The trigger clicked.
Then—
BOOOOOM—!!!
White and black lightning tore through the night.
The fused M1887 screamed as the Voidfang-infused blast erupted forward, ripping the air apart like glass. The recoil dug Nobita's boots into the concrete, cracks spider-webbing beneath his feet.
The shot hit.
Dead center.
The Mega Fly's chest imploded.
A shockwave rolled outward, smashing windows across nearby buildings, rocking the helicopters violently. The creature let out a sound that wasn't a scream—more like the tearing of metal under unbearable pressure.
For a split second—
Silence.
Smoke swallowed everything.
Gian leaned out of the helicopter, eyes wide. "…Did he—did he just—"
Chris stared at the sensors. "Direct hit. Massive energy spike."
Shizuka clutched the doorframe. "Nobita…?"
The smoke began to move.
Not drift.
Move.
A wet, churning sound echoed from within.
Then—
A laugh.
Low.
Broken.
Twisted.
"Heh… hehehe… HAHAHAHA—!"
The smoke burst apart.
The Mega Fly was still standing.
Its chest—gone, reduced to a hollow crater.
But inside—
Flesh pulsed.
Bones grew, knitting together in real time, spiraling outward like living scaffolding. Black chitin spread over newly formed muscle. Veins glowed a sickly red, pumping faster and faster.
Leon's jaw tightened. "…It regenerated."
Helena whispered, "No… it adapted."
The hole sealed shut.
Then the body expanded.
The Mega Fly's torso stretched grotesquely, limbs elongating, joints snapping and reforming. Its wings tore apart and reassembled, now larger, thicker—lined with jagged, blade-like edges.
Compound eyes multiplied, spreading across its head, neck, shoulders—each one rolling independently until all of them focused again on Nobita.
Only him.
Simmons' voice layered over itself, deeper now.
"Good… GOOD…!"
Nobita lowered the smoking shotgun slowly.
His system screamed.
WARNING: TARGET EVOLVING
THREAT LEVEL — CATASTROPHIC
"…So that's how it is," Nobita murmured.
The helicopters shook as the Mega Fly stepped forward.
One step.
The rooftop collapsed inward beneath its weight.
Chris shouted into the comm, "All units—pull back! Nobita, disengage!"
Nobita didn't answer.
Instead—
He smiled.
Not confident.
Not cocky.
Focused.
"…I was hoping you'd survive that."
Shizuka's breath caught. "What…?"
The Mega Fly lunged.
The world blurred.
Nobita dodged sideways as a massive claw slammed down where he'd been standing, concrete exploding upward like shrapnel. He rolled, boots skidding near the edge of the roof.
Before he could recover—
A wing swept toward him.
Too fast.
"NOBITA—!!"
A blue blur slammed into him.
Doraemon tackled Nobita out of the way as the wing sliced through the air, clipping the rooftop behind them and shearing it clean off.
They crashed hard.
Doraemon groaned. "Oof… that was close…"
Nobita stared at him. "…Why did you come back?"
Doraemon pushed himself up, eyes sharp.
"Because this isn't a solo mission anymore."
More footsteps landed behind them.
Gian jumped down from the helicopter, cracking his knuckles. "Like hell we're letting you do this alone."
Suneo followed, swallowing hard but standing his ground. "Y-Yeah! Heroes don't abandon their main character, right?"
Dekisugi adjusted his broken glasses, device glowing in his hand. "Its regeneration rate increased after the void impact. It's learning."
Leon chambered a round, stepping forward. "Then we stop it from learning."
Helena nodded. "Together."
Chris's boots hit the rooftop last.
He looked at Nobita—really looked.
"…You holding up, kid?"
Nobita met his gaze. "…I won't fall."
The Mega Fly screeched, enraged.
Its abdomen split open.
Something dropped out.
A mass of writhing flesh hit the roof—then stood up.
Another.
Then another.
Smaller fly-like creatures, half-formed, twitching and screaming as they stabilized.
Shizuka gasped. "…It's spawning."
Simmons' laughter boomed.
"Protect him all you want. This world ends with me."
The swarm charged.
"Formation!" Chris barked.
Leon and Helena opened fire, precision shots tearing through the smaller mutants. Gian grabbed a fallen steel beam and swung it like a bat, crushing two creatures in one hit.
Suneo fired support shots, yelling, "WHY ARE THEY SO FAST—?!"
Doraemon pulled out a gadget. "Ultra-Adhesive Foam!"
He slammed it down, blue foam exploding outward and hardening instantly, trapping several creatures mid-leap.
Dekisugi shouted, "Nobita! The core—its regeneration still centers around the upper thorax!"
Nobita nodded.
His eyes narrowed.
Time slowed.
He sprinted forward, weaving through gunfire and debris, sliding under a snapping jaw, vaulting over a collapsing beam.
The Mega Fly turned—
Too late.
Nobita leapt.
Mid-air, he holstered the ruined shotgun and drew Voidfang fully.
The blade hummed, lightning dancing violently along its edge.
"COMMANDER TOUCH."
Invisible force gripped the Mega Fly's head—just enough.
Nobita brought Voidfang down.
CLANG—!
Sparks exploded as the blade bit into chitin, carving a deep gash across the creature's face. Several compound eyes burst at once, spraying dark fluid.
The Mega Fly shrieked in pure rage.
It slammed Nobita into the roof with its forearm.
Hard.
The concrete cratered.
Shizuka screamed his name.
Nobita coughed, blood on his lip—but his grip didn't loosen.
He pushed himself up slowly.
"…Still standing," he muttered.
The Mega Fly reared back, wings spreading wide, energy building in its core.
Dekisugi's device screamed. "It's charging something—!"
Chris shouted, "Everyone—MOVE!"
The sky darkened.
Wind roared inward toward the monster.
Nobita looked up—
And for the first time—
He felt it.
Not fear.
Pressure.
The kind that bends fate itself.
Voidfang pulsed violently, almost warning him.
The Mega Fly's voice echoed, warped beyond human.
"You cannot erase me."
Nobita tightened his grip.
"…Then I'll carve you down piece by piece."
Lightning cracked across the sky.
The Mega Fly unleashed its attack—
And the rooftop vanished in blinding light.
The light faded.
The rooftop was almost gone.
What remained was a fractured slab of concrete barely holding together, chunks missing, edges glowing red-hot from the Mega Fly's attack. Wind screamed through the open sky as debris rained down into the city below.
Nobita skidded across the ground and slammed shoulder-first into a broken antenna.
He grunted. "…That was close."
Across the roof, the Mega Fly hovered, wings beating slowly now—confident. Its massive body cast a shadow over everyone. Beneath its chitin, veins pulsed brighter, faster.
Chris coughed, pulling himself up. "Status check—everyone alive?"
"I'm good!" Gian shouted, though his arm was bleeding.
Suneo swallowed. "A-alive. Terrified. But alive."
Leon reloaded calmly. "Still breathing."
Shizuka rushed to Nobita's side. "Don't move—are you hurt?"
Nobita shook his head, eyes never leaving the monster. "…Not yet."
The Mega Fly shifted.
As it moved, its joints bent—
And something caught the light.
Small.
Round.
Yellow.
Blister-like sacs bulged at the joints of its limbs—elbows, wing roots, abdomen connections. They pulsed faintly, softer than the surrounding armor.
Dekisugi froze.
"…Wait."
He raised his magnifying glass device, lenses spinning, analysis flooding his screen.
His breath hitched.
"That's it," he said sharply. "Those yellow blisters—those are structural weak points. Regeneration nodes."
Chris snapped, "Say that again but louder."
Dekisugi turned, voice rising.
"The Mega Fly's joints have regeneration blisters! They're softer—feeding energy to the rest of the body!"
Leon narrowed his eyes. "So we shoot those."
"Exactly—NOW!" Dekisugi shouted.
"OPEN FIRE!" Chris ordered.
Gunfire erupted.
Leon and Helena fired controlled bursts. Bullets struck the yellow blisters—
SPLAT—!
Dark fluid burst out.
The Mega Fly shrieked in pain, jerking violently. One wing faltered, dipping dangerously.
Gian roared, lifting his Ultra-Reinforced Air Blaster.
"EAT THIS!"
BOOOOOOM—!!
Compressed air slammed into a damaged joint, tearing a chunk of chitin clean off. The creature staggered mid-air.
Suneo activated his Arc Pulse Emitter, electricity ripping across the surface.
"Targeting yellow spots—!"
Blue arcs crawled over the blisters, making them hiss and rupture.
For a moment—
It worked.
The Mega Fly screamed, wings flailing erratically, altitude dropping.
Shizuka whispered, "…We're hurting it."
Nobita nodded. "Keep going."
Then—
The blisters changed.
The yellow sacs darkened, skin hardening rapidly, crystallizing into a tougher, amber-like shell.
Bullets ricocheted.
Electricity dispersed.
Gian cursed. "HEY—THEY'RE NOT POPPING ANYMORE!"
Dekisugi's screen flashed red. "…It adapted again."
The Mega Fly stabilized.
And laughed.
"You learn fast," Simmons' voice echoed. "But not fast enough."
The creature's abdomen split open.
Thick, sinewy tentacles burst out, whipping across the rooftop.
One stabbed downward—
Piercing a fallen zombie corpse near the edge.
Another grabbed a second.
Then a third.
Shizuka gasped. "It's—!"
"Feeding," Dekisugi said, horrified.
The tentacles pulled the zombies up, forcing them into the creature's body. Wet, grinding sounds followed.
The Mega Fly's wounds sealed instantly.
Armor thickened.
Muscles swelled.
Its presence grew heavier—denser.
Chris clenched his teeth. "It's using biomass to reinforce regeneration."
Leon swore under his breath. "We're running out of time."
Nobita stared at the tentacles.
At the feeding.
At the lightning faintly crawling along Voidfang in his hand.
Then—
His eyes sharpened.
"…Dekisugi," he said calmly.
Dekisugi looked up. "Yes?"
"If it eats something," Nobita continued, "does it fully absorb it?"
Dekisugi blinked. "…Yes. Completely. Why?"
Nobita rolled his shoulder, stepping forward.
"…Then let's give it something it can't digest."
Shizuka turned sharply. "Nobita—what are you thinking?"
He didn't answer her.
Instead, he watched as another tentacle wrapped around a crawling zombie, lifting it toward the Mega Fly's mouth.
Nobita exhaled slowly.
Time seemed to narrow.
"…Cover me," he said.
Chris immediately shouted, "All units—suppressing fire!"
Gunfire resumed, drawing the Mega Fly's attention just enough.
Nobita sprinted.
He ran straight toward the feeding tentacle.
"Nobita—!" Shizuka cried.
The zombie thrashed weakly mid-air, half-dead already.
Nobita leapt.
Mid-jump—
He threw Voidfang.
The blade spun end over end, wrapped in white-and-black lightning, and—
THUD.
It impaled the zombie clean through the chest.
The Mega Fly didn't stop.
The tentacle pulled the corpse—and Voidfang—straight into its body.
For half a second—
Nothing happened.
Simmons laughed.
"You think that toy—"
Nobita landed and extended his hand.
White and black lightning erupted from his palm, forming thin, thread-like strands stretching into the Mega Fly's body.
The connection locked.
Everyone froze.
"…What is that?" Leon muttered.
Nobita's fingers curled slowly.
His voice was quiet.
Steady.
"…Lock."
The lightning threads tightened.
Voidfang pulsed violently inside the creature.
Nobita's fist clenched.
"…And clench."
The world exploded.
BOOOOOOOOOOM—!!!
White-and-black lightning detonated from inside the Mega Fly, ripping outward through its joints.
The hardened yellow blisters shattered, blown apart from internal pressure. Energy tore through the regeneration nodes, frying them simultaneously.
The Mega Fly screamed in absolute agony.
Its wings spasmed.
Its body convulsed mid-air.
Chunks of armor blasted off, raining down like meteors.
Chris shouted, "NOW! HIT THE JOINTS—ALL OF THEM!"
Gian didn't hesitate.
"ULTRA REINFORCED—MAX OUTPUT!"
BOOOOOOM—!!
A massive air blast slammed into the exposed joint, snapping one wing clean off.
Suneo fired his Arc Pulse Emitter at full charge.
"ARC PULSE—OVERLOAD!"
Electricity surged through the open wounds, frying internal tissue.
Leon and Helena emptied magazines into the broken joints with surgical precision.
Shizuka raised her barrier cloth, projecting it forward to shield the team from falling debris.
"Keep firing!"
The Mega Fly plummeted, crashing hard onto what remained of the rooftop.
Concrete shattered.
The creature writhed, wings torn, tentacles spasming uselessly.
Its compound eyes flickered wildly.
Simmons' voice broke—angry now.
"No—NO—!"
Nobita stepped forward, lightning still crawling along his arm.
Voidfang burst back out of the creature's body, flying into his hand.
He caught it.
Firm.
Calm.
"…You're not finished," Nobita said. "But you're not invincible either."
The Mega Fly twitched.
Then—
Its body began to sink inward, flesh folding unnaturally, as if preparing for something else.
Something worse.
Dekisugi's device screamed warnings.
"…Energy levels spiking again," he said. "This isn't its final state."
Chris stared at the monster. "…Then this was just the first half."
The Mega Fly lifted its head slowly.
Broken.
Burning.
Still smiling.
"Very good," Simmons whispered. "Now… let me show you what comes after."
The sky darkened.
And the rooftop began to crack once more.
The rooftop shook violently.
Cracks spider-webbed outward beneath everyone's feet as the Mega Fly dragged its broken body upright again. Wings twitched—half torn, half reforming—compound eyes flickering between rage and calculation.
It wasn't dead.
Not even close.
Chris's voice exploded through the comms.
"Pilots—bring the bird around! Turret team, you have a clear shot—LIGHT IT UP!"
The BSAA helicopter swung wide, stabilizers screaming as it hovered dangerously close to the collapsing building.
A soldier grabbed the mounted machine-gun turret, eyes locked on the target.
"Target acquired!"
The gun roared.
BRRRRRRRRRT—!!!
Tracer rounds tore through the night, slamming into the Mega Fly's upper body. Chitin shattered, ichor sprayed, chunks of armor ripped away under sustained fire.
The creature shrieked, wings flailing wildly.
Simmons snarled,
"INSOLENT—!"
A massive tentacle lashed upward—
And wrapped around Nobita.
"NOBITA!" Shizuka screamed.
The force yanked him clean off the rooftop.
The world dropped away beneath him.
Wind howled.
The city spun.
For a split second, Nobita was weightless—dangling hundreds of meters above the ground, the Mega Fly dragging him higher into the air like a trophy.
Chris shouted, "GUNNER—WATCH THE ANGLE!"
"I can't—he's too close!"
Nobita felt pressure crush his ribs.
Pain flared.
But his eyes stayed calm.
The system ignited.
COMMANDER TOUCH — EVOLUTION DETECTED
NEW SKILL AVAILABLE
ACCEPT?
"…Yeah," Nobita whispered. "I accept."
The tentacle tightened—
And then—
Nobita punched the air.
Not the monster.
Not the tentacle.
The air itself.
The moment his fist connected, the sky screamed.
Space warped.
Atmospheric pressure collapsed inward, compressing violently around his knuckles.
The system finalized the name in blazing white text:
☄ COMMANDER TOUCH: METEOR COMMAND: SKYFALL KNUCKLE ☄
The compressed air detonated forward like a falling star.
A column of force ripped through the clouds, dragging fire, wind, and pressure with it—an invisible meteor born from pure command.
It struck the Mega Fly's head.
Dead center.
KRRRRAAAASH—!!!
The impact was catastrophic.
The creature's compound eyes shattered all at once, exploding outward like glass under a hammer. Its head armor imploded, collapsing inward as the shockwave tore straight through its core.
Simmons screamed—raw, furious, inhuman.
"NO—!"
The tentacle holding Nobita went slack.
The Mega Fly lost control.
Its body spiraled—
Then fell.
Straight down.
The monster smashed through the side of the building below, disappearing into smoke, fire, and collapsing concrete.
The entire structure groaned in protest.
Silence followed.
Wind rushed past Nobita as gravity reclaimed him.
He didn't flail.
Didn't panic.
He turned his body mid-air, lightning flickering faintly around his limbs.
Shizuka watched, hands clasped over her mouth.
"…Please…"
Nobita descended like a falling star.
Then—
BOOOOM—!
He landed.
Kneeling.
One fist pressed into the rooftop.
The impact sent a shockwave across the surface, caving the roof inward, concrete collapsing around him in a controlled crater.
Dust exploded upward.
When it cleared—
Nobita stood.
Uninjured.
Breathing steady.
Lightning fading slowly from his body.
Chris exhaled hard over the comms. "…He stuck the landing."
Gian let out a shaky laugh. "Bro just punched the SKY."
Suneo stared in disbelief. "That… that wasn't even a weapon…"
Dekisugi adjusted his glasses, hands trembling.
"He didn't strike the target. He commanded physics."
Shizuka ran to him, grabbing his arm. "Nobita—are you okay?!"
He nodded. "…I'm fine."
He looked toward the shattered side of the building below.
Smoke poured out endlessly.
No movement.
No sound.
Leon stepped beside him, gun still raised.
"…So. Is it dead?"
Nobita didn't answer immediately.
The system remained silent.
No confirmation.
No kill notice.
Just one line, dim and unsettling:
THREAT STATUS: UNCONFIRMED
Nobita clenched his fist.
"…Not yet," he said quietly.
Far below—
Something moved in the smoke.
And the night held its breath once more.