Terror Infinity - Side B
Chapter 21, HxH Greed Island
Day 59/90 of Greed Island.
Female Quest NPC: "It is always darkest under the light house."
Shin: "..."
Having defeated Razor, we went to claim out prize for driving Razor and the Fourteen Devils off Greed Island. They had terrorized the people Port City Soufrabi for far too long. We met up with the down-cast female NPC who lead us to Razor to tell her the good news. From there, in a terribly, terribly roundabout trip we had no business taking, she lead us back to the abandoned lighthouse that was once Razor's base. Upon entering we found that Razor had really left the base behind, so it was safe to enter. We all entered the lighthouse tower and followed her up the stairs where the high power beacon was held.
Female Quest NPC: "Right here. It's the window."
Having reached the floor below the top of the lighthouse beacon, the female NPC looked out the window towards the coastline as the sun was beginning to rise after a hard fought night of battles for Team Japan. It was really a pretty sight... yet no one here was in the mood to enjoy the breathtaking sunrise.
Aqua: "Shin. You do it."
Shin: "...Why can't you? I'm in no mood and you have the most energy here. Most of us were either beat down or running away for our lives. I definitely haven't fully recovered from my injuries and using Spirit Wave yet."
Aqua: "Just do it and stop complaining. You’re the leader here."
Shin: "Fine... it's true that you can see the coastline from here, but how do you get to the 'Residence of the Sea God'?"
The female NPC then proceeded to hang her upper body outside the window to press a hidden switch masked as one of the bricks making up the tower. A beam of light then shot from the top of the lighthouse and stretched out into the distant sea horizon.
Female Quest NPC: "This beam of light marks a spot on the ocean floor... that is where the underwater cave will be... but there was never any treasure, or at least any that I or anyone else of Soufrabi are aware of. It probably doesn't exist. I'm very sorry for deceiving you all."
Shin: "Ah... there really isn't any?"
Female Quest NPC: "Correct. That is a holy cave, so only a few select knew of its location. That legend about the treasure is nothing but an exaggerated myth due to young sailors never returning after entering the cave’s deepest chamber. That was how the people started believing that some great treasure that was being protected by... something unknown."
Shin: "...That so?"
Female Quest NPC: "Of course, Razor didn't believe this. I always wanted to tell them the truth, but they'd just think that I was lying."
Shin: "That means no one ever told them how to find 'Residence of the Sea God'?"
Female Quest NPC: "Of course. It's a holy place to us. Those of us were born from the ocean cannot do things which defile it. That is what everyone said before they were killed."
Shin: "..."
Female Quest NPC: "I can finally look out at the sea again in peace... the sunrise... the ships docking... the ocean surface reflecting all the colors of the rainbow. To me... this ocean view is better than any treasure."
The female NPC who looked out into the horizon no longer looked depressed as she once had and then in a puff of smoke the female NPC was gone and in her place was a single Card, 'Patch of Shore'. I let out a sigh of relief seeing this hard fought rare Designated Pocket Card and ordered Connor to take it. He picked up 'Patch of Shore', and after confirming his 10 point reward he placed the Card in his Binder.
Shin: "So this is finally over and done with. Good riddance."
Hikari: "Seconded. Ahh... do any of you have any idea how frightening it is to see human blood mist? Five at that!? God I almost pissed myself then and there. I'm going to have nightmares for weeks!"
Everyone present was in agreement. No one was happy to finish this difficult quest that only rewarded one Card to the winner and resulted in the deaths of five Newbies of Team Japan. It was only natural for all of us to feel unsatisfied as we left the lighthouse in silence with no intention of ever retuning.
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Having left behind Port City Soufrabi we all returned to our base of operation within Aiai. Back there, hearing the story of the suffering of Soufrabi was honestly very moving, yet I couldn't enjoy it as much as I should. Even hearing about Kisara's remarkable Hidden Side Quest, no one, not even she herself, felt like celebrating. We have gained some things, but the team was left in a state far from desirable.
First there was the condition of the team. After receiving emergency treatment from the Razor's pirate staff and consuming the last Low Grade Healing Potion, Kampa was resting up unconscious in another room. Kampa was a critical element to Team Japan's offensive, so in his current condition it was a major loss for us. Then there was crippling weight of Negative 10,000 points to each and every member of Team Japan. It was all too overwhelming. As it stood the plan of confronting and defeating Bomber Genthru held little meaning now that everyone couldn't be saved unless we confronted and wiped out Team Germany.
Aqua: "How could we be so stupid!? How could we only believe that only deaths between two teams count? God never said that! Fuck! We also wasted so much time with this plan, so how can we overturn this situation? We acted too passively and now we're paying the price!"
Hikari: "...Sorry. Because of my plan to avoid Team Germany we reached this state. Even if this was always going to happen after facing Razor... we wouldn't be strapped for time like this. Team Germany will appear soon and we've made no concrete plans to face them head on."
Shin: "Don't take on the blame Hikari. I as team leader made the decision to follow your plan. We failed on too many fronts. Not locating Bomber. Not securing a base of operations we could defend against Team Germany. And above all not knowing about the true form of the penalties till it was too late. Our thinking was far too shallow."
Shuai: "One example was our potential plan to trade Newbies who held no value to our team, right? I never liked it, but it was flawed."
Misaki: "What do you mean?"
Shin looked around first to see where Kisara and Renji were. Like he last recalled, they had gone to check on the three remaining Newbies who had not died. They were in a panic over the Negative 10,000 point notification and that the five men that they spent two months with were dead, yet our return relieved them somewhat. Also, having two fellow Newbies Renji and Kisara helped them out as well. This was help for the team, but although I trusted Renji and Kisara as true members of Team Japan, in my opinion it wouldn't be good to discuss our previous plan to trade Newbies in front of them.
Shin: "Well, think about it. Early on what Jin and I had thought up to trade newbies was too easy of a solution to our troubles. As long as both teams kill an equal amount, then it doesn't violate God's goal, yet you still get the points and rewards from individually killing them. Then why don't all the teams use this method to avoid battles? Even if some are mortal enemies everyone should wish to survive. Like us and any of the Four Pillars' teams. Once someone dies, it will minus one point, yet the other team doesn't get any points. Newbies have the choice to kill themselves so that the team that betrayed me will lose one point and the teams can't continue with trading newbies. At the same time... both teams will be forced into a battle."
Jin: "A team member could also die early on in the mission as well like what happened to us. God doesn't want us to farm points or cooperate that easily, if at all. God wants us to kill each other until someone evolved to the highest stage."
Aqua: "You're right, but talking about this anymore is pointless. Now that not one, but five members of our team are dead... we can only strike back! Team Germany will arrive sooner than we expected and there will be no peace. Just war until one side is wiped out!"
Shin: "...I'm in full agreement. Team Germany won't allow us to claim the lives of five of their members, even Newbies if we can't offer them the same number. Even if we did, we would still be in the negatives. We can only fight till only one side stands."
Jin: "Then we are in agreement? I'm worried about why Bomber hasn't shown up despite our hope he would contact us when we defeat Razor, but for now our priority is to eliminate Team Germany. Depending on how long the conflict lasts, we may have to accept that we won't be able to complete the mission, but it'll okay. If each of us kill at least one member of the enemy team we can all take the-"
- *EXPLOSION*!!!!!!!!!!
- WARNING: DAMAGE EXCEEDING 50% OF GREED ISLAND'S TOWNS, CITIES, AND POPULATION HAS JUST BEEN REACHED. PENALTY "DEATH BY EJECTION" HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
At that moment the world changed. From all around them explosion could be heard outside which shook the very earth. Not just one or a few, but dozens, hundreds of explosions could be heard. Team Japan was not affected by the blast with the exception of a power outage, yet an indescribable sense death loomed over each one of them. Something earth shattering had just occurred, yet Shin and the others felt that it was just the beginning of something terrible.
The windows were closed in their apartment in Aiai, yet everyone felt a chill wind swept through them as if the grim reaper was present. They all felt it, but Shin, Aqua, Misaki, and Connor, all those who had unlocked their Genetic Constraints and were most sensitive to danger, immediately felt that something was terribly wrong on the island.
They could feel it. More than one great threat to their lives suddenly appeared on Greed Island. They couldn’t calm down in the face of the overwhelming sense of impending danger. This sensation was so strong it was making them anxious. One part of the danger came from the north towards Masadora and the other part from the Starting Point to the west. Shin was most concerned with what was happening to the west. The sensation of danger was preventing him from even turning his head. Whatever was going on, Shin knew that it was not good for him or anyone in Team Japan.
Shin: "Hikari! Use your Persona! Scan the island to see what is happening. Also, scan The East and West of our location. There's something dangerous in those two directions!"
Hikari: "Y-yes!"
Jin: "Wait! Ignore the west for the moment. If it is the Starting Point it is obviously them! If they have a Psyche Force user like Hikari then doing so won't help us. They can block each other, so we won't gain too much information. Also, it'll reveal our location. We aren't in a condition for a head on confrontation. I have a guess as to what's happening outside, but if there are a good number of survivors outside we can hide ourselves among them."
Hikari: "Shin?"
Shin: "...Do as Jin says. I was too rash. We can't panic now and draw attention to ourselves yet. Ignore the west and gather information on what's happening. Then check out the East."
Hikari: "Okay! Adrasteia!"
Hikari summoned her Persona Adrasteia and began to scan her environment. First was the city of Aiai, then other towns and cities of Greed Island, and lastly a distant forest to the East. It took Hikari a few minutes to grasp everything and then began to tell everyone what she had discovered.
Hikari: "First if the City of love Aiai. From what I've witnessed through the eyes of Adrasteia... is that the city has been devastated. An untold number of explosions have occurred through the city and claimed many lives. Other cities of Greed Island are in a similar state as Aiai and the smaller towns have been wiped off the map. I never bothered to know the total population of Greed Island, but it's my best estimate that, like that notification said, half or even more of the population... has been killed in the resulting blasts"
Misaki: "Half! How could so many people have died in one night!?"
Shuai: "This is obviously the work of Bomber! This is just like the original plot, but on a much larger scale. He must have used his Nen ability, the Hatsu 'Countdown' to kill all these people. The high fatalities was because Bomber placed bombs on actual people."
Aqua: "Shuai is probably right about what happened. Bomber – no Genthru killed hundreds, no thousands of Nen users across Greed Island and took their Cards. He has most likely collected 80 or more of the Designated Pocket Cards. That's why the sensation of danger towards the Starting Point... is probably them. Team Germany! And at this timing..."
Shin: "Don't worry about it too much Aqua. It's sooner than we expected, but it's just by a few days in the end. Maybe we could have staked out the Starting Point, but there's no point in worrying what could have been. Hikari, report what you discovered to the East."
Hikari: "Alright. Within a forest towards the East I've found three individuals. It's still like there's a hazy barrier around them, but one of them is certainly the one you described as Bomber. I don't know what they are doing, but-"
Hikari was about to continue her report on Bomber when my Binder materialized on its own. Not having been given the BOOK command, but due to the effects of a Spell Card that allowed two players of Greed Island to communicate over long distances. The system message sounded all too friendly... yet the sense of foreboding I knew that was on the other end of this call couldn't be ignored.
- ANOTHER PLAYER HAS USED "CONTACT" ON YOU!
Genthru: "...Hello? I know that there is someone on the other end."
Hikari: "Th-this is timing is..."
Shin: "I know... hey, is this Genthru by chance?"
Genthru: "Oh how surprising for you to know who I am... but not really. I've heard just know from Nickes that you were hunting me down... Shin. You are working for some guy’s father whose son that I've killed, right? I didn't learn about you till just recently, but when Nickes was begging for his life he tried to use that information to save himself. Pathetic right?"
Shin: "So I'm guessing that he's dead."
Genthru: "You don't sound sad, or shocked by that. Nickes believed that you were really comrades even as he sold you out, but it's nice to see you care just as much about your partnership as he did."
Shin: "Cut the crap, Genthru. You aren't the type to leave others alive, also... all of this destruction is your doing, correct? Although I don't know what Nen ability did it this was definitely you."
Genthru: "...Yes. I killed Nickes, along with Moderate Clan, and a whole lot of other people with valuable Cards. I know have 98 of the 100 Designated Pocket Cards. It's a shame that I missed your group... but that'll soon be corrected."
Shin: "Well, as you know we're also after you too, so what is this? You're declaring war?"
Genthru: "Something like that, but first of all let me congratulate you on your recent success."
Shin: "...What do you mean?"
Genthru: "Hehehe, playing dumb is pointless. Didn't you just acquire the extremely hard to get rare Card 'Patch of Shore'? I know that you have it. I've confirmed it with 'List' and I have spies... did have spies stationed in Soufrabi. They informed me that the quest had been activated. 'Patch of Shore', which no player has ever acquired until now, has surfaced. It could only be you and your team."
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Shin: "So what?"
Genthru: "...Hey, how about we make a deal?"
No one on my side believed for a second that Genthru wanted to make a peaceful deal, yet we didn't say so out loud. It would be bad for Genthru and whoever else is with him to immediately appear before us and have a fight break out. All of us were severely exhausted from the battle with Razor and Kampa was in the worst condition and needed time to rest. A fight right now was the last thing on our minds, so we played along with Genthru's game and ended the call hearing all that he had to say.
Genthru said that if we came to Dorias in three days’ time with 'Patch of Shore' and hand the Card over, that they wouldn't harm us. If we failed to comply then they would go all out to hunt us down. That alone was fine in itself. From the very beginning Team Japan has been gunning after the Bomber, AKA Genthru for the points and rank rewards, yet this was not the best time. Genthru had certainly collected over 80 Designated Pocket Cards, so Team Germany had arrived in Greed Island.
The original purpose of defeating Genthru was to avoid Team Germany, but now that they were at Negative 10,000 points to survive the Hunter X Hunter - Greed Island mission and Team Battle... Team Japan needed to claim five of Team Germany's lives to even out the score, so fighting Genthru was now a negative rather than a positive, yet it wasn't completely pointless to face him. If we happen to defeat Genthru we can gain the 2000 Points and D rank reward for each member for doing so and the one who personally defeats him gain 4000 points and C rank reward, but the second half doesn't matter. The point was that it means Team Japan would only need to kill four members of Team Germany instead of five if everything works out.
Shin: "Genthru and Team Germany. We only wanted to face one of them, but it is now certain that we have to face both. I don't believe that we made a mistake in our preparations in avoiding Team Germany, but our passive strategy backfired on us."
Jin: "I have to agree... this is irrelevant now, but remembering Kisara's notification? Depending on how fast we finished that quest to defeated Razor she would have been rewarded much more, yet I believe that there is more to it than that. I don't know yet if Bomber would have still contacted us, but if we defeated Razor earlier then he wouldn't have had time to set up this mass terrorist bombing. The dangers of our battle against Razor would have potentially increased, yet if Moderate Clan were still around, even just 1/3 of them then it would be easy to kill off Bomber, acquire all 100 Designated Pocket Cards, and then escape to Limeiro before-"
Shin: "Jin... just shut up."
Aqua: "...Shin."
Off to the side and at some point having taken out her signature pack of cigarettes was Aqua. She had a solemn, yet resolute expression on her face as she called out to Shin. Shin didn't know yet what Aqua wanted to talk about at this critical time... yet all the same he felt foreboding. Aqua was about to say something that he wasn't going to like, but also something that he wouldn't be able to talk her out of. Shin was the leader of Team Japan, yet Aqua was someone who wouldn't bow down to anyone when she was sure of herself. It was what Shin loved and admired about her... and right now something he would hate her for.
Shin: "Aqua... what is it?"
Aqua: "...Shin, we don't have the manpower to properly face off against both Bomber and Team Germany who have obviously arrived just now. You and the others focus on Team Germany. As for Bomber... Genthru... please leave him to me."
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At the same time as Shin and Team Japan were speaking to Genthru, thirteen people stood on the prairie outside the Starting Point of Greed Island. They were all of German descent and young. Between the ages of 20-30, yet with the single exception of a young woman about fifteen. Half of them were dressed in strange military uniforms, some in just strange clothing period, and four in just normal everyday wear. On the military uniform there was an insignia of the back of their back of a bright sun illuminating poorly dressed people... and the words Mass Enlightenment and Team Germany in bold print to display their allegiance to their organization.
Abigail: "Fucking island heat! I really envy those of the past that had the Guide and leader Position. They knew in advance what the next mission was and could prepare. What about us? We have to spend valuable points and rewards for a storage item just for clothes so we can match any environment. Goddammit! Ahh, I just can't stand tropical islands and the like. It reminds me of that one place. That island in 'Eden no Ori' and those fucked up kids can go to hell!"
The thirteen members of Team Germany were lead through the prairie by the youngest among them, a 14-15 year old girl. With the height of a just elementary school graduate she was a frail, pale, and depressingly small girl who had no business on a dangerous island filled with monsters and Nen Users like Greed Island, yet those following behind her felt no concern for the small girl leading them. In fact... deep down in their hearts what they felt was not worry, but fear for the little girl.
They all felt fear deep in their hearts towards their leader that they couldn't defy without grave consequences, yet among them were two who held the courage and standing within the team to speak freely in her presence. One of them was a man named Adam. An adult in his early 20's that naturally gave off an aura of strength and wisdom. If Abigail and Adam stood next to each other, people would assume that he was the leader of the team or that Adam was her older brother, and definitely not her subordinate.
Adam: "Leader, the heat isn't that bad. Our uniforms have magic inscriptions that reduce the burden of our environments, but I agree that it isn't perfect. We also have no need to always stay in uniform. Later on when we can find shelter you can-"
Abigail: "Hot...! I'll just change here. Adam, hand me the storage bag!"
Adam: "Please calm down leader! Also, you can't change in public just because you’re hot and don't see anyone here as the opposite sex!"
Abigail: "But I can't stand it!"
Adam: "Just cool it. Remember that you have pitiful stamina in your human form, so calm down. You got too worked up in 'Shingeki no Kyojin' when the Armored Titan appeared. You lost all color in your body and we had to let Webber carry you that last stretch of the mission."
Abigail: "Shut up, shut up, shut up! Really Adam if you were not my second in command I'd take your head for talking back."
Adam: "Just keep your clothes on, okay? I'm not into little girls. Anyways, Webber, how's the new enhancement going? I thought you were going to be a straight up Earthbender, so why did you choose the Bane Enhancement from Batman?"
Abigail: "Yeah. It is one of the cheaper enhancements that begin at C tier and... also those tubes coming out of your body are creepy. Sure it's quite powerful, and especially when combined with your fighting style... but really, just looking at you makes me want to hurl."
Abigail said all of this while looking towards the largest man of their team. He was a large muscular man over seven feet tall with the width of two fully grown men. Throughout his body, from his neck, torso, arms, and legs, were hardened plastic tubes at regular intervals which were distributing a yellow chemical through his body. Hearing Abigail’s words, the large muscular giant couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Webber: "Don't be like that leader. You don't get that much satisfaction from throwing rocks at people as you do with your bare hands! Really, this power is almost terrifying. If we just kill a few more people and get my reaction speed up to par when we go back, then… Haha, I won’t be scared anymore even if I have to go face to face with an Alien!"
Klaus: "Idiot! We won't be seeing any more of them now with the change of mission format. Also, what's to be afraid of when you can crush a hard rock into dust fragments?"
Saying so was the only other individual of Team Germany besides Adam allowed to converse with Abgail freely, Klaus. He was a slim and very unimpressive man in his 20's who wouldn't do well in a fight, yet as he walked he showed a level of confidence that said otherwise. Those who didn't know better and just judged from appearances would imagine Klaus as the second weakest member of Team Germany next to the little girl Abgail... yet those who did know better knew that a great and terrible strength laid deep within his small frame.
Webber: "Hahaha! You know, coming from a man with even more terrifying strength… I can't take you seriously, Klaus."
Klaus: "Really? I've always thought of myself as plain."
Abigail: "In what way you monster? Now, moving on, Erwin. How's it going with the search? Have you found any signs of Team Japan yet?"
Abigail looked back to speak to the most intelligent looking individual within Team Germany, Erwin. From his short height and slim frame he obviously wasn't a fighter despite wearing on his head a metal helm of sorts, but Abigail still showed him some respect as she spoke to him. Erwin wasn't one of the unlocked members who have the right to speak freely to her, yet his place within the team was of great importance to overlook this fact most of the time. Abigail had also used up a lot of personal favors that she had accumulated in Mass Enlightenment to acquire this rare Player who can easily unlock the potential of the Mental Capacity stat.
Erwin: "...No good, leader. This island seems to have been hit by terrorists or something close to it, but it's still too populated and I can't sort out through those that have special powers as everyone had special powers. If can locate any of them once then I'll be able to recognize them in my scans even in a crowd of thousands."
Abigail: "Good. Team Japan has just awakened. Sooner than our superiors expected, but that's good for us. It takes time and a lot of points to cultivate a powerful Psyche Force User or equivalent. If it turns out they lack a Psyche Force user then they won't be able to block us out and we can brainwash their weaker members. Speaking of which, will the brainwashing of the four Newbies hold?"
Erwin: "Yes. Even if I'm unconscious, as long as I'm alive the brainwashing will hold with Psyche Chain skill. I've also checked their potentials and, like we first thought, they are horrible. There won't be any value in recruiting them into Mass Enlightenment like Webber or Adam. We should just await for the next batch of Newbies upper management sends our way. What should we do with them?"
Abigail: "Well, I didn't have my hopes up to begin with. For now we'll protect them till we return to the Terminal Lobby and dispose of them there. We can just make a game of it. Tell them that only one of them can join us, give them some weapons, and let the trash kill each other. Hopefully, even the winner will die from injuries sustained and we won't have to dirty our hands. Still... althogh I don't want to start or end this mission with -4 Team Battle Points, but if it becomes too troublesome to protect them then we'll find a way to kill them here. I won't give Team Japan the points!"
Adam: "So what's our first order of business leader? Locate Team Japan or complete the Mission? Team Japan's leader has been highly rated by the upper management, right? If not why would there have been given a kill on sight order? He’s probably one of the strongest in that new team. We also don't have a complete understanding of their team's enhancements and power levels. If they have three people as strong as him... then let’s treat them as having equal power, keep a distance until the mission ends. That's my recommendation."
Erwin: "What the hell are you suggesting Adam? We have an order to kill him at all costs. This order currently has the highest priority for all Player Teams of Mass Enlightenment. Just because you haven't been brought up by Mass Enlightenment doesn't mean you can ignore their orders! Doing so is blasphemy to our great cause to enlighten the masses one day to our organizations glory and grand purpose!"
Adam: "Stop speaking like a mindless zealot! If it's an order from Abigail I'll comply, but not to people that I can't see. Our lives are on the line. Not theirs. If Team Japan is too much for us then-"
Abigail: "Relax Adam. We'll be okay. Our original objective won't change."
Abigail looked off into the distance as she was addressing Adam and her team. Seeing something in the far off distance, a Nen User of some random clan spying on her and everyone else... she smiled. Abigail, entered into the Second Stage of the Genetic Constraint, reached down to pick up a fist sized stone and moved it into a throwing motion. Her arm and hand holding the rock suddenly grew three times its size and at the moment of release a light enveloped her arm and then reverted back to normal in an instant. The Nen User over 3,000 meters away and hiding behind a large rock had no idea what was going... Even when the stone impossibly crossed that distance of 3,000 meters and curved to slam into the man's temple with pinpoint accuracy, killing him where he stood.
Abigail: "We'll wipe out all those of Team Japan! No mercy or negotiations in any shape our form! In our last team battle we were forced to not do battle against Team Kenya as they were of Blood Crusade. They also had the super star of the new generation, The Reaper. We had no choice but to concede the mission to them... But not this time! 2,000 points and 1 C rank reward for normal members. 7,000 points and 1 B rank reward for unlocked members. This is my chance to rise up! My name will be one to be feared here in God's Dimension and once we return back to the real world I'll be eligible to join the upper ranks of Mass Enlightenment. Especially after I take him out... Team Japan's ace player and leader, Shin!"
Abigail laughed maniacally as she led her teammates through the prairie. Her comrades felt fear from Abigail, but also security from being under someone so powerful with such high ambitions. Following Abigail would lead to their own rewards, so they pushed down their fears as they followed after her. Mass Enlightenment's Team Germany made their way towards the second starting city of Greed Island, Rubicuta City.
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I believe in a previous chapter I mentioned something about exclusive Card, but let's forget that. Genthru with 98 of the 100 Cards sounds better. Also, I've edited Side B's main page, H.O.T.D chapter 1 with real proofreading, and Exchange System post. The last one isn't a big deal and was just done to clarify to a new reader about rank rewards with now proper definitions, but the first two were my attempts to tell future readers about Terror Infinity - Side B. About how close, yet different it is to the original. With no middle ground there are only those that love or hate Side B, so with this it is my hope that those who will read Side B will either give it a real chance, or just drop it early without feeling tricked.