the edge lord glided on the ground as his feet hit the floor tens upon tens of thousands of times.

FLASH!

But the speed of Linette was nothing to sneeze at and she easily passed him in the span of a few nanoseconds, his speed lacking yet his perception was fast enough to see the widening gap.

The lightning slowly moved about as Gris traveled, with the streak of light behind Linette elongated at a noticeably quicker rate as he wouldn't make it in time.

'...THE...' His face slowly hardened as his brows narrowed.

"Lights... Out!...!" Screamed the green-haired ASIC sister in slow motion.

'...WORLD!-'

DUBSTEP FART!

TIME STOP!...

Reality halted to a stop as Gris continued his sprint.

TOSS!

SUSPEND!...

He stopped in front of the light user, before grabbing his knife and throwing it at her head. It was charged with static and glowing from his influence, becoming a temporal death trap once time resumed, as she'd run into it unknowingly.

BIFF!...

An echoing blow to the boob was a definite stagger as it was one of the last places that she'd expect to be hit, especially with her conditions.

But before he could move aside, he saw a figure in the corner of his eye.

"You!" He gasped, surprise gripping his heart.

The Ultimate Life Form, in his winged form, dove from the heavens to the middle of it all with a veeeeeery interested expression, bordering on mild obsession with dramatic conflict. His eyes were even in the place that the hitman currently occupied as if he instinctively knew that Gris be standing there.

"The so-called pinnacle of life forms." Glowered the hitman.

He zoomed in and stood next to Uni, grabbing the Panacea and applying the item.

"Toki was ugokidasu!..."

TIME RESUMES!

"UAK!"

STAB!

BOOM!

The knife sank into her chest, the strike making her reel, yet her speed made the life pierce through her flesh at the right speed but at the wrong angle, only causing a deep gash.

But a boot smashed into her back at a rate of velocity that even light itself cowered from, tagging the LED lady to the ground.

"H-Huh?" Black Sister was miffed, her sight suddenly returning to her as she looked around to take in her surroundings.

"Count yourself lucky, Uni. I rarely save people, let alone goddesses." A deep voice spoke as she turned to him.

"Who the heck are you?" She interrogated. "Are you an enemy?" She continued

'Stand User-'

"You don't need that answer," Gris told her looking ahead. "What you need to do is look in front of you." He lightly breathed, still getting a hold of the cooldown of his ability.

"...!" Staring ahead, she beheld a stunning sight.

"Ladies and gentlemen, direct me to the most powerful opponent," Kars asked, uncaring of the person he was currently standing on.

"Kars!" AL, Vergo & Domio recognized that voice as vision slowly returned to the party.

'You mean that Honda Civic from Leanbox?' Brave Heart inquired.

"You know who he is, you jackass!" AL snapped.

"But we don't!" The brunette Guild Agent reminded.

"Interesting..." The former ASIC agent murmured.

"You'll know soon enough." The time traveler told her, and indirectly the rest of the party.

BOOM!...

"OW!"

BOOM!...

"ACK!"

BOOM!...

"UNF!"

Kars tapped his foot, the sound of a loud thud that buried the light lady deeper into the ground with each strike as he waited for a response.

"Y-You're standing on her." Uni stuttered, unable to believe her eyes.

"This peon? You must be joking." Looking down he flipped her over with his foot before kicking her in the back and grabbing her head with his hand as she dangled off the floor.

"Let go of me, you male stripper!" She demanded.

"What's a stripper?" Rom inquired.

"Uh oh." Compa blurted out. "Kids like you shouldn't be saying stuff like that." Chided the Nurse-In-Training.

"What a problematic situation." MAGES. thought aloud.

"Fine then."

YEET!

"DAMN IIIIIIIIIIIIIT!..."

Twisting on his heel and throwing his body weight, his arm stretched before releasing the woman, effectively removing her from the battlefield in a single swing as the white-haired duo observed.

"And she's out of the park." Gris noticing the successive shockwaves behind the lady, Uni aimed into the sky with her holographic scope.

intervention sound effect-!...

"Gotcha, bitch." A small smile spread on her lips, proud of her laser hardscope. This level of skill was not unnoticed by the assassin.

"You were always my favorite between the Lastation sisters." He muttered, as her heightened hearing picked up the compliment.

"Is that so?" A brow raised at the comment, and an upturn at the side of her lips indicated some satisfaction at the words spoken.

"Perhaps." He smiled back, the faintest of grins.

"I see." She looked away.

"Too bad you're flat." A snigger formed on his face.

"What did you say!" She barked at him, but he was gone before she even noticed. A huff, reminiscent of Noire, escaped her lips before she moved on.

"Uni! Are you ok?" Nepgear asked her goddess friend as she ran up to her. Black Sister turned to her to answer.

"I'll be alright, Nepgear." Smiled the riflewoman.

"Who was that guy?" Asked IF as she was suspicious of the sculpted man who wore nothing but a loincloth.

"I have no clue. But he's freakishly strong, and fast." She gave her observations.

"That's Kars for you. Self-proclaimed ULTIMATE LIFE FORM. The nice thing about it is that it's not just talk from what you probably saw without us. The bad thing is he's not altruistic." Vergo explained.

"He lives for smoke. Nothing more, nothing less." AL clarified.

"So what you're saying is, he's a glorified force of nature?" Cave asked.

'RULES OF NATURE!'

"Seems about right." Domio nodded.

"Well, if he's not doing anything overtly villainous, I'll allow him to converse with us." Nisa decided.

"We still have that to deal with, though." Gust pointed, seeing a storm going on in the sky.

"Right, the tracker ant that I put on Brave Heart must have been activated," Kars spoke aloud.

"You put a tracker on him?!" Taleia shouted in disbelief.

"Oh please, half of you have them in your pockets. If you don't, you're a weakling." He stated.

Everyone checked, yet only Gris, AL, Vergo, Domio, Uni, and MAGES. found the insects before they shifted to another area.

That's totally not weird and kind of perverted." She looked at the area she felt the ant.

"I'm just happy to be included." Domio was at ease with being important.

'Guys, come up here quick! A gamer and a stripper are fighting, you gotta see this!' He urged.

"I... I think your clone is fighting Accelerator?" The blonde was unsure of the meaning of the message.

"Only one way to find out." IF told the others.

"Let's go, you guys!" Nepgear pointed her sword to the air, as she glowed, ready to take the fight to the skies.

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A/N:

Been a while, readers!

Happy holidays, the lot of ya! I haven't seen you guys since September! Man, oh man, I got an early gift for you.

Take this chapter as me coming back to the scene, and continuing a series that I desperately wanted to work on. Sorry for making you guys wait so long, but I made sure to pack this one with some memes to make it enjoyable for the helpful readers that have stuck with me so far.

Good news! The Leanbox chapter is finally coming to a close! We'll be seeing the CPUs in all but a short while. I'm finally laying out the arcs by chapter number, basically revolutionizing the way I put out my content. This goes for all fics, not just this one.

So in short, yes you get to see the main four.

Crossovers are nice, but I think it's time for the ACTUAL, TOTALLY EXISTING PLOT to take its shine.

:D

But I'm glad that people are still giving my fic attention, I cannot give you readers enough credit. These things give me the motivation to continue my work and provide improving quality of each chapter.

With that, I hope you have a great day, and continue to support me.

Arrivederci.