231 This Isnt a Game Where You Play By Yourself (2/2)
In the next moment, guns opened fire from all directions!
Mika, Mayuzumi, Saki, Kaho, and the other members of Blue Team all popped up at once and began firing at the gray-haired girl!
Mai sniped off one person immediately, then she made the split-second judgment that it would be impossible for her to ”survive” all this, so she ignored everything else and rushed straight in Seiji’s direction in an attempt to ”kill” the Blue Team’s commander before she ”died.”
Kaho, who was the closest person to Seiji, noticed Mai’s intention.
She wanted to protect Harano-san!
Kaho reflexively started moving; she rushed out from behind an obstacle and stood right in front of Mai!
Mai saw that a girl suddenly appeared before her, so she instantly used her laser sniper rifle and… *Boom!*
Kaho fired first.
”Red Team #19 has ‘died…’”
Hearing this, Seiji, who was still hiding, finally heaved a sigh of relief.
They'd succeeded in defeating Mai! They'd only lost two people while doing it, which was much better than he'd expected.
The gunfire didn’t stop, though. That was due to the arrival of other Red Team members.
There was a large gap in the number of players remaining on both sides, but there was still hope.
”Everyone, we just successfully defeated the expert on the enemy team, which basically means we’ve defeated the boss! There are only a few disorganized enemies left, so there’s no reason that we can’t win after defeating the boss! I said before that it’s almost impossible for us to win, but that doesn't mean the possibility is zero! Let us work our hardest to achieve victory!” Seiji shouted into his walkie-talkie, pouring all his passion and battle-lust into his words.
”Urf!” Saki was the first to answer… why did she sound like a teddy bear?
Then, Seiji heard all the other Blue Team members respond as well.
”You’re right, Commander!”
”This really feels like a war, hahaha, nice!”
”Commander, you’re so cool! Can I get your phone number afterwards?”
These were some of the various responses he received from the other random Blue Team members.
‘These teammates of mine are pretty cool.’ Seiji smiled as he thought that to himself.
If that was the case, he felt they could win again!
The fierce fighting continued…
Finally, this round went to the fifteen-minute time limit.
In the end, Seiji's Blue Team barely managed to eke out a victory over the Red Team by one person!
When the round ended, all the remaining Blue Team members cheered out in victory.
Eight people from Blue Team managed to survive in the end.
Seiji had lost two members of his small team: Chiaki and Saki.
Chiaki had already ‘died’ earlier, while Saki had sacrificed herself while protecting Mayuzumi.
Neither of them obtained the free voucher for the two-day, three-night hot spring hotel trip, but Chiaki reminded them that she was rich, so she would just purchase a ticket at the regular price and go together with them. As for Saki, Mayuzumi insisted on paying for her trip, and Saki was unable to refuse.
And so, they were able to plan a future hot spring hotel trip together!
They would discuss the exact time and details of it later.
”I really thought we’d lose, I didn’t expect to have such a great reversal… even if I accidentally ended up ‘dying.’” Chiaki sighed as they left the gymnasium and headed back to Year 1, Class 5.
”It’s your own fault for setting up your own death flag… we were only able to win in the end thanks to everyone’s hard efforts.” Seiji told her his honest opinion.
”Everyone that was on our team this time was pretty good, and at the very least they listened to your orders with no one just doing as they pleased… The biggest factor in our victory, apart from you, was probably Miyamoto-san here.”
”Eh?”
Hearing this, Kaho was rather surprised.
”Yep, I agree.” Seiji also looked at his classmate who was walking together with them.
Kaho was the person who landed the final blow on the boss… er, Mai Houjou. She also performed excellently in the subsequent battles.
Seiji, who had been partners with her, felt as if he had been partnered with a perfect support, and he had quite a lot of fun.
They had good unspoken cooperation, and their pairing was the one which obtained the most kills for the Blue Team! They were the biggest factor in catching up despite the difference in numbers.
”Miyamoto-san did a really good job. If I was Seigo’s partner, I don’t think I could have done as well as you.” Chiaki also looked at her classmate and smiled. ”I think that Miyamoto-san is really talented in playing this type of game.”
”N-not at all.” Kaho flushed crimson as she hurriedly shook her hands in a denying gesture. ”I-I was merely following Harano-san—he’s the amazing one—I was just trying my best not to be a burden.”
”That’s not right—you performed spectacularly, and you’re quite talented.” Seiji smiled. ”Not only were you not a burden, didn’t you save me several times? If it wasn’t for your help, I surely would have ‘died.’”
”I… I didn’t…”
Kaho blushed furiously when she saw Seiji’s smile and received the praise accompanying it. ”I don’t have any ability…”
She was just trying her best and giving it her all.
‘In order to be together with you…’
At this moment, Kaho came to a sudden realization.