BlazBlue:Trigger Shift Kagatsuchi's Side

Kagatsuchi's side

The 13th hierarchial city of Kagutsuchi.

The city had just entered a new year, the year 2200, but the atmosphere was far from that of a New Year's Eve.

Last night, New Year's Eve, the Kagutsuchi branch of the NOL, which overlooked the city at the center of Kagutsuchi, was bombed in a terrorist incident.

The culprit is Ragna the Bloodedge, a wanted criminal who has destroyed various branches of the Librarium before and is therefore also known as the "Grim Reaper".

There have been several eyewitness reports of Ragna the Bloodedge on the day of the bombing:

"Ragna the Bloodedge was discussing the bombing with a little girl from the Kaka Clan." "I saw a large circle of magic in the sky, must've been the works of that Ragna the Fooledge!" "It has been said that the same explosives used in terrorist attacks were used in our city." "The Grim Reaper's goal is world domination!"

The misinformation led to the confusion of the people and the confusion of people led to further misinformation.

This is also the case in Orient Town, a downtown area that has suffered severe second-hand damage from the terrorist bombing. The fear of Ragna, the Grim Reaper, who went missing immediately after the incident, and the lack of clarity about the extent of the damage even after a night has passed, has only caused the people to grow more anxious.

"Okay, you’re good to go."

In a small hospital in the chaotic corner of Orient Town, a female doctor named Litchi Faye-Ling is having a very eventful and dizzying start to the year, 2200. The terrorist attacks had caused buildings to collapse everywhere, making for numerous injured people who were brought to Litchi.

The hospital has already run out of supplies and now they are having to deal with the situation by having their neighbors bring in their own medicine or borrowing products from nearby drugstores.

"Here are the medicines for your pain. Try not to walk around too much for at least for four or five days and stay at rest."

Litchi then gave a soft smile to the male patient. For the patients who come to Litchi's hospital, her smile is the best medicine.

Her body is incredibly well-built for a doctor and her black hair is shiny even when it is tied up. There are so many fascinating things about her, but most of all, her smile, which embraces everyone, cheers up everyone who sees her.

As soon as the doctor finished the treatment, a shadow quickly slipped in from the corner of the examining room.

He was a man dressed in a ninja costume, an old tradition of the now defunct Ikagura Federation, he wanted to pick up the male patient. The man in the ninja outfit lowered his back and carried the male patient gently on his back.

"Then, Miss Litchi, I will carry this man home!"

"Please, take care."

There was so much wreckage outside to the point that it was too dangerous to use wheelchairs. Therefore, the patients who could not walk properly were carried home on their backs by this Ninja.

"Leave it to me! We'll bring you back as fast as the wind!!!"

"I don't care how fast the wind is, just be safe."

"Yes, Miss Litchi. If you excuse me!"

The man in the ninja outfit was full of energy and vigor as he ran out of the hospital with her patient on his back.

She looked around the hospital and saw that there were more men dressed in ninja outfits moving about, carrying injured people and luggage.

These are the ninja's of Ikagura.

By chance, they are now helping Litchi and rescuing people all around the town.

"Puh... I'm exhausted as expected."

The number of seriously injured patients had already reached its peak and the atmosphere in the hospital had become somewhat calmer. Litchi sighed involuntarily and turned her head around in a circle as she put away her medical records.

The transportation of the injured began just before dawn. Ever since then, Litchi had been working without eating or drinking anything. She was confident in her stamina, but it was too much for her.

(A bombing incident...? I don't think I can put what happened yesterday in such simple terms.)

Last day of the year 2199.

There was so much going on yesterday yet most of the inhabitants of the Kagatsuchi were unaware of it. Litchi didn't know the whole story and only caught a small glimpse of it.

(But even with all that, I can't help but think.)

She wondered if the bombings were just the beginning, the trigger that would cause a chain of more terrible events.

(I feel that something very... big is about to happen.)

(...And I might find myself in the middle of that chaos.)

This is because an old acquaintance of her may have been involved in some part of this incident.

"Dr. Litchi, I've got a bunch of medicine and bandages to share!"

A girl's voice interrupted Litchi, who had been lost in her thoughts.

Litchi looked up. Linhua, who was working as her assistant, was coming back from a small errand, carrying a bag as big as her petite body. With a heavy thud, Linhua placed the bag she had brought in front of a shelf in the examining room.

"Thank you, Linhua, that's very kind of you. I'll come and pay you back when I've recovered myself enough."

As Litchi walked over to the luggage that Linhua had brought with her, another crate full of luggage was placed next to it in a row. The contents were heavy bottles and boxes of medicines, including disinfectants.

It was a girl with a bizarre appearance that brought her here. She seemed to be a little older than Linhua in height and build, but her face was dark as if she was wearing a shadow-colored mask and her facial features were difficult to discern. But despite her odd looks, she has a terribly charming smile, two big triangular ears popping out of her head and a long tail peering from her back.

She is a girl from the Kaka Clan, a peculiar tribe that lives in the lower levels of Kagutsuchi, called Taokaka.

"It was so heavy~. Boobylady, Tao is so very hungry~."

The momentum of putting down her luggage caused her to crumple to the floor, then Taokaka started begging for sympathy in a pitying voice.

Litchi couldn't help but gush. No matter what the situation, Tao is always like a relaxed cat.

"Very well, you have helped me a lot, Tao. Linhua, I'm sorry, but could you please get Tao something to eat?"

"Puh... Okay, but I'll make something for you too, so make sure you eat it."

"Huh? But we still have patients to..."

"Litchi! The patients are important, but if their doctor would collapse, there's nothing we can do for them, and I will take care of you while you eat!"

After saying that she would not accept any objections, Linhua disappeared into the kitchen. Litchi looked at Taokaka, who was lying on the floor singing "Rice nya~, rice nya~", then shrugged and letting out a chuckle.

(Sorry to put you all through so much trouble, but Linhua is right.)

"Well, I guess I will have to see as many of you as I can while they're preparing the meal. Evening talent, can you help me just a bit?"

It was when Litchi opened the door to the waiting room to call for a patient.

"Doctor, we have trouble!"

Litchi heard a loud voice coming from the hospital's entrance. Litchi jumped out of her skin. Patients and people who were passing were gathered outside the door, and a familiar man was sat helplessly in the center of the circle.

His body is muscular like suit of armor, and he wears Ikaruga's ninja attire.

On his back, he carried a huge nail, and on his forehead, he had a deep scar carved in the shape of a cross.

The ninja of Ikaruga, Bang Shishigami.

"Nya! Scruffy guy is all filthy and ragged!"

Taokaka jumped in front of Litchi and rolled her eyes, her ears and tail twitching.

The ninjas who had been helping in the hospital followed suit, when they saw Bang unconscious, they cried out in misery.

"Boss! Boss, stay with us, boss!!"

"We swore an oath… an oath to rebuild Ikaruga, we swore!"

"Boss... You cannot dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

"Now stop with yelling! He's still breathing, so calm down."

After cutting through the screaming ninjas, Litchi kneeled in front of Bang and lightly pat him on the back.

"Mr. Bang, Mr. Bang. Can you hear me?"

Bang, leaning with his back against the hospital wall, is completely wounded, which was not the case when Litchi met him yesterday afternoon. He was in no condition to move on his own or to even be conscious that is.

Despite this, the Bang's eyelids began to twitch at the sound of Litchi's voice, allowing him to open his eyes.

"Li... Litchi, Miss Litchi...?"

"Good, you are still conscious. You will be fine so come with us inside and get treated right away."

"Oh, my God, Miss Litchi is right in front of me... I can't believe this is, is this paradise or... is this the gateway to heaven?"

"Huh? Now, get a hold of yourself! This is no paradise or heaven, we are in Orient Town!"

For a moment, Litchi forgot that he was an injured man and hit Bang's forehead with the palm of her hand. It wasn't a particularly hard hit, but it was enough to knock Bang out again.

"If you're that energetic, then you're going to be just fine. I'll have you patched up in no time. Bring him inside."

At the sound of Litchi's command, the ninjas brought Bang's body into the examining room with great precision.

While he was brought inside, Litchi suddenly stopped and called out to the passing people surrounding her.

"So, who carried that man here? I would like to know how it happened..."

"No, uh, it wasn’t us."

The surrounding man looked at each other as though they were troubled.

"Well, a giant stranger brought him here, but he disappeared right away. He was a very big man with red skin."

"...a giant man with red skin?"

Litchi's face changed that moment. There's only one person she could think of when she heard that.

(No way...)

Realizing who that person was, Litchi looked around, but there was no trace of them. In the middle of that, Linhua called her from the hospital, so Litchi flipped her long sleeves and straps of her clothes and hurried back to the examination room.

A huge figure watched from the shadows a short distance away as the commotion in front of Litch Faye Ling's hospital temporarily ceased.

His huge, inhuman build alongside his unusual red skin with his overall stern appearance is like that of a "demon". TR0009 Tager, a cyborg belonging to Sector Seven, a group of individuals who oppose NOL. Because of his appearance, he is commonly referred to as the Red Devil.

Bang Shishigami has been brought to the clinic.

He then turned on his heel quietly, despite his huge size.

"Man, that guy's tough."

It was a surprise to him that he could regain his consciousness so quickly in that state. He thought that Bang was in a life-or-death situation for some time.

Just then, a small electronic sound reached his ear. Tager halted at that sound and put his hand to his ear. A transmission.

"Tager."

The voice he heard was that of Professor Kokonoe, a scientist who belongs to Sector Seven like Tager and is actually Tager's superior.

The communication system built into his ear conveyed Kokonoe's sharp, cold voice mixed with an electronic buzz.

"Hakumen's retrieval is completed, return ASAP."

"What about the... that person?"

"Him? ...Oh."

Him--a certain scientist who was seen in the lower city of Kagutsuchi, the shape of what remained of him at least.

Perhaps he recalled the man who had once been his colleague.

What is he thinking?

Tager silently waited for Kokonoe's words, which were hushed over the communicator. Eventually, Kokonoe tells him calmly.

"Come back quick."

If that was Kokonoe's decision, Tager would simply follow it.

"Copy that. Returning to base."

The communication got cut. Tager looked back at the hospital in Litchi one last time, then shook his huge body and headed for Kokonoe's laboratory.

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