Part 70: Mission #7: Blood on the Overpass

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Also, I have decided who will be barred from further wanzer submissions should the Bulls lose. They say global warming is driving many polar creatures to extinction. If, in the real world, heat kills penguins, who am I to substitute my judgment for that of nature?

Mission #7: Blood On the Overpass



Front Mission 3: Epic Highway Action!



I'll admit that I'm not a professional spy, but somehow I think walking 20-foot tall wanzers along a highway in broad daylight qualifies as 'suicidally stupid.'
: The toll booth is up ahead.
: Just a few more until we hit the city!
Are we actually paying tolls? I'm pretty sure that you don't have to pay tolls if you're an enemy of the state.



Cops? Meh, what else you got?



Oh, Sgt. Seppuku? Okay, then...
: I finally found you, you little rats. Now you know the truth about the explosion, you're not getting away. If you can't capture them, kill them. Keep them here!
: Acknowledged!
: Pursuers!? Damn, they cut us off.
: That model... JDF Special Forces!
: We're fighting again!? What's up with that? ! They're coming from behind! We're surrounded!
: There's no other way; take them out! Let's go, Ryogo!



Battle time! A much easier fight that last time, if only because the enemies with missiles are in wanzers instead of helicopters, meaning they have finite supplies of missiles and are much easier to hit.



Still, it's a bit tricky since they start out on a hill, like last time, proving once again that limited-access roads will bury us all.



Last fight I had some bad luck. This time, Emma starts the battle off by hitting Kuroi's missile arm with a missile of her own, and then Kazuki finishes the job with his shotgun, effectively neutralizing Kuroi.



Emma then proceeds to knock out half of the body HP of the other enemy missile wanzer. This battle is basically already over.



On the other side of the map, I send Ryogo to kill an APC and the police Kyokei.



And Kazuki kills the last remaining enemy with a weapon that's capable of doing meaningful damage.



This battle is over, now the massacre begins.



The Kyokei, despite having a cool paint job, has no chance in hell of beating Ryogo.



Kuroi, showing a remarkable amount of consistency, decides to make a suicidal charge against Kazuki.



I accept his resignation from life.



Ryogo kills the Kyokei before it can surrender. Thank God. If I had one of those in stock for you guys to use...well, I can't even imagine the hideous things you guys would do with it.



Solid.



: They just won't give up, will they?
: Maybe they've got a personal interest in you?
: I'm not into that sort of thing!
I...don't even know exactly what that means. I guess Kazuki is worried that the army wants to have gay sex with him. Not any particular member of the army, mind you, the entire armed forces of Japan.
: I think it'd be a little troublesome to keep running with these wanzers.



Wait, Kazuki, what are you doing by the edge of the bridge? No, Kazuki, don't jump. Listen, we all want to die right now. That overtime loss to the Heat killed our dreams and hopes, and practically guaranteed victory to the assemblage of douches that is the Miami Heat. And yes, I know the sheer misery at thinking of the cosmic unfairness that allowing such a soulless city with such a soulless fanbase to receive basketball glory, and I even feel the despair at knowing that the Heat may soon become the most popular franchise in the NBA. Even worse, I know that this country will soon teem with awful bandwagon fans wearing LeBron James jerseys as if they had always supported that abominable team but...you know, on second thought, you might as well jump...what's left?



At least one of us can find peace. Damn you, Miami Heat! Is there no end to your villainy? Answer me, you bastards!



Or maybe Kazuki just jumped because he's too impatient to walk down the hill.
: Finding a transport in Yokohama should be easy.
: I can only hope...
: Hey, it's me. You've got it all covered.
: ...

Next Time: The Toll Booth Of Terror!

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