Show of Powers - One-on-one - Failed Restoration - Call for a Developer

As Justine was looking for the most suitable character for her to use, Philip leaned over to her and guided her to a character that he took a glimpse of earlier

There was a character that is of S+ difficulty and it's a character that is literally made of energy. It can also generate energy balls and create energy-based attacks

This character is the most suitable for Justine, right?

Well, Justine didn't mind it since this is her first time playing the game and using an S+ difficulty character is too much for her in the eyes of anyone, but she could manage

She already has contemplated the stream of game codes anyways

Meanwhile, Mark picked his most use character and he's an AAA+++ difficulty character. He wields a sword and a dagger on both of his hands while having great agility. The character is definitely a swordsman and an assassin class

Sheena picked her usual a rapid sniper wielding character that has ripped wings made of brown feathers. The character is S--- in difficulty

Elaine picked her usual an infinite chakram wielder character that can create chakrams at will anywhere on her body and launch it in a direction. The character is SSS in difficulty

Philip and Tenshi picked the same characters because all of them agreed that they would not hold back

They immediately went into the match and didn't check out the features that was unlocked by Philip's secret achievements. They couldn't be bothered and they just want to play

Although, the squadron members will definitely check it out later

They continued to play while the gaming world is in turmoil after the game announced the features that was unlocked by Philip's achievments. The players were excited about the shops, roulette, and the new characters but what they are surprised about the most is the announcement that the gaem developers will release in a few days

Of course, a lot of players that counts more than a million immediately entered the game and checked out the new features. This caused the servers to crash and lag out

Fortunately, the console and radio reception in the Room Quarters were upgrading by Sheena and they could still play the game

Tenshi cut the livestream, with an anonymous help from Anonymous, and they could play the game to their hearts desire and have fun

Celine just kept training in the gym

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At first, Mark, Sheena, and Elaine fought each other first because that is the most likely balanced match up against each other. Tenshi and Philip battled each other once more on the other side

A few minutes later, after Justine got used to her controls, she joined battling against Mark and the others

It was then that Justine tried to prove a point

"Hey guys, I know that we're weak, why don't we team up against Tenshi and Philip?"

"That's a good idea, then we'll resume our battle after"

Mark agreed and Sheena and Elaine nodded. They flew towards the busy Tenshi and Philip and launched an all out attack

Tenshi did not bother about their attacks and let Philip take the full brunt of it because she has already generated a barrier way before. She kept on engaging a close quarters combat against Philip

It was then that Philip mashed the buttons so quick that his fingers seemed to blur. Consecutively, White-999 performed hundreds of hand gestures on his left hand while aiming at the incoming attacks. He was also engaging combat against Sariel with his right hand

White-999 deflected all of the attacks while maintaining equal combat against Sariel

"That character is too overpowered! Especially if he's paired with your abilities!!!"

Tenshi shouted with excitement as she rapidly pressed the button on her controller and Sariel performed skills and combo moves

Mark and the others also performed their exclusive combo moves while Justine just manipulated the vectors of the projectiles and energy on her character

Sariel equipped the holy spear that stabbed Philip in the previous match and lunged at Philip, Mark's character released a giant wave of sword slash toward Philip which will also affect Sariel, Sheena's character prepared her sniper from the sky and released a giant beam and storm of high caliber bullets, and Elaine's character released a maelstrom and orbits of miniature but sharp chakrams

Meanwhile, Justine's character just stood in place with its arms raised into the sky

A giant ball of energy appeared high in the sky and ripped the dark clouds. The energy ball illuminated the Earth, brighter than the Sun, and the energy ball might be bigger than the moon

[...!]

[An unprecedented event has occured!]

[The event has derailed the game and the continuity has been severed]

[...!]

[Attempting to fix the game...]

[Timer of the Battle Royale mode has been removed]

[Health Bars for the Battle Royale mode are removed]

[Energy and Stamina Bars for the Battle Royale mode are removed]

[Combo Hits, Divine Hits, Fatality, and Brutality for the Battle Royale mode has been removed]

[Open World has been temporarily opened]

[Everything will be reverted back to normal once the Battle Royale is over]

[...!]

[You are the first player to take a glimpse of the Open World feature!]

[Revealing the task required to unlock the Open World feature on this console]

Tenshi and the others were confused and shocked at the same time as the game voice announced alerts one after another

They were very confused as the timer disappeared, followed by the health bars and the stamina bars. It was especially when the invisible wall of the terrain disappeared and the whole world can be roamed

"What did you do Justine?!"

Tenshi asked with panic as she controlled the lunging Sariel

"I don't know... I just created an energy ball in the sky!"

"What the?!"

All of them, except for Philip, exclaimed in unison from surprise as soon as the screen panend upwards

Meanwhile, as the exclusive attacks were going after Philip, he didn't move an inch because his Future Vision is saying something

The expression of White-999 also changed into troubled but fearsome expression

As all of the attacks from Sariel and the others neared Philip within a few meters away, E-1 finally spoke

"I'm in!"

She shouted excitedly as a black aura enveloped the controller and her pupils swiveled

The sky darkened drastically that the light from the energy ball couldn't reach the ground. The energy ball also popped like a bubble and disappeared like a bubble

Thosands of streaks of black light rained down on Earth which affected everyone except for White-999

Black red lightning surged across the ground and zapped the everyone, making them unable to fight anymore and disappeared into pixelated particles

Everyone stared at the flatscreen and tried to comprehend what just happened. Fortunately, Justine's character is still alive as a barrier of condensed energy surrounded her

It was then that a deep corrupted voice echoed in the world and it was relayed into the game

[Brother, come back home, the family has been looking for you]

A figure of blackness then emerged from the shadows. His character design has red outlines covering his body with a sinister red glinting eye screaming on his right eye socket

[I don't know you... How could I trust you?]

White-999 spoke in a solemn tone

[I am Black-666, you are my long lost brother, and you belong to the family of Color-1. Now, come brother, Father is looking for you]

Black-666 extended his hand with pointy fingers that is outlined with red. He gestured White-999 to come to him

[I have no method to ascertain whether you're telling the truth or not]

White-999 slowly turned his back around as his head dramatically looke at Black-666

[Then we'll have to fight for you to know]

Black-666 assumed a stance and a shockwave surged around him that a crater formed beneath him. The debris also floated around him as gusts of wind shot upwards around him. Red lightning surged and his dark aura screamed

[Very well then]

White-999 just gazed at Black-666 and his yellow aura slowly screamed into a much bigger form. The black outlines around his white appearance was repalced with yellow outlines. His right eye flashed with yellow light and screamed back at Black-666's screaming red eye

[FIGHT!!!]

The game voice shouted and a loud bell rang around the world

"E-1?"

Everybody turned their heads towards E-1, except for Philip and Justine. They were surprised because they didn't realize E-1 choosing a character earlier

She really did surprise them when Black-666, a character and an anomaly of the game was being played by her. Not to mention that the character was just recently added because of specific conditions. The character is also apparently XXX+++ difficulty, the highest difficulty rank in the game currently

In just a second, a powerful shockwave was generated in the sky. White-999 and Black-666 crashed into each other with their elbows bumping each other. Red lightning and yellow lightning exploded and crackled across the sky

Meanwhile, Justine's character just stayed floating from a distance away and watched the fight with several explosions of shockwaves occuring around. She was manipulating the shockwaves and lightning that are coming to her though

After a few more sonic booms and struggle between raw strength and skill, the space itself started to shatter and mirrors of the alternate dimension started to show between the cracks and shards of space

Even if White-999 can replicate all the moves of all the characters in the roster, Black-666 also has only one skill, that is to replicate and copy the move sets of anyone that he is facing against

Of course, he is also capable of improving and he might overwhelm his opponet as time goes by and as he learns more

Philip's hands and fingers started to get numb and lose its sense of touch while E-1 was also mashing the buttons rapidly with a creepy smile and look of an insane game addict

As they kept going and fighting each other in a stalemate, the dimension kept on breakign and shattering until a black abyss and a white abyss appeared across the screen

The two abysses converged together, with White-999 and Black-666 hovering in their respective abysses, and warped together

Justine's character kept watching, unaffected by the event because of her direct intervention

[...!]

[You have reached the end of time and space]

[Entropy and disorder began to occur]

[Two entities has descended to interfere and decided to restore balance in the game]

[A new character has been added to the roster!]

[A new character has been added to the roster!]

[God of Time, Chronos. Difficulty rank: YYY+++]

[God of Space, Choros. Difficulty rank: YYY+++]

[Due to the origin and existence of White-999 and Black-666, the two entities are unable to restore balance]

[A developer of the game has been directly contacted...]

[Connecting...]

Everyone who are playing and watching, even Philip, Justine, and Celine, just looked at the alerts with empty eyes and confusion

Meanwhile, E-1 with Black-666, rushed towards the figures of Chronos and Choros