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"That... BASTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD!"
WOOSH!
Future Heart with a burst of speed made his way forward, leaving the party behind for a death wish the monster wanted fulfilled.
"What the heck are we waiting for?! Come on!"
SKATE!
Domio's eyes flashed blue before quickly skating after the time traveler.
VANISH!
BFFT!
The GPUs followed the child with extreme speed, both vanishing in an instant.
"That creep won't get away with what he's done! Someone who thinks he can get away with something like that needs to be put down!" IF ran after the boy.
FLY!
MAGES. got out her broomstick before 5pb. and Gust took a ride, heading to the skies for aerial pursuit.
"Let's go, everyone!" Nepgear called to Nisa, Compa, and Kallen as the rest of the party followed suit.
At the forefront, Future Heart quickly gained on the monster.
"YOU FOCKIN' NONCE! I'LL TEAR THAT TONGUE OUT OF YOUR BLOODY MOUTH AND HANG YOU OVER THE GALLOWS WITH IT, YOU DODGY TWAT!" Raging with purple glowing eyes, the face of the time traveler was dark except for his grating teeth.
The monster continued running through the city, heading for the exit into the wilderness.
"Trying to run away?" Future Heart's glowing eyes narrowed.
"I WON'T ALLOW IT!" He raised his hand, with the environment becoming green before condensing into a single point as he clenched his fist.
"Apex Torrent!"
TWINKLE!...
Throwing the sparkling energy, it chased after the metallic Neppit moderator a he audibly huffed trying to move his mass ahead of the blast.
KA-BOOM!
A large green explosion resounded on the street, snow rising in a large pillar of destruction with the monster being thrown off of his feet.
The monster snarled as he landed, before sprinting away.
"I won't miss next time!" The CPU Candidate went to charge another attack.
"Vergo, wait!" Domio's voice shouted from below. The future CPU Candidate looked down.
"If you damage that fat ass right now, there's no doubt that Rom and Ram will take damage as well! Think of the children!" He told the Leanboxian.
'Shit!' Vergo's intimidating visage faded to a less enraged, more focused appearance.
'I'm lucky I missed that first time if that's the case.' Keeping his eyes on the metallic reptilian, the two continued their pursuit.
The chase soon led outside of the nation, into a winter forest nearby.
Future Heart descended to hover above the ground next to Domio, keeping their trail on the large pervert.
"How is he so rotund but has so much stamina?!" Domio was confounded.
"All of his calories are finally being burnt for once." Future Heart darkly chuckled.
"Then we need to cool his jets!" Domio decided. "Corner that fat fuck so I can immobilize him!" He made a short plan.
"Aye."
SUMMON!...
WOOSH!
Accelerating, Future Heart equipped his processors for enhanced velocity, pulling the wind with him, causing the trees to bend backward before snapping upright.
BOOM!
Coming to an abrupt stop, a sonic boom emitted from the instant pause before he de-summoned his lance.
The monster saw that Future Heart had moved in front of him, attempting to take a turn, yet that was anticipated.
BOOM!..
Swiping his hand, a gust in the opposing direction made the monster stagger.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Three more pulses of wind spun the monster around, before he stumbled, dizzy.
"Now's your chance!" The CPU Candidate yelled.
"Artic Bolt!"
FREEZE!
The monster's legs were suddenly frozen solid, with the fiend paling at the sight of his mobility rendered useless.
"RELEASE THE KIDS!" Future Heart pointed.
Vigorously shaking his head, he bared his sharp teeth at the CPU.
"He's really set on being a predator, isn't he?" Domio growled.
"Then he's set on lying in the grave he dug." Clenching his fist, he focused his energy.
CHING!
Armament coated his fist in black.
"We'll do this the hard way."
DASH!
Reeling his fist, the CPU Candidate bounced ahead with Soru.
"Remember what I said!" Domio warned.
The trees blended into the background as the gap between the monster and the time traveler closed.
POW!
A strong blow to the gut of the monster was doled, powerful enough to cause his eyes to resemble comic circles with his back becoming a cone from the impact.
Vergo cautiously walked back, with the monster's face becoming bloated.
Nausea ensued with the reptile, the pain of the blow added to the weight in his mouth made it almost impossible to keep the twins inside of his maw without incredible strain.
"What did you do?" Domio looked on, confused.
"He struck that watchlist nominee in his stomach with an incredibly strong blow." Edge Heart suddenly spoke.
"?!" Domio was shocked, seeing him instantly appear. "Were you here the whole time?" The warlock asked.
"Simply observing. My help is not exactly needed in this situation, for the blonde greenhorn has it under control." The GPU told the warlock.
"Hey guys, he's gonna ralph." Brave Heart pointed, which got some looks from the other three fighters.
Yet they turned to the twitching and fidgeting monster, on the verge of vomiting.
"BLEARGH!"
Rom and Ram were ejected from the mouth of the monster, covered in drool and mucus.
"Ewww." The four cringed at the scene.
"I'm starting to doubt that there's anything non-cringe about this guy." Brave Heart scratched his neck uncomfortably.
"I WANNA GO HOME!" Rom wailed, sobbing profusely at the traumatic event she just had to go through.
"THAT WAS DISGUSTING!" Ram cried out in despair, fresh tears falling down her face.
They held their nether regions, which made the green-haired deity shiver with indignation at the implications.
"LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO, YOU ICKY PEE PEE POSSESSERS!" Agitated, the metallic dinosaur roared, his voice strong enough to blow away most of his spit off the twins.
"I'll NEVER forgive you for making them cry! They were perfectly safe in my mouth! I even tasted them a little...! Mmmm..." The monster salivated at the 'taste' of the CPUs.
"Ayo, somebody tell Pedosaurus Sex to shut the hell up." Brave Heart scoffed.
"Gris, get the twins to safety. And a physical exam, a bath, and some therapy." Future Heart looked at the edge lord with a dangerous side glance.
BFFT!
The dark-clad GPU teleported to the twins via time stop.
BFFT!
Before teleporting away with them.
"Good. Now you can't hurt them anymore, you sick freak." Looking back at the monster, Brave Heart scowled. "Pedosaurus Sex truly is a fitting name for a foul bastard like you." He continued.
"How DARE you call me such a wretched name! I am ASIC's most ESTEEMED gentlemen!" The monster snarled at the ridiculously fitting nickname.
"ASIC?" Domio narrowed his eyes, with IF quickly entering the fray.
"CFW Trick, the finest gentleman to ever grace ASIC's ranks! And I'll display my gentlemanly qualities by grinding all of your bones to DUST!"
"You played A minor, with no instruments, TWICE! You're on a watchlist no matter how you twist it!" Brave Heart shouted back.
"Prepare for the beating of a lifetime!" Brave Heart got into a stance, with Future Heart equipping his lance, Domio summoning his gauntlets, and IF equipping her Qatars.
Secks Registry Park
CFW Trick
LIVE AND LET DIE!
"Bleh!"
SWIPE!
Trick began the battle with an offensive maneuver, using his tongue in a sweeping motion.
LEAP!
The four jumped to avoid the attack before landing in sync.
Upon landing, the party of four scattered leaving Brave Heart to face Trick's front.
"Why don't you use that tongue to find a toothbrush, huh?" Taunted the blue GPU.
"SILENCE!"
Screaming, the CFW's tongue rushed forward intending to send the deity flying with a mighty lick.
WOOSH!
Yet when it was nearing the divine being, he simply half stepped out of the way.
"I WILL NOT HAVE YOU INSULT MY CUTIE TIER LIST DETECTOR!"
WOOSH!
Trick continued to fume, whilst sticking out his tongue for another strike.
VANISH!-
-APPEAR!
"Cuties this, cuties that, find a cute jail cell to lie down and rot in. You can lick all the cutest steel bars once you're inside." Phasing in and out of reality from sheer speed, the GPU continued to insult the monster whilst dodging and remaining still simultaneously.
"How about you lie down and rot right now!"
WOOSH!-
SNATCH!...
Deciding not to dodge this time, the deity used his barokinesis to keep a set radius of gravitational energy and captured the tongue, rendering it stuck to his hand.
"Nuh uh uh." Brave Heart warned, before grabbing the slimy appendage, to the monster's discomfort.
"I'll do that when you get off Nepchan!"
SWING!
Using his grip, he started to twirl around while holding the monster's tongue. CFW Trick's body was pulled alongside his tongue, being spun around reminiscent of a certain turtle king.
YANK!
Pulling his tongue, the blue GPU charged a blast of blue KI in his open hand.
"Zanku Hadōken!"
BLAST!
"GAH!"
And sent a blue blast to the CFW's position, before colliding and exploding with a resounding gust of wind.
BLAST!
BLAST!
BLAST!
Several more blasts were sent, with the rotund CFW being struck the moment he was in point-blank range for a mouthful of KI, effectively being paddle-boarded.
YANK...
SLAM!
Yanking on the monster's tongue, Brave Heart pulled him into the air, before using both his hands to send him into the ground with such force, that he recoiled with the visual compressing of his circular body.
"You're up, sport!" Brave Heart called his foster son.
PULL!
"Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!"
BAM!
A final tug of the tongue followed up by a spinning kick barrage before a more powerful spin kick catapulted the fat leader to Domio's position.
Domio put a foot back, stretching out his hands in preparation to catch the mass of disgusting tendencies.
STRETCH!
Yet CFW Trick regained his bearings, using his tongue to attack the seemingly unaware tween.
CHILL!
RUSH!-
Instead, he sprinted before jumping into the air once Domio sensed the pink appendage zipping to him.
FREEZE!-
SPRINT!
SHATTER!
"OWIE!..."
Freezing his feet mid-air, he landed on the tongue before running upon the pink appendage until he reached the mouth of CFW Trick, high-kicking the metal dinosaur in his snout.
"Icy Fractals!"
FREEZE!
The greaves shattered on impact, which gave the warlock time to flip mid-air before using a spell with the available shards from his broken shoes.
They made contact with the CFW's body, covering it in ice that slowed his movements.
RUMBLE!...
Landing on the ground, Domio gazed to see Trick was no longer where he saw him.
CHILL!
His danger sense alerted him that the CFW was jumping in the air, the feeling being supported by a large shadow forming above him.
ROLL!-
SMASH!
Evading the body slam of Trick did wonders for not ending up as a pancake with the dinosaur now being unable to get back up quickly, due to a large body being accompanied by small limbs.
"I'd say hit the gym, but why don't I just hit you instead...!" The warlock roared.
Clasping his hands together after extending them, an improved variation of the Subzero Smasher was created,
"Unter Null Zertrümmerer!"
FREEZE!-
OBLITERATE!
"OUCH!"
A giant gauntlet was created from a large magic circle before it was ejected into CFW Trick's body, shattering into tiny pieces with extreme impact.
It sent the dino rolling through several trees before a rock stopped his journey.
"...!"
Going on a knee, the child was starting to feel fatigued from the last fight with Warechu catching up to him.
"That new move did a toll on me... To you, IF!" He called out to the brunette who nodded.
"On it. This guy's a bigwig, so no need to hold back!" She shouted, before jumping into action.
"Flame Awakening!"
The Guild Agent's hair turned blonde with irises became a firey red, and her clothes transformed into a red and black scheme with fire decals on her stockings.
ZOOM!
ZOOM!
ZOOM!
Hopping into the air, she landed on the side of a tree before kicking off the side of the trunk, traveling through the air with a burst of flame around her.
She quickly made her way to CFW Trick, who had recovered from the assault Domio doled on him.
"Grr! That stupid brat's gonna pay for that!" CFW Trick snarled before he heard a voice from the trees.
"Le Delphinus!"
BOOM!
Suddenly, a pillar of energy inflicted substantial damage on the monster, causing the rock behind it to be eradicated from its proximity to the ASIC leader.
SLICE!
"?!"
IF suddenly appeared beside the monster, a line of heat remaining after she used her weapon with the friction of the wind leaving a trail of energy behind her weapon's slice.
Trick flinched at the attack's landing, being yanked to one side from IF's sudden boost in speed.
SLICE!
SLICE!
More slashes mimicked this effect, with the Guild Agent becoming a blur of color before materializing in one spot, only to smudge in appearance from her resumed velocity.
SLICE! SLICE! SLICE!
SLICE! SLICE! SLICE!
Gashes of burnt metal were left on the monster's body, with the Guild Agent letting out a small grin at her handiwork.
SLICE!...
She came to a stop with a particularly powerful attack, strong enough to cut several trees that were beside CFW Trick from the pressure alone.
It also managed to send him staggering.
"Demonic Inferno!"
BLAZE!
An inferno of powerful flames appeared under the monster before it sent him flying into the air with a significant knockback.
RUSH!
SNAP!-
Running up a tree, the blonde Guild Agent sprung off of the bark, snapping the trunk at the area where she left the tree whilst getting closer to CFW Trick.
SLICE-SLICE-SLICE-SLICE-SLICE!
SLICE-SLICE-SLICE-SLICE-SLICE!
SLICE-SLICE-SLICE-SLICE-SLICE!
"G-GAAAH!"
A series of blitzing slashes were landed, with the monster's tongue being singed in the process, trying to defend his body.
SLICE!
CRASH!
Crossing her arms, IF slashed the monster in an X symbol with enough force to send him crashing to the ground, sliding through the dirt.
"You're up, Vergo!"
WOOSH!
Almost too eager to participate in the beatdown, the time traveler flew by IF so fast that her eyes widened with her hair flowing with the gust that the CPU Candidate left behind.
"YOU'RE MINE!"
VOOSH!
Closing in on CFW Trick in a matter of seconds, the greed god readied his lance.
"BLEARGH!"
Vomiting some of the spit he already guffawed, the CFW used the disgusting tactic as a means of distracting the divine warrior.
WOOSH...!
Yet it seemed to pass right around him, thanks to his wind barrier.
ZOOM!-
The tongue of Trick made a comeback, attempting to strike the god dead ahead.
ZOOM!
Before making a turn, surprising the green-haired combatant.
-...SWING!
Before long, his entire tongue swung in the opposite direction, a feint within a feint.
"Ignition Incision!"
BURN!
"YOU BASTAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"
Vergu used the tip of his lance to ignite the air around it, as opposed to his finger to create a fiery effect on his weapon.
It not only stabbed but burned the appendage of the metallic dinosaur.
Using the opening, Vergo distributed even more punishment.
"Stormy Ratnapura!"
STAB-STAB-STAB-STAB-STAB-STAB-
STAB-STAB-STAB-STAB-STAB-STAB-
STAB-STAB-STAB-STAB-STAB-STAB!
Chunks of metal flew from the gut of the CFW, Vergo's precise strikes ripping out the mechanical guts of the monster like paper mache.
"Do you finally understand how unfortunate your fate is, CFW Trick?!" Barked the infuriated deity.
"I'LL LOVE ALL THE CUTIES IN THE WORLD UNTIL I CROAK, YOU PRETTY BOY BASTARD!" The yellow dinosaur venomously hissed.
"THEN CONSIDER IT CELESTIA'S BLESSING THAT TODAY IS THE DAY YOU DIE!"
SHOCKWAVE!
Releasing a Hellish Holler at the end of his sentence, the force of the shockwaves originating from his voice blew the ASIC leader into a tumbling roll.
Stabbing his lance into the ground, it dissipated.
Taking off his bodysuit's gloves, Future Heart clenched his fists with enough force to draw blood.
VANISH!
APPEAR!
Phasing to where Trick would land, the fat robot smashed himself into the side of a rocky wall.
Slowly stepping to face the metallic leader, his eyes became purple circles covered in shaders that hid his intentions.
ドドドド!
ドドドド!
ドドドド!
Although one wouldn't need to guess what the time traveler had in mind.
"BLEH!"
SNATCH!
Future Heart snagged the tongue that tried to strike him, never breaking eye contact with the CFW.
"I'll rip it off."
"YEEK!" Squeaked the rotund robot.
To make good on that threat, the CPU Candidate wrapped the tongue around his hand until it coiled around his arm.
Luckily, he made sure to use their air shield so that he'd still be able to hold the monster in place without touching his questionable saliva.
Celestia knows where that tongue's been.
"N-NO! I NEED IT TO T-TASTE THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT OF CUTIES W-WORLDWIDE!-"
THWACK!
YANK...!
"EEEEEE!"
Using his foot, he placed it on the monster's sternum with a heavy kick. Starting to pull, Future Heart delighted in the squeals of pain that the disgusting pervert made.
"The gallows, trick. I'LL HANG YOU BY THE BLOODY GALLOWS, TRICK!"
TUG!
"GRHGHLK!"
CFW Trick's tongue shook violently with the limbs of the fat ASIC leader frantically waved and slammed about, desperately trying to break free to no avail.
"AND I'LL DO IT WITH YOUR REVOLTING TONGUE!"
-SNAP!-
"GWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!.."
The fleshy appendage snapped like a rubber band, a ripping sound echoing through the winter forest with a gargling, pained cry resounding from the ASIC member.
"This is only the beginning." Future Heart growled, his eyes moving to the accursed licking device.
THUD...!
BLAST!
Dropping the tongue, Future Heart used his KI to annihilate the appendage, without a trace of the grotesque, slimy body part was no more.
"Of the end. For you."
CHING!-
THOOM!
"BLUARRGH!"
Coating his skin in th blackened armor, he used the wind as a catapult before pulling the air around his fist forward to maximize impact.
It caused the wall to develop massive spider cracks, a crater with the folds of Trick's stomach being sucked into the fist.
Such a blow was so grievous, that the robot barfed up something that made Future Heart feel so much angrier in such a short amount of time.
The panties of underage girls.
"You sick FUCK!"
WHAM!
"URKKK!"
Trick was struck in his stomach once again, more of the panties exiting his mouth. This gave Future Heart an idea with the items that the monster hid in his body.
BZZT!-
SLICE!
Using his hand, he vibrated his hand until sparks of electricity appeared around it before ripping a hole into the belly of the metallic beast.
Several dozens of knickers, alongside some stockings and bows flooded out of the stomach of CFW Trick. Added to that pile were some frilly dresses, magical girl outfits, and hairs of different colors, all digested to some extent within his stomach.
Even a blu-ray DVD titled 'Cuties' was branded on the front made the CPU Candidate very suspicious.
But what was the most egregious thing that the green deity saw?
Half-digested bones, including a couple of skulls, were disparaged from the hole in Trick's stomach.
"What the fuck..." Future Heart silently mouthed, appalled at what he had to witness.
With his medical knowledge, the time-traveler could discern that the bones were not adult in appearance, even if they were dissolved to an extent from being inside CFW Trick's body.
These were the bones of pre-adolescents.
CFW Trick had eaten children.
"M-MY... C-C-CUTIES...!" The pedosaurus sex guffawed, bile and blood spilling from his mouth.
"How many...! How many did you devour?!" Future Heart snarled.
"E-ENTIRE O-ORPHANAGES! THEY W-WERE AS D-D-DELECTABLE AS I I-IMAGINED! THE BUBBLEGUM PINK P-PARADISE WAS AS G-G-GRIPPY AS CAN BE! CUNNY IS UNDEFEATED, KUKUKUKUKUKU!-"
TEAR!
"GUAAAARGH!"
The green CPU Candidate stuck his hand into the hole he made before ripping out the lower intestinal tract of the monster, a shrill scream echoing through the forest.
"E-E-ESPECIALLY THAT O-O-ONE IN THE B-BATHROOM... KUKUKU..." He continued to sputter his debaucherous acts.
"T-THAT CUTIE N-N-NEVER E-EXPECTED MY T-TONGUE TO E-EMERGE FROM THE TOILET BO-"
SNAP!
"WHYYYYYYY!"
Smaller intestines were the next to be evicted from CFW Trick's body and he screamed bloody murder for the agony he endured.
WHIP!-
"SHUT."
WHIP!-
"THE FUCK."
WHIP!-
"UP!"
Using the two intestines, he swung the vital organs as weapons to flog the disemboweled predator with the ground shaking upon each blow.
SNAP!
Utilizing his aerokinesis, the smaller intestinal tract gained a razor-like affinity. This was fundamental to let the otherwise mushy object gain enough raw sharpness to slice right through the pudgy metallic arm of CFW Trick.
"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! MY FAP HAND!" He screamed in agonizing pain, using his able arm to hold the stub where the missing appendage once occupied.
WHIP!
BOOM!
"FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO TOUCH MYSELF TO BEASTIALITY LOLI COOM?!"
The larger intestine mimicked its smaller counterpart before tearing through the air with a terrifying screech. Landing on the ASIC leader's shoulder, it was violently decimated, with scrap metal flying everywhere and the monster officially disarmed.
"Do you honestly think you're fucking funny?" A question arose from the CPU Candidate.
ゴゴゴゴ!
"BECAUSE I'LL TELL YA WOT YOU FAT LITTLE CUNT: GO FUCK YOURSELF! GO AND FUCKING CRAWL IN A DIRTY DANK LITTLE HOLE WHERE YOU FUCKING CAME FROM YOU DIRTY DRAGON PRICK! LOLI-EATING LITTLE FUCKING SPASTIC!"
Fuming, the time traveler cursed up a storm.
"YOU'RE AN UGLY LITTLE CUNT, YEAH! SCALY TWAT COMIN' UP IN MA VICINITY, YOU FUCKING OBESE MUPPET! YOU BLOODY NONCE, VULGAR LITTLE FUCKING MAGGOT! I'LL TAKE THOSE BEADY EYEBALLS AND CLAM THEM UP YOUR DAMN ARSE!"
Appropriately, an actual storm started to stir, with a whirlwind and rolling of thunder.
"S-SAY... WHATEVER YOU W-W-WANT ABOUT M-ME..." Trick, somehow still capable of speech, responded.
"Y-YOU'LL N-N-NEVER... " He wheezed.
"I'LL NEVER FOCKIN' WOT YOU BLOODY SPASTIC TOSSER!"
'YOU'LL N-NEVER T-T-TAKE..." Coughing, he pressed on.
"TAKE YOUR WHAT, YOU STUTTERING CUNT LICKER!"
"YOU'LL NEVER TAKE THE TIME I STUCK MY TONGUE SO DEEP INSIDE OF A CUTIE THAT IT WENT THROUGH ONE HOLE AND CAME OUT THE OTHER!-"
"AH WIDDI BOMBOCLAAT!"
LIGHTNING!
Lightning struck CFW Trick directly in his eyeballs, completely blinding him with the sockets cauterized.
"MERCYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!"
CFW Trick screeched in agonizing pain, outright begging the deity to stop.
"Merci?" (Thanks?) Future Heart raised an eyebrow.
"Pour quoi? Vous méritez de mourir." (For what? You deserve to die.)
CRACK...!
A devious smile with veiny sclera and pins for pupils was shown to the dinosaur, breaking the blu-ray DVD as he took a step forward.
The desire for CFW Trick's death became so overwhelming, that Future Heart's tongue slipped into a language he never knew he could speak.
"YEEK!?" Trick didn't quite understand what the CPU meant, but what he did know was that his hour had arrived.
"Filibuster Wolf!"
THOOM!
BURN!
Sticking out his hand, the deity assumed his stance before launching a black blaze of heat at the monster. It singed the immediate area in an ebony firestorm, catapulting Trick into the air.
BOOM!
Following the ASIC leader, Vergo's processors glowed before emitting a large gust of wind that sent him flying into the air.
As if on queue, dramatic piano music roared to life.
VER-GIO!
"THUNDEROUS COMBINATION!"
BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK-BAK!
"MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!"
A wall of black fists covered the CFW's field of view before thousands of punches were doled out with each strike ripping off a piece of the pedosaurus sex. He convulsed and ruptured from each blow, the time for talk coming to an abrupt end.
His strikes felt like nukes and sounded like thunder with irate tenacity fueling the god.
GOLDEN WIND!
BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!
"WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
The knuckles of the CPU Candidate were ignited from friction and charged with static energy before the two forces created constant explosions upon each blow. More of the guts that were inside CFW Trick's body splattered all over with bits and bolts of metal being incinerated or annihilated during the process.
VER-GIO!
THOOM!
SNAP!-
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"MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!"
Sending a blitzing cartwheel kick, it sent the CFW twirling before he was reoriented with a snap kick and stomped on repeatedly, his throat, chest, and head being crushed like a tin can in a matter of seconds. The ability to speak had finally been taken from the atrocious being that incited so much fury from the CPU Candidate.
GOLDEN WIND!
"MUDAAAAAA!"
BOOM!...
The final blow was infused with the prior two elements, plus an Apex Torrent mustered within the blackened fist.
It was so potent in fact, that it bore a hole right through the CFW's body.
Destroying his heart without resistance.
...CRASH!
Plummeting, the yellow dinosaur lifelessly crashed into a frozen lake in the center of the snowy woods.
SHATTER!-
Even as a carcass, his body was still too heavy to be supported by the ice's strength, breaking through and sinking to the lakebed.
Summoning his lance, Future Heart aimed his weapon at the lake.
GLOW...!
Charging an attack, the lance's green and purple swirls glowed as lime static crackled around the mid-ranged weapon.
A small green blip of energy appeared in front of the tip of the weapon with share energy swirling to a single point.
"Limelight!"
FLASH!
The sky glowed green as a large beam of fused share energy and KI raced down to the lakebed in a matter of moments.
SHOCKWAVE!
RUMBLE!...
The water in the lake shot up into the sky, some of it evaporating upon contact with the attack. A large shockwave expanded with wind pressure violent enough to rip trees from the ground and cause the earth to tremble.
CFW Trick's body was reduced to atoms, and the rest of his mangled body disintegrated from the finishing attack.
The effects of the attack subsided with the sky returning to its normal color, Future Heart floating victorious with the music winding down.
"Don't even dream of resurrecting, from whatever pit in hell you end up in."
Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.
DRAMATIC FINISH!
Taking a deep breath, the CPU Candidate descended from the air, landing near the lake.
REVERT!
Returning to his human state, Vergo stared at the lake.
His reflection stared back at him, with the sole CPU Candidate standing there.
"Good riddance." Spat the blonde, before walking away from the lakeside.
Being helpless in the future was one thing, but Vergo would NOT stand for such blatant endangerment for the people he couldn't protect a second time.
Especially from monsters like that.
A small victory in the grand scheme was still a victory, and the time traveler was proud of that fact.
He'll need the EXP to fight the larger threats in this era.
Whilst walking, he ran into some of the party, specifically Nepgear, Compa, and Kallen.
"Vergo!" Nepgear stopped in her tracks. The Nurse-In-Training and the petite alchemist halted behind the Planeptunian goddess.
"Nepgear!" The time traveler's eyes brightened, approaching the girl.
"Where's CFW Trick? What happened?!" She looked around frantically.
"Oh. I killed him." Vergo dropped the bomb, nonchalantly at that.
"What?! What about Rom and Ram? They're still in that monster's jaw!" Compa anxiously reminded.
"I punched him in his stupid stomach so hard he barfed them out." The green CPU Candidate replied.
"So where are they?" Kallen asked.
"I told Gris to take them to a safe place. Hopefully a therapist's office but most likely back at the Basilicom." The blonde responded.
"Well, I think you did an excellent job in putting that degenerate where he belongs." MAGES.' voice could be heard.
The Mad Magician descended from the air, arriving on the scene.
"All those disgusting and legally questionable things he had inside his stomach..." 5pb. groaned. "Vergo, you did the world a favor by taking him out of it." She admitted to the deity.
"Agreed." Gust nodded. "I'm lucky he didn't see or smell me. That would've been really terrible." The alchemist shivered.
"I'm glad." Vergo sighed. "For a CFW, he was pretty easy though." The Leanboxian admitted.
"Really?" Nepgear raised her brows. "You were transformed when you fought him. He has to be no joke for a transformed CPU to battle him." She justified the lackluster difficulty.
"Methinks Vergo was simply that angry." Brave Heart walked to the group.
"We just brutally mutilated a child predator! Yippee!" Domio cheered, confetti blasting from his feet akin to that one meme.
"Did you just 'yippee' about that?" IF, in her normal form gave the boy an odd glance.
"Is it not a momentous occasion?" The warlock answered her question with a question.
"Touché." Nodded the Guild Agent.
"Wait..." Vergo paused the conversational hijinks. "I know why he was so easy." He continued.
"Well?"
REVERT!
Nebula returned to his human form, waiting for an answer with poorly drawn-on eyebrows as one was comically raised.
"I..." Vergo went to explain, yet the time traveler stopped himself.
If he actually told them that the Leanbox Share Crystal had the rest of its available shares outside of necessary functions entrusted to him, it would immediately out him as Vert's brother.
"Think he just had too much fat to move effectively." The time traveler answered.
"His tongue was his main offense and probably his main defense considering his stubby arms and legs." Vergo continued.
"That, and an enraged CPU being up his ass about his entire life philosophy." AL contributed to the explanation.
The group gave the blonde a unanimous look that screamed 'You got that right.'
"Enough about that, the less we talk about him, the quicker we forget about that wretched robot's existence." A sour face in remembrance of Pedosaurus Sex, the time traveler waved the notion away with his hand.
"Speaking of which, I remember wanting an explanation as to why you held back the information about you being Future Heart." IF faced the taller male.
"Alright, I'll talk." Vergo told the brunette. "But let's do it while we make our way back. We should prioritize the condition of Rom and Ram."
"And also make sure that Gris didn't just baptize them in a river stream or something." The fire-wielding martial artist snorted.
"Sounds good. Let's go, everyone!" Nebula rallied, pointing to a dirt path that led back to Lowee.
The party began walking through the snowy forest, the Guild Agent began the interrogation.
"So, why'd you do it?" IF asked. "Since you hid something like that from us, this puts a wrench in any of the information that you've mentioned prior being legitimate." She continued.
"Hmm." Vergo stared ahead. "Well, male CPUs would be a scandal, firstly." The deity rolled his eyes.
"That's not completely true. I mean, Nebula and Gris are basically CPUs." Nepgear injected.
"GPUs, but the differences are not that easy to distinguish besides gender and share collection." Nebula clarified.
"Share collection?" Compa inquired.
"CPUs and CPU Candidates need faith from their people. But GPUs can utilize shares independent of humans. I figured this out when I could transform when no one knew I had the power to." The adventurer explained.
"So how did you transform if you don't use shares from people?" IF rose a brow.
"I hypothesized that my shares are generated internally, akin to a rechargeable battery rather than needing constant supply like a plug. What exactly determines the maximum amount I can hold is still a mystery to me." Nebula elaborated.
"So that's the difference between CPUs and GPUs." Nepgear internalized the information.
"I still need shares to transform, so I'm cleary a CPU."
"Speaking of which, why do you bear a striking resemblance to Vert when she's transformed?" IF narrowed her gaze.
"Now that you mention it..." Nisa cupped her chin.
"You kind of look like her right now." Gust pointed at the blonde's face.
"Is that so weird? Lots of people look like lots of people." Vergo brushed off the observation, internally sweating that IF managed to put the pieces together so quickly.
'I underestimated IF's intuition. I'll have to bring attention away from physical similarities.' The time traveler strategized.
"And as a matter of fact, most CPUs and CPU Candidates have slight differences. Like Nepgear and Lady Purple Heart's eyes when they transform." Vergo brought up.
"That's right...!" Nepgear realized.
"You could make that comparison for every CPU sister when you put them side by side." AL imagined just that scenario.
"But you can also make the argument that they look similar in most aspects and that they look unmistakably uncanny in resemblance in their human forms." The Guild Agent countered, giving the bloke a suspicious look.
'Shite! She's right!' Vergo screamed internally. 'But I can bet this is something she didn't know!'
"But my power signal pupils are complete. The CPU Candidates all have incomplete arcs for pupils. So there's no way I could be related to Vert." The blond shifted the conversation.
"Right. You told us that at Leanbox." The purple CPU Candidate looked at the blonde in remembrance.
"Aye." Vergo's eyes shifted from blue to purple with complete power signals, putting in some energy but not enough to outright transform by entering his Demigod Drive Divinity.
"Oh, that form." Nebula recognized.
"It looks rather uncanny. Can I ever get that transformation?" The purple sister inquired.
"Yeah. You never get it in a controlled circumstance, for the most part." He admitted while scratching his head.
His eyes briefly flashed yellow with white power signals before fading back to their regular cyan with an awed Nepgear observing.
"... Alright." IF conceded, a fact being uprooted from the pressuring.
"What nation are you from, though?" The Guild Agent inquired. "It's obviously not from Gamindustri if you're telling the truth, so where did you come from then?" IF put the blonde on the grill once again.
'Bloody 'ell. IF can really ask the right questions, can't she? Yet I think I can use a combination of fact and educated fiction to fabricate a decently authentic alibi.' Vergo once again formulated a plan.
"Even if I told you, there exist no historical records to verify my response." He pulled the famous 'it cannot be proven nor disproven' card.
Now, this was false since it was obvious that Leanbox was the nation, yet it was also true due to it being about Future Leanbox.
"Not even Histoire would know?" Compa asked, thinking about the tome.
"Histoire didn't know what Gris and Nebula were, so it's safe to say even with her vast chronological knowledge, she is far from omniscient." The blue GPU recalled the event.
"Hence why I didn't bother telling anyone. It doesn't even make sense to bring it up since I'd be beating a dead horse by remembering one of my greatest failures." Vergo told the Guild member a technical truth.
"Wait a minute. If the nation is destroyed, how are you still alive?" Nepgear chimed in. "Wouldn't you die from lack of shares?" She continued.
"I learned a technique to conserve the consumption of shares to a near standstill long ago. It was beneficial for not perishing without the faith of my people." The time traveler told the truth.
"So you won't tell us the name." IF pressed, still wanting an answer.
"No," Vergo affirmed. "I will not." He reaffirmed. "Is that a problem, IF?" He gave a genuine tone to that question.
"You are still talking to a CPU at the end of the day. I suggest you be careful about how you tread with this game of 20 Questions." Vergo's tone dropped, giving the subconscious queue to move on from the question.
"Yeesh!" 5pb. felt the unwelcoming vibes from the CPU Candidate, hiding behind her magical cousin.
"Perhaps we should drop this for another time?" Kallen recommended an alternative.
"Why? We deserve to know!" IF was adamant in finding answers.
"Because we're back at the city limits." Domio pointed at the sign.
'APPROACHING LOWEE'
"Oh. We'll pick this up another time. And don't think you can intimidate me into leaving any stone unturned." IF warned the blonde with a dangerous look.
"You might not like what you find." Was all that Vergo responded with to the Guild Agent.
Soon, the group returned to the Basilicom, with Rom and Ram back to a somewhat normal condition.
Even after the ordeal, they went through, the twins were still lively as compared to the traumatizing predicament they were in a short while ago.
Gris was leaning on the wall, arms folded in a traditional edge lord manner as he looked at the approaching party.
"Look who it is. I was starting to think that obese loli-con had his way with the lot of you." The darker GPU spoke.
"Don't even joke about that, Gris." IF shook her head.
"What is a joke is ASIC can promote someone like that to the very top." The assassin made a salient point.
"Again, please leave that waste of scrap metal in the realm of irrelevancy where he belongs." Vergo urged the hitman.
"Now that you all are here, I would like to thank you for solving the crisis that had befallen Lowee," Mina told the group.
Smiles were returned with the announcement of their victory over the incident.
"Although I would have greatly appreciated what happened to the twins had been avoided entirely." The Oracle continued.
Cringing and distant looks were given as a response to the second statement.
"I'll never forgive ASIC for letting that guy get near us!" Ram declared, infuriated with what she had to endure.
"No way!" Rom, feeling as determined as her sister, nodded aggressively in agreeance.
"So we've decided that we're coming with you!" Ram told the group.
"And we'll defeat ASIC and free Blanc together!..." Rom finished her sister's declaration.
"H-Huh?! But children, you just got back!" Mina tried to persuade the twins to reconsider.
"Nuh-uh. After all they've done to help us, it's only fair we become even Steven." The pink CPU Candidate rejected the notion.
"And if it weren't for Miss Nepgear, we wouldn't even know that our sister is still alive." Rom brought up a good point.
"The kids have a good point," Nisa told the Oracle of Lowee.
"Both of you... This is your educated decision, yes?" Mina turned to the little girls.
"Mhm!"
"Uh-huh."
The twins answered unanimously with haste.
"Then... Then there's no reason for me to keep you two here. Nepgear, take care of them for me in my stead." the Oracle of Lowee told the CPU Candidate of Planeptune.
"I promise, although sometimes I wonder who's taking care of who in this party." She looked at said group of members.
"We work on a rotational basis. Who has the most brain cells at the time is the party's parent." AL answered the goddess' question.
"That is a terrible take." MAGES. told the martial artist.
"The truth hurts, MAGES."AL snidely responded.
"So, if there's nothing else..." Nepgear spoke. "... We'll be off, now." She continued.
"I pray for your success. May you have fortune on your journey." Mina bid the party members farewell.
Outside the nation, the group stood facing the south, ready to continue their adventure.
"Ok, so now that we're done in Lowee, isn't it about time we get a call from Histoire?" Nebula told the group.
"I mean, she does do that every time we're finished doing something particularly important." AL saw where the adventurer was coming from.
RING!
RING!
RING!
"Speaking of which..." IF turned to the ringing N-Gear of Nepgear.
"Goodness, it IS Histoire!" Nepgear gasped at the accuracy of the GPU's intuition.
"Hello, Histoire. Before you speak, I have great news. Rom and Ram are going to join us!" The girl excitedly announced.
"That's great news, indeed. I can hardly believe those twins agreed to help you." A different voice answered the CPU Candidate.
"Wait, that voice... Lady Kei?" Nepgear recognized the Oracle of Lastation.
"Bingo. I'm glad you remember me." Kei told the CPU Candidate.
"Who could forget our perpetual professional information omitter." Snickered the meme lord.
"..." Silence from the other side indicated that Kei chose to ignore the GPU.
"Well, goodness, why are you there? I thought Histoire was calling, but maybe I read it wrong?..." Becoming slightly confused, Nepgear checked the number that called her.
"The situation is rather complicated. I've been in Planeptune for a while, so she lent me her contact device to reach you." The oracle explained.
"My own personal business aside, I have some news regarding Uni to share with you, as well." The Oracle of Lastation told the group.
"Really?" Vergo, hearing about his fellow CPU Candidate made him curious.
"What happened to her?" Nepgear became worried, her friend possibly being in a perilous condition.
"To be brief, she's gone missing." Kei revealed.
"HUH?!" The party exclaimed.
"Uni's the last person I'd imagine ending up on the side of a milk carton." Nebula sweat dropped.
"This is bad..." The purple goddess fretted.
"She was caring for Lastation in my absence, but it seems she's been involved in some kind of incident." Kei elaborated, leading to more conversation.
"But it seems unlike her to end up in that situation, almost like something happened to her." Domio hypothesized.
"Probably during a dungeon mission. Only a powerful monster, or perhaps a powerful being could cause this problem," Gris assumed, being the most plausible reason for her disappearance.
"So she's in some dungeon somewhere?" IF looked at the edge lord.
"We'd need a more concrete basis to make any definite claims. My guess while educated, is still as good as yours when we come down to the details." Gris responded to the Guild Agent.
"I hope she's alright..." Compa spoke, afraid of what injuries the CPU Candidate may have sustained.
"I'm sure she's fine. She's a tough young woman." The Oracle of Lastation believed in her CPU Candidate. "Regardless, I cannot leave Planeptune. I thought it prudent to ask if you would go and confirm her safety." She asked the party.
"Understood. We'll head to Lastation right away." Nepgear told the Oracle before hanging up.
"That's the situation, everyone. Come on, let's go rescue Uni." She told the party.
"Uhm, who's Uni?" Kallen whispered to the blonde time-traveler. Not wanting to seem rude by not knowing who the girl was, she asked someone who was ironically only somewhat more familiar with her.
"Oh. She's one of Nepgear's friends. You'll see her soon enough." He whispered back, to which the nun nodded.
"To Lamestation!" Nebula declared.
BRAK!
"OW!" Gris elbowed the deity in his ribs with a meaty crunch. Surprisingly nothing broke.
At Lam- Lastation... (again-)
"Been a while since we've been in Lastation," Nepgear told the group.
Switching out for more casual clothes, the group walked through the grey city.
"Actually, I've never been here before," Domio told the purple CPU Candidate.
"Really? Well, welcome to the land of Black Regality, Domio." AL waved his hand to the scenery.
"Less regal, more steampunk." Nebula corrected. "I have not seen one monarch here, so it doesn't make sense from a definitive standpoint to have regality as the suffix adjective." He continued.
"Nebula stop trying to be smart, you accomplish the opposite." Gris ribbed. "If Lastation isn't regal in name, then why does Noire wear those clothes in her human form?" The Lastationite GPU gave a counterpoint.
"Wait, you know who Noire is?" Vergo asked, not thinking that Gris would figure out the CPU's human form.
"Of course, I know. My underground network is nothing to play around with, Virgin. To prove my point, she has a cosplaying hobby she has yet to tell anyone outside the Basilicom about." In a proud tone, Gris displayed the extent to which his connections could carry him.
"Piss off with that name, you albino assassin." Spat the blonde time traveler.
"Wait, what?" IF turned to the hitman, confused.
"So maybe Lastation gained that national nickname because she cosplayed as THE QUEEN OF E*GL*ND!" As if he had an eureka moment, Nebula's eyes sparkled with anticipation of being correct.
"PFFT!-" AL tried his hardest to conceal his laughter, vigorously vibrating right next to the native Lastationite, who sent a heated glare.
"Why have you given me the mental image of Noire with horrible dental care, you blue bastard." The blonde snickered into his fist.
"Horrible dental care?" Nisa became perplexed.
"You wouldn't get it." Vergo shook his head, reminiscent of a certain clown.
"So now that, we're here... What should we do?" Rom asked the group, looking around at the new nation she stepped foot in.
"Find out where Uni went! But who should we ask?" Ram answered her sister's question before asking one of her own.
When the pink Candidate finished asking that question, a Lastation soldier approached the group.
"Oh, it's you guys. Good to see you finally made it." He greeted the party.
"Um, and you are?" Nepger became confused, trying to remember the person's face.
"Am I not handsome enough to remember?" The guard asked in surprise and mock hurt.
"You're not that guy, pal." Snorted Gris. "Trust me, you're not that guy." The hitman continued.
"And you are?" The guard gave a square look.
"Absolutely." Answering with confidence, that got a few looks from passersby.
"How charming~."
"He kinda reminds me of that one JRPG villain. Swaggeroth, was it?"
"Get a haircut, asshole."
Ranging from interest to anonymous heckling, most reactions were positive.
"Anyway. I was the man who gave you intel regarding Hematite." The man turned to Nepgear.
"Oh, the veteran warrior of justice!" The blue heroine recognized.
" I told you, I'm younger than I look and I haven't even fought a real battle… Anyway, I have news about Lady Uni." The soldier went on.
"So you know about her?" 5pb. asked the soldier.
"Personally? Hardly. Kei told me to collect information about Uni's daily life. That's how I figured out where she is." The soldier explained.
"That's stalking. What's your connection with that Oracle, anyway?" IF looked at the guard with a suspicious glare.
"Whoa, that's… Please don't stare me down like that!" The guard becoming speechless, defaulted to putting any weird associations off of him, specifically the looks.
"So where's Uni? Is she okay?" Nepgear jumped at the opportunity to know more about her mini-tsundere friend.
"Uni was on her own, collecting Arfoire's products that had been spread all over Lastation. But then a few days ago, a large, strange, inhuman shadow appeared. The two had a pretty loud argument that ended with them agreeing to a duel at Midcompany. She hasn't returned ever since."
"A large, inhuman figure?" Vergo repeated.
"Sounds like a tax collector." Nebula guessed.
"Uni didn't pay gun tax?" Gris rose a brow, a small smirk.
"Prepare for a raid in the Basilicom soon," AL held back a laugh.
"Be serious, you three!" IF barked.
"Where's Midcompany?" Domio squinted, never hearing about the location prior.
"It's an abandoned factory, nearby Lastation. It shouldn't be too hard to find." The guard briefed the warlock.
"What's important is that she didn't come back. So that could only mean..." Compa trailed off.
"Uni lost the duel?" MAGES. connected the dots.
"If she won, she'd cook us for making fun of the legitimacy of her firearm documents." The blue GPU told the Mad Magician.
"Either way, this is an emergency! We've got to hurry and save her before it's too late!" The purple CPU Candidate became focused on the task.
"Yeah, we do! That's why I was waiting for you guys. The dungeon is way too dangerous for an amateur like me to explore alone." The soldier admitted his inadequate level.
"Figures. Most soldiers are more like a civil enforcement unit than an actual military force capable of any true danger." Gris surmised.
"It's also why nobody went after the CPUs when they disappeared." AL agreed.
"We understand. Leave rescue operations to us!" Gust told the soldier.
The soldier watched the group leave, making their way to the dungeon.
A/N:
Hope you enjoyed this chapter, readers!
Feldragon - And from this chapter, you can see what being a cunny connoisseur costs Trick and a satisfying catharsis to Vergo's fury.
I personally liked the part where Trick met an early end compared to canon events. Kind of makes sense when you consider the fact there are THREE FUCKING DEITIES extra than the standard amount, so it checks out.
So leave a comment, and tell me what you think about it.
Favs and follows as always are appreciated.
Arrivederci.
