[IC] - All the World's a Game

"... I guess that's true. And then, I'll be waiting for the tragedy to happen," She said with a chuckle.

"... Hey, I know I still look a little shady, so... here. Have this."

Then, she summoned a glass card with a snake engraved on it.

"It's my summoning card. If you need me, you can summon me. It won't break even in the face of an apocalypse. But it will break if its owner wishes for it to. I'm going to give this... But... don't get any funny ideas," She said with a blush.

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Isaac looked at the card and then looked at Lujuria. He could tell that she was trying to show that she could be trusted, and that she trusted him, so Isaac accepted the card.

"Thank you.", Isaac said to Lujuria.

"Oh, and I'm sorry for.. killing you.", Isaac added with a weak smile.

"Oh, don't think on it. It's happened before. Thing is, I'm wondering whether or not to thank you for releasing me from Lucifer's grip."

The snake crawled on Isaac, but it seemed friendly.

"... I... guess I should."

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Isaac felt slightly on edge over the snake, but didn't seem to mind too much now.

"Oh, don't worry about it. You showed me that not everyone on the other side is entirely bad. Maybe they're simply trying to make the best of what they were given.", Isaac said to Lujuria.

"... I guess... hey listen, with that card, there will always be a snake nearby. If you encounter a sin, contact me through the snake if I'm too busy to go myself. I'll contact you through the snake. The snake won't be talking, though. That would just be creepy. The snake will be like a catalyst for telepathic communication. I have a huge array as far as being telepathic to snakes, the size of Jupiter. But with humans... well, let's just say that in a room full of people, I can only talk to one that is 10 yards away. It sucks, but put the two together, you have a nice satellite dish."



"... those two seem to be getting along well," Huey said. "Making friends with the enemy... that's what we do. Well, in any case, from my understanding, HM was taken away, right? I can track him down using his suit."

"You can?! Please, do so!"

"Alright. Let's see... see, with the throat upgrade, there were neural links to cooperate with the suit's movement as well as camouflage abilities. Since I created the technology, I can track it down. But without my wheelchair, I won't be able to use my computer to do so. Follow me, you two. I'd rather discuss it in private."

Huey walked off with his prosthetic exoskeleton, Gerard following close by.

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"I'll remember that.", Isaac said to Lujuria as he stored the card inside his suit.

"Where exactly will you be when you're not around?", Isaac asked Lujuria as he finished putting the card away.





John looked to Yukari and Komachi and spoke.

"I'll be gone for a moment, but I'll be back.", John said to Komachi and Yukari as he stood up out of the chair.

John then quickly drank the last of the sake in the dish, paid for his drink, and left.

Six was patient with John and Huey, but when he saw them leave, he couldn't help but feel slightly frustrated.

Watching John leave, Six followed far behind.

"... I dunno, anywhere. Working, spying, assaulting, 'assaulting,' intel transmissions, it's really a random deal."



Huey sat on the wheelchair.

"Okay, time to track down the suit."

He worked for a while, but then...

"Wait a minute... what the..."

"What is it?"

"Well... I can't seem to track it down at all... it was destroyed... but I think I can use the neural links to see where they were."

Huey hacked into the last of the suit's footage. What came before them was a surprise...



*shortly after the abduction...*

Lucifer: Sorry for that, milord, but your feelings were getting in the way. I had to stop you."

HM: ... don't dare... do that... again...

Lucifer: I cannot promise that, but believe me when I say that the only other time I will do it is when you start to lose your vision of cleansing the world... you don't seem to be holding up in that suit. Here. Let me get yours.

Lucifer then grabs a robot that looked almost exactly like HM, only with no iris nor pupil.

HM:... Bring it...

Lucifer puts the suit near the War Ender. HM travels. The suit comes alive. The iris' light up to its grey, lifeless eyes.

HM: Thank you. I was hoping to be switched out.

The suit falls... to real that behind them were hundreds and thousands of robotic androids in the form of the terracotta soldiers.

Lucifer: And must I say, what a fancy place you've got here.

HM: I built it while I was still in the off-shore Neo-Yakuza base. Luckily, I had enough time to finish it before my 'final mission.'

Lucifer: And now you have a bigger mission; a better mission.

HM: Yes, but there will be obstacles.

Lucifer: Yes, but they won't be too much trouble, hopefully...

Lucifer walks up to the War Ender and picks up the suit.

Lucifer: ... and speaking of which, we don't want our party guests to arrive before the decorations are set up. See you around, John.

Lucifer crushes the War Ender. End of transmission.



"... sorry, but that's the best I can do."

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Isaac thought for a moment about Lucifer and how he might try to kill Lujuria. If there was a chance of him appearing to finish the job, then Isaac need a way to quickly get her out of the situation. The card she gave him would help, but now he just needed a way for her to contact him.

"Seeing how Lucifer might try to come after you, we need a way for you to contact me so that I can quickly summon you to my location and away from him. Does the telepathic link work both ways?", Isaac asked Lujuria.





John looked at the computer screen without any emotion on his face. John was slightly angry at Sebastian, but he also knew that there would be another time when he would get to fight him. Next time, John was going to take Sebastian's life and remove his influence over HM.

"I'm going to need a way to incapacitate HM's new suit. Once we find a way to contain HM, I'm going to kill Sebastian.", John calmly said as he continued to look at the computer screen.

"Yea. Why?"



Huey nodded in agreement. Gerard was still a bit sad, but relieved to know that HM's alright. Suddenly, someone came in.

"Hey there." It was Otori. "Hey, where's HM?"

The expression on Gerard's face told Otori that whatever happened wasn't good.

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"So that I can use the card to summon you away from Lucifer in case he tries to come after you. I'm also going to need to upgrade my suit to fight him. I was able to put up a little bit of a fight, but if I'm alone, I probably won't last too long. If I upgrade some of my stuff, I should be able to hold my own against him next time.", Isaac said to Lujuria.




John looked over to Otori and spoke.

"HM is under Sebastian, or Lucifer's control. HM is in an unknown location, but what we do know is that they are in a room full of what appears to be robots. I don't have all the details, but based on the video, they are somewhere near an off-shore Neo-Yakuza base.", John calmly said to Otori.