953: I HAVE THE POWER! *BOOM*
Aaaaand that's another furniture turned to dust... why on Earth did i think it was a good idea to teach 953 fire magic? Well at least everything is not so bad with 105 trying to contain the damage using her own water magic but the living room is still a fucked up mess in the end. 166 seems contented knowing healing spells, i did try to convince her to have some self defense but she refused. She really doesn't like violence but understands that sometimes it's unavoidable. Though after 2 hours of 105 duking it out with 953 and me nagging her about it, 166 decided to learn some wind spells to push people away instead of seriously hurting them like a certain aggressive kumiho right now. Thank God they don't have infinite stamina and soon fall asleep. 166 carry the both of them to their bedrooms while i was left with cleaning the charred and flooded battlefield left behind. Oh and i should probaly do something about the Yakuza tomorrow too. Well something significant of course, i already ordered my knights to hunt down all criminals that they can find and execute them brutally. Who knows, maybe this will scare the daylight out of some kingpins.
(just some quick explanation: I'm including the Black Rabbit company otherwise known as scp 2085 for extra actions, just presume that they did breach containment and is now working for the criminal organizations in Japan. Oh and i'll also refer to them using the names they provided to the Foundation with the exception of 2085 being Barry and 2085-A-4 being Hilda)
[In a large skyscraper elsewhere]
6 figures exit an elevator and walk past a hall full of armed guards. If one would compare their dress code to the guards they wouldn't see any relations at all. The 6 figures include 5 females with cat ears and a tail on each of them with the final figure being a man wearing an astronaut suit with a bathrobe. They were of course scp 2085(Barry), scp 2085-A-1(Kusanagi), scp 2085-A-2(Milly), scp 2085-A-3(Aisha), scp 2085-A-4(Hilda), scp 2085-A-5(Molly). Despite their looks and casual attitude, the guards hold immense respect for them. The group walk into a dark office that only has a single light illuminating a figure sitting a chair gazing out the window taking in the city view. The figure turns to them and walk closer to the light revealing it to be an aged man wearing a suit with a blue tie and a red fedora. He also wear sunglasses indoors but nobody has the guts to disagree with him for he is Kenichi Shinoda, the leader of the infamous Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate. Everybody take their seats before Kenichi's table as he begins briefing them on the threat to the criminal underworld.
Kenichi: Do you know why i have summoned you here?
Barry: Uh... for a new job or a new contract?
Kenichi: Unfortunately you're correct, someone is targeting us.
Kusanagi: Have we been compromised?
Kenichi: No, at least not that i know of. Things just suddenly go downhill yesterday. Like another player has made their move.
Hilda: Oh cmon how can the police be that dangerous? They haven't been able to touch us for these years, have they?
Kenichi: They're no cops, they're worst.
Milly: How so mr Kenichi?
At this Kenichi goes silent and doesn't give any answers. Instead, he reached into his table and pull out his personal laptop. He goes over to the numerous recordings of all the hideouts and play them one by one. The Black Rabbits were confused at Kenichi's actions but observe the footages carefully anyway. At first, nothing seemed to be out of place. The video starts showing the scene of a group of grunts playing cards and a few smoking on the side of a casino.
Aisha: What are we looking at?
Kenichi: Keep watching.
The scene continues for another 5 minutes or so until loud rumblings erupted from an alley not so far away. These grunts weren't careless and got their weapons ready, some wielded machetes or swords and some wielded guns. *GRRRAAGHHH!* A loud battle cry rang from within the alleys as multiple people wearing knight armor ran out. What's unusual is that these "knights" looked to be unstoppable. All the melee weapons bounced off their armor and a single knight can cut a man in half without even trying. Some of the bullets clearly pierced the armor but the knights didn't so much as flinch at the damage they suffered. Instead that only made them faster and they started ripping the grunts limb from limb. The gruesome slaughter continues until all of the grunts have died but the knights didn't stop. They still hacked and slashed at the bodies until they were no more than red paste on the ground and walls before walking back to the alley seemingly disappearing. The slaughter didn't end there, more and more footages of different establishments are shown with all of the Yakuza members dying morbid deaths. The worst cases were the grunts who got nailed to wooden crosses and set ablaze, screaming in agony for minutes before finally dying. The Black Rabbit company has done a lot of dirty jobs in their time and has even witnessed a lot of tortures but none of them were prepared for the ruthlessness of these mysterious knights.
Kenichi: And do you know what's the worst part about this?
Molly: *trying not to throw up* ugh, what?
Kenichi: This was only OUR branch. Every other families were also targeted. The Sumiyoshi-kai and Inagawa-kai have lost more than 34% of their members like us over the course of a single night.
Barry: H-how could there be so many of these knights?
Kenichi: i don't know, maybe God has finally decided to punish us or the dead has came back to haunt our lives. Regardless, i have called you here not to deal with the knights but to protect the tower.
Kusanagi: Sir why can't we go after the knights, we are capable of dealing with them... i think.
Kenichi: That's because we don't find them... THEY find us. I have yet to show you the most haunting one.
Kenichi opens a separate file that has been recovered from a drugs warehouse. The footage started through the lens of a broken camera laying on the ground in the midst of countless mutilated corpses. The camera was then picked by someone and was slowly turned towards them. It was one of the knight. The knight didn't say anything and moved the broken camera near its helm before slowly lifting the visor up. A hollow skull with no flesh stared back and it opened it mouth. A deep and menacing voice came from the darkness inside the helmet seemingly talking to the camera. All it said was "YOU'RE NEXT KENICHI!" before the camera was crushed.
Hilda: What the fuck?
Molly: Is this some kind of sick joke?
Aisha: Dear god...
Milly: What on Earth was that?
Kusanagi: I don't think we can take them on.
Barry: Mr Kenichi, i have to be honest with you. I don't think we can win this.
Kenichi: I know, all i ask is that you try, stay and defend so we can have a slither of hope against these demons. I'll arrange a private escape helicopter for you all, you're free to leave if things get too dangerous.
Barry: *sigh* This is going to be a tough one.
[The following night, Yosif's pov]
I've finally managed to track down Kenichi's hideout using true sight, his soul was the one with the most sins so it wasn't that hard to see the odd one out. It seems he is hiding in a 51-floors tower packed with heavily armed security. I have Sergei lead the attack because there's a lot of unknown variables at play, this is the scp universe after all. If something powerful does come up, then i will just have to do things myself. With 166, 105 and 953 knowing how to use magic, i'm confident that they will be able to take care of 053 and 191 while i'm gone. Now then, let the show begin!
Sergei charges up multiple fireballs and shoots them into the sky lighting up the entire block. And then chaos breaks loose as over 200 hundred knights charge to the entrance along Sergei. The guards peppered them with machinegun fire but it wasn't enough to slow the attack down, only managing to kill 3 knights. The door to lobby flies open as multiple chopped up bodies of guards were also sent inside. Now, the tower was on full alert and heavy weapons started arriving. Bulky defenders wearing heavy duty kevlar jump into the fray with their lmgs blazing. The heavy stopping power of 7.62mm rounds crushes the frontline and deals major damage to the knights' formation. But Sergei was quick on the draw and swiftly erects multiple earth barriers to shield the knights. He then covers the ground with hydromancy and activate the emergency sprinklers electrocuting all of the guards. And so floors after floors, wherever Sergei goes, dead guards pave his path. I watch the entire assault through the eyes of one of the knights and notice something odd. The final room, Kenichi's room, doesn't have any guards standing outside. Has he fled unnoticed? A knight step up to open the door and has its head blown off by a 50 caliber bullet from inside the room. The wooden door then explodes from heavy gunfire within the room creating a bullet storm. The remains fall apart to reveal Kenichi holding a barrett m82 standing next to 5 armored cat girls with various assault rifles(AK 47, G36, XM8, M4A1, Steyr AUG) and an astronaut holding a standard rpg. Oh damn, shit hits the fan real fast! Guess it's my turn to go up there. I have Sergei go defensive to stall them and summon 2 endless phantoms to fly me up to the office.
Barry: KEEP FIRING GIRLS THEY WILL DIE EVENTUALLY!
Kusanagi: Hilda to your left!
Aisha: We can't get through the shields.
Milly: Barry how many more rockets do we have?
Barry: Only 3 left. Mr Kenichi where's the helicopter we need to get out of here!
Kenichi: Pilot said that he's almost there, only about another minute or two.
The group heard the wind getting stronger outside the windows and back up while still laying suppressing fire on the knights. Kusanagi helps Kenichi open the glass pane window expecting the arrival of their escape helicopter. But what greeted them was me being carried by 2 phantoms as i order them to yeet me straight in there. I stood up with my knights behind me, their weapons raised, as i draw the runic blade.
Me: Your road ends here Kenichi!
Kusanagi: protect mr Kenichi at all cost, the helicopter can't be that far.
Me: Stay out of this Kusanagi! I have no qualms with you breaching containment, not everybody is fond of being locked up.
Aisha: Y-you're from the F-Foundation?
Me: I'm only responsible for site security, you're none of my concern. NOW STEP OUT OF MY WAY!
Hilda: In your dreams bonehead!
Me: So be it.
Knowing that all of them have cybernetic enhancements that would put me at a great disadvantage, i start the fight off with an electro pulse across the room. I didn't expect them to ignore the attack entirely and attack me head on. Kusanagi went in with an uppercut that would've dislocated my jaw if i was still human and Milly swept my legs from beneath. While i was losing my balance, Barry took the opportunity to fire a rocket at me. Fortunately, i was able to redirect the rocket outside the broken window using wind currents. I have to fight offensively against them to kill Kenichi before the helicopter arrives. And that's when i had a brilliant yet idiotic plan. I chug the remaining ironskin potion in the inventory, cover myself with both water and earth before charging in like a mad bull (or a very drunk demoknight). Unlike before, i can't even feel the bullets hitting me and the rocket only felt like a nerf dart. The helicopter has just arrived just now and Kenichi was desperately trying to board. Without giving him a chance, i light myself on fire and crash through the helicopter killing both him and the pilot in an instant. Sergei skydives after me and together we crash landed with the grace of a dead eagle. Good thing the potion wears off AFTER the crash or else i will feel like a wasted Gopnik who has just crashed his lada. I think it's time we head back to site 17... I'm going to walk back to see the scene of a burning house aren't i?
Unexpectedly, the house was still intact, but i can still tell something was off like how the lights are still on at 1 in the morning. Peeking my head inside the living room, i see 105, 166 and 953 crying their eyes out like someone has murdered their families in front of their eyes. I look at the tv and saw the reason for the abnormal reactions and quite frankly, i agree with them. Somehow they have found JoJo's Bizarre Adventure to watch and they have just finished watching Jonathan's death. Oooh boy i really hope they will not watch the other parts. If Jonathan's death hurts them this bad, they will have severe depression at Caesar's death and suicidal tendency at Kakyoin's. *thump* And they fell asleep, guess i have to be the one to pack the bags. I command Sparky to fly back to the drop off spot in Yamanashi as i slowly begin packing everybody's luggage. 2 Hours later and we're ready to go, 053 and 191 were up and hugging their own plushies while the others are still out cold and have to be carried by some knights. Oh right, i haven't told Lizzie that i'm leaving. Maybe Lauren can text her when we get back. After exiting the miles long waterslide, we board Sparky and begin flying back to Colorado.
Total inventory:
Ascended Wraith set
Enchanted runic sword
Diadem of supreme arcane might
76 copper 53 silver 39000 gold
Current familiars:
- Sergei the Skeleton Paladin