No Game No Life - Volume 3 - Chapter 3

Chapter 3 - Killing
Giant/Guiding Method
Part 1
Elchea's King City——audience hall.
The two Imanity kings were lying on the throne, limp and weak.
"I say, this is boring.....When will the Eastern Union contact us about the
competition date?"
"....Boring....."
After the series of events with Kurami, five days had already passed by.
Their originally positive spirits now crumbled after all the waiting.
Even Steph, who always lectured them, couldn't find anything to say now.
Finally, the restless Steph had a thought.
"Wh, what if they forgot——or the letter didn't reach...here?"
——Steph said so, having experienced the same problem in the past.
Sora regained his vitality and sat up, displaying a tyrannicalsmile.
".....Oh? If that's the case, then we'llsee what would happen——right?"
What Sora thought was, using the last trump card to cause the greatest
harassment——
"Master, sorry to bother you."
Jibrilsuddenly emerged from thin air.
Seeing a cylinder-shaped item in her hands, Sora and Shiro suddenly got up.
"Whoa! Jibril! Is that——!?"
"Yes, this was sent from the Eastern Union, the date of the competition."
Jibril continued while smiling:
"It seemed like someone didn't want us to fight with the Eastern Union and
locked it somewhere in Elchea's King City. Well, it was because they
appeared suspicious when looking at me——"
"Guuu....Unless you...."
Because it was Jibril, she would kil——
"Please rest assured, I politely and peacefully convinced the other party. I
gently looked into his eyes and coughed a bit, causing him to wet his pants
and he unhesitantly gave me the letter while crying."
"Is, is that so...."
——The [Ten Oaths]. Doesn't include intimidation?
No, before that, wasn't it looting if he prevented the letter from getting into
our hands——
Nevertheless, Steph hugged her head and said:
"....I should've guessed......Because it involved the fate of Imanity......As long
as someone in the parliament did not swear about not [Giving false reports to
Sora], then he could obtain the [Rights to send the letter] and——"
....It seemed as though Steph was really flexible as long as it was about
politics.
Slightly changing his opinion of Steph, Sora quietly thought and said:
"——so it was my fault someone didn't specify a time for the letter to arrive?
Oi, if Imanity does something like this when the situation arises, why can't they
use that sort of brain to focus on the country's affairs."
"Since Sora is Imanity's enemy, they are trying their best to stop you."
Steph coldly replied, but Sora jovially ignored her.
"Okay, what is written——————————Shiro, today's date?"
"27...."
Sora's face stiffened when Shiro answered him immediately.
"——ISN'T THAT TODAY!? THE COMPETITION DATE!!"
"Eh!? Th, that, time is ——"
Sora shouted towards the panicking Steph.
"From dusk——less than half a day! Oi! Everyone get yourselves prepared!"
"I, I know——"
"As expected ofJibril, always ready."
"....Shiro....is allready...."
"Shiro's brother, Sora, is always OK! Good, let's go!"
Looking at Sora and company who stood up and said they [We're ready],
Steph started panicking.
"Th, that! Oi! This is a competition for countries! At least wear formal attire
——"
"Eh? Isn't this our formal attire? Is there a problem?"
In the group of abnormal people, the truly normal person was known as the
abnormality.
The three of them stared at Steph, giving her a look as if implying:["What are
you talking about"]——
"~~~~Fi, Fine! So be it!"
"Then, Masters and Dora-chan, please hold onto me, I'll jump into the
embassy——"
"Ah, Jibril, there is no need for that."
After refusing Jibril's fastest way to travel, Sora turned to the idling Steph.
"Steph, arrange a carriage at the entrance of the city——we'll openly depart."
Jibril was unable to grasp that sentence while Steph was shocked speechless.
"Wh....What about the demonstrations!?"
"Why——why do you think I intentionally caused the demonstrations to start
in the first place?"
Part 2
With provocations coming one after another, they were at the Elchea King
City square.
The main entrance to Elchea King City slowly opened with a screech.
Everyone who appeared castigated them——but....
As soon as they saw the figures of the four, the crowd fellsilent.
In the midst of that silence, the crowd parted ways to allow them to pass.
Walking in the center, with jet-black hair and cold eyes——the [King] Sora.
Next to him, with ruby-red eyes——the [Queen] Shiro.
Closely sticking behind them, with amber eyes shining quietly——the
[Attendant] Jibril.
The three shining eyes exuded out extraordinary determination and absolute
[Confidence].
The crowd couldn't utter a word.
....No, it was too beautiful.
To be honest, Jibril's eyes and gentle smile seemed to imply:
——[If I can hear your insults towards Master, prepare to hand out your
lives.]
The oppressive atmosphere that was capable ofstopping someone from
breathing stopped the crowd's words.
At the rear of the group was the blue-eyed Steph, who was trembling while
chasing.
——In the end, not a single remark was spoken as they walked down the
road.
Steph breathlessly got into the carriage and asked Sora:
"You, you said you purposely caused the demonstrations——why is that so?"
Sora was surprised by that question and asked Shiro:
"Eh? Shiro, you didn't tell her?"
".....?"
Shiro tilted her head in confusion, leading Sora to finally realise something.
.....This was a really stupid question.
Shiro wouldn't take her own initiative to explain something to someone except
for Sora.
"Ah~It's like that, the number of reasons as to why I betted the Imanity piece
is——[Three]."
Sora lifted his fingers and turned towards Steph.
"Needless to say, the first was to force the Eastern Union out; the second is
something you should know, to draw Kurami out and get her to join us; and,
lastly——"
Sora explained sequentially until the last finger, where he had a mischievous
smile:
"Everyone's suspicious eyes."
"Eh.....?"
"I don't need the kind of trust of [We'll win if it's us], but I need a bunch of
worried people to widen their eyes and see. This will be the countermeasure
for the Eastern Union's cheat because there is nothing more reliable than a
pair ofsuspicious eyes."
Sora smirked.
Ignoring the stunned Steph, he commanded the carriage driver:
"Please start the journey, destination will be——Izuna-chan's house!"
"....GO~"
Part 3
.....The outskirts of Elchea, the huge building that stood near the border.
This was Elchea, the Eastern Union embassy.
Sora and company got down from the carriage, and an old Werebeast who
was wearing a Hakama welcomed them.
He was the Elchea Eastern Union embassy foreign ambassador——Hatsuse
Ino.
"....Waited for a long time."
"The ones who waited were us. Okay, we should start."
Once they got down, Sora carefreely said, but the alert Ino briefly responded.
"....Then, this way please."
Following Ino, Sora and company went into the building——Embassy, with
Ino being silent.
"Hmmmm, what is wrong with the old man, why is he so quiet?"
Sora muttered, obviously having that ironic talk earlier on.
Steph replied, with a look of utter defeat:
"Using a method close to fraud to force the Eastern Union to bet everything
on their territories, are you qualified to have those kinds of talks with him?"
"Rather than that——" Steph pressed her fingers on her head.
"Are your brains normal to act sooooo carefree after betting the whole of
Imanity's rights?"
This was obviously the second visit, but Jibrilstarted salivating when she
looked around, deeply interested in everything she saw. In contrast, Shiro
yawned and started to play with her phone; while Sora had hands behind his
back as he walked leisurely. Steph desperately endured a stomach-ache.
"Steph, are you okay? Please take it easy, or you won't be able to handle it
oh?"
"Thank you for the concern, but the main reason why my stomach hurts is
definitely because of you....."
They were taken to the living room from several days ago.
"....Then before the game starts, please wait here temporarily."
"I know, you must also allow the audience in okay!"
Ino silently bowed and left. After disappearing, Sora unhesitatingly laid down
onto the sofa.
"Then, Jibril, please call me when the time is up."
"Understood, please rest assured and relax."
"....Shiro too."
Saying so, Shiro laid onto Sora's stomach, huddled her body and closed her
eyes.
Just like that, the siblings fell asleep after a couple ofseconds.
"....Unbelievable, how sane are they supposed to be."
Several hours later, the game that would decide the fate of Imanity would
begin.
From the moment when Steph learnt of the game's date, she started
experiencing nausea and stomach pain.
Jibril who was at ease as the siblings said:
"Dora-chan should rest awhile too? According to Master's books, the human
brain can function better after several hours ofsleep!"
"If I had the steel heart to sleep under these circumstances, I would too...."
"Indeed, considering what Master has to do, this is indeed a tough situation."
".......!"
These words stiffened Steph.
"Looking at this match, Masters would be utilising their everything, so we
should give it our all too."
Feeling her stomachache worsening, Steph then——
In the few hours before that start of the game, Steph spent the time in the
toilet connected to the living room.
Part 4
"....Fuahhh....EH? Steph, you looked like you've lost weight in the last few
hours?"
"...If you say I look languish, it may actually be true....."
With the game about to begin, Steph depressingly replied to Sora who had
just woke up.
"Okay, Shiro, status?"
"...Good."
Hearing Sora's question, Shiro's eyes emitted a light several times sharper
than usual.
"What about Jibril?"
"There is no good or bad condition for The Flügel, as long as you command,
I'm ready to devote myself."
Jibril eliminated her usual gentle smile, erasing all expressions from her face
while speaking.
"Steph's condition——....Un, looks very good."
After saying that, Sora continued, albeit slowly:
"Steph, remember what we bet the last time?"
"....Which bet?"
"The timing where the dove would fly away."
"Ahh.....I remembered that I was ordered to be a dog that day, so what
about it?"
"You remember? The bet that time——I still haven't said it yet oh?"
"——Eh?"
"Jibril, can you ensure that the Werebeasts can't hear my voice?"
"Yes, I've enshrouded Master and Dora-chan in a sound cancelling barrier."
After Jibril's halo spun for a while, Sora nodded and faced Steph.
"Steph, I shall now impose on you a special curse....."
Sora's smile was very, very gentle.
However, Steph felt troubled due to the unnaturally close distance to Sora.
Part 5
——start of the game.
A crowd was led by Ino into the embassy's first floor.
It was a gargantuan hall that encompassed the entire first floor of the
embassy.
There were giant screens on each of the four walls.
The place was filled with hundreds——no, thousands of humans, watching
the game that decides the fate of Imanity with doubtful eyes.
Facing opposite the screen on the stage was a black box——with 5 chairs
near it.
"......"
Silently sitting on one of the chairs——was their opponent, a girl.
She was the ambassador for the Eastern Union embassy in Elchea.
With fox-like ears, a black-haired Werebeast——Hatsuse Izuna.
The girl's eyes were closed, as ifshe was concentrating, devoid of the
intimacy from before.
".....Please sit here."
Under Ino's urging, Sora sat beside Izuna, while following in a sequence was
Shiro, Jibril and Steph.
After confirming that they were seated, Ino stood beside Izuna and recited the
file in his hand.
"Then——we'llstart by [Confirming the contents of the Oaths]."
A sound ofsomeone swallowing their saliva was heard.
"The Eastern Union will bet up [Everything in their territory], while Elchea will
bet on their [Race piece]——namely, their human rights, territories and
whatnot. The Eastern Union representative, with Elchea's two kings and their
entourages, it will be 5 people——a 4 versus 1 style, to partake in this
Eastern Union game."
The opponent followed his requirements——including the 4 versus 1, which
made Sora smile.
——of course, this was because he didn't give his opponent any rights to
refuse.
"With an additionalrequirement from the Eastern Union, the erasure of
[Memories pertaining to this game], this will be set upon the whole of Imanity,
not just the participants."
Ino continued reading in a dull tone.
"In addition, the rules would be explained once the game starts. The game will
be deemed invalid after the rules are explained, resulting in the erasure of the
memories——are these conditions okay?"
——a simply outrageous condition.
Only knowing the game after betting?
After mentioning all those heavy conditions, specifically asking if [these
conditions are okay]?
[Are these conditions okay?] was what the spectators wanted to ask.
However, Sora had a relaxed expression.
"Yes, there is no problem, but there are two points that need to be made
clear."
Meanwhile, Imanity's king——Sora responded.
"Even if we forfeit, what we forget will be——[The memories of the game
today]. If you decide to have an impossible game that forces us to forfeit,
taking our memories, then you better give up on that kind of expectation,
because it's a waste of time."
Staring into Ino's eyes, Sora said;
"The second point is, [If there is any misconduct in the game, defeat will be
certain once brought to light]——this is one of the [Ten Oaths], so please
don't forget about this point. Okay, there aren't any problems left, so please
hurry up and start."
.......Too easy.
The first trap that the Eastern Union had arranged was already seen through
by Sora.
Sora had an expression that was certain of victory.
Everyone in the area had unmoving eyes.
Ino and Izuna knew that the contents of the game were already seen through.
Both of them frowned for different reasons.
"......Then we should get your agreement——to begin, swear to the Oaths."
After announcing this, Sora and Shiro raised their hands.
Jibril unhesitantly, while Steph hesitated in fear——
"" [Acciente].""
" [Acciente], des."
The representative of Imanity, Sora and Shiro, as well as the opponent.
The Eastern Union's ambassador Hatsuse Izuna.
——pledged to the [Ten Oaths], the mutual declaration.
"Then, Shiro, don't let go of my hands!"
"....Nii too."
Grasping onto each other's hands tightly. Sora leaned back on the chair and
said:
"Okay——start the game."
".....Then let's get started."
Ino said while controlling the black box——probably turning on the power.
What they saw were the huge screens that started glowing with light.
——this could be said to be a game where Imanity was betted against the
entire territory of the third largest country on the continent.
Anxiety, confusion, despair, countless of emotions intertwined together,
The hall packed with thousands ofspectators, went silent.
Looking at Izuna, Sora said:
"I say, Izuna."
".....What, des."
Izuna hesitated for a moment, not knowing ifshe should respond to the enemy
since the game was about to begin.
However, Sora gazed up at the screen, and casually said a sentence....
——Izuna was going to regret having heard those words.
"When was the last time you played games feeling [Happy]?"
Hearing that sentence, Izuna didn't have a moment to think before the screen
dyed black, and——
——Sora and everyone's consciousness was sucked into the screen.
Part 6
In the midst of the sinking consciousnesses, Sora started to think calmly.
(Going through the late king's intelligence, and also the spying, speculating
what the game is is easy.)
It was indeed as what Sora had revealed, a [Video game].
The only difference as, this was a virtual game that involves the transfer of
consciousness.
The late king remembered this matter while playing in a [different world],
which was probably his limit.
(At that time the opponent was Hatsuse Ino, which was that old man.)
The record said that it was a [Body blowing game]——which meant it was
definitely a FPS
[7] game.
After the last competition that was quite long ago, the opponent was also
changed to Hatsuse Izuna.
It definitely meant that there was a change in the game content, but.....——
(As this was an [Open] match for all to view, considering the characteristics
of the Werebeasts and their method of cheating, the game should not change
fundamentally.)
Indeed, under these conditions, the Werebeasts would always [Win].
(So, even if they were to change the venue and alter the rules. If we
responded to it rapidly and anticipate it carefully, this would definitely be a
win——!)
However——before finishing his monologue, Sora saw the world getting
constructed in front of his eyes which caused him to abandon his thoughts and
widen his eyes.
In front of their eyes were——————
"————————you're kidding me."
".......————————"
The siblings resented their missteps.
They had predicted numerous rules, countless venues and were prepared with
countless strategies.
But————this was the only venue that they didn't expect.
There was no doubt, what they saw......Was something that they didn't want
to see.
Ahhhhh, love and hate, the place filled with psychological trauma——
They cannot be mistaken——this was indeed Tokyo.
"...Sorry, Steph, Jibril."
"Eh? What?"
".......AH! Erm, that, did Master call me!?"
Sora said to the stunned Steph and the salivating Jibril who was engrossed
with the scenery:
"I can't do it, sorry, Imanity is finished."
" *shivers* *shivers* *shivers* *shivers*"
"Aaa......Wh, what happened!? That kind of rhetoric questi——"
"I'm sorry I'm sorry I did not think that it was Tokyo that we willface up
against our home again and that we can't help anymore and that you need to
think of your own ways and that I'm sorry."
" *shivers* *shivers* *shivers* *shivers*"
The brother was rolling his eyes and saying a torrent of words; the sister was
squatting, shaking her head; Jibrilsaid:
"——un, unless, this is Master's world?"
At this time, a narration——no, Ino's voice resounded around.
[Surprising isn't it? Welcome to the game world.]
".....Game....World."
[Yes, this is the stage for the game, the virtual world....]
"Hold on."
[——Yes?]
"Let me confirm, this is——a virtualspace, a non-existent place?"
[Indeed, what about it?]
Surveying around, Sora calmly re-evaluated.

Numerous skyscrapers towered over the sky, while the concrete-filled roads
enveloped the floor.
...Indeed, this was similar to the heart of Tokyo——but.
The billboards were not in Japanese, there were also Toriis
[8] everywhere,
giving a much greener feeling.....Something that was clearly different from the
Tokyo Sora knew.
"——which is to say, this virtual place was created with imagination?"
[Yes, you understand this very fast.]
"————————DON'T SCARE US LIKE THAT!!!!"
Sora's roar echoed in the pseudo-Tokyo game.
"————Ahh, darn! Made me think ofsome traumatic experiences! I
would've unhesitantly cut my arteries and died. Don't do this kind ofstuff
again, old man!"
Ino was confused as to why Sora was mad.
[....Why are you that mad......Is this stage not to your liking?]
"Unsatisfied! Why choose this kind ofstage! Is this a form of malicious attack
or simply harassment!"
[No......This is a sci-fistage that recently got popular with the youths in
Eastern Union, there isn't any specific intentions for using this stage.]
"Ah....Ahhh? Science, science fiction?"
——ye, yeah.
Calm down, calm down, 18-year-old virgin Sora.
Yes, thinking about it, this is a fantasy world.
Which means this was what we fantasised back in our original world——a
world filled with elves and dragons.
Just like our world, this [Disboard] is indeed a fantasy world.
To these people, the idea of [Modern Earth] is just a product of what I'm
thinking——only me.
This is a game that absorbed our consciousness, a virtual game, not Tokyo, a
virtual game.
Sora convinced himself and took a deep breath.
"Fu......Ha....Okay, no problems, my heart is calm."
"..... *shivers* *shivers* *shivers* *shivers*"
"Shiro, calm down, although this looks like Tokyo, it ain't. This is a place that
came out of their imaginations."
".....Guuuu....Eh?"
Perhaps she was hit with a psychological trauma.
Shiro didn't seem to have heard Ino's words and needed Sora to convince
her.
"Yes, and since this is a game, we can go out right? Like the Persona series,
Akiba's Trip and Steins;Gate. This is a game, so there won't be any
problems, so we'll just hold hands and it'll be alright?"
"...Inside a game.....Un...Okay, I got.....It...."
Although her eyes were still dazed, Shiro nonetheless stood up.
[Uhh~ So let me repeat once more——shall we start the game?]
——there were human spectators in this game.
Sora lightly coughed, having felt the cold gazes staring at him even though the
spectators were invisible.
"Okay, no problems, we can begin."
[.....Un, then we'll begin the animation.]
"Eh? What is that?"
"Is there a need to see it?"
Steph and Jibril were confused, but Sora and Shiro had already positioned
themselves upright.
"You are not worthy of being a gamer if you skip the introductions, so stop
gazing around, widen your eyes and sit in the correct position to watch."
"....*nods**nods*...."
By their urging, Steph and Jibrilreluctantly sat in an upright position.
After that, a huge screen appeared from above Tokyo (fake).
[You——are a heartthrob.]
....Just a second has passed before Sora gave the judgement that this was
undoubtedly a bad game.
But holding onto his gamer's self-esteem, he remained silent.
[Every girl in the world is crazy for you, giving you days where you are
chased by them.....But you already have someone——someone you like.]
The huge screen that originally had narration suddenly changed to an angelic
Izuna, who was dressed beautifully.
[However, in the face of many temptations, there is no error in true love——]
Then the screen changed to a scene where dozens of kemonomimistarted to
chase, wanting an embrace.
[Can you resist all these temptations——and convey the [Love] to your
sweetheart!?]
A side-story of the Dead or Alive series.
L O V E D OR L O V E D 2~shoot your love to her~
Contrary to the the siblings' amused expressions, the other two had not seen a
gun before and were confused. Ino continued:
[Then I'll explain the rules.]
With a tone as if he was reading an instruction manual, Ino said:
[Please use those guns——to shoot at the nearby NPCs.]
[9]
"Shoot!?"
[You can shoot or blast——give them the melty melty.]
"Gal*Gun!?"
[10]
[Once given the melty melty, the girls would understand your sweetheart and
entrust their love power to you."
".....Ah, yes."
[What the 『Melty melty gun』 shoots out is 『Love power』——which means
everyone's 『Power of love』.]
Suddenly, everyone looked down on the gun on their hands that had a
peculiar shape.
"——this is called the [Melty melty gun] eh."
"....Good custom."
"What a cheap name, you can obviously feel the childish vibes from it."
"Hey hey, what is this [ㄑㄧㄤ]?"
"In other words, Izuna wants us to love her, the goal is a harem ending. While
our goal is Izuna alone."
[That is indeed right on the dot.]
"...That...How do I say...."
Holding complicated feelings, Sora spoke up:
"I'llforgive this setting since Izuna-chan is an adorable kimonomimi girl; if this
was you old man, then I'll immediately log off and gouge out my own eyes."
[I can understand your strong feelings, but please don't forget, the request of
4 versus 1 was set by you!]
——Ino's explanation clearly emphasised that this setting was caused by
Sora's request.
However, he continued saying, as if agreeing to Sora's thoughts.
[The latest trend has got to do with all these cute games...Back when I was
younger, everything was more hot-blooded——]
——It appears no matter which world there would still be old gamers, Sora
thought.
"....Oh well. Old man, I need to confirm something, and some questions too."
[Please go ahead.]
One, the [Energy](power of love) consumed between the [Melty gun] and
[Melty grenade].
Second, attacking the [NPCs], willrestore the [Energy](power of love) or
not.
Third, when the [NPCs] received the [Energy](power of love) and starts to
attack, will the [Energy](Power of love) decrease upon contact.
Fourth, once the [Energy](power of love) is used up, the [NPCs] will no
longer approach and will be unable to fight.
Fifth, once hit by Izuna, you'll become her [Companion](love slave),
becoming an uncontrollable——[Enemy].
Sixth, if a companion becomes an [Enemy] upon getting hit by Izuna, shooting
them back willreturn them back to normal.
Seventh, even when the [Energy] (power of love) is used up, reversing the
situation with the sixth is still possible.
Eighth, the situation reflects the reality of one's own physical abilities, with no
usage of magic.
"——that should be allright?"
[You are learning too quickly, that saves time.]
——Sora placed a finger on his chin and started thinking.
Although there were problems with several of them, this wouldn't affect the
overallstrategies.
This game is barely——just a little shy——but still within the predicted
range.
"So this a game where Gal*gun and Left 4 Dead had a child."
Sora had something to retort, even after listening to all those rules.
"This is such a stupid game....Like any otaku would happily buy it....."
"...Which means....Nii will buy."
"Yes, even though the stage and protagonist sucks, but using this game to
seize territories makes one feel awesome. Like being chased by kemonomimi
girls, or wanting to achieve more."
Sora explained with excitement, before asking:
"Old man, this [Melty gun]——what kind of principles would be restored if
you shoot it at your companion?"
[Simple, because what it shoots out is the 『Power of Love』.]
"....Same thing as being shot by Izuna?"
[Yes, only temporarily, the person shot will become the shooter's 『Love
slave』——]
*Bang!*
Before Ino finished talking, Shiro had already pulled the trigger at Sora
without any hesitation.
The pink bullet flew out of the gun and struck home to Sora's arms, causing
countless ofsmall hearts to fly about——
"Ahhh, my little sister————my little sister! Why didn't I notice that there
was such a lovely woman at my side the whole time! Ahhh! I really want to
dig out my own eyes!!!'
"......Kyaaa.....Nii, no.....We are siblings....."
Shiro blushed and responded with exaggeration.
"Whoa whoa! What about it! Indeed, societal norms reject it, but the socalled
society isn't present right now! This is [Disboard], where everything is
decided by games——no one will interrupt, so we can go——the other side
where ethicalrequirements does not exist!!"
"Oi! I'll interrupt okay!! Have you forgotten that this is an important match!?"
Although she was confused, Steph nevertheless quickly interjected. Jibril who
was at the side suddenly said:
"Then let me have my fun too."
*Bang*
The bullet fired from Jibril hit Shiro, scattering small hearts about.
"...Jibril....I love you.....?"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh Shiro! Are you rejecting Nii's love!?"
"Ah ha!! This must be the so-called [Love Triangle] and [Netorare]
[11]
written in Master's book, I see——even though I don't have feelings of love,
this is very exciting————!"
"————Ah!"
.....Sora suddenly woke up.
"Guu....I can't even control myself in the state of being a [Love Slave], but I'm
still conscious of it.....This is horrifying, going into a state where I can't control
myself......I almost did something to Shiro and went to the land of the
prohibited....."
Slightly later, Shiro seemed to have regained consciousness too and she
started staring at Jibril with her eyes half-opened.
".....Jibril......Later.....Punishment...."
"Ahhh! Forgive me Shiro-sama! I couldn't suppress my curiosity!"
"Why punish her? Whatever....In short, the rules have been
mastered.....next...."
Mastering the rules of the game content, Sora began to plan strategies.
However, the most concerning matter was——
"Ehhh.....Steph, the rules, do you understand it?"
"Heh, don't underestimate me——I totally didn't understand it!"
Steph puffed out her chest and said. Sora then said to her:
"Okay, firstly you'll hold the gun like this."
"Un, like that?"
"Yes yes, then place your index finger into the hole."
"Okay."
"Next, point the gun downwards and pull your index back."
"Like this?"
Steph pointed the gun onto the ground and pulled the trigger.
With a *Bang*, the bullet hit the ground——and bounced back.
"......Ah, ahhhh.....Why am·I·so·beautiful——fufufu, I won't let you go."
Becoming a love slave to herself, Steph embraced herself and started shaking
her body.
"Hmmm, as expected, this bullet has bouncing capabilities. Shiro, this is the
key factor."
"....Un, I know....Leave it to me."
The siblings conversed while observing Steph with serious eyes.
"So we'll tentatively treat this place as point α until we've finished settling
down in this place, before moving out. According to the rules, aside from
Jibril, our bodies are the same, meaning that if the NPCs have the strength of
Werebeasts, then it'll be hard to shake them off. Jibril, you'll be at the rear to
help send our pursuers packing home."
".....Yes, sir."
"Understood——but what about Dora-chan?"
Hearing this, Sora watched Steph whose body was writhing.
"Doesn't matter, even ifshe gets shot by Izuna? Since it is [Steph] after all."
"Indeed, if it is [Steph]."
Listening to Sora's certainty, Jibrilreadily abandoned Steph.
"Okay, let's go! Both of you! The fate of Imanity lies in this battle!"
""Oh~!""
"Oh hohoho, why am·I·so·beautiful?......Ahhh, why are you so cold?"
Ignoring Steph who was sticking herself to the mirror, the three of them took
action and left.
■ Spectators' floor ■
The game has begun.
In the eyes of the dumbfounded audience observing this idiotic game.
There was a girl who had a tense atmosphere, with black eyes obscured
beneath the shadow of a black veil.
——Kurami's figure appeared.
(......Fii, can you see it?)
《Yes~the angle is perfect, I'm completely receiving Kurami's line ofsight.》
Kurami's sight was currently in sync with the elf outside the building——Fiel,
and they were having a conversation.
Although this was as normal as breathing for Kurami who was born in Elven
Gard....
(Really, compared to the other races, who can bear to get hit with this sort of
magic.)
——Ino's eyebrow started twitching.
(——This is...... The smell of magic?)
Humans do not have the capability to connect to the Elemental Gallery, and
neither can the Werebeasts.
However, Ino caught the [Smell] of magic with his extraordinary senses and
started looking around.
(....Kurami Zierh! Why is she here.....!)
He remembered that she was a spy sent by Elven Gard of the elf race to
infiltrate into the King selection battle of Elchea......
(——the person even lured over [Other races to monitor] eh.....)
——the Oaths only covered the participants and the spectators' memories.
If Kurami is currently using magic to report to the currently far away elves,
then this game would be known to Elven Gard.
Staring at Sora who was running in the virtualreality, Ino thought:
(This man——prepared to this extent....!)
——[Try and blatantly cheat if you dare, even the tricks to your game would
be exposed.]
A shallow smile appeared on the man whose eyes were closed.
《Fufu, still pretending.....Your over-sensitive ears are currently showing a
reaction yo~》
Seeing that the unmoving Ino was directing his attention to them, Fii can't help
but laugh.
——This should be the development as desired by Sora.
(Fii, this [Computer space] is the game that was speculated by Sora, a virtual
world where magic can't interfere, it seems like there is nothing we can do
——)
《I understand, the important thing is that we are looking at this.》
——as expected of Fii.
Once she had heard of Sora's request, she already grasped onto his
intentions.
(This way, the Eastern Union can't use an obvious cheat....)
Compared to the game content——if their cheating means were known by
Elven Gard, then they should be able to take countermeasures......Which
means next time Eastern Union willreally be finished.
For this reason, Sora would exploit the contents and use [Fii] to monitor, so
that her memories wouldn't disappear even if they had lost.
(.....But even so, I do not intend on letting them cheat, so Fiishould also help
too.)
《Un~maintaining this is very tiring yo~! But, for Kurami, I'll work hard.》
——re-examining Sora's memories, about the method to win this game.
No matter how much she looked back, this was a plan that was too risky.
However, even with all those negative factors, [Victory] this word was shining
in Sora's memories.
For him to have such a confident answer——should lie in who Sora believed
in.
Kurami thought, ifshe could do that kind of thing in this game?
".....Let me see——Sora."
Just like that, Kurami looked through the black veil and stared at the screen
that was reflecting a running Sora.
■ In the game ■
There were a bunch of people running in a concrete jungle, between buildings
in a fictional Tokyo.
——Sora skillfully dodged the Kemonomimi NPCs who were swarming
them.
While observing with his sharp eyes, he started thinking.
Because the NPCs were set to be Werebeasts, their physical capabilities
were definitely higher than them——but,,,
Sora could barely cope with their actions.
This was probably because there was similarity in their movements, the
monotonous movements of wanting to hug them.
But, that sort of thing didn't matter, the more important thing was——
Prior to this and due to his old habits as a gamer, Sora kept using the
approach ofshooting the NPCs [Head first], causing him to have a feeling
akin to a sense of violation.
"The disappearance of the NPCs(girls) and their clothing——has a slight
delay in timing!)
The gamers detected the slight difference with their ability of not missing a
single frame.
Unless it was actually possible to do a————partial destruction!
Sora aimed his gun and shot.
The gun flashed, causing the pink bullet to fly at the speed ofsound, hitting the
skirt of the NPC(girl).
——the NPC(girl) did not disappear, as the small hearts scattered. Only the
skirt disappeared!
"As——As I thought!!!!! This is the real catching point of this game!!!"
No, they must do it. The item that sticks closely to their body——which is!
The matter of hitting the underwear only——it can be done!!
"Cloth are——presumably cotton, average of 1.5mm."
Losing the skirt, the NPC(girl) started running at breakneck speed toward
Sora.
"The bullet's accuracy has to be at the 1 mm.....But, I can do it——!"
The NPC(girl) charged towards Sora with her hands wide open.
Slightly bending his waist, Sora dodged the NPC(girl)'s hand and did a
sidestep.
Using the smallest possible action, Sora used two steps to get behind the
NPC(girl)'s back.
Sora started aiming with his gun at extremely close range at————the
horizontal-striped underwear!
"——right here!"
The bullet shot out brushed past the underwear——then disappeared.
But, the NPC(girl) also scattered the small pink hearts, turning into
[Energy(Power of Love)] and then disappearing....
"Damn it alllll! Why, why can't you not wear underwear!? Damn it alll!!!"
■ Spectators' floor ■
Seeing how Sora failed to make the underwear disappear, the packed room
ofspectators....
OHHHHHHHHHH.......Let out sounds of regret.
Watching that scene, Kurami gripped onto her wrist, trying hard to not look
away.
(This is a trick, this is a trick, there must be some intentions, he must have
caught onto something, resist it, Fii.)
《I'm fine......but could Kuramistop shifting your gaze, I'm about to faint.》
[GOOOD! The bra is destroyed! How knowledgeable, to use a hand bra!]
From the screen came Sora's voice, while the spectators' floor were filled
with cheers of OOOOOOHHHHHHHH.
(....This stupid race, I don't care anymore....)
Kuramistopped thinking.
《Ahh, Kurami, don't close your eyes, open them, Kurami!》
■ In the game ■
(——good, the final confirmation.)
Experiencing the chase from the Kemonomimis, Sora joyfully ran in the alley
between the buildings.
Shiro was following his pace and closely followed Sora with her smallsteps.
Jibril was jumping between buildings, happily dispersing the NPCs(girls)
behind Sora.
Exchanging gazes, Sora nodded his head.
"Shiro, report the performance of the gun."
"....All intelligence, parameters are roughly...In meters...."
Shiro took a deep breath before continuing.
"Velocity of projectile is 300 m/s, range of 400m, not affected by wind or
gravity; has straight and bouncing capabilities, limit of bounce and the range of
the gun are geometrically similar, the angle of its bounce and the angle of
incidence are geometrically similar, simple....."
She finished the torrent of information in one breath. After regaining her
breath, Shiro said.
"..How...Tired."
Compared to estimating, talking was more tiring to Shiro. Sora started patting
his little sister's head.
"Good, well done, as expected of Shiro!"
Confirming that Shiro's mood was slightly better....
"Jibril, how are your physical abilities?"
Sora and Shiro were still the same even after coming here, being out of breath
after running.
So what kind of change did Jibril experience?
"To not be able to use magic, feels like I'm denying [Myself], being limited to
my physical limits. Really, it's such an inconvenience to have my physical body
only."
Why was it inconvenient ifshe could jump between the walls of
buildings.....but, Sora asked carefully:
"You said it earlier, that the Werebeasts could exceed their physical limits.
What's the difference between that and your's?"
"Although it's unpleasant, but that should be correct."
But only, Jibrilsaid:
"As I've discussed before, the Werebeasts can use [Blood Devastation], if
that can be reflected in this game——then I'll prevail in an instant, so best be
prepared."
——[Blood Devastation].....The Werebeasts have the capabilities to surpass
their physical limits, and this would result in their strength being multiplied
severalfold.
If this was a game prepared by the Werebeasts, then this capability was
certainly there.
"The Flügel, the Werebeasts......This world is too exaggerated."
Sora sighed——nevertheless, they've collected the necessary intel.
"In other words, in this virtualspace that prohibits magic, they have the
overwhelming advantage in that this game relying on the [Physical aspects]
——this is probably what the enemy thought."
Sora couldn't help it, and started laughing.
They have no obligations to [Fight]; this is a game.
——In the previous world, [Blank] was at the peak of more than 280 kinds
of games.
Both of them revealed the truth of every game, which was——
"No matter how complicated the game looks, there are two kinds of actions
for the final action."
"Your meaning is?"
Facing Jibril's question, Sora answered with a splenetic smile:
"——the tactical and corresponding action, which means the active and
passive."
Which means——the one who initiates first wins.
This could be said to be a gamer's fact, and——
"They didn't realise, that since ancient times, this was mankind's game."
The game was called——[Hunting].
"Shiro, ready? Keep a low profile while running——okay?"
"...Understood..."
"Its about time we start eh?"
—————.....
At a distance hundreds of meters away from Sora, eighth floor of a building.
Izuna was hiding in a warehouse with a small window.
Because of where the sun reflected, Sora would not be able to see the
window. Izuna used her Werebeast sight to locate and watch Sora and
company's movements.
There are four enemies, there is one of her.
Even if there were many ways to win, the result would be over if there was a
slight mistake. More importantly, there was the Flügel on the opposition.
Before the battle, Izuna had been focused on analysing the combat capability
of her enemies.
Upon seeing how the trio were having so much fun in removing the
NPCs(girls) clothes, Izuna frowned unhappily.
——[When was the last time you played games feeling 『happy』?]
Sora's words caused Izuna to bite her lip.
(What is happiness? How can I have that kind of feeling, des!)
The game was akin to plundering, an indirect fight.
......As long as you lose, a lot of people would be unhappy.
For this reason, winning was obvious.
However, winning, the other party would suffer, even taking away their lives.
Those kind of things were [Happiness]?
The only feeling felt was——[Guilt] from being the predator.
(Why do you look so happy? Des!)
Izuna was irritated, her eyes that were locked onto Sora became sharper.
——suddenly, her eyes caught onto the [Grenade] Sora was holding in his
hand.
Sora waved his hand, throwing the [Grenade]. This caused a sudden pink
flash to appear.
After a bang, there was a severe impact shock.
"———!?"
The building Izuna hid in shook.
Izuna jumped out due to the fright. She then placed herself on alert and
listened.
(.......My hiding place was discovered, des!? Impossible, des!)
Since the beginning of the game, Izuna immediately pulled a distance away
from Sora and company to carry out observation.
If they didn't have the five senses of the Werebeasts——no, they shouldn't be
able to locate even if they had it.
But what Izuna heard——with her radar-like ears that could discern
movements in a 100 meter radius.
Was the sound of footsteps walking into the building.
(This sound——is Shiro's, des.)
Walking in at a certain pace that was short and lightweight.
She was the enemy that Izuna had designated as the most [Non-threatening].
No——not only Shiro, but also Sora and Steph. Humans did not have
enough combat capabilities.
Izuna did not attack immediately at the outset, because of the FlügelJibril.
Even if the opponent had gaming technology, or knew their games, humans
would always be the same——unable to keep up with the Werebeasts'
response.
——Then....
From the [Grenade] and the [Close footsteps sound], what were these weird
feelings?
Suddenly, she sensed danger.
Izuna listened and found out that this building was suddenly full of
NPCs(girls).
Within all that chaos, there was a rhythmic sound of approaching
footsteps....?
"——!"
Izuna went on full alert and flipped up her kimono, revealing a gun which she
started pointing at the small door.
This was the only door that connected to the warehouse Izuna was hiding in.
Slightly opening the door, a huge amount of NPCs(girls) were wandering
about.
Once the compact and lightweight footsteps sound reached the eighth floor
——
It suddenly——stopped.
(——?)
Izuna raised her ears to pick up the sound, then——
The footsteps instantly increased in speed.
The speed of a human child was not supposed to have any threat——this
was originally the case, but——
(——what is going on, des!?)
Outside——in the hallway where the wandering NPCs(girls) were.
With every gunshot, one disappears. This sent a chill down Izuna's spine.
These set of movements repeated, with no hesitation and disruption.
Dispersing the numerous NPCs(girls) without slowing down, the footsteps
generally——
(It's coming here——des!?)
Izuna didn't doubt it anymore, the fact that [Her hiding place was discovered]
——!
How did they find me?——this question didn't matter at this point.
Activating her five senses, Izuna turned to face Shiro who was outside the
warehouse and followed her movements with the gun in her hands.
With Shiro closing in, she fired a bullet outside the door, causing the sound of
explosions and bursts of hearts to appear. The bounce from the bullet were
certain to hit home on Shiro's forehead——
Yes, it was a calculated move, using the bouncing power of the bullet and the
fact that Shiro couldn't see it.
However——that accurately shot bullet——
Was dodged narrowly by Shiro.
(——impossible, des!)
Yes, impossible.
After seeing the bullet that travelled at the speed ofsound, avoiding it was
impossible.
Even if they knew it, their——bodies wouldn't be able to react in time.
Not to mention if it was the fitness of an eleven-year-old girl, but——
That was—— a situation where you [Dodge].
Before that, [Shiro's footsteps] weren't chaotic in the midst of all those
NPCs(girls).
Her footsteps gave Izuna her answer.
In order to confirm it, Izuna shot another bullet out in attempt to hit Shiro——
but.....
"....Useless...."
The bullet that was [Shot] towards Shiro——was repelled by another bullet
from Shiro.
(Really——it's like that, des!?)
Up to this point, Izuna had a new belief.
——she was sure.
This human——this eleven-year-old girl.
She took action after fully grasping onto the dynamics of all movements.
——the bullets and NPCs(girls) wouldn't appear out of thin air.
As long as you confirmed the target location of the bullet, you could straighten
your arms, aim and fire.
As long as it was an NPC(girl), once you are discovered, they would come
after you.
Abiding by some numerous patterns, from the obvious attacks.
Then——there was no need to dodge.
As long as you are not in the trajectory of the shot.
——Shiro's actions were secretive.
In their original world, the urban legend gamers [Blank]——which means
Sora and Shiro.
In the FPS world, the gamer that held the most kills in recorded history——
Was not Sora, but Shiro.
She had a demonic ability to calculate and grasp onto the enemy's dynamics,
deriving out what the enemy was going to do, predicting the future in regards
to shooting and dodging time, giving the enemy an illusion as if [The bullet
took the initiative on her, and is in hot pursuit].
(——is that possible, des!!)
Of course, Izuna couldn't possibly know about the previous world Sora was
in.
The fact that Izuna inferred out, was not because she relied on her
Werebeast's instincts.
But it was her gamer's intuition that told her that Shiro——was much more
dangerous than The Flügel.
Frantically searching around, Izuna found and hid in a smallspace filled with
items.
Facing against opponents that could dodge ricocheting bullets and are able to
mount an offensive front, places like these——were unfavorable.
(——I can only escape, des!)
In order to buy time for her escape, Izuna threw a [Grenade] outside the
door.
——but before the grenade flew out of the door.
A bullet was shot from outside——detonating it.
(What——!?)
*Bang*
Izuna instantly hid behind all those items, narrowly escaping the blast of wind
rushing indoors.
But to counter-attack like that, it was like they already knew in advance that
she would throw out a grenade.
During that period, Shiro's footsteps weren't in disorder. Reaching the
warehouse, Izuna started having goosebumps.
(She's here, des!)
Shiro launched a flying kick while running——kicking the door open.
She then threw a smoke grenade, before bursting into the warehouse.
Following that, Shiro knocked down a nearby cupboard, mixing the sound of
her steps with the sound of the collapsing cupboard. Izuna's ears couldn't
discern Shiro's position.
Izuna started breathing erratically——she couldn't hear.
(———I can only start shooting, des!)
Hiding behind the items, Izuna shot without aiming.
The countless bullets bounced after being fired, causing the room to become
an endless bombardment.
Then——in a moment......
Izuna heard Shiro exhaling——causing a chill to run across her back.
Izuna immediately plunged out.
With ground-breaking strength, she crashed through the small window to go
out of the building.
Looking back, in the smoky room caused by an explosion, Izuna felt——
The sound of the enemy shooting down all bullets she shot.
Next, she heard all the reflected bullets headed into the spot Izuna was hiding
in.
(————What exactly is happening, des!?)
A moment——ifshe was a moment too late, she would have been
bombarded with a rain of bullets.
But, at this time, Izuna widened her eyes in surprise.
This didn't come from Shiro.
——it came from above.
"We~ lcome?"
(The Flügel——Jibril, des!?)
She seemed to have ambushed her, knowing in advance the timing of which
she would jump out.
——When did she move to the roof!?
Izuna gasped in astonishment. Although they were The Flügel, this game
restricted them to their absolute physical limits.
She shouldn't be able to use magic, so she couldn't fly.
Ifshe was moving with her two feet, her own ears should've been able to pick
up——
Despite the predicament she was in, Izuna still operated calmly and rationally.
She noticed that Jibril was ready to throw a [Grenade].
(——A flash bomb! Des!)
Izuna concluded.
Attacking the grenade first would result in an explosion.
So——ignore the grenade, shoot Jibril, and then use the second round to
deal with the bomb!
Repeating the actions that she'd picked out, Izuna pulled the trigger.
However——
"Aren't you too naive?"
Even if they were restricted by magic, the physical limits of The Flügelstill
exceeded the Werebeasts.
In the air, Jibril twisted her body at the bullets fired at close range.
The bullet slightly grazed Jibril's clothes, causing it to disappear.
Then, the grenade burst and caused an explosion, followed by a flash.
Jibrilraised her gun in an attempt to shoot the enemy hidden in the smoke.
However, she widened her eyes in surprise.
The bullet Izuna had fired——was the third shot.
Two shots were fired——the first was to allow Jibril to dodge it.
The second bullet was to lure Jibril to throw the flash grenade, then counterattacking
in the flash.
And the purpose of the third bullet——
"Heh——eh? Ah, I forget I can't fly!?"
Jibril wanted to flap her wings to dodge, but the wings were only moving in
emptiness.
Unable to recover, she was going to get hit by the bullet at her forehead——
But, at that moment.
Jibril witnessed——
In the situation where there were no simultaneous plans——Izuna panickedly
looked at the distant outline on the other side of the building.
Izuna abruptly——twisted her body, taking the most evasive measure she
could.
A bullet penetrated her clothing——disappeared.
Then, the second bullet fired from the same direction impacted on Jibril who
was freshly hit by Izuna.
——facing the facts, with beast-like reaction.
The blow instantly brought Jibril back.
(Unless, everything was in the plan, des!?)
Izuna suddenly looked up——
In the place where Izuna broke the window, Shiro was aiming her gun on
Izuna.
However——
(I can't be attacked from here, des!)
Just like Jibril.
Because of the initial attack, Izuna was forced to dodge, she had no other
counters.
——even if their physicalstrength were higher, she couldn't fly.
With no foothold to dodge bullets in the air——she had to throw away her
main focus to perform that kind of awkward movement.
This was her limit——she couldn't adjust her position anymore.
Shiro's gun muzzle aimed coldly at her.
Fight back? Impossible. Avoid? Impossible. In that case——
Fire.
The bullet that couldn't be avoided——
(——!!)
Izuna bit her teeth, waving her hands upwards.
Her second set of clothes flipped to stand in the trajectory of the bullet.
Penetrating the kimono, it disappeared.
However, the bullet scattered small hearts before——disappearing.
".....I see....Clothes can be used as a shield....."
This rule wasn't explained.
Shiro murmured in admiration while Izuna managed to land safely on the
ground.
Immediately jumping up, she bolted away like a true four-legged beast.
Jibril who was hit by the bullet, struck the tarmac ground head first.
——A moment ofsilence.
But, she slowly got up as if nothing had happened.
Then, with heart-shaped eyes, she stared into the distance.
"Master.....Ohhhh my Master.....Please let me stay by your side?"
Jibrilstarted running on the asphalt ground.
She was headed to——Sora who was sniping from three hundred meters
away.
——eleven seconds have passed since the commencement of the battle.
"...Fuu...Fuuu..."
In the warehouse full ofsmoke, Shiro panted intensely.
——even if her movements are as precise as machinery, and she did
calculations that even computers can't replicate. Nevertheless her body was
still that of an eleven-year old human girl.
Including their physicalstrength, this game directly reflects their own self.
Not to mention that Shiro and her brother were NEETs, they were exhausted
due to their lack of exercise——and their devastating lack of physical
strength.
In order to reply as soon as possible, Shiro relaxed her body, and murmured
out:
"....Didn't....Fuu....hit..."
"That isn't Shiro's fault, compared to that——"
Responding to her was Sora who was three hundred meters away.
From the moment where Jibril got hit by the bullet, 15 seconds had passed.
Regaining consciousness over her body that was hugging Sora, Jibril
immediately sent him to Shiro who was in the warehouse.
"The state of being unable to manipulate lasts for 15 seconds.....And also
——"
Sora came down to Shiro's side, and asked Jibril:
".....Jibril, you confirmed it?"
"Yes, personally confirmed."
Jibril who was leaned on by Sora said:
"Before Master shot, she turned to the direction of Master, no mistakes."
Hearing her report, Sora asked another question.
"Well, I was in an ambush position, my breathing was stopped. I shot when
the bullet exploded, but I was exposed. Completely surprising, causing a feint
as if dead, and started sniping——"
"Jibril——if you were a Flügel, would you discover?"
This was a question, to see ifshe could detect attacks from the unknown.
"——impossible, this must be the sixth sense of the Werebeasts?"
After listening to that, Sora made a bitter smile.
"Don't be silly, if that is possible, it ain't sixth sense anymore——that's
[Foresight]."
The so-called sixth sense, was only the [High intuition] caused by the linking
of the five senses.
If they could perceive all of these prior, then there was no need to lie about
being able to read people's heart.
Forgetting this game, the Eastern Union could even fight with Elven Gard.
"——then..."
"Yes, it must be——cheat."
Sora clutched her head.
"Really, such a troublesome way to cheat. I wanted to finish and resolve this
quickly——no matter, we shall move to point y. Jibril, please carry Shiro
over, she is tired. I'll move using a different route.
"Roger."
■ Spectators' floor ■
"————What...."
Looking at the scene reflected on the screen, those that were speechless were
——Ino and Kurami.
Those spectators that numbered thousands, cheered loudly for Sora, as if
forgetting about their suspicions.
It didn't hit.
But there was no doubt——Sora and company were pressuring the Eastern
Union girl.
(Just now...What.....happened?)
Kurami was beyond amazed, and started to suspect the scene displayed.
Fighting against the opponent's game? It felt as if this was their game instead.
Relying on calculated action and strategies, they easily lured their opponent.
(The opponent wasn't alert around Shiro, got suppressed and made an
emergency retreat; then got feinted by Jibril who the opponent was most alert
of. They then forced her to lose her balance in the air, before taking longdistance
snipes——)
《....Whoa....how amazing.....》
Even Fii who was sharing vision with Kuramifelt admiration.
——indeed, this was a terrifying flawless strategy.
But, this caused numerous doubts to arise.
In Sora's memories, do all those incomprehensible numbers hold any
answers?
(——how did they discern their enemy's position? What was that
overwhelming combat strength from Shiro? It was as if everything was
according to plan, grasping the situation——no, completely [Mastering] their
methods...)
Then, what was more strange——
(——able to [Dodge] that kind of attack, that Werebeast...)
《Just like what Sora-san said, that should've been an [Unknown attack].》
Yes, able to predict possible attacks at that moment, was impossible in her
position——
What Jibrilsaid to Sora...
(There was reaction before the shots....right?)
《——Cheating, which means [Dishonesty]——a scam yo.》
(I see, unable to prove that it was a cheat....The enemy can say it was their
[Sixth sense] after all.)
《They use these methods, Elven Gard lost four times.....I see~》
In admiration and a little hostility, Fiisaid.
Kurami quietly observed the look on Ino's face.
Although his expressions were empty——but his heart must've been shaken,
no mistake.
But, there was no way to see he was cheating.
(As expected——they are familiar with this game, and are enjoying an
advantage!)
Maintaining a deadpan expression, Ino shouted in his heart.
How could they be so clear about this, and even plan out such meticulous
tactics?
To be more knowledgeable about Eastern Union's games than Eastern Union
itself, shouldn't be possible——
There were numerous doubts, but——
(.....Calm down....even if they do that, it is still useless.)
Yes, even so, they stillstand no chance of winning.
■ In the game ■
"...Having said that."
Jibrilsaid.
"——using [Mathematics] to cause the enemy to have an impasse...This is a
really new idea eh."
y point——was an ugly looking park found by Sora.
It was surrounded by buildings, sheltered by the surroundings with the
exception of the sky. They set this place as their base of operations, Shiro
was using the floor in replacement of a blackboard to craft out a formula.
For Sora to be able to find Izuna's hidden spot, they made use of tracking
curves and backpropagation, using chance to calculate Izuna's position, then
spreading the Dirac delta function δ for their presumption, followed by driven
particle filter and linear analysis, to derive her predicted actions.
Jibril's sentence was directed to the impasse caused to Izuna by Shiro's
calculations and Sora's strategies, she had heartfelt praise.
But Sora shook his head with a distressed expression.
"....This isn't an odd scheme, but a necessity."
"Your meaning is?"
"....The reason why Izuna didn't attack from the start was because she was
alert of you. In that case, then it means that Izuna's fitness is evenly matched
with yours."
Sora sighed deeply.
"Let me give an analogy. Say I run 100 meters in about 15 seconds, Shiro
could get this done in 20; then for Jibril, with your current fitness, how long
would it take for you to finish 100 meters?"
Tilting her head while giving the floor a kick, Jibril briefly replied:
"....Two steps."
"Isn't that too weird!"
"To be honest, my body never felt this heavy before....for Masters to live this
kind of inconvenience everyday....Such fortitude....This impresses me to no
end."
"...Don't forget that the difference in our abilities is lower than yours by at
least 10 times."
Sora unhappily stated. Hearing Sora say this, Jibril leaked out a pained
expression and looked towards the sky.
"——ob,obviously knowing that their lives are that fragile, yet Master wanted
to challenge me and Werebeasts, even God——! Ahhh, this is brave! Too
brave!"
"You're noisy!"
Jibril had a deeper admiration for the weakness of Sora as a human, which
caused Sora to sigh.
"In short——because there is such a huge performance gap, Shiro would get
eliminated if there was a slight error, and I can't win if I'm approached——
thus we can't have a showdown unless mathematics is involved."
Indeed, in everyone's eyes, Sora and company looked like they had an
overwhelming advantage.
However, truthfully——once Izuna approached them, it would be
[Checkmate] for Sora and company.
Although Shiro was like a demon, when she finally gets hit by fatigue and
makes the slightest of mistakes, it would be over for them.
......At that moment, there won't be any other combat force except Jibril.
——the smallest error in this high-risk strategy would lead to the defeat of all.
Not relying on this strategy would mean——rephrasing, there are no other
methods other than this.
"But, in regards to how the enemy used the cheat, we can formulate a new
strategy once we've given it some thought——so that next time we can hit the
target right?"
Even though Jibrilsounded very optimistic, Sora's expression was troubled.
"Impossible."
"——eh?"
Sora started to explain in place of Shiro who was writing equations on the
ground.
"Uncertainty principle....ah, no, I don't even understand it, it's better to not
say it."
Sora scratched his head, explaining it like a monologue.
"....Listen carefully. There are two kinds of methods to win this game. First,
get the upper-hand and dominate throughout; or keep losing and perform a
comeback, winning it. These are the two kinds."
Sora raised his finger and described.
"However, to use the latter method, requires you to [Constantly play the fool,
underestimated by the opponent]."
......Yes, just like what the former King had done.
"Once the opponent knows we are smart, the second method cannot be
used, then, the enemy would also change their moves to correspond ours'.
Therefore, it will be completely impossible to predict with mathematics
now...."
Finishing, Sora sat beside Shiro and breathed deeply.
"Next, will purely be the outcome."
Sora no longer had a troubled expression, looking at Shiro who was writing
formulae while biting her nail.
"——it depends on you, Shiro. Since we can't win in the first step, the next
one would be——random chance."
"....Un."
——purely the outcome?
Against the opponents who were well-versed in the game, has overwhelming
physicalstrength and cheats as well?
Simply put, this was——equivalent to a [Desperate situation]——
".....Jibril, I need you to keep guard. In this game that uses one's own physical
capabilities, even if Shiro has machine-like precision, she would miss her
shots ifshe ever gets tired——she can't manage many more shots, so we
need to do the protecting while allowing Shiro to focus on calculation."
Upon hearing Sora's orders that broke Jibril's thoughts, Jibril immediately
responded in respect:
"Yes sir, leave it to me."
"......Really, If I'd known this, I would've exercised...."
Sora smiled bitterly while standing up.
Facing off against the oncoming onslaught of the NPCs(girls), Sora stared at
them boldly, shedding a cold sweat.
■ Spectators' floor ■
While looking at the screen, Ino was also listening intently.
On stage, Sora and company were sleeping beside Izuna, allowing Ino to
hear their heartbeats.
The pulse of their heartbeats determined if Sora was lying or telling the truth.
But, the heartbeats told Ino that they still haven't given up.
——They have unused tricks.
Ino was being careful to prevent Kuramifrom discovering.
He then used a frequency that only Werebeasts could hear and started
whispering.
——yes, the same method as when he told Izuna about Sora's whereabouts
during the snipe mission.
■ In the game ■
[Izuna, they are in the west park, be careful, they still have tricks up their
sleeves.]
Yes——this was the first cheat by the Eastern Union.
As this clearly wasn't stated in the beginning of the game, the battle would be
over once they are exposed.
But for Ino who could see the entire game on the stage——meaning that he
had God's vision. [Ino's advice] could only be heard by Izuna as the tone was
of a different frequency...Meaning that aside from the Werebeasts, no one
else would know.
"...Fuu, fuu...."
Izuna was hiding in a building several hundreds of meters away when she
heard Ino's voice.
(——I already know that, des.)
If they were capable of devising tactics of that degree, of course they would
have backup plans.
(Although I'm only spying, I've planned everything out, des.)
How would they react once they saw that......it's worth looking.
[....Izuna, are you alright?]
——Izuna had a confused expression on her face.
Alright? Of course.
I was taken aback, but they are stillfar from winning against me——
[.....No, I'm not worried, it must've been related to that shock just now.]
So——what thing?
[Your expression looks very stiff, take it easy.]
——————......?
Hearing he say that, Izuna touched her face.
Indeed, her face was stiff, but——
(.....[I'm laughing], des?)
——What's so funny,
What is there to laugh about, what is going on with my expression!
(....From just now——this heart of mine is very noisy, des!)
When will it stop beating? The exercise shouldn't have done this.
What is it beating for? What am I happy for?
——『When was the last time you played games feeling [Happy]?』
(————————!)
The words Sora said flashed through her mind, causing her to start pounding
on the walls.
The whole building started shaking. Retrieving her hand out of the broken
wall, Izuna stood up.
"....Fuu.....Fuuu...."
[....Izuna.]
(Stop nagging, des!)
This cannot be happiness! She absolutely wouldn't accept that this thing was
making her happy.
——quick, must quickly end them once and for all.
End it quickly————
——————......
"I can't stand it, the girls are good, but this is unbearable to be unable to touch
them!"
Remarking, Sora fiercely embraced the NPC(girl), causing it to disappear.
"Why is that so? If you are Master, the [Energy(power of love)] should have
some leeway, then it should be fine. I thought that you would just touch them
though."
Both Jibril and Sora were protecting Shiro, with Sora avoiding the
NPCs(girls) and Jibrilfighting with a smile.
Sora avoided the hands of the NPC(girl) that wanted to hug him.
The hand that got dodged let out a deep sound——inserting into the ground.
"Oi, old man~~! In this game, if Shiro and I fallfrom a building or get hugged
by these guys, won't we die! What would happen then?"
Facing Sora's call, the broadcast——Ino's voice replied:
[Ah, no problem, you won't experience real death in this game.]
"Ah, is that so? Then I'llstart feeling them——"
[But please note that it would result in extreme pain.]
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHJIBRIL! SA, SAVE ME!"
Sora who got hugged with the intention ofsexual harassment, started shouting
in pain.
Jibril immediately shot the NPC(girl) who was hugging Sora.
"Master! Ar, are you alright!"
"Fuu.....Fuuu.....Ye, yeah.....I'm fine...."
Sora laid on the floor, grimacing in pain. Although it looked painful, he lifted
up his thumb.
"Did it....Rubbed it....Although I couldn't feel anything due to the pain, but it
was worth it...."
"Jibril can only admire Master's iron will."
——at this time....
An atmosphere different from the average NPCs(girls) appeared, causing
Jibril and Sora to lift up their guns.
What they saw——expressionless eyes, pointing the gun at Sora and
company——
".....Oh, it's only Steph."
Saying these words, Sora unhesitatingly shot 8 bullets.
Those shots didn't connect with Steph. However, with the exception of her
underwear, Steph's clothes were eliminated without a trace.
"....Jibril."
"Yes."
"I'll leave the rest to you."
"Yes, sire."
Jibrilsilently obeyed her Master's orders, and shot Steph's forehead.
"Ahh~~Jibril is soooo naughty~~! Leaving me behind, I won't ever let you
leave me ~?"
"....Bringing this guy here was very stupid."
■ Spectators' floor ■
[I, Izuna]
After waiting for another opportunistic moment, Ino reported to Izuna again.
[Ah....How do I say this....Anyways, it looks like they are merciless towards
their own people.]
Ino could only report it like this.
Looking at the cruel treatment, not just the audience, but even Kurami was
stunned.

(....That child, is....Working hard.)
Knowing the treatment that Steph undergoes due to Sora's memories, Kurami
felt sympathy. Fii then said to Kurami:
《Kurami....I feel that you and Steph-san could be good friends yo~.》
——the meaning behind this sentence, Kurami decided to not pursue it.
■ In the game ■
....Almost two hours have passed since the start of the game.
And now——
"....It finally came down to a defensive war."
Sora murmured, his first coat was already gone as he stood vigilant.
For him to have gotten hit once, was it because of his amazing judgmental
skills?
Or was it simply the idea that [No one wants to see a naked man] that struck
him?
Shiro had already lost her jacket-uniform, leaving her with only a white shirt
and knee-length stockings.
Originally, Jibril was dressed skimpily, and she has already lost a few buttons.
Ifshe gets shot one more time, a scene which was unhealthy for the audience
would appear.
——they are currently [Trapped in a state of worries].
Izuna kept attacking whilst mixed with the NPCs(girls), causing them to have
cold sweat.
".....Our attacks aren't working....Its just a matter of time right?"
"Shiro-san, the next tactic is——:
"....Jibril...Quiet..!"
Jibrilseemed quite anxious, but Shiro was also clutching her head.
The floor of the park was filled with formulae. Shiro looked at these while
biting her nail.
——no, there was no final calculation that was usable.
The calculation was perfect, but this couldn't be done——
Seeing the anxiety-filled face appearing on Shiro's face, Jibrilshed a cold
sweat and whispered to Sora:
"...Master....This is too messy, even for Shiro-san...."
"No, it's possible."
However, Sora denied Jibril's words with a strong and undoubting tone while
glancing around the area.
"I can't do it in games, but Shiro can, it has always been like this, and will be
so in the future."
——because of this sentence.
Shiro's mind thought of the completion of the method.
But that——was too....
Shiro nervously whispered:
"...Nii believes....in Shiro?"
"Ahhhhh? You think that Nii doubts you?"
Avoiding the swooping NPCs(girls), Sora engaged with them while replying.
——indeed, thinking back.....
Because that game of reversi——the game carried out against Kurami.
Shiro thought of the words she had yet to say to Sora.
"....Then Nii....Next time....It's your turn——oh."
"Ah, what?"
Shiro slightly raised her mouth.
On the ground filled with formulae, Shiro forcefully waved her hand at the last
variable——and wrote.
——A [Nii].
Then——the sun shone on the figure.
Izuna jumped out from the walls surrounding the park, shooting the bullet that
headed to Sora.
"Shit...! Jibril cover me——!"
Unable to avoid it, Sora immediately called Jibril to take the blow to allow
him to recover.
Just when the bullet was about to hit Sora——
"What——"
Shiro faced against the upcoming bullet——and plunged.
—————......
With their backs facing the sun, Izuna shot a bullet towards Sora while
moving in between buildings.
It was barely an attack, but yet she felt it had a good feeling. Izuna couldn't
see the results, so she went to the roof of the building closest to the park and
listened.
"No bouncing sound——it hit, des?"
This sentence prompted Ino to answer.
After confirming Shiro's heartbeat, Ino instantly replied.
[Shiro's heartbeat is steady——completely relaxed, means she is unable to
control herself. You hit, Izuna.]
——————......
Then, Shiro's expressionless eyes glazed over Sora as she aimed the muzzle
at him.
Whether it was Sora or Jibril, even the spectators in the room, they all thought
of the same thing.
————exceeding Izuna.....It was the birth of Imanity's worst enemy.
Sora wanted to pullsome distance away from Shiro——but he stood still and
stopped his movements.
He fired at Shiro, stretched out his wrist-band to block the bullet.
"Jibril! Above!"
At the same time, Izuna wouldn't let this chance go and would attack again
————!
Towards this speculation, Sora was confident. He threw the grenade in the air
and Jibrilshot it.
A flash appeared. Jibrilrolled on the ground while firing at any silhouettes she
saw.
But Sora didn't have time to confirm the situation.
Shiro's gun ignited again, causing Sora to stretch out his left foot in front of the
muzzle.
Hearts scattered, his left shoe——disappeared together with the bullet.
(Once the bullet is fired————avoiding is impossible! Must not let her
shoot!!)
————then, he saw Shiro sliding on the ground, muzzle pointed on the
ground.
"Shit——!!"
Understanding the significance of that action, Sora shouted out.
She was sliding——to attack from a position Sora is unaware of.
Facing against the the ground-launched bullets that were fired three times, or
eight times, or maybe more——the bouncing bullets increased, sealing any
chance of Sora gaining time to fight back and hit Sora when he was unable to
dodge anymore. This was a clear conviction, causing Sora's blood to freeze.
As he bowed to dodge, he also took off his remaining right shoe and kicked.
The bullet shot hit Sora's shoe, making it disappear.
——prevented, but....
Sora was out of balance, his shoe was gone, and for the next attack, he didn't
have any ways to block it.
"Jibril!"
Jibril immediately responded upon hearing Sora's voice. She tread ten meters
in one step and picked up Sora.
At the second step, she went another fifty meters, before jumping.
However, the [Bouncing curtain] Shiro shot out, calculated even Jibril's
entrance and escape route.
The metal band on Jibril's arm was shaved off.
——as previously experienced by Izuna, the attack that had demonic
calculation, could even force the most combatant race out of the [Sixteen
races] to have chills.
Finally managing to land, Jibril placed Sora down, but Shiro had already
turned her body and was ready for the next attack.
"....It finally ended eh."
She finally experienced what Shiro was capable of——the techniques that
even cheats couldn't stand up to.
Jibril murmured while trembling, there was no chance of winning if Shiro's
formula wasn't used.
"....Master, as to why Shiro would protect Master, I simply cannot
understand——"
"Yeah——because I understand, so it's okay if you don't."
Sora said forcefully and watched the park filled with formulae.
"The variable [Nii]....Nii, which means me."
Cold sweat dripping down his face, Sora had a stiffsmile.
"Including the situation where Shiro becomes an enemy, [Me] being a variable
to complete the equation——this would lead us to a [Convincing victory],
like a magicalformula....Am I right? Shiro?"
Sora started laughing. At this time, Shiro pointed her gun at him.
....Grasping unto this position, following the bouncing bullet, and avoiding the
bullets Shiro shot. This became Sora's new goal.
There was only one way to escape this.
Predicting Shiro's every attack————Shiro would take into account that
her bullets would be avoided. So to completely predict her, he had to exceed
her——which meant that in the face of the horrifying situation, he had to use
the best answer to achieve a victory.
Joke——it was definitely [Impossible].
Having Shiro as an opponent and to win her using the same method, was just
like an apple flying upwards, an impossible feat.
"....Jibril, please handle Izuna."
Hearing these words, Jibrilswallowed her saliva——in this situation where
the slightest mistake would cost everything, Sora intends on sending his
largest combat power away.
"...Is that alright?"
"We can't handle Shiro even if we are together, we won't be able to stop
Izuna ifshe attacks now. If there was anyone who could clash with that
person, it's only you——please buy as much time as possible."
This also included the possibility that Jibril would become Izuna's [Love slave]
——the risk of being an enemy.
If that comes, it willreally be over.
But——
"Buying time isn't a problem for me———"
Jibrilsmiled.
"But taking her down should be fine....no?"
".....You are learning fast with our world's knowledge eh. If you can defeat
her, then it would be best, but I'll make a comment, that will be a death flag
oh?"
"What.....Then I'll just knock her down normally."
Concluding her sentence, Jibril kicked the ground.
The first jump brought her to the tenth floor of a building, while the second
jump brought her one hundred meters up the air.
Then, a bullet came from behind Jibril as she was in the air——but she
dodged it.
"As I've expected——thank you for letting me find you effortlessly."
Catching the figure in the direction of the bullet——Izuna, Jibrilsneered.
She landed lightly on the fifteenth floor of a building, and raised her gun to
face Izuna.
Jibril did a curtsy with her skirt and said to Izuna:
"Hello, puppy."
"....."
"Hey, I've a feeling of deja vu....We lost against the Eastern Union in the past,
and the opponent from then——should be you right?"
Jibrilsquinted her eyes in response to Izuna's silence.
"I see, I've always been in doubt as to why I lost to Werebeasts, but now I
understand."
Jibrilshowed an angelic smile.
"The wisdom that Werebeasts got, was [Luring the opponent into a space
where they could cheat] right...——because Master said that it was a tactic,
so I won't complain, but I can say it here."
Then, with her clear-pitched voice——she let out killing intent.
"Asking a stupid dog to have a [Sense ofshame] or [Self-esteem], is
probably asking too much."
Izuna shed a cold sweat and took a step back.
——ranked sixth in position, the Flügel.
If this was prior to the [Ten Oaths], confrontation was equivalent to
destruction, an existence superior to others.
Although the humans Sora and Shiro gave her a surprise, but her originally
most alert opponent from the outset was in front of her eyes.
Instinctualscreams came from her Werebeast blood.
Asking her to throw down her firearm, cry and plead for mercy.
The person in front of her eyes was————[Death].
But Izuna repressed her instincts with rational thoughts and held the gun
tighter.
"Okay, although Master asked me to buy time, I'll play with you since this is a
rare opportunity.
Jibrilsmiled sweetly, but those eyes were as if they were looking at trash.
"All your dirty tricks, feelfree to use it."
Both of them kicked the ground, crushing the concrete and jumped up.
With godspeed, they pulled out————[Melty Melty gun].
The two races from the [Sixteen race] possessing the strongest physical
abilities, will they fall in love(Get rid of) with the opponent or forced to love
the opponent(gotten rid of)?
——In this LOVEorLOVED, the two figures exchanged——!!
Part 7
——Sora was running in the alley, when a bullet flew past his forehead.
He couldn't be complacent just because he successfully dodged a bullet.
The shooter was Shiro. Even if he avoided it once, she would attack again.
Think! With that much bouncing shots, what was the most unexpected action
I can take!?
I have no time, I can't make any mistakes, and yet you want me to get the
answer a second!
"Whoaaaaa this is it!!"
Sora shouted at the bullet flying in his direction and started performing
backward jumps to dodge the bullet.
Subsequently, the next bullet went before Sora's eyes.
"——damn, even these actions were predicted!"
The main reason as to why he barely escaped that bullet was.....His
processing speed and jumping distance was a little beyond what Shiro had
thought. But——the attack next time would be corrected.
Sure enough, with his little sister as his opponent, he couldn't win the
prediction war.
"Ahh~! What do you want me to do, Shiro!"
Sora shouted out while running.
So far, Sora was barely able to avoid Shiro's attacks because of the gap in
physical ability.
Shiro didn't have strength, so she couldn't run. Ifshe did, she would get tired
and her shooting wouldn't be accurate.
The advantages in distance and physical ability bought Sora some time to
think.
(Bluffing and scaring her is meaningless. With machine-like ability to use
Mathematics to predict the enemy's action and seal their actions......If
someone designed this kind of enemy in a game, the players won't win, and
the producers will get scolded!)
Running into a roadway with complex routes, Sora rushed into the big
building he saw.
Only the Eastern Union designer would know what this building was, but——
(A large hall with a curve design——if it curves even more, the bullet would
bounce——)
But, intuition warned him, forcing him to run across the place and kick down
a nearby table.
With a *Pa* sound——the bullet hit the table.
Blocking Shiro's attack, Sora felt fear instead of having a peace of mind.
"——!?"
Sora's body sank, and he tumbled out before jumping.
Following that, a bullet hit the curved ceiling before bouncing behind the table.
"Easily calculating out the bouncing angle from a curved region!? No matter
what, that is too much of an exaggeration, Shiro!"
My sister, you are kidding right——Sora wanted to yell out.
"Damn, no, this is not a problem to be solved by topographical differences...!"
——Run. Run faster, but don't have an irregular pace!
Going beyond her prediction, over-predict what she is going to predict!
Run to the roof! Once I'm at the roof, there will be a limited number of bullets
that can bounce——
(————this must be within her prediction range, but still, in an unmanipulative
state, she could predict the most appropriate course of action
——)
With the feeling of hopelessness lingering in Sora, he suddenly——had a
doubt.
(Wait a second, isn't this strange.....)
Up to now, Shiro hadn't run yet.
When Sora intends to leave the firing range, she would block the retreat route
and shorten the distance.
Not consuming energy, not fatigued, a continuous precise shooting, but——
(.....Ifshe wanted to hit me, she should run and that would present an
opportunity to shoot...)
The one who commanded Shiro to not run——should be Sora himself.
That's because when fighting with Izuna, accuracy was needed.
Then ifshe solely wanted to defeat me, what was the problem in being
breathless?
This was the same if it was Jibril too, then——
"......This is bad if I got it wrong...But...."
He could only trust on it, Sora thought.
Kicking the door, he went on the roof.
"Fuu, fuu....Okay, Shiro? Nii is almost at his limit, this treatment is too much
for an otaku like me......Fuu...."
Chasing behind Sora was Shiro, whose eyes——were still expressionless.
She walked unsteadily, pointing the muzzle at Sora.
(Tenth floor, no other tall buildings nearby——)
"Ah~ Shiro....If I'm really wrong——"
He was about to say [Sorry], but he dispelled that idea.
This was a right answer, this was neither an error of judgement nor is it
wrong.
When gambling with Kurami, he also handed Shiro this kind of burden.
Up till now, as a brother——he absolutely cannot be wrong!
"————————HIYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"
Kicking the concrete floor, Sora bolted.
He saw Shiro pulling the trigger.
Sora waved the sleeve left from the first coat.
Shiro undoubtedly aimed at his forehead——Sora threw the sleeve in the
bullet's trajectory.
Hit, the last part from his first coat disappeared together with the bullet.
".....Nii..I love you?"
Shiro tightly clutched onto Sora, while Sora replied back:
"————yes, Nii loves you the most."
[Izuna, now.]
——as if responding to the words in her ear.
Izuna jumped out from a window in the opposite building
What her eyes and gun muzzle captured was, Sora and Shiro on the roof.
The final attack, Izuna encountered the situation for it.
Sora was hugging Shiro who couldn't control herself, at the roof of the
building.
Unable to change his posture, unable to escape.
(————what a waste of my effort, des.)
But facing against the approaching Izuna, Sora's eyes didn't catch her.
"....Haha, how naive."
Sora happily smiled, from his hand was a——grenade.
"————!?"
Against the thrown grenade, Izuna reflexively shot it——she regretted it
immediately.
(No——my mistake, des!)
The flash appeared, burning Izuna's retina.
Then the sound of the exploding grenade paralysed her eardrums, blocking
her hearing.
In her flicking vision, Izuna barely escaped from a bullet that pierced through
the smoke. Izuna had to admit that——this was just by chance.
(Predicted....no, not right, des.)
It didn't matter as to how she got predicted.
The more important question was————
(How did he manage to do such a precise shot, des!)
Holding onto Shiro who couldn't control herself, Sora managed a precise shot
without aiming.
Even if Sora was a gamer, humans shouldn't be able to do that kind of thing
——
However, Izuna's thoughts were interrupted.
She still perceived it even when her five senses have yet to stabilise.
In the embrace of Sora——
Supposedly in a state of being uncontrollable——Shiro.
The muzzle of her gun was calm, mechanically and incomparably correctly
——aligned with Izuna.
It was obvious that her eyes were clear and were directly staring at her——
"Because of this moment————you didn't run and save your physical
strength right? Shiro."
"...Nii....I love you."
The same line as before——but Shiro had a proud smile while reciting it out.
■ Spectators' floor ■
"How is it——!"
Seeing the scene displayed, Ino lamented out.
Ino kept conveying the conversations to Izuna.
The timing to an attack and the instruction on attacking, should have been
perfect.
He was always [Listening] to Sora's heartbeat as he escaped and Shiro's
heartbeat as she chased.
The state of being uncontrollable after being hit by the Melty Melty gun was
[15 seconds] in accordance to the rules.
But not [2 seconds] have passed since Sora hit Shiro.
Sora did indeed hit Shiro, he even heard the gunshot, so...Why!?
——At this moment, both Izuna and Ino thought of the same possibility.
■ In the game ■
(It hit the clothing, camouflaging the attack, des?)
Shiro who was held by Sora.
If the shot was fake, the clothing should've disappeared——but there were
not substantial changes....
However, Izuna suddenly saw clothes floating down, causing her to change
her thoughts.
Izuna looked at the curve between Shiro's leg and waist
She thought of the nonsensical act Sora did at first——
(Unless——he really did....)
At a critical moment, the stage which related to Imanity's fate.
(——he really aimed and shot at the [Underwear], des!?)
This was a stupid conclusion——but it didn't fully explain the situation.
If the shot was supposed to act as a camouflage, then Shiro should still be
Izuna's companion(love slave).
But Shiro [Pointed a gun at herself]. This narrowed down the conclusion to
only——one.
As if mocking Izuna's thoughts, Sora said:
"You finally found out? From the start——Shiro was never your companion."
The shot that Sora was sheltered from——was a superb acting that even
fooled him.
Looking at Shiro's white shirt, there was something different.
Just like playing spot the differences, a button was lacking.
At that time, Shiro sacrificed a button to block Izuna's attack.
Shiro was capable of predicting the trajectory within millimeters——and
started the superb acting.
■ Spectators' floor ■
(How——how could it be!)
Ino couldn't accept this fact as he cried out in his heart.
(Sora was really panicking! And Shiro's heartbeat was nothing special, it had
no tension!)
From the moment Shiro got hit by Izuna, her heartbeats——had remained the
same.
Being in a relaxed state of mind, calm and stable heartbeats.
However, if it was like that, then what this meant——
(She even fooled her own brother!?)
Not nervous, not shaken, not excited——unhesitantly deceiving one's own
brother.
Without any discussing, a completely improvised way, the coordination was
perfect...
■ In the game ■
——but for Izuna who was experiencing it, that kind of thing didn't matter
anymore.
Regardless of what kind of tricks the enemy used, there was only one
meaning to this situation
(I fellfor it——des.)
Which meant that once again, she fell into the plot orchestrated by the enemy.
Because she avoided the first shot, her body was off-balance. Also——the
attacker was that [Shiro].
No matter what she couldn't dodge it anymore. The clothes she used as a
shield were almost gone.
(But——this is how I like it, des.)
The window where Izuna broke out——inside.
There was a silhouette ofsomeone aiming a gun inside the dark room, when a
muzzle flash appeared.
Losing to Izuna——[Becoming the enemy, Jibril].
The bullet shot flew sharply across the sky, heading towards Sora and Shiro.
(You arranged an over-conceited trap——but this shall end it, des.)
Izuna was two steps ahead of them.
If this was the case, then it was really over——
Izuna believed that she has won.
——at this time, a sense of trembling and nervousness struck Izuna's body.
Shiro pulled the trigger, firing one bullet.
Where she aimed——was not Izuna.
Izuna felt goosebumps.
This was...The Werebeasts' genuine——[Sixth sense].
She realised that from the start, Shiro's gun was aiming at someone behind
her.
It was aiming at Jibril.
——but even if they found out, who would've thought of it?
Aiming at the bullet Jibrilfired out——
After hitting the bullet, it would bounce towards Izuna——who would think
out such a preposterous thing.
Experiencing countless strategies and insights.
What she planned out, this——no, even planning was not possible.
The bullets collided with each other behind Izuna——bounce, the bullet came
from Izuna's death angle.
That was a fatal blow that was impossible to detect.
Fooling her brother, fooling herself, fooling Izuna, fooling Ino, even Jibril was
even calculated into the plan.
It was Godlike——no, the attack that stemmed from demonic calculations
was impossible to avoid.
Yes, an attack that was certain to hit.
——it was usually the case.
"——interesting, des!!"
Izuna grinned, full of arrogance.
At the same time, her body's blood flowed uncontrollably, breaking her
capillaries, dyeing her eye and body hair with blood, increasing her nerve's
temperature, causing her cells to boil and muscle to spit fire(?), even the laws
of physics started weeping.
——[Blood Devastation].
The red figure that broke her own physical limits——
Izuna, with her hands stained with blood——silently disappeared.
As there were both humans, Sora and Shiro didn't detect.
Izuna's hand which moved at speeds humans are unaware of——caught the
space.
Faster than the speed ofsound, her hand condensed the friction caused by
the atmosphere, catching her falling body.
Then it followed by a [Kick].
With outrageous strength, Izuna repressed inertia and gravity, and the sure-kill
bullet coming from above——
Went past her...With the slightest in difference.
——what kind of outrageous theory is that?
Nobody could understand and accept those kind ofskills in theory.
But for the people familiar with this game, there was one word to explain this
phenomenon.
Seeing how Izuna changed her posture, her crimson eyes and gun pointing at
his forehead, Sora couldn't help but——smile bitterly.
"——she jumped two times in the air, are you kidding me."
This was the [Blood Devastation] that Jibril mentioned——
Reaching the physical limits of Werebeasts, going beyond the boundaries of
the world.
There was the sound of one bullet fired.
But at that time, two bullets headed towards the both of them.
There was no obstacle in their trajectory——just two magical bullets hitting
their foreheads simultaneously.
The motionless Sora and Shiro fell without resistance, as if discarded broken
toys.
Izuna finally landed on the ground, causing huge cracks in the tarmac floor.
"Fuuuuuuuuuuuu.....Fuuuuuuuuuu——!"
Breathing heavily, she demonstrated her fighting heart, showing the violence in
an animal's morphology.
Her body stained with fresh blood, the air exposed to it gradually turned
black——
■ Spectators's floor ■
".....——"
Silence.
The spectators were allsilent.
Kurami was also speechless, even Fii who was looking at the same screen
was speechless.
——this was the Werebeasts from the fourteenth rank of the [16 races]
Up till this point, Kurami understood, although it was too late——
Why would the Eastern Union agree to this game?
Why did they agree to hold an [Open Match] which limits the number of
cheats usable.
Yes, because Sora set numerous traps, but there should be other ways right.
Even so, the Eastern Union agreed to this game, that was most simple
answer.
No matter how much they calculated and how much they strategized——they
will always be [Overwhelmed by the performance gap], this absurd and
irrationalreason overturned everything else.
Higher ranked than the Humans by two——but they were overwhelming
[Monsters].
Looking at that, even Kuramiswallowed her saliva in despair.
——winning was impossible.
Fii's silence and Jibril's defeat says it all.
In a competition that seals off all magic, to be able to beat down these
monsters under these circumstances.
Sadly——it couldn't be found in the [16 races]
Izuna herself——the Werebeasts' existence, was the most fearsome in that
space.
(This is....The essence of the Eastern Union game...?)
It was hard to see that this was an [Impossible game].
This is the true face of the Eastern Union game——
After a moment of consternation to restore his calmness, Ino cooled his mind
down.
He didn't dare to carelessly check about Sora and Shiro's heartbeats.
——Both of their heartbeats were steady, so hiding the fact that they got
struck in the forehead by bullets was impossible.
But at the same time, he realised that Izuna's heartbeat was extremely violent.
As if the sound would get heard throughout the floor and the heart would
suddenly burst out.
[You downed them, Izuna. Its enough, calm your blood down now!]
Ino called out to Izuna with cold sweat dripping down his face.
■ In the game ■
"——fuu!——fuu!..Fuuuuuuuu...."
Izuna couldn't hear Ino's voice.
She however knew that she had taken down both people, even without his
report.
It was not because she saw the two person lying on the ground motionless,
but [Intuition] that discerned that [They were downed].
The move Izuna adopted went beyond the limits of the Werebeasts, forcibly
twisting the laws of physics.
She slowed down her heartbeat, making sure that her heart functioned
normally.
Remembering about the laws of physics, a sudden intense pain struck her
body.
——her body was heavy, even when she desperately tried to adjust the air,
her breathing was not restored.
Her muscles tore, her blood vessels burst, and her nerves melted——
The literal meaning of [Bad], even standing still was laboriously for Izuna.
But that was okay, because this was the price to pay for doing that.
That way——
"...I win, des..."
Izuna painfully spoke while standing up.
Her gaze fell onto the unmoving Sora and Shiro, as she tried to say
something.
——————————————*pa*.
This was too simple.
Too abrupt——
The bullet.....hit Izuna's hand.
"...Eh?"
....Don't say it was Izuna——

Even the crowd ofspectators.....Ino, Kurami, even Fii.
Everyone cried out in surprise, and looked behind Izuna——
The direction where Izuna got shot from.
In the direction was.....
Clinging onto the back of an NPC(girl), with her eyes closed and a gun held
in her outstreched hand——
".....Sora, Sora, is, is this okay? Can I open my eyes now?"
Steph was there.
Yes, Izuna couldn't notice and escape from the attack even with her [Sixth
sense].
Just like what Sora had said, the development in anything requires information
to be obtained first.
To use that kind of cheat, was in the domain of Magic and unorthodox uses.
The formula Shiro kept writing in the park——was not to defeat Izuna.
But the pattern of the wandering NPCs(girls)——[Wandering Algorithms],
such things were clueless to Izuna.
Which meant——it was to calculate the [Energy(power of love)] used to
attract wandering NPCs(girls). Shiro was calculating the usage of another
plan.
From the start of the battle to the place where they were cornered, the tactics
that they used before the battle against Shiro, was for a tactical calculation.
Since the start of the game, Shiro's calculation from start to end——
Was to create the formula for this instance.
"...Even with your [Sixth sense], can you think of it?"
The word [Defeat] appeared to notify the end of the game.
With everything over, Shiro and Sora stood up and said:
"The bullet that Shiro shot to deflect Jibril's. The real target Shiro intended to
hit was not you, but——"
"....Below...."
"Clinging onto the NPC(girl)'s back, her eyes closed, the transported——
Steph."
Hearing these words, Izuna widened her eyes in surprise.
In her line ofsight, the bullet that was going to hit was hers.
The bullet that headed towards Izuna because of the bounce——was Jibril's.
The reason why the bounce needed to be outside her line ofsight, was not to
create a situation where the attack couldn't be dodged——
But to prevent Izuna from realising the target of the bullet.....?
Before the game, Sora gave Steph a [Special curse].
And that was——
"Obey the orders that Shiro writes on the ground, but lose that memory——
bounding this with the Oaths."
Sora gave a wry smile.
"In that state of being clung to the NPC(girl), the orders of [Resupplementing
the power of love after 10 seconds] and [Move the fort] to attack
Izuna...That kind of formula, will even trouble Shiro."
Inducing Steph, allowing her to head towards Izuna unknowingly.
Around that time, Sora was about to fake-shoot Shiro.
They speculated that Izuna would attack at that time, and receive Jibril's help
as well.
Making use of the shot by Jibril that got deflected to Izuna, was all[Within]
the plans.
"Because the NPC(girl) have to carry, so there won't be any footsteps;
because there were no memories, so there were no killing intent;because she
was in a state of being unable to [Control], she wasn't conscious. But
following the Oaths, only the actions were implemented. Steph's existence
was beginning to disappear after the start of the game——allowing Izuna to
get exhausted, and use a negligent moment to shoot...."
Sora stressed [If you could guess it, so be it], before laughing out.
"——not even your [Sixth sense] would know about this right?"
Ino stared at the screen, his heart yelling out.
(Impossible! That sort of thing isn't in the [Plan] anymore! That is——!)
But, as if mocking him in general, Sora raised his mouth.
"[Isn't that predicting the future]——is what you are thinking right? Old man."
(What——!)
Sora smirked, while Shiro gave a smile too.
"You——~~ were monitoring our heart rates and reporting to Izuna right?"
——I was discovered? No!
It wasn't that simple, indeed, this would explain everything then.
[....I see, so I was used....]
Izuna figured out, just like what Sora had said——
"Yes——there were two ways to achieve the finalresults."
That was, tactical action and corresponding action.
Every game is dictated by these two unwavering rules.
"We always had the initiative, but that was all. You thought that you were the
initiator, but we controlled your movements——so the results were
[Inevitable], not [Predicting the future]."
"Oh yeah, Shiro."
"....Un."
"Why was [Nii] written as the last variable? Since you had your
consciousness from the beginning to the end, you should've foreseen this
earlier right?"
"....Liar.....I won't be seen through...."
Even if their heartbeats were monitored and they could fake the shot, they still
couldn't fake the psychological changes.
So——Shiro managed to overcome it, pulling it off while being in a relaxed
state.
Confident of not being able to win even if it was a serious battle.
Being trusting so that one's intentions could be seen through.
"....That kind of person...."
Can definitely be the [variable].
From the start where she became sensible, up till today——
The convenient [Magic number], Shiro only knew of one.
"....Aside from [Nii]...No one else...."
The things Sora couldn't do, Shiro could.
So——vice versa.
Sora smiled and said:
"Yes, we have no obligation to fight [The battle]."
"Humans have their own ways of doing things, the matter of fighting a lion
bare-handed, we'll just give it to the lion."
Part 8
Cheers enveloped the entire floor. On the stage, the people regained
consciousness.
Once Shiro who was holding hands with Sora opened her eyes, she began to
speak.
"....Oh yeah, Nii."
"Un? What's the matter? Little sister."
Perhaps feeling the reluctance to let go, Sora held her hand and said.
——Even in the game, when they were split up, Sora was quite frightened.
"....I deliberately left my jacket....So why...Shoot my underwear....?"
"What? Don't ask these kind of incomprehensible questions, my little sister!?
How could I allow the viewers to see Shiro naked!?"
"That kind ofsaying, does it mean that it's fine if it's me!"
The one who woke up slightly later was the MVP——Steph who yelled
angrily.
"Okay okay, Dora-chan, there is no doubt that Dora-chan's excellent
performance won us that right? How does it feel to have the fate of Elchea
resting in your hands?"
"Can I be honest? I won't do such a thing anymore!!"
To, to have the ability to control the fate of Imanity in her hands.....
She shouted out that if Sora had not forced her to [Forget the memories], she
wouldn't accept this kind of task.
At this time, Sora and Shiro stood up besides Steph.
"Okay, isn't it time to announce the winner? Old man."
Saying so, Sora urged Ino.
"——winner, Elchea....Complying with the Oaths, the Eastern Union shall
transfer allrights to the continents to the kingdom of Elchea..."
Hearing Ino declare the conditions out with a solemn expression, the cheers
of the crowd increased louder.
——Facing off against the Werebeasts, using one move to increase their
territory size, who wouldn't be satisfied?
But Ino's next words stunned the audience speechless.
"——similarly, in compliance with the Oaths....me, Hatsuse Ino
and....Hatsuse Izuna, our rights will be transferred from the Eastern Union
——Elchea's two kings."
"Un, very good."
Sora nodded, Steph and audience were stillstunned.
Yes——they requested for [Everything on the Eastern Union].
Resources, territory——this meant that even their talent and technology were
received.
"As a result, I'll gain most of Eastern Union's technology, and even Izuna-chan
and every Kemonomimi will belong to me——fuu~ how tiring, hard work
rewards oneself."
Sora easily and freely said so, before stretching himself. However, Steph was
trembling.
Sora previously said——[Conquer the world, the whole conquest,
everything, leaving nothing behind.]
The meaning behind that sentence represents——
At the same time, Steph caught the figure of Izuna within her line ofsight.
"......."
She didn't stand up from the chair, her head was looking downwards.
Seeing her like that, although Ino could only squeeze out something to say,
nevertheless he tried to comfort Izuna and considerately said some words to
her:
"Izuna....You are not responsible.....This was issued by the country, the things
I commanded you to do....."
——finally, Steph understood what Sora had said.
The lowered head, the trembling thin shoulders; she was resting a heavy
responsibility on her shoulders.
——The rights to everything on continental part of Eastern Union, this was
indeed a heavy responsibility.
Losing would result in the loss of many people.....They were all compatriots
to Izuna. For them to lose their families, homes, jobs, forcing them to live on
the streets—— they may even die.
Steph recalled what she had said:
——[How are you going to be responsible!?]
——How can you afford to bear this burden!
Dozens, maybe even hundreds of thousands of [Lives] were entrusted——to
the sole representative.
Nobody could afford to bear such a huge responsibility.
The one who's looking down on the [King].....Was not Sora.
(It was me....right.)
Steph hung her head down, but Sora suddenly spoke out:
"That's not right, Izuna."
"Eh?"
"——because you played it feeling [Happy], so you don't know what to do
right?"
Both Ino and Izuna suddenly thought:
When Izuna resorted to using [Blood Devastation]——
She clearly and explicitly said it.
——she said that it was [Interesting].
"...how could it be, des."
But...
"Because if I lost, many people would suffer, des."
Izuna wouldn't admit this.
"But——this is how it happened, des."
How was she able to admit it——then...
"Why——why am I laughing, des!?"
The memory where Izuna fought in the air flashed past her mind——
At that instant, she clearly felt [Happy].
"That time, if I didn't think of those things, I could've won!? Because of Izuna,
lots of people will die!! This was all because Izuna——felt happy!!"
"I, Izuna, calm down——you are——"
Izuna didn't know what to do and started crying loudly, her weeping voice
silencing the entire floor.
Ino didn't know how to deal with this, so he could only hold onto her
shoulders and try to comfort her.
But——Sora didn't stop.
"Rest assured, Izuna."
He went to the frantic Izuna, and gently spoke out:
"No matter what Izuna did, the winner will always be us."
Sora said, his face full ofsmiles. Everyone on the entire floor stood frozen.
Doesn't this man have a better method to comfort people——Steph thought
with a defeated expression.
However, Sora knelt down and stroked Izuna's head.
"And also, you seemed to be mistaken——no one will die, no one willsuffer
either."
"....Eh?"
"This world is a game; it's just that everyone is incorrect."
That——Sora also said the same kind of words to Jibril and Steph before.
But he has yet to explain the meaning behind that sentence.
"It looks like you don't agree with my sentence, so we'll play a game."
Saying so, Sora made another proposal.
"With no tricks and cheats, a one versus one duel."
Revealing a mischievous smile, Sora said the proposal out.
"If I win, I'll tell you the basis of my claims. If I lose——we'll become friends
okay?"
Part 9
The spectators watched the screen, what reflected from it was the central of a
junction.
Resembling a western movie, a gust of wind blew and lifted up paper.
Everyone's eyes were glued to the screen.
On the screen, there were two figures that faced off.
Imanity's king, Sora.
And representative of the Eastern Union, Izuna.
Shiro, Steph, and Ino were watching the screen that reflected them.
Kuramistared at the screen attentively, her vision shared with Fii.
Then——same as before, a fierce battle was about to begin.
Although the outcome of this match was minor, the thousand-strong
spectators stared intently at the screen.
Sora's proposal to this game was very simple.
They were to duke it out, with their physicalstrength.
——impossible to win.
Those that witnessed Izuna's previous red figure, all thought so.
Indeed, Sora and company did defeat her in that state, but it wasn't a duel
from the front.
It relied on resourcefulness, strategy, numerous traps to finally beat her.
Reaction speed and velocity, humans can never win against those red
monsters.
Since everything on the continental part of Eastern Union was seized, even
Izuna and Ino would be included.
Sora had long gained ownership of Izuna.
So the proposal, that was the right [To become friends], it was a euphoric
comfort.
However, at the same time, the spectators were thinking.
This man, this [King], half of Imanity's strongest gamblers——the fraud
master....
Will things simply end as to what he said?
"Then let's begin, using the coin toss, the shooting duel begins once the coin
hits the ground."
"...——"
Izuna's wordless response was seen as an acceptance to Sora.
The high-pitched sound of the coin resounded, flying high up in the sky.
Unable to see his expression, Izuna's black eyes gazed at Sora's face.
——he was the only character that has won against her.
He single-handedly seized the entirety of the Eastern Union, cornering a large
number of Werebeasts.
He said that [No one would die], to lure herself in.
——the sound of the coin hitting the floor sounded out.
But....Izuna lowered her head, without any intention of using her gun.
"Wuu....You really chose that side ah."
Sora said this, and slowly pointed the gun at Izuna.
....Indeed, if Izuna lost, Sora would reveal the evidence as to why [No one
would die].
If that was an acceptable reason, then Izuna would be liberated from her
responsibility.
Even if it was an unacceptable reason, she didn't need to become [Friends]
with someone who deceived her.
No matter what people think, these were the conditions that were already
arranged for Izuna to lose.
——that was all.
Losing deliberately, and hear the reason why nobody would die.
Just like that——just like that——
"....Well, can I be honest?"
Sora sighed.
His face full of disappointment, Sora placed his finger on the trigger and
pulled it.
"I'm really disappointed in you, Izuna."
————————!
"——Don't underestimate me, des!"
Following the flash, at the same time when Sora's bullet flew out——
Lifting her head, Izuna's eyes stained red.
——[Blood Devastation].
Faster than the speed of the bullet, the actions of the [Beast]——Sora
couldn't see the speed-draw from Izuna.
It was another outrageous act that tore through the laws of physics, but it
could also be said to be a godspeed speed-draw.
Izuna fired a shot seconds later than Sora's, resulting in the collision of the
bullets. This caused them to change their course.
Izuna's second bullet aimed at Sora's head.
After pulling the trigger——she thought:
(——what am I doing, des?)
Why did she want to win?
This was the time to ask Sora [The reason why no one would die], for the
sake of the Werebeasts and Eastern Union.
But——why——
Then, ignoring Izuna's struggle, the bullet skimmed past Sora's cheeks.
"——————eh?"
It was as if——no, without question, she got predicted.
At the same time, the second bullet Sora fired.....
Even with the Werebeasts'——[Blood Devastation], Izuna was only able to
capture the bullet about to hit her chest.
——he predicted that Izuna would fire two shots.
Coordinating with the time when Izuna shot——which means, coordinating
the split second when Izuna's five senses were blocked, he fired a second
round.
Feeling the bullet gradually entering into her chest, Izuna heard Sora's voice.
"Yes, that is fine.....This is Izuna's true feelings."
Falling down, her view changed to the vast sky.
"It is okay if you are worried about the loss of the Eastern Union and the
people who would suffer from it. But the reason why you cried was also very
simple."
Sora then said to Izuna who was still blurry and didn't know how she lost:
"——Its remorseful to lose for the first time, isn't it?"
——————.......
"If you don't feelremorse, then you aren't qualified as a gamer, but...."
"——as such, you felt happy for the first time."
"It was only a [Job] for you to win, finding no value in anything. It was natural
for you to feel disgusted at people who didn't value their lives——Izuna
wasn't wrong at this point."
But——
"....How? Betting everything to have an opponent that you couldn't win
against. How do you feel?"
What flashed past Sora's mind, was a young girl he previously met.
"Facing against such an opponent, how do you yield? How do you win? How
do you beat them down?"
Holding possibilities that were unimaginable by humans, a certain white-hair
ruby-eyes girl.
Recalling the moment when the attack began, Sora smiled with excitement:
"To be conservative——isn't this the [Best] feeling?"
——Perhaps that was correct.
Perhaps that was the kind of impulse that was pushing Izuna onward.
The enemy was someone who defeated her, because of this.....Because of
not wanting to get looked down upon, she must win next time.
That kind of impulse....Must certainly be...
"If you understand this, then we are already friends. Welcome to the
players(our) side, Izuna."
Izuna will certainly feel——
That this was the first time she played a game when she was born.
"Okay, in accordance with the Oaths, I'll tell you the reason, so please lend
me your lovely ears."
Sora knelt down and told her, his voice as if like a mischievous child.
But it was a kind of mischievousness that would make her happy.
However, it also made people doubt if he was actually normal, to have——a
fun prank.
Hearing that [Reason], Izuna felt relieved and closed her eyes, gently smiling
while replying:
"Next time.....I won't lose, des..."
Part 10
Looking at the scene displayed on the screen, everyone remained silent.
The spectators couldn't utter any sound, prompting Steph to murmur out.
"No way...."
The reason speed, physical ability and even the five senses were
overwhelming, but yet he still managed to beat her fairly.
Judging from Izuna's character, she would shoot at his head.
The inhibition of pressure and responsibility, yet she had a fiery hot and
unyielding attitude.
Predicting that she would collide with his bullet, he fired a second shot.
Therefore, when the second bullet was launched——Sora had already fired
his second bullet....an unavoidable bullet.
This was what Sora had said in his speech at the coronation.
Kuramirecalled the words she received from Sora back then.
"——humans live with [Experience] and [Study], we can even obtain the
wisdom to [Predict the future].....Right?"
Kuramirecited out in a murmur, before turning to leave the floor.
《Eh? Kurami, you can't see?》
(I've already seen what I need to see, the next is——Sora's work.)
——Not believing in humans, yet believing in the possibility of
humans.....Interesting.
"Very well, I'll try to believe."
Tearing off her black veil and tossing it aside, Kuramismiled.
"Fii, after Sora is done tampering with your memories, we will immediately
return——there is too much to be done."
Part 11
Camera OK, capacity OK, steam OK.
"...Confirmed, the amount ofsteam is sufficient enough...good."
Today I must succeed, Sora then said to the people behind:
"Okay, everyone, don't be shy, you can come in now."
"....Why must we take a bath? Des."
"Because this was the [Ceremony to welcome a new companion] that Master
set out. If Master wants light, then let there be light, we must proudly obey
this."
"Oh, Shiro, you've taken the initiative today, have you overcome your sense
of disgust for baths yet?"
"....Can wash...Izuna's tail....Expectant."
Hearing her voice, yet he couldn't see——no, he can't see.
But after experiencing this sort of thing for a number of times, he had no
desire to back down now.
This was entirely due to Kurami and Fii, allowing him to have a perfect
performance in photography.
"Fuu, from the camera angles to the countermeasures by anti-fogging lenses.
The standing and sitting position, even if it is not as good as Shiro's——there
won't be any death angles!"
Yes, Sora knew that it was fine even if he didn't worry.
Because even if he couldn't pursue the paradise, he could at least confirm the
residue of the paradise!
Steph must be washing Shiro's hair, while Shiro is washing Izuna's tail.
.....Judging from the sound.
"I hate bath, des."
"....I agree....But now...Vetoed."
"After the bath, I want a showdown, no breaching of contract, des."
"....No problem, Nii will...oblige...."
"That's not necessarily right, he is a man that lies more than he breathes!"
"Ahhh, Dora-chan, the one who is bad is the person cheated, this was
recorded in the bible, don't you know?"
"What kind ofscamming bible is that."
"That is the observation of Master that I've written down, it will definitely be
the future's bible, so calling this a bible now isn't going overboard."
"How can this be! The observations of these two people, isn't it all about
perverted actions!?"
"......!"
Patience, patience, Sora.
"Anyways, what is Sora-san doing?"
"Whoaaaaaaaaaaa! Yaahhhaaaaaaaaa!!"
What suddenly appeared in front of Sora was——
Strong muscles, and wearing a thong for the elderly——Ino. Sora shrieked.
"Wh, why are you casually polluting this paradise! There is no need for an old
man's naked body!"
OH, GOD...The precise configuration I did for the camera, was it done in by
this old man——
Although it was not possible, unless it recorded it?
If it recorded that stuff in, then the movie will turn into a muscle film.
"Eh? I heard that this was the new welcoming ceremony by Sora-san."
"Men are not needed, not to mention a muscular old man! Why did you
swagger in! Didn't I say this was M18!"
"I did hear that kind of explanation, but I'm 98-years-old this year, way over
80-years old."
"——Eh? Ah, un? Strange?"
Wait——I seemed to have heard something that I can't shake off, eighteenyear-old
virgin Sora.
Although this was huge, I must know the problem——
"I heard the ethicalrequirements of Sora from Jibril-san."
"Oh, ohhh."
Please don't lean near me with those oppressive and lean muscles, Sora
shouted in his heart.
He almost couldn't say it out, but he stillforced himself to answer.
"No, I heard that Sora-san is 18-years-old."
"Ye, yes."
"Then you should be eligible to come into contact with M18 things."
"Yeah, what's the problem?"
Ino stroke his white beard and thought about it.
"No, I was thinking. If Shiro-san is a problem for the current situation, then if
Shiro-san were to wear clothes, and her eyes are blocked, then Sora-san
does not need to think twice and enter in freely right?"
—————The world stopped rotating.
"Ah, ahaha, ahahahaha....Waittttttt a moment, Hatsuse Ino-dono."
"Yes, what's the matter?"
"I, I can't neglect what you've just said."
"Well, what I wanted to ask was this....Does Sora-san have any impression?"
——quuuu~
A slightly clear sound, went into Sora's ears.
NO, how, this couldn't be.
But he didn't mishear it.
"Th, that Shiro-san, what is the meaning of those astounding words [How
dare you talk to me]?"
Sora couldn't discern their bathing postures.
But, Sora asked towards the area. After a moment ofsilence——
".....Shiro didn't say anything."
"I'm sorry, Shiro-sensei, I have confidence that that voice belonged to Shiro
right! Could you explain——if you've already found out!?"
"Hahaha....This must be the so-called karma, isn't it."
"Argh~~Say, old man! Because of this battle, I almost didn't notice. Who
allowed you to see my little sister's body huh? Want me to gouge out your
eyes?"
"Ah, please relax, I'm really touched about the ethicalrequirement of the
prohibition towards looking at under-age bodies. I think Izuna received the
same education too, so I'll close my eyes too."
Grasping onto the situation just by hearing alone?
Damn, this is the trouble with different races!
"....Un, Izuna-chan.....Must not let anyone see.....OK...?"
"?Although I don't really understand, but okay, des!"
"Wait, Shiro-san, please don't change the subject okay, eh? Oi, then won't I
be missing countless numbers of paradise!?"
At this time, Jibril knelt down at the side of Sora.
"Master, please calm down, it is not too late yet."
"Ye, yesh?"
"Yes, since you already know, then this will be simple."
Perhaps she was using magic, Jibril was drawing something with her
fingertips.
"I'll use the elemental particles to clad Master and the unworthy slave which is
me. I'll isolate the sound, and as long as we prevent Shiro-san from facing
here, my body belongs to Master, please feelfree to make——"
"...Jibril...Shut up."
Shiro has joint ownership to Jibril together with Sora, so her one word
caused Jibril to shut up.
Shiro then used a sad voice to say to Sora:
"——Nii wants....To cover Shiro's eyes...and do nasty things....besides
Shiro?"
——————....
"Ha ~~~~~ Hahahaha! How could I do something that is bad for my little
sister's education hahahahaha DAMNNNNAhahahahahah The world should
die already ahahahahahah!"
Sora who was finally broken, shouted out in the bathhouse.
"...Say Sora-san."
"What is it? Old man!! If you want to have a go at my rationality then——"
"From today, my everything belongs to Sora-san."
"——yeah, this is not a line I want to hear coming from a muscular elderly
man who wears a thong."
Sora said weakly, feeling goosebumps all over.
However, Ino maintained his smile.
"And Izuna's everything belongs to Sora-san——in this case, can I say
something?"
Ino smiled cheerfully, and in the state where his eyes were closed, he
whispered:
"——what did you say to Izuna that tricked her, you damn bald monkey."
.....Sora whispered to Izuna about the [Method that ensures no one dies].
Of course, there could never be such an easy method.
This fraud master used a [Consolation that didn't exist], to deceive his
granddaughter that was more important than his life. But since his rights were
taken away, he was not allowed to revolt, and could only resist slightly.
But Sora didn't face him, deliberately——
"...You should keep quiet and watch this, old pops. Since you can't do
anything."
He deliberately chose offensive words to provoke him.
Seeing his look, Ino's fist clenched even tighter.
But, the next sentence, infuriated him even further——
"Relax——there is one last surprise, you'll know it when the time comes."
Sora showed an emboldened smile——but it was chilling to Ino.
This man's words, revealed that he had another strategy.
The anger and fear Ino felt, caused him to be speechless...

Chapter 3 - KillingGiant/Guiding MethodPart 1Elchea's King Cityaudience hall.The two Imanity kings were lying on the throne, limp and weak."I say, this is boring.....When will the Eastern Union contact us about thecompetition date?""....Boring....."After the series of events with Kurami, five days had already passed by.Their originally positive spirits now crumbled after all the waiting.Even Steph, who always lectured them, couldn't find anything to say now.Finally, the restless Steph had a thought."Wh, what if they forgotor the letter didn't reach...here?"Steph said so, having experienced the same problem in the past.Sora regained his vitality and sat up, displaying a tyrannicalsmile.".....Oh? If that's the case, then we'llsee what would happenright?"What Sora thought was, using the last trump card to cause the greatestharassment"Master, sorry to bother you."Jibrilsuddenly emerged from thin air.Seeing a cylinder-shaped item in her hands, Sora and Shiro suddenly got up."Whoa! Jibril! Is that!?""Yes, this was sent from the Eastern Union, the date of the competition."Jibril continued while smiling:"It seemed like someone didn't want us to fight with the Eastern Union andlocked it somewhere in Elchea's King City. Well, it was because theyappeared suspicious when looking at me""Guuu....Unless you...."Because it was Jibril, she would kil"Please rest assured, I politely and peacefully convinced the other party. Igently looked into his eyes and coughed a bit, causing him to wet his pantsand he unhesitantly gave me the letter while crying.""Is, is that so...."The Ten Oaths. Doesn't include intimidation?No, before that, wasn't it looting if he prevented the letter from getting intoour handsNevertheless, Steph hugged her head and said:"....I should've guessed......Because it involved the fate of Imanity......As longas someone in the parliament did not swear about not Giving false reports toSora, then he could obtain the Rights to send the letter and"....It seemed as though Steph was really flexible as long as it was aboutpolitics.Slightly changing his opinion of Steph, Sora quietly thought and said:"so it was my fault someone didn't specify a time for the letter to arrive?Oi, if Imanity does something like this when the situation arises, why can't theyuse that sort of brain to focus on the country's affairs.""Since Sora is Imanity's enemy, they are trying their best to stop you."Steph coldly replied, but Sora jovially ignored her."Okay, what is writtenShiro, today's date?""27...."Sora's face stiffened when Shiro answered him immediately."ISN'T THAT TODAY!? THE COMPETITION DATE!!""Eh!? Th, that, time is "Sora shouted towards the panicking Steph."From duskless than half a day! Oi! Everyone get yourselves prepared!""I, I know""As expected ofJibril, always ready.""....Shiro....is allready....""Shiro's brother, Sora, is always OK! Good, let's go!"Looking at Sora and company who stood up and said they We're ready,Steph started panicking."Th, that! Oi! This is a competition for countries! At least wear formal attire""Eh? Isn't this our formal attire? Is there a problem?"In the group of abnormal people, the truly normal person was known as theabnormality.The three of them stared at Steph, giving her a look as if implying:"What areyou talking about""~~~~Fi, Fine! So be it!""Then, Masters and Dora-chan, please hold onto me, I'll jump into theembassy""Ah, Jibril, there is no need for that."After refusing Jibril's fastest way to travel, Sora turned to the idling Steph."Steph, arrange a carriage at the entrance of the citywe'll openly depart."Jibril was unable to grasp that sentence while Steph was shocked speechless."Wh....What about the demonstrations!?""Whywhy do you think I intentionally caused the demonstrations to startin the first place?"Part 2With provocations coming one after another, they were at the Elchea KingCity square.The main entrance to Elchea King City slowly opened with a screech.Everyone who appeared castigated thembut....As soon as they saw the figures of the four, the crowd fellsilent.In the midst of that silence, the crowd parted ways to allow them to pass.Walking in the center, with jet-black hair and cold eyesthe King Sora.Next to him, with ruby-red eyesthe Queen Shiro.Closely sticking behind them, with amber eyes shining quietlytheAttendant Jibril.The three shining eyes exuded out extraordinary determination and absoluteConfidence.The crowd couldn't utter a word.....No, it was too beautiful.To be honest, Jibril's eyes and gentle smile seemed to imply:If I can hear your insults towards Master, prepare to hand out yourlives.The oppressive atmosphere that was capable ofstopping someone frombreathing stopped the crowd's words.At the rear of the group was the blue-eyed Steph, who was trembling whilechasing.In the end, not a single remark was spoken as they walked down theroad.Steph breathlessly got into the carriage and asked Sora:"You, you said you purposely caused the demonstrationswhy is that so?"Sora was surprised by that question and asked Shiro:"Eh? Shiro, you didn't tell her?"".....?"Shiro tilted her head in confusion, leading Sora to finally realise something......This was a really stupid question.Shiro wouldn't take her own initiative to explain something to someone exceptfor Sora."Ah~It's like that, the number of reasons as to why I betted the Imanity pieceisThree."Sora lifted his fingers and turned towards Steph."Needless to say, the first was to force the Eastern Union out; the second issomething you should know, to draw Kurami out and get her to join us; and,lastly"Sora explained sequentially until the last finger, where he had a mischievoussmile:"Everyone's suspicious eyes.""Eh.....?""I don't need the kind of trust of We'll win if it's us, but I need a bunch ofworried people to widen their eyes and see. This will be the countermeasurefor the Eastern Union's cheat because there is nothing more reliable than apair ofsuspicious eyes."Sora smirked.Ignoring the stunned Steph, he commanded the carriage driver:"Please start the journey, destination will beIzuna-chan's house!""....GO~"Part 3.....The outskirts of Elchea, the huge building that stood near the border.This was Elchea, the Eastern Union embassy.Sora and company got down from the carriage, and an old Werebeast whowas wearing a Hakama welcomed them.He was the Elchea Eastern Union embassy foreign ambassadorHatsuseIno."....Waited for a long time.""The ones who waited were us. Okay, we should start."Once they got down, Sora carefreely said, but the alert Ino briefly responded."....Then, this way please."Following Ino, Sora and company went into the buildingEmbassy, withIno being silent."Hmmmm, what is wrong with the old man, why is he so quiet?"Sora muttered, obviously having that ironic talk earlier on.Steph replied, with a look of utter defeat:"Using a method close to fraud to force the Eastern Union to bet everythingon their territories, are you qualified to have those kinds of talks with him?""Rather than that" Steph pressed her fingers on her head."Are your brains normal to act sooooo carefree after betting the whole ofImanity's rights?"This was obviously the second visit, but Jibrilstarted salivating when shelooked around, deeply interested in everything she saw. In contrast, Shiroyawned and started to play with her phone; while Sora had hands behind hisback as he walked leisurely. Steph desperately endured a stomach-ache."Steph, are you okay? Please take it easy, or you won't be able to handle itoh?""Thank you for the concern, but the main reason why my stomach hurts isdefinitely because of you....."They were taken to the living room from several days ago."....Then before the game starts, please wait here temporarily.""I know, you must also allow the audience in okay!"Ino silently bowed and left. After disappearing, Sora unhesitatingly laid downonto the sofa."Then, Jibril, please call me when the time is up.""Understood, please rest assured and relax.""....Shiro too."Saying so, Shiro laid onto Sora's stomach, huddled her body and closed hereyes.Just like that, the siblings fell asleep after a couple ofseconds."....Unbelievable, how sane are they supposed to be."Several hours later, the game that would decide the fate of Imanity wouldbegin.From the moment when Steph learnt of the game's date, she startedexperiencing nausea and stomach pain.Jibril who was at ease as the siblings said:"Dora-chan should rest awhile too? According to Master's books, the humanbrain can function better after several hours ofsleep!""If I had the steel heart to sleep under these circumstances, I would too....""Indeed, considering what Master has to do, this is indeed a tough situation."".......!"These words stiffened Steph."Looking at this match, Masters would be utilising their everything, so weshould give it our all too."Feeling her stomachache worsening, Steph thenIn the few hours before that start of the game, Steph spent the time in thetoilet connected to the living room.Part 4"....Fuahhh....EH? Steph, you looked like you've lost weight in the last fewhours?""...If you say I look languish, it may actually be true....."With the game about to begin, Steph depressingly replied to Sora who hadjust woke up."Okay, Shiro, status?""...Good."Hearing Sora's question, Shiro's eyes emitted a light several times sharperthan usual."What about Jibril?""There is no good or bad condition for The Flgel, as long as you command,I'm ready to devote myself."Jibril eliminated her usual gentle smile, erasing all expressions from her facewhile speaking."Steph's condition....Un, looks very good."After saying that, Sora continued, albeit slowly:"Steph, remember what we bet the last time?""....Which bet?""The timing where the dove would fly away.""Ahh.....I remembered that I was ordered to be a dog that day, so whatabout it?""You remember? The bet that timeI still haven't said it yet oh?""Eh?""Jibril, can you ensure that the Werebeasts can't hear my voice?""Yes, I've enshrouded Master and Dora-chan in a sound cancelling barrier."After Jibril's halo spun for a while, Sora nodded and faced Steph."Steph, I shall now impose on you a special curse....."Sora's smile was very, very gentle.However, Steph felt troubled due to the unnaturally close distance to Sora.Part 5start of the game.A crowd was led by Ino into the embassy's first floor.It was a gargantuan hall that encompassed the entire first floor of theembassy.There were giant screens on each of the four walls.The place was filled with hundredsno, thousands of humans, watchingthe game that decides the fate of Imanity with doubtful eyes.Facing opposite the screen on the stage was a black boxwith 5 chairsnear it."......"Silently sitting on one of the chairswas their opponent, a girl.She was the ambassador for the Eastern Union embassy in Elchea.With fox-like ears, a black-haired WerebeastHatsuse Izuna.The girl's eyes were closed, as ifshe was concentrating, devoid of theintimacy from before.".....Please sit here."Under Ino's urging, Sora sat beside Izuna, while following in a sequence wasShiro, Jibril and Steph.After confirming that they were seated, Ino stood beside Izuna and recited thefile in his hand."Thenwe'llstart by Confirming the contents of the Oaths."A sound ofsomeone swallowing their saliva was heard."The Eastern Union will bet up Everything in their territory, while Elchea willbet on their Race piecenamely, their human rights, territories andwhatnot. The Eastern Union representative, with Elchea's two kings and theirentourages, it will be 5 peoplea 4 versus 1 style, to partake in thisEastern Union game."The opponent followed his requirementsincluding the 4 versus 1, whichmade Sora smile.of course, this was because he didn't give his opponent any rights torefuse."With an additionalrequirement from the Eastern Union, the erasure ofMemories pertaining to this game, this will be set upon the whole of Imanity,not just the participants."Ino continued reading in a dull tone."In addition, the rules would be explained once the game starts. The game willbe deemed invalid after the rules are explained, resulting in the erasure of thememoriesare these conditions okay?"a simply outrageous condition.Only knowing the game after betting?After mentioning all those heavy conditions, specifically asking if theseconditions are okay?Are these conditions okay? was what the spectators wanted to ask.However, Sora had a relaxed expression."Yes, there is no problem, but there are two points that need to be madeclear."Meanwhile, Imanity's kingSora responded."Even if we forfeit, what we forget will beThe memories of the gametoday. If you decide to have an impossible game that forces us to forfeit,taking our memories, then you better give up on that kind of expectation,because it's a waste of time."Staring into Ino's eyes, Sora said;"The second point is, If there is any misconduct in the game, defeat will becertain once brought to lightthis is one of the Ten Oaths, so pleasedon't forget about this point. Okay, there aren't any problems left, so pleasehurry up and start.".......Too easy.The first trap that the Eastern Union had arranged was already seen throughby Sora.Sora had an expression that was certain of victory.Everyone in the area had unmoving eyes.Ino and Izuna knew that the contents of the game were already seen through.Both of them frowned for different reasons."......Then we should get your agreementto begin, swear to the Oaths."After announcing this, Sora and Shiro raised their hands.Jibril unhesitantly, while Steph hesitated in fear"" Acciente.""" Acciente, des."The representative of Imanity, Sora and Shiro, as well as the opponent.The Eastern Union's ambassador Hatsuse Izuna.pledged to the Ten Oaths, the mutual declaration."Then, Shiro, don't let go of my hands!""....Nii too."Grasping onto each other's hands tightly. Sora leaned back on the chair andsaid:"Okaystart the game."".....Then let's get started."Ino said while controlling the black boxprobably turning on the power.What they saw were the huge screens that started glowing with light.this could be said to be a game where Imanity was betted against theentire territory of the third largest country on the continent.Anxiety, confusion, despair, countless of emotions intertwined together,The hall packed with thousands ofspectators, went silent.Looking at Izuna, Sora said:"I say, Izuna."".....What, des."Izuna hesitated for a moment, not knowing ifshe should respond to the enemysince the game was about to begin.However, Sora gazed up at the screen, and casually said a sentence....Izuna was going to regret having heard those words."When was the last time you played games feeling Happy?"Hearing that sentence, Izuna didn't have a moment to think before the screendyed black, andSora and everyone's consciousness was sucked into the screen.Part 6In the midst of the sinking consciousnesses, Sora started to think calmly.Going through the late king's intelligence, and also the spying, speculatingwhat the game is is easy.It was indeed as what Sora had revealed, a Video game.The only difference as, this was a virtual game that involves the transfer ofconsciousness.The late king remembered this matter while playing in a different world,which was probably his limit.At that time the opponent was Hatsuse Ino, which was that old man.The record said that it was a Body blowing gamewhich meant it wasdefinitely a FPS7 game.After the last competition that was quite long ago, the opponent was alsochanged to Hatsuse Izuna.It definitely meant that there was a change in the game content, but.....As this was an Open match for all to view, considering the characteristicsof the Werebeasts and their method of cheating, the game should not changefundamentally.Indeed, under these conditions, the Werebeasts would always Win.So, even if they were to change the venue and alter the rules. If weresponded to it rapidly and anticipate it carefully, this would definitely be awin!Howeverbefore finishing his monologue, Sora saw the world gettingconstructed in front of his eyes which caused him to abandon his thoughts andwiden his eyes.In front of their eyes were"you're kidding me.""......."The siblings resented their missteps.They had predicted numerous rules, countless venues and were prepared withcountless strategies.Butthis was the only venue that they didn't expect.There was no doubt, what they saw......Was something that they didn't wantto see.Ahhhhh, love and hate, the place filled with psychological traumaThey cannot be mistakenthis was indeed Tokyo."...Sorry, Steph, Jibril.""Eh? What?"".......AH! Erm, that, did Master call me!?"Sora said to the stunned Steph and the salivating Jibril who was engrossedwith the scenery:"I can't do it, sorry, Imanity is finished."" *shivers* *shivers* *shivers* *shivers*""Aaa......Wh, what happened!? That kind of rhetoric questi""I'm sorry I'm sorry I did not think that it was Tokyo that we willface upagainst our home again and that we can't help anymore and that you need tothink of your own ways and that I'm sorry."" *shivers* *shivers* *shivers* *shivers*"The brother was rolling his eyes and saying a torrent of words; the sister wassquatting, shaking her head; Jibrilsaid:"un, unless, this is Master's world?"At this time, a narrationno, Ino's voice resounded around.Surprising isn't it? Welcome to the game world.".....Game....World."Yes, this is the stage for the game, the virtual world...."Hold on."Yes?"Let me confirm, this isa virtualspace, a non-existent place?"Indeed, what about it?Surveying around, Sora calmly re-evaluated.Numerous skyscrapers towered over the sky, while the concrete-filled roadsenveloped the floor....Indeed, this was similar to the heart of Tokyobut.The billboards were not in Japanese, there were also Toriis8 everywhere,giving a much greener feeling.....Something that was clearly different from theTokyo Sora knew."which is to say, this virtual place was created with imagination?"Yes, you understand this very fast."DON'T SCARE US LIKE THAT!!!!"Sora's roar echoed in the pseudo-Tokyo game."Ahh, darn! Made me think ofsome traumatic experiences! Iwould've unhesitantly cut my arteries and died. Don't do this kind ofstuffagain, old man!"Ino was confused as to why Sora was mad.....Why are you that mad......Is this stage not to your liking?"Unsatisfied! Why choose this kind ofstage! Is this a form of malicious attackor simply harassment!"No......This is a sci-fistage that recently got popular with the youths inEastern Union, there isn't any specific intentions for using this stage."Ah....Ahhh? Science, science fiction?"ye, yeah.Calm down, calm down, 18-year-old virgin Sora.Yes, thinking about it, this is a fantasy world.Which means this was what we fantasised back in our original worldaworld filled with elves and dragons.Just like our world, this Disboard is indeed a fantasy world.To these people, the idea of Modern Earth is just a product of what I'mthinkingonly me.This is a game that absorbed our consciousness, a virtual game, not Tokyo, avirtual game.Sora convinced himself and took a deep breath."Fu......Ha....Okay, no problems, my heart is calm.""..... *shivers* *shivers* *shivers* *shivers*""Shiro, calm down, although this looks like Tokyo, it ain't. This is a place thatcame out of their imaginations."".....Guuuu....Eh?"Perhaps she was hit with a psychological trauma.Shiro didn't seem to have heard Ino's words and needed Sora to convinceher."Yes, and since this is a game, we can go out right? Like the Persona series,Akiba's Trip and Steins;Gate. This is a game, so there won't be anyproblems, so we'll just hold hands and it'll be alright?""...Inside a game.....Un...Okay, I got.....It...."Although her eyes were still dazed, Shiro nonetheless stood up.Uhh~ So let me repeat once moreshall we start the game?there were human spectators in this game.Sora lightly coughed, having felt the cold gazes staring at him even though thespectators were invisible."Okay, no problems, we can begin.".....Un, then we'll begin the animation."Eh? What is that?""Is there a need to see it?"Steph and Jibril were confused, but Sora and Shiro had already positionedthemselves upright."You are not worthy of being a gamer if you skip the introductions, so stopgazing around, widen your eyes and sit in the correct position to watch.""....*nods**nods*...."By their urging, Steph and Jibrilreluctantly sat in an upright position.After that, a huge screen appeared from above Tokyo fake.Youare a heartthrob.....Just a second has passed before Sora gave the judgement that this wasundoubtedly a bad game.But holding onto his gamer's self-esteem, he remained silent.Every girl in the world is crazy for you, giving you days where you arechased by them.....But you already have someonesomeone you like.The huge screen that originally had narration suddenly changed to an angelicIzuna, who was dressed beautifully.However, in the face of many temptations, there is no error in true loveThen the screen changed to a scene where dozens of kemonomimistarted tochase, wanting an embrace.Can you resist all these temptationsand convey the Love to yoursweetheart!?A side-story of the Dead or Alive series.L O V E D OR L O V E D 2~shoot your love to her~Contrary to the the siblings' amused expressions, the other two had not seen agun before and were confused. Ino continued:Then I'll explain the rules.With a tone as if he was reading an instruction manual, Ino said:Please use those gunsto shoot at the nearby NPCs.9"Shoot!?"You can shoot or blastgive them the melty melty."Gal*Gun!?"10Once given the melty melty, the girls would understand your sweetheart andentrust their love power to you."".....Ah, yes."What the Melty melty gun shoots out is Love powerwhich meanseveryone's Power of love.Suddenly, everyone looked down on the gun on their hands that had apeculiar shape."this is called the Melty melty gun eh.""....Good custom.""What a cheap name, you can obviously feel the childish vibes from it.""Hey hey, what is this ?""In other words, Izuna wants us to love her, the goal is a harem ending. Whileour goal is Izuna alone."That is indeed right on the dot."...That...How do I say...."Holding complicated feelings, Sora spoke up:"I'llforgive this setting since Izuna-chan is an adorable kimonomimi girl; if thiswas you old man, then I'll immediately log off and gouge out my own eyes."I can understand your strong feelings, but please don't forget, the request of4 versus 1 was set by you!Ino's explanation clearly emphasised that this setting was caused bySora's request.However, he continued saying, as if agreeing to Sora's thoughts.The latest trend has got to do with all these cute games...Back when I wasyounger, everything was more hot-bloodedIt appears no matter which world there would still be old gamers, Sorathought."....Oh well. Old man, I need to confirm something, and some questions too."Please go ahead.One, the Energypower of love consumed between the Melty gun andMelty grenade.Second, attacking the NPCs, willrestore the Energypower of love ornot.Third, when the NPCs received the Energypower of love and starts toattack, will the EnergyPower of love decrease upon contact.Fourth, once the Energypower of love is used up, the NPCs will nolonger approach and will be unable to fight.Fifth, once hit by Izuna, you'll become her Companionlove slave,becoming an uncontrollableEnemy.Sixth, if a companion becomes an Enemy upon getting hit by Izuna, shootingthem back willreturn them back to normal.Seventh, even when the Energy power of love is used up, reversing thesituation with the sixth is still possible.Eighth, the situation reflects the reality of one's own physical abilities, with nousage of magic."that should be allright?"You are learning too quickly, that saves time.Sora placed a finger on his chin and started thinking.Although there were problems with several of them, this wouldn't affect theoverallstrategies.This game is barelyjust a little shybut still within the predictedrange."So this a game where Gal*gun and Left 4 Dead had a child."Sora had something to retort, even after listening to all those rules."This is such a stupid game....Like any otaku would happily buy it.....""...Which means....Nii will buy.""Yes, even though the stage and protagonist sucks, but using this game toseize territories makes one feel awesome. Like being chased by kemonomimigirls, or wanting to achieve more."Sora explained with excitement, before asking:"Old man, this Melty gunwhat kind of principles would be restored ifyou shoot it at your companion?"Simple, because what it shoots out is the Power of Love."....Same thing as being shot by Izuna?"Yes, only temporarily, the person shot will become the shooter's Loveslave*Bang!*Before Ino finished talking, Shiro had already pulled the trigger at Sorawithout any hesitation.The pink bullet flew out of the gun and struck home to Sora's arms, causingcountless ofsmall hearts to fly about"Ahhh, my little sistermy little sister! Why didn't I notice that therewas such a lovely woman at my side the whole time! Ahhh! I really want todig out my own eyes!!!'"......Kyaaa.....Nii, no.....We are siblings....."Shiro blushed and responded with exaggeration."Whoa whoa! What about it! Indeed, societal norms reject it, but the socalledsociety isn't present right now! This is Disboard, where everything isdecided by gamesno one will interrupt, so we can gothe other sidewhere ethicalrequirements does not exist!!""Oi! I'll interrupt okay!! Have you forgotten that this is an important match!?"Although she was confused, Steph nevertheless quickly interjected. Jibril whowas at the side suddenly said:"Then let me have my fun too."*Bang*The bullet fired from Jibril hit Shiro, scattering small hearts about."...Jibril....I love you.....?""Ahhhhhhhhhhh Shiro! Are you rejecting Nii's love!?""Ah ha!! This must be the so-called Love Triangle and Netorare11written in Master's book, I seeeven though I don't have feelings of love,this is very exciting!""Ah!".....Sora suddenly woke up."Guu....I can't even control myself in the state of being a Love Slave, but I'mstill conscious of it.....This is horrifying, going into a state where I can't controlmyself......I almost did something to Shiro and went to the land of theprohibited....."Slightly later, Shiro seemed to have regained consciousness too and shestarted staring at Jibril with her eyes half-opened.".....Jibril......Later.....Punishment....""Ahhh! Forgive me Shiro-sama! I couldn't suppress my curiosity!""Why punish her? Whatever....In short, the rules have beenmastered.....next...."Mastering the rules of the game content, Sora began to plan strategies.However, the most concerning matter was"Ehhh.....Steph, the rules, do you understand it?""Heh, don't underestimate meI totally didn't understand it!"Steph puffed out her chest and said. Sora then said to her:"Okay, firstly you'll hold the gun like this.""Un, like that?""Yes yes, then place your index finger into the hole.""Okay.""Next, point the gun downwards and pull your index back.""Like this?"Steph pointed the gun onto the ground and pulled the trigger.With a *Bang*, the bullet hit the groundand bounced back."......Ah, ahhhh.....Why amIsobeautifulfufufu, I won't let you go."Becoming a love slave to herself, Steph embraced herself and started shakingher body."Hmmm, as expected, this bullet has bouncing capabilities. Shiro, this is thekey factor.""....Un, I know....Leave it to me."The siblings conversed while observing Steph with serious eyes."So we'll tentatively treat this place as point until we've finished settlingdown in this place, before moving out. According to the rules, aside fromJibril, our bodies are the same, meaning that if the NPCs have the strength ofWerebeasts, then it'll be hard to shake them off. Jibril, you'll be at the rear tohelp send our pursuers packing home."".....Yes, sir.""Understoodbut what about Dora-chan?"Hearing this, Sora watched Steph whose body was writhing."Doesn't matter, even ifshe gets shot by Izuna? Since it is Steph after all.""Indeed, if it is Steph."Listening to Sora's certainty, Jibrilreadily abandoned Steph."Okay, let's go! Both of you! The fate of Imanity lies in this battle!"""Oh~!"""Oh hohoho, why amIsobeautiful?......Ahhh, why are you so cold?"Ignoring Steph who was sticking herself to the mirror, the three of them tookaction and left. Spectators' floor The game has begun.In the eyes of the dumbfounded audience observing this idiotic game.There was a girl who had a tense atmosphere, with black eyes obscuredbeneath the shadow of a black veil.Kurami's figure appeared.......Fii, can you see it?Yes~the angle is perfect, I'm completely receiving Kurami's line ofsight.Kurami's sight was currently in sync with the elf outside the buildingFiel,and they were having a conversation.Although this was as normal as breathing for Kurami who was born in ElvenGard....Really, compared to the other races, who can bear to get hit with this sort ofmagic.Ino's eyebrow started twitching.This is...... The smell of magic?Humans do not have the capability to connect to the Elemental Gallery, andneither can the Werebeasts.However, Ino caught the Smell of magic with his extraordinary senses andstarted looking around.....Kurami Zierh! Why is she here.....!He remembered that she was a spy sent by Elven Gard of the elf race toinfiltrate into the King selection battle of Elchea......the person even lured over Other races to monitor eh.....the Oaths only covered the participants and the spectators' memories.If Kurami is currently using magic to report to the currently far away elves,then this game would be known to Elven Gard.Staring at Sora who was running in the virtualreality, Ino thought:This manprepared to this extent....!Try and blatantly cheat if you dare, even the tricks to your game wouldbe exposed.A shallow smile appeared on the man whose eyes were closed.Fufu, still pretending.....Your over-sensitive ears are currently showing areaction yo~Seeing that the unmoving Ino was directing his attention to them, Fii can't helpbut laugh.This should be the development as desired by Sora.Fii, this Computer space is the game that was speculated by Sora, a virtualworld where magic can't interfere, it seems like there is nothing we can doI understand, the important thing is that we are looking at this.as expected of Fii.Once she had heard of Sora's request, she already grasped onto hisintentions.This way, the Eastern Union can't use an obvious cheat....Compared to the game contentif their cheating means were known byElven Gard, then they should be able to take countermeasures......Whichmeans next time Eastern Union willreally be finished.For this reason, Sora would exploit the contents and use Fii to monitor, sothat her memories wouldn't disappear even if they had lost......But even so, I do not intend on letting them cheat, so Fiishould also helptoo.Un~maintaining this is very tiring yo~! But, for Kurami, I'll work hard.re-examining Sora's memories, about the method to win this game.No matter how much she looked back, this was a plan that was too risky.However, even with all those negative factors, Victory this word was shiningin Sora's memories.For him to have such a confident answershould lie in who Sora believedin.Kurami thought, ifshe could do that kind of thing in this game?".....Let me seeSora."Just like that, Kurami looked through the black veil and stared at the screenthat was reflecting a running Sora. In the game There were a bunch of people running in a concrete jungle, between buildingsin a fictional Tokyo.Sora skillfully dodged the Kemonomimi NPCs who were swarmingthem.While observing with his sharp eyes, he started thinking.Because the NPCs were set to be Werebeasts, their physical capabilitieswere definitely higher than thembut,,,Sora could barely cope with their actions.This was probably because there was similarity in their movements, themonotonous movements of wanting to hug them.But, that sort of thing didn't matter, the more important thing wasPrior to this and due to his old habits as a gamer, Sora kept using theapproach ofshooting the NPCs Head first, causing him to have a feelingakin to a sense of violation."The disappearance of the NPCsgirls and their clothinghas a slightdelay in timing!The gamers detected the slight difference with their ability of not missing asingle frame.Unless it was actually possible to do apartial destruction!Sora aimed his gun and shot.The gun flashed, causing the pink bullet to fly at the speed ofsound, hitting theskirt of the NPCgirl.the NPCgirl did not disappear, as the small hearts scattered. Only theskirt disappeared!"AsAs I thought!!!!! This is the real catching point of this game!!!"No, they must do it. The item that sticks closely to their bodywhich is!The matter of hitting the underwear onlyit can be done!!"Cloth arepresumably cotton, average of 1.5mm."Losing the skirt, the NPCgirl started running at breakneck speed towardSora."The bullet's accuracy has to be at the 1 mm.....But, I can do it!"The NPCgirl charged towards Sora with her hands wide open.Slightly bending his waist, Sora dodged the NPCgirl's hand and did asidestep.Using the smallest possible action, Sora used two steps to get behind theNPCgirl's back.Sora started aiming with his gun at extremely close range atthehorizontal-striped underwear!"right here!"The bullet shot out brushed past the underwearthen disappeared.But, the NPCgirl also scattered the small pink hearts, turning intoEnergyPower of Love and then disappearing...."Damn it alllll! Why, why can't you not wear underwear!? Damn it alll!!!" Spectators' floor Seeing how Sora failed to make the underwear disappear, the packed roomofspectators....OHHHHHHHHHH.......Let out sounds of regret.Watching that scene, Kurami gripped onto her wrist, trying hard to not lookaway.This is a trick, this is a trick, there must be some intentions, he must havecaught onto something, resist it, Fii.I'm fine......but could Kuramistop shifting your gaze, I'm about to faint.GOOOD! The bra is destroyed! How knowledgeable, to use a hand bra!From the screen came Sora's voice, while the spectators' floor were filledwith cheers of OOOOOOHHHHHHHH.....This stupid race, I don't care anymore....Kuramistopped thinking.Ahh, Kurami, don't close your eyes, open them, Kurami! In the game good, the final confirmation.Experiencing the chase from the Kemonomimis, Sora joyfully ran in the alleybetween the buildings.Shiro was following his pace and closely followed Sora with her smallsteps.Jibril was jumping between buildings, happily dispersing the NPCsgirlsbehind Sora.Exchanging gazes, Sora nodded his head."Shiro, report the performance of the gun.""....All intelligence, parameters are roughly...In meters...."Shiro took a deep breath before continuing."Velocity of projectile is 300 m/s, range of 400m, not affected by wind orgravity; has straight and bouncing capabilities, limit of bounce and the range ofthe gun are geometrically similar, the angle of its bounce and the angle ofincidence are geometrically similar, simple....."She finished the torrent of information in one breath. After regaining herbreath, Shiro said."..How...Tired."Compared to estimating, talking was more tiring to Shiro. Sora started pattinghis little sister's head."Good, well done, as expected of Shiro!"Confirming that Shiro's mood was slightly better...."Jibril, how are your physical abilities?"Sora and Shiro were still the same even after coming here, being out of breathafter running.So what kind of change did Jibril experience?"To not be able to use magic, feels like I'm denying Myself, being limited tomy physical limits. Really, it's such an inconvenience to have my physical bodyonly."Why was it inconvenient ifshe could jump between the walls ofbuildings.....but, Sora asked carefully:"You said it earlier, that the Werebeasts could exceed their physical limits.What's the difference between that and your's?""Although it's unpleasant, but that should be correct."But only, Jibrilsaid:"As I've discussed before, the Werebeasts can use Blood Devastation, ifthat can be reflected in this gamethen I'll prevail in an instant, so best beprepared."Blood Devastation.....The Werebeasts have the capabilities to surpasstheir physical limits, and this would result in their strength being multipliedseveralfold.If this was a game prepared by the Werebeasts, then this capability wascertainly there."The Flgel, the Werebeasts......This world is too exaggerated."Sora sighednevertheless, they've collected the necessary intel."In other words, in this virtualspace that prohibits magic, they have theoverwhelming advantage in that this game relying on the Physical aspectsthis is probably what the enemy thought."Sora couldn't help it, and started laughing.They have no obligations to Fight; this is a game.In the previous world, Blank was at the peak of more than 280 kindsof games.Both of them revealed the truth of every game, which was"No matter how complicated the game looks, there are two kinds of actionsfor the final action.""Your meaning is?"Facing Jibril's question, Sora answered with a splenetic smile:"the tactical and corresponding action, which means the active andpassive."Which meansthe one who initiates first wins.This could be said to be a gamer's fact, and"They didn't realise, that since ancient times, this was mankind's game."The game was calledHunting."Shiro, ready? Keep a low profile while runningokay?""...Understood...""Its about time we start eh?".....At a distance hundreds of meters away from Sora, eighth floor of a building.Izuna was hiding in a warehouse with a small window.Because of where the sun reflected, Sora would not be able to see thewindow. Izuna used her Werebeast sight to locate and watch Sora andcompany's movements.There are four enemies, there is one of her.Even if there were many ways to win, the result would be over if there was aslight mistake. More importantly, there was the Flgel on the opposition.Before the battle, Izuna had been focused on analysing the combat capabilityof her enemies.Upon seeing how the trio were having so much fun in removing theNPCsgirls clothes, Izuna frowned unhappily.When was the last time you played games feeling happy?Sora's words caused Izuna to bite her lip.What is happiness? How can I have that kind of feeling, des!The game was akin to plundering, an indirect fight.......As long as you lose, a lot of people would be unhappy.For this reason, winning was obvious.However, winning, the other party would suffer, even taking away their lives.Those kind of things were Happiness?The only feeling felt wasGuilt from being the predator.Why do you look so happy? Des!Izuna was irritated, her eyes that were locked onto Sora became sharper.suddenly, her eyes caught onto the Grenade Sora was holding in hishand.Sora waved his hand, throwing the Grenade. This caused a sudden pinkflash to appear.After a bang, there was a severe impact shock."!?"The building Izuna hid in shook.Izuna jumped out due to the fright. She then placed herself on alert andlistened........My hiding place was discovered, des!? Impossible, des!Since the beginning of the game, Izuna immediately pulled a distance awayfrom Sora and company to carry out observation.If they didn't have the five senses of the Werebeastsno, they shouldn't beable to locate even if they had it.But what Izuna heardwith her radar-like ears that could discernmovements in a 100 meter radius.Was the sound of footsteps walking into the building.This soundis Shiro's, des.Walking in at a certain pace that was short and lightweight.She was the enemy that Izuna had designated as the most Non-threatening.Nonot only Shiro, but also Sora and Steph. Humans did not haveenough combat capabilities.Izuna did not attack immediately at the outset, because of the FlgelJibril.Even if the opponent had gaming technology, or knew their games, humanswould always be the sameunable to keep up with the Werebeasts'response.Then....From the Grenade and the Close footsteps sound, what were these weirdfeelings?Suddenly, she sensed danger.Izuna listened and found out that this building was suddenly full ofNPCsgirls.Within all that chaos, there was a rhythmic sound of approachingfootsteps....?"!"Izuna went on full alert and flipped up her kimono, revealing a gun which shestarted pointing at the small door.This was the only door that connected to the warehouse Izuna was hiding in.Slightly opening the door, a huge amount of NPCsgirls were wanderingabout.Once the compact and lightweight footsteps sound reached the eighth floorIt suddenlystopped.?Izuna raised her ears to pick up the sound, thenThe footsteps instantly increased in speed.The speed of a human child was not supposed to have any threatthiswas originally the case, butwhat is going on, des!?Outsidein the hallway where the wandering NPCsgirls were.With every gunshot, one disappears. This sent a chill down Izuna's spine.These set of movements repeated, with no hesitation and disruption.Dispersing the numerous NPCsgirls without slowing down, the footstepsgenerallyIt's coming heredes!?Izuna didn't doubt it anymore, the fact that Her hiding place was discovered!How did they find me?this question didn't matter at this point.Activating her five senses, Izuna turned to face Shiro who was outside thewarehouse and followed her movements with the gun in her hands.With Shiro closing in, she fired a bullet outside the door, causing the sound ofexplosions and bursts of hearts to appear. The bounce from the bullet werecertain to hit home on Shiro's foreheadYes, it was a calculated move, using the bouncing power of the bullet and thefact that Shiro couldn't see it.Howeverthat accurately shot bulletWas dodged narrowly by Shiro.impossible, des!Yes, impossible.After seeing the bullet that travelled at the speed ofsound, avoiding it wasimpossible.Even if they knew it, theirbodies wouldn't be able to react in time.Not to mention if it was the fitness of an eleven-year-old girl, butThat was a situation where you Dodge.Before that, Shiro's footsteps weren't chaotic in the midst of all thoseNPCsgirls.Her footsteps gave Izuna her answer.In order to confirm it, Izuna shot another bullet out in attempt to hit Shirobut....."....Useless...."The bullet that was Shot towards Shirowas repelled by another bulletfrom Shiro.Reallyit's like that, des!?Up to this point, Izuna had a new belief.she was sure.This humanthis eleven-year-old girl.She took action after fully grasping onto the dynamics of all movements.the bullets and NPCsgirls wouldn't appear out of thin air.As long as you confirmed the target location of the bullet, you could straightenyour arms, aim and fire.As long as it was an NPCgirl, once you are discovered, they would comeafter you.Abiding by some numerous patterns, from the obvious attacks.Thenthere was no need to dodge.As long as you are not in the trajectory of the shot.Shiro's actions were secretive.In their original world, the urban legend gamers Blankwhich meansSora and Shiro.In the FPS world, the gamer that held the most kills in recorded historyWas not Sora, but Shiro.She had a demonic ability to calculate and grasp onto the enemy's dynamics,deriving out what the enemy was going to do, predicting the future in regardsto shooting and dodging time, giving the enemy an illusion as if The bullettook the initiative on her, and is in hot pursuit.is that possible, des!!Of course, Izuna couldn't possibly know about the previous world Sora wasin.The fact that Izuna inferred out, was not because she relied on herWerebeast's instincts.But it was her gamer's intuition that told her that Shirowas much moredangerous than The Flgel.Frantically searching around, Izuna found and hid in a smallspace filled withitems.Facing against opponents that could dodge ricocheting bullets and are able tomount an offensive front, places like thesewere unfavorable.I can only escape, des!In order to buy time for her escape, Izuna threw a Grenade outside thedoor.but before the grenade flew out of the door.A bullet was shot from outsidedetonating it.What!?*Bang*Izuna instantly hid behind all those items, narrowly escaping the blast of windrushing indoors.But to counter-attack like that, it was like they already knew in advance thatshe would throw out a grenade.During that period, Shiro's footsteps weren't in disorder. Reaching thewarehouse, Izuna started having goosebumps.She's here, des!Shiro launched a flying kick while runningkicking the door open.She then threw a smoke grenade, before bursting into the warehouse.Following that, Shiro knocked down a nearby cupboard, mixing the sound ofher steps with the sound of the collapsing cupboard. Izuna's ears couldn'tdiscern Shiro's position.Izuna started breathing erraticallyshe couldn't hear.I can only start shooting, des!Hiding behind the items, Izuna shot without aiming.The countless bullets bounced after being fired, causing the room to becomean endless bombardment.Thenin a moment......Izuna heard Shiro exhalingcausing a chill to run across her back.Izuna immediately plunged out.With ground-breaking strength, she crashed through the small window to goout of the building.Looking back, in the smoky room caused by an explosion, Izuna feltThe sound of the enemy shooting down all bullets she shot.Next, she heard all the reflected bullets headed into the spot Izuna was hidingin.What exactly is happening, des!?A momentifshe was a moment too late, she would have beenbombarded with a rain of bullets.But, at this time, Izuna widened her eyes in surprise.This didn't come from Shiro.it came from above."We~ lcome?"The FlgelJibril, des!?She seemed to have ambushed her, knowing in advance the timing of whichshe would jump out.When did she move to the roof!?Izuna gasped in astonishment. Although they were The Flgel, this gamerestricted them to their absolute physical limits.She shouldn't be able to use magic, so she couldn't fly.Ifshe was moving with her two feet, her own ears should've been able to pickupDespite the predicament she was in, Izuna still operated calmly and rationally.She noticed that Jibril was ready to throw a Grenade.A flash bomb! Des!Izuna concluded.Attacking the grenade first would result in an explosion.Soignore the grenade, shoot Jibril, and then use the second round todeal with the bomb!Repeating the actions that she'd picked out, Izuna pulled the trigger.However"Aren't you too naive?"Even if they were restricted by magic, the physical limits of The Flgelstillexceeded the Werebeasts.In the air, Jibril twisted her body at the bullets fired at close range.The bullet slightly grazed Jibril's clothes, causing it to disappear.Then, the grenade burst and caused an explosion, followed by a flash.Jibrilraised her gun in an attempt to shoot the enemy hidden in the smoke.However, she widened her eyes in surprise.The bullet Izuna had firedwas the third shot.Two shots were firedthe first was to allow Jibril to dodge it.The second bullet was to lure Jibril to throw the flash grenade, then counterattackingin the flash.And the purpose of the third bullet"Heheh? Ah, I forget I can't fly!?"Jibril wanted to flap her wings to dodge, but the wings were only moving inemptiness.Unable to recover, she was going to get hit by the bullet at her foreheadBut, at that moment.Jibril witnessedIn the situation where there were no simultaneous plansIzuna panickedlylooked at the distant outline on the other side of the building.Izuna abruptlytwisted her body, taking the most evasive measure shecould.A bullet penetrated her clothingdisappeared.Then, the second bullet fired from the same direction impacted on Jibril whowas freshly hit by Izuna.facing the facts, with beast-like reaction.The blow instantly brought Jibril back.Unless, everything was in the plan, des!?Izuna suddenly looked upIn the place where Izuna broke the window, Shiro was aiming her gun onIzuna.HoweverI can't be attacked from here, des!Just like Jibril.Because of the initial attack, Izuna was forced to dodge, she had no othercounters.even if their physicalstrength were higher, she couldn't fly.With no foothold to dodge bullets in the airshe had to throw away hermain focus to perform that kind of awkward movement.This was her limitshe couldn't adjust her position anymore.Shiro's gun muzzle aimed coldly at her.Fight back? Impossible. Avoid? Impossible. In that caseFire.The bullet that couldn't be avoided!!Izuna bit her teeth, waving her hands upwards.Her second set of clothes flipped to stand in the trajectory of the bullet.Penetrating the kimono, it disappeared.However, the bullet scattered small hearts beforedisappearing.".....I see....Clothes can be used as a shield....."This rule wasn't explained.Shiro murmured in admiration while Izuna managed to land safely on theground.Immediately jumping up, she bolted away like a true four-legged beast.Jibril who was hit by the bullet, struck the tarmac ground head first.A moment ofsilence.But, she slowly got up as if nothing had happened.Then, with heart-shaped eyes, she stared into the distance."Master.....Ohhhh my Master.....Please let me stay by your side?"Jibrilstarted running on the asphalt ground.She was headed toSora who was sniping from three hundred metersaway.eleven seconds have passed since the commencement of the battle."...Fuu...Fuuu..."In the warehouse full ofsmoke, Shiro panted intensely.even if her movements are as precise as machinery, and she didcalculations that even computers can't replicate. Nevertheless her body wasstill that of an eleven-year old human girl.Including their physicalstrength, this game directly reflects their own self.Not to mention that Shiro and her brother were NEETs, they were exhausteddue to their lack of exerciseand their devastating lack of physicalstrength.In order to reply as soon as possible, Shiro relaxed her body, and murmuredout:"....Didn't....Fuu....hit...""That isn't Shiro's fault, compared to that"Responding to her was Sora who was three hundred meters away.From the moment where Jibril got hit by the bullet, 15 seconds had passed.Regaining consciousness over her body that was hugging Sora, Jibrilimmediately sent him to Shiro who was in the warehouse."The state of being unable to manipulate lasts for 15 seconds.....And also"Sora came down to Shiro's side, and asked Jibril:".....Jibril, you confirmed it?""Yes, personally confirmed."Jibril who was leaned on by Sora said:"Before Master shot, she turned to the direction of Master, no mistakes."Hearing her report, Sora asked another question."Well, I was in an ambush position, my breathing was stopped. I shot whenthe bullet exploded, but I was exposed. Completely surprising, causing a feintas if dead, and started sniping""Jibrilif you were a Flgel, would you discover?"This was a question, to see ifshe could detect attacks from the unknown."impossible, this must be the sixth sense of the Werebeasts?"After listening to that, Sora made a bitter smile."Don't be silly, if that is possible, it ain't sixth sense anymorethat'sForesight."The so-called sixth sense, was only the High intuition caused by the linkingof the five senses.If they could perceive all of these prior, then there was no need to lie aboutbeing able to read people's heart.Forgetting this game, the Eastern Union could even fight with Elven Gard."then...""Yes, it must becheat."Sora clutched her head."Really, such a troublesome way to cheat. I wanted to finish and resolve thisquicklyno matter, we shall move to point y. Jibril, please carry Shiroover, she is tired. I'll move using a different route."Roger." Spectators' floor "What...."Looking at the scene reflected on the screen, those that were speechless wereIno and Kurami.Those spectators that numbered thousands, cheered loudly for Sora, as ifforgetting about their suspicions.It didn't hit.But there was no doubtSora and company were pressuring the EasternUnion girl.Just now...What.....happened?Kurami was beyond amazed, and started to suspect the scene displayed.Fighting against the opponent's game? It felt as if this was their game instead.Relying on calculated action and strategies, they easily lured their opponent.The opponent wasn't alert around Shiro, got suppressed and made anemergency retreat; then got feinted by Jibril who the opponent was most alertof. They then forced her to lose her balance in the air, before taking longdistancesnipes....Whoa....how amazing.....Even Fii who was sharing vision with Kuramifelt admiration.indeed, this was a terrifying flawless strategy.But, this caused numerous doubts to arise.In Sora's memories, do all those incomprehensible numbers hold anyanswers?how did they discern their enemy's position? What was thatoverwhelming combat strength from Shiro? It was as if everything wasaccording to plan, grasping the situationno, completely Mastering theirmethods...Then, what was more strangeable to Dodge that kind of attack, that Werebeast...Just like what Sora-san said, that should've been an Unknown attack.Yes, able to predict possible attacks at that moment, was impossible in herpositionWhat Jibrilsaid to Sora...There was reaction before the shots....right?Cheating, which means Dishonestya scam yo.I see, unable to prove that it was a cheat....The enemy can say it was theirSixth sense after all.They use these methods, Elven Gard lost four times.....I see~In admiration and a little hostility, Fiisaid.Kurami quietly observed the look on Ino's face.Although his expressions were emptybut his heart must've been shaken,no mistake.But, there was no way to see he was cheating.As expectedthey are familiar with this game, and are enjoying anadvantage!Maintaining a deadpan expression, Ino shouted in his heart.How could they be so clear about this, and even plan out such meticuloustactics?To be more knowledgeable about Eastern Union's games than Eastern Unionitself, shouldn't be possibleThere were numerous doubts, but.....Calm down....even if they do that, it is still useless.Yes, even so, they stillstand no chance of winning. In the game "...Having said that."Jibrilsaid."using Mathematics to cause the enemy to have an impasse...This is areally new idea eh."y pointwas an ugly looking park found by Sora.It was surrounded by buildings, sheltered by the surroundings with theexception of the sky. They set this place as their base of operations, Shirowas using the floor in replacement of a blackboard to craft out a formula.For Sora to be able to find Izuna's hidden spot, they made use of trackingcurves and backpropagation, using chance to calculate Izuna's position, thenspreading the Dirac delta function for their presumption, followed by drivenparticle filter and linear analysis, to derive her predicted actions.Jibril's sentence was directed to the impasse caused to Izuna by Shiro'scalculations and Sora's strategies, she had heartfelt praise.But Sora shook his head with a distressed expression."....This isn't an odd scheme, but a necessity.""Your meaning is?""....The reason why Izuna didn't attack from the start was because she wasalert of you. In that case, then it means that Izuna's fitness is evenly matchedwith yours."Sora sighed deeply."Let me give an analogy. Say I run 100 meters in about 15 seconds, Shirocould get this done in 20; then for Jibril, with your current fitness, how longwould it take for you to finish 100 meters?"Tilting her head while giving the floor a kick, Jibril briefly replied:"....Two steps.""Isn't that too weird!""To be honest, my body never felt this heavy before....for Masters to live thiskind of inconvenience everyday....Such fortitude....This impresses me to noend.""...Don't forget that the difference in our abilities is lower than yours by atleast 10 times."Sora unhappily stated. Hearing Sora say this, Jibril leaked out a painedexpression and looked towards the sky."ob,obviously knowing that their lives are that fragile, yet Master wantedto challenge me and Werebeasts, even God! Ahhh, this is brave! Toobrave!""You're noisy!"Jibril had a deeper admiration for the weakness of Sora as a human, whichcaused Sora to sigh."In shortbecause there is such a huge performance gap, Shiro would geteliminated if there was a slight error, and I can't win if I'm approachedthus we can't have a showdown unless mathematics is involved."Indeed, in everyone's eyes, Sora and company looked like they had anoverwhelming advantage.However, truthfullyonce Izuna approached them, it would beCheckmate for Sora and company.Although Shiro was like a demon, when she finally gets hit by fatigue andmakes the slightest of mistakes, it would be over for them.......At that moment, there won't be any other combat force except Jibril.the smallest error in this high-risk strategy would lead to the defeat of all.Not relying on this strategy would meanrephrasing, there are no othermethods other than this."But, in regards to how the enemy used the cheat, we can formulate a newstrategy once we've given it some thoughtso that next time we can hit thetarget right?"Even though Jibrilsounded very optimistic, Sora's expression was troubled."Impossible.""eh?"Sora started to explain in place of Shiro who was writing equations on theground."Uncertainty principle....ah, no, I don't even understand it, it's better to notsay it."Sora scratched his head, explaining it like a monologue."....Listen carefully. There are two kinds of methods to win this game. First,get the upper-hand and dominate throughout; or keep losing and perform acomeback, winning it. These are the two kinds."Sora raised his finger and described."However, to use the latter method, requires you to Constantly play the fool,underestimated by the opponent."......Yes, just like what the former King had done."Once the opponent knows we are smart, the second method cannot beused, then, the enemy would also change their moves to correspond ours'.Therefore, it will be completely impossible to predict with mathematicsnow...."Finishing, Sora sat beside Shiro and breathed deeply."Next, will purely be the outcome."Sora no longer had a troubled expression, looking at Shiro who was writingformulae while biting her nail."it depends on you, Shiro. Since we can't win in the first step, the nextone would berandom chance.""....Un."purely the outcome?Against the opponents who were well-versed in the game, has overwhelmingphysicalstrength and cheats as well?Simply put, this wasequivalent to a Desperate situation".....Jibril, I need you to keep guard. In this game that uses one's own physicalcapabilities, even if Shiro has machine-like precision, she would miss hershots ifshe ever gets tiredshe can't manage many more shots, so weneed to do the protecting while allowing Shiro to focus on calculation."Upon hearing Sora's orders that broke Jibril's thoughts, Jibril immediatelyresponded in respect:"Yes sir, leave it to me.""......Really, If I'd known this, I would've exercised...."Sora smiled bitterly while standing up.Facing off against the oncoming onslaught of the NPCsgirls, Sora stared atthem boldly, shedding a cold sweat. Spectators' floor While looking at the screen, Ino was also listening intently.On stage, Sora and company were sleeping beside Izuna, allowing Ino tohear their heartbeats.The pulse of their heartbeats determined if Sora was lying or telling the truth.But, the heartbeats told Ino that they still haven't given up.They have unused tricks.Ino was being careful to prevent Kuramifrom discovering.He then used a frequency that only Werebeasts could hear and startedwhispering.yes, the same method as when he told Izuna about Sora's whereaboutsduring the snipe mission. In the game Izuna, they are in the west park, be careful, they still have tricks up theirsleeves.Yesthis was the first cheat by the Eastern Union.As this clearly wasn't stated in the beginning of the game, the battle would beover once they are exposed.But for Ino who could see the entire game on the stagemeaning that hehad God's vision. Ino's advice could only be heard by Izuna as the tone wasof a different frequency...Meaning that aside from the Werebeasts, no oneelse would know."...Fuu, fuu...."Izuna was hiding in a building several hundreds of meters away when sheheard Ino's voice.I already know that, des.If they were capable of devising tactics of that degree, of course they wouldhave backup plans.Although I'm only spying, I've planned everything out, des.How would they react once they saw that......it's worth looking.....Izuna, are you alright?Izuna had a confused expression on her face.Alright? Of course.I was taken aback, but they are stillfar from winning against me.....No, I'm not worried, it must've been related to that shock just now.Sowhat thing?Your expression looks very stiff, take it easy.......?Hearing he say that, Izuna touched her face.Indeed, her face was stiff, but.....I'm laughing, des?What's so funny,What is there to laugh about, what is going on with my expression!....From just nowthis heart of mine is very noisy, des!When will it stop beating? The exercise shouldn't have done this.What is it beating for? What am I happy for?When was the last time you played games feeling Happy?!The words Sora said flashed through her mind, causing her to start poundingon the walls.The whole building started shaking. Retrieving her hand out of the brokenwall, Izuna stood up."....Fuu.....Fuuu...."....Izuna.Stop nagging, des!This cannot be happiness! She absolutely wouldn't accept that this thing wasmaking her happy.quick, must quickly end them once and for all.End it quickly......"I can't stand it, the girls are good, but this is unbearable to be unable to touchthem!"Remarking, Sora fiercely embraced the NPCgirl, causing it to disappear."Why is that so? If you are Master, the Energypower of love should havesome leeway, then it should be fine. I thought that you would just touch themthough."Both Jibril and Sora were protecting Shiro, with Sora avoiding theNPCsgirls and Jibrilfighting with a smile.Sora avoided the hands of the NPCgirl that wanted to hug him.The hand that got dodged let out a deep soundinserting into the ground."Oi, old man~~! In this game, if Shiro and I fallfrom a building or get huggedby these guys, won't we die! What would happen then?"Facing Sora's call, the broadcastIno's voice replied:Ah, no problem, you won't experience real death in this game."Ah, is that so? Then I'llstart feeling them"But please note that it would result in extreme pain."AHHHHHHHHHHHHHJIBRIL! SA, SAVE ME!"Sora who got hugged with the intention ofsexual harassment, started shoutingin pain.Jibril immediately shot the NPCgirl who was hugging Sora."Master! Ar, are you alright!""Fuu.....Fuuu.....Ye, yeah.....I'm fine...."Sora laid on the floor, grimacing in pain. Although it looked painful, he liftedup his thumb."Did it....Rubbed it....Although I couldn't feel anything due to the pain, but itwas worth it....""Jibril can only admire Master's iron will."at this time....An atmosphere different from the average NPCsgirls appeared, causingJibril and Sora to lift up their guns.What they sawexpressionless eyes, pointing the gun at Sora andcompany".....Oh, it's only Steph."Saying these words, Sora unhesitatingly shot 8 bullets.Those shots didn't connect with Steph. However, with the exception of herunderwear, Steph's clothes were eliminated without a trace."....Jibril.""Yes.""I'll leave the rest to you.""Yes, sire."Jibrilsilently obeyed her Master's orders, and shot Steph's forehead."Ahh~~Jibril is soooo naughty~~! Leaving me behind, I won't ever let youleave me ~?""....Bringing this guy here was very stupid." Spectators' floor I, IzunaAfter waiting for another opportunistic moment, Ino reported to Izuna again.Ah....How do I say this....Anyways, it looks like they are merciless towardstheir own people.Ino could only report it like this.Looking at the cruel treatment, not just the audience, but even Kurami wasstunned.....That child, is....Working hard.Knowing the treatment that Steph undergoes due to Sora's memories, Kuramifelt sympathy. Fii then said to Kurami:Kurami....I feel that you and Steph-san could be good friends yo~.the meaning behind this sentence, Kurami decided to not pursue it. In the game ....Almost two hours have passed since the start of the game.And now"....It finally came down to a defensive war."Sora murmured, his first coat was already gone as he stood vigilant.For him to have gotten hit once, was it because of his amazing judgmentalskills?Or was it simply the idea that No one wants to see a naked man that struckhim?Shiro had already lost her jacket-uniform, leaving her with only a white shirtand knee-length stockings.Originally, Jibril was dressed skimpily, and she has already lost a few buttons.Ifshe gets shot one more time, a scene which was unhealthy for the audiencewould appear.they are currently Trapped in a state of worries.Izuna kept attacking whilst mixed with the NPCsgirls, causing them to havecold sweat.".....Our attacks aren't working....Its just a matter of time right?""Shiro-san, the next tactic is:"....Jibril...Quiet..!"Jibrilseemed quite anxious, but Shiro was also clutching her head.The floor of the park was filled with formulae. Shiro looked at these whilebiting her nail.no, there was no final calculation that was usable.The calculation was perfect, but this couldn't be doneSeeing the anxiety-filled face appearing on Shiro's face, Jibrilshed a coldsweat and whispered to Sora:"...Master....This is too messy, even for Shiro-san....""No, it's possible."However, Sora denied Jibril's words with a strong and undoubting tone whileglancing around the area."I can't do it in games, but Shiro can, it has always been like this, and will beso in the future."because of this sentence.Shiro's mind thought of the completion of the method.But thatwas too....Shiro nervously whispered:"...Nii believes....in Shiro?""Ahhhhh? You think that Nii doubts you?"Avoiding the swooping NPCsgirls, Sora engaged with them while replying.indeed, thinking back.....Because that game of reversithe game carried out against Kurami.Shiro thought of the words she had yet to say to Sora."....Then Nii....Next time....It's your turnoh.""Ah, what?"Shiro slightly raised her mouth.On the ground filled with formulae, Shiro forcefully waved her hand at the lastvariableand wrote.A Nii.Thenthe sun shone on the figure.Izuna jumped out from the walls surrounding the park, shooting the bullet thatheaded to Sora."Shit...! Jibril cover me!"Unable to avoid it, Sora immediately called Jibril to take the blow to allowhim to recover.Just when the bullet was about to hit Sora"What"Shiro faced against the upcoming bulletand plunged.......With their backs facing the sun, Izuna shot a bullet towards Sora whilemoving in between buildings.It was barely an attack, but yet she felt it had a good feeling. Izuna couldn'tsee the results, so she went to the roof of the building closest to the park andlistened."No bouncing soundit hit, des?"This sentence prompted Ino to answer.After confirming Shiro's heartbeat, Ino instantly replied.Shiro's heartbeat is steadycompletely relaxed, means she is unable tocontrol herself. You hit, Izuna.......Then, Shiro's expressionless eyes glazed over Sora as she aimed the muzzleat him.Whether it was Sora or Jibril, even the spectators in the room, they all thoughtof the same thing.exceeding Izuna.....It was the birth of Imanity's worst enemy.Sora wanted to pullsome distance away from Shirobut he stood still andstopped his movements.He fired at Shiro, stretched out his wrist-band to block the bullet."Jibril! Above!"At the same time, Izuna wouldn't let this chance go and would attack again!Towards this speculation, Sora was confident. He threw the grenade in the airand Jibrilshot it.A flash appeared. Jibrilrolled on the ground while firing at any silhouettes shesaw.But Sora didn't have time to confirm the situation.Shiro's gun ignited again, causing Sora to stretch out his left foot in front of themuzzle.Hearts scattered, his left shoedisappeared together with the bullet.Once the bullet is firedavoiding is impossible! Must not let hershoot!!then, he saw Shiro sliding on the ground, muzzle pointed on theground."Shit!!"Understanding the significance of that action, Sora shouted out.She was slidingto attack from a position Sora is unaware of.Facing against the the ground-launched bullets that were fired three times, oreight times, or maybe morethe bouncing bullets increased, sealing anychance of Sora gaining time to fight back and hit Sora when he was unable tododge anymore. This was a clear conviction, causing Sora's blood to freeze.As he bowed to dodge, he also took off his remaining right shoe and kicked.The bullet shot hit Sora's shoe, making it disappear.prevented, but....Sora was out of balance, his shoe was gone, and for the next attack, he didn'thave any ways to block it."Jibril!"Jibril immediately responded upon hearing Sora's voice. She tread ten metersin one step and picked up Sora.At the second step, she went another fifty meters, before jumping.However, the Bouncing curtain Shiro shot out, calculated even Jibril'sentrance and escape route.The metal band on Jibril's arm was shaved off.as previously experienced by Izuna, the attack that had demoniccalculation, could even force the most combatant race out of the Sixteenraces to have chills.Finally managing to land, Jibril placed Sora down, but Shiro had alreadyturned her body and was ready for the next attack."....It finally ended eh."She finally experienced what Shiro was capable ofthe techniques thateven cheats couldn't stand up to.Jibril murmured while trembling, there was no chance of winning if Shiro'sformula wasn't used."....Master, as to why Shiro would protect Master, I simply cannotunderstand""Yeahbecause I understand, so it's okay if you don't."Sora said forcefully and watched the park filled with formulae."The variable Nii....Nii, which means me."Cold sweat dripping down his face, Sora had a stiffsmile."Including the situation where Shiro becomes an enemy, Me being a variableto complete the equationthis would lead us to a Convincing victory,like a magicalformula....Am I right? Shiro?"Sora started laughing. At this time, Shiro pointed her gun at him.....Grasping unto this position, following the bouncing bullet, and avoiding thebullets Shiro shot. This became Sora's new goal.There was only one way to escape this.Predicting Shiro's every attackShiro would take into account thather bullets would be avoided. So to completely predict her, he had to exceedherwhich meant that in the face of the horrifying situation, he had to usethe best answer to achieve a victory.Jokeit was definitely Impossible.Having Shiro as an opponent and to win her using the same method, was justlike an apple flying upwards, an impossible feat."....Jibril, please handle Izuna."Hearing these words, Jibrilswallowed her salivain this situation wherethe slightest mistake would cost everything, Sora intends on sending hislargest combat power away."...Is that alright?""We can't handle Shiro even if we are together, we won't be able to stopIzuna ifshe attacks now. If there was anyone who could clash with thatperson, it's only youplease buy as much time as possible."This also included the possibility that Jibril would become Izuna's Love slavethe risk of being an enemy.If that comes, it willreally be over.But"Buying time isn't a problem for me"Jibrilsmiled."But taking her down should be fine....no?"".....You are learning fast with our world's knowledge eh. If you can defeather, then it would be best, but I'll make a comment, that will be a death flagoh?""What.....Then I'll just knock her down normally."Concluding her sentence, Jibril kicked the ground.The first jump brought her to the tenth floor of a building, while the secondjump brought her one hundred meters up the air.Then, a bullet came from behind Jibril as she was in the airbut shedodged it."As I've expectedthank you for letting me find you effortlessly."Catching the figure in the direction of the bulletIzuna, Jibrilsneered.She landed lightly on the fifteenth floor of a building, and raised her gun toface Izuna.Jibril did a curtsy with her skirt and said to Izuna:"Hello, puppy."".....""Hey, I've a feeling of deja vu....We lost against the Eastern Union in the past,and the opponent from thenshould be you right?"Jibrilsquinted her eyes in response to Izuna's silence."I see, I've always been in doubt as to why I lost to Werebeasts, but now Iunderstand."Jibrilshowed an angelic smile."The wisdom that Werebeasts got, was Luring the opponent into a spacewhere they could cheat right...because Master said that it was a tactic,so I won't complain, but I can say it here."Then, with her clear-pitched voiceshe let out killing intent."Asking a stupid dog to have a Sense ofshame or Self-esteem, isprobably asking too much."Izuna shed a cold sweat and took a step back.ranked sixth in position, the Flgel.If this was prior to the Ten Oaths, confrontation was equivalent todestruction, an existence superior to others.Although the humans Sora and Shiro gave her a surprise, but her originallymost alert opponent from the outset was in front of her eyes.Instinctualscreams came from her Werebeast blood.Asking her to throw down her firearm, cry and plead for mercy.The person in front of her eyes wasDeath.But Izuna repressed her instincts with rational thoughts and held the guntighter."Okay, although Master asked me to buy time, I'll play with you since this is arare opportunity.Jibrilsmiled sweetly, but those eyes were as if they were looking at trash."All your dirty tricks, feelfree to use it."Both of them kicked the ground, crushing the concrete and jumped up.With godspeed, they pulled outMelty Melty gun.The two races from the Sixteen race possessing the strongest physicalabilities, will they fall in loveGet rid of with the opponent or forced to lovethe opponentgotten rid of?In this LOVEorLOVED, the two figures exchanged!!Part 7Sora was running in the alley, when a bullet flew past his forehead.He couldn't be complacent just because he successfully dodged a bullet.The shooter was Shiro. Even if he avoided it once, she would attack again.Think! With that much bouncing shots, what was the most unexpected actionI can take!?I have no time, I can't make any mistakes, and yet you want me to get theanswer a second!"Whoaaaaa this is it!!"Sora shouted at the bullet flying in his direction and started performingbackward jumps to dodge the bullet.Subsequently, the next bullet went before Sora's eyes."damn, even these actions were predicted!"The main reason as to why he barely escaped that bullet was.....Hisprocessing speed and jumping distance was a little beyond what Shiro hadthought. Butthe attack next time would be corrected.Sure enough, with his little sister as his opponent, he couldn't win theprediction war."Ahh~! What do you want me to do, Shiro!"Sora shouted out while running.So far, Sora was barely able to avoid Shiro's attacks because of the gap inphysical ability.Shiro didn't have strength, so she couldn't run. Ifshe did, she would get tiredand her shooting wouldn't be accurate.The advantages in distance and physical ability bought Sora some time tothink.Bluffing and scaring her is meaningless. With machine-like ability to useMathematics to predict the enemy's action and seal their actions......Ifsomeone designed this kind of enemy in a game, the players won't win, andthe producers will get scolded!Running into a roadway with complex routes, Sora rushed into the bigbuilding he saw.Only the Eastern Union designer would know what this building was, butA large hall with a curve designif it curves even more, the bullet wouldbounceBut, intuition warned him, forcing him to run across the place and kick downa nearby table.With a *Pa* soundthe bullet hit the table.Blocking Shiro's attack, Sora felt fear instead of having a peace of mind."!?"Sora's body sank, and he tumbled out before jumping.Following that, a bullet hit the curved ceiling before bouncing behind the table."Easily calculating out the bouncing angle from a curved region!? No matterwhat, that is too much of an exaggeration, Shiro!"My sister, you are kidding rightSora wanted to yell out."Damn, no, this is not a problem to be solved by topographical differences...!"Run. Run faster, but don't have an irregular pace!Going beyond her prediction, over-predict what she is going to predict!Run to the roof! Once I'm at the roof, there will be a limited number of bulletsthat can bouncethis must be within her prediction range, but still, in an unmanipulativestate, she could predict the most appropriate course of actionWith the feeling of hopelessness lingering in Sora, he suddenlyhad adoubt.Wait a second, isn't this strange.....Up to now, Shiro hadn't run yet.When Sora intends to leave the firing range, she would block the retreat routeand shorten the distance.Not consuming energy, not fatigued, a continuous precise shooting, but.....Ifshe wanted to hit me, she should run and that would present anopportunity to shoot...The one who commanded Shiro to not runshould be Sora himself.That's because when fighting with Izuna, accuracy was needed.Then ifshe solely wanted to defeat me, what was the problem in beingbreathless?This was the same if it was Jibril too, then"......This is bad if I got it wrong...But...."He could only trust on it, Sora thought.Kicking the door, he went on the roof."Fuu, fuu....Okay, Shiro? Nii is almost at his limit, this treatment is too muchfor an otaku like me......Fuu...."Chasing behind Sora was Shiro, whose eyeswere still expressionless.She walked unsteadily, pointing the muzzle at Sora.Tenth floor, no other tall buildings nearby"Ah~ Shiro....If I'm really wrong"He was about to say Sorry, but he dispelled that idea.This was a right answer, this was neither an error of judgement nor is itwrong.When gambling with Kurami, he also handed Shiro this kind of burden.Up till now, as a brotherhe absolutely cannot be wrong!"HIYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"Kicking the concrete floor, Sora bolted.He saw Shiro pulling the trigger.Sora waved the sleeve left from the first coat.Shiro undoubtedly aimed at his foreheadSora threw the sleeve in thebullet's trajectory.Hit, the last part from his first coat disappeared together with the bullet.".....Nii..I love you?"Shiro tightly clutched onto Sora, while Sora replied back:"yes, Nii loves you the most."Izuna, now.as if responding to the words in her ear.Izuna jumped out from a window in the opposite buildingWhat her eyes and gun muzzle captured was, Sora and Shiro on the roof.The final attack, Izuna encountered the situation for it.Sora was hugging Shiro who couldn't control herself, at the roof of thebuilding.Unable to change his posture, unable to escape.what a waste of my effort, des.But facing against the approaching Izuna, Sora's eyes didn't catch her."....Haha, how naive."Sora happily smiled, from his hand was agrenade."!?"Against the thrown grenade, Izuna reflexively shot itshe regretted itimmediately.Nomy mistake, des!The flash appeared, burning Izuna's retina.Then the sound of the exploding grenade paralysed her eardrums, blockingher hearing.In her flicking vision, Izuna barely escaped from a bullet that pierced throughthe smoke. Izuna had to admit thatthis was just by chance.Predicted....no, not right, des.It didn't matter as to how she got predicted.The more important question wasHow did he manage to do such a precise shot, des!Holding onto Shiro who couldn't control herself, Sora managed a precise shotwithout aiming.Even if Sora was a gamer, humans shouldn't be able to do that kind of thingHowever, Izuna's thoughts were interrupted.She still perceived it even when her five senses have yet to stabilise.In the embrace of SoraSupposedly in a state of being uncontrollableShiro.The muzzle of her gun was calm, mechanically and incomparably correctlyaligned with Izuna.It was obvious that her eyes were clear and were directly staring at her"Because of this momentyou didn't run and save your physicalstrength right? Shiro.""...Nii....I love you."The same line as beforebut Shiro had a proud smile while reciting it out. Spectators' floor "How is it!"Seeing the scene displayed, Ino lamented out.Ino kept conveying the conversations to Izuna.The timing to an attack and the instruction on attacking, should have beenperfect.He was always Listening to Sora's heartbeat as he escaped and Shiro'sheartbeat as she chased.The state of being uncontrollable after being hit by the Melty Melty gun was15 seconds in accordance to the rules.But not 2 seconds have passed since Sora hit Shiro.Sora did indeed hit Shiro, he even heard the gunshot, so...Why!?At this moment, both Izuna and Ino thought of the same possibility. In the game It hit the clothing, camouflaging the attack, des?Shiro who was held by Sora.If the shot was fake, the clothing should've disappearedbut there werenot substantial changes....However, Izuna suddenly saw clothes floating down, causing her to changeher thoughts.Izuna looked at the curve between Shiro's leg and waistShe thought of the nonsensical act Sora did at firstUnlesshe really did....At a critical moment, the stage which related to Imanity's fate.he really aimed and shot at the Underwear, des!?This was a stupid conclusionbut it didn't fully explain the situation.If the shot was supposed to act as a camouflage, then Shiro should still beIzuna's companionlove slave.But Shiro Pointed a gun at herself. This narrowed down the conclusion toonlyone.As if mocking Izuna's thoughts, Sora said:"You finally found out? From the startShiro was never your companion."The shot that Sora was sheltered fromwas a superb acting that evenfooled him.Looking at Shiro's white shirt, there was something different.Just like playing spot the differences, a button was lacking.At that time, Shiro sacrificed a button to block Izuna's attack.Shiro was capable of predicting the trajectory within millimetersandstarted the superb acting. Spectators' floor Howhow could it be!Ino couldn't accept this fact as he cried out in his heart.Sora was really panicking! And Shiro's heartbeat was nothing special, it hadno tension!From the moment Shiro got hit by Izuna, her heartbeatshad remained thesame.Being in a relaxed state of mind, calm and stable heartbeats.However, if it was like that, then what this meantShe even fooled her own brother!?Not nervous, not shaken, not excitedunhesitantly deceiving one's ownbrother.Without any discussing, a completely improvised way, the coordination wasperfect... In the game but for Izuna who was experiencing it, that kind of thing didn't matteranymore.Regardless of what kind of tricks the enemy used, there was only onemeaning to this situationI fellfor itdes.Which meant that once again, she fell into the plot orchestrated by the enemy.Because she avoided the first shot, her body was off-balance. Alsotheattacker was that Shiro.No matter what she couldn't dodge it anymore. The clothes she used as ashield were almost gone.Butthis is how I like it, des.The window where Izuna broke outinside.There was a silhouette ofsomeone aiming a gun inside the dark room, when amuzzle flash appeared.Losing to IzunaBecoming the enemy, Jibril.The bullet shot flew sharply across the sky, heading towards Sora and Shiro.You arranged an over-conceited trapbut this shall end it, des.Izuna was two steps ahead of them.If this was the case, then it was really overIzuna believed that she has won.at this time, a sense of trembling and nervousness struck Izuna's body.Shiro pulled the trigger, firing one bullet.Where she aimedwas not Izuna.Izuna felt goosebumps.This was...The Werebeasts' genuineSixth sense.She realised that from the start, Shiro's gun was aiming at someone behindher.It was aiming at Jibril.but even if they found out, who would've thought of it?Aiming at the bullet Jibrilfired outAfter hitting the bullet, it would bounce towards Izunawho would thinkout such a preposterous thing.Experiencing countless strategies and insights.What she planned out, thisno, even planning was not possible.The bullets collided with each other behind Izunabounce, the bullet camefrom Izuna's death angle.That was a fatal blow that was impossible to detect.Fooling her brother, fooling herself, fooling Izuna, fooling Ino, even Jibril waseven calculated into the plan.It was Godlikeno, the attack that stemmed from demonic calculationswas impossible to avoid.Yes, an attack that was certain to hit.it was usually the case."interesting, des!!"Izuna grinned, full of arrogance.At the same time, her body's blood flowed uncontrollably, breaking hercapillaries, dyeing her eye and body hair with blood, increasing her nerve'stemperature, causing her cells to boil and muscle to spit fire?, even the lawsof physics started weeping.Blood Devastation.The red figure that broke her own physical limitsIzuna, with her hands stained with bloodsilently disappeared.As there were both humans, Sora and Shiro didn't detect.Izuna's hand which moved at speeds humans are unaware ofcaught thespace.Faster than the speed ofsound, her hand condensed the friction caused bythe atmosphere, catching her falling body.Then it followed by a Kick.With outrageous strength, Izuna repressed inertia and gravity, and the sure-killbullet coming from aboveWent past her...With the slightest in difference.what kind of outrageous theory is that?Nobody could understand and accept those kind ofskills in theory.But for the people familiar with this game, there was one word to explain thisphenomenon.Seeing how Izuna changed her posture, her crimson eyes and gun pointing athis forehead, Sora couldn't help butsmile bitterly."she jumped two times in the air, are you kidding me."This was the Blood Devastation that Jibril mentionedReaching the physical limits of Werebeasts, going beyond the boundaries ofthe world.There was the sound of one bullet fired.But at that time, two bullets headed towards the both of them.There was no obstacle in their trajectoryjust two magical bullets hittingtheir foreheads simultaneously.The motionless Sora and Shiro fell without resistance, as if discarded brokentoys.Izuna finally landed on the ground, causing huge cracks in the tarmac floor."Fuuuuuuuuuuuu.....Fuuuuuuuuuu!"Breathing heavily, she demonstrated her fighting heart, showing the violence inan animal's morphology.Her body stained with fresh blood, the air exposed to it gradually turnedblack Spectators's floor "....."Silence.The spectators were allsilent.Kurami was also speechless, even Fii who was looking at the same screenwas speechless.this was the Werebeasts from the fourteenth rank of the 16 racesUp till this point, Kurami understood, although it was too lateWhy would the Eastern Union agree to this game?Why did they agree to hold an Open Match which limits the number ofcheats usable.Yes, because Sora set numerous traps, but there should be other ways right.Even so, the Eastern Union agreed to this game, that was most simpleanswer.No matter how much they calculated and how much they strategizedtheywill always be Overwhelmed by the performance gap, this absurd andirrationalreason overturned everything else.Higher ranked than the Humans by twobut they were overwhelmingMonsters.Looking at that, even Kuramiswallowed her saliva in despair.winning was impossible.Fii's silence and Jibril's defeat says it all.In a competition that seals off all magic, to be able to beat down thesemonsters under these circumstances.Sadlyit couldn't be found in the 16 racesIzuna herselfthe Werebeasts' existence, was the most fearsome in thatspace.This is....The essence of the Eastern Union game...?It was hard to see that this was an Impossible game.This is the true face of the Eastern Union gameAfter a moment of consternation to restore his calmness, Ino cooled his minddown.He didn't dare to carelessly check about Sora and Shiro's heartbeats.Both of their heartbeats were steady, so hiding the fact that they gotstruck in the forehead by bullets was impossible.But at the same time, he realised that Izuna's heartbeat was extremely violent.As if the sound would get heard throughout the floor and the heart wouldsuddenly burst out.You downed them, Izuna. Its enough, calm your blood down now!Ino called out to Izuna with cold sweat dripping down his face. In the game "fuu!fuu!..Fuuuuuuuu...."Izuna couldn't hear Ino's voice.She however knew that she had taken down both people, even without hisreport.It was not because she saw the two person lying on the ground motionless,but Intuition that discerned that They were downed.The move Izuna adopted went beyond the limits of the Werebeasts, forciblytwisting the laws of physics.She slowed down her heartbeat, making sure that her heart functionednormally.Remembering about the laws of physics, a sudden intense pain struck herbody.her body was heavy, even when she desperately tried to adjust the air,her breathing was not restored.Her muscles tore, her blood vessels burst, and her nerves meltedThe literal meaning of Bad, even standing still was laboriously for Izuna.But that was okay, because this was the price to pay for doing that.That way"...I win, des..."Izuna painfully spoke while standing up.Her gaze fell onto the unmoving Sora and Shiro, as she tried to saysomething.*pa*.This was too simple.Too abruptThe bullet.....hit Izuna's hand."...Eh?"....Don't say it was IzunaEven the crowd ofspectators.....Ino, Kurami, even Fii.Everyone cried out in surprise, and looked behind IzunaThe direction where Izuna got shot from.In the direction was.....Clinging onto the back of an NPCgirl, with her eyes closed and a gun heldin her outstreched hand".....Sora, Sora, is, is this okay? Can I open my eyes now?"Steph was there.Yes, Izuna couldn't notice and escape from the attack even with her Sixthsense.Just like what Sora had said, the development in anything requires informationto be obtained first.To use that kind of cheat, was in the domain of Magic and unorthodox uses.The formula Shiro kept writing in the parkwas not to defeat Izuna.But the pattern of the wandering NPCsgirlsWandering Algorithms,such things were clueless to Izuna.Which meantit was to calculate the Energypower of love used toattract wandering NPCsgirls. Shiro was calculating the usage of anotherplan.From the start of the battle to the place where they were cornered, the tacticsthat they used before the battle against Shiro, was for a tactical calculation.Since the start of the game, Shiro's calculation from start to endWas to create the formula for this instance."...Even with your Sixth sense, can you think of it?"The word Defeat appeared to notify the end of the game.With everything over, Shiro and Sora stood up and said:"The bullet that Shiro shot to deflect Jibril's. The real target Shiro intended tohit was not you, but""....Below....""Clinging onto the NPCgirl's back, her eyes closed, the transportedSteph."Hearing these words, Izuna widened her eyes in surprise.In her line ofsight, the bullet that was going to hit was hers.The bullet that headed towards Izuna because of the bouncewas Jibril's.The reason why the bounce needed to be outside her line ofsight, was not tocreate a situation where the attack couldn't be dodgedBut to prevent Izuna from realising the target of the bullet.....?Before the game, Sora gave Steph a Special curse.And that was"Obey the orders that Shiro writes on the ground, but lose that memorybounding this with the Oaths."Sora gave a wry smile."In that state of being clung to the NPCgirl, the orders of Resupplementingthe power of love after 10 seconds and Move the fort to attackIzuna...That kind of formula, will even trouble Shiro."Inducing Steph, allowing her to head towards Izuna unknowingly.Around that time, Sora was about to fake-shoot Shiro.They speculated that Izuna would attack at that time, and receive Jibril's helpas well.Making use of the shot by Jibril that got deflected to Izuna, was allWithinthe plans."Because the NPCgirl have to carry, so there won't be any footsteps;because there were no memories, so there were no killing intent;because shewas in a state of being unable to Control, she wasn't conscious. Butfollowing the Oaths, only the actions were implemented. Steph's existencewas beginning to disappear after the start of the gameallowing Izuna toget exhausted, and use a negligent moment to shoot...."Sora stressed If you could guess it, so be it, before laughing out."not even your Sixth sense would know about this right?"Ino stared at the screen, his heart yelling out.Impossible! That sort of thing isn't in the Plan anymore! That is!But, as if mocking him in general, Sora raised his mouth."Isn't that predicting the futureis what you are thinking right? Old man."What!Sora smirked, while Shiro gave a smile too."You~~ were monitoring our heart rates and reporting to Izuna right?"I was discovered? No!It wasn't that simple, indeed, this would explain everything then.....I see, so I was used....Izuna figured out, just like what Sora had said"Yesthere were two ways to achieve the finalresults."That was, tactical action and corresponding action.Every game is dictated by these two unwavering rules."We always had the initiative, but that was all. You thought that you were theinitiator, but we controlled your movementsso the results wereInevitable, not Predicting the future.""Oh yeah, Shiro.""....Un.""Why was Nii written as the last variable? Since you had yourconsciousness from the beginning to the end, you should've foreseen thisearlier right?""....Liar.....I won't be seen through...."Even if their heartbeats were monitored and they could fake the shot, they stillcouldn't fake the psychological changes.SoShiro managed to overcome it, pulling it off while being in a relaxedstate.Confident of not being able to win even if it was a serious battle.Being trusting so that one's intentions could be seen through."....That kind of person...."Can definitely be the variable.From the start where she became sensible, up till todayThe convenient Magic number, Shiro only knew of one."....Aside from Nii...No one else...."The things Sora couldn't do, Shiro could.Sovice versa.Sora smiled and said:"Yes, we have no obligation to fight The battle.""Humans have their own ways of doing things, the matter of fighting a lionbare-handed, we'll just give it to the lion."Part 8Cheers enveloped the entire floor. On the stage, the people regainedconsciousness.Once Shiro who was holding hands with Sora opened her eyes, she began tospeak."....Oh yeah, Nii.""Un? What's the matter? Little sister."Perhaps feeling the reluctance to let go, Sora held her hand and said.Even in the game, when they were split up, Sora was quite frightened."....I deliberately left my jacket....So why...Shoot my underwear....?""What? Don't ask these kind of incomprehensible questions, my little sister!?How could I allow the viewers to see Shiro naked!?""That kind ofsaying, does it mean that it's fine if it's me!"The one who woke up slightly later was the MVPSteph who yelledangrily."Okay okay, Dora-chan, there is no doubt that Dora-chan's excellentperformance won us that right? How does it feel to have the fate of Elchearesting in your hands?""Can I be honest? I won't do such a thing anymore!!"To, to have the ability to control the fate of Imanity in her hands.....She shouted out that if Sora had not forced her to Forget the memories, shewouldn't accept this kind of task.At this time, Sora and Shiro stood up besides Steph."Okay, isn't it time to announce the winner? Old man."Saying so, Sora urged Ino."winner, Elchea....Complying with the Oaths, the Eastern Union shalltransfer allrights to the continents to the kingdom of Elchea..."Hearing Ino declare the conditions out with a solemn expression, the cheersof the crowd increased louder.Facing off against the Werebeasts, using one move to increase theirterritory size, who wouldn't be satisfied?But Ino's next words stunned the audience speechless."similarly, in compliance with the Oaths....me, Hatsuse Inoand....Hatsuse Izuna, our rights will be transferred from the Eastern UnionElchea's two kings.""Un, very good."Sora nodded, Steph and audience were stillstunned.Yesthey requested for Everything on the Eastern Union.Resources, territorythis meant that even their talent and technology werereceived."As a result, I'll gain most of Eastern Union's technology, and even Izuna-chanand every Kemonomimi will belong to mefuu~ how tiring, hard workrewards oneself."Sora easily and freely said so, before stretching himself. However, Steph wastrembling.Sora previously saidConquer the world, the whole conquest,everything, leaving nothing behind.The meaning behind that sentence representsAt the same time, Steph caught the figure of Izuna within her line ofsight."......."She didn't stand up from the chair, her head was looking downwards.Seeing her like that, although Ino could only squeeze out something to say,nevertheless he tried to comfort Izuna and considerately said some words toher:"Izuna....You are not responsible.....This was issued by the country, the thingsI commanded you to do....."finally, Steph understood what Sora had said.The lowered head, the trembling thin shoulders; she was resting a heavyresponsibility on her shoulders.The rights to everything on continental part of Eastern Union, this wasindeed a heavy responsibility.Losing would result in the loss of many people.....They were all compatriotsto Izuna. For them to lose their families, homes, jobs, forcing them to live onthe streets they may even die.Steph recalled what she had said:How are you going to be responsible!?How can you afford to bear this burden!Dozens, maybe even hundreds of thousands of Lives were entrustedtothe sole representative.Nobody could afford to bear such a huge responsibility.The one who's looking down on the King.....Was not Sora.It was me....right.Steph hung her head down, but Sora suddenly spoke out:"That's not right, Izuna.""Eh?""because you played it feeling Happy, so you don't know what to doright?"Both Ino and Izuna suddenly thought:When Izuna resorted to using Blood DevastationShe clearly and explicitly said it.she said that it was Interesting."...how could it be, des."But..."Because if I lost, many people would suffer, des."Izuna wouldn't admit this."Butthis is how it happened, des."How was she able to admit itthen..."Whywhy am I laughing, des!?"The memory where Izuna fought in the air flashed past her mindAt that instant, she clearly felt Happy."That time, if I didn't think of those things, I could've won!? Because of Izuna,lots of people will die!! This was all because Izunafelt happy!!""I, Izuna, calm downyou are"Izuna didn't know what to do and started crying loudly, her weeping voicesilencing the entire floor.Ino didn't know how to deal with this, so he could only hold onto hershoulders and try to comfort her.ButSora didn't stop."Rest assured, Izuna."He went to the frantic Izuna, and gently spoke out:"No matter what Izuna did, the winner will always be us."Sora said, his face full ofsmiles. Everyone on the entire floor stood frozen.Doesn't this man have a better method to comfort peopleSteph thoughtwith a defeated expression.However, Sora knelt down and stroked Izuna's head."And also, you seemed to be mistakenno one will die, no one willsuffereither.""....Eh?""This world is a game; it's just that everyone is incorrect."ThatSora also said the same kind of words to Jibril and Steph before.But he has yet to explain the meaning behind that sentence."It looks like you don't agree with my sentence, so we'll play a game."Saying so, Sora made another proposal."With no tricks and cheats, a one versus one duel."Revealing a mischievous smile, Sora said the proposal out."If I win, I'll tell you the basis of my claims. If I losewe'll become friendsokay?"Part 9The spectators watched the screen, what reflected from it was the central of ajunction.Resembling a western movie, a gust of wind blew and lifted up paper.Everyone's eyes were glued to the screen.On the screen, there were two figures that faced off.Imanity's king, Sora.And representative of the Eastern Union, Izuna.Shiro, Steph, and Ino were watching the screen that reflected them.Kuramistared at the screen attentively, her vision shared with Fii.Thensame as before, a fierce battle was about to begin.Although the outcome of this match was minor, the thousand-strongspectators stared intently at the screen.Sora's proposal to this game was very simple.They were to duke it out, with their physicalstrength.impossible to win.Those that witnessed Izuna's previous red figure, all thought so.Indeed, Sora and company did defeat her in that state, but it wasn't a duelfrom the front.It relied on resourcefulness, strategy, numerous traps to finally beat her.Reaction speed and velocity, humans can never win against those redmonsters.Since everything on the continental part of Eastern Union was seized, evenIzuna and Ino would be included.Sora had long gained ownership of Izuna.So the proposal, that was the right To become friends, it was a euphoriccomfort.However, at the same time, the spectators were thinking.This man, this King, half of Imanity's strongest gamblersthe fraudmaster....Will things simply end as to what he said?"Then let's begin, using the coin toss, the shooting duel begins once the coinhits the ground.""..."Izuna's wordless response was seen as an acceptance to Sora.The high-pitched sound of the coin resounded, flying high up in the sky.Unable to see his expression, Izuna's black eyes gazed at Sora's face.he was the only character that has won against her.He single-handedly seized the entirety of the Eastern Union, cornering a largenumber of Werebeasts.He said that No one would die, to lure herself in.the sound of the coin hitting the floor sounded out.But....Izuna lowered her head, without any intention of using her gun."Wuu....You really chose that side ah."Sora said this, and slowly pointed the gun at Izuna.....Indeed, if Izuna lost, Sora would reveal the evidence as to why No onewould die.If that was an acceptable reason, then Izuna would be liberated from herresponsibility.Even if it was an unacceptable reason, she didn't need to become Friendswith someone who deceived her.No matter what people think, these were the conditions that were alreadyarranged for Izuna to lose.that was all.Losing deliberately, and hear the reason why nobody would die.Just like thatjust like that"....Well, can I be honest?"Sora sighed.His face full of disappointment, Sora placed his finger on the trigger andpulled it."I'm really disappointed in you, Izuna."!"Don't underestimate me, des!"Following the flash, at the same time when Sora's bullet flew outLifting her head, Izuna's eyes stained red.Blood Devastation.Faster than the speed of the bullet, the actions of the BeastSoracouldn't see the speed-draw from Izuna.It was another outrageous act that tore through the laws of physics, but itcould also be said to be a godspeed speed-draw.Izuna fired a shot seconds later than Sora's, resulting in the collision of thebullets. This caused them to change their course.Izuna's second bullet aimed at Sora's head.After pulling the triggershe thought:what am I doing, des?Why did she want to win?This was the time to ask Sora The reason why no one would die, for thesake of the Werebeasts and Eastern Union.ButwhyThen, ignoring Izuna's struggle, the bullet skimmed past Sora's cheeks."eh?"It was as ifno, without question, she got predicted.At the same time, the second bullet Sora fired.....Even with the Werebeasts'Blood Devastation, Izuna was only able tocapture the bullet about to hit her chest.he predicted that Izuna would fire two shots.Coordinating with the time when Izuna shotwhich means, coordinatingthe split second when Izuna's five senses were blocked, he fired a secondround.Feeling the bullet gradually entering into her chest, Izuna heard Sora's voice."Yes, that is fine.....This is Izuna's true feelings."Falling down, her view changed to the vast sky."It is okay if you are worried about the loss of the Eastern Union and thepeople who would suffer from it. But the reason why you cried was also verysimple."Sora then said to Izuna who was still blurry and didn't know how she lost:"Its remorseful to lose for the first time, isn't it?"......."If you don't feelremorse, then you aren't qualified as a gamer, but....""as such, you felt happy for the first time.""It was only a Job for you to win, finding no value in anything. It was naturalfor you to feel disgusted at people who didn't value their livesIzunawasn't wrong at this point."But"....How? Betting everything to have an opponent that you couldn't winagainst. How do you feel?"What flashed past Sora's mind, was a young girl he previously met."Facing against such an opponent, how do you yield? How do you win? Howdo you beat them down?"Holding possibilities that were unimaginable by humans, a certain white-hairruby-eyes girl.Recalling the moment when the attack began, Sora smiled with excitement:"To be conservativeisn't this the Best feeling?"Perhaps that was correct.Perhaps that was the kind of impulse that was pushing Izuna onward.The enemy was someone who defeated her, because of this.....Because ofnot wanting to get looked down upon, she must win next time.That kind of impulse....Must certainly be..."If you understand this, then we are already friends. Welcome to theplayersour side, Izuna."Izuna will certainly feelThat this was the first time she played a game when she was born."Okay, in accordance with the Oaths, I'll tell you the reason, so please lendme your lovely ears."Sora knelt down and told her, his voice as if like a mischievous child.But it was a kind of mischievousness that would make her happy.However, it also made people doubt if he was actually normal, to haveafun prank.Hearing that Reason, Izuna felt relieved and closed her eyes, gently smilingwhile replying:"Next time.....I won't lose, des..."Part 10Looking at the scene displayed on the screen, everyone remained silent.The spectators couldn't utter any sound, prompting Steph to murmur out."No way...."The reason speed, physical ability and even the five senses wereoverwhelming, but yet he still managed to beat her fairly.Judging from Izuna's character, she would shoot at his head.The inhibition of pressure and responsibility, yet she had a fiery hot andunyielding attitude.Predicting that she would collide with his bullet, he fired a second shot.Therefore, when the second bullet was launchedSora had already firedhis second bullet....an unavoidable bullet.This was what Sora had said in his speech at the coronation.Kuramirecalled the words she received from Sora back then."humans live with Experience and Study, we can even obtain thewisdom to Predict the future.....Right?"Kuramirecited out in a murmur, before turning to leave the floor.Eh? Kurami, you can't see?I've already seen what I need to see, the next isSora's work.Not believing in humans, yet believing in the possibility ofhumans.....Interesting."Very well, I'll try to believe."Tearing off her black veil and tossing it aside, Kuramismiled."Fii, after Sora is done tampering with your memories, we will immediatelyreturnthere is too much to be done."Part 11Camera OK, capacity OK, steam OK."...Confirmed, the amount ofsteam is sufficient enough...good."Today I must succeed, Sora then said to the people behind:"Okay, everyone, don't be shy, you can come in now.""....Why must we take a bath? Des.""Because this was the Ceremony to welcome a new companion that Masterset out. If Master wants light, then let there be light, we must proudly obeythis.""Oh, Shiro, you've taken the initiative today, have you overcome your senseof disgust for baths yet?""....Can wash...Izuna's tail....Expectant."Hearing her voice, yet he couldn't seeno, he can't see.But after experiencing this sort of thing for a number of times, he had nodesire to back down now.This was entirely due to Kurami and Fii, allowing him to have a perfectperformance in photography."Fuu, from the camera angles to the countermeasures by anti-fogging lenses.The standing and sitting position, even if it is not as good as Shiro'stherewon't be any death angles!"Yes, Sora knew that it was fine even if he didn't worry.Because even if he couldn't pursue the paradise, he could at least confirm theresidue of the paradise!Steph must be washing Shiro's hair, while Shiro is washing Izuna's tail......Judging from the sound."I hate bath, des.""....I agree....But now...Vetoed.""After the bath, I want a showdown, no breaching of contract, des.""....No problem, Nii will...oblige....""That's not necessarily right, he is a man that lies more than he breathes!""Ahhh, Dora-chan, the one who is bad is the person cheated, this wasrecorded in the bible, don't you know?""What kind ofscamming bible is that.""That is the observation of Master that I've written down, it will definitely bethe future's bible, so calling this a bible now isn't going overboard.""How can this be! The observations of these two people, isn't it all aboutperverted actions!?""......!"Patience, patience, Sora."Anyways, what is Sora-san doing?""Whoaaaaaaaaaaa! Yaahhhaaaaaaaaa!!"What suddenly appeared in front of Sora wasStrong muscles, and wearing a thong for the elderlyIno. Sora shrieked."Wh, why are you casually polluting this paradise! There is no need for an oldman's naked body!"OH, GOD...The precise configuration I did for the camera, was it done in bythis old manAlthough it was not possible, unless it recorded it?If it recorded that stuff in, then the movie will turn into a muscle film."Eh? I heard that this was the new welcoming ceremony by Sora-san.""Men are not needed, not to mention a muscular old man! Why did youswagger in! Didn't I say this was M18!""I did hear that kind of explanation, but I'm 98-years-old this year, way over80-years old.""Eh? Ah, un? Strange?"WaitI seemed to have heard something that I can't shake off, eighteenyear-oldvirgin Sora.Although this was huge, I must know the problem"I heard the ethicalrequirements of Sora from Jibril-san.""Oh, ohhh."Please don't lean near me with those oppressive and lean muscles, Sorashouted in his heart.He almost couldn't say it out, but he stillforced himself to answer."No, I heard that Sora-san is 18-years-old.""Ye, yes.""Then you should be eligible to come into contact with M18 things.""Yeah, what's the problem?"Ino stroke his white beard and thought about it."No, I was thinking. If Shiro-san is a problem for the current situation, then ifShiro-san were to wear clothes, and her eyes are blocked, then Sora-sandoes not need to think twice and enter in freely right?"The world stopped rotating."Ah, ahaha, ahahahaha....Waittttttt a moment, Hatsuse Ino-dono.""Yes, what's the matter?""I, I can't neglect what you've just said.""Well, what I wanted to ask was this....Does Sora-san have any impression?"quuuu~A slightly clear sound, went into Sora's ears.NO, how, this couldn't be.But he didn't mishear it."Th, that Shiro-san, what is the meaning of those astounding words Howdare you talk to me?"Sora couldn't discern their bathing postures.But, Sora asked towards the area. After a moment ofsilence".....Shiro didn't say anything.""I'm sorry, Shiro-sensei, I have confidence that that voice belonged to Shiroright! Could you explainif you've already found out!?""Hahaha....This must be the so-called karma, isn't it.""Argh~~Say, old man! Because of this battle, I almost didn't notice. Whoallowed you to see my little sister's body huh? Want me to gouge out youreyes?""Ah, please relax, I'm really touched about the ethicalrequirement of theprohibition towards looking at under-age bodies. I think Izuna received thesame education too, so I'll close my eyes too."Grasping onto the situation just by hearing alone?Damn, this is the trouble with different races!"....Un, Izuna-chan.....Must not let anyone see.....OK...?""?Although I don't really understand, but okay, des!""Wait, Shiro-san, please don't change the subject okay, eh? Oi, then won't Ibe missing countless numbers of paradise!?"At this time, Jibril knelt down at the side of Sora."Master, please calm down, it is not too late yet.""Ye, yesh?""Yes, since you already know, then this will be simple."Perhaps she was using magic, Jibril was drawing something with herfingertips."I'll use the elemental particles to clad Master and the unworthy slave which isme. I'll isolate the sound, and as long as we prevent Shiro-san from facinghere, my body belongs to Master, please feelfree to make""...Jibril...Shut up."Shiro has joint ownership to Jibril together with Sora, so her one wordcaused Jibril to shut up.Shiro then used a sad voice to say to Sora:"Nii wants....To cover Shiro's eyes...and do nasty things....besidesShiro?"...."Ha ~~~~~ Hahahaha! How could I do something that is bad for my littlesister's education hahahahaha DAMNNNNAhahahahahah The world shoulddie already ahahahahahah!"Sora who was finally broken, shouted out in the bathhouse."...Say Sora-san.""What is it? Old man!! If you want to have a go at my rationality then""From today, my everything belongs to Sora-san.""yeah, this is not a line I want to hear coming from a muscular elderlyman who wears a thong."Sora said weakly, feeling goosebumps all over.However, Ino maintained his smile."And Izuna's everything belongs to Sora-sanin this case, can I saysomething?"Ino smiled cheerfully, and in the state where his eyes were closed, hewhispered:"what did you say to Izuna that tricked her, you damn bald monkey.".....Sora whispered to Izuna about the Method that ensures no one dies.Of course, there could never be such an easy method.This fraud master used a Consolation that didn't exist, to deceive hisgranddaughter that was more important than his life. But since his rights weretaken away, he was not allowed to revolt, and could only resist slightly.But Sora didn't face him, deliberately"...You should keep quiet and watch this, old pops. Since you can't doanything."He deliberately chose offensive words to provoke him.Seeing his look, Ino's fist clenched even tighter.But, the next sentence, infuriated him even further"Relaxthere is one last surprise, you'll know it when the time comes."Sora showed an emboldened smilebut it was chilling to Ino.This man's words, revealed that he had another strategy.The anger and fear Ino felt, caused him to be speechless...