"ORAA!!"
Gian roared, slamming his massive fist into the three-headed monster's skull, twisting its entire body 180 degrees.
But the monster didn't back down. It immediately countered, swinging the head-shaped arms to bash Gian right in the face.
"Damn it!"
Gian roared again, rapidly striking back with a flurry of palm attacks to the monster's chest and head, forcing it to stagger backward.
But the beast retaliated, using its grotesque head-hands to bite down on Gian's arms.
"Aaaghhh!!"
Gian screamed in pain, and in the next moment, the three-headed creature kicked him hard, sending him crashing to the ground.
The other giant Gian copies were also struggling. Despite their immense size, they were being overwhelmed by the kilometer-class monsters, their counterattacks barely effective.
"Shizuka! Hurry!"
Dorami, seeing Gian in trouble, called out urgently.
"Got it!"
Shizuka flew higher into the sky. Once she reached a good vantage point, she pulled out a pink camera, aimed it at Gian, and clicked the shutter.
At that exact moment, just as Gian was being dragged and pounded by the three-headed beast, his expression suddenly shifted. A fierce fighting spirit exploded from him as he grabbed the monster's leg.
In a flash, he twisted around and threw the monster in a brutal over-the-shoulder slam, crashing it into the ground.
Then, he leapt into the air and landed full force on the monster's torso, unleashing a relentless flurry of palm strikes that sent tremors through the entire battlefield. The earth split open with each blow, cracks spidering out in every direction.
And he wasn't alone.
The other giant Gian copies, previously at a disadvantage, suddenly turned the tables and began crushing the kilometer-class monsters in an overwhelming counteroffensive. The scene was nothing short of apocalyptic.
"This is the power of the Victory Camera! No matter how bad things get, with this, you're guaranteed to turn the tide!"
Dorami shouted excitedly.
The clash between Gian and the massive monsters caused tremors akin to magnitude 8 or 9 earthquakes. The earth split, caved in, and collapsed.
"Hey, Gian! Can you go a little easier?!"
Suneo struggled to keep his robot upright, doing everything he could to stop it from tipping over.
BOOM! BOOM!
Suddenly, two of the giant Gian copybots exploded, sending metal fragments flying in all directions.
"Eh?!"
The others cried out in surprise.
"AAAAHHH!!"
A new nightmare emerged.
A kilometer-long creature that looked like a catfish, but with countless centipede legs and bloated with grotesque pustules. Each time it moved, the boils burst, releasing a vile liquid that made nearby monsters collapse in agony, as if poisoned.
What's worse, no matter how many pustules burst, they regenerated instantly.
The catfish monster also exhaled toxic purple gas. Even monsters hundreds of meters tall collapsed in pain after inhaling it.
Even robots weren't safe—it could melt their components.
"Gian, get away! That thing's toxic!"
Dorami shouted frantically.
Gian, having witnessed the fate of the other bots, immediately turned and ran.
"Dorami, what do we do now?!"
Shizuka blasted the monster with the Heat Ray Gun, but it barely left a mark.
"Let me think… That thing's covered in poison. We can't touch it casually."
Dorami frowned, deep in thought.
Glug glug glug...
The catfish monster emitted strange laughter, as if mocking the helpless humans.
"Wait... is it sentient? Does it have feelings?"
Dorami's eyes widened. Most monsters until now had been mindless, which was why the Momotaro Rice Balls hadn't worked.
"Then let's try this!"
She pulled out a piece of chocolate.
"Friendship Chocolate! If two people each eat half, they become best friends! Let's boost it with Power-Up Spray!"
As she spoke, she sprayed the chocolate, enhancing its effect.
She ate half herself, then soared toward the monster. Stopping just short of the toxic gas cloud, she hurled the other half at the beast.
"Enlarging Light!"
As the chocolate flew, she used the Enlarging Light to make it massive—so big it wedged right into the monster's mouth!
"NGGGHH!"
The catfish monster gagged, trying to spit it out.
"Take this!"
Gian hurled a several-hundred-meter-long dinosaur at it, ramming the dino straight into the chocolate and forcing it down the monster's throat.
GULP.
The monster had no choice but to swallow.
Its once-ferocious eyes turned suddenly docile.
GURUGURU~!!
It let out an oddly adorable whimper, its entire demeanor changed, and looked at Dorami with hopeful puppy eyes.
"Nice! It worked!"
Dorami shouted in delight.
"Now! Attack the other monsters! Don't hurt humans!"
Dorami commanded.
"Uuuhhh…"
The massive catfish nodded like a loyal dog, the visual contrast nearly absurd.
It immediately unleashed its toxic gas on other monsters and started crashing into the big ones, wiping them out in droves.
The other monsters, seeing its betrayal, turned to attack it.
But touching the catfish monster only poisoned them.
"No wonder Dorami's the best!"
Suneo cheered.
"But Dorami, the Blood Pool is still producing monsters! What do we do?!"
Shizuka looked on in worry. Though the flow seemed to be slowing, monsters were still emerging.
"Well… I do have one idea. I don't know if it'll work…"
She reached into her pouch and pulled out a massive bomb—far bigger than herself.
It was the Earth Destruction Bomb. One detonation could blast the planet apart.
"WHAT?! The Earth Destruction Bomb?!"
Shizuka turned pale.
"Don't worry, I'm not planning to blow up Earth. I want to load this onto a miniature submarine, dive into the Blood Pool, and detonate it from the inside. Even if it can't stop the pool, it might wipe out the monsters inside!"
(End of Chapter)
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