“A Game Master is someone who hands out missions and stuff. It's something someone like you would understand the most, right? A person who hands out the mission and or quests to receive certain rewards.”Still and unmoving, Ruriko stood there with her chin held high. Kurumi was just as shocked as Cian at this instance, but somehow she had a feeling that Ruriko was waiting for something like this. “...”Can didn't retort nor ask anything. He indeed knew the implications of her words. Despite calling herself that, her way of delivering those words made Cian think of her as an important NPC. They were the ones that would give the players the main missions. A mission that would reap a lot of rewards if finished. “——Does that mean... everything is a game for those people above?”Kurumi herself would ask that. She'd already caught into the fray so she might as well know about those who sent her. “Hmm. Not exactly. They want to associate it with such so that it is competitive, and elimi
—As days pass by in Moonblight, the first match of the second stage of the tournament was near. During that period, Moonblight's city was plagued with different news as everyone was distracted by the tournament's preparation.Toru Nagumo has escaped from prison and a wide manhunt for him was enacted around the city.It was certain that it was Pandemonium's doings yet, there were no leads that pertained to them. Not only that, crimes around the city had seemed to rocket up as soon as the time of the tournament event began, with most of them being harmless robberies, some were injured indirectly to avoid activating the Anti-Kill Technology.Some people were worried that the technology might be not working yet, and the Mayor and his daughter would announce a curfew to lessen such events. Starting from the early hour of 9 PM until 6 AM of the morning, the curfew would be in place with human authorities roaming the city and apprehending suspicious individuals outside at that certain tim
As the day of the tournament arrived, the match-up had been decided a day before. There was a list of matches on the first day and every single one of Kira's agency members was one of them.The first match was a bout between Morioka Saeko of the Red Trackers and Midari Sengen of the Viper's Venom. All the contestants were asked to stay in the colosseum's underground mass accommodation rooms to avoid the unfair search for information about their opponents after the announcement. Before the fights would happen, this will be the first day where the contestant's abilities would be revealed. Because of this, contestants are forced to think for themselves 24 hours before they fight in the shapeshifting arena.A rule that made it so that the tournament will always be fair and avoid tricks and underhanded tactics among the participants. ***“Weeeeeeeeelcome back! It's been a few weeks since the last elimination stage and I hope that every participant who survived that had recovered fully
[24 hours earlier]“Ahem. We're with the Tournament's Managing Staff. All of the participants would have to go and spend the next day in isolated rooms in the colosseum while we announce the match-ups. To make the first match-ups balanced and well sought out, we are going to match up people by the level of their combat prowess.”Right at the doorstep of the most poorly maintained agency building of the Red Trackers, there would be a dead-ish face man wearing a certain blue military-style uniform that arrived. “Err... I see. I'll inform the others.”Sabrine had accommodated them after they rang the service bell at the abandoned lobby on the first floor.She was unsure if they were for real or not at first, but seeing as they had ID cards outlined in black, a higher authority than them they were as red, she would quickly go back and inform the others. The rule about being isolated on the day of the match-up announcement had been going on since the second event of the Mixed Magic Arts
“In the ring, we have the supposedly clueless red-hair on the right side, Cian Magicroft from the Red Trackers! But look! He looks different and emits a different feeling than his naive self from before! Will he fight for real now?!”Drowning out the loud cheers of the crowd that craved action and violence from the tournament, the host would shout out to the mic as he described Cian. Cian had made a negative impression on the audience in the last stage of the tournament where he had to be saved from two children. “On the left side, we have Louis Zweist from the Vipers! Right now, he has the biggest smile out between them, is he confident that he can beat Cian in this round?”The host would turn and hover toward Louis who was showered with cheers, responding to it kindly with waves and a big smile.“Would you look at that, the people love me. Don't you think it's a bit embarrassing to be the good guy but be booed off the stage?”Turning to Cian, Louis would stand right at the edge of
“You did something, didn't you?”“Hmm? I wonder what you are saying. Weren't you uninterested in this kind of stuff?”Above the arena that had begun to be covered amid Louis' ability, Ruriko and Mia began to continue their conversation. Ruriko poorly tried to dismiss Mia's assertions, fending it back with few words. “I am, but this is fairly about how you had anything to do about that man's sudden growth. You aren't perhaps favoring them just because they are loyal to your system. Isn't that quite unfair for everyone you forced to sit under your system?”Mia would push further with it, broadening the conversation from some involvement with a contestant into a political imbalance.Ruriko only giggled at her futile attempts to seek an answer from her, and despite that Mia had tried to sound threatening, her whims were just as cute. But maybe this would only warrant one answer, to make her gears going.“What do you think?”Ruriko would leave such a vague answer that led to Mia's inter
——Reality Manipulation. “So it was something one can get from a Unique Magic Acquisition.”Amongst the crowd, a woman flared her emerald eyes across the arena. She had a pen and paper that she listened upon, and with only two matches, there was not much to write from the first. “Sabrine. Cian looks a bit different. He still fights aggressively but... there's this feeling that I am getting.”Narrowly closing her right eye, Teresa would look at Cian's personality. Right now, he was being pinned down by such an ability yet he seemed to be calm.“It could be because he is fighting assertively, instead of being aggressive. It's indeed a change.”Knowing the exact reason for that change, Sabrine left out the details of how it was possible for Cian.Teresa was once again with Sabrine as they both observed the fights that started. The first match had nothing to be observed as it ended within a second by forfeiting.“...You said that they could be using magic that they were granted through u
At the headquarters of the Red Trackers, Vincent was left alone to look over the building.Sabrine had left to gather data for the Red Tracker's fights and the rest had been made to stay in their holding rooms until their matches happen.“It sounds lonely in here.”Without the noise of either Kira being her usual self or Kurumi's usual training routine, the building was practically empty without the members in it.He was being sentimental when he had all the time to rest.“...Huh?”Just as Vincent looked out of the window, he would see multiple men that wore what seems to be hooded. As far as he knows, they invited no one and had closed business temporarily. They were uninvited guests.It was his first idea to call the others about this so he pulled out his phone, however, just as he tried to call them, the call ends with a noise.“Give me a break...!”The call was intercepted.He was left alone to defend himself now.***“G-Good job out there.”“———”Arriving at the same mezzanine