The video started on with an aerial view of the area where they started the mission, it had bold letters on the image superposed that read [The Fight for the Truth], and below those letters a smaller ones in italics that read [Directed by The Theater Master], [Sound by The Theater Master], [Image by Aqua].

 

"Here we have a brave group of fighters that will attempt to liberate valuable information from the grasp of the greedy dragon." The voice of Aqua sounded as the image zoomed into the building that Alexa had walked into.

 

"First we shall see who our brave warriors are," The video panned away from the building and focused first on the black-masked minions, "Even while weaker and less powerful, the brave warriors still strive forward."

 

At that the minions around raised their drinks and cheered, the video slowly panned away and focused to the white masks next.

 

"Among these brave warriors, we have those that step above and beyond. The ones that spearhead the operation." Aqua's recording said next, first focusing on some white masks that Ale hadn't met before.

 

So she mostly ignored them, the image focused on some other minions, the minions around her cheered with each mention. Ale noticed how besides the image they had their Minion name written around.

 

"Oh, that's me!" [Fan Girl] said, making Ale focus on the image next, and sure enough, there was the image of [Fan Girl] standing alone without anyone near her.

 

"And next here we have our brave fairy of the winds, the brave Sylphid minion dancing around the winds and helping those that require aid from afar," Sylph did a small twirl and shot straight up into the skies.

 

Soon enough, her image wasn't visible anymore.

 

"A loyal guardian to protect her friends from the skies as an overwatch," The voice of Aqua said, "And now that we talk about protectors this is our new behemoth."

 

The image panned away from the group of minions into the farther reaches of their allotted area, there stood a big humanoid form made up of rocks, concrete, steel pillars and other alloys.

 

"The Gentle Titan, Golem." The voice of Aqua continued on as the image of [Golem] moved on, the vehicles and buildings shook as he moved, "While gentle, his mission is first and so, he will release the wrath of a thousand for justice."

 

The video showed him raising his fist and letting it crash down upon some random vehicle on the street, it slowly raised his fist and behind only remained a crushed vehicle. Ale for some reason felt as if the vehicle should explode or something, but alas. Nothing happened, that was bad cinematic effects, it would look more cool if they exploded.

 

“[Notice, there aren’t enough components on the estimated blueprint to achieve an explosive reaction from the reaction, only volatile component within the blueprint that could achieve such a reaction is the fuel, and even that would require an enclosed area to achieve a boiling point before such an explosive reaction can be achieved.]”

 

"And since [Golem] squished the vehicle into a tortilla, that can't be achieved," "Even so, a boom would be cool! We need to convince [Meat Shield] about adding boom to his attacks!"

 

Ale didn't think there would be a day where she would share opinion with Alexa, which meant that this train of thought wasn't the correct one.

 

"Rude!"

 

"You can almost feel his sadness as the gentle giant is forced to go against his creed, all in an attempt to bring peace to this world…all to strive to fight against the calamity dragon's scheme." Aqua said on the video, making some minions giggle and turn to look to Ale's group.

 

"So…you cried huh," [Fan Girl] joined he whispers turning to look towards [Golem].

 

"The mission required me to destroy some public properties and act as a mindless machine of destruction; I was not aware they would try to get this approach," [Golem] said shaking his head, "Had I known this, I would have added a water pump to make fake tears or something to that effect."

 

"...You are not fun," [Fan Girl] said turning to Ale, "He isn't fun right?"

 

"Not fun," Ale said nodding her head, not sure why, but the social aspect seemed to indicate her to nod, and sure enough [Fan Girl] smiled and gave her a small hug.

 

"Not fun! Not fun!"

 

Even if that, one again, meant going into accord with what Alexa wanted, such a weird feeling.

 

"And while all of this happened, even the little ones walked forward to help us advance the path of justice!" The image shifted towards Ale leaving the bank with the data she had been asked to collect.

 

And then to the point where she found V-8.

 

Would they show…

 

"And when those that claim to be the side of justice, those that claim to be the helpers of those in need come to brandish their power for the wrong reasons…" The video paused one frame each time, showing how V-8 was kicking minions into the walls. "When all seemed lost…she stood forward, as what a true Hero of justice would and should do, not the fake Heroes that prance around the streets and seek fame and money."

 

The video then slowed down to a crawl, it was as if it only showed certain frames, it was as if she was seeing V-8 slowly teleport towards her, the slide-show stopped when V-8 was standing right in front of her.

 

"When all was lost…she stood forward and showed us the hope of true justice standing against impossible odds, for…it is not every day that we see a clear example of David vs Goliath." Then the next image on the slide-show was shown, there stood Ale with her leg raised on the air and a single drop of blood falling from there.

 

Had she been hurt? Well, obviously she had been hurt, it hurt like hell actually. But she didn't remember bleeding.

 

"And after standing against impossible odds, after being hurt. She didn't complain, here we can see her inmediately reporting her job and accepting a new task. Even though her leg was hurt." The image showed her speaking with the high-ranking minion from the theater crew, "Never did she asked for healing or for medical care, instead she endured it…We have reports of her Core Power, and while it isn't something that should be shared for the sake of being transparent we will."

 

"Rhapsody? You were hurt? Why didn't you report it?" [Fan Girl] said turning to her, and while Ale couldn't see the older girl's face, she knew that she was giving her the stinky eye.

 

"Ale is in trouble! Mean girl is in trouble!" "Just tell her the truth, it shouldn't be an issue."

 

"I hurt my leg with the movement burst, but it was healed by the moment my feet touched the floor again," Ale said with a shrug, "I didn't know that I had bleeding, Main Core may have slacked off there,"

 

“[Negative, there was no leakage of blood. The Theater Master's Crew may have edited the images to increase the appeal of host fighting impossible odds and achieving victory.]"

 

"Main Core thinks they edited it to make it more dramatic," Ale said reporting the findings of Main Core.

 

"It is possible, but that is a dangerous thing to do. Perhaps they can get away since you were actually hurt, so it lands on the gray area. If someone ask you don't elaborate on the fact that you had healed yourself." [Golem] said from the side while turning his stare towards the theater guy who was now sitting beside [Vulcanus].

 

"That young heroine in the making is known as Rhapsody. She always fought for the sake of her fellow minions. She has fought against injustice before even. And many of you know of her even." Aqua's voice sounded as a small screen manifested on the side, a video that Ale had seen before. Her fight against [Chrysalis], "She is the minion who was brutalized before. We have evidence, and her Core Power is that of a shapeshifter; we suspect that is how she managed to survive, since the previous appearance was not the real one."

 

At that, some of the minions turned to stare at her.

 

"That motherfu-" [Fan Girl] cursed under her breath.

 

"Do you want us to raise a complaint? It is usually frowned upon for someone to expose your Core powers like this," [Golem] said from the side, it was obvious that he also didn't like the fact that Ale's power was exposed like that.

 

Even if his own power was obvious for everyone who saw it.

 

"I don't mind it," Ale said with a shrug, "Even if people know I can shapeshift, they will not be able to do anything worth with that information."

 

And most important of all, that wasn't her real power, so really, it was a moot point at this point.

 

"And when the fight turned on, when our brave warriors thought nothing could stand in the face of justice...darkness befell upon them," The video shifted away and focused on the middle of a street farther away, where a man suddenly got enshrouded in darkness as people turned to look on their direction, the camera focused on several types of reactions.

 

First was the people that stood there staring as if they didn't know how to react, Ale graded those as easy meals, if just a little of surprise was all it took, she could probably eat a few of them before they understood what was happening.

 

The second group was that of people who straight-up screamed and ran away as far as possible; Ale graded those as smart. She would probably need to go for the runners first, lest they invite danger back to her if she ever went on a rampage.

 

The third group, however, was one that Ale didn't understand what they attempted to do.

 

"It's futile," [Fan Girl] said from the side, "As soon as [The Scrambler] picked him, he was dead."

 

"Even so, the effort they made is commendable." [Golem] said from the side.

 

"Can it be stopped? Whatever that is." Ale asked as the video showed people attempting to remove the shadows that covered the man that was the focus of the video. Some tried to pull at the darkness away from the man while he seemed to to the same, others threw water at him as if the darkness was a fire.

 

That, while granted, the black smoke that came from him seemed to imply it was indeed something akin to fire, at least visually. And at the very end one of the ones around pulled out a [Gun] and started discharging it at the man on the center of that.

 

It didn't work, and soon enough they got proof of that.

 

"Darkness descended upon this good city, as [The Scrambler] started his march of madness." The video showed how as if their strings had been cut all the people around the man clad in darkness started falling to the ground, the darkness coalesced into a black robe, and soon Ale could see once more the man who she had seen fighting against the theater guy.

 

What came next was an odd silence as everyone around stood quiet as the image showed the scrambled guy walking across the city, people falling to the ground everywhere he went. And that was where Ale noted something...odd.

 

People before falling opened their mouths and then fell; it was at that point that she voiced her doubts, "It's muted? Why don't they show the audio?" Ale asked.

 

"Because of the Cognito hazard, some people are more susceptible to it than others and we don't know the exact means or Core Power that [The Scrambler] uses to affect others." [Fan Girl] said while she held her right hand using the left, it seemed as if she was holding herself down.

 

"It was thanks to the brave fairy who stood her ground even against the terror that we managed to even evacuate as many people as we did, and the sacrifices of those that stayed behind to make sure the people managed to escape are not to be taken lightly." Aqua said on the video as the image changed to minions helping the civilians run away, each minion stood roughly 10 meters away from each other as if making a line.

 

All guiding people away from the place that the scrambled guy walked, Ale noticed how the video seemed to shake now and then, "It's okay Sylph. He can't get you here," [Golem] said suddenly.

 

That made Ale turn to look to the side and there [Fan Girl]'s shoulders seemed to tremble here and there, up and down, she couldn't hear anything, but she knew the mask had a system that isolated the sounds that one made, so perhaps [Fan Girl] had used them?

 

"[Fan Girl] is acting weird, is she malfunctioning?" "Hmm....Ale, try to hug her."

 

Ale wasn't that sure about why Alexandra was asking her that, but nonetheless, Ale did as instructed. [Fan Girl] seemed to be surprised by this, but an incoming call came into her interface, one that Main Core accepted since it had come from [Fan Girl].

 

"....*sniff*....thank you." The trembling voice of [Fan Girl] said as the other girl hugged her back.

 

Ale wasn't sure what she was being thanked for, but stayed as such for now. Instead she focused her attention back to the video at the front, there the image showed something that was...worrying.

 

She could see from the airview where the scrambled guy was walking to, and if she was reading the city's layout right. The scrambled guy was walking straight to her.

 

"It was thanks to an informant that our great warrior of justice noticed the approach and route of the darkness, and thanks to the fairy's eye on the sky. We confirmed it, so as loyal followers of justice, Our protagonist went ahead to fight for all that is right in this world," Aqua's voice said as the video shifted to the image of the theater guy, the production value of that scene obviously more detailed with better quality and more effects.

 

The video then showed the theater guy listening in to a call to his cellphone, and immediately afterward, he started running; it was weird seeing him on the screen since, unlike how Ale viewed him on the image, he wasn't glitching in an out as multiple images of himself screamed on wanted to fight to stand at the barefront.

 

"So he ran, and when running wasn't enough, he jumped, he used flight, and even risked his welfare by attempting pseudo teleportation. Even though none of those are his powers to begin with," Aqua's voice explained as the theater guy suddenly jumped and ran across the walls of nearby buildings, and in some instances, he even seemed to walk on the air.

 

The video showed him rushing and and finally arriving in front of the scrambled guy, they semed to speak for a few seconds as both stood in front of the other, and while that was interesting, it didn't last.

 

After a few seconds of staring, both started fighting it out.

 

That was interesting, since when Ale arrived they had been mostly talking, the image weirdly enough cropped out the building in which Ale had seen this and instead seemed to focus more on the other side of the street.

 

The fight...wasn't that interesting to be honest, the theather guy seemed to fight by summoning weird things to throw at the scrambled guy, from anvils to pianos and occasionally one car or two, on the other hand. The scrambled guy seemed to throw weird eldritch creatures made of the dark substance that his robe was made out.

 

"And amidst all of this, a new hero even was born," Aqua's voice said as the image of Alexanders showed up on screen, pizza included. "And so, our adventure comes near a close..."

 

Ale couldn't wait for this to finish, she wanted to eat already....The food was getting cold, and [Fan Girl] was not calming down either.