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Chapter 3 - EPISODE 3: “Shockwave Syndrome”

🎵 [Scene 1 – Tokyo Music Hall, 10:00 AM]

Flashing screens. Posters. An energetic pop theme plays. A young girl runs up to a giant display:

POSTER:

🟣 RIKO HANABUSA: FINAL SHOW — ONE NIGHT ONLY.

🎬 [Scene 2 – Backstage Dressing Room]

Riko leans against the mirror, stretching her legs. Neon lights reflect her star-studded combat boots. Her assistant, Chiyo, reads from a data tablet.

CHIYO:

"VANQUISH agents traced your location last night."

STARWAVE:

"Let them. I've been dodging 'em since my debut."

CHIYO (quietly):

"This show… it feels like goodbye."

STARWAVE:

"It is. Time for Tokyo to hear me roar."

🎥 [Scene 3 – Meanwhile: Rooftop Surveillance]

ONMYO FLARE watches the venue through a telescope of paper talismans. KURO ŌKAMI sits beside him, chewing a protein bar.

KURO ŌKAMI:

"You really think they'll attack during her concert?"

ONMYO FLARE:

"They don't care about crowds. They want Alterborn exposure erased. She's high-profile… and dangerous."

A long pause.

KURO ŌKAMI (smirking):

"She's gonna love this."

🌌 [Scene 4 – Concert Begins.]

The lights dim. Screams erupt from thousands of fans. Starwave rises on a center lift, hands glowing with soft pulses of kinetic light.

🎶 STARWAVE (singing):

"Break the silence, break the chain... Tokyo, scream my name!" 🎶

Her movement is flawless—every twirl releases tiny sonic bursts that ripple through the stage lights. She ends the first chorus with a radiant high-kick.

FANS:

"RI-KO! RI-KO!"

⚠️ [Scene 5 – Infiltration Begins.]

Security cameras black out one by one. A silent figure enters the stadium's lower catwalks—long coat, glowing rifle strapped to his back.

Target ID: Riko Hanabusa. Threat Level: Sonic Tier. Order: Kill.

NAME:YUGEN REIJI / "GLITCHHOUND"

Affiliation:VANQUISH Division Δ / Ex-idol security

💥 [Scene 6 – MID-CONCERT ATTACK]

During a high-energy number, an energy sniper shot tears through the stage, exploding the light rig. Screams erupt. Fans scatter. Smoke floods the stadium.

STARWAVE (panting):

"Not today."

She leaps down mid-song, delivers a Sound Kick Barrage to a collapsing tower, redirecting debris away from the crowd. Her kicks echo like thunderclaps.

GLITCHHOUND (from catwalk):

"You were supposed to be perfect. Instead, you chose rebellion."

STARWAVE (furious):

"Yugen…? You worked my security. You watched me rise."

GLITCHHOUND:

"And now I'll watch you fall."

⚔️ [Scene 7 – Arena Battle: Starwave vs. Glitchhound]

Starwave rushes up the debris mountain, every step releasing shockwaves to destabilize Glitchhound's perch.

He fires disruption bullets, scrambling her frequency patterns and silencing her leg bursts temporarily.

She spins low, dodging, then fakes a side-kick and follows with a reverse echo slam, launching him from the catwalk.

But he vanishes—glitches back behind her and stabs a frequency dampener into her shoulder. Her left leg flickers with static.

GLITCHHOUND (whispers):

"Goodbye, idol."

🌀 [Scene 8 – Team Arrival]

Just before he pulls the trigger—

SLICE!

A talisman blade knocks the gun away. Onmyo Flare and Kuro Ōkami land beside Riko. Scarlet Onna's threads wrap around the dampener, ripping it out.

ONMYO FLARE:

"You really tried to cancel her on her own show?"

KURO ŌKAMI:

"Let's give him an encore."

🎤 [Scene 9 – Final Team Battle]

Scarlet Onna anchors Glitchhound's limbs with Sacred Weave Bindings

Kuro Ōkami blitzes forward with a moonlight-charged Double Claw Dash

Onmyo Flare drops a Fire Seal beneath Glitchhound's boots, detonating upward

Starwave, panting, rises. Her leg stabilizes. The crowd watches from safety screens.

STARWAVE:

"You want the final number, Yugen?"

She jumps sky-high. Spins midair. Her boots light up with full kinetic charge.

STARWAVE:

"SHOCKSONG: CRESCENDO BLITZ!!"

She delivers a diving overhead double-kick that slams Glitchhound into the stage, shattering it into waves of amplified sound and purple lightning.

🎤 [Scene 10 – Spotlight Returns]

Smoke fades. Riko stands alone, backlit by the shattered stage lights. Her fans, watching from screens outside, begin to cheer again.

FANS (chanting):

"STARWAVE! STARWAVE!"

STARWAVE (breathing heavily):

"...Tokyo's not done singing yet."

☁️ [Scene 11 – Rooftop. After Show.]

The team watches as the lights fade.

KURO ŌKAMI:

"He was fast. Vanquish is adapting."

SCARLET ONNA:

"So must we."

ONMYO FLARE:

"And if they're bringing in old friends to do their work…"

STARWAVE (quietly):

"Then I'll sing louder. For the ones who can't anymore."

🕳️ [Final Shot – Back in a secret Vanquish facility. Glitchhound lies injured in a cryo-cell. Above him, a figure in a red suit watches.]

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"She kicked harder than predicted."

(Turns away)

"Send in the next hunter."

🎴 [End Card – Tokyo Avengers]

EPISODE 3: "Shockwave Syndrome" — END

🌀 Next Time: Episode 4 — "The Flame in the Mirror"

A new threat surfaces in the ancient Mirror District—one tied to Renji's origin as an Onmyō warrior. But what he finds… may not be human anymore.

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