As they entered the enemy base—dark, cold, and crawling with security cameras—they moved quietly, every step calculated. Unbeknownst to them, a man watched through the monitors, his eyes narrowing in interest.
Kazuki whispered, "Something doesn't feel right."
Baraka raised an eyebrow. "What makes you say that?"
Just as they were about to turn a corner, Deo held out his hand. "Stop. There are cameras and drones everywhere."
He glanced around, scanning the ceiling. "If we keep pushing forward carelessly, we're going to walk into a trap."
Sukuna crossed her arms. "Then there must be a way around them, right?"
Deo sighed. "I can hack into the system using my watch, but doing it earlier would've triggered suspicion too soon."
Alex folded his arms while looking slightly annoyed. "Then why didn't you say that before?"
Deo smirked, activating his robotic watch. "I had to make sure. I didn't want us to get our asses busted in the first place."
Alex still having a funny but yet annoyed look on his face "Oh I get it. He's the type who likes to play the smart cards when things get rough"
Serena says "Deo's got a point alex."
Raquel added "Umm I think Deo's right."
Alex then proceeded to take a sigh "Whatever!"
He tapped a few buttons, his eyes scanning rapidly as data flowed across the screen. The cameras sparked briefly, then went dark.
"We're clear for now," he said.
Back in the surveillance room, the man watching puffed on a cigarette. "Didn't think a bunch of kids could pull off a stunt like that." He chuckled, then calmly pressed a button on his throne.
As the group continued down the massive hallway, Deo's watch began to beep rapidly. Alex's eyes narrowed.
"You feel that?" he asked.
Deo nodded. "Something's coming… fast."
Alex clenched his fists. "Something dangerous."
Suddenly, from the walls, dozens of robots brokw out, eyes glowing red, and weapons that included sabers and deadly blasters.
Kinto frowned with a murderous look in his eyes. "Well things changed quick"
Kazuki whipped out two daggers "Yeah, no shit", Baraka summoned his massive rock hammer "For the first time in my life, ive never felt so prepared", and Kinto prepared a handful of explosives "Well at least we can test out the skills we were able to get since we didn't go on missions for a month".
Son said with an excited grin while flames bursts out of his hands "Yeah!"
Raquel addressed him "Yo sōn. If you don't calm down, you'll burn this whole building with us in it."
Sukuna turned to the group. "Anyone got a plan?"
Serena scoffed with electricity sparking all over her body . "Yeah. Don't die. All we're fucked "
Deo's rocket boots flared to life with a crazy amount of fire power and energy, his watch morphed into a cannon-like arm. "There's an exit up ahead. That's where the target is. Its far and the robots wont let us all get there, so it be cool if a few of us rushed to the exit"
"I'll flash step through while clearing a path," Alex said with green energy blasting out of his body
"I'll back you up," Son added.
Deo stopped him. "We'll need you to cover us instead with your flames. Alex shouldnt struggle too much while rushing ahead. Burn em if it gets tight."
Kazuki smirked. "I'm going with Alex."
Kinto tossed an explosive into the air which caused a devastating explosion that took out a few robots "Sounds like a plan to me. Now less talking and more fucking shit up"
As the robots began firing beams and slashes of energy that moved as fast as sound, the team launched into action.
Kinto hurled explosives while slicing heads of the robots clean off with his blade. Baraka smashed through waves of robots with brute force. Deo, flying at lightning speed, fired concentrated energy beams from his arm and was tearing the robots apart with good combat ability and agility.
Alex and Kazuki darted through bullets, beams and slashes, tearing into the machines—Alex bashing them down with raw force, Kazuki striking with swift kicks and dagger strikes.
Son's flames surged around him. "Everyone move!" he shouted, unleashing a searing inferno that was reduceing the machines to molten junk.
Raquel followed up, launching a barrage of razor-sharp crystals, impaling robot after robot. "I'll back you up sōn!" Her crystals were tearing through every robot in the way. "If we're not careful, we might get ourselves gravely injured. Alex and the rest of us. Please be okay."
Sukuna and Serena held the line, slashing through enemies with electricity and energy, but the machines kept coming with more force.
"There's no end to them!" Serena yelled.
Then, without warning, a powerful burst of blue energy erupted from Deo's body, stunning everyone.
"Step back," he ordered, power surging.
Meanwhile, Alex and Kazuki reached a massive hall supported by towering pillars.
Alex looked around. "Where the hell are we?"
Kazuki shook his head. "No clue, but don't screw this up."
Alex exclaimed "I ain't an idiot!" Kazuki replied "Yes you are."
A voice echoed. "You're in my lair."
A man in a red lab coat with a robotic arm rose from a throne. "Impressive. I didn't think kids could make it this far."
He stepped forward. "I'm Bara—a high-class criminal from a nearby country. Im rank C"
Kazuki whispered, "Stay sharp, Alex. Im not sure we can beat this guy, but if we play safe, then we stand atleast a chance."
Bara grinned. "This won't take long."
Before they could react, Bara dashed forward, kicking Alex into a wall and slamming Kazuki after him.
"This is pathetic," Bara laughed. "A world-class city sends children to me? And to make it worse, they're just D-rank"
Kazuki struggled up. "You good?"
Alex's aura flared. "Yeah... Let's go all out."
His energy fist activated (+20), glowing with power.
Kazuki's spiritual mark lit up(A triangle with a dot at the right bottom). "No holding back."
Robotic arms sprouted from Bara's back and lunged at the two boys at a frightening speed.
"Now!" Kazuki shouted.
They leapt, dodging and attacking, they both were just dodging the large numbers of robotic arms charging at them. At the same time, they were breaking through them.
Back in the hall, Deo was annihilating the remaining robots in a burst of motion, beams, and blinding speed. The others could only watch in awe.
Kinto muttered, "Remind me never to fight that guy."
Sōn replied with a nervous smile "Yeah, me too."
Meanwhile, Alex and Kazuki fought hard—Kazuki trying to close the gap while Bara danced around him. Alex flash-stepped, blasting robotic arms with his enhanced fists of energy. These attacks from their fight was causing huge explosions.
Alex finally broke through all the robotic arms and charged at Bara. At the same time, Kazuki circled behind, aiming a deadly slash.
But Bara smirked—and unleashed a powerful shockwave that blasted them both away.
He fired a beam from his robotic arm, but Kazuki countered with his Scarlet Shuriken, a flurry of energy-based blades colliding with the beam. This colliding of attacks caused a powerful explosion in the hall.
Bara said to himself with a smirk "For D-ranks, these kids are rather strong. D-ranks cam wipe out entire buildings at least. And at max, they can destroy a city block. Not just that, but there speed is one that can reach from that of wind too that of sound. But for their rank, they seem slightly impressive."
"You alright?" Kazuki asked, panting.
Alex, bruised and bloodied, pushed himself up. "Not great... but I'm still here."
Suddenly, Bara vanished and reappeared, he started beating them relentlessly all around the base "I'll just toy with you till I'm bored", he said with a smirk. He launched them into the ceiling, then leapt above and slammed them into the floor.
"You're wasting my time," he growled. "I was cast out and mocked. That's why I betrayed my city. Anyone who stands in my way... dies."
He raised his arm, charging a massive beam of energy "I've gotten tired of your kids. Now die! You brats!"
Alex's breath quickened after seeing this amount of power from bara. He froze, trembling with a cold sweat dripping from his face.
"Alex! Snap out of it!" Kazuki shouted.
The beam surged forward—
"OH SHIT!" Kazuki scremed in anger.
But just before it hit, a colossal wave of red and black energy exploded from Alex, tearing through the air and slapping the beam away like dust.
Bara's eyes widened. "What... what is that?!"
Kazuki stood stunned. "This is the third time you've pulled something like this. Like damn."
Alex, his body engulfed in his demonic energy, looked ahead with fierce determination. "I'm not dying here... not today."
END OF EPISODE