Chapter 18: The greater good.
"Trips to the basement are rarely so educational." Freeman jokes. "You have done so well and grown so far. The metaverse has never been in a more healthier place since ever. Only two more missions until we can assault The Anomaly. These missions will affect the world drastically, but if we can put an end to evil for good, it will be worth it. I must say, I never knew you were such a good chef." Freeman continued, tasting a KFC sandwich. "We are so close, but we must hurry. The Anomaly or who I have been hearing "Jarvis", is preparing his invasion fleet to annihilate all of this reality. Now, for your next task, this will both stunt Jarvis's power while granting life a breath of fresh air. There is an entire reality that must be cleansed. We must destroy all of what you call "anime"." "Okay, you never told me you had a great sense of humor." The Dinglinator dismissed. "This may be hard to believe, but we must do so." "Okay then, there are so many problems that I can't even begin to comprehend. Firstly, that's quintillions of innocents, probably even more, all killed. Second, there are some quite powerful guys out there that are more powerful than all of us combined. Thirdly, even if we somehow destroy it, there will be some characters who SOMEHOW SURVIVE BEING ERASED FROM EXISTENCE. I mean no disrespect for you, God, but this is absurd." "I understand your worries, and I have already planned for all of them. During the last 2000 years I have made precautions to make sure to stop this major threat. I have set up devices that ensure all of them don't survive. The gravity of this situation is very heavy. Have gravity manipulation to the extent of a car. All you have to do is go to these specific coordinates and plant yet another explosive I have created to implode all of their realities. They may all die, but as I have already said, they are doomed either way." "You know what, fine, I'll do it." Quandale accepted. Moving down back into the cathedral the rightmost portal has been light, it's time to face reality.
The first sight was a slight feel of nostalgia and static. He was on the same road that he died on, but the highway was oddly quiet. However, he had no time for that, he could experience all of that when he returns home after defeating the Anomaly. Getting back on his truck, he began driving for Japan. Driving on the Los Angeles roads past the Golden Gate all alone was strange, the lack of life was a bit scary yet surreal. "Well, at least all of the money didn't just go in the golden lawns." Quandale thought as he drove past Angel Island and began driving straight to Japan. After a few hours of driving, he made it into the shores of Japan, life still not in sight. Getting off his truck he began walking the shores. From the shores into the abandoned cities he wondered what happened. Sure he may have died but he shouldn't have caused such destruction. It was strange though, there were no signs of anything, no monster tracks, no nuclear fallout, nothing, just the absence of any sign of life.
*Zap* The Dinglinator dodges to avoid the challenger. "It must be Shocking to meet us." A kill squad of a poorly cgied man face on an electrical mech, kid friendly blue feminized Omni man, a man in customized blast armor, and a figure presumably Mirus teleported in. "Of course, Mr. Electric, Mrs. Power, Mr. Axeman, and Mrs. Mirus, you must have forgotten who I am." Quandale taunted while firing his customized gun. Bullets whizzed, but they were either zapped out of the air, dodged, deflected from armor, or just cut down. "Of course, you just can't die like fodder, you always have to pretend you are important." Dingle sighed as he pulled out a canister of liquid nitrogen and charged at Mr. Electric, splashing him with ice before shield bashing the machine, knocking him away. He then followed by stopping time and pulled out the phlog, burning Mrs. Power. During this time he also tried burning Mr. Axeman and Mirus but it had no effect. Time unfreezing the Axeman threw grenades, blowing up a few buildings behind Quandale, creating a landfall of debris. Not wasting time Quandale blasted himself towards the Axeman, parrying a knife strike and then throwing him into the debris avalanche. Focusing back on Mirus, he got a running start and using his superspeed, his Tide Turner, and his gravity, he charged at it, firing bullets, fire, and knife swings. Though the initial burst was defended easily, the continued onslaught along with Quandale now using time to speed up his attacks, began to create a whirlwind, surrounding the both of them in fire and steel. An exchange of blade slashes and bullet rain then filled the city, causing skyscrapers to fall and reducing all structures into rubble. Quandale then saw it, from the corner of his eye, he saw it, a nft. Filled with all of this power his onslaught became a massacre as he easily overpowered Mirus, using the whirlwind in his favor he made one final swing and with the storm he focused it all on the figure.
When the debris settled Quandale was exhausted from such a usage of pure power. Aside from him he could finally see past the shroud that covered Mirus. Now he could see how it, though mostly robotic, had a slight feminine humanoid design with gray and red. He could also see how he was easily taller than it, like a comparison between an adult and a child. He moved to land the killing blow, but then he got shocked. "Oh come on, did you really think ice would work that well." Mr. Electric taunted as he claimed out of the rubble. He was clearly damaged. Exhausted, Dingle tried to stand up, raising his knife and gun. "Why are you all even doing this? Don't you have more important matters to be doing, like taking over your own reality? I mean just tell me what you both are here for." Mr. Electric began. "After my presumed icy destruction, I was rifted through by who you know to be Jarvis. He promised everything. Destruction of Earth, restablishing myself as the righteous ruler of Planet Drool, and so much more for assisting him." "Okay, now you." "Why are we even telling you any of this, why are we even putting Father's plans in jeopardy by letting you know?" "This is the mandatory part where we "accidentally" slip up the grand master plan, just follow the script okay kid? Besides, he most likely already knows, so you might as well." "Fine, forgive me Father." Mirus then turns to Quandale, levitating Mrs. Power and the Axeman out of the rubble. "Jarvis is not nearly as bad as you think. He saved so many people from death, Mr. Electric, Napoleon, Ganon, Bowser, I.M Meen, Robotnik, and so many more that you haven't met yet. He conceived me. He is reasonable. You are only a target because you defied him. We hope someday you can join us, but your mind is already made, isn't it." After her words, a portal forms and the squad leaves. Quandale tried to propel himself into the portal, but he was denied.
Standing alone in the rubble, Quandale took a break, having some dry ramen he found in the rubble and building a dispenser. Feeling better, he began walking out of the ruins of the city. He was very close to the location and it was within this Sakura forest. Wasting no time he burns down the forest. He has heard of them one too many times. From the ashes, he saw a monolith. Dingle tried destroying the structure, but it didn't budge. He then charged into the structure then somehow got clipped into the structure and landed in a platform, space surrounding him. He saw Wheatley float by, Quandale could save him, but why? He did take the space core, for good measure though. Walking down the pathway he came across a fork in the road. Moving right he reached a dead end, so he traveled back. "Wait a minute, there were only two paths, not three." It was clear to him that he was now stuck in a labyrinth, with no exit, a maze with no prize. He wandered aimlessly, with no one and no goal.
"Okay, this maze isn't supposed to be this difficult." A voice said. Upon its words the walls combusted and crumbled. "All you had to do was climb the walls." Adjusting to the lights, Quandale saw a big boned figure wearing a red shirt, black shorts, wielding a revolver, and having a weird face. "Pleased to meet you, Democado is my name. Hope you met my comrade Crypto Luigi earlier." "Slow down, what do you even want from me?" "I don't want or need anything from you, in fact, you might want something from me, the location where you can go to erase all anime I suppose? Before you go, take this." Democado said, handing Quandale a broken revolver. "Wait, why are you here though?" "Gee, you have more questions than hours you've spent here. You don't need to know what I did and frankly, I don't even remember what happened. What's important to see is to continue your path. Two left." Explosives then rang through the maze. Cracks began to form around the area, which rifted into chasms.
Soon, the entire area shattered, revealing a ritual site. From a hologram Freeman appeared. "Ah, my son, you have at last made it to the location, just set the device on the pillar and make sure it doesn't get removed. I sense a large invasion fleet coming towards you, prepare yourself." The communication cut and all that was left was to fortify. "Dispenser, going up, sentry going up, charges refilled, and these fools have no chance." * Distorting temporal balance, five minutes.* "You have made your last mistake, blitz through this fool like what I have done to the Austrians, flank and obliterate him. CHARGE!" A portal opens and various creatures charge at the ritual site, only to be blasted by the sentry. "I am no dimwit, forces, pull back, send in the sentry buster." The fodder took cover, as a walking bomb charged to the sentry, blowing it up. Upon its destruction, the forces then charged back in, but they got to know how it feels to face hollow point incendiary explosive rounds. Droves of droves of forces were mowed down by the Dinglinator's gun. "I have HAD IT with all of these cheats and exploits, major forces, pull back. Quandale Dingle, you face your end, this time, no manchild stopping me, no hoovy to save you, backup on my side. This will be the end for you." The remainder of the forces retreated and then emerged Napoleon along with a kill squad of Ganon, Fortnite clones of All Might, Naruto, Goku, and Saitama. Flanking are Meliodas, ?% Form Mob, Founder Titan form Eren Yaeger, Escanor, Kyubey, and Zeno. "WAIT A SECOND, who are these other people who are flanking?" "Ah, you must be curious, for your dim mind cannot comprehend. All of these people were going to face an untimely end, but they all were saved and made a deal with Jarvis to save countless lives that your Fried Liver class gambit endangers. Now to introduce your executioners, we begin with All Might, former Pro Hero from the My Hero Academia universe. Next up we have Naruto from his namesake universe. Third is Son Goku, from the Dragon Ball Z universe. Fourth is Saitama from the One Punch Man universe. Fifth is Melidoas from The Seven Deadly Sins universe. Sixth is Eren Yaeger from the Attack on Titan universe. Seventh is Shigro Kageyama, or as you know him as Mob from Mob Psycho 100. Eighth is Escanor, also from The Seven Deadly Sins. Ninth is Kyubey from the Puella Magi Madoka Magica reality. Last, but certainly not least is Zeno from the Dragon Ball universe. *Stock epic anime battle music begins playing, I have no idea, pick your own I guess.* "Hold on, did you just look up these people?" "Get them." The first second was nearly impossible, this wasn't a fair fight. How could he deal with so many god tier threats? It was only two seconds before he got disarmed by Son Goku Fortnite skin. "Now you know how it feels to go against a cheater. How it felt for me to lose unfairly to twitch chat and you. Now, when I smite you, I will take revenge on all twitch chatters and restore France to my rule, the Napoleonic Rule. Now die." Napoleon walked menacingly closer, and pulled out a revolver. "Sometimes, you play with fire, sometimes, you get burned." Napoleon says as he fires six shots in succession. Six shots, to end everything. Six shots, blocked. "Attack!" From the sky an Archangel descends. "We have come to assist you. We had to wait for an opening, hope we didn't, scare you too much." Then, hundreds more came down. These angelic creatures then began a counter attack. Though they fought ferociously, they failed to kill a single enemy. Alone, Quandale then used time control to massively speed up the ritual. However, the force sent in to assist Dingle had to retreat as these anime characters were just too powerful. They left just in time for the ritual to finish. "Noooooo-" From the chamber, all of the anime characters began to turn into dust. A gigantic loss of life followed. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE YOU IMBECILE?! YOU KILLED QUINTILLIONS IF NOT SO MUCH MORE FOR WHAT? There will be no mercy." From the portal spawned in, Knife guy, I M Meen, and the Tuba Mech. "You will learn that actions have consequences." Napoleon vowed while firing artillery shots. Knife guy and Tuba Mech gang up, slashing symphonies and blaring bashes echoing throughout the hall. Dingle had no time for this. Engaging gravity manipulation he crushed the tubas then parried and backstabbed Knife guy. He blasted himself towards Napoleon and began a knife duel. Sparks and steel along with the occasional magic burst filled the chamber. "Some people need to learn how to stay dead." "NEVER, you doomed so many, this will be their revenge." Quandale had no time for this. He leaned into Napoleon, but then faked out and slashed I M Meen fifty-two times and booked Ganon. "Well, you have certainly been busy with murder haven't you?" "It's self defense, get it right." Napoleon began an onslaught of attacks, each strike more furious than the last. However, upon all of his attempts being foiled, he then pulled out vibrating beads. "This is for all of them." He then fired a beam of energy, revenge and hatred flowing. "We already did this." Quandale said, unamused while rushing behind Napoleon then unloading explosive rounds. Napoleon then began glitching. "No, not this, not after everything that we have done. N-." He was stopped short, void leaking from his eyes and covering the two other fallen villains. "Okay, you are really starting to get annoying, but soon, that won't matter anymore." A portal then opened, claiming the trio. A stairway then formed from the center. Knowing it was time, Quandale climbed up.