"BRB!"
The girl rolls on her gaming chair towards the fridge to grab her red bull and then back to her game station within seconds- all stuffs are placed accurately within her "capable rolling" distance to minimize her "RB" (right back) duration.
"GG! Folks, GN!"
Leaves a game, joins another, seamless transition —the girl keeps her "training program" always tight while efficient. Checks clients' deposit, offers solutions, gets paid —she knows well how much should her 203 IQ charge her clients: from high school students of VERY rich families, Professors to CFO of famous blue chip companies.
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"[X] here is the detail: no.150 avenue - 3 Lvl 66 imps - 60 hostages - maximum 0 casualties allowable [HOME]"
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"OTV!"
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Wat a STOMP!-even though it sounds impossible to accomplish, [X] is still collecting her gadget for the mission without hesitation. To her, every mission is just a GAME with different rules each time. Sometimes they are fair sometimes while sometimes they just make you Ragequiting -of course she can never quit.
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"Tommy lee Janson, Jenifer Howard, Marcus Douglas, Simeon Fun....g?"
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[X] is reading the hostage list while taking a public bus to the scene (yes because there is no traveling expense allowable in her wages).
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Simeon....this name belongs to a person once [X] did pay attention to. No because of his IQ (scoring 100 at most) nor his outlook (hardly can she identity any charisma from him), it is just a game that once she lost to him.
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"That's ok! I am just lucky enough!"
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Since then, [X] had played several games with Simeon and never lost ever after. But she couldn't just forget THAT game.
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And she can hardly enjoy gaming any more.
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THAT SUCKS! May he be disregarded from that "0 casualty" clause!
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The building is already surrounded by the military force, loaded with weapons that can threaten every mortals on Earth.
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But the Imps are coming from Hell, a scouting team that is sent by their commander onto the human reign, to prepare for their KING to raise again - THE BIG SUMMON!
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[X] reached the roof of a building opposite to the scene and puts down her sniper, switches on her tablet.
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"Game time. Let us kick some asses, my floating cannons ...."
Lanterns float in air, orbiting around the girl.
"You lose!"
[X] felt both embarrassed and resentful, while the guy on the other side celebrated in revelry.
It was long time ago. [X] was still a high school student, never attended school though unless for necessity. School just let her becoz of her super outstanding academic scores.
"You cheated!"
"What? I did nothing! Hahaha!"
In fact this guy named Simeon did, he kept saying irritating words like
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You sound like a kawai girl! How do you look like? You love Naruto? Oh, you must love Danganronpa! You must look like Chihiro? Wait? Or Kyouko!!
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DAMN! I SHOULD JUST MUTE HIM!
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But something was weird enough to keep [X] from doing that.
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"You lose! And as promised, we should show up our faces to each other!"
"Wat-"the guy switch on the cam without asking for anyone's permission.
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Sucks! He IS what a typical otaku should be!
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"And you?"
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[X] would just leave the game without GG. But, just weird enough, she didn't.
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And she switched her cam on!
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"OMG! OMG! You ARE CHIHIRO! You are so beautifulllllllllll!!!"
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[X] unplugged the computer right at once! Unplugged the router ! Unplugged the whole supply of her flat! And unplugged herself! She felt burning and needed desperately her consciousness back. So she dashed through the door, first time ever since months, straight down to the little alley down street. There, her face kept burning!
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GDI! Who the hell is this Simeon? Why on Earth should this shit exist?! And WHY SHOULD I CAM-ON????
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[X] did not sleep well for the few days, few weeks or few months ever since then.
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Then one day she became ONE OF THEM.
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Technically there is no connection between all the bizarre things, just a series of chronological happenings in [X]'s unusual teenage life.
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But one thing needs to be emphasized here.
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It's [X] custom. Every time she sets off for an mission, she stands before the mirror, dresses up a little bit and asks herself,
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How do you like it? My Alter Ego アルターエゴ?
(Credit given to Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc/
ダンガンロンパ 希望の学園と絶望の高校生)
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"We are about to approach the target! 15m ahead! Roger."
The Lantern squad are moving steadily towards the scene. [X] has equipped them each with a microwave wireless gadgets of most advanced STC interface for remote commanding via her EVOKER -A TABLET which was built in with nano-electronic chips of mysterious material.
"Shoot to kill. Do not hurt the hostages!"
[X] guard poses herself with her lovely L115A3 AWM(sniper rifle)- the one that enables her to assault distantly enough.
"Damn!"yet she abandons her sniper immediately after a quick glance of the scene through the telescope, leaves the sniping base, spreads her wingsuit, breaks into the floor right beneath the scene using her Magnum 1911C, lands with a nice forward roll- a series of combat training in [HOME] that [X] seldom applies in missions. She prefers sniping to close combat.
She prefers to stay away from people, distantly, enemies or friends.
But now she knows she cannot.
Number of casualties allowable =0
"Imps merge to transform to Daemon. We can fight but no guarantee of no casualties!"
"I knew it. Keep countervail and hinder him! I am coming!"
"You have 5 seconds. Past we fire."
I HATE STOMP. [X] mutes the mic to force herself to concentrate. She manages to arrive in 4.9 seconds.
The Daemon is grabbing a hostage, about to break through the curtain wall of the building and flee. The man screams like a pig with a pale face.
HE LOOKS EXACTLY WHAT A TYPICAL OTAKU SHOULD BE!
"....SUMMONER...WELCOME!"
"Put down the man. Or my Demons will blow your head off."
"Hahaha! 0 CASUALTIES!? I can manage to kill you all even without my HEAD!"
What? How the hell he knows the detail?
"Summoner, let's trade! Give me the Evoker and I will set free everyone here, including this guinea pig...."
"Please! Please save me, heroine!"
"Shut up!" "Sav....wait?...is that you? CHIHIRO!!! OMG! I must be dreaming!"
"SHUT UP if you want to live!" and it works. Simeon now remains silent. Maybe he regains more confidence in his savior after knowing that she is the MEGAMI CHIHIRO!
"SO.....YOU KNOW THIS GUINEA PIG!"
Shit! [X] is not happy with this situation. There is nothing to do with any increment in the difficulties. Just that it is so embarrassing to have any association with THIS OTAKU.
Well, I am an OTAKU too -[X] just clears her mind.
"Here you have it, scum."[X] puts her TABLET slowly on the ground and kicks it towards the creature while keeps pointing her 1911C at his head.
The Daemon picks up the EVOKER. Still grabbing Simeon in one hand.
"Put the man down, scum. And leave" she never removes the handgun away from her aim.
"Hahaha! You know so well this human toy can never do any harm to us Demon, don't you? But that's ok, I ll keep my words after I have confirmed something..."
"You cannot get access to the TABLET without my authorization. It NEEDS my finger print. So now, free the hostages and I will deactivate the authorization! I could not command my Lanterns as well now."
The Daemon is not satisfied with the trading condition. He backs towards the edge of the building, still holding both the EVOKER and the hostage. And with a grinning face he says,
"I don't like to be threatened." The creature suddenly spills a disgusting greenish liquid towards another hostage woman on the floor.
"Arrrrrrrr!" The woman screams in terrifying pain though there is no sign of instant life-threatening, her leg is now decomposing!
The Lanterns remain their positions. The Daemon now confirms the girl has no control upon the demon and neither will the lanterns themselves act on their own will.
"Hahaha! Human, now I am now PUTTING YOUR BOY FRIEND DOWN!" The Daemon breaks the curtain wall and throws Simeon out of the building!
"Errrrrr! Wahhhhhh!"
[X]pulls the trigger five times: first four to dismantle all the limbs from the body and the final one to blow off his head! Almost at the same time she jumps through the building, stretches in the air to grab Simeon in her arms!
HOW CAN A HUMAN TOY BE SO POWERFUL?
Those are the final thoughts lingering in the Daemon's mind -before he feels THERE ARE SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS INSIDE THE .45 BULLETS, that he may manage to figure out in hell later on.
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"......"
The man slowly regains his consciousness while they descending slowly under [X]'s parachute equipped in her special-designed military suit.
"....thank you for saving me, Chihiro..."
The two floats in midair, right in the middle of the beautiful Shibuya late night city. Lights from the commercial buildings around them blinks and shines like a Milky Way, with cheers and whistles from the crowd on the street, guiding them gently onto the ground.
[X] separates Simeon right at once. She turns her back to the otaku just to hide her face from him.
Her face is burning. She tries to run away.
"Wait!..." Simeon shouts. [X] freezes -like by an enchanted force. The couple are now surrounding by curious crowd cheering and snapping with cellphones, as if they are SUPERSTARS.
"Will I see you again? Chihiro?"
[X] remains silent for a few seconds and answers,
"Beat me once again and I will meet you again."
Simeon just cannot hold the tears of joy inside his eyes.
"And don't call me Chihiro anymore.
I AM KYOKO KIRIGIRI.
"POLICE IS GOING TO ARREST ME? For hacking to sb else gadgets? Shxt!"
Back to 3 years ago, while KYOKO HOSOKAWA was still a college student, she just got <informed>(by hacking into the Police's security network) that a wanted warrant was about to be issued to arrest her.
"Wait...."Kyoko further decoded the metadata and just found an interesting vocabulary,
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[HOUND].
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"I see... they would like to RECTUIT ME, indeed,"But how the heck MISERABLE HACKER KYOKO became the <obedient civic servant>?
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Not Kool at all!
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Kyoko just opened the Telegram and typed a few words to reply,
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"I AM HOMED! JUST COME AND COLLECT ME!"
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An Anti-Social-Post-Modern-Heroine sounded perfect for me.
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"Welcome [HOME], your code name is [X]!" Reply just received on Telegram.
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X! Cool!
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and then Add to home screen.