"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Inside the experimental chamber.
One by one, the props were shattered!
They were getting closer and closer to the exit!
Various alarms and alerts sounded one after another.
"Unauthorized personnel detected in C11 corridor, please activate defense mechanisms, security apes."
"Warning: Defense system in C11 corridor suspected to be malfunctioning, please investigate immediately, technical apes."
This scene,
Made Rappa recall the final day she left the Ninja Capital!
On that day,
The streets of the Ninja Capital were bathed in an ominous green moonlight.
Inside Osaru's house, shattered glass containers oozed foul-smelling mucus, and strange howls echoed endlessly.
Carrying the Dazzling Colored Ink Ningu bestowed by the master, she darted through the relentless acid rain, slicing through the filthy air, heading straight for the core of Osaru's house.
Soon.
The evil ninjas discovered her.
They spoke incomprehensible words and pounced from all directions.
"The test subject is rebelling!"
"Damn it, you've ruined the expensive equipment!"
"Who poured this cursed virus into her brain!"
And she,
Used the terrain to shake off the evil ninjas' encirclement.
Broke through the traps set by the evil ninjas.
Finally,
Stood at the pinnacle of the Ninja Capital!
The formation of Osaru's house crumbled like snowflakes, and she finally pushed open the gates of the Ninja Capital.
The light outside,
Was blinding.
And,
The seemingly infinite space made one want to retreat.
At that time,
She glanced back and silently made a decision.
"The Great Lan above! A ninja has no path of return!"
Next...
Just as Rappa continued to reminisce.
A voice interrupted her.
"Folks, check out this mission description!"
"Chilling to the core!"
It was the voice of streamer Little Gui.
She opened the mission interface.
There was a line of text.
[Soon, everyone here will turn into evil apes battling the rangers, a fate sealed the moment they stepped into the Source Jungle. You know his ninja way has ended, but you never exposed the lie he told you. And you will live with this lie, then hunt, hunt until the end of the ninja way.]
[Your ninja title is real, your ninja way is real, the path beneath your feet is real. So, charge forward.]
"So it means..."
"Rappa already knew everything about the research institute!"
"These researchers were implanted with a Memetic Virus long ago, and they would lose all reason and wisdom at a certain moment! Turning into mere combatant evil apes...?"
"And now, the fall of the laboratory signifies that moment has come."
The live chat exploded!
...
"Dr. Primitive is truly ruthless!"
"Oh my god..."
"This is too harsh, isn't it?"
"In Dr. Primitive's eyes, whether it's the test subjects or these research apes, they're probably all the same."
"Is this the perspective of a genius?"
"Alright, alright..."
"You followed Dr. Primitive, and this is the fate you deserve!"
"I wonder if the research apes who see this scene will still loyally build laboratories and continue conducting various regressive experiments for Dr. Primitive..."
...
The door opened.
A strong white light flooded the entire screen.
Only Rappa's heavy and tense breathing could be heard.
After a moment,
she calmed down.
She sighed, "So this is what the air outside the Ninja Capital smells like."
At that moment,
the voice of the female Ninja Hero who had appeared earlier rang out: "—Hey, little girl, are you okay?"
"First time meeting. Who might you be?"
"Galaxy Ranger, I received a distress signal. Ninja Hero slang, it's Dr. Primitive's territory after all, as hard to find as Ninja Hero slang bananas hidden in the woods."
At this moment,
little Rappa stood on the alloy floor.
Her white lab coat was already tattered.
She still wore a metal tech collar around her neck.
She looked utterly disheveled.
Only her gaze remained resolute.
...
"Huh? This scene is completely different from the previous one!"
"Holy crap!"
"Except for the paint on her face, nothing else is similar!"
"Oh my god! So that was already foreshadowing back then."
"Earlier was Rappa's perspective, but now it's the real perspective."
"Rappa must have been wearing this lab outfit all along; the ninja attire was just imagined."
"Wuwu, my little Rappa... so small and already subjected to all kinds of inhumane experiments..."
"Now that she's escaped, everything will be alright!"
...
"Ninja Hero? It seems my trial has come to an end."
"Trial? What Ninja Hero slang... another poor kid driven mad by monkeys, Ninja Hero slang."
At this moment,
the screen kept flashing back.
The screen reassembled between shattering and being whole!
The real Rappa and the Dazzling Ninja from her memories alternated repeatedly!
Rappa's eyes flickered like a short-circuiting lightbulb.
All of this,
together created a sense of urgency teetering between semi-collapse and collapse!
Rappa asked, "The ultimate trial under the apocalypse... breaking the formation of Osaru's house, eradicating the calamity that shrouds this land..."
"Tell me... have I earned the title of Ninja Hero?"
The Galaxy Ranger was stunned.
"Ninja Hero slang No way... no wonder all these Ninja Hero slang in the lab are dead on the ground."
"Did you do all this alone?"
...
"Earlier, the Technique point jars that Rappa smashed in the hallway were probably actually the researchers."
"Well done!"
"Those damn bastards, they deserve to be sent straight to hell!"
"Galaxy Rangers and their unique way of cursing."
"Do all you rangers have built-in bleeps when you talk?"
"Looking at it this way, Rappa is quite civilized among the Galaxy Rangers."
"Sorry, the scene is serious, but the constant censoring is making me laugh [facepalm]"
...
The scene gradually stabilized.
"Ten years of ascetic practice, and finally, a name is sealed..."
"I have not failed the Dazzling Ninjutsu... Master Kucha, I truly wish you could witness this moment..."
Meanwhile, her Galaxy Ranger sister beside her was completely losing her composure!
"Ninja Hero slang I finally get it, this girl is infected with a Memetic Entity. Damn, if it were an ordinary person, they'd have Ninja Hero slang turned into Ninja Hero slang by now, yet she's still bouncing around?"
"Listen, girl! You're in serious danger. If you don't get treatment soon, your brain's gonna explode."
However.
Rappa spoke up, "Wait! Since I am now a Ninja Hero capable of standing against evil ninjas..."
"May I lend you a hand...?"
"Ninja Hero slang, are you out of your mind? You're risking your life!"
"Dead people can't seek revenge. Want to walk the Path of The Hunt? Girl, that's a one-way road!" "By the Great Lan. Eradicate all evil, never stop until death, even if the arrow is on the string, never to return..."
"...one must remain unwavering, destroy evil and reveal justice."
Rappa's tone grew firmer.
The light in her eyes grew brighter!
The two scenes merged into one amidst the splashes of paint!
The Dazzling Ninja Hero, Rappa,
At this moment,
Found her own Path!
"One who upholds the way of the ninja is a Ninja Hero. I..."
"Have made my decision."
...
"Cool!"
"But she had no place to return to... Only by walking the Path of The Hunt could she fulfill her ninja way!"
"She's back, our Dazzling Ninja Hero is back!"
"Born of Erudition, walking The Hunt."
"By the Great Lan, now I understand the true weight of these words!"
"Now I see why Rappa is a Galaxy Ranger yet follows the Path of Erudition."
"Life should be like an arrow leaving the string, the body may decay, but the will remains unbroken!"
"The arrow is on the string, golden eyes ablaze, the Emperor's Bow never looks back!"
"Go tell Dr. Primitive, the vengeance of The Hunt is coming!"