Measure 52: True Warriors Bleed To Death

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"According to the research of a Harvard psychologist named Shawn Achor, a human impulse lasts no more than 20 seconds. Isn't that right kid?"

"Indeed I've tested it myself and analyzed the brain activity; roughly 20 seconds."

"Which means the enemy will only have the instinct to run away for the first 20 seconds of our attack—"

"—After that, the wave's gonna hit them and it'll bring them back to their senses. Our advantage here is obvious, we know what's coming and they don't know our tank's a total baby. Bottom line is: 20 seconds is all you get to cause a ruckus, the moment you fight people will die. I'll be counting how many seconds are left just so if anyone gets lost."

Right now we stood a few feet away from the miracle cave. This was my first time seeing it, and the nitric acid that commands both life and death. Our fighting unit was ready, and Ukyo said Tsukasa & Hyoga are at the graveyard.

"20 seconds later were killing each other?! I don't like the sound of that!" -Ginro

"Bahaha! That's completely fine with me, we'll kill 'em all!!" -Magma

"No, no fighting. No killing. Those are the conditions of our alliance. If we break the rules then the course of action becomes unclear. Rules are rules." -Kinro reassured.

"Yeah, in other words we're taking over the miracle cave with our scientific lightning attack without killing a single person...So let's go! Move out everyone!"

Senku, Gen and Chrome inside the tank started driving it to our battle location. The rest of us followed closely behind on foot. 

"Brace yourselves everyone, today we join the fray! Don't forget to prioritize your life over someone else's! 20 seconds is all we have. Countdown starts..."

"Fire!"

"Now! 20!"

The fake tank took its first shot and the countdown to New Years- I mean the battle started

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The fake tank took its first shot and the countdown to New Years- I mean the battle started.

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The fake shot landed on the miracle cave's wall. The men guarding it scrambled around to safe cover.

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There were pit traps set in front of the miracle cave. Of course Tsukasa would think ahead and expect Senku to come up with a steam engine. But thankfully, the tank seemed to run just fine over these traps.

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"Man I love tanks!" -Magma

"Why are you enjoying this so much..."

"Great we won't need to take a detour, we've saved precious seconds." -Kinro

"Battle team, frontal assault!" -Kohaku

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