Assault Game!

There's Seven of Them

———— KIRAGI THIRD POV————

*Chirp Chirp*

“It's morning already? Not much of it there at all”

Kiragi made a negligible movement forward after he had killed the lean man. The scuffle was out of his mind now, maybe because he had to be on the edge at all times.

He ruefully pushed his tent back into his backpack. He jugged his water bottle and took mouthfuls.

“Aish, there's hardly any fruit or animal to hunt here. If we go like this with only water, it's just bones and decayed matter they might find— awwwh... I bloody hate mornings.” He stretched with a yawn.

About Kiragi. He was a young man, clever, and his facial features weren't your next door's neighbors type, but he would still blend in with the crowd— just above the ‘Okay’ people.

There, he was cursed with tough hair, jet black, and blanketed with a touch of brown by the edges.

While he looked short and young for his age, he was taller than most Japanese men; which was where he got his ancestry from.

His father married the girl of his dreams, that is, cute baby face and a kimono— but even before, his forefather married a Japanese too, so he was double the ‘Kimochi’

When he was little, his father had told the love story of his forefather fighting against all odds to marry the Japanese girl he liked.

Long story short, this love fiction was crushed when his father made mentioned the time of this incident,

‘It was the bloody Pacific War! How could I believe an American and a Japanese—woman— would find love in such crisis?’

Might have been blackmail or forced assault, in any case, the woman stayed, maybe threatened to. One thing was certain, just like the Second Sino- Japanese war which was against China, it goes without saying that several atrocities would be committed in the time of War.

They'll be r**e, human trafficking, Organ harvesting, and Cadaver snatching... Bribes, revenge.

Nothing good comes out from war, and any party that benefits from it must have been ruthless enough to multiply the bodies of their fallen enemies.

How can a man, An American Soldier, possibly ‘find’ the love of his life, in a warzone.

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So kiragi was a Japanese—American, hence his name. And, like 70% of Japanese boys his age, he was a complete shut-in. Sunlight was his bane, and he dreads Mornings.

“Awww. Day number two. Whatever would happen, let's face it with a Bang!”

‘Right, my wounds!’

He killed one more person yesterday. It was a woman, and though she didn't leave her name, she has left a strong impression on him.

At a point in the fight, he didn't know if he was the predator or prey anymore. The woman was like the Queen of Steel, she could bend her knife in ways that would leave the defender gaping in wonder, and then in pain.

He had almost died, thrice. But the woman made a blunder in the end. He capitalized on that and punctured several holes in her body. He kept going again and again.

“There's no saint in this sanctuary. Everyone must have erred."

He propped up his backpack and continued his journey forward. He would occasionally pluck weird-looking fruits and ate.

Some could be identified as harmful, if the wildlife steered clear of it, or if the petals look to be left alone even when it was time for pollination.

He did see a chubby rabbit, but the creature was fast! It zipped past before he could chase.

“This RPG is interesting! The players would have to start at the lowest levels and climb the ranks... I wonder if they can replicate and real talking human that can make decisions according to the situation, and not just some NPC”

He wasn't slow, the rabbit was terrifyingly fast! It moved like a blur, that Kiragi had to blink for a millisecond, and there was no living Animalia on the scene

The goal was to reach the finish line with their eggs still intact. But whatever punishment was reserved for the losers, Dorian concealed it.

Kiragi thought of something and swiftly tapped on his wristwatch. The familiar hue appeared, but the words written on his profile let his facial expression turn to a smile.

[KIRAGI TETTA LANCET

Ability: Perfect Energy Blackbody

Ability Class: A+

Ability Level: 20/100

Power Level: 7.5...

Points: 1,000

Note that Power level is in comparison with the stats of a normal adult male, and it encompasses; Strength, Stamina, Agility, Dexterity, hearing and all senses, and other buffs.]

“Forget the other stuff, I have a thousand points now? Although I expected an increment from the previous 0... Not this much”

‘So killing people gives me points, 500 per kill. Fumu, if that's the case, I should at least use it to create an advantage for me’

“Open warehouse... Let's see what I need—”

*CLANG!*

The sound of metal against metal reverberated through a kilometer radius of a part of the forest. Kiragi concluded it was the sound of infighting, and it was close by—

He leaned over and sprinted forward to the place of danger.

“Activate Sensor!” Kiragi noticed this function while tinkering with his wristwatch.

It was like a thermal scoop, Thermal imaging works by detecting the heat (IR radiation) given off by an object, such as an animal, a human, or a car.

While military-grade types could scan more than 4000 yards away, he's could only spawn to 100 yards or less.

This was enough for him to trace the whereabouts of other players.

“f**k! H-how come?”

One, two, three... Seven! There were seven f*****g goobies running around— to be precise, moving to the same area Kiragi was.

There was a reason why Kiragi felt reluctant to use the Sensor, there were two things that could happen when the sensor scans the area.

When the rays passed all over and through the Players, some of the players would be ignorant of this, except using their own sensors, they would have no idea someone was tracking them.

Then there was the other type of people, the ones who had activated their abilities... They would ALWAYS sense something, and were the type to be feared.

On Sensors, the Players would be represented as blue dots if they had not activated their abilities, and the ones that had would be red, of varying degrees.

Kiragi could not ascertain the system behind it, it wasn't important now...

There were seven dots on his screen, and all seven were Red!!

‘Run away!’

He would not stand in the face of danger. Knowing it was impossible to win, he fought back his greedy impulses and moved away...

/TWANG/

The first projectile missed his head by a hair breath, Kiragi suddenly got on high alert.

He unexpectedly quivered the next second, and his expression turned to dismay.

‘Someone else knows how to use the sensor!’

“Activate Sensor!”

(WENG)

The seven figures still appeared on the scanner. But they were closer than before. The closest was already in the ten-yard radius. That was at least, a stone's throw away.

Did the person know where I was? Or perchance he or she did not use the sensor, it was another.

/TWANG!/

The second projectile answered his question. It even created ‘ZHU’ sounds as it moved towards Kiragi, and this time, he could not outrun it.

Just as the sleek wooden spear was about to impale Kiragi, his reactions kicked in on overdrive.

He dropped to the floor and did three flip rolls.

“I knew you weren't as weak as you looked. Your Ability has already awoken, right? And it has to do with something like reaction speed.” The assailant hid behind a tree and voiced her doubt.

‘It is true that my stats went up like crazy. But that shouldn't be shared.’

So he refused to answer.

The person continued regardless, it was female with a deep girlish voice, “Know your enemy's ability and you can go unhindered to the finals. you can't dodge what you can't see!”

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‘Don't let Dorian's lies get to your head! You'll lose even before you've started your battle.‘

/TWANG!/

The next projectile came in, it stuck on a tree close to where Kiragi hid.

“I would've thought your skill was either like the Amazonians or tree elves that were good with arrows, if not for your bad miss.” He couldn't help but joke.

“How said I missed?”

‘f**k!!’

It was then that he saw, how the last spear was embedded. there was the hypothetical speculation that the next spear would be redirected if it touches the other impaled spear at a certain angle in the closest millimeter,

But now, Kiragi wasn't going to wait until it was tested on him.

All these happened in five milliseconds. He leaped out of the previous tree he was hiding.

The TWANG sound was heard close behind him, but he did not turn to see if it had hit its mark.

‘That was close!’

“I’m sure you're thinking to yourself, that was close!

The same way I know you're thinking ‘Wasn't she over there a second ago?’

I'll tell you a secret, Amazonian Magic”

Kiragi couldn't speak because a very familiar military-grade knife was placed at the very skin of his neck.

If he mistakenly gulped in air or spittle, No doubt it was going to leave a scar.

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CELESTIAL EYES— TRIVIA!

[ Player Name: Karen J-Smith

Ability: Elite Amazonian

Rank: C

Ability Depiction: Achieves Speed and Dexterity multiple times that of an adult male.

Arrow and Projectile throwing skills can reach accuracy at a distance of 200m!

Concealment, mimicry, countershading... Other life-preserving skills are top-notched!

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PinPoint: Arrows and Projectiles shot could oppose natural laws and bend through the air to meet their target.

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( Lowest Form of the Amazonian Series. )]