♫ OH SHIT OH FUCK ~ MMBN2 - Incident Occurence!

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It seems as though somebody's been trying to get a hold of Serenade, but a call from Serenade themselves catches them off guard.

Wh- Serenade, what's going on? I've been trying to reach you for a-
Divert the entire entire Data Sea in Area 4 downwards. Immediately. Lives depend on it.
Serenade, what's going on?!
Mamoru, it's... a long story. It all began even before you took th-
Well, then we don't have time for it, Serenade! We need to act like a team and stop...

The Operator surveys the situation.

...whatever is happening from getting even worse!

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A giant torrent of data violently tries to wash down the giant Navi as Serenade continues the retaliation laser's onslaught, sending even more Holy Beams to pelt the adversary and the viruses trying to enter the area!

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A beam of light offs all the Juragon at once and Jerry just barely manages to shove all four Navis into his dingy old PET before one strikes them too!

The barrier begins cracking, though it seems it isn't at all straining for Serenade to keep it from caving in while also redirecting a giant beam of energy from the Navi's grip back at it!

It just basically grasped an orb full of holy energy as hard as possible. That wasn't a very wise move.

Serenade's raiments* extend into a full barrier as they step forward into the center of the fire. The attack reflecting off the barrier turns not into a flurry of sonic booms, but a giant laser that persists for as long as the flames do!

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*I think that's what those two weird energy construct things usually floating behind Serenade are called.

Between the FrcGuard's backlash, the GunPunch, SndWave and Thunder spam, Juragons #1 and #2 are on their last legs. Best not attack them unless you want whatever nonspecific bad thing Jerry and PlugMan were worried about to happen. PlugMan goes after #3 with a TomaHawk!

PlugMan fires a Thu-
Jerry: PlugMan, wait! Remember what happened with those GelPacks when we fought them?
PlugMan: Oh, right. When we offed one, the others-Yeah! I'd rather not have that happen with these Juragons, though.Right! So what you're saying iswe need to get them all down to low HPand off them at the same time!
PlugMan: Alright! On it!

PlugMan picks a different Juragon and stunlocks it with Thunders, dropping its health as low as possible without killing it! Meanwhile, Juragons #1 and #3 retaliate against DynaMan with fire breath covering half the field!

SheepMan is still hellbent on locating this Dr.Woe. Not like anything else he's doing at the moment is more interesting.

I'm really gonna have to fix those guys' radios soon., he says, effortlessly swiveling around the traffic and through the streets without ever hitting the brakes or causing an accident.

Oh, I don't think that's what's funny. I find it far funnier how you think you control all the noise in the world! It's completely unpredictable. You merely have partial control over something generated by uncountable sources.
(And one day, your doing will be your undoing. I just have to make sure our undoing doesn't come first.)

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Clusters of light form into sleek beams that fire downwards, some of them hitting the Noise plaguing the area.

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Jerry: Well, here we are. SheepMan sent us to look for any anomalous code or viruses, so-

Suddenly, three Juragon viruses covered in... red... staticky... stuff...? ambush PlugMan and co. as the same staticky effect slowly rises from below. PlugMan does a 180° turn.

PlugMan: WELL THEN, THAT'S THE ANOMALY! OMINOUS RED STATIC BUFFING ALREADY STRONG VIRUSES! WE BEST BE HEADED RIGHT BACK HO-

Beams of light from above hitting randomly across the area do repress the static, but also make it far too unsafe to go back to the UnderFields loading zone.

PlugMan: JERRY JACK US OUT ALL OF US THIS INSTANT
Jerry: I'M TRYING! It takes a while to set it up for three more Navis who I've barely met before, you know?!

PlugMan sighs deeply and pelts the closest staticky Juragon with a BubBlst2.

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Serenade stands still and thrusts their palm forward, causing Holy Beams to shower the battlefield from above!

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Juragon(Heat): Large wyvern-like virus. Attacks with a wide fiery breath.
BubBlst2(Aqua): Medium-strength hitscan 5-shot attack that also hits one panel behind its mark.
Holy Beams(Null): Powerful rays of light that seem to have been cast from the heavens.

Even if they're all running, MIDI's mood is brightened by the traffic.

Serenade swiftly sidesteps the strike on the last possible frame, sending a retaliatory sonic boom down the row the mysterious man attacked from.

Smart. Covering your Achilles' heel with your strong suit.
Not that it'll do you much good.



Serenade starts off slow and steady, summoning several Saint Lights!

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Saint Light(Null, Cursor): Slowly zigzagging orb. Pierces Invis.

OVER-Ф is distracted from the file by the sounds of gunfire, prompting him to run up to the roof and retaliate with an onslaught of Beta Bombs!

Man, he can throw handfuls of those pretty far, huh?

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Beta Bomb(Energy/Explode): The user throws a grenade-like hard light construct which acts similar to a grenade, creating a piercing explosion after a certain time or hitting something with enough force to break.

MIDI practically pulls Blast Man and Acorn into the Yugo, speeding off to a derelict building from which four dark spires protrude high into the sky.

Someone, somewhere, seems slightly hopeless, having been staring at statistics non-stop for a few hours and not coming to a convenient conclusion.
I just don't get it! This uptick in viruses, and that weird Noise stuff too... Where could it have come from?

A burst of light appears in their cyberspace, and as it fades the silhouette of a Navi can be seen. Without a word, it leaves the visible screen.

It comes back, carrying a blue flame in its hands.

He- hey! What are you doing with that?!
I know what caused this. It's a long story, but you don't need to know any of it. I'll resolve the issue before it escalates.
Wait, wh-

The Navi leaves much the same way it came.

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A burst of light appears, and as it fades the silhouette of a Navi can be seen. A blue flame sparkles in its hand as a beam of freezing energy is fired at the giant Navi.

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DATA RESTRICTED: The Forbidden Program. It can freeze all who are unworthy of wielding it for eternity, though sufficiently strong adversaries may break out of the ice after years of slow, straining thawing.

A glow appears an indeterminate height in the sky, just above ImpMan.
...It's honestly kind of funny. He sends a grunt who sends his own grunt after me, and they all expect it to work. Unfortunately for you, I do not find your end goal very amusing.

A thin laser beam comes down from the center of the shine, blasting ImpMan even before his HP counter stops decreasing from the previous string of attacks.

The shine disappears.

Without warning, the panel directly under ImpMan glows with an almost divine light as multiple shockwaves emerge from it in rapid succession, each hitting him - and him only - like a truck.

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