Part 111: Mission 44 - Faith - Part 2
Once you get Gogorr under 70%...
: Rgh…!
: Now! Go for his heart crystal!: That’s a weak-spot found in all Skrugg! I learned of it when they turned me!
: I’m on it!: Heromaaaan…ATTACK!
: Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
: Did we get him?!: …: Too bad, cattle.: What?!: That is no weak-spot of mine!
: He-HEROMAN!!
: Heroman! Hang in there, Heroman!
: …: N-No… Heroman…!: Foolish creatures. Did you take me to be the same as a common Skrugg?!: But now I’ve repaid the humiliation that toy thrust upon me. All that remains is consuming this planet whole!*RUUUMBLE!*
: Wh-What’s happening?!
(TV): We’ve an emergency! Gogorr’s draining massive amounts of energy from Earth’s mantle!: If he’s not stopped, it’ll only take a few hours before we see a calamity on a global scale!
: What did you say?!: I can no longer be stopped! Accept your doom and watch, powerless, as your planet approaches its doom!: Just like that lump of garbage!: !: …
: Y-You overgrown cockroach… Say that again!: …: You… You killed Heroman!
: Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
: Joey…?!: …: I feel it… all this power inside me…!: There’s no way he’ll survive if I blow all this right on top of him…!
: Joey, are you…?!
: Stop! You can’t be considering throwing your life away to beat him!: If it’ll let me protect your future, then, yeah, I will!: Just… Just like my dad did before!: Your lives are more important than mine!
: Joey! NOOO!
: (Goodbye, everyone…!)
: UWOOOOOOOOO!
: ! Heroman…?!*Flash!*
: U…ooo…: Why did you…?!
: Can’t you tell?! He doesn’t want to lose you!: ?!: You fricking idiot! You might’ve been happy to go out a big hero like dad, but…: But what about everyone you’d be leaving behind?! What about your family?! How the hell are we supposed to take that?!: You might save everyone by doing this, but there’d be nothing to be happy about in a world without you!: Sis… guys…
: Remember what you said to me when I’d almost forgotten who I was? You’re not fighting this alone – all of us, your friends, are here with you!: And above all… Heroman’s here with you, isn’t he?!: Heroman…: …: And you can be a hero because you’ve Heroman and all your friends!: Your dad never gave up, did he?! He kept going ‘til the very last second!: He didn’t give up…: Yeah… You’re right, he didn’t!: Enough of this drama! Your lump of garbage hardly has any energy left! This next attack will put an end to both your sorry lives!
Heroman OST - Joey and Heroman
: Nope! Heroes are indestructible!
: That’s... The MR-1?!
: Here you go, Joey, Heroman!: Take in all of the MR-1’s energy!: And have some of my spirit, too!: Let thunder’s roar fill your ears!
: UWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!: I-Impossible… That’s—!
: You look surprised! But, of course, I doubt you’d understand!: That capacity to get back up after being beaten, even stronger than you were before…!: That’s the mark of a true hero!: Hero… a true hero?!: That’s all we can do here! The rest is in your hands, folks!
: Alright, I reckon everything’s set for a classic comeback!: Last up is the cherry on top: make it like proper heroes and take down the evil boss! Joey, Heroman!: Hmmm!: We’ve been together since the beginning! And together is how we’ll win back our future!: Heromaaan… GOOOOOO!
: What a horrible sound… Don’t you hear it? All the lives you consumed are crying…!: Hm? I’m afraid I’ve no ears for the voices of garbage!: Mine is the only voice that should resound through the universe! My voice as its ruler!: I don’t think so! What the universe needs isn’t a ruler, but harmony between all life!
: Hmhmhm… Accept your defeat. Destruction is all that awaits any planet I set upon!: This is not something you can stop. It’s the fate imposed upon the entire universe!
: You’re too quick to speak of “fate”.: The destruction you bring isn’t strong enough to claim our lives!
: You have absolutely no idea how the Skrugg you ate felt, do you? : Oh, I doubt I need to try and understand how the consumed feel – not when I’m always the one doing the consuming!: Fine, then I’ll make you understand! I’ll hammer that feeling straight into your skull!
: You’re a menace not only to other race’s planets, but even to your own people…: It’s because of monsters like you that war never goes away…!: Hmhmhm, you wish for a world without war, hm?: Then, sit still and I’ll give one to you: a world of eternal silence!
: You and The Boom Army all figure you can have your way with our planet, but I’m here to tell you that that’s not happening!: I’m rather appalled that you would tar me with the same brush as those vermin. I am Gogorr, the ruler of the entire universe!: Appalling is that scum like you and them ever got the idea that you’re better than everyone else!
: Consuming your own people in a bid for power… How can you still call yourself their leader?!: All life in this universe is no different from cattle, to be grown and multiplied as necessary!: And it’s the sole purpose of their existence to sustain me, the ruler of all cosmos!: A being of such callous disregard towards life is not fit to rule the cosmos! I sentence you to oblivion, tyrant Gogorr!
: Noisy little gnat! I’ll add all your vital energy into my own!
: What a powerful, dark aura… He’s like an avatar of destruction…!: And it’s my duty as a Holy Warrior to rid the world of this force of chaos!
: Gch… the cries of all the life he’s defiled are echoing all around him…: His invasion and cruelty are both ending here, though! The Nanajin and I’ll see to it!: Know your place, worm! You and your kind are no more than meat for me to devour!
: Did the thought of coexistence, of mutual understanding, with humans never cross your mind?!: Bwahahahaha! Tell me, do you make a habit of having a heart-to-heart with a loaf of bread before you eat it?!: There’ll never be any hope of change for the Skrugg while you continue to exist…!: Gogorr… I’m putting an end to your reign!
: I’m sure the Skrugg and the creatures of this planet could find a way to coexist! How can you not see that, Gogorr?!: Hmhmhm… Oh, dear, when you put it like that, I might just consider it.: That is, I’ll consider it if “coexistence” is how you call it when I devour you, cattle!
: Ah, you pathetic cattle. Please, feel free to continue wasting your time trying to oppose me!
: Hah… If we’re cattle, I suppose that makes you the moronic ‘master’ who’s about to get his hand bit off.: Excuse me…?
: You can yell that you’re the ruler of the universe ‘til the cows come home, we cattle don’t give a damn! It’s chomping time!
: Hahahah… Are you going to take revenge on me? After I went through the trouble of giving you that wonderful new body?: For a very long time I knew nothing but seething hatred over you changing me like this…: But now I’m actually a bit grateful! Because this body’ll let me protect Lina and my family from your menace!
: You’re always a problem, aren’t you, brat…?: That’s my line! But you can come back as many times as you want, we’ll always be there to put a stop to you!: Is that a fact…? Then come closer and feel in your bones a power far greater than I had before!
Gogorr drops a Kazuki Cake (Range and Skill +10, Accuracy +5).
: Curse you all! You… You’ll pay for this, you blasted cattle!
: It was your arrogance that sealed your doom, Gogorr!: You really shoulda looked a bit closer before you decided to take a stab at Earth!: If you did, you would’ve seen that we… that the strongest hero of all calls this planet home!: Go, Joey, Heroman! It’s up to you to save our world!: JOEY!: A true hero never makes anyone sad. You, and all my friends, taught me that!: I’m not going to choose what to save anymore! We have to protect everyone…!: We have to protect everything! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LXgujkWz5o
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: Uurgh… H-How?!: I… I am the ruler of the universe… How can I die in this backwater planet?!: Isn’t that a shame, Gogorr?: When this all started, I thought you were looking to build a friendly relationship between our two species…: Never in my wildest dreams did I think that message I picked up would lead to anything like this happening…: I can still remember it now: “gather at the beginning…”: …?!: Th-That’s…!
: (Hm? Why do I feel like…?)
: (Like I have heard those words…): (Somewhere before…?)
: …: What… What did you say…?: That message… It wasn’t you who sent it to us…?: Wh-What?!
: Professor, what the hell…?!: N-No, that’s not possible! You remember, don’t you, Psy?!: We all heard it together! That message came from outer space!: Hah…Hahahah… This is hilarious…: In other words, we were being manipulated from the very beginning…?: All this time, we were puppets moving according to the will of an unseen puppeteer… Absolutely hilarious…!: Hmhmhm… WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
*BOOOOOM!*
: Gogorr…: …: (What does any of this mean? Those words were what I…)
: We’ve just received word from Hughes. It looks like everyone within the White House is safe and sound.: Really? Ah, now that’s great to hear…
: Professor, I have to ask: since when have you been working on that guy’s MR-1?: Hmhmhm… The NIA took it from Minami when they recaptured him, but they figured it could be useful in a pinch. So, they called and asked us to get it fixed.: Though we sure didn’t expect to put it to use back there. 
: And, from what the NIA says, they have no qualms with letting us continue to use the repaired MR-1.: Then, we can now give Heroman an energy refill right during a fight?: Yes, but it can only make one blast per battle. (Think of it like God Sigma’s Trinity Charge command, though it only appears on regular Heroman.)
: Wow, I can’t believe a weapon that harassed Heroman so much before would come in handy like that…
: I guess we owe a little bit of gratitude to that buffoon, Minami. A very little bit. Microscopic, even!: Oh, and what did you say before the battle started, Joey? I couldn’t hear you over the explosions.
: Ah… No, that was…: Hm?
: I think I remember… It was something like ‘I’ll protect you with my life’?: Huh?!: Z-Zhang Fei, please…!
: Ohoo… I didn’t take a late bloomer like you to have all that passion, Joey.: Aw, come on, don’t start teasing me!: …: A hero, huh…?
: You really loved your father a lot, didn’t you, Holly?: Wah! T-That’s…!: Sis, dad didn’t choose other people over his family.: …! You…: And I’m sure he didn’t sacrifice himself just like that. He must’ve tried all the way to the end to get back to us.: I understand that now…: Joey…: And I believe I understood something myself.
: What is it?: How Joey and Heroman came to meet.: It was Joey’s wish to become a hero that gave life to Heroman!: That is to say, you were destined to meet each other!
: Say what? That’s not a very scientific thing to say, professor.: Well, Prof. Denton is certainly a romantic. Perhaps a career as an artist would suit you better?: Whuh?!: Hahah, that’s our professor!: Kheheh… Hahahaha!: O-Oh, no… hahah...And if you got the correct route flags and nabbed 200+ kills with Heroman by the end of the last mission:
: …*Will starts heading out.*
: Hey, hey, where do you think you’re going, Will?: …: Don’t tell me you’re leaving again!: You already have a hero by your side to keep you safe.: You don’t need a creature of darkness like me.: But you fought together with us back there – you helped keep Lina and everyone else safe.: That makes you a hero too! It doesn’t matter how you look.: I’m a hero…?
: And… you’re the only brother she has, aren’t you?: …?!: Can’t we just be together how we used to…?: …: I can’t promise you that.: Brother!: But I promise I’ll stay here with you at least until the battle’s over.: I’ll work to be the biggest hero you can have!: W-Will…! Thank you…: (Thank goodness, Lina…)And if you didn’t get the secret, Will just takes off and the scene proceeds like this:
: W-Will, wait…!
: Maybe it’s best to leave him be for now. He needs to put his thoughts in order.: Let’s believe in him, Lina. I’m sure he’ll come back someday.: He is the biggest hero you have, after all…: …: Yes…: (I’ll be waiting for you, brother… For as long as you need…)
Location: New York – Rubens Foundation HQ
: Mr. Rubens, we’ve received a call from the White House.: It appears all of the Executive’s staff, including the president, have already returned to office.
: Good. Have the backup plan scrapped and resume our regular operations.: Yes, sir!
: “Backup plan”?: Just a precaution in case anything happened to the president…: You see, I was considering asking that you run for president of the Earth Federation, Rep. Athha…: Wh-What…?!: But it seems the event at Washington was dealt with without any troubles. Please, forget I ever said anything.: …
: Mr. Rubens… may I ask the purpose of this meeting?: All of the people assembled here share a past record of not only opposing the reform of the Federation Army to establish the Army of Mankind…: But of, also, making a significant effort to have the Federation Government accept the UX as an active force.
: …
: …: Thus, I’ve seen that we are like-minded individuals, and that you can be trusted with the truth.
: The “truth”…?: The fact that we, mankind, are currently on the brink of destruction.: Wh-What did you say?!: As you are well aware, the Earth Sphere is currently facing an unprecedented crisis due to the siege by the ELS, Vajra and Festum.: However, those are not the only enemies of our kind.: What do you mean?: …: Lady Aila, I’ve been told that you possess the ability to see people’s thoughts and to catch glimpses of the future.
: …: You have seen the truth I speak of, haven’t you?: …: This man is telling us no lies…: I have had visions of a blood-red moon… and a powerful will emerging from it…: Lady Aila…: And what is that “powerful will”…?*Door opens.*
: It’s the being that will bring about the destruction of mankind…: …?!: Y-You’re…!: The chairwoman of the PLANTs Supreme Council… Lacus Clyne!
: …: Even you came here…?: Yes… So that we may confront our fate together…
: Master Kongming, you said you had something to talk to us about?: Aye, it’s about the message Prof. Denton and Gogorr mentioned.: That’s…!: Hm, the ‘gather at the beginning’ message. : I was wondering if you wouldn’t recall hearing those words as well.: “As well”…?: Ensign Berge, the truth is that…: Every single person gathered here has heard the exact same message.: Though I only have a very faint recollection of it…
: But we managed to remember that little bit after Denton and Gogorr mentioned it.: …: The people of the Frontier Fleet, the Mirishans, Princess Romina, Shou…
: What do all those have in common…?: Madam Saya, would you, perhaps, also have knowledge of this message?
: Huh? M-Me…?: I understand that, considering you were still asleep at that point, you may have no recollection of the time prior to arriving in this era with Maj. Richard.: However, I think it safe to assume that you have also heard those words before.: Are you implying that…!
: Hmhmm. Those words were heard by everyone who crossed space and time and wound up in this world. : A-All those who crossed space and time…: I understand… That’s why I heard it back then…: I’d also crossed space and time when I was warped to where the nuke was projected to be…
: Parallel universes, trans-galactic warps, and time travel…: All those who traveled through space and time heard that voice and, ultimately, arrived here. Which would mean…: That what we deemed to be a chance meeting was, in actuality, quite the opposite.: The voice I heard at that time…: It was someone purposefully beckoning us to this world…?
: But who is the one behind it, Kongming?! For what purpose were we all gathered here…?!: That is a question we have yet to answer.: Still, while our vision remains dim, we have finally caught a glimpse of the center of the spider web encircling this world…: The center of the spider web…
: …
: What’re you up to, eh? Why’d you call for me…?: Katou’s plan is being a bit of a problem for my own, you see.: And I’ve decided that needs to stop. That’s all there is to this.
: Hah, and you wanna ask me to help you with that?: Hardly. I’m just going to give you what you’ve wanted for so long.: What I’ve wanted…?: Hmhmhmhm…: Come closer and I’ll tell you… where you can find the last Machina…: …?!: Y-You…!: …
More final bonuses for a bunch of folks:
- Romina: +10% to all support effects
- Sheryl: +30000 bucks earned at the end of a mission.
- Ranka: +20 SP to everyone
- Lina: Everyone gets +10 to their morale limit.
And I'm gonna have to preemptively ask for a new page because we already have three missions on this one and the next one'll be huge in every sense of the word!
