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Great, more problems; problems in the form of a healing field that would probably make their lives a whole lot harder. Minato ignores Hitler's taunts; he was used to people trying to taunt him into making mistakes.

He was hotblooded, not naive.

He'd have to take out this newcomer to the fight as quickly as possible, and trust that everyone else had their jobs handled. And he thought he had just the right weapon for this job; one he'd considered using before, but never quite found the right time, the right opportunity.

Alter to 5. Use Chou Henshin to re-tendrilize your weapons. Summon Gae Bulg to disrupt any healing the field might give out to Cronus using the barbs that the weapon creates upon wounding an enemy. Blast the kusarigama away to make an opening using his stockpile, and then let Cronus impale himself upon Gae Bulg, stepping back and bracing yourself to avoid taking too much damage as the spear's effect takes hold. If he attempts to evade, reposition and force the spear into him anyway.
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"I'd be disappointed, but given we've yet to succeed even getting one person to join our cause and lend weapons to our fight, this seems to fit the trend all too well.

Have faith, all of you. We've made it out of dangerous situations before. Cautious optimism is the order of the day."

Anger. Anger was the primary emotion Minato Kumon was feeling at this moment.

This wasn't an unfamiliar emotion. This anger was the righteous type; not the self-loathing, shocked anger he felt at himself when he realised how Noriko felt, nor the minor irritation he usually felt at something going wrong, but the sort of righteous, driven rage he felt when he saw a bully tormenting others. He'd felt this many times before, against Aramitama, against humans. The same rage that drove him to throw thugs out of the window to protect the young underclassman who'd made the mistake of reading the wrong manga in the wrong place, drove him to protect others from Aramitama. That much, everyone knew. That much, he knew, and knew from experience.

With experience comes control. With control comes clarity.

Despite his anger, Minato reins himself in. His rage, focused steel-sharp, becomes a source of power for him, a wellspring of willpower, a lens for him to see clearer than before. He quickly looks around to see who needed his help, right then, right there, perception slowing time in his mind to a crawl.

Faith was coughing up blood, standing in the open, she was an easy target. Definitely a priority. This was obvious.

Noriko, fine for the moment (Minato wasn't making that mistake twice), and she could get herself out of danger if necessary. Not a priority, not right now. He'd get to her later.

Yuki, equally enraged. She was out of control; anger like this wasn't something she was accustomed to, let alone such anger in the middle of a fight. She was tough. Not a priority.

Not that she ever was; she was tougher than him, Minato figured. His toughness didn't come from just his armor, it came from undying, blazing willpower, forcing himself to get up, no matter how hard he was beaten. It was a Kumon family trait. His grandmother was equally hardcore, if not more.

Yoake and Shef were fine, doing their thing. Shef could use portals to escape, and they were right in Yoake's home turf. Neither of them needed his help. Not a priority.

Current priority: Get Faith out of danger, now. The best way to do it: Destroy Hitler and the other goon.

He had a plan. This was going to hurt. Minato grips the lever on his belt.

"Limiter Off."
Alter to 6, double-cast Dai-Henshin. Use 1 Resolve, activate Gate of the Grand Arsenal to rapidly restock. Thrust one weapon into the Vape Knight to finish him off, and use three to cover Faith by intercepting any projectiles incoming towards her. Use one to propel Minato towards Hitler, using the momentum to drive Durandal straight into his chest. Use the stockpile to cover avenues of escape, dedicating five weapons to countering his escape. Keep five close to Minato, rotating around him to ward off incoming attacks by means of explosion.
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Ai and Kiyo
Ai makes her way to the entrance of the hospital, leaving behind the gossiping soldiers- who she's now confidently sure aren't robots but probably some new recruits, given the Foundation's streched resources- to follow up the lead on the mystery boy or the homeless man.

As she exits the door, she spies a boy in a school uniform heading towards the hospital entrance, looking around, as if trying to look for something. His eyes fall on Ai as he looks back forward. You already know the expression his face changes to, you've seen it plenty of times; he's intimidated.

And then Kiyo shows up, chatting to you, as she catches up from behind. The kid slowly, but deliberately, starts backing away, visible to both of you. Do you give chase and stop him or let him leave?

Ragnar
Haru blinks, clearly trying to concentrate on what she could remember.
"I....I can't remember too much.....it was really late, a-and so it might have been a dream, or something. I-if you still want to know, it....I saw it yesterday night. I-it was in the corridor, outside, where you came from. I....I don't think I moved- I can't remember, like I said. I'm sorry I can't be more helpful, but I saw a giant snake.....thing, in here.

I told the nurses, but they wouldn't believe me. They said there's no way a Zoanthrope could e-ever fit in here....."

Ito
No traps, no triggers. You're able to easily open the hatch, even given its weight; a hatch designed to be opened by the average maintenance man isn't anything for a Makai Knight. You find a ladder of rusty iron bars leading down into a dimly lit chamber below, too dim to make out anything except the gentle flickering of a lightbulb.

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Maki, Haruko and Amelie
"Great. You two keep looking, meet up, tell us what you find later!"
Maki heads over to Naomi to lead her away from the investigation, leading her away from any suspicious activity the others might be participating in, as she heads into the hospital. As for you two, you feel as if someone is watching you-

Nope, someone is definitely watching you. You spy a pair of eyes, watching you from a bush near the edge of the car park. You don't remember when they got there, but their eyes are definitely on both of you.

This might be a time to look into it.

Sato and Agatha
Up to you two. And....now that you mention it, the hospital IS pretty fuzzy. I can't tell what's going on in it, almost like something's blocking our view. Though you already knew that. Think someone else already found out why?

Dangerous amounts of magic gathering behind Minato. Right on Faith's position. Not great. Right past his shields. That was the bad part. Minato could care less about Hitler rushing at him; that was just part of the job.

He needed to do several things; get Faith out of danger, stop Hitler's charge in his tracks and then ready him for his teammates. This was going to be rocky, shaky, and he was probably going to have to apologise about messing up Tsukasa's exoskeleton.

Plan developed.
"Faith, you're not going to like this. Yuki, catch!"
Minato suddenly throws Faith away from his tendrils towards Yuki, before blasting the five tendrils that used to hold Faith to boost himself towards Hitler. Use another five and the remains of Rho Aias to absorb the impact of the attack and drive Hitler into Yoake's path. Activate Gate of the Grand Arsenal to add more to the stockpile for later.
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"Stay close and keep your head down, Faith!"
Aside from the tendrils keeping Faith protected, drive half the remaining stockpile into the Neon Sun and detonate them all. Burn the 1, use the 3.
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Throw a hatchet at messenger A