Terror Infinity Side B

Chapter 29, Dangan Ronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls

It was finally noon and the start of The Resistance's counter attack. All the adults gathered by to a nearby stage to hear their leader Haiji Towa give a speech to lift up their spirits and motivate his comrades to fight. Shin, Komaru, Drake, and Sachi were in standing behind the crowd of adults listening to Haiji's speech. After dropping off the former Monokuma Kid with Hiroko Hagakure, Shin had everyone follow him to listen to the speech. Shin had no interest in the content and was just waiting for it to be over so he could speak to Haiji about an important matter.

Haiji: "Everyone, here me out. First of all... I gotta apologize to you guys. The reason I was always down in that base wasn't because I was waiting for an opportunity... That was just an excuse. Really, I was just scared shitless by those kids and Monokuma. Heh... Makes me a pretty bad leader, right, but then someone snapped me out of it. That one group of heroes over there in the back. Thanks to them, I've finally woken up. No matter how scared you are, if you want a hopeful future, sometimes you gotta fight for one... So never again! Never are we to hide, cower and lose what's important to us! Now is the time for all of us to stand up and fight! With our hands, we're going to take back this city! We have the power now! With Big Bang Monokuma, we can do this, so listen up! Teach those deranged kids who are the true ruler of this town! This Towa City! Our home! Our town! We're taking it all back"

Once the speech was finished the adults felt more confident than ever as they will filled with Hope that they could win thanks to Komaru's previous speech the previous day about not giving up and the appearance of a powerful weapon like Big Bang Monokuma. Komaru herself was beginning to feel that her speech yesterday was a mistake seeing they took the Hope she gave them to mean fighting to the death rather than just not giving up. She realized how naive it was to give the oppressed Hope without understanding the possible consequences. If she didn't know that their group had the means of safely saving the kids for certain she would imagine that she would be utterly lose about what to do... and this confusion just like in the original plot was taken advantage of by a certain evil AI robot.

Not by Hiroko Hagakure like in the game, but a random adult, the still functional head of Shirokuma was brought over. Shirokuma went on about never expecting Haiji and the other adults to go so far and only wanted them to have the courage to save Towa City with a peaceful solution, yet hearing all this made Shin sick and he seriously considered crushing Shirokuma's head once and for all, but refrained from doing so afraid of a plot change, yet promised himself that if he saw him or his partner Kurokuma later, he would 100% turn those pair of evil robots into scrap parts.

Never imagining that Shin knew everything and was planning out its death, Shirokuma continued to go on and finally got to mentioning the Monokuma Controller and that destroying it would shut down the Monokuma once and for all and give the adults enough peace of mind to spare the Monokuma Kids, yet the reaction of Shin's group was differ from what he imagined. They agreed to get the controller, but they said that they first needed to speak to Haiji about dealing with the Monokuma threat as much possible before they raid the enemy headquarters.

This confused Shirokuma who once more said just destroying the Monokuma Controller would settle the problem with the killer Monokuma robots, yet Shin and they others ignored him and left. Komaru still unaware of Shirokuma's true purpose offer a apology for her groups rude actions and followed after them. Shirokuma watched them leave silently and had the adult holding it's head carry it off somewhere else, but the adult holding Shirokuma for a mysterious reason felt a cold chill down his pine like no other. He was one of the many adults who had to watch their families be killed before their very eyes... yet the dread he felt from Shirokuma felt like an illusion and made him think of a endless pit of Despair.

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Haiji: "Huh? You want to destroy all the Monokuma Factories?"

Shin: "That's right and for that we need you, Haiji Towa. You and Big Bang Monokuma's help."

Shin along with his group met with Haiji as he was on his way to the cockpit of Big Bang Monokuma. He was confused and in a rush to return to the giant robot so he could resume destroying the army of Monokuma surrounding camp, so he wasn't in a mood for idle chatter, but they assured him it was important. Shin without going into details about how he knew this, wanted to talk to Haiji about destroying the Monokuma bases. Initially, Haiji was confused, but listening to him he soon came to understand the threat that was in their way.

The original Monokuma Factory was a secret base that Monaca Towa had no access to after the chaos of Towa City began as the Monokuma inside attacked anyone or thing that moved, and they had saw that all the Monokuma still being automatically produced were just piling up within the factory when they went to retrieve Big Bang Monokuma, so how was she maintaining her army of Monokuma? Haiji originally just assumed that Monaca had mass produced all of her Monokuma beforehand, but once he thought about this it didn't make sense. The army of Monokuma terrorizing Towa City seemed never ending. They also been in a lot of fight, so how were they being repaired? Once Haiji began think along these lines he realized the answer and he grew furious. Monaca converted all the public Towa Group factories into Monokuma Factories.

This was information that Shin gained by using Hypothetical TV. It showed Shin a scenario where he joined Haiji in attacking the Monokuma instead of immediately heading to Towa Hills. He saw close to fifty of such scenarios and they all ended up with his team ending in a wipe, yet it revealed the existence of over a dozen Monokuma Factories across Towa City. It also revealed something of great interest to his team. A Hidden Side Quest!

A Hidden Side Quest to destroy as many Monokuma Factories within three hours of destroying the first one. After three hours Monaca calls it her loss, deploys all the operational Monokuma within all factories and have the factories self-destruct. It was hard to imagine why she would destroy her Monokuma factories herself, but Shin recalled her objective to get the importance characters to Towa Hills, so it could be that she not everyone to waste time fighting the Monokuma anymore and to just get everyone over to her side.

There was another reason why Shin wanted to destroy the Monokuma Factories besides the chance to obtain points. It was revealed later in the plot by Hypothetical TV that Monaca Towa will make one final move at the end that didn't exist in the original game. When Komaru or Team Japan obtains the Monokuma Controller from Monaca after defeating her in a boss battle, she'll try to manipulate them to destroy it. Then this and that happens, and when Monaca sees that Komaru, knowing the plot of Another Episode, had no intention of break the controller and is sure of this, she'll call for all the Monokuma in Towa City to converge on Towa Hills. The Monokuma will then climb up the building with the intent to kill and Monaca joyfully says that is she doesn't destroy the Monokuma Controller which will kill all the Monokuma Children by blowing up their helmets, the Monokuma will kill them all.

Shin: (Psychotic bitch! Unless we destroy as many factories as possible Towa Hills will be flooded with thousands upon thousands of Monokuma! There will still be about a few hundred or so Monokuma invading in the end even if we reach our target goal, but that's something that we can easily handle. Whatever the case it's a chance to gain some points. There are no rank rewards unless you can destroy all the factories within three hours, but the destruction of each factory rewards 5,000 Points to the destroyer. By not splitting up and using Big Bang Monokuma as a *Tank*, its only possible to destroy between 8-10 factories as a single group. It's only possible to complete the Hidden Mission in full and in time by splitting up, but that's not an option for my current team, but the points alone are worth a lot. Even our investment of nine 2,000 point Mini Portable Surface to Surface Missiles are worth it, but it's impossible to destroy more than three without Haiji's assistance.)

That's why Shin and his comrades asked for the assistance of Haiji and Big Bang Monokuma. With there currently power it was only possible to destroy around 8-10 Monokuma Factories, yet they needed the power of Big Bang Monokuma to ward off the majority of enemy Monokuma. Each factory is defended by thousands Monokuma, and with at least hundred of the annoying and flight capable Destroy Monokuma around as well. Destroy Monokuma are fast, possess a high reaction speed, and used laser weapons that only needed one shot to kill a human, even a enhanced person like Shin. Shin wanted to use Big Bang Monokuma as a *tank* role from video games. The role where the *tank* taunts the enemy with its presence and receives most of the damage to protect their allies.

Haiji didn't like the idea of Big Bang Monokuma becoming a punching bag, but he agreed that this was important mission to reduce the enemy's fighting force. Also, Haiji looked furious when he heard that Monaca Towa, his little sister of another mother (He hadn't revealed this yet to us), was using the resources of the Towa Group as she liked to manufacture killer robots. Haiji wanted nothing more than to show Monaca up by using his new found power. He even began to laugh madly as he left to prepare for this battle.

Drake: "Hey hey, is this guy going to be okay? He looked pretty... what's a good word for it?"

Sachi: "A mad man overflowing with anger and Despair? An incompetent loser who can't control his little sister? A man who can only get it up for little-"

Drake: "I said nice, but yeah. What's his deal? And is he going to be okay piloting the giant robot for us?"

Shin: "Who knows, but it should all work out in the end. Also, for why he hates his sister so much I never understood it. If you don't include the recent events Monaca never did anything to him. It's all on Haiji. He's a nice enough guy, but he treated Monaca like garbage, or just upright ignored her existence along with their father. Monaca did show talent for their Towa Group's work, one above his own, so that's one reason he dislikes her, but it's not the main cause. Really, it's pretty shameful. If he treated his little sister like a human being from the beginning, even if not as a sister, Towa City would not be in this state."

Komaru: "So it's not because of what's she's done in Towa City that Haiji hates her? Why is that? He honestly cares for the city and his own Towa group so much, so why did he not show his sister any affection? Was everything a lie?"

Sachi: "No. Komaru, people can have more than one face. A respectable politician who stands up for his citizens out of a sense of duty and honor may not be a good man to his family when he comes home. A man kind to his family and only shows them a loving smile may be a unforgiving demon at work who does everything to get ahead no matter how deplorable that may be. The thing we call human, can't be kind to all people and may not show any kindness to a child for the reason, "Just because". I suspect that Haiji is such a person even if he can be a leader to the people of Towa City."

Komaru: "..."

Komaru looked like she couldn't accept such a answer and I felt the same way. Haiji's behavior never made sense to me, but maybe trying to find logic in this is what's fundamentally flawed here. Anyways, we didn't have anymore time to entertain a discussion about the relationship of people. Big Bang Monokuma that was on stand by was started up and began walking towards us. The giant robot extended a hand down to the ground for us to step on and then brought us up to its neck where the hatch leading to the cockpit within its head was. We all entered Big Bang Monokuma and once the hatch door was closed the giant robot set off deeper into Towa City and the adults of The Resistance seeing us off all shouted with joy seeing their Hope finally deployed to destroy the killer Monokuma robots.

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- HIDDEN SIDE QUEST ACTIVATED!

MONACA TOWA HAS CONTROL OF TWELVE OPERATIONAL FACTORIES PRODUCING MONOKUMA ROBOTS. WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FIRST MONOKUMA FACTORY ALL REMAINING FACTORIES ARE NOW AT FULL PRODUCTION SPEED. TIME LIMIT THREE HOURS AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FIRST FACTORY. EACH FACTORY DESTROYED REWARDS THE DESTROYER 5,000 POINTS. MEMBERS DESTROYING ALL TWELVE MONOKUMA FACTORIES REWARDS ALL MEMBERS TWO D RANK REWARDS. FAILURE TO DESTROY A MINIMAL OF FIVE ADDITIONAL FACTORIES DEDUCTS 25,000 POINTS AND TWO D RANK REWARDS FROM ALL MEMBERS.

This was the notification that Shin, Drake, and Sachi received almost three hours ago. After they along with Komaru and the pilot of Big Bang Monokuma Haiji destroyed the first Monokuma Factory they heard the notification from God. They reached the first factor by riding Big Bang Monokuma through a army of Monokuma and as planned it served as a distraction for Team Japan to destroy the factory. To test the waters of the Hidden Side Quest Shin alone disembarked Big Bang Monokuma and stealthy made his way to the factory while the vast majority the Monokuma attacked the giant robot. Of course, there were still hundreds of Monokuma patrolling the factor and ignoring the presence of Big Bang Monokuma, yet Shin still managed to break through the security perimeter.

This wasn't easy without alarming the Monokuma ready to jump anything living that dared to move, but Shin recalled how Sachi moved and evaded the eyes of others and it seemed to magically work for him. He tried the assassination teachings of hypnotizing oneself and imagining become one with the darkness, and it worked for some time, but it was not yet perfect. As he entering the factory he made a small noise. It was a noise unnoticeable by the average human ear, yet the Monokuma that were now at their highest performance with the defeat of four members of the Warrior of Hope not only heard, but swarmed Shin within seconds. In a panic Shin retreated with Void Instant Movement, but not before using the recently purchased Mini Portable Surface to Air Missile Launcher and firing a missile within the factory. Shin nearly cursed seeing as he didn't even aim at anything important within the factory with the 2,000 Point missile, yet fortunately the blast was powerful enough to reach and damage something important. After a initial blast that blew out all the windows within the factory came a secondary blast that collapsed the entire building to the ground.

- ONE OF TWELVE MONOKUMA FACTORIES DESTROYED. REWARDED 5000 POINTS!

Shin received his points and heard the Hidden Side Quest Notification as he kicked the air and flew back to the others. He successfully confirmed what he saw in the footage from Hypothetical TV was real. He didn't use a missile in the footage as it was a tool to help him out, but the notification was the same. Shin then returned to Big Bang Monokuma under heavy fore by dozens of Destroy Monokuma and left for the next factory.

Shin: (This Hidden Side Quest was easier than I thought it would be, but it makes sense. For one this is only a DD tier challenge by God as completing the entire mission to completion only rewards two D rank reward. It also pays out a lot of points, but the rank rewards are small. Most likely making use of Big Bang Monokuma was within the scope of the side quest as well, or else destroying twelve well guarded factories across Towa City in just three hours would be worth C rank rewards or higher.)

Shin thought so as he rode Big Bang Monokuma to the next Monokuma Factory. Once more Shin proceeded to the factory alone as Big Bang Monokuma distracted the enemy Monokuma, but this time Shin was more careful. It took almost twice as long to break into the factory, yet unlike before he didn't alert the Monokuma patrolling the area till it was too late. Aiming for a very high tech looking computer that seemed to be overseeing the manufacturing of the killer Monokuma robots he fired a second MPSTSM and without waiting to see the result retreated with Instant Movement. By the time the Monokuma discovered what had been done the computer had been thoroughly blown apart by the missile and Shin received the notification from God telling that he earned another 5000 Points.

Shin once more returned to Big Bang Monokuma while escaping from pursuing Monokuma and left for the next factory. Shin repeated this routine two more time within the next hour. The others looked at Shin worried that he was overworking himself by going in alone, yet the man in question was all smiles. Shin felt exhausted and drenched in cold sweat each time he sneaked into a Monokuma Factory afraid of alerting the enemy, especially from the return trip back to Big Bang Monokuma where all the Monokuma would target the one responsible for destroying the factory, yet deep down he was excited. With each run he was acquiring a large sum of points. It was disappointing that there were no rank rewards, but even without any Shin felt like continuing such a easy quest all day if possible. There was still danger, but long as he used the right methods like he has been doing it was a simple task to destroy the factories.

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For the remaining time left of the Hidden Side Quest Shin helped Drake and Sachi earn points as well. They each exchanged for two MPSTSMs and along with the experience gained from Shin's first four victories they had an easy time destroying two factories each and were done at a faster pace. Shin accompanied Drake who was not as skilled at hiding and moving quietly as himself although he was no expert as he was just doing a poor job mimicking Sachi. Their trips to and back from the Monokuma Factories always involved a clash between the Monokuma. They were able to mange to get to the factories unnoticed, but the two of them together weren't fast enough to escape unharmed, so Shin would jump out to distract the Monokuma to allow the time for Drake to escape first. Holding back a small army of Monokuma of all varieties was tough for Shin even of his goal wasn't to wipe them out, but to just bide for time, yet he didn't complain.

Although they weren't even 5000 Points all together Shin welcomed the chance to gain extra points for destroying them and prioritized destroying the more threatening, yet rewarding in points Monokuma like Beast Monokuma, Ball Monokuma, and Destroy Monokuma to make a few hundred points with each battle. Shin had long ago stopped counting how many points he made from the Monokuma Kill Side Quest, yet it was getting closer and closer to 10,000 Points by this point. Still the enemy forces were too numerous and forced his retreat in the end, yet long as he used Void Instant Movement it was very simple to escape.

At full speed when he isn't trying to just fly over obstacles, Void Instant Movement was fast and it allowed him to move through the air. Only the Destroy Monokuma could hope to follow him, yet it never took that much effort to shake them off. As for his trips with Sachi there was nothing much to talk about. Sachi was a expert in stealth operations as a assassin and so she was the one leading Shin her unneeded bodyguard around. She even went to go as far as to give him tips on what to do and not do when one wanted to attack, sneak by, or escape an enemy unnoticed. These attacks on the Monokuma Factories were the least exciting and the only thing unexpected was that Sachi had a lot of difficulty with her MPSTAM and needed Shin's assistance to fire.

Like so two hours and forty-five minutes have passed since the destruction of the first Monokuma Factory. A grand total of eight factories had been wiped off the map and they were approaching one final factory when-

Haiji: "...Sorry, but this is it for me and Big Bang Monokuma."

Komaru: "Huh?"

Komaru sitting next to a exhausted Shin and the others couldn't help but let out a sound of confusion, yet Shin knew that this was coming. He knew from Hypothetical TV that it was always a possibility that Haiji would cease to assist their efforts to destroy the Monokuma Factories under a certain condition. When Big Bang Monokuma sustains a certain amount of damage. Big Bang Monokuma was still more than functional at this time, but all the attacks from the thousands of Monokuma they had come across in the last three hours wore down its body/armor. If one took a picture of Big Bang Monokuma right now it would look like the giant robot had just been in a street brawl. Haiji didn't want anymore damage to Big Bang Monokuma, so he said that he will be retreating here, but Shin was fine with this. In fact, wearing down Big Bang Monokuma had always been one of his goals so for when the final boss battle takes place he would have a easier time defeating the soon to be high jacked giant robot.

Haiji: "I won't go any further with Big Bang Monokuma and have it take the blunt of the Monokuma's attacks anymore, but if you still want to head out... I'll offer to use it to help you retreat, but that's it. We've already destroyed close to 3/4 of the Monokuma Factories, so this is a job well done, so it's fine to stop here."

Shin: "I agree with you on that, but I'll be going out one last time since the next factory isn't far away from where we are. We also have one more missile left. I'll go alone."

Komaru: "But Shin, without this robot to distract-"

Shin: "It'll be fine Komaru, so don't worry so much. I'm the Ultimate Protagonist after all."

Komaru: "You're still going with that... Okay. Long as you come back safe I won't stop you."

Shin: "Of course I will. How can I go off and die after finally acquiring a (Video Game) heroine?"

Haiji: "Hey, I don't mind if you two flirt and all, but this is a serious matter. I'm not willing to risk damaging Big Bang Monokuma, but if we can destroy one more factory than its all the better. The one closest to us is also the biggest public factor of the Towa Group, so it'll really hammer in a blow in those insane kids plans."

Shin: "...Wait. Did you say biggest factory? "

Shin asked for confirmation from Haiji, the heir of the Towa Group, and he confirmed it. Hearing this Shin's face began to lose color. With his newfound knowledge he knew the details of the Monokuma Factories, and recalled a certain factory. Among all the Monokuma Factories this one was the largest and most well defended. Additionally, on the roof of the building was a laser weapon similar to the one on top of Towa Hills that once shot Shin and Komaru down when he was flying over the ocean with Void Instant Movement. The beam was powerful, fast, and deadly accurate as it always aimed for the left torso area, the heart.

Shin: (What's going on. In all the scenarios I've watched I either encountered this factory in the beginning and get killed off, or not at all since I was never able to make a round trip to destroy all the factories. It's true I never gave Haiji warning and allowed him to drive to all the factories with Big Bang Monokuma as he knew their locations, but... what a mistake on my part. This could also be a result of my actions of blowing up the factories with missiles that I did not possess originally.)

Shin didn't know what lead to this conclusion, yet he didn't have time to over think it. He could either retreat from this final Monokuma Factory having already obtained 20,000 Points and Drake and Sachi 10,000 Points, or he could take a risk to acquire 5,000 more Points. Shin thought about the pro and cons for about thirty seconds and stood up from the floor of the cockpit and moved to the hatch of Big Bang Monokuma. Shin chose in the end to take the risk to acquire the points. He made the decision to look for additional dangers and rewards despite having one last comrade, also his important person, waiting for him at Towa Hills to come here. True, one of the reasons he was here was to reduce the number of Monokuma in the city when Monaca makes her call for help, but Shin came here for the points! To become as strong as possible! Even of it was dangerous it was a small danger far as Shin was concerned as it wasn't enough to deter him now.

Shin was by no means certain if he would make it, but he had to try. Although there was more to the level of danger for this Hidden Side Quest than its difficulty tier, he still felt that he and Team Japan wouldn't have much of a future if they ran away from a DD tier difficulty. The others, although the didn't understand the dangerous of this final factory they weren't all for taking the necessary risk, but he reassured them that he would be okay and set off alone. Both Drake and Sachi volunteered to come along for additional support, yet Shin knowing that he didn't have the means to protect them set off alone. Although he was somewhat confident that he could reach the final Monokuma Factory with alerting the enemy if he set off with Sachi, but he didn't have the confidence to protect her from the army of Monokuma and the laser beam if it was still operational after the destruction of the factory.

Shin: "Komaru, Drake, Sachi. I'll call you guys when it's time to escape. I'll probably be bringing along a army of Monokuma in my escape, but Big Bang Monokuma should be able to handle it and Haiji won't mind it long as he isn't using it punching bag for the Monokuma. Well, I'm off!"

Shin exited the cockpit of Big Bang Monokuma and ran down the giant robot with Instant Movement to safely reach the streets of the Towa City. Shin took one last look at the Big Bang Monokuma his comrades were riding off and set off alone towards their final Monokuma Factory.

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On the streets of Towa City Shin quietly stood behind a turned over unmoving bus. The Monokuma Factory was 1000 meters away and well guarded by countless Monokuma. About five minutes remained till the Hidden Side Quest would come to a end, yet Shin didn't appear as if he was about to charge out to destroy the factory. That was Shin's goal for coming here, yet his body was telling him to stay put. The reason for this reluctance to move closer was the laser weapon. On top of the factor was a rifle sized laser. Its range was far inferior to the one installed on top of Towa Hills which could target anything flying over Towa City with ease and its surrounding waters, yet it could still cut down anything within 1000 meters of the Monokuma Factory.

This was why Shin was unable to move forward. He instinctively felt that if he stepped out from behind the bus just outside the lasers range and moved closer he would be shot down. Whether by foot with Instant Movement or by air with Void Instant Movement, he felt no matter what he did or how he approached the problem he would be killed once he stepped out into the open. The MPSTAM was powerful, but it's only short coming was that it had a very short firing range, so he was not close enough to fire the missile from where he was and even without such a limitation he couldn't help but think that the laser weapon would shot down the missile in midair. Still, Shin had yet to give up despite having no way of getting closer to the factory.

Shin: (There has to be a way. If this was truly impossible, the rank rewards for this Hidden Side Quest would be higher. Of course the large amount of points for this quest are very high, but still God decided that this was about the lowest difficulty. Even if it's difficult there should be a method to go about this like using Big Bang Monokuma. There should always be more than one answer to a solution in this world, so what is-)

It was then as Shin was pondering this at last there were less than five minutes left on the Hidden Side Quest that a idea popped into his head, or better yet walked right in front of him. Shin was focusing so hard to come up with a solution that he let his guard down and missed the signs of a enemy approaching from the direction of the Monokuma Factory. Walking slowly pass the turned over bus he was hiding behind was a lone Ball Monokuma out on patrol.

Both it and Shin noticed each other at the same time as it passed the bus. Time seemed to freeze and one second felt like an eternity, but the first to break out of this trance and react to their foe was Shin. As Shin saw the Ball Monokuma a idea formed instantly and he jumped forward while retrieving Gravity Blade from the Na Ring. He then entered the Second Stage of Unlocked Mode at this time as well and swung the black magic sword four times and before Ball Monokuma could turn it's head or let out a cry it's four short an stubby limbs were cut off. Ball Monokuma now a perfect ball shape without it limbs fell to the ground and was about to roll away, but Shin caught it and lifted it overhead satisfied at his work.

The Ball Monokuma weighted as much as a wrecking ball as far as Shin was concerned, yet with the power of the Second Stage which strengthened his body he was able to not just handle Ball Monokuma's weight, but move around as well. Once he then felt confident that he could even run while carrying Ball Monokuma he charged out from behind the bus and out into the open. Then like he feared the laser set up on top on top of the Monokuma Factory immediately adjusted it's aim and opened fire with a white hot flash. A laser beam with the width of a small coin, but the penetrating power to cut through buildings traveled straight towards Shin, but it would not reach.

The large Ball Monokuma he was holding eclipsed Shin's entire body protected and protected him. The beam continued to burn into Ball Monokuma and not three second later it cut straight through the killer robot and destroying it, yet Shin was nowhere to be found. As soon as Ball Monokuma took the laser for him and escaped to the side with Instant Movement and then he charged forward. Shin was prepared for the worse now that he was without protection, yet his fears were never realized. After the Ball Monokuma was destroyed by the laser it didn't follow up with another attack immediately.

Feeling the threat of danger and death receding Shin realized that the laser wasn't capable of rapid fire, and then without a moments hesitation he shot forward with his fastest speed towards the Monokuma Factory. Each step with Instant Movement brought him closer and closer to his target and two hundred meters were crossed in less than ten seconds. A laser attack had yet to reach him still and he was overjoyed, but there was another threat before him. Hundreds and hundreds of Monokuma. They noticed Shin's attention drawing actions which took nothing to hide his presence and charged towards him.

The Beast Monokuma took the lead and Shin without hesitation drew Gravity Blade. Executing a small Void Instant Movement he jumped over three Beast Monokuma and kicked the air a second time to propel himself forward before they could turn around. Shin was still in the Second Stage as ten more Beast Monokuma lunged towards him and he clashed with them without stopping once. With a increased weight slash Gravity Blade hacked into the face of the closest Beast Monokuma and sliced off it off. Shin then kicked it's body away into the group of Beast Monokuma in front of him while striking the face of another that charged at him for the side with Soul Crushing Strike deforming it's body.

From there he continued forward without pause jumping from one killer robot to the next as Shin used the sea of Monokuma as footholds as he closed in on the factory. Countless Monokuma continued to charge at him and to avoid being ganged up on and buried under them he continued to swing Gravity Blade nonstop. The claws of the Monokuma tore into his flesh which wasn't protection by Lesser Fenrir Coat, yet not once did he stop to check his wounds and continued his path of destruction. Just as he reached the three hundred meter mark to the factory and still fighting off hundreds of Monokuma a familiar sense of danger enveloped him.

It was the fear he felt from the laser weapon and it grew stronger by the second. The beam attack was coming and Shin not hesitating lashed out, kicking a Beast Monokuma twenty feet into the air towards the factory. Targeting Shin once more a second laser beam was fired. It cut across the three hundred meter distance in a flash, yet ended up shooting through the airborne Beast Monokuma. The Beast Monokuma didn't have the thickness of a Ball Monokuma and effortlessly the laser beam cut through the robot towards it's path to Shin, but the beam deviated slightly and went pass his left arm by two inches.

Seeing this Shin's body went cold as he almost lost his arm, but he had no time to waste. The army of Monokuma surrounding him and unconcerned with his brief brush with death closed in. There was no escape on foot and so he jumped into the air with Void Instant. He didn't have the confidence to avoid the beam in midair, but without a choice in the matter he continued to kicked the air repeatedly and flew towards the factory. A group of hundred Destroy Monokuma flew towards him with their jet packs and raised their rifles and opened fire. A wave of over a hundred heat blast flew towards Shin's position, but he continued forward. He adjust his flight path with mid air with another kick to jump through the gaps of the wave of attacks and was now right in front of the enemy.

Destroy Monokuma attempted fly around him, yet predicting their flight paths Shin didn't allow them. Shin returned Gravity Blade to his Na Ring and exchanged it for his two sci-fi guns. With the Auto 9 in his right hand and the Devil Sealed Gun in his left he opened fire. All one hundred Destroy Monokumas flew away to escape, yet not all were successful. With the sounds of continuous gunfire the Monokuma either had their left eye shot threw and blew up or their jet packs were pierced by a bullet and crashed into the streets of Towa City below.

- SIDE QUEST REWARD 2, Monokuma KILL. 35 Destroy MONOKUMA'S DEFEATED. 1750 POINTS ACQUIRED!

Over thirty Destroy Monokuma were shot down and before they could regroup Shin kicked the air with Void Movement and accelerated even further towards his goal. He was not less than two hundred meters away from the Monokuma Factory. Up close like this Shin saw that it was truly much larger than the others and must have been responsible for at least producing half the Monokuma within Towa City. If Monaca Towa actually cared about the paradise that the other Warrior of Hope wished for and she used the Monokuma as soldiers, destroying this factory alone would have been a crippling blow to their plans. Such thoughts were running through Shin's mind as he was just about to break into the factory... when for a third time he felt that chilling sensation of something having locked onto him. The laser weapon stationed on the far back of the factory was beginning to overheat as it adjust it's aim for a third and final shot. Shin had nothing to block the incoming laser beam, yet he didn't panic in the least. He was now close enough to see the laser weapon's muzzle with great clarity with his enhanced eye sight with reinforcement by Ki. If it was here and now, he could intercept the beam attack!

Shin: (Can't block and it's outside my firing range, but I can at least predict when it'll fire and the beams trajectory!)

Shin switch back to his trusty Gravity Blade and actually jumped towards the laser weapon. Shin's concentration reached his peak as he observed the laser weapon just as it was about to fire. The muzzle, angel of the rifle, the energy running through it, and the visible friction of the air as the beam was unleashed. Nothing escaped his sight as Ki flowed through his eyes and the increased reaction speed through taking command over the nervous system. Shin absorbed all this information in a instant in Unlocked Mode and swung Gravity Blade with a increased weight slash with all his might on the path he determined the beam would cross. On autopilot the laser beam was fired without care of Shin's actions and reached him just as he reached the full potential of his attack and clashed with his magic sword head on.

It was but a momentary exchange yet, the laser beam nearly forced Gravity Blade out of Shin's hands, but his enlarged arms in the Second Stage held on tightly and forced the magic sword forward and the beam was cut in two. Shin's arms felt numb after the exchange, but he powered through it as he kicked the air racing towards the factory. With a sound of glass shattering Shin jumped through a window and into the Monokuma Factory. Inside were thousands, no tens of thousands of Monokuma being produced by my unmanned machines. In addition there were hundreds of Monokuma on patrol who immediately spotted Shin making his grand entrance, yet he didn't bother to give them a second look. The MPSTSM was already in his numb and shaky hands and aiming a important looking computer he opened fired and immediately escaped with Void Movement back out the window he came from.

- ONE OF TWELVE MONOKUMA FACTORIES DESTROYED. REWARDED 5,000 POINTS.

Shin was worried about his aim, but thankful the missile struck true and blew up the computer and countless other machines nearby along with a fare amount of Monokuma. Soon the entire factor ceased all function and caught on fire. Shin was happy he did what he came for, but had no time to rejoice for long as escaped the area with Void Instant Movement being chased by the Destroy Monokuma he left behind just earlier. He ran back towards his comrades at full speed feeling extremely exhausted mentally and was glad to see Big Bang Monokuma. He flew past Big Bang Monokuma and hid behind its back just as Big Bang Monokuma took a step forward and used it's royal staff to swat down the pursuing Destroy Monokuma. Shin was finally able to catch his breath and he climbed Big Bang Monokuma's back and entered it's cockpit where his comrades were waiting and seeing as everyone was okay he collapsed right there.

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A few minutes later the Hidden Side Quest came to a end and Monaca Towa at Towa Hills blew up the remaining Monokuma Factories with a self-destruct function. Kurokuma by her side asked why she did that and she smiled back at him and said she didn't want the main character of her plan to waste time elsewhere.

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Authors Note:

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Proofread by Azarza and Deltoren.

All dangers of Terror Infinity have solution and sometimes more than one. For this Hidden Side Quest Shin could have done the following.

◆ Used three Ball Monokuma's as cover to block the beams.

◆ Taunted the laser weapon to fire three times, giving him a five minute period till the weapon cools down.

◆ Once the laser fires at an ally, snipe it from a distance with a rifle during the interval of its next attack.

◆ Have a skilled sniper snipe the laser outside it's 1000 meter firing range.

◆ Use Big Bang Monokuma as cover.

◆ Lastly, exceed limits and evolve.

As Shin originally believed the Hidden Side Quest wasn't difficult, but you just needed to find the right solution whether that's intelligence, skill set, or resources available. Also, Shin tired himself out, but in a hour or so he'll be back at full strength thanks to the physical and spiritual regeneration of Black Heaven and Earth Technique.