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Crowbar Nurse Chapter 8 — Mortal Combat

“What the?! Why are there so many of them here?!”

It was probably because we were loitering around in one spot that the zombies were now gathering around us. A cursory glance revealed about 30 of them shuffling closer and closer. The zombies looked like just your average ankle biters, but judging by how brutal they seem to be, they’re probably not just normal ones… it seemed to be a swarm of the “kinda strong” ones.

Our unstoppable army from hell were fighting for their lives… but armed with only crude clubs and metal pipes, they couldn’t stand their ground. And since we were at the starting area of the game, there weren’t many choices for weapons, aside from random junk like that.

“This ain’t good… I was hoping to look for bugs to exploit while our army holds the zombies back… I’m just spitballing here, but do you have any items or anything to trap them in one place?” “Hmm, let me see…”

As I watched the zombies slowly overcome the soldiers, I stroke my chin as I contemplated.

“… what about… hmm, no, that wouldn’t work…” “So, we’re shit outta luck?”

I nodded along with Kiryū, tense and stiff.

“It is a tough situation… but there’s no reason to lose hope.”

He looks puzzled as I shouldered the assault rifle. I flashed him a smirk.

“Let’s just start killing them until we come across an opportunity. I’m sure we’ll be alright… we can do this together, Kiryū.” “… yeah, you’re right. We can’t throw in the towel just yet.”

The situation left us with little to no choice but to fight our way out. Kiryū was looking oddly cheery amidst all of this. But I had to focus on the battle unfolding in front of us and so I promptly looked away.

This battle we’re headed into would prove to be a real handful.

With my rifle and Kiryū with his crowbar, we joined the fray. Our unstoppable hellish army—or rather, the survivors—won’t respawn when they lose all of their health. And if we want to use our downtime to search for bugs and glitches, we’ll need to protect them. Looks like I can’t help but to level up a little.

Give no quarter!

Carefully and precisely, I began to take them down one by one… but the enemies still had the upper hand. Kiryū and I were trying our damnedest to save our army, but we simply couldn’t keep up. Another pair of zombies came to bolster their numbers. One or two zombies isn’t anything to worry about, but at this rate, we’ll be slowly overrun by them.

That’s when we noticed it.

“Whoa! Look at Nick! He’s drawing all the zombies here!”

After splitting a zombie’s skull with his crowbar, Kiryū snapped over to the A-posing protagonist of this game.

… interesting.

Still standing upright in the middle of the parking lot was Nick, now being tackled and gnawed at by zombies. He seemed unfazed, though, as he stood unflinchingly in the same default position. … wait, isn’t he totally glitched out?

Crap, that can’t be good for Nick…

I panicked. Nick should be getting real damaged from being chomped on like that. If the protagonist loses all their HP… what’s going to happen to us? incomprehensible game world

“Nick!”

I yelled. We’ve got to save him! But can we? Kiryū and I were already at our limits with the zombies in front of us! What else could we do?! And not to mention that at level one, Nick dies after being bit a mere three times. Doesn’t that mean he’s already…!

“Niiick!”

I yelled, even knowing full well that I was already too late. He was at the mercy of the horde, but they showed him none. Eventually, he succumbed to the zombies and collapsed—all still in A-pose.

The protagonist was kicked and tossed around on the ground like a sack of potatoes. His health was probably in the negative, but Nick lays there unrelenting in his stance.

… wow. What a manly man.

His determination to maintain posture was less like a mannequin in a display window and more like a stoic warrior.

“—Huh? Oh, damn! We can totally make use of him!”

Kiryū snapped his fingers as he looked over at Nick.

“Sera! Help me take care of the zombies around Nick!” “Wha—? O-Okay!”

Though at that moment I didn’t completely understand what Kiryū’s plans were, I did as I was told and began taking off their heads and suppressing the zombies. And for just a moment, Nick was safe in his immediate surroundings.

“—Alright!”

Immediately after showing a grin on his face, Kiryū slid right up to Nick, carried him off the ground, and darted away. It happened so quickly and smoothly, you’d miss it if you blinked. Kiryū really, really is physically adept.

With Nick tucked under one of his arms, Kiryū sprinted towards an overturned truck, upon which he lies the stiff figure. For better or worse, Nick—who previously could only stand in one position and take attacks head-on—was now actually useful! The zombies drew to him like moths to a flame but couldn’t reach the top of the truck; he was the perfect bait.

“Whaaat?! That’s nuts!” “A job change from scarecrow to decoy and voila, Nick’s working exactly as I hoped!”

Kiryū was grinning from ear to ear, satisfied not only by how well his idea was working, but also because he made our fight that much easier. Though a little condescending to treat the protagonist of this game as simple bait… the results were speaking for themselves. The zombies that were gunning for us had shifted their aggression onto Nick, giving us more than enough breathing room. We handily swept up the remaining enemies nearby.

I feel bad for him, but with Nick’s help, I’m sure… I’m sure we can make it out of this! We can do this… we can beat them.

I pulled myself together. But a problem still remained… enemies will keep on coming if we stay in one spot for too long. Though, I had something up my sleeve for that.

“… Kiryū! I’ve got a great idea too!”

I kept my trigger finger moving as I shouted.

“What is it?!” “We’ll damage the zombies until they’re barely alive, then feed them to our hellish army to finish them off!” “Hmm? Then… oh, I see. So, we’ll be letting the hellish army deliver the final blow, you mean?” “Exactly! It was a little dicey earlier, but… we can do it now!”

Most of the zombies were standing in front of the truck, futilely reaching up in hopes of getting their fingers around the loitering Nick. And since we’re farther away, there were only five or six of them around us. Taking down the ones around us attracted a couple zombies that shuffled towards us.

Nice. This is working out great…

With only one or two of them, I could easily drop their health down to a sliver. Leave it to the survival horror nerd. Then, we’ll get our unstoppable army to finish them off and level up with all the experience. We could even get them to max level like this! I mean, it’d take a lot of time, but still!

“—Gotcha. Endless zombies mean endless experience, eh?!”

Kiryū’s voice cut through the clamor of gunfire and groans.

“You’re amazing, Sera… I thought we were shit outta luck, but you came up with such a great plan with your quick thinking!” “Hehehe, how flattering! But keep it coming! Getting back on track, though, leave this all to me. Keep looking for more glitches! … oh, and here. You’ll die of traumatic brain injury if you keep literally using your head, so take this!”

I unstrapped the Vital Watch from my forearm and tossed it over to him.

“Put the Vital Watch on your wrist!”

While keeping a watchful eye on the zombies, I called out to Kiryū.

“Check your health after running into walls head-first. That way, you’ll know to use your healing herbs before your HP runs out!” “Okay…? Wait, hold on. It’s on my wrist, but how do I check my status?”

He sounded rather perplexed as he called back to me.

“I see my heartbeat show up, but I don’t get how to read ECGs or anything.” “You can tell by the color! If your pulse is green, then you’re at max health. Yellow means caution, and red means you’re in big trouble!” “Ugh… of course, it is!”

Kiryū continued to yell.

“Yeah, about that, Sera, the thing is that I’m color blind. I’m the kind of guy that can’t differentiate between red and green! Is there any other way?!” “… oh, I didn’t know! Sorry! Umm, the more hectic your pulse is, the worst your condition is! So, really take care of yourself if the line gets all scraggly!” “Alright, I’ll keep an eye on the watch!”

—The statistics say that roughly 5 percent of males and 0.2 percent of females in Japan are born with color blindness, making it not at all unusual for Kiryū to be afflicted by it. And since our world isn’t designed for people with color blindness, many of them tend towards invention and design… maybe Kiryū is like that too?

Hmm, so it seems that we resemble the characters of this game, but we keep the innate physical traits from our own bodies… what about me though? I feel like there was something strange that happened, but…

Thoughts raced through my head, but I was still firing off round after round. There’s no visible health gauges above the zombies’ heads, but I’ve got their stats all memorized. I know exactly how many bullets each and every enemy needs.

Bug testing is something only Kiryū can do; this is something only I can do.

I kept my rifle rattling. Right when I get a zombie to the point where it’ll die if I shoot them again, I switch targets and start laying on damage. Rinse and repeat.

That leaves the only task for our unstoppable hellish army—the survivors, I mean—is to mop them up. Every zombie they finish off makes them all the powerful. In fact, the survivors get visibly tougher. And armed with whatever junk lying around—be it a rock or a squeaky toy hammer—they began taking down the zombies in the area.

—Gradually, things were settling down as my plan came to fruition.

Zombies began pouring into the stage, but rather of coming towards us, they were drawn to Nick who was nearby. The few that would break off from the mob and target us instead would be taken down by the ten soldiers of our army. Our unstoppable army from hell were able to easily take care of incoming enemies, even without me and my rifle. And since Kiryū and I had managed to avoid leveling up, we didn’t have to worry about stronger zombies popping up either. Our soldiers were now more than capable of taking care of mooks and leveling up.

Whew… looks like they’ll be okay even without supervision. Maybe I can let them level themselves up all on their own.

I let out a sigh of relief, glad that things have finally worked out—even if this peace of mind were only temporary. A super strong enemy might show up to put us in our place if we overdo it… but speak of the devil.

Oh, what’s this? The tank and minotaur are causing a bit of a traffic jam…

The path between us was too tight for them to cross. They’re not supposed to show up in the beginning area anyway, so it kinda makes sense. The tank tries to force its way through, firing its gun. But every time it does so, the backblast from its gun heavily damages the minotaur beside it.

… maybe we can ignore them for now. Once we get our unstoppable hellish army to max level, they’ll be able to kill ‘em in the blink of an eye. Not to mention, if Kiryū and I don’t level up too much, nothing stronger will appear either.

While I was thinking to myself, I turned over to Kiryū. He kept slamming into the wall such force… he’s already clipped halfway into it.

■Nick

The original protagonist of DMC3. Afflicted with a convenient bout of amnesia—typical of survival horror protagonists. In her high school years, Sera lived as Nick, completely and thoroughly clearing the game in all possible ways. She had even written down every minute detail of the game on her personal blog.

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Something to prove a point to my friend that doesn't watch one piece but likes doflamingo

Even in the midst of destruction and chaos of war, Doflamingo still laughs. Like many other characters he has a unique laugh, being "Fuffuffuffuffuffuffu", or in characterized English, "Heh heh heh heh". Doflamingo has immense arrogance, pride, and a carefree attitude. He seems to have a penchant for dramatic phrasing, as well as a habit of exaggerated posing when giving declarations. He fears few people, as he openly taunts Fleet Admiral Sengoku,[2] sits on the table during the Shichibukai meetings and shows only gleeful interest at the thought of warring with Whitebeard.[36] He does, however, dislike it when people take rumors and speak them as facts, and does not cave into such prejudice from such false rumors, as seen when he grew irritated when Jora stated the incorrect belief that Amber Lead Syndrome was contagious.[37] He also has an odd habit of sitting in strange positions, like on the back of chairs, on tables,[2] on barrels,[35]and even on a pile of bodies in the middle of a war zone[38] and on top of a wall.[39] He is also completely calm and cool-headed in most situations; even when Baby 5 attacked him with what would be lethal blows, he simply dodged away casually while continuing to have his conversation over the phone.[3] Doflamingo waking from his nightmare. Prior to the timeskip, Doflamingo has a complete and utter lack of fear and doubt, going as far as to rob the World Nobles of their tributes, so he could blackmail the government.[34] He is rarely seen with any expression other than amusement by any turn of events regardless of whom they affect. Only on rare occasions does he let go of his trademark smile, such as frowning in annoyance at being summoned to Mariejois, surprised when Laffitte arrived unannounced and unnoticed until he was made known,[2] and when Little Oars Jr. attempted to attack him directly. However, these moments were short-lived, as Doflamingo would usually just grin again.[40] The only genuine fear he showed then was reliving his childhood memories: due to being attacked by a mob at age 8 because of their hatred of Celestial Dragons, Doflamingo learned pain and hunger for the first time in his life. Such events have left him suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder even up to age 25, causing him to have nightmares of the torture, and wake up in fear and drenched in sweat, to cope with it he drank copious amounts of alcohol.[13] He is also shown to be deeply afraid of Kaido, one of the Yonko. If he could not create more SMILEs for his army of Zoan users, Kaido would kill him. Doflamingo shows seething rage. Two years after the Battle of Marineford, he would continue to maintain his confident smile while everything was under control. However, when Law defeated Vergo and threatened the SAD supply, and even mocked him for his lack of fear and doubt as signs of overconfidence, Doflamingo finally expressed true anger and worry.[41] When Law finally destroyed the SAD supply, captured Caesar, and used that to threaten Doflamingo into abdicating his position as a Shichibukai, Doflamingo finally lost his composure and showed utter panic and intense anger.[42] Doflamingo also showed signs of fear of someone's ability when Admiral Fujitora brought down a meteorite during the three way confrontation between, the admiral, Law and him. Upon finally losing control over Dressrosa, Doflamingo succumbed to fear, despair and fury.[43] Doflamingo became so frustrated by all this that he decided to just laugh everything off. While discussing with Law about how his father abandoned the status of Celestial Dragons and how he was setback from acquiring eternal life, Doflamingo became more and more frustrated as he relived the moments.[22][44] Furthermore, when Doflamingo becomes furious, the veins in his head begin to pop out.[42] Should he hold utter contempt for his victims, Doflamingo has a habit of shooting his victims with a gun, as shown with his father, brother and Law. “Weaklings can't pick their way of death.”— Doflamingo,[45] passed onto Trafalgar Law[46] Doflamingo seems to live by a "might is right" philosophy, believing that the strong are the ones who make the rules and will be the only ones capable of living in the "New Era". Due to his belief in this "New Era", Doflamingo seems to lose interest in other things easily, as seen with his leadership of the Bellamy Pirates[35] and the ownership of the Human Auctioning House.[36] He also threatened to quit the Shichibukai if the orders given by the World Government are not satisfactory to his likings or if they annoy him, and that he never really cared about the World Government from the beginning.[47] Though a firm believer of the "New Era" philosophy, Doflamingo, unlike his former subordinate Bellamy, himself seems to have an open opinion on dreams, though dreams themselves do not seem to interest him at all; despite his belief, he does not seem to oppose becoming the Pirate King.[48] Doflamingo likes to toy around with his opponents and victims in a sadistic and cruel way, as seen when he gleefully forced two Marines to try to kill each other,[2] and forcing Bellamy and Sarkies to fight each other and suffer injuries before dealing the final blow, all the while laughing at their pain. During the battle of Marineford, all of Doflamingo's confrontations had been for the sake of personal amusement, hinting at a sadistic side, such as when he is seen laughing joyfully after severing Oars Jr.'s leg.[40] His sadistic side is further shown as when he shot Law with lead bullets,[49][50] as a cruel reference to Law being sick from lead poisoning from when he was a child.[28] This puppeteering nature is implied by Law when he claimed that they will not act the way he expects them to.[41] Doflamingo also possesses an extremely bloodthirsty mentality as he brutally punished a gladiator for not shedding any blood for the spectators of his Colosseum fights and casually licked some of the blood from his gladiator victim off his own face. He also believes in the existence of an inherent cruelty in all human beings regardless of personality that is brought by the excitement of seeing blood and death.[51] He would go as far as committing patricide at the age of 10,[15] and fratricide at the age of 28,[14] both incidents stemming from his contempt for his victims' actions. Doflamingo has proven himself to be an underhanded businessman, as he has no intention of parting with certain goods despite placing them up for sell or prize, such as the Mera Mera no Mi and Goru Goru no Mi, and would be furious should these goods fall into outside hands. This suggests he places these events simply to earn all the profits, and then forcefully retrieve the item from the buyer/winner.[52][53] Doflamingo has immense pride in his flag, and he will let people sail under it, but has great expectations for them and will not hesitate to dispose of them should they fail him, viewing their lack of strength as tarnishing to his name. He does not have much respect for people he considers weak, and desires to only associate himself with the strong, being quick to cast aside the weak. Though he could not care less for weaker people, he does seem to have some interest in improving them if possible, as he will point out their flaws and occasionally give them second chances to please him. Despite his apathy for the weak, he often seems to make alliances with promising rookies. He adopted Trafalgar Law, Buffalo, and Baby 5 into his crew and apparently did it very early on their journeys, and treated Law and Baby 5 as though they were his younger siblings;[12] It is extremely difficult to join his crew, as most people, especially children, were chased off.[54] However, he does have an extremely strong sense of loyalty, duty, camaraderie and compassion to the subordinates who had been with him for a long time, as he expressed remorse when he had to discard Monet and Vergo,[55] felt disappointment when Law betrayed him,[42] and went out of his way to destroy eight towns simply to protect Baby 5 from her personality flaws.[12] This is also displayed by his anger when Trafalgar Law took his subordinate Jora hostage.[56] He is also much more lenient toward his crewmates' failures. Despite his loyalty, compassion, duty, camaraderie and devotion to his crew, he can still be annoyed by their antics; such as Trebol being too close while chatting with him, as evidenced by his irritated frown.[8]He cares enough for the officers of his crew that he protected Trebol from Trafalgar Law without a moment of hesitation.[22] Though his care for his new family seems genuine, he will not hesitate in sacrificing any of them when he sees it necessary, as he intended to force Rosinante to sacrifice his life to perform the Perennial Youth Operation for Doflamingo's immortality, a plan that he switched to Law when realizing that Law ate the Ope Ope no Mi intending to "educate" the boy into seeing the importance to die for him.[33] “Curse your "bloodlines" then...!! You people were born as lowly trash, destined to be controlled!! You humans and I are completely different!”— Doflamingo expressing his status as superior[57] When he was 8 years old, he had the spoiled and violent attitude typical of a Celestial Dragon, wanting slaves and expecting subservience from commoners. He also had a habit of ending his sentences with "eh" as a result of being around Celestial Dragons who spoke with this speech pattern, which eventually disappeared when he was brought out of that atmosphere and his ties and values from his former life were slowly broken. Even after his father took him away from such a life of luxury, Doflamingo clung onto his heritage, believing he still has the rights of his lost origins, complaining that he did not want to live inside a rundown shack despite being hunted,[13] and resents his father to this day for taking it all away from him. Doflamingo's arrogance stems from his heritage and he hypocritically states that what he despises the most is being looked down upon, while looking down on the world of commoners that he has been condemned to living in to this day. He believes that his suffering from his father's choice is greater than anything anyone else has suffered, deeming those instances as child's play comparing to his own miserable childhood.[22]Despite hating the Celestial Dragons for rejecting his return and swearing revenge on them, Doflamingo continues to believe to this day that he is nothing short of being their equal (if not superior), and that he has the blood of a god flowing through him, something he would flaunt at his opponents.[58] Believing his heritage to be the supporting pillar to his greatness, and that one's bloodline is the determining factor to superiority, Doflamingo held humanity with contempt, ceaselessly flaunted his title in front of Luffy, even in his final moments before Luffy defeats him, believing a mere commoner never had a chance to defeat him.[57] Born and raised in the comfort of Mariejois, an 8 year old Doflamingo was as oblivious of the outside world as the rest of his former compatriots, infuriated that commoners did not bow to him, unaware of their hatred for the World Nobles' abuse of their diplomatic immunity, and did not understand what genuine suffering was. As he suffered hunger, pain and persecution, however, Doflamingo's knowledge matured, allowing him to understand what true suffering humanity goes through first hand — though unlike his father and brother, Doflamingo in no way sympathized with the commoners' anguish nor feel any regret for them, and instead swore vengeance against all of them for daring to bring pain onto him, all the while his sadistic nature makes even more people suffer for many years to come:[13][59] he continued to have anyone who offended him in even the slightest manner utterly destroyed, having burned down an entire town for poor pavement;[24] he ran a slave shop and forced Dressrosa civilians and dwarves into slavery to insult how many slaves suffered at the hands of Celestial Dragons; he even mocked the commoners' sufferings in revenge, using the fact that one boy was killed by sixteen shots from a Celestial Dragon to be the homage of his attack against Luffy, referring the sixteen string bullets as "holy ammunition".[57] Instead of accepting how the World Nobles caused much suffering to humanity, Doflamingo cursed his father and brother for their kindness bringing them down to the mortal world,[22][33] and that they deserved to die to redeem themselves in his eyes.[60] Due to his matured outlook of life in the commoner's world, Doflamingo became very observant of the environment people grew up in,[61] as he officially adopted Law for seeing the boy's sufferings from the tragedy of the White City[13] while disliking prejudice based on inaccurate rumors (and did not cave in to such in regards to Law's illness),[37] and later rescued the sisters Monet and Sugar from the extremely unfortunate environment they grew up in.[61] In contrast, he saw the Bellamy Pirates as little more than rowdy ruffians unworthy of his positive attention, showing little to no respect for them.[35] Doflamingo refuses to die, swearing revenge against all commoners, horrifying both his family and the mob. Doflamingo has an unbreakable will to survive with pride, refusing to plea or die even when citizens tortured him in a failed attempt to break him, while swearing aloud to live through it to kill everyone in revenge; compared to how Homing and Rosinante were begging for mercy, Doflamingo's willpower utterly horrified his father, brother and the torturers alike.[59] Even when being hunted down by the Celestial Dragons, Doflamingo managed to escape them due to his will to live.[44]His strength to live on brought about a desire for immortality, which is the main reason he wants the Ope Ope no Mi. For this, he was prepared to force his brother, Rosinante, to eat it (unaware that Rosinante already possessed another power) and then order Rosinante to give up his life in exchange for giving Doflamingo eternal life, knowing that even though Rosinante is a traitor, he still could not reject his orders.[62] This setback from immortalizing himself angers Doflamingo whenever this failure is mentioned.[44][33] Doflamingo becoming fearful and shocked to learn Law bears the "D." in his name. As a former Celestial Dragon who remains fanatical with the associated privileges and history, Doflamingo has an innate fear for those who bear the middle initial "D." in their names, knowing that such people are the Celestial Dragon's natural enemies. Rosinante believed that this alone made Law in danger of being anywhere near his older brother, and that if Doflamingo should find out, he would kill Law.[13][59] Indeed, when Law reveals his hidden name, Doflamingo became shocked, and though dismissing the "D." being his natural enemy as an idiot superstition, he became reckless in battle, attacking Law furiously while leaving himself close to his attack range

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