Chapter 427: Vega's Dollhouse
Indeed, this city enforcer can spatial shift!
Whether in the game or the OVA animation, the true leader of Shadaloo had demonstrated the ability to move across space more than once, even taking others with him.
Cheng Tian's decision to personally oversee the laboratory was partly due to this consideration.
In the fighting game community, within the superpower system derived from high mental energy, skills like instant teleportation and spatial transfer always appear. This is true for Dhalsim in Street Fighter and Athena Asamiya in King of Fighters; it's not a particularly new move.
It's just that Cheng Tian didn't expect Vega's spatial transfer distance to be so far, at least beyond his scanning limit, meaning it was performed from a place outside the 2.5-kilometer radius… or perhaps Vega might have some kind of mental energy shield ability that blocks his Overlord scan.
But no matter what, the main character has appeared, which means the most difficult battle since entering the dungeon is about to begin.
"What truly pathetic dolls. I didn't expect you to be so useless."
Vega, looking down from above, first scanned the surroundings, then focused on the personal guard who had only partially awakened and was trying to escape their cage.
And upon seeing Vega appear, the now-conscious personal guard members not only did not show joy or immediately ask Vega to release them, but instead struggled to adopt a kneeling posture of submission, and one could even see their bodies trembling to varying degrees.
The Shadaloo personal guard, or rather, Vega's personal guard, should be fully named "Vega's Personal Guard Doll Unit / DOLL Unit."
Yes, that's right. Whether from their origin or their method of use, to Vega, the entire personal guard and its affiliated Doll Unit are literally just dolls for him to command at will.
Among the entire Doll Unit, the December personal guard members are the top-tier existence, but beneath them are also high-tier dolls, mid-tier dolls, and low-tier dolls. These three tiers of doll units are composed of a large number of Vega's defective clones and brainwashed female fighters.
Perhaps some might ask why Vega is so fixated on using female clones as his Doll Unit… one can only say it's a matter of convenience.
Vega cloned Cammy and other clones to create a perfect body for himself, and those failed products couldn't just be destroyed, so he simply turned them into a Doll Unit.
And once this unit was established, various unexpected benefits came pouring in.
Women with a certain level of combat ability and good physiques and appearances have too many gender advantages in executing missions and assassinations. When necessary, their bodies themselves can also become leverage to complete tasks.
It's also thanks to the existence of these beautiful Doll personal guard members that Balrog, who is obsessed with beauty, could barely endure being surrounded by the ugly Four Heavenly Kings… Among the large number of clones, only Cammy is the most perfect individual, with December Decapre being slightly inferior, but strictly speaking, the gap between December Decapre and high-tier dolls is not as large as imagined.
Don't look at how all the December members now have their own settings and names; in reality, they were merely the twelve most outstanding individuals selected from a large number of Doll Units through a rigorous elimination process. Even if they die, new dolls will be replaced at any time.
And dolls who fail their missions have no value in continuing to live.
Vega's mental energy erosion, used to control human brains, obviously cannot mask a living being's instinctive desire for survival.
"Hmph~ The marks are still there. Am I to assume that you don't even have the value to have your mental energy erosion marks erased by that person?"
After a brief scan, Vega confirmed that all the December members present still retained his marks, and the contempt and killing intent on his face were undisguised.
None of the personal guard dared to speak, only bowing their heads to express their loyalty, fearing that a single misspoken syllable would directly trigger a mental energy bomb.
For Vega, among the entire December unit, only Decapre had some value; the others could all be replaced.
Facing dolls that could be discarded and destroyed at will, Vega clearly had no patience to say more. Since they were all individuals who failed their mission, then replace them.
As Vega thought this, destructive mental energy, purplish-black and pulsating like flames, was already burning in his hands.
But at this very moment, the four personal guard members trembling under Vega's nose suddenly stopped shaking, and simultaneously, Vega discovered that all four mental energy erosion marks in his mind instantly vanished!
April, Satsuki, Juni, and Juli—the moment these four raised their heads, their fear of Vega had completely disappeared, replaced by an expression that was clear for a moment before falling into confusion.
Vega was very familiar with this; it was clearly the external manifestation of being subjected to a similar mental energy manipulation.
At this time, the metal cages opened on the spot, and the four people, as if they had rehearsed countless times, filed out, using the cages and walls to rebound and climb, all rushing towards Vega!
The "Mental Erosion" icon above their heads uniformly changed to "Overlord Enslavement."
"You're just a bunch of failed dolls; do you actually think you can shake my mind with them!?"
Vega's words were clearly directed across the air at Cheng, who was not present.
"How will you know it won't work if you don't try!?"
Whether manipulated to speak or acting on her own accord, Satsuki, who was at the forefront of the charge, hailed from a hidden ninja village, and was skilled in using twin blades, swung her Murasame and Rakshasa together towards Vega.
"Foolish!"
Vega, still maintaining his crossed-arms posture, merely shifted his body backward when facing the attack, easily dodging Satsuki's twin-blade slash. At the same time, powerful and evil mental energy enveloped her entire body, and he resumed his forward-charging motion.
He placed his hands above his head, turning his body into a streamlined, swimming-like posture, and began to spin at high speed like an intercontinental cruise missile, carrying terrifying power—
Psycho Crusher! (Electric Dragon Punch!)
Starting with his ultimate move, he clearly intended to kill all the useless dolls controlled by Cheng Tian with a single blow!
But at this very moment, Vega suddenly felt an indescribable discomfort for an instant. When he regained his senses, a blue orb appeared out of nowhere between his hands and Satsuki's impending contact point.
The blue orb, touched by Vega's hand, shattered with a sound, instantly exploding, and an indescribable sensation of shock immediately spread throughout his body.
And what startled Vega most was that his mental energy, which had been active, suddenly turned into stagnant water!
A DEBUFF named "Silence" appeared prominently on Vega's status panel!
Vega, whose skill was forcibly interrupted, was sent flying and also plummeted downwards due to his mental energy being unable to function.
And on the ground, an orange-gold figure was waiting there, clenching a fist—
Ora!