Terror Infinity Side B

Chapter 17, BTOOOM

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In the resulting explosion made up of dozens of Remote Control BIM, of the six enemies who fell into the trap three died. Once the large cloud of dust and smoke began to disperse the Team Japan members hidden away to detonated the BIMs revealed themselves.

Saki: I can see three enemy left. Two Btooom Soldiers and the Btooom Commander. The first two are heavily injured, yet the Commander doesn't seem to be that hurt.

Zero: Are you sure we took out three of them? I didn't get any notification that I killed one when I detonated my switch like how you get for killing NPCs.

Saki, Kampa, Zer and Misaki split the switches for the Remote Control BIM between the four of them. It was Misaki who suggested it since if only one of them detonated the BIMs then only that one person would get the points for defeating them. Saki and the others thought there wasn't any point in thinking about the potential rewards in the middle of the operation, but Misaki who knew the importance of points and rank rewards through the existence of Shin who grew so much so quickly, he couldn't give up this chance to gain more for himself. And since it would look too greedy if only he detonated the BIMs this suggestion was made. That was why they split the switches between themselves and left who gets the points and rank rewards to chance.

Saki: I am certain we killed some. I was told that I received 100 points and D rank reward from that voice.

Kampa: I also received two such notifications saying that I earned 200 points and two rank D rewards.

Misaki: Damm, I didn't get any like Zero. Well, at least we know that the corpses over there are real and not pretending.

Saki: Then let's preceded with the next step. Shin will take care of the Btooom Commander and we will handle the weakened Btooom Soldiers who survived the explosion... Where's Shin?

They all looked around, but couldn't find him. They saw Shin escape with Shuai, so he wasn't caught in the blast. It was then as they were looking around they were noticed by the enemy.

Zero: They spotted us!

Kamap: Shit, and that Btooom Commander of theirs looks fine after all of that. Without Shin we may not even survive against the Commander and he still has two Btooom Soldiers at his side, although they are hurt. Now what?

Saki: ...We will engage the enemy. Shin is definitely alive, so lets not worry about the enemy leader and take out the Soldiers to lessen his burden when he gets back. Be cautious of the Commander, but don't needlessly face him. If forty plus BIMs didn't damage him, then our guns won't be much use.

The four players began to fire at the enemy with their handguns and throw the occasional BIM they had left. Normal bullets and BIMs would be useless again their armor, but they took too much damage from the explosion and so the enemy had to hide for cover. With the exception of the Btooom Commander they had lost their prided defense, so they were forced to hide and attack when there was an opening. In other words for the first time they were made to play Btooom on the same level as the players.

It looked like things were going the Player's way, but then the Btooom Commander took command of the battle. From his BIM attachment he handed off a couple BIM to the Btooom Soldier and they all activated them. They were Barrier BIM. With Barrier BIMs activated they were able to march through enemy bombardment and were soon able to dominate the battle with their BIM Launchers.

Misaki: Damm shields! How can a bomb be a defensive weapon!

Saki: Well in Btooom-

Misaki: I wasn't looking for a real answer!

Kampa: This isn't good. It looks like our weapons can't break through those shields of theirs. We have to retreat and regroup!

Saki: No! There isn't any point since they aren't going to run out of those BIM. And if we leave now then we will lose our one chance to defeat them once and for all before Day 7. What would be the point of everything we have done till now?

Zero: Before happens we will be killed. We should do as Kampa says and-

- *CRASH*!

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It was at that moment that Shin reappeared. After getting Shuai to safety, Shin returned to the battle and hid himself, waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. He had his eyes set on the Btooom Commander and waited for his chance. Patiently, he waited till the energy shield of the Barrier BIM died down and right before the Btooom Commander switched it out for another, Shin rushed out. With Instant Movement he closed in on Btooom Commander and crashed into him. Shin then continued to drag the enemy, and himself away from the others.

Shin didn't want to rely on or worry about the others. Besides, his job was to only take care of the Btooom Commander, so the Soldiers were Saki and the others responsibility. Shin had nothing against them, but after forcing Shuai to play the bait for whatever their reason, if they couldn't handle two weakened enemy Btooom Soldiers, then they deserved to die. That was there job after all.

Then after moving moving far enough away from his teammates and the Btooom Soldiers that he didn't have to worry about them, Shin threw away the struggling enemy in his grasp and drew his guns. The Btooom Commander hurriedly got himself back on his feet, but was immediately sprayed with a hail of bullets. Shin had taken out two handguns and opened fired on the enemy Btooom Soldier. The enemy thought that he could take the attack even without taking out a Barrier BIM, but found that he was mistaken. Little by little, his armor was being chipped and dinged.

Shin was currently spraying the enemy Btooom Commander with bullets that he had infused with Ki Energy. He had a hard time infusing the bullets with Ki last night, but in Unlocked Mode not only was almost every shot a success unlike last night, the power of the bullets had increased. The Ki infused bullets didn't have definite killing power, but as time was passing the damage was becoming more and more visible. Shin still had to discard the guns damaged from the Ki recoil they suffered, but within a minute Shin had almost shattered the enemy's armor and would need little more to break it open.Then taking another pair of guns out of his Na Ring, Shin renewed his attack.

Sensing the danger the Btooom Commander began his own counter attack. He rolled out of the barrage of bullets and hid behind a thick tree. Five seconds later he came out of hiding and fired at Shin with his BIM Launcher. If the others could see this then they would have thought that Shin was done, but they would be wrong. Shin jumped backwards as he was almost hit with explosions, but this was just Shin not fighting the shock waves from the explosions of the BIMs that detonated in front of him. He was lessening, if not fully nullifying the damage from the blast.

Shin was in peak condition now that he wasn't exhausted or had run out of Ki from multiple down hill battles. In Unlocked Mode Shin could see, hear, and even smell his enemy movement. Additionally, he had also gained plenty of experience fighting the Btooom Soldier and Btooom Commander to date, and battle experience in general.

Shin: ( If it's like this then maybe I could fight an entire unit by myself. Too bad this is the last day I'll see them. And here I was just evolving into an battle manga MC ).

Shin was getting so confident in himself that he was slapping the BIMs coming at him away before they even exploded. Even Cracker BIM that detonate on impact, before they could even started a detonation sequence they were already hit away from him. When Shin could see the firing rate of the BIM Launcher closely, he found that they were much slower and easier to deal with then BIM. Shin just casually approached the Btooom Commander step by step and the fearful enemy stepped backwards till he corned himself against a tree.

Shin: Lets just end this. Soul Crushing Strike!!!

Like a spear Shin's fist shot forward towards the Btooom Commander's chest armor and exploded. The fist busted through the armor and into the enemy's flesh. The impact was so strong that the Btooom Commander smashed into the tree behind him and was embedded into the tree itself.

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- SIDE QUEST REWARD 4, BTOOOM COMMANDER CHIP - 500 POINTS AND C RANK REWARD ACQUIRED!

Shin: 800 Points and two C rank rewards ( 1C + 3D's ). A good days work if I do say so and it wasn't close to dangerous ( For anyone but me ). Maybe if the battle over there isn't finished ( Ended quickly over here because I was too good ) I can get a solid 1000 Points. Let's go get more points, no I mean backup my-

Shin was was about ready to return, but with that feeling of fear that drove him to this point long gone thanks to his victory, the effects of his Unlocked Mode began to fade and he was slowly beginning to experiencing that great pain. The first time he had left that mode of his the pain was great that he passed out and almost died from being unable to breathe. The second time he wasn't aware of it because he was knocked out by a BIM explosion, but suffered the effects as a fever that didn't break till the day he woke up. And now it was the third time. The backlash wasn't so bad now that he had gotten used to it and could stay conscious now, but his body couldn't handle it.

Shin now firmly believed that what Aqua said was true. The Genetic Constraint unlocks during danger and terror, but a normal body couldn't bear the power that comes with it. Even with his enhanced physical abilities as a ghoul, his right hand suffered a comminuted fracture from using his Soul Crushing Strike that had become more powerful then ever and the backlash he was feeling now was making the injury worse. And following that would be the unbearable pain. What if this happened to a normal person?

Shin: This really is a double edged sword, and it has to be under a life threatening situation and experiencing terror for the constraint to unlock for just a little while. This is the human's final struggle against death. Still, at least a few good things came out of this fight. Not only did we all come together as a team to defeat the enemy, I might have discovered a way to possibly use bring out the Kagune... I'll try looking into it-

Before he could finish that sentence, that feeling of death spread from his internal organs throughout his body. He started to have seizure and fell over. The pain rendered him unable to even open his mouth. His muscles felt like they were ripping apart and he soon passed out.

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As soon as Shin had recovered enough to stand and walk, he made his way back to his comrades. He didn't think he was out for a long time as the position of the sun had not moved by much ( Forgot to buy/exchange for a watch ), but he knew it wasn't just for a few minutes, so he dragged his weary body back. To Shin's surprise when he got back to where the others were fighting the two remaining Btooom Soldiers, the battle was already finished up.

Shin was worried that his delay thanks to the backlash of unlocking the Genetic Constraint would cause him to be late to help everyone. He was happy to find that they were all alive, but felt guilty when he saw their state. They had not all come out of the battle unscathed. The first Btooom Soldier defeated was surprisingly defeated by Shuai. After finding his way and limping over to where the battle was, Shuai got a lucky shot in. The enemy was distracted by Saki and Kampa, so he never saw him coming. Shuai had by accident shot a bullet in the head of the Btooom Soldier whose helmet was cracked from the earlier explosion.

The second and last Btooom Soldier they would ever see on the island was defeated by a team effort of Zero and Kampa. Though not a good of shot as Kampa with handgun as he is a sniper, he was able to accurately destroy the enemy's BIM attachment. When the enemy, already wounded and having lost his greatest weapon of infinite BIM was corned with no hope, he attacked/was forced to attack. In one final move he used the remaining BIM he had on him and turned himself into a suicide bomber and his target was Zero. Misaki saw this and tackled the enemy down a hill, and '*BOOM*!'. The battle was over. Misaki lived and saved Zero, but he had lost an arm to the explosion of the final Btooom Soldier.

Shin: You had it rough Misaki. Are... Are you alright?

Misaki: I won't know till the adrenaline wears off and we luckily had have the hemostasis spray, so I'll say... NO asshole! I lost an arm, so I am not ok! Well, at least it was my non-dominant hand that was lost.

Shin: Sorry. It looks like even though I fought the commader you all had the harder time.

Kampa: That sounds very sarcastic coming from you Shin. Just look at what you have done to this guy. Damm, if I didn't know any better I would think this is the work of some monster.

Saki, Misaki and the others wanted to see what happened to the BIM Commader that Shin faced, so he showed them back to his remains. They were all shocked by what they saw. The Btooom Commander, dead and dripping blood from the wound that killed him, was still embedded into the tree Shin left him in. Misaki and the others who fought the enemy knew how strong they were even while injured. Even a 40 BIM landmine trap had only a 50% chance of killing a Btooom Soldier and the Btooom Commander that Shin fought was barley damaged in the blast. And for Shin to be able to punch a hole into that strong armor and slam him into a tree like that... Made them see Shin in completely new light. They heard that he defeated an enemy unit alone, but seeing it up close was different.

Shuai: This is incredible! How did you do this with your bare hands?

Shin: It was a Ki skill that I picked up.

Misaki: You have to teach me this. With it I could kill dozens of them by myself.

Shuai: Me too.

Shin: Sure, but it isn't as easily as it looks. Besides, but Misaki would need his arm back first.

Misaki: Screw you!

Saki: Whatever the case good work Shin, everyone... Especially Shuai.

Shuai: ...

Saki: Till the very end you didn't try to runaway from your responsibilities and proved yourself as a member of the group. I won't apologies for forcing that task on you, but-

Shuai: It's fine, so drop it. I... still don't like you much for nominating ( Forcing ) me into the role of bait, but now that it is over and looking back on the effectiveness of the plan, I can say that it is necessary. Fuck, who wouldn't want to live? I have definitely been relying on everyone to survive till now, but now that is over. I still won't act as bait ever again, but I'll do my fair share from now on.

Saki: That is great to hear.

Shuai: Just pay me my 100 points when we get back. You can afford it since you killed one of the Btooom Soldier back there.

Saki: I was hoping you would forget about the deal with everything that's going on.

Shuai: Like hell I will! A deal is a deal, so... Lets all survive till the very end so you and everyone else can pay me back in points.

That was by far not a good reason for us to live, actual debt, but Shin and the others believed that this was just Shuai's way of telling his teammates to survive together with him.

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Authors Note:

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For those of you who thought Shin had too easy a time... His overconfidence would come back to slap him in the back of the head later on.