Netherrealm was watching the TV in his hotel room. Compa was taking a shower, Netherrealm had already done his morning routine. He sees that various investors of Avenir have been found guilty of high treason, tax evasion, and embezzlement. Seiryū was giving a statement on the matter. He was at a podium, the podium the Goddess would use."These corporate investors have been sending funds off to foreign enterprises and a rogue traitor of the nation. Avenir will not stand for it. I will not stand for it. I will not let anyone be left behind by the vanity of Black Heart…!" Seiryū was cut off by Netherrealm turning off the TV. Shaking his head before standing up as he heard the shower turn off. Compa came out with a towel around her chest and covering her crotch."Anything good on Netty?" Compa asked as Netherrealm shook his head. He turned to watch her go grab her clothes before heading back into the bathroom to change. Today they were going into the canyons. To try and find any signs of Black Heart. So the party gathered together and headed outside. They took a tram to the edges of Lastation.
Eventually the quartet trudged the rest of the way and reached a checkpoint that led them into the canyons. Simply stating he was Seiryū's brother allowed Netherrealm access without any hold up. The other three weren't so lucky. Asked question after question, and they were clearly enjoying lording over the three women. One even suggests that if the girls did the men some favors they can pass. Though that was shut down by Neptune slicing their armor to bits. Then IF shot one in the kneecap and Compa putting one into a chokehold did they force their way past without much issues. Neptune also made sure to stomp on their unconscious bodies for good measure. "Black Heart's got some questions to answer… fuck, why is everything going to shit? Lastation has gotten harsher, yet The Guild has been going on fine. The Guild in Lowee has gone completely dark…" IF asked herself as she bit her thumb.
Throughout the expedition in the dusty canyons, Netherrealm noticed glints of light in the high rocks above. A reflection of something, most likely someone is watching them. Netherrealm looked to see that Compa, IF, and Neptune all noticed it as well. When they noticed, he could not be certain but all of them were on the same page at the end of the Neptune stopped as she glanced up at the rocks above. They were quite a ways from the city at this point. "You can come out to play now!" Neptune exclaimed as she gripped her sheathed katana by her hip. Compa readied her gun and IF brought her qatars. Netherrealm unsheathed his wakizashi as a harsh blue light exploded from the high rocks. The force causing debris to fall towards everyone. The quartet dashed away as Compa stumbled and almost fell. She took off the backpack of luggage off her shoulders for more mobility. Then she gasped at the sight in front of her.
Floating with her toes pointed to the ground was a goddess. White hair flowing beautifully behind her, a black leotard that showed off her luscious curves. Sparkling light blue eyes that were almost green with a white power symbol for pupils. In one hand was a black, curved rapier handle with a blue beam that formed into a pointed blade. Black structures that floated behind her, six of them in total, three on each side with blue hard light edges to create wings. She smiled coyly at the four gathered in front of her."Black Heart…" Neptune muttered as her eyes widened. As she gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. Netherrealm was breathing heavily as he stared at her eyes, backing up as Compa caught him, clearly also terrified. Yet Netherrealm's fear was hardening into something else. Was this excitement? Anger? Yes, he was feeling all of those things. "Black Heart! We want to talk!" IF exclaimed as Black Heart's coy smile shifted into a venomous frown as her eyes brimmed with a reptilian fury. "Now that you're faced with your goddess, you traitors now beg for your lives?" Black Heart asked rhetorically. "We're not traitors! We're not even from Lastation!" IF yelled over the dusty winds.
Neptune calmed down and knew that despite her unknown feelings, she had to attempt diplomacy. "Oh? What nation are you from?" Black Heart asked with a raised eyebrow as she gripped her sword tightly. Not trusting them one bit. "Planeptune," Compa called out and Black Heart was dead silent. Before she suddenly starts laughing as if she was in a comedy show. "Planeptune huh?! I see, I understand it all, with Purple Heart returning, she and Avenir are working together to assassinate me! I shall not be defeated! Have at you!" she declared as she pointed her sword at the quartet. Diplomacy is out the window, as they now have a goddess to tango with.
BGM: Heat Haze Shadow 1 (Tekken 7)
Neptune's face darkened as she stared at Black Heart. Before breaking off into a run, clutching her katana's handle. Her three companions behind her as Black Heart watched their charge with amusement. Netherrealm and IF dashed to the side to flank Black Heart. Neptune unsheathes her sword and Compa jumps off Neptune's shoulder as she aims her needle gun at Black Heart. The world slowed down as the four pronged attack closed in on Black Heart.
CPU of Lastation
Black Heart
It was a split second, as IF and Netherrealm felt their weapons be riposted as Black Heart sent them back from the strength of her one armed parry. In the next half second she floated back to avoid Compa's needles as they pierced the dirt and she landed in front of Black Heart. Before she could attempt to attack next, she was backhanded by Black Heart's free hand, sending her flying. Her sweater got covered in dust as she rolled across the ground to a stop. In that moment of brief distraction, Neptune unsheathed her blade. Letting loose three quick slashes yet Black Heart's reactions were far beyond any man. As such, Neptune's attacks were batted away with flicks of her wrists and the beam blade angled to parry Neptune's advancing strikes. Neptune then blocked three strikes from Black Heart. Sparks getting in her face as Black Heart's beam blade battered against the heated metal of Neptune's sword. Shocks of pain shivered through her hands, down her wrists, up to her arms, and into her shoulders as she blocked the onslaught of quick turns and swipes of Black Heart's rapier. Neptune began to sweat as she jumped back to avoid a fatal thrust. Black Heart mockingly held her sword up in front of her face with a smile filled with arrogance.
The Quartet regrouped as Neptune held out her arm, preventing them from interfering, much to Black Heart's curiosity. The stratagems of mortal combatants can't hope to match her divine speed and grace. As such she allowed Neptune to explain her bold declaration of a duel. "You guys are strong, but I gotta do my cool heroine thing. Ya know, the thing that saved Netty's ass. Let Nep-Nep take care of it all…" Neptune said as Netherrealm grabbed her shoulder. "Absolutely, not…" Netherrealm hesitated to stop her, something was very wrong with her voice. Seeing the almost deranged smile on her face as well, he backed off. Neptune was out for revenge, even if she didn't know it. "Hahaha! Well then my braggadocious foe, show me this power you have before I smite your bodies along this canyon!" Black Heart challenged. Which was a fatal mistake, arrogance leads to the illusion of certainty. Black Heart found that out as Neptune gathered the power within herself. In an explosion of holy white light, and purple lightning. There stood Purple Heart, CPU of Planeptune and Black Heart's face drained of all of the mockery, color, and previous bravado. "Y-You! I-...!" Her tongue was twisted and caught as she didn't know what to say. However she immediately took a defensive stance and Purple Heart charged forward with a sonic boom.
A concussion of thunder roared as their blades clashed. Streaks of purple and blue darted around the field. The three gathered couldn't even register as a combat not seen by mortals for hundreds of years is now witnessed again. A battle between goddesses. Purple Heart was sent flying back with a devastating kick to her midsection. Her heels dragged across the ground creating a trail of dust. She breathed heavily as sweat dropped onto the dirt below her. Black Heart raised an eyebrow, barely any of her stamina having been spent. Purple Heart looked exhausted already from that one exchange beyond mortal senses. "Her skills, her strength, everything has degraded somehow…" Black Heart realized as a smile began to bloom like a flower across her face.
Purple Heart was now on the defensive as Black Heart began her assault. She was much slower this time, she was picking apart Purple Heart with ease. Gauging her reactions with quick thrusts and swipes. Before stepping in to take her space, causing Netherrealm to cringe as her initiative has been taken away. Black Heart's research continued and her smile has grown even wider. "It's like you don't even remember how to even use that sword!" She said in glee as her beautiful foot work allowed her to side step a slash then return with a swipe of her own. Black Heart kicked Purple Heart's foot up, to take her off balance. Before she could impale Purple Heart. Hiss of air pushing outward caught Black Heart's ears. As needles flew at her while Purple Heart regained her balance.
Black Heart whipped around and simply angled her blade as the glass needles hissed, the glass heating and melting as paralytic gas was released in a yellow cloud of toxins. Yet it affected Black Heart not. "Oh no, needles and gas, how fearsome!" Black Heart chided Compa sarcastically as she advanced on the girl. Netherrealm roared and as his blade was alit with black flames. IF's qatars were also on fire. As the two ran at Black Heart. Who began making sport out of them, weaving and dodging their attacks with such speed, such grace it's like she's reading their minds. Any moments of fear she initially had with Purple Heart's appearance is gone utterly. Netherrealm lashed out with a kick that she stepped back from with a smirk.
Compa fired more paralysis needles at Black Heart. IF and Netherrealm slashed their blades, sending a wave of black and orange flames at Black Heart right behind the needles. Black Heart narrowed her eyes as it all lined up perfectly. Her smirk widened as she thrust her sword out. Perfectly skewering the needles onto her beam blade along with the fire. As it began to bend like a liquid around Black Heart's blade as it was skewered. She held up her blade for the three to see, "Oh dear, did you not know fire was in my domain as well?" Black Heart flung everything off into a flat rock. Before it dispersed, the combination of differently colored fire and chemicals burned the Lastation flag into the face of the rock. All three of them, even Compa were pissed at this grand flex. Netherrealm growled and charged at Black Heart. He sheathed his sword as it extinguished with a hiss. He threw a dark, flaming haymaker that she leaned her head to the side to avoid. Then he tried again with a weirdly sloppy haymaker for Netherrealm which she once again ducked under. He then let loose a hook to her face that she weaved to one side then avoided a follow-up cross by moving to the other side. "I can feel your frustration, you know! It is immensely satisfying!" She said as Netherrealm just gritted his teeth. IF smirked and patted his arm. "Good job," she said as the two continued their tag team assault.
Compa ran over to Purple Heart and began to apply healing magic to her. Purple Heart feeling her strength and stamina return to her. "Don't gas yourself out Nep-Nep. You're our best chance," Compa urged and Purple Heart nodded as she stood up. "Netherrealm, why were his punches so sloppy?" Purple Heart asked and Compa smiled as she whispered in her ear. Purple Heart nodded and charged at Black Heart. Who kicked IF in the stomach, leaving an imprint in the light armor under her outfit. Causing her to cough up saliva as Black Heart was dodging Netherrealm and his shadow clone attacking her at the same time. His punches have gotten better, now he was giving her a tighter, more overwhelming volley of punches. Blocking the last hook with her covered arm. Netherrealm smirked under his mask before his shadow clone jumped off his shoulders into a portal. Shooting out of one angled downward behind Black Heart. She slashed the clone in half, creating a screen of shadow smoke by exploding.
Purple Heart flew out of the smoke, parting it with her speed. As Black Heart blocked her attack. Then Purple Heart began to swipe at her as well, shuffling forward on her feet. Copying Black Heart's graceful, perfect form in a dull mockery. Which caused Black Heart's smile to become a sneer in one instant. Before the smile resumed as she remembered her dominant position. She began to press Purple Heart. This time she was more easily blocked as Purple Heart was barely countering. Rather she was just blocking and barely , Compa, and Netherrealm regrouped. Compa was restoring their strength as the two breathed heavily. "I got her down," Netherrealm commented and IF patted his shoulder. They recuperated while Purple Heart simply continued to block before lashing out suddenly like a viper in a small instance of overextension from Black Heart. Her blade scratched Black Heart's cheek and Black Heart stumbled back in shock. As if she'd just seen a ghost.
BGM End
She felt a throb of pain in her cheek as she touched it. "A goddess can bleed," Netherrealm commented as he stood by Purple Heart. Along with IF and Compa who also were much more confident. Black Heart chuckled with excitement, "There you are, Purple Heart." Her eyes and wings began to shine brighter as she unleashed her full power.
BGM: Heat Haze Shadow 2 (Tekken 7)
"Get ready!" Purple Heart yelled as Black Heart flew at her. The world slowed down for a brief second as the two goddesses clashed their blades together. Creating a large shockwave that kicked up dust storms! Purple Heart yelled as she pushed Black Heart away. The two Goddesses flew at each other and began to fly up into the clouds. Piercing through them as they ducked, dove, and jousted. Though Black Heart's experience won out as she kicked Purple Heart back to the ground.
Netherrealm flew at her with a kick. She ducked under it as needles flew at her as she moved her head back up. She slashed them apart as Netherrealm and Black Heart were back to back. He was taller than the goddess herself. He swung his sword behind him and to the side. Black Heart blocked his strike before she rolled under another slash as he turned around. Yet as she popped back up, fired her gun at Black Heart. She sliced the bullets apart and then Compa ran in and socked Black Heart across the face. Her world slowed again as the mortal girl's fist caused her cheek to squish. Compa's muscles flared unnaturally as she sent Black Heart flying with that punch. Leaving a bruise, causing IF and Netherrealm to look at the now embarrassed nurse in shock.
Black Heart stood up shakily as she was now at the apex of her fury and desperation. Purple Heart noticed it first, but soon IF and Netherrealm noticed when all three of them began to assault her at once. Netherrealm seemingly melting into shadows as he dove into them. Coming out for sudden strikes that Black Heart blocked. Only for IF to dash by and scrape her qatars across Black Heart's ribs. Though there was no cut, as the leotard couldn't be penetrated like that. It still hurts all the same. Netherrealm grabbed Black Heart by the arms as his shadow clone kicked her in the gut and she was kneed in the back by him. She boosted herself into the air, flipping and throwing Netherrealm off of her.
What the three of them noticed is that her lights are flickering, her mechanical add-ons are hissing and steaming. She is exhausting herself, sweat is starting to pour down her face. The second the advantage was lost, Black Heart began to pour in more and more Share Energy to even the odds. However, it is just overextending her, because there's not a lot of Share Energy to gather. Now she is running on fumes. So then their assault began again as Black Heart became a whirlwind of bright blue light and death. Her sword was moving fast and furiously. "I WILL NOT FALL HERE!" She screeched as she met everyone's blades with her own in furious clashes. Despite the spent stamina catching up to her. Something was made clear, this is still a CPU who is fully realized, but with no ample energy supply. She is not fighting at the top of her game. Netherrealm was shocked and thrilled that they were pushing her back.
Black Heart began to try and push everyone back by stabbing the ground. Unleashing volcanic tears in the terrain as magma spewed at everyone. She sliced the air as hot winds flew at everyone. Cutting up rock as she was floating backwards as the sky darkened with ash. IF and Netherrealm took cover behind rocks as Purple Heart flew over the magically created magma. Her aggression, her anger, matched Black Heart's desperation. Her blood boiled as she could see flashes of Black Heart attacking her with two others. Cowardly, arrogant… Those words echoed in Purple Heart's mind. As Black Heart's slashes were becoming weaker and weaker. As she no longer had any Shares to draw upon, while Purple Heart had plenty.
Purple Heart disarmed Black Heart with a rage fueled slash. She pointed her tip at Black Heart's throat as she saw streaks of black enter Black Heart's pure white hair. Her eyes flickering from blue-green to red. Purple Heart though saw Black Heart's eyes firmly stay blue-green and the black streaks vanished into white as she launched Purple Heart away with a desperate explosion of power. She flew up into the air as wires zipped out below her, wrapping around her waist. Preventing her from going anywhere. She howled in frustration as her escape was prevented by Netherrealm lashing out with his cabled kunai. He was barely keeping himself on the ground. Right before his feet could lift off as Black Heart was diverting all of her remaining energy to her wings. Compa wrapped her arms around Netherrealm's waist. Easily keeping a hold of him. IF jumped up behind Black Heart, wrapping her legs around Black Heart's legs and putting her into a full nelson hold. Purple Heart floated in front of Black Heart. As energy gathered into her blade. As she flew at Black Heart. Slicing at her, Black Heart came crashing to the ground. IF pushed Black Heart off of her, seeing that her Processor had been sliced clean open. Blood rapidly flowed out of her torso. Compa helped IF up as Purple Heart touched down.
BGM End
Black Heart slammed a hand into the ground next to her, pushing herself over. She shook as she struggled to stand up, her hair rapidly turning black and her eyes flickering. After making eye contact with Purple Heart one last time, her eyes fully faded to red and she collapsed. Her damaged Processor faded away to reveal human clothing in its place. She is a girl who looks in her mid-to-late teens, with a slender figure, red eyes, and long black hair. Her hair is kept tied into two pigtails with blue ribbons, and goes down to her waist. Her fringe isn't kept parted and she has two bangs that go down to her chin. Her attire consists of a maid-like black top with golden trimmings and white frills around her upper arm and chest, and also reveals a certain portion of her cleavage. Her skirt is white with black trimming and is rather frilled compared to her top, and goes down to her lower-thigh. "Damn it!" She weakly exclaimed, her voice higher pitched as she tried to get up again. Her beam sword became a regular rapier.
Netherrealm saw the girl in what had become a puddle of her own blood, he remembered his mission. A voice in his head, a devilish whisper told him to take his chance. While White Heart is the one who harmed him. Every other Goddess is the same way, right? Detached, out of touch, too high and mighty, she was now brought to her knees by mortals. He unsheathed his wakizashi as he shambled forward. "Netty?" IF asked as Netherrealm stood over Black Heart. Her desperation, her desire to fight, it was also all too human. What does she fight for? If she was so detached, why did she try so hard to win? Why did she fight like everything depended on it? He raised his wakizashi in the air. The mission his brother gave him, their revenge for everyone hurt by the arrogance and detachment of CPUs. Begins now!
He yelled as everyone rushed to stop him. Yet they were too taken off guard by his sudden movements to register it as a threat until it was too late. Or was it? As Netherrealm's blade was stabbed right next to her neck, impaled in the dirt. He breathed heavily. "...I won't kill a person," he muttered, he came to kill a goddess, not a human. At that moment, Purple Heart became Neptune again. As she smiled at Netherrealm. "Glad that you're no longer a threat, care to explain though? You owe us that," Neptune asked. Remembering his previous considerations on her life. Netherrealm pulled his wakizashi up from the ground. "Later," he grunted as they just fought for their lives, were exhausted and not in sheltered grounds, not a good time or place. Neptune nodded, "okay, but when we get somewhere safe, you'll tell us everything." She looked at the black haired girl. "My name's Neptune, what's yours?" Neptune introduced herself cheerfully. The black haired girl, reeling from having been spared, stood up to her feet. "Noire… my name is Noire… and Neptune, was it? It seems we do have a lot to talk about. Especially since you carried Avenir's assassin with you this whole time, though it appears he had a change of heart," Noire introduced herself, looking at Netherrealm warily. Compa started to say something then cut herself off, realizing that no fresh blood was seeping through Noire's dress.
"Uh, what?" Neptune asked. "I was told Seiryū asked his own brother to come and murder me. In order to begin ridding the world of goddesses," Noire revealed to everyone. "Netty?" Compa gasped as Netherrealm nodded. "How did you know that?" He growled. "I have my ways, ways that shall be explained later. Regale us with your tales and reasoning when we get to my current base of operations," Noire said with a flick of her hair and a smirk on her seems diplomacy was back on the menu. "Good, let's go Noire! We can smooth this over at your place!" Neptune chirped excitedly, as Noire gave her a curious look. Before leading the quartet away. A spider-like drone's remains sparked next to the large rock, many of itself having holes punched through them by Noire's rapier during the fight.
Noire led them to a small factory in the barren wastes of the canyons. It puffed out smoke into the sky as the forges were lit. Outside was a girl in her mid twenties hammering away at a blade. Goggles over her face, blue hair darkened with soot as she hummed a tune. Noire approached the girl and crossed her arms. Clearing her throat to get the girl's attention however she was lost in her own world. Putting the blade in a bucket of water to cool it as steam hissed out from it. "Chian!" Noire exclaimed suddenly causing Chian to yelp, almost dropping the sword.
"Lady Noire! You're back! And who are these folks? Did you ward off the assassins?" Chian rattled off in concern, only for Noire to hold up her hand to silence Chian. "There was only one assassin, but he didn't have the heart to go through with his mission," Noire briefly explained, gesturing to Netherrealm who took off his facemask and attached it to his belt, taking off his hood. Chian looked like she saw a ghost. "...You're Seiryū's older brother, aren't you?" she asked with a somber tone as she held a dour look on her face.
"You know Seiryū?" Netherrealm asked in curiosity. "He talked about you at Olympia Academy… he and I, along with two alumni, started Avenir together. Four people with a desire to better the world with our creations, through making defense systems. Robots, the AI to pilot them, weapons for the military and the Guild to use… we wanted to make the world a safer place.." Chian vented the sight of Netherrealm bringing up nostalgic memories."But what happened?" Netherrealm asked with his arms crossed as Chian bit her lip. "Forget about it… still, I am guessing he sent you after Noire? Figures… Seiryū, using your own family as a sacrificial pawn?" Chian put together quite quickly just to simply see Netherrealm. Which caused Netherrealm to look at Chian and Noire. "What the fuck is going on? Sacrificial pawn?" Netherrealm asked, a look of anger flashing across his face at what he's hearing.
"We're all working with incomplete information, but I think it's time we put this together. Let's head inside! I'll serve everyone some drinks!" Chian offered with a polite and enthusiastic smile. As they all headed inside of the factory. "Welcome to Passe!" Chian welcomed everyone as she pushed the door open. Netherrealm looked around, the factory had assembly lines, tools, materials all on the first floor. They walked up metal stairs to a second floor that overlooks the first floor. A personal area with a comfortable bar with plenty of booze behind it, a jukebox, a billiards table, shelves with models of different robots. Then there was a third floor that Chian says it's her own personal office.
Everyone sits down on nearby couches. As Chian began to serve glasses. Taking everyone's order of alcohol. "Netty, Iffy, are you two of age to drink?" Compa asked the two. They both looked at each other and Compa raised an eyebrow. "Netty, Iffy, how old are you two?" Compa asked sternly. Netherrealm answered nineteen and IF answered eighteen. "So I am the only one who can drink, Chian do you have any sodas?" Compa requested as Netherrealm and IF shook their heads. The both of them ordered booze and Chian didn't turn them down, much to Compa's dismay.
"Still, you're nineteen? You're built like a brick shithouse, you must not be aging well," Neptune commented as she took a sip from her iced glass. Feeling Netherrealm's firm, meaty arms. He wrenched his arm free from her. "Hey, how much older are you than Seiryū?" Neptune asked out of curiosity. "Two years, he should be seventeen by now," Netherrealm revealed which caused IF, Compa, and Neptune's eyes to widen. "Seventeen?! What's a kid doing running a huge corporation and running a nation?!" IF asked as Netherrealm looked up at Chian. "I'm sure she knows," Netherrealm commented bitterly, heated still from what he perceived as slander against his younger brother. The alcohol isn't helping his inhibitions and anger much either.
Noire clapped her hands together to get everyone's attention. "Since we're now exchanging information. I suppose I'll start with what's been going on with Lastation. Seiryū is a usurper, he has stolen my seat and turned my nation against me. He's been hunting me ever since I returned from battle against the other CPUs. All of my guards turned on me when I arrived, I was taken aback, this momentary distraction allowed them their shot at killing me. I was shot too many times to put up a true counter offensive, so I fled from my own Basilicom, bleeding and wounded. Especially after the previous exhausting fight against the other CPUs… I retreated into the canyons, encountering Chian, who helped me recover. Since then I have been organizing an effort to reclaim what is rightfully mine," Noire explained.
"Hey Noire… what happened when you fought the other Goddesses?" Neptune asked and Noire blinked in confusion at the question. "Whatever do you mean? You were there! In Celestia!" Noire hissed as Neptune just looked at her friends then back at Noire. "Look Noire, pal, it kinda got lost in the sauce of our fight back there. But I gotta be straight with you. I lost my memories, I don't know what a Celestia is or what went down there," Neptune revealed to Noire who was speechless. "Uhh, Lady Noire, who is this?" Chian asked as she pointed to Neptune. "Show some respect Chian, that is Purple Heart you're talking to! No wonder why your skills degraded! You quite literally forgot how to use a sword!" Noire exclaimed, frustrated at herself for ambushing Neptune when she wasn't at the top of her game. Angry at the lack of honor she gave. Now she feels robbed, she could've proven herself and even if she won it wouldn't be a true victory against Purple Heart.
Chian at the revelation gasped and almost fell off the couch to bow. Only for Neptune to grab her shoulders. "Don't do that… Kay? I don't like all that bowing or reverence, or all that stuff. It's kinda creepy. Especially since I don't remember what I did to earn it, if at all…" Neptune requested and Chian nodded. Calming down as Neptune gave her a bright smile. "Thanks," she said in sincerity."But… So what does Seiryū want? Why do all of this? Use Netty to try and kill us?" Neptune asked. Noire crossed her arms, Netherrealm's glass cracked as his anger began to bubble and boil. More slander, more baseless accusations, that's all he hears in his mind. Compa placed a hand on his, giving him a concerned look. Yet Netherrealm ignored her as he focused on Noire and Chian. "Yeah, enlighten us oh divine goddess Black Heart! Tell me why I shouldn't feed you your own heart for telling lies about Seiryū!" Netherrealm hissed and Noire looked unfazed at his posturing.
"Seiryū wants the CPUs systematically wiped out, and then plans on using Lastation as a staging ground for a project he calls, YingLong. A mobile defense weapon of amazing destructive capability. I learned this thanks to a source of mine embedded deep into Seiryū's inner circle. He has sold a bunch of his robots to Lowee. No doubt he'll use them to assassinate White Heart…" Noire explained and Netherrealm's glass shattered as he made a fist. Alcohol getting onto his dirty clothes. "Good fucking riddance I say! Gamindustri would be better off without the likes of her!" Netherrealm yelled as he stood up sharply. His voice echoed throughout Passe. Causing the person who just entered to click their tongue in annoyance.
"Netty, you don't mean that! We kinda need her to achieve world peace!" Neptune reminded him, yet he didn't care. "Hold on, I may have no lost love for White Heart, as she's a cantankerous bitch but I do know that she isn't some type of monster," Noire stood up for White Heart which caused Netherrealm to yell and punch the table. Cracking it in half as he snarled like some beast."You don't know how hard it was for me to not kill her when I saw her! Seiryū wouldn't work with her unless he had good reasons to! He knows that! He knows what she did!" He yelled hysterically. His breathing increased sharply as he began to hyperventilate and sweat. "He's having a panic attack!" Compa quickly realized as she tried to restrain him to help him calm down. "What the hell did White Heart do?!" Noire asked, completely dumbfounded at this reaction. Everyone was too preoccupied to hear the stairs creaking one by one.
"Breathe Netty, follow my voice…" Compa urged in a hushed tone. Trying to refocus Netherrealm as he feels a pain in his abdomen. Feeling his skin tear apart as his warm blood spills out, his intestines exposed as his eyes rolled up into the back of his head. As he sees a bloody axe held by CPU White Heart. "NETTY!" Compa screamed as she slapped him across the face. Netherrealm looked around to see everyone staring at him. He looked at Compa to see tears in her eyes. "Netty…" Compa said as she clicked her tongue, checking his temperature. "You look so pale…" she muttered as she wiped sweat off of his brow. "Who the hell are you?" Netherrealm asked, as he looked beyond Compa. Appearance obscured by a combination of shadows and dark clothing, a stranger slowly reached the top of the stairs.