- You can alight now, Yuusha. - Thanks. The IT department guy steps out of the car and opens the door for me. I thank him and bring my suitcase out of the car. It is a small hotel next to a building with a huge logo of the Anderu Corporation. It looks like the check-in process was cleared before I arrive. The hotel receptionist hands me the key card to my room and asks the staff to lead me to my room, as soon as I enter the hotel. My room is on the highest floor. After we reach the room, I scan my key card to enter my room, and after making sure that the customer has occupied the room, the staff leaves. I wait until no footsteps can be heard and contact Mirai. - I have arrived at the accommodation venue. Have you found yourself somewhere to stay? After a few seconds, there is a signal from the other telecommunication device. I hear a response. - Yes, but actually no. There is a lot of free space around your hotel, so I planned to t

After a short discussion, I know that the boss has a few skills. The first one is an interruption skill. When we are some distance from each other, we can use our communication devices, but when the skill is active, long-distance communication is disabled. There are mechanisms around the museum that allows faster signal restoration. If the archaeologists are near the ghost, their vision will be slightly interfered with, as a warning feature. The second one is environmental manipulation. It can haunt (imaginary) artefacts, making them move around and disrupting the archaeologists. They can be shot down by the provided assault rifle. It can also randomly cause the rooms to move, either shaking the floor or causing fragments to fall on the archaeologists (of course virtual fragments are used to ensure safety). The third skill allows the phantom to temporarily switch between the phantom form, in which it can pass through structures but cannot interact directly with the archaeol

August 2055, in a small hotel in Cairo, Egypt,... In a small room on the hotel's highest floor, someone is sleeping very soundly. The sun has already risen. The soft sunlight illuminates the room through the small aperture created by the alternating curtains. The birds start chirping, welcoming a new day. This is the typical scenery of the morning, but contrary to people's beliefs, this does not mean the early morning. - Oh crap... It is already seven? I jump from the bed to the ground and quickly go to the bathroom. Yes, the person who just slept very soundly merely a few seconds ago was me. I was so deep in my dreams, that I ignored the first few alarms half an hour ago. Now, I am racing against time. Being late on the first day will make a very negative first impression. On the other bed, Mirai is still sleeping or recharging, or whatever way to describe the action. I better let her have some rest. After properly dressing up, I take the last look in the

  Well, that is uncalled for.   -          Stop right there, you filthy loiterer. - Mirai provokes the Intruder while pointing the rifle's barrel at him. The red laser pins its forehead like a menacing beast. -          With all this disguise, you can still see through my identity. So I can conclude that you have wreaked all sorts of trouble on us lately, can't I?     The Intruder seems not to look down on this individual among all the humans it deems lowly. It averts its eyes from the drone towards the figure that is pointing a gun at it. However, despite showing wariness, it keeps its composure, shown by its tone when responding to Mirai's provocation.   -          So what? Any sane person on Earth will try to stop you should they know what you are planning.     Mirai has already switched to combat mod

  As soon as the connection to the outside is recovered, Mirai immediately redirects satellite weapons towards the various locations in the Sahara desert. Even if they fail, this is one of their last bet. Then, a subspace of the arsenal is formed, directly linked with the main arsenal. She will transfer weaponry for as long as the link lasts.   Meanwhile, the continuous and reverberating pulses immobilise the Intruder units, buying a barely sufficient time frame for us to break through their formation once more. To maximise speed, I switch to a photon submachine gun.   -          Yuusha, we will try to escape this base first. I have transferred the teleportation port into the subspace, as well as more items for you to use against their numbers. Please help me hold them off for another five minutes.  -          I will try. But please be fast.     Mirai turns