Vol 1 Chapter 6 (1/2)

Part 1

Sunday

Kishi+ ti the odd in-car announcement

“The Doors will close now Next is—, shi+naga— shi+naga—”

As he was always stayed inside his town, he rarely used the train Its et used to this in-car announcement of the train which was headed to the city

He was headed for the shi+nagawa for now, and fro the Yamanote Line [6-A]

For Kishi+mine, Akihabara was an unknown place But still he kne e of the japanese Sub-Culture, and has an uncountable nua shops in it And, it’s also said to be a city that is profiting quite a lot after the distribution of the Culture proanised every week, it was definitely an appropriate place as the venue

Soon after that, even from the inside of the train the Akihabara started to appear Its prosperity was quite obvious As beautiful buildings that had big banners suspended one after another And there were People, People, People everywhere It was filled with humans just everywhere For Kishi+mine as bad with crowd, it was a scene that made him flinch a bit

“Ah, that building, huh……?”

Quite fortunately he was able to identify the destination building even fros all around but, it was the building which was taller than all of ‘em

Leaving the station, he faced in the direction he saw that building in and started walking towards it However, after watching a certain sight, he automatically froze at the place

‘I—it’s a Maid There’s a real Maid here……’

He couldn’t help but getting surprised to that spectacle

From News and Newspaper etc, he knew very well that Akihabara’s speciality is Maids But, spectacle of Maids distributing the leaflets on the roadside everywhere really, felt unreal to him But then, that didn’t draw thatboth were cute but, he atching the exceptionally beautiful girls in the school uniforh if Tendou and Niitani was to wear Maid uniform such as those, then he won’t be able to remain calm at all

“So this is Akihabara, huh……?”

Just what kind of gaanised here? He couldn’t able to iine it all the more

Part 2

“This is bad…… I am almost late”

Maybe it was because of the reason it took time to proceed in between this absurd nu, he just barely arrived on time

Thebut, there were several number of people already outside of it ‘Will I really be able to find Tendou-san and Sena-sensei in this crowd?’ –—like that Kishi+ but, fortunately it ended up in vain

“Why did you come in your casual clothes?”

Due to the sudden reprimanded comment from the Tendou

As he turned his head into the direction of voice, Tendou and Sena-sensei were there Due to some unknown reasons, Tendou was in the school uniform, and Sena-sensei too was in his usual white lab coat outfit Perhaps I will be able to see the Tendou’s casual clothes figure—the expectations he held in secret was crushed in a second

“I—I a in the casuals was a bad choice?”

Despite getting happy of able to ized immediately

“Obviously!! We’re gonna participate as a club here you know? So even if it’s outside of the school, you should’ve come in the school uniform”

“Well isn’t it fine, Tendou-kun?” said Sena-sensei reprovingly “As it’s also our fault for not telling hi just a while ago? If you’re gonna consider this as a part of our club activities then, dropping your way in just to do shopping is not so admirable as well you know?!”

In aher arms, she huffed and averted her eyes

“T—to do shopping with Culture Promotion tickets is an economical promotion approved by the country itself, so there is no problem with that!”

She raised another strange theory

He couldn’t help and then guess on the sole possibility of her getting embarrassed like that Quite expectedly, in this city which is the centre of Sub-Culture, she ames and other stuff

“W—well for not telling you to co the uniform in advance was certainly my miss But in any case, make sure to be cautious next time”

“Yes, I’ll be careful”

‘If it’s a part of club activities then wear school uniforent like Tendou’

It’s just he thought that it was quite troubling in itself

There were quite a nuures of women as well but, in majority there were just men

And what Tendou earing was the Ojou-sama school’s brand uniforel And thus the result of the mixture of those 2 components,

‘We’re standing out! We’re standing out a lot you know?!’

Frolances at Tendou And if it’s not for Sena-sensei as giving of a weird aura fro the white robe besides her, then he was quite sure that she should’ve gotten hit-on

‘Although, even if she were to wear casual clothes instead, then that would’ve in itself gathered uy or in a quarrel with so then, at that ot busy piling up various delusions

Quite surprising the, event hall was inside the building, and that too after using the escalator was on the 2nd floor

“Big……!”

That hall, which was using the entire one floor of the whole building, ide enough to even play a gae at the front of the event hall, and on top of it was a giant TV monitor, as they reached the inside of the hall they saw around 50 ga consoles and TV here and there

As they were entered the area just before the staring tiathered there It’s just, as the game today was meant for the adults; the majority of them there were older men And because of that the existence of Tendou earing the clothes of an all-girls school was quite prominent

“It sure is on an aanised in every nook and corner of the country……”

“Well, Akihabara enters in a unique class after all” Tendou said proudly, as if talking about herself “Though if a tournaanised on the scale of a small shop then, the participants are li it with just 1 TV are also not that rare”

“Heh……, as expected from the world famous Akihabara”

“In any case, why don’t we just head to the Reception Desk for now?”— on the Sena-sensei proposal, they headed to the desk which was on the corner of the hall

After following the long line, he bought so like a JGBC Member’s Card for 500円 It’s a card which had the ID No and his Na in the JGBC then, in this card, points will be added, and someday he with that he could also take part in the finals of the JGBC It was kinda unexpected for hiet it but, as he told that it’s for the next whole year then it didn’t quite bothered him

It’s just, aside from the Card fees, as he was even made to pay 500円 for the entrance fees for today’s tourna a bit little down

“B—By any chance with each ti in the tournament you’ll have to pay the fees?”

“There are times when it’s free as well but, ht!! Well it can’t be helped is it? As the construction fees of the event and the equip is cheap in this world! Also, isn’t 500円 cheap if you are allowed to play for the entire day with it?”

“Yes……”

Certainly it h school student he orried about his financial standings

“Which reminds me, what’s your Participation Number?”

To the Tendou’s question, he looked at the Participation Badge which he got at the ti the form

“Umm…… It’s 501”

“Hht on 500 What about Sena-sensei?”

“499 Hrouped separately from Kishi+mine-kun!”

“Eh? What do you mean by separately? Today we caht?”

“There are a lot of participant’s right? That’s why in these cases blocks are made like from 1-100 or 101-150 and then the battle between the blocks take place”

“Heh……”

This means, that in both cases, he’ll have to battle in a completely different block than Tendou and Sena-sensei

“W—will I really be alright? Ialone like that……”

“Wh—at, It’s because it’s individual tournament, isn’t it in fact better that ill be able to play without having to fight with each other?!”

“Well now that you mention it, it sure is”

“At any rate, it’s fine even if you were to lose today, rather just think of it as having a good experience!”

“I won’t ask for you to lose beforehand but……well, it will be a good chance for you to get used to the atmosphere Well then, as it’s almost time Let’s head towards the hall”

Finishi+ng their talk the three of thee Due to quite a crowd it wasn’t quite visible from behind but, still the enthusiasm was transmitted even to the back

“Sorry foryou wait everyone”

Froirl suddenly started to coo suddenly became quiet

“The 87th JGBC Akihabara tournament! Will now commence!!”

The hall then wrapped around with the cheers

Those cheers were just like the shouts of the 1000 ether, it was only for a second but, the air itself trembled

And froetting faster fro time

‘It’s finally starting’

The JGBC which is said to be the ruthless battle ofhis skill with them, he will finally take his first step and will start from here on

It was not that much, but he couldn’t able to remain calm

On the surroundings, as if not able control their excite started heading towards the stage And due to some unknown reason in between the his hands around hisfrom the middle

However, nothing reached to the ears of Kishi+ weird happened to his ears, he couldn’t hear anything but just a [Kin] vibration like sound

Kishi+ with someone beforehand And because of that he lost co spirit of all the participants in the surrounding

Plus, thinking that if he didn’t achieve splendid result here then, how much disappointment will he cause to Tendou and Sena-sensei who expected that much from him

His thoughts on his own started to flow negatively Maybe it’s because of that, the lack of harer His heartbeat pulsated even fast, and even his hands strangely started to shake a little Even though it was supposed to be not that hot or cold, strangely his whole body started to release cold sweat

“Haa……Haa……”

Getting worse he slowly started to even having trouble in breathing And even his vision started to hazily get wrapped in black, to an extent that he even forgot where he was actually standing at the moment

“Calm down, Kishi+mine-kun”

There, at that moment Someone placed the small hand on his shoulder

As he turned his head, the usual conified Tendou’s face was there

“It ently practiced And we all recognized those skills of yours The rest left is to do what you can do”

Maybe it was to give hientle As he saw that beautiful face of hers, the lack of haro unbelievably vanished somewhere

“Y—Yes I am sorry”

‘I ahed bitterly

There was that situation with Kishi+mine as well

But at thaton the corners of the even hall as well, which obviously he failed to notice

Part 3

On the corner of the event hall there was a single young man

He was tall, soure too was quite proportioned like a model

He was a centre of gaze of all the people ere around in his surroundings

Even though it’s already spring, yet he earing a full black coat with sunglasses, that fashi+on was soh if he had to take one step wrong, and certainly being that the reason he was getting a lot of attention

But that was not all of it The attention was not at all because of his attire but because of his peculiar atmosphere as well

The surrounding participants of JGBC were, either nervous, or getting overly excited, and while holding these co forward their match

But in all of them, he alone was calm and composed Infact you could say that he was overly composed It’s as if he was already confident about the result of today’s tournament matches

“Oi, that guy…… haven’t you seen him somewhere before?”

“That’s right, that Black Coat! If I reht?”

The surroundings stir, all the more entered into the ears

“It’s sure been a while, this atmosphere too……”

The young lasses

The thing which was co at him was either respect, or plain hostility But as it was hiamers, he held quite an experience with this kind of atmosphere

“U—Umm……!”

Like that at that irl approached him

“Are you perhaps, <night ician=””>>-san!?”

“Aah It’s really been a while getting called with that name”

A bright sirl

“I was a huge fan of yours! If possible can I shake hands with you?”

“It would be my pleasure”

As he grabbed the hand which was stretched towards him, in an instant her face became flushed red

“I am deeply moved to be able to meet you at a place like this! I’ve heard about the ru but……”

“Who knows…… Even Ithis year too for once more I wanted to taste this atmosphere”

“Please do your best! I’ll be rooting for you!”

“Thank You You too”

As that young man smiled, he left that place calmly

But maybe it’s because he dealt soanore him anymore

And threw questions one after another at him like, haven’t you retired already? Why have you decided to participate today of all tiht you bastard, and so on

“I am sorry but, as the tournament has already started In order to not bother the other participants, I’ll excuse myself”

After saying that he passed through the croith the quick pace looking for a corner of the hall which still had a lot less people

And quite luckily, there were no one who intended to talk with hi as far as to pursue hi for their ownit on someone else

“Wait a second there!”

However, there was someone there who approached him for some reason

Moreover, that was a voice that young man was quite acquainted to As he involuntarily turned back, he saw a little girl glaring at him while her arms folded up

“Oh? That sure surprised me!”

“What? Are you saying that it’s strange for me to come here?”

So sprit of rivalry came back at him

However, the voice itself was very childish, and the owner of that voice too was yet small

The height was that to make her look like an eles were also sht it didn’t stood out that much but, the area around her breast alone was extraordinary big Her look was delicate and cute just like so wiliness can be felt Plus, ner in her, her hair was beautiful golden coloured and her skin too was surprisingly white If it’s not for that strong-willed impression of hers, she must’ve surely looked like a doll

There were large aain in this special land of Akihabara, there sure were several of men to who it that there would’ve been no one who dared to even approach her

It’s because the little girl had quite a shark looking eyes, plus it looked a little unpleasant just by looking at them She sure had an appearance of an Elementary schooler but, she had a calm intensity in her, which even allowed herself to even calmly approach an adult man without any hesitation

However, <nightirl

“I too ht that I will be able to meet you at a place like this, <mysterious pixie=””>>”

“What a coincidence indeed, Gondawara shi+geo”

“…………”

“…………”

Then a sudden silence fell between those two

Staying like that for a little tiician=””>> aka Gondawara shi+geo

“……I told you to not call ician=””>>, nothingless than that”

“You’re were the one who called me with that weird name first didn’t you?! In the first place, you’re already retired right?! So just how long do you plan on calling yourself with that name like a brat?!”

“Well isn’t it fine being called as <night h I think that<mysterious pixie=””>> fit’s quite a lot on you as well”

“It’s none of your business!”

“Good grief……”

Gondawara took a deep sigh He acknowledged her skills As she too was a comrade, you left half of her into that world

‘Even though it’s like that then ho voluntarily chose to live inside gaet it at all’, he confusingly asked himself

“Well fine, In any case let’s be happy that we got to see each other at a place like this And aside IRL, it’s been around 2 years since we’ve e since tha——Gufuu”

The reason for such a strange sound to come out was because he was hit mercilessly by her in the stomach

“Did you perhaps say so like that right?”

“E—exactly, my bad”

He re which only changed in these 2 years is just, the size of her breasts’—if he said so aside, he’ll be found sinking in the Tokyo bay after a few minutes

“Even so, when did you co?”

“Around 2 uess And this it’s due to parental circu in japan for a while”

“I see I don’t plan on listening the complicated reasons but, I personally feel happy that it has become like this But, huh? Wait a second, if I remember it correct wasn’t today’s GearWar was restricted to only 18 years old?”

The little girl sharply looked at Gondawara

“Yes that’s right! Even though I even went as far to bring ether with amers but still, to think that I was made to stop at the reception desk like that Really, what is going on in japan?! Even though it was alright for ame in America!”

“I see, if I reht? Well it can’t be helped then, “When in Roht?!”

“Ha…… I didn’t think twice that I will be end up anxiously waiting for my birthday like that Well in any case, as the situation has become like this, I will allow myself to spectate your play to my heart’s content Cause if it’s not for that at least, thenall the way to here will end up in a vain”

“I see If too are gonna end up as a spectator then, I think that I will also put somewhat of an effort in it”

It was at that moment

“Participant Nuather at the 8th Block! The first qualifiers are going to start soon!”

<night e on his hand; the number written on it was 535

“Oh my, it looks like it’s suddenly my turn”

“Thank goodness then, cause waiting any etquickly then”

“Very well then It’s the duty of the First-Gen Chah to be honest, I wanted to take part in a pair with you, cause if it’s the pair of Magician and Pixie, then the compatibility would be extraordinary don’t you think?”

“Go ahead and lose horribly for all I care, Cause I refuse on the idea of for a team with you”

“Oh ood mood today”

“I always think this but, you sure can say such e words openly like that don’t you?”

“Of course I can’t, that’s why I alasses”

“…………”

The little girl couldn’t able to say anything after that

At thatfor their turn in one of the corner of the halls

“I wonder what’s happening…… as It’s quite noisy there”

“Ah that? It seeician=””>> is here today”

To the Tendou’s nonchalant reply, so many Tsukkomi’s could’ve made

“Eh? W—as it again?”

“I see, you don’t know hiician=””>> you see, is the JGBC’s Individual tournament’s First-Gen Champion”

“……I see”

‘If he is called cha I see, I can sure understand the reason of getting so noisy there all of a sudden But, what’s with that ter curious about it

“I see So he is here huh……?”

Quite unexpectedly, Sena-sensei muttered in somewhat of a serious way

“Sensei, do you know him?”

“? Aah, well somewhat In any case, he’s a cha that na skills destroyed countless number of the players in the tournaments”

“Heh…… Then I sure don’t want to fight soht Magician” is quite a terrible name isn’t it……? And don’t you think it’s a little e as well?”

However to his question, the both of them didn’t approved even a bit

“What the hell are saying? Rather if you are a gamer then you should have a second name like that As there is no particular need to be tied up with your real naames”

“In short, it’s fine as long as you’re not beaten by soht as it’s a practice enuinely take part at the Team battle’s then, you should come up with some sort of a new name for yourself as well!”

“Eeeehhhh……”

On a thing one should be shocked on, it’s like he was the strange one for thinking like that It looks like in the JGBC industry there is this kind of custom

Then, at that moment, from a little distance he heard the voice of the officials

“The Person with Nuather at the 8th block here! The first qualifiers are going to start soon—!”

“501……? Ah, it’s me!”

He felt that his heart froze at that moment

“Go now!”

The one, who pushed his back fro, was as expected Tendou

“You can’t chicken out co like; it’s just a practice session today And just give your best”

“Y—Yes! I don’t kno far I can make but, I will try my best!”

He then headed towards the officials with the quick pace

As it see with a small voice stood in front of the 4th machine slot which was empty Because of the division in middle it was not that visible but, similarly on the other side too there should be four participants lined up in front of the machine

“Well then as all the 8 participants have finally gathered, we’ll start the first qualifiers of the 8th block Everyone please finish doing the settings change frouration”

‘I—it’s finally the moment’

Maybe it’s because of the nervousness, his heart started to beat fast again but, after reed to calm down himself

“The Ga naaame”—was the Sena-sensei’s explanation

The setting was that the teams will be divided into the 2 teaht with each other in the 4 vs 4 stage, and will aim for the total destruction of the enemy team And that too will be divided into the rounds of 5

He was feeling a little weird playing the Team Death match in the individual tournaments but, in this case, the team’s win is not that relevant But whoever kills the most people wins the round In short Kill score will decide everything and the one to hold the most of the kills at the end will decide the winner

The participants ere left and right of him are just te weird, and pull them down

“Well then, Please start!”

With the official’s voice, finally the 1st round began

Finally he took his first step in JGBC; he no longer had any spare ti Kishi+mine took a deep breath, and then looked at the screen

Stage of the battle was, “The Broken Mansion” Although it’s called that, one can even get outside in the courtyard, so it seems it was both indoor and outdoor battle

“A—Alright”

Maybe it’s the naame, he moved his character which was displayed as “PC1”

The allies na While continuously dashi+ng and rolling, they were continuing in the shadows of the shelter andwith the flow

Undauntedly Kishi+mine also proceeded It’s because of him that it would be wise to stay with his team with as many numbers as possible as it’s the Team battle tournament

Eventually, sporadic sounds of the gunshot started That was because they encountered one of the Locust as in the sht outside of the mansion

The nervousness started to run in his hands

‘It’s alright, didn’t I aood talent in this?’

The controls are already remembered by his body, what else necessary was the self-confidence of hi assured of his talents

Suddenly, at that moment