Terror Infinity Side B

Chapter 35, Dangan Ronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls

With Gravity Blade in his left hand and the M41A Pulse Rifle+M cradled in his right arm, Shin began to sprint through Towa National Park. He was running through the park area and towards the forest area 4,000 meters ahead while staying vigilant of his surroundings. Shin had already entered Unlocked Mode and his unfocused eyes scanned everything before him and his senses were on high alert. He couldn't imagine all the countless methods for someone as talent as Izuru Kamukura to attack him, but at the very least the First Stage of the Genetic Constraint will guarantee him that he wouldn't be caught completely off guard.

Shin: (Now, just how will you come at me?)

The answer to that question was immediately answered. Shin's ears picked up a whistling sound coming from deep within the forest 3800 meters in front of him and along with it a premonition of danger. Before he knew what it was Shin jumped to the side just as a something, a small projectile passed by where he just was in a flash. The projectile cut through the air at 1000 MPH before crashing into the ground creating a small crater in the earth, and Shin final saw just what it was.

Shin: (A iron ball the size of a baseball? Is he copying Leon Kuwata, the Ultimate Baseball Star?)

With this Shin had a strong idea of the abilities of the body the Guide had come to possess, but he didn't have time to ponder for long.

- *BANG*!

Instead of another thrown iron ball, a much faster attack, a bullet from a sniper rifle was aimed and shot towards Shin. Shin felt the threat beforehand and dodged to the side, yet the bullet still grazed passed just under his right armpit and tearing out a small bit of flesh. It was an attack that normally would not have damaged him, but the Lesser Fenrir Coat was badly damaged and all that remained of it was tied around his waist for whatever it was worth. Another shot came from the dark forest aimed at his heart, but he was prepared. A Kagune tentacle reinforced with Silver Dragon Scales was released, swiping at and blocking the shot from the sniper rifle.

Shin then summoned his maximum number of six Kagune tentacles reinforced with the defensive Ki skill, and wrapped them around his body to protect his weak points as he ran towards the forest with Instant Movement. More shot were released from the enemy, but they were either avoided by the speed of his movement technique, cut down with a swing of Gravity Blade in his left hand, or blocked by the Kagune reflecting a silver light. It then took Shin just a few seconds using Instant Movement to cross the distance of the national park and enter the forest area. With his speed and the trees acting as cover it was impossible to capture him with just a sniper rifle.

Shin: (Even if the Guide can follow my moments, he's limited by his choice of weapons. The trees will stop or alter the course of his shots, so guns become less effective. CQC or setting traps are the better combat options. The world of Dangan Ronpa is low Sci-fi at best and he wouldn't be able to own say the Gauss Sniper Rifle or the EMP variant that Connor once told me about that existed in the exchanges. They could just blow through buildings and trees with ease.)

Shin was correct.

On top of a large rock within the forest providing an excellent vantage point while not allowing ones target to directly see them, the enemy looking through the scope of his rifle judged that sniping was impossible. He then put down the gun on the ground, no he smashed it into the ground without hesitation knowing that it wouldn't serve him any longer, and he cursed briefly in his head before calming down and returning to his state of disinterest. There was no helping it. He knew of Gauss and EMP technology which could have allowed him to fight more effectively, but God didn't allow him to hold the knowledge of how to make them since his body wouldn't have known of the technology. The world of Dangan Ronpa was more advanced than the real world, but it had not begun to research Gauss or EMP tech. There was no helping it, and he had achieved his primary goal.

Izuru Kamukura: "...Initial data collection was a success. Reaction speed, ability to adapt, and use enhancements in combination has increased. Initial speculation that the human would need to resort to Red Moon Formation or Kakuja Kagune under long range sniping have been disproven... Battle Tactics from Ultimate Mercenary suggest retreating to the lakeside. The enemy is too versatile to fight in a chaotic environment like a forest, so a flat and wide area free of obstructions are preferred with this body. With the enemies speed he'll catch up to me beforehand, but the traps forged and set in the forest by the combination of Ultimate Blacksmith and Ultimate Mercenary will hinder, or kill him."

As the enemy began to retreat, Shin felt the threat from before pulling back and gave chase. He was at his strongest at close range combat and couldn't afford to let the enemy put more distance between them. Shin's mind raced with battle tactics for pursuit. He judge the enemies current position by the previous sniping attack (Speed and angle of the bullet, the power of the rifle judged by the sound when a bullet was fired, and wind speeds in the area) and his own instincts in Unlocked Mode screaming at him where the greatest threat to his life was, and gave chase. He also consider whether using Void Movement would be better, but discarded such thoughts immediately and continued to use the land based Instant Movement. He could move faster and fly over the obstructions of the forest with the airborne movement technique, but he would be too open to sniping.

Shin: (I hate to admit it, but I didn't train hard enough to master Void Movement. I just had fun with it as a way to fly, but there was more that to this technique. It can allow the user to master 3-Dimensional combat. You can attack at angels that your opponents hate and stay out of their attack range as well. I'm still not too good at that, and worse, I'm not confident at avoiding sniper rounds like I am on land. If three decent snipers were to target me midair I would certainly be shot down. I need to practice a lot more when this is all-)

Just as Shin passed the halfway point of the forest towards the lake then enemy was retreating towards he felt something under his feet. The left foot he pushed down on felt something soft, and then hard as the ground caved in slightly. Then came the sound of metallic springs were heard. Less than a second passed as Shin received this information, but Unlocked Mode gave him the thinking speed and combat instincts to come to a decision. He jumped and rolled forward with everything that he had. Then less than a second later a large metal snapping noise range throughout the forest and when he looked back he was shocked. Like right out of a old time American cartoon there stood a bear trap the size of... an actual bear. The bear trap had been masterfully hidden and he didn't notice it till it was too late. It's two metal jaws had snapped together sending a chill down his spine. He barely escaped just thanks to his inhuman ability to react from Unlocked Mode and knew if he was a split second late he would have been torn into by the metal jaws.

Shin: "Void!"

Shin got back up and as he returned to pursuing the enemy he placed even more effort into staying vigilant. He used Void Instant Movement to just hover just above the earth and his eyes darted around suspicious of everything. He wouldn't allow himself to fall into another trap, but that didn't matter. As he passed 3/4 through the forest without setting off a trap he set one off he had no hope of noticing. Shin noticed something only when it was too late. As he passed by a tree covered in foliage he saw something metal buried in its trunk. A small device streaming an almost invisible light. It was a modern infrared laser sensor. Shin recalled he had even bought a cheap one as a kid for the fun of it, but this one was not a cheap toy.

- *BEEP*!

- *EXPLOSION*!!!

With that soft beep as a signal all the traps within the forest were set off one after the other. Shin wanted to complain to the enemy who was using both modern and simple traps, but for the moment he had to worry about his own life. Shin quickly entered the Second Stage of Unlocked Mode and rushed through the remaining forest as fast as he could without bothering to care about setting off more traps. The flames from explosion after explosion of hidden bombs trailed after him as he ran. Shin felt that he set off a few traps not set off as he stepped on the ground with his feet as well, but the power and speed of his enlarged muscles in the Second Stage gave him the ability cross the forest like the wind without minding the traps set off which couldn't catch him.

The forest was dark as he ran through it, but suddenly Shin saw a light. It was the light of the sun reflected off the large lake at the center of Towa National Park. He had almost escaped the forest at last, and that when the final trap was set off. Not by Shin, but by the enemy in a black suit and tie who could now hear his approach. He took out a cell phone and pressed a series of numbers, and hit talk. Immediately afterwards and without any warning the trap was set off. All around the inner perimeter of the forest just before the lake area, from the trees countless small knives, kunai, scattered in all directions at blinding speed just like out of a scene from Naruto. Shin was completely caught off guard at the sudden and unusual attack, but still in Unlocked Mode his ability to react was exceptional as he instantly prepared himself for the worst of it to escape with his life.

Shin: (Silver Dragon Sclaes!)

Shin's skin reflected a silver light his strongest Silver Dragon Scales and covered his body with his Kagune just as the kunai reached him. Hundreds, no thousands of sharp kunai flew at him as he ran towards the lake outside the forest. Shin endured countless blades trying to skewer him alive. His Kagune was all too soon torn apart by the thousands upon thousands of unnaturally sharp blades stabbing and slicing off the tentacles protecting Shin's vitals, and when it finally reached the point Shin was protecting himself with his own body he jumped forward with all his power and kicked the air with the force carrying him the remaining way out of the forest. Void Movement successfully took out of harms way from within the forest and he tumbled across the ground till he reached the shore of the lake.

Shin was covered in dirt and his own blood as he finally came to a stop and stood up, and he found standing not too far away from him his enemy. Without hesitation Shin immediately opened fire with the M41A Pulse Rifle+M to spray him full of holes, yet his opponent simply jumped back and out of his attack range. Shin then just observed his enemy who hadn't made a move to counter attack. A man with long black hair, pale skin, red target pattern eyes, and wearing a black suit and tie exuding a dark aura inner strength and wisdom beyond his age. The Guide possessing the body of Hope's Peak Academy's artificial Ultimate Hope who's talent was talent itself, Izuru Kamukura. Different from when Shin first met him he appeared to be armed with a variety of weapons. A submachine gun, grenades, and a large hunting knife hanging on the belt on his waist. In his left hand was a desert eagle and in his right hand a out of place metal bat.

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Izuru Kamukura: "You know, you could have just safely flown over the forest... but I won't fault you on that human. It was a wise tactical decision to avoid my snipes by entering the forest even at the risk of me setting up traps. I unexpectedly got bored... maybe fed up with sniping with a modern rifle and threw it away. More often than Junko Enoshima, this body gets tired of things very fast."

Said by Izuru Kamukura, but Shin wasn't in the mood to care. Staying vigilant he was observing the Guide intently without exiting Unlocked Mode. He was looking closely at the enemy taking note of all his weapons and looking for any gaps in his defense to take advantage of, and if he failed that and the enemy were attack he would be able to respond immediately and counter attack. As Shin observed the Guide he noticed to two things. The first that he looked as strong as he did when he first met him on the roof of the hospital. No, he appeared stronger now that he was full armed and was ready for a fight. Just like Shin, Izuru Kamukura wasn't being careless and was taking notice of Shin in case he launched an attack. This could be seen how by despite looking relaxed and composed the enemy had positioned their legs and the rest of their body in a way where it would be easy to step forward, back off, or dodge to the side. He also see that Izuru Kamukura was in Unlocked Mode as well from his defocused eyes. The second thing Shin noticed was-

Shin: (It's his eyes. They look damn scary! His pupils are still the same red target shape as before, but his eyes are bloodshot. They are completely red and scary... but this is a good thing. This means that my efforts till now were worth it and my guess was spot on! The Guide is weakened!)

Shin's judgment was spot on.

The Guide was trying to hide by remaining composed and talking down at him, but he was actually in terrible shape. If he were to exit Unlocked Mode the enemy would collapse to the floor with severe mental pain. Only by reinforcing his spirit and mind was he able to hang on as long he did, but even then his condition was a mess and he knew that he wouldn't be able to preform at 100%. The reason for his condition was because of what Shin did, or has been doing that last few days.

The Guide Izuru Kamukura had been using the powers of Psyche Force abilities granted by him God to take control of the members of Team Japan aside from Shin and used them as he pleased. Using the skill Suggestive Eyes, a Psyche Force ability to force suggestions at the risk of backfiring at the Psyche Force User. It wasn't a complete mind control as he just installed the ideas to follow his instructions, don't speak unnecessarily, listen to the orders of the Warriors of Hope and kill Shin if spotted, but because of how powerful his Psyche Force was as the Guide it was no different from brainwashing, and Shin took advantage of that.

One of goals of the mission was to defeat and save his brainwashed comrades. The Guide knew Shin wouldn't abandon his team, save them, and come immediately face him despite all risk, but what was outside his expectations was for Shin to do so by using the magic of Holy Sword Switch to free them from his control. It was an excellent method to defeat his comrades without killing them, yet most importantly had a major effect on the Guide. Every time Shin used Holy Sword Switch to defeat a comrade, the Guide had to endure a powerful backlash. An especially powerful one due to Holy Sword Switch magic being a A tier anti brainwashing tool along witht ne backfire of Suggestive Eyes, and he had to endure this six times.

Possessing both the Psyche Force powers of the Guide and the body of Izuru Kamukura, he had came into this world with abilities beyond normal men. To an extent if Shin fought the enemy before he would have suffered a defeat with no chance of winning, but now he could not display that ability. The six mental backfires had all but reduced his mental strength to that of an average Psyche Force user and only had the confidence to use Psyche Force Scan that can now only just cover the space that of Towa National Park without passing out and some other techniques once or twice. The condition of his physical body was worse off.

Shin has already had his suspicion, but not only did Izuru Kamukura have strong body and mind that was excellent at acquiring all talents, the Guide was in possession of a unique body that had unlocked the Genetic Constraint to the Third Stage. The Third Stage allowed the one to stimulate the abilities of all the people that they have come into contact with at some point and spent time with. Additionally, due to the modification on both mind and body by Hope's Peak Academy and Izuru Kamukura's own studies on the subject of talent, he was able use the Third Stage to its full potential without any downsides and never even needed to meet the other students of Hope's Peak Academy to acquire their talents, but this was before the repeated mental backfires. Now, he could only stimulate the abilities of others for very short durations and each use cuts down even more of his mental strength.

Shin: (He's definitely damaged. I can't tell how badly, but it certainly isn't small. Maybe I don't need THAT plan after all. If he's this weak maybe I-)

Izuru Kamukura: "I can win with my own strength, is it? Don't get full of yourself human. I admit that my abilities current power is deplorable to say the least. My Psyche Force abilities and the duration that this body can stay in the Third Stage have been reduced by your mental attacks with the powerful Holy Sword Switch... but what of it? I may not be able to read you well enough to figure out what your plan is to defeat me, but whatever you have plan is useless."

Shin: "...Oh, so you're admitting that Izuru Kamukura has awakened to the Third Stage? Putting aside how unfair that is for me do you think that was a good idea to tell me? We are in the middle of a fight."

Izuru Kamukura: "Doesn't matter. The Third Stage and what the game describes Izuru Kamukura aren't too alien from one another to matter. The point is that this is still a high spec body with 1000 stat points in ever category with the exception of Intelligence and Mental Capacity at 3000. Also the various talents learned by him are only one step inferior of the Third Stage. You have no chance at winning. Now, let's get on with it. I have one last thing to do before I kill you."

Shin: "Oh, what's that? Not that I care all that much for all this talking during a fight."

Izuru Kamukura: "We can agree on that, but its an order. God had instructed me to tell you the truth of this Guide Test if I have the chance."

Shin: "The truth?"

Izuru Kamukura: "Yes. First is the reason we desired a regular team to confront the teams of the Four Pillars. What we told you before about the contingency plan was true, but we didn't tell you everything. God was allowed to pick one team to support, but we also had the option of choosing one of the special two teams, Team Devil or Team Celestial. Team Devil is composed of clones of Players with the highest potential. Team Celestial is composed of Team Leaders who had reached the Second Stage or higher and were invited to join this special team by God. Now, putting aside Team Celestial which should be disbanded with the various restrictions placed by God, we could have just choose Team Devil to support. Do you know why we didn't do this?"

I thought about it for a second and then wanted to curse at myself. I had heard of Team Devil and Team Celestial in passing from Sozin back on that island. Team Devil should have been the obvious choice. The Guide did say Team Japan had a lot of potential due to almost everyone (Now everyone) unlocking their Genetic Constraints, but he never said we had the greatest potential in God's Dimension. We were just the most convenient due to having no connection to the Four Pillars. Team Devil is a team of clones created by God, so wouldn't they be more appropriate and willing to become God's arms and legs within God's Dimension?

Shin: "I'm guessing that it isn't because I'm this words fated protagonist, is it?"

Izuru Kamukura: "Don't make me look down on you more than I already have, human. The reason we chose you over Team Devil is... we no longer have control of that team. Team Devil and along with the disbanded Team Celestial have been high jacked by the Four Pillars recently. Time wise for a normal team like yours it was seven mission ago that Mass Enlightenment and Blood Crusade hacked God's Dimension somehow and stole the rights to Team Devil. Next, six missions ago the same thing happened again, but this time the organizations the Absolute Reckoning and Dove United revived Team Celestial and took reign of it. We no longer have a means of creating a special third team, and Team Freedom is too important a research example of evolution to taint with our interference, and so-"

Hearing the truth from the Guide, I felt like praising Jin. Among all of us he was the one who was most suspicious of God and the Guide's intentions about choosing Team Japan. I can't recall if I ever told him about Team Devil or Team Celestial, but he might have made he connection back then, but just didn't have the time or the confidence in his reasoning to share it with the rest of us.

Shin: "And so you came to us, Team Japan. Its good to know about Team Devil and Team Celestial beforehand rather than when we run into them, but fuck! I really didn't need to hear that after being told that we were special we were really just your fourth choice!"

Izuru Kamukura: "Not really fourth even. There were other teams as well we were considering. Team Japan is special, but not the most special. There are teams not affiliated with the Four Pillars, small organizations trying to usurp the Four Pillar's power. They've invested a lot into God's Dimension and although they are few they are strong. Five or six teams who are much stronger than Team Japan."

Shin: "...Then why us?"

Izuru Kamukura: "It's not us, but you, Shin. God chose Team Japan to support because of you."

Shin: "...Huh?"

Izuru Kamukura: " It's not that your the protagonist of this world like you joked about, but you definitely stand out within all the teams within God's Dimension. God has been watching you, Shin from the very beginning since your entrance into this world. You are an ideal sample of humanity's potential to evolve. Anyone who shows God exceptional talent to evolve or reaches the Second Stage of the Genetic Constraint with their own ability would be cloned into Team Devil normally. You are both the former and the latter, but what's important here is that for you that moment when God took notice of you was in H.O.T.D, and... do you know why? It was because you broke the three realms of which limits normal humans all in just that very first mission. Physical Realm which restricts the bodies full potential, Mental Realm which restricts the minds full potential, and lastly Longevity Realm which restricts humans ability to live longer and resist virus. It can be said that breaking all three is a degraded version of unlocking the Genetic Constraint, just without the battle instincts and means to evolve. Shin, you are in fact the first person in all of God's history to have broken the three realms. Not even the founders of the Four Pillars have ever accomplished this feat. It can only happen on the first mission for those who never made contact with God and have been in the situations that lead you to breaking the three realms like in H.O.T.D, but all the same it was a grand achievement and one that made God take notice of you."

Shin: "...So are you saying that I'm in Team Devil right now? From all the way back when I completed H.O.T.D mission?"

Izuru Kamukura: "...Unfortunately, no. Once we lost control of Team Devil no more new potentials could be added to the team, but enough about that. The point is that we have been watching you Shin with both great expectations... And disappointment. Your growth as a Player can only be said to be first rate as you are already approaching the Third Stage on your own in an environment that doesn't take it easy on the teams in the beginning anymore, while established team of the Four Pillars fell. The Shin who took risk in H.O.T.D, acquiring lots of points and rewards while risking his life is the one we wanted to see. Starting from BTOOOM the existence of your comrades having been weighing on your mind, so you stopped taking chances like before. We commend you for establishing a powerful team in such a short time, but we felt that something has been lost. You would only take a big risk to survive a immediate threat like the time in Apocalypse Alice where you took the risk of equipping Holy Sword Switch to defeat the Diseased Girl despite the sword sealing away your enhancements."

Shin: "So what? Didn't you disapprove when I did that by accompanying Komaru to the end?"

Izuru Kamukura: "That was half true. God and I didn't mind the act, but your reasoning behind it bothered us. Not even for fun, but to help the NPC who you've grown to like save the city... How stupid. We won't risk our only chance on a Player like you... So we'll take your body for ourselves."

Shin: "...What?"

Izuru Kamukura: "Your body, your potential, and the potential of Team Japan. It's too hard to resist taking, so we'll be taking it for ourselves if you lose. To complete the fusion process which your Player Watch describes in the main mission you must either make me submit or kill us, then then the parts of us that make me the Guide will flow into you as particles of light just like enhancements work, and you'll be reborn as the Leader of Team Japan with your persona intact. But if you fail here however... I will force a true fusing on you. My persona will overwrite your own and I'll take ownership of the being known as Shin. I'll also do the same for the other members of Team Japan. They'll all have their personas overwritten by me, and thus Team Japan will be become the true arms and legs of God's Dimension!"

- *CONTINOUS GUNFIRE*!

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The one to make the first move was Shin. Hearing the Guide's insane plan for Team Japan his interest in hearing him out evaporated in a instant. Shin faster than he knew was possible raised M41A Pulse Rifle+M up towards the enemy's head and fired without hesitation. The entire action couldn't have even took a full second, yet the Guide reacted beautifully. In a flash he raised the bat in his hands to block the bullets. Shin didn't believe his eyes that a iron bat could block an upgraded D tier sci-fi weapon with light magic capabilities, showing that the items he forged himself were better than the norm. The Guide then he swiftly swung the bat slide ways in a batting motion. Shin gave a loud shout and rushed forward to the enemy after firing off the shot. He returned the Pulse Rifl to a Na Ring and swung Gravity Blade with both hands with all his might, but it was met by the bat in his hands.

- *CLINK*!

Both weapons met head on. Shin slashed with the maximum increased weight of his magic sword which he could handle to over power the Guide, yet he was the one blown off his feet. Gravity Blade was knocked out of his hands and he was blown off his feet sent tumbling back a full thirty meters. As he landed Shin swiftly got back on his feet and glared at the Guide who didn't come after him to follow up. Like a statue, he was unmoving stuck in the pose of his swinging pose. Shin got ticked off feeling that the enemy was standing there just to admire his form, yet he was absolutely right on the mark.

Izuru Kamukura: "...Ultimate Baseball Star. After leaving Hope's Peak Academy, Izuru Kamukura has rarely gotten the chance to practice a sports related talent after joining Ultimate Despair. This body can't help but admire this savage, yet refined batters form. Pitching is amusing as well. The bat was made my stimulating Ultimate Blacksmith, so-"

Shin: "Cut the crap!"

Shin roared at the Guide having no intention of listening to him any longer. He brought out both the Auto 9 and Devil Sealed Gun from the Na Rings and entered the Second Stage of Unlocked Mode. His arms and leg body enlarged three times their size, and with those powerful legs he began to run with Instant Movement. The Guide calmly watched Shin then run around him a circle, but even he couldn't completely grasp his moments. Just like a famous scene in Naruto, Shin had become a blur as he ran circles around him with no hope of catching up.

- *CONTINUOUS FIRE*!!!

Shots were repeatedly fired without hesitation from Shin as he ran. It lacked the concentrated gun fire of a the Pulse Rifle, but at the speed he was moving around it was as if the Guide was surrounded by 10-15 special agents armed with handguns and each shot had the accuracy to match such a description. The Guide would be turned into a beehive of he just stood there, so he reacted. He condensed his Psyche Force Scan to just a one meter radius around himself. He then drew one of the combat knives from his belt and along the iron bat he began to spin in places now swatting the bullets just as they were to reach him. Shin forcing his body to move faster continued to circle around and shot at the Guide and the Guide intercepted each of those shots without breaking a sweat. Shin even changed the types of bullets for the Auto 9 from armor piercing, exploding, and seeker, yet with technique borrowed from the Ultimate Dual Wielder the enemy effortlessly deflected each oncoming attack. This battle of offense and defense was destined to end in the Guide's victor once Shin wears himself out, yet destiny was shattered by a 3% chance occurrence.

DS Gun: "Hahaha! It's time to die!"

The magic effect of the Devil Sealed Gun finally took effect. At a critical moment the enemy's combat knife grasped in his left hand began to corrode as it tried to deflect a explosive round from the Auto 9. A mini explosion occurred and the knife in his hand shattered. The Guide's left hand was burned black and shrapnel dug into his flesh. The Guide for just the smallest moment flinched, but this was not over looked by his opponent. Shin still in the Second Stage threw away the Auto 9 with no time to properly stores it and jumped forward with Instant Movement and arrived in front of the Guide.

The Guide in Unlocked Mode as well along with a condensed Psyche Force Scan saw Shin coming and he instantly smashed down his bat towards his head. Shin covered his skin with Silver Dragon Scales and blocked the bat with his right forearm. On impact he definitely heard something snap when he blocked the bat and a massive amount of pain washed over him, but he shut off his sense of pain and immediately lashed out with a kick. The series of events gave no time for the Guide to defend himself, so a ruthless kick crashed into his stomach and was sent flying off his feet spitting out a mouthful of blood, and dropping his bat without the strength to hold onto it.

Shin smiled at this sight. So far most of his opponents had been his comrades, so he couldn't intentionally use such force during his fights. Even during his downhill battle with Aqua he still refrained from any attacks that could certainly lead to her death, so that's why having a final boss, an enemy wanting to mind and body hack him came as a relief. Against such a foe he could go all out and then some. He could even enjoy the sight of the Guide blown away towards the other side of the lake and about to fall in helplessly. As he was falling the Guide in a desperate counter attack drew the SMG on his waist and opened fire towards the shore where Shin was watching from. Shin simply jumped back with Instant Movement out of the enemy's firing range and just watched as he fell into the lake.

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- *SPLASH*!

The Guide fell backwards into the lake and began to sink to the bottom. A full minute then passed in silence. Shin observed the entire lake from the shore and was ready to move, yet the enemy had yet to surface. A ominous feeling began to swell up and Shin didn't care for the silence. He would rather the Guide appear and give him more trouble rather than this silence. He had just gotten the initiative in battle with that last hit, but now it felt like control had fully returned back to the Guide. Maybe that alone was the point to not surfacing yet. To recover from the strong kick to his stomach and regain control of the flow of battle.

- *SPLASH*!

When Shin moved to retrieve his knocked away magic sword and the discarded Auto 9 that was knocked away and placed them inside the Na Ring's subspace, the Guide finally resurfaced. The enemy rose to the surface and only taking a short instance to take in air into his lungs he went into a swimming form. His swimming speed was monstrous and was faster than most cars going 200 Mph. Shin took out the Pulse Rifle once more and opened fire, releasing a hail storm of death which would shredd the Guide to pieces and stain the lake red with blood, but he began to zigzag through the waters with unparalleled swimming talent and avoiding any damage. The first thought that came to Shin's seeing this was the name of the Ultimate Swimmer, but then something else gained his attention. As the Guide was approaching he saw that he was only using one arm to swim. At such a speed that alone was impressive, but the reason he was only using one hand was what shocked him. Held in his arm covered in plastic wrap was a large metal cylinder object.

Shin: "A rocket!!!"

Shin guess correctly what the Guide hid on the bottom of the lake of Towa National Park and moved into action. He put away the pulse rifle and took out multiple grenades from from the Na Ring, removed their safety pins and threw them all towards the lake. Explosion after explosion ripped apart the lake surface and the extreme heat of the blast created a white mist over the lake. Shin suddenly cursed and began to run. Despite that display of power the feeling of danger never grew weaker, so he had failed to stop the enemy. He was right. That very moment a loud blast could be heard and a rocket shot through the mist above the lake flying towards Shin.

Shin saw it's approach as he was running and knew it would be a direct hit and jumped into the air and used Void Movement to escape to the skies. The rocket pass through the space Shin once occupied, but to his surprise the rocket curved up and flew after him. This was first time he had ever seen a heat seeking rocket that were infamous for following their targets to death and he was not enjoying the experience. Shin kicked the air once more to change direction, yet the rocket followed him still. He was not versed well enough with modern weapons to smartly deal with the rocket, so he decided to just swat it down. Shin kicked the air on last time to enter a fall towards the earth and when the rocket began to turn to follow he drew Gravity Blade from the subspace and unleashed 36 Pound Cannon towards it. The spiraling compressed vacuum blade's speed was extreme and cut the rocket perfectly in half.

- *EXPLOSION*!

The bomb detonated over Shin's head up in the skies and only a hot breeze washed over him. Shin wanted to breath in a sigh of relief, yet had no time and jumped with Instant Movement rolling away just as the Guide snuck up behind him with the bat he retrieved during Shin's crisis, and smashed down where he just stood creating a meter deep crater. The Guide was shocked at the failure of the surprise attack, yet he didn't stop attacking. The Guide twisted the handle of the iron bat and pulled his hand back to reveal a hidden sword within the bat, and slashed at Shin.

With the talent of Ultimate Swordsman he closed the gap between them in a instant and released a lightning quick horizontal slash. As the sword was swung towards his face he hit back with Soul Crushing Strike in the Second Stage and activating Silver Dragon Scales. This was effective! Shin suffered a deep cut in his right fist, yet the shock wave of the Ki attack shattered the hidden sword and continued to strike the Guide who was then blown backwards. The damage of the indirect Ki attack was small and the Guide quickly recovered back to his feet, but Shin still let out a sigh of relief. He had almost missed the initial surprise attack, and the enemy was equally as surprised that the sneak attack failed.

Izuru Kamukura: "How did you escape? The talent of Ultimate Assassin wouldn't lose to an elite veteran of the Assassins Clan."

Shin: "How could I not notice that rotten soul!."

Shin had no real answer to how he knew the Guide was approaching silently behind him and just said what he felt. His skin began to crawl in the Guide's presence once he learned what he had in store for him and Team Japan, and how he planned to steal their mind and bodies. Perhaps it was a extreme reaction of combat instincts feeling a threat to Shin's very existence and pushed themselves further to compensate. Shin didn't know or bother to want to know, and was just glad he was alive.

Izuru Kamukura: "No matter. It just means that body of your holds much more potential than God originally assumed. Rejoice human. Once I take hold of your body you'll become the Over Powered protagonist being that you always wanted to become."

Shin: "That sounds nice, but that wouldn't be me! I won't let you you-"

Izuru Kamukura: "Enough talk. All you have left to show me before you die is the Kakuja Kagune and Spirit Wave. Lesser Fenrir Coat is too damaged for you to use Red Moon Formation and your just wearing it around your waist for the stat enhancements. I've seen everything else of worth within your arsenal and won't work on me anymore. My full power will overwhelm your two trump cards, so you can't defeat me. Let's end this."

Shin saw the exact moment within the Guide's eyes that most of his interest in him fade, and immediately he felt a chill down his spine. A warning of danger so overwhelming that he could hardly control himself to not runaway. The Guide's words were not a bluff. Shin believed that the enemy was not at all serious till now and was a just having fun fighting him. There was no other way to describe the feeling of danger he felt and the unhindered suffocating killing intent flowing out from the enemy. Maybe even using the powers he was saving to finish the Guide off wouldn't help him win.

Shin: (Well, what can you do? It's not like I thought I could ever defeat him in a straight up fight. My victory depends on my defeat and the enemies overconfidence. I'm destined to lose, so let's go all out without regret!)

Shin didn't wait for the Guide to act first. The concentration of Rc Cells within his blood grew stronger and stronger by the second. All the specs of his body shot up by 3-5 fold and two black armored Kagune Tails erupted from his back along the waist with four normal, but still deadly red tentacles. Shin entered into his Kakuja Form and additionally into the Second Stage of Unlocked Mode and the muscles in his body enlarged three times their size. The Guide seeing this simply bent his head to the side as if to say "So what?" and was unintimidated by his transformation, yet in the next moment he desperately rolled away as Shin charged at him with blinding speed. He had used Instant Movement, but the Guide had no choice to admit that Shin's speed greatly exceeded his own. Especially when he saw flesh ripped off his left shoulder.

- AS A ONE-EYED GHOUL YOU'VE DEVOURERED THE FLESH OF A SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL! INTELLIGENCE+300, CELL VITALITY+100, MENTAL CAPACITY+300, REACTION SPEED+100, MUSCLE DENSITY+100, IMMUNIZATION STRENGTH+100!

Izuru Kamukura: "Oh, and here I thought you were too disgusted to intentionally devour your opponents flesh. Color me surprised."

The Guide jumped far back as a armored Kagune Tail swiped at him and leaving behind a meter deep cut in the earth when it missed. Shin didn't want to discuss something like eating flesh with the enemy and just attacked. He felt a increase in his stats and didn't hesitate to use all of that power and more on the enemy! The Kagune tentacles gave chased after the Guide. They were fast and swift as lightning as they closed in to capture or stab the Guide to death, and to avoid this he hit back. Over and over again he would smash the red tentacles with ease, yet they regrew and reinitiated the attack to allow him room to breath. It was a pointless struggle that would lead to his death before Shin wears himself out, and so he went on the offensive the and maneuvered around the tentacles with sudden grace and power.

In the Third Stage with the talent of Ultimate Gymnast the Guide evaded and jumped over the tentacles as they swiped and whipped at him and reached within one meter of Shin in just a few seconds. Shin waited for this approach and jumped forward and slashed with Gravity Blade. The increased weight slash along with his heightened power and speed matched the force of the Guide swinging down his iron bat at him. The clash forced each of them back, yet the Guide more so barely kept himself from falling over. Shin's power and speed surpassed his, so to shorten that gap and regain control with his superior skills he entered the Second Stage of Unlocked Mode and his originally slim body of Izuru Kamukura enlarged by three times the or norm.

The Guide stepped forward with speed greater than before to strike Shin down, yet before his bat reached Shin he was swiped at by an armored Kagune Tail and knocked away. The Guide defended at the last second with his bat to avoid damage, but Shin didn't let up and slashed at him with his sword and whipped and stabbed at him with his Kagune. The advantage of the his type Kagune was displayed in full at this moment. Four red tentacles and two armored tails continued to lash out at the Guide at different angles, and along with the sword attacks of Gravity Blade it was as of Shin were seven people who had the Guide surrounded. The Guide barely hanging on and suffering from small cuts and bruises, his claim that Shin had nothing more to show him seemed to be false, yet-

Izuru Kamukura: "Is this all? To not be able to finish me off with six extra limbs shows your lack of training. I doubt you'll be around to see it, but later I'll show you how to use that power correctly. Now..."

Shin's Kagune tentacles had the enemy perfectly surrounded and were about to pounce on him and the armored tails and Gravity Blade were ready to finish them off if he attempted to escape, yet the Guide looked unconcerned as always and simply stepped forward. His muscles in the Second Stage grew a size larger and his limbs were slowly beginning to tan. Shin was taken back by the transformation, yet more so by the Guide's glowing red eyes shinning with fighting spirit just like in a certain Manga about the ultimate disciple.

Izuru Kamukura: "Ultimate Martial Artist. Ogami School Martial Arts, Pulverizing Demon Rush!"

The next thing Shin knew he was blown away through the air and smacked into a tree with his back. He saw what the enemy did, but it was unbelievable. The Guide's arms shot forward at the speed of light and returned to the side of his chest at the same speed, and the process was repeated 100 times in just one second. His Red Kagune Tentacles were ripped apart with nothing left and although the Kakuja Tail survived, but were bent and out of shape. Shin himself suffered a few dozen punches after the Kagune was repelled and as a result most of the bones in his body were broken. Only the left arm still holding Gravity Blade escaped harm. To return to fighting condition Shin needed to expand a large amount of stamina and Ki to heal his wounds, yet that required at least ten seconds and he was not given such time. The Guide knew as well of Shin's healing factors and rushed forward to capitalize on the damage he inflicted before it was too late. The Guide ran with speed surpasses professional athletes and approaching the realm of super humans, and jumped. He twisted his body back half ways and covered his right fist with the palm of his left hand.

Izuru Kamukura: "Ogami Style Martial Arts Ultimate Move, ORG God's Punch!"

The Guide's body, Izuru Kamukura did not possess supernatural energies like Ki, Blood Energy or Mana, yet through fighting spirit and killing intent alone, Shin experienced an illusion of the space distorting and crackling with lightning. Shin himself knew it was just a illusion, yet his spirit was too overwhelmed by the enemy's spirit to be convinced otherwise.

Shin: (Takes too long to heal and I can't run In this condition. Can only fight back!)

Shin returned Gravity Blade to the subspace and picked himself back up with his broken body. He couldn't keep himself up for long with his injuries and used the tree behind him for support. He couldn't hope to run away in this condition, but he could still use his left arm. Shin squeezed his left hand into a tight fist and activated his ultimate technique, Spirit Wave, and a storm of energy blew around him. All the Ki within his body was converted into a higher tier energy bestowing a rush of power that then condensed around his left hand for for the strongest punch.

Shin: (The Spirit Wave sword attack with Gravity Blade is stronger, but its not a option. It's a rush that requires momentum and takes more time to gather the higher energy to a weapon than a part of my body. This is the only way!)

As the Guide descended down from above he became a twister as he spun around and added that force to his next strike for maximum power. The Guide along with his fist dropped down on Shin who couldn't escape such a reckless attack, and Shin countered the fist about to smash in his face with his one empowered by Spirit Wave. The two ultimate attacks met and-

- *BOOM*!!!

The force of the clash destroyed their surroundings. The earth exploded, air retreated, trees were rippled out of their roots, and even the far off lake were blown back and receded a quarter of a mile. Nothing was left standing, including the one's who caused the destruction. The Guide was once more blown back into the lake and Shin tumbled across the earth and into the forest. Shin was thankful for this. The Guide was still alive and probably only suffered a fractured fist, yet this gave Shin the time to recover. Shin first took the last Intermediate Grade Healing Potion and chugged it down as fast as he could and then immediately began to heal his wounds through his his mutation. Liked Shin hoped the potion helped the healing process of his mutation. Even without any energy left in his body after Spirit Wave, with the help of the potion very little stamina was expended to heal his body back to 100% condition. The next step Shin took was to recover his Ki with the Life Force Booster to recover all his spent energy.

Shin: "It's a shame to use it all again, but there's no holding back with this man!"

Shin ran out of the forest with Instant Movement and wasting no time he took out Gravity Blade from the Na Ring. Once he spotted the Guide crawling out of the lake he then used the double acceleration combination of Instant Movement and Void Movement towards him, and activated Spirit Wave. A blue torrent of energy circling his body quickly condensed itself into the blade of his magic sword. This combination of techniques was Shin's ultimate move he had grew to have absolute faith in. No opponent has yet to stand again after receiving this attack and even Jin said it's attack power was BB tier. Shin was still in his enhanced Kakuja Form as well. The Guide may have talents far beyond Shin and others could hope to match, but restrained with the body of a mortal in the end would be his undoing.

Shin: (Spirit Wave, Thousand Fold Gravity Slash!!!)

Shin slashed down at the Guide's neck with the reinforced Gravity Blade with enough weight where his own arms almost snapped off even in the Second Stage. It was a ruthless attack that could maybe even fatally injury Aqua in her Monster Wolf Form. Shin had that much confidence with this attack... and so when his blade failed to reach the enemy his soul left his body in shock. Utterly shocked to see Gravity Blade frozen in place just a few inches from the Guide's face. No matter how much he tried to force his attack through it couldn't close in any further. It was as if his sword had hit a invisible wall, yet there was the sound of shattering glass.

Izuru Kamukura: "That was a bit dangerous. You almost broke through Mind Force with that attack. A normal Guide without this superior body wouldn't have been able to do anything against that."

Shin: "...Mind Force?"

Izuru Kamukura: "Yes. My abilities are C tier Psyche Force Scan, B tier Soul Link, BB tier Suggestive Eyes, and the AA tier ability Mind Force. Mind Force belongs to the Psyche Force category, yet this is one of the final tier abilities of a Jedi Knight, a subcategory within Psyche Force like New Types and Espers, but even without the other required Jedi skills I can use it just fine. As a Guide, I can use any enhancement from God to its fullest potential. This is a special trait of a Guide equal to one of the powers of the Fourth Stages of the Genetic Constraint. Watch!"

Just as the energy reinforcing Shin's sword died down the Guide waved his hands and both of Shin's arms holding onto the sword were raised up and his feet were no longer touching the ground. The Guide waved his hands again and a large invisible force smashed into Shin. The force wasn't moving fast, but he was unable to move and was forced to take the blunt of the attack and crashed against a far off tree of the forest. Shin immediately tried to get back up, yet the invisible force struck him in the stomach and pinned his body against the tree with so much force it was about to snap. As Shin struggled for freedom under this force he saw the Guide approaching with unsteady foot steps as if he was drunk. His eyes were more than bloodshot at this point with tears of blood flowing out of them and his pale complexion was no different than that of a ghost. It was as if he was the one at deaths door and not the other way around.

Izuru Kamukura: "...Stop struggling. Don't make me work so hard against a someone of your caliber, human. I kept something in reserve after those mental rebounds, but now I'm at deaths door. I'll be taking your body now."

Shin: "Like I'll let-"

- *BAM*!

The Guide once again used the invisible force to strike at Shin to shut him up. The force crashed into his ribcage, knee cap, ankle, elbow, shoulder, waist, and then every inch on his body in rapid succession. Once the Guide was finished Shin was black and blue all over. He barely held onto his consciousness. He was no longer in Kakuja Form or even in Unlocked Mode. Shin was helpless and the only thing he could do was stay alive. He exhausted his Ki twice in quick succession, so spiritual he was wasted as well, yet if only to do something he attempted to recover any Ki that he could and thankfully he had exchanged for the Black Heaven & Earth Technique. This cultivation manual greatest feature was recover on the physical and spiritual body, so by the time it took the weakened Guide to come up to Shin he had recovered a tiny amount of Ki. The Guide was in no condition to take notice of this. He simply cut off Mind Force to lessen the burden on his mind and grabbed Shin by his neck. Shin feet weren't allowed to touch the ground and he could barely breath as his neck was coming closer and closer to snapping from the grip the Guide had on his neck.

Izuru Kamukura: "Human, you had no Hope of every defeating me, but that's not on you. Blame the challenge God gave you. A normal Guide would have been defeated by you, but this Izuru Kamukura specs are too high. Defeating me with this body is at least a true A tier challenge. An A tier mission that rewards the entire team if I was given more freedom to act. At least know that as I take over your body and you slip into oblivion."

At that moment the Guide's body began to glow with a eerie back light. Then a few seconds later black particles of light escaped from the Guide's body and into Shin's. As they entered his body he began to lose feeling within his body and soon his mind began to waver. This was the Fusion the Guide spoke or, but one where not just the leader position is handed over, but where the Guide would take over his mind and body. It was a fate worse than death itself... but Shin could only smile.

Shin: (I knew it would come to this, but I wish it hadn't.)

Through seer force of will Shin resisted the Fusion. The Guide didn't see the point in such a pathetic struggle, yet Shin saw hope. Hypothetical TV showed him how this moment played out. It was the only thing that Hypothetical TV revealed about their fight, so Shin prepared for this moment. He gave it his all despite knowing he would fail all to weaken the Guide as much as he could when he made his move which was now! Shin split his small amount of Ki in half. One half flowed through his body towards the Kagune organ to revitalize it with new strength. A full six were impossible, but four tentacles were created, and three of them wrapped themselves around the Guide's right leg, torso, and right arm holding Shin up by the neck.

The Guide was surprised for a second, but then dismissed the threat. The Kagune tentacles were horribly deformed and weak. It was the perfect chance to Shin's Kagune to stab into the enemy, but the best they tentacles could do were hold onto him... yet despite this that was Shin's only goal. Next the fourth Kagune tentacle that was held back reached towards his waist where the remains of the Lesser Fenrir Coat was tied around. The Guide had no idea what Shin was up to, but the clink of something metallic and Shin using a weak full body Silver Dragon Scales gave him a moment of pause.

Shin: "Yo, Izuru Kamukura. I learned this from Ghost in Shell, but do you know the best way to kill someone?"

Izuru Kamukura: "You'll still go on about your anime even-"

Shin: "Of course. An otaku is a otaku till death. Now where was I... Yes, a gun can be defeated by body armor, or a body guard taking the shot for them. An ambush of elite forces can be predicted and managed. A sniper is dangerous, but it's not impossible to avoid sniping if you know that you're going to be sniped. So what is the best method to kill someone? It's on the news all the time because there hardly a defense for it."

Izuru Kamukura: "..."

Shin: "It's when you don't give a damn about others, proof of life, or bother with accuracy. You just get close and personal, and blow yourself up!"

- *CLING*!

The safety pins of multiple hidden grenades within the Lesser Fenrir Coat were taken out and thrown to the side for the Guide to see. He finally realized Shin's insane plan and the danger he was in at such a distance and tried to step back, but he failed. The Kagune tentacles binding him hindered his escape. In the end they were too frail to stop the Guide for breaking them apart, but by then it was too late. Hidden within the Lesser Fenrir Coat all three the high grade grenades Shin exchanged from Drebin893 went off and consumed both Shin and the Guide in a blazing fire, only to then be caught in a blast that swallows up a 50 meter radius.

Shin: (Made by God items our no joke! I should have tested it out first instead of being overly worried about the Guide's surveillance of me. Just one would have been-)

Shin's thought were cut off there as he lost consciousness. By a freak miracle he was still alive, yet he was blasted 50 meters away and when he landed it looked like a smoldering black corpse with almost every bone and organ in his body destroyed. Even a expert in medicine like Sachi would assume at first that Shin was dead on the scene. It was a miracle that he was alive, but it was no miracle that he would recover from this damage. Shin Whole Body Enhancement and Mutation possessed strong healing factors and endurance, and were both at high levels. Shin has also consumed the Intermediate Grade Healing Potion. The Potion wasn't a instant cure, but one that heals wounds over time. The contents of this wonder medicine were still in his system, so he was recovering quite quickly and may even wake up within the next 6-12 hours. A far faster recovery time than his previous experience on the island in BTOOOM where he was hit by a BIM and was out for days.

As for the Guide he fared much better. He was swallowed up by the flames and hit by the shock wave of the grenades, yet his efforts to reduce the damage were superior to his opponent. The Guide punched at the air with the talent of Ultimate Martial Artist pushing himself back from the worst of the blast and used Ultimate Gymnast to find the best method to dampen the damage of his crash. In the end the Guide only suffered from first degree burns, a shattered left arm, and a few broken ribs. It wasn't light damage, but compared to Shin's

Izuru Kamukura: "...You stupid human. What would you have done if you destroy my important new vessel with your suicidal action, or was that it then? A game if you win you kill me and if you fail you die and I fail to acquire you're body... No, I never saw him arm those grenades. He obviously prepared for this before he knew my intentions. so why? Well, no matter. God would revive you for me if you died anyways. You lost your gamble and I won. I'll now be taking what's-"

And it was only as he took a step forward did he notice it. Maybe it was the sudden attack or the forest having a become a sea of flames hard to ignore, but that didn't matter. Nothing matter anymore. The Guide had failed to notice Shin throw a dagger into his heart and was unable to block it, but that made sense. A dagger was thrown, yet there was no semblance of killing intent for the Guide to notice, as per Shin's plan. The blast also distracted the Guide, so he failed to block Holy Sword Switch from stabbing him in the heart.

Izuru Kamukura: "What meaning is there in this? I'm no longer controlling or capable of controlling anyone right now. Holy Sword doesn't inflict mental backfires just by stabbing a Psyche Force User either. A mortals wisdom is too laughable. Did he go insane with fear knowing that the end was-"

And at that moment silence swept over the Guide. His body, mind, and his soul as a Guide were all frozen in place as the dagger stabbed into his chest began to radiate a blinding silver light that swallowed him up and his surroundings. The Guide gave it his all to resist this light and forced his body to move to take out Holy Sword, but as his only viable hand, his right hand, was about to grasp handle, his own shattered left hand had clasped around the wrist of his right hand.

Izuru Kamukura: "Wh... What the hell is this!"

???: "You've done enough."

As the Guide struggled to regain control of his body a voice different from his, no the same as his but much gentler, warmer, and resolved could be heard. The Guide had no idea where it was coming from at first and he looked around. All he saw was a forest and lake swallowed up by flames. It was then that he realized... that voice had escaped from his own throat.

Izuru Kamukura: "...What is this? What are you!?"

???: "I'm the original."

Izuru Kamukura: "The original? Then could you be... No impossible!"

???: "That's right. You've played around too much with this body. You're not even Izuru Kamukura, but a fake created by a foreign god who possessed his soul. Get lost!"

Izuru Kamukura: "No... No... Was it Holy Sword Switch that freed your soul! Allowed you to resurface from scraps left within this bodies memories. No! I'm the Guide! The owner of the body of Izuru Kamukura. The one who will even succeed the will of the saints! I-"

???: "Even so... I won't allow anyone to take it."

Izuru Kamukura: "You're just trash! A relic of Izuru Kamukura!"

Hajime: "No. I... am not Izuru Kamukura... I... I'm Hajime Hinata!!!"

The inner voice within the Guide, Izuru Kamukura shouted loudly with great force. This force of will was reinforced by the magic of Holy Sword Switch and began to expel the soul of the Guide and and the mind of Izuru Kamukura, and erased them from existence. Then once the light of Holy Sword began to fade the one standing there was an entirely different person, yet the same. His long black hair disappeared and was dyed white and his pale skin returned to its natural color with none of the coldness of the Guide or Izuru Kamukura. All that remained of his time as Despair and as a puppet of God were red target shape pupils. All that remained... was the man named Hajime Hinata. Shin was unconscious to witness the results of his efforts and missed a important notification from God.

- HIDDEN GOD'S QUEST COMPLETE!

AS A PLAYER OF GOD'S DIMENSION YOU HAVE BEEN TESTED BY GOD AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND HAVE SUCCEEDED TIME AND TIME AGAIN. NOT ONLY HAVE YOU DEFEATED THE GUIDE, THE LAST TRIAL FROM GOD TO CHOOSE A NEW LEADER, BUT YOU'VE HAVE DONE SO IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T IGNORE THE PLOT OF THE MISSION! BY REMOVING THE BRAINWASHING OF IZURU KAMUKURA TO REVERT HIM BACK TO HAJIME HINATA, YOU HAVE STOPPED THE DESPAIR OF DANGAN RONPA 2 FROM EVER OCCURRING. YOU ARE THE IDEAL PLAYER WHO DOESN'T JUST SEEK TO SURVIVE THE MISSION WORLDS, BUT EXCEED THEIR LIMITS AND EVOLVE! REWARDED 8000 POINTS, A RANK REWARD, AND LIFE TOKEN!

- LIFE TOKEN.

A TOKEN FROM GOD THAT CAN'T BE BOUGHT, TRADED OR STOLEN FROM THE PLAYER WHO RECEIVES THIS AS IT'S BRANDED ON THE BODY. IF YOU DIE WITHOUT EVER USING THIS LIFE TOKEN YOU WILL BE REVIVED. THE HOLDER OF THIS ITEM WILL REVIVED FIVE MINUTES AFTER DEATH. ALL BODY CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO HALF THE NORMAL VALUE UPON REVIVAL. AT THE SAME TIME, THE HOLDER CAN CHOOSE TO LEAVE THE CURRENT MISSION AND RETURN BACK IN THE TERMINAL LOBBY, BUT ALL POINTS AND REWARDS SAVED UP WILL BE RESET TO ZERO.

MAIN QUEST: The Mission.

Objective 1. Completed.

Objective 2. Completed. Awaiting fusion.

As the notification finished a brand was tattooed onto Shin's chest around the heart while unconscious. It was a small coin shaped circle with a phoenix at its center.

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