Chapter 47: Know Despair 3

Zenkichi thought that things would get easier.

Right after getting administration rights for the elevator, Zenkichi then ordered for Naze to copy all the important data of the Flask Plan into a drive that he got from his system and stored it into his inventory, which the latter promptly destroyed the entire main servers of the Flask Plan.

Shortly after that, they then entered the elevator and pressed for the ground floor.

Everything was going well and they were just at the fourth floor when...

Boom!

"Ahhhh!" Ryota let out a high pitched, girly scream.

The elevator doors was pierced by a pair of fair hands in between. The hands clenched and effortless the iron doors were forced opened and a figure was standing outside.

"Wait! Both–" Naze quickly spoke up but was a tad too late.

Zenkichi didn't even hesitate to kick the figure, sending them flying into the air but the figure curled into a ball before landing gracefully onto their feet.

Standing there posing like some cheap super sentai knockoff was a tall and slightly revealing girl, with short brown hair done in two buns at the back. She wears a red jacket with pink fur lining that leaves her midriff and chest uncovered, exposing her white bra. She also wears red hot pants with a white belt and red shoes.

The strangest part of her however, were her bloodthirsty red eyes.

Ryota's eyes widened in shock realization, "Oh no. She's been taken!"

"Taken... She watched the video?" Zenkichi asked, raising an eyebrow. He turned towards Ryota, "How could you tell?"

Ryota gulped and slowly walked back into the corner, trying to make himself as small as possible.

"H-Her eyes. I could tell from her eyes. My secret animation technique is sensory tricks that stimulate the visual cortex, induction of eye movement to manipulate memory of the experience, and sound to control the viewer's focus. S-So you can easily tell someone is influenced by the video if their eyes have changed."

He timidly stared at Koga, mockingly grinning at them.

"I-I had met Koga a few times and trust me, she has colorful brown eyes filled with eccentricity."

"Koga..." Naze whispered under her breath, recognizing the girl.

Her partner. Her lab rat. Her... best friend.

'No...' Naze trembled, she clenched her hands. Her one right blank eye dimmed.

For the first time in her life. She felt truly, truly pissed off.

'Junko Enoshima. You bitch, I'm coming for your neck.' Several syringes, ones filled with strong sedatives that can even knock out an elephant, appeared between her fingers. 'Nobody messes with my friends.' her eye gleamed.

Koga smiled wickedly, "Well, well, well, if it isn't Naze and her little friends. How's the escape plan going? And how mean of you to not include me. Well, I've always known that you were such a bitch."

Naze narrowed her eye, "What do you want?"

Zenkichi turned towards her with a raised eyebrow. "You know her?"

"You could say that." she coldly replied, surprising Zenkichi.

'This is a first for Naze to act coldly at me,' He turned towards Koga. 'For her to act like that, this girl must be close to her. So seeing her like that...'

Koga shrugged, "I just wanted a little chat. And maybe a fight."

Before anyone could react, Koga charged towards them with incredible speed and agility, her movements almost inhuman.

Zenkichi easily responded back with the same ferocity and punched out, hitting her straight to her face.

"Hehe."

But she didn't stop. Grabbing Zenkichi's arm, with incredible flexibility, Koga twisted it and flipped Zenkichi over her shoulder, sending him crashing to the ground.

Naze swiftly moved into action, throwing the syringes she had prepared at Koga. But Koga's agility was unmatched, as she effortlessly dodged each one. With a swift motion, Koga rushed towards Naze, delivering a powerful kick to her abdomen, causing her to stumble backwards.

All the while Ryota curled in the corner of the elevator, watching the intense fight unfold in pure terror. He had never seen Naze or Zenkichi in a battle before, and he was beginning to realize just how fucking insane this all was.

"Damn...it..."

Naze coughed and her legs gave out, she glared up at a grinning Koga and the latter had just pulled her arm back.

'What the hell did I do? I got controlled by my emotions... I shouldn't have went after Koga, I don't have a chance against her,' Naze grinded her teeth.

There was a reason she was dubbed as the strongest woman of the Thirteen Party.

Koga Itami is the strongest female in Class 13 and the Thirteenth Party. This is because Naze remodeled her, transforming her body into that of a cyborg, and making her near invincible.

Koga's modified body allows her to bend in unnatural ways, heal at unnatural speeds, and grants her inhuman strength and speed. Her project name is Best Pain.

"Koga-chan..." Naze helplessly muttered her friend's name as she closed her eye, waiting for the fist that would no doubt go through her body.

Swoosh! Bam!

"Hey,"

Naze opened her eye and saw a familiar back.

"Zen..kichi?"

Zenkichi's eyes were cold. He stared down at Koga who stared back in shock at him who effortlessly blocked her punch with one bare hand.

"We have no time for this. Naze," He turned his head over his shoulder at Naze and said, "Is your friend durable?"

"...Are you underestimating me?" Koga had a large twitch over her eyebrow. But Zenkichi ignored her.

Naze looked up in awe at the man who made her feel all kinds of feelings in just a day and silently nodded.

"Good." Zenkichi muttered, relieved. "Then I won't be holding back."

He quickly spun around, his movements fluid and precise, and delivered a powerful punch to Koga's gut, sending her flying backward. Without missing a beat, Zenkichi followed up with a series of well-coordinated strikes, each one landing with a force that seemed impossible coming from a human.

Koga, though taken aback by the sudden turn of events, was not one to be easily defeated. She quickly regained her footing and fought back, displaying her own incredible speed and strength. The two engaged in a fierce battle, their punches and kicks colliding with such intensity that the entire elevator shook.

As the fight raged on, Naze could only watch in astonishment. She had seen Zenkichi fight before, but they were mostly one-sided with him the victor. Unlike his other fights however, he moved with a grace and precision that seemed almost otherworldly, his every move calculated and deliberate.

If before, he was like some overpowered cheat character playing in a low level difficulty. Now, he was more like a veteran warrior and that was just because Koga has a quick healing factor.

But it was more than just his physical prowess that astounded her. It was the way he fought, the way he protected her without hesitation, that made her heart swell with a mixture of gratitude and admiration.

In that moment, she realized that Zenkichi was not just a friend or an ally, but something more. Something she couldn't quite put into words.

Burst of electricity shrouded Zenkichi's arms as he sent punch after punch at Koga, quickly overwhelming her.

As the battle reached its climax, Zenkichi delivered a final, devastating blow that sent Koga crashing to the ground, unconscious. Sparks of electricity appearing around her.

He stood over her, calm and collected, completely unharmed with the only damage being his clothes.

Naze quickly approached him, her eyes shining with a mix of concern and awe. "Zenkichi, are you... okay?"

He turned to her, a small smile gracing his lips. "I'm fine. Just a little tired."

She couldn't help but chuckle, relief flooding through her. "You're incredible, you know that? I don't know what I would have done without you."

Zenkichi's smile brightened. "Well, I'm here now. And I'll make sure nothing happens to you."

Naze smiled back then she went to check on her friend.

Zenkichi let out a breath and smirked at Naze, looking over Koga with great care than he thought was possible for the normally apathetic crazy scientist to be.

"S-So," Ryota popped his head out of the elevator, cautiously surveying his surroundings. "Is everyone alright? I didn't hear any fighting so..."

Zenkichi waved, "Yeah, we're alright. Just neutralize Koga and Naze is looking after her for now."

Ryota let out a deep breath and stepped out of the elevator. He then looked down, apologetic.

"S-Sorry that I wasn't much of a help to you all. B-But I don't know any self-defense or martial arts..."

Zenkichi chuckled and placed a hand on Ryota's shoulder. "Hey, it's okay. Not everyone is cut out for combat. You did great just by staying out of the way and not getting hurt. That's a big help in its own way."

Ryota looked up, his eyes filled with gratitude. "Th-Thanks, Zenkichi. I appreciate that."

Naze emerged from her examination of Koga and joined the conversation. "Koga is alright, she'll be asleep longer now because I don't know how to reverse this shit."

Ryota raised his hand, "Uh, I actually could reverse it. But I would need a couple of hours of making it and the things I need are back at my apartment, which is severed blocks away from here."

Zenkichi nodded. "Alright. Just keep calm and we'll almost be out of this place. We just need to stay focused and keep pushing forward."

With renewed determination, the three of them walked out of the elevator and continued their way into the ground floor to help stop this madness.

"Upupupupupu~ Did you really think it was going to be that easy?"

Suddenly a familiar voice rang out of the speakers just above the elevator doors.

Zenkichi narrowed his eyes,

'Now what the hell is this guy planning?'

He felt a bad feeling rising in his heart.

"If you were going to leave, you weren't just planning on leaving...without a bang, did'ja?"

Beep.

Their eyes widened.

Beep. Beep.

"N-No way..." Naze slowly turned around, her one eye wide at the red glow coming from Koga.

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

Before they could react, the unconscious Koga exploded, sending shrapnel and flames in all directions. The force of the blast knocked Zenkichi, Naze, and Ryota off their feet and threw them against the walls of the elevator.

In the blink of an eye, everything went from bad to worse.

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