Chapter 85 - Overwhelmed
[Finals Battlefield]
"Sorry Gero-san..Erika-san..we couldn't immobilize her..I only managed to get three of their Jumbos.." Koume radioed
"That's fine Koume-san..you did a great job! Are you all alright?" Erika asked
"Yes we're ok..I'm afraid we have one more problem.."
"What is it?"
"Yamato Shiori's skill..I think I might have caused it to activate.."
"W-What..?" Erika was shocked
(Shiori's tank now moved forward towards the Iron Fangs ready to fight with everything she's got. Now that Overwhelm is activated the balance of this match has now tipped in favor of Red Wings instantly. Gero and Erika can see from afar that while Shiori closed in on their position she had the biggest smile that on her face for she was excited to go all out)
"Don't disappoint me now White Tiger.." Shiori said
"Here she comes.."
"Let's have fun.." Shiori smiled
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"Now this is something I didn't expect.." Mai reacted
"Me too..who would've thought the Vice Kommandant of Kuromorimine would trigger Shiori's Overwhelm first.." Chiyo smiled
"I was so sure that it was either your daughter Alice or my son Gero will be the first one to trigger it.." Shiho said
"That just shows how strong they've become to reach the finals.." Tsuneo said
"Not strong enough I'm afraid..the tables have completely turned around.."
"It's not the first time one of your children has done the impossible.." Mai said
"I guess you're right.."
(Back in the battlefield Shiori's tanks continue to move closer towards Gero and the rest of the Iron Fangs. They got too preoccupied with Shiori and had forgotten about about the Jumbos behind them)
"FIRE!" Takayuki ordered
*BANG *BANG *BANG *BANG
"Evasive maneuvers!" Erika shouted
*BOOM *BOOM *BOOM *BOOM
(76mm shells rained down their position but luckily they were able to dodge all of it)
"Now we're the ones surrounded.."
"What's next Taichou?!" Hajime asked
"I'm thinking!"
"We have no time to think!" Ken shouted
"Kommandant! Gero-Taichou!" Tojo radioed
"What is it Tojo?!"
"I have a plan!"
"Let's hear it then!" Erika said
"You three take on their commander..while us PUMAS take on the Jumbos behind us.." Tojo suggested
"You can't take on those Jumbos alone!" Alice said
"We know! If we can't take those Jumbos down then at least we can buy you guys some time.."
"Are you sure?" Erika asked
"Yes Kommandant..never been this so sure in my entire life.."
"Alright..the White Pumas will now engage the remaining Jumbos while we take on Yamato Shiori!" Erika ordered
"Jawohl!" everyone responded
(The White Pumas now accelerated towards the Jumbos to engage them)
"Give them hell Iron Fangs!"
"Yes sir!" Tojo responded
"What?! Just the Pumas?!" Takayuki reacted
"Takayuki-san.." Shiori radioed
"Yes commander?"
"Don't underestimate them just because they're Pumas.."
"I understand..leave it to us..please be careful commander.."
"You worry too much..over and out.."
(After conversing with Takayuki she saw the White Tiger, White Panther and Erika's Panzer IV dashing towards her. All she could feel was excitement about what was about to happen next)
"Alice-chan! We're going to take her down with our combination!"
"I'm with you nii-chan!"
"Can you provide some cover for us my Kommandant?"
"Yeah!"
"Let's go!"
"Fire!" Shiori ordered
*BANG
(Suddenly a 76mm shell from FURY was fired and it hit the side turret armor skirt from Erika's Panzer IV)
"Damn! That's some insane accuracy!" Suzu reacted
"FIRE!"
*BANG
"Fire!" Alice ordered
"On the way!" Rio said
*BANG
(Two 88mm shells from their tanks was fired towards the Easy Eight but with one fluid movement the two shells missed their shots and barely grazed the armor of Shiori's tank)
"Fire!" Shiori ordered again
*BANG *CLANK
(This time the 76mm shell hit the White Panther's side turret and luckily it bounced off but it definitely left a dent on the armor. Both Gero and Alice's tank then drifted to both flanks of the Easy Eight and aimed their guns at her tracks. At the same time Erika's Panzer IV was aiming at her tank also from the front)
"FIRE!"
"Firing!" Rin shouted
*BANG *BANG *BANG
"Now.." Shiori said
(With one word from Shiori the driver of her Easy Eight suddenly reversed in perfect sync with the rest of her crew. Everything was in slow motion from Gero, Alice, and Erika's perspective as they saw Shiori's tank initiate Spontaneous Deceleration. The two 88mm shells that Gero and Alice fired was completely dodged and they hit each other's tanks by accident sending them spinning to the side)
"Fire!" Shiori ordered again
*BANG *BOOM
(The 76mm shell collided with the 75mm shell from Erika's Panzer IV and it exploded midair. It was a three pronged attack combination but it was easily thwarted by Shiori)
"S-So strong.." Sheska reacted
"No way..she used Spontaneous Deceleration in that situation?" Hanako reacted
"Then shot a shell midair.." Hajime reacted
"This is the strength of the Yamato Style.."
(All of them gazed upon Shiori on top of the FURY and they all felt the intense aura and pressure coming from her. She displayed both overwhelming offense and impregnable defense through her Senshado)
"What's wrong? Is this all you've got?" Shiori taunted
"Cheeky brat.." Erika said
"If you're not coming then I will!"
(Suddenly the Easy Eight FURY of Shiori dashed towards Gero and the rest ready to fight them head on)
"Fire!" Shiori ordered
*BANG
(With magnificent accuracy Shiori's gunner bounced the 76mm shell off the side turret armor of the White Tiger and the shell hit the right side armor skirts of Erika's Panzer IV and sent her tank spinning to the side. Gero and Alice's tank started to move in different maneuvers in order to evade those shots)
"Damn this is getting nowhere! With her Overwhelm activated all our moves are being countered!"
"Nii-chan! I have a plan!" Alice radioed
"What do you have in mind?"
"She can't counter our moves if she can't see them.." Alice smiled
"I like where this is going already.."
(Alice then informed Gero of the plan and they were going to execute it without a second thought)
"I'm impressed..since when were you able to do those?"
"After the semi finals..I trained hard with the girls..we were able to perfect it just in time before the finals.." Alice said
"Leave it to us!" Chinatsu said
"We'll definitely nail it perfectly!" Rio said
"Our hard work will not be for naught!" Hanako smiled
"Alright then..let's give that Yamato brat a scare she'll never forget.."
"Jawohl!"
(Both the White Tiger and the White Panther started to move in circles around Shiori's tank. She knew something was going to happen and she was prepared for the worst)
"Come at me! Nishizumi Style and Shimada Style!" Shiori shouted
"Shimada Style: Afterimage.."Alice whispered
(A skill from the Shimada family was activated by Alice and it was similar to Mika's Mirage Realm but this skill did not use the sun's heat. Numerous images of the White Tiger and White Panther was made because of the auras that both Gero and Alice were making)
"Which one is the real one?!" Shiori's gunner reacted
"Hold your fire! Bow gunner, shoot at every image you see!" Shiori ordered
"Roger!"
(As ordered, the bow gunner from the Easy Eight started to fire it's 30 caliber machine gun towards the afterimages of Alice's skill. The bullets that passed through the images meaning they were fake but one thing was wrong about the situation)
"Commander! All of them are fake!" the bow gunner shouted
"What?!" Shiori reacted
(Shiori then felt intense pressure from behind her and it was from Gero. He had activated Sacred Possession once more and unleashes his aura and was trying to paralyze Shiori with fear)
"Nishizumi Style: Murderous Impulse.."
"T-This feeling..he's emitting an absurd amount of killing intent again!" Shiori said
*CLANK
(Suddenly a shell bounced off the side armor of the Easy Eight scraping of the paint and nearly hitting their tracks. Shiori did not feel or sense where the shot came from since she was too focused on Gero)
"Where did that come from?! From the White Panther?! I can't sense her!" Shiori though
*CLANK
(Another shell bounced off and it was getting closer to destroying her tracks. If she gets immobilized then it's all over)
"Damn it! Driver, keep on moving and dodging!" Shiori ordered
"Dodge what ma'am!? I can't see them!"
"Just shut up and keep moving!"
"Shimada Style: Concealment.." Alice said
(What was really happening was Alice had activated a second skill of the Shimada Family which was concealment. She hid her presence as well as her crewmates together with their tank. It was an amazing move activating two family skills at once in combination with Gero's Family skill)
"Rin..get ready.." Erika said
"All set Kommandant!" Rin smiled
(While Alice and Gero were keeping Shiori distracted Erika had positioned their Panzer IV at an elevated position with a clear line of sight to Shiori's tank. It wasn't just a strategy formed by Alice and Gero but with Erika as well. It was the perfect plan to outsmart the Yamato Shiori's skill)
"FIRE!"
"On the way!" Rio shouted
"Firing!" Rin shouted
(Before they were able to pull the trigger they were suddenly engulfed in an enormous amount of aura that was coming from Shiori. The pressure was so heavy for all of them that they were unable to move and they just were in confusion what was happening)
"Yamato Style: Warrior's Arena.." Shiori muttered
"W-Warrior's?"
"Arena..?" Alice reacted
"F-Feur Feur!" Erika continued the order
*BANG *BANG *BANG
(Three shots from three different directions happened consecutively towards Shiori's position. But suddenly the Easy Eight FURY moved in such speed and evaded all three shots with ease. All of them were shocked to the core because they really though that they had her cornered)
"H-How..?" Erika reacted
"Fire.." Shiori ordered
*BANG *BOOM
(Shiori tank suddenly shot towards Erika's tank and completely destroyed their gun barrel)
"Our gun's out!" Rin shouted
"Suzu get us out of here-" Erika said
*BOOM
(Before their Panzer IV could move another shot pierced through their side skirt armor and wrecked their tracks)
"What happened?!" Leila shouted
"We got hit in the tracks again!" Suzu said
"ERIKA!"
"You've got some nerve getting distracted like that.." Shiori said
(Gero suddenly felt an extreme chill behind him as he got distracted. He saw Shiori's gun barrel already aiming at their engine)
"Fire!" Shiori ordered
*BANG
"Not gonna happen!" Ken shouted
*CLANK
(Ken made a quick 360 rotation of their tank just to deflect the shell from the Easy Eight. But unfortunately after making that move the engine stalled out and they were unable to move)
"Damn! Our engine's down!" Ken shouted
"Oh no! The White Tiger!" Hanako reacted
"Let's back them up!" Chinatsu shouted
"Fire!" Alice shouted
"On the way!" Rio responded
*BANG
(The 88mm shell from the White Panther was fired immediately to help Gero and his crew. They were still under the effects of Alice's skill which is concealment so the shot couldn't be sensed. Alice watched as the shell from their tank was easily dodged by Yamato Shiori without looking at it. The shell just went past the side of the Easy Eight and impacted on the ground)
*BOOM
"I-Impossible.." Rio reacted
"H-How? How were they able to dodge that?" Alice was in shock
"I know you're hiding over there.." Shiori said
(The turret of the Easy Eight then rotated quickly and aimed towards where the White Panther was. Alice and her crew were still in shock and couldn't react immediately)
"Fire!" Shiori ordered
*BANG
"Alice-chan!"
*BOOM
(When the smoke had cleared a white flag was seen on top of the White Panther signaling to all of them that they were now taken out of the match)
"That's two Fangs down.." Shiori smiled
"Make that three Fangs commander!" Takayuki radioed
"Takayuki-san?"
(Everyone looked towards the position of Takayuki and the Jumbos of Red Wings. They saw the four White Pumas of Kuromorimine all white flagged. Tojo and the Pumas were able to white flag two Jumbos before they got cornered)
"We've taken care of the White Pumas.." Takayuki said
"Good work..all that's left now is.."
"The White Tiger.."
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(All the viewers were in shock of the events that unfolded before their eyes)
"Onii-sama's team.." Maho was worried
"The Iron Fangs.." Asparagus said
"Have all been white flagged.." Anchovy said
"I don't believe it.." Oowada reacted
"What happened down there? At first the Easy Eight couldn't see where the White Panther was..then suddenly the situation turned upside down.." Katyusha said
"I know for sure that Gero-kun sent his killing intent in order to paralyze Yamato Shiori.." Darjeeling said
"That was Murderous Impulse.." Takashi said
"It worked for a couple of seconds but I felt Yamato Shiori's aura spike up suddenly.." Naomi said
"I felt that too! After that she was able to dodge all shots from different directions like she could see them coming.." Kay said
"That's because she can.." Kaede said
"What do you mean?" Kal asked
"Shiori activated one of our family skills..Yamato Style: Warrior's Arena.."
"Warrior's Arena?" Maho asked
"It's a little similar to Hunter's Domain but we don't emit killing intent..it's a skill where we release our aura around our tank kind of like an arena..we can detect and sense anyone or anything that is inside it's area of effect.." Kaede explained
"So that explains why she was able to see Alice-san even though Concealment was active.." Maho said
"Correct..not only that but she activated Warrior's Arena while Overwhelm is active.." Kaede added
"Why? Are those skills not supposed to be activated at the same time?" Anchovy asked
"Normally yes..if Warrior's Arena were to be activated together with Overwhelm then Shiori would be able to counter Hunter's Domain easily.."
"That's just too overpowered..I can see why Gero-kun is having such a hard time.." Darjeeling said
"But it takes a big toll on both mind and body so Shiori should finish this match now before the effects of Overwhelm wears off.."
"With the White Tiger's engine busted I don't think there's nothing else they could do now.." Katyusha said
(Just as Katyusha said the White Tiger was now immobile and Red Wings was closing in on them. Shiori was approaching from the front while the Jumbos were rolling in behind them. Ken was desperately trying to start up the engine but still no luck)
"Come on White Tiger don't die on us now! Start!" Ken shouted
"Damn..this is bad Taichou.." Hajime said
"I know..how is it Ken?"
"As you can tell by the sound of our engine it is currently being a bitch.."
"Can we fix the engine?"
"Negative..the moment we try and fix it I bet they'll white flag us immediately.." Ken said
"Hey we can still shoot right?" Ono asked
"Yeah..we're not giving up!"
"Round up!" Ono said
"FIRE!"
*BANG *BOOM
(When Gero pulled the trigger and fired off an 88mm shell Shiori did the same and their 76mm shell collided with the shell from the White Tiger)
"Damn we have to get moving! Ken?!"
"I'm not a damn magician to instantly get our engine going!" Ken shouted
"Round up!" Ono said
"FIRE-"
*BOOM *BOOM * BOOM *CLANK
(Lots of shells started raining down on their spot from behind which was coming from the Jumbos approaching them. As they get pressured from both sides all that Erika could do was watch)
"Damn it! Can't we do anything to help them!?" Erika shouted
"Our gun's busted and we have no more spare tracks!" Suzu said
"Why aren't they moving?!" Sheska reacted
"Hajime-kun! Hajime-kun! Come in!" Leila radioed
"Leila-san? Are you guys alright?!" Hajime responded
"We're fine! What about you guys?! Why are you not moving?!"
"Our engine's dead! We're trying to-"
*STATIC
"Hajime-kun! Hajime-kun!"
"What happened?" Rin asked
"It cut off..Hajime-kun said that their engine was dead..that's why they aren't moving.."
"Dead?! Why?! I didn't see them get hit!" Sheska said
"It's the Leopon Teams engine..it may have been perfected but they still overused it.." Erika said
"This is bad! The Easy Eight is now rushing the White Tiger!" Suzu said
(Just as Suzu said the Easy Eight FURY was now accelerating towards the white tiger. Gero noticed this and aimed their turret at Shiori's tank in order to stop her)
"Ono I'm gonna need a speedy reload!"
"Got it! Round up!" Ono replied
"FIRE!"
*BANG
"Fire!" Shiori said
*BANG *BOOM
(Once again both Gero and Shiori's shell collided in the air but this time the shell from Shiori's tank was a smoke shell. White smoke suddenly covered the entire area in between Gero and Shiori's vision)
"Smoke?! Shit I can't see her!"
"On our right Taichou!" Hajime shouted
(Suddenly the FURY was already on the right of their tank. Shiori used the smoke as cover and approached them from their blind side)
"Round up!"
"Damn! It won't make it!"
(Gero tried his best to rotate their turret to aim at Shiori's tank but the speed isn't fast enough. Shiori's tank stopped right beside them and aimed their 76mm cannon at point blank)
"It's over..White Tiger.."
"No! Gero!" Erika shouted
"Fire.." Shiori ordered
Coming Up Next : Chapter 86 - Promise
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