Hah! Nice try, but we've prepared for far too long for this plan to go to waste!
But since you insist on being sent to the scrap heap, I suppose We'll have to exterminate you fi--
*grumble*
What!? Why would we do that!? We had a deal with them to--
*menacing grunt*
...Yes, I see.
Be content with your intervention right now. Because bigger than ever, we'll be back. And there'll be nothing your foolish princess will be able to do about it.
...Huh. Neat change of pace.
All clear.
I must say, I hope it was worth spending our time doing the heavy lifting.
It's always worth it. Besides our... main goals, one thing I simply cannot do is turn the other cheek to those I see in danger. Regardless, if that's everyone, then I suppose we're done here.
We're done here. The bomb is being diffused. Our assistance isn't necessary. And I don't plan on sticking around for a game of 20 Questions, either.
Well, since the bomb is being diffused, I suppose we should-
!!!
...
Somebody appears to want this place destroyed us much as that living-armor freak.
...I am going to handle whoever this is myself. In case anything happens, I want you lot out of here and somewhere safe.
...You know, it's funny. HighTower wanted so much for SOMEone to claim you for him... And for what? To be overtaken by Replicapture for its evil purposes? And then when he failed, he tries to take Copy X down with him? What an absolute WASTE.
Shut up with your nonsensical ramblings. Why have you come here?
Well, if the entire intention of introducing you is to have you die...
...Then as much of a waste of a character claim it is, might as well give HighTower exactly what he wants. And if I get to take a few heroes who are too stupidly stubborn to listen to your instructions to leave with you? Even better.
Why, you...!
Anarchy Authority!
...Ah, yes. I should honestly thank the subordinate that lent me one of his world's plentiful, powerful gems.
...It is a very small gem, though. I was rather lucky to be able to pull it out so quickly, let alone have it not be lost in my metaphorical pocket.
...It also drains a lot of power AND stamina to use, too, so I'm afraid I'll have to make this quick.
Sir, I apologize to interrupt you while you are preparing for your meeting with Eggman Nega, but about our newest kidnapping scheme...
It failed!?
That is correct, your contemptuousness. There was another... unprecedented intervention.
What? Who dares!?
*sigh*... Your unbenevolence, do you remember the Somaton?
That old Mario head thing, yeah...
And the intruder that I had to cast away, correct?
Yeah... what about hi--
They are all the same person. This individual is that willing to impede on our advancements, and I don't even think they're doing it because they're a good person. They're just doing it for the sake of madness.
...Oh, boy.
Needless to say, it's annoying. We'd best be off trying to find a way to deal with this.
Well, we'll think of something. We always do.
Yes, but whether it ever works is a whole different category of it's own.
Well, now. Normally, I become incapable of accessing Pi's attacks unless if it's for plot protection. Guess the plot says he dies. That, or the gem remains. ...Of which I shall pocket before someone else decides to knock it out of my hands.
This isn't mine, by the way. I'm borrowing it. Can't return something if it's lost, you know.
In any case, I'd be more worried about getting out alive than trying to save this man. Do you think he will thank you? He claims to be perfect, but if it weren't for the fact that you initially came here to stop Replicapture, he'd simply have you executed simply for coming here.
Oh, and HighTower? You're giving me mixed symbols on what you want to be Copy X's fate right now. I think I'll go for the initial plan of killing him off. Are we cool on that?
...Actually, scratch that. I'm the bad guy. I don't care what ANYONE thinks.
Y... You... Are you braindead...? You're just getting yourself killed, too... You foolish lesser machine...
Good. This shell of a body is far too outdated, anyways.
...?
...
You probably think I'm here to stop Coda like a god in a machine, don't you, iX?
Well, I have bad news. It's quite the opposite.
Between HighTower's repeated insistence on winning every encounter he's faced with, despite the obvious stalemates it will forever lead him into, and RotomSlashBlast having "claimed" this arc, yet having given minimal progress over the course of a month and two weeks, including 80 pages, I'd say it's about time some true conflict comes into play.
Truth be told, I would have given the Alis something to speed up their arc had RSB not vanished again.
If Copy X's death means the continuation of the plot - or rather, the start of an actual plot - so be it.
Thank you, Libra. Know that despite this, you will not be spared if I win.
Farewell, Copy X. Die in despair, for not only will everything you ever stood for shall fall, but all shall know that Judgement has been slain by the hands of Chaos.
...Coda... So that is his name... Interesting...
...If it wasn't far too dangerous for the safety of Neo Arcadia- or, rather, what remains of it- I would go through the trouble of hunting him down right now.
...No. Such an action is unnecessary. ...However...
...I have every reason to believe that this all happened because of these three outsiders. So, unless they have a perfectly good excuse to let them live, I'd say end THEM instead.
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