Finding Peace Party - Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
The plan had worked like a treat, and with its initiation, Leprechaun dived down toward the reactor, cast out his hook, and finally...FINALLY...got the Treasure out of its housing.
Once Leprechaun tore the battery out of the reactor, the portals bringing the objects through from the Metaverse at large slowly began to disappear. However, there was clearly still some sort of heavy distortion in the air, as not only did the objects that had already been brought through remain, but the low gravity in the chamber stayed the same, with the infrastructure still floating above Leprechaun in the air.
The display looked like a Jackson Pollock painting; a swirling mass of red and black, with a few spots of green. It was as beautiful as it was horrific to watch.
"We got it! The Treasure's secure!" the thief cried out, bringing his attention back to the material world.
"Great job, Leprechaun!" Sleuth exclaimed over the radio. "You and Usami stay safe! Now we just need to get it to the ex-!"
Before Sleuth could finish, his voice was cut short by a sudden explosion near the far side of the reactor platform.
"Wha-!?" Leprechaun twisted around just in time to see Razor and Highwayman go flying through the air, crashing into a heap against a half-crumpled support beam! Razor coughed violently, her mask cracked, and Highwayman clutched her shoulder, blood leaking from beneath her shirt.
"Sh-Shit...!" Razor spat.
Out from the smoke emerged Uragami, his face twitching and eyes spinning wildly as if glitching.
"I'm usually a patient, easygoing man...!" he growled. "You do a very good job at making me ANGRY!"
A few meters away, Sleuth and Mozart were now struggling as well. Cognitive Tomita had unleashed a swarm of electrified drones that surged in unpredictable, randomized patterns.
Mozart screamed in pain as several struck her mid-leap, electrocuting her midair and sending her tumbling. Sleuth dove in, batting away another drone with a baton strike, only to be knocked back by a kinetic pulse.
"DAMMIT!" Lab-Rat shouted from below. "Even after all that, the tide hasn't turned in our favor yet!"
Ashikawa's shadowy body, meanwhile, twitched, then jolted upright, jerking like a puppet on strings. His features twisted, laughter beginning to bubble up from his cracked lips.
"Did you really think..." he snarled, "that THAT would be enough..!?"
"He recovered from that way too quickly!" Leprechaun's eyes widened as Usami dropped down next to him.
"I didn't think it would keep him stunned for long," she admitted. "We just needed a moment. It's what we do next that counts."
"Everyone regroup at the reactor!" Sandbox yelled over the comms, floating down next to them. "NOW!"
One by one, battered and bruised, the Thieves fell back.
Sleuth dragged a stunned Mozart back toward the core. Razor staggered forward, leaning heavily on Highwayman. Lab-Rat sprinted, Mephisto launching blasts of Nuclear energy behind him to keep the Shadows at bay. Sandbox was already in the middle of rejuvenating everyone on the field with defense buffs and healing spells, even as Shadow Ashikawa began pulling himself upright again, ichor trailing from his lips.
Cognitive Tomita's drones whirred forward like a pack of angry wasps, but Sandbox sent out a shockwave of nullifying energy, frying them midair. Sparks rained down like fireflies.
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