Interdimensional RED-Coded Contract

Trickster On The Noose

"Pyro! Pyro!"

A Small Blue Bird flew towards Pyro, catching its attention. "A Big Bad Dragon has kidnapped the princesses!"

A voice of surprise escaped its lips. Pyro forgot about the tree it just covered in happiness, and stood up. The Small Blue Bird flew away to lead it towards the kidnapped princesses.

Pyro raised its head and turned. It ignored the tree that it just lit aflame, and stared at something far away. The other mercs noticed Pyro's weird behavior, but they didn't think anything of it. Pyro was always weird, so just standing up for no reason wasn't anything new. But then Pyro pulled out a Sharpened Volcano Fragment and began walking away, ignoring the mercs completely.

"Hey Pyro, where you goin'?" Scout asked. Pyro stopped in its tracks, and turned towards the bostonian.

"Mmmphya harrgh mrgha hrghgph."

"Ah, okay." The bostonian nodded, as if understanding him. Pyro resumed walking away while the mercs looked at one another, unsure what they should do with their departing teammate.

After a brief psionic discussion, the mercs simultaneously shrugged and followed.

To say that Blanc was nervous was an understatement. After all it was just her against a CFW, and last time she fought against one she spent 3 years locked in the Gamindustri Graveyard. But she couldn't back out of it, she needed to buy some time for her sisters to get away, even if it was fighting a losing battle.

...Actually, she could stall without fighting.

"How did you know? If you were waiting for us then you had to know we'd be coming here." Blanc asked while gesturing towards Rom and Ram to run, hoping that Trick didn't see her hand from behind her back.

Fortunately Trick took the bait. "Oh, we know everything you hear and see. And also." His tongue lashed out and Blanc intercepted it with her hammer, however his tongue went around her parry. Panic briefly flashed on Blanc's face. She turned around, expecting to see either of her sisters harmed, but the Felon wasn't aiming at the CPUs or the Mascot.

He was aiming at the secret entrance.

Trick's tongue licked the colorful blocks, covering them in thick, gross slime that was covering the appendage. Rom and Ram watched it happening with surprise, but then they used their magic to freeze his tongue with their magic. The reaction was immediate.

"Ahhh! It's cold! Cold!" Trick cried, retracting his tongue. "Why cuties? Why must you wound me?!"

"You're gross, and ugly, and you stink!" Ram insulted.

"Bleh!" Rom added.

"But I just want to love you, cuties! Ahh, I couldn't possibly bring myself to harm you." Trick sniffed.

Yes, keep talking you bastard. - Blanc thought to herself. The longer he spent crying over his frostburns the more time her sisters will have to get away from him. "What did you mean by hearing and seeing everything I saw?" The brunette pressed.

"Well, I didn't want to keep you once I found out you're just some old hag like the other CPUs." Blanc felt her blood boil at his words, but for the sake of her plan she kept it suppressed. Although her next blow will have a 'little bit' more force than usual. "But Magic didn't let me throw you away just like that, so I had to do something."

So the ASIC had some sort of plan that required letting Blanc go. The CPU was about to press further for information, but Ram's shout directed her attention elsewhere.

"Blanc! We can't leave! The blocks are glued together!"

Blanc turned around and saw what was the problem. The slime that Trick left on the entrance had hardened and glued everything together, preventing any kind of exit.

The only escape path was through Trick.

"There's nowhere to run, cuties, there's no escape from Uncle Trick." The CFW chuckled.

With her original escape plan fallen through, Blanc had just about had it with the disgusting reptile. "Are you freaking kidding me right now?!" She shouted, "I will crush that damn skull of yours, if you even think about-!" Trick threw something at Blanc. She only saw a brief glimmer of light, but that was enough for her to catch it.

Or rather, for it to stab her hand. "Huh?" Blanc looked at her hand, surprised by the sensation.

A small silver knife embedded itself in her palm, its tip poking all the way through to the other side. This knife… it was…

It was beautiful. It was the most beautiful thing that Blanc has ever seen, not even her own blood could soil its beauty. It was magnificent, bewitching, exquisite, gorgeous. Her ears picked up an awe-inspiring choir singing, like a pair of angels descending from Heavens. She wanted this knife.

She needed this knife.

Then she felt pain, and it hurt.

"Uwaaaaah!" Blanc cried, ripping off the blade and throwing it aside. Her hammer lay on the ground while her good hand tried to stop the bleeding. "W-What the hell was that crap?!"

"Neptulium~" Trick answered cheerfully. "Looks like it's working great! Would you like some more?"

"Yes!" Blanc answered. Then she caught onto what she just said. "I mean no-yes! No! Argh!"

"Hey! What did you do to our sister, you dummy!" Ram ran in front of the conflicted CPU, her staff held protectively in front of them. Meanwhile Rom was trying to heal Blanc's wound while keeping the Mascot safe from danger. "Are you okay? You're bleeding, sis." The blue-clad twin asked.

"Yes, I'm fine Rom. Thank you." Blanc answered, testing her hand again. It didn't hurt anymore, but it was still bleeding. This was a weird, scary sensation to her; even Magic, who had defeated and imprisoned them all, had barely managed to put a physical scratch on them, the immortal Goddesses... and now Trick just casually impaled her by chucking a knife. A proper CPU.

As if the CFWs weren't already dangerous enough.

Meanwhile, the Felon didn't feel threatened at all by the pink Candidate. "Oh? I just showed her something wonderful! Look here! Do you like it?" Trick answered while holding a beautiful piece of metal. The magnificent sheen yearned for her touch while its-

Blanc shook her head and stared at the ground. She tried her hardest to suppress the astonishing music that it emitted, while Ram-

Ram!

"Yes, I like it. Can I touch it?" The pink-clad twin said, slowly shuffling towards Trick in a trance. Blanc tried to pull her away, but her sister already went too far.

"Yes, of course! Anything for my little cuties~ I have even more at home, I'll give you some if you come with me." Trick said to them.

Ram took one more step forward, before Blanc tackled her to the ground. "No! You aren't going anywhere near him! Look away from it!" Ram struggled against Blanc's grip, but the older sister easily hoisted her with one hand. Blanc did the same with Rom and started running towards the secret entrance, their weapons and Mascot abandoned. Whatever that Neptulium stuff is they clearly can't fight it right now, they have to-

Oh, right. The entrance was blocked.

"Hey! Old hag!"

Something hit the back of her head, hard. Blanc fell onto the ground while whatever Trick threw at her conveniently landed in front of her eyes.

It was beautiful, BeAUtiFUl NePtulIUM.

The mercenaries followed Pyro… for quite a bit of time. It was clear that it had some sort of destination in mind, but they wouldn't be able to know (Because no one could understand its mumbles).

Finally after two hours of solid march through the snow, they had reached wherever Pyro wanted them to go. It was a weird place. There was no snow here, only blocks so colorful they were hard on the eyes.

But it also had some potential. If they could rearrange some of these blocks, then they could build a pretty good battleground for their fight with the Killachines. Maybe this was the reason for Pyro to lead them here?

Pyro didn't say anything though, it just motioned for them to follow again. Its very own movements were different - usually they were relaxed, childlike even; for Pyro to start moving so tensely spoke volumes. It led them through lots of turns, some of which also required a bit of parkour. At least Pyro still respected the rule of not going far from the team, or else it would've abandoned them already.

The mercs had half a mind to just leave it alone, but they didn't have Re;Spawn here. They had to keep an eye on it, or else it would just die from something and they'll be one man short. Besides, whatever got Pyro so worked up was probably important, and eventually their hard work paid off, and they reached their destination. A big chamber with a pedestal in the middle that looked like it held something. Next to that pedestal was… Blanc.

Lying on the ground and playing with some object... while covered in blood.

"Hehehe…" The CPU giggled, immediately alerting the mercs that something was wrong. "I have you and I'll never let you go~" She sang happily.

"Christ. That's Nepgear all over again." Sniper sighed and addressed his team. "Alright guys. Keep her down, but don't take that thing she's playing with. I know how to handle this."

Heavy and Soldier stepped forward, with Medic healing them from behind. Heavy pressed down on Blanc's shoulders, while Soldier sat on her legs. Blanc didn't even seem to notice that they're there while Medic inspected her.

"Hmm. Unfocused eyes, a bit of drool und an uneven smile. She looks like she's on drugs." The German commented. "Und she's injured." He trailed his Medi-Gun on the CPU.

"Yup. Typical effects of overexposure to Australium, or poppin' the cherry." Sniper added and took off his glasses. "Alright, these come here…" He carefully placed his sunglasses on Blanc's face, pushing them all the way to the bridge of her nose. "And viola."

The results were immediate.

"Wa?!"

Like flicking a switch, the CPU went from dazed and dopey to alert and confused. "Huh?" Blanc blinked, looking about in shock.

Sniper nodded towards Heavy and Soldier and they released the CPU, while Medic watched her recover with intrigue. "Oooh, very nice."

The Doctor pushed Sniper's glasses off Blanc's eyes, and the CPU heard the beautiful song again. She wanted this bar, she yearned it, she-

Sniper pushed the sunglasses back on. "Don't" He glared at Medic.

"Aww." Medic's shoulders drooped, while Blanc finally regained her bearings.

"What happened? Why are you here?"

"This happened." Sniper took the bar of silvery metal, and held it in front of her face. "Keep the glasses on, alright?"

Blanc blinked, but she did nothing to remove his sunglasses. She stood up and dusted off her dress, arranged her recent memories, and then she shouted. "That son of a bitch!" She grabbed her hammer while the mercs looked on confused. "Guys, we don't have much time. My freakin' sisters got kidnapped and I got one bastard I need to kill for that."

"Roger that, ma'am! We're ready to help!" Soldier saluted.

Blanc nodded and turned towards the secret entrance towards the chamber - only to find it still glued shut - then she turned around and walked towards the other entrance, with the others following her.

Meanwhile, Engie looked around. "Hey fellas, where's Pyro?" He asked and the rest of the team just noticed the absence of their teammate. They realized it must've really abandoned them but Blanc spoke up before any of them could do or say anything.

"This place only has one exit from here. If we go there, we still might catch up with him."

They nodded and let the CPU lead them out. Before leaving Medic took the knife from the ground and the Neptulium bar from Sniper. Good materials for some research. Then as they progressed through one of the parkour segments, Medic decided to talk with Sniper.

"Herr Sniper, how are you feeling?"

"Hm?" The australian blinked from the sudden question, and then shrugged. "Good, I guess? Why you ask?"

"Ah, I vas just curious how you vere faring vith your thermal senses disabled."

"Ahh." Sniper nodded in understanding. "It's great, doc. I'm not feeling cold anymore."

"Vell, you're actually freezing to death at this moment." Medic revealed. "But zhis is better than having your aim thrown off by shivering, ja?" He added with a smile, which Sniper reciprocated.

"Yeah, I was getting afraid I might actually miss in this blasted cold. Thanks for that, doc."

"Anytime, kamerad."

Blanc wanted so badly to just tune their conversation out and not have to listen to it. Unfortunately they were right next to her, and there was no other noise to focus on. Her only salvation from the… disturbing topic would be to steer the conversation elsewhere.

"How did you find me? I don't think I've shown you where this place is."

"Pyro led us here, it just stood up and walked right here for some reason. It wanted us to follow, so we did and found you." Engie shrugged.

"I see…" Then how did Pyro know they were in trouble? Blanc was about to ask, but Sniper beat her to the bush.

"So what happened? The kids are gone, and you were zoned out on some Australium knockoff. Where'd you get that?" Sniper asked.

Blanc's grip on her hammer tightened, and she grit her teeth. "That bastard CFW Trick was waiting for us. Apparently they can hear and see everything I do, I don't know how, but he threw that damn Neptulium at me and took off with Rom, Ram and the Mascot."

That got Medic's attention. "Interesting. Vhen I did my preliminary checks on you, I couldn't find any bugs. Then again, I couldn't check your insides"

Blanc looked at the doctor, who was now walking above her. "You tried to cut me open?"

"Yes." He admitted. "Vith a variety of tools, but all of them failed to cut through your skin."

This information slightly relieved Blanc, at least she still was invincible to conventional methods. But there were also a few disturbing revelations. "The knife Trick used managed to cut me like paper…"

Medic jumped and landed next to Blanc, who slightly jumped in fear that he would actually land on her. "You mean zhis?" He shown her the same knife that Trick threw at her. Blanc expected it to do something weird to her, just like last time… but there was nothing. "Yes? But it was… distracting me before. Now it does nothing."

"I would tell you how, but that bit of hearing and seeing everything got me a little concerned that they might listen in." Sniper said. "For now just keep these sunglasses on. And maybe we should watch what we say from now on, until we get those bugs out."

"Fair enough. But first, we're killing CFW Trick." The mercs were surprised, as Blanc always wanted them to NOT kill anyone.

"You want 'im dead? Didn't you said to not kill anyone?" Sniper pointed out.

"The CFWs are fair game. Besides, that bastard kidnapped my sisters and took the Mascot, I'd make an exception for him even if he wasn't a CFW, so when we find him, I want his head on a silver platter!"

Welp, they won't press further. "Alright, how much?" Sniper asked.

"Hundred grand."

"Two hundred." The australian barged.

"Hundred twenty."

Sniper looked at his team, asking for their own input. They were… comfortable with this price.

"...Deal."

While Pyro's children played with the Blue-Haired girl, Pyro followed the Small Blue Bird towards the Big Bad Dragon's lair.

It was an enormous castle, made out of dark stone. Dark clouds and flying monsters looped above the building, scaring away animals and humans who got too close. It was a perfect evil lair for an evil Dragon.

"I-I'm scared." The Small Blue Bird said. "Will you be alright?"

High above them, inside one of the towers, Pyro saw the Blue Princess looking out from the window. She was depressed and sad. Pyro turned its gaze towards the gate, it was in the shape of a human skull and there were two smaller towers at both sides.

Pyro gave a curt nod towards the Small Blue Bird and it flew away. It chose a tree and sat on its branch, observing how Pyro considered using his Flamethrower Rainblower or Sharpened Volcano Fragment Rainbow Rod - something that Pyro hadn't used in a while.

Pyro picked its Rainblower and walked towards the gate, just standing close by filled Pyro with dread. This wasn't a place for children to be. This wasn't a place for anyone to be. This place needed to burn.

Pyro sprayed rainbows all over the gate and the entrance turned pink and bright, just like that. Candies and flowers appeared on the ground, easing Pyro's mind as it stepped inside. The Dragon's Evil Minions were already waiting for it, but they wouldn't stop it. Pyro burned those who charged at it with Rainblower, while the remaining ones tasted death happiness from the Rainbow Rod. The brief skirmish ended with the monsters retreating to the shadows, no doubt plotting a nefarious trap to use against it.

But they also gave it a moment of solitude, which Pyro used to check its surroundings. The walls were so dull and twisted that Pyro became depressed just by looking at them. Pyro promised to itself that besides slaying the Big Bad Dragon and rescuing the Princesses, it will also turn this lair into a happy place. There was no need for places like these in Pyroland.

A few rainbows here, a few rainbows there, and everything was bright and shiny. Just like the world needed it to be. The evil minions were turned into plush animals, while the evil and twisted decorations were replaced with candy and flowers. This place was already turning bright which brought joy to Pyro's heart. And this was only the entrance, there was a whole lair to burn to the ground make happy. And Pyro will enjoy every second of it.

For now Pyro searched for a way to go up, that's where it saw the Blue Princess. But this place was like a labyrinth designed to deter intruders from reaching the tower. Each room had more and more minions to kill defeat and Pyro's patience was being tested. At least it meant that the happiness will spread smoother.

As Pyro traveled through the hallway, a thought occurred to it. What if the Big Bad Dragon escapes with the Princesses? What would happen? Then Pyro would finish making this place happy, before following the tracks of the Dragon. The Small Blue Bird would help it with that.

More minions appeared. Those looked different than the others, and were armed with dark, long wands. Pyro pulled out its Gas Passer Rainblow Dust, and threw it at the minions just as they used their dark magic. It struck the Dust midair and everything went up in flames turned bright. The minions were defeated and Pyro could proceed.

Or so it thought, before a beam of cursed water struck Pyro on the side and slammed it against the wall.

From the ground Pyro raised its head only to see another blow coming at it, but Pyro blocked it with its Rainbow Rod. Once the attack stopped, Pyro heard the Big Bad Dragon roaring and saw him in his entire ugly glory. Yellow scales protected his body, while water leaked out of his maw.

Pyro stood up and brandished its Rainbow Rod, while the Dragon made himself as big as possible. This attempt to intimidate Pyro didn't work.

Then the Dragon lashed out with his tongue water attack, which Pyro burned blocked with its Rainbow Rod. With his attack ending up in failure, the Dragon roared again - only for Pyro to use its Rainblower at him.

The Dragon flinched as the flames rainbows engulfed him entirely. Then the Dragon hit Pyro with his tail, and the merc crashed through the wall.

It was just one hit, but it hurt. A lot. Pyro couldn't take this thing head on. It needed to run, to lure this beast into a trap or hit him before running away. Trying to slay him quickly will just get Pyro killed. It needed to be slow, meticulous.

Pyro got up, slowly, the blow left it dazed and hurt all over. The Dragon was busy getting the cheer and happiness away from him, which let Pyro slowly stumble away. It found a staircase, but Pyro chose to go down instead of up. With the Dragon at its heels, it can't rescue the Princesses. Not yet at least.

The Dragon roared, louder than before, and he charged right at the merc. Pyro squealed in surprise and its stumble turned into an adrenaline-fueled run, while also leaving a fiery rainbow trail to deter the Dragon.

Pyro swayed to the side, avoiding the Dragon's water attack and retaliated by throwing more Rainblow Dust at the Dragon.

He roared in pain while Pyro didn't dare to look back. It ran further and further away from its nemesis, only allowing itself to take a break after it took 3 turns and entered a random room. There Pyro closed the doors and sat against the wall, its heart pounding.

The merc didn't know where it was. The room it was in was large, with two doors, full of desks and those strange devices that Pyro keep seeing in Histoire's Fairy's home. Pyro didn't know their purpose, but the children there liked spending their time around those things.

Maybe some of those children were kidnapped and held here? Pyro looked around, but it didn't see anyone.

Pyro sat by one of those desks. It was dull and boring, but Pyro always had a fix for that.

While Pyro watched the rainbows growing from its desk, it tried to think about its next course of actions. Pyro was lost in the Big Bad Dragon's lair, who would probably kill it with its next hit, and there were also the two Princesses somewhere in this castle and Pyro won't leave without them.

The rainbows had spread onto other desks, which was nice.

If Pyro couldn't slay this beast, it at least needed to get the Princesses out of here, and also find out if there were other captives. The problem was carrying out all of this; with the adrenaline wearing off, the pain was kicking in - and Pyro didn't feel so good.

A roar, the Dragon was coming.

Pyro hid underneath the burning desk, just as the Dragon crashed the doors open. Pyro tucked itself into a ball, and hoped that the Dragon will just go away. He didn't.

Instead the Dragon used his water attack on the desks, scattering those around the room. Pyro quickly stood up and ran towards the other doors, while using its Rainblower on the Dragon.

He attacked Pyro with his water attack, but he just grazed Pyro's shoulder. It was enough for the merc to stumble as it momentarily lost its balance, though Pyro kept running anyway. It also threw more Rainblower Dust to cover its escape.

But then the Dragon… was running away?

If Pyro turned its head a moment later, it would've missed the bright yellow figure going back where they came from. His roars were also getting further away from it. Did it- Did it chased him off?

Pyro stopped running and waited with its Rainbow Rod ready. The merc was alert for any ambushes that the Dragon might attempt… but nothing was coming.

Nothing at all.

Why?

Finding out where Pyro went… was easy. Their teammate has left a clear set of footsteps and all the mercs needed to do was follow them. It did surprise them just how much distance that thing has covered, and they didn't remember it equipping the Powerjack or Thermal Thruster, the only things in its arsenal that could boost its movement speed.

So how did a mercenary with average speed manage to put so much distance between them in so short a time? Are they even following the right set of footprints? There were only three sets of tracks left by the entrance; one of them belonged to Blanc and her sisters, the second was the Mercenaries', and the last one appeared after the mercs entered the World Labyrinth and Pyro disappeared.

So logically, they were on the right track. But-

"There! It's him!"

Blanc pointed at the yellow figure flying through the sky. "It's that bastard who kidnapped my sisters!"

"Hold on." Sniper took aim, and fired.

Everyone watched Trick fly towards Lowee's capital. Blanc could see small blobs of pink and blue in his hands, which tipped her off that Rom and Ram were with that bastard. Perfect, it will make getting her sisters back easier once she crushes his skull and rips out that damn tongue.

But "I think you miss-"

"Just wait." Sniper cut Blanc off.

Just as CFW Trick was about to disappear, something seemed to happen and he crashed onto the ground. "Boom." Sniper casually reloaded his rifle. "Hit 'im right in the eye."

Blanc was left speechless, while Heavy praised his teammate's marksmanship. "Good shot."

The CPU turned towards the Australian, still unable to comprehend what she just saw. The bullet flew for over 10 seconds, and this man barely took any time to aim. He just quickscoped Trick out of the air.

"Wow." Blanc finally managed to say something.

Sniper looked her right in the eyes. "I never miss, Sheila. Never."

After seeing this shot, she's not inclined to disagree. She still couldn't believe how the hell that happened though. Was it- Was it luck? Or maybe something else grounded CFW Trick and Sniper just took credit for it.

The latter seemed more reasonable, so Blanc will stick with that until proven otherwise.

"Alright men." Soldier addressed his team and brought Blanc out of her shock. "We have two objectives. Spy, you'll follow these tracks and find Pyro." The american pointed at the long trail of footsteps that they were following. "The rest of us will take care of that yellow godzilla, Operation: Stalking Menace."

Pyro searched for the twins, the Dragon, anyone. But no matter how long it traveled through those burning bright and pink hallways, it couldn't find any evil minions nor the Dragon himself. Pyro combed through most of the lair, but it still couldn't find the princesses. They weren't waiting for it at the towers, nor were they in the dungeons down below.

No one was there.

The places to search were slowly running out, which made Pyro feel hopeful that it will soon find the Dragon's captives. In fact, Pyro has found a secret entrance to a cave among the flames and rubble candies and flowers. Secrets meant treasure, and there wasn't a bigger treasure than two Princesses.

With that in mind, Pyro threw away everything to search the cave. It was dark and scary, even scarier than the Dragon's lair, even its Rainblower struggled to keep away the darkness and its horrors. But Pyro knew that the Princesses were there, there wasn't a better place to hide them.

The cave was small and narrow, and only went down. Pyro had to watch its steps, as it was fairly easy to trip and fall, and the fall would take it straight to the bottom. Painfully. The merc descended cautiously, as the ground itself threatened to slide beneath him. It was its final test of courage, one that Pyro will complete… one step at the time.

Pyro didn't know how much time passed, but it knew it took him way too long to get to the bottom. But once its eyes saw solid ground beneath him, Pyro threw away its own safety and ran to the bottom-

-Only to find out there were no Princesses there.

Instead, Pyro saw licorice.

Lots of licorice was waiting for Pyro on the bottom of the cave, it was like the Big Bad Dragon was stockpiling them here. Pyro wasn't the first one to find this place, as there was a girl already sitting among the black sweetness. She looked… sick. Why was she sick? Did the Dragon do something to her?

Pyro didn't have answers for those questions, but it couldn't leave this girl alone. It will take her, find the Princesses and then slay the Big Bad Dragon.

That beast will burn.

Interdimensional RED-Coded Contract

Trickster On The Noose

Naming this chapter was a pain in the ass. With CFW Judge it was easy, as I could just reference the Judgement (as one reviewer already pointed out).

But CFW Trick, goddamnit Trick. There wasn't a title that could satisfy me. In fact, the current one is also bad in my opinion but I needed to put SOMETHING in there.

I wonder how I'm gonna name the next one…

So Blanc got outplayed, and Pyro single handedly chased off a freakin CFW Trick. Internet cookies for first person who finds out what actually caused the Felon to back down. Also there few disturbing reveals has been made in this chapter, and who was that girl that Pyro found in the Big Bad Dragon lair.

I await your thoughts.

By the way, writing from Pyro perspective was harder than I thought. I'll try to never do that again. At least not as much as in this chapter.

Responses:

Metastable

I'm sorry for missing your review at the previous chapter. I didn't notice it until after I posted the new chapter.

You know, I'll have to write Phlog!Pyro/Medic combo. It can be so effective in pubs, that its ridiculous. I have turned the tables of countless matches by grabbing Phlog, Manmelter and becoming a brainless W+M1 phlog with Medic up his ass. The salt is always great.

And you have to realize something. That support class was inside a locked down building with multiple sentries pointed at the sole entrance. A proper merc team would be hard pressed to kill a medic hiding there, let alone a bunch of untrained civvies and glorified melee classes.

NexusPrime42

I… have no idea what to do with real Chika, really. Right now she's hidden from everyone's eyes (kidnapped by ASIC you see), and Miss Pauling doesn't have any reason to assassinate her as long as she doesn't become a problem.

Guest (2 of them)

Taking a dead body and turning it into a hat. That sounds like Sniper, alright. I don't think they'll make hats out of him, though.

As for CFW Brave… who knows, I already put CFW Trick in the previous chapter on a whim. I had that chapter ready before suddenly thinking 'Wait. Wouldn't it be cool if a freakin CFW Trick shown up there?'

So CFW Brave will probably get the same treatment. If I even decide for him to fight against mercs.

YORCHspartan117

And here you have it, another fucking cliffhanger. Just as you like.

Actually the attempt at the Mascot from Re;Birth 2 already happened. But Rom and Ram shown up and saved the Mascot before it was destroyed. So kudos for them. Though, I don't think Demo will have any problems with them, those things are HUGE. Landing pipes will be easy as pie.

Merasmus… I think I'll do something with Merasmus and the moved Halloween. We'll see.

Trick wasn't guarding the Mascot. He was just waiting for Blanc and her sisters to come to him. And I won't spoil anything about the CPU placements.