Terror Infinity Side B
Chapter 32, HxH Greed Island
A FRIENDLY REMINDER:
FROM HERE ON WHEN TEAM JAPAN IS SPEAKING OVER LONG DISTANCE I'LL BE PLACING SOMETHING AFTER THEIR NAMES. CP = COMMUNICATOR PHONE. SL = SOUL LINK, FOR WHEN IT'S EVENTUALLY EXCHANGED FOR. ALSO, IF IN A CONVERSATION A PERSON'S NAME DOESN'T HAVE EITHER DESPITE TALKING WITH A PHONE/POWER IT WILL MEAN THAT THEY ARE THE CENTER OF THE STORY AT THAT MOMENT AND THAT YOU SHOULD IMAGINE THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING TO HIM RATHER THAN THE OTHER WAY AROUND. IT MIGHT BE CONFUSING AT FIRST, BUT IT'S THE BEST WAY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING WITHIN THE STORY.
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Elena: "Holder of 100 Designated Pocket Cards, you have entered the Capital City, Limeiro. Stay within the city for the next three hours without exiting the city. Time will restart if you leave Limeiro. Once three hours have passed proceed to Dwun and List's study room within the castle to complete the Greed Island game!"
Shin: "Ha... Ha... Ha... Good. We finally made it!"
Having ran all the way Shin and his comrades, with the exception of Aqua, had entered Greed Island's capital city, Limeiro. Once they entered the city Shin received a notification from Elena telling him the last part of the event. To stay within the city for three hours and rush to Dwun and List’s study room. Once Shin does so it'll be mission complete. Shin shared this information with the others and it caused one comrade, Jin to laugh.
Jin: "Hahaha, it's a good thing that the message was only heard by you, Shin. If not thousands of players would have realized that they were tricked and come rushing into Limeiro to kill us."
Shin: "Don't joke about that, Jin. If you... you specifically say something like that it's bound to come true. Your existence is like a bad jinx."
Jin: "Is there a good jinx?"
Hikari: "It just goes to show you how special you are, Jin. Now, the two of you stop messing around!"
Misaki: "Hikari is right. Time to get serious and put an end to this game."
Shin: "Fine, fine, fine. Hikari, summon your Persona and help us find somewhere that we can use for the next three hours that can be well defend, but first reconfirm Team Germany's current position and their situation. Connor, you're own your own. You know what to do, right?"
Connor: "..."
The child soldier of Team Japan Connor stayed silent, but he nodded to Shin's confirmation and began to move. Connor ran towards the tallest building on the outskirts of Limeiro and quickly climbed up to its rooftop. Once there and looking out into the distance he took out his C-Class Trigger and transformed into his Trion Body that enabled his use of Trion. Connor then laid flat down on the roof and took out his Ibis sniper Trigger and took aim. Shin, seeing this, took out his Communicator Phone and on their line contacted both Aqua and Connor to go over the plan one last time.
Shin: "Connor, remember your targets. The Psyche Force User and Priest. Aqua will create the opportunity, so just wait for her. I'll have Hikari guide you two."
Connor CP: "..."
Aqua CP: "I got it already and stop bugging me! Unlike you I'm doing my best to avoid an army of Nen Users. I'm using the Red Riding Hood cloak to stay under the radar, but if I go on the attack or make myself to obvious they'll notice me. Don't bug me. Just put Hikari on and stay out of this leader!"
Shin: "...Yes."
Shin did his best not to cry from the lack of affection from his favorite red head veteran (doing his best to not think about Aqua's child form as she wore the cloak) and passed the phone over to Hikari. Hikari had already summoned her support type Persona Adrasteia and begun searching for Team Germany and give their position to Aqua and Connor... but at that moment something strange happened. The moment that Hikari locked on to them... she lost them. Not just blocked by Team Germany's Psyche Force user Erwin, but completely vanished without a trace. Even Connor looking through the scope of his rifle and had just caught a glimpse of the enemy team lost sight of the enemy team.
Hikari: "This is... this is impossible! Shin... they're gone!"
Shin: "They're what!? Do you mean they masked themselves and you can't locate them?"
Hikari: "No. They... just vanished. They were fighting their way out from the army of Greed Island players and they just disappeared. Not even the players on the ground can find them and are just as confused. They are now just fighting each other in rage thinking it could help."
Aqua CP: "It's the same on my end! I had just found them and they disappeared. Additionally, their scents are gone as well. Even my tracking abilities with the Wolverine Mutation and Werewolf Bloodline are no help. Shin, what's going on?"
Shin: "I don't-"
Jin: "I think that I can explain. I suspect that this a different type of force field then what we've seen so far. A Stealth Force Field! Most likely a shield that makes those around the user invisible, and additionally blocks smell and hearing. Hikari not being able to find them means that it also has the power to block Psyche Force, or its just Team Germany still masking his group as they move."
Misaki: "Then why haven't we seen this before? If they had used it when we attacked the enemy camp then it would have been harder on us to attack them."
Jin: "...Maybe there's a time limit to this Stealth Force Field. They didn't use it to hide their base, or use it to walk up and sneak into Masadora to surprise us may be because it has a short duration and possibly long cool down time. It wouldn't stay active long enough for them to sneak into Masadora from the enemy camp, but they've must have decided that it would last long enough for them to enter Limeiro safely, or long enough for them to just sprint the remaining distance."
Shin: "..."
Hearing this Shin fell into a panic. Their current plan depended on Team Japan sniping Team Germany from a distance to kill off as many of the enemy Players as possible before they reach Limeiro. It was the plan that gave Team Japan the highest chance of success, yet it was their only plan. Shin and the others expected one or two members of the Team Germany to enter the city even under Connor's sniping, yet they couldn't have the entire enemy team enter the city.
Team Japan just wouldn't win.
Team Germany on average were more enhanced through God's Exchange System than Team Japan. Although they acted foolishly in the beginning Team Germany is the more experienced team as well. Also, within Team Japan that is just starting to get its act together only Aqua and Shin himself could hope to rival Team Germany's top fighters. If both teams are forced into a direct clash as is... Team Japan would certainly lose.
Shin knew this and knowing there was nothing that he could do decided to trust in his comrades. Shin wanted to be an Over Powered main character who could do everything, but because he was not that strong yet he decided to believe in his comrades. If there was something that Shin alone couldn't accomplish then there was surly a way for Team Japan altogether to accomplish whatever it is. That was his strong belief as the leader of Team Japan who has watched his comrades overcome even worse situations time and time again.
Shin: "Everyone! Locate Team Germany and use any method available to find them. Don't mind being spotted. It's more important to wipe them all out than keep playing it safe now! Go!"
With that command Shin and the others moved to higher vantage points to try to locate Team Germany. Shin used eyes reinforced by Ki Energy. Hikari used her Persona Adrasteia. Misaki used Observation and Mantra Haki. Aqua looked for any signs of them on the ground within the chaos of the battles between G.I players. Shuai sent out his ghost for surveillance and had Gnome check the vibrations of the earth. Jin himself didn't have an ability to search, so he just kept giving out ideas and possible locations where the enemy might he... but it was no use. Even when they came together and helped each other Team Japan just couldn't locate Team Germany. Whether they just couldn't spot them, the chaos of the battlefield, or both none of them could find even a single trace of Team Germany... and as for Connor.
Shin CP: "Connor, have you found anything?"
Connor: "...No."
Shin CP: "...I see. Don't worry about it. We know that you can do it. You’re Team Japan's ace sniper after all. Your eyes are the best amongst us. Before any of us you'll find Team Germany and wipe them out. Just tell us when you've spotted them so we can back you up."
Connor then heard Shin hang up, but his words replayed themselves in his mind. He could hear in Shin's voice real trust in his sniping ability and as a comrade to be relied on. Connor would not say so out loud for the others to overhear, but he felt happy that he could once more have comrades who placed so much trust in him. After he disbanded his former mercenary group of child soldiers who all looked up to him, Connor thought that he would never have that feeling again. It was the best feeling... but it was also a heavy burden to bear as he's seen more than one comrade who trusted him on the battlefield die.
It was never because of a lack of ability or carelessness on his part. It just happens... like what happened to Renji and Kampa. Good friends, the best of friends could die at any moment in war. Still, Connor would always remember those who had fallen. Renji who although they were never that close had tried a few times to get closer to Connor without giving up. Kampa who was a soldier of the battlefield like himself, yet had created a life outside of war zones and extended a hand towards Connor and tried to have him find interest outside of combat so that he wouldn't grow up into a boring adult in his words.
Connor: "...Fuck it. Screw it all! Fucking bastards! Damn fictional powers getting in my way. Go to hell!
Connor cursed loudly. He cursed at the enemy who keeps talking things away from him and the nonsense of fictional super powers getting in his way of wiping out those attempting to kill his comrades. Cursing everything out loud and in his heart increased his anger until it developed into pure rage. Connor's rage just grew greater by the second and without even meaning to he entered into the First Stage of the Genetic Constraint. Doing so increased all of his abilities which included perception as he looked through the scope of the Ibis rifle, yet he still could not locate the enemy team.
Connor: "Damn it all!!"
Connor who had lied down on the roof of a building on stood up while still aiming his rifle into the distance outside the city. On Connor's face was a rare sight of emotion. Fury. He knew the enemy was out there yet just because they were invisible he couldn't shoot them. It was illogical to Connor and he wouldn't accept it... and that's when it occurred.
A new evolution.
Fueled by Connor's rage, from his naval Demonic Power that normally stayed in a dormant state ignited and began to spread throughout his Trion Body. Trion and Demonic Power then flowed throughout the body bring new levels of power, speed, and durability of the Trion Body, but it didn't end there. This new found power was something Connor hadn't yet grasped how to control ran wildly through his body and so a small amount of Demonic Power entered his heart. The heart was where the source of Trion was and when Demonic Power invaded... a line of power shot upwards from the heart and something snapped within Connor's head.
Connor: "Ghaaaa!"
From behind Connor eyes an intense throbbing pain could be felt and despite being in a Trion Body blood began to run down from his two eyes. Connor didn't understand what was going on, yet what occupied most of his thoughts at this moment wasn't the pain, but what he was seeing. Just before Connor was able to the blue of the sky, the green of the grass, the brown of the dirt, and the red of blood as Nen Users kept attacking and killing one another, yet now... there was just white.
Before the Connor's eyes the entire scenery had become white. The shapes were still there, so he hadn't gone blind, yet everything was white... except for one thing. The people. Around all the players of Greed Island fighting before him were aura of different colors and textures. Connor at first didn't understand what he was seeing, but soon understood. No, he had always known, but it was hard to accept that he knew without an explanation. Connor instinctively knew that the colors represented different emotions.
Red for anger, blue for sadness, green for happy, and black for hatred. The majority of the player that Connor could see had the either a red or black aura around them for anger and hatred as they fought amongst themselves for the 100 Designated Pocket Cards, yet they were not the same. The shape of the aura, how it flowed around them, and their texture each distinguished an individual from other people and no two were the same. Connor didn't understand how he knew or could see all of this, but suddenly recalling the one and only Manga that he reads, World Trigger, he soon knew the answer,
Side Effect.
This was Connor's newly acquired Side Effect. The ability to distinguish individual through a type of aura which showed in depth emotions. It was a similar ability of the mysterious S-Class Border Agent from World Trigger, Amon. Connor didn't yet know the full depths of Amon's Side Effect, but for the moment just accepted that he had acquired a similar ability.
Connor: "...What is that?"
From the corner of Connor's eye he saw it. Something. A large red and black mass of aura representing anger and hatred. That in its self wasn't strange now that he could see emotion. Where the main body of Greed Island Players was even a much large mass of black and red that almost swallowed up the horizon before him, but what was strange is that Connor couldn't spot any people within smaller mass traveling towards the city. The mass of black and red was about 4,000 meters away from Limeiro and closing in fast.
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Connor: "Can't see any people within the aura... it's them!"
Connor realizing what he was seeing quickly informed Aqua and the others of his discover. They didn't understand how Connor found them, but he gave them no mind. Connor proceeded to charge the Ibis Trigger in his hands with power. Both Trion and Demonic Power for the first time which resulted in a yellowish gold radiance from the rifle in his hands. From there Connor simply aimed the muzzle of the Ibis Trigger rifle, took a stance to adjust to the recoil, and-
- *BANG*!!!
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Now less than 4,000 meters away from Limeiro after running for their lives was a certain group of seven. Team Germany. Abigail, Klaus, Adam, Cora, Kurt, Lutz, and Erwin. Under the cover of Cora second force field skill, Stealth Force Field, they had escaped the clutches of Team Japan's plan to have the players of Greed Island gang up on and kill them.
Abigail: "Fuck Team Japan to death! How dare they not only have the players of the island come after us, but also use my face on that poster as well! I'll skin them alive and that goes double for Shin and this Hikari bitch of Team Japan!"
Adam: "Calm down leader. In the end thanks to Cora we survived and now have the chance to turn the battle around. They thought up of this plan because they didn't believe that they could defeat us in a straight fight. If they did think that they could win against Team Germany then they wouldn't risk a few of us dying back there and kill us all for the individual points and rank rewards. Once we get into the city it's our victory! A few of us may perish if they have something else up their sleeves, but the majority of us will definitely live through today and you'll get your revenge and promotion in the end."
Abigail: "Ahahahah! Your right Adam. Today is the day Team Japan dies by our hands! Erwin, what are they doing at the moment?"
Erwin: "Leader, they appear to be searching for us at this moment. They seem to be using many different means, but it's no use. Cora's Stealth Force Field combined with my masking is perfect. It blocks sound, sight, and even erases our scents. Adding in my Psyche Force ability to mask our presence it's perfect. I can't think of any means of discovering us aside from a wide area bombing or Large AOE magic attacks, and even then Cora can just switch back to the regular Defensive Force Field."
Cora: "Hmm, aren't I amazing? And once I get Psyche Force skills we won't even need Erwin to help me conceal us. Stealth Force Field has a short duration, long cool down, uses up a lot of stamina, and far lower durability against enemy attacks, but it's just as amazing as the Defensive Force Field in my opinion."
Abigail: "Then it was a good idea then for me to use a B rank reward to exchange the skill for you. Ahahah, we've duped Team Japan thanks to our superior enhancements and combination of abilities, and now we're almost to Limeiro. All that's left is to kill off Team Japan and claim my-"
It was then that Abigail saw saw it. From the outskirts of Limeiro coming from atop a tall building was golden light. Then with the sound of a bang a golden cannon ball of energy soared across the space between Limeiro and Team Germany at light speed. The cannon ball of energy crafted from Demonic Power and Trion smashed through Cora's Stealth Force Field.
Abigail at the last moment used a glowing light string to try to deflect the golden cannon ball, but the force was too great to stop and so she could only watch as it blew away her string and hit Erwin. The sniper shot from the Ibis impacted and eviscerated the top half of Team Germany’s one and only Psyche Force user into a red fine mist similar to what Razor had once done to the Newbies of Team Japan, and just like what they saw at the time, Team Germany were lost for words at the sight.
- SIDE QUEST REWARD 5, ENEMY TEAM KILL - 2000 POINTS AND C RANK REWARD ACQUIRED!
- POINT CASUALTIES: ONE MEMBER OF TEAM GERMANY DIED. TEAM JAPAN +1 TEAM POINT AND TEAM GERMANY -1 TEAM POINT.
TEAM JAPAN TEAM POINTS: -4.
TEAM GERMANY TEAM POINTS: -6.
TOTALS WILL BE MULTIPLIED BY 2000 BY THE END OF A TEAM'S MISSION AND DISTRIBUTED TO EACH LIVING MEMBER. MEMBERS OF BOTH TEAMS WITH NEGATIVE POINTS AT THE END WILL BE ERASED.
Abigail: "Fucking sniper! They killed my Psyche Force user! How did he find us? Cora, just use the standard shield from now on. We're close enough to the city and lost most the players of the island. Hurry before another attack arrives!"
Cora: "Alright."
Cora raised her hands just and erected a Defensive Force Field around her team that had been reduced to six. Then just moments after another shot from Connor's Ibis Connors trigger arrived. The impact of the golden cannon ball created a large explosion as it hit the Defensive Force Field, yet it held on strong. Cora's Defensive Force Field once more showed its durability and was to be expected since it once blocked the beam attack of the Unicorn Beam Magnum.
Abigail seeing Team Japan's sniper's attack failed felt relived. If it could break through the Defensive Force Field it would have been the end for Team Germany and herself. It was a major loss to lose Erwin just moments ago, but it wasn't a loss that Team Germany couldn't recover from as they could just develop another Psyche Force user in Cora after this mission. As long as they wipe out Team Japan they would have the points and rewards to easily do so after all.
Abigail: "Erwin was useful, but there's still Cora. She'll even have better abilities than Erwin since she already has a few defensive magics. I can still recovery from the loss!"
Adam: "Leader, an enemy is approaching from the rear!"
Abigail: "!!?"
Abigail looked back behind her team as they ran at full speed towards Limeiro and saw who it was. Who she was. Running at a speed that would put Olympic sprinter to shame was a woman in her early 20's with red hair with a red cloak trailing behind her back. Abigail had personally never seen the woman trailing behind them and slowly catching up, but she matched the description from a previous scan of Erwin. Abigail didn't understand why a lone member of Team Japan was chasing after her team... but the large caliber handgun in her right hand gave her an unknown sense dread that made her blood run cold.
Abigail, feeling that it would be too dangerous to allow Aqua to approach, transformed her left arm into its metallic form and summoned a glowing string to attack Aqua. The string looked harmless, yet Aqua knew from Shin description that it was the opposite. It was a glowing string that moved as fast as lighting and could become incredibly soft, sturdy, or in this case a razor sharp blade that can cut through buildings.
Aqua chose not to take any chances and went into Unlocked Mode. In the First Stage along with the combat instincts of her ancestors, Aqua's power, speed, and reaction speed increased. Aqua watched as the glowing string approached closer and closer and then with minimal effort and no loss of speed, evaded the string as it passed just by her neck.
Abigail: "Shit another Unlocked Mode member. She's Team Japan! Don't let her get close. Kill her!"
Team Germany followed Abigail's command. They each took out heavy weaponry taken out from a Storage Bag and opened fire at the red haired woman, Aqua, with a combination of modern and low level Sci'fi weapons. Aqua entered the Second Stage of Unlocked Mode as she saw the barrage of gunfire coming her way and sprinted away. In addition to the Second Stage, Aqua's powerful legs strengthened by her Wolverine Mutation, Werewolf Bloodline, and Nen allowed her to zigzag through enemy gunfire and approach Team Germany as a startling rate.
Aqua: (That gun is...)
Aqua who had almost reached the escaping Team Germany noticed something disturbing. Cradled in the hands of one of Team Germany's members, Kurt was a familiar weapon. It was the Pulse Rifle that once belonged to a comrade of Team Japan, Kampa's M41A-Magic Modified Sci-fi weapon. It was last seen in the hands of Kampa, but it was now in the hands of the enemy.
Aqua: "You bastards! You pilfered through his corpse! Go to hell!!!"
A furious Aqua charged forward. Still in the Second Stage and with as much Nen/Aura as possible strengthening her legs she ran until all what was left was a blur. Only Abigail and Adam could follow her swift high speed moments, yet they couldn't react in time. Now close enough Aqua raised her right hand tightly grasping a large caliber. The gun had a modern appearance, yet was neither a modern or sci-fi weapon in Aqua's hands.
It was a magic gun.
It was her trump card.
Thompson Contender Mystic Code.
The Mystic Code and gun of the Magic Killer when he used magecraft in battle against another magus. It was a powerful gun that can fire regular bullets with extremely high penetrating power, but its power as a BB tier magic gun lied elsewhere. The Thompson Contender Mystic Code special ability was to create Origin Bullets. By absorbing Mana, Ki, Nen, Psyche Force or other energy, one can fire Origin Bullets and these bullets were incredibly lethal to magicians and the like and could be called a trump card against them.
Origin Bullets 'Sever and Bind' magic power within an individual, permanently crippling them. A Player will need a whole body repair and three times the points to enable God to heal them if injured by the Origin Bullet. The performance of an Origin Bullet is greater when the magic power in the target is at its strongest, but has little to no effect on those without Mana/Magic power of any kind, yet lucky Aqua's target, the Defensive Force Field was a magic skill.
- *BANG*!
From the Mystic Code gun a bullet made of bone was fired and flew towards Cora's Defensive Force Field protecting Team Germany. Cora, feeling danger as well, strengthened the shield as high as possible, yet that would turn out to be a fatal mistake. No one other than Aqua knew what was about to happen and when they did... they were left with a deathly pause. Right at the moment of contact Cora's powerful Defensive Force shattered as easily as glass and Cora fell over throwing up blood. Cora had died standing up before her face even touched the earth.
- SIDE QUEST REWARD 5, ENEMY TEAM KILL - 2000 POINTS AND C RANK REWARD ACQUIRED!
- POINT CASUALTIES: ONE MEMBER OF TEAM GERMANY DIED. TEAM JAPAN +1 TEAM POINT AND TEAM GERMANY -1 TEAM POINT.
TEAM JAPAN TEAM POINTS: -3.
TEAM GERMANY TEAM POINTS: -7.
TOTALS WILL BE MULTIPLIED BY 2000 BY THE END OF A TEAM'S MISSION AND DISTRIBUTED TO EACH LIVING MEMBER. MEMBERS OF BOTH TEAMS WITH NEGATIVE POINTS AT THE END WILL BE ERASED.
Adam: "Cora!!!"
Adam screamed as he saw his girlfriend die so swiftly before his eyes, yet the nightmare for Team Germany had yet to come to an end. The moment Cora's Defensive Force Field faded along with her life, Connor who switched out for the rapid fire and faster Lightning Trigger opened fire on Team Germany, specifically the healer Lutz. The Lightning Trigger now powered by Trion and Demonic Power enhanced the rifle to greater heights, so power and especially speed surpassed what Team Germany or even Connor expected. Abigail felt it was a lost cause to save him and tried to kill Lutz herself with a swipe of her glowing string, yet despite cutting his body in half a hole where his heart should be showed that the enemy had taken Lutz's life first.
- SIDE QUEST REWARD 5, ENEMY TEAM KILL - 2000 POINTS AND C RANK REWARD ACQUIRED!
- POINT CASUALTIES: ONE MEMBER OF TEAM GERMANY DIED. TEAM JAPAN +1 TEAM POINT AND TEAM GERMANY -1 TEAM POINT.
TEAM JAPAN TEAM POINTS: -2.
TEAM GERMANY TEAM POINTS: -8.
TOTALS WILL BE MULTIPLIED BY 2000 BY THE END OF A TEAM'S MISSION AND DISTRIBUTED TO EACH LIVING MEMBER. MEMBERS OF BOTH TEAMS WITH NEGATIVE POINTS AT THE END WILL BE ERASED.
Another member of Team Germany had all of a sudden fallen, yet no one, especially Adam cared to mind that. Adam just kept glaring at the Aqua who had killed Cora and gave chase. Aqua chose to escape here rather than fight and Adam followed. Aqua's adamantium claws and Adam's crystal sword would clash every now and again, but Aqua would keep escaping and gaining distance from Adam as they moved further and further away from what remained of Team Germany.
Abigail: "Fuck! Adam get back here! You're so dead for leaving on your own like this! Damn, Kurt get over here! Klaus, transform and begin tanking all the sniper attacks for us. Just get us inside Limeiro now!!!"
Under the threat of Abigail’s glowing string ready to behead him if he disobeyed or hesitated, Klaus transformed into his Hulk form and began to charge forwards in despite of his now giant build. Abigail grabbed Kurt with her glowing string and then grabbed onto Klaus's strong and wide back. Demonic Power/Trion energy shots were then fired at Team Germany from Connor's rifle, yet all attacks just harmlessly bounced off Klaus's green skin and rock hard body. And like this... three of the surviving four members of Team Germany; Abigail, Klaus, and Kurt finally entered Greed Island's capital city, Limeiro, with a fourth member nowhere to be seen.
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This was a passing thought as I wrote this chapter, but couldn't Team Germany have stolen Kampa's Communicator Phone to spy of Team Japan? I think it's possible, but for the sake of the story I'm just going to say that it broke in Kampa's fight against Kort.