Balibago, Angeles City - 10/18/2022, Philippines, 20:50, UTC+8 Noel had a copy of Sophist's gravity powers and Qingshe's shadows - Multiple copies gained from observing multiple uses, actually. And so, as the moon rose high in the sky, the boy took a step and every combatant, whether rage-addled mobster or infected zombie, within sight suddenly found themselves floating six feet upwards into the air, while a half-dozen zombies were plunged into a living shadow that began to pump information into Noel's head about what
anomaly was happening.
It was clear that he, for now, didn't need Qingshe - What he needed was to restore the situation with decisive force with the tools at hand. Looking at Myron, he said to the Intelligence Officer, "You were right. If we don't squash this soon, we'll lose the trust of our people - Tell Rear Admiral Absolo we'll follow his orders for Mandatory Leave... Once we clear the obstacles preventing us from
enjoying our rest."
Noel had fought in the coup that had brought the Government of National Salvation and its civilian allies into power, and before that, against Moro Rebels in Mindanao. He was no stranger to his country's internal conflicts. He looked at the road labels; he was at Aniceta Gueco Street, close to Muraya Ramen House. With no hesitation, he marched there, throwing a few more zombies and mobsters (just a pair of each) into his copy of Qingshe's Shadow; was it some sort of pocket dimension? It mattered not; he was not panicking this time.
"What next?" Myron asked, and Noel pointed northwards, where another infection point had been reported.
As they moved forward, with Noel using more copies of Sophist's gravity control to restrain looters, mobsters, and infected, the young man messaged Callie, saying, "Special Operative Lidmann! Orders are to contain every rioter and infected - Use your portal to put them away!"
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Amadeo pointed his gun at Jason, any civilians were behind the counter with him, but he was confident enough in his aim to only hit the enemy Arms Master even behind the counter, and so technically,
technically, he could make the shot. But instead, he chose to talk, "I have aerokinesis precise enough to rip off your breath from your lungs. Do not test me."
He was lying. Can Jason detect that? But what Amadeo will not lie about was, "You've already killed civilians; by the laws of war, you would be designated a terrorist and war criminal and deprived of the Geneva Convention's protections because of that and your presumed lack of official military status. Do not make your situation any worse; if you surrender now, arrangements can be made in exchange for the survival of the remanining civilians; even more for curing the infection you caused..."
Amadeo knew this second lie would not work. But he needed time, time for reinforcements to arrive. But how to draw them towards this spot? Wait, military officers had flares, and he was one - Perfect.
With his other hand, he pulled out a flare gun and fired, all the while leaving himself vulnerable for a split-second; enough time for Jason to call his bluff.
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Henri Jamessen would see the flare from several meters away; the truck carrying him could probably get there in thirty seconds, twenty if they didn't care about accidentally trampling people. Now, it was his decision not just whether to go there or not, but at what pace, and what would they do if they got to wherever the flare came from?
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Sister Marta would also see the flare; she had ended up in a location slightly farther from the area than Henri, and on the other side of the neighborhood too. That meant more infected to knock unconcious, more rioters to do the same, and the occassional scared child to heal and otherwise tell to go to a safe place. Either way, it would take her a full two minutes to get to Amadeo's location on foot, unless she ignored everyone else while running.
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"Your orders?" Cornelio Malong said as Noel made his way northward, beads of sweat on his face as he strained to continue controlling his copies of Qingshe's shadows, "I was going to ask you to fight the Zombies, but it seems like Task Force Obsidian is counterattacking already; playing it smart. So instead..."
He spotted a Drone/UAV that was taking a video of the entire scene, and said to Cristina, "That drone isn't one of ours' - Bring it down. We cannot let the enemy know their attempt at destruction was so successful."
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