Harem Hero

Hard Edge

The peace and quiet could never last for long. It was early in the morning, right as the rush hour traffic peaked when the news trickled through to your sophisticated surveillance system; aka watching the internet and news. But much to your surprise, the person responsible for this attack isn't Sundar.

It's Faust.

You arrive armoured up and ready to fight. He stands atop a pile of burning rubble with a smug smirk on his face. You scowl at the braggadocious buffoon, "What the hell are you up to now?"

"I will not repeat my previous humiliation. I have come to rid the world of you, opening the path for our glorious conquest of your people!"

"Yeah, whatever you say."

He points his finger down at you, summoning several armoured goons from nowhere to try and take you down. The problem for them being that you've been training hardcore for weeks now, and combined with the power of the Herarmor you can now easily blast through enemies like these without even needing to summon someone to assist you.

You clobber one with a right hook, before swinging your hips around and roundhouse kicking another. Chun-Li has taught you a few of her moves, though you're nowhere near good enough to put them into action in a real fight. The speed and the way that she contorts her body is beyond you. The bodies of the robotic drones hit the floor in their dozens, as you intersperse the hand to hand combat with a shot or two from the sledgehammer.

Faust stands and stews in frustration as his pack of nobodies struggle to beat you, a man who's already destroyed several of their more advanced robotic soldiers. You grip one by the neck and throw it down to the ground – splitting it clean in two. Another tries to hit you from behind with a metal club, but it glances off of your armour harmlessly. You punch through its stomach and disembowel it, ripping cords and components free like a gore-seeking maniac.

On the periphery of the fight, you notice several people recording it using their phones. They really ought to have heeded the police's warnings and stayed away from this! You step between the enemy force and them, blocking their way with several warning shots. Your HUD flashes with markers for your current card collection.

"Alright, come give me a hand Motoko."

The voice activation system responds and ejects her card into your hand.

"MOTOKO KUSANAGI! SHATTERING!" The purple haired cyborg appears in a flash of colour. She takes a second to get her bearings.

You motion back to the assembled audience, "Major, I need a hand evacuating these civilians."

"Leave it to me."

She sprints away at an inhuman speed and begins corralling the onlookers away from the battlefield. Motoko knows how to scare people into line, and that allows you to worry about taking care of Faust's attack force. Another leaps at you from above, you put your hands up and stop it mid-flight, bringing it down over your knee and severing its mechanical spine. You almost feel bad for the poor thing.

"Enough! I'll take you on myself!" Faust descends from his hiding place and draws his blade. In the link of an eye he dashes towards you and swings down, you hold up your arms and block the blow – but it hurts. Guh! This guy is surprisingly strong for such a moron! You keep him away by sweeping at his legs with one of Chun's low kicks.

"If you're such a tough guy, why are you wasting my time with these piles of junk?"

You clash again, trying to overpower one another using raw strength. He grits his sharp teeth and scowls, "It would be unbecoming for the likes of me to duel an unworthy cretin like you!"