231 This Isnt a Game Where You Play By Yourself (1/2)

”That must be Houjou-san,” Saki’s voice said through Seiji's walkie-talkie.

”Yeah, I never anticipated that it would be her, nor did I expect her to be so incredible... yet having said that, I should have expected it! She was planning on joining this game to begin with, and she’s quite an amazing woman.”

”As… as expected of a maid,” Mayuzumi said.

”Yeah, a maid… er, this is a little…” Seiji felt as if there was something wrong with this.

But thinking it over more closely, a maid that was great at housework, cooking, making sweets, and shooting… seemed rather common?

Yep, there was no problem with that. Of course there was a problem with that!

'Being amazing at shooting isn't something a maid is supposed to be good at, okay!' In the end, Seiji couldn’t help but inwardly comment on the strange turn of events.

”Eh, a maid… could that person there be Mai Houjou-sama? The Smiling Executioner!?” Chiaki finally realized what was going on.

”Yep, that’s her,” Seiji said. ‘What’s with the sudden honorific?’

”Wow, I’ve met the legend… Mika, take a look as well!”

Were they here to gawk? Seiji hoped that they would take this a little more seriously.

*Boom!*

It was a gunshot from Mai; she'd noticed someone’s presence as she advanced, so she decisively began shooting.

”Blue #13 has ‘died…’” An announcement instantly rung out.

‘Chiaki, you idiot!’

And so, she met her end as her death flag dictated. Seiji didn’t know whether he should laugh or cry.

”Seigo… Captain, Chiaki, she…” Mika’s helpless-sounding voice spoke up in the walkie-talkie.

”I know, let her go in peace.” Seiji could only sigh. ”Everyone listen,” he said, addressing his team. ”Our target has detected our presence, so she’s stopped and hasn’t fully entered our ambush area. Everyone move forward—we will surround her now.”

After giving his orders, Seiji took a deep breath.

”I’ll go attract her attention, so you guys hurry up and take action!”

After saying this, Seiji suddenly stood up. ”Hey, Senpai!” he shouted at Mai.

Mai looked over in his direction. They both smiled as they exchanged glances.

*Boom!*

Mai started shooting at Seiji.

Seiji was already prepared for this and managed to duck as he returned fire with his laser assault rifle.

Something flew towards him.

It was a grenade!

‘Damn, she’s really good at lobbing these.’

*Boom!!*

The grenade exploded.

Seiji had already turned and rolled on the ground to dodge it, but the beeping of his vest indicated that he had still taken heavy damage.

Was he ‘dead’ yet?

He wasn’t!

Noticing that he still had a few hit points left, Seiji hurriedly used some medicine as he trained a vigilant eye on his surroundings.

He saw a figure dashing out of the corner of his eye.

He hurriedly rolled on the ground again and barely managed to dodge her shot. Once again, he lifted his laser assault rifle and counterattacked.

He knew that he couldn’t remain in the same location for more than a few seconds. He had to keep moving continuously!

Outside the gymnasium, on the big screens.

The audience was watching the girl with the dark gray hair fight one-on-one against the young leader of the Blue Team. Both of them were dashing around quickly, making nimble dodges, and furiously firing at the other party… it was incredibly exciting to watch!

Everyone was unable to take their eyes off the screen, and some audience members couldn’t help but gasp as they watched the battle.

Seiji fired his laser gun, moved, and dodged… he was doing his best to fight against Mai.

He didn’t have the time to accurately aim in her direction. If it wasn’t for the fact that he was using a high-powered laser assault rifle, then he wouldn’t even be able to pose a threat to her.

With his constant dodging and fierce counterattacks, he was barely managing to survive.

At this rate, he would definitely be the loser in the end.

However, this wasn’t a game where he was fighting by himself!

Seiji had more fun in the short period of time that he fought with Mai than in all the rounds combined up until now.

But it was time for it to end.

'The encirclement should be complete by now.'

After he used up his ammunition, Seiji rolled behind an obstacle, but he didn’t take this opportunity to reload. Instead, he picked up his walkie-talkie.

”Everyone, fire at our target!” Seiji gave clear instructions.