Gill pops his arm back into place, although it still limps over lifelessly. M. Bison teleports back onto the battlefield, as Goenitz rarrives yet with another blowing wind.

Blast...
Tch.... this is a most ungodly place to reveal my true power... but I have little choice in the matter.
"True power". So you held back.

A menacing, pressuring aura quickly forms around Goenitz. Red surrounds his eyes, and turns all blue in his outfit the crusader wears into red as well. The General's eyebrow twitches as this transformation seems to get his attention.

Muuuuuu....!!!
(Interesting. He channeled the power of "Boss Syndrome" and converted it into a entirely newfound strength.)
(That's certainly new, even to me. I've seen bosses with stages to their might, but never those who amplify themselves with the cheapness they radiate.... but, it looks like neither of those other two know of this ability either. I wonder... if I were to try such...)
My lord will be resurrected yet. I care not for who gets in the way of these plans. For all who do such will receive the same treatment.

The General chuckles, rubbing his hand underneath his chinny-chin chin.

Is that so? Then, prove it. Actions speak louder than words, and I haven't all day.

General. A voice speaks from out of nowhere, surprising The General for the very first time.

!?
Killing time disposing of this dimension's lessers, I see? But, It would be in your best interests not to forget your role on the surface.
....No, I have not forgotten. I simply can't help but indulge myself in the epic pwnage of these 3 noobs. Although... my attention is wavering, and I'm growing more unimpressed by the second. At this rate, I may be getting started on your desires a little faster than it seems..
...
...Perhaps it's better this way after all.
Times Fifteen...
?!!?

The General is caught off guard, this time by the likes of a rampaging M. Bison ramming straight into him with otherwordly force.

INFINITE IRISES GUT-WRENCHING PSYCHO CRUSHER!!!!

Due to being caught by surprise, The General's defense falters slightly, loosening his balance and forcing him to be shoved slightly backwards.

(He made me take a step back!?...) Sheesh... what an extroardinary technique.
Hahahah! Don't bother making excuses for your defeat! Accept your fate and die by the hands of the Mighty Bison!
....Conceit BLINDS you, scrub. Do not assume you've won simply because--
Behold!

Suddenly, a revolving crimson current of winds envelops the area, rapidly rotating and taking The General out of his blocked state.

A most excellent wind blows! A wind of justice, and a cry of celebration!
What ho?!

The General tries to resist, but a blinding white light slowly envelops the area, consuming him as well...

Your fought with valiance. Rest in eternal slumber...
Ridiculous. How is it now that you three have found this power? I'm leagues beyond any of you ants! This...

Stunned, Galacta Knight watches as The General takes the full brunt of M. Bison, Gill, and Goenitz's simultaneous fury, taken aback at the severity of this power struggle. The light of the attack consumes even he as well, forcing him to cover his e

Landing after a bit of gliding, Yoshles sighs to himself.

(Shoot... no clues of anything so far... nothing that my treasure hunting skills can locate, anyway.)
(Well, then, I might as well get back to the others. I've wasted enough time around this place as it--)
(!)

The dinosaur's eyes widen. Sensing something approaching from his left, Yoshles circles his fist backwards, and then drives it into the oncoming force. However, his arm is brushed aside casually. Surprised, he immediately regains his footing in spite of being looked back. Upon seeing the culprit firsthand, his eyes widen even further.

(Y-YOU!? How's this possible!?)

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....

Sometal's neck cranes towards Tailigee upon hearing this news. He walks towards the green-capped companion, making the latter uneasy, though he makes no attempt to move aside.

...
....
....

Somatic looks back at everyone else, the same way as always... but somehow with a more cold feeling than even before. Somari, Tailigee, and Shadwari all stare back at him, tense.

He's here.

Both Tailigee and Shadwari are taken by immediate surprise. On the other hand, Somari seems late to react the same way.

And just-a-who--
Koopenstein.
Oh.
He most definitely intended for it to be this way... before, I could not track his location. Now I can. It indeed appears as if this was set up by him.
Well, I'm-a-not worried. For all of ol' turtlebreath's-a-plans, they have a tendency to backfire no matter what happens.

Shadwari turns to Tailigee. The latter nods, pulling down the lever. A split in the room slowly forms, revealing a hiden passageway, leading to a solid, wide bridge, with nothing but boiling lava underneath. After some slight hesitation, all four of them make their way across.

Seems he took a bit of-a-influence from that "Bowser" guy...
Sounds about right.
Just keep your eyes peeled and your heads clear. We have no idea as to what he could be planning...
You're right. Whatever that handsome devil is up to, it certainly can't be any good!

Somari, Shadwari, and Tailigee all gawk as they see an all-too familiar face sitting on a throne in front of them.

If it isn't the four thornsmen in my sidepocalypse.... how may I help you all today?

Y'know? I'm feeling a bit nostalgic. Team Bubble will go to the Countryside.

Look. Here isn't-a-the place for tension. Whatever problems we have, we can settle 'em after-a-we're done. Is that alright?
....
....I'll play along this time. But you're playing a very dangerous game. If your new "cohort" gives me ANY reason to suspect nefariousness, I won't hesitate to put him down.
Besides that, it's not as if he hasn't pulled a fast one on you before... there's no telling when he'll do it again.
True.... naturally, a machine like me would take the first opening it finds convenient to attack. Who is to say I couldn't at any time? As Shadwari says, the likelihood is high.

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Hmmmm... Well. You-a-know what they say, right? Fool me-a-once, shame on you. Fool me twice......
....I'd like to see you try.
!
....

Somari, Somatic, and Shadwari's attentions are diverted when they hear Tailigee call.

I think I-a-found something!
Way past so nice!

Somari freely walks over to Tailigee, leaving Shadwari and Somatic behind.

What you find?
I had-a-scanned this place for any sort of traces, fingerprints, or the like... but the whole time, I found nothing. Koopenstein covered his-a-tracks pretty well.
Uh-huh.
I was-a-tempted to call it wraps, but look-a-what I found in between these books behind this-a-shelf.

Tailigee creates a space between two books... revealing a lever in between.

A switch!
There's a chance he-a-knew someone might come here and find this.... but of course, it's worth a shot.

As the previous stray attack's effect seems to have worn off on Galacta Knight, the angered time warrior looks in the direction it came... and sees the three powerhouses charging up power into one attack.... all directly facing one man, sitting on a lone chair in a room in the middle of nowhere.

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Make a mockery of the Mighty Bison, will you?! I will teach you respect as well as death!
A good wind blows... and with it, comes your imminent defeat!
The Mark of my Dignity shall Scar Thy DNA.
!!

Galacta Knight struggles with his winds as to not be blown away by the sheer pressure. Gill, M. Bison, and Goenitz furiously charge up the blast of five elements combined.... while the sitting figure... stands up, with his arms behind his back.

Everything in this sea of greyness... or lack thereof... is reduced to the status of a mere concept, waiting to be executed. Either we will rise from our status and awaken to serve our purposes... or crumble, and forever cease to ever be.

Cease to be... preposterous!

Logically speaking, only the most overpowered and badass of concepts should be allowed a place on the surface. Besides... if you three were to remain active threats, you'd likely have been defeated... even not by I. Therefore....

The trio of bosses release the energy wave. The figure stands before it, making noudden moves... and then dives into the blast, easily swimming through!

...It'll take but a bit of light trolling to be rid of you.
GWAAAGHH!!!

M. Bison, being in the middle, has no time to react nor move as the figure elbows him in the sternum, having him flung high and far distances away!

Koko desu ka!? |  Pyrokinesis!

Both Goenitz and Gill simultaneously close in, both a Wind of Night and a Pyrokinesis, which are easily slapped aside. Instinctively, Goenitz vanishes away with an Icy River, relocating himself a great deal away... but is immediately slapped away.

Damn you!!

Goenitz quickly tries to act, but is quickly grabbed by the head, hoisted from above. He is then slammed downwards, falling endlessly in after!

Is that all!?
Cyro lariat!

Gill dashes at the figure with a Freezing lariat towards his neck, but the silhouette stranger instantly exits his point of view while kicking Gill in his arm, shattering it entirely!

AUUGHH!!!

This man...

If you're trying to disappoint me...
...then your work thus far has been nothing but exceptional.

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PsychoAeroCyroPyro (Light/Shadow/Wind/Freeze/Flame)- The user/users shoot a spowerful multi-elemental blast of combined powers. Does super-effecive damage and has a 50% chance of causing 5 random status effects.
Wind of Night (Wind/Shadow)- From a distance, Goenitz gestures and calls down a large whirlwind, cancelling other projectiles and damaging anything inside of it (sans Goenitz himself). Only limited by Goenitz's line of sight.
Pyrokinesis (Flame)- Gill, with his right arm shoots a round, powerful ball of ice, Burning any target it comes in contact with.
Icy River (Wind/Swift)- Goenitz uses the wind before him to carry his molecules to the location he desires. Can be used on other people, but is more limited in terms of usage.
Cyro Lariat (Freeze/Impact)- Gill, with his left side speeds towards his opponent with a left lariat, clobbering the opponent. Auto-Freezes and has Super Armor.

Galacta Knight readies his lance and shield, meanmugging the figure that floats in front of him through the air...

Move aside, or I tear you asunder.
Hmph. I'm afraid...
...I'm afraid I must oblige on neither.

Galacta Knight rushes lance-first towards the unknown figure, but they vanish and reappear out of harm's way just as he is about to make contact. Unsurprised at his teleportation, Galacta Knight changes course in an instant to strike... but an invisible, metaphysical space immeditely prevents them from getting any closer. He notices the individual has a hand reached out.

Justifying the verdict. You are too troublesome an individual. Perhaps after the battle is over... but for now...

The entity snaps their fingers, as on cue a wormhole begins to appear behind Galacta Knight...

What is this!?
You must be sent away.

Despite his best efforts to fly away away in time wormhole sucks Galacta Knight up completely, leaving Galacta Knight only the chance to let out a cry of frustration while he is lost to the dimension.

That should be enough for now... at last, the true battle can proceed.

The unknown individual de-manifests...

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The galactic warrior drifts through space around him.

...
--Hrgh!!

He looks around... but all he sees is grey.

What...?

....

He flies through the endless sea of dark as more and more, objects slowly become visible to him. Unused piles of nothing and unfinished templates are flown by, yet as Galacta Knight travels, he can feel sparks in the distance around him growing stronger. He can spots mostly-destroyed items such as such as a mask and a boxing glove drifting along, but ignores them.

That being... he banished me to this place.

Hnnn...

I know not of his intentions... however, far be it from me to take such an act lying down.

foul wre--

A stray energy blast encapsulates Galacta Knight's entire body.

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♫ (Extra-Dimensional Bosses) Plok! SNES Music - Boss ♫

Wretched beasts, the lot of you... none shall have any place in the ideal utopia for man.

Gill spawns a large ball of ice in one hand and one of flame in the other, fusing them to create something vastly larger.

That green buffoon is of greater immediate concern... For all that is holy, he is to be terminated foremost.

Next to him is Goenitz, approaching from behind. The servant creates a high frequency current of wind, surrounding the ice/flame and expanding it.

Bah... The same goes for me. I refuse to lose until the perfect world with Orochi as ruler comes to fruition.

Finally, a third person drops down in between, cupping their hands with a bright white power.

Spare your speeches for after which he is defeated... He has already taken out many. I will not be among such.

...How useless. It would seem I wasted my time. Fools will be fools all the same.

A smaller, Navigator like entity shakes their head, hands to their hips.

I was hoping to get the chance to at least talk to Mr. DevilMan from afar... but having to resort to that would be a bit troublesome.
It's better to let things play out the way they are... for now.

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...
Hey. You never know--
There's not the slightest chance. Not even in jest...

Omega continues forward, exiting Area 6 and entering...

Tch.

Omega shoulder bumps StarMoth, walking away from her. BeastMan hesitantly begins to follow.

The strong crush the weak. End of story.

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You can fight him if you'd like. I won't stop you. But you just experienced a taste of death. If you get deleted a second time, I won't be there to bail you out again... and I'm sure your lord will be hesitant to give you the same opportunity.

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If you still want to face him, be my guest. It's your choice. But before you do......is there by chance a way for me to get in contact with your master?

And if I say that I am.... what would you do then.

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This isn't about me. Still, know that I am not your enemy... in fact, you could think of me as an ally, so to speak. That's why you're not graveyard data right now. Actually, there may be some ghost HadesMan running around now. But that's irrelevant.

There are slight distortions between the voice's sentences. But he remains hearable for the most part.

I sympathize with your situation. You've done everything you can to benefit your master. But all your efforts are in vain.. all you want is to do what's best for him..

(A false Ranker.... that's the first I had ever heard of one.)

Omega is still waiting on StarMoth to get to the point... though, he doesn't seem very patient about it.

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HadesMan awakens. Though he can tell what just happened to him was definitely real, he feels completely restored.

Now, that wasn't very smart of you, now, was it? He hears a voice from out of the blue, but it's location is difficult to pinpoint.

Omega's eyes light up at HadesMan's mention of him not being Rank 4...

So you are fraudulent after all... you dare claim to be of 4th Rank, and sully my time with such disgraceful performance? I'll eradicate your existence.

Omega immediately fires at DevilMan with an Omega Beam!

He was a fake... then, we really are on our way to Rank 4.
So much for not deleting people... old habits really do die hard, huh?

Omega ignores Walter's comment. He takes a few steps towards StarMoth, releasing an extraordinary amount of pressure simply by approaching.

If you dare bring foolishness to my attention as well, you will be annihilated as the other.

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Omega Beam (Null, Modifier)- Omega.EXE fires a large, plasmatic beam of energy that takes up an entire vertical row for it's active time. Increases attack on hit.

Omega cancels it out and showers HadesMan with more buster shots. Despite it being so early the sheer damage has HadesMan feel on the brink of being defeated.

The Magma Wave is unfortunately unable to penetrate the Omega Scan as Omega still stands with his arms crossed. Once the barrier disappears, Omega sprays HadesMan.EXE with a torrent of rapidly damaging buster fire while a hologram of HadesMan fires back with a Cereberus Head as well as a Magma Wave

Omega doesn't even bother to move. He merely stands there and allows his Omega Scan to activate, guarding him from the Cerberus Head as he crosses his arms.

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Omega Scan (Null, Guard)- When attacked, a crimson barrier automatically surrounds Omega.EXE for a slotted amount of time, absorbing battle data and creating a hologram of the attacker, which, after all attacks have been assimilated, replicates the same attacks at the target used while the barrier was up. All attacks merely phase through the hologram while it is active.

...
...There must be some mistake.... we were on our way to the 4th Ranker. Clearly, something isn't right--

Omega extends his arm in front of BeastMan, keeping him back.

We shall soon see... after I thoroughly crush this hound.
And should he be otherwise, his life will be forfeit in place of his Rank.

@ch4s3man : Knock yourself out!

Hey, who's that?
'That' being?

Still traveling, Omega and BeastMan seem to be nearing the end to Area 6...

It's not much longer here...
Hmph.

Omega and BeastMan continue their journey, this time in a new area...

I can guarantee you this time, I have knowledge of where your next foe lies...
...
(Hrrrgh... I'm beginning to lose my patience with how much I and Takeo can take from this cur... acting as if the Net already belongs to him. It makes me sick.)
(Even if not as powerful, there have been plenty of arrogant ones just like him-- and they have failed all the same... this is just a matter of history repeating itself-- except this time... I will be on the right side of history.)

...
(I came to the UnderNet with Omega because I was afraid his destructive tendencies would come back for us one day... and I wanted a chance for him to let loose somewhere else.)
(At first I was standoffish to the idea... but honestly? This has been kind of fun, seeing more beyond the surface. Despite a ...painful situation on my end... Omega's been put in scenarios where even I've never seen him in... it's eye-opening.)
(Now... I can't help but want to see how far we can go. What the full power of the UnderNet has to offer... as egotistical as Omega is, I think he feels the same way. And he hasn't been deleting people as of late...)

Followers.
Hmmm?

Behind Omega and BeastMan, other Navis and even Viruses seem to be watching the two venture forward, some tailing them as well, but only at a distance.

Of course... you've picking up more and more notiriety as time goes on... it's expected you'd have some rather... curious folk as well.
Then they can witness my power and marvel at it. I want everyone to see firsthand what they are in for...

BeastMan half-scowls, but bears any attitude as they move on.