19:20 PM (Japan Time), Saturday April the 26th…
"… Been a while, Enzan…"
"Same, Raika… Ever since the "Internet Jamming Incident"…"
"I guess that you increased your skills, Search Man…"
"I can guess the same for you, Blues…"
Enzan and Raika met and shook hands next to the park.
Blues and Search Man did the same.
Chairs had been set before a circus tent.
A Maha 1st stand, and a Masa Fish stand were set, too.
Several persons were already sitting on the chairs and chatting.
"Hello, Mr. Egghead! Did you invent the black & white omelet rice?"
"Why! It's Ms. Strawberry! Did you invent the strawberry ramen?"
Ayanokouji Yaito directed sarcasm at Enzan, smirking.
"Miss Yaito! We came to enjoy, ma'am!" Glyde whispered.
"My bloodline commands me to impose authority!"
"Not again…"
"There. Yaito – chan. Let's seat, it's about to begin…"
Sakurai Meiru walked over to them.
"Calm down, Glyde…" Roll told him.
Rush walked over and barked.
"No, Rush. I won't buy you a cotton candy!" Roll sighed.
"You're such a hopeless glutton! Just like Netto!" Meiru sighed.
"He needs my special California Rolls!"
Anetta walked over to them and giggled.
"I'll pass…" Enzan sighed.
"Is this a challenge!?" Yaito hissed.
"NO!"
Meiru interjected by standing between both and extending her arms.
"Yaito – chan! Learn to behave! Your Dad will scold you!"
Yaito's cheeks reddened, and she became annoyed.
She fumed, crossed her arms, and walked away.
"Can't expect much from a little girl!" Anetta muttered.
"No comments…" Enzan and Raika muttered.
"Neither…" The Navis drily muttered.
"Hello there!"
"Officer Misaki! It's been a while, sir…"
Misaki met up with them and they shook hands.
"The Superintendent and the Commissioner are coming, too…"
"Really? Surprised that they would…"
"They were too tense these days, they needed a small break…"
"Overworking isn't good for anyone's health, after all…"
"Ladies and gentlemen…"
The speakers crackled to life.
"Please sit down. The event is about to begin…"
"Let's go, shall we?"
"Sure!"
Everyone sat in their respective seats.
Yuuichirou and Haruka looked around, puzzled.
"Wasn't Netto going to meet with us here?"
"That's what he said… Maybe he's plotting a surprise?"
"Could be. Knowing him…"
They saw Yaito making a mischievous grin and inwardly giggling.
"More like Yaito – chan has come up with some prank!" Haruka giggled.
"Naturally. It must be something to surprise Enzan – kun!"
The master of ceremonies stepped out of the tent.
He had black hair, reading glasses, and a moustache.
The spotlights converged around him, and he bowed.
"Ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for celebrating with us…"
Clapping rang out.
"As fellow citizens of this grand city, we pride in our park…"
He stood up.
"It has survived despite the many crises of the last few years…"
He signaled the trees with his free hand.
"The trees are wise. They adapt, they grow…"
He paced before the tent.
"And it is thanks to the dedicated gardeners that their beauty lives on…"
He bowed before a group of gardeners seated in the foremost row.
"We must not forget that it's thanks to them that our air stays clean…"
He stopped to look at the foliage of the trees.
"When spring comes, their endurance manifests as beauty…"
The spotlights illuminated the rows of trees to the sides of the space.
They were filled with flowers and bright, green leaves.
"If they have endured this long, it's thanks to our mutual dedication!"
He walked over to one and leant the free hand on its trunk.
"I can feel the life pulsating through it. They are alive, yes!"
He grabbed a leaf and flipped it over.
"Their energy is reflected in these leaves, too…"
He walked back to the center of the stage.
"Alright. Enough preludes. Here comes the circus show!"
Clapping rang out as the tent opened.
A troupe stood inside, ready.
The MC walked over to their leader.
He wore a red shirt and pink trousers along with orange shoes.
His hair was a mix of red and pink.
He had sunglasses.
"Ladies and gentlemen, good evening, I am Tachimi Hideo…"
He bowed.
"I am director of this circus. Please enjoy tonight's spectacle!"
Cherry music rang out as the acrobats jumped across the tent.
Two clowns raced towards each other in kid bicycles.
They suddenly braked to push the rear upwards and shoot cream cakes.
They landed atop each other's heads.
"Why, you…! Cream Lover!"
They pointed accusing fingers to each other.
The acrobats landed down and began a contest of power.
A dog jumped across the ring that they formed and pulled a rope.
A kite made in the image of a flying squirrel flew out of the tent.
It dropped wrapped candies atop the audience, that laughed.
The acrobats loaded the clowns atop their shoulders and ran forward.
They turned in opposite directions but then backstepped.
They hit each other's back and the clowns groaned as they fell.
They dropped atop more cream cakes brought there by two cats.
"It's the Cream Night!" They laughed.
"… Well?"
"Haven't found them yet…"
Yuriko met with Miyabi at some distance from the show.
"I managed to find footage of a delivery vehicle driving away…"
"A YouTube account exploring abandoned buildings…"
"What of it?"
"They found one which was recently used an odd message…"
Yuriko showed him the message carved in the wall.
"Day of the Dead…? Isn't that a Mexican festival?"
"I guess that the hint is a festival… Such as tonight's…!"
They both looked towards the tent.
"Devil. The major figures of this city are gathered here…"
"To begin with… This event is odd…"
"Why is that?"
"Because this park opened 23 years ago, not 30!"
"And why doesn't anybody question that?"
"Confirmation bias. They've seen adverts of it for weeks…"
"I see. Nobody would advertise that if it wasn't true…"
Yuriko looked at a corner of the perimeter of the park.
There was a tent with a banner "CIRCUS STOREROOM".
"Say… These storerooms… They're set in each corner of the park…"
"True…"
"But if it's material needed for the show, why not behind the main tent?"
"Fair point… Something is amiss here, indeed…"
"I tried calling them, but, for some reason, I'm blocked…"
"Same. Someone altered their phonebook "blocked numbers list"…"
"Or they were lied beforehand that it was spam call phone numbers…"
"That could be it, too…"
"… We will now move on with the main piece of our show!"
The director stepped forward and bowed.
"The Fusion Show by N&N!"
Everyone clapped.
"But, before that… Mr. Rokushakudama! It's your turn!"
"I was waiting for that!"
Rokushakudama stood up and raced behind the tent.
He checked the fireworks cannon and smiled.
"Let's go!"
He pressed the button and the rockets shot out.
They drew several patterns of fireworks across the sky.
Everyone clapped, awed.
"As expected of a master! Amazing art!"
"It's no big deal!"
He blushed and scratched the back of his head.
"Actors! Ready for the main piece!"
"Was waiting for that…"
Yuriko and Miyabi hid among the trees to surveil the "storeroom" tent.
Inukai (with the cap and the uniform) stepped out and chuckled.
"That man…! A "Neo WWW" member…!" Yuriko gasped.
"What? Weren't they disbanded?" Miyabi gasped.
He glanced at another tent to see Saiko Rei emerge from it.
Yuriko cut across the park and saw Sunayama Noboru emerge, too.
She looked SW as Narcy Hide emerged as well.
"I remember them from Tesla's "birthday party"…!"
"Devil. This is going to be awry…!" Miyabi grumbled.
The lights turned off for a second as the spotlights flew before the tent.
Drums echoed.
"Let's welcome our performers, N&N!"
The tent lifted from the ground, revealing a hydraulic piston beneath it.
Two glass capsules were built vertically inside of the piston.
There were two figures standing inside each.
The newcomers wore a full-length black coat with a hood.
It had a waist-high slit stretching over the back.
There was a silver zipper stretching the whole length of the coat.
The hood had silver drawstrings with beads at the end of each one-.
They had a silver chain accessory with beads linked to a circle on the neck.
Each one had a name plate hanging from their neck.
They were "NECROS" and "NOX" respectively.
"Our newest executives, replacing the late Bishamonten and Umbra!"
Yuriko and Miyabi gasped and ran towards there.
Most of the core members of the audience gasped, reacting to the names.
"The world of Shijima has begun!"
The director laughed and drew a knife from the right sleeve.
He threw it upwards, and it hit a switch on the base of the false ground.
The "storeroom" tents split in half and collapsed.
Four "Dimensional Converters" were revealed, and they were igniting.
A "Dimensional Area" dome formed over the park.
"Necros! Execute Program Nox!"
The topmost human reacted, as if awakening.
They silently raised their arms and revealed a black and purple PET.
They left hand had a "Dark Synchro Chip" there.
"Dark Synchro Chip. Slot In…"
The slowly intoned those words in a whisper, without emotions.
The Chip was inserted into the PET, and it glowed.
"Nox" became data and warped out of the capsule below "Necros."
"Cross Fusion…"
"Necros" spread the arms wide as purple energy bubble formed.
"T-that's…!"
When the light faded, the coat had faded away.
In its place there was a purple and black version of "CF" Netto.
His eyes were lifeless and devoid of emotion.
"Netto!?" Several persons gasped.
"Netto – kun!?"
The "director" effortlessly jumped into a ledge atop the capsules.
His outfit broke down into data and vanished.
He was revealed to be "Twilight".
"DR. CLARK!?"
Several angsty voices rang out.
"Wrong! I am now Twilight! Lord of Darkness!"
His body frizzled with purple electricity.
A black energy mass surrounded him.
The next second, his form had changed.
He had a purple and golden helmet with transparent, silver shades.
He had gained purple and golden armor over his body.
His chest emblem was two shades of black and white split by a golden line.
His forearm armor was a mix of golden and silver.
His boots were purple and had bronze circles across then.
A black smooth cape hung from the back of his shoulders.
"It's time for you to act, my comrades in arms!"
"Vortex Chip! Slot In!"
"What!?"
"What next!?"
The four accomplices used the special Chips as well.
Their Navis materialized but their size was greater than the usual.
"The might of the "Asteroids" has returned to haunt you!"
"No need for stealth anymore, Yuriko…"
"Agreed…"
Miyabi and Yuriko hissed as they looked on from behind trees.
"Synchro Chip, Slot In!"
They both used their Chips made by Wily.
"CROSS FUSION!"
They transformed and ran towards the column.
"Was waiting for you! My former super-human comrade!"
"Save me the poetry! Clark!"
"Get ready!"
"Everyone! Transform and shield the others!"
Enzan and Raika tried to coordinate on their end, too.
"Rush! It's an emergency! Please!"
Rush sighed and transformed into the "Rush Synchro Chip".
"Synchro Chip, Slot In!"
The others readied to transform.
"CROSS FUSION!"
"Go, Beast Man! Your target is the Cannon Man!"
"Go, Desert Man! Your target is the Flying Playboy!"
"Go, Video Man! Your target is the Red Samurai!"
"Go, Flash Man! Your target is the Green Sniper!"
"Beast Ray!"
"Vulcan Arm!"
Beast Man rushed for "CF" Rokushakudama and he fought back.
"Great Lion Head!"
"Tornado Arm!"
Desert Man shot the head at "CF" Airstar, who counterattacked.
"Wind Cutter!"
"Sonic Boom!"
Video Man shot his tape roll at "CF" Blues, who raced for him.
"Neon Light!"
"Scope Gun!"
Flash Man punched the ground and shot at "CF" Raika, who shot back.
"You must be Umbra! You'll pay for your attrition warfare!"
A woman wearing a red dress and a wide, black hat stood up.
"Synchro Chip, Slot In!"
She flung the hat away to reveal Tesla Magnets.
"CROSS FUSION!"
She transformed as well.
"Tesla Magnets!?"
Kifune, Manabe and Misaki gasped.
"Go, Necros and Nox! Show the Mademoiselle what despair is!"
The altered "CF" Netto crossed his arms and broke through the glass.
He opened them in mid-air and formed crimson wings behind him.
A dragon's head faceplate deployed before his face.
Sturdy arms ending in claws formed around his forearms.
Thick, spiky armor formed over his chest next.
Sturdy feet ending in claws formed around his feet, too.
"Medical Capsule!"
"CF" Meddy jumped and threw the capsule at him.
A silhouette cut through the air faster than what the eye could track.
"What!?"
Something slashed her across the stomach area and knocked her back.
Strings tied around the capsule and flung it at "CF" Meddy, hitting her.
She groaned as she was paralyzed from its effects.
"As that expelled disciple said… "You predict too much, and it backfires"!"
"You had to quote… that coward… out of all…!"
"CF" Meddy hissed as she tried to fight back the effects of the capsule.
"The sure kill! N-S Tackle!"
"CF" Tesla formed a copy of herself, and both dived for "CF" Netto.
He formed a long, sturdy crimson tail filled with thorns and flung it.
It hit both and they were blown away, landing atop tree foliage.
A shriek rang out.
"An anaconda!? Here!?"
"Enjoying my pets, Ex-Boss?"
Inukai walked over to the tree and laughed.
"Inukai! You shameless barbarian!"
"Say what you want, Ex-Boss! Goodbye!"
"Sneak Attack!"
"CF" Miyabi warped there and cut the fake foliage along with the snake.
"It's data!" He warned.
"Would've liked a real one but can't be helped…"
"Your struggling face will make for great art, Ex-Boss!"
Narcy walked over and formed a canvas with his fingers.
"Narcy! I welcomed you back! Is this your "gratitude"!?"
"Because you wanted an errands boy!"
"Maybe you could become the model for my new hypnosis show…"
Saiko chuckled as he joined them, hands inside his sleeves.
"Saiko! I scouted you after your race fiasco!"
"You did. But did you think that I would stay there forever?"
"Maybe I can make a documentary about the rise and fall of Ms. Tesla!"
Sunayama joined them, carrying a TV camera and grinning.
"I granted you the honor of being the first member!"
"Sure! Puzzling the cops was fun, but I wanted more!"
"You're all a bunch of greedy fools!"
"CF" Roll fumed as she stepped there, Roll Arrow on hand.
However, the "something" dashed past and sliced it in half.
Before she could react, strings tied around her neck and flung her away.
She crashed against a tree and a vulture dropped from it.
She was trying to shake off the strings and fought it with the feet.
"A damsel in distress makes for good drama! No hard feelings, Miss!"
Twilight laughed as he looked on from the ledge.
"Why, you…! You must be the men's toilet that threatens peace!"
"Meiru – chan… Hadn't we overcome that…?" Roll sighed.
She hissed as the strings loosened and she gripped the vulture.
She performed a judo key and threw it at Inukai, who fought with it.
"Eat your own medicine!"
"Now you've done it…!"
"Inukai. Remember my orders. Don't attack little ladies…"
Twilight turned dry and serious.
"R-roger, Boss!"
"Go teach that playboy lessons on pain!"
"Delighted!"
He ran off towards "CF" Airstar, fighting off Desert Man.
As always, he dived into the ground to hide and avoid attacks.
"This rascal is harder to beat than those invaders!"
"CF" Rokushakudama cursed as he resorted to Fire Punches to fight.
"That smug jerk must've beefed them up!"
"Sure! With those bad noodles by that Chinaman!"
"That scammer that sold me that odd machine back in Jawaii!"
Dekao growled as he recalled the happening.
"And by those by that insidious chef that used your little brother…"
"That guy was also insidious! Using Chisao to fight us…!"
"Sure was!"
"Or by "Object X" of Inaba, patented by Ms. Satonaka and Ms. Amagi!"
"Not that nightmare!" Meijin growled.
"As expected of the local connoisseur! You know it all, my chap!"
Meijin cursed under his breath.
"Did you like my beefed-up fusion of Greiga and Falzer?" He laughed.
"I knew that that form reminded me of something…!"
Yuuichirou hissed and clenched a fist.
"I remember! Tachimi Circus is from Ace Attorney 2!"
Meijin gripped his head, annoyed.
"Thought that you'd the first one to notice, my chap…"
"… Snap out of it! Netto!"
"CF" Yuriko was trying to fight the berserk "CF" Netto.
"It's in vain! My Imperial Control Curse is flawless!"
"Not Star Potter next…!"
"Followed by Nah Olos and his smuggled spices from Planet Z99!"
He rubbed his chin, amused.
"Or the Super Overwrite Program!"
"He doesn't feel pain!?"
"CF" Miyabi had stabbed both blades on the gaps on the chest armor.
However, "CF" Netto paid no heed to that and punched with both fists.
"Naturally. Did you think that I wouldn't account for that?"
"As insidious as ever, Clark!"
"Naturally… While you were training as Woman in Black, I learnt a lot…"
"Such as?"
"The "Mega Wave", a theory by the late Dr. Wade of London…"
"That's not a piece of fiction, too?" She sighed.
"No. Because I made it real! Here and now!"
He smirked and formed a screen.
A yellow cover book with a single white box on bottom half displayed.
"DR. J. WADE
THE MEGA WAVE
JAMES THORNLEY PUBL."
"Let devil bite me!" Yuriko muttered.
"Here's a recording by the Doctor!"
"Let's go back to 1920. At that time, ahead of the contemporary scientists, I wrote up a theory that I may describe, sans false modesty, as inspired! And it was a theory regarding the functioning of the human brain, you see. As you know, this organ is composed of billions of cells called neurons, which are grouped in nervous centers..."
A man's voice began to talk.
"They ensure the working of sight, hearing, taste, speech, and movement. These centers receive and emit electric signals. For example, if you burn yourself, the sensation of burning is transmitted from the skin to the brain as an electric current! Which the corresponding nervous center reconverts into painful sensation. Exactly as in the telephone, which turns the voice into electric impulse, transports it by wire, and remakes it into voice! It is in the same way elsewhere, but in an inverse sense, that the brain sends its orders to all parts of the body. All of this is well known!"
"Well. It might not be that widespread back then, but…!"
"As a follow-on of my research, I concluded that the direction and control of all these phenomena are the result of wave emitted by the generator of higher cerebral waves, the human spirit. I named it the "Mega Wave"... This Mega Wave continuously displaces from one center to another, just like a projector, stimulating or checking thirst, hunger, pain, etc."
"Is this a sample of a middle school biology lesson!?"
Dekao gasped, horrified.
"Of course not, bro! Use some sense!" Chisao sighed.
"NOW you worry over THAT!?"
"CF" Roll coughed to recover her breath, annoyed.
"Control of instincts depends on the greater or lesser power of the "MW". In a book, fortunately published under a pseudonym, I developed all this, with the crucial comment that the individual who is capable of mastering and controlling the Mega Wave of another for his own desires would become master of the other's psychic activity and could make him into an instrument as docile as powerful!"
The recording finished and Twilight clapped.
"In honor of him, I made the name "Jonathan Clark"!" He chuckled.
"What! Your name was a lie…? Ever since when…?"
"A couple of years before we made our first move…"
"Odd. Why don't I recall that?"
"Because you were the first human that experienced this!" He smirked.
"What! You've been altering my mind and memories for years!?"
"Only some little tidbits. Of course, Father over there as well…"
She looked at a gap on the trees to see Wily peeking from behind them.
"In due time you'll realize the extent of the Mega Wave!"
"There's more to come!?"
"Apart from what has already flown by, that is!"
"Which means that…"
"The reason why almost everyone forgot me was this! Mind control!"
"What!?"
Several persons gasped, terrified.
"I've recovered! Alright! Mag Ball!"
"CF" Tesla jumped and shot a Mag Ball at "CF" Netto.
"Stop, Tesla! That's Netto!" "CF" Meddy gasped.
"Shaddup! This coloring is Umbra!"
"That's his game! To have us fight each other!"
"If you want to blame someone for "attrition warfare", blame him!"
"CF" Roll signaled Twilight.
"What?"
"He created Umbra! He issued orders to him!"
"WHY, YOU…! SNAKE MAN!"
"Liquid Snake, at your service!"
He made a mockery of a reverence.
"Mag Missile! Mag Ball! Mag Missile! Mag Ball!"
She shot her attacks in a row, and they hit him, but he didn't flinch.
"N…!"
She couldn't finish as a great eagle dived for her and she fought it.
"Go, my servants!"
TCHACH!
Inukai had recovered and he snapped the whip in mid-air.
A horde of lions, rhinos, pumas, tigers, and hippopotamus ran in.
They carried away the "CF" fighters on the ground and trampled them.
"Those four were but distractions to glue you to the ground!"
"Royal Wrecking Ball!"
"CF" Pride emerged from behind a "DC" and hit the eagle with the ball.
"Eat this! Insidious attrition warfare strategist wannabe! N-S TACKLE!"
She formed her copy again and they dived for him.
"Mirror of Sin!"
A blackened mirror formed before him, and a purple glow surrounded it.
A black and white copy of "CF" Tesla formed and flew out.
It also split into two and clashed with both.
"An improvement over Spark Man's "Make Shadow" attack…"
"Why, you…! Attrition warfare!"
"You made "Dark Chips", too! Your hatred fed them!"
He laughed as he formed one and flung at it as Tesla.
It dived into the chest emblem, and it became dark blue.
She roared as her body shifted to purple and black.
Her eyes became red energy masses and energy flowed on her skin.
"My little payback for stealing my creation!" He laughed.
She roared and began to shoot indiscriminately.
"… Nothing works!"
"CF" Miyabi had cut through most of the add-ons but didn't progress.
"Enough playtime, Ronin Man! Time to redo the college entrance exams!"
The "silhouette" flew past him and coiled wires around him.
"What!"
He was flung towards the stampede of animals and vanished.
"Miyabi!"
"Enjoy some animal love!"
"You were saying?"
Twilight laughed but then a voice rang out behind him.
"Sneak Attack!"
He groaned as "CF" Miyabi appeared behind and slashed in a cross.
He fell but recovered and gripped a ledge below the first capsule.
He backflipped on it and looked upwards.
"That was a copy!?"
"You also did the same thing. You can't complain…" He taunted.
"Netto! Wake up!"
"CF" Pride was fighting "CF" Netto using a Curse Shield and a Drill Arm.
"Maybe he needs a kiss to break the spell, Princess?" Twilight laughed.
"Very funny…." She drily shot back.
"Else the Lead Soldier made of Lead will be jealous!"
"Come on. You're no better than the gossip press!"
"Really? I'll have to improve my skills, then!"
"CF" Miyabi noticed something and warped out, leaving a bomb there.
The bomb stunned the "attacker".
"T-that's…!"
"Must bring back memories to the Samurai and the Soldier!"
"Devil!"
"Slur!?"
It was a black and white copy of Slur.
"It's based on footage of how it fought, see…"
"But that means that it can't recreate the real one's output!"
"You sing victory too early, Green Lead Solider! Megidolaon!"
The copy extended the right hand forward.
Purple energy streaks formed on the air around them.
They formed an energy spheroid that exploded and swept the ground.
It deleted the fake animals but damaged the KO "CF" members.
"Go, Necros and Nox! Fill the Princess with fear and despair!"
"CF" Netto roared and gripped "CF" Pride before flying skywards.
He flung her at the dome, and she hit it, becoming electrified.
She screamed and fainted, falling for the ground.
"Battle Chip, White Web!"
"CF" Roll formed a web to cushion her fall.
"Say! Dingo! Where is he?" She gasped.
"I'm busy defending our pride!"
"CF" Dingo was trying to protect the curry stand from Viruses.
"I'll go help! Shuriken Needles!"
"CF" Miyabi joined him in fighting off the Viruses.
"Go, Slur Mk II! Show them true despair!"
The Slur copy dashed past the girls, slashing them with its two blades.
They hissed but resisted the pain as they focused on battling it.
"… Netto! Wake up!"
"Netto!"
Yuuichirou and Haruka were trying to call out to him.
"It's in vain, Dr. Hikari… I am the Mega Wave generator!"
"Clark…!"
"If you want to stop it, you'll have to defeat me! However…"
The four "Asteroids" converged around him.
"You'll have to make it through my "Elite Four" before that!"
The Slur copy jumped into the air and glowed.
"Concentrate! Followed by Megidolaon! The end!"
The attack hit the remaining fighters and scattered them.
The curry ovens hit the ground and spilled across it.
"Curry…!"
Chisao managed to recover and hissed as if he had an idea.
He grabbed a plastic cup and filled it with curry before running away.
"Dark Arm Blade!"
"Trumpeter! Took you long enough!"
"That's… Forte!"
Forte had joined the fray and he clashed blades with Twilight.
"I have a score to settle with you!" He roared.
"Naturally. Show me the power that overcame that alien!"
"Delighted!"
Forte glowed as the "figure" formed behind him.
However, the Slur copy dived there and gripped it with both hands.
The energy spiraled around its arms and above it.
Forte gasped and looked behind him.
"It's you again!" He hissed.
The copy formed a long purple lance with it.
"The Lance of Longinus! You'll bleed nonstop until you die, Sinner!"
The wires formed across Forte's body and coiled around him.
"I made them stronger, too!"
"You bastard!"
"The end!"
"Chisao Curry Attack!"
"What!?"
Chisao had climbed into the piston using ledges and was over them.
Clark looked there as Chisao sprayed his face with the curry.
"What the hell!? Curry!?"
"Salamander!"
Forte formed the "salamander" attack and broke the strings.
He flew for the copy and gripped the spear near the end.
"This is mine!"
The copy also gripped it, and a tug of war began.
Twilight cursed as he tried to wash the curry from his face.
"That scent is sticking to my fingers and armor!"
"You're the one who'll be defeated by your own ploy!"
"What!?"
"… Curry… Chisao's… curry…! Hungry…! Curry…!"
"CF" Netto growled as he clutched his head with both hands.
"If that "Mega Wave" transmits your thoughts to him, this also does!"
"No way!"
"HAND IT OVER!"
"CF" Netto flew at top speed towards Twilight and dived his claws on him.
He brushed the faceplate against the stains of curry.
"Curry…! Mine…! Curry…! CURRY!"
He roared as the add-ons to his body began to break apart.
"Devil! I can't focus my mind on coordinating those…!"
They faded away and revealed the normal form of "CF" Netto.
Life was returning to his eyes, and he gripped the neck of Twilight's armor.
"THIS IS FOR US!"
He flung Twilight towards Beast Man and they crashed, collapsing.
"CF" Netto dropped to the ground and sluggishly walked.
"Curry…!"
He reached the knocked down stand and dropped to the ground.
The "Cross Fusion" broke away and his PET reformed.
He had a red shirt, a black raincoat, black jeans, and purple boots.
When it hit the ground, the new carcass detached and flew off.
The PET landed face-up on the ground and ejected the "DSC".
It frizzled and the energy mass snapped, shattering into dust.
"Sa… i… to…"
He groaned and tried to reach out for it.
"Ne… t… to…"
Rock Man weakly called out, too.
Both fainted as his parents rushed over to him.
"NETTO!"
"SAITO!"
SNAP!
The tug of war resulted in the lance splitting in two.
It broke down into energy that faded away.
"The end!"
Forte drove his right fist through the copy.
It silently arched backwards and became a mass of red energy.
Forte gasped and warped away as it became a skull.
It flew forward and hit Twilight and his cronies instead.
The "Asteroids" roared as parts of their body were deleted.
"Plug – Out!"
The Operators gasped and quickly retrieved them.
Twilight's face was scarred, and parts of his armor were deleted, too.
"It can't be… The Mega Wave of Dr. Septimus was bested by curry!?"
"He couldn't control the subconscious! And you couldn't either!"
A man's voice rang out from a speaker.
"KANOU SAIZOU! I'LL SINK YOU IN THE SAGAMI BAY! LONG WITH OLRIK!"
Twilight looked up and roared, anger unleashed.
"Really. What about Rule 3A?"
"What!?"
",,, "The Executives are not to kill each other unless a written order from Their Grace handed in presence of the Secretary overrides that"…"
Twilight's face contracted into a mix of hatred and disbelief.
"If you have it, feel free to show it to me…"
He hissed and his hatred increased.
"Have a complain? Tell it to that despot that you revere so much!"
Twilight managed to stand up and gripped his face with his fingers.
"But given how an ambush is waiting for you in Alabama, you won't go…"
"SHUT UP! YOU'RE IN NO POSITION TO SPEAK IN THEIR STEAD!"
"Wasn't. Merely pointing out that your "devotion" is a lie, too…"
"You forgot about me! You bastard!"
"Fuck!"
Twilight barely blocked Forte's Dark Arm Blade.
"You acted so mighty but cannot defeat a feeble human! Pathetic!"
"You're one to talk! Mot Theater! You blew up to take out Pops!"
"But I have been reborn into something stronger!"
"You and White Ride will kill each other, anyway! Such is your Doom!"
"Continue your discussion elsewhere, disgraced son! Eject!"
Wily inputted a command on his robot trolley's keyboard.
The "Dimensional Converters" glowed before detonating from the inside.
Neither combatant had time to react before they were de-materialized.
"You forgot who built the basis for these…" Wily chuckled.
He inputted another set of commands and the jet below ignited.
He sat atop the canned cans.
"See you around!"
He laughed and flew away into the horizon.
"Sir! Ma'am! Are you alright?"
Misaki rushed to his superiors, hiding behind the spotlights.
"What about you, Misaki – kun?"
"I managed to refuge atop a tree…"
Patrol cars and ambulances along with firefighters converged there.
"Say! What happened to the circus staff?"
"Well…"
He signaled there and they found a heap of inactive Copy Roids.
"All the staff and the MC were puppets for the show, sir…"
"How could he build such a gimmick without anyone noticing!?"
"Must have used that mind control that he bragged about, sir…"
"Devil!"
"Speaking of villains…!"
Manabe looked around.
"I'm afraid that the Neo WWW members slipped away, ma'am…"
"Can't be helped… You alone couldn't stop them…"
"What about Tesla Magnets…?"
They looked around but only found the red dress and the hat.
There was a burn on a patch of the ground.
"She probably had a jetpack at hand to flee…"
"As elusive as always!" Kifune sighed.
"Yuriko and Miyabi are also gone… They must be on their trail, too…"
"That can wait. We must tend for the injured!"
"Roger, sir! The medical staff is on it…"
"Sir. Those two broke a hole and headed to the depths…"
Prism Man returned to the PET to report.
"Maybe they headed to the Under Cyber World, even…"
Misaki sighed.
"It's pointless to chase them. Send notice to all major facilities!"
"Roer, sir. Right away!"
"My curry is a mess! What have I done to deserve this!?"
Dekao dropped to the ground and cried.
"It's not your fault, bro!"
"Sure thing! Eat some calcium, Dekao! My man!"
Masa walked over to them, sighing.
"My fried octopus stand is a mess, too…"
"You needn't tell me. My flower stand, too…"
"And my fortune-telling stand…"
Salona and Kuroi Miyuki walked over to them, too.
"My body aches…! I come back Japan to meet the others, and this…!"
Jasmine groaned as she leant on a tree, clutching her left arm.
"Are you alright, Meddy…?"
"Somehow…! I managed to make antibodies…" She replied.
"Tesla…! You're as overdramatic as always…!"
Airstar groaned as he recovered.
"If it's not your age, it's food…!" He grumbled.
"That's why I told you that you were asking for trouble…"
"Devil. Should've listened more to you, Gyro Man…"
"Princess! My lady! Are you alright!?"
"Somehow, Knight Man…!"
Pride sat on a chair and sighed as she rubbed her right forearm.
"I offer no excuses, ma'am… I failed to help you…"
Raika erratically walked over to her, and she stood up, surprised.
"You're so exhausted! You need rest!"
"Lord Raika. It's unwise to push your body in this state, sir…"
Raika groaned and hissed before sitting in chair, panting.
"Netto…! What a fool I've been…!"
Enzan groaned and sat on the ground, clutching his body.
"Lord Enzan, sir. You need medical attention, sir…"
"I know that…!"
"Man! What blows! Why did we end up like this, Nenjirou?"
"Not in the mood to explain! Hell!"
Rokushakudama groaned and rolled up to look at the skies.
"Is that runt alright…?" He wondered.
He managed to see how Netto was loaded on a stretcher.
The medical staff loaded him in the ambulance.
His parents also climbed in.
"Go to the police hospital…" Kifune instructed.
"Roger, sir…"
They lowered the rear door and drove off, blaring the sirens.
"Meijin. Are you alright?"
Kifune walked to Meijin, lost in thoughts.
"Yes, sir. I'm trying to process, but my head won't work…"
"It's no wonder… Too many things at once…"
"I see… That's why…"
"Did you figure out something?"
"Yes. That "Kanou Shade" is also a fake name…"
"It's not Kanou Saizou?"
"No, sir. Kanou Shade is based on Kanou Saizou… A fictional character…"
"We're surrounded by deceit and lies… What is there beyond them?"
"I wish that I knew, sir…"
"Sorry. I didn't mean to overload you…"
"Don't mind it, sir…"
"Sir. Your car is ready…"
Manabe walked over to him and saluted.
"Thank you. Let's go to the police hospital. I'm worried about him…"
"At once, sir…"
"I'll coordinate efforts on the ground, sir…."
"Sorry for the burden, Misaki – kun. Counting on you!"
"Yes, sir! Go ahead, sir!"
Misaki saluted as his superiors drove away from the scene.
"Why does he have to bear with all the suffering?" He sighed.
"I wonder the same, too…" Meijin sighed as well.
The other members were attended by the medical staff as well.
"These negative chains must be cut! Otherwise, it'll never end…"
"Agreed. If only we could contribute to that…!"
"Maybe there's a way. Will you help me?"
"Delighted! We must save the future of the next generation!"
"Come with me. There's no time to waste!"
"Roger that!"
"We'll show them how their arrogance will be their downfall!"