On seeing this, Gendo had frowned. "Seal bulkheads leading to Terminal Dogma. Release the bakelite."
"But..." Hyuuga was very reluctant to do this. "But there are still soldiers there. OUR soldiers."
"Do it," ordered Gendo. "Then get Shinji into Unit 1."
"Are you sure about this, Ikari?" asked Fuyutsuki.
Gendo kept his voice raised for the benefit of all concerned. "Look at that one. Obviously contaminated by an Angel. We can't afford to risk any more contact with them. If they get past the bakelite, Unit 1 may be the only way to stop them."
The Wizard looked over the setup and, quite frankly, was impressed.
His assistant had gone bonkers, to be sure, but was definitely showing that genius at magical manipulations that had been the reason to take the former boy as an assistant. The Alchemic Engine, Replicating Pods, Scan Tubes - all were put together so well as to cross the border from functional bits of magitech to an artform.
The choices of realities to steal from and obtain originals - also well thought out. Many magical or scientifically inclined girls had been duplicated, with the 2nds - those copies loyal to Ecchi - further building on or refining the process.
He wasn't particularly into manga, or even SF, except as sources for his own transformations. Therefore he was a little put out by some of the choices, such as Chiyo-chan from Azumanga Daioh. Even the artificially aged versions seemed a bit childish in some ways.
Well, he was going to have to revert to old ways, wasn't he? Had to put a stop to this before it became problematic.
A gesture at a few bubbling beakers, and the glass shattered to allow the contents to slither out and gather together. He hadn't done this in ages, but maybe it was time to start going back to the old ways.
The black sludge formed a vaguely human shape standing seven feet in height. The only detail that wasn't constantly flowing and being reabsorbed by its body were the two black eyes surrounded by a fitful white glow.
"Infiltrate. Destroy the counters of those sarcophogi and the molds they've made of the originals. Then sneak off to another part of the complex and go on a rampage," said the Wizard. "Go."
The form flowed snake-like into the television picture, which the Wizard then cut off. He'd view again later, when the results were in. Keeping it open just increased the chances he'd be detected and this would be a battle between two wizards. Not that he thought he might lose, just that he didn't want to spend more time and resources putting this little rebellion down than was necessary.
Ryoga yelped as blasts of darkness knocked him down again, and he fell.
Evangeline looked down at the smouldering body of the naked boy and sniffed. "No endurance. Well, I need a snack after all that. Hope you don't mind, boyo."
Ryoga, being unconscious, offered no resistance as sharp white teeth penetrated his flesh.
Ecchi looked over her board and was pleased. Ten copies of each had resulted in a mold being formed, and several realities were ready to have their representitives returned to them. Already the Azumanga and Ai Yori Aoshi girls had been returned. The Negima ones were on their way.
Molds were now being used for the girls of Azumanga Daioh, Ai Yori Aoshi, Negima. This last despite somehow missing Asuna and Evangeline in the mix. The Final Fantasy worlds of X/X-2, VII, V, III, VIII, XI, and XII were all either ready or would be ready with a few more copies. Hit-and-run tactics had served her admirably on the worlds of Evangelion, Ranma 1/2, VanDread, and Love Hina. One of the Sailor Moon worlds had proven relatively quick and easy to overwhelm simply by waiting for the characters to go to sleep naturally, and then use similar tactics for a blitzkrieg assault on a Tenchi Muyo world. Motoko Kusanagi had been added before she could even determine there was a threat. From Jade Empire, she'd added Scholar Zing and Radiant Jen. Fighting games had also provided access to other worlds, adding characters from Dead Or Alive, Street Fighter, KOF, Tenken, Darkstalkers, Soul Caliber, Dynasty Warriors, Mortal Kombat, and other less well known groups. Whether it was Reith, Rothy, Rehath, and Carian from a Magna Carta world or Ginrei from Giant Robo - all could be ambushed from an unexpected direction and added. Whether human like the girls of Burst Angel and Girls Bravo, artificial like the girls of DearS and Hand Maid May, powerful bloodlines like the Tenjo Tenge or Maburaho, or even magically adept like those of Slayers - if there was a weak spot or ambushable state - it could be found and exploited.
Ecchi looked over the sarcophogi and the vats, her legions having expanded the process to almost a hundred such units now. So nice to have good help, even if you had to make them yourself. They should be bringing a second hundred online soon, they already had the originals prepped.
The girls of UFO Princess Valkyrie had proven some minor trouble, but that many nekomimi maids had to be useful. Likewise Hanaukyo Maid Team provided a few choice individuals. Maids were usually popular.
A DC Universe and a Marvel Universe had provided their own share of geniuses both magical and scientific, and the capture of individuals aboard a Star Trek space station had provided some exotic beauties of a more sci-fi nature. A Stargate universe had provided its own contribution to the cause, as had a James Bond-iverse. A pocket multiverse of Kingdom Hearts had provided much grist for the mill.
There were a lot of worlds where she could raid, but currently had to wait for processing capabilities to catch up with what she had now. Even with the compressed time she had here within her pocket universe, where a day would pass for every hour outside it, she was running out of time.
Ecchi was obsessed, a bit loopy, constantly distracted by this typical SRU body, but she wasn't an idiot. Sooner or later there were forces that would array against her and destroy her if she didn't succeed.
Unfortunately, one of the only ways to break the spell that had converted him into a her was the death of the original caster. The other typical methods, like a kiss from one's True Love, just weren't even THAT likely.
What she didn't realize was:
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