Terror Infinity Side B

Chapter 16, Dangan Ronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls

Shirokuma: "...It's morning."

Komaru: "Yeah, it's morning."

Sachi: "Of course, there's no real way to tell if it's morning or night underground."

Komaru: "But still, I feel refreshed. I was able to a really good night's sleep after all."

Shin: "..."

Drake: "..."

Shirokuma: "Hey, why do you two look both refreshed, yet depressed at the same time?"

Shin: "...Ask Sachi."

Drake: "No, please... just don't bring it up!"

It was the early morning of Team Japan's second day within the world of Dangan Ronpa. Having had a *good* night's rest within the underground Resistance base of the surviving adults of Towa City Shin, Komaru, Drake and Sachi were ready to face their next big challenge to reach the top of Towa Tower where the jamming device from Towa Hills prevented message transmissions to Future Foundation outside the city. They had woken up early and the morning and were just waiting for Shirokuma to give their group directions, yet he was confused by the odd state of Shin and Drake.

Shin and Drake weren't exhausted as they appeared and were in fact in perfect condition with the exception of Drake's mission left arm, yet both their eyes looked void of life and this was all thanks to Sachi. Last night Sachi recommend an acupuncture technique that she knew of that would relive fatigue and speed up the healing process. She went on to explain that when human recover from injures and the like they never completely heal right away and even if they do there always a underline fatigue that slowly builds up and it's what causes professional athletes who were performing at 100% before major injuries to collapse and then need long durations of time to heal.

Sachi highly recommended this technique also because if she possessed a special energy like Ki to combine it with she said that it would be second only to the Full Body Repair from God in theory only losing out to it in speed. Hearing this Shin and Drake readily agreed hearing the amazing benefits of this technique, yet this made the two forget who they were asking help from. The technique was everything Sachi promised as Shin felt that he had undergone the repairs from God afterwards and Drake couldn't feel any discomfort from his recently ripped off arm... yet this came at a terrible price and one that Sachi for one just enjoyed.

The needles that were stuck into certain points in the body for the acupuncture technique both rejuvenated the bodies, but more so caused unimaginable pain to course through their bodies. It was only a pain signal from the nerves so they weren't truly hurt, yet the mental fatigue on their minds was no laughing matter as they hardly had a moment of peace as the process lasted seven hours and couldn't be stopped mid-way without major negative consequences.

Sachi: "Huh, you babies. I just gave you a few pricks of my needles for the upcoming big day and your acting like this. Are you sure you're really men?"

Drake: "This has nothing to do with gender woman! Even a seasoned marine would be balling his eyes out like a baby, you sadist!"

Shin: "...Let's just go. Shirokuma, tell us where we need to go already."

Sachi was showing a rare and beautiful smile as she was enjoying Shin and Drake's suffering. Shin seeing this couldn't help but be reminded that Sachi was a beauty that wouldn't lose to Kisara... yet knowing what was underneath that appearance just turned him off completely and made him realize two things.

Shin: (I rather be insulted and looked down on by my women than maimed and toyed with, so I should control my emotional and physical desires for the right girls before it's too late. Also, Sachi beats her in appearance, but I prefer a Komaru over a Sachi. What a good girl. She even looked after me... after she alone enjoyed a peaceful night's of rest. No, this isn't the time for this!)

Shin then shook his head to cast aside all of his unnecessary thoughts and got to the matter at hand. Shirokuma finally began to tell us the way to reach Towa Tower. Go down the ladder they came to reach the Resistance Base and go the opposite way we came from Towa Underground Subway to reach above ground. Then a little bit pass a cemetery where they surface above ground there will be a river. Follow the river that passes by a shipping district they will be able to reach Towa Tower. They were the same half-ass instructions from the game, so Shin asked for more detail as well as entering into Unlocked Mode. He didn't need to fight, but in Unlocked Mode he would never forget anything that he's seen or heard of before. This was all necessary because even when Shin and the others asked around no one had a physical map to share with them. According to most of the adults Towa City was so advance there were very few actual paper mediums outside of literary books like Manga and Novels, as everyone used tablets and computes for school and work. Unfortunately, those were unable to be used under the jamming effects from Towa Hills.

Shin: (One of the biggest weaknesses of the modern age and targeted by terrorist and other criminals in the modern world. Places like America and Japan would come to a grinding halt if they lost the ability to access the Internet, nor the use of other electronics. Most school children nowadays can't do math without a calculator. Heck, they actually made it mandatory for me after the middle school for me to bring one! If the Four Pillars ever feel like causing an apocalypse, then mankind is done for... Ah, I got distracted again.)

Shin once more cleared his mind as he and the others set off from the Secret Base and made their way towards the far off and above ground Towa Tower.

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Komaru and Team Japan followed the directions Shiro gave them as they made their way towards Towa City. Through the sewers the opposite way they originally came from for about thirty minutes they located a ladder leading upward towards the surface and climbing up they returned to the surface through a manhole cover. The manhole cover had them resurface right in the center of a graveyard. Komaru freaked out and talked about her experiences with the occult on and on till Sachi literally slapped some sense into her so they could move on. From there, exiting the graveyard while repelling a few Guard Monokuma and Junk Monokuma, they entered Towa Riverside, a commercial shopping district along the river leading towards Towa Tower.

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Everyone couldn't help but complain how gaudy and bright everything looked in the commercial district, but almost thankfully the roaming Monokuma distracted them from the taking in the sites. Shin, Komaru, Drake and Sachi working together were able to break through, yet like Shirokuma promised there were numerous enemy Momokuma about ready to hunt down anyone they just so much as caught a glimpse of that the adults of the Resistance wouldn't stand a chance of making it to Towa Tower.

Komaru: "Everyone! Look! The tower is just up ahead. Let's go!"

Shin: "...Wait."

Komaru: "Huh?"

Komaru who was leading their group looked back confused at Shin for telling them to stop when their goal was right up ahead, yet seeing the serious in his eyes she didn't argue over the matter and waited with Drake and Sachi. Shin just stood there in the middle of the street in silence, yet he wasn’t being idle. He had his head down so the others couldn't tell, but he was in Unlocked Mode. Shin was reviewing what he knew about the game, specifically Chapter 2, and along with his current situation. He originally wanted to just follow the plot exactly to the letter, but at this time he wasn't sure if that was the right move, so he wanted to stop and think a few matters over with the increased thinking speed Unlocked Mode grants.

Shin: (Up ahead is Towa Tower. If we ascend the tower to relay a transmission to Future Foundation we will enter into the second boss battle against Jataro and his fighter robot 100%. We've ran into Shuai earlier in Towa Underground Subway, yet we've yet to encounter him or any of one of my comrades. Chances of facing both a comrade and Jataro during the boss battle... are well over 90%. And as we've yet to run into him or anyone else, it's likely that if not prompted by Izuru Kamukura I'll only run into them during the boss battles. In video games, bosses become stronger and more difficult to face as you progress with the story and this is still a Twenty Man Mission from God. Chances of defeating both a stronger boss robot and one of my comrades... Is less than 50% if I follow the plot. Less if I have to protect Komaru and worry about my comrades. Avoiding the boss battle isn't a recommend option. My final conclusion is that... it's stupid to the extreme to follow the plot, or at least for the boss battles.)

Shin sighing as he reviewed the difficulties that he had to face soon looked up at the dreaded Towa Tower where the second boss battle will take place. No matter how he thought about it was not a good idea to enter Towa Tower as is. Facing the Jataro's super robot boss wasn't the problem. It was facing the boss alongside one of his original comrades. Even if that comrade happens to be Shuai the only non-unlocked member of Team Japan Shuai had his own strengths which could spell the end for his group. His ability to control the earth with Gnome, create collapsing pocket dimensions, and retaking his Sci-fi weapon which could be combined with his shaman abilities weren't to be looked down on. Shin didn't want to face Shuai or any of his comrades alongside the boss. If he had the choice he would just rather face one at a time, or one after the other...

Shin: "...Wait. That's it. I just have to force such a situation!"

Komaru: "Shin?"

Komaru along with the others were startled by Shin's shouting, yet he didn't explain himself yet. As he gazed upon Towa Tower along with the rest of his surroundings, his plan came all together. Where the battle will take place, the personality of his next enemy and the element of surprise. He didn't know if his plan would work and couldn't be done by himself, yet if his plan worked he could swiftly take care of one of his enemies and then move on to the other.

Shin: "Drake! Sachi! Komaru! I have an idea to flush out some enemies, but first need to ask you all something important."

Komaru: "What is it?"

Shin: "Do any of you know how to start a controlled fire and disable a sprinkler system?"

Komaru: "...Sorry. I never even got the chance to go to high school, so I-"

Shin: "It's fine. I never finished high school either, so we're two of a kind. What about everyone else?"

Sachi: "I know how to disarm security systems from my assassination training to sneak into buildings with high tech security systems. I can probably figure something out even without going inside.”

Shin: "That's great."

Drake: "Hmm, I can start a controlled fire so it doesn't go out of control. Oh, there was this one time where-"

Sachi: "Drake, help me god of assassins, shut up now if this is another story of you, as a priest, breaking into somewhere to meet a young girl."

Drake: "Tch, what do you take me for woman? I'm not some-"

Sachi: "Also if it's about you breaking a young girl out of somewhere to meet you."

Drake: "...Never mind. Anyways Shin why did you need ask these things?"

Shin: "I have a plan. It's simple and there are some risks involved, but if all goes well we can safely climb Towa Tower in peace. Now listen up"

With everyone waiting Shin began to explain his grandmaster plan to them. They were shocked at first, but understood his reasoning and felt that it was worth giving a try. Towa Tower was right down the street from where they currently were, yet they took a half hour to make preparation before they once more made their way to Towa Tower.

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Proofread by Azarza.

I'm thinking of a skill in the far future for Shin. An opposite of Zheng desired sword skill for the future if he ever has the points and rewards. Ten Step Kill. I think it's pretty stupid to consider getting a AA tier sword skill that's only usable in Explosion or Destruction, especially when he continues to not alter his own few skills or ever gotten a lower tier sword skill to experiment, but if Zheng considers getting a AA tier sword skill in the future, why not Shin?

Technique, Dead End Destination -

Rating 197.

Suit users with extreme speed and heavily two handed swords. Unparalleled and ruthless force. Requires 10,000 Points and two A rank rewards.