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Ngh... urgh...
Easy. Don't try and get up so early.
Yeah. For someone so calculating, that was really reckless of you.
It...
...Failed?
(Curses! This cannot be how it ends.)
No way. This is the prick that caught me?
Heheh... would you believe me if I happened to tell you his name was... Butler?
Oh, my god. His name is Butler? You lost to a guy named Butler?
That is embarrassing, and he'll probably hear that until the end of time, but I don't think that's the most pressing issue here.
Right. It's over now, but we barely know anything about this guy. Assuming he is a different timeline counterpart, how did he even get here?
Someone probably botched a job.
You've gotta be kidding me! Man, come on!
What's the big deal? The dude lost. Collateral damage has been kept to a minimum.
You don't get it, John. The problem isn't Butlertype-- not anymore.
Eh? Then what's up?
You think this place came from nothing? It's another plane of reality, just like Soul's Limbo. That means it's limitless. Infinite.
...The problem being...?
Think of it THIS way. That means there are a INFINITE amount of people from an INFINITE amount of timelines that could have escaped their home world the same way Butlertype did!
...You dun botched.
AAAAAAGH!
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Stop! It is pointless to resist! All you are doing is worsening your pain! Is a torturous death what you want?...
(...No. This is his resolve. Their resolve. It's... astounding.)
(A chance that I-I'm... wrong!?)
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
What the heck are you trying to do!? You won't be able to survive trying to push that back!
We've gotta help--!
NO! IF YOU GUYS STEP IN, HE'LL KILL POP!! THE ONLY THING YOU GUYS ARE REPORTED TO DO IS EVACUATE THE AREA!
!?
Drained... your little... friend... dry.
Watch it, you're in no condition to move like that!
N-no! (Blast it... I did not foresee this variable!)
Oh, yeah. And I still owe you a beating for trying to use my family against me.
...
...Don't go scaring everybody like that!
I got 'im!
(Oh, no! Does this mean Butlertype can create as many of those cloney-things as he wants?)
I don't think so. Take a closer look at him.
...
...So making those gives him some form of energy strain... that or he's taking the physical backlash of the attacks those silhouettes are getting hit by.
You're stalling, Butler.
Enough time has been squandered as-is. Now, those meddlesome heathens know of our hidden allies. If any other enemies try your might, you easily have a captive that can be used to threaten them. Finish this farce.
...Hmph. (I'll have to end this from a distance. Hand to hand is too bothersome.)
You won't be beating me with any of those. I suggest you fight using your fists rather than having people do it for you.
Prototype. You-- and you allies-- have been formidable foes. I acknowledge you lot.
(....Why on earth is he being so formal all of the sudden?... there's no doubt... he's planning on ending this here and now.)
However... it's clear this is the full extent of what you have to offer.
(That sphere... it's huge!...)
...
It's size. That thing's going to destroy the entire city.
This is bad. Even if he uses one of his Shield-Core abilities to defend himself, the entire area will fall victim to that attack! It's a setup!
I... I'm truly sorry. I'm I wasn't able to convince you four to see the light. But if this is the way things must be... I won't let you all obscure the freedom of all.
...
...You don't get it, do you? There is never going to be such thing as complete freedom.
!
!
!
!
...But we can maximize the amount of freedom yet order everyone can have.
The light... the darkness. Neither can exist without the other. As long as that is remembered...
(Dad!)
...We can overcome any obsta
I've had enough. I won't be pushed around anymore. Not by some... dark copy, and not by anyone else!
And when I'm done with you...
...
What's wrong? You didn't think you knew everything there was to know about me, did you?
That ability... I sense no excess strength gained, yet your energy has changed entirely. What might this be...?
Oh, don't worry about that. You'll have plenty of time to find out.
Gh!
Still feel like underestimating me?
An interesting turn of events indeed. Your skill likely surpasses mine now. But is it possible for you to handle...?

Objective Assigned: Incapacitate and Defeat: Data Analyis: PROTOTYPE-001.
Oh, fantastic.
! (Dad! Look out!)
Sending fragmented copies to do your dirty work. Real original.
And from the looks of it, more than the likes of you can handle.
Don't be so sure.
A fatal error has occurred: Re-synchronizing--
A--aAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
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Grh... Shadows devoured by shadows, the true, limitless, darkness of the Netherworld is revealed...!
As the Hundred-Eyes draw forth!
...Wh--
You will not be given any opportunities.
Let's get this over with.
Oh yeah? And what's this supposed to be?
Oh, great. You again. Not sure if now's the best time for this...
...
Look-a-like or not, I'm not holding back. You may have my moves, but the real deal always wins in the end!
I won't give up! I won't be pushed around! Not even by someone as strong as me!




You cannot defeat me. I am the freedom which your heart pursues, yet your mind rejects.
Y-you can speak!?
Your potential is bondaged by your naivete, your kindness, and your restraint. Until you withdraw of them, you will never be able to exact true justice.
I don't know what you're talking about. And frankly, I don't care. So do us both a favor, and--
--uh oh!
...
Okay, that is just about as much being left in the dark as I can take! If I end up surviving this situation, you'd better explain all of this!
It is unlikely you will manage to outlive this encounter. Chances of "Pop" Surivial: 47.96%.
Are you kidding me!?
20% of people die in their own homes! I'm not about to become part of that minority! Soul, do something!
What!? Have you forgotten it's me NOT doing anything that's keeping you alive right now!? What am I supposed to do!?
Have you forgotten that just because you comply with the enemy that doesn't guarantee my personal safety? For all either of us know, he'll try to kill me anyway!
If something happens, I can be repaired, or something, right!? We're robots! So go punch that mysterious-distortion person right now!
Her babbling is becoming a disturbance. Feel free to do as she says so she may be terminated. Or not. It makes little the difference.
It seems mental situations are not as easy to deal with than ones that are soluble with physical force.
This is going nowhere. The more we fight, the better an understanding he gains of his abilities. We need to end this.
How? You going to use... that technique?
It's complete, so I should be able to use it with 100% efficiency. It lets me spot all weakspots, hones my skill to it's peak, terminates all unnecessary actions-- and now that I've mastered it, It consumes no Ki.
You think you can beat Butler with it?
...I'm not sure. But anything's worth a shot.
(Kick his butt, Dad!)
Planning on facing me without your silly cronies? You should know your attempts to defeat me are useless.


What!? (That aura.. I've never seen it before. What is that?)
I hope you're ready for a beatdown, Butler...
...because the real fight starts now.
Fascinating, is it not? The everlasting question. Is life a gift... or a curse?
...
...That is something we are all to determine for ourselves.
Indeed. But it is truly a phenomena. Our eyes can see the windows that peer through all in existence... and yet, even the solution to that query escapes us.
We shall soon find out.
Yes... we shall... won't we? As the face of god returns to finish what he started...
It's... peculiar. But a curious sensation. Not being able to see what will be after a period of time. What will happen next. What will be, after his revival.
Annihilation awaits. After he tears us asunder, death and her everlasting expansion will claim us.
He is eternal... but he is still the Omega. And with it, our end.
...True.
...
Son...
Hmph!
...
...Heh.
!!!
...SO YOU HAVE FOUND YOUR WAY HEAR AFTER ALL THESE YEARS... RONALD MCDONALD.
Indeed. For I have finally begun to make my move. Soon, McDonalds will be the ONLY form of nutrition across existence.
There was a time where we were allies, and we seized ALL consumers as ours. Surely, you have not forgotten this?
...I HAVE NOT. HOWEVER... I HAVE LONG SINCE ABANDONED MY METHODS OF HOSTILITY. I HAVE LEARNED SINCE THAT IS ONLY WITH EARNEST ENDEAVORS AND THE RESPECT FOR DEMAND THAT THE PEOPLE SHALL CHOOSE WHAT IS PUT IN FRONT OF THEM.
SURELY, YOU TOO MUST HAVE REALIZED THIS. YOU CANNOT FORCE THOSE WHO DISLIKE TO LIKE. THE ONLY WAY FOR BRANDS TO PREVAIL IS TO JUST BE.
...
"Just be..." Utter nonsense! Either consumers will learn to enjoy it, or they will take their distastes to the afterlife! Their opinions are not to be humored! Only cast aside!
...
Either you will honor our pact and surrender a portion of the Pepsi-Power you possess... Or I will tear your mortal shell and absorb it all for myself.
...DO AS YOU MUST. FOR I WILL NOT PARTAKE IN OUR ALLIANCE ANY LONGER.
...
BUT SURELY, YOU CANNOT PLAN ON DEFEATING ME. I HAVE HONED MY SPEED AND STRENGTH ALL THIS TIME, WHILE YOU HAVE BEEN HIDING IN THE SHADOWS BIDING YOUR TIME.
...Hmm. Bold of you to assume that I can be defeated so easily.
!
(...SO HE TRULY WAS BEING TRUTHFUL. HE HAS IMPROVED SINCE BACK THEN. HIS SPACE-TIME ABILITIES INCREASED. WITHOUT EVEN UTTERING THE WORDS, HE HAS MATCHED MY SPEED.)
Heh.
You're going to have to do a lot better than that.
...?
!!!
(Uh o--


U-urgh!




'Sup, bestie?
So... you're not gonna like this...
Coward. Is all you can do hide back-and-forth behind hostages? First Cadence, now her?
I just noticed all these people captured are females. I'm scared to ask if this is a coincidence or not.
A proverb you have not been forced to endure, my doppelganger; The hardest of choices require the STRONGEST of wills. But if it soothes your souls...
NONE of you are currently threats to me. Meaning all four of you can still come at me as you please.
!? (He didn't just take a hostage to get rid of Soul. He was stalling so he could recover and get his strength back!)
If you've got an idea, now would be a great time to share.
...
...I've got something. But it'll involve a little luck.
For now, we need to keep him busy. And don't let up.
Got it!
"Pop"? So that is the girl's name? I see.
What do you think you're doing!?
What you cannot. Whatever it takes.
I don't like the implication of that...
It does not matter what you like. Or what you believe. Because I have won.
Stop dawdling and get to the point!
...Hmph.
Objective complete: Hazardous roadblock removed.
If you were trying to stop this... you're thirty-seven seconds too late.
Oh, that stupid CUNT mother
. You wanna act all high-and-mighty, but spam hostage situations? Really? When is the good guy ever the one pulling those?
Morality differentiates from necessity. At all costs, goals must be met.
Yeah? And what's stopping me from coming there and tearing you in half before you can squeeze that little barrier of yours and crush her?
Soul!
This husk is merely a remnant belonging to the physical entity you already know. Consequences for yourself and your sister would be much more dire in comparison.
Research suggests that she is the most valuable thing to exist to the likes of you. But to us, she is a dispensable tool which can easily be disposed of at the slightest irritant.
I put up with to help that monochrome-clad son of a gun.
...
Okay, enough of the banter and the whole quash-and-squash and all that.
...
It's... it's futile. It's always futile. Everyone says the same thing. But I'd like to think. It'd be pleasing to know. That someone, for once, actually uses rational thought rather than fight for a meaningless cause.
Pal... It's over. There's no payoff. There's no more scheming. You're done. You're outmatched, you're outnumbered, and you're worse for wear. Just.. give yourself up.
...No one understands. NONE of you understand.
I am NOT doing this for my own endearment. I do NOT attain joy in lives that are lost. And I will never, EVER, forget nor forgive myself for them.
My PEOPLE. Are ENSLAVED. They are trapped, doomed to play subject to a monster with more might than any of you put together. They are slaves... excactly how you all are slaves.
Really? you're comparing us to slaves? Get off your high horse and smell the roses. We have rights. We have options. We have privileges.
Right. I'm sorry your people have suffered, but you can't compare them to us. Not when we're free from a complete monarchal dictatorship.
Ah. You mean you are free from whatever "President Walter" tells you to do? Even if you disagree with it?
No... that's... different. We can do whate--
Do NOT take me for some sort of FOOL. I know the law your so-called leader is planning to enforce.
Uh...
If it were under effect right now, your little partner would be labeled just as much a criminal as I.
. (He's helped saved lives.)
He wouldn't be the first person you've put in your Domain after doing so. Why does it matter?
You all fight. But for what? Maintaining a flawed and oppressed system which will never evolve.
I have laid my life down, not only to fight for the people of my home world-- but for the one's of this one as well.
...
That is why I can not-- WILL not be stopped. I fight for a more just cause than you could ever hope for. In the end... it is always light which engulfs the darkness.
Regardless... clearly, you are in a disadvantage state. Defeat is your only option.
Aside from victory? Data Analysis: Soul Complete.
I win. There is nothing else you all can do. Your goon HEY! 's weakness has been exploited.
I... No?... I'm pretty sure I don't have a weakness? And that I'd know if I had one? So there's no way that--
Fuck. It's Pop, isn't it?
You will not deter me. Righteousness will prevail above your ignorance.
U-urgh... powerful...
So. You realize how screwed you are yet? Not that it makes a difference.
My resolve will not falter! I... must not...!
YIELD!
...Somewhere between a massage and a tickle. I want to thank you, but I'm not a robot, so neither of those are any use to me.
Nonetheless...
Z-zoun--
Heh.
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